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William S. Ledbetter
1946 |
James Clark, Jr.
1947-1948 |
"My turn to be President of the Howard County Fair came
when it was a fledgling organization. We had no permanent home and
very few funds. The one thing we did have in abundance was a large
number of enthusiastic, hard working Howard Countians who pitched in to
insure that the Fair would go forward and succeed".
"The first year of my term we held it at the Ellicott
City high School on Montgomery Road -- not a very satisfactory site
since we had no facilities for livestock".
"The next year we made an arrangement with the Laurel
Raceway to hold the Fair there for two years while we looked for a more
permanent home."
-- James Clark, Jr. -- |
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Melvin H. Wessel
1949-1951 |
W. Harvey Hill
1952-1957 |
Roland H. Mullinix
1958-1959 |
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Howard W. Clark
1960-1962 |
John B. Widdup
1963-1966 |
"It's been a great pleasure to recall the many years of
my activity at the Howard County Fair -- mowing and putting up fence on
the Montgomery Road site, helping to erect buildings at the present
site, taking gate money night after night, and serving as President for
four years. Much hard work! Yet the fellowship with all the
workers of the Fair plus the opportunity to help further the work of the
farming community and the youth made all that effort worthwhile."
"I especially find joy in seeing the youngsters of my tenure now
operating the Fair. Louise and I wish you continued success."
-- John B. Widdup -- |
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J. Gordon Warfield
1967-1969 |
James R. Moxley, Jr.
1970-1972 |
"Memories of the Howard County Fair are many and
varied for me. The beginning, the Laurel Raceway, moving from
place to place and finally to its permanent home where it is now, which
for our family is just across the road. The Fair has been a family
event for the Moxleys from day one. My mother exhibited, my father
donated the lumber for the first 4-H barn, my sister being Farm Queen,
Dessi charring the Household Building for seventeen years, my presidency
during its 25th year and then all our children enjoying the competition
and camaraderie of 4-H competition. There is family after family
that have been similarly and totally involved. This continuity of
involvement is one of the main reasons for the growth and success of the
Fair. One could never remember all the families that have been
involved, but one I shall mention is the Harvey Hill family. I
have been very close to them in many ways. I'll always remember
Mr. Hill and I up on the square of the 4-H building when we were
beginning to set rafters with a crane. He said, 'Jimmy you get out
in the middle, you are young.' I said, 'When will they stop
telling that?' He said, 'They will not have to tell you.'
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The contributions the Hill family have
made to the Fair are much too numerous to mention, but I use then as an
example of the many families I referred to earlier. "Many people
have been involved voluntarily. When time comes to do a job,
people just show up. Gene Mullinix once said the Fair has a
spirit. It is the spirit of the people involved that makes the
Howard County Fair so dear to so many. It's nice that it still has
a local rural flavor. May it always keep it.
"Congratulations to those leaders involved now, I am especially pleased
that our son Rob is President for the Fair's 50th year. I know he
will have the cooperation and help of so many and that the Fair will go
on for at least another 50 years."
-- James R. Moxley, Jr. |
W. Philip Brendel, Jr.
1973-1975 |
Allen T. Hill
1976-1978 |
Thomas E. Mullinix, Sr.
1979-1981 |
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Gene W. Mullinix
1982 - 1984 |
"HOWARD COUNTY FAIR
ASSOCIATION'
-- I cannot think of any one thing
that has had more of an impact on my life.
"As a child and youth the Fair gave me a learning and growing
environment. As a young adult it provided a teaching and foresight
school for me. As an adult it provided me with a management and
leadership seminar. The Fair also gave me a Howard County Farm
Queen as a wife and an environment for our children to learn and grow
in.
"Many years ago I felt that I was a
'Self Made Man.' Today, at 54, that man does not exist. What
does exist is Gene W. Mullinix, son of Sara and Roland, husband of
Charlotte, with a touch of Harvey Hill, John Widdup, Howard Clark, Mary
K. Eyre, Gordon Warfield, Jim Moxley, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.
'''Those who touch our lives. bend our thinking, ' by
association -- 'HOWARD COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION.''' -- Gene W. Mullinix |
J. G. Warfield, Jr.
1985 - 1987 |
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W. Dale Hough
1988 - 1990 |
Harold Clark
1991 - 1993 |
James R. Moxley III
1994 - 1996 |
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F. Grant Hill
1997 - 1998 |
H. Mitchell (Mickey) Day
1999 - 2002 |
Vaughn Turner
2003 - 2005 |
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John Fleishell
2006 - 2007
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H. Mitchell (Mickey) Day
2008 - |
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