HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-07-25, Page 1STEP RIGHT UP AND GET YOUR TICKETS,`LADIES—Jerry 'Dillow
was the ticket taker when St. John's Anglican Church held its
annual pork chop barbecue last Wednesday. Here, Jerry sells some
tickets to Carol Ten Pas and Leanne Armstrong of Brussels.
(Brussels Post Photo)
rav farmer
speaks at congress
108th Year — Issue No, 31s)
WEDNESDAY,, JULY 25, 1979
BY ALICE GIBB
Ross Procter, of R,R, 5, Brussels, a
partner with his two brothers in Bodmin
Farms Ltd., told cattlemen at the first
annual Ontario beef congress in London
last week that they should ask themselves
if they're happy with the return they're
getting in dollars and in satisfaction.
He said, "If you're in the cow business
and don't like it, there's no better
opportunity than now to sell them."
Mr. Procter, who said he and his two
brothers started Bodmin Farms from a
standing start in 1955, advised cattlemen
to ask their,cattIe to give them the answers
about their operation.
He said cattlemen in cow-calf oper-
ations should have a breeding program and
should follow their calves through their
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Brussels friendly kids say
change Program. She had
her choice of countries to
visit and she chose Canada
because, "I'm very interest-
ed about Canada." She said
she was interested in this
country since a lot of people
from Finland had immi-
grated here.
BY DEBBIE RANNEY
Elisabeth Back, a 19 year
old from Espoo in the south
of Finland, found Brussels a
friendly place.
Elisabeth was staying at
the home of Jim Knight in
Brussels last week as part of
the Lions International Ex-
We continue our tour. On the evening
spent in Dumfries we enjoyed an escorted
visit to a pub where they had entertainment.
The M.C. asked for an entertainer from our
group to participate. No indeed! Neither
Peggy or I volunteered. Finally, with
encouragement from all of us, a lady from
Australia consented to sing. She had a lovely
voice and was quite obviously used to public
appearances. Her numbers delighted the
crowd. They kept calling for more of the
same. She was very generous and definitely
the hit of the evening.
******
After leaving Dumfries we traversed the
broad low-lying valley of the River Nith,
crossing numerous streams and rivers, and
through the Lowther Hills. Our route
followed the narrowing valley arid soon the
River Tweed, through the Peebles Hills and
the Pentland Hills and a further stretch of
moorland to reach Edinburgh, the capital of
Scotland. A striking feature of this city is
Princess Street, a magnificent thoroughfare
which is bounded on one side by fine shops
and on the other by sweeping lawns and
gardens, backed by the castle and Castle
Rock, falling a sheer 270 ft. into the gardens
below. Here too is the Royal Palace of
Holyrood House, which is the residence of
the Queen when she is in Edinburgh. We
had a free day in this city. When
unexpectedly offered a trip to Glasgow we
took advantage Of it. Unfortunately this
meant we had too little time in both cities so
missed seeing many things of interest in
bath.
*****
One of the highlights of our tour of
Scotland Was undoubtedly the Trossachs and
bonnie Loch Lomond, This is a beautiful
World of trietintaing i wood StreattiS, and
Lochs. Loch Lomond is twenty two miles
long; jewelled by over thirty islands, some
quite large, It winds from feitile farms into
the rocky grandeur of the Arks:that
mountains. That the heather was not in
bloom was a disappointment. We were told
it does not flower until August,
4,10
One morning at reakfa otit &Airier told
to take our tOaSt
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Take our toast!
She said she liked Canada
because the people here are
so friendly. She also noticed
the big houses and the big
cars. In Finland they mostly
drive small cars. They have
big cars too but they're so
expensive, Elisabeth says.
AnHi Kuvsela, Elisabeth's
Whatever for? On a climb up one of the
never-ending hills our coach pulled up at the
side of the road.. The instant we stopped a
flock of sheep came scampering down the
steep slope to the very steps of our coach. As
we got out they crowded 'around us looking
for a handout. The one that came to me was
an impatient animal. It took me a few
moments to untangle the toast from the
napkin so I was urged to hurry it up by a
small hoof pawing at me, (just as my dog
Sheba does when she wants attention from
me.) It appeared that tour coaches make a
point of stopping, knowing, as the sheep also
know, what will happen.
