Russell Review Box 359 ® Russell, Ontario © Phone 445-2080 August 5, 1977 Vol. 2, No. 21 "You make the News" Russell Fair Aug. 4,5,6&7 os oe = te ee NOSTALGIA -- The Russell Fair Grounds, photo housed the baking and sewing classes. 1908, showing the race track circling the Our thanks to Mrs. White and Mrs. Woods for Exhibition Halls. Octagonal building in centre of | passing this photo on to us. Fair Schedule Thursday, Aug. 4 4-H Achievement Day Friday, Aug. 5 Judging of Baking, Sewing, Flower and Agricultural Products FRIDAY AFTERNOON -- Children's Matinee featuring FRED LITTLE IMPERSONATOR and Roy Cotee -- Magician Admission: Children under 12, $1.00; Children over 12, $2.00 Sidewalk Talk By Norm Bowley Mark, the editor, being on holidays, it falls to me to pen a few lines of inspiration, invective or editorial wisdom for this column. Inspriation doesn't come easily in the heat of summer, being more at home in the cool of autumn when, with harvest in and all in order we await (fools that we are) eagerly the first snowfall. Invective, on the other hand, is not the province of a one-issue editor. That pretty well leaves us with editorial wisdom. Casting about the village and the farms for some _ incident, some example from which to forage shining, immortal truths one' is left, alas, with the ordinary. We've had no tidal waves or shark infestations on the Castor. No earthquakes, volcanoes, air line strikes or other such horrors. Momentous historical occasions have chos- en other locations to occur. Our only breakthroughs happen when dashing out with the garbage, our major announce- ments are of supper. So what are we doing? Well, we're bringing in hay, working three times as hard, in weather twice as hot, for twice as long for a tenth of the pay as any union would allow. But then, the union doesn't need to worry about the rain. Houses are popping up all over, constructed with that little extra pride and craftsmanship not characteristic of the big-city builder. And down at the gas pumps, they've got time to talk to you. The stores are dark and cool in the old-fashioned way, oases on the dry, hot sidewalks. Our canine friends spend the days asleep under the front porch, coming out only for meals (and they talk about a dog's life!) The sun shines, the river lazes its way along and the kids hang around the post office at night cut-offs, T-shirts, the extermity of youth. It's a village in summer, a good village, a good community, contented, honest, hardworking, a good place to live. ten <8: Saturday, Aug. 6 Light & Heavy Horse Show Cattle Show -- 4 Main Dairy Breeds Hunter Show Featuring -- Vaulting, Gymnastics on Horse Back, from Centaur Stables Classes of Local Interest Lead Line and Local Pony in Hunter Ring Saddle and Harness -- 1:00 p.m. Sharp Featuring: Morgan Versatility Demonstration With JUBILEE'S HEY-BOY Heavy Horse Show -- 10: 00 a.m. Sharp SAT. EVENING -- Featuring OCTAVIAN Refreshments: 1:00 p.m. to1:00 a.m. Admission $2.50 per person Fri. Evening -- Featuring RONNIE PROFIT WITH RALPH CARLSON AND THE COUNTRY MILE Refreshments -- Admission: $7.00 per person Sunday, Aug. 7 Western Horse Show -- 9:00 a.m. Sheep Show -- 11:00 a.m. Tractor Draw -- 12 noon Beer Garden --3 p.m. to6p.m. Chicken Bar-B-Q --5 p.m. Live Beef Draw -- 7:00 p.m. Amateur Show, Local Talent -- 8:00 p.m. "King Midway Entertainment during Fair Donald Graham, President George Young, Secretary