Ontario Community Newspapers

Barrie Examiner, 2 Nov 1977, p. 11

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Honor ceremonies Adm Robert ll Falls chief Defense Staff of Canada is escorted by Gen George Brown chairman Joint hiefs of Staff during full honor ceremonies at the Pentagon Tuesday AP Laserphoto PE potato heads for big time CHARLOTTETOWN Cpl The Prince Edward Island po tato will soon be hitting the big time The PEI Potato Marketing Board and the PEI Market Development Centre have join tly announced new potato promotion for the Toronto mar ket The program to begin in November is called the Prince Edward Island Potatoes Har vestSale The promotion will run for four weeks and will include saturation media campaign with television playing major role At the request of buyers and brokers in the Central Canadian market new package has been designed and will be used by shippers during the promotion Jack Fraser Suits how can you say Value Weve selected suits from our 14950 to 19950 3pce suit ranges and priced them low for extra value Largely 100 wool fabrics in plain fancy and stripe selection Fall colours of course Due to large and varied selection the illustration is representative of styling only Not all colours and sizes are available in any one pattern but the selection should be sufficient to satisfy your taste certainly your pocket book Other Pee Suits reg priced at $99 to 12950 are sale Bayfield Mall Formerly 14950 to 19950 3129 JACKFRASER Barrie ln Westemized British colon HONG KONG Renter In crowded Kowloon districts residents of an apartment building hang pans and dplates outside their windows to eflect evil vibrations they believe come from church across from them Its si that many of the ageold nese superstitions still flourish in this increasingly Westemized British colony Eating of grain products urged TORONTO CP federal health committee has recom mended that Canadians con sume less fat cholesterol salt refitted sugar and alcohol and more whole grain products fruit and vegetables says the dean of McMaster University medical school in Hamilton Dr Fraser Mustard also the chairman of the federal committee on diet and cardio vascular disease set up by the department of health and wel fare said the committee found more of the fat eaten should be polyunsaturated which are Top quali maize Flowers back mainly fats from vegetable sources The federal ministry which endorsed the committees dietary approach has recom mended that no more than 35 ger cent of daily calories should in the form of fat and Cana dians should eat linoleic acid an unsaturated oil found in sun flower seeds The committee has urged the establishment of nutrition ad visory body composed of con sumers representatives of the food and marketing industries agriculture and fisheries gov ernment and professionals in terested in nutrition ty and an exciting selection youll find all of this and more when you buy Wabasso sheets and pillow cases now priced low to save you money Vobosso is name you can trust Their blend of 50 polyester50 corton ble dry Now the money you so makes this an ideal time stoclr up on an attractive assortme ing patterns one to suit every decor in your home Bouquet flaral design on solid colour background shades of pink traditional fl Shades of gold rose or blue Persian file Twin Flat or Fitted 8°° Double Flat or Fitted for1 Queen Flat or Fined for1 Pillow Cases prs for Sew your own skirts or pants With easycore polyester doublckniis lmu ti 11 ii ritny bum Dun FWJJ Ntitr ilj utiurirz Jacquard Rn 891V rr SAVE UP TO 122 yd Trust Towers Refund Policy Trust For SelectlonNalue and Satisfaction iyfir Plains Vytl lrr mm ljl iwu 14 Open Mon to Sat until 1000PM Free Parking easycare bedding IS nation Simply machinewash then turn nt of patterns Choose from four exat Oral design on white background paisly dEsign on white ground in shades of brown or blue Country Club bold floral and stripe in shades of brawnbot ge rednavy royalgreen Shop early for best selection oY Chinese superstitions still flourish Only couple of months ago rumors that clairvoyant had predicted major earthquake would hit Hong Kong on Aug 14 received much coverage in Chi nese newspapers and briefly became one of Hong Kongs major talking points There was no earthquake and many residents felt great relief when they emerged from that date unscathed Buildings and graves are still sometimes sited with respect to the principles of geomancy di vination or fung shui Over the years the Hong Kong government has had end less disputes with villagers in the colonys rural areas over the construction of roads and buildings which the locals con tend would ruin the fung shui of the area or even worse disturb some dragon sleeping peace fully under the hills GHOSTS PEAKED Ghosts too preoccupy many people in Hong Kong couple of years ago the governments ratings and valu ations department in the cen tral business district was far you to dainty blue at modern Barrie um pm Towers believed to be haunted and Taoist monk was employed to tour the building muttering in cantations through cloud of incense to scare away the ghost Chinese gods are worshipped or at least respected by large numbers of people In every po lice station in the colony there is shrine to the patron god of detectives Kwan Kung Last year when detective was murdered group of po licemen bowed before the scene of the crime and made of ferings to Kwan Kung asking for help in solving the case Two weeks later the killer was caught Fortunetelling is big business and there are fashionable passions for cer tain god or temple considered the most proficient at predic ting deity named Wong Tai Sin is the future At present believed to be reliable SUPERSTITIONS ABOUNI Petty superstitions are le gionhouses throughout the colony have small mirrors at tached to the outside walls to deflect evil spirits the examiner Wednesday Nov 1977 11 0n the first day of each mon th in the Chinese calendar it is unlucky to wash your hair and many people probably often unconsciously follow the su perstition in the same way Westerners avoid the number 13 Most of the common Western superstitions are ignored No one feels uncomfortable walking under ladder or opening an umbrella indoors and no one knocks wood for luck To the Chinese seeing nun is considered to be unlucky and giving books as presents to stug dents about to take exams is uu frowned uponthe Cantonese word for book sounds the same as the word for fail Pan American Airways once changed the number of one of its flights from Hong Kong be cause the number four in Can tonese sounds like the word death The list goes on and on But whatever you do dont com miserate with Cantonese by patting him on the shoulder es pecially if they are gamblers its bad luck MEItUNfDT DENTURE THERAPlST Complete Denture Service Hours om pm Monrthru Sat 280 Dunlap St Barrie 72868 Member Denturist Society Bayfield Rd Hwys No 26 and No 27 MARCIA illllllllllllllllllllllllll nAh1

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