Two Women Take Quick Trip Abroad
A mother-daughter" tour of
Europe was completed last
week end by Rlrs. Lester Har
ris, 707 South Oakdale ave
nue, and Miss Sally Harris,
San Francisco. Mrs. Harris,
wife of the principal of Med
ford High school and operator
of a kindergarten, wrote of
the trip as follows:
A trip to Europe is a big
event for almost anyone, but
when it comes to a confirmed
stay-at-home, it s colossal.
The trick of course, is to
have either a bountiful bank
account or a generous daugh
ter in the employ of an air
line company.
N Sally and I left San Fran
cisco on the morning of De
cember 3 determined to see as
much as our two short weeks
would allow.
Our first stop was Los An
geles where the 84 degree
temperature contrasted sharp
ly with the next stop Fro
bisher Bay in Canada's North
west Territory with temper
ature around zero. A French
man (we presumed) swathed
in furs from head to toe, lit
erally, offered to give his suit
to Sally if he could throw him
self in as part of the bargain.
Land in Scotland
We didn't see much of the
Atlantic, but the clouds were
really nice from our superior
position. We were due to ar
rive in London at 3 p.m.
Thursday and were there
about on time, but couldn't
land for fog so we flew back
to Prestwick, Scotland. There
we went through customs and
took the night train to Lon
don.
It was kind of a long night
and pretty cold, but fun, too.
We sang Christmas carols, dis
cussed everything and even
worked on a British crossword
puzzle which is only a distant
relative of the ones we are
accustomed to, and fairly frus
trating. We were all guests of
Pan American Airlines, of
course, and had a delicious
dinner before we embarked
on the train journey and an
abundance of sandwiches and
coffee enroute.
Sally was drafted to help
pass out sandwiches and we
suspected that a lot of the
people who enjoyed them had
never been on an airplane.
(We heard that the journey
from Scotland cost Pan Amer
ican $4,200).
We arrived in London about
8:30 a.m. so completely ex
hausted that when we found
a hotel we went to bed and
slept for 15 hours!
The next day found us re
freshed and ready for explor
ing. By Cook's tour, subway
and foot we saw the Tower of
London (the crown jewels
look as if they could put any
haky economy back in the
black), Clarence House, Num
ber 10 Downing, Buckingham
Palace, Westminster Abbey,
Scotland Yard, and others as
well as watching the changing
of the guard. Never was quite
sure what they were guarding
and a few of them didn't look
too serious about it either.
(One of them waved at Sally).
Take Boat to Franca
In a hurry to get to Paris,
we decided not to wait for the
flight on Tuesday, but took
the train to Dover, the boat to
Calais, then train again to
Paris.
An Englishman in our com
partment (each compartment
seated six) was quite interest
ed in hearing some of our
opinions about our govern
ment, highly amused and we
thought a little astonished that
we could be so congenial and
represent the two major polit
ical parties.
In a very nice way he let it
be known that the "man in
the street" thought we'd do
well to stay out of their af
fairs in Egypt and settle our
own problem in the South. We
tried to point out that we
were doing our best to settle
it and that the stand of our
government was for free peo
ple everywhere.
By the time we arrived in
Paris we'd "made some of the
most interesting friends, one
of whom guided us to just the
sort of hotel we were looking
for cozy, studio type on the
left bank of the Seine where
prices are low and atmosphere
high.
Parlor Game Signs
No one at the desk spoke
English and our signs and pan
tomimes got to be sort of a
parlor game. We were within
a few blocks of Saints Cha
pelle, Notre Dame, and Sor
bonne university. We were
usually in bed at an early
hour but would awake at in
tervals during the night to the
sound of students laughing
and singing down the narrow
little street under our win
dow. French girls are wearing
their dresses up to the knees
and we saw a lot of ankle
high shoes on the streets,
some fur lined and some with
fur on the outside. Heavy eye
makeup made' many of them
look as if they were in need
of considerably more sleep.
On Monday we picked up
our mail at the American Ex
press and checked in at the
American Embassy. Our flag
looked so good that Sally
came to attention and sang a
few bars of the "Star Spang
led Banner."
We had a very fine tour of
points of interest and had good
luck eating in restaurants and
guessing at the menus. Also
patronized some of the num
erous little shops where they
serve tea and pastries, and the
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capital "f facing the other
way.
Visit Rome
The trip to Rome was beau
tiful. We had an excellent
view of Nice, the Riviera and
the Swiss Alps. We left Paris
about 1:15 p.m. and arrived
about 3:30 p.m A young Ital
ian on the plane taught me
some useful Italian phrases
like "good morning," "good
evening," "one room, double
bed," "how much?" and "TOO
MUCH!' We found the latter
quite useful, but even so, sus
pected that we were taken a
time or two.
