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o o o Two Medford Travelers Visit Fifteen Countries o In Europe and Africa; Irish Kind to Hitch-hikers Concluding a tour of 15 coun- tries in Europe and North Africa, Miss Cathy Clabby and Miss Noreen Kelly will return to Med "ford in time for the Christmas holidays. Miss Clabby is a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clabby, (i09 Laurel street, and Miss Kelly's parents are Mr. and Mrs Edward C. Kelly, 906 West Fourth street. The young women left the United States in August and traveled first in Ireland, which both described as delightful Miss Kelly wrote home of Dub lin, saying the gardens, even around individual homes, were "works of art," and that the city was a combination of narrow streets, quaint shops, old cathed rals, colleges ?nd castles. She added that the two attended an excellent play at the famed Abbey theater and that she "picked up a replica of the Kelly coat of arms." The travelers also visited Cork and went on to Blarney castle where "we duly kissed the Blarney stone." Miss Kelly wrote that Killarney and Kerry coun ty have the most spectacular scenery in Ireland with sheer mountains, beautiful lakes and hills of many colors. Miss Kelly commented that because of the system of "primogeniture," the custom of the eldest son of a farmer inheriting everything, thousands, of young farmers ave I nd every year. The two young women tried hitch-hiking in Ireland, writing that they had "phenomenal luck" and found it a good way to get acquainted with the native resi dents. However, this was the only country in which they thought hitch-hiking would be safe. They arrived in Edinburgh in time to attend the annual sum mer music festival and took in the Military Tatoo during which different regiments march to bagpipes. Here the travelers visited monuments, parks, and art galleries. Later when travel ing through the Western High lands of Scotland Miss Kelly wrote "The scenery was inde scribably beautiful high moun tains plateaus, hilly ranges alive with fantastic colors; jagged peaks dipping down abruptly into lovely, sparkling lakes and rivers; wooded glens and fertile meadows. It was just like liv ing in a dream we went for miles without seeing any people and only scattered herds of strangely colored animals and shaggy looking cows and sheep with black heads." Use Hostels The two travelers spent their nights either in the homes of residents, or at youth hostels and of these latter Miss Kelly wrote "Hosteling is a very en joyable experience in itself. The hostels usually contain two or more big dorms, one for the girls and one for the boys,' a wash room for each and a big kitchen where one can cook food on gas burners. The bigger hostels have several dorms apiece. Aside from being very inexpensive, general ly two shillings sixpence or about 34 cents a night, they are also a "good deal" because stu dents from all over the world use them and one can get good tips from fellow hostelers on what to see and how best to see it in a given country. "At night there is usually much talking and laughing about travel experiences and often there is singing (usually songs we've never heard before.) The biggest drawback is finding a place to take a bath, as most hostels don't have either warm water or a bath tub. Once in a while we stay in a guest house or hotel, but these are much more expensive." The travelers spent hours tramping around London and seeing the many historic build ings and squares and Miss Kelly wrote "we also acquire an appre- ciation of timelessness around so many ancient, buildings, filled with history." Miss Kelly, her self an attorney, also told of meeting 'a "young barrister" while she was visiting law courts and inns of court who took time to show her points of interest and fill in details of history and custom. ' Attend Theater She told of seeing "King Lear at the Palace theater down town, with John Gielgud as Lear and Claire Bloom as Cordelia, "an ex perience I'll never forget. The company was the Shakespeare Memorial company of Stratford- on-Avon, which performs in both places." "Saturday we visited parlia ment and walked through the long halls housing the House of Lords and the House of Com mons. That evening we saw a performance of the Sadler Wells ballet, which was excellent, at Covent gardens and from there visited the South Kensington section and Royal Albert Hall. 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Acting on the advice of a girl they had met earlier at a hostel, the two registered at "a large homey hostel where Cathy and I were able to get a room all to ourselves and to have ac cess to a warm bath, as well as excellent cooking facilities, all for 40 pfennings . (10 cents) a night!" The two met a student whom Miss Kelly had known at the University of Oregon, a journalist who took the visitors on a tour' of the city in his car. Both young women wrote home of the marked difference between West and East Berlin. Miss Clabby wrote "Yesterday we took a tour conducted by the U. S. Army into the Eastern zone it is possible to go on your own, but a little risky not speaking German. The contrast between the two sections is amazing and if what we saw was a sample of the Communist system, it is indeed frightening. There is almost no rebuilding blocks and blocks of ruins mu seums, churches, statues only a skeleton of the city remains. The only rebuilding has been Com munist state buildings and a few blocks of massive, grotesque buildings on Stalin alee this they point to with pride as the only socialistic street in Europe, cold and impersonal, huge apart ment buildings available only to Communist members and in the background of this extravagant display, horrible ruins. "Another place we stopped