The Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-09-15, Page 12BARBARA HENRY stops at the office to speak to Val-
deane Noble,
Different Backgrounds
But Common Interests
BY ALEXANDRA FISCHER 12B
Before I went I thought I
could speak and understand
French. When I got there, all I
could make out was Bonjour.
Luckily, they spoke lots and lots
of English.
As you must have gathered,
I spent a couple of weeks in
French Canada this summer --
in a suburb of Quebec City call-
ed Ste. Foy, to be exact. An
organization called Visites In-
terprovinciales arranges ex-
change visits between students
of Ontario and Quebec. They
make no charge and they are
doing a wonderful job for Can-
adian unity in our generation.
Denise and I were both fif-
teen with common interests but
vastly different backgrounds.
As I began to see Denise and
her family as personalities in
their own right, I was introduc-
ed to Quebec City -- the Aqua',
ium, the Citadel, the Terrace,
the Zoo, the Museum, the
Chateau, the Parliament, and
Old Quebec itself. We spent
six hours one day just wander-
ing around Upper Town. We
went through the Rue du Tresor
which is a street leased by the
government to the " artists"
(long-haired variety).
Actually these boys are all
university students and they are
quite studious and respectable
during the school year but in the
summer they almost live in the
Rue. Some of their work is very
good and a portrait can be ob-
tained in five minutes for five
dollars.
The rest of my stay was
equally enjoyable -- swimming,
sightseeing, and shopping. The
last Sunday we spent at Ste.
Anne de Beaupre. Denise told
me a lot about the ski resorts
near there and about Le Carni-
val de Quebec. I do hope I
can see it sometime.
Denise came back to visit
with me for the next two weeks
and although it is a lot differ-
ent than at her house, I think
she had a good time -- hay-
rides, movies, hiking, a trip to
Niagara Falls, a day at Lake
Huron, and the harvest. Actu-
ally, I think she must have been
slightly bewildered. After a
home with two children, one
with five and oodles of visiting
kids must seem like bedlam.
She was very impressed with
our friendly everyone-knows-
everyone attitude. It is quite
different from the city. Alto-
gether we had fun! ! It sure is
worth the train ticket.
ts,
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THERE'S PLENTY of work for the office left, Valdeane Noble in the background
staff. Mrs, Miller Davis is on the extreme and Mrs. Ken Leitch on the right.
FIRST WARM-UP of the season sees an en-
thusiastic group of students on the field, all eager to make the football team.
CENTENNIAL
HURON YOUTH CHOIR
A YOUTH CHOIR IS BEING FORMED FOR HURON COUNTY AS A
CENTENNIAL PROJECT.
Here is an opportunity for the youth of Huron County to take part in a
centennial project that wilt be worthwhile, challenging and enjoyable.
PARTICULARS
—Open to all youth of Huron County from the age of 13 to 30.
—Non-denominational.
—100 voices
—Music Secular and Religious.
—Registration fee $2.00.
—Under the direction of Mr. George Cull of Central Huron Secondary School,
Clinton.
—Organization and first practice at 2:00 p.m., at Wesley Willis United Church,
Clinton, on September 18th.
Or Pi 4"
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FALL AND WINTER LINES
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SCHOOL PAGE EDITOR; C3Iorio Reed
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PHOTOG RANIER: - erry Stuckey
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"Visite interprovincial" starr-
ed for me this summer at five
o'clock in the morning; an un-
godly hour to start anything.
The conductor actually had to
4-H Conservation
Club Visits the
Albion Hills Camp
BY ROBERT JOHNSTON
The Peel County Conserva-
tion Club played host to several
Ontario Clubs including the
Huron County 4-H Conservation
Club on the week-end of the
12th, 13th and 14th of August.
The event was held at the Al-
bion Hills Conservation School.
This unique school is operat-
ed by Metro-Toronto to give
young people throughout Can-
ada a first-hand look at conser-
vation,
Eight members of the Huron
County Conservation Club, un-
der the direction of Kenneth G.
Musclow, field officer for the
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority, left Wroxeter at
noon, Friday, August 12. Our
trip got off to an exciting start
when we went to Toronto and
took a tour of the new city hall.
Mr. Musclow then treated us to
an elegant dinner at the Stood-
leigh Restaurant.
At the camp our activities
varied. On one of our field
trips a geologist explained the
history behind the formation of
the existing land forms, and on
another field trip a naturalist
pointed out such things as the
values of stream improvement
for fish and wildlife. The boys
were also given a lesson in
woodlot management, while
the girls were briefed on pioneer
homemaking.
On the recreational side,
everyone took part in target
practice, trapshooting, archery
and swimming.
Everyone enthusiastically
agreed that they had experienc-
ed an educational and enter-
taining week-end.
help the onto the train, I miss-
od the step and fell over the
tracks the first time I tried,
As I stumbled into my seat
I thought, "At least I can speak
English until I get to Montreal."
Ha! At Guelph forty French ex-
change students returning to
Montreal got on the same ear,
So I plugged my ears to the
whole bunch of them and went
hack to sleep. When I next
awoke I was in Montreal. Don't
ask me how I changed trains at
Toronto.
I was met at the station by
my exchange student, Jacques
La Fonde and his father. They
guided me out of the station
and to their house in the north-
ern part of the city,
In the coarse of the next two
weeks my French didn't im-
prove much but their English
sure did. The La Fonde family
were excellent hoses and show-
ed me every point of interest in
their great city, including art
galleries, museums, planetar-
iums, botanical gardens, and
Expo '67 (which if they don't
hurry up and finish won't be
ready for our next centennial).
I found the people in gen-
eral very friendly, just like
other people all across Canada,
except they spoke a language
which I found extremely diffi-
cult to handle. They find Eng-
equally hard to grasp.
All in all, it is a very plea-
sant way to pass part of a sum-
mer and all of you who wish to
be bilingual students should
consider this as a big step on
your path.
Upon completion of the
course in driving lessons, the
young lady asked the instruc-
tor's opinion of her progress.
Somewhat guardedly he com-
mended her, hastening to add
that she needed more practice.
Seeking to impress him even
further with her grasp of the
problem, she asked:
"What would you advise me
to do in case I couldn't find the
brake?"
"Just steer for something
cheap," sighed the instructor.
My Visit to Montreal
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