The Mail-Journal, Volume 12, Number 38, Milford, Kosciusko County, 15 October 1975 — Page 2

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., Oct. 15.1975

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We find London a cleaner city . . . good to be home

• Continued from page 1) cold roast beef sandwich. The British pub is much unlike the American tavern, and yet there’s a similarity. One must visit a pub. at any rate, or he

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hasn't been into the real England Eat At Simpsons London abounds in good eating places, but as it turned out we were guests of Will Horner, publisher of the Sanford. North Carolina. Herald, once again We had become good fnends on this tnp. and Bill wanted to treat us to pnme roast beef at Simpsons. “Hell, you've never eaten out until you've eaten roast beef at Simpson's." he enthused And we think he was right We made the excursion with Bill, his friend from Sanford, Frank Baber, and Mr and Mrs Jack Nisselius of Gillette, W’yo. We sank in plush seats and took up a large menu, which as usual is one of our frustrations. With roast beef the specialty of the house, one just couldn't go wrong The place has three floors and

can seat 500 guests at one time. At one time we counted six carvers pushing trollies bearing enormous roast beefs from tablA to table, carving to the customer's desire. The slices came thin and succulent, the rest of the dish seeming incidental. Before we finished, here came the carver again with more roast beef. All this topped off with Yorkshire pudding. We learned from the matre dhotel that Simpsons has been in business since 1848, and he told us he fought with the British ground troops at Nijmagen, Holland, a sight we visited only several days earlier on our trip to Arnhem. It provided an interesting moment Tarantara! Tarantara! Our evening was topped off with tickets to the play “Tarantara! Tarantara!” at Westminster theater. It was a musical concerning the careers

of the noted British playwright and lyricist Gilbert and Sullivan, whose careers spanned 1890-1907. We learned a lot about the gifted duo who constantly bickered over trivial matters concerning their careers, and yet produced such popular light operas as The Mikado and The Grenadiers. Getting a cabbie from one of these off-street theaters is tough going about midnight. We walked about six or seven blocks to a circle and managed to roust up two cabbies to return us to the Portman. After the dismal route we took from Heathrow Airport to our hotel on Saturday, we were scheduled for a tour of the more prestigious part of London on Sunday morning. It included a tour of the city’s west end where we passed museums, government buildings and certain downtown areas. We passed the world-famous Harrod's department store, where one can buy “anything" — even a “pink elephant." so the ad states We visited Harrod’s at an earlier trip to the city, so missing a half day in its block-wide store was no real disappointment this time around. Our schedule called for a visit to historic Westminster Abbey; however, it was closed to tourists this Sunday since there was a special observance marking the anniversary of the British victory in the Battle of Britain, when British Spitfire fighter planes, on September 20,1940, shot down an overwhelming number of German incendiary bombers and turned the tide of the war against Germany. Up until this time German Luftwaffe planes had wrought havoc on London, Coventry and other English cities, and so this turning point in the great war was a time to remember. The observance, we noted, was the 35th anniversary of the battle, and it brought out innumerable dignitaries in the government. Even Lady Winston (Clementine) Churchill, now in her 90s, showed up for the occasion. Her husband — “Old Winnie” — was Prime Minister of Britain at the time of the battle. We did, however, enter the Abbey grounds and were shown through some lesser buildings. We had toured the Abbey in 1971 and were familiar with the landmark. See Guard Changing All city tour buses seem to be scheduled to stop at Buckingham Palace for the changing of the guards at noontime. Ours did, and we were pleased to see the spectacle again. • One could easily say in excess of 5,000 people gathered in front of the Palace, some perched on various levels of Victoria

