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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-11-24, Page 10tin 10 Th G4dorieh $ighaIStar, Th1 ri5day, November 1t4. 1960' Suprisingly Modern Lisbon Sliows Many Peoplcs, Many Rules LISBON,. Portugal – S4metUiilig. rather hauntingly familiar hung ,down from an overcast sky this morning a s our ship slow 1 y steamed up the Tagus river to its dock at Lisbon: It was a touch of modernity beyond anything we expected the longest suspension bridge in Europe, completed only a month. ago,, connecting both sides of the mile9wide Tagus, much as the Golden Gate b r i d g'e„conneFts Marin and San Francisco. While travel over it was comparatively light in comparison to the Bay area bridges, earth moving ma. chinery had gouged out a fam• iliar pattern of approaches. Even before,we reached down- totwnkLisbon its hrchitecture.told us, that this city has been oc- cupied by many peoples and many rules extending back .beyond the birth of Christianity. Old fort walls betrayed the Moorish occ- upation. Elevated viaducts told us the Romans has been here for sev- eral centuries. Wp passea the strikingly beautiful Jeronimus church, built in the 16th century, , a miracle of Renaissance arch- itecture which combines the sev- ere lines of Gothic with a happy combination of decoration br- ought back from India after Vasco da Gama's discovery of -a new The In Crowd Teen Club '67 "KEVIN" ' PHOTOGRAPHY FRED BISSET Call 524-7223 Evenings route ,to East Asia. This combin, anon of architecture -became common in Portugal, and is known as "Mapueline," It gives a light touch to sturdy masonry. In fact, the Manueline .style typifies the Perrtuguese. For here the people appear gay and happy, live under a blue sky and in a! climate very much like the Pax. shores of souther`rnCalfornia, Date- paimsi -olive._-trees, broom. ing bougainvilla vines mark the landscape everywhere. Century plants in. drier places anda hund- red kinds of trees and bushes cover the hills and valleys in a country that obviously gets more rainfall than California. Visitors from the Golden State cannot help nOting still another - comparison. For Lisbon 'too, had .ts great earthquak e. But it elated r back to 175,5 – well before our own, Revolution– when more than hall. of this then..well established sea- port made famous by Portuguese explorers, suffered a tremor which shook it to ground level, An enlightened. foreign minister, whose statue stands at one end of Avenida da L iberdade –one of the widest and most beautiful streets in the world – laid out the new Lisbon with avenues wide enough to accommodate today's traffic. Our 'one -day tour of Lisbon took • y, Specializing in "at your home" pictures of children, family and pets. Black and white or color. SANTA SAVINGS SALE t'fl\'TI.V I-fS AT N.T. Ormandy JEWELLERY DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY Savings ('p To 505 On Watches — Choose From — • TIMEX • ('ARAVELLE • BULOVA • W ITTN A I . ER • A('('i'TRON • LONGINFS You May Never Se• Prices Like These Again COME IN TODAY witairsareatrossirimmoti us back into the hills where we visited the Queen's Palace, a pink structure whose. many varied rooms — from the queen's bed• room to the large ambassador's banquet hall– contain the original furniture. Some rooms are done in Chinese, of Indian, or French style. Always, there's something from Pqrtugal in each rcorn ,.may. be the -tete most o,fteailwg.chand.,e. _ tiers, oft -en the tile. For through the centuries, the Portuguese havkk been proud of their tile. Particularly pictures in blue. Of ten the whole fronts of both res. 'deuces and businesses were done in blue tile. Many still remain. But a picture'ofareligiuus Scene, or of a light design, is common even on the fir•ont of modern resid- ences. .a, From the interesting Queen's palace we went -directly to Pena Castle, near Sentra. We reached it over a winding steep, twisting, narrow road built on the precip- itous hillside where the turns were so sharp that our bus often had to back up and make several tries before completing therm. This castle is surrounded by old •Morrish walls that Cascade clown the strep hill, but from the view 1,800 feet above sea level, we could see Lisbon, how it lies on seven hills, £'a ite gilt, Canadian Christmas Gifts HIGHWAY 21 SOUTH GODERICH L - OPEN 1 P.M. - 9 P.M. INCLUDING SUNDAY CLOSED MONDAY. When you are out for a drive +h'- weekend drop into our new Centennial re d browse r... ,. ur very large variety of Chr ideas. FOR THIS WEEKEI' ONLY GIFT SPECIAL BLUE MOUNTAIN POTTERY z_ Coffee Mugs & Tankards REGULAR 1.5095 • Two With CHSS TiveIIers H0LMESVJ,LLE – Pat Tebbutt and Lucille Bond were among -the two bus load of CHSS stu- dents who spent the weekend at 'Dearborn, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Norman visited . i 1 t'81sT Mrs: Kennet T.rewartha a.t Loudon Qn1 unday. The Sunday School teachers and officers met on Friday even- ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willian Norman. The superinten- dent Jim Lobb conducted the bust.