was the Garden of Remembrance built by forced German labor as a memorial to the Russians who died in the capture of Ber lin Stalin's- sacred word in scribed on the tombs. The people are very poor their standard of living is one-fourth that in the Western zone. All this in con trast to the Western zone where there are sidewalk cafes, beauti ful shops, people well dressed, beautiful new modern buildings designed by Germans parks and a happier spirit. "The German people have been very good to us maybe 10 years doesn't erase the deep scars of war, but at least they remember the Berlin blockade and I'm hap py to see that the U. S. has been humanitarian, in their aid to a defeated people. Defeat in any country is not a pretty picture." Week in Vienna Miss Clabby and Miss Kelly spent a week traveling in Ba varia and Austria after leaving Germany and wrote that in some of the oldest villages and cities the streets were too narrow to permit passage for even the tiny Volkswagen they drove. They stopped -in Vienna for a time, attended a performance of "Die Fledermaus" , at the People's Opera house and visited the World's Fair Trade. They found the youth hostels in that city ex cellent, and were shown around by a young man frpfn Washing ton, D. C, who was studying in Europe. Of Vienna Miss Kelly wrote: "We stayed almost a week in order, to take in the variety of art, music and to absorb as much of the. wonderful life and atmos phere as possible in so short a time. We visited the gorgeous but cold palaces of the Hapsburgs, visited the art museums, display ing some of the finest works of Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian, etc., took in some of the gay night life, including an evening at Grin zing, a section of the city where there are many outdoor cafes and night spots with gypsy and Austrian music played on - vio lins, accordions and zithers. We inspected many beautiful old churches done in high gothic or lavish baroque style." . Going on to Switzerland, they wrote of the beauty and prosper ity of this nation and said it was "geared to the tourist." Miss Kelly wrote particularly 'of Ge neva saying "we could not help but be impressed by the tremen dous cultural influences centered in Geneva" but added that she found the city "a little cold perhaps because of the great emT phasis on intelligence and mate rial prosperity and the compara tive lack of spiritual and human elements." . - Past Matrons' Plan Party for Monday Jacksonville Adarel Post Matrons' club will hold a Christ mas party at the home of Mrs Edward Pease, 130 Vernada av enue, Monday, December 12 at 12:30 pjn. . Election of officers will be followed by exchange of gifts. A potluck luncheon is plan ned. - -- Recent Bride To Join Husband At USAF Base Mrs. Donald F. Wilcox, the former Miss Dorothy Jean Ran dall, plans to leave soon for Spo kane, Wash., to join her husband who is stationed there with the Air Force. The couple was mar ried September 11 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Randall, 927 Brookdale road. The bridegroom's parents are Mrs. Paulene Dailey of San Ber nardino, Calif., and Donald Wil cox, 622 West Fourth street, Medford. - Bishop Douglas Shepherd per formed the wedding rites. Miss Nadine Cook attended the bride and Richard D. Randall, a brother of the bride was best man. Mr. Randall gave his daughter in marriage. She wore a nylon ballerina length dress with full skirt and her bouquet was of white rosebuds with pink car nations. Miss Cook wore a pale pink suit with white accesories and her corsage matched that of the bride. Baskets of pale pink gladiolus decorated the altar. The wedding reception was given at the home of the bride's parents. The couple made' a wedding trip to Crater Lake and the bridegroom then left for his sta tion with the Air Force. He does electronic and radar work. The bride attended Medford Junior and Senior high school and was a clerk at the F. W. Woolworth company store. The bridegroom attended Ashland high school. Elk-Trail School Staff and Board Honored Guests Elk-Trail The teaching staff personnel and board members of the Elk-Trail school were hon ored at -a dinner last week pre ceding a meeting of the Elk Trail Farent Teacher associa tion. Guests were introduced by Mrs. William Wilson, hospital ity chairman, who presented each a gift. Introduced were Mrs. Mil lard Wild, teacher of the first grade; Mrs. Thomas Greenley, second grade; Mrs. James Saw yer, third and fourth grades; Mrs. Arthur Moore, fifth and sixth grades; Mrs. Lee Merri man, seventh grade, and Mr. Merriman, eighth grade; Wil liam Miller, clerk; Mrs. Wilmer Ragsdahl, cook, and Mrs. Grant Hubbel, her assistant; Mr. Rags dahl, custodian; Mrs. Morris Bush, Robert Darrohn, Thomas McElrath, bus drivers; Mrs. Os car Hanson, board chairman, Lewis Dusenberry, Thomas Mc Cready, Wayne Ash and Tony Miller, board members. Mrs. Leroy Draper reported Sunday December 11, 1955 on child study groups which have been organized and which will meet first Thursday, Jan uary 19 in the school cafeteria at 2 p.m. Miss Mary Ellen Bell, public health nurse, will conduct the meeting and present a film, "Families' First Social Develop ment," followed by a discussion period. All women interested are asked to contact Mrs. Draper. The program for the evening was planned by Mrs. Thomas Smith and consisted of Square dances done by students in the seventh and eighth grades. Mrs. Thomas Greenley offered a prayer and the flag salute was led by Toni Miller, and Lan and Jan Dusenberry, twins. Moving pictures were shown for entertainment of the chil dren during the meeting. ' The association will meet again January 6 at 8 p.m., -and dessert will be served after the meeting. 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