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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-08-24, Page 10Not 10 Tim'sAtivoco*, Augu0 244. 19n ea;iazzzvmurrz ,,-- . ::•Pr Foct.$ N' F<; Sy Susan, 74 4444 me. Visits 18 countries Hitch -hiking was good Girl returns from European tour JUST ARRIVEb forge Selection of Gitivond Boys , BACK-TO- SCHOOL SLACKS tots of Styles and Colors From Which to Choose We hove the largest selection of Men's WORK CLOTHING in The County Including — Pants — Shirts — Overolls — Coveralls -- Etc. ALL AT MONEY SAVING FACTORY OUTLET PRICES All Sizes in Stock THE ASE FACTORY OUTLET STORE Old Air Force Base Clinton; Ont. IA TRUE FACTORY OUTLET STORE FEATURING SECONDS AND DISCONTINUED LINES FROM MANY CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS, OUR SELECTION WILL INCLUDE KNIT SHIRTS, DRESS SHIRTS, DRESS PANTS, CASUAL PANTS, SOX, LEATHER GOODS, FOOTWEAR, SPORTSWEAR, LINGERIE, ETC. FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. MANY FIRST QUALITY LINES WILL ALSO BE OFFERED AT DISCOUNT PRICES TO PROVIDE GREATER. 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Buy a Hip! 89' 4 ass Fresh Ground Boneless Ready to Eat Dinner Hams 1" Thrifty Bacon Limited Quantity lb. 49° Minute Chicken Legs No. 1 Fresh lb 65° Schneider's Wieneri'"65' Schneider's Mini Sizz ers Sulk th 69' (From the Eye Steaks of the Round Steak) lb Schneider's ‘.4 GLAD TO BE HOME — Mary Stephenson brought back lots of memories, but only a few souvenirs of her three and one half month trip to Europe. Here she is admiring some of the handmade pottery which caught her fancy. T-A photo Meet your neighbor I've often heard that the older you get, the more traumatic birthdays become. But nobody told me it was going to start this soon, Shortly I will turn the ripe old age of 21, It's not that special an Occasion. Just about everybody has a birthday once a year, (if you don't yoe're in trouble) and everybody turns 21 at one time or another, But I'd like to know who told the whole Canadian business community that my turn was coming up. Far the past few weeks now, I have been receiving all kinds of congratulatory notes and wishes. The problem is that with every greeting, I receive a request for money. Not directly, mind you, but in a way that's hard to refuse. For example, I think just about every major oil company in the country has sent me an op- portunity to purehase "at a greatly reduced price, our special introductory offer of a credit card." I can hardly keep track of all the cards I have to carry now. "What would happen if your car broke down 500 miles from home and you didn't have enough money to fix it? ask the brightly colored pamphlets that come with every package. I don't have enough money to travel 500 miles from home, so I guess I don't have to worry about that potentially disturbing possibility. I'm not knocking business. I guess that's the way to make money. But as much as I agree with the advice that it is more blessed to give than to receive, I hardly think one person can be expected to give all the time, to support the nation's oil com- panies. But then these are just requests through the mail, and with only a slight twinge of conscience, I can dispose of them in the circular filing cabinet. I am sad to say, however, that where this sales pitch ends, another begins. This is the old "personal visit from one of our most distinguished sales per- sonnel" routine. The fact that I am reaching the so decreed age of maturity, combined with the fact that I am now completely finished school, has had an incredible impact on the amount of company I receive. Salesmen are just beating a path to my door with the time-worn phrases, "You are under ab- solutely no obligation to buy. All we want you to do is have a look at our samples," with their tooth- paste smiles and feet half-way in the door. So reluctantly, I agree to see everything from encyclopedias to pots and pans. Encyclopedias I can turn down with the greatest of ease. But with only one frying pan and one sauce pan to my name, it's more difficult to restrain myself from looking longinglyat the pots and pans, especially when it's combined with, "We'll give you, free, a $20 bottle of perfume, just to look at our wares." Dishes are just the same. But all the time I'm repeating "I'm sorry, I just can't afford them now," he is saying, "Which one of the three do you like best?" To be honest, I say I don't like any of them very well, but he insists that I pick one, and I comply, After this ritual is repeated three or four times, he points triumphantly and says "Now you really like this one, do you?" "Not really," I answer, "I just like it better than anything else you have shown me." "But look," he says as he holds the "fine china" plate in front of a bare light bulb. "You can see how good it is by noticing the shadow of my hand behind the plate." I tell him that I'm sorry but I just don't see any shadow, and he answers rather embarrassedly that he guesses it has to be a brighter lightbulb, After about an hour and a half, I finally impress upon him that as much as I would like to be, I am just not in the market for new kitchen ware. He replies, rather resignedly, that I can keep the perfume anyway and leaves to find another unsuspecting, and hopefully more responsive and financially solvent, female, who has a 21st birthday coming up, "'Sure, Europe was great. But there's no way. This kid's Canadian". This was the reaction of Mary Stephenson, R.R. 1, Varna, on her recent return from a three and a half month tour of Europe with a girlfriend, Corrie Bouwkamp, Collingwood. "There are so many things you take for granted here," she continued, "I guess we have been really spoiled by Canada. Over there, if you don't make it, you just have to get out." Mary and Corrie travelled thousands of miles on their tour, visited a total of 18 countries, and experienced everything from mountain climbing in Swit- zerland to a bull-fight in Spain. The latter was "really gory" according to Mary, but an ex- perience she wouldn't want to have missed. Whe saw six bulls killed, and one of them was killed with only one sword, which the matador plunged in, right up to the hilt, This is a very unusual occurrence. It was just like a scene from a movie, said Mary. The matador paraded