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thursday october 5 1972 the tribune page 11 mffimm news and features xvx record fair attendance sunday rain cancels saturday races premier donates steer sept 28 to oct 1 were fair days at markham with a main street parade sunday afternoon a participant in the procession was gord lewis rri unionville with his handsome 4 horse team of clydesdales jim thomas stouffville exhibitors were very much a part of the fair particularly mrs murray clarkson stouffer street winner of the domestic science class trophy her fresh ovenbaked bread earned a red ribbon and also the approval of daughter bonnie 13 months jim thomas baking a family trait stouffville the mouth watering aroma wafting along stouffer street last week no dcubt came from the kitchen of barbara clarkson this years grand champion of the baking board at markham fair barbara ac cumulated 26 points to win the thos birkett and son trophy with such tempting items as brownies 1st apple pie 3rd mince meat pie 3rd white bread 1st date and nut loaf 2nd plate of candies 3rd drop cookies 2nd gingerbread men 3rd graham cream pie 2nd fruit cocktail 1st bread and butter pickles 1st hotdog relish 4th bean pickle 2nd this is the second time she has entered the markham com petition last year she was beaten by her mother in law mrs vera clarkson rr4 stouffville however its all in the family and barbara at tributes her success to recipes shes borrowed from her mother in law and mother mrs victor little rupert ave along with a little trial and error barbara has a one year old daughter bonnie who may very well be grand champion in 1992 markham frequent showers created many problems and forced hasty decisions at the 117th annual markham fair decisions that in some instances were not popular president gerry mann told the tribune this week one of these was the cancellation of the saturday races a track attraction for thousands the president explained that with parking on the grounds at a premium and the condition of the track in doubt this area was used to accommodate several hundred cars he said that all hor semen were looked after financially and other prizes were presented via the draw system gerry mann noted that thursdays at tendance was above that of 71 and sun days crowd broke the previous record he observed however that over the 4 days the figure would fall below that of last year activities creating the most interest according to the president included the logsawing contest won by dave owen sherwood forest drive and george clarke rougecrest drive both of markham they severed the log in 43 seconds four seconds faster than a team of professionals their closest competitors the shinglemaking machine and oldtime pieces of farm equipment also at tracted the attention of many the grand champion angus steer owned by joe hassen of guelph was purchased by jim conklin toronto for 105 a pound the reserve champion was bought by ontario premier wm davis and donated to park view home in stouff ville agriculture minister wm a stewart guest of the president sunday expressed enthusiasm over the number and quality of entries in the fruit and vegetable classes gerry mann said too that the section christmas in sep tember was well received by fair visitors the class was organized by the executive secretary miss cora brodie judy taylor rr2 markham was the high point winner in the class for 18 year olds and under she submitted 19 entries the presen tation of the markham fair trophy donated by kj beamish co ltd was made saturday by executive director wm bill walker fair president gerry mann sponsored and judged the all male cherry pie baking con test deserving of a second sample was the class winner entered by don brodie gormley rr2 jim thomas tops in show competition was manship at the all pinto 17 year old jane yusko rri unionville her pinto colt is newlove stables mt albert lady diane of jim thomas the fruit and vegetable displays at markham fair this year were ex cellent five year old sandra newman tenth line south stouffville holds a prize winning marrow jim thomas for a child no markham fair is quite that was the opinion of 4 year old sherri complete without a candy mueller wilson street apple