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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-12-23, Page 22Santa- cones to Creditor). By JIMMY McVEENEY Mt. Carmel It was the night before Christ- mas not a sound throughout the house. But outside the wind was blowing hard and strong. The snow came down like hail, children thought Santa wouldn't make it, But they didn't know Rudolf was leading the pack. All at once a laugh came from the snowy sky. Santa was here in the little town of Crediton making little boys and girls wishes come true. USBORNE CONCERT — Students of Osborne Central School presented two Christmas concerts this week. Above, principal Bill Lin- T-A photo. JF president on tour Part of Ontario mission Local man reports on Africa field directs the choir during a rehearsal. ih pm w:i:t. Tea May the spirit of Christmas be an ever-present joy to you. Season's Greetings ' From Murray Moore and Staff At John Burke Ltd. 235-1863 f . 4ea cxasl:r6vsAo gholvzga okzo rho rho rho r•io rho rho rlha lor-ho4liorhorha: rhemo rho ws rcrtiti4ogi cam ..d .criottotrt By ERIK GRAVLEV October 26 There are no Canadian air carriers from Canada to Africa so this means that we had to go via London, England, and to me it seems ridiculous because we were informed that Air Canada has landing rights in Nairobi but are not utilizing same. We landed in Uganda on the way down and I had here a remarkable experience, in fact that an airline official came onto the airplane and informed us that ladies in slacks or mini-skirts mtte:F.AlotkehFeztomotIzt,t1-: rsrgio?!14oNiottio.:,e„.i.ct‘tio.:4.io.:411;:r.tio?!..tqe.o a. AP' Fi ti v. Exeter, Ontario eFiho!t.loFt, Your patronage we have enjoyed tl Good will and friendship too, Our gratitude we'd like We'd like to have you By saying "Thanks to you". 4 each to know to show '6) That we will always strive To keep that valued friendship And good will with us alive, We want to say to everyone Our hearty wish sincere, A very Merry Christmas And a very Happy Year. a The Arthurs A Graham and Marj Tom and Carol, -A tl ;47; arti.ea! sa.sp'.i14,iz..si z t.;•!sita.9i. z:;.14 4. ti 0 May all our customers and friends enjoy a happy holiday Gregus Construction Ltd. CilISTIviAS At Christmas, we send greetings and good wishes to all, For Everything In The Hardware Line EXETER PHONE 235-2190 Fisher's Hardware P?;5:Z.P} ray za igLY P.);i12.PrEZ.L..7',0.0&•3•NZ.P.ii:M.0.5)',0 P412 g3e1.1 5'.);.O.Niaqii=.944,4:3.;7412 4014A4te$66,40rAtift.,.. te44.450,0ft tit • errzly, you'll roll along with our best holiday wishes . . and our heartfelt thanks for your confidence in us! Happy New Year PROSPER'S GARAGE & STAFF Grand Bend, Ont. A 014,0mitmoysell'Airo*orAttriwroydlormtrogr$Iggiss.ted-Ot4s1ft*.flONCilii0,40!.44.0Morgro?...00146.4{*{-?,440'fet:i'Ato?.10.'W4 toe t t Page 10A December 23, 1974 Eric Gravlev president of JF Farm Machinery of Exeter was a member of a recent Canadian Trade Mission to Africa. The tour arranged by the Ontario government and cov- ered the period from October 25 to November 21. Erik consented to write some of his impressions for The Times- Advocate and his article follows: should not leave the flight as it is in Uganda an offence if a lady isn't in a skirt about 1" below the k nee-line. During our short stay in Uganda we really felt what it must mean to a country being in a condition such as the one Uganda is in. There was absolutely no life in this International Airport; the only thing we saw was a few soldiers being drilled in front of the airport building. October 27 We went to the Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi; the Norfolk Hotel is the old colonial type of hotel - very cozy and with outstanding ser- vice and the prices are very reasonable. We stayed in Nairobi until October 31st and I can inform you that this city is really developing into becoming a very modern city; the new buildings that are mushrooming are as modern as you see them in North America. Nairobi is a city with more than half a million people and you can really say that they are very happy people. The smiles and the jabbering of all the natives is one of the first things you notice when you go on the street or when you sit in a restaurant. In Nairobi everybody seems to be happy and satisfied even though that country is considered as an un- der-developed country and has quite a problem regarding its balance of payment. The agricultural business amounts to approximately 34 percent of the gross national product in Kenya and the agricultural growth amounts to almost 1'7 percent - this no doubt because the agricultural industry during the last few years has received a very high priority. Some of the most important crops in the agricultural field are tea and coffee. The balance of payment is on the plus side in Kenya and ear- ning is approximately $150.00 per person per year. Nairobi is almost 