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all bonfires and grass fires teprevent
fire from spreading and causing
damage to property.
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UNATTENDED!
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extinguished 0 night!
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setting grass fires, so that proper
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getting out of control, don't hesitate
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John F. Sc9tt, Fire Chief
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Jack Durst and Bill MacLean
of E4mondville- -Who early in
January be0an, a year long trip
through England, Europe and
Asia have had an interesting
visit in Spain and in a report
dated April 25th tell of *their
experiences as they prepare to
visit France,
This is their story:
Following the Mediterranean
Coast throng) Italy and France
we took a side trip to the tiny
70 acre PriiiCipality' of Andorra.
It is situated in the middle of
the Pyreimes between France
and Spain where It is ittIPNwn as
a ski country and a tourist trap.
Every store sells souvenirs gal-
ore and electrical appliances.
They have no taxes on goods so
tourists by, gifts cheaper here.
SPain (Eastern)
Since we have spent 1.34
months in Spain it I's beginning
tq feel like home. We arrived
when Martial Jaw was on and
their civil guards were evOrY.:
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Where. ThOSe men airs to protect
the State aid to SUP -any 4alk
against the regime'. There is a
very big Contrast between Span-
ish cities and the country-side.
The cities are new and, traffic
is heavy with buses and ears
while in the eountryside, trucks
and donkey-drawn carts are the
Majority of traffic. The east
coast of Spain gets most, of their
economy from tourists as can be
seen by high-rise 'apartments
and camps all over the place.
Benidorin'is a good example of
this. where iO people live
year round whilein the tourist
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there are Mr as
gAR,00P. People there. I ma-
Aon tor this isr quite unple,
cheap standard of.. living and
loyely, weather, Many Pi. gliSh-
Men come here for the Winter
like we go to Florida.
While heading south we pick-
ed up a hitch-hiker carrying a
Canadian Flag who turned out
to be frein Lion's Head` and
knew Howard's brother. While
knew Howards brother. While
waiting for the north of Europe
to warm up we spent quite a
bit of time in camps where we
met more Austrailians and Can-
adians than any other national-
ity. We met Canadians from
Vancouver Is. right over to New-
foundland. One couple we met
were from Kitchener.
Quite a few air fields we have
seen in Spain still use German
2nd W. W. planes.
We travelled on to Granada
where we visited the Alhambra
which was a Moorish temple
which dates back to the time.
when the Moors dominated Sp-
ain. While at Torremmolinos we
went golfing only unlike Sea-
forth Golf Club, the course had
palm trees, cactus and Sand Ati-
stead of maples, and grass.
Gibraltar
Then onto AlgicaraS where we
embarked to Gibraltar by ferry.
The land-link between Spain and
Gibraltar is closed by General
Franco in order to bother the
inhabitants of the rock. The.
prOcedure of getting on,the 2b
square mile rock involves
great deal' of political harass:-
runt and tiresOnee waiting in pr-
der to discotirage the tourist
from going over to Gibraltar
which is all part of Prancos'
seine. It is well worth the
trouble as ninety percent of the
people speak English, and to
read the signs placed all over to
show that this small piece of
land is trying to remain Eng-
lish. It seems a carefree place
but how long can they last when
the tourists are not allowed to
take out souvenirs and their
. biggest economy used to come
from tourists and their free
port?
The majority of the Pee le
are filthy, pool and their livtg
standard is way below Spain*,
Morocco's typical scenes are peo-
ple begging, camels, donkeys and
of course, their famed 'snake
charmers.
Their souks or markets as
we call, them are found in the
old cities (Medinas)., Here you
haVe td. bargain for everything
you buy. You could pay their
asking price lint he would rath-
er spend hour bargaining
than get 5 dullard Dore.
A very strange custom is
many men have more than one
wife and, the man his to buy
his wife. Qrdinary women sell
for about $300 while for real
beauties the price can go as
high as $2000. This could be a
big reason for the big families
they all have. It is a very inter-
esting and very cheap country
to live in. Morocco is a lovely
place to visit but no place to
• live.
Western Spain
Considering how Spain is one
of the world's most religious
countries we wanted to see how
they celebrated Easter week.
We travelled on to Seville
where we sure weren't dis-
appointed. Thousands of people
lined up to see the richly de-
dorated floats and parade. The
parade lasted 41/2 to 5 hours
every night and almost every-
one stayed, in their chair for
that time. The people in the
parade wore outfits similar to
Klu Klux Klan apparel.
The irony of Easter week is
that the bull fights start on
Easter Sunday. It is a very
bloody and gruesome spectacle.
While the roaring fans cheered
as the matador struck the final
blow, we both felt a little queer
as to why this is such a great
sport.
Portugal
We followed the coast line
into Portugal through Lagos, to
Lisbon. Lisbon is a lovely city
and has the best camp in Eur-
ope.
Any English movies on TV or
at the theatres are spoken in
EngliSh with Portuguese sub-
titles. This could be 4, so
many people can speak English.
Everything is expensive `here to
subsidize their war in Africa.
We went to the Canadian Eni-
bassy here and an official took
us to his home and gave us su-
llen' His wife cooked a typical.
Portuguese meal and we, talked
of Canada and Portugal. One
thing he told us, that cars were
very expensive. They are more
expensive in Portugal than in
Canada and on 'top of this the
government puts a hundred per
cent tax on all new cars, This
is to stop the people from im-
porting cars so as 'to boost
their economy.
From Lisbon we beaded over
to Madrid, Spain., The first thing
we noticed was te lack of civil
guard. We enquired and found
out the martial laW is off. We
were glad to get 'to Madrid
where we picked up our letters
and Huron Expositors that were
sent to us.
While in Madrid we. bevght
lsePsys'alithanPSir$2,010.gQitodi; sst°45040447.
ly the cheapest shoe store in the
world.
We left Spain today and are
heading to Gay Paris. .
Sincerely,
Bill and lack.
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Morocco
The 11/2 hour ferry from Al-
giceras to the African country
of Morocco brought us into Cur-
ta, the free port of Spain. Spain
use to own about Ya of Morocco
but now only owns Curta. If Sp-
ain ever gets control of Gibraltar
then Curta will likely become
Moroccan. In Morocco we follow-
ed the'roads from Curta to Rab-
at, Casablanca; 'Marakesch, Fez
and then back.to Curta.
It is a fantastic country in 're-
gard' to AS contrast. with the
Europe we have seen. This' is
due to three factors, Iteligi n,
- big families, and their ancient
customs.
The king has. a 'tremendous
amount of power and when he
turns up to pray to Mohammed
at any town, almost everyone
comes to see him. He has 'beau-
tiful castles in all big cities but
nobody seems to mind him hav-
ing almost all of the wealth,
The women wear veils and
dresses down to their ankles
while the men wear long robes.
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