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International ping-pong
The 1972 Ping; 'Peng season "In retrospect it is; fortunate this assiduoudly 'prior, to arrival to,
opened in snowy:weather with. the clapping by the tiief alone : was ensure he got enough food ihto his.
,Chief-o1io_s.[
��A�is�.,x��� ,not mis�tetpreted., be,[ause'.- .ir
_,.,�t�tn,�rMliq_, ,.,ForbiddelCity Court,,, for as all ' some
Treaty Ports to clap hand$ It is impossible to forget how
the -faithful followers of ' Pogo" is to summon a menial to your aid. another. Chief Minister, staying
krufw, the Chief has been away. for It is only fair to remember that with Ibn Saud ofAra,bia, dealt with
more than a week, engaged in a when you are sentenced to seven
spirited contest in one of the most _-""days with hosts with whom You
exacting of games,' espec°ially �n1' 'bony e r°s,e through a n
when played under eastern rules, interpreter that
For some years now the Chief and misunderstandings soon become
his; predecessors in that office so numerous thatthe visit
lived,under the delusion that East resembles a farce. The Chief
was West and West :was East., A cottoned on to this at once and
succession of bloody noses, plus exploited it to the full. tobacco. They were told they
the demoralisation of his army On the way to and from the would have to refrain, a piece of
have tended to blunt the Chief's Great Wall the Chief played hide etiquette which was taken so
• ardour, so that when he decided to and seek with his wife round the seriously by Chief Roosevelt that
' vac ate his off ice ,,t o t h e.. trunk of oneof the stone elephants whenever he wanted a smoke .he
charwomen and Press Corps and which, with other denizens of the ' hied •himself tri the Mens' Room.
seek -a c lo s e r 1 o o k at the- wild, mark the route to the burial
intriguing and mysterious ground of the Emperors. This
eastern mind, the results of the emancipated attitude towards
match were 4simply those which what, for all the Chief or his wife
$ lay in the minds of millions of knew, might have been a sacred.
westerners and nowhere else, pet of the Ming Dynasts, can best
Everyone was watching to see he appreciated if we consider
what, strategy the Chief would whether our own sense of fun and
unsheath.'As for his hosts, they games would have been triggered
hardly bothered to ,,alert their had the Premier Host, on a visit to
nation to the fact that the Chief Washington, mounted pillion
• n was coming to tea. behind the General on .the
the problem of his:host's
susceptibilities regarding the use
of table tools. It was sometime in
1943 or ,4;4 when the incumbent'
Chief and the Prime Minister
were the guests of Ibn Sadd and
were informed that , he, as a
Mtrslim, foreswore liquor and
• equestrian statue of General
In the endthe expedition seems
to have aroused a sense of the
ridiculous in both parties, each
seemingly trying to decide which
had the greater sense of fun. Right
off the bat, with the '.'Spirit of 76''
losing more rubber) from her
trees than expected, the Chief
appeared in the portal of the
plane, tc early • -expecting the
plaudits of the throngs, and it
seems he had been instructed to
clap hands as soon as he could see
the whites of their eyes. So this he
did, only to find .that he was the
lone clapper. His instructor had
failed to receive a copy of the
latest eastern rules, so the Chief
• clapped in solitude; Some one of
those )lepar-trn-eAt• experts had
blundered and the score was love
fifteen.
Not the • Prime Minister: He
starrmoned the 'interpreter and
said: "If it is the religion of his
Majesty to deprive hirnsel•f of
smoking and alcohol, I must point
out that my rule of life
'prescribes, as an absolute sacred
rite, the smoking of cigars and
also the. drinking -of alcohol
before, . after and if-- need be,
during all meals and • in the
intervals between them." Ibn
Saud conceded, thus. the prime
George Washington and sought the Minister won the game and set.
