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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-08-31, Page 29THE GODE RICH SIGNAL -STAR., THURSDAY, AUG ST•3I, X97,8,4tA:QE UA Kogtown's big exhibition is 100 years old this month. The Throats Ex has become the Canadian National Exhibition since I was a lad_ If you check the bands playing this year. you'll find they are called the Kelowna Secondary Jazz Ensemble. the Sar- nia Central Minutemen Jazz Ensemble and the Vanier Cul le Band. It just ain't like it used to be. My personal memories of `the Ex always lead to the big band tent Every year. the "name bands" would play in that tent and all of the best big bands of the 1930s and forties played_ I can recall waiting patiently for Tommy Dorsey to come on stage. l was disgusted with the antics of a skinny singer who eame out and peeked at the audience in a foppish man- ner from behind the greenery on the wings of the stage. lie sang duets. too. with one of the best and most under- rated girl singers of the day. Jo Stafford. He had taken Jack Leonard's place in the band and was finding it a little tough •at -that time to fist Leonard -s shoes: He went on to greater things. of course. Frank Sinatra was -his name_ At that time. it was tough to distinguish him from the microphone stand_ he was that skinny. My home town was Lindsay. Ont.. and we would hitch- hike to Hogtown to hear those famous orchestras. I first saw Woody Herman_ Jimmy Dorsey — and wasn't Helen O'Con- nell a sweetheart' — Count Basle_ Louis Armstrong. Shep Fields_ Sammy Kaye when the beat of the big bands were being heard all over North America. One year Fats Waller and his small group played at the old Brant Inn near Burlington and we used our thumbs..four of us. to hitch -hike from Sturgeon Lake where we were cam- ping for the summer to Burlington. When we got to the Brant Inn. they Wouldn't let us in because we were not wearing a tie. We borrowed ties from some youngsters on the street. I think we paid them 50 cents to run home and get one probably stolen from an un- suspecting fathers tie rack. . But we got to see Fats Waller and I will never forget his Prevent fall slump with extra feed By mid-August, pasture quality cannot usually maintain adequate performance in dairy cattle, says Jack Rodenburg, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and . Food dairy cattle specialist. "To prevent a fall slump in production, most dairymen supply extra hay or silage to the milking herd. However, they rarely adjust the feeding program of heifers_" To ensure good growth it is also necessary to supply supplementary Unemploy.. • from page 10A educated labour force entrants_ In I966, approximately 19 percent of the new labour force entrants had post -secondary credentials or had completed part of such a program_ The percentage rose to 36 percent in 1976 and is expected to be -more than 42 percent by 1986 - a drastic change in the nature of new man- power in only 20 years. More on this subject next week. CLAY — Silo Unloaders Feeders Cleaners Stabling Leg Elevators Liquid Manure Equipment Hag Equipment BUTLER — Silo 0nloaders Feeders' Conveyers FARMAT1C — Milrx Auks, etc. ACORIA — Clean•rs Heated Waterers WESU ISSLL-1foRrstrusiifr+g ,LOW'RRI. FAB* SYSTEMS Itlr 7• Itincordlets. Ont. lslletio39542111i feed to dairy heifers, says Mr_ Rodenburg. Ideally, yearling heifers should gain 0.6 to 0.7 kg per day to achieve their potential growth rate and mature size_ Pasture trials with unsupplemented dairy and beef heifers showed average daily gains of only 02 to 0.4 kg in September and no gains in October_ "When and how the reduction in growth rate occurs depends on moisture, fertility, species and the number of animals per acre. The decline in growth rate is related primarily to pasture quality, because it occurs even if the amount of pasture is adequate." Dairymen should begin feeding supplements to heifers when the pastured milking herd begins to consume more sup- plementary forage, says Mr. Rodenburg. Beginning in Sep- tember, feed three to five kg or hay or the equivalent in hay or corn silage to each heifer daily. Offer " sup- plementary roughage, free choice, after October „• . letters are apprec.acedbeBob Trotter EtdateRd Eimra Ont N3B2C7 pudgy fingers tinkling that grand piano. It was a memorable night. believe me. to hear in person such favorites as Ain't Misbehavin'. Your Feets Too Big. The Jitterbug Waltz and a dozen others. At that time.. both Waller and Louis Arm- strong seemed to surround themselves with second-rate mu- sicians for Some reason unknown to me. The others in Waller's group were quite forgettable. But not Fats. Years later. Fats died on a train between playing dates. When I got home from these escapades at the Ex. my Dad would always ask about the farming and floral exhibits. the winners of the 'ribbons and the champions in the livestock shows. I would tell him I forgot the names and he would nod hiS head. knowing all the time I had never been near the agricultural exhibits. It is difficult to convey to young people today what it meant for a teen-age music buff to see and hear those great musicians of yesteryear. Kids today are so steeped in per- sonal appearances and the immediacy of the boob -tube that they become sophisticated quite young. But for.me. then. to hear those bands. those musicians. those singers. those great artists in person. was a thrill never to be forgotten. How do you explain to your kids that it was great to be among the 10.000 people swaying gently to Glenn Miller's Moonlight Serenade or Artie Shaw's Frenesi? And we danced. we actually danced although a young punk like me joined the jam around the bandstand most of the time be- • cause f was too shy and too young to get off my butt and ask a girl to dance. . They were great days'as Archie Bunker says. Mind you. I don't live back there and call them the good old days be- cause they weren't that good. The war had begun .and many young men were going. some never to return. It was just great to hear Benny Goodman with Gen Krupa playing.Sing, Sing, Sing. OrDuke Ellington or Earl Hines. or Bob Chester or Bob Crosby — not Bing Crosby but his brother Bob who had an excellent swing band — or Harry James or Ray McKinley. And they did it all with a couple of microphones and maybe three or four speakers because it was great music and didn't have to be electronically controlled. This Ford tractor was one of 38 entries in the W.O.T.P.A. 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