Shaw and Sons opens Thursday Aug. 14 in Annapolis, Md. They used to have a series of fairs in Pennsylvania and carried 25 rides but now only play the West Alexander Fair in West Alexander, Pa for Labor Day. At the end of Sept. they play the Preston Co. Buckwheat Festival in Kingwood, WVa. There, rides from Bates in Ohio and Tropical Amusements in Pa augment the midway. Shaws prefer the 40 miler type of operation and have long ago retired the Sky Wheel, Diver, Matterhorn and anything that takes longer than 2 hours to set up. With expnses way up in these times one can hardly blame them to try and make life as easy as possible.