Post #307538 by PremEx on Sat, May 19, 2007 3:53 PM

On 2007-05-19 09:33, RevBambooBen wrote:
Did Ely do the fair?

Good question. Wouldn't be surprised if he was.

My dad was on the State Fair Board and also on the Board of the Orange County Fair back in the 60's and 70's. He also was friends with Bob Teller...who created and ran the Orange County Fair Swap Meets (my dad was Chief of the Newport Beach Fire Department). When dad passed away, as my brother and I were going through all his personal effects, I was hoping to find some records or something from the Fair and fairgrounds. But there was nothing and he must have pitched everything long before he died.

My bother and I worked the Lion's Club Corn-On-A-Stick booth every year at the fair there (my dad was involved with them too). I remember that tiki booth, and I think it was a regular at the fair into the '70s. But I really didn't pay it much attention back then.