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I no longer think being a stewardess is glamorous. I‘ve watched them slinging drinks to crabby business men on the fiye thirty flight to Montreal. I no longer think any plaEe is better than here. I‘ve been to Calgary. v Conversely. the English were anxious to duplicate in Upper Canada governmental procedures which, they thought, proclaimed them as belonging to a superior way of life [still spend a lot of time at the airport. But now I‘m dropping him off or picking him up. It‘s not quite the same. Sometimes it happens right at the start. There was the time I looked out the window as we taxied down the runway. I saw a man loading suitcases just like mine onto another plane. The Pennsylvania Germans were Plain Folk. They were interested primarily in agriculture and in maintaining their religion. customs, language and family relationships. They, by and ledge. were averse to holding public office. While I’m deciding whether to have canned spaghetti or canned tuna‘ he’s eating fancy little sandwiches served by fancy little stewardesses. I try to fight it. But envy is hard to beat. I remind myself air travel is a blend of boredom and terror with a large dollop of frustration thrown in. - I try to remember that every time I travel, something goes wrong Each of these had a background of many centuries in Europe. Although there might be similarities, there were many strong differences. For instance. there was a difference in religion. So wrote James McDonald in a section of “A History of Vaughan Township", compiled by Dr. G. Elfimqe Seaman and published in 1971. But even so, when I dr0p my husband at the aiport and head home, I’m not thinking about the joys of my own fireside. I’m thinking about how business men have all the breaks. While I'm driving Highway 7 between Thornhill and Woordbridge, he's hopping jumbo jets. Vaughan Township was the recipient in pioneer days of four cultures: Pennsylvania German, English. Scottish and Irish. Once upon a time. long ago, my boyfriend and I would drive out to the spanking new Toronto airport. We stood on the decks to watch the planes take off and land. We would wander about and dreamily listen to boarding calls for distant places. We would choose our destinations and talk about where and when. The Irish, on the contrary, brought their love of life and people and the ability to adjust to new situations. Of these four groups three were Protestant. One â€" the Irish â€" included many Roman Catholics. [t’s members were late comers to the province. The Pennsylvania Germans were content to worship in each other‘s homes. They shut themselves away from the world in general. The Irish for many yeérs, because of their scat- tered numbers. were without much help and guidance from their church. The Scottish brought with them their love of learning. a frugality, and a capacity to win their way to the top. The Scots we're Presbyterians with a deterrfiination to establish their beliefs in Canada. PM - It’s just as well; my French is a little rusty, too. Margaret and the kids never speak it. . .They even turn the cereal boxes around to the side that‘s in English. AMBASSADOR - Yes, yes, I know. One gets so behind. The other night when my wife said “Ouvrez la porte,” I opened the wine. PM - Quelle dommage'? AMBASSADOR - No; PM - Bonjour Monsieur le ambassador. AMBASSADOR â€" What? PM - Oh. PM - Oh, I’m sorry, I’d forgotten you don’t speak French anymore. A M B A S S A D 0 R - (Drawls his words) Well, it has been 20 years since we seceded and, well, you know how the AMARICANS insist, on everyone speaking AMARICAN. The English. belonging to the State Church in England. tended to look down on other religions. If At First You Do Secede A Two-Minute Play in Three Acts Scene - (Office of the Prime Minister of Canada. The prime minister is sitting behind his desk. His secretary enters. It is 1997.) SECRETARY - The ambassador from Quebec is here, sir. PM - Send him in. (Ambassador enters and PM rises. They were mine. Four days later they showed up regional viewpoint By Jim Irving German heritage Scottish tradition English religion Men's breaks Sharon's sunshine yesterdays by mary dawson It happens By Sharon Brain MEMBER FROM ST. B 0 N 1 F A C E - Naturellment. As the member from St. Boniface, I speak as one who knows. We of the French tongue have always considered our- selves French-Canadians. Par example, I, myself, am the great-great-greatâ€" great grandson of French SCENE - (Caucus room, where emergency meeting of cabinet is in session. PM is banging his gavel and calling for order. With order restored, member from Saskatchewan speaks.) MEMBER FROM SASK. - Mr. Prime Minister, these people have been out of Canada for 20 years; they ob- viously no longer think of themselves as Canadians. VOICE - If they ever did PM - Hmm, yes, I see. Well, tell me, what was it you wanted to see me about? AMBASSADOR - (gravely) Mr. Prime Minister - (sighs) we want to become a province of Canada again. V(PM’s mouth opens and he drops back into his chair). no damage, we planned to have it later