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The Citizen, 1989-08-02, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1989 International Scene HAS FAX EASY GO Auburn Kids Club The rest of this group of youngsters seem oblivious to the antics of their two friends in the centre. The group was the oldest class to participate in last week’s Kids’ Club at the Auburn Missionary Church. Puppetsand songshighlightedtheclosing program held at thechurch last Friday afternoon. HCFA supports anti-trail movement The United Ground Hog’s Day Committee of Huron will take the support of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture with it when it makes a presentation to the lnterministerial Committee on the future of abandoned railway lines Thursday in Toronto. The committee, which has been fighting to have land on the abandoned Guelph-to-Goderich CP Rail line turned over to the adjacent landowners, will be making a presentation to the committee in Toronto Thursday. The committee Continued from page 5 even walk of less than five minutes. One thing that I like about St. Gallen is that it has changed gracefully and slowly. There is none of that rapid, frantic change that one sees so frequently and which is certainly the case current­ ly in London. Some of the changes may be controversial but I doubt that the good citizens of St. Gallen are worried too much about not being able to recognize their city any more. When I go there, as I do twice a year, I can still shop at Migros, Globus, Fersche such as I have right from the beginning; even the small bakery almost across from our house is still there and we have a nice chat each time that I go to load up on goodies to take back home. This brings me to one of the things I like best about St. Gallen. Over the years I have enjoyed the same friendliness that I found right at the beginning. I was always made to feel at home at the university; the professors were both encouraging and friendly and I was delighted to meet one of them, Dr. Doerig, when 1 attended one of the school functions last year. He was the epitome of what I mean by my remarks above and I shall never forget it. I could give you many other examples of this but let me just cite two things that happened during my last trip in June. I keep some of my money in a Swiss bank account and, running a bit short, I went to get some of it out. The teller, a Miss Bauer, who would look good in any bank, is assuredly not used to Canadians dropping in to get money out and was not certain of how to go about it. She didn’t lose her cool; she stuck at it until she was totally sure of the drill and I got my money with a smile. The next time I went back, it went like clockwork. Now that’s service that I appreciate. Thank you, Miss Bauer! Another example. At the small hotel where I now stay since I no Cranbrook Compiled by Mrs. Mac Engel. Phone 887-6645 Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bentley are enjoying a holiday on Manitoulin Island. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Strickler attended a 40th anniversary party for Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shireman at Woodstock on July 29. Shawn Conley was camping at Camp Kintail file past week. Nath­ an has finished his swimming and is now in red for next year. The Vanass family have just returned from a four week trip to Europe. Most of the time was spent in Holland visiting John’s family. It was very hot and dry there and many farmers were watering their crops and pastures. They visited Amsterdam where many people are performing on the streets day and night, and they visited the Delta Works in southern Holland. This is the huge dam made at the openings to the ocean in which it can be closed to hold out the water in case of a flood. Belgium and France were also visited. In Paris there was a lot of- military around and many barriers put up as President Bush was going to visit the next week. The Eiffel Tower is 100 years old this year so there was a lot of people there. In Germany they went to a British air base to watch the jet fighters taking off. the next day something went wrong and one of the fighters crashed 200 metres from where they had been stand­ ing. Jennifer and Jolanda, being the right age, attended many discos, dances and pubs with their cousins. is in charge of recommending whether or not the province should take over the abandoned railway lines. The Ground Hog’s Day Commit­ tee had earlier made a presentation in Walton to two members of the committee. The group opposes the possible use of the lands for recreation trails. Chris Palmer pointed out that there was no point sending a resolution from the Huron Federa­ tion to the Ontario Federation since OFA’s policy already is that the longer have a home to go to, the reception and service is extremely friendly. One time it appeared that I might be late getting back from Zurich. Without my having to ask, I was told that a key would be put out in a safe place for me and I could find it there. What more could you ask for? I cannot complete my remini­ scing about St. Gallen without telling you about one of the greatest impacts the city has had on me, literally. 1 recall one time back in 1950 when I was rushing off to play hockey in Zurich. I was a bit late after my classes and, as Swiss trains run on time, I was afraid I might miss it. I therefore did something that I had not done before, that is, take a short-cut through a fair building that was being dismantled. Unfortunately the building chose that very mo­ ment to collapse. I was caught in it, totally unconscious, for two hours until they dug me out and carted me off to the hospital. They were, I was told, surprised to find me alive. It was, I admitted after­ wards, the stiffest bodycheck I have ever received. Needless to say, the city of St. Gallen got to know me in a hurry. As I think back about it, it has been nice watching the city change and yet not change. Small wonder that, while most of my business is in other parts of Switzerland, I still go back to St. Gallen year after year. There are very few other places, indeed, that 1 can say the same about. Your Community Newspaper Focusing on the community with Quality Dependability* land should go back to the adjacent landowners. Larry Plaetzer, Feder­ ation Director and member of the Ground Hog’s Day Committee, said that a letter of support from the Federation would help the committee in its presentation in Toronto. Mr. Plaetzer, Federation director and member of the Ground Hog’s Day Committee rejected sugges­ tions the land might be retained for a utility corridor by the province saying Ontario Hydro requires a wider corridor than the railway lands and it would be difficult to run a pipeline on the high railway bed. EASY COME EASY GO ’vProven Results We Deliver Over 2200 Homes The Citizen 7) IL “The People Paper” Blyth 523-4792 Brussels 887-9114 ZZZj I I BLYTH - 523-4792 OR BRUSSELS - 887-9114 Yes, a complete Facsimile Transfer Service is now available through The Citizen newspaper. You can now send or receive maps, photographs, financial statements, graphs, documents of any description right from either of our offices and it’s completely confidential. 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