Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), October 6, 1977, p. 9

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wht despite the drizzle sheep herding demonstrations took place every day of the fair bob walker and his five border collies have the guiding of the woolies down to a fine art the many brave mud enjoy fair the golden helmets precision motorcycle ride was very popular but youngsters enjoyed trying but their motorcycles afterwards even more here yvette gartner beams with delight as opp officer mike sharland lets her try on his helmet n tribune staff photos continued from page1 who kicked 86 feet and bob little of cedar grove won the pink rock throwing contest susan and randy clayton of west hill emerged the winners in the egg throwing contest lillie- norton of goodwood won the womens goat milking contest for the third year in a row and commented modestly im just an old farmers wife steve osborne of 10th line north stouffville won the calf round up a little girl was injured not seriously when one of the frantic calves jumped the barrier and went right out of the ring the girl was either kicked in the leg or her foot was stepped on first and third places in the big potato contest sponsored by the tribune were taken by a stonfville brother and sister cheryl simpson with an entry weighing three pounds seven and a half ounces took first place and third was won by larry simpson with a two pound 15v4 ounce entry second place cheryls entry was somewhat of a mutant as it had four separate knobs the simpsons thought it resembled a clown second place was won by lewis reesor of markham the exhibits also enjoyed great popularity and two stouffville ladies alone accounted for 151 entries between them jean barkey entered 83 categories and won 40 awards among them the fred leaf memorial trophy for the best silver jubilee arrangement and the best plant prize pat beaton ac counted for 68 entries and won 47 ribbons mrs beaton entered 58 exhibits in flowers and plants and 10 in the christmas crafts in octobercontest her 10 year old daughter wendy entered 20 exhibits and won 12 prizes the top entry in the quilt contest was a beautiful piece of work submitted by mrs clayton hill who was also the winner in the centennial quilt contest mrs hills competition was stiff there were over 50 quilts entered dolores deverell was awarded a special first prize for her miniature barn this majestic rhode island red was one of hundreds of birds on display in the poultry building the birds were shown to much better advantage this year thanks to the improved lighting and display area at the new markham fairgrounds finding a quiet place for a picnic was no man may have had trouble finding a dry one trick last saturday at the fair although this w this group congregated in the livestock building werent one bit concerned about the wet weather that marred the fair for others filling in a j u the time between livestock judging events were from left george miles ga pu cxctw f l i youngsters although an even bigger vegetable a 195 pound lloyd ayre tasker grant and russ dow who hal from varous places i sat a ne 0 photographer noted around ontario do with amusement that no one not even passing adults could resist slapping at least one of the pumpkins or giant squash markham majorette corps pat on a real searing per formance in the livestock arena when they turned their batons into flaming torches the girl at right appears to be in some pain at left markham fair qneen diane reid 19 puts all her concentration into catching this raw egg during the egg throwing contest the concentration obviously paid off for miss reid as it was her partner bui snowball who got egg tpinrbed all over himself its easy to see why these two won top honours in the chlpoffihe old block contest stan uchman and his three year old son dave even have identical dimples fz

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