Fountain across from the Palace grounds, thus to gain a vantage point of the colorful sight. We augured our way to the front, certainly to the displeasure of many whom we passed, and finally sat with crossed legs on the pavement to watch the spectacle unfold. Finally, here uromes the guard unit, its members in bright red tunics, with high plummed hats. Their step was halting, arms swinging high, eye-catching, breathtaking. In front, several leading the group led a white goat, the purpose of which escaped us completely. Once the guard changing ceremony was over, out through the high gates comes the unit just relieved, also stepping off in typical British military step, that once noted is never forgotten. We sat there, beside a German man and Korean girl who spoke halting English. The few German words we knew came in handy for a limited conversation that would pass for nothing profound. Well, everyone must see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace — it’s so British! For all the complaint about the Monarchy, one feels the British love all this pomp and circumstance. Cleaning Buildings London is noted for its smog and dirty buildings, but all this is changing. In 1953 a Clean Air Act was passed, making it prohibitive to burn soft coal any longer. However, the myriad smoke stacks are still there as a reminder of a dirtier day. The fact that over 4,000 Londoners died in 1952 as a result of smoke-oriented diseases, brought about the new act to dean up the city. There’s a gigantic program afoot to clean (sandblast) the city’s buildings. Those already done look fine, but it is a big program. Another thing typically British, not to be found, as near as we know, in any other city in the world, is their free speech in Hyde Park. We first witnessed this in World War II and found it amusing and interesting. Jack Nisselius and I (Arch) walked up Oxford street, crossed under the street at Marble Arch at the entrance of Hyde Park. It - was about 2 p.m. on Sunday. Speakers were just getting warmed up. At one point we counted nearly 20 speakers, and we had the full range of the big park, first listening to one, then another. Subjects? Nearly anything, including religion, politics, economics, and, yes, equality for homosexuals. The latter had the biggest audience, with the most vociferous hecklers. Anyone can speak on any issue. Bobbies stand around to keep order, and why there aren’t some real good fist fights we cannot imagine. Hecklers seldom let a speaker complete a thought, if indeed a sentence. The only prohibition: a speaker cannot discuss the Crown. Hyde Park provides an afternoon of entertainment at absolutely no cost. Finally, we had our laughs, and came away thinking this might not be a bad idea: speakers blow off steam and go home, if not happy, at least with having had their say. High Points Since returning home, we’ve been asked what are the high points of your trip. It’s hard to say, but here would be a few: — A boat trip up a Norwegian fjord with the numerous waterfalls from the mountainsides. — A long ride on a Norwegian electric train through a magnificent fall countryside, — Visiting Oslo’s Vigeland Skulpturpark. with its 58 lifesize human figures, all nude, — A visit at Aftenposten, the huge newspaper plant at Oslo, — Tour of Stockholm, Sweden, its parks, and visit to the resurrected Wasa, a ship that sank on its maiden voyage in Stockholm harbor in 1628. — The Norwegian and Swedish people — tall. thin, handsome, friendly, not all blond and blue eyed but many were. — Meeting Neal and Joy Carlson in a countryside restaurant on our two-day trip

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CHANGING OF THE GUARD — Crowds throng to Buckingham Palace in London daily to witness the colorful changing of the guard. Our camera caught this colorful guard unit coming through the Palace gates following the guard changing on Sunday, Sept. 21.

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BRITISH PARLIAMENT — An easily recognized building in London is the Parliament Building along the famous Thames river. On the right is Big Ben. *

