aD Terrace Review — Wednesday, November 29, 1989

- Bi ts ‘n’ Pieces — by Alle Toop’ i

a trip down memory lane,
Going with them on the trip
were Ilse’s brother Max. and his

- wife, who live in Cologne,

- -West Germany.

Christmas is a time for giv-
ing, and the Terrace Elks and

the Royal Purple Ladies know. .

- ‘how to do that. For over 30
years, the Elks‘and the Royal
_ Purple Lodges in Terrace have

" supported and generously con- _

tributed to worthy: projects in.
the community. © es
Their support in particular
goes to the well-being and
welfare of children and’ our
senior citizens, as well as —
’ “burned out” families (families
_ who have been left with
nothing after a fire), and the
Salvation Army. The funds are
raised through bingos, and
- Santa came early to quite a few
charities this fall. .
-@ Mills Memorial Hospital
was presented with $4,000
.towards needed surgical equip-
“ment.
@ The Terrace Child Develop-
ment Centre. was the recipient
of $2,000 for literary equip-
“ment: OER aa?
.@ The Terrate Honiémakers
Service received $2,200 to pur-
chase three Alert Systems.
“@ The Arthritis Society (B.C.
Division) was presented with
$1,000 towards research in the
field of arthritis cause and
cure. .
@ The Terrace Fire Depart-
ment received $1,000 towards
completion of the ‘‘Fire Safety
House”’ for demonstration and
teaching purposes in the com- |
munity. —
I know I speak for many

people when I say “thank you’”

for all you do. We know that.
you exist, but we often take
you for granted. We don’t —
always give you enough recog-
-nition for the good work you
do. Without the help of
organizations such as yours,
life would not be as good as it
is today for some people.
“Merry Christmas to all of you.

Put this on your calendar for
_ things to do this weekend:
there is an arts and crafts show
at the Kermode Friendship
Centre on Friday and Saturday;
the United Church bazaar is on
Saturday; and the Terrace Art
Association Christmas arts and
- crafts show and sale is in the
Gallery all day Saturday. These
are good places to spend some
time and money.
The Skeenaview tea and
bazaar is next Tuesday, Dec. 5,
‘Come and have some tea and
visit with the folks.

‘Herb and Ilse Kienapfel
recently returned from a vaca-
tion in Europe. They were both

born there, Herb in East
Prussia and Ilse in West -
Prussia. East and West Prussia
- ig now called Poland, Going to

Poland, for the Kienapfels, was.

They visited Haagenau, ©

” Herb’s birthplace, and the farm
he was born‘on, Although the

people living on the farm now

aré.strangers, when the

Kienapfels knocked .on the
door and explained why they

_ were ‘there, they were asked to

_ come in and were treated royal-
- ly. They shared the tastiest

- pork they’d ever eaten, had’
- coffee and cake and drink of

vodka; and did a lot of talking.

_. A funny thing happened on
_ the way to the farm. They were

stopped by a policeman, ‘telling.
them that they were going too"
fast. Since it was a straight

' road and nobody occupying it .

but them, they did not think it |

~ was so bad. The‘policeman, |

however, insisted and said,
‘‘Max, you just drove a little
bit too. fast and you just have
to pay a teeny little fine,”’; he

. then paused and said... ‘for

beer.’? They all laughed and
paid the fine in Deutschemarks.

‘Upon leaving, the policeman

shook everybodys hand and

. said, ‘‘Max, you are a good

driver, have a good trip.’ This
is one way that people in all
walks of life get hold of
foreign currency. Bribery is a

way. of life. Payment always

has to be in either dollars or
Marks. The Polish currency is
zlotys. It is not worth-anything,

- and cannot be exchanged.

They also went to have a
look in Bushkau, the place
where Ilse went to school. The
school was still there and

-undergoing renovations. From
_there it was off to Gdansk and

Gedingen (Gdynia). These are
cities on the Gulf of Danzig,
which is the entrance to the
Baltic Sea.

One day, a bunch of used
cars were brought into
Gedingen, together with some

. ‘old car parts, to an outdoor

market. The salesmen only sold
to people with dollars or

_ Marks. Zlotys were not ac-

cepted. Just to give an idea: a
dinner for two in Poland cost
824,000 zlotys. That’s almost a
million, just.for a dinner. The
smallest denomination in the
Polish currency is 10,000, and
it goes up from there.

