Kiddies Day at the Fair Draws Families and Fallible Fun
The TRUMANSBURG fair’s Kiddies Day drew mothers and children in a lively scene with games booths and a merry go round. Winners included Squires Drum and Bugle Corps Watkins Glen and Grenadier Cadets Vestal, among others, as officials praised the event’s well run program and notable performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Squires Drum and Bugle Corps
Watkins Glen
Grenadier Cadets
Vestal
Sons of Veterans Reserve
Ovid
Blue Angels
Elmira Heights
Scottish Guard
Wellsburg
Interlaken
Groton
Dryden
Spencer-Van Etten
Slaterville
Remembering 1877 to 1905 fair notes from Gertrude Carman
A compact roundup traces camping gear offers in 1877, Baldwin’s 1904 airship trial at St. Louis, and 1905 fair weather and business lessons. It notes 8 mph winds, 2000 foot ascent, and the need for sound management for fairs to survive and profit.
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Frumansburg
Gertrude Carman
H.M. Lovell
Baldwin
St. Louis
Ariel
Deaths in Ovid and Mt Vernon communities
Mrs. Lottie I. Sayle Saylor of Ovid Center died Thursday at Tompkins County Hospital Ithaca after an extended illness. Funeral Saturday at John D. Cove Funeral Home Ovid with burial in Union Cemetery. Also Anna S Johnston 96 Mt Vernon died July 13. Graveside services July 18 Union Cemetery. Searsburg Grange 494 picnic Friday July 19 at Lower Buttermilk Falls with supper at 6 30 p.m. Bring dish to pass. meat furnished.
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OVID
Lottie I
Ovid Federated Church
King’s Daughters
Ovid Cente
Saylor
Se County
C S. Saylor
Ovid Center
Richard
Clara) Travis
Lodi
Eska
Ch Iette
Shaff
Interlaken
Robert
Glenys Parish
T Fla
Florence Lokken
Dett
Mable Dunn
Burdett
Ovid - Anna S. Johnston
Mt Vernon
Burr-Davis
Mt. Vernon
Union Cemetery
George Johnson
Lod Presbyterian Church
Miss Johnston
Mt. Vernon Schoo
Stillwater
M Ruth Griffin
James Majerci
Robert Tanner
Charles H. Johnston
Charlee D. Johnston
Hamton
John D. Covert
Searsburg - Grange
Buttermilk Falls
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Trumansburg
Susie
Tommy
Sissy
Trumansburg Fair
Francis Potter
Ralph Pierson
Gloria Close
Tom Bennett
Clarence Robinson
Keith Northrup
Raymond Burdick
Gerald Reynolds
Morton Pforter
Arthur Millspaugh
Publishing Corp
Quane C Waid
Egor GB Winchell
Wanda & Waid
Tress
Wands A. Cold
Free Press
Trementing
Richard Murphy
Tors
Heeel Theersen
Caine
Bob Leonard
Andy C
Kay Karr
Valar Scott
Fedars
Mayor Joe
Fedore Song
Pam O’may
USA
Hilda Murphy
Dee
Alec Proskine
Jim Stillwell
Welch
Es Bryan Baker
Gordon Whittaker
Roger’ Holtkamp
Jerry Drake
Marjorie McKenny
New York
Lottie Saylor Ovid
Charles Sley
Myrom, Beardsley
Jo. Turo
Oliver Borden
Devel Larry Travers
Anna S. Johnson
Searsburg
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