Lindsay Collegiate and Vocational Institute - Tatler Yearbook (Lindsay, Ontario Canada)

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THE L. CL TATLE1? 31 York. I signed t11e register illltl as I w11ite1l for -lettreys 111y eye fell 111111111 1111 t11e pretty girl Siillltllllg 111-1111111 tlll' 1lesk. It w11s Hliye Xvvlllllilll. lll'lll1 111111 11re1-ise as ever. Olive 111111 11111 Illilf sl1e 111111 91lj11'VPtl fP2l1'lll1l,Qf s1'ho11l 111111 that sl1e w11s 1l11w11 from her lltlllli' 1.1 t11e 1-ity for t11e Fair. Then. she t'1Ll1l1lll'i' l1e Il'ill'lllllQl any longer. llllt I llilll 1111 ti1111,- t11 ask t11e ques- tion for -leffreys lliltl SUt'lll't'1l the keys 111111 w11s 1llUVlllQ.lf tow111-11s the elevator. 1Vhen we 111111 l't'fl'PSllPll 11111'- selves I s11ggeste1l tl111t we Visit t11e g.1'l'Ollll1lN 11efore 1llll1lPl'. A little later we were 1111, i11 the open lblls that l11'11Vltll'1l Stl s11len1l11l 21 View fllilf I w11s 11l1le to point tlll' sites ont to .leltreys who, 2lll'9il1lj' agrree Zllbij' Slll'lll'lS4'tl at t11e 1111t1-11111e 111' lilll' fl'lll, YVZIS 11111st P11IllllSl2lS1ll' over wl111t l1e 1ike11 to 1'11l1 Mapl- t'ity. 1Ve lltlfll il1lllll1't'Il the e11- 111111111 with its IIPXY gates 211111 the 111-etty flower l1e1ls that were 1111 either s111e of t11e 1111ye1l w111k that 1e1l 111111111111 t11e gJjl'0lllltlS. NV1- 11asse1l t'lllll'lil.V flll'1lllg'll tilt' 111111- XVEIX. st1:1111111g ilt o11ly o11e of the Vtrllllfli-'SS il1fl'ilt'flUllS. It w11s 21 flllllllliil' y1111-e 1111111115 --C1i1111e, fel- 1ows, this lSll'1 il 51211119 of l'llElIlC0l W11t1'11 the llt1lllfP1' 211111 I'1l strike! The Sfl'Ullg'u 1111111 took 1111111 111111 XVllPll 11e strnek. t11e l1ell SUllll1lf111. Ile 0211116 ftll'XYill'tl then to sell tieli- ets t11 t11e lllilllj' anxioiis to try their Sil'61lg.Q'1ll. 111111 I QXl,'lilllll91lZ 1 llill'li9 Seaton lllillilllg' IIIOIIBY with 111s 11111s1'lel Hut I 1lete1'- 111111911 to work up lllj' strength 111111 try 111s g'11111e on lllj' return. The 111-st of t11e s111en1li1l 11111111- ings we e11tere1l XYHS t11e ol1l Main Blllltlillg' 111111 there I spent an en joyahle time i11s11e1:ting the Iilli? 1111111st1-1111 exhihits. Once while I stopped to look more Closely at S1llllt'flllllg lll w1111-11 I was l12ll'1ll'll- i2l1'l'V 1ntereste1l Jeffreys ll1ll'l'l0tl t-'1 ,1 here il 1-row11 lliltl 1121111011111 hefore il 112l1'l'l1XV st:11l 21 SllUl'f 1list11n1'1- illlfliltl. Some lllglll-lll'0SSlll't? sales- lllilll w1t11 il life-ti111e 111-11 illlll pen- 1-il for titty vents, I t11o11g'11t 11s 1 11111ve1l tlll alone. XVl1e11 l l'Pilt'll4i'll t11e spot I s,1w il Slllilll ytbllllg' lllilll 8121111111111 l1es11le 21 l11111k1'11se that 1111111 the 1iI111liS of K1111w1e1lg'e. .lef- freys, who 111111 l1een very lllll1'll in- tel-1-stezl lll his line, lllfjil 1110, say- ing, l111j'11ll flllllli tl1at fellow has re111l 1llt'lll?v' 1 ltllllitltl 1111 Zllltl saw t1111t it w11s lllj' 11111 f1'i1-1111. 111111 11etts. lletts 21SSlll'Qtl llltl that the l',1111111i1111 11e11I1le 1ike11 111 S9l'l1l'-'. k11ow11-1lg'e 111 t111s w11y illltl went 1:11 t11 tell 1119 il little al11111t the 110W ezlition. I l12lYl'll.i il 1lo11l1t that lliltl I 1lel11ye11 2lllllillPl' 1911 111i1111tef1 11e w111111l have s111'1-ee1le1l 111 .111111- ing' il set in lllj' h11111ef Tlll l't' w11s one other st11111l where 1 was S1ll'lll'lS9tl to 1116141 2111 1,1111 l..t'.l. st1111e11t. It was 21 11115 sec- 111111 wit11 2111 0ll1'l11Slll'P Sllllf 1111 fi-1,111 11111- View. flyer the t'll1l'2l11t 1 XVIIS l11'llltt'Il t111s sign: 'lllllll'NItJll hlilgfiflilll illltl fi11ll'l1ll'Cl'.u 1 war te11111te1l to t11ke 21 t11-ket fi-11111 one 1:1 t11e j't11lll,L1' ili'tPlltlilIl1'S, l1nt w11en l l1P21l'1l t11e 111'i1'e was half El 11111- llll' I 1'e111e111l1e1-e1l that I 111111 1i1n1-13 seen 111s 2lt'1 11t il sehool Lit. meet- ing Zllltl too. I 111111 s11tist1e1l myself, fl'tLlll t11e l't'1l1i1l'liS of the 9111111181- astie 1111111911111 let ont, that hvill. Tlllll'S1U1l , was tltllllg' well 111 his own 1i11e. Ill t11e hvfllllilllili 1211111-lillg.: w1tl1 its l1e11nt1fn1 exhihits I was snr- 111'1se1l t11 111661 21 f11n111111r f2lt'P. It was 11t the XVUIIIHIIQS Institut-3 st11111l 111111 11 young 1111ily was show- ing' those interested 'qvllilf to park for the young 1l1il11.S lllllCl1.u It was Miss K. fireen, 1l1CIlClil1l. who was leetiiring. 111111 I 11i1,ln'?.

