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Several people have voiced reactiona to my last week's
travel talk. Ola Rubles telephoned to tell me that she had
enjoyed a similar fall foliage tour some years back. She
asked me if Helen and I got to see Niagara Falls. We
certainly did, and I Just skipped so swiftly across Canada in
my writing that I omitted several things of interest.
Helen Currin and I found Niagara Falls, Ontario, to be a
. town with a perpetual carnival atmosphere. It has three
j "space needle" high restaurants, many Disney-like
attractions, many blocks of franchised fast -food restaurants.
After taking a good look at the tremendous Canadian
"Horseshoe'" Falls (176 ft.) and the smaller but higher
American Falls (184 ft.) which are separated by Goat Island,
U.S.A., we went Into the huge Table Rock House in Victoria
Park on the Canadian shore where we mingled with many
hundreds of tourists of every nationality speaking many
different languages. We bought a few post cards, and I
bought a 1982 pictorial calendar, which shows the falls during
each month of the year, shows them under the colored lights
at night, and shows some of the other attractions inside the
35-mile plark along the Niagara River which is operated by
the efficient Niagara Parks Commission. The writing in the
calendar is in English, French, German and Japanese. There
. Is a brief history of the falls since its discovery in 1678 by
Father Louis Hennepin and short descriptions of the monthly
changes In the falls.
We didn't care much about the carnival-type offerings, but
i we thoroughly enjoyed our tour through the 35-mile park,
i which included seeing the unique School of Horticulture and
j visiting its lovely plant conservatory, as well as seeing the
i great floral clock and driving past the Sir Harry Oakes
Mansion. Along with a few others from our bus, we chose to
ride across the famous whirlpool at the turn in the river In the
renowned, red, Spanish Aero Car. This high ride in the old
cable car costs $2 each.
When I have told several friends that the falls are turned
off at night they are as surprised as I was to learn that after
the evening colored illumination much of the water power Is
diverted and Bold to the Ontario Power Company. "The
lighting programme includes the following colours: rose
pink, red magenta, amber, green and blue." From
November through April the light show begins around 7 p.m.
and ends about 10 p.m., in the summery months the lights
come on later and stay on later.
Good friend Dorothy Heard wrote to me last Friday from
Milton-Freewater's Peach Island after she had read the G-T
to say that she and Charlie want to make a similar trip next
year-"but found that some tours didn't include the
picturesque Gaspe Penninsula." She asked me to send her
information, which I will send soon.
One of the minor, not-so-good aspects of taking a long trip
is that it is so hectic to catchup with the great accumulation
of mail and various business affairs that await one on
returning home. In a week or so more I hope that I will
be almoKt caught up.
In our travels we mingled with crowds of people in great
cities, but except for telephone calls we had or made, we
didn't talk to any of our own folks except Helen's niece Celia.
It is wonderful to be back in our own friendly, caring
community where we can greet folks by name and where
our merchants try so hard to please everyone every day and
even some evenings, as at last Thursday a Moonlight Sale.
Local woman tours China
Mary Goheen returned Oct
ober 19 from a twenty five day
tour to China, Hong Kong and
Tokyo.
Her tour began in Hong
Kong, a very exciting city,
where she said the never
ending construction on the
very steep hillsides never
ceases to amaze her.
Cities she visited in China
included Guangzhou,. Guilin,
Hangzhou, Shanghai, Suzhou,
Wuxi, Nanjing and Beijing.
Travel was by air, train,
water and motor coach. The
China Airlines and trains are
excellent and are very punc
tual, leaving and arriving
within a minute or two of their
schedule, she reports.
Guangzhou, formerly known
as Canton, a busy Industrial
city, was preparing for a trade
fair during the first part of
October, Mary said. The most
interesting visit there were
the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial
and the Jade factory, she said.
The city of Guilin is becom
ing a great tourist attraction
because of its beautiful moun
tains, lakes and the Li River.
"It has to be one of the most
beautiful spots on earth and an
all day trip on the Li River
only added to the splendor.
This area is the inspiration of
many of China's landscape
painters," Mary said.
The city of Hangzhou tour
included a visit to a "chop"
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visits to some of the workers
homes. "An evening concert
included to please us westerners-English
renditions of "Oh
Suzanna" and "Jingle Bells."
This happened a couple of
times so the Chinese evidently
think these two numbers to be
our favorites," Joked Mary.
Shanghai is a very old and
famous city with over ten
million people. Located on the
Whangpoo River it has a busy
'waterfront with many large
ships working, and the Bund,
an impressive avenue along
the waterfront. The Shanghai
Municipal Museum, Arts and
Crafts Shop, Friendship Store
; and No. 1 Department Store
were outstanding for shop
ping, but the highlight in
Shanghai was a visit to a
Children's Palace where the
group saw little children in
class, at play and an outstand
ing program of musicians,
dancers, etc, she reported.
Suzhou, called the canal city
or the Venice of China, is
famous for its gardens and
silk industry. Mary's visits
here included trips to a
sandlewood factory, Embroid
ery Research Center and Arts
& Crafts Research Center.
From Suzhou to Wuxi,
travel was along the Grand
Canal by deluxe river boat,
making it one of her most
enjoyable days. The Canal is
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We visited so many magnificent, historic churches, to
name just a few, Montreal's Notre Dame, Quebec's St. Anne
de Beaupre, N.Y.C.'s St. John The Divine and the
Washington Cathedral (called our national church) but we
feel very happy to be back again in our own small-town
churches where everyone is sincerely interested in helping
one another, where people see one another not just with their
eyes, but with their understanding minds and with their
tender hearts.
