The Huron Expositor, 1978-08-31, Page 10employee'rinantial frit the staff working this part of the \ soon became bored and started a wild game of tag, but
, Ex is as authentic as the old rides warning them' not to the 'elder maleotulie patient than his, fellows, stroked
"mash, flirt or chippie chase", gamble or use profanity his chin thoughtfully and picked the old flea from his'
leg, waiting foQlie show to begin. When it became .
obvious that this lot of visitors, perhaps still suffering
'from a day at the Ex, were a disappointing group, he
turned .his tacit and started pondering -the Gibraltor
question again.
Gibraltar
AnyOne who's a student of British history knows the
Barbary apes are the monkey who inhabit the famous
Rock of Gibraltar at the mouth .of theLMediterranean. •
According to legend, should the apes ever leave
Gibraltar, then Britain falls. The elderly ape at the zoo
was, quite clearly trying to decide Whether Britain was
Surviving very well with his cousins still on the rock and
perhaps questioning whether be should advise theM to
emmigrate. Or maybe he was considering our own
economic problems in Canada.
'Whatever the ape's dilemma, the Metro Zoo
provided a "restful' afternoon. Since many Hof the zoo's
inhabitantS are breeds threatened with extinction, the
animals can increasingly be seen only in captivity,
Now while there are parts of Toronto I love,, including
Chinatown, and Lakeshore-Boulevard and the Tarragon
Theatre and City Hall Square and some of the parks,'
there's still .a great deal to be said for the city's
four-footed inhabitants. ,
After all,. as Dr: Doolittle said, "You can talk to the
animals! '
After meeting a number of people with 'frozen smiled
during the day, the goats seenaed genuinely pleased to
have visitors stop by. They certainly weren't adverse to
spending some quiet moments with their. guests, and if
you had something they, could chew on, so much the
better.
With their owners bedded down in adjoining pens,
the goats seemed to ..,view the whole matter as nothing
more than a rather enjoyable camping trip. A chance to
get off the farm fora few days and see the world!
Now under the calming influence of the goats (a
variety of sizes, shapes and breeds) I had time to reflect
about some of the jug•°of the Ex.
First •there was the wenderfulbandsfiell program put
on by.the national band of New Zealand.and a group of
Maori singers and dancers - a program that was
entirely free. Also', the 1928 midway was pure fun -
from the shoe shine boy and barkers dressed in
costumes ofthe day, to the immense pneumatic organ
developed irrGermany,, the beautifully decorated early
'rides and the 'merry-go-round where for 25 cents you
could very easily pretend you were a kid again while the
rest of the fair whirled by in front of you. The(
The pillar bears and grizzly seemed to have adopted
-the attitude Alta( weekends- are for sleeping and no
amount of coaxing by 'visitors could persuade them
anything else..
The same was true of the large nocturnal bats from
Australia who hung contentedly upside down in a
darkened room in one of the beautiful pavilions, Right
outside their room was a large sign providing. directions
for making bat pie (the bats -taste very' much like pork
according to the recipe) but not even this disturbed
-'their rest' I Contemplated taking down the recipe, but
these Australian bats were of a much larger variety
than their Seaforth relatives, and besides, how do you
catch a quantity of bats?
But the band of animals most enchanted with 'we
visitors were the Barbary. apes, medium-sized apes
sporting very pink behinds.
Now the apes were definitely under the impression
the tourists had come to entertain them (instead of vice
versa) and so, they sat expectedly on their rocks and
waited for the show to begin. They patiently Smiled; for
! the, clicking cameras and waited. The younger ones
or vulgarity. •
Food
Now.certainly anether major joy of the Ex is the food —
of every kind and description. You could sample some
heady expresso coffee, Qreek bacclava dripping with
honey, authentic German bratwurst, Viennese fipple
*cake with a custard topping, frozen yogurt cones, exotic
fruit and vegetable drinks, Hawaiian sweet and sour
chicken balls' and of course, the good old. North
Ameriran hat dog. One of the real challenges of the. Ex
is still to see just how 'Mich you can sample without
requiring medical aid.
,On Saturday, we decided to profit from past'
experience. While we might have braved, the Yonge
Street strip •or donned our very best and arched our
brows . to, saunter through the trendy Yorkville
boutiques and galleries (where, oh were did the old
Yorkville go?), instead we stuck to the animals. ' ,
• This time, the animals were in "the Metro Zoo,
certainly a" zoo among zoos. Not Only do the animals
look quite contented, as opposed to the caged pacing
you see in many zoos, but the litter is non-existent,
there are beautiful foitsted areas. and the walkways
have been planned to leave visitors relatively'
unexhausted. , • The only. problem 'with the zoo., is that no one has
informed the animals that they're the attraction and we
humans are the tourists..
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HARMONIZING-Lorne Lawson and fellow mupiciansplayd rousing
tunes at the variety concert in Victoria Park on Sunday night . This was
the final concert in the Sunday night series. (Expositor Photo)
Sept. 23
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Tickets $1.00 or 6 for $5.00
Taking Place at '
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Night September 21,,1978
last summer, has been
conThletelyrestored. --
Canadian National over-
hauledthe running gear and
diesel generators and:, re-
painted the exterior of the
cars.