******
Southward from Edinburg we drove over
the Moorfoot Hills, through the soft beauty
of the Scottish Lowlands, back to England by
way of the beautiful Teviot Dale, over the
Cumbrian Falls, through Lancashire to the
ancient city of Chester. This city is the only
one in England which still possesses a
perfect perimeter wall. It is a lovely old city
on the banks of the River Dee. We spent the
night at Leigh.
******
The day we got our introduction to Wales
was by way of the famous Horseshoe Pass. It
twists and turns continually as-it climbs to
1,300 feet. At this highest point we stopped,
at a quaint lunch room and souvenir shop,
for a snack. The view here was magnificent.
Mountains (wooded or bare with a somewhat
purple brown tinge) surrounds lush green
vales in which nestle farms. At that moment
I fell in love with the Welsh countryside.
That Horseshoe Pass gave us a breath-
taking ride. Coming down was even more
exciting than the climb up. It seemed that
the end of our coach had not cleared the last
twist before we were headed into another.
More than one tummy on that coach, I am
sure, was close to protest: We had to stop for
one yoting lady. We followed the River
Severn to Thayader on the River Wye, to the
calm beauty Of Central Wales, the river
scenery and wide vistas of the Cambrian
Mountains.
Our regret here was that we had so little
time in Wales. Only a cOuple of brief stops
for a mid-morning snack and lunch. Then it
was back to England.
* * * * * *
Short Shots
by Evelyn Kennedy
boyfriend from Finland who
was staying at the home of an
aunt in Thunder Bay came
down to Brussels to visit
Elisabeth and he gave his
thoughts on what Finland
was like compared to
Canada.
He said that Finland was
much colder and there's a lot
of forest and not so many
farms. There are a lot of
lakes, about 60,000 of them
in Finland, he said.
Since coming here Elisa-
beth had been roller skating,
horseback riding, taking
walks and disco dancing.
Elisabeth said that in Fin-
land they don't have places
to go roller skating so when
she went the one night it was
her first time.
"It was really fun," she
said.
In Finland she plays tennis
goes to museums, discos and
movies.
Used to the cold, Elisabeth
said she likes the hot weather
alright but found one warm
Sunday here just a little too
hot for her liking.
She came to Canada last
Saturday and will be staying
in this country for four
weeks.
JAMAICAN VISITOR
Donald. Lindo, 21, from
Savanna-La-Mar in Jamaica,
where he works as a bank
clerk, was the other ex-
change student staying in
BruSsels, While here, he
stayed at the home of Bob
Rowe, and had been shooting
pool, attended a baseball
game and a disco. The Lions
took the exchange visitors to
London to the disco.
Asked what he thought
about Canada, Donald said,
"I think the atmosphere is
healthy, the vegetation is
really lovely. There's a lot of
farms and friendly people."
He also thought, though
the people of Brussels might
tend to disagree at the
moment, that we have,
"clean roads."
Of course being in Canada
on a warm sunny day like last
Thursday when the interview
took place is nothing like the
heat in Jamaica.
"It's very hot. There's
sun all day long," he said.
He said they have a lot of
rain too in April and May and
October and November.
In Jamaica, they grow
sugar cane, citrus fruit and
"the weed," Donald said.
To provide even more
entertainment for Elisabeth
and Donald, Charlie Thomas
of Brussels was going to be
taking the exchange guests
for an airplane ride to Doug-
las Point.
Elisabeth and Donald were
to be just part of a group of
visitors in Canada with the
Lions International Exchange
Program, who were to go to a
camp at St.Mary's Wildwood
Park this week. The camp is
mainly a place to eat and
sleep since the exchange
people will then be taking off
for tours to the CN Tower,
Ontario Place, the Stratford
Shakespearean Festival, the
Goderich Salt Mines and the
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EXCHANGE VISITORS—Donald Lindo from Jamaica (left) and Elisabeth
Bach were visiting in Brussels last week as part of the Lions International
Exchange program. Elisabeth's boyfriend AnHi Kussela also from
Finland was staying at the home of an aunt in Thunder Bay and came
down to Brussels to visit Elisabeth. Donald stayed at the home of Bob
Rowe and Elisabeth at the home of Jim Knight.
(Brussels Post PhOtO)