from Stockholm to Malmo, Sweden, — Visiting the largest offset printing plant in northern Europe at Malmo, — Meeting Eileen Kay Vandermark of Leesburg at Copenhagen and visiting (and helping close) storied Tivoli, — Seeing and reliving the Hans Christian Andersen story of The Little Mermaid in the harbor of Copenhagen. — Visit to Brussels. Belgium, and reception and lunch at North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters, — Press conference at US Embassy at The Hague and informal party at home of Ambassador and Mrs. Kingdon Gould. Jr. — Tour of Amsterdam and visit to Rijksmeuseum where we saw Rembrandt paintings, including “The Night Watch” which was slashed by a madman the Sunday prior to our visit, — Tour through The Netherlands countryside to Nijmagen and Arnhem where one of the most fierce BritishGerman battles was fought for the Arnhem bridge, — Announcement by our guide that, as we crossed the Maas River at Graves, it was just 31 years to the hour that the British 82d Airborn Division crossed the bridge to take it without firing a shot. — The high cost of everything in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. particularly, — Tour of London, Hyde Park speakers, changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, — Ride home in B-747. And Then Home We boarded a Jumbo Jet (B---747) at Heathrow for our return trip to the United States, most of us anxious by this time to be going home, flight bags heavy with loot we accumulated along the way. We lifted off at 11:15 am., London time, for what was scheduled as a seven hour, 40 minute flight. With a slight headwind, it took us five minutes more, so said the skipper, landing at New York’s JFK airport at 7 p.m. London time, or 2 p.m.. New York time. It had 348 passengers, plus a crew of 15, with a total weight of 320 tons! Seats were nine across, and from all we could observe, we had a full load. We have made similar crossings with only 100 passengers, the full load this time showing signs of more air travel or less ocean flights with the big birds. We got “ripped off” by a JFK

airport taxi driver when he charged us $5 for a ride of about three blocks. “Five for the cab company,” he said, “and if you want to help me out a little, that’s all right.’’ So we gave him another sl. We’re standing on the curb, thinking, “My, cabs are high in New York! We asked a colored porter if this was the going price. He said, “Naw. he saw you coming. The bandits only charge $3 for that trip.” So we had it again. Well, we had been used to high prices, and thought everything must be high these days. We left on a United flight for Cleveland where we had only 23 minutes to change planes, then off to South Bend. In Hopkins Airport at Cleveland we ran into John Kroh and Larry Mallott of Thornburg in Syracuse, and made the flight to South Bend with them. Ralph was on an earlier flight, and was waiting for his “junior partners” when we all arrived at South Bend. By now it was almost routine that sister-in-law Edith met us at the South Bend airport. With her was daughter-in-law Gloria and two of the nicest little girls we know — Cris and Jen. My. it was good to he home! LAKELAND LOCAL Miss Margaret Freeman, Syracuse, was in Chicago over the week end to visit with Dr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Freeman of Denver, Colo. Dr. Freeman was in Chicago several days to attend a medical convention.

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Reminds — (Continued from page 1) Recently they were still near the train when it started to move and something needs to be done before someone is injured. She was told officer Jordan and state police officer Mike Pershing are both aware of the problem and are trying to correct it. A state law allows a train to block a crossing for 15 minutes. Crossings in Milford have been blocked from as long as 45 minutes to it* hours during recent weeks. Jordan and Pershing both realize the problem is serious and hope to have the cooperation of the railroad in the future. Board members Miller and Sunthimer both agreed they could not allow it to continue and asked cooperation of the townspeople in the future to help watch the crossings if it does happen. Jordan was also instructed to keep the board posted on the progress. Miller read a letter from the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns on group coverage for town employees. This will be investigated. Street, water and sewer superintendent John Martin was told to check Phend and Brown again on street work and a discussion was held on tests at the sewage treatment plant. Martin said all of the town’s catch basins had been cleaned. Jordan said businessmen had complained to him about other businessmen parking on Main street. Board members agreed this is a problem the merchants need to work out themselves. Miller said he would call Dennis Sharp, president of the Milford Area Development Council, on Tuesday and turn the problem over to him. Jordan presented his monthly report to the board members along with a completed inventory. He also showed the board members a book on bicycle safety which would be paid for through advertising. The book, “Safety on Wheels”, is proposed for presentation to the junior high school students in the spring. Mrs. James Brooks attended her first meeting as clerktreasurer, having replaced Harry Schultz late in September. Board member Norman Lovell was on vacation. Also attending the meeting were James Brooks and Mrs. Robert Geller. Milford police report given for September Milford town marshal Melvin Jordan released the following report for the month of September. Breaking and entries 0 Warnings 14 Accidents 4 Assault and battery 1 Complaints 5 Dog calls 2 Robberies 0 Fire 0 Burglar alarms 2 Phone calls answered 58