The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-01-18
SOUTHERN IOWA
FAIR ASSOCIATION
FIRST ANNUAL MEETING YES
TERDAY AFTERNOON.
STOCK HOLDERS ENTHUSED
Splendid Reports Are Made of the
First Exhibition ID. x. Unsick-
err is Elected President For
the Ensuing Year.

J When it comes to booster meetings
il takes the stockholders of the South
ern Iowa Fair & Exposition to holC
them, and Monday afternoon in the
council chamber of the Municipal
Building, one of these great booster
meetings was held.
1t was the first annual meeting oil
this association which means so much
to Oskaloosa and the territory tribr
tary thereto, and in spite of the severe
weather, there were over 100 stock
holders present and they represented
every part of the county and they all
came for purpose too, and that pur
pose was to make the Southern Iowa
Fair and Exposition the greatest thing
OF the kind in the state outside of the
State Fair. a.... . ....
The meeting was called to order by
the President, Mr.. ID. K. Unsicke,
who opened the program by calling
on Mayor Harold for an address OF
welcome and His Honor responded in
his usual graceful manner on the sub
iect what the Fair Means to U.s."
Mr.. ,Unsicker responded, taking the
subject, What the Fair Means to the
District" and told in a way that was
pletasng to the audience, what a
source of pleasure il had been to him
Ito work with bunch of men such as
he had been connected with during
his term of office, and the spirit OF co
operation that had prevailed since the
fair was made realty .at.t 81
Mr.. r. d. Walton was called upon
to speak on the subject, Organization
and Foundation of the Fair, and he
told it in a way no other person could
because he was there at the start. He
told how Bill Broerman came to him
following the fall festival of 1915 and
suggested that now was the time to
start something toward permanent
home for the festival, as it had out
grown itself and either had to die or
grow bigger, so they conceived the
idea of getting an option on the old
fair grounds, which they did, then
called meeting to get things started
and with the help of Charlie Victor
and others, things shaped themselves
into a more permanent organization
until the final organization on June
I29, 1916. ..s Fl. a1E -.
Ed Beman, the captain Of all stock
salesman, or champion, we should
say. was the next man on the pro
gram, taking the subject, Selling
Stock" Ed Beman certainly does like
to talk and that is what has made him
what he is, but he gave us a talk that
was right to the point and will be the
means of injecting ginger into the
stockholders, which is necessary fol
the success of the organization
The last on the program, but Ger
tainly not the least, was a short tain
by J. w. Mcclure, from the northeas'
part of the county. Ten minutes be
fore the meeting, Mr.. Rosebrook ask
ed Mr., Mcclure if he would make q
few remarks on the subject. viewed
from the Outside"
He said he had no time to prepare
a speech. but he would say what ht
could and he certainly did. His tall
was full of pep and enthusiasm ant
his praise of the work done by the
men behind the gun, was unbounded
The meeting now settled down t.
. the business part of the program an
the minutes of the last meeting wer'
read. ~ ....
The next was the financial report
which every one was anxious to hear
The report shows that the secretary
handled over $o6,00000 since the or
ganization and that the net profits o
the fair we're $1,95133 and say, If w
, had been favored with good weathe
and roads, we certainly would haV'
made a record for county or distric
] fairs.
The report of the committee on by
. laws was received and the bylaw
, we're adopted as reported. .
The last on the program was tn
election of 80 directors for the ens'
ling year. and after a few remarks b.
Bill Pomeroy, Tom Bray and others
, motion prevailed to re elect all o
the old directors. after when IN
: meeting adjourned to a meeting OF TN
: newly elected directors.
Mr.. d. X. Unsicker was re-electe
}, president for the ensuing year, J. Ill
: Barnes and t. w. Denney were cleo
ed vice presidents, c. Ed Bemar
+ treasurer and R. D. Walton, w. :
Q Broerman, w. |. Beans, Chas. Bass
: Charlie Victor. F. E. Hyett were r.
/ elected to the executive committee
e The executive board met followin
r the adjournment of the directors an
REELECTED H. H. Rosebrook as seer
a tary and in order to show their al
t preciation of his services rendere'
e resolutions to this effect were passe
and ordered spread on the minutes
l. the meeting.
e In order to put things on goo
n sound financial basis and start IN