Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1916-09-07
BOOSTERS OF FALL SHOW
HAVE MEETING MONDAY
annual Corn Show and Fall Festiyi-
ties" is Name Chosen for Fall
Entertainment.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
Style Show, Poultry Show, Window
Dressing Contest to Be Arrang-
ed = All are Enthusiastic.

the success of the big street fair here
this fall met at the Hotel Hoxsey at
$3.50 Monday night to further the ar
rangements for the big fall entertain
ment. A prize of $3.50 had been Of
fered for the best suggestion of a name
for the street fair. Three names were
submitted and after some debate the
name, "The Annual Corn Show and
Fall Festivities" submitted by Miss
Lulu Price, was chosen and is now tire
official name of the fair.
1t was announced that the Brund-
age Shows, which were here last year,
had been again secured under prac-
tically the same contract as last year.
A committee of five was appointed by
John Abbay, who presided over the
meeting, to take charge of placing and
arranging the farm exhibits, the mem-
bers of this committee are: H. E. c..
Tucker, W. Clyde johnson, Roy Ferris,
Joe Davis and VIM. Rose.
The location of the various shows
was placed in the hands of the ar
rangements committee H. e. c.
Tucker, William Rose and R. E. Race
- who are to cooperate with the
street and alley committee of the city
council in locating the various shows.
A decorations committee, composed of
w. Clyde Johnson, Roy Ferris and Roy
Mitchell, was appointed to attend to
decorating the booths and exhibits
Along this line an attempt will be
made to interest the ladies of Mexico
and of the country in the work Of
decorating the booths and exhibits
and also to interest the school chill
dren of the county in this work.
The matter of poultry exhibit was
brought before the meeting and Sam
Evans was appointed chairman of the
poultry committee and empowered to
appoint his assistants and the associ.
alton was ordered to place an amount
not to exceed $50 at his disposal fol
poultry prizes
The committee on arrangement viii
work with W. Clyde johnson, County
School Superintendent, in arranging
number of contests and exhibits by
the school children of the county.
A committee consisting of Charles
Malone, G. W. Nash and Maurice Phil
| lip was appointed to consult with the
merchants of the city in regard to the
proposed style show, in which tht
merchants will take part. The com
mercial club offers to furnish living
models who will display the --latest
styles for the merchants. 1t is plann
ed to have this style show on largt
platform on the square. 1t is E
unique feature for Mexico, although
| it has been tried in other places anC
met with great success.
Another feature of the Annua
Corn Show and Fall Festivities, whicr
should receive strong cooperation o.
the merchants is the window decorat
ing contest, the details of which wer'
left with the arrangements commit
tee, In order that this contest u
fair to all, the stores entering thi
contest are to be divided in to classes
so a clothing store will not have t.
compete against a hardware store
or grocery against shoe store, TO
the best dressed window.
The question of the parades and spe
cial features was left to the arrange
ments committee and they promise u
some features as good at the parad
of the nations last year.
| A committee of four - T. L. Mae
shall, l. M. Richards, John E. Fis
and Judge W. W. Bolts - was ap
pointed to interest the railroads i
advertising the enterprise and in OF
fering some prizes.
After the business connected wit
the Annual Corn Show and Fall Fes
tivities was completed, a resolutio
was introduced that the resignation o
Roy Ferris, as president Of the CON
mercial club, be not accepted, an
that he be kindly and respectfully r'
quested to serve until the first of tn
coming year; this resolution wa
adopted without a dissenting vot
Mr.. Ferris has been very efficier
president and the commercial club
to be congratulated on this step.
In order to keep up with their wor
and keep things going all the tim
the various committees connecte
with the promotion of the fall entel
tainment agreed to meet every MOI
day evening at 1880 at the City Ha
and to invite all merchants and bus
; ness men of Mexico to attend thes
meetings.
GERvAISE BERREY TO WE'D.
Gervaise Berrey, son of DIR. an
Mrs. W. R. Berry, of this city, an
: Miss Gertrude Lobdell, of Washing
ton, D. c., will be married at the hon