Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-04-25
A Celebration
of Victory
Will Be Feature of Our Next
County Fair
EWINGS ZOUAVE BAND
And Many Other Big Free At
fractions Offered.

fractions Offered.
A meeting of the executive COM
mittee Of the Charlevoix County Agri-
cultural Society was held at the Secre-
tary's office at East Jordan, on Tues
day, the 22nd day Of April. It was de-
cided to make this years Fair in the
nature Of celebration Of Victory and a
welcome for all our returned Soldier
Boys, and to engage Carlisle's Frontier
Shows and Ewings Zouave Band for the
free attractions and music.
The Frontier Shows are in the nature
Of Wild West performances and will
provide ten different programs for Fair
week, among the acts being the captur-
ing Of the horse thief. exhibition fancy
riding, riding bucking bronco, an
educated horse, etc. This company al.
SO brings with them tent shows to be
placed on the mid way and which will
provide clean entertainment for the
patrons of the Fair.
Ewings Zouave Band comes from
Campaign, Illinois. Is handsomely uni
formed, is composed of professional
musicians, has with them Miss Alma
Huntley, a lyric soprano with a voice
especially adapted for singing with a
band, Mr.. Turner Hearing, trumpet
soloist, has been with the organization
for eight years and ranks with the FORE
most trumpet soloists of the United
States. This organization has been for
the past fifteen years, playing on the
larger Chautaqua circuits and at the
larger Fairs and will be real treat for
lovers Of good band music.
A number Of changes in the grounds
were provided for. The executive
committee voted to build an addition to
the educational building, costing ap-
proximately, Two Thousand Dollars,
and appropriated Five Hundred Dollars
toward this addition, the balance to be
raised by popular subscription. This
addition will make the building in the
form of double cross and will provide
an auditorium thirty feet by sixty feet
The south wing of the building will be
a model standard school house COM
pletely furnished and equipped and
should prove to be great benefit to
all country school districts in the coun-
ty:..
The entrance to the grounds is to be
changed in such manner as to relieve
the congestion at the gate. The fence
at the gate will be dropped back, per-
hitting room for the jitneys to turn
around without interfering with the
cars going into the grounds. A double
entrance for cars and entrances and
exits for foot passengers and cars pro-
vided for.
II was also decided to build a new
ticket office and judges stand, and to
provide ticket offices in the business
district Of East Jordan, on the road to
the Fair grounds so that the patrons
may buy their tickets without blocking
the entrance to the grounds.
The price of admission was changed
from the old price to Fifty cents, for
adults and fifteen cents for children,
no charge TO be made for cars and teams
entering the grounds and this emitting
patrons to attend both the day and
night Fair il they remain on the
grounds. The charge of twenty-five
cents is made for the night fair.
The mid way will be well taken care
OF this year. The association having
contracted with the Collins Amusement
Company for a merry-go-round, ferris
wheel and six good, clean side shows
and at least twenty additional conces-
sions. With this as a starter the as.
sociation is assured Of mid way such
as has never been seen on any OF the
Fair grounds of Northern Michigan.
Everything points to the largest and
most successful Fair ever held. Even
Hicks consenting to assure good
weather for Fair week. The associa.
ton is especially'desirous Of having the
exhibition buildings filled with the
best productions from every section OF
the county and urges all farmers, stock
men, poultry men and fruit raisers, all
housewives, all canning and garden
club members, pupils and teachers in
the public schools, in fact all citizens OF
the county to keep their County Fair in
mind and make plans for each to GEN.
tribute his or her share to the success
OF the Fair.
Let us make this Fair real County
Fair and such one as has never been
held in this County. The dates are