The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-09-16, Page 14Lionettes, parade
It's a grand
whoopdedoo
By SHIRLEY KELLER
About 1,000 school children from Stephen Township,
Exeter Public School and Precious Blood Separate School.
will march in the Exeter Fall Fair parade on Thursday,
September 23, led by the Sarnia Lionettes, internationally
famous band.
This is only the second appearance of the Lionettes
at Exeter Fair. The group was here previously in 1954
when the fair celebrated its centennial year.
Also in the parade will be cars bearing Ken Rennie,
Mitchell, who will officially open this year's fair, Huron's
Warden Glenn Webb, Exeter's Mayor Jack Delbridge and
fair board president Winston Shapton.
As usual, the Exeter Saddle Club will take part in the
parade with their high-stepping horses to especially delight
the children.
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Years ago before television,
and yes, the motor car, the county
fair gave the opportunity once a
year to meet the neighbor that
you hadn't seen since last year.
In most cases the harvest was
over, the work done up and one
just had to see if Sam's stallion
was better than Joe's over in the
next township, as you had heard
at the blacksmith shop fully dis-
cussed.
Today there are lots of ac-
tivities both farm and otherwise,
and if the urge arises one can fly
to see a bull in Wisconsin and
be back again in a matter of
hours. Radio, television, press
and yes, astronauts, have shrunk
miles and time.
Things have changed quickly
and one could wonder if our fair-
minded people have moved quick-
ly enough. We would be the last
person to indicate that our Ag-
r i c ul tur al Societies have not
made progress.
Our farm pressures, lack of
labour and economic change have
not allowed us to give sufficient
time to the modern presentation
of farm information to an au-
dience that was at one time 100%
involved in farm production, to
an audience of 11% involved in
farm production.
The burning question is how do
we get the other 89% interested
in the problems of the 11%. Can
we make the Fall Fair an ad-
vertising medium for our farm
products to those people in our
towns and villages who know
nothing that goes on on the farm
today. We in agriculture know —
but, maybe don't realize other
people do not.
Agricultural Societies down
through the years have done a
good job; they have provided the
standards of perfection for live-
stock, grain, vegetables, sewing
and cooking and in these fields
have done an excellent job.
We have acknowledged that
times have changed and the ur-
ban and rural people have to be
coaxed by some gimmicks
through the gates and while at
the fair be unconsciously sub-
jected to what the primary pro-
ducers want to tell them about a
certain product.
We have to tell them the story
of agriculture and why eggs are
down and beef is currently up and
turnips are richer in Vitamin C
than some imported commodi-
ties.
There is a job to do. Farmers
are busier than they used to be
and can't spare large amounts
of time. The hour is probably
here when farm people are going
to have to have paid help to tell
the story for them, and the fair
is an excellent place to do this.
Everybody loves a fair but they
have to have something of in-
terest when they get there. This
is a difficult chore — farm peo-
ple have risen to the task before,
they will again. The Agricultural
Societies Constitution gives room
to let the thoughts expand.
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youngsters peddling, pumping
and pushing their decorated bi-
cycles, tricycles and wagons will
travel the parade route as will
lovely and comical floats pre-
pared by Exeter and area bust-
neSsMen and service clubs.
FUN-FILLED AFTERNOON
Once the fair has. been Of-
ficially opened, proceedings will
begin in earnest with an after-
noon of entertainment to be en-
joyed from the grandstand to
which admission is absolutely
free,
At various times throughout
the afternoon, the Lionettes will
be performing drills and musical
numbers for the enjoyment of
grandstand sitters.
Master of Ceremonies Ed.
Brady, Exeter, will announce the
different competitions and events
on the program including the
horse show which features
animals that have come from the
Canadian National Exhibition and
will go on to the Royal Winter
Fair in Toronto.
As a member of the Canadian
Horse Shows Association Inc.,
Exeter Fall Fair can boast some
of the finest horse flesh on dis-
play here that can be seen any-
where in Canada, The light horse
show, which goes on all after-
noon and can be seen best from
the grandstand, is outstanding.
To add a touch of extra excite-
ment to the show, Rolland Wila
liams, Exeter, once more will
sponsor a Calf Race which finds
boy and beast combining forces
in an effort to get from the start-
ing line to the finishing post in
record time. Plenty of thrills and
few spills are a certainty as re-
luctant calves are manoeuvred
by enthusiastic lads with a will:
to win.
A top-flight cattle show is
expected again this year with
local competitors Whitney Coates
az Son of Centralia bringing in
their champion herd of Here-
fords,
The sheep show, which last
year had nil entries, will give
area fairgoers the chance to see
P. D. Dearing & Son's Dorset
Horn champions of Ontario.
As well, there will be excel-
lent 4-H displays with the Exeter
Calf Club, the Stephen Grain
Corn Club and the Exeter Sweet
Corn Club taking part. Poultry
too will have its place ag will
Swine, grain and seeds, field crop
competitions, ensilage corn com-
petitions and the school child-
ren's animals and pets.
In the arena, fair visitors will
have an opportunity to see the
areas' finest fruits and vege-
tables, loveliest flowers and arts
and crafts, the ladies' home and
domestic department displays
and the high school and public
school exhibitions.
CKNX sound system will be on
the grounds throughout fair day
to bring news and announcements.
WINDUP DANCE
Fair festivities will close again
this year with a real knee-slap-
ping, toe-tapping hoedown in the
arena when the CKNX Ranch Boys
will give forth with the music for
dancing.
These television stars from the
Wingham area will be on hand
from Thursday evening until
early Friday morning to windup
Exeter's 1965 Fall Fair in a lively
lovely fashion.
No 12
Tirnes-Advocatk 59phomber 16, 1965