BY SALLY BAIR
Staff Correspondent
LANCASTER *- County fairs are
in full swing during the summer
and early fall, but for organizers
the work continues year ‘rpjmd.
Last week 657 people
representing 83 different county
fairs attended the 74th annual
convention of the Pennsylvania
State Association of County Fairs
held in Lancaster. According to
President Clyde S. Robison,
Washington County Fair, this was
the largest representation ever.
One reason for the large at
tendance may have been interest
in a by-laws change which
delegates voted on during the
business meeting. The change will
allow six members from each of
the four zones to be elected to the
Executive Committee, prior to the
annual meeting.
Until now executive committee
members were chosen from the
entire delegate body. Robison said
the change will ensure that the
group is more representative of the
entire state. Many are hoping the
change will give smaller fairs a
stronger representation.
Robison noted that there are 104
county fairs throughout Penn
sylvania, representing fairs
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Pa. Association of County Fairs convention draws record crowd
sponsored by 4-H, FFA, and
Grange.
It was the first time ever for a
communication luncheon whose
purpose was to showcase winners
of awards for promotional
materials, slide sets, videotapes,
scrapbooks and premium books.
Speaking at the luncheon
Secretary of Agriculture Richard
Grubb reiterated this support of
county fairs, saying, “County fairs
are on integral part of agriculture
and are really a showplace for the
best of what takes place on our
farms.” Grubb said the fairs offer
good competition, and an
education of non-farm people. He
said the fairs showcase things
urban people take for granted and
show what’s being done in their
backyards.
Grubb also called the new farm
bill “a step in the right direction,”
saying that although it will pinch,
it is designed to move supply and
demand back into balance. He said
he belives the Gramm-Rudman
bill will help to reduce deficits,
adding, “The deficits are really
putting American agriculture out
of business in foreign markets.”
He pointed out that although
Pennsylvania fanners are having
economic problems, they are
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better off then their counterparts
in other states because of their
diversity and because of their
continuing large markets.
Grubb said, “Although
agriculture is in a terribly difficult
period, I am optimistic about the
future.”
Delegates were treated to a wide
variety of special workshops
designed to help them run JJieir
fairs better. Topics ranged from
the latest information on insurance
to the best use of computers at
fairs.
But according to Robison, the
best reason to have the convention
is for fair directors to share ideas.
He said, “It offers them an op
portunity to exchange ideas and to
recognize some leadership.” He
added that county fairs are im
portant as a “showplace for
agriculture in Pennsylvania.”
Another big attraction of the
convention is a trade show
featuring all the supporting “acts”
which make a county fair suc
cessful. There were represen
tatives of trailer manufacturers,
showing the latest in ways to sell
your food, to fireworks presenters.
Throughout the trade show en
tertainers or their agents provided
lots of color, either live or by
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Secretary of Agriculture Richard Grubb congratulates
general chairman Beverly Snyder for a successful county fairs
convention. Looking on is Donald Lanius, first vice president
and member of the board of the international Association of
Fairs and Expositions.
videotape, to convince fairs to book
them.
Ribbon manufacturers were
next to sound companies.
Magicians strolled nex to clowns.
The trade show was itself a kind of
fair, featuring the best of en
tertainment. There were 45
commercial displays, a record for
the convention.
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Winners in the communications
awards programs included:
Premium Books - 1. Clearfield
Fair; 2. McKean County Fair; 3.
Green-Dreher-Sterling Fair.
Scrapbooks - 1. Hookstown
Grange Fair; 2. Indiana County
Fair; 3. Venango County Fair.
Promotional Materials - 1.
Harford Fair; 2. McKean County
Fair; 3. West End Fair.
Slide Sets • 1. Sinking Valley
Community Fair; 2. Plainfield
Farmers Fair; 3. Hookstown
Grange Fair.
Videotapes - 1. Indiana County
Fair; 2. Fayette County Fair; 3.
Kimberton Fair.
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