wHrri* fEPREM KIamY, Nn. MRIt M, PAMIt e p~e vol. 3 Whitbv Ontar"o, WlJIF elod nes davy. SeDteberi., 19,91 * Serving Whity rokiAhurnand Myrtie. >.The.Ontario. toin crier championships, > .- sanctioned -by the, Ontario Guild cf Town Criers and hosted by the. Town cf Whitby, will b. held* in - .'. ,__ Whitby on Seupt. 14 in conc io*wth i.Tons -- .__ officialy-proclaimed 'Heritage'Days. . The. criers ent.red and- their'communities are: Bruce Bedil (Sault Ste. Marie), Allan Freeman (Mount Hope), Frank Gonham .(Amherstburg),,Jim ". Green (Weit IAncoln), Tom Jones (Richmond H-ili), .. Allen' Kelleher (Bellevile),. Frank Knight _ (Scarborough), *Don Malena (Hamilton), David -- McK.e (Brantferd) and, Jack Parsons .. . (Campiiellford). Fred Martin, Whitby~s town crier and th. crier for the event, does flot compete, but will sheut news of the. event at varlous times tiirougiiout the. day. .Martin, who bas competed, at the. provincials in prior yas said, "rmi excited and happy that the-s.~~ criers are coming to Whitb>y. Theyr! a fun-loving ez!; Restaurant- 4FamïIly-Houa. Restauï-ant, Bertonys ROstaurant anid.-Win.,I. Little Deve1opmm-e'nts. TOWN CiER-i The uniforni- is an- essential a*âf.t.i tradition of the towin cri*er. -7h. bat, créll'ana bel arïe nmxa'ndatory paà rts of tIn'.é unifornis.rving.,as- symbols«cf his/hr authoraty. *The. hat, usually a tricoru (a- three-corner bat> was trimmed Îwith. braid or, decorative- trim, andf was to-eb. wern at ail tixn.s and only to be. removed ýwhen diriing, >dancing and saluting. the Que.n or her representatives. -The town crier. rang a. bellý to get, the: attention. of the town's people and. then relayed important mesages or proclamations froni ascrollý. -The uniform was usualy influ.nced-from the * l8thi.century styles and consisted -of a tricornr, lace. -:sirwaiste calcoat oat , Lýbreeches, cà pe and bockled shoes. grou, ad p t o,an excellent show. Thr ilb. t" eecries dliver.d byr eacii crer, A Cy aise n>iirIe c fa inti.cmeiin greet4! -,£ryat_10 aJn..at aergleti f125 wor4slasting two minutee, Pearson LnsonBrn-t'e<~'er r~t - For vsiltyand clarityr, theomeir r ias1 p.m. aut Cullen ÇGardens, rnmtonn Ri.W., and-plac.d tr.c.tu 'e lr . at 3 p.m., -a 'blind cya2ii-el Criera, are jucwgd'- oré ta mfi od Brcck St. S. (A !ýblindcl'i pepard -'the ~Otrnoiyseetdb rw crier, and is net seen-by tiiecornpetîngcreantl., - a few miinutes befoe. iiey devr. hr rU ~.IqQ. number of blanks for' the. mdividïil 'crierte filll-in,~ U~IG in te bief ýjÎeýr llô, Yoflwig_ oategories: arrivaid.and, departure, - ac rysapproximiately 100 words -long and, béagadco dne caiyad volue, tort. tals aouttir.efour minutes to.,pr.sent. ovocrad iin, otent of cxy:and proaiy panel .cf five juÜe il ssa h criers' abilities in teareas c, f.-aîttent n-+gettng deic clarity and""enrà liipresioni.Accumulated totalprzesar oflen .,awardiea in the', folowing pin from tiihire. ,cries determnines t4, 19091 îmategoîi.e:best cry, ba nfrnluetcry; provincial chamiïoni.-- congeniality and besti«r. Awards will b. made te tii. teopthree,,plaig huRENo tLnoin oiÈi il -n f The. rang.of as Soon as tiie resulteare tabulated foloig upriiansii h tht.hafnual Ontario TOWf owrriers incl#pçI-the following-.-wi~dt crier third c anpnlpsflteïna"onal t rçref bm Th cmettop i upot.d by ti oOnr< iisu's ~ mW~~> inbp, British atoal ow~ crier he PQ ationa No.&