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Simcoe Day in 'York' Special holiday celebrates 1 first Lt- t-Go vernor by Rod Deacon See how well you do on the following Canadian history question: "Which of the following statements is false?"' -- John Graves Simcoe, Ontario's first lieutenant-governor, commissioned the first accurate map of the province; Simcoe introduced habeas corpus; He founded York, later Toronto; He set in force free election; He provided for Upper Canada's first newspaper; -- He was called Lord Simcoe. Answer If you spotted the final statement as the in- correct one, give yourself a pat on the back. John G. Simcoe was not an aristoerat; he was never knighted; he never' received peerage. One of the greatest disservices to him was calling a Toronto hotel "Lord Simcoe."' He was never a lord! These questions and others form part of something called "The Simcoe Quiz." Should you happen to be at this Sunday's Toronto Blue Jay - California Angels baseball game _ at Exhibition Stadium, you'll discover more about the life and times of John Graves Simcoe. As part of the special Simcoe Day (August 4) celebrations a pre-game ceremony will take place wherein Ontario's first lieutenant-gove- rnor will ride from the outfield to home plate, drawn by four Hackney horses, aboard a specially built. coach, once the pride and joy of Sir Henry Pellatt. It's a "pitch for history" so to speak. John Graves Simcoe was the foun- ding father of Upper Canada. In the role of Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe will be Charles J. Humber, a 44-year- old English teacher in the Toronto area. Residents of Simcoe County will recall the four day re-enactment staged last summer by the John Graves Simcoe Memorial Foundation commemorating Simcoe's 1793 twenty- six day voyage from Toronto to Penetang harbour. : Simcoe's observations on that particular journey (he made several trips during his term in Canada) led to the government's decision to establish a naval and military base in '"'Pennatangushene", with its natural and well protected harbour. Several reeves and officials from Simcoe county have made plans to attend the pre-game ceremonies this Sunday in Toronto, on the eve of Simcoe Day. Charles Humber confirmed earlier this week that Simcoe County warden Al McLean and former warden William Gib- bons, reeve of Innisfil township, will attend the event, along with reeves Ken Wood of Bradford, Doug Jackson of Vic- toria Harbour, Howard Campbell of Oro, George Bouey' of Vespra, Anne Monkman of Cookstown, Ingram Amos of Medonte, Herb Stevens of Coldwater, Sheridan McGinty of Beeton, Roy Guar- dhouse of Tecumseh, and the clerk of Simcoe County, Al Pelletier. Last year, $imcoe County council voted to adopt the August civic holiday as Simcoe Day as the official name. It is now known, and referred to as such. Take me out to ball game Sitting aboard Sir Henry Pallent's famed Brewster Coach, Ontario's first Lieutenant-Governor, John Graves Simcoe, (alias Charles Humber) urges the Blue Jay's mascot on to Exhibition Stadium for this Sunday's special Simcoe celebrations. At that time Simcoe will be pulled across the playing field by four Hackney horses to make a "'pitch for history."' Incidentally, the coach was worth $2,400 in 1893. Today it is valued at more than $30,000. photo by Arnold Matthews of Toronto Queen to compete at CN Nancy Trace, Elm- vale Fall Fair Queen, will take part in the annual 'Miss CNE - Queen of the Fairs' pageant to be held Fair Queen Nancy Trace Page 6, Friday, August 1, 1980 August 12-13 at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. This year, a total of 103 entries from their respective Agricultural Societies will be com- peting for the crown and the honour of reigning over 20 days of the exhibition. The event will be staged in the main arena of the Coliseum with pre-judging at 10:15 a.m. August 13 and the final judging at 2:30 p.m. The winner is expected to be crowned at approximately 4 p.m. According to the 18 year-old farm girl, all contestants will be housed for the two day event at Addison Hall in the University of Toronto. Pajama parties, dinners, tours of the CNE and some free time are included in the agenda for the girls, said Nancy, as well as the contest itself. The girls, she said, are interviewed and take part in a rehearsal August 12 followed by the actual judging day on the 13th. The girls will be present on stage when 10 finalists are chosen, who then give a three to four minute speech. Five con- testants are chosen from the group to go on and answer questions from the judges. The final choice of three girls is then made. Gifts to the winners of the pageant will include scholarships, cash awards, a set of en- cyclopedias, clothing and jewellery. Nancy hopes to place well at the Queen of the Fairs pageant, but says that either way, she will still be attending Wilfrid Laurier University in the fall in her bid to eventually become a chartered accountant. Community and Recreation Resource Inventory in swing The Simcoe County Recreation Departm- ent's Summer Youth Employment staff have been __ involved in completing the second of three stages of their "Community and Recreation Resource Inventory." This stage involves the collection of all available in- formation relating to sports groups, facilities and service organizations _ throug- hout the 36 municipalities in the County of Simcoe. The majority of their information has been obtained from municipal offices and local resource centres such as_ libraries, newspapers and the Chambers of Com- merce. In addition, the facility inventory for Simcoe County distributed by the Ministry of Natural Resources has proved to be a definite asset to our data collection. They have also been telephoning secondary contacts as well as sending out mailed surveys to numerous key community people. They have made arrangements to co- operate with other recreation resource teams in the areas of Midland, Alliston, Barrie and~ Wasaga Beach in order to save time and duplication. The third stage of the programme will be the co ita ti.om? aia nd distribution of the avoid "'Community and Recreation Resource Inventory" booklet, which will be completed by the end of August. It is hoped that this booklet will become a useful tool for further community recreation awareness in Simcoe County. For more in- formation, contact them at 726-9300, Ext. 255, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. Ontario is best customer Ontario is its own best customer when it comes to tourism. Ninety- seven per cent of visitors to the Collingwood-Midland- Orillia area are residents of Ontario. Forty-nine per cent of these visitors live in Metro Toronto. 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