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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-07-16, Page 2STRAPS TIES Red Hot Specials 20% Off All summer shoes Including bone white dress Reg., $5,95 Shoes, Keddettes, sandal s, Discontinued lines of Savage Shoes Special $4.95 pr. LUGGAGE MEN'S Work Boots 2-pce. sets ONLY $22.95 set Heavy cork composition Soles & steel shanks $7.95 Smyth's Shoe Store Phone 235-1933 Exeter ININNP444,04.00.04INININININf 4' x 8' SHEETS 12" x 12" Arborite and Duralam REG. VALUE $19.84 Only $15.66 Wide Range of Colours and Designs UTILITY BUILDING Only $54.95 CEILING TILE (White Only) 91/2 c each 11111111 lll I l IIIIYIU l$1111111, llllll llllllll loll lllll I l lllll SEMI POST-FORMED No Down Payment required with Conklin Custom Credit -- so why delay any longer. Do it now I FORMICA COUNTER TOPS Per Lineal Foot $4.79 CLEARANCE ON Angel Stone EXETER GRAND BEND 131 Thames Road W. Col, of Highway 21 & 83 Phone 235-4422 Phone 238.2374 "Supistiff the YOutli Ydur' Community" (while present stock lasts) Reg, $1.20 per sq. ft. Only 75c sq. ft. (at Grand Bend Yard Only) Page; 2 Times-Advocate, July l6 1944 • • • Outlines .orientation F rance visit IP. • and initial impressions of Africa 000 each Year must either get scholarships to con. tinue on or pipe they must re. turn to their villages to worker), the land. We often meet these stPdents since they come to.Sea us when they know we are from the USA and Canada. have never seen such an eagerness to learn at home, ; think we take schooling too much for granted, but here an educat- ed person is admired to such an extent, that all students are eager to continue their school- ing. There is great potential in these students if only training would be provided. Kenya is not sitting back and waiting for something to happen. C rash programs are being started to train teachers, but problems will remain for along time yet. EDUCATION P,ROBI,EM The n umber one prelPlem seems to be edneat4911. About §P% of children get to Prlrnar7 school, This year•1?0,00,0 child- ren graduate from primary setioo; hat only 10?000 will get into secondary school because of lack of teachers, schools and facilities, The ,secondary schools and universities are very expenslye for three reasons: 1. Teacher's wages are high. 2. The schools are not running at capacity. '3. Cost of room and board is very high. Most parents cannot afford the 400 shillings or $00.09 to send their child to secondary school for a year. The student cannot earn the money himself because unemployment is ex- tremely high. Therefore, 110,- villages were circular frame- works plastered with clay and topped with a cone shaped thatching. A few homes Were rectangular With steel roofs, but these were very scattered. We arrived in Limuru Con- ference Centre in time for breakfast. The Crossroaders Who were going to Kenya, Ug- anda, Nyassaland, Tanganyika ? and Ethiopia also stayed for two days. We heard a number of speeches on the most im- portant problems in. Kenya. Elimville parents at program Work progresses on Usborne school With about one month and a half remaining before school opening, workmen are busy building the new Usborne Township central school, which is planned for September opening. The school is located on Huron Street, just east of Exeter and will house all the township children. Due to the fact the old one-room schools will be closing down, many of them have been the scenes of final reunions in recent weeks. Others are still being planned. --T-A photo Want Economical Transportation . . then buy a '64 VOLKSWAGEN The ideal car for commuters, university students, or for your first or second car Priced At $1765 Hunter-Duvar Ltd. VOLKSWAGEN SALES & SERVICE Phone 235-1100 Exeter sidewalk cafes and this city was no exception. Ladies out for the morning's shopping chatted over coffee and rolls. Beside them on other chairs were their groceries made up of fruit and vegetables bought on the open streetmarkets and of course the ever present french stick bread, This bread was carried any- where from under the arm to under the bicycle seat. SAW BIG GAME At 5 a.m. we arrived in Nai- robi, Kenya and as we headed for the city, day began to break. The countryside here is grass- land and fairly flat. We passed Nairobi. Game Reserve and saw our first big game animal. A gnu had wandered out near the road. There were also some eagle-like birds that I had not seen before. We drove through the out- skirts of Nairobi on the divided four-lane highway; and the beauty of the flowers and trees was far better than I ever ex- pected. Trumpet vine covered with orange blossoms grew in great profusion between palm trees on the boulevard. Other trees called Bougenvillia were a mass of purple blooms. There were also large lily-like white blooms on a tall bush called Moon Flower. In the next 15 miles the ele- vation increased about 2,000 feet and as this changed, the grasslands were left behind. Tall elephant grass and corn began to take its place. Higher up we could see bananas grow- ing randomly in the cornfields. By the time we reached Limuru, coffee and tea fields were everywhere. Walking along the side of the road, women were carryingba- bies, hoes, or loads of firewood. Men usually carried pangas, which are two foot long knives. These people were going to their farms for the day's work. It was not difficult to see that Europeans have been here for some time. Many of them had brick walled, tiled roofed homes surrounded by neatly kept lawns. The native homes in the We were served a dinner at the airport that consisted of four separate meat courses PluS one each of vegetables and des- sert. HEALTH ,IMPORTANT health is a very important part of our summer since we can not afford any sickness at all, Some of us may be some distance from medical attention for one thing. Also any sickness would be detrimental to the group in carrying on with its work as well as to the individual. By this time we were sick of speeches and impatient to be off. On June 23 at 4:45 am we headed for the John F. Ken- nedy