The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-07-24, Page 519
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So -- Nve had a "three ring
circus' in the park this year ---
but wasn't it just GREAT?
Everyone was certainly excited
about the. larger Art Mart with
the wonderful variety of
paintings and crafts.This is our
first year for such a urge
showing and it was certainly well
received.
'There should be room, now,
for a bigger and better show
eacli Year — and the Art Mart is
definitely advertising, far and
wide, the nice town of Goderich.
.We are all thankful for the
__wonderful . weathet.atw-this_..time....
•
— when I say "all" — the
vacationers are especially
included — as they were getting
a little discouraged.
This is great weather for
adventures and "discovering"
things. I am told many people
have now "found" the ice cold
waterfall at Pipers Dam — and
you know = it really wasn't lost,
it has been there for years — but
where were YOU?
This is a great time.. to go.
rooting around the many
antique places and there are
quite a few of them in this area.
I hear they have wonderful
treasures and the prices are right.
You sure 'hate to be looking at
so called "antiques" and find
something marked up higher
than . the .price of the item -
brand new in the store - (and it
wasn't even an. antique — not in
mybook and I'm not speaking
of, the 'fiew<'Antiques" which I
think are wbnut.)
I found fifany';people carrying
their binoc iia -- and ;using
them thisfip.I think is an
interesting wajit to get a GOOD
look at thigh: •
I even,rnade•a great discovery
in my attic. What a spot to hide
things. With a couple of willing
gremlins (with young legs) I
decided to clean up — or out —
the attic. Acutally there wasn't
as much up there as there could'
have been, but in ten years,
treasures have a way of piling
up. With the dust of many years
settled on the floor and some
other •things we decided to
remove it and succeeded -- more
or less. , '
There is something about
gold" dust that really gets, you,
anyway, we discovered this was
once a playroom and that made
it more exciting and the work
moved faster.
• There are great plans now for
another ,playroom providing
Mother and Dad don't come for
them • too soon. (I must call
them!) About the time we
started looking under floor
boards and other 'dandy hiding
.—spots—we found-
So
ound
[[teat cvnt;alner wnicn we 1[elt
sure was priceless. And it is —
and as soon as I have the owners'
great grandchildrens' consent — I
will tell you about it. So,outside
of a tiny well preserved skelton
in a mousetrap - that was the
big discovery of the day!
Somehow the town seems
very quiet this early part of the
week — I think everyone is tired
out! Did you vacationers know
that there is a wonderful spot
where you or your growing
youngster can learn to make
pottery this summer? Ann
Fairservice started her Country
Studio in a nice old schoolhouse
near Blyth. She has three potters
wheels — which are a real
challenge and lots of wonderful
clay, her own large kiln and a lot
of great ideas and lots of
encouragement.
You think .this isn't
Goderich? Well Ann is very well
known in Goderich. She does
beautiful paintings as well as her
pottery, she is. a` very --clever•
person and I know you would
enjoy .meeting her. So ; how
often do you get a chance to do
pottery back home?
I could go on telling you
stories on all our crafts people
who took part in "Art Mart" but
it will take time. and I've just
run out of time!
Don't forget to attend the
Rummage Sale at the Salvation
Army Hall this Saturday July
26, 1969.
Martha
Lochalsh.
-Jim Webster isunder the
doctor's care, having had a• bad
tumble from a load of hay while
working on the farm of Andrew
Barkwell. , Jim cracked, several
ribs and: received' bruises and
cuts, some of which required
several stitches:
Kenneth and' David. Farrish
and Russell Moncrief and cousin
are holidaying at Sauble Beach.
• Mrs. Henry MacKenzie is
'under the doctor's care, as she
has pneumonia. •
Many from the area attended
the reception in -Dungannon on
Friday evening in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Hayden.
Mrs... Fred Tushingham • of
L.A., California, is holidaying
with her mother," Mrs. George
Scott, and visited with Mrs.
Oliver McCharles during the past
week.
Visiting Mrs. Wellington
Webster is her ' sister, Mrs.
Michael Krowchuck; of
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The
sisters are having a good time
together since this is the first
time in 25 years thatthey have
seeh each other.
