Wednesday, May 13, 1959

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WILLIAMS LAKE
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Near Shell Oil Bulk Plant

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Concrete Blocks - Bricks
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Windows Doors
Frames Lumber
Building Supplies

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0. Box 675 Phone 239

PHONE
Wms. Lake 61-K - Quesnel 445

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CARS & TRUCKING

GA. COLE
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Corner Mackenzie and Yorston

Phone 51-X ’
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DOCTORS

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Doctor of Chiropractic
Office at
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2 blocks. off highway on Fifth
Ave. from Beaths Shell Station

Telephone 156
Office in 100 Mile Motel
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C H. Dodwell & Co.

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Williams Lake, B.

PAINTING
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P.O. Box 185, Williams Lake
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— Phone —
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TOM WILLIAMS

B.C. Land Surveyor
Mayne Island, B.C.
Business Address

PO BOX 768, WILLIAMS LAKE

GOOK & BARTELL

B.C. LAND
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Phone 256
P.O. Box 400, Quesnel, B.O.

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SYLVIA BAKER’S LETTER HOME

of Holland and

you last.

saw beautiful tulips.

I had better start at Rotter-
dam, where we spent two nights
and a day. The hotel was a
great improvement on Brussels.
It too was relatively cheay. sor
80 cents we had a bed, supper
and breakfast. The meals were
filling but certainly uot satisty-
ing. For supper they filled us
up with potatoes and vegetables.
We had meat once during the
two days we were. there, and
then it was only one meatball.

For breakfast we had more
bread, cheese and sweetened
tea.

Their style of eating is quite
different from ours. They eat
their bread and butter with a
knife and forsx, and in England
they eat their dessert wah a
fork and spoon,
country has

own customs in

eating. When you stay in a
hostel you are required to do
chores, since you get your board

and rooms so cheaply. Qur chore

in Rotterdam was washing
dishes. We washed mountains
of them as there were 100

at the hostel the

same time as us. My hands were
all wrinkled when they came out

of the dishpan.
WINDMILL TOWN

We spent a day’ wandering
around the city aud even had

time for a small side trip to rhe
town of Kinderdyk, where we
saw 20 windmills at once. It
was extremely picturesque. The
fruit trees were in blossom and
there are canals winding be-
tween the windmills. I took a
lote of pictures and hope they
turn out. From Rotterdam we
travelled to Keenkenoff, where
the tulip gardens are. Once
again I went wild with my
camera. I have never seen so
many varieties of tulips. You
would have enjoyed the bus trip,
all the fields are vibrant with
color. ‘

The Dutch people are really

wonderful. When uu walk
down the street, they all smile
and the men tip their ha

When you walk by their hom
you can’t help but notice how
clean they are. Their windows
are spotless and all the houses
ave white curtains. Every day
you can see people airing their
blankets, pillows and even mat-
tresses. Everyone in both Rot-
terdam and Amsterdam ride
bikes. In Rotterdam I often
saw men pedalling along in
wooden shoes, but haven't seen
a woman in clogs yet.
Amsterdam is a lovely city,
with all its canals and really
friendly people. There is heat
and hot water in the hostel, and
it was really wonderful to be
able to have a bath and wash
clothes. Every night just after
you get into bed, they play
Beethoven over the loudspeaker.
I realy enjoyed it. In the morn-
ing you also have music to
wake up to. I think it is a great
idea. We toured Amsterdam by
boat, along the canals. It is a
nice way to do it and it is ter-
tibly cheap. For an hour and a
half we only had to pay 20 cents.
It’s amazing how much further
your money goes over here. The
five of us girls spent a very edu-
cational afternoon in the art gal-
leries surveying Rembrandt and
Van Gogh original paintings.
That should be something to tell
my grandchildren.

INVEST IN VAN
‘Alan and Kevin arrived in
Amsterdam a day early from
Cologne with our car. We are
now the proud owners of a 1954
Volkswagen window van. We
are all thrilled with it. The car
cost $600, which is very reason-
able, but with the rack on top
and insurance it cost us each
$103. Of course there were other
expenses such as tents, stove
and a food cooler. I made a big
purchase in Amsterdam. I
bought myself a lovely grey
sleeping bag with pink flowers
on it for $13. Dont’ laugh, it’s
awfully pretty and will make a
nice quilt one day. Last Friday
morning we all went to Alkmaar,
a small town north of Amster-
dam, to see the cheese market.
‘The Dutchmen are dressed in
white and wear bright hats and
carry the cheeses on a stretcher-
like board with shoulder straps
They run like mad with these
We couldn’t very well

things.
leave a genuine cheese market
without some cheese so we

pought two and they were de-

licious.

Seeing the countryside

I’ve really covered some ground since I wrote
We are now in Amsterdam, and I have
been to Haarlem, Leiden and Keenkenhof, where we

y|taking them by surprise.

France

From Alkmaar we drove to
Volendam, where the people still
wear their native dress. It was
interesting to see, but it is really
only a tourist attraction. The
town is built on a dyke and
makes its livelihood from the
tourists and the sea. We took
a boat from Volendam and went
to visit Maakem Island, where
the native dress is also worn.