anyway. End of Act 1 Act // If at first you do secede people who came over here in 1617. So, naturellment, although I was born here, I can hardly think of myself as pure Canadian. He pi’ciks’up’t'he suitcase he’s been dragging around since he left his hotel at eightxthat morning. “It was lousy," he says wearily. “Let's go home." Often they landscaped their homes into places 0t" beauty reminiscent of the homes they left behind half a yorld awayV They adopted the bank barn idea from their neighâ€" bors, having been used to shedlike shelters for cattle Ill England where cattle did not need to be housed indoors in the winter. Many of them wefit into-business of some kind where they were usually successful. PM - What do you think of yourself as? ST. BONIFACE - French-Canadian, of course. It‘ll be beside someorie who vilill wani t0 talk'when I want to read, want to smoke when I feel sick, and want to go to the washroom when I want to sleep. He stares at me through eyes bleary from a smoke filled cabin. His stomach is upset from too many drinks going down, and too many air pockets going up and down. He‘s eaten too much to pass the time. He’s napped with his shoes on. his head flopping over onto the stranger sleeping beside him. He'é been ihtefrogated at customs and enraged at the baggage pjckvup. Most of the furniture was Handmade. The barn was usually a bank barn with a basement for cattle, always with an overhang; The English, coming after 1815 in numbers, soon built brick houses to surround the furniture they brought with them. Many of the Scots were stonemasons by trade. So they built large stone houses. Most Scots were more interested in acquiring more land than in building elaborate houses. They were quick to learn from the Germans the techniques of larming needed in this part of the world ST. BONIFACE - English-Canadian, of course. All those people who don’t speak French. I don‘t know why] can‘t remember from one trip to the next where I will probably end up sitting. r I‘ve tried to stop believing that flying is a delightful adventure. a romp through the clouds, an escape from all that is humdrum and drab. But I can‘t. So I head to the airport to pick up my returning traveller. I race up to him and ask enviously, “How was it?“ Across a stoop from the main house tfiere was a separate building, called the summer kitchen. The irish frequently {vorked as laborers for the Brigish until‘they acquired property of their own. PM - I see. Such as all those Englishmen from Hungary, Italy, Greece, China, Portugal, Arabia, Georgia and even Britain. ST. BONIFACE - Exactment. PM - Well, enough of this identity business. We must decide this question before us. MEMBER FROM ONTARIO - Mr. Prime Minister, we could ex- tract every possible concession from Quebec at this time, but the situation would still revert to the same old English-French question again. Quebec would soon want all nine provinces to speak French to conform to them. The old establishment will tell us nothing. We must look to youth. (To secretary) Bring in Raymond doo Valleyer. (boy of 16 enâ€" ters). Gentlemen, this is Raymond doo Valleyer. '7 But I think the lady throwing up behind’me helped dampen my enthusiasm. Yet. in most cases, the Irish remained loyal to it. There were also differences in language, food, building. farm practices and folk arts generally. The earliest settlers‘ (the Pennsylvania Germans) typical home was a log building which was soon extended into a house â€" frame or brick â€" with one section set aside for the parents when they gave over the farm This was known as the “Doddy” house. There was a brick bake oven, also by itself, and oi‘t_e_n a siiqp for the making and repair of articles. Sometimes things go wrong at the end of the trip. There was the time I waited 12 hours in an airport for the airline to find a window to replace the one a suicidal bird demolished. This was used {0 keep the heat out of the main house In summer. It was often used as storage space in the winter. The last time I flew, we had a white-knuckle lan- ding in Buffalo in the height of a snowstorm. When the stewardess came on the PA to tell us we were the first plane to land in hours. I wasn‘t all that proud. Then there was the four-hour flight with an 18- month-old child. He has forgotten, but I haven‘t. Glamor isn 't in air travel Vaughan '3 4 cultures Cultural differences As opposed SCottish stone The inevitable English brie/6 Eyes bleary RAYMOND - Well, as you know, sir, I’m 16 now and can leave home on my own and, well, your welfare scheme is among the best in the world, your unemployment benefits are the highest anywhere, you have coâ€"ed dorâ€" mitories in all your youth hostels, there are no compulsory subjects in the schools, students have their own marijuana smoking room, they get three months paid vacation every summer and five weeks at Christmas, and, well, the most important thing; didn’t my Dad tell you? ALL - What? RAYMOND - This is the only way we’ll ever get back to speaking French again. son of the Quebec am- bassador. 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