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age markham fair saturday sept 26m987 5s5 h fair friendship of 30 years by nancy hoskin for more than 30 years dave morrison has been involved with the markham fair this year serving as 1st vice president involved for 30 years one might wonder just when he began helping out at age 11 he began entering ex hibits annually and attended the fair with fellow schoolmates he firmly believes that a childs in volvement in the markham fair gives them a better understand ing of the area in which they live in 1977 after years of attending the fair mr morrison was in nocently asked to help out with the animal exhibits i grew up on a dairy farm and was familiar with animals mr morrison explained my first real duty as a volunteer was to clean out the livestock barns involvement escalated mr morrison said that his in volvement with the fair has esca lated its infectious i enjoy what the fair does for children and our community mr morrison smiled that is why i have be- come so interested in the cause though there are no written directions as to what the 1st vice president job entails mr morri son helps to look after administra tion and use of the fairgrounds throughout the year along with selling tickets on fair days following the natural evolve- ment as an elected director on the fair board mr morrison will serve as president next year with nearly 500 volunteers working on 74 committees mr morrison is proud to describe the fair as the largest service club in marldiam making the commun ity a better place to live wholesome forum mr morrison said that he looks at the fair as a wholesome forum for children and adults to pre serve a part of the old according to mr morrison the fairs attendance fluctuates each year depending upon other com petition whether it is canadas wonderland weather conditions or other area trade shows this is an incentive for members of the fair board to be competitive maintaining the strong emphasis on agriculture agriculture and animals re main the focal point of our coun try fair we try to generate furth er interest in these areas through varied activities from showing the newest in farming techniques to a host of exhibits and competi tions for all ages to enter mr morrison said local talent included in some of the addi tions to this years fair is the strong emphasis in promoting loc al talent the paramutual stan dard bred horse racing on sunday and a larger display of heavy horses it is a challenge for the fair board to market the event a chal lenge that gets bigger each year were always striving to move forward mr morrison ex plained as this years fair fast approaches mr morrison hopes to see more involvement with area children and teens tsamower and much get a new case ih 200 series tractor new 18 to 31 engine hp case ih 200 series diesels are a cut above other compact tractors all four models offer smoothshifting transmissions 5401150 rpm rear pto 540 rpm only on model 235 and weatherbeating mfd option for allseason productivity for heavyduty mowing 200 series tractors with case ih front mid and rear mounted mowers cut big jobs down to size case ih mowers are built rugged and are available in 60 to 72inch widths these case ih tractors are also produc tive with loaders dozer blades and many other attachments to do more work for you see us today for a case ih 200 series tractor that can work for you all year around chas richards and sons hwy 47 stouffville ont 416 6403830 iiiu first vicepresident dave morrison 1st vicepresident of the markham fair stands with three of his four children from left they are anji 13 molly 11 and tracy 15 twoyearold andrew was absent when the photo was taken nancy hoskin rnv v connies 1 antiques hours j jj monwed 9 am 9 pm thiirssat 9 am- 930 pm sun 10 am 6pm festatjfrtfts lovely old furniture including dining room suites some bedroom pieces good selection of estate jewellery glass china collectibles and memorabilia fflmms antiques 40steds ave e at kennedy rd 4774475 rt 260