The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-08-15
STATE FAIR OFFICIALS
WORKING HARD ON DETAILS
Different Departments Have I'M
provements and Added Fea-
lures Mean More Labor

With the opening OF the Michigan
State Fair, Sept, l6 to 81, inclusive
but FIVE weeks away the committees
and superintendent OF the 10 de-
partments are busy set OF men.
The many features added this year
TO make the State Fair both agricul-
tural and Industrial have necessitated
an added force and the officials and
department heads believe that this
will be the most successful fair ever
held in Michigan.
In preparing for the annual State
Fair there Is a vast amount OF work
10 be done, covering an entire year.
Each year sees many new things and
the 1912 fair has many innovations.
Every effort has been made TO pre-
sent this year fair so different
from other events OF like character
as TO excite wonder.
The management has added one
event that Is national in character.
the great Land Show. in which Will
be seen the products of nearly every
state OF the union and of Canada In
attractions. the best have been
secured and in moving the midway
from the very center of the grounds
TO one corner and in eliminating
from the midway all attractions of
questionable character the manage
ment has undertaken step forward
In fair promotion.
List of offieiaIs.
The exhibition officers for 1912
are:
President. Thos. E. Newton, De
troit; president. n. p. Hull,
! Diamondale: secretary, J. +. Han
non, Detroit: treasurer. John Mckay
Romeo members OF the executive
committee. T. F. Marston, Bay City;
IA. f. Stevenson. Port Huron; w Fl.
Wallace, Saginaw, Vincent V. Green,
Detroit; George Kelley North
Branch; Archibald ]. Peck. Jackson.
Comfort A. Tyler, Coldwater; J. Fred
Smith, Byron; l.. W. Smell, Highland
Park: f. ]. Lessiter. Charleston; A.
j. Heath Richmond; II. II. Dow,
Midland: w. j. Terney, Roscommon;
Thos. NJ Sattler. Jackson; S, t. /
Handy. Sault Ste Marie; c. f. Gates, |
Sandusky: Frank Coward. Bronson; (
F. B. Ransford, Caro-; Leonard b. /
Freeman. Fenton: Geo. w. Dickin- I
son, Pontiac: T. w Palmer, Detroit; |
John T.. Rich, Pontiac, l.. II. Butter !
field. Hartford; E. Rowland, Pontiac: |
Eugene Fifield, Bay City and Fred !
Postal. Detroit. The executive staf !
and superintendent: General super /
intendent. Geo. w. Dickinson, Pom !
tiac; manager, ]. +. Harmon. Detroit; |
general superintendent, live stock, G. |
"A. Tyler, Coldwater; business com
mittee. Geo. w Dickinson. Leonard .
b. Freeman and j, f. Harmon; !
finance committee, Fred Postal, Sher- |
man T.. Handy and w. H. Wallace:
committee on bylaws and general !
rules, c. =. Gates. Thos. NJ. Sattler
and Lawrence W. Smell: premium
list committee. A. E. Stevenson. n.
p. Hull. t. F. Marston. Geo Kelly, !
G. +. Gates, j. Fred Smith (Byron) !
w. ]. Terney and + j. Lessiter, com
mittee on concessions, Geo. w. Dick |
inson, Leonard B. Freeman and J. I
E.. Hannon reception committee, V.
W Green (Detroitl, II. X. Dow Mid |
land) and John T. Rich tPontiact; (
department OF publicity, F. Ed. /
Spooner; speed department, Eugene |
Fffield bay City,. Fred Postal CDe-
troiD and A. j. Peck lJacksonD sec
rotary of races. Albert IL. Moone |
4 (Detroit); superintendent cattle. F. |
J. H.essuter, Charleston; horses. n. p. |
Hull, Diamondale; sheep, j. Fred |
Smith, Byron: evening horse show, |
w. c. Morgan, Detroit swine, Geo
Kelley, North Branch: poultry, Frank |
4 Coward. Bronson; agricultural pro- |
ducts w. j. Terney, Roscommon; |
dairy, T. F. Marston. Bay City; !
.apiary. F. B. Ransford, Caro-; horicul-
ture, H. II. Dow, Midland; farm i'm
3plements and machinery, V. v. Green,
! Detroit; vehicles, A. f. Stevenson,
Port Huron; educational. Thos. NJ.
Sattler, Jackson; needlework, Belle
II. Clark, Plymouth; main building,
a. J. Heath, Richmond: transporta-
ton, c. F. Gates, Sandusky.