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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-09-30, Page 370 remeinber "Perfect."' That's the first word that comes to, Sylvia-Brady's mind when someone asks her how she and her Girl 9,1008.•frani Goderich andncardine enjoyed their recent trip to • Mexico. The girl's reserve com- ments like "wow", "it was _like a dream come &u -e", "it was the chance of a lifetime'j� The children began by ad - and "the two weeks seemed dressing- the Guides as more ' affection in their gratitude than the• girls are accustomedto•in Canada. "They all want your at- trtion badly -.and they work hard to please 'you and - to make sure you see what they have done," said Nancy, • She recalled the antics of the youngsters of the parish after one of the .craft lessons. like two days" to describe ,their feelings on the two week adventure. • Despite the vaf•ied ' ex - i pr• essiens the girlsuse to describe the trip 'they all are trying to -make the same point - the point being that -the experience was one they never have had before and One' they will likely never experience again. It is perhaps best described by the phrase "you had to be there". The trip was one that very few .girls the age of the Goderich and Kincardine Guides will ever take part in, Eleven members of the First Goderich Guides and three members of the Kincardine Guide troop spent two weeks in Our Cabana, a Guide centre :in Cuernavaca, Mexico.' oThey, along with leaders Diane :Buchanan and Sylvia Brady joined other Guides from all over. North America and from Bezile in Central America • to devote • two weeks to special service projects' ; sponsored in the Cuernavaca area • by the Guiding centre. • The, Goderich and .Kin- cardine girls chose two groups of youth to work with on. their projects. One group was poor children from - a nearby parish and the other was young Mexican :girls living in a correctional school 4}Y "`senorita and if the .,girls' were busy with something else and didn't answer right away the children soon changed their •call to ".missie". That failing they Would begin to tapthe girls and point calling "lady, lady". "Pretty -soon you had 14 pairs of little hands_. in, your...: face holding crafts for ap- proval," said Nancy. Paula Butler also ex perienoed . the warmth and affection the - Mexican youngsters used to show their gratitude. Paula workedwith some of the young girls in the correctional school teaching them folk"'•dances She ex- plained that the girls at- tending .the • school were .all the age of the Guides or a little older arid were at the school because they had stolen something of were unwed mothers. 'The school is a parallel to • .Canadian reformatories and the girls • work and receive an. education at the same time. Their schedule is hectic -and. adds to -their gratitude for efforts like. the Guides were main g k , Paula said that she. •liad beenteaching the -dancing and- when she finished and prepared to leave one young -, girl 17 years oldmade it obvious. :she °didn't want the operated by Catholic nuns. girls to leave.., Their 'projects, ranged from "She came"up .to me and teaching craftwork''to began hugging and kissing teachinggroup games.: and me," Paula recalled dancingThey also took small nostalgically. `.1$11e gifts from themselves and • desperately wanted me to from people in Goderich tos.tay," donate to the Guide centre to . These and .other 'similar distribute amongst the area rewards of the trip are •what poor : children at Christmas the girls have trouble relating time: to people they are trying to ' The programs the girls put .describe. their trip to. A staff together were 'a' total success member at Our Cabana had a according to Sylvia. She said similar effect on • the girls. her .girls were more than Llama, who is a midget lady f prepared for 'their projects the United States, works and proudly adds that they' full time at the Guide centre. were the only Guides at the and won over the hearts of the centre who-' had .prepared girls and .will be fondly. remembered by all of them easily described and in fact deer season in Huron County ho.J;11: ; t e.,n-•3 rru)d, x l I2-�iRaPn ibl .�k� 1976.,with the ``exce do f it • to Mexico, ready to•m chance to return and visit Emotions such as joy, a seasonor`oow arow only, from Oc+ b•er=-•25,i to November 30." Bayfield Reeve Ed-. Odd'leifson, in making .the motion .to • object, called the . _ hunting -with bow, and arrow L L. • The Guides who took. the trip to Mexico tried to capture their experience on film and by short explanations and recently entertained the Goderich Lions club with pictures and stories of their trip. The girls are .