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m ) CS ~~*. Friâ€" _ Jan: 36 29 96 7 G Aw)â€" 4 45 & m ho sc ces c t O 4 .. f < t sieest w‘ [ y snn . & A ts iss ts s o \8\‘.3: 3 i . emvlige , ‘ | I:E:::':fi'v:' , : \ § \ e i s 4 ; [ $ z> * f is , """»-'1; Q 3 f{‘x’“:”,\ s. * The King of Storybook Gardens is dead. j: ig j g(,\ lc â€" J$m aos ’a}:r”(s;r;s;:ca‘“hz‘f' . _ ternationallyâ€"renowned flight to Lake Erie in 1958. § § t c I [ stt W _ He had belonged to the Public Utilities Commisâ€" . 5 f % 5 i y“..,;;{ & _ years old, perhaps older. s i C 3e . $ C ‘% ~(33;V\~ %\\‘ Slippery outlived not only several companions at § are â€" p" \x,/ 3‘ Storybook, but his own life expectancy as well. The _ z: e % X\,.'fl‘a‘* im +m oesscut i) average life of a sea lion in captivity is about six §§ \@ » v Q*", a \” < There are three survivors in the seal house by \« 2e + : fl‘i;i“"v\ A§ S&‘h C e t . the pool in Storybook, related only by species. & y i. 3 â€" {VAK»{°)<‘€‘;\§<( > s ?“S It was alwuyé easy to spot Slippery in the pool. . C * C § e \’}%"&'} es y | i _ He wis by far the biggest of the seals, and had spots :. s $ " ‘ '-55:5:52:5: f )‘ y3 alÂ¥ over him. The spots were the result of tranquilâ€" _i C 5 Â¥. iR \ 0 ra l i &fi s y, e " ) ho _ lzers used in his recapture at Sandusky, Ohio, in 1958. _ e > e _ t q&% Â¥xe~ y es 3. € He was born on an island in the Pacific, off the _ :% @ 3 +. io e 3 ,va oxe i. rise s % iss 'v\';; California coast, and spent his puppyhood there unâ€" y & s sz C « T4# * | 25 4 E 5 til he was captured and brought to London. s es yas 227 §» m Sps [A l ox" ® : â€" ‘ A few weeks ago he suffered an infection, but ~ + o s § e > : 3 z became well enough to be put back into his pootk -3 : 3t C ; e R=â€"~~ . i _ about 10 days ago. ; § e > § e z %A‘ i se 3 n 3 Slippery, during his lifetime, survived not only his F \j : 4 ols s 7 s 5 nineâ€"day odyssey down the Thames River to the R Fegacy io i# 1 $ . â€">7 € Great Lakes system, but more than one bout of sickâ€" _ is . § s â€"> e ¢ f / e » . . : ness and unfounded rumors of his death. C 4 5: e $ / / > â€" M > ' He was one of the first residents of Storybook _ &z C C s 2C3 © Gardens, along with the late Lonesome, his first s t oo Precsanmosdetechamdrecn :;)‘:tneéd\;h:rl; it::.}"cljleildll;)esl;'s fairyland attraction was G WORSHIP DEMONSTRATED â€" Church artifacts and costumes from the A few days later he slipped away in the night, 1800‘s were used Friday during an interâ€"faith church service at Woodstock‘s . ~somehow scaled the wall of the pool and flippered C Broadway school to help students visualize early forms of worship in Cono§lo. :: his way down to the nearby river, 5§ : With the bible is Darcy Campbell, 11. Lois Elliott, 11, holds antique service His escapade brought publicity well beyond this G s n hool principal A. G. Seaton. continent, and did r.nore to make Storybook Ge.lrdens pieces. At rear are George Towle of Lakeside and school p p J omm enienoine on Aryreer detore‘se stice x Â¥ It was believed that he