6,000 feet above sea level, however it doesn't seem to interfere with a person's system - at least we didn't feel tired or exhausted but it was explained that there are no flies or mosquitoes in the Nairobi area and this is because of the high altitude. Also that the cars are almost down to ap- proximately 75 percent of their normal horsepower. I mentioned previously that Nairobi no doubt should be considered as the gateway to Africa and moving around in Nairobi and the surrounding area one will meet people from almost all over the world. I noticed at the Norfolk Hotel that there were people from most of Europe, many from Canada, lots from the United States - especially from California, and many Japanese and Chinese. One will find that people with citizenship of Kenya will have more or less preferred status and will have an easier time ob- taining bank loans, government support, etc. No importing can be done without having an import license and I guess that applications for import licenses are thoroughly examined as Kenya really is watching her balance in payment and trying to make sure that the export amounts to more than the import. October 31 We flew to Mombasa; quite a nice flight which really showed us how many more people there are room for in Kenya. Mombasa is located on the Indian Ocean Coast and is a city with approximately 300,000 people. Mombasa is a very im- portant port of entry into Kenya and the boat traffic is so heavy that there is a special surcharge on goods to Kenya via Mombasa because the boats are lying outside the harbour sometimes for several weeks before they can get into berths. Mombasa was hot and humid - different from Nairobi which was quite dry and with a temperature in the '80's. The people in Mombasa seem just as nice as the people in Nairobi but one doesn't have to spend many hours in Mombasa before one realizes that it is a large harbour. We were taken on a tour through the harbour in Mombasa. We saw amongst other things a number of lift trucks supplied by Canada. November 2 We should have flown back to Nairobi, however we decided to leave early on this Saturday morning and then go on safari. We had hired two small buses with sliding roofs and we had a wonderful tour on Saturday as well as Sunday. We did night over in the Park and enjoyed the real wildlife just sitting at the terrace in front of the hotel at the Park. It is quite amazing to see herds of elephants - many dozens at a time, herds of zebras - up to 300 to 400, and herds of allkindsof deer come to the waterholes and water, Spot lights have been installed and are there all the time so that the animals are not afraid of going to the waterholes which are placed only up to a couple of hundred feet from the hotel's terrace. We toured the Park during Sunday and we saw almost every type of animal from the Park but the lion and the cheetah, but heard the lion and the cheetah throughout the night when they had caught and were killing their prey. November 5 We left for Lusaka in Zambia. Almost immediately upon arrival one feels that conditions are different in this country as op- posed to Kenya. However the people are nice but I do not believe that they have as much drive as the people in Kenya. I had the pleasure in Lusaka of meeting with Mr. Bill Conklin and Mrs.Conklin of Conklin Lumber as well as with Professor W, G. Phillips from the Economics Department, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario. I understand that Mr.Conklin and Mr. Phillips are apparently quite often in Zambia where they are in an advisory capacityto the Zambian Government. The most important industry in Zambia is, of course, the copper mines but I am informed that less than 1.'3 of 1 percent of the country is under cultivation but nevertheless agriculture amounts to approximately 15 percent of the G.D.P. and the unemployment situation runs well above another 80 percent. Corn, sorghum, ground nuts, millets, beans, sugar cane, tobacco and cotton are grown in Zambia and the earning per person amounts to ap- proximately $400.00 per year, The climate in Lusaka was also very nice and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay. I had the privilege of visiting quite a bit in the surrounding areas. November 9 The people in Malawi again are quite differentfrom the people in Zambia and in Kenya. Like Uganda there are restrictions regarding clothing; females must wear skirts and not less than one inch below the knee-line and the men must have their hair cut enough that it doesn't go below an imaginary line from one side of the mouth around the neck' to the other side! Another thing that we ex- perienced in Malawi was that there are plenty of foreign newspapers and magazines but before they are put on display the people in the stores go through every page in the newspapers and magazines and with a Magic Marker they blacken everything out