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13 1974 Nearby Waterloo region has unusual scenes ways of life A horse drawing a buggy along a rural Waterloo load An unusual sight here but a common Happening where drivers are advised horse drawn vehicles use the road Motorists who keep to 7 Highways path on heir way to KitchenerWaterloo miss country In a region which has a number of attractions If its Sunday that buggy youve seen is probably a family of Old Order Mennonites on their way to and from church A plain people the Old Order families still keep many of their old customs and speak a language known as Pennsylvania Dutch They shun cars and electricity relying on horsepower from its original source and yet their farms are among the best the world ST BONIFACE CHURCH towers over the countryside around It was founded by German settlers and the parish continues to prosper They are part of a Canadian mosaic that allows them to pre serve a way of life that disappeared a century ago in most other parts of Ontario Their distinctive dress modest in the extreme- full length gingham and denims for women and girls baggy pants and stetson like hats for men marks them as different from the majority Not all adhere so rigidly to the old custom Many Mennonites have gradually accepted modern improvements drive dark cars without ornament accept electricity on the farm Like their brethren they descend from settlers who made the first chases of land in Waterloo In 1B00 From Pennsylvania they came to Canada following the American Revolution to escape similar persecution they faced in Europe and brought them to the British colonies They came by wagon Their settlement in Waterloo soon brought in other Germans and Swibs of different faiths and left a Teutonic legacy unique in Canada that is only a short drive from this area You can sec Ontarios only covered bridge at West Montrose Built in at a cost of from white pine and oak flooring the kissing bridge spans the Concstoga River in a region of fine furms Stop at Maryhill where an old twin spired Catholic church in the German tradition overlooks a cemetery with exquisite wrought crosses Two old hotels at the village centre are renownea watering spots is the centre of country pretty town to tally unlike the grim picture given by a S magazine a few years ago Many picturesque hamlets and villages cluster through the county turning thoughts back to Old Germany How about berg Breslau Mannheim and New Hamburg Photos by Hartloy Coles UNIQUE iron grave crosses in the Swiss and German tradition are part of many cemeteries in Waterloo re gion This one is In St Boniface cemetery at SOME WATERLOO NAMES ire derived from German or German family of raw Conrad bold id Council Becker orchard Kaufman bearer ne who ban Schmidt a Bahamian Zurich Detwcilcr from Canlon Zurich Harm Helm DOZENS OF HOUSES tethered outside a Mennonite church near ings in buggies Drivers Waterloo region are reminded by Elmira carry families to the plain white board and batten build- to watch tor horse driven vehicles ONTARIOS ONLY kissing bridge is still used m the village of to Higl Montrose It is situated a few miles off Highway adjacent River