- ness. White Gift Sunday will be observed on Dec. 4. The gifts will go to the Children's Aid Society. The annual Christnias concert is set for Saturday even- ing Dec. 17. Volley Ballers Work Into Finals By htancy Bell A week ago Tuesday, the Jun- ior Girls' Volleyball team tra. veiled to Exeter to take part in the Iluron-Perth volleyball tour- nament. Battling their way throw. gh the opposition, the girls reach., ed the finals where they were defeated by the team from Strat. ford Cerltra;l, By placing second,. the team_was eligible to take: """pari-130.WvSS:2 A! champion- ship, •which •was. heed on Satur- day in Stratford. Here, tiPe girls did not fare as well. Facing stiff, er competition from larger schools, the team lost to London's Catholic Central 15-10 and 15.4 and to Woodstock 15-9 and 15-3. Congratulations on a good effort girls! Friday evening the Viking foot- ball team officially brought its season to an end with a banquet in the school . cafeteria. Later, the B A.A. sponsored a Football dance with the music by the Tek. Niques from London. Congratula- tions to the team that had "an outside chanee of making the pia,, offs" and to Mr. Horner whore the boys consider to be the best coach this league will ever see, The yearbook committee has only sold 220 subscriptions! The '1 hr 1101111C, \ lilt' Supper. t'lutr 11 t to 11)1•• halt tut Salttt'dav ,t't rnln,ii l ht' t)leetint.: tta.. in $ hal OW prt•.idt•nt. Mindy L'11.l1 11 1.ohb read 111 imitates of the 1,1,1 rneetin... 1:11 t t it .alatl a„i ttntt tt:� tt tet c brou::ht tit .and the rook ,o , of tett v.ere demon strained ht the 11.Itic°r� O.H.A. JUNIOR "C” HOCKEY TWO HOME GAMES FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25th GODERICH Vs. HANOVER TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, .�: ,.. -... - ..�.,.-. _-,....._.... ....—... 1. ,.�.-.—..m..w.. ,..-far.-.v..-re.... ..•.0.........�- ....... �. GODERICH V s. NEW°. HAMBURG (.ODERIC/H ARENA —'8:30 P.M. — Adults -75c.. Students -50c -, Children -25c "SUPPORT THE SIFTOS" GERRY'S STORE - WIDE YOU CLEARANCE t:'9 - a •157..+. HE PRICES ARS SO LOW ION'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES THIS IS \' HAT YO1' HAVE BEEN KEEPING YOUR EYES PEELED FOR 0 RAIES F1 ONLY 154. w r. FREEZERS FROM ONLY 169. REFRIGERATORS FROM ONLY $199, w T L AUTOMATIC WASHERS FROM ONLY $249. W.T DRYERS FROM ONLY $159:' WR INGER WASHERS FROM ONLY $119. W.T. THESE ARE 'SOME EXAMPLES --- STORIEWIDE SAVINGS KFLVINATOR SAL APPLIANCES GEAR „ 120 THE SQUARE "The Store That Service Built” 524-8434 ii $ goal was ° Set at 350. Are you trying to think of sornething to get a friend fot. Christmas? Why not try a Yearbook? They're only $2.50 and well worth the price. You know the old saying .,Why waif 'for Spring? Du it now!" Besides, by Spring the price will have gone up again. Carols have been floatingfrom the auditorium at noon hours the last -.dew weeks. The Viking i3and is getting into the spirit of thinngsnp therefore, they should be a wel- come addition to the Christmas assembly this year. Thursday the group played at an assembly at the Central Huron Secondary School. in Clinton. Any of the Clinton students that I've spoken with felt that the band did an ex- cellent job. There were six tables in play the the Goderich Duplicate Bridge Club on Tuesday night. Winners and their scores were as follows: Mrs. Frank Reid and Mrs. Burps Rossi 50 1/2 ; Mrs„ Ivan Paper. nick and Mrs; BobSproule, 471.2, Ronald McDonald and Grant Show�. ers, 45; Mrs. Jack Cook andMrs. J. Chisholm tied with •Dr. and Mrs. Walter Oakes, 43. Good luck everyone on the ex. ams! For those of you who insist on cramming the night before, l rru'll probabl it need it. DON'T MISS The Eighty First' Anniversary at The Salvation Army Corm,* 18 Waterloo St., . Goderich Saturday, Nov. 26 and Sunday, Nov. 27 SATURDAY: 6:30 p.m., Supper (by ticket only) $1.75 3:00 p.m. FESTIVAL of PRAISE featuring Woodstock Songsters and Goderich• Corps Timbrelists. "Singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord" Eph. 5:19 SUNDAY: 10:00 a.m. Sunday School. 11:00 a.m. and 7;00 p.m. Special meetings conducted by Colonel and Mrs. M. Flannigan, Toronto. Guest Pianist—Captain Margret Baker, Toronto "To know the love of Christ which passeth Knowledge." Eph. 3:19 46x THIS YEAR. 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