Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 5, 1961, p. 7

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i turning back time series yfeiirxa i mftisimjem freight yard landmarks disappeared tw rah travellers view of the town hqs altered more than slightly since this picture was taken about fifty years go gone from the scene are the water tower just to the left of centre and the huge freight shed just to the right of the tatton v by dorothy barker i hn lf wondrful tells business women about life in egypt sy the end of the mcond day 1 ew maritime tour we had in te notice reel differ- nee between the east and the rest e canada not only geo graphically but in the alti tudes and customs ef the peo- 4a like tha country itsalf thay are for tha most part roa- fed tannad by tha see air soft ef ipaach and slow to angar thar it a graat sansa of peace in the maritime without tha emphasis on hasta it is a land ether thtra is tima to sit on verandahs and commune with anas thoughts to pitch hay in hold er pick flowers in garden these people have time for god at almost every turn in the road a white church stands gainst the blue sky nestled in its setting of birch spruce or pine only tn the larger cities has thw modern age intruded bouses streamlined and com pact cars factory whistles and an awareness of the atomic age the country folk and those in little towns are content with life on the broad fields and in the great forests they are content to fish their hung from the sea tend their herds or wrestle with nature to produce pulp wood for export the worn i w en weave make pottery and book rugs while their men folk mind their nets and lobster pots the valley beautiful those war tha thoughts i had as stood breathlessly loc- v over five counties from tatty aiomidons lookoff pas- tuna and fialds hk a patch work quilt lay far below out lined with hedges of spruce each patch was a different col or of green or sometimes gold where grain had been harves- ted nowhere in canada are there mor verdant fialds than in the annapolis vatley not far off i realized is the town of port royal where sam uel de champ am in 1606 foun ded the order of good times lint sodal club in america i today this order is a delight to tourists who are invited to join h they spend seven or more days within the bound ar ies of nova scotia with us on this first leg of any maritime tour wis my new canadian friend she listened restlessly to the tale of the evacuation of canadians from grand pre in our concent ra hon camps during and aflcr the war we thought we were the only human beings who had eer faced such adversity hit ler learned a lot from history i she remarked acadians scatter now with its series of towns it is hard to picture the val ley as having been settled in 1633 by forty families of farm a ers from the west coast ol france coming from a country of dyked marshes they soon constructed more dikes on its marshlands and called their new homeland acadia in 1733 having increased in numbers the majority were deported and new england planters were brought in to work the lush farm land thix is history that explains the quaint settlements in van ous parts of nova scotia that are distinctly acadian peopled gr descendanti o thousands of the georgetown herald thursday october 5th 1961 pagfc 7 acadians who were not depor ted to the lmted states and those who made their way back decade later to settle netr digbj and on cape breton is land second night of this cn ma pla leaf tour was spent in kanwille a town famous for th annual annapolis vallay appla blossom festival which each spring draws thousands from surrounding towns and farther abroad to witness the crowning of a blossom queen attended by htr princesses rep resenting evtry town in the vallay kenrvilta also has a large canning industry for pro cessing fruits and vegetables grown on ntarby prosperous farms i renumbered it at hav ing on of savtral shops in this atlantic province whtrt one can purchast english woolens libtrty linens prints and other items of old country manufac tur seldom seen farthar in land what would our touril d without the urge to browse in almost every gift shoo and craft centre along the wav it seems to me that since mv last visit to the east coast ova scotia and new brunswick espcciallj hae become conscious of the fact that tourism could prove to be one of their major lndui tries roads have improved accommodation is increasing historical attractions are being reclaimed and good publiciu has been recognized as an as set i couldn t wish it to be dif ferent though touched by com marcialism this part of canada may lose soma of its present poacefutnest and apparent con tntmnt repeated annual in vasions of upper canada trav msts and those from across tha border will eventually leav their mark on easy spending demanding service and gogo hasty habits the first meeting of the sea son for the business and prof ssional women s club was held at the delrex restaurant on monday september 25th with mrs earl hovnby prasid ing minutes wer read of the previous meeting and a treasu rers report reports were readj from canadian association ofi consumers united nations program emblem and various other committees with cortsid i arable discussion on each par ticularly the halloween pro ict for unicef and it was de cided to leav this aspect of he work and concentrate on th selling of the unicef cards it is hoped that anyon in town interested in buying these cards which are very beautiful this year will contact any member for thm in th near futur mrs lorn hunter and miss sally thornton accompanied members as guests the members wire all grot ly disappointed when iheir rucst speaker mrs sislir of terra colta stopped speaking to them of her trip to ipt her talk wis most interesting and she talked on mam as pects of egpt tint one dot n ordinanh read in ncuspipirs or geography books about the government the people th ir homes and their wa of i fe she also told of htr tu wicks sli at the home of i siu k along with pcopk from siunl other countries where cnh tions were most pnmimc mrs sisler accompimed her da i h tcr rebecca sisler who was in fgvpt studying sculptoring on a canada council grant along with her rrandson adam she told of the tombs which had been excavated and which thej entered and those that were in the process of excavation mrs sisler was introduced bv mrs aiken brad lev and thanked b mrs elizabeth buck who ex pressed the thanks of the club and said she hoped that mrs sisler could come again th programming commit chaired by miss jean mackenzie have some interesting meetings arranged for the year and it is hoped that all members will at tend to take advantage of this opportunity for widening their member were urged to at tend the provincial conference 1 1 be held in hamilton on the weekend of october 13 to 15 kcisir hums are now being ta ki n and m rubers can attend all the sess on or jum part of them whichever is most con ven nt for them the meeting closed to the club u omens creed and ben edict ion words of the wise fi hh i irltrest per m mlv for 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