Miss Jane Moncrief and the
Robb sisters are employed at
Sauble Beach for the summer.
Miss Jean Webster is
employed at a summer resort
north of Huntsville.
The Ashfield Township
Federation of ' Agriculture
Directors met on Thursday
evening at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver McCharles ,
Jim Simpson has returned
home from Wingham and
District Hospital.
The Mackenzie reunion was
held on Saturday at Reed's
Corners Hall.
Mr., and Mrs. David Todd
have returned home -from their
honeymoon and. have taken up
residence in the former Mack
Bradley house,
Severalof the MacDonald
Obituary
MRS. GERTRUDE BAWDEN
Mrs. ''.Gertrude. Bawden, 141
Mary Street, Orillia, died at her
residence on Wednesday July 11:
Mrs. Bawden was pred eased
• by her husband Kenneth.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. •
Allan (Ann) Ryder, New
Westminister B.C.; a brother,
Verne Gledhill, Benniiltler, and a
• granddaughter, Julie Ann.
Th'e funeral service was held
in Orillia on Saturday July 12.
Interment was in St. Andrew's
Cemetery, Orillia. -
•
family gathered at the. Dan
MacDonald home for the
weekend:
Mr. and Mrs. MacLean Bell
and family of Western Canada
are holidaying with Mr. and Mrs.
George Moncrief,,
Holidaying with Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon. Finlayson are Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Rogerson and family
and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Emberlin,
all of •Toronto, and Rod
Finlayson of Sarnia.
PORT
ALBERT
The family of. Mrs. Albert-
McGee held their reunion at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
McGee on Sunday July 20.
Ro . and Michael C lhoun
rY a ,
softs of Mr. acrd iVh::
Calhoun of Hespler, spent the
past four,. weeks vacationing.
Also Wendy McGee of Toronto
and Bonnie McGee of Nile spent
One week with Joe and Barb
McGee. '
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.WHAT DO OUR M
DIPLOATS DO? •
Editor's Note:
Mrs. Vincent is the. former
Lorna ,Walker 9f pronto. She
was married to John 11. Vincent
a member of the Canadian
Foreign Service. •
Mr. , Vincent was born and
educated in Britain and came to
Canada as a young man: He
attended the University of
Toronto for special' courses in
political and international law
and administration. He joined
the forces in . 1939 as an
administrator and served
overseas during the second world
war. He assisted in' planning the.
invasion of Sicily and while on:
Teaiie t00% a course rf studies -at
the University of Vome.
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent made
their home in Toronto following
the war. Mr. Vincent joined tile,,
Department of External Affairs,
Ottawa, in 1948 and entered the
Foreign Service in 1953..
The Vincents .' subsequently
were posted to Canadian
embassies in Mexico, Tehran,
Jamaica and Moscow. Mr.
Vincent opened the embassy in
Tehran and the office of the
High Commissioner in Jamaica
after the latter won , its
independance� from Britain. .
In 1965, the Vincents were
posted to Moscow where Mr.
Vincent served as Vice -Consul
until 1967. Mr. Vincent died in
Ottawa in the spring of that
year. He was 57.
Mrs. •Vincent has written aat
greteal about her travels
ofher li}e to the Foreign Semi
and her articles will be appearing
in the Signal -Star from time to
time.
• By Lorna E. Vincent .?
•
Few people are aware of how
the Department ' of External
Affairs in Ottawa runs the '•
Canadian Foreign Service..
Hundreds of personnel serve in
our embassies abroad, and • it ,is
rare for the taxpayers who
finances all this, to take the
slightest interest init. Millions of
Canadian dollars are used -to
house diplomatic and
non -diplomatic staff in our
countries. Their -.standard of
living, geared to impress those
countries in which they serve, is
usually much higher than at
home. Otherwise, most civil
servants would- •not choose to
leave Canada.
Career diplomats, after
university graduation, take other.
special courses before• entering
the .service, for appointment
abrod. Others rise from the
ranks of civil servants and arrive
gradually, with a wealth of
knowledge and experience, in
important posts. Some
ambassadors are political
:appointments. They may be
wealthy business executives who'
have made the grade, but all of
them are not . versed in good
•diplomacy.
