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economistsunhribiine ysiuaiosf vjqu l cut uat 30000 copies vol 2 no 40 a metroland community newspaper saturday october 4 1986 48 pages 25 cents trip down fairs memory lane by jim thomas it was a trip down memory lane ken deacon the 1944 president of the markham and east york agricultural society took his au dience on a 142year historical journey at the official opening of markham fair wednesday night mr deacon was the evenings guest speaker representing 22 pastpresidents gathered on the platform the 79yearold retired farmer who still retains an interest in purebred beef cattle recalled the good times and the bad the strong years and the lean the hills and the valleys during his trek through byegone days there were fires and floods feasts and famines said the speaker in fact he said the mar kham fair of the 1850s was a vag rant with no home to call its own it was sometimes held at union- ville in markham and at stouff- ville at one point during the hungry 30s the fair was so deep in debt cancellation seemed a certainty mr deacon said however the directors of that day 1932 put up 1500 and carried on it was captain win armstrong the charter president who don ated five acres of land on which was erected an ice arena called the palace it lasted 90 years in 1916 a fire caused extensive damage mr deacon said the re placement was estimated at at studio 134 8500 but later totalled 15000 that was quite a blow he stated the boards elder statesman told of the great auto race in 1915 when two mclaughlin buicks left four model ts in their collec tive dust he also recalled how one year the fair took on a circus atmosphere trouble was when the animals were taken to milne pond for a drink two hippos re fused to come out then there was the time one of the directors took it on himself to get rid of the pigeons trouble was the speaker said he shot at them from the inside the building rather than the outside putting many rain holes in the roof mr deacon referred to the parking problems related to the hwy 7 site and the backup of cars that often extended over two miles think of what we have now he said were the envy of all fairs were the best president mary cosburn intro duced by son mac referred to the challenges of the position she ex pressed appreciation to secret arymanager tony arkell doris thomas president of the homec raft section the board of direc tors and all members of commit tees she said the fair represents a means by which urban and rural people are brought together quoting the 1986 motto mrs cos- burn said we are indeed celeb rating the good things in life obscene sex acts spark controversy by robert donnelly she is near the end of her strip routine her naked body is ex posed to the eyes of the men around her as she lazily slides on top of the candy apple red plat form lying on her back with legs spreadeagled toward stage cen tre she is joined by a fellow strip per the routine concludes with both women apparently engaging in oral sex in front of the lasci vious and now cheering patrons of the strip club one might think this could only be found in some seedy soho dis trict or bostons combat zone or perhaps bangkok amster dam or even torontos infamous stretch of yonge st aptly dubbed the sin strip wrong the performance described by lawyers and police alike as obscene and therefore subject to criminal charges was witnessed by a reporter late last thursday night at markhams only strip club studio 134 i have- been to other strip joints before but i ha ve never seen anything like what they were doing at this club studio 134 tonight observed phil who re quested anonymity continued page 3 page one news lynn mcgarrigle literally made front page kham fair the fair continues all day today news this week with this replica of the weeken- and is open until 6 pm tomorrow ders front page she won the grand cham pionship in the cake decorating section at mar- bill lanning whts inside sandra halpern organizer of antique show 20 directory comment p4 editors mail p5 and 6 entertainment p12 sports p22 to 23 church page p26 to 27 childrens page vu p real estate p29 to 39 classified p40 to 47 mark falzon outstanding citizen14