The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-23
MANCHESTER FAIR
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little damage other than broken sui
lies.
1T was evident that the grandstand
was far too small to accommodate the
crowd and it was used to capacity
both days.
The foresight Of moving the mid
way to It's new location was very evil
IDENTIFY wi e as It was filled far beyond
anything that could have been handl.
ed at the old location There we're
nearly double the number OF tops
Of previous years stationed there and
the concesionaries certainly did a
good business. The midway was well
supervised and if there were any I'M
desirable games started they we're
stopped so promptly that the gen
eral public knew nothing about them.
Billy Kelley of Rutland the boy
soprano Of Rutland, pleased the crowd
with mis- singing with the band and the
aerial trapeze artist was also well
received. These numbers together
with the two dog acts and the boxing
exhibition between the twin keough
brothers of Arlington served well to
amuse the crowd between the heats OF
the races Manchester Union Band
never appeared to better advantage
and the members stood by their post
even during the heavy rain OF the last
afternoon and helped relieve the tenn
porary gloom -
In general all classes OF exhibits
unless it Vas of carriage Horses eA
coeded previous years. Ts3 cattle ov.
ereowed their barn into a tent and all
other departments were fully up toI
former years Special mentions should
rs made az the growth of the' DoyS
and Girls club work exhibits. y large
tent allotted to this department. was
6ued with attractive exhibits IN con
junction with Farm Bureau exhibits
And considerable extra space was useu
for me animals entered by the chi
dren. Miss Hardy, the club work leau'
or Is surely TO be compllmcnied ON
such a showing.
"Thc exhibits in Floral Hall were up
To their usual standard but the eNhlDli
that attracted a great deal oil atteh.
ton and communication was that oil
tho Manchester Garden Club
"Thc n. ID. Cass Co. also mad an eN
bibit Of the toy furniture that they are
now making at their fine new plant III
Richville. This exhibit was certainly
an agreeable surprise to those who
saw il as few people, unless they have
been through the plant. had any con
ccption of the fine line OF goods tha'
they are making.
"The Equinox Mountain Spring Inc
also had AN attractive cabinet display
of their wares, including maple pro
duets while several of our enterpris
ing merchants likewise had exhibits OF
their good
Amongst the display in Agricultural
Hall was some field red raspberrieS
picked on the mountain the day before
the fair opened
There we're numerous other special
tents and exhibits all of which added
interest to the fair. including the
American Legion CleanUp Squad, the
state tuberculosis Association tent,
the State Library Association exhibit
the Middlebury College exhibit and
considerable farm and road machin-
cry.
"E. II Hemenway used large tent
and had a very attractive array Of
farm machinery in the way OF milk
ing machines and separators as well as
general line of hardware and blank
cts There were also a number of
tents ned with new automobiles.
AN things considered the Fair Asso-
citation is to be congratulated on the
1921 Fair"