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Port Perry Star (1907-), 17 Aug 1939, p. 2

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"Freckle Faced --+----Baturday-aftbrnoon and "evening, » Mile for Junior Boys under seven- ,- teen years of" age on Sept." Oth, -.~ three Class "B" Races. +" (and not worship) . , . is but a 1 AT NASER RL ART SRM TEVA WEAR \ The -animal world is an important spot at the C.N.E., with the annual championship dog and cat shows, Children's Day, August 28th: Children's Day, Monday, August' 28, will be a banner one at the Canadian National where a full programme of acti- vity will be provided throughout the day. . . i MODEL YACHT REGATTA Starting at 9 o'clock at the Watee Front there will besa Model Yacht Regatta." Last year the Re- gatla "attracted fifty smart model yachts and the expert manner in which their young handlers sail- ed ther boats brought much favor- able commendation from 'veteran sailors who watched. DIVER "DUTCH" SMITH In the afternoon and evening there will be a thrilling display of high diving by the World's Cham- pion, Harold "Dutch" Smith, who is flying to Toronto from Holly- wood. Hailed as the greatest diver in the world, Smith. has been granted leave for the duration of the Exhibition by the Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer Studios, for whom he has starred in several aquatic pic- lures. WATER SKI-ING There will be a breath-takin}e display of water ski-ing and aqua- planing, feafiiring the youthful Norma MacIntosh and her two * young brothers. Russell, age 15 and Alee, age 16. - DOG DERBY © An additional Water Front fea: ture on Children's Day, and con- - tinuing on Tuesday and-Wednes- day, will be the 'Toronto Star Dog Swimming Derby. More than 100 degs are expected to compete in a series of races which will start cach evening at five o'clock. The dogs will swim from one quarter to. a half mile. As a Children's Day feature, the Star have includ- ed a Special Roce for boys and "girl owners, under 16 years of age. The youthful owners will have to do all the handling them- sclves during the race, - ONTARIO BOYS AND GIRLS MATCH SPEED In front of the Grandstand the Junior Athletic Meet will be held with boy and girl runners from -all parts of Ontario coming to match their speed. The finals will be contested in the evening, start- Ing at 6 o'clock." Exhibition - - the Sport Programme at the Ca- The World's Largest ~~ Annual Exposition Opens August 25th TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS YEAR This year's Canadian National Exhibition will look to the future as well as the past and present, In the National Industries' Building there will be both a complete television studio in operation and de- monstrations of facsimile broadcasting. In a completely new Pavil- ing the story of the way in which scientists of today may use 'agri- cultural products of today to create scores of new materials not yet known to man, INDUSTRY - Action in displays, with a defin- ite trend towards exhibits which tell the story behind a product, appears to be the picture which visitors to the Canadian National Sxhibition will see this wear, ac- cording to officials who have heen "close to the preparations being made by many industries. The old style exhibit, with a counter and a definite impression that. something was being. offered for sale, has been displaced, ad- vertising experts state, by displays which have plenty of movement, and which reveal what the modern producer does to provide better products at lower prices. For this reason, they state, this year's ex- hibition will offer a more intrigu- ing and interesting study for visi- tdrs who look over the commercial, - as well as the feature, exhibits. NEW FARM EQUIPMENT Possibility that -thed much-dis- cussed new farm. tractors, which have intrigued automotive and ag- ricultural interests recently, may be unveiléd publicly at the Cana- dian National Exhibition, has been indicated by rumours prevalent as the opening date of the exhibition nears. 