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N Mmm Pub Grub Who can resist the lip-smacking temptati i Pub Grey Pp g temptations of genuine Obviously not the people of Scugog, who wolfed down car- loads of the stuff at the Barley Mow Pub during last year's Great Britain Festival Days. ' The food was so popular, it's no wonder organizers are bringing back an encore food fest this year. Let your tongue meander over these culinary wonders: hearty steak pies, wonderful cornish pasties, mouthwater- ing sausage rolls, rich as butter Scotch eggs, tangy pickled eggs and a great selection of salads (all made locally). Don't forget, the pub will be fully licensed, with the highlight be- ing four of Great Britains most popular beers (and lager and lime!). It1l all be available at the Thompson/Odyssey Barley Mow Pub (the Latcham Centre) when Festival Days arrives this weekend. i The Senior Citizens Club will be serving up all these de- lights. on Friday and Saturday from noon until approxi- mately 10 p.m. And the pub itself will be a must-see, decorated with an English bar\and decorations from the British Tourist Au- thority and Thompson Vacations. If you're hungry or thirsty, make it to the Barley Mow | Pub--can't you just taste it? y - = 3) WATER STREET MERCHANTS JUNGL Pet the llamas, deer, goats! ORONO (416) 983-5016 SLAM DUNK CONTEST SATURDAY, JULY 15th - 12 Noon fo 3 PM Come & Meet Blue Jay Players, Todd Stottlemyre & Tom Henke from 10 AM fo 12 Noon E CAT WORLD Visit Our Zoo * See the new Siberian Tiger Baby pee * New Monkey Babies oR and Deer Fawns ' © @ COLLECTION of WILD CATS from around the world. Also ... Bears, Wolves, Monkeys, etc. NEW THIS YEAR ... the elusive SNOW LEOPARD so rare and seldom seen, it is called the PHANTOM CAT! Enjoy a picnic with your family! Playground! Located on Hwy. 115 / 35 and SE corner of Taunton Rd. 10 km. north of 401 on Hwy. 115/35, Orono, Ontario § OPEN 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 7 Days a Week the Iron Curtain isn't easy (From page 12) parcel to the address indicated. "Only seeds of the most im- portant commercially valuable plants (cereals, cotton, some vegetables) are sent to our sci- entific agricultural institutions to be included in their collec- tions for a year observation dur- ing growing in special nurser- ies." So, Helen sent off some seeds, marked clearly. But they never "made it to Vladimir on the first attempt. They were sent back to her--and not promptly. "It took three times as long to get themback asit did for me to send them." Obviously the easy method wasn't working, so she devised a more complicated scheme. Helen sent off four letters, each one containing seeds, each let- ter marked "one (or two or three or four) of four." Safely tucked away in letters, PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, July 11, 1969 -- 13 Sneaking seeds behind the seeds did eventually wind up with Vladimir. i The two have been exchang- ing seeds, botanical informa- tion and letters ever since. One letter in particular really touched Helen. Vladimir had read about the minor earth- quake that hit North America (including parts of Quebec-- even Port Perry had slight tre- mours)last autumn. He was worried about her safety, despite having problems of hisown. " "Your life at your isolated farm seems to be very romantic, but quite difficult. Your plants and animals need a lot of atten- tion and care, as well as your own house, your kitchen , etc. How do you buy your daily bread and other nutrition? And what about immediate medical aid? What will you do, if a snowy storm will come and destroy all electric and telephone lines about your farm? "Our people here are afraid to live in such an isolation. No sep- arated farms and houses exist here (only old abandoned Japa- nese ones still exist here in ruins). "Today we all are under im- pression of a hard snowy storm ("purga") which came to Sakhal- in 4 days ago. We had no water, electriclight and warmth in our apartment too for 3 days. Even the radio station of our city was silent for several hours. "Many families are still re- ceiving their warm nutrition from some Army field kitchens which came to city. Mountains of snow, destroyed trees and roofs accompany this picture. "I believe, it is simply impos- sible for us to live on isolated farms in our conditions. "I heard from our radio that a serious earthquake happened in South Canada and North states of USA during these days. So we here thinking about you when sitting in our cold rooms during these awful days. "Is everything in order with you? How your old house sur- vived these troubles? I hope, you are safe and happy." Helen couldn't believe "they were so worried about me, and there they were in the cold with- out light or heat. The1e's a lot of good will out there," Vladimir and his wife are both 55 years old with five chil- dren and two grandchildren. Al- though he works as a botanist, he owns no land of his own, and until recently, has had no place in which to plant his own per- sonal garden. Luckily his employer has giv- en him greenhouse space in which to plant his own seeds. Doubtless, Helen's "smuggled" gems are amongst those grow- ing. Helen is thrilled to be able to help the Soviet botanist--but she does write to others as well, in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslo- vakia, and East Germany. "It's fascinating," she says simply. "I like to call it network- ing!" Although Vladimir probably wouldn't get into any serious trouble for accepting the seeds from Helen, they could be con- fiscated. But Helen likes to joke about it. Lately, her mailbox has been the victim of vandals and she says with a laugh, "I expect the KGB or the RCMP is knocking down my mailbox!" Her communications with countries behind the Iron Cur- 'tain means a lot to Helen. She - says what she is doing goes a long way to helping individuals, and countries, understand each other alot better. She calls it "Flower Power." 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