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September 14, 1967 TERRACE BAY NEWS by Bill Smiley Expo, C'est magnifique! Well, I scarcely know where to start. Expo 67 is surely the greatest display of human in- genuity, imagination and or- ganization that has ever been assembled on the face of the earth. It's absolutely magnifi- cent in almost every respect. All you need to enjoy the big fair thoroughly is about three weeks, $3,000 and a pair of legs made of steel springs. We did it in three days, on $150, with legs that rapidly turned to putty, if it is possible for putty to ache like a bad tooth. We took off right after church last Sunday. As usual, "right-after-church" gradually turned into 3 p.m. Drove 150 miles. Stayed with _ sister- in-law. Long time no see. Big palaver until 3 a.m. Bogged another 200 through the heatto Alexan- dria, near Montreal, where old buddy, The Man from Glengar- ry, generous, joyous Gene Mac- donald, had offered, free, two motel rooms for as long as we wanted. Swift tour of ancient, interesting town, drink at golf club, dinner at the Macdon- alds', Same _ story: long- time-no-see, etc. Overflowing hospitality, even to tall, dark and handsome 16-year-old son Neil to entertain our Kim. Es- timated departure time: 10 p.m. Actual departing time: 2.30 a.m. Up bright and early and off at the crack of noon. Fortu- nately, as Gene had promised, it was only an hour's drive from Expo. Became biggest joke of trip. He obviously meant by jet, or straight across-country. My car goes better on highways. "Just follow the Expo signs," it said. We did. We completely surrounded the city of Montreal and wound up in a parking lot which was a 30-minute ferry ride from Expo. The regular lots are five to ten minutes from the grounds. The ferry cost $1.50 a person. The other lots pro- vide a free bus. The ferry dumped us at the wrong end of Expo, just ten miles from where we wanted to be. At 3.30 p.m. we were at Expo. Never mind, we finally picked up my press pass. The press building was a little bit of heaven: air-conditioned; food and drink reasonable. Slightly revived, and just about the time I had thought we'd be heading for home, we started out to "do" Expo. As always with our family, there were no plans, no organi- zation. We went into the first building we saw. It was the International Broadcasting Building. Fascinating, perhaps, for an engineer. For us, it was slightly less absorbing than a visit to the local library. The fighting began here. Kim is at the age when she abhors being dragged around by her parents. Her first pro- posal was, "Let's split and meet somewhere." Would you turn loose your 16-year-old chick in a crowd of 300,000, in an area the size of a large city, when none of us had a clue about how to get back to the ferry? So we sulked our' way through the telephone build- ing. It's a dandy show. And it was here that I first discovered that my press pass made Alad- din's Lamp look like an old candle butt. (I just took it out and kissed it as I write.) See, there are these 7,000 people lined up, about four abreast, for a quarter-mile. With a press pass, you walk to the head of the line, flash the pass, and your party is admit- ted at the "reserved" entrance, immediately, along with people in wheel-chairs and comas and other conditions. The first time we did it, we felt like real skunks. I expect- ed the enraged types in the line-up to scream and rave or threaten to tear us to pieces. Nothing happened. The second time, I felt like Charles de Gaulle. After that, I lost all compunction for the standees, and began looking for pavi- lions with the longest line-ups, for the sheer pleasure of gate-crashing. Such is man. Russian pavilion next. Beau- tiful line-up. Pavilion was rath- er like a vast department store Specializing in space-travel equipment. My wife collapsed into a chair on the third floor and. a number of people thought she was having a stroke. By sheer good luck, we found our way home, and hur- tled that 'one hour from Expo" in only 2% hours, after missing the turn-off to Alex and wandering about the wilds of Eastern Ontario for an hour. Bed at 2 a.m. Page 13 SCHREIBER NEWS Visiting Mr. & Mrs. Bob Sherman are the latter's parents and brother and sister-in-law Mr. & Mrs. S. W. Casselman ,Mr. & Mrs. Don Casselman with daughter Dawn Marie, all of Kempville, Ontario. Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Smith have had as guests recent- ly their son and his family Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Smith of Nanaimo, B.C., Mr. & Mrs. John Jackson of Sault Ste. Marie, Mrs. Rebecca Hughes and Miss Edna Hughes of Buffalo, N.Y. (former residents of Schreiber), and Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Ross and daughter Jean of Culver City, California. REGULAR MEETING HELD BY LIBRARY BOARD The public library board met September 9 with H.M, Ermel presiding and Miss Gwendoline Hadley, secretary-treasurer reading minutes and financial statements. Details of the Regional Conference of Trustees and Workshop for Librarians to be held at Quetico Oct. 27-29 were read. Separate sessions will be held, the librarian's workshop covering children's literature story-telling and book selection. The board were interested in establishing a film library, on loan, and the matter will be investigated. Information will be asked on scholarships available to students accepted b y an accredited library school A book truck was ordered and book exchange from the Regional library set for September 21. The matter of 21 books missing from the high school block - made under the auspices of the library - was held over for further investigation . The Centennial Library has been received but for the present will on ly be on loan to adults - junior readers to use in the library. A bird book, lost by a reader, will still have to be checked, as it is a valuable and out of print publica- tion. Mrs. Lester McCuaig was appointed third signing officer for this year. Plans were made regarding a centennial art contest to be sponsored by the board. UNITED CHURCH WOMEN PLAN PROJECTS With Mrs. John Spillane presiding for their first meeting after summer recess, the United Church Women began plans for fall occasions - the Thanks- g iving Dinner October 9, and the Christmas Bazaar- Tea on November [8 in the town hall. ( continued on Page 12)