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The Brussels Post, 1974-10-23, Page 16PINS FROM RUSSIA -- Sisters Marion and Maureen Lodby,daughters of Mr. and Mrs. ClaYTON Looby of Dublin went to Russia this month to. see the Team'Canada Russia Hockey Series there. The girls show off their collection of pins which were traded with Russians they met on their travels. (Staff Photo) Moscow like city at war, girls say Brussels Stockyard Report nmion mono wawa ommt STEPHENSON'S Bakery Grocer Red or Green MARASCHINO CHERRIES • • 12-oz. Children's BAYER ASPIRIN V8 JUICE • • • 24-size 2 48-oz. 6 19-oz. 4 Van Camps PORK and. BEANS Free Delivery Phone 887--9226 MIN Mccutcheon 'Grocer Phone 887-9445 We Deliver PePperidge 10-et, FARM CAKES' Kellogg's CORN FLAKES I York — 19-ai.: MANS With PORK • .--• • • • Wesit's -, itegolPd , ', ' Raspberry's JELLY ROLLS it • 4 Varieties ...... 16 oZ 5 • 2 we Marian and Maureen Looby of Dublin, who returned from a visit to Russia a week ago, said Moscow looks just like a city at war. The y oung women were among the first group of hockey fans to arrive in Moscow to view the recent Canada-Russia hockey games. "Soldiers arc .everyWhere. They surrounded our plane on arrival. They were there as we spent a half day getting through customs," they said. 'I think about 90 per cent of the men on the streets of Moseow wore army suits.There were 300 soldiers sitting in the front three* Tows at the hockey coliseum, soldiers at the end of each row of seats, among the crowd and around the exits," Marian commented and added "One y oung woman from Toronto was arrested for 'picking tip some pretty stones on the ground. It took an hour for a tourist guide to secure her release. Our guide told us if we were' caught doing anything wrong he would be punished as Well." The women said they thought they got the best accommodation in Moscow because they were on the first plane load. "We stayed at an Intourist Hotel (Russians not allowed) with 3,000 rooms," Marian said: "It took us about 15 minutes to get from our room to the elevator. Our room was nicer than most we have had in other countries in Europe. Clean and beautifully polished wood in the furniture, especially the desk. The view over the river was lovely. The cost of our double room was about $50. Maureen added, "We had a radio in our room which you couldn't turn off -- no music -- just someone talking in Russian." Maureen said it was great to watch the hockey games but "very frustrating". "There was no way the Canadians could have won. The Russian officials made sure of that--just a matter of handing out penalties to the Canadians. They ignored tripping, spearing and such when done by a Russian player," she said. Good tight Discussing the controversial goal the Russians said the . Canadians didn't make, -the Looby girls were positive it should have been chinked. "The goal light Went on, We were sitting behind it arid the red light definitely went ()hi" she said. "All they to.. were shown to us later in the dining room On THEE •.. POST •. ,• , 16 ,-,BRUSSELS iOCTOBER 1974 sweaters with the front covered with small .trading pins. She said She got most of them from small boys who traded them for a stick of gum. The boyS became a nuisance eventually, coaxing for gum and any Canadian insignia. Marian remarked on the cleanliness of the streets--littering is a crime, a person can be jailed for dropping even a cigarette butt. Maureen said if a person is unemployed they are given jobs. such as sweeping the streets. She said women retire at 50 from their labouring jobs such as road building and are given light work—scrubbing and sweeping. Maureen, the engineer, admired the ease of travel in Moscow, where a person could cross the city of seven million persons in 20 minutes because there were no street crossings or pedestrian crosswalks, only underpasses. She said cabs were cheap too and - cabbies took no tips, but would accept chewing gum. The women found the officials of the American Embassy friendly but the Canadian Embassy never recognized the Canadian fans, only the hockey players. Marian said she lost seven pounds because of the meals. "Lots of fish, and I don't care for it. The potatoes and the very tough steaks were fried in heavy oil which made them very greasy. Caviar, vodka and beer were served with their meals. They travelled 400 miles north to Leningrad, the main port on the Baltic Sea, which is noted' for its architecture and as a centre for literature. "A