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A transcription of a page 3 article from the 6 Oct 1892 Norfolk Reformer. NORFOLK
UNION FAIR If the Norfolk Union Fair of 1892 does not do down in history as a great advance in all its predecessors it will not be the fault of the officers of the Society. Every Director appears to be animated by a spirit of progress, and all are working to achieve success. We believe a change in the right direction was made when it was decided to elect a Permanent President, instead of putting up a new and untried man each year. No one better equipped to fill the position creditably and with greater advantage to the society could have been selected than the gentleman chosen. |
Mr. [J. Lorne] Campbell has not been long identified with the Society in
any official capacity, having merely served before for two or three years
as auditor, but so clever a gentleman requires little special training to
become a most useful presiding officer. It is no reflection upon any of
his predecessors in the Mayoralty of Simcoe to say that he is the most
thorough, efficient and useful Chief Magistrate the town has ever
possessed. Though a young man he has been called upon to serve the
people in many prominent and honorable capacities and if health and life
are spared him, past preferments are only fore runners of far bigger ones
in the future. [This] likeness which will be recognized by all
his friends as a good one is from a photograph by [Simpson] of Buffalo. |
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long has Mr. [J. Thos] Murphy been connected with the Society in the
capacity first of Secretary and then of Secretary-Treasurer, that his name
and County Fair have almost grown to be synonymous terms. It was
away back in 1874 that he was elected to Secretaryship left vacant by the
death of the late Squire Freeman, and he has filled that position
continuously, energetically and with universal satisfaction ever
since. The duties of Treasurer were added when the late Henry Groff,
Esq., passed away. Mr. Murphy possesses in an unusual degree those
qualities most needed for the successful performance of the duties of the
position he holds. He knows everyone in Norfolk County. He is
a rapid and clever penman; a skilled accountant; has the bump of
methodical arrangement largely developed; is patient, industrious and can
do four things and talk to six people at once. He is an ideal
Secretary and much of the past success of the Norfolk Agricultural Society
can be laid at his door. The picture of him which we present
herewith is from a photograph by Perry of Simcoe. |
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Mr. [Oliver] Austin's connection with the Agricultural Society like that of Mr. Murphy, dates back many years, further even than the latter's. It was in 1880, however, that the office of General Superintendent was established and Mr. Austin first elected to fill it. At each recurring annual meeting he has been unanimously re-elected and now an exhibition of the Norfolk County Agricultural Society with no Oliver Austin in the part of General Superintendent would be like a presentation of Hamlet with the gloomy, ghost-haunted Prince left out. Mr. Austin is one of the best known men in the County. He has served his township, Woodhouse, for many years as Reeve. He is one of the move Progressive and enlightened members of the County Council. He has been a candidate for parliamentary honors and though defeated, made an astonishingly good run. In the post of General Superintendent he is the right man in the right place. His picture is from a photograph by Armstrong of Simcoe. |
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