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te Vol. 2 No. 11 ONE CANADA Friday, August 10, 1979 WYSS GONGS CRITICS The man at the centre of the Marionville cow bell controversy says he will remove the big gong from his herd if ordered to do so but "I'll never be able to unders- tand why."' "Tt saddens me to think that anyone could consider such a beautiful sound as noise. It hurts, it hurts," farmer Erick Wyss told the Castor Review. "It would be a grave injustice if I had to remove my musical bells." My. Wyss was referring to an appeal now before township coun- cil that the large imported Swiss bells be removed from his cows necks because the ringing is distur- bing his neighbors. The appeal which was to he heard Aug. 7 was launched by two of Mr. Wyss's neighbors who likened the sound of the bells to that of a steam train leaving the station. Meanwhile, council has ordered its legal advisor to send-Mr. Wyss a letter informing him that the ex- isting anti-noise bylaw could be amended to put a stop to the bell ringing. A council spokesman said the letter was sent as an en- couragement for the Swiss im- migrant farmer and his neighbors to reach a compromise on their own. "Tt would be a shame if council had to step in and order an end to the bells. It wouldn't do anything for these people as neighbors," the spokesman said. Mr. Wyss said that it was regrettable that it was unfortunate that he and his neighbors could not have resolved their disagree- ment of the sound of the bells bet- ween themselves. "J did not choose to make war with my neighbors. I was only try- ing to protect my herd. In Switzerland the sound of the bells is considered very musical. They are of different sizes and weights so that they play on one another and enhance the musical quality. They are part of the folklore,"' he said. "Tf my neighbors had come to me, I'm sure we could have work- ed something out. It may be too late now because I am reluctant to have anything to do with people who have insulted me in the newspaper. The way they are go- ing about it is not just."' He rejects suggestions that the large bells are not necessary in Canada, claiming that their gong- ing has alerted him to dogs chas- ing his cows on several occasions. "The herd is everything to me and my family. If anything hap- pens to the herd it is hard on the pocket book. They are all valuable animals,' he said, adding that on- ly 23 animals out of his herd of 75 wore bells. "It can't be true that these bells can make that much noise at night unless the cows are disturbed. The cows sleep too." For her part, Mary Lukace said the noise of the belis has forced her son to quieter sleeping quarters in the basement of their home. Although admitting that she ~ had not approached Mr. Wyss about the bells, she said that neighbors Antoine and Debise Chaloux complained to him with little effect. Relations between' the neighbors reached rock bottom when five of the bells disappeared one night and the OPP was called in. A search was made of the Chaloux's house but none of the ringers were found. Mr. Wyss said the largest of the bells is valued at $200. "*I would be glad to get the bells back and forget the whole thing. I cannot accept that people cannot sleep with these bells,'? Mr. Wyss said. See picture p. 7. Twenty-five cents The Boat People- -see scrapbook, P. 7 The new look Here's the new-look Castor Review. : We've gone off heavy white paper and on to traditional newsprint. It's partly to cut expenses and partly a look to the future. If we're going to grow, we have to be on newsprint. We realize that many of our readers have grown accustomed to the white paper with its easy readability. But we're sure you'll _ grow used to the new look. We've changed printers as well. Performance Printing, Smiths Falls, is now putting out the Castor Review. Cow with clanger (Mike VanDusen photo) Pace Just spent a week travelling down the U.S. eastern seabord in a motor home--what a great way to travel. Three other adventures and myself rented the '"'big rig"--as we affectionately dubbed the 23-foot vehicle in the parlance of the truckers--from an Ottawa resident who had advertised it in the classifieds. We had been planning the voyage for months and had decid- ed early that an RV--recreational vehicle-would be the most prac- tical and economical way to do it. Relatively speaking, this proved true. . Four for the road Thing was, we waited until the last minute to go looking for one of the things and had to scramble around frantically the week before we were supposed to leave. For- tunately we saw John Gillmor's ad. Mr. Gillmor is an easygoing guy who, with his wife, has chalked up thousands of miles in Canada and the U.S. in his motor home during the past several years. When he's not using it he makes it available to others--for a fee, of course. Yes, he said, we could have the wagon for the week linking July and August. By chance it was the only week for most of the rest of the summer that the vehicle hadn't been booked. We had called other private and commercial rentors and had discovered almost to the abandon- ment of our holiday that RVs are in tremendous demand. You nor- mally have to reserve months in advance. There were four of us, four guys who have been getting together every year now...you know, just like the beer commer- cial. Last time, we rented a cabin cruiser and sailed through the Rideau Lakes to Kingston and Sidewalk Talk By Mark Van Dusen back. Our wives seem to respect the tradition of the thing and sent us off with their blessing, a clean shirt and a list of gifts to bring back. Mr. Gillmor gave us a quick tour of our road residence--room to sleep four fairly comfortably and six in a pinch, removable- storable games and dining tables, propane four-burner stove with oven kitchen sink, propane fridge with freezer, flush toilet, shower stall, hot and cold running water, four-speaker radio plenty of ovehead lighting, air- conditioning...we were on our way. ; ---- We were slightly intimidated by the bus at first since none of us had ever driven a vehicle that size but we soon found that it was very comfortable and easy to handle what with the big adjustable power steering wheel, bucket seat and cruise-o-matic. The driver's seat was probably the most com- fortable seat in the house and Steve, Tom and I got to the point where we eagerly waited for our turn behind the wheel. George was the official navigator. Naturally, when you're new at something there are bound to be surprises. Like a wild assortment of bottles of after shave, shampoo