pleasant contrast to Moscow, more modern, more like other European cities we have visited," they said. Ballet "in Moscow they went to the ballet and saw "Swan Lake" in an impresSive building, apparently used mainly for ballet, well designed to give best view of the dancets. They said it was the Only building in which they saw carpeting--thick grey--and red plush seats. Maureen said there were no playgrounds in the city. Sports are regimented. "They seem interested in making a master race." she said, Children of officials at the American Embassy Were, not allowed to use Shine vacant land back of their building as a playground for their own children. All in all though, "A fabulous trip," they concluded. (by Wilma OW A gobd supply of cattle and pigs at Brussels Stockyards hn Friday met with only a moderate demand. Steers sold steady, heifers were lower. Plain cattle remained difficult to market. All classes of pigs were higher. Choice Steers '- 48.00 to 51.00 with sales to 52.00. Good Steers - 46.00 to 48.00. A steer consigned by Ken Rock of Monkton, weighing 1280 lbs., sold for 52.00. A steer consigned by Ross Cunningham of R.R.3, Brussels, weighing 1,230 lbs. sold for 51.75, with his offering of 16 steers averaging 1151 lbs. selling for an overall price of 50,00. Nine fancy light steers consigned by Max Oldfield of Brussels, averaging 993 lbs. sold for 51.75, with his offering of 25 steers selling for 50.40. • A steer consigned by Gordon Schweitzer of West Montrose weighing 1130 lbs sold for 51.25. Twelve steers consigned by Wolfe Stock Farms of Dobbington, averaging 1152 lbs. sold for 49.35. A steer consigned by A Post Classified will pay 'you dividends. Have you tried one? Dial Brussels 887-6641. KEEP CAMAADAti GROWING ES1 THE colored television except the one game in which the controversial goal was made!" Marian laughed. • Maureen, a London engineer, spoke admiringly' of the technological achievements they Viewed when touring the Exhibit of Economics and Agriculture. "Very impressive. Something like the Toronto Exhibition but it makes the Ex look like the Seaforth Fair. Every so often an engineer is returned to this exhibit for a refresher course." "With all that show of technology and the $250,000 Olympic clock for the hockey games not working, when it might favor the Canadians!!" she hooted. Marian spoke of the beautiful scenery and the lovely autumn colors in Russia. "I've never seen so many people on the streets as in MoscoW" she said. "Perhaps it's the apartment living. There arc no houses in Moscow, only Government subsidized apartments with the average rent, I understand, about $112 a month for a person with a salary of about $210." She said the .Russian men seemed to wear either a grey or a black suit and women's clothes were nondescript. She said at the games it was an odd feeling to look at the rows' and rows of dark clothes with the white faces looking out, like a funeral. Only about three per cent of the Russian spectators were women ; she estimated. Marian said they visited the famous Gum Store in Moscow but said they found the goods so far behind ' compared to Western things--worse than out bargain basement StoreS. She priced a pair of "stylish" Russian shoes (popular here 15 years ago) with pointed toes and high heels and said they cost about $50. Maureen added, "The fur hats, the furs, all very beautiful. The jewelry is nice too, but the .craftmanship is not good." The Dublin travellers said it was difficult to find good souvenirs, most wares were trashy. They found only one store that carried gifts they would buy. They displayed a lovely t riple leaf, light yellow amber pin and a Babushka doll, the, small wooden doll with other identical smaller dolls inside, "A true Babushka has to have 12 tioliS i " Maureen said, PLANT Trading Pins Marian displayed one of her Summerland Farms of weighing 1220 lbs. sold Two Holstein steers by Gerald Ball of averaging 1305 lbs. 39.10. 'Choice Heifers - 41.0( with sales to 43.85. Good Heifers - 39.00 Three heifers, consi George Blake of averaging 933 lbs, sold with,his offering of 11 averaging 893 lbs. sellii overall price of 43.00, Two heifers consignee Rintoul of R3, V averaging 850 lbs. sold i Thirteen heifers cons Gordon Schweitzer Montrose, averaging 88. for 41.40. Brussels Stockyard arriving daily for prig western ranch steer ai calves. CHRISTMAS IS CON Give Someone ti of Music. • GUITARS • BANJOS • HARMONI and much mar Greatly Reduced The Music M North Street, I