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Times -Advocate, October 5, 1983
Couple's Russian four reinforces appreciation of Canada
Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle
and his wife Fran have
recently returned from a two-
week trip to Russia. They
were part of a group of 29
from Canada and the US who
visited Moscow, Kiev, Yalta
and Leningrad on what was
billed as a Gems and Jewels
tour.
The tourists transferred at
Helsinki from Finnair to
Aeroflot for the flight to
Moscow on September 11.
The Russian neople had
been informed that their arm-
ed forces had shot down a
Korean commercial
passenger plane. Though the
foreigners never broached the
subject with their Intourist
guides or any other Russian
they met during the tour,
Mickle had the impression
their hosts were expending
special effort to give the
visitors a favourable impres-
sion of Communist society,
and thus counteract some of
the adverse effects of world
opinion concerning the
incident.
The Mickles' impression of
Moscow was that of a col-
ourless, apartment -filled
capital!' Most of the in-
habitants were dressed in
drab, inexpensive clothes.
SOUVENIRS — Bill Mickle poses with some of the
souvenirs he and wife Fran brought back from a two-
week tour of four Russian cities.
Court docket
A Kippen area man was tin-
ed $300 in Exeter Provincial
Court Tuesday by Judge
William Cochrane on charges
of making false statements to
the Ontario Unemployment
Insurance Commission.
Robert Argyle, RR :3. Kip -
pen pleaded guilty to the
charges of failing to disclose
income while working part-
iime and drawing unemploy-
ment insurance payments.
Timothy Patrick
McQuigan, Andrew Street,
Exeter and Barry Arthur
McCallum, Kippen were each
fined $300 after pleading guil-
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ty to the theft of gasoline from
an Ontario Development Cor-
poration truck at Huron Park.
Judge Cochrane levied total
fines of $600 against Charles
Ross Keller, RR 2, Dashwood,
Keller will pay $500 for driv-
ing a vehicle with an alcohol
content in excess of .80 mgs.
and $i,,u for operating a vehi-
cle while his licence was
under suspension.
Fined $100 each for the theft
of groceries under the amount
of $200 from Zehr's Food
Market in Exeter were Bon-
nie Lee Dinney, Huron Park
and Linda Marie Labreche,
Huron Park.
Scott Royal Gaiser and
Kenneth M. Hayter, Crediton
were given an absolute
discharge after pleading guil-
ty to charges of wilful
damage. The owner of a Hon-
da has been reimbursed for
damages of $45.
PROCLAMATION
Agri -Food Week
in Ontario
October 3 -10th
Bringing farmers and
urban residents
together for the pro-
sperity of our
municipalities and of
Canada.
Town of Exeter
Townships of
Usborne, Stephen
and Hay, Villages of
Hensall and Zurich
and very few wore ,smiles.
The travellers were very con-
scious of the glances directed
at their leather footwear
which contrasted sharply
with the Russians; the
women's shoes looked to
Western eyes like heavy -soled
carpet slippers.
Red Square was filled with
fellow tourists.
The party took an Intourist
bus to the Moscow People's
Circus at a cost of $9 each,
and returned by subway for
eight cents per ticket. The
Mickles were very impressed
with the subway - its crystal
chandeliers, magnificant car-
vings and leaded glass - and
the choreography, lighting,
costumes and performances
of the circus troupe. While
Russian citizens may wait
months for a ticket to the cir-
cus, tourists receive perferen-
tial treatment. The tour re-
quested tickets in the after-
noon, and received them the
same day. The price was $2.35
each.
The tourists were free to
roam Moscow's streets at
night without fear. On the last
day in the capital, Bill -and
Fran opted for their own per-
sonal sightseeing rather than
that on the itinerary, and no
one objected.
The next stop was Kiev,
capital of the Ukraine, on the
Dneiper River which flows to
the Black Sea. Here the
clothing wasbrighter and
more stylish, and the people
more animated.
The port city has large
grain elevators like the ones
in Goderich.
