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The Bedford County Fairboard dedicates the "2010 Premium Tabloid" to Bob Hammer and Francis "Skimmer" and Mary Wilson 
BOB HAMMER The 2010 Fair will be Bob Hammer's 50th year as a fair employee. He was hired in 1960 by Bobby and Wilmur Foor as a parking employee on the west side of the fairgrounds where the livestock and horse barns are located. Bob has always worked in this area and has served as the parking supervisor for many years on the livestock side of the fairgrounds prior to the opening of the fair and also helps to set up all of the parking lots and traffic lanes during the fair. Each October, he runs the parking operations at the fairgrounds during the two weekends of the Fall Foliage Festival. The fair board of directors congratulates and thanks Bob for his 50 years of dedicated service to the fair.
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 MARY & FRANCIS "SKIMMER" WILSON Committed and dedicated are words to describe this year’s Fair Premium Book dedicatees. Mary and Francis “Skimmer” Wilson of Bedford are the longest serving volunteer 4-H Leaders in the Bedford County 4-H Program. They have served continually for thirty-eight years. For the past twenty-five years, they and their club, the 4-H Swingers and friends, have been demonstrating the folk art of square dancing on the opening day of fair at the 4-H Center. The Swingers 4-H Club has performed throughout the community over the decades. Mary and Francis’ tenure as 4-H leaders has served generations of Bedford County 4-H youth. The Swingers 4-H Club continues today to meet weekly for practice, fun, and fellowship. They continue to perform demonstrations for community events, groups, parades, and monthly demonstrations for residents of Penn Knoll Village. Additionally, Mary and Francis have taken their club members to the Pennsylvania Farm Show for over 40 years in the State Square Dancing Competition and have brought home countless blue ribbons. Mary and Francis have provided significant leadership and direction to the county 4-H program. The most significant would be the planning, fundraising, and construction of the current Bedford County 4-H Center on the fairgrounds. Used fair week as the Junior Activities Building, the 4-H Center has been a highly used and important part of the Bedford County 4-H program for nearly 30 years. It is the commitment and dedication of community volunteers like Mary and Francis Wilson that helps shape and grow the future of our greatest community asset, our youth.
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