Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-27
AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY FAv0RS
The TRANSFER
At a Meeting of the Members
Wednesday Evening it Was
Voted to Turn the Fair
Grounds Over to the
County

A large meeting of the members oi
the Marathon Agricultural society was
held at the Eagles hall, on Wednes-
day, when the matter of making a
transfer of the Fair Grounds of the
Marathon Agricultural society wa:
considered. The supper was gotten
up by the ladies' auxiliary of the
Eagles and there was community
singing and vaudeville stunts, which
livened up the meeting. At the close
of supper, A. J. Peterson, president ot
the agricultural society presided al
a business session. The meeting was
called to take into consideration the
proposition to transfer the Fair
Grounds owned by the Marathon
County Agricultural society, over to
Marathon County. A. w. Prehn Sec
retary of the agricultural society ex-
planned the reasons why the transfer
was desirable. Judge Reid addressed
the members in detail urging the nee
essity of making the park and grounds
what they should be TO large and
growing county like Marathon; the
necessity of up-tO-date buildings and q
beautiful park, all this required much
money and the only way to obtain it
was by cooperation on the part of
the city and county and its citizens.
He pointed out the fact that if the
county took over the grounds, C. C.
Yawkey had agreed to donate 1000
towards beautifying the grounds. The
proposition was for the county to pay
100000 $4,000 year for six years.
for the grounds, the proceeds to go
into buildings and improvements.
The city had agreed to provide a care
taker to keep the grounds in order
and to watch over the buildings.
]. \. Manson made the announce
ment that ID. l.. Plumer had donated
$4,000 towards the beautifying of
the grounds, provided they were taken
over by the county.
]. D. Christie talked on the great
need of new grand stand and Frank
Swoboda told of the advancement of
the county in an agricultural and
stock raising way.
w. W. Mitchell of Stevens Point, who
made his home in Wausau some fifty
years ago was present. He told of
his becoming a member of the soci-
ETY. in 1868 and he showed a circular,
or bill, which had been gotten out and
distributed at the first fair of Mara
thon County. Mr.. Mitchell was in at
tendance at the last fair given by the
association In Sept, 1919, and at that
time displayed the bill to many of
our people, and the Pilot published
at that time, a fac-simile of main
points of interest in the bill The bill
was gotten out in the Pilot Office in
1868 and put in type by the present
owner of the Pilot.
The proposition to transfer the
Fair Grounds over to the county with
the reservations that the association
could hold its annual fairs, ETC., on
the grounds, was carried.
This move has been the desire of
all who had the best interests of the
association at heart, for many years.
To do this it was necessary
to have perfect title. This has been
fully attended to and it now remains
for the county, through its represen-
tatives. to have one of the finest fair
grounds in the north as well as one
of the finest county parks. That the
grounds will eventually pass into the
hands of the county is the belief of
all interested.