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WRECKING CREW RAZES $85,000DOC RACING PLANT AT FAIRFIELDRich.On i has 1 the 1 the ' them hellw pullei had of ?hlt;A wrecking crew Is writing the,the Greene County sheriff* office pulletfinal chapter to the 185,000 dost Just after the last race itrdarace track at Fairfield, where only That was the beginning anil end least one night’s racing was ever held. of the plants dog racing career, Thlt;Workmen for D, K. Swlgart, Day- With betting banned, the Fairfield w’th ton are razing the huge grand- Amusement Park. Ltd, promoting L*agi stand, the big fence and other the \enture. abandoned the project, eenta plant structures, which have been The only* use to w hich the plant pin sold for lumber salvage by Charles has been put during the last ten 0,10 * it, Kay, Middletown, O- years was a brief period of midget *Ml' *The track opened July 25, 1929 auto raring with the contribution system of Charles Kay, who was chairman *a!n** bett.ng In vogue and was raided by of the directorate of the promoting r f — ---: r-,:-:.......; tj. ls ! company, became the owner Of the *.i , A _ ____* \\ 1_ _ _ . _ _ All_ plant property and real estate atGREAT 01 MAG OUT ** u,e«•».;several year# ago,waWITH ANKLE INJURY1 *ollMJL 1 from in lit v» ai tint , t PRfrom neglect in recent j^ais untilSt became an eyesore, rttiseaa of jja«,er Fairfield and Osborn finally pelt* fSevere Sprain Found By tioncd to have the stte cleared as Hafc*X-Rav Views a public nuisance to both (omnium the (* IlUftf. to ta\FW YORK Mav 1 —The New1 Tber* 1§ ft rf,I'orl th‘- lt;r“ct of Garm York Yankee.' departed tor ' Ik- ‘nd *h,ch 'h wa. built ta, k ,trolt today on their ftrat oeatern ®»!re convert* Into a real e.iate onlyroad swing of the season, and be- b _ a™*hind they left thetr star center downl!!#-Itir Jfte DvMnkfLfin nif itiitan
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Xenia Evening Gazette

Xenia, Ohio, US

Mon, May 01, 1939

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