30 THE L. C.I TA TLER LINDSAY EXHIBITION, 1950 -A l'l'ophecy- It was in a New York daily that I til-st saw mention of this great event. As I flII'llUtI page after page of this newspaper. in seareh of sonn-thing that would hold my in- terest. I ehaneed upon this an- noum-ement: Lindsay Central lixhibition, Second Only to the tireat Vanadian National Iixhibi tion, Five lbays, Sept. 21-25. It was lltlf a big ad, just those few lines a11d a pieture of heyday at the fair. but it held me fast. llappy memories eame baek of days spent at Lindsay Collegiate when 011 Vitizens' Day we would flaw-k aeross the campus to the pip- ing tunes that at-eompanied the Merry-tio-Round llvill' the gate. Ilow we marvelled at the eurious freaks in the side-shows, how we had ell.lU,Ved the few l'I4Il'S.N and what a thrill everything' gave us! In memory I was eating and eu- ioying again a bun with sausage. the so-ealled Iltli'-IIUQIU The thought oeeurred to me that it might be interesting: to visit Lind say and its Exhibition. but im- mediately 1 put it aside. IVith all my engageinents and a busy season ahead! Yet the idea ref mainedg the more I thought about it, the more it appealed to me. I pushed the button and addressed the butler: No appointments for the week end ot' the twenty-fourth, .let'l'reys. I am gtllllgiili Lindsay t'or the lixhibition there. The following week found ue gliding north in Silver lYings, my private plane. The eager an- tieipation I felt for the trip sur- prised me and when tl1e lights ol' St. llubert stood out in the sky. feeling' no desire to delay in that metropolis, we kept steadily ou. I sensed a feeling' of pride as I looked dow11 on the Canadian l1a1- vest and that increased a hundred- fold when the plaees beeame familiar. I peered out-eould it he, yes. a Lindsay Air Port. with the word XVeleome Nillllillg' bright in the afternoon sun. After an easy landing I stepped from the plane and ordered it Cheeked. About to tip the young' looking meehanie who stepped up, I saw that it was none other than Windy NVells who had made ix hard for us i11 old IIIIQ by his prowess in matehing eoppers. I put the eoin bark, he had a good many of mine already! Taxi! Taxi! To the grounds ten 1-ents, downtown a quarter! So preoeeupied was I in the port that the ehap would have passed. leav- ing us along on the walk, had not .Ietfreys reminded me of the long walk tIUWllIUXVll. lVe hurried with our bags to reaeh the waiting ear To the llenson Ilonse. down- town. I direeted. sitting' baek to enjoy the long' drive. lint it was only a few moments before we had swerved on to the highway where a signboard ex- tended XV9It'tilll9.', There. Jeffreys, I eried. That is the Hospital. Isn't it a beauti- ful Iblllltilllg? And that is the Col- legiate. Ilow big' it is! I was amazed at the speed we travelled. lVe were in the down- town seetion and I hadn't seen park or Armouries! A sky-seraper towered high in the sky before us. liven as I looked, the ear stopped. a redeeoat ran forward to take our bugs. IVe were at the Benson Ilouse. As I entered this hotel that seemed bigger and more beautiful than before, I thought that it had taken unto itself some of the gran- deur of the onee-famous Royal
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