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Leek week eur foolish feetlees leader Magif Geldbalelth,
l'sfreiNfrIttgetter the big NI (at five fent thltre).-had emided 4se,
against altodds 10Bienatirate itt eastern Turkey
Wert stfl twe daYs,aweY from Tehran, and it is a week
Once the Meteedes menagerie left Munich,
, • , &Way the hetellth herded us into Was not bad, 1 bad
no etitteeto venture opt in the eight to fetch firewood,
Which emild he a gift of We seeing propettions in Turkey. If
yon remember, last week I recounted an episode where a
person was attacked with a knife for innocently taking an
armful 'of *OW -
'Settle roonvis sufficiently heated, but the running water
%MIT, One should suppose, I guess, that running water in
the wildi of the central Middle East is more than anybody
elmuld suspect. Oh well, it only gets bad when you start to
offend yourself, and that hasn't happened yet.
'Like a good drill sergeant, Magit has his troops fed,
Watered and back on the road shortly after sunrise, I get a
lucky break today by being permitted to drive in Mere 11
with my friend Saul. That lucky break almost turned into
bad luck.
-Againeeee're-letoindiiiitaTiFs the—slieeese -tall-tared
winding roads arenot framed with guardrails. Magoo had
rnanouvered through these hills so often it should have
occurred to me that, in spite of his horrifying driving
habits, he would find a way through.
Saul, who was driving, lacked that experience however.
An unexpected sharp turn in the road (a Turkish plot!)
came out of nowhere.
"Saul," I stuttered out as the car skidded toward the
edge.
"Aaaagghhh!!", was his reassuring reply.
A couple feet short of the edge he managed to stop the
Merc. Calmly, he set the Mere in reverse, pulled it back
far enough to be able to make the turn, pulled it ahead a
bit then shut it off.
Without a word we both scrambled out of the car and
over to the edge. We had to see the pit which could have
been our grave. Cold silence made the valley's depth more
vast than it really was. There'd have been no stepping
until the bottom. ,
"Gulp" was our only comment in the rational analysis of
the situation.
BACKING UP
In the nleantime Magit had lost us in his rearview mirror
and was _furiously. hacking ti.expecting it seemed, that
we'd finally made the bid to steal the car.
Lia -his excited warble, ,Pe, citing pot of six or seven
languages, he mad 't epp ent this was no time for
sightseeing and it was get going. He had no clue
what had happened. • r
It had been several minutes since Saul and 1 had spoken
and it Would be several minutes more before something
was said. When it came, the result was a torrent of verbal
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f• iat #eseit-like land, The only Odell Wes a flat ,th'e
lumrt
ear. By this time I vvas riding with him, and he
o
needed to he told that he had a flat. He kriew Something
as wrong, but he didn't knew what,
by Herb Shovelier
As if 01(4 weren't enouele we also had te cheese it for
hineeftentieabave been because he was lazy or it myhave
abuse, accentuated with expletives, and directed at,Turks,
Turkish roads and the Turkish Outs department, if such a
.thing existed. •
The remainder of the day was, quite acceptably,
uneventful, until we arrived in a small town 30 miles short
of the Iranian border. ,
" AT THE BORDER AGAIN
Once again, as they - had done at both the
German -Austrian and Bulgarian -Turkish borders, the
three Iranians piled out of ,their 'ears and began to play
musical Mercedes. The Only reason 'I could come up with
for regularly rearranging our cargeWas that different
borders have their own import quotas. It makes sense,_,
• The Iranian border would be the biggest chelleege for
Magit yet. In effect we were smuggling cars into the
oanntry, at least in his case.
Exciting the Turkish side -was no problem. Entering Iran
was. Incredible as it may sound, the Iranian checkpoint
closes at six every evening. Cars passed by the Turks must
be let in, otherwise people are stranded overnight.
The Turks, in their unending love for Iranians, let cars
pile up outside their checkpoint until just before the
Iranian border is about to close, then they let a mass of
cars through. 1 expect they get a real chuckle out of
keeping the Itanian officals on the job well past closing
lime.
Finally, after a three hour wait, all three cars are cleared
(I don't know how Magit does it. For all I know he may buy
someone off. That would have been no surprise.)
After three hours the travelling trio is called to a stop.
"Heute, genug," mumbles Magit. Then with stars in
his eyes, he adds,- "morgen, Tehran."
"Toeriorrow, Tehran," was his claim, and a similar one
would be echoed six years later.
Magit again had us up early and on the road. Soon after
we began the home stretch we arrived at the western
Iranian town of Tabriz. It was here the threesome was
reduced to a pair as Jonnau and Yanci departed in their
car, heading south to Hamadan.
If Tabriz 'could offer any clues 'about what lay ahead in
Tehran it would shatter any optimistic anticipation still
alive after this tong on the road. The town was out of a •
Western movie, except some of the huts were made of
, mud, and there were no horses or hitching bars on the dirt
stteets.
A FLAT TIRE
It's a quick goodbye and we're back on the road. The
driVe to Tehran is performed quickly. It's over straight,
been hecauee he wanted is mon y 4 evert outof ue, hat
the meet ii1c,ety reason for his assuming the spectator's role
was *Ole 'didn't have the faintest idea what to de.