Diplomatic._ officer's have
many special privileges as well as
considerable prestige while living
abroad. Once they arrive at a
new post, anything niay 'be
ordered duty-free, This makes
luxury items such as cars, liquor
and cigarettes • inexpensive. A
bottle of scotch might cost
about $1.25. They receive a
quarterly entertaining allowance
comprised of so 'much per head
for dinner and cocktail parties.
On each occasion a list of guests
.with their official rank must be
submitted to the embassy: If an .
officer overspends his allowance
he,must foot the bill.
A diplomat receives according
to his rank, living and rental
allowances which take care of
the -differences -.in -the livirig-costs
of the host 'country. Depending
upon the place, living may be at
a luxury level, especially in the
tropics where large bungalows,
servants and gardeners are taken
for granted. 'This may include
also a private swimming pool.
For those with small children a
Nannie is essential as the wife
must be free to do . a lot of
entertaining.
It is considered average for
anyone above the rank of Third
Secretary to have a dinner party
every two weeks as well as a
large ,cocktail party -every few
months. The social side _oaf
diplomatic life is'part of the job.
It brings together the officers
from most of the other
embassies represented in the
host country. They share their
common problems and they try'
to create good -will toward their
own country.
It is a type of salesmanship.
Any member of the ' staff, no
matter how lowly his rank, is a
representative of our country,
and if _ he is not a good one,
Canada is judged accordingly,
and she loses some of her
prestige abroad. This ' is why
good foreign service people are
so important: However,,: they
usually *turn out to be a
cross-section of : humanity, the
same as in any other profession.
You find the dedicated, -the
unselfish, the indolent ' and the
self -°seeking. Once home from 'an'
foreign assignment an FSO
(forei.gri service officer)
disappears into the limbo of civil
service until his next posting.
The rank system in embassies
encourages some snobbery. -
Young officers, too conscious of
their new prestige, ' may ° feel
ddwn-graded, if they happen to
be seated next to an embassy
clerk at a party. Protocol is.
necessary at official functions,
but once the FSOs from the
;various embassies get to know
one another, informality sets in.
One discovers that` people the
world over are similar under the
skin. The black, the white and
the brown mix freely, often with
a warmth of friendship . never
experienced at home.
Some countries, considered
hardship posts, because of health
or • economic hazards, present
special problems to embassy
personnel. Such postings _last
—
(or peep' into
for yellow fever, typhoid,
tetanus and other exotic
diseases, but he is still exposed
to such maladies as , dysentry,
liver and stomach disorders from
eating unaccustomed foods and
drinking questionable
concoctions.
Among the hardship
countries, The Soviet Union is
considered one of the most
difficult as well as the most
expensive. However it "offers a
higher rate of financial
compensation from Canada than
most others. The standard of
living for embassy officials in
Moscow is comparitively low..
Certain apartment buildings
�are..�iesignated" b�j -"..tFie'�'oviet
government for the . use of
foreign service personnel. These
are believed to have built-in
bugging devices in every room.
Each building has also a
round-the-clock police guard
who keeps track of every car
that comes and goes, a form of
Soviet protection. In front, the
apartment building houses a row
of offices and stores. Private
entrances are off an ugly parking
lot at the—bac-k. --The primitive
automatic elevators from time to
time refuse to operate, or get
stuck between' floors. Once, I
spent 15 minutes in one before I
could get help, and even that
seemed like an eternity.
Plumbing is at least 40 years
behind the times, and the taps
drip incessantly. Some
apartment dwellers are plagued
with cockroaches and mice.
Once 'when I turned on the
toaster. I electrocuted a mouser
Another •tithe, on opening a
kitchen drawer, a mouse sprang
over my shoulder. Occasionally a
staff member had to be sent
home -with a nervous disorder.
from 18 months to two years.
Before leavings "for' a tropical
country as officer is given shots
In Moscow, the embassy staff,
order most. of their food from
Denmark and Helsinki, Finland.
