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Flesherton Advance, 1 Oct 1947, p. 3

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r »â-  r FALL FAIRTIME IN ONTARIO ;rapii by >our Ful-O-Pep Photoffrapher. PAISLEY FAIRTIME HIGHLIGHTS By Your FuJ-O-Pep Reporter Paisley, Parkhill, Norwich and Glencoe were points of -call on your Ful-0-Pep reporler's schedule last week. As usual the cattle exhibits caught this reporter's eye and at Paisley, "Jarvis Britisher Mischief," half brother of the Grand Champion steer at the Royal Winter Fair, shown in cut at left was bred by Fred Reichalds & Sons of Jarvis, One of the special attractions at Paisley was the parachute jump by Bill Townscnd, Ex-R.C.A.F. The exhibit staged by the school children of Paisley was bigger than ever. There were over 1000 entries in the "Palace," their excellent show building. There were no cattle clubs shown as such but there were general entries of Shorthorns, Hereford, Angus and Hclslcin. The Paisley Fair was blessed with grand weather, unlike that experi- enced at Hamburg. The cut to the right shows an over-all shot of the Hamburg midway, with the race track in the foreprround. There the track was extremely muddy as a re- sult of heavy and intermittent rain storms. At Norwich crowds reached an .all time high and the fair grounds were swarming with sightseers. Boxing was featured in the evening at the Town Hall and this attraction was very popular. The Norvich Fair was opened by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Cliff Graham. NEW HAMBURG Phoiocroph by your Ful-O-Pep PhotoErapher- 4 -< > â- r 9 ^ I V X A- â- â™¦ ^ -* â- Â» -1 0- -A > ^ V- (^ y •V 1 « * » Photoffraph by your Fu]-0-I^ t» I'l-.uiosrr.phe. NORWICH â€" Kerr Kramer, the winner of the greased pig- contest, shown above at left. Porky is getting a real grease job before the contest. The cut at the left could well be entitled "The Beginning and the End." Actually it is a com- positive picture showing the winner of one of the most popu- lar contests at Norwich. The un- happy porker shown in the left of the photo is being greased prior to being turned loose amongst many eager contestants whose frantic efforts to capture the animal provided tlie crowd with one of the best shows seen at any of the Fairs to date. In the far riglit of the photo is the winning gentleman who succeeded in capturing the elu- sive animal after one of the wildest scrambles seen any- where in Ontario, or for that matter, on this continent this year. This particular event was mirth provoking from the word "go". It reminded our reporter of the Saturday morning rush one sees in front of many of the meat counters in the city of Toronto. In fact it looked like a much simpler task to sei2e the greased pig turned loose ai Nor- wich than to obtain an ungreas- ed piece of pig in any of the city butcher shops. The pig in question put up a struggle in the best tradition and succeeded in degrcasing itself on the shirts and bodies of the eager contes- tants. PARKHILL PARKHILL riiStoBrnnh by voiii Fill < rltol(i.;T-nih by your Ful o-p. n I'h.>t.,Kra; h. GLENCOE â€" Leonard Hcagy. of Gait, looks Avith awe at Chief Running Bear in front of the Indian Stand. NEW HAMBURG â€" .\ scuie front the Fair showin;; part of the exceptionally fine race trick â€" Midway in background. The pictures of the rarUiiill Fair shown on this yago have one thing in coniuion, namely food. The one photo shows Mrs. Stanley Scott, Parkhill; Mrs. C. R. May, Lonclon: ^frs. W. J. Dickson, Parkhill; Mrs. .M. W. Tcli'cr, Parkhill; and Miss Ethel Rohsou, Dcnfielil, judging one of the many entries in the bak- ing contest. The other photo snapped l>y your I'ul-O-l'op phoiograiilur shows a calf and its owner <lo- ing a little research on the food problem. This .shot ccuUl well be ranicd "Ful-()-rep Meal Tinu/' Hiis i.s one of the more fortunate animals whofe owner. Mr. \ erne Harris, v as able to secure for it tlu) very best food. The grand ; land entertainment at this I'air was of tcp notch cali- bre. One event cf unusual interest was the incn"s l.alf mi!c foot race. The Tl-.etford brass hand added naicly to the occasion when they led the I've stock parade in re- view pa.'t the grand si.-'.nd. This was a new feature \A the lair l!iis yer.r ."nd v. is a big hit. The boy>' C:i!f Club was very cctivc. l'ro!.".l)ly the birt^cst iTawing card was t!ic ratle rx'nil it rar- ticu!ariv ih.c Siioii;;orn culrits. I

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