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gerald mann markham fair president markham grald it mann dublin street markham is the 1972 president of markham fair he was elected to the post at the boards annual meeting jan 26 succeeding bert paisley of stouffville gerry as he is known to his friends is a native of baltimore ont and a graduate of cobourg collegiate institute following service overseas with the canadian army he operated the home farm with his father and later purchased the property next door in 1956 he moved to itingwood farms where he was em ployed by his father-in- law until its dispersal in 1969 he was the farm manager at that time gerry has been active on the fair board since 1958 serving on several committees as veil as the livestock director he has maintained an interest in 4h work and for several years was leader of the markham twp beef club at present he is one of the senior officers and a superintendent of cosmopolitan security company in addition to the president the executive also in cludes kllis britton 1st vicepresident kobt thompson 2nd vicepresident cora brodie secretary al wilson treasurer bert gardhouse livestock director howard cosburn harvey broun ellis britton jack spang and gerald mann executive committee senior elected for term are smalley hooper thompson thompson directors a 3year morley george robt kay win walker and mary wilson junior directors are bob tran mac cosburn brian arm strong jack mac- donald bill harper and brian crane gate receipts 35000 markham gate receipts for the four days of markham i fair 1971 were a record 3502787 the annual meeting of the board was told jan 26 this is an increase of 12000 over the previous year however total receipts were down about 5000 from 9233344 to s8745514 the increase in 1970 was attributed to the sale of land that amounted to about 22000 the profit in 1971 was 1040072 on the receipt side the midway and commercial displays brought in over 14000 the sale of steers realized 10000 expenditures to talled over 32000 fair director dennis seely recommended a closer check to be kept on expenses he ob served that had the weather gone against the fair in 1971 the financial picture wouldnt have been quite so rosy in the reports presented by in dividual committees all speakers told of increased entries and excellent shows bert gardhouse said the exhibit of pigs was so large two truckloads had to be turned away al wall ag rep for york region described the black and white show as one of the best in ontario betty reeve organizer of the pony party reported 60 entries with the youngest holly purcell at 4 years of age the high points winner was cindy binco every saturday night sponsored by metropolitan toronto kidney fund for prevention cause and cure of kidney disease special jackpot game interesting novelty games 25 regular games relaxed and friendly atmosphere broom stone club 1470 midland ave at lawrence east scarboro ont if you want carpets remnants or hard surface flooring but you dont want to pay through the nose see us macleans carpet centre hwy 48 3 ml n of ringwood phone 6403403 marlow ellis britton said he would like to see the apple exhibits returned to the fair again with respect to the sunday program bert gardhouse said the wrestling had proved a real attraction there was sure a lot of hollering and yelling especially with the ladies in the ring he said on the question of additional ac commodation pres ident bert paisley suggested the direc tors of 1972 give the matter serious con sideration in the months ahead the fair dates for 72 are sept 28 29 and 30 and oct 1 thursday february 3 1971 the tribune page 3 a thank you from the queen markham when the grade 1 class at james robinson public school in markham learned of her majesty queen elizabeths recent illness staff teacher mrs wyatt and her pupils decided to get together and send a personal getwell message the card was in the form of a muralsize handpainted picture of the queen com pleted by the boys and girls themselves recently a reply was received from buckingham palace written by her majestys lady-in- waiting it read to the children in crude 1 james robinson school ill robinson street markham ontario canada 1 am commanded by the queen to thank yon for your letter and for the good wishes that you sent to mer majesty for her recovery 1 know you will be pleased to hear thai the queen is now quite well again her majesty much admired the picture thai you have drawn and sent to her and the queen wishes me to thank you for all your kind thought in sending it to her the original of the letter has been framed and kept in the school and each child in mrs wyatts class has been given a photo copy puppet show the children are sure to enjoy the puppet show in the lower auditorium of the whitchurch- stouffville public library saturday presented by mr and mrs cordon ness obrien avenue the lime is 230 pm owners can now h home h reduce payments by as much as half if c c h if it i jyou as home owner are now eligible for low cost 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