Halloween was fun until I ran out of treats for the kids. I
liked having the little tots come in their weird costumes, but
wasn't thrilled with a teenage boy who rang my doorbell and
Just told me he was still hungry for sweets. This year the "in"
thing with some of the bigger kids seemed to be to scatter
much shaving cream from many pressurized cans around
town. Big fun! Probably good for the cosmetic business.
I have easily sidetracked myself from my continuation of
the story of Helen's and my trip. So now I'll go back to the last
place I mentioned, Williamsburg, Virginia. From there we
traveled westward through the state's capital, Richmond,
and then turned northward to have a wonderful several hours
at Mt. Vernon, the fine plantation estate which George
Washington inherited in 1754 and where he lived 45 years,
many with his wife Martha and her children, where George
died and where he and Martha are buried.
We approached our nation's capital through Arlington
County which contains the Pentagon and Arlington National
Cemetery. Our stay in D.C. was very exciting. We went
through careful security checks three times, when we visited
the Capitol Building, at the White House and when Helen and
I attended the memorial service for Sadat in the Washington
Cathedral. We enjoyed viewing parts of the tremendous
Smithsonian, during the concourse between the National
Gallery and dthe new East Building, strolling through the
National Botanic Garden greenhouse, seeing the huge John
F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, shopping along
Connecticut Avenue, visiting the Washington, Lincoln and
Jefferson Memorials and being confused by the many circle
streets in this great city whose establishment was authorized
in 1790 and which was designed by Pierre Charles L'Enfant,
French-born artist, architect and military engineer whok
had served on General Washington's staff. It would be
wonderful if every American could visit our capital city.
How I enjoyed last week's excellent "Bread and Meat"
demonstrations that the Extension Service, the Cow Belles
and WheatHearts arranged. The fine demos were given by
Jean Brazell, Betty Carlson, Marcia Anderson, Claudia
Hughes, Helene Holcomb, Birdine Tullis, Cara Costa and
Ruth Nutting who substituted for Norma French whose
husband Raymond was the evening's M.C.
Now with Halloween, a great day for kids, past, we'll soon
see Armistice (Armed Forces Day) and then Thanksgiving
fly by. The AAUW annual Artifactory, a well-established, big
event of December's first Saturday will be here so soon. We
. began to hear Christmas ta,Ik last month, and we travelers
discovered that in Michigan's Bavarian town, Frankenmuth,
many people work at selling Christmas all year.
Next week I shall move along with my travel story through
Gettysburg and the fascinating Pennsylvania Dutch
country. .maybe I can get back across the country to Oregon
if I keep my thought and words from wandering too much.
through mostly rural areas
with interesting vistas of local
life as well as the very active
water traffic of all kinds, with
many tows of as many as ten
or twelve barges loaded with
various items of produce,
some even loaded with large
logs, she said.
"About this time a virus
caught up with me and some
time in Wuxi and Nanjing was
spent visiting doctors and the
Workers' Hospital in Nanjing
, for treatment. ...it was very
interesting to have the exper- .
ience with the doctors and the
hospital. Of the four
doctors three were women and
they were very efficient. The
doctors would accept no
money just a small charge
for the medications," Mary
reported.
One of the special treats in
Nanjing was a visit to Nanjing
University, where each visit
ing person or couple was
escorted around the Univer
sity and classrooms by indiv
idual students with time for
conversation, questions and
discussions. "Young people
wishing to improve their
English are very appreciative
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of any time spent in talking
with them," reports Mary.
In Beijing (Peking) f'.e
tour group was housed for four
nights at the Angler's Rest
State Guest House where
Ex-Pres. Nixon stayed when
he visited China. In Beijing
one of the "must do" things
was to visit and climb the
Great Wall (reported to be the
only man made construction
on earth that is visible from
outer space) she reports. The
group also saw the Ming
Tombs, The Summer Palace,
a cloisonne factory, the For
bidden City, the Mao Memor
ial Hall, Tiananmen Square
and a Chinese Opera. Beijing,
capital of the People's Repub
lic of China, is a very beautiful
city with many large new
buildings and very wide boule
vards lined with trees, Mary
relates.
"The people of China are
very friendly and go out of
their way generally to make
one's visit enjoyable," she
said.
The last two nights of
Mary's tour were spent in
Tokyo where she reports
changes in the city since a
visit in 1970 are unbelievable.
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Nov. 10
BY MARY ANN C'KKULLO
The Heppner-Ione Brranch
of AAUW is urging all those
who plan on.selling their arts
and crafts or Christmas baked
goods at Artifactory to make
their reservations for a table
space soon.
The November 10 reserva
tion deadline is rapidly appro
ching, said an Artifactory
spokesperson.
The AAUW sponsored event
is scheduled for Saturday.
Dec. 5 at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds in Heppner.
Table spaces have already
been reserved to sell such
items as dough art. wheat
weaving, sterling silver,
homemade candy and Christ
mas baked goods, ceramics,
needlework, china painting,
tree ornaments, plus much
more.
Individuals and groups are
encouraged to take advantage
of this annual event to make
some money for Christmas as
well as bring their talents and
skills to the public. Tables are
$5 for the day and any
proceeds above that belong to
the seller.
To make table reservations
and for more information call
Bonnie Templeman. 676-5187;
Susan Schubothe. 676-5282; or
Joan Records at 676-5260.
Callers are asked to phone
between 9a.m. and 9p.m.
Heppner man
competes in
Vegas rodeo
Roice Fulleton, Heppner.
attended the National Old
Timers Rodeo Association
Finals held at Horsemen's
Park in Las Vegas, Nevada,
October 14-18.
Fulleton competed and plac
ed second in the team roping
event and took ninth place in
the calf roping in the 60 and
over age group.
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