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BY G. MacLEOD ROSS • STURGEON CAVIARE
• Q.ontinuing experiences during When caviare is mentioned my
an escape from Goderich winter thoughts immediately go back.to
to South Carolina last ,April. the shores of the Caspian Sea
where, for a brief period in
SUMIVIERV I LLE y 191.19, caviare came up with
' the rations for the few British
A side trip to.. Summerville, - troops bluffing it out there. It
some • 30 miles north of 0 Atis something of a�.aurprise to
° Charleston, reputedly the hear whispers of its presence
`loveliest village of. the plain"; here and directions finally led to
streets Lined with azalea _bushes, Pawley's Island And . 'Mr;
and history. Nearby is Monck's ,"Lachicotte's' Super • Mart.
Corner, named for George Immediately afterentry the
Monck, First Duke of atmosphere took on the sinister
Albermarle. One of Cruntwell's evasiveness of Prohibition Days.
men and later a Lord Proprietor Mr. L. denied all knowledge of
of the Carolinas. Monck's Corner such stuff as caviare, so that it
was just one of the several became necessary to assume' the
English posts surrounding role of the half-witted immigrant
Charles Towne. In 1781, a visitor from the shores of
daring raici,_by Sumter caused its Hudson Bay, brushing the .snow
abandonment with "enormous" • from our boots as we emerged
stores and 150 men. from our merry snowmobile,
Anotherpowder magazine Only then did Mr. L. relent and
located at Fort Dorchester, 19 send us to his rival who had
Miles north of Charles Towne, made an astounding catch earlier
was also attacked by Sumter. It than Mr. L. Marlow was the
adjoined the village of name, with no, final `e'. The first
Dorchester, the church of which enquiry elicited the reply: "Ask
was burnt by English' troops Joe!" who was hidden deep in
during the war of 1812. Today the fastnesses of the shop behind
Monck's Comer is so thickly a formidable, if loopholed
wooded, the sunshine hardly barricade of pop bottle cases.
illuminates the Corner. Fort Although a hand-written notice
Dorchester is just a walled was stuck on the shop door
enclosure, on a rise above a lake, which read "LOC L
the walls constructed of shells CAVIARE", Joe was extremely
--set in a limestone mortar, a cagey and there arose visions of
__favourite concrete_ofthose days. Revenue men popping out from,
r-towerr:: stands; -;. 1Le_ high• pilertmartons...of tL cin'
�gazxrttly~`Treazing` :wit " sightless end- Campbell. However, —the'
windows to heaven, but `same piteous tale of visitors
otherwise Fort .Dorchester is from Canada- brought the magic
now a State Park, set in a forest words: "Wet of Dry?"
of trees. An adjoining battlefield Eventually two sealed jars
is -known "-as Lenud's Ferry; the --changed hands for some' dollar
"spelling is probably phonetic for - bills.
• Leonard in the best
Charlestonese manner. And what
about the good old English THE WHITE ENSIGN
names, which abound: a•AMrs.
Starling Seastrunk." °
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THE SOUTH CAROLINIAN
-One of the many charms of
, South Carolina is the warmth of
the people, who • have settled
there; their friendly sinci'erity
and hospitality, and it matters
not whether they occupy a huge
plantation, hidden in a forest of
300 year old live oaks. and ._
lapped by, the Inland Waterway,
or whether in one or the
communal estates reserved for
dwellings meeting certain
standards. Perhaps we were
fortunate to be introduced to
such a fascinating variety of
experience, so that one evening
you may be following the
vicissitudes of a Maquis unit in
the France of 1943 and hearing
a first hand account of how a
whole Ukranian Regiment was
induced to mutiny, and kill its
German officers before joining
the Maquis. Our host apologises
-•. for the fact that his experience
has been solely as - a guerilla
fighter, whether in France,
North • Africa, the Phillipines,
Korea or Vietnam.
Then • a close associate of Big
Bill Donovan tells you the inside
story of what really happened
before the U.S. troops landed on
the' North African • coast, as
between de Gaulle, Admiral
Darlan and General' Giraud.
Another has lived in Pakistan as
recently as 1952 and- before you
- can complete a tour of the camel
serais -of.-:Peshawar, you are
examining a pillar of the Church
of Rome, who explains why
there will probably" never be an,
American Pope: ,,"It takes ' an
Italian to live in the Vatican!"
Guitars in" church? Nothing
g"--*ith .4nstrument as
such; just a ' question of the
music it emits:, After all "Silent
Night" was written for,the
guitar! On Campus rioing:
University Presidents must
formulate a definite `credo
before they accept office. They
must have decided which areas
they are prepared to discuss and
on which they refuse to
compromise.
One of the many surprises
which the Carolinas . provide
came to notice at the Citadel
Military College of South
Carolina. There is an, unusual
memorial on Campus, consisting
of the forehatch, steering plane -
wheels, ship's bell, badge,
periscope and Jolly Roger flag
flown by H.M.- submarine Seraph
which, in World War •II, landed
General Mark Clark on the
North African shore ,for a
rendezvous with• Free French
leaders. Above this monument
flies the White Ensign, t e.only
place the British dmiralty
allows it to be flown in the
U.S.A. Each year the Admiralty
sends four flags to the Citadel to
ensure that a clean and smart
looking flag -flies throughout the
year.
This • concern for the Flag is
something which our Town
Council might copy and see that
there is a supply of flags for the
staff on Cobourg Street, from
which_ most usually flies the
most bloodless version of the
Canadian flag. If you have raised
the energy to fly a flag at mall, it
would be natural to ensure that
its appearance did it honour.
