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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 27 Dec 1956, p. 5

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TwtYRSnAy, E.2t ,15 TW! ~ANAflTAN MA?~MMAW. UAWUA~? .1'.~ ~im'aut~ PAO__FI'VE Edîtor's Wif e Descrîbes Her Recent European Trip N By Mns. Geo. W. James of interest while we were tra- turkey and pumpkin pie for (Final Instalment) velling on the river. dinner. Paris Appreciation o! the group We arrived in London around for this reception and ride was 9 p.m. for a two day stay et As we travelled narth t<> given by Mn. W. E. Creteau ta the Kensington Palace Hotel. Paris we noticed quite a change Mn. N. Baurrel, representative Tuesday I was up fairly early in têmpenature. We bad it o! the French Government. as I wented an early appain- Iovely and warm et Nice and At 9 o'clock we were taken ta ment at the hotel beauty sbop when we arnived at Paris i, the Lido, known as "The most ta have my hein done. After I was about 50 degrees with a femous nigbt club in the world" was beautified around 11.30, very cold wind. We had an excellent dinner and Mrs. Guy Richardson o! Epsom, Our first day in Paris, Oct. after wben the dancing started whase husbazud, Mayor Guv 5. was given aven ta two sight- Mn. McCormick persuaded me Ricbardson, is a member o! the seeing trips, one in tbe marning ta have a dence. Mn. Rice pin- Court o! Common Council, Lon- and again in the afternoon. The ned a corsage o! red roses on don, came ta escont ]me *ta points o! interest visited were me sa 1 cansidened it a verv Guildhall ta bave lunch with4 The Arch o! Triumph. The gala night for me. We remain- Sir Imving and Lady Gene. Sir1 largest triumph arcb in the ed for the floar show, which Irving Gene K.C.V.O., is Cham- warld situated et the beed o! includied musical and dancing berlain for the City o! Landon. the Champs Elysies, ane o! tbe numbers, in wbicb beautiful Sir lrving's first wife was Flos- rnnst beautiful streeýs in Paris. and elaborate costumes were sie Coulter. a nurse in the Firzit There are flowers and an ever used: Spanisb dancing, magie World War, wbo was tbe daugb- burning fleme ta mark the end sleight-of-band, fency sket- ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. tomb o! the unknown saldier ing and a waten-jet display, Thos. Coulter, Wellington St., > OThen the Bastille. the Eiffel with reflections from colored Bowmanville. It will be receil- jTawer whieh is 984 f cet bigh ligbts. ed about five yeers ega Sir and 330 feet square et the base.,1Versailles Irving Gene visited Bowman- and is constructed by iran lat- villeaa usofM.nd r. tice work, elevatons and stair- In tbe morning we visited eos utan a guest ! sn.en akrs ,ways giving access ta its plat- Versailles, about 14 miles west e tteRtr lb farms or gaîleries. o! Paris, where a guide !rom eI et te Rorse y wClub. Madeline cbuncb, sunnounided the French Government taok us I ad o oepr essd ywisb tae by huge marbie clumns buit through the famous and fab- trveusoes o! h e to eekr- as a temple by Napoleon ta the ulous Cbiateeu de Versailles.bsswbc e ok W r- glanies o! the French army. Sta*ted in 1631 as a b vig eled on a No. 9 bus !rom the ConordSqare(170)whrt'lade or in LoisXIII theKnsington Palace Hotel and Concrd quar (170)wher loge or Kng obi had a splendid view as we tra- about 1300 peaple were eed- buildings were extended b. ed in the l8th cent. inc]uedn Louis XIV, later became bis ,eed down past Piccadilly Cmr- King Louis XVI, Queen aiapranent residence and were euMri e isintheaFeldsquare, St. Mer Antoinette and Robes Pierre alsa occupied as such by' Louis tinsin he ields, ad o o T1he Damne Invalides where now XV end Louis XVI and bis t hesd.W akd!o lies the tomb o! Nepoleon as queen Marie-Antoinette. there around Thneadneed]e St. ta sec the Bank o! Englend and well as other famaus military Versailles Park on ta Guildhall. mnen