Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-07-29
Dept. Plans For
State Fair

COLUMBUS, Ohio-Plans and
arrangements for the annual De-
partmerlt of Natural Resources ex-
hibit for the Ohio State Fair,
August 22-29 have been completed
and the Departments seven Divi-
sions are now in the process of
constructing their individual dis
plays.
Annually one of the outstanding
exhibits of the big fair, the De-
partment this year will have the
largest and most complete displays
ever constructed, according to
George Emmett, Exhibits Direc-
tor of the Department, who has
supervised the huge display for
the past 10 years.
Emmett reports that the. 1852
exhibit will have a total of IT,
400 square feet under canvas, in
addition to large section of the
extreme southeast portion of the
grounds which will be devoted to
outside displays.
The Ohio Division of Wildlife
will once again have an extensive
display of both live and mounted
animals, birds and fish native to
Ohio in addition to outstanding
displays of panoramic scenes of
Ohio's landscape and beautiful
three dimensional dioramas depict
ing Ohio's wildlife in natural habi-
tat.
The fish management and law
enforcement sections of the Diyn-
sion of wildlife will once again
sponsor and supervise the very
popular free fishing contest for
children under 18 years of age at
the south Twin Lake on the
grounds Ed Wickliff, fish manage
ment chief of the Division has an
nounced that specific rules and
regulations for the contest will
be released in the near future.
Emmett reports that the main
exsibit tent will house a beauti-
full fast water stream which will
include series of scenic and
seething rapids. The water will be
pumped throug the simulated ma
tural channel at the rate of 84.-
600 gallons an hour. Surrounding
the stream will be beautiful tree
forest of all Ohio trees which will
be teeming with wildlife.
The huge exhibit will also in
clude displays by the Divisions of
Water. Parks, Forestry, Lands and
Soils, Geology and Shore Erosion.
COLUMBUS, Ohio-A liz pound
porcupine was captured this week
by Everett Ridge, Wildlife District
supervisor, in Hooking County.
near the Athens and Vinton county
lines.
The porcupine, which is not con-
sidered native to Ohio, is the third
reported found in Ohio in the past
two years. 1t was female and
was treed by dogs on the Ford
Martin farm in the southeastern
corner of Hooking county.
Wlldlife officials are of the opin-
ION that the animal was carried
INTO the state by tourist, however
they do not refute the possibility
that the porcupine could have mi
grated into that section of the
state from Pennsylvania or West
Virginia.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - District
1armer-sportsmen representatives
from four of the five inland Ohio
districts have been named to at
tend the annual state game hear
ing at the State Office Building in
columbus, August 7.
The district representatives.
Which consist of one farmer and
one sportsman from each district
will carry the recommendations of
their districts on the setting of the
1858 Ohio hunting regulations.
The representatives were elected
at district game hearings held in
various sections of the state. Their
recommendations must be heard
and considered by the Ohio Wild
life Council before the 1853 hunt
ing and trapping regulations can
be established.
The representatives are: Dis.
trict 2 northwestern Ohio) Sew
more Holloway of Whitehouse, and
Frank Merickle of Toledo. District
northeastern Ohio) Lloyd Alex
ander of Wooster and Miller
Foulk of Lake Milton. District q
central and southeastern Ohio)
j. A. Warfield of Jerusalem, and
Glenn Montgomery of GAINESVILLE
District 5 has not as yet held its
district meeting. District 6, Harold
kress of Cincinnati and T. N.
Cooksey of Bellefontaine.