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wm v -j- rfasg mm ship 9is rawpsi rv v sb4 wednesday january 19 1983 must vv v be ourselves or we are nothing bill walker the 1932 president of markham fair left his audience with this challenge when he addressed the annual meeting of the markham and east york agricultural society wednesday night the fair he said is different things to different people to some its an historical society toothers its a community service organization and to still others its a theme park in reality however jts none of these he said neither is it a cne ora royal vwe must learn in- creasingly to be ourselves if not we are nothing he stressed mr walker said his desire in 82 was to bridge the gap between the urban and the rural resident and to this end he felt much suc cess had been achieved we must remem ber there are people sitting in the stands who dont understand what farm life is all ab- president rogers gardham left president of mar- bune when the markham and east york agri- kham fair in 1977 presented bill walker fair cultural society held its annual meeting jan president in 82 with three framed pat wheeler 12 cartoons and an action photo taken by the tri- jim thomas ii firsta dream markham a dream and a lot of debt thats how mar- kham fair past- president rogers gar dham described the vi sion that belonged to board members of the mid70s a vision he said that was to result in the biggest show in the societys 127 year history mr gardham the fairs finance chair man spoke at the annual meeting wednesday night in his remarks he paid special tribute to the memory of the late howard cosburn who he said had helped fashion that dream into a reality it was mr cosburn a tradition r markham it ji was an evening filled with surprise presenta- v tions when the mar is kham andeast york h agricultural society p- fair board held its hi annual meeting jan j 12 f- pastpresident ro- h gers gardham pre- sented 1982 president bill walker with three pat wheeler cartoons r and a tribune action photo of mr walker a professional au- ctioneer taken in the v livestock pavilion dur- ing the fairs 4h steer sale last fall the cartoons were published in the tri- i- bune and the markham economist and sun i mr gardham also presented past- president harvey brown with a framed color photo of paul brown harveys son holding a prized here ford bull the picture taken by sjoerd witte- veen of the economist and sun was entitled paul brown and friend steering their way to markham fair 1982 in accepting the gift harvey explained hojv son paul represented the sixth generation of browns to farm in the former twp of mar kham he also told of the procedures neces sary in locating the steer at a point on 18th avenue markham so the farm buildings would show up inline background this in cluded leading the animal across busy hwy 48 a third presentation was to helen lambert of windridge drive markham a 15year pin and certificate mrs lambert was to have been recognized at the presidents ball following the fair but could not attend due to a fall that fractured her arm she is a chief organizer of the fairs flower show an exhibit that president walker described as tremendous retiring do you have funds in rrsps a retiring allowance etc save on taxes m lets talk annuities call w1lf lewis clu canada life bus 9641400 home 2347960 smith niles selby chartered accountants suite 450 151 bloorsl west toronto ontario m5s is4 telephone 416 9615022 he said who had al ways stressed strong management and strict budgeting prac tices a policy that had helped the fair through bad years as well as good gardham referred to the comment more luck than good man agement then turned it around saying through good man agement one can have good luck he noted that 1982 would go down as the nations worst year in half a century and yet markham fair had realized its best year he noted that many fairs across the coun try had lost money yet markham had realized a sizeable profit chartered accoun tant ed bobet referred to the financial state- i ment as likely the strongest balance sheet the fair had ever known said agricultural representative alan wall it was the greatest year in mar kham fair history markham barry little rr 1 mar kham is the 1983 presi dent of markham fair he was the directors unanimous choice at an election that fol lowed the societys annual meeting jan 12 the 1st vice- president is bryan armstrong rr 3 mount albert the 2nd vicepresident is harold snowball of markham the fairs secret arymanager is gerald mann also of mar kham senior directors three years are- mary cosburn ken good norm jarvis dave morrison glenn mowder and dr terry oconnor diane ward rr 4 stouf f ville was elected a director for 1983 junior directors one year arelinda lewis steve mowder carrie purcell karen risebrough robin scott and dave snow ball out it must be ex plained he said walker pointed to old mcdonalds farm as a prime example it wasmore than a petting zoo he said it was a teaching area the president- men- tioned specifically the work of terry ocon- nor and jennie mann the foodland ontar io display he said proved very success ful he described the entertainment tent as a smash hit in his travels wal ker said hed heard no- thing but com plimentary remarks concerning the fair from all areas of the province he thanked the directors and the committee chairmen for their helpmy gra titude to you is unen ding he concluded i r7 v i ygfi feryslp t mkir standard trust will be opening a temporary office in richmond hill from jan 24th to march 1st we will be located in the russell building 10212b yonge st richmond hill parking at rear of building our rrsps feature no fees immediate tax receipts savings or guaranteed investment certificate plans markham 45 main street north telephone 2946865 x you will- stop smoking on feb 16 1 if you join smokenders now see our ad in todays second section snowball sale hwy 7 just west hwy 48 markham ft yarns supplies handcrafted garments gifts while quantities last 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