(General Mark Clark became
the Commanding "Officer of the
Citadel School.)
THE MEDIA
Sex and the single girl has
reached the stage where she can
buy a flagon (excuse me, a.
flacon) of "Odour of Man."
"Man presses - suit to ' retain
bachelorhood."
A lady borrows Ann Landers'
column "to give a few million
readers a• free English lesson."
She continues: "Every time I
hear people. use, the words bad
and badly, I cringe. Bad is an
adjective. You feel bad if you
,hurt someone's feelings. You do
not feel badly. Good And well
People do not look well in anew,
dress. They look good. Where
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are today's English teachers? I
am an English teacher and I'm
no longer teaching." Surprisingly
she has been superannuated on
$8000 p.a. pension, but she
ought to 'see Canada — Ontario'
first, where she would find
herself quite at home with her
use of adjectives.
The local "Charleston News
Courier' sometimes carries
Canadian news "such as:
"Defence takes one-sixth.
'Ottawa. Canada's Defense,
budget $.1.8 _billion :amounts to
'one stxtti-of--the.tota:Lbudge r. 31
• -'dermazr ehoolehildren -• atter
school from age 6 to 15."
SOCIAL TRE,N S
The Standard' -of .._ .li�r'ingv.
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continuesto fall, just as ittdoes
everywhere 'else, at least- as
measured' by • the amenities
which used to be "included" in•
the price. Linen tablecloths have
disappeared from even the better
-restaurants; paper napkins are de
rigueur. in motels you use one
and the same 'piece of soap until
death thee doth part, or you
move . on. Towels are still
changed every day, but for how
long? Water temperature is
strictly controlled and scalding is
now unknown. Free cups of
coffee — self-made — have
disappeared.
As for "help" the local
impression is that the promise of
more welfare and/or a
guaranteed income for life
together with a Welfare Cadillac,
is complementary to Black
Power dognia, which rules that,
work, especially. for Whitey, is
infra dig. The mental conflict is
between acceptance of, say for
example, "waiterhood" and the
satisfaction of doing something
well within the capability of the'
individual, r ' or giving in
wholeheartedly to the
seductions of. a Government
which firmly believes money
buys anything,whether spiritual
or material, and accepting
financing for an indefinite
period of years to obtain a Ph.D.
in "Social Disruption." This
turns one to be gruelling•
• instruction in • rebellion,.
anon -conformity and destructive
mayhem, with a major in high
explosives, time bombs and
booby traps.- As in Ontario,
youth is herded into overstuffed
universities ; where subversives
find ready-tecruited battalions
of disruption -fodder..
The Myrtle Beach shops
c a nnot be regarded'as
representative but a degree. of
protection exists which makes
Goderich shops look like ads for
free _ trade. There is little
imported cheese; foreign beer
costs 65 to 90 cents a' bottle,
compared with 50 here and
Canadian rye is. more expensive
than `good Scotch.
THE LAUNDRAMAT
Few go away °' from • home
without experiencing "a short
course in Laundramatic§tJn days
of 'yore' the focus for meeting
acquaintances was round the
cracker-barrel. Then for a short
spell it was the Post Office until
it became very proper. Now it is
the. Laundramat which has
stepped Into. the breach. I recall
my initiation very vividly, for it
rivaled _the ceremonies of
"crossing the line." There is a
somewhat hoary family legend
which gains embellishment each
time it is recalled. The gist is
that having waited for the amber
light, to extinguish and for the
red to come on, the whole
contents of detergent box was.
dumped into what proved ti;' be
very soft water. Beim something
of a tyro, I opened the lid of the
machine later to '.inspect how
things were progressing and in
the result effected the complete
evacuation of th,,lanndramat by
all immediately concerned lin
clouds of soapsuds.
This year several new gadgets
had been added. There ,is an
hydraulic, press in which you can
press " your pants. There is a
centrifuge which fails to dry
your clothes. Fortunately I met
a man who •was obviously
graduated, for his expertise with
all this stupefying gadgetry was
simply amazing. Ke was a
Canadian-Jgo and should be
contacted by the Huron
Education Board to initiate a
course in • laundramatics. No
child should be allowed 'into the
world unable to wash his own
clothes.
TAILINGS
The Ph.D. in Laundramatics
wasn't the only Canadian we
met. One evening, waiting ,for
the call to the cookhouse, a
No..2 •
small girl remarked, in excellent
French to her Papa, that my
jacket matched his. This
phenomenon I made an excuse
for engaging her with a selection
of my best French idioms, learnt
before the dawn of time. Her
parents and their friends then
disclosed that they carte from
Sherbrooke and Drummondville
respectively and they
demonstrated their perfect
accentless bilingualism. One of
thea', whispered: `;We pray for a
united Canada!" whereupon the
small girl- said: • "I spik onlee
Ingleesh!" A good story was told by one
who claimed that her great
uncle, Salvino Testaferrata, was
descended from the early
Knights of St John in Malta.
Apparently he came to fame by
being the . first man who, when
bitten by a dog, immediately bit
it back. Which only goes to show
the fibre of which the Knights of
St. John were and in fact, are
still made.
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We were just remarking how
'green was our route 17 home,
when ,we found we had taken
Route 13 in error: Not long after
this, after temperatures of 90 F.
in the Carolinas for weeks, we
had to don what our Number
One Boy use$" to call "sick
sings." And so to home.
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