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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-08-24, Page 8a Clinton News-Record, Thursday, August 24, TO67 BY LYNDA HILL Perhaps one of the most im- portant days of my life was the day I was informed that I had been chosen to travel to Vancouver as- a part of an Inter-Provincial Student Ex­ change plan. Also chosen was Bob Baker, of Londesboro. On July 28 we left from Stratford, which is the most • central location for the group. After a two hour train ride we arrived in Toronto, where our great chaperones, Mr. and Mrs, Warren Brown, saw that we were all boarded safely on the Super Continental train. all laughed later, when we remembered what the atmos­ phere was like as we started on our 3,500 mile journey; the girls were at one end of the car and the boys were at the other; everyone was talking politely in a soft voice. But one thing was common to us all: we couldn’t believe we were act­ ually on our way to Vancouver, British Columbia! Because w’e were travelling on Canadian National, we head. _ed north and went through places such as Sudbury, Capreol, Oba, Sioux Lookout, and Armstrong. The only time I felt homesick was when I lay in my lower berth at night and watched the dark outlines whisk by. I felt so alone and far away from home. My loneliness soon left when morning came, and I watched the sun rise over beau­ tiful Northern Ontario. Northern Ontario scenery is truly beautiful. The train was constantly surrounded by trees rocks, and an occasional lake to break the pace. I was quite disappointed not to see a bear or moose, but naturally, I guess they run when they hear the train approaching. As we passed Sioux Lookout ' we saw the destruction done by the raging forest fires earlier in the year. It was really a sickening sight — the charred figures of the remaining trees, and the ground burnt black. At Winnipeg, one of our boys, Bob Worrall of Teeswater, en­ tertained everyone by playing his bagpipes on the main street in front of the C.N. station. As we drew closer to our destination and farther away from home, we all became more familiar with each other. We passed the time by singing, playing charades and cards, talking, sleeping and occasion­ ally dancing (It’s not easy on a train!) In Edmonton, the dome car was put on, but it was not really put into use until we were through Jasper. > About'one1 half hour out of' Jasper I saw my first moun. tain. It seemed miles high, but was small in comparison to Impressions the ones that came later, There are no words to des­ cribe the Rockies. “Breathtak­ ing?’ and “Fabulous” are in­ adequate, The streams would start as little pin heads at the tops of the mountains and grow to foaming torrents as they plummeted down toe sides. The tops of the mountains were often immersed in the clouds, as occasionally even the’train was, Every little while there would be a break in the trees end a “town” would reveal it­ self; a “town” consisted of five or six little houses and a sawinill, surrounded by logs. I don’t know where the logs came from, because every­ where we looked there were millions of trees - standing, We arrived in Vancouver at 9:15 a,m, Monday. Mr. R. B. MacLean, our official host, met us at the station and got us on a bus which took us to a North Vancouver school, which' be­ came our headquarters for the week. It was here that we met our hosts. ( I should tell you that we were almost dreading this meeting, as none of us knew what to expect! Of course, our hosts were in the same pos­ ition!) They were just great! It is unusual for a group of forty-eight teen-agers to get along so well, but I can hon- estly say there wasn’t one dis­ agreement during our visit. It isn’t fair to say that in one area the teen-agers are great, and in another they aren’t, but if it were, I would certainly say that Vancouver’s are the greatest! The first day was spent get- ting acquainted with our North Vancouver hosts and their fam­ ilies. I stayed with the Harry Horwood family, and his daugh­ ter, Lynn, was my hostess. As were all the other houses, theirs was beautiful; it seems that every house in Vancouver has to be surrounded by shrubs, flowers and trees, and their’s was no exception. That night we all went to' a beach party at Amblesede, where we all got acquainted. It was there that I first went swim­ ming in the Pacific Ocean! Tuesday we went for a tour of the North Shore, which in­ cluded Prospect Point; Cleve- land Dam, where Vancouver’s water supply is stored; and British Properties, where the elite dwell for as long as they can afford it! Our tour ended up at Stanley Park, which is 1,000 acres of trees, flowers, animals, water and totem poles. We spent six hours there, but I;»wOuld:yshave -liked :-to ^spend six days! Most impressive was the aquarium, which, I’m sure, houses every kind of sea an­ imal alive, Some of our group got well soaked ip the after­ math of the whale’s tricks! The whale jumped out of the water to push a stick with his “nose” and when he landed back in, you can imagine the splash! That night we went up Grouse Mpuntain in a cage-like affair called a ‘Gondola’. It took only four minutes to reach the top of the 3,700 foot moun. tain. We spent an hour at the top looking at the city stret­ ched out below, browsing in the souvenir shoj\ eating in .the restaurant, and exploring the surrounding area, It was there that I saw the only wild animal' of the trip in its natural hab­ itat - a deer, which quickly ran off when he heard us. The next day, Wednesday, we took the ferry from Tsawuassen to Victoria. There we went through the Parliament Build, ings which are