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p wekkenpracloctobebrjb39w 3w president lincoln comes to theatre snow plowing maclaren property services residential commercial property services would be happy to provide a free estimate for your residential or commercial requirements call 6406652 all trucks are radio dispatched 24 hour service removal service available abe lincoln wasnt shot dur ing this appearance at a theatre he addressed history students at markham theatre the lookalike appears here with students jackie gau vreau and heather armstrong teacher don bogle at left looks on sjoerd witteveen i am happy to be back in brit ish north america said presi dent abraham lincoln in his opening remarks last monday at the markham theatre standing before an audience made up of mostly grade 11 and 12 senior history students the 16th us president explained that his only previous visit to the toronto area had been in 1848 but that as only a congressman he was fairly unknown to canadians at the time this presentation entitled president lincoln comes to canada was sponored by the travelways tours company in celebration of their 20 years of bringing york region students on washingtongettysburg field trips they brought lincoln look- alike james a getty to unionvil- le for three performances getty who owns and operates a gettysburg theatre called a lincolns place has been doing the presidential monologue for 10 years now his 40 minute presentation and ensuing question period was done completely in character he stood before his audience dressed ex actly as lincoln did black trousers vest and frock coat white shirt and black bow tie he farmer cickk l gardens inc garden centre 383 main st w stouffville open 7 days a week 6405080 50 off all plant material evergreens flowering shrubs shade trees fallqleabancg i peatmoss i 6 cu ft 129 999 i 4 cu ft 99 799 i 2 cu ft 70 599 unilock holland at 990 classicoat129 m unilock limestone screening sand loam triple mix topsoil sod grass seed bark chips we also carry patio slabs vi 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was geared to the canadian high school student as president lincoln he discus sed canadian us relations dur ing his term in office and noted the support which was received from individual canadians on a 50 one ratio in favor of the north in the us civil war he went on to discuss his politic al career family life and joked about his reputed bad looks this was geltys first visit to canada and he said that he was pleased with the question period the students asked serious highlevel questions he said one student wanted to know if as president he had followed the current freetrade debate and what his opinion was lincoln re plied that he believed in the right of the common man to rise up and that freetrade would prob ably be better for individuals eventually promoting increased employment the girls were concerned with his stand on womens rights issues and the role that his wife played in his political career explaining that he was perhaps before his time the huma nitarian politician said that he had once distributed a handbill which stated that any person who bore the burden of taxes should have the right to vote even if it happened to be a woman wife molly was never con sulted though on matters of state i was the president asserted lin coln there was one decision howev er which mrs lincoln was integ ral to and that regarded abes possible appointment to the gov ernorship of the oregon terri tory by outright refusing to move out west the future first lady en sured the possibility for lincolns debate with stephen douglas on slavery the event which laun ched his presidential career don bogle head of the union- ville high school history dept and instigator of the 20 year liason with travelways tours was favorably impressed with the au diences interest level he has been bringing groups of students to the lincolns place theatre for six years now he noted that the performance varies on every visit and that what is important is that the 55 year old gettys enthusiasm is always 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