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