Airport. After clearing 146 students through customs it was 11 pm. The East Africa Group then boarded the charter- ed Boeing 707 Intercontinental Jet. We flew north along the coast passing over Marine, NovaSco- tia, Newfoundland and then turn- ed toward France. The red soil farms and forest of the East Coast, the rock and trees of Newfoundland and the icebergs in the Atlantic were a few things that I will not forget. - Seven hours from New York we landed in Paris, France and due to a strike of the airport employees we were forced to stay over night. Everyone was wild about the idea. We were taken 30 miles to the city of Fountainebleau were we stayed in a first class hotel at the expense of the Air France people. Since we had until noon before plane time we walked downtown and inspected a Chateaux that was Louis XIV's summer home. Napoleon also lived here for some time. The palace was sur- rounded by 5000 acres of park land. This little city was enveloped in French atmosphere. There were narrow streets and straight fronted shops with shuttered windows. Small cars and motor bikes, carrying both men and women, whipped up the streets. France is famous for its BY ROSS WEIN (A resident of the Crediton area, Rosa is spending the slim- mer on the Crossroads. Africa plan.) For five days Crossroaders had an orientation period to give us an idea of some of the questions Africans may pass to us. Some of the topics were po- litical in nature such as "The United Nations and Its Role in Africa", "United States Policy in Africa" and "The Political Development of the AfricanNa- tions." Another topic of great im- portance was health. It was stressed again and again to be careful of the food we eat and the water we drink. The natives have built up resistance to many diseases but we have not. This is why we must boil our drink- ing water and peel all vegetables and fruit. AllCrossroaders have been innoculated for many water borne diseases but this doesn't mean that we should be careless. Most drinking water comes from rivers or streams and therefore easily contaminated. If wells are drilled as we do at home the water is quite pure. Malaria was dealt with for some length because in many parts of Africa where the rain- fall is high there are mosquitoes which may carry the disease. Starting six weeks before leav- ing America and continuing until six weeks after we return we must take a drug which is a malaria suppressant. Leaving France in the after- noon, we had a good view of the patchwork effect of the fields in the French countryside. The little red tiled roofs of the houses were scattered here and there. We flew to Cairo, Egypt passing over the Alps. These mountains, especially Mount Blanc, the tallest in Eu- rope, were very picturesque as we saw them through the breaks in the cloud banks. By the time we got to Cairo it was dark so we did not see any of the coun- try. Bible School success By MRS. ROSS SKINNER ELIMVILLE The Elimville Daily Vacation Bible School completed their program Sunday when the par- ents were invited to a service. Mrs. John Hern was leader of the service. Each department presented two numbers. The preschocil children en- tertained with a rhythm band and sang "JesUs Loves Me". The primary •class sang and presented a skit "Jesus At The Well". The junior class dis- played a flannelboard of "The world's Creation" and sang "Whisper a Pr aye r". The Serve over 500 at Mt. Carmel fete Mrs. Urban Ayotte and family of Detroit spent last week with Mr. Gerry Campbell and John. Mr. & Mr. Herb Person and family of Detroit, Mich. visited for the past week with Mrs. Laura McCann and other rela- tives. Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Mittleholtz and boys of Exeter were Sunday visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Wil- fred Hogan. Mr. & Mrs. Gerard McCarthy and family of Maidstone attend- ed the ham supper and lawn social while visiting Mrs. Mike Ryan Sr. last week. Mrs. Mc- Carthy and children remained over for a few days holidays. Mr. Charles Dietrich return- ed home from St. Joseph's Hos- pital much improved last Thursday. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Carey and Valerie and Mrs. Mildred Lar- kin and family, all of London, and Mrs. Laura Glavin and Theresa of Centralia were Sun- day visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Joe Carey and family. The annual ham supper and lawn social was very successful again this year with over 500 meals served. Lucky winners on prizes were: Paul Bonneau won $30; Mrs. P. J,SullivanSr. won $20; Mrs. Ada Dietrich won $10 on ticket draw. Mr. & Mrs. John Moser and family and Mr. Joseph Mc- Carthy spent last Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Dan Vanhie and children of Wilton Grove. crafts were on display follow- ing the service in the Sunday School rooms. The teacher of pre school was Mrs. Ross Skinner, sec- retary, Miss Sharon Passmore, and crafts, Elaine Johns, Janet Hern and Carol Bell, recrea- tion, Sharon Passmore, The teacher of primary class was Mrs. Elson Lynn, secre- tary, Miss Ave Elford, crafts, Sharon Fletcher and K at h y Herm, recreation, JanetSkinner and Ave Elford. The teacher of junior class was Mrs. Vernon Monmorency, crafts, Dianne Stone, secretary, Lynn Otis and recreation, Mar- garet Brock and Lynn Otis. Music teachers were MissSus- an Allen and Mrs. Philip Johns. Colleen and Michael Regier of Walkerton are having holi- days with their grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Pat Sullivan Sr. Mrs. Catherine Rompre and Lorraine of Detroit spent a few days with Mrs. Charles Regier and Judy last week. Mr. & Mrs. Jack Hogan and family spent a few days vaca- tion with relatives in Ottawa. Miss Arlene Desjardine and Rita Hogan have accepted posi- tions in London for the summer. PERSONALS A good number attended the TB Clinic at Winchelsea School Tuesday and Friday last week. Mr. & Mrs. Hubert Heywood and Herbie are enjoying a motor trip out west accompanied by Mr. & Mrs. Herb Bibby of Thames Road. Weekly Specials at Conklin ! PRICES IN EFFECT FROM JULY 20 TO JULY 25