0 . Following private previews of the new low-priced models, which are reported to embody revolution. | dry advancements in design which permit very close small-scale op- eralions, . one manufacturer at least has reserved "much larger space than in previous years. Re. cently, it has been stated, one oth- er manufacturer also plans to present the new model produced by his firm. LUCKY TETER AND HIS DRIVING DAREDEVILS For a longer visit than they have ever paid to Canada before, Lucky Teter and his Congress of Daredevils will come to-the Cana- dian National Exhibition this year to stage their sensational display of hair-raising driving of motor. cars and motorcycles." The show will be staged daily in front of the - grandstand, with a. two-hour program of stunts; hd Teter, who Has starred in sever-? al movies" built around "his show and who lectures on safe driving, will repeat his demonstrations df onc-hand driving of a car which plunges over obstacles, driving a car over a ramp which is wreath- ed in flames, jumping a car over a truck and. rolling a car end- over-end a half dozen times. His show will include the full, crew of 58 drivers and mechanics who carry with them a fully-equipped" repair shop, body-straightening equipment and welding shop. ¢ o 1939 . Opening Day ....Warriors' Day Children's Day - Automotive Day Food Products and Merchants' Day Women's, Music and Art Day SEI, eeeeiein. Press Day Manufacturers', Athletic and Floral Day cures .....Labor Day International Day _Agriculturists' Day rcial Travellers' Day Live Stock Review Day PROGRAM, TANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION, Friday, August 25th : i : Saturday,, August 26th Monday, August 28th - Tuesday, August 20th _. Wednesday, August 30th Thursday, August 31st .. Friday, September 1st Saturday, September 2nd "Monday, Septeinber 4th .. Tuesday, Septtmber 5th Wednesday, September 6th .. Thursday, September Tth, T Friday, September 8th Saturday, September, 9th ~ ion of Industrial Chemistry there will be puppet shows staged tell. ==:..Citizens' Day ; THE CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION Largest Test Tube In World. The page shown in-front of the National Industries Building is carrying the largest test tube yet produced, six feet in length, 'for installation in the new Pavilion of Industrial Cliemistr¥. : Canadian Weight Lifting Championzhips ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED - POLICE TO PARAL i For the first time in jts lengthy rin history,-Canada's famous police force, the Royal Canadian Mount. cd Police, will stage the first par- ade of a full detachment through ihe streets of Toronto when they inaugurate the opening of the Ca- nadian National Exhibition by rid- "ing to the City Nall. The detach- ment will be made up of the men who acted as special guard of hon- our to the King and Queen during Their Majesties' visit to the New -- - York World's Fair, - IE = The detachment" will be accom- When In Toronto, Visit panied by the first brigade of pip- Gross 'Machinery & Supplies ers-ever-assembled - in - Canada. - A Rh A : This brigade will be made up of 'Agents for new Amtco Pumps, the Toronto Scottish, . the 48th Inghuding Sonn Sentrifhial, gear- Highlanders, the Royal Irish Regi- LE m ment, the Seaforth Highinideos, a HPSS ITD Som, WH. Han ot the Saskatoon Girls' and the fam- : ous Dagenham (England) Girls' ] pipe bands. The parade will be "]* held at noon, August 24, the day before the Exhibition opens, and will introduce the guest band of h r, His Majesty's Royal Ma- The Canadian Weight Lifting Championships 'will' be contested at the Canadian National Exhihi- and Monday, Labor Day, Sept. 4th. Outstanding United States' Champions will again make an at- tempt to retain for the United United States the majority of the Canadian titles. ' REAL BARGAINS IN FULLY imi ivi On Saturday, Sept. Oth, the Swimming and Diving "Wrigley Trophy Races for the Ontario One Mile Swimming Championships for men and wo- men will be the feature. For the first time in the history of the Canadian National Exhibi- tion; a team .of swimmers will. compete from the Bahama Is- lands. © A group of . thirteen is ASsaU soon, Amateur swimming and diving will play a very prominent part in nadian National Exhibition. Sev- eral Ontario Championships will be decided on-Saturday, Sept. 2nd together with the Barker Gold Trophy Races for the One Mile Amateur Championship.for.women_.