Alderman Fred Beavis , second from right, was kidnapped Saturday by the German Canadian Toronto Carnival Societies, to launch pre-lenten carnival. His(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: Alderman Fred Beavis , second from right, was kidnapped Saturday by the German Canadian Toronto Carnival Societies, to launch pre-lenten carnival. His Craziness Prince Everett the First of Flowertown, second from left, reads proclamation of carnival. The prince is Everett Biggs, deputy minister, Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food.