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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 29, 1969, p. 20

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i i r 7 r -s- l ashorovb details georgetown industries in speech to ashgrove institute firemen head around the charred remains of one of the mushroom growing buildings razed or gutted in the 25000 mushroom plant fire under control there was no great threatowglen ernie skrow said he j to the neighbouring smith and stone plant to keep the smoulj wood dering buildings from flaring an early morning fire caushad the blaze ed close to 25000 damage at j within an hour meadowglen growers mushroom plant in georgetowns north end thursday there were no injur- although four of the jes land tarpaper houses where thej up firemen stayed on duty al- mushrooms are grow n were most noon georgetown firefighters ans- gutted firemen prevented thej wered the call at 3 ajn with fire from spreading to six at- three trucks and their van andttached sheds managing director of mead seeing the world part 19 republic day parade gala event in india continuing a series of letters borne from janice carter to her parents mr and mrs ormie carter describing a tour which she is taking with karen kor- zacfl of glen williams and some english girl friends we visited bodh goyha and saraath which are sacred ta buddhists at bodh goyha gautama buddha first received enlightenment the tree under which he contemplated is still there and thousands of pilgrims come to pray we saw a lot of tibetan monks and some other monks from the various mon- asteries situated there at the tibetan monastery there is a huge prayer wheel about 15 feet high filled with thousands of prayers and weighing hun dreds of pounds pilgrims slow ly turn it offering all those prayers as they do it at sar- nath buddha preached his first sermon and again there are several monasteries as well as the main stupa and a hindi temple inside all the stupas are huge gilt images of buddha and hundreds of burning scen ted lamps we drove as far as allahad after sarnath and stayed i there ove getting up vcryj early to go down to the gang- cs to see all the pilgrims bath- ing this was magh mela one of the times when hindus should go to the river to be cleansed of sins it was a fan tastic sight to see so many thou sands gathered each person of his own accord for one purpose it was very cold in the early morning to be immersing otic- self in that water this is their winter season and so it must have been even colder for them than it was for us we were a bit disgusted by all the beg gars as so many of them should have sought help from the hos pitals such horrible diseases some of them had rather than capitaize on their misery for the sake of alms rita and su were glad to see as again when we finally got back to delhi the baby had grown a lot in the time we were gone seemed to have a lot morcpcrsonli4y and was more fun to play with wc wan ted to stay in delhi until the republic day parade so filled our time with visiting art gal leries reading some of sus good books and watching the proc- eedings for republic day wc sow most of the indian army i think one afternoon after com ing from the national gallery they were rehearsing for the parade and we them and waved to them all as they were leaving the parade ground su took us to the indian spring festival the day which marks the beginning of milder winter many women wear yellow that day while rita served yellow rice for breakfast the festival was fairly commercial much like a fall fair but it was nice to see all the children with yellow scarves or bows on their heads we especially enjoyed seeing a ferris wheel turned by two boys who swung from the inner bars and propelled a by the movements friday night wen to the cel lar a kind of discotheque where loud music is played and coffee is far too expensive k was good fun though and for the first time in ages a fri day night really seemed like a friday night all the days run together and because of the mixture of religions holidays and weekends are all mixed up on saturday we went to the zoo with rita and su for a picnic we sat near a pond ab solutely covered with thousands of water birds ducks geese swans egrets and on the trees and on the shore were kingfish ers and pelicans and lots i did not know our passes for the parade pro ved to be a bit of a farce we had a piece of tarpaulin to sit on and were contantly invaded by indians and europeans try ing to get closer to the street still we had quite a good view were only a few yards from the action mostly military but some good things like a camel regiment and a herd of brightly adorned elephants the floats were good too each state was represented by some thing characteristic of the reg ion such as dances or indus tries we were amazed again by the variety of costumes and fa ccs some had feather head dresses and short dresses oth crs wore turbans and long flow ing garments still others had flouncy skirts with many petti coats at the end of the parade there was a flypast and then hundreds of red and green bal loons were released to signal the conclusion of the program there were over two million people assembled but they lis persed very quickly with no trouble that we could sec i think thoy must be accustomed to crowds out there because at home it would be a mess j several others would dance with appropriate actions it was ve ry lively a different view of the women who look so slry and demure in public the height of the show was a tibet an buddhist dance the monkjt blew horns that