SECTION C THE Wednesday June iwa Fun with Dr Bandoli PIONEER DAYS FOR THE EARLY BIRDS 20 OFF All stock Up to 1 p m each day 00 TABLE and many other specials New and OutofPrint Books Stationery OXBOW BOOKS 102 Mam St Georgetown 8778861 ID Jack Layman entertains youngsters Getting steamed at Pioneer Days Pioneer Days are always popular with youngsters and Jack Layman model engines keep Mem en thralled The retired machinist makes the steam engines by himself He began the hobby Just before retiring irom Chubb Security in Brampton seven years ago Mr Layman and his model steam engines have been at Pioneer Pays since its inception DOWNTOWN PIZZAS SUBMARINES Well Be Outside to serve you For Pioneer Days COME AND ENJOY The Best PIZZA in North I Pizza Slices Available I Suba Laaagna Ribs a Spaghetti Main St S Downtown Georgetown 8777221 SUNDAES Saturdays Sundays in June Buy 1 Sundae at Reg Price Purchase a 2nd sundae for only 1 NEW HOURS Main St S Georgetown Mon Sat 8 8 Sun 1 The steam engines arc table models of mill engines used in lories years ago he said The factories had boilers to pro duce steam to operate the engine The engine would then turn the line shift and the belts running from it to the machinery One of the steam engines Mr Layman will demonstrate at Pioneer Days is the James Watt engine It dates back to 1B40 James Walt was a British instrument a tot or people think Watt developed the steam engine but they were using steam beore he was bom said Mr Layman He Just Improved upon it Down In Mr Laymans basement are the lathe drill press small mill Ing machine and small used to build these models I do the machinelng It keeps me away from the television he quip ped Mr and Mrs Layman belong to the Ontario Steam and Antique Preservers Association and o similar organization in the Niagara and Georgian Bay areas They frequently travel to steam shows around the province and the United States You could be out every weekend from now to freeze out between On and US shows Mr Layman said models is a popular hobby with many older par fondly caring for original farm machinery and antique engines they were used to in their day he said Every engineer who came along had his own Idea of what a steam engine should be He made It Then something better come along Models made by steam engine fans all run basically the same In stead of steam they run on air pressure from a compressor ex plained Mr Layman Mr Layman began working on the grasshopper engine last year The engine is so named because It resembles a grasshopper when Its running Along with his steam engines Mr Layman will be demonstrating how to make rope with a home made rope machine The kids like to do It Its a hands- on thing he said Using binder twine the machine of wood wire and bicycle chain makes rope of varying thicknesses depending on how many strands are used