Show New concept on fair book family ticket plan take fake fair lair meeting spotlight Members of the 1970 Sanpete County Fair Board have spent a lions lion's share of their time trying to make Improvements In the annual fair faiT book and ticket plan for the fair The group has held two meetIngs meetIngs meetings meet- meet Ings thus far In July both In Mt Pleasant making plans for forthe forthe forthe the fair which will be held the thelast thelast thelast last week In August In the matter of the fair book It was the opinion of the members In attendance that the board again seek to sell advertising In the book combined combined combined com com- with new features to add more interest Some of the Items Hems suggested were the ad addition addition addition ad- ad of a history and other Interesting Items concerning the fair activities It was decided to use an en entirely entirely entirely en- en new design for the book The pages will be a larger size with a plastic binding being used It was decided to seek bids from printing firms within the county It was felt that the book should be sold Instead of or being given free A price of 50 each was suggested Fair board chairman Harry I L. L Hansen stated at the July meeting that It was his aim along with those presently present present- ly on the fair board to try and make the fair pay for It It- It self Ads in the fair book help achieve this goal he noted Bruce Allred suggested that under the new plan when books are sold at the fairgrounds that the race and rodeo programs programs programs pro pro- grams be placed Inside The board felt that the regulations regulations regulations regu regu- lations and Instructions for en entries entries entries en- en tries should be omitted from the fair book It Il was decided that an ad could be placed inthe in inthe inthe the papers of the county informIng informing informing inform inform- ing the people of or the rules and other items A schedule of or fees for ad advertising advertising advertising ad- ad was adopted by the board and a chairman of ot the book named Earl J. J Ursenbach chairman of the book has set a goal fo for each com community in the amount of advertising to l be Je e sold These were listed as follows Fairview Fairview Fair Fair- view Mt Pleasant 1500 Spring City Fountain Green Moroni Ephraim Mantl Manti and Gunnison- Gunnison Centerfield 1500 each The rates for ads were set at 50 for a full page 35 for fora a half haIr page 25 third page 1750 fourth page and 10 for an eighth page Another major Item on the agenda was tickets It was felt that each member of the family should have his own ticket and his name be placed on the ticket and identification re required required required re- re at the gate It was decided to appoint a civic group in each city to sell the family tickets and that every family should be contacted and sold on the Importance of supporting supporting supporting sup sup- porting the program in order to keep the fair alive and paying for itself The tickets will be priced at with goIng go going going go- go ing to the group selling the ticket Quotas were also set up for forthe forthe forthe the ticket sales In the various communities around the county They were listed as follows Fairview Mt Pleasant Spring City Fountain Green Moroni Wales and Chester Ephraim Mantl Manti Sterling and Mayfield Gunnison Axtell Fayette and Centerfield The fair officials noted that the board fence around the fairgrounds fairgrounds fairgrounds fair fair- grounds should be painted Al Alburn Alburn Al- Al burn Lyon was assigned to prepare prepare prepare pre pre- pare the fence for painting and order the paint County Extension Extension Extension Exten Exten- sion Agent Kay said that the H 4 clubs of the county would paint the fence as a It was pointed out that on Thursday August a ju judging school will be held In Manti Mantl The suggestion was made that several local residents be in invited invited invited in- in to attend the school so that they will be qualified to assist with the judging In attendance at the July session were Harry L. L Hanson Earl D. D Clark Bruce Allred Glen Johnson George Last LaMar LaMar LaMar La- La Mar Olsen Stanley Anderson Phill Hawkins Morlin Cox Forest Washburn John LaMont Blackham McLoyd Ericksen Bud Bigler Kay and Harris Chenney |