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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-11-16, Page 18Times, Thursday, Nov. 16 1972 AIM% Oh ilia. a��.'44AWS. a:f., SINGAPORL TUN GARDEN CITY has been said and written atiOut. Singapore, the Garden City. yet most Canadians know '4ter'y little about this city and is- land which bear the same name fiery few Canadians have visited Singapore as it is quite far away li om us here in North America, however more and more experi- enced and some not-so-experi- .,,enced Canadian travellers are discovering the warmth and charm it has to offer. The tropical climate, the won- derful sights to see, the great duty-free shopping bargains, the marvellous mixture of people liv- ing in harmony to make "Instant Asia"... these are some of the things I discovered during my re- cent visit. Singapore consists of the Island of Singapore and 54 other small islands: It is flanked by Malaysia on the north, Philipines on the north-east and Indonesia on the south. The city of Singapore is situated at the Southern part of the island. Climatically speaking, there is no distinct wet or dry season as rain falls throughout the year. Singapore gets the heaviest rain- fall during the first half of the northeast monsoon, from No- vember to January. The average •day temperature is approxi- mately 85 degrees and at night 75 degrees. Singapore does not get the name "Garden City" by acci- dent. The natural vegetation is tropically evergreen; orchids, ferns, hanac rotthc and climbers grow in such abundance every- where. At present, the Singapore Government • has undertaken a project to plant grass., trees, flowers and shrlubs along road -di- viders, circuses and road' junc- 'tions in order to make Singapore the cleanest, greenest city in South -East Asia.,C saw iush tropical greenery YVverywhere we lf! - went, even in the heart of the city. Just ' how much does a support - Age -old Angsanas, Casuarinas, ing cast influence the .success or Rain Trees, ,Flame of the Forests.. failure of a television series? in line the roads to form leafy arch- . some cases, probably not too es, while colourful Bougainvillae, much. Dick York left "Be- Canna►shrubs and Rhododendron witched" and Dick. Sargent took bushes grow freely _ along the, his place; no one seemed to care. wayside. The Bukit Timah Nal. Family members on "My Three ture Reserve is well worth a visit Sons" have changed as kids grew because of its unusual trees, out of their. roles; still the series shrubs and creepers *rr low many rinks tF What does one O fl ee i 'haven't cse members become Singapore? Let me tell yonbrief= tired of their roles and walked unique 'pasar maim' and in case you don't already know, these are night markets. M', wife literally thought she was in Paradise here. Basically what they are is hun- dreds of colourful stalls getting together every evening of the week at different sites throughout the island. display ing their temp- ting wares by glowing lamplight. The variety of things you can buy at a, pasar nialam is quite incred- ible. . anything from exotic bright fabrics, sandals. souvenir items, pop and folk records. fresh fruit .and tasty .snacks, pots and pans. toys. children's clothes, ba- tik shirts... all at bargain prices. The 'pasar rnalain' 1, undoubted- ly the favourite shopping excur- sion for the Singaporean family and we met many of them as we mingled with the many people at the market. I would advise that. you snake this a must during your stay in Singapore... chances are there will be one near your hotel. Eating is a pure delight in Sing- apore. There are a variety of foods to be found beginning with Chinese, Malay, Indonesian, In- dian and European. The Chinese cooking boasts the Cantonese, Hunanese, Teochew, Szechuan, and Jokkien styles, each with their own distinctive flavours and dressing. Malay .and Indonesian type food is mainly of Sumatran origin and known as Nasi Pa-• dang. This style of .cooking uses plenty of chili, pepper and spices. One of the ►host famous Malay dishes is satay which is tenderi- zed spiced mutton, chicken or beef barbecued over charcoal and dipped in a chili -hot peanut sauce. They are served skewered and cost 30 cents a stick depend- ing on where they are sold. Authentic Indian food is pre- pared to perfection .in many res- taurants in $erangoon Rd. One first-class Muslim restaurant in Hill Street serves nasi bryani as well as Tandoori chicken, fish frauzini, a wide variety of naan and pilau prepared in Kashmiri style. A wide range of European food is served in the large hotel restaurants. Italian chicken cac- ciatore, Russian borsch, Mongo- lian steak, Swiss lobster flambe, French chateaubriand, Ameri- can princess salads, Scottish sal- mon, Sydney oysters, New Zea- land steak. Vintage` spirits and wines are always available and service is impeccable. 