How can one be sure that
the man with the cameos he
made himself doesnt really
have five little children at
home, hungry and no food in
the house?
Our "pensione" up three
flights of wide marble Stairs,
was a rather large room with
twin beds and two pairs of
shutters on the windows (in
side and out). When we
opened the shutters the next
morning we were amazed to
find that what had been an or
dinary quiet street the night
before had been transformed
into a farmers' market, with
carts of fruits and vegetables
completely obstructing the
street for blocks.
We spent the morning in
the famed Villa Borghese,
took a horse cart to the Pan
theon, lunched on the terrace
of a beautiful building (I've
forgotten the name) and took
an afternoon commercial tour
to historic points.
Later in the evening we
dined at a rather nice "pizzar
ia" and returned to our street
shortly after 10 to find our
selves locked out, but after
much bell ringing Psyche, the
Italian maid, came to our
'rescue.
Almost Miss Train
The next morning we tour
ed on our own, via horse cart
and bus, the Vatican museum
and St. Peter's basilica. Time
flew and we suddenly realized
that we were almost due at
the airport. We hailed a taxi
(motor driven, thank, good
ness) and rushed for our hotel
to pick up luggage. Of course
we couldn't get near it be
cause of the produce carts in
the street, so Sally and the
driver, who finally under
stood our frantic gestures,
abandoned me and the cab in
the middle of the street, and
ran the remaining block and
a half to the hotel.
Thanks to the advice of
Mary Ellen Bell, we'd kept
our luggage to a minimum or
they never would have made
it back in time. As it was we.
reached the air terminal with
a few minutes to spare.
Back in Paris we taxied to
the same hotel we'd been in
before and were assigned the
very same room. Off season
has its advantages.
We did a little shopping but
concluded that the gift fath
er'd appreciate most would be
a little left-over cash. Having
refused for years to buy comic
books for our children, we
ended up bringing them sev
eral in French. (It's surpris
ing how much they got out of
them though, the characters
have sort of a universal lan
guage, I think).
Tour Night Clubs
Being not quite broke, we
decided to splurge and take
the more expensive tour of
night clubs. Our group was
small but interesting. The
guide was French, of course,
but the others in the group
were, a Chinese couple from
Hong Kong, a couple from
Central America and a single
man from India.
The guide explained that
our first stops would be at two
quaint little cabarets right
back in our own neighbor
hood! After that w went to Lido,
where we saw a two-hour
floor show, reputed to be the
finest of its type in the world,
and "Eve in Paris." Funnier
than the floor show was the
look on the waiter's face when
I turned down his champagne
and asked if he had Coca Cola.
He didn't.
The next morning found us
in church, then back to the
now familiar routine of pack
ing and getting to the airport.
We travelled by Air France
from Paris to London and
were served tea and "biscuits"
which turned out to be very
sweet cookies, totally unlike
the biscuits I turn out with
the help of Betty Crocker.
From London we were with
Pan American again, and back
over the Polar route. Frobish
er was still colder than before
but had less snow than we
saw crossing North Dakota
and Wyoming.
Then we were back in San
mHm h i b
On the evening of Decem
ber 5 a group of the Gold
Star parents, surprised Mr.
and Mrs. Tiede at a party.
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A Medford couple, Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Tiede, 645 Pine
street, observed lheir golden wedding anniversary December
10. The Tiedes were married in Sheridan, Wyo., and lived ip
southern Montana before coming lo Medford in 1943.
Anniversary
Observed
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Tiede,
645 Pine street, where honor
ed December 10 in Eugene
at the home of their daughter,
Mrs. Willis Haight on the oc
casion of their golden wed
ding anniversary.
The couple have two daugh
ters, Mrs. Haight and Mrs.
August Decker, who lives in
southern Montana. A son,
Clarence Leroy Tiede, died
in the battle of Gilbert Island
in 1943. There are three
grandchildren.
Mr. Tiede married Miss Lot
tie Powers December 10,
1908 in Sheridan, Wyo. They
operated a cattle ranch in
southern Montana and moved
to Medford in 1934. Mr. Tiede
was born at Elkport, Iowa,
and lived in the Midwest un
til 1904. Mrs. Tiede was born
in Hale, Mo., and traveled to
Wyoming in a covered wagon
in 1886.
Captain Roberts
Arrives in City
Navy Capt. Richard S. Rob
erts, assigned to the staff of
the South East Asia Treaty
Organization's planning office
in Bangkok, Thailand, is
spending the holidays with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Da
vid D. Roberts, 32 Rose ave
nue. Following his visit here
he will leave for his new as
signment in Washington, D.C.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, December 21, 1958 ,7A
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Francisco and Sally unpacked
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