Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-08

/
dent of the New London County Agricul- !
| tural society Wednesday morning at the
| society's 6Sth annual meeting which was
held in the city court room. Gilbert S
| RAYMOND was reelected secretary and |
! Albert J. Bailey was reelected treasurer
and speed secrtary
Secretary's Report
There was good sized attendance at
/ the netting which was called to order a.
! II : clock by President Person Secre-
tary Raymond presented his report as
follows:
Since the last annual meeting one meet
/ ing Of the board of directors and four
meetings of the executive committee have
been held, all Of which were well attend
/ ed
At the beginning of the year there were
/ 40 life members and during the year
seven deaths have occurred and 20 new
/ members added, making d present mem
| bcrship Of 1873, a net gain # thirteen.
The society was represented by the
| president treasurer and secretary at the
meeting Of the State Fair association at
! Hartford in February, and the society has
| also become a member of the New Eng
larl Fairs association and was represent
ed at the spring meeting Of that organi
| cation at Gre niie,d, Mass. in y ri and
az the midsummer meeting at Brattle-
Dor Vt, in July. The secretary attend
ID both Of these meetings as a delegate
from this society. Delegates from this
/ so-ie-y also attended tho Springfield ex-
| position, the Danbury and Kingston fairs,
The track has ben permanently i'm
proved by regarding and resuri acing IN
dor the supervision of an expert under the
I supervision Of an expert in track build
/ ing. j. S Gates Of Goshen, n. Y, whc
spent several days here in June and july.
This permanent Improvement resulted in
the most successful race meeting We have
ever had . new stable building with
ten stalls fas been built and the usual
reD- irs to the other buildings have been
made The grounds east of the track
were leased to the Knights of Columbus
for baseball games the same as last year
The filing UP Of the hole inside Of the
track was considered and surveys made
If the inside CT the oval ard the north
.o-tion q the same was submitted to con-
l tractors FOR bids. These bids were re
oef~.I and opened April 1921 hut the
/ .tf= were So r1zh that the price was con-
-ilsred prohi5ffve by the committee hav-
ing the matter in charge and therefore no
--0tract was SGT.
In June the executive committee IMAM
t--ously voted to Increase the admission
70 the fair from SOC to 77c and therefor
, the total gate receipts were S97.65 more
than last year. although the attendance
was over 1000 lass. The recei2ts from
+ra Midway and PRIVILEGES far exceeded
any o-hor year and the grand stand re
.aiots We're less than last year m about
trr Same pr portion as the gate recei0ts
Tro ne- cash profit for the year was 81
$500 end We close the year with S4,965.
St. Gosh on hand in the two banks.
desire 70 call your attention 70 the
.-7-essa O. business carried on ny tn'
society The trrasureT's report on Dec.
l. 1917 l. 10 years a9o SHOWS that me ',l3'
nm ''.E OF money. w On we lls I,"f." uuI-
81 F me year VS. so.'-n'lo' anu 1l'lS 81 :,
3 r.'efJ sa'"S 9-''' l''2 !, al M a. -
oyer a00 per cent anu lNe l''ai 80 ~
7 from the safe Nv years ago We're T4'-Vo.
e. and This year SlV'949.o9-an increase Oh
d. over 259 per cent
e ns5 9@re'lrl , o6n XIII vas W.
l-en i'l 1877. vas over -o.Uou' |tic a.- Was
an - - - oao II 1oo1
q 80, -. 49, a;1 into tb. oero,,nde
i'r3 ., 60 80 ou - +1,e -r,r,,i,,r,s
T. ,r a-, de-,ar.7,,ort sy,,o,,ntirq to 81 o99
= were -aid on tho last day Of the fair and
! roFeL feature vas ciI!!e on ;" :. :
= SSH. an" proved MUS s'Oisl'0'o'5 =
u. all exhibitors.
Recommendations
1r9v Z suggest that we should erect the
r., ming wear the following named new
10 buildings:
3 Grand stand Of modern Construction
.r vi'h murdered reserve seats which i7
my oui~ion, would pay for itself within
q eight years.
- Toilet building with running water, fol
90 Both mCl and women.
n Cattle, shee2 and swine buildings to re
place the Temporary shed now IN use
s- Fam machinery shed.
z An additional entrance and driveway
T. southerly # the present gate.
r. We ask the support and cooperation o
,r the manHf lecturers oranges, farm bureau
4 and all producers from the soil and If W
r. "an a3fein this 7 feel sure that we car
k during the neTt decade more than douhl
10 fHc present size Of our fair and an at
tendance Of over $4,000 should be ou'
7r goal.