1 would recommend to you for that special. evening to remem- ber... dinner on board one of the floating restaurants which in- cludes good food, good wine and inusic to dance to under the stars. .. against a neon -lit city skyline. Yes, Singapore has much to offer the tourist, from sight- seeing, shopping., eating, ming- ling with the local people and just having a wonderful time on this island so far away from us here in ra nari.A ly some of the places of interest and other,,, attractions we visited during. our ' stay,_ There's China- town with a ,teething hub of in- • credible sights,. sounds, and; smells of Asia. Here we saw the specialty cook select pieces' of snake, •turtle, flying fox and every conceivable kind of food stuff from the rich harvest of land and -sea. And :the medicine shops sell anything from ginseng . to dried sea horses. The latest addi- tions ,to Chinatown are People's • Park and Outram Park... multi= storey shops where bargaining is a fine art. • • Another favourite with many tourists is to rest for a few mo- men,.s in the Elizabeth Walk. We happened' to be there in .the late afternoon. Built on' almost a mile of reclaimed land, Elizabeth Walk is a pleasant promenade not far from the centre of the main shopping • area. We watched a tropical sunset and saw Sing pore's "Instant Asia" go by. Chinese girls in colourful cheong- sams. vivacious Malay girls in sarong kebayas and willowy In- dian girls in graceful saris. Flowering shrubs. colourful bou- gainvilleas and lush' age-old rain - trees Gadd to the beauty of Eliza- beth Walk. Singapore is unique for its on; few people missed them.; Even when Adam Cartwright got bees in his cowboy pants and left "Bonanza" for bigger things, most of us felt 'who cares?' and continued to watch it. But you watch a nice big lov- able guy like Dan Blocker for 14 years and youidentify with him. No Casanova was Hoss Cart- wright ; he wasn't the handsome romantic type that you pictured getting the girl. But he had a courage, an integrity, .strength and character 'that you couldn't help but admire. With his sudden death last spring, the Cartwright family and the entire series • seemed to come apart at the seams, Bonanza, for the first time in., its life, was fighting a tough battle to stay on top of the ratings. And eventually, it lost. January of .every year sees many cancellations—new series that didn't work out, old series that ran out of ideas, sick series that never should have been born, often die in mid-season. But the saddest is the demise of Bonanza because of the- circumstances surrounding it. Now Lorne Greene and Michael Landon will have to move on; it will be ex- tremely difficult for them to get acting jobs; they will never be anyone but Ben Cartwright and By Vonni Lee his youngest, Little Joe. Landon has written and directed many episodes during the series; he may turn to that type of thing. And I suppose Greene would al- ways be welcome back in Canada where he began as a radio an- nouncer. It is a tough blow; they have not only lost a friend but.a life. And it is -a loss to•televition; en- tertainment of` its calibre is not prevalent these days. This now. makes '.Gunsmoke" the unchal- lenged champion for the longest - running series; it must now be in its 17th or 18th season. Hey kids, it's that time again!. Santa ..Claus comes to CBC -TV this Saturday, the 18th, and will be telecast live beginning at 9:15. Theme of the parade this year will be "How do you get to Christ- masland?''' and floats willgen- erally depict this 'scene in winter settings where blue and silver will. predominate. This is the 68th year of the big Toronto parade; TV hosts will be singer Juliette and the Hi Diddle Day ° puppets. Sacred Heart euchre winners Miss Annie McKinnon was con= vener for the Sacred Heart euchre party. Eleven tables were. in play. High lady was Mrs. Beatrice Shropshall and high man was Jim Wilson. Low prizes went to Mrs. George Day and Joe Redmond. Mrs. Jean Deans was the winner of a special door prize. Queen Elizabeth Walk, Singapore COLD, RAINY WEATHER didn't hold back Wingham Public School entrants in the inter- school cross-country race at F. E. Madill Secondary School a week ago Tuesday. Lined up waiting for the starting gun, front to rear, are young athletes Ken Tervit, David Rae, Pam Clark, Marlene Hastings, Janet Wood, Elizabeth Wehmeyer and Susan Foxton: Staff Photo. HIGH WLING THURSDAY MIXED A real battle is raging for first place! Anyone could be up there next week! Barry's Boomers are still ahead with 37 points. Don's Dampers are sneaking up with 36 points,; Bruce's Boozers have= worked their way up and now have 35. Perrie's Panthers aren't far behind with 31; Murray's Miseries have 26 and • Gary's Guys and Gals have 24, not that far behind either. Fran Gerrie bowled a nice 254 to take ladies' high single. Gwen Swan had high triple of 568. . "Old Fireball'', Bruce Machan, again bowled the high single of a0k and' high triple of 704 for the Some other good games were bowled too: Keith' Moffatt. 