around the arena twice following the kill, and everyone was throwing him roses and wine-shins. "I don't thing I'd want to see it again, though," she said. The girls flew to London, in connection with a group called the International Youth Hostel Association. They arranged for both the flight over and back, and membership in the organization makes it possible for the girls to stay in hostels in just about any country. "On the average, it cost us about $1 a night," explained Mary. There were usually bet- ween 12 and 15 girls in a hostel, which is equipped with bunk beds, and some even have gas stoves, pots and pans and their own grocery store. They cooked all their own meals, except in those places where the meals were provided. The Mediterranean countries were just fantastic for meals, said Mary. They would think nothing of giving you a meal that took two and a half hours to eat. "And there was no extra cost for second helpings either," she said. The girls hitch-hiked all over the continent, and didn't have any problems at all. In fact, they got a lot of rides from other But aside from all that, it is really something to think that soon be 21, When I was a kid, I was told that once I turned 21, I'd really have it made. On that magic day, I would change from a "young person" to an adult, and I'd be able to do all the exciting things that only adults are allowed to do, Of course, the government sort of pulled the rug out from ender me when it lowered the voting age and the drinking age. All those 18 year olds were doing things only people over 21 were supposed to be able to do. Nevertheless, the magic still hasn't quite disappeared and come the day, I can just imagine myself waking up and thinking, "Boy, I finally made it." Canadians on holidays, and Americans stationed over there. They met one fellow from Edmonton who had rented a car in France, and travelled with him for two and a half weeks, through France, Spain and on to Rome, "It was great, because we didn't have to worry about getting a ride every day," said Mary. She said, however, that hitch- hiking was by-far the best way to see the continent, especially for the first time. "Everyone who picked us up gave us suggestions about what to see, and some even drove us around to see them," Mary couldn't pick one highlight out of the whole trip because there were just so many. One of her favorite places, however, was the Greek island of Korfu, where she and Corrie spent a week. They rented motor bikes for $2 a day (including gas) and toured around the whole island in a day. "Life is so different there," she said. "Life is really slow, and time means absolutely nothing to them." From Greece, they took a two- day boat ride up the Adriatic sea to Arcona, Italy. This was par- tially due to the fact that they wanted to avoid bitch-hiking through Southern Italy. "The men bothered us too much there," said Mary. Mary and Corrie stayed away from the cities as much as possible, although they did spend four days in Rome and just loved Berlin. They visited East Berlin too, and there, ran into their only problem with customs. "The security was fantastic," said Mary. "They just about didn't let us through because they said Corrie's passport was invalid." She had been using it for four years, but technically it was invalid, because she hadn't signed it. That was the only place they had any trouble. At some bor- ders, they didn't even ask to see the passports. Although Paris was one of Mary's favorite cities, France was her least favorite country. The French hate Americans out and out, said Mary, and they think all Candians should be able to speak French. And they weren't very tolerant when they discovered that the girls could not speak French. They found ' no anti- Canadiansim, and not too much anti-Americanism, outside of France. The difficulty came, though, when people mistook them for Americans and Mary and Carrie had to explain the difference between the two. The Dutch, especially, have a How's Your Hearing? Chicago, free offer of special interest to those who hear but do not understand words has been announced by 13eltone. 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Although there is .only the three of them, the extra. space comes in handy when one or all of Mrs. Hispin's. four daughters comes to visit. Three .of the girls are married and Mrs. Rispin has four grand- children. The Rispins lived in Montreal for 16 years before moving to Huron Park, and their youngest daughter, Philippa, stayed in Montreal to work. "It's a tremendous contrast," said Mrs, Rispin, "but I really like it here. We lived in a built-up suberb of Montreal, and you don't realize how• noisy it actually gets, "The outlook is so far-reaching here. Everything is so green, and it is so quiet. The people are very friendly too," she added. Mrs. Rispin is originally from just outside London, England, and her husband is from Yorkshire. They met when both were in the RAF during the war, Mrs. Rispin was a wireless less about what happens to you. Others welcome you as in- dividuals and do everything they can to help you have a good holiday. operator for four and one half years during the war, and she said it was ,an experience she wouldn't have missed for anything. .Her husband came to Canada in 1955 and she followed with the family in 1956, MI her family still lives in Britain, however, and she is planning a six-week visit home with Michael next summer. Right now, Mrs,. Hispin's hobby Sylvia Rispin is trying to fix up the house. But she also keeps busy with sewing, swimming, badminton and bridge, This winter she hopes to take further extension courses in languages. "I started taking them in Montreal about four years ago," she said, "and I don't want to lose them, especially my French. very high regard for Canadians, said Mary, and they just treated us royally. She said the people in Southern Ireland were also very friendly, but were very surprised that the girls were travelling through their country. They told us, said Mary, that the normally thriving tourist trade dwindled down to prac- tically nothing, because of the civil war in Northern Ireland. I guess people are much the same all over, said Mary, as she reflected on her experiences in Europe, Some immediately class you as a tourist, and could care J