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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 (Continued on Page 3 ) ESTABLISHED 1472 BRUSSELS ONTARIO Brussels Post 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 b With tis, st 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 (Continued on Page 3) 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)