The Lucknow Sentinel, 1957-09-18, Page 10' THE ]
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PAN.181?h, ..1957` .
July • 14t}_, 1957;isn't good, so • wherever . you wish
Dear . Campbell:, to change the wording go . right
We', consider • Ourselves very 'ahead. 1 am writing this on two
°j .. ortunit :of forces letters, They go ' much
Ways•'a' purpose for doing as they
do. Everything is utilized. They
drive their ' mich caws: just like
horses, Their barns 'adjoin the
cs, and pi aid
fertilizer line, the village streets,
lifetime", ,and . thhnught ixmnY ;faster , an o er
ht b inter,- end wonderful crossing
e5 a in, re •i' � • a on a .. , .. , as �- 'three scraps a year, arming in �,
Europe.,'- My writing ,certa my onia which carried 1000 p .sen Germany .crops
an. endless drudgery.
gess and S.OQ1 craw. It was corn- .The women,�w'onk very +hard'hoe-,
m� d was the latter part of 1954
p- 1f t his summe' and
and � was a loviely •boat with sup- . ing in the- fields,: This has been
crb .service. Thea water was very an • unusually ho,
calm and none' of us' were sea- .for the past two Weeks it. has,
spotted two icebergs; ' been: 90 degrees and rover. The
sick. `We• farm families leave for the fields
. Seven 'days later "we arrived
at. Le Havre,, France. We' stayed at'3;• am; and - work'•until- the -
on: •the boat until . morning,'., had heat gets too severe. -Their-work
an early -breakfast at six,: ;and is 'dope by :the . clock,' .and :. every
were allowed to . disembark. at night ` at ,eight, they all pass by'
seven._ Our car was shipped with with their little' milk, carts on
us, also three other airmen had the way to. the milk ho use.. Cem
their .cars.,�'We, we're ,over three ent• and stone are/used for all
-hours clearing custorns.e French building. The sand' is a , rusty
e: all the roofs are
econamy is. very unstable. and reds color, en(,i
;our francs disappeared rapidly, shingled with lifetime slate
hila es, their houses. ' are un- ':
$1;5.00 to clear the car, $13:00 -to ... ,
fill. the car with ; gas as they Screened also, but flies are' not
'are drained; . for 'ahiPpilg. Cokes, as bad as in Canada. ,; : -
ere 21 cents:.. The district around here is.
We left 'Le
Havre in .a eco �voy: -very-rolling, and -'when you look
When we' . stopped,. for lunch we: over: the . countryside, the farm`-'
•decided the French we . learned lands looks like some'gigantic
in . school wasn't much help. ';geometrical. figure. The grain is.
There were fifteen of'us,, :nine so,..uniform and every` row is
:children; and what as time we perfect • They have numerous
had' 'ordering= -no, menu: It;, was ,(fruit trees planted 'throughout".
a very' hot day,. and 'all we were . their fields, and the roads are
interested ills was a. ' sandwich lined' with fruit.trees.' There are
and something ` to drink' How, no Broad allowances,' and one also
ever, they served.. only' full ! notiices there ...are no fences div=
course meals,' and. vie . ended up . idingi their farms At each of
With.: plates .of roasted : half- their homes in 'the '+village they
chiickens, 'and whole fried fish have a garden' containing vege
ori • platters,; We were; ,warned not, : tables, , fruit trees and ; .every;
t f flower imaginable • ot'
of your readers ing a rote - W a:
a
• t' d ad'ng bout' life in Cunard liner SS Sax- As they raise. two 4.114(Some :Lines.
Bell
We were pleased to have had a• part. in the
ing-and DecQr-atiog_of
th New Building.
susin.:,
to: drink milk or water, and. fin- type oare ''to down . The people were moved ,to
ally.. • were 'able; .' to ,get, tomato', many countries . can ',compp .
the-: n --cod 'in the beauty nf_..._Gernlany ' Oberpfalz. 1 believe this is'. the
7 badly a
r oun d
- .�. '•.. 'ftiedenl�erg
France is` 'a fantastic price.It - This little 'village; ' Was y. country
,. • 1NST1tU
' A trail
protectio
lyinNo
licher
tso
ty 'Fore
where . .Mr.Sehmid's brothers
was• here we real ize,• • Z
i .e. .