including Genenal Fochi. The castle et Versailles is sur- Visited Guildhall We saw banks and stores a! rounded by e park, as design- We bad e Iovely luncheon world renowned names anct ed by Louis XIV which enjoys and a!ter I was shown around wbere Chopin died in 1849. a fame equel ta that o! the Guildhall, the environs of Highlights o! the efternoon eastl'e. Flawer gandens, o! gea- Guildhall bave been consecrat- tour included Montmarte, small mnetrical design, xitb walks in - ed to civie govennment for more settlemeht an top of a 400-!t. tensecting and criss-crassing, then a tbousand years. The hill overlooking all o! Paris, founitains, pools and the Grand foundation o! the present Hall,t wbere ertists work and live, canal. sheltered iby trees of as seen in the crypt, wes com-c (you cen get a charcoal sketch manY soecies, are there for en- meneed about the yeam 1411,N o! yaurself done on the streets joymn: o f the public. and the great bail itself was here); Latin quarter where La Neai-hx are tbe Great Tria- campîeted by 1440. Sorbonne (University) is loat- non c-aýtle. btîilt h. Louis XIV In 1940, wells, monuments,c ed; Notre Dame Cburcb (larg- fr- ,'--o.-ý4l se. and the L ittle windows. gellenies and roof S est in France): the Louvre, Trianon Castie. built b 'v Louis wene dameged by bombs butc home of former French Kings XVI for Madame Pompadour, tbe Hall, protected from the and now museum o! fine arts.- but maie famous as the dwell- ravag-es o! weather byv a tem- At night we were taken ta ing o! M'%rrie-Antoinette. porery roof. continued ta be the theatre where we attended To The Channel the centre o! civie activity. The the Folies Bergere. I was sorry Our tnipIi-augh northern Common Caunci], as a nesult o! that I did nat undenstand France ta Dunkerque took us the destruction o! its own Chamn-r French so that I could get the througb a farming and menu- ber now delibenetes in Guild-t full interpretation o! this fabu- factuninc district. and the town hall. A new stone-arched roof loua show, Of Voix, by Montreuil and wes ereeted in 1954 by Sir Giles Saturday In Paris Etapics, tbraugh Boulogne, Seott, wbo wes elso responsibley Oct. 6-10.45 a.mn.ta 12.30.- Marquise, and Calais, lergest for the steined glass windows e Reception by Municipal Gov- centre in France for manufac- which incorporete the nemes ernment o! Paris et L*Hotel de ture o! tulle, o! aIl the mayors o! the city. Lauzun, a former residence o! Du nkerque is a busy centre Gag and Magog bave been ne- n a wealthy contrector and was for sbip building. shipping and modelled by Mr. David Evans. 1 I leter owiaed by a member of for spinning milîs. There we At Guildball stirning seenesf French nobilit, later taken, took the ferry for Englend.' are enected wîthin its wallsd over iby the gaverniment as e It M'as dusk when the white %,,,en national and internetion- reception centre in 1928. Two cliffs o! Doyen came ini view, RI leaders, beroes and patniots sael bronze seulptured pIe- rand dank before we were dlean- are honoured. r Igues depicting tbe bistony of ed et the immigration and eus- After Guildball Sir Irving anda "rance wene given ta Hugb toms offices, and an aur way Lady Gene drove me around t IcCormiek, chairman o! aur ta London. ta ie places thet had bee.o tour, and Bill Telfer, secretany On leaving Doyen ive bad Io bombed in this section and ta of the C.W.N.A. Foldens on the get, accustomed agein ta the show me haw they bave sterted history o! the building and two English traffie on the left. It ta build it up. Frorn there wea sketchies were given ta eacb was dark as we travelled along went ta Mansion House, resi-e rnemýber o! aur graup: and the cars with thein lights dence o! London's Lard Mayor.2 The afternoon was free for it Mould seemn as tbaugh they I was shown thraugb the offi- f shopping. wvere coming right et us and ciel apartments and the ban- At 6 p.m., aur buses taok