Show No Fair Planned for Sanpete Co in 1956 Cancelled Due To Lack Of Sanitary Facilities There will be no County Fair in Sanpete this year Reason Lack of adequate sanitary rest rooms and eating concession facilities and lack of funds to provide those facilities this year But by foregoing the Fair this year it is expected funds will willbe willbe be available le to construct the needed facilities and then hold holda a t successful Fair in 1957 Commission Chairman Makes Statement Following is a statement made by Clifford S S. S Blackham of Moroni Mor Mor- Moroni loni oni chairman of the Board of Sanpete County Commissioners The liThe Utah State Department of If Public Health has served no notice notice notice no- no tice on the Board of Sanpete Co Commissioners that unless provision is made for adequate sanitary rest room and eating concession facilities at the fair fairgrounds fairgrounds fairgrounds grounds the county would not be bc permitted to hold a fair this year In uIn order t to construct these facilities it would be necessary to use nearly all of or orthe the fair fund which is collected through taxation under the maximum exhibition levy which would leave only a fraction of enough in the fund to pay expenses and premiums to operate the fair In view of the fact that it would be necessary to borrow money for the major share of the building construction if a fair were held this year and andin andin andin in view of the fact that it is the feeling of many supporting groups of the fair program as aswell aswell aswell well as the feeling of the Board of Commissioners that it n may not be wise this year to obligate obligate obligate gate the tax payers too heavily ily for this purpose plans for the holding of a fair this year have been abandoned By UBy foregoing the holding of ofa a fair this year ear it will be possible possible possible pos pos- sible to construct the required facilities and to hold a successful successful successful suc suc- fair in 1957 It uIt was felt by the majority of those who assisted the Board of Commissioners in arriving at this decision that it was in the best interest of the taxpayers that this action be taken It ItI I was also felt that it would be beI I extremely unwise to attempt to hold a fair this year under a fractional budget as it may prove unsuccessful and cause an adverse effect upon possible successful sue suc I operation next year I n I i I STORY HOUR Mrs Don Stott will tell stories stories' nt at It the story hour for youngsters next Tuesday afternoon and Mrs i Melva lelva Cox will read for the older old old- ld- ld er 1 group on Thursday July 19 1 |