was simply seeking to reâ€" > h oys e amemmeian ns e in e s e en en en turn to the Pacific salt water of his puppyhood. é%:1:I:-':1:1:1:1:1:3:5???::f;:;‘t:f:ifi:1.1:1::::Z::13Ei:1:1:2:5:¢:¢:3:1:¢:2:2;1:f;¢:2:1:1$:-:1;3:1:J:=:1'i:1:1:1:1:fi:-:=:1:3:=:::?:1:12-':::::5:5::::$:=11:5-3:‘i:i'i-=~1~2-2-¢~1‘:':'¢'1-i'2~"2'i‘3'5'1'1‘2'?'1'5'3‘3:‘3'?'1'1‘1'5'1'5'1'14'1':'?'3'3*”:‘:"‘1'1";% Durin & his flight he swam downstream in the G _ _ strange fresh Water of the river, navigated the busy _ “: 5 ii _ Lake St. Clair and Detroit River waterway, and kept Cd stt n i es _ . 5: appearing along the Ohio shoreline of Lake Erie beâ€" L. slsc oo W’“ * & fore his eventual capture. ( 3 $ 3 v PA s .__,"'ff' f There was a great hue and cry among the people, > C $ss * .. _ _and many futile attempts to capture him. He ap. ; . 5‘ v:,;, ~SK*% s . peared in two Ohio rivers, the Maumee and the Cz â€" ds i; FPortage, but just when wouldâ€"be captors thought i tv * s P t ut _ ‘ ; they had himâ€"he managed to elude captureâ€"thereby l i e 9 e . i; earning the name of Slippery. 3 "gfi 6 k S * i %f Pursuers tried boats, nets, portable cages, recorded v is Ne 3k m _ 4& ; â€"mating calls, and persuasive talk. A United States . irné _ o We . => { %”“’”“’“?3’ On the night of June 26, 1958, came the beginning _ i; m ts s "&;‘:/},>/ > groggy and the next day he drifted through the open o mss o o i i Toledo Zoo Director Phil Skeldon and two Sanâ€" . â€" sY % vZ;f’:?”“/;"’"”’,*m/:f,}, r dusky policemen made the final capture. ’ Q [ OW OOEV 10 ; For a peried auring the seals monvalessente in |f C E ,,”?5#*%4’/“;2%«/%/ Toledo (the fresh water would have killed him in anâ€" g Cs se â€" zggzmfi;ww,%‘;:’*%é// , o.ther thl‘eet .weeks). there was considerable internaâ€" f A /“"”" f %vaw’*" o / tional hostility because Toledo refused to give him Q 5 _ . ..â€" w .z y back to London. # ’gé Hexa> Mléxf "FKinders keepers," they claimed, and Sandusky . > _ 7 > MA "”"‘” 2e m . i: _ was mad at Toledo because after all it was in Sanâ€" ’ * .â€" se _ WR . _ . ausks he was finaly caught. Totedo‘s good matmre, / C ee?»*’ s {%;’,‘%,{; f however, prevailed and this city and London, / < i Z2 1b esnt . . _ adventures of Slippery have been commemorated perâ€" |; c .o Es est .. i‘ _ dodically with official visits back and forth. e > . o n > se m n o ran dn se lt in hi Keeper, Dog in 9 /‘/’W“Zfiyl & c.urator of Storybook, who was the man who found <’ s ”%»*3’% ; _him dead yesterday. * “‘Zy/*/”v“/”"‘io’, & It will be put up in Storybook Gardens immediately. G l P mam _ + movaneniomm . td fCos hropady se iigrophook Ghrdens olailinansas Jfilr’ | i ‘,?é/ 7 Elmo Curtis after consulting last night with Conâ€" & zs Boss of the pool at London‘s Storybook . _ troller Earl Nichols, that Slippery will be buried beâ€" ; & Gardens, Slippery the seal died yt?sferdfl)' / _neath the statue in the fairytale garden where so & of old age. Known to thousands, his memâ€" / ii _ many children loved him. j sds willibs preserved yio in * / ?,”’*@’&W*%’&/fiwf’; ‘ _ ®®