Meat is shipped frozen, and
consequently prices - are
incredibly high. A family roast
costs about the equivalent of
$16.000
When servants are, a necessity
as- in tropical posts, an officer
does not receive compensation
from the government for their
'salaries. Frequently he has to
overspend his entertaining
_ allowance, depending_upon how
often and how lavishly he is
entertained.
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Watch for "Gimmick. Night" on Monday.. cE Tuesday
SUN.; MON., TUES.,.WED.---July 27 to 30
"DID YOU HEAR .
THEONE ABOUT
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Starring PHYLLIS DILLER
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Every Wednesday is "Family Night" at The Sunset.
Carload, Truckload or Busload ---Admission
is Only $ f. 25 per vehicle
Coming Next: Thurs., Fri, Sat.—July 31, Aug. 1-2
HELL'S HELLS"' "GHOSTS"
(Adult Entertafr ment) rn (Adult Entertainment)
In Moscow, the embassy staff,
order most. of their food from
Denmark and Helsinki, Finland.
Meat is shipped frozen, and
consequently prices - are
incredibly high. A family roast
costs about the equivalent of
$16.000
When servants are, a necessity
as- in tropical posts, an officer
does not receive compensation
from the government for their
'salaries. Frequently he has to
overspend his entertaining
_ allowance, depending_upon how
often and how lavishly he is
entertained.
BROWNI E i S
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CLINTON •
Box Office. Opens at 8.00 p.m: '
ALL DOUBLE FEATURE SHOWS
THURS t and FRI.
' July 24 and tl25 .
. "LADY IN .
CEMENT" -
Showing at 9.15 p.m.'"'
(Adult _Entertainment). - $tarring '
Frank Sinatra
- aquel'Welch' .
Dan Blocker
Set in Miami Beach, this "Tony
Rome" sequel races through the
further problems of the
tough detective.
In Color — — PLUS
"BEDAllLED"
(Adult Entertainment) — At 11 p.m.
" Starring PETER COOK
and RAOUEL WELCH
,
Color , Cartoon
SAT,, ` MON., TUES.
July 26-28-29
"BANDOLERO"
*ADULT ENTERTAINMENT)
Showing at. 9:15 p.m. ,
Starring DEAN MARTIN
James Stewart and Raquel Welch
In Color -- — PLUS
"DID YOU HEAR .
THEONE ABOUT
THE TRAVEL'NG
SALESLAD-Y"
Showing at 11:00 p.m. •
Starring PHYLLIS DILLER
Color Cartoon
WED., THURS., FRI.
July 30-31, Aug. 1
'Th -e DETECTIVE'
Showing at 9:14 p.m. — Starring
Mtt?ANtt Frank Sinatra
_ o N„o,,, Lee Remick '
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In Color — — PLUS
"JUST DON'T
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Showing at 11:00 p.m. -Starring
ROBERT WAGNER end
MARY - TYLER MOORE
Color . Cartoon
Foreign Service)
When . a new .ambassadorial.
residence is needed, - • the
administrative officer must find
one. He then submits the
financial negotiations to the
,.Ottawa Treasury ,Board for their
approval. This slow-moving
organization occasionally is
responsible for the loss of good
prospective premises as -landlords
won't wait for weeks for the
Treasury Board, meetings.a
Officers abroad have many
headaches when urgent matters
arise which no civil servant
sitting at a desk in the capitol
can realize the urgency of
anything taking piacevin Peru or
Thailand. Many of them have
never known anything but the
customs and conveniences of Our
western world.
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GODER Ql1. IGN4L•$TAR #URSDAY, JUL '"4 ,
�• and Mrs, Robert.
,of ,Winnipeg, to vWted
recently with their, PMt .
uncle, Mr. and Mo. Grog
rreW n,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A, Phltridge,
have returned to their home in
San Bernadine, California after
spending holidays with Mr.
Paltridge's sister,.- Mars. Leslie
Pentland and Mr. Pentland.
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Mrs. Ruth Elder, Vancouver,
and Mr, and Mrs, Ka$ Smith,. cousins of ' of Mamie $utelifte,,
visited with ;her the past Week,
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