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THE HERALD July 1989 Page 13 By KAY WILSON Norval Correspondent Brampton WI NORVALSeventeen members of the Brampton West Womens Institute travelled south to for their June meeting The public relations convenor ar ranged a tour of the new Mississauga Civic Centre They met the guide in the Great Hall where they were shown a video on the history of Mississauga dating from 1805 to the present They were then taken on a tour of the building in cluding the council chambers and mayors office and were told many aspects of the building She told them from the clock tower you could see if the SkyDome roof was open or closed A delicious lunch was enjoyed in the cafeteria which is on the twelfth floor and has a great view of the surrounding area The president Mae Dixon con ducted a short business meeting in the Green House Room after lunch Family reunion McMurchy of Huttonville hosted a family reu nion on Sunday June 25 follow ing the baptism of his grandsons christening in United Church at the am service Griffin son of Brian and Jane Slatter of more Vancouver BC was bap tised by the Rev Walter Ridley Following the service around 30 close family relatives and friends enjoyed a buffet dinner Strawberry social NORVALPinegrove Com munity Club held their annual strawberry social on Monday evening June 26 at the com munity hall Around 30 people at tended Following the dessert of strawberry shortcake members enjoyed a game of euchre or visiting outdoors on the warm summer evening Winners at euchre were Jean Prairie Bessey Alan Harrop and Francis Thompson Lucky draws were won by Mable Brownlow and Bruce Thatcher courtesy of Mac Brander who helped con vene the evening with Kay Wilson Church closed NORVAINorval United Church will be closed for the month of July when members will be free to worship in Presbyterian Church at am or neighboring churches Come August the Presbyterian Church will close and their members will be welcomed across the highway at the United Church morning service at am Pleasant visit NORVALA pleasant surprise visit to Spencer and Kay Wilson from Guy and Eunice Wilson of the Halton Manor Milton and daughterinlaw Anne Wilson on Monday July 3 Anne had Guy and Eunice out for a scenic drive through the coun try side They visited their former Tenth Line residence and farm where their grandson David Wilson and his wife Maureen now live David like all other farmers these days was busily bringing in the hay Guy and Eunice were also pleasantly surprised to have a visit the day before at the Milton Manor from Marjorie Wilson formerly of Charles St Georgetown and now of Nursing Home Orangeville and daughter Marilyn Reeve of Caledon Marjorie is quite well but is confined to a wheelchair Get well NORVALGet well wishes to Ella Laidlaw who is convalescing at home following a short stay in Peel Memorial Hospital Brampton MilnStrnt South Downtown Qoorgotown Benxi primativespeaker says An interesting and informative talk on her recent trip to China was given by Mrs Joyce Hutton at the meeting of Unit One of United Church UCW held at the home of Mrs Kay Wilson on Tues day afternoon June Joyce paid her own expenses to go with the trade delegation from the City of Brampton when they visited their twin city Benxi in the northern part of China Benxi is considered a small place in China only having a population of one million people It isnt even heard of in the rest of China While in Benxi they visited several schools and were charmed in one school to hear the class sing Land of the Silver Birch in Chinese to which Joyce responded by singing it in English which delightedthe whole class On their journey through China they realized the appalling lack of communication between the government and the ordinary peo ple City people as well as the 80 per cent of the population who work the land have no way of knowing anything except what the government wants them to Although having read liv ing conditions in China they never- suffered from culture shock Conditions were very primitive in mos places Water is a luxury and running tap water is scarcely available Hotels have tap water but there is usually no hot water in the mornings Cities are not kept as clean as our cities because they do not have the water to spare All garbage including manure human as well as animal is used as fer tilizer on the land making the water unfit for foreigners to drink The visitors cleaned their teeth with Coca Cola But the Chinese people rip riterion RUG CO LTD SALES SERVICE INSTALLATIONS CARPET VINYL TILE Guelph St Georgetown Ont L7G OSBOftN D6COR themselves made up for a lot of the cultural deficiencies by being very kind and very hospitable They made the Brampton ians most welcome on every occasion In most places they were treated like royalty In an attempt to keep the largest population in the world down the Chinese families are only allowed to have one child If they have more than one they will lose various privileges such as choos ing the type of school their children will be allowed to attend The father could even lose his job One of the highlights of the trip was a visit to the Great Wall of China Only when you see it do you realize the immensity of this pro ject built over 2000 years ago The wall was started in 214 BC to keep out invaders from the north and building was continued for hun dreds of years until the wall reach ed all across the north of China Here you gain a sense of the thousands of years of Chinese history compared to our years While travelling on a main highway by bus from Benxi to the city of Shenyang the bus got stuck in a huge pot hole The mayors chauffeurdriven car going ahead got through successfully but not the big bus The mayor and other city dignitaries assisted in filling in the hole with whatever they could gather from the side of the road un til they got the bus out The Bramp ton group were allowed to assist Now they know what a real pot hole looks like Other cities visited were Beijing the capital of China with a population of six and a half million and At Bejuig they visited the Forbidden City now a tourist attraction Here they were shown through the many buildings They visited the palace where the emperors had lived but were never allowed to leave the compound The Bramptonians also saw the separate residence of the empress Back then there were separate houses for the concubine the eunuchs and all the various ser vants and staff who cared for all the people All these elaborately- built buildings and gardens were behind a high wall One of the walls with en trance to the Forbidden City forms one side of the very large Square so much in the news recently Fortunately the students were not in the square when the Brampton group were there The terrible massacre hap pened a few weeks later after the Brampton people were home Joyce displayed some of the many artifacts she brought home with her from China and they were interesting to all Mrs Agnes Miller gave the courtesies thanking Joyce tor her informative talk The hostess Mrs Ethel Webb presented Joyce with a pretty African Violet plant The enjoyable afternoon started with the hostess serving a beautifully decorated birthday cake with ice cream and strawber ries in honor of Mrs Eunice Wilson who celebrated her birthday June 22 SALE 30 TO 50 OFF MY MAIN ST GEORGETOWN 8732851 SUMMER HOURS TuesWed 1000500 Thurs Fri 1000700 Saturday