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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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32 THE L. C. I. TA TLE1? hesitate to step up and say: Vita- mines or no vitamines. that XYUIIIQI never satisfy me. Keitha told me she had taught srhool for a while after taking a Normal eourse in Toronto. and that she was teaeh- ing diateties now. l'ost, l'ostI Want a paper, sir? willed a little newshoy. I took the paper and suggested to -Ietfreys that we have our supper and hurry to the grandstand lu av4.id the rush. Our inspeetion ot the huildings had tired us a little so we hurried to the tirst refresh- mewt heoth on our way. lt was -limmie Iiverson who serve tl us our hot-dogs and eofe fre. -iimmie was delighted to in-ing from the dish-washing roi-- ner inside, his partner. Wilt, Thomas. I learned that this two- manu show ealled for turn-ahout at the lnenial duties inside, that the l'IVt'l'SlIll-'IIIIUIIIZIS Quiek I,uneh had visited every Fall Fair and Iflxhihition, and the prosper- ous management seemed proud of their surf-ess in the hnsiness world. XYe followed two smart-looking young men to the grandstlnd. The taller 1.f the two stepped ahead of me to the tirket stand and when we waited for them at the turn stile I silw the other shake hands and ext-laim: Tom Gaskell! There was no mistaking the voiee. Sandy Peel. and whe11 I joined him I saw that his eompanion was t'harlie Sutton, two popular presir dents of the st-hool Lit. during my Vtzllegiate days, now two prom inent medieal men. Sandy se4'i-neil my not I'Pt'Ug'IlIZII1g' him and I said, Perhaps if I had met you fare-to-fare. Sandy laughed and reealled the time a popular seienre teaeher had asked the Ullilli near the door who had thrown the piere of ehalk i11 and when he said he eouldn't say heeause he had had his Inu-k to him, the whole form laughed herause Sandy I'eel was the same haek and front. lloth I'tel and Sutton tohl me a lot ahrut the present srhool with its Yoeational Institute, its elevators. Iahs. aml the new gym and assem- Imly hall. It was good to meet these old hoys' again and I was rerry we had to part for the re- served seats. The performanee was splendid and we enjoyed the different aets innnensely. The eomfortahle seats on the grandstand that was so wrll lighted. and the new stage made me realize how great weve tht improvements! Iluring an in- termission I thought of my paper and looked over the home town news. I saw where Messrs. ti. Iieill and -I. Maunder were repre senting The l'ost at a Toronto Newspaper Men's eonvention. and that Miss th-are Williams. Mis- sitznary in India, was experted heme on furlough soon. Theie were other familiar names through out the eolumns and I felt as if I had met the greater part of my rlass again. I was interrupted hy the loud speaker. It was Charlie MeI,ean reminding everyhotly of the rar the Kiwanians would ra f- fle the next day. Now what could t'harlie he doing for a living? The thrilling arts eontinued, the hand played. then as a fore-runner of the fireworks a heautifully- 1-olouled maple leaf lit up the sky in front. The people were stand- ing now. and what pride I felt for fllllliltltl as I joined them i11 sing- ing Ntlod Save Our King. The ertwd left the stand, we had to follow. I said to .Iettreys then as I have said many times sinre. How I have enjoyed my visit to the Lindsay Fairl A IC. J. B.