A1r Huge Throngs Jam County F for First 2 -Days of Exposition

Vol. lOB, No. 31 2 Sections,.24 Pages, Plus 8 Page Classified Section. Wednesday, August 2, 1967 1~ Per Copy Second clua poataao paid at Maoon, Mlchlson, Publlahod wcokly by Tho Inaham t:;ooo"tr Nawa Jno,, p o. Box 266, Malon, acrlp,tlon rain: In Malon and Holt homo delivery arou, l5f wookly; by mollln Iniham ond adjolnlnK countlaa, J5 por ~cor, ohowhoro, $6 1 "So there s a fair, I need my sleep." 11 Get on the ponies and ride--but slowly. "Hey! Chauffeurs are the greatest. He was ship-shape, but shaky. Huge Throngs Jam County Fa1r • For First 2 -Days of Exposition Board Officers Anticipate New Crowd Record Throngs of people have been jamming into the Ingham County Fair, It's almost a sure thing that attendance records will hit a new high this year, Derwood Dickinson, president of the fair board, is jubilant over the first 2 days attendance turn-out. ''The amountofbusinesstne first 2 days this year, far sur passed the total week's busi ness for the first year I was Kiwanians president of the fairboard," he said, Dickinson attributed the Authorize record smashing crowds to the top attractions offered at the grandstand, bigger and better Purchase midway section through the Mason's police department W,G, Wade shows, over 3,000 will have a new landlord, 4-H exhibits, a complete sell At Tuesday night's Kiwanis out in the commercial display board meeting, authorization areas and 675 open class ex was given for completion of hibitors. transactions with Consumers Monday and Tuesday's Power company and the New 1 Carl Darrow shows his hail damaged corn field crowds tripled the numbers York Central railroad which Mason s Sidewalk Sale brought out bargain hunters recorded in past years on those will place the property on first 2 days. "The night crowds West Ash street now housing are tremendous too," the the police department in the board president said. hands of the Mason Kiwanis Bargain Grabbers Flock Freak Hail, Rain Storm Here's something to give a club. person an Idea of how many The property stretches from things there are to see and do Ash to Maple between the at this year's fair, If you were Sycamore and the railroad and to spend 10 minutes looking at includes the bullding, To Mas on ,Sidewalk ,Sale every exhibit at the lngham Does Extensive Damage (See Bulldin<J, P D<JC A·7) County fair this year, plus 10 Mason's streets were alive sales were about average this minutes on every ride, it would with eager bargain grabbers sales decline to the fact that A freak wind, rain and hall farmers turned into a night year.'' he was understocked this year, beans on the Lyle Oesterle take you 30-8 hour days to last weekend as Mason mer One area merchant com storm pelted a 2 mile square mare of corn stalks standing farm at 1975 N. Okemos road area from Hagadorn road to stripped in the fields within cover the entire fair grounds. Today and ·r chants pulled off the drapes and plained that he didn't make and the Roy W. Knopf farm at Before the fair, officials displayed the 1967 model of last year's figures this year, Jack Davis of Davis's men's Doble and Holt road to Sand- an hour's time. Several of the 2092 N. Okemos road were wear store said his sales this hill early Sunday morning, farmers have had insurance were hopeful that fair visi "Sidewalk Sales." · and that this year's volume was stripped of their leaves; tors would double over last down $750 from last year. year were as good if not better Farmers and home owners adjustors out to inspect the The Otis Montavens, who Yesterday~: The sale runs annually for than last year, in the area are now beginning damage, but no estimate has year's total, but indications The owner attributed the have farmed for 30 years, had Lula Howarth, a News spec 2 days, July 28 and 29, and to assess the damage and it been set. are good that the figure will a 7 acre field of corn en Ial writer, has turned back this year as in past years looks bad. Several corn fields Mrs, Gerald Eifert of 2675 be triple last year's 60,000 tered in the county corn con the years to 1867 in preparing the weatherman was In good were knocked down and the Willouc:hby road, Mason, saved paid attendance figures. test, which was destroyed. All profits realized by the an interesting review of lng humor for the event. Blue skies leaves completely shredded, some of the damaging hall Right now it is up in the air ham County life In 1867 and and warm sunshine set the On the Inside . while