Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-04
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great success. Individual effort on
their part hap organized commit
tees and arranged programs so that
the fair will be carried out without
hitch and to the greatest congc-
nience of visitors.
Two other groups directly respon-
sible for the gigantic projects TO be
accomplished this year are the AS
sociated Chambers of Commerce OF
Imperial Valley, and the Imperial
County Farm bureau, while the
county board of trade has had a
large part in seeing that the fair Is
success.
A. j. Mercier of Calexico Is presi-
dent of the associated chambers
with Leo S. Watts and E. M Beidel-
man, both of CaleXico, as secretary
and treasurer.
On the board of trade are r. Y.
Watson as president and b. A. Har-
rigan as secretary.
John Rouser of FL Centre is presi-
dent of the farm bureau. aided By
Scott B. Foulds of FL Centre as sec
retary-manager.
A. Y. Preble. county supervisor
from Imperial, is chairman of the
committee in charge of exhibits, and
has for many weeks past been en-
gagged in seeing to the placing and
entering Of exhibits of all kinds in
the county fair To Preble should
go much of the credit for the prom
ised success of the fair
1t is to Andy Preble and Ben Hulse
that the original idea for the county
fair must be credited. Some nine
months prior to the opening of the /
first annual fair last year Preble and !
Hulse. both residents of Imperial /
conceived the idea Of an exposition |
to glorify Imperial Valley in all OF |
its products and industries.
All Deserve Praise
These two went among the more |
prominent citizens of the valley ex-
pounding the thought of some such !
exposition as the fair has developed |
into. Through their continued per- |
sistence the Imperial county fair /
grounds became fact. Al first they .
wished TO incorporate the Imperial /
airport and the fair grounds into /
Cne, but when it became evident that |
this was impossible the fair grounds
were arranged separately. Later the /
airport planned by them was laid |
out Just across the highway from the |
fair grounds.
Due to the efforts of PEBBLE and |
Hulse the first annual county fair !
last year became huge success. The |
fair this year follows the pathway !
marked out by that OF last, growing /
TO much larger dimensions and call |
ing for even more labor on the part !
of those interested in the develop I
ment Of Imperial Valley
1t is impossible TO mention all in !
vidiuals who have very generously /
and unselfishly given of their time /
to the fair but deserving of more /
than passing comment are Frank 4
Lathrop and Joe Bush for their Ell |
forts in behalf OF horse and auto |
mobile racing Much of the routine /
work this year has fallen TO Charlie
Pit2er. while the details Of the OF
flee have been ably cared for by Miss
The fair this year. although 1t
stands alone in the record OF
achievements, paves the pathway
even more smoothly for an increas-
ingly gigantic and successful exhibi-
tion of the valleys wealth each year
in the future
With two permanent structures
the administration and exposition
buildings, now situated on the fair
grounds. and with large steel stand
to hold spectators who watch the
entertainment programs on various
days, promise is given that in the
near future still other buildings and
accomdations will be added to the
equipment Of the county on the fair
grounds.
Plans for the future of the fair
grounds will make them one of the
largest and most attractive places of
the kind in California.