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A TRIP TO TEE ROYAL WINTER PAIR Last November a group of the Grade 12 boys, accompanied by Mr. Findlay, enjoyed an authorised holiday from school to see tin Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Travelling in cars we were able to make a side I trip to the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph. Here we were treate; to a lunch and a tour of ‘the physical education building, soils labora¬ tory and campus. This visit proved interesting ' enough to sway some of the group to think of furthering their education here on graduation from; Essex High. On arrival in Toronto we were not long in locating our hotel and then set out to see the bright lights of the big city. This didn’t prove too entertaining to some of us, so to furthor our education we attended the cinema and saw tho screen play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof -- very, very entertaining] The next morning we were all off to the fair. It was the opening day of this largest agricultural show in the world held under one roof. Accompanied by visitors from far and near, wo crowded into the coliseum I and stables to see the many animals. There were pigs, goats and sheep waiting to be judged. Exhibits of beef, dairy cattle and horses from the United States made, competition with the Canadian herds very keen. In its own little niche was a miniature fair for the very young, featur¬ ing various kinds ' of--poultry and baby animals. On entering the west wing of the coliseum we noted a profusion of flowers «of every variety and colour. Over our heads hung exhibits of the fields and gardens,’ —grains, seeds and vegetables all of different j kinds and sizes. After a quick look at the large display of tools and gadgets for farm use, we made for the lunch counter and then to the horse show. Believe me, it was sure good to sit down and rest for awhile. The mat¬ inee performance featured horses from Germany, Cuba, Mexico and United States in jumping competition against tho. e of our own country. With the close of the ' horse show our day at the fair vras over, and it had proved both entertaining and educational. That evening some of us boys wont to see a hockey game at the Ted Reeve’s Memorial Arena. While it was not H. H. L. it was a good, fast-moving gane--a great climax to an eventful day. . The next morning before leaving for home, Mr. Findla r to.ok us on a short sight-seeing tour of the city. We saw the Parliament Buildings and went to the top of. the Bank of Commerce Building, the highest in the British Empire and visited the Royal Ontario Museum. From beginning to end the whole trip was a delightful experience. AGRICULTURE CLASSES VISIT LEAMINGTON On January fifth of this year, Mr. Findlay took the Agriculture classes to the Essex County Associated Growors convention being held in the Leamington Arena. There we found many interesting displays. Including a fruit grader, soil block maker, basket companies, spray equi’ mont, and planting oquipment.
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23 In the auditorium Dr. Zitnak from 0. A. C. spoke on The Problem of Market Quality in Early Potatoes , while Your Fruit and Vegetable Extension Service was Jack Cutcliffe’s topic. H. B. Boyce of the Harrow Experimental Farm spoke on and showed slides about the Major Peach Insect Problems . For all of the students it was an enjoyable experience, and we hope the school year will provide other such outings. --Lenn Fields OUR TRIP TO NEW; YORK There once were 3I4. Grade 12 students who were afraid that they weren’t going to have anything spectacular to remember about their high school days. Not wishing this to happen, Mr. Crane and the school board graciously consented to let these same students go off on a holiday to New York accompanied by Mrs. Findlay and their history teacher, Mr. Monte ith. Our quiot, well-behaved little group left Essex October 18, at 7:l5 p.m. This in itself was an event for it was the first time in 25 years that the train had stopped at Essex. After fond but, in some cases, rather damp farewells, we scrambled abourd the train and clambered over seats and suitcases to got one last look at home sweet home. Then we settled down to some serious business--eating. Our dear mothers, seeming to fear cither that we wouldn’t get enough to eat (parish the thought) or that wc would get food poisoning from all that foreign food, had packed enough lunch to last the whole trip. After this, the conversations settled down to a quiet roar until about 10 o’clock. Then the fun began. A man started coming through the coach passing out pillows. Everyone was commenting on how thoughtful •N. Y. C. was of its passengers, until the man came back again and wanted 35 a piece from us. About one-half the students then decided that they could sleep quite well without a pillow. Jim Hatch, one of the more entorprising of the group, decided to flip a coin—double or nothing-— for a pillow. Surprisingly he won. Dave Brush also tried to do this following the Hoads I win, tails you lose policy. The pillow man--not a very intelligent individual--thought for a full two minutes before he decided that it wouldn’t be to his advantage and passed gratefully out of our coach. We soon learned that Mr. Montoith’s advice, that our money would have been well-invosted, was true. This discovery brought about some strange events. You could be resting comfortably, got up to got a drink of water, and return to find that your pillow had disappeared. When this happened to Bill Keane, he took Immediate action. After turning and accusing Mr. Monteith of the theft he grabbed the latter’s pillow and bounded up the aisle with our dignlfiod history teacher in. hot pursuit. Mr. Monteith was able to retrieve his pillow and send Bill back ' to his seat disconsolate. Bill then decided that Jim Rajki was. hotter than nothing at all and so proceeded to use Jim as a sort of im¬ provised cushion.
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