2006 Fair 3rd Best Ever


Great weather smiles
on seven of eight days

     Sparkling sunshine for seven of its eight days made the 2006 Fryeburg Fair the third best on record in the event’s 156-year history.
     Early rain on the opening Sunday gave way to warm and sunny days and yielded a record attendance day on Tuesday, Senior Citizen’s Day. Barry Emery, ticket superintendent for 31 years, reported a total daily paid attendance of 187,608.
     Tuesday’s gate totaled 17,014, exceeding the record of 15,496 set in 2000. Emery estimated that there were also at least that many senior citizens attending.
    “We don’t count the seniors that day but judging from the tremendous crowd on the midway, I’d say we had at least as many seniors as we did people buying tickets,” Emery said, noting that children under 12 are admitted free all week.

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Dave Hastings Retires as President


Olympia addresses the Saturday morning crowd as Roy Andrews looks on

US Sen. Olympia Snowe addresses the overflow crowd at the Saturday Grand Parade as Roy Andrews looks on. Below, Maine Gov. John Baldacci waves to the crowd as he marches by the grandstand.

Gvo. John Baldacci

Roy Andrews elected
unanimously

   After 52 years of dedication to Fryeburg Fair, David R. Hastings II has retired.
     The longtime Finance Committee member stepped down after four years as president and a lifetime of devotion to Fryeburg Fair. The Fryeburg attorney handed his gavel to newly elected president Roy Andrews following his unanimous election at the annual December trustees meeting of the West Oxford Agricultural Society, which sponsors the 156-year-old fair.
     Hastings was elected president in December, 2002, shortly after the death of Philip G. Andrews of Fryeburg. Hastings can trace his roots back to David R. Hastings, a Lovell attorney who served as vice president on the fair’s founding board in 1851.

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