Both CN and Canadian
Pacific Railways (CPR) will
move the trail) from site to
site over the five years of its
journey at no cost to the
project:
Many Huron County'
School pupils will be visiting
the train during its stay in
Stratford.
the,. country, the Stratford
visit is the only one planned
for southwestern Ontario this
year. -
The train,, purchased by
several provincial govern-
ments from the American
Freedom Train Foundation
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Sept. 9
MITCHELL
FAIR
Friday Sept 1
7:00 p.m. Western Horse Show
8:00 p.m. Queen of the Fair Competition begins
9:00 p.m. Family Dance, for Moms 'Dads & the kids
(pop bar) music by The Silvertones
11:00 p.m. Crowning of the Fair Queen
Saturday Sept. 2
12:30 a.m. Parade led by the Mitchell Legion Band
1:30 p.m. Official opening by .Robert Carbertpeneral
Manageruseum of the Ontario Agricultural
Museum
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2:00 p.m. Livestock Judging
Chariot Races
Sheep Shearing Demonstration, also
working Oith wool.
Talent Show in the Arena '
alnretenrae.sting exhibits & demonstrations in
7:00 p.m. Pony Pull
Step Dancing Competition
9:00 p.m. Dance, "The Wildwoods" (18 yrs. & over)
Sunday Sept. 3
p.m.,,gports Day" 2:00
Tug-0-War
Puppet Shows
Skate Board Demonstrations
Horse Shoe Pitching, demonstration by •
Elmer Hohl
Monday Sept. 4
10:00 a.m. 4-I-I Competitions & Inter Club Shows
1:00 p.m. Heavy Horse, Carriagei& Roadste; Show
4:00.7:30 p.tn. Pork Chop B.B.Q.
Horse Shoe pitching competitions on Saturday &
Sunday - Molson Awards & Cash Prizes.
Exhibit buildings open at all bdes. Midway always in
operation. Oood food available.
Fun for all at
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[by Alice GIbbi
After a weekend in Teronto, I've developed a new
respect for the animal world. Now in case you suspect
this is yet' anotber jibe at the city once knovvin as
Hogtown, let me assure you it isn't.
• Whatever opinions t might hold aboutkcity living, the
animals in Toronto—well at least some animals, seem to
provide the only calm in the midst of the sea pf rushing
people and machines that surround them.
The first animals who provided a haven in a sea ,Of
trouble were the goats which' have set up housekeeping.
iii the livestock building at.the Canadian National
Exhibition. (Hereafter called the ,"Ex".)
$' Now this year; the Ex, which is celebrating its 100th
year of existence, is expected to attract about 3%
million,people. The majority of 'these people will crowd'
into the food building looking; for free samples (a free
popsicle at one booth was all we found), they're going
to pay their dime and scout out the midway of the
Conklin and Garrett All Canadian ShowS of 1928 where
you can ride one of the original merry-go-rOunds and
likely a good percentage of the people will tour the 1893
Toronto street which was specially recreated for this
year's fair.
The Slane Things
• On Friday, the 150;000 and some, odd people who
• attended the Ex with me showed an annoying tendency
to want to see the same things I did,, and at the same
time. When part of my very welcome cold drink of
passion drink landed in my lap and I started Saying
• "excuse me" about as regularly as I took a breath, I
decided suddenly that I didn't really care any More
about seeing one of the world's largest fairs.
° All I wanted was some peace and near quiet.
If the friend I was with hadn't restrained me; I would
• have dashed back past the 1928, midway, the countless
hamburger stands, the weight guessers and theferris
wheels...stopping only when I reached the Toronto
TranSit bus which would carry me safely back to ,
suburbia.
But instead of pushing our way through the crowds,
we took a sidetrip through the livestock barns--the only,
reminders at this. year's Ex that after all, the whole
thing started as an agricultural fair back in 1879.
By,1912, the historians tell us, business and industry
had displaced agriCulture as the main reason,, for,the.Ex,
and today, sheer commercialism has threatened to
replace even business and industry.
Just when I was begining to question 'whether the fair'
. existed for any reason other than to sell metallic,' silver
flying saucer shaped balloons to the young, we found
the goats, They were contentedly climbing in and out of
their feed bins or staging mock battles in their pens,
quite oblivious to the crowds on the' midway Outside.
Discove
Anyone who-wants to tour The 19 car train, billed as
the provinces, of Canada and the world's largest mobile
learn a great deal about our museum, will, be in Stratford
history shpit from Labour Pay, Sept 4 to
span of titne:shonla visit Saturday, Sept. 9 at the Ea-st
Discovery Train., Gore Siding.
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Admission to the travelling
museum is free, and it will
: officially open on Labeur
Day, at 3
Although The. Disci5very
Train is following a' criss-
cross itinerary Which Will
take it to:19 locationS across
On. September 23, -Bullet
Nose Betty, the CN's last
operating, steam locomotive,
will spend 30 minutes in •
Seaforth.
• The train is being brought
to Seaforth, Mitchll and
other towns by the Upper
Canada Railway, Society as
part of the Stratford Fall Fair
activities.
During the-day of the fair,
the steam locomotive will be
makhig a• round trip between
Stratford and Clinton.
The locomotive, nick-
named ' Bullet Nose Betty;
was in Stratford in 1975 .and
may not be returning to-this
part of the province again.
The train will stop over in
Seaforth for water between
2:45 and 3:15 p'm. and' local
residents and excursion
passenger; will have time to
photograph this example of a
vanishing breed of steam
powered transportation.
The fares for the trip arc
$7 for adults, $4 for children
Train will visit Stratford