HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-06-28, Page 47Section 2, Page 27 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE JUNE 28, 1973 Ladies excel themselves
at fair's 100th birthday Times
and
Styles
May
Change
JOTTINGS BY J.M.S.
(September 30, 1954
Fifty or 100 years from now
someone may be interested in
looking up the files of The Times-
Advocate to find out just what
took place on the occasion of the
one hundreth anniversary of the
Exeter Agricultural Society. It
would be difficult, almost im-
* possible, to give a detailed ac-
count without leaving out even
some of the most important
items.
In another column, Gram
describes the various floats,
representing pioneer days, The
Women's Institutes did a won-
derful job in displaying the old
and the new. Many an attic must
have been rummaged to produce
all the old costumes that remind
one of grandmother's day.
The parades was the best, I
believe, ever seen in Exeter. It
was headed by more than a dozen
horses, most of them in elaborate
trappings. It was reminiscent of
the old days when Squire
Leathorne in top hat and on a
white horse headed the old-time
calithumpians.
s. In the official car was the
mayor, members of parliament
and the president of the society.
What we missed was theExeter
band led by Ted Walper with
Jack Mallett on the kettle drum.
It was the first parade in a
decade that Exeter has been
without a band on fair day.
However, there was plenty of
music The Sarnia Lionettes
band of over 60 members with a
dozen or more majorettes, did an
excellent job. The Centralia Air
Force trumpet band added to the
attraction.
Scholars from the Exeter
public school and from the
surrounding schools were decked
in colorful costumes.
Larry Snider Motors paraded
under its own power a 50-year-old
model Ford, top buggy style,
followed by 1932, 1942 and 1954
models.
The Mayfair Bakery displayed
a large decorated birthday cake.
The Exeter Lions were well
represented with their emblem
mounted on a green matting.
The young ladies members of
the Beta Sigma Phi, had great
courage in braving the cold
elements for several hours in old
and modern bathing suits. Their
theme song was "Mother May I
Go Swimming,"
There was the usual fine
showing of horses, cattle, sheep
and hogs, The showing differs
from that of the old days when
nearly every farmer could boast
of some fine stock. Today the
showing is by,men who specialize
in stock for the fairs and with the
modern means of transportation
the stock is transported from one
fair to another,
The Junior Farmer Clubs,
however, are creating a splendid
interest in all branches of far-
ming.
All the newest in autos, tractors
and farm implements were on
display.
The ladies excelled themselves
in the quantity and quality of
baking and canning that was on
display. When the time came to
remove the tasty morsels there
was a g000dly number on hand to
purchase what was for sale.
One of the exhibits in the arena
was in charge of Mrs. Arthur
Rundle assisted by Mrs. Harry
Strang. Mrs. Rundle wore a
brocaded cape and bonnet that
was over 50 years old, while Mrs.
Strang was attired in her
mother's wedding dress.
Among the articles was a cash-
mere shawl 134 years old that
belonged to Mrs. Charles
Dayman; a black silk dress 120
years old that belonged to Mrs.
Wiseman, of Kirkton; a metal
clock, a silver tea service, both
over 100 years old, and a
Breeches Bible belonging to Mrs.
Strang.
Hot dog stands, novelty games,
pony rides, etc., seemed to do a
flourishing business.
The weather being a trifle cold,
the crowd preferred to wander
about the grounds rather than sit
in the grandstand. The crowd was
estimated at 5,000.
Exeter Times, May 8, 1879
NEARLY AN ACCIDENT - On
Thursday evening last, as one of
our town experts was exercising
a very fine cream colored horse it
became started and bolted, but
the rider unable to stop pis speed,
shot like an arrow from his seat
on the horse to the ground, the
result being that the gent in
question has not been able to sit
with any degree of comfort since,
except on a pillow.
June 6, 1873
Any person convicted of tieing
horses to or otherwise destroying
shade trees, shall be subject to a'
fine of between one and ten
dollars.
Old timers will recall
the Taman store, where
men and women worked
long hours stitching the
day's fashions by hand.
Those days are
gone . . . but our
store carries on
the Taman tradition.
Styles are carefully
checked and we
choose only the
manufacturers
who continue to
take painstaking
care in their work.
We know you
wouldn't want
it any other
way! CRYSTAL PALACE PALACE - The building above started out as the Christ
Church in Exeter in December, 1862 and continued in this capacity until
1888 when services stopped. It stood on Victoria St. just east of the
present arena and then served as an exhibit building for the fair for
almost 50 years. It became known by the name, the "Crystal Palace".
A business built on
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