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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1984-06-20, Page 6TIDE POWDERED DETERGENT 6 L BOX 3.99 Page 6 Times -Advocate, June 20, 1984 MR. AND MRS. RICHARD J. ARMAND LA BRECHE Saturday, June 9, 1984, Adrienne Elaine Vandeworp became the bride'of Richard Joseph Armand La breche son of Mrs. Marie La breche, Dashwood. The ceremony took place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vandeworp, Crediton with the bride's un- cle Rev. Gerry Vandeworp of Elora officiating. Maid of honour was Rebecca Vandeworp, sister of the bride. Andy La breche, nephew of the groom was best man. Flower girl was Leanne La breche, niece of the groom. Ringbearer was Peter La breche, nephew of the groom. Usher was •Craig Vandeworp, brother of the bride. A reception followed in Crediton. Mr. and Mrs. La breche are residing at Grand Bend and wish to thank all that helped in anyway to make their special day a hoppy one. Open This Weekend , Pick your own strawberries Pick 10 boxes and get 1 free Phone orders also filled. Bell Huron Farms RR 2 Kippen 262-5878 Watch for sign on Hwy. 4 to Kippen Need Kitchen Flooring? If you're looking for carpet or vinyl for a small' area or an entire house • SAVE TIME • SAVE MONEY • SEE US FIRST Train rides in Ten days is not nearly enough time to visit India. It would take a year, at least, to discover that mysterious, complex country, with its 700 million people. India is a country where the trains nearly always run late, where the phones rarely work, atrdthe electricity is if- fy. It's a place where the water is almost non-existent in public washrooms, but where flooding. water rips away whole villages during the Monsoon season. Despite all this, it is a fascinating country. Indians are a proud and handsome people who can be, at the same time, volatile and gentle, suspicious and friend- ly, violent and peaceful, superstitious and intelligent, irritating and endearing. A travel agent. who has sold you a ticket, will look you straight in the eye and say, 'No pro- blem',when, all the while, he knows, very well, you will likely have a problem getting a seat, or on the flight of your choice. He just doesn't want to upset you...better you should find it out for yourself. We got around by train and domestic airlines, and no one can really have seen India unless he or she has travelled by train. Just getting through the train station, for the first • time, is an exercise in frustra- tion, and even fear. You must press past crowds of people trying to jam themselves in- to trains, while you step over others who are rolled up, sleeping, on the platform, ob-. . viously waiting for their train to finally arrive. Many families look as if they've been camping out for days with all their cooking pots, stove and many boxes. They go to the tap to wash themselves or to slick down their children's hair. The beggars are there, as well as hundreds of hawkers, some cooking food for sale, while others sell fruit and nuts. Blue coated porters ad- vance from all sides, urging you to purchase their ser- vices. It's colorful, noisy, and confusing. • With some luck, we did find our platform, on our first trip, but since trains were heading in both directions, and since we hadn't a clue in which direction we should go, to say we were in a state of perplex- ity is the understatement of the year. We had to get help, -but un- fortunately couldn't find anyone who spoke English. Finally, I spied a florid, elder- ly gentleman, wearing loud shorts and an open necked shirt, lounging on a bench. Anyone who looked so relax- ed must know what was going on. "Pardon me, Sir,"I ap- proached timidly, "Are you a tourist or a native?" Throw- ing back his white head, his eyes crinkling shut, he roared, "Lordy, Honey, I sure ain't a native...I'm from Arkansas:" Well, after a good laugh, we discovered he was a wealthy American, travelling around India with his own personal guide. So, he motioned to a young man, who soon gave us the advice we needed. Ile told us if you purchase a first class ticket, in advance, you wail for the names of the passengers and the number of the car in which they are to ►1 tiOku Do it yourself or hove Our instoller Ed Allen do it for you travel. Sure enough, our names were there with the number 30252 after them. We started walking down the train to find our car; we walk- ed all the way back again, but still no such number. Just when the train was about to pull out, and we, to panic, 1 cried to a conductor, leaning nonchalantly out a doorway, "What'll we do?" "Get on, Lady,"was his terse reply, "Unless you want to be left behind." ( It seemed the number wasn't important, after all.) The temperature was around 40 degrees. "Can we get air-conditioning?"we panted. "No problem." And • he showed us to a compart- ment while he held out his hand for payment. It's lucky we did get air con- ditioning because I doubt if a couple of Northerners could have lasted eight and a half hours in that burning heat. The compartment was f .