us then would pass on aur rigbt. quet hall. That nîght the Mayor ta board a large governiment Ae we bcd left Paris at 6.30 wes giving a dinner ta the ]aunch where wee were guests a.m. Oct. 8, we &vere rather Bankers Association and thein o! Le Directeur General du tired and being aur Canadien ives sa I was able ta view thed Tourisme at e neceptian iend Thanksgiving Day I think banquet hall in ell its splen- two-houir ride on the Seine Rii- some o! us were a little, home- don. On aur way out I was pri- ver. Searcbligbts from the boat sick. especielly wvhen e !ew vileged ta meet the Lord May- xvere focused on varaous pon:s' mentmoned that we should have or. ti Sir Mavnsiont House we lefta SirIrvng utLady Gene took r T NfI~ me ta Westminster Abbey as I, t e xpressed a wish ta visit A. t Beeause we hanle Hee are royal tombs and these only hlgh qualîty magni!icerit effigies, the Con- onatirn chair dating back to ID TV revair parts, 1297 and the Stone a! Scone.i imy S RVICEAs they are doing a lot o! re- eallusfer service! From Westminster Abbey we it wvalked acnoss ta Westmnins-ter ý% ~Palace, on The Houses o! Par- I WOK ndPAT liament. We met aur penty out- -side the palace in time ta hiaveW _ IGUARANTEED aur pictures teken. My ver' jpleesant visit with Lady Gene to Iended bene and I went wini E DONT PUT OFF TV REPAIRS - CALL US! aur party into the Palace. V In the palace there are 1100 f roams, and almost fixe miles h M Y LES TV Radio Service o! corridors. Because it is tan- t 3 Silver St. Bowmanvjlle Phone MA 3-3482 degitetesveeeis u We passed through St. St, phen's entrance, into St. St phen's Hall, which had bec the first chamber of the Houi of Commons, in which thei are statues o! former parli mentarians, including that i Burke, who paid the high con pliment ta the press, in coui ing the expression, "The Fouri Estate". On the walls, in carve stone, there were images( kings o! the past, and huc paintings, depicting events 1c the history of Britain. The House o! Commons hi 630 members, but there is sea ing accommodation in the chanT ber for only 400. The room we restored following bomb dari a ge during the last world wa and was opened again in 195 Furnishings were donated b member nations of the Con Imonwealth-the speaker's cha& by Australia, and the large ta the symbol of authority,lo h brsstemc Canada. Green leather cover the seats. Above are the ga. leries, for spectators, invite guests, the press and the Han sard reporters. Hause of Lords The House of Lords bas abou 800 members, with seating ac commodation in the chambe for less than bal!. Red leathe cove-s the benches, and red car pet the floor. At one end is th throne, from which the speec] tram the throne is read by' tb4 sovereign. Above the -gallerie.t for the public, the press ani reporters for Hansard, are cary ed images o! the 18 Barons whî forced King John ta sign thi Magna Charta, and beneati themn the images of paýt sover eigns of England and of Scot land. Following the tour we had1 very enjoyable social hour witl afternoon tea in the House o. Commons members room. Wi left for a reception at Canadz House at 6 p.m. Canada Hbuse At Canada House, we signec the visitors register, before pro. ceeding ta the reception room where we met Mr. Robertson High Commissioner for Cai'iada and Mrs. Robertson, memben of bis staff, agents general o] same of the provinces, and some other Canadians. I was verv pleased when Mrs John Grundy, formerly Mis.e Eleanar Fleming of Oshawa who is secretary ta Mr. Robert- socame and had a visit witi, me. We had a very pleasani time talking about Bowman. ville and Oshawa. She has beer in Landon for a number ol years as secretary ta Mr. Rab- ertson. After the reception we went back ta aur hotel. Mrs. Coomhs met me there and took me out ta dinner and ta hem' apartmnent for a visit after. It was a won- derful day for me. There wvas nothing on oui itinerary for