The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-07-29
PLAIN CITY FAIR
OPENS WEDNESDAY
FOR 5-DAY STAND
Night Shows, Races
Are Among Many
Outstanding Features There

= With something scheduled for
just about every minute of the day,
Plain City'S 18th annual Fair will
open at Pasttime Park on We'd
nesday afternoon, and continue
through Sunday. The Fair will fea-
ture four afternoons of harness
racing and five, night shows.
The complete schedule of events
will be as follows:
Observation-Disclosures, harness
racing, pony races, judging at art
hall; Night, Hoaglan's Hippodrome.
Thursday, Junior Fair day
Forenoon, Judging all junior fair
and All; Afternoon, Harness rae
ing, pony racing; Night, Variety
show.
Friday, Madison county day
Forenoon, Judging of open class
department; Afternoon, Harness
racing, pony racing; Night, Lucky
Lott Thrill show.
Saturday, Union county day
Afternoon, Livestock parade 1 p,
M, harness racing pony racing;
Night, Athletic show.
Sunday, Plain City day-After-
<noon, High school band festival;
Night, Western spotted horse show
Officers Listed
Officers of the Fair are ]. c.
Michaels, president; Glenn Daugh-
terty, vice president; H. S. Foust,
secretary; and Carl Crandall, treas
urer. The directors are Wilby Co.
chenour, Carl Crandall, Thomas
Stalbird, Arthur Meeker, K. l.
Boerger, Kenneth Mckinley, w
E. Mercer, Orville Noteman, w. c.
,Rickard, ]. L. Rihl and F. H
Z George.
The four-day speed program viii
bring the following harness racing
events for devotees of the sport:
Wednesday -3 year old trot
CLOSED, $1,000; free for all pace
(Open), $500; 2:24 trot Closed
$500.
Thursday 2:27 pace (Open)
$400; free for all trot (Open)
$4OO; 2:24 pace (CIosed), $500.
Friday 2:27 trot (Open) $500
2:18 pace (Closed), $500; 2:18 trot
(Closed), $500.
Saturday - PIP trot (Closed)
$500; 3 year old pace (Closed)
$1,000; 2:O4 bar pace HINT. (Clos
ed, $1,000.
The night shows this year Offer
outstanding entertainment.
Many Night Shows
On Wednesday, Hoaglan's Hip
ypodrome will present number O.
circus and trained horse acts. The
Thursday night entertainment will
be a variety show with some out
standing stars. Friday will bring
Lucky Lofts thrill show, a per
. formance by daredevil automobile
drivers of unusual skill. Saturday
nights athletic show will feature
wrestling matches, the partici
are booked for Haft's arena in Col
pants being whatever wheStler
umbus that night. Sunday nigh
performance, bringing the Fair t
a close, will be a Western spotted
horse show like the one which
proved so popular at the Fourth o
July program.
An outstanding feature of thu
= entire program will be a Sunda!
afternoon band concert, in which
eight high school bands will par
ticipate. Each band will present ;
10-minute program of its own
then all eight will unite for 45
minute concert under the direct
ion of Prof. Eugene j. Weigel
head of Ohio State university
school of music and until recentl
director of Ohio States fame,
football marching band.
In addition to such outstanding
attractions as these, there will b
the countless other fair attractions
including a huge midway with si
big rides and many games and sid
shows.
Livestock and horticultural de
partments will be well filed, ad
Z vance entries indicate, and the Jun
ior fair will be the largest in tn
1 history of the event. Fair official
are planning to accommodate record
breaking crowds each day.