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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-10-26, Page 7the Blue Thumb By .0. MacLeod Ross Expo 67 consists of. Some 120 pavilions, spread over two lozenge shaped islands in the St, Lawrence. Of these,, one and a half •is artificial. Unless you can stay a monthor more it is obvious.hhat selectivity must be exerci.S1, rriore especially when it- is limited to two visits as in the,�.present case. With the MetrOj on shrike, a taxi was the Only sure way toarrive. After thatt,,the Expo Express lands, pu oh Ile Ste. Helene, follo* by ile Notre Dame, whilst more direct access to specific buildings or for a gen. eral view of exteriors, theSwiss Minirail i"s for you. If you are not in the first flush of youth Expo can entail a good deal,. of physical effort. There are stairs -stairs -stairs. Stairs which recall the bard's "Boots-boots--boots-boots - moving up and down again." Incidentally one of the Contin. uous exhibits and one which no one misses is the wonderful variety of footwear worn by the weaker sex and sometimes even by the reputedry stronger. The first general external impression is not so much of color as of form. A legion of international architects has vied to reproduce the illustra. tions from the manual of solid geometry and they have drain- ed it dry. Spheres, rhomboids, ALBERT MIDDEL PAINTING DECORATING 524-9686 394 4 ins tetrahedrons, pyramids, geode. tics, prisms, pentagons, poly,. gons, crescents, scutates, fah, Cates, cardioids the eye mists - the 'brain reels. And when recovery is complete, re. member that •this is only three years' work° tat in 10 months 15- millidn tons. of earth were trucked in, plus Wile million tons dredged hi -fin -the river bed. It -is not .surprising that the islands as planned could not be completely built up. But adversity mothered an attrac- tive solution in the, form of lagoons and lakes which make up nearly half of Ile Notre Dame. ' As this iswritten, some three weeks before the closing date, over 45 million people have seen the ti wonders. The popu- larity of each pavilion is mea. sured by 'time waiting in line' and it is hard to 'see OW Expo's great popularity could have been pregauged. The Telephone Com- panies of Canada show a film every half hour from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Every half hour 1,500 people see it- 31,500 per diem. There 'is a queue of • course, but once inside there is no overcrowding. A nice piece of calculation! However at pop. ular pavilions, where the throughput is continuous over the full 10.1/2 hour'day; where you can stay or leave at will; in these on a crowded day, you may find a phalanx of bodies prevents your seeing all ex. hibits. What are some of the high. •, lights? Anyone who has been .to New Mexico and more partici'. larly to Taos, will recognise the inspiration for Habitat. For here you can live in apart. ments, each a self-contained cube placed at random in irre. gular terraces, up to 10 stories high, just as the Navajho In. dians lived. The difference lies in the novel preconstruction of the 158 units, each complete with all offices, each weighing, 70 to 80 tons, hoisted intdpr ee by crane ta form an amor- phous figure which defies geo.' metric classification; The theme is Man in the Community,. Another Unseen, :but. popular -pavilion is .,Labyrinth, where a film brings in intimate insight into the fundamental signifi.A, ' Cance of man. This and the several other Theme pavilions were. built with -international cooperation, each theme being intended to round out thy, main philosophy of Expo 67, which. is 'Man and his World,' It is very noteworthy that wherever you roamed you met nothingbut camaraderie, bonhomie, polite. ness and a genuine regard for the other man. A triumph in itself. . And yet, in this babel of na.s• tions, for each pavilion was at• tended by its own nationals, imported for the duration, the national characteristics, came through. For example in the 'prestige' restaurant La Con. corde, of the French--pavili'o`n, the maitre was -a shade dicta; torial if,' when ordering, you strayed from the set table d' jpte menu and tried to interpolate a succulent dish from the a' la carte side. Yes prices are high; they 'recently went up 50 per cent, but the food was. the genuine article, no doubt about _it and those who have never seen an elephant being cooked over a spirit lamp, can have no idea of the gastron. ••omit resourcefulness of the French. It was here too that we suffered a set -back, for we ,were determined to loose off some of our, mach rehearsed Parisian accent on these maitres and garcons, 'direct form Paris'. But inspite of the rehearsals (always ask quer-- tions - never mind that the answers are unintelligible) our best efforts 7,ere invariably re.. buffed in Enlish - the tongue which every foreigner aspires to learn. Need something big? Get an IiFC Big Purchase Loan Buying new appliances, a better car? Save money by paying cash.' See HFC for a Big Purchase Loan. 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After One such repast you were well .advised either to take a protracted sninirail ride or, more restful still, a trip round the lagoons iri a gondola at 15 cents a minute, Nearby the Tundra stands .,the Canadian building, an'inverted pyramid, from the top of which the ardent photographer can, get some good shots. Adjoin. ing, Ontario has erected a soar• ing version of the tent at Strata, ford of early days, surrounded by great blocks of granite, the purport of which escapes. As you emerge frotn any of these pavilions on to the flower filled boulevards, you, can meet Surprise. 