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IZesolufion No. 87_223
RESOLUTTON PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF
AUGUST 24-30, 1987 AS BUTTE COUNTY FAIR WEEK
WHEREAS, the Butte County Fair was incorporated on September 24,
1937 as the Paradise Fair and Apple Show Association; and
WHEREAS, Don Brown, T. J. Glisan, Mrs. R. C. Berry, Hugh M. Smyth,
Mrs. Gladys W. Wilcox, Dr. C. 0. Fuller, Mrs. Frances Breese, N. C. McCarthy
and H. S. Clewett were the first members of the Fair Board; and
WHEREAS, on April 6, 1939, the name was changed to the Butte County
Fair Association; and
WHEREAS, the Butte County Fair moved to Durham in 1939; and
WHEREAS, in 1941 the Butte County Fair found its first home in
Gridley at the Gridley Municipal Park and remained at that location until
1948; and
WHEREAS, there were no fairs held between 1942 and 1945; and
WHEREAS, in 1948 the Butte County Fair moved to its present location
at East Hazel Avenue in Gridley; and
WHEREAS, the present Fair Board members are Jean Minasian,
Homer Lundberg, Nadine Gilliam, Joe Carlisle, Melvin Richins, J. Kay Orme,
Dick Cassidy and Walt Winn.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors, County
of Butte, hereby proclaims the week of August 24-30, 1987 as Butte Gounty Fair
Week in honor and recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Butte County Fair.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors, County of Butte,
this 18th day of August, 1987, by the following vote:
AXES: Supervisors Fulton, McInturf, McLaughlin, Vercruse and
Chair Dolan
NOES: None
ASSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
Chail' of the
ty Board of Supervisors
MAN--.Y. NICHOLS, Chief Administrative
Officer and Clerk of the Board
By: