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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-03-06, Page 10"6. Wingham Advauce-Times, Thursda • Mara as 1960 The Observation Post BY THE OLD GUNNER The Ordnance team has left. The RCEME team is in Listowel this week Then someone phone s to report that the Deputy Minister's auditors will be cam - Ing. We like to see people and we realize they are° trying to help, but this is too-snuch. We. wish some of these people would let us stumble through on our own. Certainly when they are hovering about personnel con- cerned with the everyday run- ning of the unit are unable to do their work. 0-0--0 This meek Bombardier B. D. Daymon and F. L. Tilker of 97 Bty., Walkerton, left for CFB Shilo on the artillery techni- cians course which will termin- ate on March 21. They will have company coming back as Lt. Cullen's course ends at the same time. A letter was received at Reg- imental HQ requesting that the unit participate in the Royal Canadian Artillery Associations Bty competition in June. We have indicated the unit will compete.' With all the people we have qualified this year we should be able to give the other units quite a run for their mon- ey. • 0--0--0 Well, at this writing young MacLean. should be on his way back from Shilo. That is, if he can get our of CFB Shilo. We understand the weatherman dumped 30 inches of snow on that area, causing quite a tie up.• 0--0--0 Pte. John Welwood has been posted from CFB Cornwallis to the Combat Arms School at CFB Borden for the second phase' of his training. I BERG • SALES - SERVICE • INSTALLATION FREE ESTIMATES * Barn Cleaners . •Blink Fowlers * Stabling Donald 6. Ives •R. R. 2, BLYTH Phone BRUSSELS 443W4 J23-A3p Pte. Bernard Morin WA four weeks left in his c oitkr s e foz medical. assistants. Hl f overall, average to date is 83 4% Keep it up Bernie and you should be a shoe -in for the Airborne Med** ical Section. Bernie brought a friend from Port Coquitlam. B.C., with him for the week- end, Pte. Derck Normans The boys thoroughly enjoyed them- selves at the winter carnival. 0--Q--0 I guess the CO. Lt. Col. Rit- ter, surprised the members of the unit when he stepped on the ice for the old-timers.. A goal and three assists is a :Ay re- spectable performance for any hockey player, regardless of the league. Well done, sir; particu- larly after the difficult week's work and engagements which preceded this performance. 0--0--0 There was quite a shortage of equipment after that week- end exercise. Five outer sleep- ing. bags, a pair of snow shoes and a pair of bindings. We shudder to think of the cost. However, we are certain it was • the Ordnance Depot in London that short changed us. A dis- crepancy report was raised on the Depot. Now the arguments begin. 0--0--0 The word from HQ, Western Ontario District, is that W. Q. Morin has a very good chance of remaining in his presentposi- tion. This, of course, is not definite. -The last word will come from the ivory tower, Dir- • ectorate of Personnel at CFHQ, Ottawa. • 0--0--0 It is with heavy heart that we report the passing of one of 99 Bty's ex -Lance Bombardiers, E. H. (Ted) Martyn. Until his sickness Ted ran the battery canteen. He also made lunches for the boys and regaled them with all manner of stories about • military life. He was the typic al "old soldier", and like an old soldier he has faded away. ' He will not be forgotten.' MEAT PATTIES -The fourth meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Henry • Hohnstein with eight members present. Susan Holutstein read the minutes. Beef stew with dumplings was demorittratecl by Mrs. Hohnstein. Miss Glad- ys Huth led the discussion on buying meat and home care of meat. KINDERGARTEN AND QRADE 1 • 'REGISTRATION WILL BE HELD AT • • BLYTH Public School ... . . . . . MARCH 10 BRUSSELS Public School.. . MARCH 12 BELGRAVE Public School. ...MARCH 13 BETWEEN 2:00 AND 4:00 P.M. • Ages—Kindergarten: 5 years by Jan. 1,10 —Grade I: 6 years by Jan. 1, '70 • Anyone attending Kindergarten need not register for r' • • Grade I. Parents please bring birth certificates and immuni- zation records where possible. 27-6h Business and • Professional Directory C. W. CASLICK LIFE - HEALTH • BUSINESS INSURANCE • 50 Patrick Street East • Wingham , • Representing. - IMPERIAL LIFE . . A27-lyr CAVILLER & COMPANY Chartered Accountants Resident Partner " J. E. Kennedy, t.A. Dial 881-3471 - Walkerton Crawford, Shepherd and Mill Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. J. Harley Crawford, O.C:. Norman A. Shepherd, M.A., LLB. Alan R. Mill, BA., LLB. WINGHAM, ONTARIO Dial 3574630 • Chiropractor R. BRAY, D.C. 256 Centre Street Phone 357-1224 •• • Wingham WINGHAM MEMORIALS GUARANTEED GRANITES CEMETERY LETTERING REASONABLE PRICES ' Buy Direct and Save Bus. Ph.