China Star photographer to But one of the most gorgeous
record him for posterity,, examples of the Host country's
When we consider comparative 'wit is to be found in the'story of the
State Department China expert
and Mister Soong. As usual it
occurred when there was food in'
the offing: The' State expert
ndticed• a piece of unidentifiable
matter floating in a bowl of fruit
nearby. He turned to -Mr.- Soong to
ask the name of it, possibly hoping
he would be able to add some
euphonious name to .his
vocabulary, such as "ow' niuuu"
or even "Hoong Lung". But No'
Mr. -Soong • replied in perfect
English saying: "That is called -a
pear'. A distinct loss of point by
table manners the matter of the
use or misuse o1 chop sticks
sticks out. There is one deathless
picture showing the Host on the
left manipulating his styx as to the
manner born, while the Chief, on
the right, seems either to have got
one of his sticks stuck between
two front upper teeth, or else he is
making a mental note to see his
dentist "once a month" on his'
return to the office. Isere again,
Speaking as a very old China hand,
it is felt the 'Chief was
misdirected. There was ,-no .
earthly need for him t6 use chop our expert. But he tried manfully -'
sticks. A child could sense that he to recover. Perhaps he thought
had not practised sufficiently Please turn to Page 8A
-i.anr��s
urin:e,His
volunteer. con
ay -tribute to
The Women's Aux,,liary of the
Alexandra Marine and 'Generat-
Hospitai' paid tribute - to, their
Candystripers at a presentation
ceremony and tea`in the hospital
lounge on Saturday afternoon.
Many mothers were present to
share this happy occasion with
their dl'ughters. A group of newly
enrolled Candystripers were also
guests. ,
The Auxiliary presidents.
• q. U
J. Berry, presided. She welcomed
those present and. led the
Candystripers in their'pledg.e.
Tim" Elliott,:, I-Iosp'ital
Special ceremonies were held on Sunday. at Alexandra Maiind and
General Hospital to give out pins and stripes to the girls who have
achieved certain time totals in their service at the hospital as Candy
Stripers. The girls are,- Left to right, front, Paula McGuire, Judy
McConneI I and K im Smith, Back;Jeannetta Johnston (now•a student
nurse whn was _presented with a' bursary during the ceremony) •
Emily Crew, Debbie Barker, Mary Anne Tevl in.and Margo Bettger.
Administrator, and W: :hsnelt,
chairman of the :Hospital I+ ardi,•
expressed ppr,eclation''obehalf
of the hospital: far `.the $0104..
accomplished by these ,volunteer,
teenagers. r ,.
Caps and�bands;were reaented.
by Mrs,. C; McPonal+ , 'Supervises`
of •Nurses and pins aid bar.. by
Hughes.
:The,= , :.
received awards: '1
;Carps,, •rep'�resentt '.
in, onq
hundred hours of volunteer'worl0,
Margo Bettger, Jane Strath.' m
•
x ands,,foronehundredandfifty
hours., , • Margo „ Bettger, Judy
McConnell, Paula McGuire, Pat
Westlake.
Pins, for two hundred,hours of
work, Debbie Barker, Margo
Bettger, Emily Crew, . Paula
.McCue, Pat Westlake:
Bars, four hundred hours Of
work, Err,ly Crew, Kim Smith,
Mary Ann Tevlirr.'
Mrs. T. White presented 4 gift
of . a pair of engraved surgical
scissors to Jeanetta Johnston, a
former Candystriper, who -is now
a student at the Perth. -Huron
School of Nursing.
Jeanetta also received the
bursary given annually to a Huron
County student at the Perth -Huron
School of Nursing:°,Mrs. H. Rivers
made the presentation.
Coffee and, fruit punch were'
served in the Bgard Room: Mrs.
J., W. McLaren 'and Mrs. C.
Worsell presided at the. tea table '
'featuring' miniature
Candystripers.
Mrs. J. Kinkead and Mrs. E.
Pridham made- the arrangem•ejnts
in the tearoom.
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As you probably know, we close for holidays during the months of January and February.
I c's now time to re -open., so we're starting the season with our "1972 Re -opening Sale."
the,
season
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We would like to take this opportunity to invite everyone to come in, browse around, enioy
a cup of coffee and get acquainted. We're looking 'forward to meeting all our old friends
We're offering youthe finest quality items at unbeatable low, low prices!
Adds that
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touch of
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Note Dates)
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.Ideal for spring leisure wear:
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Includes decorative and nursery pieces, oven to table ware,
fine china dinnerware.
MARCH 30 - APRIL 2 .
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Figurines, Toby Mugs, -Bunny K ins, oven, to 'table ware, fine
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Many other quality 'gnnt, items through the :store
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