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16G-PORT PERRY STAR-Wednesday, Dec. 5th, 1973 Enjoys visit to Dublin, London By Eleanor Graham Dublin must be the shab- biest of Western European capitals. There is rarely a block - without patches of decay and facades covered with old, torn posters, and the streets are ill-kept. Yet considerable construction is going on, old -buildings are being sand-blasted and the parks and squares are hand- somely maintained. However, there is little evidence of planned redev- clopment or restoration. Curved streets of once ele- gant houses are now and have been for sometime like bevies of dissolute, pace- marked, aged beauties -- entirely beyond repair. Yet there is still the framework of fanlights, doorways, tall windows and stonework, so graceful, so exquisite, that the melancholy . of their decay almost makes one wish they had never existed. The hotel in which I stayed was a puzzle I never solved. I was comfortable and well looked after, but one eleva- tor landed me in a hall from which I climbed a short flight of stairs, down another and up another to get to my room. The other elevator took me to a resturant next door from which I couldn't get to the hotel lounge unless out in the street or back the way I had come. In never conquered the moze, but of course, the answer is that the hotel is made up of three adjoining 19th century mansions. The peat fires were fragrant and generoulsy warm and as the days were as chilly and bright as a Reach Township fall, they were most wel- come at the end of the. afternoon. Every morning shortly after nine, I crossed St. Stephen's Green to get the rationing -- papers -- Quebec, the mid east,, Ulster, Watergate, oil I didn't want to miss anything. This walk through the park on a brisk sunny November day was an extra- ordinary pleasure. Holly berrits-and cotoneaster are glowing like fire against their- deep green, larch is a golden shower and roses are in a last" breath frenzy. The ponds are as crowded as a hockey stadium with multi- coloured ducks, Canadian geese, stilted, harlequim black and white birds, 1 finally identified as Avocets -- all either coming or going or staying -- and the unceas- ing, homely call of the sea "gulls never stops. Ancient, warm clothing is still popular here with the young. The fashion is almost through in London, al- though one still sees young women in the early morning striding to their offices in their great -- grandmother's formal gear. Thrash and Green Dandelior do a big business on the' streets bounding St. Stephen's Green. As I was passing another store I saw two girls sitting in the doorway unravelling the pant ends of some new jeans. Of course, they had to be trashed. I asked what happened next, were they kicked around the cellar? A pretty, polite girl said her gran put them in the tub with a little lye. No bother, be- cause being new they didn't have to be scrubbed. Gran would like a dryer and the lads were thinking of giving her one for Christmas, but -... she really wanted a brooch. Theatre was out as some kind of strike plus a work-to- rule action by electrical workers made it impossible for me to get tickets for convenient times. (I had to be back in London by Nov. 8). I did hear some excellent matinee concerts and spent a day and a half in Wexford for an opera festival. The landscape of Ireland is truly beautiful and, Scotland, there is a faint blue haze over the country- side, but, although their histories are equally bloody and tragic in the past, I find Scottish scenery more appealing emotionally. It is more severe and perhaps reminds me more of home. Irish scenery is rather bland: I should add here that while I have considerable Irish blood, so far as I know no Scottish at all. Dublin is lively, there is no doubt about that, and it has some first rate shops and its citizens are charming, even if one is tempted to think some + extreme accents a little bogus. A sad city, nevertheless, with the Ulster conflict not far away and often penetrating it. And as with Americans and Water- ate, the Irish don't want to discuss their troubles with strangers. Back in London, I find the Royal wedding, while not front page news, is taking up pages of space in every paper and magazine. Right now my fellow guests are planning cunning ways to , secure seats in the very small hotel televison room. The procession route is being decorated today so I'll go down tomorrow and have a look at it. Next letter, the wedding and further non-adventures. © Over 9,500 persons were under _treatment. for tuber- culosis in Canada last year, according to the Christmas Seal people from Ontario County' TB & RD Associa- tion. ® Hats ® Horns @ ® Buffet ® ) Limited number of tickets being sold - act fast. PROCEEDS to Park Development. PORT PERRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Music by er Valley Harp like . 00 per couple ADVANCE ORDERS FOR TICKETS will be taken at Eleanor's Flowers, Richard's Beauty Studio, Port Perry Star or by calling Roberta Drew _at 985-7183 Hanover Hill Holsteins, Port Perry, paid $22,000.00 at the November 12 Royal Round Up Sale, Guelph, for Pickland Citation Delight. This was the top price for a female at the sale and fell ohly $1,000.00 of tying the over-all high bid of the day. Shown (left to right) with Delight is Doug Peddie, herdsman at Pickland Farms; Claude Pickett, consignor; Gerry Tucker, St. Catherines, consignors 'Pete Heffering, purchaser; and Jim Carney, Georgetown, consignor. Delight, who was owned by three men, was sired by Roybrook Telstar. Scugog ratepayers (continued the Region and which in his opinion was not the intention originally. Comparision was made with the salaries now paid to trustees of Ontario County School Board a job that takes considerable time on part of the members. (School Board trustees are still paid $3,000. annually, the same they were originally paid in 1969. It was decided to form a committee to look into what a councillor may - possibly earn in a year when the three sources of income were compiled and added to- gether. It was also suggested that at least one member of the Boys Ratepayers Association attend the meetings at Region level and report back to the Association meetings. The discussion went on for some considerable time and many ideas and proposals were discussed at some length. However, it was de- cided very little could be done to rectify the situation at this time, but to look ahead and plan for future elections. The members present was to say at least very concerned with the actions of the councillors on Durham Region. Other items brought-to the attention of the meeting by the president, Paul Arculus were a letter from James Van Camp, Administrator of Community Memorial Hospital, suggesting a public meeting to ascertain the attitudes and ideas that the consumers in this area have 'with regards to the health care delivery system. It was agreed such a meeting would be of interest and that Mr. Van Camp decides on a date in January or February. 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