° 357-1910 Res. Ph. 357-1015 Frederick F. Homuth Phm.B., R.O. Carol E. Homuth, RO Mrs, Violas H. Homuth, RO OPTOMETRISTS Phone 333-•2712 HARRISTON - ONTARIO J. T. GOODALL BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NpTARY, ETC. Mee — Meyer Block WINGHAM DIAL 357.1990 nook. fll tourist finally a* those things?" /14.1s1n, see, " said she ye- lPre:Iha v e the me value for ardef" •*Not cluitei "11e answere4 "Anyme can open an or." MUSICAL CUBS-- 3.ntertainment was provided at the father and son Scout banquet last Wednesday evening by a group of musical Cubs led by Scoutmaster Don Rintoul.The Cubs also pet'formed a very interesting short skit involving /41.111 “••••11114111 the eventual demise of an unpopular restaurant owner. The banquet was a well attended event and we under- stand the food was one of the main attractions for both father and son.—A-T Phpto. .... wes.easOsateisissoits ...... . on Globe trotting with J. H. Currie • Delphi, Greece, February 18, 1969 We flew from Johannesburg to Athens, stopping down in Nairobi to refuel, arriving in Athens at 5.30 a. m. • inie had breakfast on the plane. All the food was raw or half cooked so didn't eat anything but a piece of cake and something rolled in pastry. A bus took us to the King George Hotel. Most of the tour went to bed but Burt and I went to C. P. A. about tickets. He had purchased a ticket home for me like the rest, against my wishes. Eventually mine was rerouted to Nice, via Rome; then to Barcelona, Madrid, London and to Toronto. It is an open ticket, good for twelve months and I arrange my own dates. After lunch we went on a tour of Corinth. The route was over a good road in a new bus; • very quiet and comfortable. The guide spoke English with a • decided accent, so I didn't al- ways get everything he said. I . guess lneed a hearing aid. He - gave us a detailed discourse on Greet glories and history, an- cient and modem. Ancient Greece was made up of city states, like Corinth, Sparta, Delphi and Athens and they warred amongst themselves. . Greece is mostly mountains with valleys between., The val- leys are small and the soil is poor. Being mostly on the sea the Grt-lts early took to the. sea for a living and in a word 'Thecame pirates, founding Col- onies all along the Mediterran- ean. Warring against each oth- er, they had to foOfy their cities for protection, hence the number and se -he of these works were prodigious. The works at Corinth have 'fallen into ruins • through time. A lot of the -ma- terial has been carted away for other works. Sculpture and art were also looted by each suc-. cessive conqueror of Greece. The farmers of Gitece live in villages as in ancient times -- then for protection, now be- cause the houses are there. Each one has a little plot, not fields as in Canada, and they go out to work in the morning, taldng lunch and staying all d&y. Most ride a mule with a pack saddle. They ride sideways. So me have horses but they generally ride a mule and leave the horse be - bind. There are some tractors in the bigger valleys. We stopped where a farmer - was ploughing a headland right beside the road. He let them take pictures. He used a short . handled iron plough with share, • the cutter on top like we used 50 years ago. The horse wore a collar upside down to the way we used them, the wide part at the top. There was no bit. Rope lines were attached to the sides of the halter; chain tugs with back b an d .' The , horse walked in the furrow. He was ploughing about four inches in depth: In one section I saw a man • harrowing with a team. The harrows were two sections about 6 feet long. He stood on the harrows. A lot of the plots • were very stoney. Some were sowed to 'wheat, up about 4 inches. Another place I saw wheat being sown by hand. The Olive trees are their main standby. They last for. years. We stopped by o n e claimed to be 4, 000 years old. The trees should be pruned back, Quite a few hire strangers to do this as the owners can't bring themselves to cut the trees. They love them. The other big business on the mountain side is grape vines Like olives and wheat they are planted in any patch of ground between the rocky places, .up the sides of the mountain and in the villages as well: Itseem- to be a very pleasant job at this time. Some stones are picked up but there are lots lying around. Up here in Delphi some people were very industrious long ago as there are whole terraces be- tween the rows of rocks, like in Palestine. Believe me, I wouldn't give them a nickle for either country. I had lots of rocks on my own farm but when removed I had good soil that responded te care. Yesterday on our way to Del- phi we visited a Greek Orthodox monastery built in the sixth century. It was small compar- ed to the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome, but