Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-03
NOONAN AGAIN HEAD
OF A. A. SOCIETY
Report of Managers

Report of Managers
Z The Addison County Fair of 1920
, is now recorded in history as one of the
best exhibitions ever held by the So
ciety. In the matter of attendance and
financial receipts the Society has had
a very successful year. especially when
we consider the weather conditions
that existed on the first and second
days of the Fair, but besides this the
Fair in every department showed I'M.
provement and the general public upon
whom we depend for support and pa
tronage were satisfied. Judging from
the reports about the County md
State, the Fair of 1920 was up to the
standard of past exhibitions and even
a little better; and the only criticism
that has been reported of any Ise-
quence has been in regard to the
weather conditions. The Committee III
charge of furnishing the weather for
the Fair of 1921 must try and make a
better contract with the Weather Man
Even with the weather that was pro-
vided the Society had successful
year as the Treasurer's repor, will
show, and the total receipts you w,ll
observe were greater than any year IN
the history Of the Society.
Never in the history of the Society
| am informed by some of the older
members has there been better team
work, a Together and cooperation
for the success of the Fair. | can as
sure you for President Noonan and
the Secretary that this situation has
been very gratifying and greatly APP
precated. The former officers of the
Society, Judge Weeks and Senator
Dyer have rendered much valuable
advice and assistance, and the present
officers Of the Society are deeply in
debted to them for their generous
and liberal spirit of aid and coopera-
ton The great benefaCtor of the So
ciety, the late Colonel S. A. Illsley,
whose memory we all revere, has been
greatly missed by the Board of Man
ayers a good many times and in many
places, but the aid and cooperation
given so freely by the experienced Off
GERS of the Society have helped greatly
to ill the gap caused by the death of
Colonel Illsley.
As by the BY Laws OF the Society
this report is by the Board Of Man
ayers it is proper for me to read eX-
tracts of the minutes OF meetings held
by the Board during the wear in order
to give the members of the Society a
better idea of the plans of the orgapi-
cation.
At the first meeting OF the of
Managers it was very evident that the
Board were all of one mind on the
necessity of building up the exhibits
in the live stock departments. The
premiums were accordingly raised
twenty-five per cent and the Secre-
tarv was instructed to go after the
prospective exhibitors and fill the sta
bles. With the cooperation of the
members of the Board the Secretary
was able to accomplish the desired re-
suits. and the barns and show sheds
were pretty well filled at the time of
the Fair. Never before in the history
of the Society has there been better
display of cattle, and no fair in the
State had a better show than Addison
County except possibly the State Fair
This result was very gratifying to the
Board of Managers who believe that
the Society should always strive tot
keep the cattle show the primary and
foremost feature Of the Fair
The Exhibits in all of the other de
partments of the Fair were well filled,
and were a surprise if not a revelation
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feeling for the past few years that the
time would not be far distant before
the County Fair would exist in name
only, and that good Durham or
Holstein COW would soon be a curios- |
ity in a glass cage and the Fair pro-
gram would be made up almost entire
ly of vaudeville, automobile and aero
plane exhibitions.
This will not be so for many years
with the right kind of management. |
for by a revision of our premium list
to meet new conditions and with a
small increase in appropriations even a /
larger and better stock show can be
promoted. This should be the aim OF
the Society for 1921 "a bigger and bet
ter Fair, but especially in the Cattle
Department"
A gentleman from the West who had |
visited fairs in nearly every State .
east of the Rocky Mountains remarked |
while at Middlebury that he never
had seen a better balanced fair with
a good display in every department
The Exhibition and Horticultural
Halls were well filled with selected
specimens on exhibition. and the popu- 4
larity of these departments was evil
denced by the crowds waiting to gain .
during the busy hours of
the day. The Grange Exhibits in Hor-
ticultural Hall were especially attrac-
tive. and the thanks of the Society are
due the Chapters of the Grange that
made such excellent exhibits at the
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