leaves on trees and dec- stones, which she described fair and the premium money whether or not the shredded from the state are put back comparing it with present day scene as crowds of Mason orative flowers around homes as being the size of black sweet corn will be suitable for silage living, mothers were on the loose were pounded to the ground. cherries. into the fairgrounds for lm· At the Fair--2 Pages of Pictures, ,A-6, 8. or not. Total impact of the Her story, complete with with hubby's checkbook to buy Carl Darrow of 2306 N, Oke- "Although much of our corn provements, Each year the damage will not be known until pictures, will be published in up the bargains the merchants mos road, Mason, has been · is badly damaged, we feel fair board has at least one October, according to the Mon major project It tries to com the lngham County News on were offering. Eye Witness Story of Riots , • , •• B-15 farming in this area for 47 lucky formyhusbandjustcom tavens. Wednesday, August 9, years and said: "l have never pleted harvesting his wheat plete. Most of the merchants felt Mrs. George Fogle of 2611 The pictures also Include Romney's Report of Detroit Riots , B-7 seen a storm like this before. crop Saturday night and dam lngham county's first fair this year's was a success. Okemos road, Mason, said they photos of many of the resi Hailstones hitting my barn age to the hay was minimal," Is believed to have talien place "The sale was well attend were right on the edge of the in 1854 and was staged on the dents of lngham county 90 1 bounced off and made a pile she said, eel again this year as always," hail storm, 11 \Ve watched the south limits of Mason and years ancl older who are still of Ice 3 Inches thick which Corn wasn't the only crop to said Ed Ware of Ware's clrug Area Pages••• • • ••••• A-7 Legals ••• •••, ••••• B•B, 9, 10 big storm and hall stones living. didn't melt until 2 p.m. Sun- suffer. Darrow had several eventually moved toward the store. "()Ir sales compare Classified Ads , ••• Tabloid Magazine Page • , , • B-1 hit only on the south side of center of town and the court Watch for this Interesting· favorably with last year's." day afternoon," acres of oats which were the house and damaged only a Editorial Page • · , • , B-2 Society • • • • . • ••• A-4, 5 house lawn. The next move article in "We sure were busy Fri Farm Pages , ••• , , B-4 What hadlookedlikeabump- knocked down and the grain portion of our corn field, 11 she Weather , •••••••• A-3 er corn crop year for the broken off. Several acres of was made to the present lo• day," said Warner Kean of said,. cation adjacent to Raynor park, ne~4!,_~ Kean•s variety store. "Qir County Jail Phone Firm Sale Sentences .. • • -' 4r~:IJ~~ayec};" :':Be1ng Negot1~ted With the lngtam county jall Negotiations, paving the way for the housing some 150 personsar- sale of the Rural Telephone company rested In last week's rioting • tn Detroit, the Ingham circuit to an Ohio firm are currently under- court, at the request of jall way, officials, has postponed all sentences to the Ingham jall Lawrence B, Lindemer, president for at least 2 weeks, Sheriff Kenneth L, of Rural, said this week that negotia · Preadmore said that In all tions between directors of his firm and pro b a b II it y t h e Detroit · prIsoners will be removed the Mid-Continent Telephone corpora from the Ingham county jail tion of Elyria, Ohio, have been under within that period, Probation worl1ers In way and that he expects the final de Detroit who are handling riot tails of the sale to be worked out within caselouds have been increased a week. Donald Reisig, {above) Ing by about 50 additional helpers ham county prosecuting attor and there have been hints Final approval of the sale however, ney, last week was elected that bonds may be lowered, president of the Michigan 0! the 150 prisoners held will rest with the stockholders of Rural Prosecuting Attorney's asso in the county jail at Mason, Telephone company, Lindemer said that ciation at its conference on on I y 2 have been able to Mackinac Island, raise bonds, which have been if directors of the 2 firms reach agree- set as high as $200,000, ment on the final details, there will be a meeting of Rural's shareholders HEADED OUT for the high country, sometime in August. expedition leader Jim Maddix of Mason, Mid-Continent has holdings in 7 states Boy Scout neighborhood commissioner, moves but only this year acquired properties .AR.

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