207, Bill Montgomery 216, 221; Gwen Swan 216; Don Montgomery 250; Barry Fryfogle 239, 244; Fran Gerrie 208, 254; Bruce Machan 222, 301; Earl Young 211; Martin Hanninon ' 217, 217, .235; Perrie Holmes 247; Emma Deyell 216. Thanks to Keith .Moffatt for sparing. WEDNESDAY NIGHT LADIES' LEAGUE ' Sharon's Garnets are in first place with 481/2 points and Judy's Pearls are close behind with 37 points. Joanne's Opals have ..33; Barb's Sapphires 32; Jean's Emeralds 28 and Ruth Ann's Zir- cons 201. High single was Ruby MacLen- nan's 288; she also bowled the high triple of 765. Games over 200: Verna Steffler 211; Maude Schiestel 222; 224; Sharon Skinn 236; Diane English 203, 217; Louise Welwood 260, 228; Grace Thompson 247; Nora Fin- nigan 209; Judy Hickey 202; Ruby MacLennan 241, 236, 288; Jean King 221; Barb Dauphin 245;' Connie Hickey 202; Gloria Thomas. 216; Shirley Langridge 251; Joanne Harrison 231. LEGION LADIES The Laurentians are still in front with 41 points; the Model A's are second with 33. The Comets have 29 and the Tin Liz- zies 19. High single of 268 was rolled by Jean King; runner-up was Betty Morin's 233. High triple was Lila Hickey's 661; runner-up was Jean King with her 632. • COMMERCIAL LEAGUE Joyce Gaunt came up with a terrific 309 single and a 669 triple for the league last week. Nice bowling, Joyce! The high single for the men was rolled by Rod. Hickey with 284; Ed Daer won high triple honors with his 647. The Cadillacs and Ramblers are running neck and neck at 37 points each. The Meteors have 28 and behind them breathing down their necks, come the Cougars with 27. The Chevs have 23; Chryslers 16. Thanks to the spares who' al- most took over : Helen Casemore, Bob Holmes, Betty Lee, Wes Sim- mons, Gloria Thomas, Ed Daer, Donna' Ablett, Bruce Machan, Len Philips and Fred Lee. SENIOR LADIES Mrs. Mae Mitchell was the big wheel this week. She bowled the high double of 341 and the high single of 193. Two other good doubles were rolled by Mrs. Jean SCORES Crump, 318, and Mrs. Kay Mur- ray with a.309. . The Wild Roses, now with 22. points, are leading the other posies. The Forget-Me-Nots shouldn't be forgotten, though. They're up to 18. The Buttercups have 11 and the Bluebells 9. FORDWICH MIXED Alex 'Reid 259, 206; Doug Browne -239, 229; Winnie Winkel 232; Jack Schumacher 242; Leone - 'Foerter 216, 225; Don Bridge 246; Gertie Lambkin 208; Les Carter 232, • 219; Jack Ruttan. 248, 260; Bonnie Wilson 278, 207, 233; Bob •lar ('Ck 225, 223; Pete Eskritt 208; Nellie Allen 208; Fran Har- -uock,1:i5; . Carol- Donaldson 224, 9219. Ladies' high 'single, Bonnie Wilson 278 and high triple 718; gent's high -single, Jack Ruttan 260 and high triple 675. 0-0-0 TOWN LEAGUE MIXED BOWLING Minnie McElwain 242; Norman Ettinger 227; Clarence Carswell 204; Gordon Angst 228, 211; Dave Dinsmore 219, 202, 222; Jim Vittie 200. WROXETER LEAGUE • , High.' triples were bowled by Ron McMichael with 693 and Ethel McMichael with 544. Scores over 200:. Ron Mc- Michael, 292, 233; Glenn Mc- Michael 265; Jerry Timm 248; Ken Edgar 238; Ken Pellett 230; Jim Taylor 229, 223; Steve Owen 227; Roy Stewart 226; Ted Smith 221; Wayne Sanderson 215; War- ren Fines 215; . Wendell, Stamper 205. • Ethel McMichael was the only gal with a game over 200; her sin- gle was 211. Any tips for the rest of us, Ethel? . MOLESWQ& , . ,.., ; Here are this week's over 200 bowling scores as reorded by the' Ilue. its McCan, Bremner , 243, R904, '; .pay Martin 224, ,. ad MatbesOn 27O 215; Joe Moore ;: Donna Boole 215, Howl Baker 214): ,.._ . 24; Oordon Mahon 211, 228, 3011,740; Pon McCanrlell 202; 207; , Velma l3Gwen 216. An area of two trillion acres .of boreal forests in Eastern Canada may be required to support a 500 - ton per day craft pulp mill in per- petuity. ACROSS 1. A store 5. Pant 9. Near 1 poet. ) 10. Grant 12. Volga river city 13. Plainer 14. Epoch 15. Yes. in Spain 17. Consumed 18. Compass point (abbr.) 19. Wheel projections 22. 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