Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-08
s. c. A A. Ready for Big Fair

ISOLATION is all ready for the big
event to occur on Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, with the
biggest list of entries in every de-
partment that they have ever had.
In the racing department every sta
BILE is full and overtlowing, there be-
ing more than 125 entries.
The Lew de -Four Exhibition Show
arrived Friday night with a great
miwday attraction and has this year
several new shows and rides. The
free attractions include Halls So
ciety Circus, one of the greatest at
fractions ever exhibited at any fair
and has been a great attraction at
the Brockton Fair and this is the
only fair in the State where this cir
Gus will be exhibited. 1t includes IL
horses, six people and will give two
attractions of chariot racing with
| three chariots and four horses each,
and horse racing and horse tricks.
One of the most sensational feat
ures is to be Jack Hoyt in high dive
of 100 feet into a net. Madam Marie's
Comedy Circus includes four ponies.
one mule. two dogs and three people.
! Gregory and Company'S great Jug
CLING act of four people: Mack and
Larne, fancy roller skating; The
| Longfields, acrObatic act with three
people: Mack Burleigh. comedy act.
| The cattle department is overflow
ing with entries including three at
=, ira ctions coming directly from the
Maine State Fair, Robinson's of
Bangor, herd of Dutch Belted cattle.
never before shown; Worthy Of
Strong with a fine herd of Aberdeen:
and Garnet and Fendelson of Car
mel with q fine herd of beef Short
| horns.
In the sheep department some Of
the finest in the Stale will be eXhi-
| bited, including an exhibit from
| Long Branch, Bowdoinham. The Of
! ficers and committees are leaving
nothing undone to make the four day
show of 1924 the best ever and that
means big fair, for Skowhegan is
already noted for it's successful fairs.
The following is a list of the Of
| ficers and committee of the associa-
| ton:
Walter ?. Ordway, president: Err
J nest c. Butler, vice president; j. w.
/ .Fogler. treasurer; George II. Plum
! mer. secretary: John ii. Lancaster.
, assistant secretary: s. III. Bradbury.
| clerk of race course.
Viles. George H. Plummer. J. H.
| Jenkins. j. w. Fogler, Ernest G..
Butler, J. II. Lancaster. G. Davis
Miller, w. p. Ordway, b. w. Page,
! w. H. Hight, G. +. Avore, S. II.
| Bradbury, G.. c. Cleveland, A. r
Jewett, George ]nnes. Roland r.
| Patten.
/ Advertising commit
tee: w. II. Hight, Cecil II. Tilton.
Emery II. Dyer; ground leases and
| privileges. c. II. Triton. w. T.. Odr-
! way. George II. Plummer: tickets,
! Carl Curtis. Ralph y. Hill. Vivian
! Woodbury., W. Z. Seekins; hall, G..
/ T.. Avore. Cyrus w. Goodrich, Il. Il.
Dyer. MISC Lillian Delano, Mrs.
! Maud Jewett, Mrs. Maud Avore {:
! premium schedule. r. r. Patten, j.
II. Lancaster. Elmer f. Harris;
horse department, W, =. Bradbury.
! Wesley l.. Watson. G. d. Miller;
draft horses, Edgar l.. Ford, Wesley
i l.. Watson. Albert Blaisdell (Norr !;
! cattle department., NJ. c. Niles, Dana
/ Robbins, John II. Steward. Fred W.
! Weeks, B. w. Page, Elmer f. Harris:
7 sheep department.. Elmer b. Rowell,
Frank Hight. Henry Hoyt: swine. {. {.
Cleveland. Clifton Whittemorc, Henry
Hoyt: poultry. Harry Buxton. Ernest
Bilodeau, Adolphe Turcotte: race horse
| department. =. IL. t5rtubuTS, ~ NJ Nui :
4, It's Fred Watson: baseball. John Lewis.
. Roy Il. Pooler. Archie Dostic; special
! attractions. George II. Plummer. Julian
; Conroy, Ralph Jenkins: selection OF
| judges. r. T. Patton, John III. Lancas-
ter. Elmer L. Harris: automobile ex-
, hibit l.. l.. Savage. w. II. Hight. Frank
! Clough, George Beers. Wallace Clark;
! dance and music. G. A. Wentworth,
! Fred J. PouIin, Jerome Cole: fruit and
| vegetables. r. l.. Marston. Luther FL
lott. Royal Wentworth. Elmer Il. Row
ell. Peregrin c. White; boys and girls
| clubs, S. n. Shumway. l.. ii. Goldsmith,
| William b. Woodbury., John l.. Fish,
Harry Foster; police department. Clyde
! II. Smith, William Sargent. William
! Morrow.