a colossal work, nevertheless, with arched clois- ters built of marble and worked in mosaic in the domes, most- ly depicting Christ and the Vir- gin Mother, the.Apostles, His teaching, crucifixion and resur- rection. We had to walk about a quarter of a mile from the • bus to the monastery, down hundreds of steps. The monas- tery was built in the hollow at the bottom of mountains..,.It rained while there so we got a bit damp. The climbing Ina .1 • was hard on the wind. Whi/eN raining there it was snowing in the mountains around Delphi so we had to drive about 20 miles through an inch of snow. The road was paved but there were lots of sharp tums and steep inclines. We got to the hotel about 2 o'clock. The rest got lunch and started but I stayed over. I spent the night here but had to • go to bed to get warm. I had two big covers besides the one on the bed. I went for a walk around town before dark. It is built on the side of a mountain, each street 200 to 300 feet above or below the other. There . are walls and retaining walls everywhere to hold back the mountain, built of stone mostly with cement or mortar to hold - together. .The streets are nar- row with two foot sidewalks. . The houses are square with the street with straight up fronts. The hotel has 100 rooms but has no business right now. An American couple and I were the only people here last night. Dinner consisted of omelet; perk chops, vegetables and an orange. I traded my chop for a cup of coffee. I had milk for breakfast but regretted it as I think it is goat's milk, atleast not my brand. The young Americans were from Chicago. He is a sailor an week -end, leave. They invited me to join them for dinner which was very nice and broke the.monotony. They have just driven away nowand are doing the sights. I'M waiting now *for today's tour to join them and clothe museum, etc., and go back to Athens. I'm writing outside in the sun, the only place that is warm. I fly to Nice tomorrow via Rome and hope I like it better there. These people are sturdy. In Athens they are well dressed and look as if they have - plenty of money. There is lots of construction, apartments, hotels, 'and buildings of all kinds. Olive oil is their great- est industry, tourism second, wine third and also one of their biggest exports is people. Rome, Italy February 119 I should be in Nice now but our plane was late. The flight I was to have taken was .gone when we arrived so Attalla put. two of us in a taxi and put us up here at the Hotel Michelangelo for the night. The other chap is ,from Saskatoon on a trip to Israel. He said he was only two days there and spent most of his time in Old Jerusalem. I didn't get to see it when I was • there in. '66 as the Jordanians occupied it then. We just got to look over the gate. This is a nice hotel. Quite close to the Vatican. It is ov- errun with ,important looking prelates as there'is some big pow -wow on. One American is over six feet tall and five feet • around., I heard him say over 100 were coming to Rome from Yugoslavia. His father and • mother came from there'. I have big ears and frankly, I ' listen when I get a chance. At , the airport I heard two Ameri- can boys pn a student tour dis- cussing their experiences. One • had ,been to Russia. He said they could get Russian.rubles cheap on„ the black market in Eaitem Europe but it was risky as the Russians were pretty thorough in their search. One girl got caught and they gave • her a bad time detaining her a , day with a genuineinterroga- don. These lads are travelling on a tight budget. So much for gossip. : I completed my tour of Del- . ,,,• I• Tilf:I'91 ;.ft..,,: , 1 • phi yesterday. I meant to tell you the hotel there. is floored with flagstones, upstairs and down. About a half dozen wo-' men scrubbed them Tuesday morning splashing water all ov- er the place. I joined the tour in the after- noon to go' through the Delphi • Museum. Not very inspiring. We got a lot of talk from the guide about the dates and • changes in formas the date pro- gressed. They are supposed to date from the 6th Century to 4th B. C. Then we climbed part way up. the mountain to the ruins of Appolo's Temple and the place where the Oracle of Delphi gave forth her findings, supposed to be relayed to her by AppOlo. A tremendous amount of work went into the thing and all for a myth; now just huge blocks of .stone lying about. The Theatre (open air and of stone) is still there and since being restored in 1928 by an American lady: with money, concerts are held once a year. „ • Letter received by a school principal: "With reference to your letter of September 22, I am sorry to advise that the film "It Must Be Somewhere" has been lost and has never been replaced. 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