There is not much to spend.
your money on-in Poland, The
Polish people spend their days
standing in line for food and .
other necessities. After 10 days
in Poland, they motored back
to West Germany to do some
more visiting and get ready for
a tour to Turkey.

On the bus tour to Turkey,
the four of them were joined

by two more people. They were

long time friends, the Schat-
tkowskis, who had visited Ter-
race in the summer of ‘88.

To get to Turkey, they
travelled through Gefmany,
Austria, Yugoslavia and
Bulgaria. Destination: Istanbul.

Seven million people live in
Istanbul. Their guide in Turkey
was a university student named
Esmeralda. She spoke several _

languages. They saw the sights .

and took a boat trip around

A a Teas oe Batre ae a le ri a,

Bye ee a ake Le

One of a series of recent donations by the Terrace Elks Lodge #425 and the Ladies of the
Royal Purple went to the Terrace Child Development Centre -— $2,000 for speech and hear-

ing books.

the Sea of Marmara. They
visited a place where silk rugs
are made, a place where noth-
ing but gold is sold, and a
leather factory, where beautiful
leather clothing is produced.
Everywhere you go in Turkey,

you have to wheel and deal, ex-

plains Ilse. Turks are every-
where, selling everything from
postcards to honey to cookies.
‘They visited a nightclyb; ‘where
they had a nice meal and en-
joyed the performance by the
belly dancers. But as all good
things come to an end, so did
the holiday. - ;

The Kieniapfels are back
home again, thinking about
where they would like to go
next. Maybe from coast to
coast in this country. It’s only
a thought...

For those born before 1940,

- you can call yourself survivors.

You were before television,
before penicillin, before polio
shots, frozen foods, Xerox,
plastic, contact lenses, Frisbees

- and the pill. You were before ° .

tadar, credit cards, split atoms,

' Jaser beams and ballpoint pens;

before pantyhose, dishwashers,

clothes dryers, electric blankets,

_ air conditioners, drip-dry

clothes and before man walked

on the moon. You got married

first and then lived together.
In your time, Bunnies were

small rabbits, and rabbits were

not Volkswagons. Designer
Jeans were scheming girls nam-
ed Jean or Jeanne, and a
meaningful relationship meant
‘getting along’well with your
cousins. You were before
househusbands, computer
dating, dual careers and com-—
muter marriages. You were
before day-care centers, group
therapy and nursing homes.
You never heard of FM radio,
tape decks, electric typewriters,
articicial hearts, word pro-
cessors, yogurt and guys wear-
ing earrings. For you, time-—
sharing meant togetherness, not

” computers or condominiums. A
‘chip’? meant a piece of wood, ”

hardware meant hardware, and
‘software wasn’t a word.

In 1940, Made in Japan
meant junk, and the term
‘*making out” referred to how
you did on your exam. Pizzas,
‘*M{cDonald’s’’ and instant cof-
fee were unheard of. You “‘hit

the scene”’ at 5 & 10¢ stores
where you bought things for 5
and 10 cents. The corner.stores
sold ice cream for a nickel or a
dime, and double dips at that.
For one nickel you could make
a phone call, buy a Pepsi or |
enough stamps to mail a letter
and two postcards. You could
buy. a new Chevy Coups for |
$600 — but. who could afford

one? A pity too, because gas

was only 11 cents a gallon. _
In your day, cigarette smok-

‘ing was fashionable, grass was

mowed, coke was a.cold drink
and pot was something you
cooked in. Rock music was a

‘grandmother’s lullaby. You

were certainly not before the

‘difference. between the sexes
_ ‘was discovered, but you were

surely before the sex change.
And you are probably the last
generation to think that you -
needed a husband to have a
baby.

If you lived through all this,
you can proudly call yourself a
“survivor”, a

See you all again next week,
with more ‘Bits ‘n’ Pieces.

Publishers ofthe TERRACE REVIEW. —
oars Your hometown locally owned oe

and operated newspaper.

WEB OFFSET |
PROMOTIONAL CONSULTANTS
’ PRINTERS and PUBLISHERS

BUSINESS SERVICE

Call on our Design Team

635-7840 _