Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-03-29
Dates Set For
Geauga Fair
Aug 3O-Sept :;

Admission prices to the Ge-
auga County Fair and grand
stand this year will be the same
as last year according to action
taken at the monthly meeting
of the fair board of directors
held recently in the Hosmer
restaurant in Burton. Fair dates
are Aug. 80 Sept. 3.
Ten directors were present as
were County Commissioners
Charles A. Riley and William
Burns, Audre Blair, president
presided.
A new contract is being writ
ten with the American Legion
which will promote stock car
racing at the fairgrounds the
coming season. It was also vot-
ed to issue over 1000 premium
books to be widely distributed
through the county.
Under the new regulations set
by the Ohio Department of Agri-
culture effective last Feb. l,
the Agricultural Society mem
bership tickets shall be placed
on sale through the entire year.
The sale begins April Is and
tickets can be purchased at the
home of C. H. LaMoreaux, fair
secretary, 201 North ST., Char
don. The next board meeting is
April 10.
Among other things of interest
discusses and reviewed was the
invaluable services Red Cross
provides at the fair each year
at the first aid station. The
daily report of the first aid sta
ton, manned by volunteer doc
tors, registered nurses and Red
Cross first aiders proved it's val
lie to the Board and public.
The report covering the five
days of the 1855 fair shows the
time Of day, the patient his ad-
dress, the cause of injury, treat
ment given and the name of the
nurse or first alder in charge
at the time.
During the fair last Septem-
ber, more than 80 people recei-
we'd treatment for injuries ran
glng from an eyelash in the eye,
headache, cuts, blisers and bee
stings to indigestion, toothache
burns, slivers, upset stomachs
and horse bites.
One incident of interest was
that concerning an elderly Cleve-
land woman who was bitten on
the arm by a pony. The regis
tered nurse in charge at the time
applied ice to the wound ,immed-
lately called Audrey Blair, pres
ident of the fair, and John Ding
man who was standing by with
an ambulance. The woman was
Immediately taken to Chardon
where she received tetanus
1reatment, the wound dressed
Sand the lady discharged by the
8doctor.
Much credit was given to Mrs
%Gertrude RutkoWski, chairman
Eof the Burton Branch of Red
Cross, and the registered nurses
and doctors assisting for the sue
cess of the program
Registered nurses serving the
&Station were Mrs. C.E. Mauko-
nen, Mrs. Esther Cseh Mrs. Will
Ham G. Gardner, Mrs. Arthur
Dades Mrs. Kenneth Oldham,
Mrs. Edwin Myers, Mrs. H. B.
ThomaS, Mrs. Benjamin Grigus
Mr., Mrs. Arthur First, Mrs.
Frank Schikowski, Mrs. Hazel
Soltis, Mrs. Arthur Kimpton.
The board unanimously fav-
Ored the continuance of a Red
Gross station at the fair and
has cooperated to the fullest ex-
tent in the past by providing a
suitable and easily accessible To-
cation. 1t is planned at some
future date to fulfill the hopes
Of the board to have it's offices
and a permanent first aid sta
tion under the new grandstand.
With the installation of a sew
age system, which the board has
had installed this winter, the
kcilities at the grounds will be
realty improved