Wednesday. Mrs. Richardson came with ber car and chauffeur for me ta go ta the stores. This was the first ime I had such an apportunity. Our first stop was at Harrod'sc which I bcd heard so much about and found it ver., inter- esting. London is a city o! great appeal ,vhich ta me I found fascinating. q1-hursday marning, Oct. 11th, I vas tmp early ta see aur party leave for Liverpool ta sail an the Empress of France the next day. This ended a very happy and wonderful trip with the C.W. N.A. party. It is impassible at bhis t;me for me ta say mare about this marvelaus trip ar- ranged by the taurist firm a! Mvotorways. They le! t nothing that could be desired ta make )ur journey pleasant. The same morning I left for Devon for a week's visit with ny husband's relatives. Beautiful Devon Devon is a verliable treasure chest of beauty spots. The beys, coves and beadlands in whicn the area abounds are eacb su preme examples of the glor- ous bandiwork o! nature. On Friday aur cousin, Mrs. Mary1 ken Hoswothy 4it r( t( cî h ri bi a a. ar in d( a TI Eý of at sl, IbE la Isij tkE go in ha to i l, be eonderful beaches and Bey. I was shown many places in Devon by some o! the cousins ncluding Bradworthy, Wool!or- Jesworthy, abbreviation (Waoo- ery) Clovelly, wh e re we valked down the cabbled street b al! a mile down ta the sez. he street is very narrow with iouses and stores on each side. acb bouse bas beautiful flow- !; boxes and gardens. The top ) this cobbled street is 365 feet ibve sea level with the sun :ining on it on]y from May ratil the early part of Septemn- ir. We saw a man taking a )ag of coal down the street on tsleigh witb wide runners ta lide along the cobbles. Don- iys~ are use-d ta transport ods up and down. We drove hrough the Hobby drive but n order ta do so yau first rang ibell et *the gate where you md ta pay 3 shillings for a car *pass through. From Clovpl- Swe had lunch at the Thatch- d roof Haaps Inn, Horns Cross. cross from the Inn was a ýautiful garden with a Lamaa oane Coach on displa.v.. We îssed the Bursdon Moors, vis- 'ed KiUkhan=tmo church ("~- *keton> which appears ta have *been the original name. An-M r i i other day we visited Qkehamp- eri iton an~d aaw Simmons Park onS Lta Torquay, a resort acknowl-Friz .eged as "The Queen of the Wa- z * tering Places". It has a won- derful harbour. In view is a Merridy Mutt * rotley fleet and it is possible Public School ita make many delighfful motor speech on the s 1boat trips. Had tea at the Grand vousness" whic] t Hotel. One of the many differ- ond place in ti ent signs we saw in Our tra- ing finals for ivels was here when parking Public Schoolsc the car 1 saw 'Please ParketScottilimdw.ý iPretty". e cttid We alsa had a delightful The Statesmar »time in Bude, Cornwall, which give the text cl is ten miles from Holsworthy. teresting speech On Sunday, Oct. l4th I attend- peated at a me ed -a Christian Science service Home and Schi conducted in the Women's In- orb Dec. 5. The stitute Hall. "On another day' I Mr. Chairmi had a pleasant visit through the judges, ladiesa quaint stores and had a pleasant girls and boys, st afternoon roaming over the makes me a litti beach. As it was lovely warm knowing I wc weather many \vere in swim- trouble I thoughi Ming. I took mny shoes and into the prabie stockings off and waded in. 1Visited Widemouth and its won- derful beach and had tea at the HAM] Elford Down Hotel. We visited Mrs. Littlejohns and Miss Lit- tlejohns at Stratton. Mrs. Lit- The WVoman's tlejahns is a younger sister of cmeity eheS.S.r Mrs. J."Arthur Werry, Ennis-igi h .S killen. sident, Mrs. War' My week's visit here was The opening i most pleasant. I found the Came Upon 1 people very happy and lavable. Clear". Many me I don't think I have ever been the society for shown more kindness than I they have receiv did wilh the new friends I met mas, also get wel in England. Mrs. Warrick Thursday, Oct. 