FinallY we arrive in Tehran in early evening, The way to
Magit's is straight down the main street, Pahlavi
Boulevard (Shah Reza Pahlavi, get it).
Because the boulevard was my only sight of Tehran that
night, my first impression is emesing, looking bad.
The trip log says:' "Tehran is a very bilge 'American'
city, with neon signs and the worst drivers in the world."
The*drivers get worse as you go east. A Socratic axiom, I
think, ,
The description of. the city, according to my limited
exposure to it up to that point, was accurate.
I had yet to see the real Tehran, however.
No digging
The answer to last Week'S questions: 1) Music -The
group was Graham Parker and the Rumour. The song,
"Passion is No Ordinary Word" was taken from the album
,"Squeezing Out Sparks". 2) Sports -The first of Maury
Wills' given names is easy to trace. Maury comes from
Maurice. The interesting one, though, is his middle name,
Morning. I guess when you've got a handle like that you
have no trouble justifying naming your son Burnp.
This week's ouestions: 1) Music -Well I followed her to
the station/ With a suitcase in my hand/ And, I followed
her to the station/ With a suitcase in my hand/ Well it's
hard to tell, it's hard to tell/ when your love's in vain, all •
my love's. in vain/ As the train pulled up to the station/4i
looked her in the eye/ As the train rolled up to the station/.
I looked her in the eye/ Well, I was so lonesome, 1 felt so
lonesome/ And I could not help but cry/ All my love's in
vain„ Name -who firstwrote and -recorded thisesofigaBasy,
right. Well... 2)Sports- Name the player who in 1972 was
at third base for the Dodgers in more games than any of
his teammates. His stint at the hot corner didn't last past
that year, but he became a regular with the Dodgers the
next year at another position. He is still with them, every
day. Answer either the music or the sports question and
win a one year tnenibership in the Mud Bruneteau Fan
Club (MBFC).
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at Blyth memorial
Keith Roolstote admitdeth-
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additieti` to the series, child.
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and a children's series, ac- at time of sale for the entire
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special events. bestchoice of seats.
The music series kicks off ' Two special events will
an November 12 with The cemplete the activities at
Brass Company, a trio of Biy-th over the winter. On
trumpet, trombone and Weber 18, 1980, The Family
french horn players who mix Brown, renowned country
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the modern era with a good
dose of humour and enter-
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Huggett Family will present
their prograir of Christmas
music from the Renaissance
performed in period costume
and played on the instru-
ments of that time. Maureen
Forrester, Canada's fore-
most contralto, will appear in
Blyth on April 29, 1981. The
Tapestry Singers will com-
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May 20, 1981 with their
"Theatre Tapestry," a selec-
tion of songs and hits from
Broadway musicals.
A series th -keep the
children happy will also be
offered at Blyth this winter.
Eric Nagler, folk singer and
emtsidtua,extraordinaire- will
present a children's concert
on November 22, replacing
Fred Penner, who is listed in
the programme brochure for
that date. Lampoon Puppet
Theatre will present
"Monkey Business" on
March 14, 1981, a menagerie
of puppets in hilarious
sketches that are sure to
keep the kids enthralled. In
sten stars, will perform at
Blyth Memorial Hall, The
cost of this concert will be
$7.50 for all " seats. The
Huronview people picnic by river
At the Sunday morning
service the choir sang the
anthem "He Is So Precious
To Me." Mr. Nelson Lear
and Mrs. Elsie Henderson
sang a deet accompanied by
Mr. Frank Bissett at the
organ.
We have had rather a busy
week at Huronview with the
Burton Upon Trent Youth
Choir from StaffordeN-e
England entertaining n
Saturday afternoon. We have
- the choir on video and will be
able to again enjoy them in
the future.
On Monday the kitchen
staff packed us a beautiful
picnic lunch which we took to
Stratford and ate down by
the water. After lunch Mabel
Jeffery. Mary McAllister.
Eunice Lamb. Elsie Hender-
son. Jean Maier. Gladys
Stanlake. Margaret
McQueen. Les) Carter, Ruby
Mei/elle. Margaret Mitchell
Mitchell Fair
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and Margaret Murray along
with staff members enjoyed a
ride on the tour boat.
On Tuesday it was another
opportunity for Myrtle
Jacklin, Lyla Maier. Eliza-
beth Black, Julia Stevens,
Olive Straughen, Delia
Nesbitt. Marjorie Boyce and
Helen Fisher to have a van
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Norman Dupee. Bill
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Della Fahrier. 011ie Jervis.
Maude Dale, Stan Goudie
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picnic lunch at Goderich.
Following their lunch we took
a ride to Sugar Bush at
Bayfield where we stopped
for a cold drink at the trailer.
Thursday afternoon Ethel
Hill. Iris Sperling. Tina
McNaughton, Mary Ross,
Rossle Sholdice, Grace Peck,
Doreen Coleman spent time
browsing at the Country
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The Summer Workshop in
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