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The Acton Wodneiday February Dave writes from Israel Pictures of snow nothing new In Canada But David included a couple of clippings from a Jerusalem newspaper In his last letter home to his parents because where he Is snow In February la news The yearold son of Lucille and Ron Cooksley R Rock wood was when last heard from working In a construction crew at Eilflt a young town In Israel Sending pictures snow back home Is like sending those proverbial coals to Newcastle and the word got around So the Free Press asked to borrow Davids letters to glean a few more highlights of his trip for friends to share David went over with friend Paul Cooper son of Thelma and Art Cooper Paul has since returned home Following ma But David keeps following the sun listening to the advice of other travellers and counting his money Construction is his second Job to raise money He also worked on a klbbutt In Israel for a while It was a farming colony with workers Both these Jobs are popular with travelling young foreigners he found Another is selling your blood which he did in Athens He has been living In a shack In a which he finds handy comfortable and cheap He leaves for work at to start at and is done at in the af ternoon It the hottest time of day and they head for the beach till It grows cool about Then shopping for supper bread peanut butter cheese and Jam seem popular with the young men there Friends from the Ubbuts come and go here as they move on Where next David thinks northern Israel maybe Jordan later Many of the hitchhikers travellers In vans and the real hippies are heading out to India or Africa keeping where its warm Christmas at Kibbutz He celebrated Christmas and New Years at the kibbutz on the Gaza Strip with home made decorations and gifts Clothing and plenty of food was supplied to workers there but pay was low and the travellers with only two days off a month soon get a longing to move along The was surrounded by wire and constantly patrolled He observed that many of the w EILAT WHERE David has boon working construction is located on the shore of the Red Sea and is surrounded by mountains He and a group of friends lived In a shack on the edge of the town Most of the construction work he said Is done by travellers like himself travellers have university or college degrees and many of these are the real hippies living In groups He has learned a lot about people and knows his parents will find his attitudes have changed when he returns home Worked for year David Is a graduate of Kempt viile agricultural college himself and worked for a year before setting out to see the world Certainly one part of his education came in handy he taught a companion how to play entirely in French It took all night but I finally got through to nun He did admit the little bit of French he knows has proven invaluable September start The two young Acton men started out in September In Great Britain where the weather was fine and the natives were kind to hitchhikers They got plenty of drives and their hosts on wheels would treat them to meals and drinks Off to Norway in October where the two got different rides and lost each other reunion was in a hostel at Oslo The rides In Scandinavia were hard to come by the girls were lovely the price of food and train rides was a concern One night they spent In an unhealed Jail another In a garage Regular modations In hostels lacked heat loo however In Stockholm David got another Job for four hours carrying a placard and handing out advertising folders And those smorgasbord meals were good and filling Turn down French in kindergarten A move to have French taught in kindergarten in County schools was turned down by Halton County Board of Thursday at their regular meeting Although defeated the program nod won support from parents of children and a number of trustees who felt the language would be more easily learned at a young age Others argued ft would be forgotten and not be of any benefit because there Is no place In Halton where the students would have occasion to practice the language A recommendation by senior administration not to implement the course won board support When they visited friend out in the country from he wrote home to report the whole village bid them goodbye they were assured they were the most exciting thing that had happened there In a long time Denmark they reported the prettiest country so far Off to Germany where Canadian and U S armed forces bases provided shelter and friends Sherry Johnston Chris and Sharon Froellch from Acton were there working It felt just like home wrote David They even played hockey with a pick up team where a goalie like Paul was especially welcomed Here they got the news from home which they had been missing while they had no fined address Prom they went to Munich Rome across Austria to Venice Florence and Rome Home come capsule comments about everything from the quality of water in the canals to the price of wine To pay for a ship hurt wallet but off on the Adriatic to Athens then Istanbul where the Turkish countryside and people provided contrasts and problems And then a flight to Tel Aviv And In Israel he found the weather so warm he took off the ski jacket which he writes he t taken off since Norway KENS AUTO SERVICE EAST END OF TOWN WE NOW ACCEPT CHARGEX FILL UP YOUR TANK HERE SAVE ON YOUR GAS Be ready for spring summer with UNIROYAL- TIRES A 95 Priced as low as LADIES CAPES Black and White Check 100 per cent Acrylic 788 LADIES Full Fashioned BULKY CARDIGANS 100 per cent Virgin Acrylic Fibre Assorted Colours LADIES BLOUSES AND PANT TOPS 199 up LADIES TERRY CLOTH SLIPPERS Assorted Colours Sizes S L XL 77 LADIES SLIMS 988 LADIES DECK SHOES Assorted Colours 99 TEENS Lightweight per cent Acrylic PULLOVERS Assorted Colours SlzeS L 199 SI GIRLS CUTOUT BOOKS 9 MENS HYDRO PARKAS Size 88 sis MENS Solid Colour DRESS SHIRTS Sizes MENS SLIPPERS Brown and Black Size BOYS Acrylic PULLOVERS AND CARDIGANS Size 99 BOYS WINTER 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