were six feet long asd a great huge shambly animal cavorting around the stage charging at little boys and bystanders however the pow er of the monks and the villag ers overcame the evil spirit and all ended happily in a clash of cymbals the indian people arc very proud of their independence and thus make quite a fuss over republic day all the major public buildings parliament and the secretariat india gate and a lot of the big hotels were covered in lights and floodlit for about a week beforehand and so many of the people we talked to urged us to stay for the parade when the tanks and aircraft and other military showpieces passed by the crowd cheered and people would turn to us and say that was made in india so you can see the sort of sptrit they have continued next week did you know about 23 the sawn lumber and 910 the newsprint made in canada are sold to other countries h0mps0n hardware main straat downtown hardware is our businessi not sldjdun batter everyday value and quallryl customer parking lot rear entrance monday night we went toj folk danco festival at the sta dium mostly they were tribal dances a primitive drum beat and lots of warhoons and no real choreography only a shuf fling or hopping to the rhythm clothe music we felt that the dances would have been more impressive if we had seen thim in the village setting on tiiat huge stage in the middle ofthc stadium so much of the maie was lost two dances were very good though one was a kind of prewedding celebration in which all the ladies come toge ther to tell the bride about mar ried life it was quite humorous because two girls would come forward and sing about such du ties as washing and cooking sweeping floors etc and then forget waxing a floor cleaners forever let u instal stans starlight seamless flooring operated by stan mieczaniic 30 balntow cr gaorgatowi ont phone s774s50 t thought the fire may have star- ted from an electrical short only the night watchman was on duty at the time fifteen people would have been working in the houses had they not been razed this was the second fire at meadowglen within a month and the second major blaze there within a year may 24 1068 a fire swept through the sheds causing 50000 damage the agriculture canadian industries wx meeting was held at the home of mrs cecil wilsph on tuesday evening may 20 with an attendance of thirty ladies the new president mrs charles austin welcomed everyone and the meeting op ened with the ode and creed secy mrs fred nurse read last months minutes and called the roll which was answered by name a canadian product and tell whereitismade an invi tation was read from the pupils of sunshine school to their ba- war and tea on may 30 all ag reed we should pay the balance forthe cup we had donated to the music festival mrs w bird read thankyqu notes from sick ones mrs ciiff hunter gave some highlights from the tb banquet held in oakville last week after which the prog ram was turned over to mrs wilton bird who introduced the guest speaker mr george miehm manager of the royal bank in georgetown who spoke on georgetowns industries he had quite a list of different industries but spoke mostly ab out seven domtar and provinc ial paper mills who opened in 1806 ew bliss makes traffic control signals and fire alarm systems smith stone began in 1922 and make many varied products plastics of all sorts and switches and plugs varian associates opened in 1955 and manufacture micro electron tubes general fircproofing op ened in 1967 and make office chairs and files standard pro ducts started in 1961 and make automobile side windows door channelsahd weather stripping mrs jm wickson thanked mr miehm for enlightening them about the industries and their work in town mrsj frank rud- dell had a jumbled contest of words about the products and the winners were mrs fred nurse and mrs chas austin and mrs john mcnabb and mrs john bellboddy who each rec eived a lovely coffee mug as prizes alter current events by mrs harvey nurse the meeting closed and a social hour follow ed p dr and mrs john peacock from the pas manitoba are visiting herparents mr and mrs fred nurse and brothers geoffrey and stuart ior two weeks r mr arid mrs frank wwilsonv motored over the holiday week end to manotick ontario to visit their daughter and her husband mr and mrs graham reeve and also attended the christening of their grandson brent wilson reeve on sunday afternoon in the united church manotick mrs john bellboddy ing topics camping on the xloon or camping with mom-in- iiw on sunday evening the black creek pioneers put on a show which was atakeoff on laugh in because of the bad weather several ramblers and others were forced to return home on sunday many of the trailers v- the georgetown herald thursday may 29 lt9 page 4o had to be pulled out by tractor on monday some winners of prizes were don and joan simmons of geor getown eileen and john booth of nerval tom and heflen lloyd of brampton all rambler club members wet weekend tot faze campers rally approximately 35 families from the ramblers camping clob headed- for niagara mead ows camping grounds on the holiday weekend for the cana dian family camping federa tion provincial rally this rally was hosted by the black creek pioneers there were about 210 families register ed from southern ontario the trophy was won by the steel city campers hamilton and was presented by ivan ro wan president of the ramblers the saturday evening prog ram consisted of skits put on by clubs on either of the follow- qnyquwelr although childrens aid 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