(front row .from left) Glenda' Walpole and Carol Hill of Kincardine and Rita Lassaline and Nancy Bird of Goderich; (second row from left) Paula. Butler, Marlene McDougall and Deborah Buchanan; . (back row from Left) Diane Buchanan, Joan Coulter, Sue McFadyen of Kincardine, Kathleen McCready, Sylvia Brady and Kim Brady. (staff -photo) them an opportunity to see the underdeveloped' portions of the country. • A trip to Taxos, ' which is • about 45' miles from Our Cabana, took 21/2 hours as the car wound around no fewer than 295 curves. Quite few Mexicans still use donkeys extensively for travel' and to carry heavy loads' and the donkeys. -delighted the. girls with their slides and pictures of the trip and try to recreate. their adventure, an adventure about which can be said "you had to be there". The Guides are willing to try however to explain their trip. They will tell anyone who' asks about the two weeks and will soon be bubbling with 44 Pictures the girls took of C one donkey drinking out of a O . • • • to .bottle proves" the impression . the animals -keftt on the • Canadians.. The animals �/�'� apparently pick' the bottle up v W. off the around with their teeth antics and,tilt: their heads, up and Huron County. Council back 'to • drain the contents passed a motion, with only into their• mouths. They are two ,. members opposed, at also not particular about the their. Friday meeting to 61 contents of the bottle and are. . ,jest to theMinistry of Natural as appreciative of fine. wine Resources over the as their owners. • Ministry's intention to allow The adventure was also hunting of, deer within the educational for the Guides: - county with bow and arrow. They learned about some of • A letter of information, the history of :Mexico -and of • signed• by H. Lancaster,. life in the country. They also • Forest .. and Land met and got..to know girls Management . Supervisor of their age from other coun- the: Ministry of Natural tries and learnedto un- Resources; ha"dd""-!leen placed 'derstand and appreciate their' in 'the report of the way of life.. Development Cominttte:e The result of the'trip is not noting that there would be no distribute. She was referring -her. ` to the materials the girls The good times a group of accumulated at home and put into units to distribute to the people have together in. children they were teaching. situations like the Mexico trip. The : packages .. contained are also personal memories not easily explained When everything necessary for the the girls tell of short sheeting ` children to complete their their leaders' beds and of craftwork and meant that all the Guides had to do was hand stealing the dinger of the bell out the. packager and show used' to get them up in the. the youngsters what to do. morning for their . 7:15 roll call the The success of their en - tales people hearing the leavers was made evident on tales don't appreciate their their second trip to the parish true meaning. They pare all church where they ,were part • and parcel of one of the . classes. most exciting periods of the holding their craft When their car 'approached „lives of the Guides so far and the church the . parish perhaps for the remainder of children raced out to greet their lives: them making it obvious they The entire two weeks were had been anxiously .waiting not .spent being .Guides. The for . their' new Canadian girls had time to play tourist . and saw a good deal of the J J J�rz.,IIJX-1444Z-Z21J J J JZJ JZJZJIJZJZJZJZJ=J J J J J J� friends. scenery and historical spots • The- problem of differing . sorrow, nostalgia, excitement and the lasting impression the cainaraderie the girls came to knowcannot be conveyed to- a listener. The girls canonly show, their GOPERJCH;SIC HoirlesviIIe. 4 prepare squares the excitement they , could barely 'contain when .they '. were nearing their departure time. But don't be afraid .to ask. You • may have your ' memory jogged and recall a time in your life when you experienced a similar ad- venture or period of joy. - • halt deer bows !• "Cruel" and askedthat council request cancellation. of the season.. • Mr. Oddleifson said the animals • are often only wounded and could take days- to die. , Kenneth Campbell;.Deputy Reeve 'of Stephen Township, seconded -the motion.' 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