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wednesday july 27 1983 sa5 7iw x pb ii ll sea a gathering of british and canadian scouts as occurred in south lake simcoe district last week may not happen again in sixty years if ever dis trict commissioner norm fowlersaid saturday the fact canada was the host country for the world jamboree the first time in 30 years and south lake simcoe was a host district presented a situation uni que within the great bri taincanada scouting movement while the guests im maculate in dress and de portment were impressed with such sights as niagara falls the cn tower the science centre and wonderland their hosts were equally impressed with the demeanor of the boys and girls them selves a fantastic group was the way eileen gayton of whitchurchstouffville de scribed them they fit in perfectly with their host families mrs gayton was the towns representative on the district committee she said in a single week i many lasting friendships had been entrenched several parents in the dis trict are already planning return trips she said the british scouts were from three counties- suffolk norfolkand cam bridgeshire on their arriv al innewmarket they were welcomed by the mayor and presented with cana dian and provincial flags by an rcmp officer in full dress uniform the flags were provided by mp sinclair stevens and mpp bill hodgson v on the tuesday eight of the boys visited the town municipal office in stouff- ville and on saturday were presented with whitch urchstouffville pins by councillor fran sainsbury mrs sainsbury attended a predeparture event at the home of bob and eileen gayton stouffville rr 3 liz stevens and gail humphrey both 17 and from branthan suffolk are members of the same venture unit while out numbered by boys they agreed to having a terrific time how are we different they were asked our expressions like for sure and vis that right they said and yes we have an accent both loved niagara falls and the ride on the maid of the mist gail was impressed with sibbalds point lake simcoe as for prices cooked food is more expensive here they said but clothes are cheaper on saturday afternoon the guests practiced the philosophy of when in rome do as the romans do they set their soccer ball aside and played base ball last week 38 scouts and ventures from britain were guests of the south lake simcoe district following the world jamboree in alberta several were hosted by residents of whitchurchstouffville and visited the town municipal office july 19 pictured here left to right are mark bailey neil kalbag vaughan webb simon mortley guy hume adrian sluce simon gold sworthy and christian clifford audrey green recording the event for posterity host parents kept their cameras handy including eileen gayton stouff ville rr 3 here she snaps son stephen 15 left with simon mortley 17 of norwich norfolk england jim thomas councillor fran sainsbury attended saturdays predeparture event and presented each of the british scouts with a whitchurchstouffville pin including 16ycarold simon hobson of ipswich suffolk england jim thomas bob gayton right active in scouting several years hosted the gathering satur day along with wife eileen with him here is district commissioner brian prior of stowmirket suffolk england jim thomas collecting arid trading pins and badges was common pindecked cap to simon goldsworthy of norwich nor- praciice between visitors and hosts ernie richards folk england right of church street north stouffville shows his jim thomas s leer martin buiamof man fowler southlake simcoedistrictcommis- ipswich suffolk england in conversation with louise sioner fowler of newmarket mrs fowler is the wife of nor- jim thomas whether it be england or canada the bidfashioned hamburger is a common bond between boys sharing their juicy treat fresh from the barbecue grill are peter hansell left and simon wllks both 17 from england jim thomas