The Press., 1921-10-06
Fair Next Week Wednesday Thursday
 and Friday.

and Friday.
 Next week will be the big Stafford fair.
 The grandstand reserved seats are selling with rapidity at the Whiton's Stationery store.
 The association have been very for tunate in securing the services of B, | T. Connolly reported as the best an nouncer in Connecticut. MT. Connolly also sings with the band.
 The different committees are fast completing their arrangements for the | coming event. With good weather everything promises a fair that will exceed last years, which was the most successful ever held by the associa- | tion.
 The midway will be immense. The amount of space already engaged is nearly twice the amount ever before taken the week before the fair. The midway last year was the largest in the history of the society. This year promises to greatly exceed last year. Stage attractions that have been book ed by the amusement committee are | ed when the grounds open on next Tuesday there will be one of the finest fairs yet sponsored by the associa- tion.
 Entries of horses into the races at the fair are coming to racing superin- tendent Lott O'Halloran in increasing numbers each day. Already the asso- citation is secure in promising a full stables with horses of note in the ! racing program. Pacers and trOtters from the Grand Racing Circuit are | among the entries. With the additional stables this year available on the grounds it is doubtful whether there will be room to house all the horses coming for the fair racing. The new | bleachers are in process of erection and will add greatly to the seating ca pacity of the grandstand, that has ever been too small.
 An attractive display of cups are ar ranged in James Warren's clothing store window, each placarded with the title of the event for which it will be awarded in the athletic contests at the fair on Thursday the thirteenth. An exceptional opportunity is this year given to local young men of Stafford and the surrounding. terri tory. The fair committee have ar ranged program that is calculated to develop the best races for the com petitOrs and at the same time keep the events close by eliminating out side competition. A program, of events might have been arranged that would attract special men in certain classes that could easily walk away from the whole field, making the con- test uninteresting and killing local athletic ambitions. After the local boys have come around at the fair and have put a fair amount of effort in practicing there is no good reason | why they should not te atle to line | up against the Lest in the state There are a few persons who miss the spirit of athletics and regard the l events as an eXhil itiOn for their own amusement, but the true athletic fan | is the person who regards the races | and jumps as a means of developing perfect tOdieS and quick perception in the youth or the community. With such an ideal in view the committee have arranged the athletic program for the fair with the following events A half-mile relay race open to any society, club or independent team, team to consist of four members, each of whom will run 220 yards; 100 yard dash; obstacle race; running high jump; running broad jump; a half mile run. In addition to the above there will be 75 yard dash for boys under fifteen years. It only lemains to see how the local athletic aspirants appreciate such a contest by the num- Der of entries in the events Thus far there are four teams entered with a number of individuals. A team tro- phy will be given to the organization capturing the highest number ot points in all events.
 West Stafford
 Mrs. Edgar Smith had the misfor- tune to fall and break her left wrist recently.
 Mrs. George EllithOrpe has received word of the serious illness of hel brother, Edwin Neff, in a hospital i1 | Danbury.
 Cyril J. Bradway is confined to his home with scarlet fever, the only case reported in town. He is getting along comfortably.
 MT. and Mrs. LaVergne Dimock anC children visited MT. Dimock's steI grandmother, Mrs. Jane Harries, al the Masonic home, Wallingford or \ Sunday.
 Clifford CrOWningshield is Visitine his sister, Mrs. Seldom Smith, after spending the past eleven years il Pasadena, Cal. He has also been tho guest of his niece, Mrs. H. A. Glazier Stafford
 Regular meeting of Wolcott chapter o. B. S., October 18th.
 MT. and Mrs. William Batcheldel returned Wednesday to their home il East Milton, Mass.
 Mrs. Sexton left for Florida or Monday after spending several week.