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i0 e1stritf'rMAPES SAID interest against holding the local fair was strong, that more than a dozen members of the society had called his home Monday and Tuesday asking whether, as members, they could vote for cancelling the fair.Stating he was in favor of dropping the fair Mapes told directors that considerable money had already been spent on this year’s fair, including tickets, advertising and premium books. Of the latter, he said he believed they could be used next year.Most of the directors are convinced that should the fair be held the number of junior fair exhibits would be way down and the attendance would likewise suffer. In this respect, Marshall Wljisler, county agent, said he doubted if half of the F.F.A. and 4-H clubmembers would exhibit.1it!. tFRANK H. CLOSE, Wadsworthfair board director who has been promoting the fair in a big way in his section of the county, said many parents have told him they would not allow their children to exhibit at the fair, which would also mean the absence of the parents. He added that should one or two cases of polio develop amongyoungsters who had attended thefair, the fair board would be severely criticized for not having cancelled the fair.I)r. R. D. VV’ay, who is in charge of the race program, favored a one-day fair, strictly for juniors, in October, with the possibility that the state would grant the $800 which would be forthcoming if theregular fair would be held.TO THIS he was answered by Whisler who stated that the num-(Continued on Page Five'; Olii the j$15,Ofmanshootlarizienterwas (soncounthospicompshotHeieninggara*iof Jigun 1cers three Wad s fore 1 ty jaiTinWayr a Wo ed of larysc h ooDeAbPosSt pt. situat18thwill Iing o val sjecutivnightthe ivery va 1 wspons den c tion v
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Medina County Gazette
Medina, Ohio, US
Fri, Aug 08, 1952
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