►rly roomy, though somewhat dus- ty, with one long seat. There was a wash basin, which didn't work, and a collapsible table, which stayed collapsed. And it was cold. The air con- ditionirtg was turned up to the hilt, so to keep warm, we wrapped ourselves in a couple of grey towels, hanging on the wall. The grinning conductor went off the fetch us a dirty, green blanket, under which 1 India part of wonderful experience we huddled tar the rest of the trip to Jhansi, our destination. The further we travelled, the rockier and harsher the landscape became. The hills were covered with black boulders, some as big as a house. Occasionally,_ we these strange formations act as hideouts for brigands and robbers. "Who in the world would they rob in that desperate place? "we asked. "The trains,"came the placid r Well, fortunately we It seems to me... by Gwyn Whilsmith would pass a riverbed and see a small patch of green being cultivated by a band of farmers, living with a few straggly cows. It was dry season, and except for those areas near a river, the coun- try was brown, desolate and dusty. The strangest sight we saw was the weird earth forma- tions, rising above the river beds, caused by thousands of years of erosion. These giant nodes, a hundred feet in height, wove in and out, for- ming the strangest, most awesome patterns. Covered with stiff, short, black vegeta- tion, they looked almost scary. Later, we were told weren't robbed, and we did finally arrive to visit Cana- dian missionaries in Jhansi, two hours late, because of engine trouble. Leaving in a couple of days, we caught an early ,morning People's Express to Agra. While there are ex- clusive, well appointed trains for the wealthy to travel on, the People's Express is the train that hauls millions of poor Indians across the coun- try each year. Passengers who are crammed into little space must be very patient because the train usually runs hours late. Nevertheless, these second class trains outstrip the others, tenfold, in their' earnings, even though the humble fare averages about three quarters of a cent a mile. Our's was a three tier train, so called because it has three tiers of benches, two of them hinged down from the wall, above the lower one. None have any coverings or pad- ding and the top two tiers are for sleeping, at night, or, if space is crowded, for squat- ting on in the daytime. We would not have found a seat had not a kindly Indian family squeezed together so we could share their bench. When they ordered food, which came in cardboard boxes, the first thing they did was to offer us some. Typical- ly, even the poorest Indian is generous, and mostly, very gracious. We sat in garbage up to our ankles until a young boy came along with a whisk to gather up the worst of it. We saw beg- gars, cripples, small animals, frail old people travelling with young brawny ones, all going someplace, perhaps to a relative's wedding or a religious festival. There is no such thing as air conditioning, or even fans, on that train, but since we were travelling in the early morn- ing, with all the windows open, the air wasn't too bad. I hate to think what it would be like in the heat of the day, however. • Another train we rode was the Taj Special, which com- mutes between New Delhi and Agra. We boarded late in the evening, and although our car was not air conditioned, there was a fan above each comfortable, reclining chair. The windows were again open, to let in the air, but un- fortunately, they let in a lot more: soot, cinders, dust and bugs. By the time our four hour ride was up, we could • scrape off the grime with a knife. Thank goodness, there was no shortage of writer at our hotel. It seemed to us, we might have to soak all night. Nevertheless, we rate our train rides in Indill as part of a wonderful experience. DRAPES OTHER THINGS Put a personal touch into your decorating needs. • Wall coverings • Window Treatments • Pratt & Lambert Paints Free shop at home service Call Carolyn Bradford ASH m We Deliver - 235-0212 ARI � �FTf OPEN THURSDAY i FRIDAY NIGHTS UNTIL 9 P.M. MAPLE LEAF CANNED HAMS • • 1.5 LB. 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