'the' skir.,ling of the pipes are none other than those of the Black Watch of Canada Regiment, dressed in' scarlet tunic, bearskin and the most pbpuj,nr• tartan in the world today. But stop! What follows this martial' music? Why a com. pany of chocolate soldiers; the 42nd = the 'thin red line' of immortal memory, dekilted, desporraned, dehosed and de. gaitered. : If this be the price of integration, good God we ha' paid in full! • It is time to retourner a nos moutons, by which is meant some detail of the pavilions vis. ited in depth. When you can l•% only see two out of 120, itwould be fatuous to say the Telephone presentation is 'the one which leaves the most lasting impres- sion. Nevertheless, just as when you visit Williamsburg, Vir. -ginia, to. take in what. a bens. ficent American has . recon. strutted' of the footprints in time whirl the Lion left in 1796 you should see first the short movie of the life of those tunes. So ,dere, in Canada, you should see your own country first and lit a short 22 m'.nutes, it would be hard to provide a more telling spectacle. You are standing in a cylindrical theatre with a screen filling the complete 360 degrees of horizon. On this is projected in color a picture:of which, owing to the limitations of the hµman eye, only about one,, third can be encompassed at one instant. •The movie openswith a moun. ted charge by the RCMP, and since you are the man in the middle, you.bid fair to be pier. ced simultaneously by fifty odd lances, rushing at you from every . point of 'compass. Mercifully there is no actual bloodshed. The troopers halt just in time for you to stroke the smoking muzzles of their steeds. From this stirring scene you are wafted,,as though by aircraft, and thus enabled to scan the continent from seal to sea. Halifax Harbour, the 'Bluenose', the Perce rock, the bounteous hills and dales: The natural .wonders of Churchill • ThIe G erich Signal -Star, Thursday,(. t •. . / v. ..Ili.. ..-.. i�.. . ...s. •.,t n �1..� �.. 1967 �� .� Nt �U �..-� and Niagara . Falls, The smoke and grime of Hamilton, smd. 8,1 1'10 Dury.. 'Tie-Orellt L 1Cea, Ilse: into the gorgeous yellows and browns of the Prairie harvest. On to Lake Louise •and the Rockies. (Where on this con. til ent can you see mare beau, tiful natural ' scenery than be- tween Louise and Jasper?) On . then to the wild rushing beauty' of the Fraser Canyon and fin. ally to Vancouver and the is. land capital'bf British Colum. bia at Victoria,. When you have seen all this, projected -19y Walt Disney's fantastic technique, you pass through the doors realizing to what a magnificent heritage you have fallen heir.. (Next week the ;British pavi. lion and La Scala.) To Meet "Task Force" Ontario farm leaders say they want to meet "just as soon as possible" with the recently an. nounced task force on agricul. ture. • They were commenting on the announcement Friday of five men to the., force, which was announced in the throne' speech May 8. OFA president, Charles Munro of Embro says he hopes the force will start "at the earliest possible moment" to work toward development of a national agricultural policy:" • Petty.Officer First Mass` Kenneth Gardiner, • 25, • son •of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gardiner of 181 Wilson,Street, Goderlch4 studies the, calibration of radio active instrunl .nts during a three Week Nuclear; Chemical and Biological Defensive Warfare Course at Canadian Fomes Base; Borden, Oath, (Canadian Forces Photo) •r he says."We are glad it has been appointed now, and can get on with the job." A week before the appoint. ments were announced, an OFA resolution deplored the "delay and the lack of consultation with _ farm organizations on the com- position of the force;" Mr. Munro says each of the new appointees will be sent a copy of the brief that was pre. 'sented at Ottawa in May. "When the full-time coordinators are appointed we will send them enough copies for all their staff. "The policies advocated, in that brief are the ones the On. tario Federation of Agriculture wants to bring before this force." Mr. Munro said many of the ideas in the brief are presen• ted in a 'paper by one of the - appointees, Dr. J. C. Gilson of the University of Manitoba, and published recently by the Agri. cultural Econom5cs Research Council. of Canada. "I look forward to discussing these concepts with the mem. bers of_ the task force." While on the subject of food, another gastronomic adventure could be had in the Canadian Tundra restaurant, for her you could indulge your long acquir. ENJOY THE FINEST . FOOD. IN TOWN Chinese Food Our Specialty ALSO TAKE-OUT ORDERS OPEN DAILY 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. . Open Friday and Saturday Until 12 Midnight The Esquire Restaurant "524-9941" Pi you are NEW -TO -TOWN or Piave just moved into a new home GODERICH'S OWN ... . WELCOME • SERVICE ,vould liketo cats on you with. "housewarming gifts" and an --- formation about your new loca- tion. 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