18, 1 left Hols- home for the an worthy to travel back to Lon. meeting for prel don where I stayed overnight The program w at the Kensington Palace Ho- Mrs. Keith Smiti tel. Friday noon Mrs. Coombs of the mnembers saw me off on the boat train the candle lightir for Liverpool to sail that even- presenting thed ing on the Empress of Scotland tries. Several car for home. with Mrs. Cavei Stormy weather and high carol as a solo. sailing a bit miserable for me. at the parsonage Mrs. Bob Giles from aur party Reed conducting who had a cabin near mine and tion of the ne' who enjoyed the rough weath- 1957. er, was a good friend to me. We had our sittings together in the magnificent dining room of the Empress along with two gentleman, one from Toronto, Safford and the other travelling ta Peru. When I was able to en- jay my meals we had a \'ery Nonumenta pleasant time together. Sunny Phone 1' skies and calmer water greeted MOhawk us as we reached the St. -Law- rence and we landed et Mon- 318 Dundas St. treal an Friday, Oct. 261h one FINE Qui day late. I arrived home et MONUMENI Bowmanville by C.P.R. train MARK] Saturday morning, 6:07 a.m. Precise workrr In concluding this rather racy careful attentio report of my trip I agree with are your assur this man when he wrote: "At you choose frci no time is the sight of home selection of iii more endearing ta you than domestic Gra alter you've travelled a few Marbles in thousand miles tryi ng to get away.'-V. A. Battista. that!s1 dyMutton Gives other I surse Winning Speech 'foraie conter tton of Central roughiy and find out itiat what point gave a fine makes us nervous. ed bei subject o! "Ner- If you think back, You can helpiný ah won hem sec- probably recaîl samneone in mnner1 ie public speak- your mind witb Variaus hab- whomn )r Bownanville it& a! nervausness. Doing on ct 2. a- For exemple there is the i. relias as first and Jan- dividual wvho scratches hsrelient hathe one who twiddles mevt n is pleased tc bis tbumnbs, and another who Hr if Memridy's in- makes ell sorts o! faces. Then He rwhich she ne- of course thene is the !ellow illustr ieeting of the with the nervotis stomp who mng ta haol Association takes your attention off the If you speech follows: subject et hend beceuse you an, honourable are busy watching his anties. Bei and gentlemen, Penbaps the most acute case a! tanding up here r.ervousness is wben you bey- The b( te nervous end en't got your homework donc vould have tbs and nearly eat your penci:' Be ht I would look whole. (Here the speaker held lem more tho- up a Pencil). This is all tbet's generelly left of it. If you TONNow, what causes these ner- PTON vous habits. Is it because we And lack a belanced diet, whîch Missionary So- feeds the nerves j and kpIlf YOt room witb Pre- quate sleep wvhich frees the The rrick, in charge. nre from tension, or is it the hymn wvas, *,"I ack a! self-confidence and We ca the Midnigbt self-respect which causes aur imbers thanked outward reflexes o! nervous- Thei rcards wbich ness. G ranted, a balanced dict ied for Christ- and adequete sleep are a ne- There ill cards. cessity, but also and penheps mare so is this lack of self-con- And Koffened ber fidence. This lack is caused anual executive mostly by the feer o! criticismn eparing report*s. _cri-icism fnom aour parents, If yau mas in charge of aur teachers, and aour friends. bh with sevenal We must do the best we can If v taking part in and lhen criticize aurselves an Jng services re- ask for constructive criticismn It isnt different coun- andi ignare all other. irois wvere sung Nerves on the whale, are Bet ,rly singing aI mostlv a form o! selfishness, in ýg will be held re with Rev. gthe mnstalla- ýv officers for 1Bras. al Works tVhltby ;8-3552 tE., Whitby LALITY TS AND LERS nanship -and in tô detail arance when om the wide riported and anites and ýn stock. 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