The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-23
PREBLE FAIR HEADS
OCCUPY TEMPORARY
QUARTERS IN EATON

EATON, Ohio, Sept. 23.-Secretary
Silver of the county fair board. and
corps of assistants has the last few
days occupied temporary quarters in
the courthouse, in the office of County
Health Commissioner G.. W. Homsher,
formerly the quarters of the Preble
county Red Cross chapter. Entries for
the county fair next week have been
received at the temporary quarters and
other business relating to the county
show has been transacted.
It is expected the temporary secre-
tary's office will be continued Satur-
day and Saturday night, as a matte
OF convenience for exhibitors in filing
entries. The office is in the room on
the ground floor and to the right of
the main entrance to the courthouse.
Friday was an exceedingly busy day
for the secretary and his corps of as
sistants. Entries for the fair were be-
ing recorded in rapid-fire order and
the office was crowded with fair fol-
lowers the greater part of the time dur
ing the day and evening.
Secretary Silver expects to estab-
lish himself and his force of helpers in
the regular secretary's headquarters
at the fairgrounds early Monday morn
ing.
Auto Polo Games
A sensational feature of the fail
this year will be the auto polo games
played for four full periods each day
with finals played off on Friday. This
exhibition always has drawn big
crowds, many visitors to the Corners
vile fair of last year having vivid re
membranes of the games there. The
games will be put on as a free attrac
ton in front of the grandstand.
Exhibits of boys and girls club
members in livestock displays, canned
foods and clothing will be another 70
Gus of attention, these displays always
being a center of interest. A large
section of the agricultural hall has
been reserved for the club canning
and clothing exhibits.
Boys pig club entries also will ma
terially swell the stock exhibits this
year, several dozen pigs being listed
as well as 80 additional entries of pig
in the Duroc and Poland China breed
promotion shows. Besides these Eek
tras," all the open classes in the swine
show are as well filled as ever.
w. c. T. u. Officers.
Eaton branch of the w. c. T. u
of Preble county has named the fol
lowing department superintendent:
Evangelist, Mrs. Grace Weidner; flow
er mission, Mrs. Mary Small, Mrs. Jen
ME Weidner; literature, Mrs. Hiley
Baker; press, Mrs. Nellie Miles; S
T. l., Mrs. Mayme Scheid, anti-nar
Cotics, Miss Anna Helm.
New Fair Ruling.
Announcement has been made b.
the county fair board of new rule
governing school exhibits at the an
nual fair next week. Under the new
rule pupils can not make an exhibi
in the school exhibit hall unless the
school which they attend gives notice
of its intention to make an exhibit
Report on Buildings.
For several weeks a Chamber o.
Commerce committee has been inves
tigating advisability of conducting &
campaign for a new city building
The committee will submit its report
in a chamber meeting Monday night
About a year ago proposal for new
city hall was voted upon in specfa
election and defeated.
Award Bridge Contract.
x UnOer competitive bluuIhS, % -
p Grouse and Son, have been awarded
contract by county commissioners TO
construction of a bridge over Price
creek, near Eldorado, at the firm
bid of $1672.S2.
Heads Temperance Union.
Mrs. R. J. Scheid, of Eaton, ha
been elected president of the Prebl
county Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union Mrs Minnie Sauer, Yves
Alexandria, is vice president; Mrs
Grace Weidner, Eaton, secretary, AM
Mrs Ida Hinkle, treasurer.