HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1971-10-28, Page 2PAGE 2 ca ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
Giobe trotters back home
after delay because of fog
By GWYN W I -I I LSMITH
Frazzled, bedraggled and bone-
weary, having been out of bed for
over 30 hours, the globe-trotters
of the Exeter-Zurich-Hensall
area arrived home at dawn
Wednesday morning.
The most glorious sight most
saw on the whole excursion was
the lights of Exeter shining in
the distance as our bus ap-
proached the still sleeping town
which we had expected to see at
least fourteen hours before.
The two flights scheduled to
bring us back from London,
England, were to take off at 11.00
a.m. and 2.00 p.m. Tuesday. As
we began to drift into Gatwick
Airport shortly after nine, there
were many happy reunions as
friends greeted friends who had
gone in different directions two
and three weeks previous.
Our spirits were sobered
somewhat, as we weighing in our
luggage, to hear the an-
nouncement over the P.A. system
that due to fog in Toronto the
planes coming over for us had
been unable to take off and we
would therefore not be leaving
England for another 10 hours.
Spending another 'day abroad
in an airport was not exactly our
cup of tea so Art and I con-
templated hiring a car to make
yet one more tour of the southern
coast. He had his money on the
counter when we looked out the
window to see it was pouring with
rain. Since it didn't seem the kind
of dayto go sightseeing we
decided, wisely I think, to stay
with the main group and take
whatever accommodation Ward -
Air had for us.
As it turned out it was very
good. In about two hours, after
serving us a snack, they bussed
us to a classy hotel where we
were given a good, hot dinner in
the ball room and allowed the use
of the lounge.
We marvelled at the way the
establishment had things under
control. Imagine being told that
350 guests were dropping in for
dinner in about two hours.
It is likely most of the food
would have to be purchased let
alone cooked in very short order;
extra staff would have to be
called in to set up tables and
serve. It was all carried out with
excellent decorum.
The rest of the afternoon was
spent in the lounge where several
played cards or swapped stories
about the various tours and.
holidays.
There were exciting stories
from the Spain -Tangiers
travellers who swam in the
Mediteranean, witnessed the
pagentry of bull -fighting in
Madrid and viewed the colorful
scenery in hot -sunny weather.
There were also stories that
weren't quite so happy about a
group of people who were
detained over night because their
health certificates had not been
stamped properly in Canada; of
one person's wallet being stolen;
of another losing her traveller's
cheques and of rather bizarre
experiences, to say the least, on
the Casablanca in Morocco.
The people who'd gone to Paris
and other cities on the continent
had funny tales to tell of language
mix-ups, of interesting sight-
seeing trips and so forth.
Ireland was reported to be
`enchanting' by the group who
toured there and no difficulties
were encountered because of the
fighting and disruption in that
country.
Of course, those of us who had
stayed in England and Scotland
added our bit to the exchaIge,
and it appeared that nearly
everyone on the flight felt that
`their trip' was just the gre test.
One man pulled out a riiouth
organ and started up a lively tune
to which a 75 year old lady got up
and did a jig, much to the delight
of the rest of us.
Spirits remained high. There
were a few grumblers but for the
most part everyone was good
natured about the whole thing
and took it in their stride. Most of
us agreed the hotel wasn't a bad
place to be stuck in and one man
compared it very favorably with
the gas station he'd been holed up
in for three days during last
winter's big storm.
Toward the end of the day a few
began to flake out in any corner
they could find to catch a few
winks. They didn't come amiss
because we still had a long trip
ahead.
Some funster began to sing,
"There's One More River to
Cross." To use Churchillian
language ... some river, some
crossing,
We, on the first flight, were
bused back to the airport about
7:00.p.m. feeling badly that we
had to leave the others who still
had another three-hour wait. But
they, good folk that they were,
waved us on bravely and
cheerfully.
Boarding our plane about 8:30,
we took flight around 9:00 p.m.
but our troubles weren't over. We
had a good flight across but we
missed the Malton airport curfew
by about 20 minutes. What many
of us hadn't realized before is
that no aircraft is allowed to land
or take off from Malton between
the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00
a.m.
Since we were over Toronto
about 20 past 11 we could not land
there and had to proceed to
Buffalo. Ward -Air had buses to
meet us and the Americans
waived the necessity of our
having to go through American
customs by virtually arranging
that our feet didn't touch their
soil. The buses were drawn up
right to the bottom of the airplane
steps and we walked directly
from the ramp onto the coaches
while official looking chaps
stood by to see that none of us
tried to escape into the land of the
free and the beautiful.
We were then driven to the
border, where the Canadian
custom men, God bless them,
hurried us through the procedure
of declaring our purchases with
great kindness.
Then, back on the busses for
Malton airport where our
luggage finally came into view
and we went through the
NOTICE
October 31 being Sunday, Hallowe'en will
be observed on Saturday, October 30,
in the Village of Hensall.
BY ORDER! OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1971
schlimazel of getting it sorted
out.
Herb Turkeim was a sight for
tired eyes as he directed us unto
still more buses which even-
tually got us to our various
destinations.
Many of us were tired to the
point of being numb, yet, I'm sure
when we've all had a good long
sleep we'll look back in
restrospect and think it was
rather a lark. After all, these are
the experiences memories are
made of.
0
Unit 2 of
discuss business
The regular monthly meeting
of the United Church Women,
Unit II was held Monday even-
ing in the church,
Mrs. Bob Reaburn acted as
chairlady and welcomed every-
one and opened with a poem.
Mrs. Dave Blackwell cond-
ucted the devotional choosing
portions of scripture from
Psalm 100 and second Corinth-
ians, followed by prayer.
Roll call was answered by
26 members with a Bible verse
with the word "Thanks" in it.
Mrs. Reaburn very capably
presented the Study called
"Assembly Line, " a story inv-
olving a man from New York
and an Indian Mexican basket
weaver from Mexico.
Mrs. Rodger Venner presided
for the business which consisted
of; discussion on the Regional
Meeting to be held on Oct-
ober 28 at 9:45 at Exeter United
Church; an invitation was ext-
ended to attend the Presbyter-
ian Church on Tuesday, Nov-
ember 9 at 8:15 p.m.
Lunch was served by the Oct-
ober group.
Mrs. Maud McKeon, England
and Washington, is visiting for
a few days with Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Payne.
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