Plaques commemorating agriculture, volunteers stolen from Arthur fairgrounds

70-year-old plaques stolen from Arthur Agricultural Society

ARTHUR ― The Arthur District Agricultural Society has turned to the community for help after two plaques commemorating the strength and resilience of farmers in the Arthur area were stolen last week.

Plaques commemorating agriculture, volunteers stolen from Arthur fairgrounds

ARTHUR – Bronze plaques honouring a century of service by the Arthur Agricultural Society have been stolen from the Arthur fairgrounds, a month after another went missing from a Mapleton park. “It’s extremely disappointing,” society president Alaina Lennox told the Advertiser. The plaques were presented by the province in 1956, recognizing 100 years of volunteer…