The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-14
RICHMOND WILL
HELP FARMERS
IN EXHIBITION
Committee of Business Men
Appointed by Mayor Hand
ley After Mass Meeting
Favors Project.
big EVENTS PLANNED

Richmond will be turned over to the
farmers of Wayne and adjoining coun-
ties on Sept 13, IA and Is to hold a
live stock, fruit, grain and vegetable
exhibition at Glen Miller park.
Mayor Lawrence A Handley, Mon
day appointed the following commit
tee of business men TO cooperate with
the committee from the farmers in
making the three days in September
instructing and entertaining William
NJ. Bailey, Elmer E. Eggemeyer, Demas
S. Coe, William H Rindt, Thomas
Tarkleson, Paul James, Roland Nus
| baum, Emmett Bartel, Joseph H. Hill.
Herbert Keck, Robert Heun. N H.
Johnson, Omar G. Wheian, Ray Weis-
brod, Roy Hodge. Lon Kennedy, ]. A.
Brookbank, ]. Henry Z. Bode, William
H. Romey, James Hornaday, Frank
Druitt, Sam Fred, Frank Haner, Jesse
Weichman, F. S. Dodd and E. H. Har-
ris.
] The committee will work in cooper
alton with the committee from the
farmers consisting of Paul Caldwell, c.
L. Clifford. F. A. Williams, L. w. Bak-
er, c. F. Williams, DR.. Dagoner, J. T.
Reynolds and County Agent J. L. Dol
an This joint committee will have
charge of working out the plans for
the exhibition.
Plans for EXHIBITION
The plans for the exhibition call for
street decorations, band concerts, day
light fireworks, an automobile parade
at night with cars decorated, and \
number of big events
The exhibition proper will be held
in tents on or near the present chau-
tauqua grounds and Roosevelt hill will
be used as an ampitheatre where
horses and cattle will be shown.
Mayor Handley said today, There
is nothing too good for the farmers
and we are going to do everything il
our power to make them comfortable
and provide place for exhibiting the
: products of Wayne county" He said
: Glen Miller park is one of the finest
places in Indiana and l can see nc
reason why this place should rot BIZ
used" The Board of Public Works al
! its meeting this morning officially
: granted the privilege for this purpose
: Want Cooperation
! The action of Mayor Handley today
+. followed mass meeting of the farm
: ers held at the courthouse Saturday
? night at which representative farm
: ers from nine townships expressed
! themselves as wanting Richmond tc
cooperate with them in working ou
= the exhibition. The general opinion
!, of the men attending the meeting was
. that the county should have perma
nent place where agricultural prod
8 ucts could be exhibited
e Some time ago a committee for tht
= purpose of starting the movement fol
!, permanent Wayne county fair wa!
! appointed at a meeting of the Wayn,
County Breeders association, and thi
same committee was retained to pro
mote the exhibit which is to be hel,
this year. The affair this year is TO
the purpose of keeping alive the inter
est in agricultural pursuits among al
classes of people in the county.
n Breeders Will Help.
Although the breeders association
Y committee was originally appointe,
with view to permanent fair organ
iZation, they will work in the arrange
n ments for the exhibit this year an
~ at the same time be making plans 70
> the permanent county fair to be pu
e on a permanent basis some time in tn
e. near future.
is The committee which will hav
3. charge of the exhibits is as follows
r ]. L. Dolan. chairman; horses, C. l
Clifford; cattle, Paul Caldwell; hog!
N F. A. Williams; sheep, L. w. Baker
at poultry, DR.. j. A. Wagner; grain, {
is F. Williams.