Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-11
FAIR ASSOCIATION MEETS.
Change Date of Annual Meeting.
Officers Elected.

secretary Frank I. Dyer OF SANS
bury occupying his position. Secretary
Dyer read the call for the special meet
ing and two matters of business only
were taken up. These were, first, an
amendment of the bylaws by which the
annual meeting should be held this year
on the second Wednesday Of December.
instead of on the first Wednesday of
January, in each yeal, and that he eaf-
ter the annual meeting should be held
on the first Wednesday in December,
so as not to conflict with the dates of
the opening of the Legislature and of
other organizations. These matters
were carried through on the motion of
Col. S. A. Ilsley of Middlebury, as was
also a motion to increase he member
ship of the board of directors from to
II, and this completed the business of
the special meeting.
Under the amendment just passed,
the regular annual meeting of the asso
citation was called to order by Judge
Weeks at 1:45 O'Clock and Secretary
Dyer read the call. The printed reports
of the treasurer and auditors and the
board of managers was submitted and
all approved and adopted as herewith
printed. Secretary Dyer, as mem
Der of the board of managers, stated
that "the board held three meetings
during the year for the transaction of
routine business, except that in one
case they met to devise some way
to get around the constitution to
hold our annual meeting a month
earlier, 80 as to enable some of our
members to sit in the sea S of the
legislature on the first Wednesday of
January. The last annual fair held
Sept l. 2, and A, 1914, was probably
the best ever held in the 70 years of our
existence in the point of exhibits, races
and entertainments. If there was any
thing lacking it was not the fault of the
society or its management. 1t has
seemed to the board that the people of
Addison county did not as fully appre-
ciate the privilege that we have so long
enjoyed of having the best county fair
in the State.
'Five years ago we had surplus
of $4,000 which has decreased to
less than $4,000. Some of this has been
put into permanent improvements, etc,
but much of it has been used to meet
deficits. You do not need to be told
that we have the best grounds and
plant in Vermont. You know that
some one has said that the Addison
county fair has raised the standar of
stock breeding in this county % per
1t stands for the elevation of standards
in agricultural, as another great Addi-
son county institution stands for higher
education, and both have shown how
they can get together and cooperate,
as in the mid-winter stock show, which
is now, | hope, permanent feature.
The population of this county, accord
ing to the last census was 20,0lO.
There are 424 members of this society
entitled to vote. We want 10, $50 addi-
tions to the boosters club. That is
all we need, and we have committee
on membership consisting of 424, then
let's get busy"
All the reports were adopted on mo-
tion of John II. Donnelly of Vergennes.
The next business was the election of
officers, and John E. Weeks of Middle
bury was renominated for president by
Col. S. A. Ilsley of Middlebury and was
unanimously reelected, for the sixth
successive time. Mr. Weeks made a
very pleasant little speech and pledged
his most earnest endeavors to make the
fair of 1915 the most successful one
ever held by the association. Judge
Weeks gave a schedule of the county
fair premiums in 1860, when the whole
amount of premiums totaled just $5S8,
of which $S7 was given for field crops,
$l23 in the cattle classes, SOB in the
horse classes, Sl13 in the sheep classes,
SIG for swine, $48 for farm implements,
in butter and cheese and honey $l8,
in fruit $l7, in leather goods So, in
household goods $27 and miscellane 0us
matters $22, with fancy work $2l and
bread 49,
Col S. A. Ilsley was then nominated
for first vice-president and was unani-
mousy elected. Col. Ilsley accepted
the election and stated that for the
past two years the fair had run behind
and that although he had spent nearly
$50, 900 in building and taking care OF
the fair he would back it up this year,
but after this year the members of the
association must look out for it them.
selves. Col. Ilsley was greeted with
very hearty applause. w. C. Hack OF