surrounded by beautiful gardens. We ate din­ ner at the elegant Empress Hotel, where the Victoria elite • have their afternoon tea! That night there was a swim party at one of the girls’ home.. Lynn and I were too tired to go, but I understand everyone had a good time. Thursday was our free day, so after sleeping in, Lynn and I went up town to do some shop­ ping. I think most of the others did too, because we ran into most of them sometime through, out the afternoon. At four o’clock we all met at the Y.M.C.A. on East Pen­ der and were taken on a tour of the largest Chinatown in Canada. We went into several of the shops and dried octo- pus was only one of the many delicacies that we saw! We had supper at the Ho Ho, where most of us ate the whole Chin­ ese meal with chop sticks, which made it even more interesting. After supper, we walked back ■ uptown and saw the show “To Sir, With Love,” which was really great. Friday, the next day, we went on a tour of the MacMillan Bloedal Sawmill Plant; Univer­ sity of British Columbia; beau­ tiful Queen Elizabeth Gardens, which is actually the top of a volcano, and we ended up swim­ ming in the salty Pacific at a beach called Spanish Banks. • That night we went to the annual Vancouver Teen-age Fair. And we saw realhippiesl! The fair had sort of a psych, edelic theme, so the loud bands, huge paper flowers, flashing films, and hippies, really were just props. The next day, Saturday, we went to Alice Lake, which is about two hours north of Van­ couver. On the way there we stopped at Shannon Falls, where we climbed part way up a moun­ tain to toe falls. Alice Lake is a little lake fed by mpuntain streams so is very cold, and is fairly deep, It is pnly about one half a mile in diameter, and a few of the braver ones swam across, but I’m too chicken for that! Saturday happened to, be my 17 th birthday, so I was dunked 17 times, and thrown in once for good luck. That night my host family took me out to a wonderul little eat­ ing place, where we had a del- icious steak dinner. Just as we were waiting for dessert, the waitress walked in with a de. corated birthday cake! They sang “Happy Birthday” to me and gave me a little gift that will help me remember Van­ couver, After the dinner, Lynn and I went to a farewell party at one of the host’s houses, at Which there ware about sixty teen-agers. I was outside for a few minutes, and whep I came back, everyone was standing around the dining room- table. On it was a birthday cake, beaut- ifully decorated in yellow be- cause they knew it was my favourite color, and it had “Happy Birthday, Lynda” writ­ ten on it! You can imagine my surprise! They had all chipped in and gave me a beautiful sterl. ing silver bracelet that they had seen me admiring a few days before! That was the best birth­ day I have ever had! The next day was Sunday, the dreaded day of the week, for W© had to leave at five that afternoon, For the first time, it was raining, which seemed to fit the mood of everyone. The Horwoods took me down to the school, where there was a little farewell ceremony, with the Vancouver education lead, ers prepent, We girls were all given red rose corsages as tok­ ens of remembrances from pur official host’s wife. I’m pure everyone had tearp in their eyes as we shid goodbye, Most of us had several tears! After the ceremony we went down to the CNR station, where we had to wait two hours for the bus to take us out to the airport. There had been awash- ■ out in the Rockies so we had to be flown to Edmonton, A few of the Vancouver teen-agers came to toe station with us, and joined in as we sat on the floor singing our farewells to Vancouver. When the bus finally came, it was a sad bunch of Ontario students that boarded it. We sang our way out to the air­ port, where we were surprised by a bunch of our Vancouver friends jumping up from be. hind,a counter. We only had a half hour wait for our plane, and we boarded it right away. As we flew over the city, everyone was silent as we remembered what a won­ derful time we had, and a few of us vowed to return. The one hour and twenty min. ute jet ride to Edmonton was about one hour and twenty min­ utes too long. The only one wtio was sick on the plane was me! I was so glad, to get my feet on solid ground in Edmonton. We had to wait till five o’clock the next afternoon till we could leave on the train. The trip home remained un­ eventful till somewhere between Saskatoon and Winnipeg where two of pur engines caught fire during the night. Fortunately we weren’t aware of it, as we all were sound asleep! It made us lose five hours, though. After we went through Capreol we saw the train wreck that has had so much publicity as of late, It was a horrible sight! We arrived in Toronto at 12 a.m. Thursday. The Stratford train had been held for us, so we were on our way very soon after we got in. For most of the trip to Strat­ ford we sang in a little room at the back of the car, but as we got closer to home, most of us fell asleep in the most comfortable position we could find. As we pulled into Stratford I could hardly believe that the whole trip was over. We all had a wonderful time, and I know everyone appreciated the op- portunity as much as I did. Canada is a great country, Ontario is a great home, but Vancouver is a wonderful place to visit and return to. I am. I BOOKING SAVINGS!! 775 GALLON VACUUM-PRESSURE PUMP BADGER FARM EQUIPMENT For a complete line of Silo Unloaders and Distributors, Barn Cleaners, Conveyors, Feeding Systems, Forage Boxes and Blowers. Atop Veterinary Supplies, Zero Milking' Systems and Barn Whitewashing. 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