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Times Advocate, 1995-02-01, Page 19� CQMLU!'J[TY 7061i Senior brings us a window from his time Times -Advocate, February 1,1995 Page 19 Continued from second front. er studio photographer, has some of Senior's work in his collection of baseball game on the beach beside old photos. What he does have is a the Lakeview Casino, and some series of glass slides, likely for views of Shipka and its buildings. "magic lantern" ,projection. Some Just flipping through the pages of of them are hand coloured. There the photo file provides a stark con- are manJme portraits, mostly un- u-ast between the quality of the pm- labeled, Birt one can find images of fessional photographer's work, and Isaac Carling, and Elizabeth Trivia. the blurry, haphazardly composed These may be reproductions of images made by amateurs with Senior'slaiher's work, since Trivitt their if'amily snapshot cameras. died in December 1889 But there But what did Senior photograph is also an early interiew of Tri in his4ome town, aside from for- vitt Memorial Churc nd a fin mal portraits? The Huron Museum portrait of a family on the steps df doesn't have much to answer that their Victorian Home. question. But why were they all assembled '' e don't have much from Exet- into a slide show? Who would er in our collection," admits have sat down in a darkened room Scotchman, and says that may very to marvel at dike images? well be a project for the future. There are, no doubt, many other Bart DeVriIs, a present-day Exet- photographs taken by Joseph Sen- ior resting in private family albums, and should a pictorial history of the town be assembled on day, they may form its most valuable part. Joseph Senior, in perhaps the only known portrait of the photographer himself. "People bring to me all kinds of photos of Joseph Senior's, and want them copied," said DeVries. "It's amazing the quality after all these yam-' The hardest thing to accept is that much of those images may be lost forever. The story goes that much of the Senior Studios' tin -type im- ages were melted down in World War I for their scrap metal. Tin- types are originals, with no neg- atives. Another story has it that many glass plate negatives of Jo- seph Senior's work were recycled into greenhouse windows after he retired in 1943 - again during war years shortages. This may very well be true, no one seems to recall any original negative from the stu- dio. There is but one known portrait of Joseph Senior himself, perhaps taken for his role as village clerk for several years. Unlike other itinerant photog- raphers of the era, he didn't have the habit of including himself in his group photos by tripping the shutter with a long string - as was some- times the custom. After his retirement in 1943, Sen- ior apparently moved to California to live with his daughter, says local historian Tom Burke. This may ex- plain why no one took care of the thousands of photos and negatives Senior would have likely left be- hind. Senior died in 1955 at 90 years of age. Burke and his father Harry have a collection of several of Senior's portraits, including some early tin- types, likely done by Charles Sen- ior. There are also some photos of Exeter homes and some public buildings - many of which ap- peared in the 1973 Centennial issue of the Times -Advocate. But again, there are always gaps to fill. "I was always hoping to turn up something of the old bandshell [Exeter's] Victoria Park. 1 was torn down in the'50'ls," said Burke. Given that the ornate Victorian bandshell was the site of many a celebration and function, Senior must have been present with his camera at least once, muses Burke. There is always the possibility, that somewhere, in a dusty drawer in an Exeter attic, a picture of that bandshell awaits quietly. And may- be along with it a treasure trove of Senior's missing work. Lions Parkview Place Seniors have busy month LUCAN - The Lions Parkview Place Seniors have two new mem- bers on their executive committee: Josephine Clubb as president and Christy McLeod as secretary. January has been a busy month. The social evening on January 9 was well attended and various games were played. Lunch was served, also hirthday cake with Marion Cockrane, the only one having a hirthday this month. The coffee hours on Thursday morning from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. have had an attendance of 24 to 26 people. Everyone has enjoyed this quiet get together over coffee and cookies. A euchre on January 19, hosted by the Knights of Columbus was well attended. Everyone enjoys these euchre games, also the crib- bage games each Friday morning. The seniors welcome two new tenants, Janet Edwards and Evelyn Smith, and they hope they will be happy in Parkview Place. Exeter 4-H learning all about bread By Melinda Nethercott EXETER - The Exeter #2 4-H group launched into action by de- ciding on a title page for their member's books and agreed on a name for the group. They are now called the "Bodacious Bread Bak- ers". The group welcomed a new mermber on their quest ' for a Breadventure. Linda demonstrated how to do_ the "The Great Finger Poke", to see if the bread dough has risen .enough and the "Knock -Out Punch" which is used to break up and distxihute the air pockets so the yeast process will speed up. The group then.examined the rea- sons for a rest time for the dough and the final shaping and rising before baking the dough. The group was quizzed on the nutritional value of bread and how the different flour types are made and what kind of breads they are best suited for. They also discovered how to boost the nutri- tional value of bread The group then dug into the task of trying the loaf of fresh white bread and French bread. The next adventure of the "Bodacious Bread..Bakers" will be February 2. 1 `Great Music of Spain' concert in London LONDON - Area audiences will have the opportunity on Saturday, February 11 to hear Great Music Of Spain. This concert will be held at Dundas Street Centre United Church and will have all the en- chantment and magic of Spain. 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