The Mickles toured a
museum devoted to Lenin at
the same time as a group of
Young Pioneers were going
through, and observed the
uniformed young people
ryhming off (as if by rote)
what was obviously an ac-
colade to the founder of the
Communist state.
The party was taken to a
pioneer village to see the
wooden churches and
mudfloored thatched huts of a
bygone era.
The next stop was the holi-
day resort of Yalta, where
italin, Churchill and
Roosevelt conferred during
World War II. The party
visited the palace in Alupka
were Churchill stayed. It was
originally built in the early
1900s for Nicholas II by 2,000
peasants toiling 24 hours a
day for 17 months.
Yalta is host to thousands of
workers whose annual three-
week holiday is subsidized by
the state. The worker pays *60
for an apartment, utilities,
food and entry to the spas; his
union and the state pick up
the rest of the tab.
The subtropical climate
makes the resort a very
popular spot.
In Leningrad the Mickles
saw many tourists whose
flights home on Aeroflot had
been interrupted by the tem-
porary banning of Russian
commercial flights to regular
landings in North America.
Now that the travellers are
back home, they are sorting
McGillivray chooses
part-time secretary
Applications were received
for the position of part time
secretary for the McGillivray
township office. Sharon
Craven was chosen for the
position. Duties commenced
August 1 at an hourly rate of
55.
Council also considered
plans to renovate the
township office. Tenders were
received with Gregus Con-
struction of Exeter being
awarded the contract at a
cost of $11,900.00. Much of this
work has been completed.
Work to be done involve
changes to the electrical wir-
ing, heating system and in-
terior renovations.
The Parkhill Fire Agree-
ment representing a five per-
cent increase from 1982 was
presented. The total cost is
$9,998.00 with an additional
$125 charge for standby time.
The tender for construction
of the Lynn Culbert was
awarded to Wm. Allison Ex-
cavating for $38,749.02, the
lowest of five bids recieved
A report on the Clandeboye
Drain was considered.
Tenders were received
August 8. Hodgins and Hayter
$15,696.00; McKenzie and
Henderson $13,360.00 and the
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out their impressions. During
their two weeks, they saw no
guns, on a uniformed person
until Kiev, one drunk, and one
example of graffiti.
"We would see more guns
in Exeter," Mickle said.
The tourists stayed in the
heart of most of the cities, and
did not see the suburbs. The
cores of the cities are filled
with block after block of
apartments. They are rented
by the square metre, but
tenants are charged only for
the living room and bedroom.
The rent, which includes
heat, light and gas for the
stove, amounts to three to five
percent of a worker's salary.
Only one redi-mix truck
was spotted; most cement for
the continuous building is
taken to the site in dump
trucks.
The Russians queue for
everything - vegetables in one
shop, meat in another, milk in
a third. Once inside a store,
they queue again three times,
once to pick up a ticket for the
item desired, again at the
cash register to pay for it, and
a third time to get the pur-
chased article.
The streets are very clean.
There is little traffic, and no
rusty cars as salt is not used
in the winter.
Posters proclaiming "Red
is for peace" are everywhere,
and banks of loudspeakers
hang on many walls.
The Mickles were impress-
ed with the excellent hotel ac-
commodation, and the food
was good. A typical breakfast
would consist of buttermilk,
tomato juice o, 'iel;ciotts ap-
ple juice, spiced mea'
cheese, black or white bread
or rolls, plum jam and hard-
boiled eggs.
The noon meal was a boun-
tiful dinner beginning with
hors de'oeuvre, continuing
with a hearty soup, (usually
borscht), then on to the main
course of roast beef, whipped
potatoes and cold peas, and
finishing with "superb" ice
,cream quite often topped with
a kind of marmalade made
from flower petals.
For beverages, diners had
a choice of mineral water,
Pepsi or quarts of beer. The
beer varied from city to city.
Though Russian society has
become more open in the last
ten years, Mickle said leaving
Russia for Finland was like
"flying from darkness into
light". He recommends that
Canadians visit the U.S.S.R.
Fran and Bill enjoyed their
two-week tour very much,
and returned • home much
more appreciative of their
Canadian citizenship.
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