The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18
|CHAFFEE ID UNITE THE COUNTY FAIRS Planning Consolidation of Small Associations c CALLS A M BETTING Secretaries of County Associations Asked to Meet in Birmingham
 on February 2S to Dis
 cuss Plans
CALLS A MEETING

| few months ago through the efforts of Frank P. Chaffee, secretary of the Ala
 State Fair and Exhibit association, a | meeting was held in this city by the of | fcials and representatives of all the state | fairs of the south. The purpose of the
 meeting was to devise plans looking for | the mutual interests of the southern fairs | and to formulate plans of cooperation | As a result of that meeting an Association | of Southern Fairs was organized and the | beneficial results therefrom, now that the | preliminary plans are being made for the | various fairs of the south, are already | in evidence and the possibility of con l ficting dates or contracts is almost en- l tirey eliminated.
 The success of the southern associations
 has induced Mr Chaffee to again try to further the cause of the fairs In the south, and to that end he has invited all the secretaries of the Alabama county fairs to meet in Birmingham February 2S to effect a similar organization There are IA annual fairs held in the state of Alabama, namely, the Gulf Coast Tropical fair, Mobile; Central Fair association, Selma; the West Alabama Fair associa- | tion, Tuscaloosa; the Black Belt Fair as- sociation, Demopolis; Cullman County Fair association, Limestone County Fair association, Athens; Tallapoosa County | Fair association Alexander City; Col | bert County Fair association Tuscumbia: l Chiffon County Fair association, Clanton | Macon County Fair association, Tuske- gee; Marshall County Fair association, AL bertville; Shelby County Fair association,
 Montevallo; Bullock County Fair associa- l ton, Union Springs, and DeKalb Fair | association, Fort Payne.
 | To each of the secretaries of the above | fairs, which are held annually in the | state, MT. Chaffee has addressed the | following letter:
 | You are invited to attend a meeting of the fair associations of Alabama at
 the office of the Alabama State Fair and | Exhibit association, Chamber of Com merce building in Birmingham, at Il
 o'clock Wednesday, February 2S, 1912. | ''rhe purpose of this meeting is to ar-
 range for cooperation between all the l fairs of the state. It is believed that at such a meeting the dates of the dif- | ferent fairs can be arranged so as to
 conflict with each other as little as pos
 sible and it is also believed that such
 cooperation will enable the different fairs
 to secure their free attractions at more
 reasonable rates than heretofore We
 believe, also, that more thorough CO.,
 operation would tend to dgnify the work
 we are all trying to do for the state. "The object of such an organization is | not to create any salary officers, but each
 and all of us to give our services gratis | for the benefit of the whole.
 | kindly let me know by return mall | this meeting or not and remember the | hour, II a. m, Wednesday. February 2S. Yours for cooperation and success, | FRANK P. CHAFFEE, l Secretary Alabama State Fair and EX- | hibit Association"