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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1948-11-11, Page 3....FALL FAIR TIME IN ONTARIO.... Green Saddle Class Photo by FuI-O-Pep Photographer Ribbon Winner In The Green Saddle Class, is Barbara Loons - bury, 11, shown above as she was on her way to the contest at the Beamsville Fair. Photo by Ful•O-Pep Photographer One of the Leading Spirits of the Erin Fair was "Honkey" Dc Donkey. Shown above is Honkey with his master Herbert ougall, 11. Beside Monkey stands a "close relative" named Smokey who won second prize In the pony race with Alex Stewart, 10, up. Poor old Honkey clattered in fourth. Photo by Ful -O -Pep Photographer From the Gloom of the Legion Tent, comes this bright smile of Mrs. Allen Shannon, of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion. Mrs. Shannon along with other ladies of the Auxiliary was responsible for dispelling a good deal of the chill at the Grand Valley Fair. Fair Time Highlights By the Ful -O -Pep Reporter With the Ontario Fall Fairs pretty we11 "washed .up"—a few of the unluckier ones toward the end were almost "washed out" too— possibly it might not be out of the way for this reporter to cast around a few reminiscences of his several weeks of jurneying to all parts of the Province to cover these events. First and foremost to our mind comes the genuine spirit of friendlin- ess exhibited everywhere—a spirit of real helpfulness on the part of young add old, so different from what one encounters in the larger centres, which helped immeasurab- ly in maldng this assignment a pleasurable series of visits rather than just a chore whie had to be done, Then, with front-page happenings in other parts of the world in mind, one couldn't help feeling how fort- unate we in Ontario are in compar- ison with millions living elsewhere. Here, at thele Fall Fairs, we saw people of vastly differing religious faiths, political beliefs and racial or- igins, all mingling freely, express- ing their divergent views, having friendly arguments—but without any sense of danger of being over- heard by the Gestapo or any sim- ilar body. When one thinks of how people must live behind the various "Iron Curtains", with sus- picion and fear an integral part of existence, the sensation is inescap- able that as far as we in Ontario are concerned—and especially in rural Ontario—our "lot has keen east in pleasant places.'" Filially, we were struck by the different attitude toward the pos- sibility of a Third World War to what is found in metropolitan cent- res. In the cities the feeling gener- ally seems to be that such a catas- trophe is sooner or later inevitable. Grand Champion Leads Parade Photo by Pig -G -Pap Photographer Proudly leading his herd in the grand parade at the Erin Pair is the Garand Champion Hereford Bull, Buckridge Domino Lad 13th. He ie a v eteran at the Erin fair and has been three time- grand Champion. He is Jointly owned by Calvin Ireland and Ernest Gilmour, both of Everett. But in the small towns and villages and on the farms they don't believe anything of the kind. If War should come they'll be ready to take their full part, as they've always done be- fore, but they think we—and our leaders—should make every possible effort to see that peace is kept. "They try to tell me that it's the threat of war that's keeping our prices high," one farmer expressed it. "But take it from mc, peace and low prices is a whole lot better than war and high ones." Altogether It's been an unforget- table experience for your Ful -O -Pep reporter and we'll b,e genuinely sorry when, within a couple of weeks, it will be over for the year. Photo by Ful -O -Pep Photographer Shaking Out The Familiar Quaker Oats Bag, is Owen Whit- more, as he gives his Calf Club entry a Ful -O -Pep meal to settle his nerves before thecompetition at the Madoc Fair. Photo by Ful -O -Pep Photographer Leonard Trotter, of Madoc, shows the Trotter Bros. yearling percheron, which won Jr. and Reserve Grand Champ at Peterborough and Junior Champ at the Canadian National Exhibition. "Denny" Likes 'Ern Big Photo by Ful -O -Pep Photographer The Large Pumpkin and the Small Boy has always been a favourite photographic subject, but the Ful' -O-Pep photographer could not resist yet another shot of four-year-old "Denny" Davis, of Trenton, who claimed he liked pumpkins because of their shiny, yellow "hide