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Wed 13 Nearby Waterloo region has unusual scenes ways of life A horse drawing a buggy along a rural Waterloo road An unusual sight here but a common where drivers are advised horse drawn vehicles use the road Motorists who keep to Highway heated path on their way to Kitchener Waterloo miss country in a region which has a number of attractions If it Sunday that buggy you ve seen is probably a family of Old Order on their way to and from church A plain people the Old Order families still keep many of their 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 in the world Maryhill prosper They arc part of a Canadian mosaic that allows them to pre servo a way of life that disappeared a century ago in most other parts of Ontario Their distinctive dress modest in the 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 accept electricity on the farm Like their stric brethren they descend from settlers who made the first of land in Waterloo In 1800 From Pennsylvania they came to Canada following the American Revolution to escape similar persecution they faced in Europe and which brought them to the British colonies They came by Conestoga wagon Their settlement in Waterloo soon brought In other Germans and Swiss of different faiths and left a Teutonic legacy unique in Canada that is only a short drive from this area You can sec Ontario only covered bridge at West Montrose Built in at a cost of from white pine and oak flooring the kissing bridge spans the Conestoga River in a region of fine farms Stop at Maryhill where an old twin Catholic church in lit German tradition overlooks a cemetery with exquisite wrought iron grave crosses Two old hotels at the village centre renowned watering spots is the centre of Mennonite country a pretty town to unlike the grim picture given by a S magazine a few years Many picturesque hamlets and villages cluster through the county turning thoughts back to Old Germany How about Ilcidel bug Rummclhardt Mannheim and New Hamburg WATERLOO Story and Photos Hartley Coles UNIQUE iron grave crosses in the Swiss and German tradition are part of many cemeteries in Waterloo re This one is in St Boniface cemetery at Maryhill SOME WATERLOO NAMES re derived tram mm mil name Albrechl of race Conrad bold people Ecfccrt iwir Becker Kaufman Schlegel Hthn Helm Klein Kwu Drivers in Waterloo region are reminded by signs to watch for horse driven vehicles ONTARIO S ONLY kissing bridge is still used in the village of to Highway 89 between Guelph and Elmira It spans the C West Montrose It is situated a few miles off Highway adjacent River a tributary of the Grand