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Whitby Free Pree, Wednesday, November 3, 1993, Page Fossil display Good morning, boys and girls. Welcome te our class field trip to The Nightmare Before Halloween. I see we also have a few parents with us as well. Welcome, Muins and Dads. What's that? When do we go? Soon. Soon. First we do our Bell Work. And then we get properly organ- ized. When the bus gets here. Right. So first thing, boys and girls, for Bell Work I want you te list five questions you can ask when we get to The Nightmare Before Halloween. Start. Now. Okay, that's great. Before we leave I would like to hear some of your questions. Bobby? 'Yes, that Bobby. Louder, please. Okay. Boys and girls, Mums and Dads, Bobby wants te know if we will see live dinosaurs. Maybe you could look for that. Next? Bruce. You want te, know if you can go te the Gift Shop yet. Sorry, no, you'll have te wait until we get there. Another? Sally. Sally wants te know how the dinosaurs we are going to see got te be extinct. One display is set up as a voting booth where you will get te try a vote of your own and create a dinosaur. You might find that fun. The bus is here? Thank goodness. But first, let's al try a washroom break. The bus trip is one hour, non-stop. Mums and Dads understand anyway. Okay, right. Here we are. This looks like the Oshawa Civic Dome in the middle of a parking lot. First we are going te line up. That's for practice, because that is what we are going te do a lot teday: line up. First exhibit we see here is White Beauty. Now called Reformosaurus (IRe-form-oh-sore-us) Tex, this was discovered in Alberta, B.C.* a decade ago, by Canada's version of Indiana Jones,, Preste Man. This is a fierce meat-eating creature which will devour al other politicians. The skeleten is made from fossils. Next, now hiding in the Gobi Just Desserts, we find Torysaurus Kim, another fierce predator which ruled the land only for a short while before extinction. Many will recognize the close relationship te the Torysaurus Rex, ftom which it descended. Rex, you may recaîl, ruled for two full terins, or about eight years, and was known chiefly for razor- like teeth for devouring the little guy and razor-like hands for vicious tax claw-backs. Rex was also known for Irish Blarney and American Butt-Kissing. What's that, Bruce? You want te visit the Gift Shop? On the way out. First we have te stop for lunch. First, a word te parents. Those among you who have neyer been on class tours before may be wondering where ail these other kids camne from. Well, they came on school buses, just as we did. Ites part of a wonderful educational opportumity called interlocking marketing. Youll see that in its full horror when we visit the Gift Shop. Come with us now te The Lost World. Here is our Iast stop before the Gift Shop, are you listening, Bruce? Here we get another glimpse of Torysaurus Kim as she slides off inte oblivion. With her, in the ancient jungle of politics, we see Social Democratosaur. That puddle you are about te step ini is an actuai sample of EnDee Pee, genus Audrey. What more can we say? Last stop is the Gift Shop. There you can leave lots of money and take away trinkets. Remember, aIl political donations, even te fossils, are superbly tax deductible. 'W eF ý 2sd~ CONgTRUCTION 0F IBESIDENCE 0F REV. A.M. IRWIN, MAY 241,1931 This house at the southeast corner of Henry and St. John streets was bufit for Rev. A. Mansell Irwin, a retired minister of the United Churchi, and father of Norman rwin, owner of Red Wing Orchards. htyAhiM Ot 35 YEARS AGO from the Thursday, October 30, 1958 edition of the WH1BY WEEKLY NEWS aly *Beaver Luniber Company will build a store on Dundas Street, eat of the uptownriwa station. *Progtamn sellers at the Whitby Arena collected $85 for relief of familles of men killed in the Springhill Mine disaster in Nova Scotia. *Francis Jacob Mclntyre, active in many aspects of community life, died on Oct. 27 nt the age of 67. *Whitby Hydro trucks are te, be provided with a radio communications sytem. 10 YEARS AGO froni the Wednesday, Novemiber 2, 1983 edition of the WHMTY FRE F¶WSS " John Visser has received a St. John Ambulance Serving Brother Award froni the Governor-General of Canada. " Tony Burns was the valedictorian at Anderson Collegiates commnencement exercises Anne Johnson received the niayor's medal for citizenshi. " 'Pie Dr. J.O. Ruddy General Hospital is only $1o0,000 short of its objective needed te open a continufig cars unit. " Five members of the Whitby Tigers Running. Club will enter a 26-mile marathon at Washington, D.C. 80 YEARSf AGO froni the Thursday, Octaber 30, 1913 edition of the WIIITBY GAZETE AND CHIRONICLE " The construction workers at the Asylum site have formed a band. "Sixty friends of John Bright of Myrtie Station gave hirn a testimonial dinner as he leaves to become Dominion Livestock Commissioner ut Ottawa.t r an saucpan fro 19cent te69 cnts " An aluminum sale at Mclntyres Hardware features ketties uat 59 cents each and " A Laymnans Missionary Conference will be held at Whity on Nov. 10.M qec 1