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IbThe Barrie Examiner Wednest July I976 Stroud groupinspects agricultural museum By MRS CAMPBELL STROUD Fiftyone se nior citizens from Stroud en joyed tri recently to the new agricu tural museum at Milton After picnic lunch in park at Geulph we visited Elmira and saw film on Mennonite life at Mennonite church We had twohour tour of the surrounding coun tryside Many of us marvelted at the beautifullykept farm homes many of them with no electricity or telephone Crops and gardens are lux urious Everyone appreciated the work of conveners Mr and Mrs Ward Goodfellow and Mr and Mrs Ed Marquis in arranging different and educatioriaitri Tuesday ternoon found more than 60 members of the Stroud senior citizens club at the StroudInnisfil recreation centre for chicken dinner PICNII PLANNED pot luck supper and pic nic will be held July 27 at Centennial Park with Mr and Mrs Ford and Mr and Mrs Dwight Nelson planning the program Acting as chairman vice president Jessie Campbell thanked retiring secretary Nell Carscadden and trea surer Irene Reynolds Quebec legislature centennial QUEBEC Pi One hun dred years ago the Quebec gov ernment paid Ottawa $15000 for cricket field and built upon it what the lieutenant governor of the time described as the sanctuary of our provincial autonomy The sanctuary is the cite parlementaire the provincial cqmvalent of Ottawas Parlia merit Hill collection of build ings housing the legislature and various government offices The centennial was marked by reunion of former legisla tors in May and in midJune symposium on the parlia mentary system gathered legis lators from across Canada England France and the United States onstruction lasted until 1886 and cost $166924916 Ernest Gagnon then secretary of the department of agriculture and public works noted meticu loust in his 1897 book entitled Government Buildings in Que bec Like the Montreal Olympic facilities today the legislature buildings cost more than ex pected One of the reasons cited by Mr Gagnon was the dynamite explosion caused by criminal hands on Oct 11 1884 which necessitated certain amount of reconstruction SIIIIItITY TIGIII Security today is tight Spe cial constables from the public works department patrol the outside provincial police guard the premier and more than 80 legislature guards keep watch at the doors In 1973 an xrray device was installed iii the basement post office to screen incoming mail for letter bombs and other LXIIIII3PS But security was already concern in the last century For several years the doors on the sides facing SainteJulie and SaiiitrAugustiii Streets have been closed in order to allow more effective sure veillance of the comings and goings of persons who have ac cess to offices or other areas Mr Gagnon wrote The provmcc owes its mots to Je me souiicns tl remember to the architect Eugene Tache who drew up the plans for the legislature The motto made its first ap pearance as an inscription above the main entrance to the legislature after being author tied by the government in contract signed Feb rim IIRNIZRSTtIVIf lIi The cornerstone of the pi tans main entrance was laid June 17 IBM Ironically In view of todays emphasis on the essentially French history and character ol Quebec plaque bearing the name of an English speaking ptlltllll was buried in that stone at the very heart of the plum inccs political life John Ross was one or oiin two English taiiadiaii premiers in the history ot Quebec and held office from 1834 to It It was at the cornerstone cer emonresthatlt Gm Theodore Robitaille described the assent bly building as the sanctuary of our provincial autonomy This autonomy has been fully guaranteui by the Von federation Act hlkh thus con sarates the principle of de centralization of government hesaid But the centralizing tendon cies of the federal goveniment are still the subject ot many at tacks by Quebec officials today RIDE lIM COWBOY WASHINGTON iAIi About 11 million persons at tended almost 600 approyed professmnal rodeos in 42 states of the lnited States and four provinces in Canada in 1975 says the National Geographic Socrety Contestants vied for $6 million in prize money Ben Steers president of the Simcoe County senior citizens spoke briefly before presiding at the election of of ficers He reminded everyone of the county picnic at Midhurst on Aug 18 The new executive is made up of past president George Satchel president Mrs am bell first vice presi ent Allan Todd second vicepresident Ed Marqurs secretary Mrs Eben Sawyer and treasurer Mrs Harry Horton Iarence Kcll is in charge of euchre cards Mrs Wright getwell and sym pathy cards and Mrs James Leonard special birthdays and anniversaries ONCOMMIITEE On the bus tour committee are Mr and Mrs Ward Goodfellow and Mr and Mrs Ed Marquis Euchre was enjoyed after the adjournment Constable Frank McKay was honored recently at gathering of the police associatioti at Minesing In nisfil residents were sorry to hear of Franks resignation from the 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