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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-06-07, Page 7.;t CHARGE!-Seaforth District High School students Paul St, Louis, Jim Scott and Brian McGregor prepare for battle on a canon near the Chateau Fron•tenanc in the old part of Quebec City. (Expositor Photo) "invaded" as. aforth 's (Editor's note: Expositor photographer Paul Ellis was a . memberof the :SDHS history, class whospent several days last week in Quebec. Below is his story of the trip.) • BY PAUL ELLiS "Early to bed and early to rise". —Benjamin Franklin This seemed to be the motto adopted by the chaperones of the Seaforth District High School's 'History '250.trip to Quebec last week: The trip started out at 5:45 in • the morning on Wednesday, May 23. Thirty- two students and eight chaperones, all of whom were still half asleep,piled into a shool:.' bus which took us to Stratford. There we boarded the train. More than` seven hours and one transfer later. we• arrived in Montreal: Wednesday evening was spent first on a walking tour of the Olympic complex, then ;later attending a Montreal. Expos baseball, game. Even those who had not been too overjoyed about attending the game seemed, to enjoy it as the Expos defeated the Pittsburg Pirates 3-0. During the game. the electronic' scoreboard in the Olympic Stadium flashed a welcome to, the students,. from "Seaforth District High School in London.'' Oh well, the thought was nice. ,Alter, spending the first night in ,the :Windsor Hotel in Montreal,we were again awakened early, to catch the 8:00 a.m.. train to Quebec City. By then we were all • old -pros . at train travel; and card games and frequent trips to the"snack'bar helped pass the time :quickly. Up until we arrived at Quebec City, .the whelle trip went smoothly. Butthis record was spoiled when we discovered that the, bus which was supposed to take us to the. downtown Holiday Inn had , never been arranged. Ten taxis were needed to transport. us. Taking a taxi in Quebec is not recommended for anyone with a <weak. heart. However, those who enjoy car races wouldlove it! . . Thursday afternoon was spent looking BY PATRICIA Wag School: and nice weather just don't mix!' Every scttopt• age kid :knows that, but dn, mothers? It happens every school night about 7:341, Your mom will come out and tell you AO .study for tomorrow'sbig test, right while you're in the middle of a terrific base ball garnet. Terrific! You'll fuss and complain even, though you know` it's not going to doyou any good and the :next thing you know, you're sitting at your desk and reading over the notes you need for the test! By the next morning; the only thing you; remember clearly from the night .before. is that your. next-door neigh• bour hit two home runs, in a row! You sit :down at your desk and realize you know nothing about the test paper in front of You!' Then you get distracted by the fly on the girl's. ,desk ahead of you, It CMOS, around on her paper for a while then it flies across the room and leaves yon there with nothing; but the paperlalook at. You write your name at :the top of the page lust as the school's custodian rides: bit on the lawn mower, Yott•jook• out at the custodian for :a while and make faces at him. You look at the .clock and: see you only have five min- utes. You, read the first question; over and then you have this sudden urge to go to the washroom. On the way to the washroom ;you stop at the water fountain to get a drink and outside door to watch the little kids at recess s you slowly wry back tO, your classroom yott: gement- ber the answer tO the first question Your'ttn through the hall.hack to your elms - MOM Audi get caught for running in the+ hail. Yott walk miserably :to the principal's office only to see that your :teacher is marking. the test papers, the rest of 'your class just wrote! Yon sit to the office over recess time andmiss the great baseball game between your class and the other class! As you leave the prin- cipal's .office, you find out that you were supposed to, have a Geography note done for next class! You: seem to lie and ge: yourself out of that mess nicely and then it's time for home! You walk carefully down the halls making sure you don't have to visit the prin- around the old part of the city. This section of Quebec issurrounded by a large wall, with only six gates in it toallow entry or "exit to the "Old; City.. inside, one might think he had stepped into the past, among the . old buildings, narrow streets:. ;and., horse-drawn "caleches.. Originally, we were supposed to tour the. Quebec parliament buildings, but when we. arrived;we foundthat someone had omitted; to ' make an appointment, which, meant that we couldn't get inside. Instead, we visited a museum containing, . an electronic visual display model depicting the six historic sieges of the city.' We also visited a . wax • museum with scenes. from Canada's past. ' After eating at our choiceof any of the. many little restaurants found in the old. city, we returned to the hotel for a swim and sauna, or, for a bit, of shopping before the 11.:00 p.m. curfew.: SNOW AND RAiN The next morning was taken up by a bus tour of parts of the city, as well as the old fort which was once .'Quebec City's main defence 'against .;invaders. That afternoon, the weather was miserable, as both rain and snow fell while a cold wind blew. But. this didn't: stop usfrom seeing the sights. The majority; went on a bus"tour to nearby attractions. while some of the heartier (or crazier?) went on one of two walking tours; Again. Friday we ate supper, :at whichever restaurant we chose. Anyone with enough energy left to do so was free to. swim or visit other students in their rooms: Saturday morning was basically open, and most of the students went shopping in the huge mall attached to the hotel. They returned with quite an unusual range of souvenirs and.paraphenilia to take home to families and friends:. The train•left Quebec City shortly after • 5:00 that afternoon, as we began the first leg of the long trip home. More card games and visits to the snack bar. After a two and ,a half hour stop -over in . Montreal, we boarded th'etrain again at about 10:30 p.m. rrn Systems Grain & Food Handling Specialists' FOR COMPLETE ... •' DRYING, STORAGE AND ELEVATING SYSTEMS Wet fielding •4. 1.'.y,,,,•A Wait Grain k eaiv i Y. 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Stratford wasn't to leave •until about 11:00 sits tun, This delay was avoided by taking, thes. train to Woodstock instead. There we were - met by the bus which took us back to. Seaforth. We arrived home around noon Sunday, ready to sleep for a week. All of the studentsenjoyed, the tripand would like to return Act Quebec again someday. Thanksgo out to the chaperones Dorothy Williams; Ray and Marion Primeau, Brenda Macintosh, Don Morton, ,. Ruth Ribey and. Jill Johnston, Special thanks are due to "History teacher„ Terry Johnston, for instituting, arranging and running the trip. . STUDYING UP-SDHS students Maureen Hutchinson and Noreen Primeau study hi t ` "the histor of Quebec and: u c n eranri o thi field trip. • (Expositor Photo) WAITING FOR THE TRAIN-SDHS students wait for the train in the Montreal station during . last week's. visit to the province of Quebec. 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