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THURSDAY, AUG.UST26,1976-
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There must be am.easier 'way to make a living:'•RRob Kisch
and. Gary Williams put -in an extremely wet day at the
Penny Carnival last Friday, All day the two young men,
were the targets of .wet sponges. (staff photo)
A bite 'every time. The Penny Carnival held at Judith
Gooderham Pool last . Friday attracted,' hundreds of
youngsters and one Of the biggest attractions was the fish'
pond where there was a winner everytime. (staff photo),; ; •
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Photos by
Dave Sykes
Concentration was a key .factor' as this , youngster at-
tempted to drop a clothespin 'in the opening of'a pilon.
Ready, aim... fire! This young lady gets the target lined up In her sights and prepares to
shoot at the Penny Carnival. The yb ing lady was attempting to extinguish a Candie with
the water gun. (staff photo)
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Everyone, has her own style and this young lady found that her aini was improved by
sticking her tongue out., Her method was -obviously successful as she had .already .'won a
balloon. (staff photo) '
.Mexico now
Fourteen young ladies from Goderich
and .Kincardine are in Cuernavaca,
Mexico, this week culminating a three-
r—year dream made true through a co -
.operative effort by residents of Goderich
and the First Girl Guide Company' of
Goderich.
The ladies, eleven of = which are
members of the Goderich guide troop,
- range in age . from, 15 to 17 and have
t'prned what three yearsago was only a
suggestion •into ;' alt experience few
youngsters that age will,ever have. They
left Toronto airport Sunday on a flight to
Mexico wh•e.they will spend 13 days in
`bur Cabana', one of four world centres
operated under the world Guiding '—
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rogram. The others are in Switzerland,
India and England..
Our Cabana is in Cuernavaca, a snnatl
town about X45 minutes travel fl°ty'ti"�
• Mexico City. The name of the spot does
not pertain to .a municipality in the
country but rather a site operated by'the
guides 'of the world -as a service project. ...
The ;.Goder'ich° girls have planned an
- itinerary that will involve them in. the
•--projects but wilt still leave them time to
relax and play the role.of tourists in,the
• couiriry. n a
Godetich Guide' leader Sylvia Brady
said•.the two main ideals of:the trip are
to get involved in service projects and to •
Y
ore t
culture friendships that will hopefully
"growwith time •and. last for years to
come She said similar trips are un-
dertaken by girls from other areas of
Canada, the United States," 'British
Honduras, Venezuela and Mexico and
involve close . to 100 girls from 14 .to 17
years of age.. ~ • •
The girls were given the opportunity to
choosewhat they wanted to do'when .they
arrived at Our Cabana and decided to
work with younger peopleless fortunate,
than themselves teaching . them craft
work, games and song's. Their projects
involve about 150 children from eight to
11 years' of age in a poor parish in
Cuernavaca and about 100 girls aged 13
to 21 living in a school' and home
operated by Catholic nuns.
The guides took the materials for the
craft work with them in -prepackaged
bundles for distribution. amongst the
children. They collected" the Material.
they -needed for the project, divided it
into .packagdthat would give each child'
adequate supply to learn the craft and
then loaded it all on the plane to take
with them. They: -are alsa; planning to
break down the language barrier and
teach thechildren•songs and gamey used
in Canadian guiding:
Mrs. Brady said the 1anguage barrier •
could prove to be ,tricky' but explained
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an dream for -Go
BY JEFF SEDDON
that the gu'ide5 had prepared themselves
as best they could She, said one girl, Joan.
Coulter,, had been taking Spanish in
struction= and that . the rest of the girls
were ...equipped . with Spanish phrase
--. books and -had learned some. obvious
words in Spanish. She added that.the
girls will be accompanied by an in-
terpreter.
Two days prior to their departure the
girls still had not seemed to grasp the
fact that their efforts had been sue
cessful,. They Were excited about the
prospects of their trip but, according to
Mrs. Firady, the whole thing seemed to
be a dream.
Mrs. Brady said that the co-operation'
the Guides received fromthe people of
Goderich was• a joy to behold. She said
the cost of the trip totalled about $9,000
an amount that.. appeared three years
ago `to be out of reach . for the young
Guides'
"We can't say'we've clones it,`' said the
leader, "because so many people have
helped us."
The girls set out to earn their way tel
Mexico. The Guide code preventsthem
from appealing. tor straight donations
for the project, making. it necessary to
'Provide donors with something in return
for .donations to thettrip -
"In Guiding if .you have sc mething
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This youngman attacked the nail with a two-handed grip ,
as he attempted to win a prize at the Penny Carnival..
(staff photo) n
erich Gui
given to you, you must return something-;
,in payment," said Mrs. Brady.
The girls therefore"have beenbusy, for
the past three years. Theymade crafts
which were sold at the Festival of the
°Arts and at, the Huron Historic Gaol.
Senior citizens employed the girls to do
' housework and laundry. The girls
provided babysittipg service at special
events in town and merchants in town
gave the girls discounts on material they
used fol- their crafts, :making their
margin of profit a Little greater.
The townspeople . also helped out
providing material for use in Mexico.
Discounts were given .on .material for
grafts to be taught in Mexico and some
people donated new and used items to be
placed in bundles of Christmas gifts
distributedto• the poor children in the ,
Cuernavaca area_
"People gave things to us to give to
them," said Mrs. Brady.
The _girls' families were responsible
• for a certain portion of the costs of the
trip. Any money earned was put toward
• 'the cost of the project and the remainder
.was ,paid in equal pprtions by the girls
themselves through their„. parents..They
' - were also responsible for their personal
spending oh.the trip. ••,�
Souvenirs were also given to the girls.
MP Bob McKinley—gave each one of
them Canada flag pins, MPP_ Jack'
Riddell gave them provincial pins and
the Town of Goderich gave them town
crests and pens for distribution 'gird
trading.
The entire project i's.like "something
you read about other people doing,.' said
Mrs. Brady. °
"We just felt it was time for our girls
a: -to try it," she explained.
The leader said that the trip was afirst
for the Goderich Guides and as far as she
knew for Guides in the entire Goderich
area. She ;said she hoped the project's
success would encourage other Guide
troops to expand their Interests and -
would promote Guiding in the area.
She said she felt the more enthusiasm
generated in the Guiding movement the
more the girds will want to stay in Guides
and the" more other 'children 'would,want
to. join. She added that her history las a
leader has been a high point in hdr. life,
adding that she planned to continue in
Guiding.
"I truly wish . the people of Goderich
could see the happy fakes and •smart
uniforms, on the girls when weass,erri-
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bled in Toronto airport, -she said.
"There's no way I'd quit Guides. I'm
staying." ,
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