1 d how` immi bombed by
the French wei
'grants arriving in Canada feel.. brut ken was 90 percent. 'destroy : v
We though:r- .ance : a. beautiful ed. by the Canadians. We • are The airport is situated .on the
t` r r
n th in Siegfried line 'and' all along' the
r•'
rebuilt, although- .parts :of the
air raid shelters, and the. remains
of very- large build ngs, -Gan styli
be . seen.
Families tend to :stay' :in the.
•orie village, and so`rnany-.of: them
are .related. • The; grandparents,'
a ,first to _ et out as the S.S. were countryside can be seen the re -...Parents '. and children live toge
nd • rushed through.` The '.cities,
we -.-passed ' through Rich'. as
Rouen, Reims 'and •' Verdun. are
likely' well known' to ,ma'ny . Can-
•adian servicemen, . ,The military.
cemeteries . are very numerous;.
and we intend. to, •go back on
leave sometime to, get :pictures'
to take back to Canada. ' French
homes are . completelyopen'
ling the day. Windows are never:
,screened.; .At night'• though, the.
shutters aredrawn. and the vill-
ages are in./total total darkness. Even
the shabbiest of homes are a-,
dorried with flowers. Bicycles are
. *everywhere, and.also-,people art
'rying' their sticks of .,unwrapped
French,' ;bread and --bottles • •of
wine.
We' were very tired when we
reached: Metz- at, night; George_
' went on to 'Zweibrucken the next
•clay., ;and.: we 'stayed a week in
Metz with JOur friends. -Metz is
-an _old -battleground' tooThe old.
section is' .very dirty but most
interesting. . •
We are now Jiving ' With a 'Ger,
man couple , who 'are ' our own
age. It Is surprising' the G.errri.an.
We ,have picked tip ....and ,the.y.
are . as `anxious to learn English.
The` man was • in ; the German.
deeply .entrenc , ed : ;there.:.: e ' mains. ;o . • e u.: • p, s ,. -
country. around was evacuated ers that were blown up after the
twice, •and everything' shut -War. w'eibrucken is pretty well
their' children,' and children are
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Every`. parent knows how .
easily ;,a two -gun cowboy
'can losetrack. of . time -.
especially._ around mealtiaier._,.
But She alsci knows it's a
simplematter to round :hill:
up by telephone.• • And any armr as' early`a's"'1935-when the-
vague feeling of anuiety, Saar war was on:They have cer-
-__.-.-about"where-he or-what-ff---tainly_been_hard.i b .:war. •He
Cost .his .'first • wife. and- baby in
•
a bombing, and his second wife
vs er usba±id`nd -a sbn♦ He
Was then badly wounded during
the war : and apent three years.
in., hospital. He. is .a` 104percent
pensioner and draws 500 mark
err-
home is immaculate, 'arid ` well
furnished. Downstairs , some. of
his friends ' operate • a shoe' fac-
tory • The shoes are handmade, Of
top- grade leather.
he is, doing is . ituickly
r , di pelled by.that eager -vol
at'the'other end of the line.
Yes, the -telephone is a`'
convenience and 'a comfort,
all day long. It means
fewer meals : grown cold
because youngsters or hus-
band are late getting home,
It 'means more security
when you're 'alone~ at night.
'' It means more things done
40th -I
'`..Yet this endlessly useful
e
_servant_ _works for yot>, ori_.
,just ' a few cents a
rk�,
THE 'BELL TELEPHONE'
rCOMPANY OF CANADA'
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.We are delighted with Germany,
an
ly. We ' are in a little farm ,vill-
age called . Kleinsteinhausen,..=7
miles :from the Airport.•. As ' it
w•t'raC e the x fa'rmer's:'• :ally-� live« : i_n�
villages and go out• to 'their farms
several times a day. Our 'child-
ren think it is wonderful. They
are a very fond of animals, arid by
nowknow most of -;the farriers
who take' them' on their wagons
or; let . them ride the horses; .
Some` of their ways seem rath-
er quaint .to its, b+t there is .al-.
We wish you Every Success in' your
'New Building
the needs of the Communit. as .you ;have done
so . well in the past; `
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