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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1947-10-02, Page 3FALL F IRTI E N RIO Photograph by your Ful -O -Pep Photographer. PAISLEY FAIRTIME RIG t LIG By Your Ful -O -Pep Reporter Paisley, Parkhill, Norwich and Glencoe were points of call on your Ful -O -Pep reporter's schedule last week. As usual the cattle exhibits caught this reporter's eye and at Paisley, "Jarvis Britisher Mischief," half brother of the Grand Champion steer at the Royal Winter Fair, shown in cut at left was bred by Fred Reichalds & Sons of Jarvis, One of the special attractions at Paisley was the parachute jump by Bill Townsend, Ex-R.C.A.F. The exhibit staged by the school children of Paisley was bigger than ever. There were over 1000 entries in the "Palace," their excellent show building. There were no cattle clubs shown as such but there were TS general entries of Shorthorns, Hereford, Angus and Holstein. The Paisley Fair was blessed with grand weather, unlike that experi- enced at Hamburg. The cut to the right shows an over-all shot of the Hamburg midway, with the race track in the foreground. There the track was extremely muddy as a re- sult of heavy and intermittent rain storms. At Norwich crowds reached an all time high and the fair grounds were swarming with sightseers. Boxing was featured in the evening at the Town Hall and this attraction was very popular. The Norwich Fair was opened by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Cliff Graham. NEW I-IAMBURG Photograph by your Ful-O-P,p lhotrgrrehe. NORWICH—Kerr Kramer, the winner of the greased pig contest, shown above at left. Porky is getting a real grease job before the contest. Photogrupt. 1.y your 1•'u1 -t -Po I'hi] tographar. ,Photograph by your X'ut•O-Pep Muting ra GLENCOE—Leonard Heagy, of Galt, looks with awe at Chief Running Bear in front of the Indian Stand. PARKHILL Photograph by your Ful -O -Pep Photographer. The cut at the left could well be entitled "The Beginning and the End." Actually it is a corn - positive picture showing the winner of one of the most popu-• lar contests at Norwich. The un- happy porker shown in the left of the photo is being greased prior to being turned loose amongst many eager contestants ' whose frantic efforts to capture the animal provided the crowd with one of the best shows seen at any of the Fairs to date. In the far right of the photo is the winning gentleman who succeeded in capturing the elu- sive animal after one of the wildest scrambles seen any- where in Ontario, or for that matter, on this continent this year. This particular event was mirth provoking from the word "go". It reminded our reporter of the Saturday morning rush one sees in front of many of the meat counters in the city of Toronto. In fact it looked like a much simpler task to seize the greased pig turned loose at Nor- wich than to obtain an ungreas- ed piece of pig in any of the city butcher shops. The pig in question put up a struggle in the best tradition and succeeded in degreasing itself on the shirts and bodies of the eager contes- tants. PARKHILL Photograph by your Ful -O -Pep 'Motor rarbrt. NEW HAMBURG—A scene from the Fair showing part of the exceptionally fine race track — Midway in background, Photograph by Your Ful -O -.Pep Photographer. The pictures of the Parkhill Fair shown on this page have one thing in common, namely food. The one photo shows Mrs. Stanley Scott, Parkhill; Mrs. C. R. May, London; Mrs. W. J. Dickson, Parkhill; Mrs. M. \V. Telfer, Parkhill; and Miss Ethel Robson, Denfield, judging one of the many entries in the bak- ing contest. The other photo snapped by your Ful -O -Pep photographer shows a calf and its owner do- ing a little research on the food problem. This shot could well be named "Ful -O -Pep Meal Time." This is one of the more fortunate animal, whose own er, Mr. Verne Barris, was able to secure for it the very best food. The grand stand entertainment at this Fair was of top notch cali- bre. One event of unusual interest was the men's half mile foot race, The Thetford brass hand added gaiety to the occasion when they led the live stock parade in re- view past the grand stand. This was it new feature of the fair this year and was a big hit, The boys' Calf Club was very active. Pro1 l'ly the biggest drawing card was the cattle exhibit, par- ticularly the Shorthorn entries.