Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-02
Fix NEXT FAIR Db1E
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WEEK FOR FAIR CHOSEN, e. z.
srANssERRY 10 Selected
PRECEDENT.
OTHER OFFICERS CHOSEN,
ALSO ASSISTANT sEcRETARY
Office Of Assistant 70 esorstary Gre.
! .t.a - Eight :: Mia. Old Director.
Rs-slsetsd ~ Msmhsrs OF Executive
Committee Chosen - Other Business
Of Annual Meeting. 1,

s# Officers, directors anu HAeHocES "
the executive committee Of the Mar
shall County Fair Association were
elected, and the dates for the 1915 fair
were chosen, at the annual meeting OF
the stockholders, directors, and exec
utive committee held at the Marshall-
town Club wednesday afternoon. The
next fair will be held Sept, II to 10
inclusive. The date falls In the sec0no
week after the state fair.
The officers elected were: Presi-
dent, G.. F. Stansberry, of Gilman; vice
president, Merritt Greene; treasurer
C. C. st. Clair; secretary WIN. Clark.
Create Office Assistant Secrstary..
The directors created new OFFICE.
that Of assistant secretary. and then
elected Miss Anna Peterson as the as
sistant. The creation Of the office ID
chiefly for the purpose of having an
assistant secretary in case some emer-
gency should arise that would make It
impossible for the secretary to serve.
Miss Peterson's employment Will oe
limited to a few weeks at fair time.
She has assisted in the office OF Sec
rotary Clark at fair time for several
years.
In the list of officers Mr.. Stansberry
succeeds Stanford Collins. Stansberry
has been vice president. Merritt
Greene, a new man on the board, was
elected vice president. The other Of
ficers have served since the association
was organized.
Members Of Executive Committee.
The directors elected four members
4 - ~ ~ 1< ThndQ
elected were George Gregory and T..
P. Low, already members, for three
year terms, and E. S. Ketchum, for
one year to fill the unexpired term OF
o. u. Ingledue, who resigned MI.
Ketchum was appointed to the execu-
tive committee last summer until this
meeting. Mr. Collins, retiring presi-
dent, was elected for two years to take
the place Of Mr.. stansberry, who, by
his election as president, could not re-
tain his place on the executive COM
mittee. The other two members Of the
and H. F. Smith.
Directors Reelected.
The attendance Of the stockholders
meeting was the smallest for several
years. The stockholders re-elected
Those reelected were George Alexan-
der, Minerva: Warren Nichols. Mar
lietta; r. G. Davis, Bangor; w. r. Lips
pincott. LeGrand; and C.. g. 81. Car,
ID. w. Norris, f. II. Houghton, and DR..
F. J. Neiuan, OF this city. Merritt
Greene was elected director to sue
coed Harry F. McCombs.
e. Z. Monohon, Of Timber Creek
IA ala fn ho
Creek place on the board to succeed
/ n. Showalter, who has moved from the
township.
Present Park Proposition.
b. C. Taylor and S. w. Rubee, Of the
the Marshalltown Club, which has
proposed project to replat and re-
build a part of the fair grounds and
devote the north side Of the grounds
along Main street for park and play
ground purposes, presented this plan
briefly. They asked that q committee
be named from the fair association to
confer with the Marshaltown Club
scented. The stockholders authorized
the president to name a committee.
President Stansberry, of the fair as
ISOLATION, was chosen as delegate to
attend the annual meeting Of the Iowa
State Agricultural Society, which
meets at Des Moines, Dec. 8. w. M.
Clark will attend the annual meeting
Of the Iowa Association OF County and
District Fairs, OF which he was for
merly secretary and president. D. w.
Norris member Of the board Of d.
rectors of the fair association, will de-
liver an address on good roads before
the state agricultural society.