PRINTER'S NO. 2026
No. 344 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY MAJOR, PICKETT, BOBACK, STABACK, BEAR, BEYER,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLYMER, COHEN, COSTA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FLECK,
GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN,
HARHART, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, M. KELLER, KORTZ, KOTIK,
MAHONEY, MANN, MANTZ, MARSICO, McILHATTAN, MILLARD, MILNE,
MOUL, MUSTIO, NAILOR, PALLONE, PAYNE, PERZEL, PHILLIPS, PYLE,
RAMALEY, RAPP, READSHAW, REED, ROSS, SAINATO, SANTONI,
SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SHIMKUS, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STERN,
R. STEVENSON, R. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TRUE, TURZAI, VEREB,
VULAKOVICH, WOJNAROSKI, SWANGER, ROHRER, MURT, MOYER, CAUSER
AND CONKLIN, JUNE 21, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 21, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the Harford Agricultural Society of Harford,
2 Susquehanna County, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary
3 of the Harford Fair.
4 WHEREAS, The Harford Agricultural Society is holding its
5 annual fair during the third full week of August; and
6 WHEREAS, Approximately 65,000 visitors from near and far come
7 to celebrate this longstanding tradition; and
8 WHEREAS, The fair is celebrating its 150th anniversary the
9 week of August 20 through 25, 2007; and
10 WHEREAS, The Harford Agricultural Society held its first
11 fair, with 76 members, on November 9, 1858, in the sheds around
12 the First Congregational Church; and
13 WHEREAS, The one-day event was moved to October a few years
1 later; and
2 WHEREAS, The fair became a two-day event in 1865; and
3 WHEREAS, In 1880, the 117-acre fairgrounds hosted 1,000 teams
4 of oxen and 3,500 people; and
5 WHEREAS, While the acreage has remained the same, the number
6 of exhibitors, visitors and entertainers has grown, as has the
7 length of the fair; and
8 WHEREAS, The fair is now a six-day event with 23 different
9 departments; and
10 WHEREAS, Last year's fair featured 1,539 exhibitors
11 displaying 7,519 items for competition; and
12 WHEREAS, There are 209 commercial vendors who display their
13 wares as well; and
14 WHEREAS, The 150th Celebration Planning Committee along with
15 the 12 members of the board of directors, the fair secretary and
16 the office staff have worked diligently to make the event truly
17 memorable; and
18 WHEREAS, In addition to the popular annual events of the
19 rodeo, horse and tractor pulls, woodsmen's contest and
20 demolition derby, new attractions providing old-fashioned fun
21 include a women's skillet throw, men's hay bale toss, children's
22 greased pole contest, male and female wheelbarrow race and
23 watermelon bubble-bursting contest; and
24 WHEREAS, From infant to octogenarian, there is something for
25 everyone at the Harford Fair; therefore be it
26 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the Harford
27 Agricultural Society of Harford, Susquehanna County, on the
28 occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Harford Fair.
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