The Washington times., 1925-08-24
Four Days and Three
Nights Of CarniyaIsy,
GIamOr and Attract
tons Offered Mary
Ianders and Washing
tOnians When I'D
Exposition Starts
Tomorrow

Tomorrow
With a carnival spirit prevail
ing, the seventy-seoond annual
fair of the Agricultural Associ-
alton OF Montgomery county,
Maryland, and the District of
Columbia, opens in Rockville to-
morrow, continuing afternoon
and night until late Friday after
noon. H.
Entries in the various shows
far exceed last year, exhibits
will be twice as large as in pre-
vious years and several big adj
ditional features have been add
ed to make the fair the biggest
in history and to provide a car
nival spirit while the four-day
program is being carried out.
The two principal features OF
entertainment will be California
Franks mammoth rodeo show
which will be in operation day
and night and the opening of
the dance hall which will be in
use Wednesday and Thursday
afternoons and nights.
G. L. Gilpin, president of the
Fair Association, announces that
more than $1,000 has been spent
to improve the fair grounds and
to make this fair more educa-
tional and interesting than ever
before. He has extended a gen.
eral invitation to the people of
washington to attend.
1.-THE fair is not strictly Mont
gomery county. Maryland, prod
net, for the. Fair Association has
always considered the District
of Columbia as part of its terri.
tory" Mr.. Gilpin says. Wash
fI1gton has no county fair and
we want the people of the ma
tons Capital to consider this
show &heir own and to join us
in making it a big success"
Anticipating large crowds of
motorists from Washington, fair
officials have made adequate
parking provisions. Special cars
of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company viii run direct
to the fair grounds. Trains of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company will run to within
few blocks Of the grounds.
The fair grounds will be open
FREQ to children all day Tuesday,
President Gilpin announces.
Among the principal fair fea-
lures are: Dancing, rodeo show,
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show, automobile show. horticul-
tural exhibit, horse racing daily
at l p. m. free fireworks Wed
nesday and Thursday nights,
baseball, cattle show and scores
Of other exhibits of interest.
More money and time has
been spent on this fair than any
in the county's history" says
President Gilpin. I'VE are there
fore expecting a good turnout
every day and night of the fair.
We have decided to keep the fair
and virtually every attraction in
full operation Tuesday. Wednes-
day and Thursday nights"
The officers and officials of
the fair follow:
Clarence L. Gilpin, president;
John S. Diamond, vice president;
John B. Muncaster, secretary
and treasurer; directors, William
d. Waters, L. A. Hoellman, John
B. Diamond, jr.; Thomas I.
Fulks, James c. Christopher,
Clarence L. Gilpin, William J.
Thomas, Henry White, James r.
King, Harry j. Hunt, James D.
King. J.. p. Fitzgerald, James
F. Cashill and Edgar Reed.
superintendent: Thomas I.
Fulks, William A. Waters, J. r.
King, Henry White, William j.
Thomas, John b. Diamond, jr.;
]. D. King, j. G. Christopher,
Harry J. Hunt, p. E. Waters,
and Edgar Reed.
Walter Cashell is chief mar
shall, assisted by Robert Chi.
chester, Samuel Cashell, T. NJ
Barnsley, Edward Snowden, AL
bert Sinyard, j. j. Button, jr.; r.
7. T. Barnsley, Frank Cashell.
Charles Brown, Everett Beall,
James w. Barnsley, Clyde Har-
vey. William Cartrell, c.. D.
Meyer, Otto Hewitt, Philip OAR
ling, Robert Allnutt, Maynard
King, Robert Gren, John Meyer,
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