Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-06-13
FAIR & CELEBRATION
These and Other Matters
Considered at CONNER
cial Club Meeting

q Unanimously deciding upO
=, holding our annual fair this fa
, and upon observing the 4th O
July, endorsing the War Saving
Stamp advertising campaign an
agreeing TO purchase War Say
ing Stamps were among the &C
tivities at the regular meetin,
Monday night at the club room
of the Commercial Club of tn
City of Mansfield, there being
good attendance of the represen
tative business men of the city
Sept. 25, 26, q and 2S-Wed
nesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, were selected as the
dates for Mansfield s SeventhAn
nual Agricultural and Stock
Show, the officers for the fair be
ingas follows: W. G. Reynolds
president; Dr.. +. II. Riley, vice
president; WA. Black. secretary:
and o S. Coday, treasurer. 1t
was decided to pay all premiums
in War Savings Stamps.
Crop conditions in Wright
county were never more favor
able than this year and all kinds
of agricultural products bid fair
to the biggest yield in years.
This is an excellent year to dem
nnstrate our county's resources
by displaying a prize winning ex
hibit. agricultural fairs must
be regarded as important activi
ties during war, Says F.B.Mum.
ford, member national defense
board and dean of the college of
agriculture, University of Mis-.
souri,.
M. A. Freeman, M b. Alcorn
and A. j. Clark were appointed
as the committee on arrange
mentS for q safe and sane old
fashioned 4th of July celebration
The chairman of the county cOun
Gil of defense has been request
ed by the state council to re
quest all towns to observe the
4th this year and Mansfield is
no Stacker.
The War Savings Stamp cam
paign received the clubs hearty
endorsement and it was voted to
purchaseWar Savings Stamps in
the name of the club June %.
War Stamp Day. The club also
endorsed the plan to advertise
War Savings Stamps in the
Mansfield Mirror, using the ad
vertismcnts as furnished by the
War Saving Committee of Miss.
ouri. these advertisements to be
paid for by the patriotic business
men of the city, and each mer-
chant was urged to advertise
War Savings Stamps. J. D. Rey'
nolds, chairman of the Retail
Merchants Division of Wright
county, spoke concerning the
drive for the sale of the stamps.
Probably never in the history
of Missouri have plans of such
magnitude been arranged as for
our Pledge Day. 1t must be re-
membered that while we are
making our drive in Missouri,
that every other state, with the
exception OF Nebraska, which has
already completed its quota, will
be acting in a similar manner.
President Wilson has expressed
himself as feeling confident
every State in the Union will
overscribe it's quota on this
eventful day.
Some preparations were also
made relative to the proposed
visit here June 10, next Wednes.
day, Mansfield. Springfield day, of
the mem bers of the Young Mems
Business Club of Springfield.
The proposed improvements
at the Frisco station, previously
mentioned, were also discussed.
1t was a live meeting from
start to finish and the action
taken shows that Mansfield
stands squarely by the govern
ment and is willing and ready
to do her full share in the war
activities.