The island people were far
more colorful and their town is
very quaint. The children are
really Dutch-looking and the
young boys all have shoulder-
length blonde hair. We had an
awful time trying to get a pic-
ture of them and we ended up
following them to school and
On
our way back to Amsterdam
we saw cobblestone roads being
laid by hand. It must be an aw-
ful job. I hopped out of the
car and took a picture of them.
They were very obligin and
gave me their Sunday smiles.
From Amsterdam we headed
back to Rotterdam, where we
spent another night. Before we
left the photographer took our

picture for ‘Women's Own”
magazine.
From Rotterdam we drove

through Belgium and spent the
night in northern Franc We
stayed at Amiens and it is a ter-
rible place. The hostel had the
type of plumbing you hear about
but hope you never see. The
first one I saw I was quite fas-
cinated by, but now I dread the
sight of one. There is just a
hole in the floor with two sup-
ports for your feet and a chain
that hangs from the ceiling. I
wasn’t impressed with northern
France at all. The countryside

y pretty but the towns
and the people are
not nearly as friendly and cour-
teous as the Belgians and Dutch,

but since the sun came out yes-
terday my outlook has been
much brighter.

APRIL AND PARIS AND RAIN

April

29—April in Paris and
Our first few
in paris were rather dis-
appointing. It rained nearly the
whole time. We did manage to
see most of the main attractions
though. We spent the first
night in a hostel, but it was a
terrible place so we moved to
a Hotel for our remaining days.
I am sure the hostel was once a
bus depot. It is situated on an
island in the middle of a four-
lane highway. I have no doubt
it was the truck route to the
city. What a racket! Besides
its location it had one of those
dreadful toilets. After we were
settled in the hostel we went to
Pigalle to see the sights. It is
amazing the number of girls on
the streets. They stand in every
doorway and it is surprising how
attractive and young most of
them are. After one night in
the Paris hostel we decided to
move to a hotel. It was wonder-
ful. It is surprising how much
you appreciate the small con-
veniences you took for granted
at home. We really apprecia-
ted the hot water and the warm
rooms. I must tell you about
the fancy thing-a-ma-bobs we
had in our room. At first I was

sure we had our own piivate
toilet and was thrilled with the
thought of it, but I was told not
to use it as it wasn’t a toilet
but to wash my feet in and do
my washing. It was the handi-
est gadget but a little hard on
the back when you are washing.

I took my first night photos
in Paris and I sure hope they
turn out. I took Cleopatra’s
Needle, the Eifel Tower and the
Are de Triumph. They look
beautiful at night when they are
all lit up. No trip to Paris is
comptete without a visit to the
Folies Bergere, so of course we
went. It was a good stage show
and we all enjoyed it immensely.
The costumes and settings were
out of this world.

I think a few of the things I
will always remember France
for are the berets the men wear,
the excitable way they talk and
the wonderful French bread.
When you buy bread over here
it comes in long lengths and you
carry it. off unwrapped under
your arm.

THE SUN APPEARS

As I mentioned before, it
rained most of our stay in Paris,
but our last day was marvellous.
We tore around to all the places
we had put off seeing until the
sun shone. One of the things
was the Eiffel Tower. We took
the elevator to the top and it
was the strangest experience.
You can see the ground falling
away from under yau and I was
quite satisfied with going only
as far as the first landing, but
since my ticket was for the top,
I kept going. We had a fantas-
tic view from the top, and I was
lad I had kept going once I
was up there.

Did I mention that we bought
a pressure cooker in Amster-
dam? We had quite a time try-
ing to operate the thing. None
of us have ever used one before
and the directions are in Dutch,
which reminds me that when-I
was in a store the other. day, I
bought raviolli instead of spag-
hetti sauce. The only way we
can buy food is by looking at
the pictures on the cans.

I started this letter in Paris
and now we are in Santes, which
is north of Bordeaux. We should
be in Spain in a day or two.
Since Paris we have seen Ver-
sailles, Tours, Orleans and all
sorts of interesting little towns.
We followed the Loire River

A BEAR |

FELIX KOHNKE WILL WRESTLE A SEVEN-FOOT BEAR
weighing no less than 550 lbs. on this Kiwanis-spon-
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TERRIBLE TED
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FELIX KOHNKE
Williams Lake
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yesterday to the
coast and saw some lovely
countryside. In each village

there is a chateau standing up
on a hill overlooking the town
and the river,really picturesque.
We drove into a few villages and
saw how the French farmer
lives. Some of them have the
quaintest homes. They have
carved holes in the side of the
hill and put in doors and win-

dows. You have to see it to be-
lieve it. I took some pictures
of them. Last night we drove

as far as Mont St. Michell where
we camped for the night. At
last I was able to use my color-
ful sleeping bag. I nearly froze!
I guess I’ll have to get myself
a blanket. I had socks and my
heavy black sweater on too.

St. Michell was especially
nice. It is a castle and village
carved out in rock and connected
to the mainland by one road.
The village is a maze of narrow
winding streets leading up to
the castle.

In the week we have been on
the road we have been out of
gas three times, broken the lock
on one of the doors and the
other day the accelerator cable
broke. These little things make
life interesting. We weren't
able to get a spring for the ac-
cellerator until today so we man-
aged on a hair pin, two elastic
bands and a piece of wire.

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