from the neck down if an advertisement shows a lady or a man not dressed in accordance to regulations. I would say that it must take about 21/2 Magic Markers per newspaper coming from Europe! Malawi is a very small country and it has five million people only. The largest city is Blantyre with approximately 150,000 and the agricultural industry takes care of about 90 percent of the population. The most important agricultural products are tobacco, tea and peanuts. The earnings in Malawi are very small, only aproximately $100.00 per person per year. In Malawi I also had the op- portunity to look quite a bit at the surrounding areas. I was for example out in a tea field of about 100 acres and I must say I have seldom seen anything as im- maculate. But, of course, tea being such a high-priced product everything is being well taken care of. I also visited a farm which is managed by the wife of the general manager for Portland Cement, The farm is only 30 acres but the lady manages to keep more than 20,000 laying hens. She grows lots of pineapple, .peaches, pears (giants - about one pound each), and of course bananas. Growing bananas must be very rewarding because the fact is that you plant a tree and it renews itself every year, I don't know for how many decades, nobody Seemed to know. The fact is that they carry a lot of bananas each year and when the bananas have been harvested they just cut the old tree off and a new one is already up about 3 feet ready to be harvested in about nine months! The lady employs 23 people on the farm. It was very clean and orderly but, of course, I was amazed to learn that the wages for these workers amount to approximately 50 cents to 55 cents per day and remember that most of them have quite large families. November 16 We arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, and was that ever a change. At the airport you had to fight for your luggage to avoid some porter disappearing with it and not knowing where it was. I have travelled quite a bit and in many different countries but I have never seen anything like in Lagos. Nigeria is a large country with 357,000 square miles and ap- proximately 80 million people! Lagos is the capital with ap- proximately two million people in population. Of course, Nigeria is the eighth largest oil producing. country in the world and has had a .huge trade surplus since 1966. Nevertheless 70 percent of the population is employed in agriculture. The most agricultural produce in Nigeria is ground nuts, cocoa, palm oil, cotton, rubber, rice, coffee and tobacco. In Nigeria I had an oppodunity to go several hundred miles north and visit at the Agricultural Ministry for that state. It was indeed an experience to come so far away from Lagos and discover that the people up north in Nigeria are very much like the people in Kenya. Everybody in Nigeria is busy trading one or another thing. Regardless where you are you will run Into somebody who wants to sell you something. I noticed in Nigeria that there is hardly any difference in the amount of traffic at 4:00 o'clock in the morning and 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon but this, of course, is no doubt due to the custom that anybody who feels sleepy can just sit down or lie down and have a sleep whenever or wherever they might be, so one can say that they actually cat-nap and therefore really don't have to go to bed and have a full night's sleep. I noticed in Nigeria that the tribe marks burned or cut into the faces of the people are more common than in the other countries I visited. There are some tribes in Nigeria who have their faces scarred with scars probably 1/4 " wide and 1116" deep. It must be an awful lot of pain for the children to go through. The traffic in Lagos is terrific. — Please turn to page 13A Christmas is By KAREN mEDD Room 7 Mt. Carmel Christmas is a time When everything is fine Children are full of fun and glee Mothers are running those last minute sprees. To remember how 'fortunate we are today With those less fortunate not far away, When we can eat till our heart's content While others can't afford food nor rent. When we put up a Christmas tree And lights on the house for ev'r-one to see, Thats when school is let out And we're allowed run about, 0 Season's Greetings g And Our Sincere Gratitude For Your 0' Patronage £i* O ti. 1.1. MAIN ST. ro " .145.ogo.r:i...al.NwAtivolktxv,:oxxers.Pkz.s.peo.p.o.FseA.salizs.,..0.*0.riot.vieacgin.wits.wea. • Ellwin SPICER'S BAKERY • Erio • Peg • Gertie • Nancy • Cathy • Jo Anne at EXETER JACK RIDDELL MPP £1' 0 aitioU-adgiearn94- Our wish is that this season be filled with inner peace for you and yours LEONE & JACK RIDDELL & FAMILY Here, beneath the lamplight's glow, we gather to joyously sing out, "Hello," To you and all those you hold dear, a holiday 'filled with lots of cheer! 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