}. sche . Kids Compete Two new features last year, the - Decorated -Doll Carriage Contest and the Freckle Faced .Kids com-. petition -are again included on the Children's Day Programme at the Canadian National Exhibition on August 28, and indications point "that they will be more popular than last year. The Prizes for the Freckle Faced Kids competi- tion include a varied assortment of clothing for boys and girls. © The Decorated Doll Carriage Con. test has been: extended to include Decorated Floats. The competi- tions have been divided into four classes, with 2.1940 Gendron Eng- lish Style Doll Pram for first, a Shirley Temple Doll for" second nd other dolls for third and ourth prizes, alk Bicycle Races The Ontario Dirt Track Bicy- <le Champiops are scheduled for September 9th in front of the Grand Stand at the Canadian Na- pd Exhibition. The Championships down , for settlement include the Half Mile Senior, One Mile Senior, Five Mile 8enior, Ten Mile Senior and One There will also be a Oné Mile No- vice Race, oper to riders who have never won an Open Race and a - Three Mile Class B, Miss and Out . Race, open to riders who. have 'mever won a Class "A" Race or The man who cannot . wonder, who does not habitually wonder Pair of Spectacles behind which cren 15c, Sundays, 25 cents, " in sufficient time to permit them to become ac- climatized to the fresh water, At Nassau they swim in warm salt - waters -- : and the Two Mile Amateur Swim- ming Championship for men. On Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4th, the Canadian National Exhibi- tion Junior Champignships, - for - boys and girls under seventeen years of age, aré¢ expected to draw capacity entries as these races-af- ford an opportunity for swimmers' of every grade to win. - WHEN IN TORONTO SEE CASA'LOMA Sir Henry Pellatt million dollar Cas- tle-on-the-Hill, Spadina Road, Tor- onto. Hour's tour thro' Castle, tow- er, tuhinel, stables, art galleries, and coronation room special exhibits and souvenirs. Sce "The Iall of Nine- veh," (the king and his wives), palnted by order of late Emperor Joseph of Austrin--has 29 life size T Archers To Compete Archery, for years a very at- tractive sport, will again be in- cluded at the Canadian National Exhibition. The Canadian Cham- pionships being scheduled for Aug. 28, 20, 30, 31 and Sept. 1, The Archery. rangé at the Exhibition is to the West of the Government Building near the Rose Gardens. Archers from all over the Unit- RECONDITIONED USED TRUCKS 1937 MAI'LE LEAF Jong wheel-- | hase, 14 foot stake $795 body, 34x7 tires, dual rear FORD 2 ton long wheel- 1937 base, 12 faot stake $726 body, 32x6 tire, dual rear, 4 1939 CHEVROLET % ton chas- sis nnd cab,*with 6 foot x 8 foot stake body. This truck has rines of Plymouth who. will de- posit a wreath on-the civic ceno- taph. : . Softness is the keynote of the new millinery. Many hats have | semi-fitted high crowhs which are softly draped or _ manipulated. Turbans are. intricately wrapped. Berets, which shoot high, arc_tuck- Glen Gray < Glen Gray who brings his Casa "Loma orchestra to the Canadian National Exhibition as one of the five famous modern-music aggre- gations to be-heard this year, be- gan his climb to international ra- dio fame in Ontario, . When the famous Pellatt castle on Toronto's hill was first turned into a public building and became, briefly, a ho- tel, argroup of youngsters arrived to provid the music. This same group, now older, now celebrated as smooth experts jn slippery tem- po, come back again carrying the Casa Loma name still, souvenjr of the engagement that started them to the heights. Tandem Canoe Marathon The Canadian = Fifteen Mile Tandem Canoe Marathon Champ- ionship will be contested on Sat- urday afternoon, August 26, at the Water Front at the Canadian National Exhibition. Last year, seventy pairs of ca- Music In The Modern Manner » Glen Gray who returns to Toronto with his Casa Loma Orchestra and "King of Swing" Goodman with his clarinet. ' -. Canada, Argentina, and Austra- lia provide the bulk of the wheat entering world trade. Exports from the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Danubian countries show wide fluctuations but are oft- en substantial, < noeists made' a most imp g sight as they paddled fifteen miles in'front of the Water Front Grand Stand at Exhibition Park, The Canadian Champions, Au- brey Ireland, Jr. and Terry Evans will attempt to make it three Ca- nadian Championships by winning. BEE HIVE Offers tion on Saturday, Sentember 2nd 42 Wellington St. East, Toronta Canada's Leading Machinery : and Suppy House Invites you to see them at their Toronto showrooms, directly opposite New Unlon Station South Bend Precision Lathes Delta Motor-Driven Tools Ideal Lawnmower Sharpeners Higgs Motors Belting, Pulleys, Vises, Electric Drills, Lathe , Tools, - Chucks, Wrenches, Machinist's Tools -- EVERYTHING FOR THE MILL --SHOP -- OR-FACTORY 'New and Rebuilt Machinery Large Stocks - Prompt Shipment THE A. R, WILLIAMS MACHINERY CO., LTD. 64-66 FRONT ST. WEST, TORONTO Elgin 2381 Farmers Attention! 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