THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1962
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Traveler Describes Tour of Holy Land, Greece
Writing to friends in Med
ford, Mrs. C. C. Sater de
scribed a tour of the Holy
Land which she made earlier
this spring. Mrs. Sater, who
lived in Medford many years
and was known for her work
with the Medford Garden
club, has been living in Frank
furt, Germany, for some time
past and from time to time
has traveled in Europe and
surrounding areas.
Mrs. Sater wrote:
Jerusalem (Jordan) made
me think of the picture cards
that I received at Sunday
school with the Arab shep
herd on the hillside with his
sheep.
At the airport is a well
kept hedge of lavender as you
go up the steps, then at right
angles to it at the top is a
hedge of rosemary. The guide
that took over there was ex
cellent, he certainly knows
Biblical history. His opening
statement was rather surpris
ing. It was-"I want you to
know we have no beggars, no
Communists, and no Jews in
Jerusalem.
The people in this immedi
ate area are quite dependent
on the tourist trade. They
make exquisite cross-stitch
and other embroidery using
the Rose of Sharon, the flower
used at Easter, and the wheat
(meaning life) in the designs.
Many things are carved from
olive wood and they make
pins, buttons and earrings
from mother-of-pearl, and
gold filigree work - as in
Cairo there is much to buy
that is attractive,
The houses and most of the
buildings are of light buff
colored lime stone with flat
tops but there is a neatness
and order that is lacking in
some places, there doesn't
seem to be too much poverty
and in most cases a tiny shack
will be built neatly and not
just thrown together. The
children as a whole are clean,
happy and friendly. Education
is compulsory according to
the guide-he said "Just like
the States" and most everyone
in the shops speak English.
The beauty parlor was filled
with Max Factor products
and a shampoo and finger
wave was $2.50 and they did
nice work.
Visit Cave
In Bethlehem we were
shown a cave which is a rep
lica of the one in which Christ
was born. The large back
room where people slept was
filled thai night so Joseph and
Mary went out to the entrance
of the cave where the animals
Were lclt. They wrapped Jc
sus in swaddling clothes and
put him in the manger where
a cow's breath would give
him warmth. It gets cold very
quickly after the sun goes
down. These caves are occu
pied now by refugees.
The Church of Nativity is
built over the spot in Bethle
hem where Jesus was born
and the cave is split three
ways as is the church-Roman
Catholic, Armenian , and
Greek Orthodox. The door is
very low and small, depicting
the "eye of needle parable
with the rich man." A silver
star marks the spot where
Christ was born. Thirty to 35
male children ordered killed
by Herod are buried under
this church. The grotto is here
where the angel warned Jo
seph to flee with Jesus. At St.
Catherine's, one of the three
Nativity churches, Christmas
Eve service is broadcast all
over the world.
All of these places have
been destroyed many limes so
the things that took place dur
ing Biblical times are pointed
out now as having taken place
in this vicinity. In Jerusa
lem much Biblical hlslory was
reviewed when wc went to
the Ml. of Olives, the place
of Ascension, the Garden of
Gethsomane with Its 2000-year-old
olive trees, the Grot
to of Agony or church of All
Nations. The stone in it Is the
one on which Christ spent the
night, the seal of the U. S. A.
is in the comer of the ceiling
of the church unions those of
other nations. We went to St.
Stephens Gate where he was
stoned to death, to St. Anne's
church, the traditional place
of the Virgin Mary's birth, to
the pool of Belhesda and
walked the length of the Via
Dolorosa or Way of the Cross
to the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre and visited the sites
of the crucifixion, burial and
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Visit Jtrlcho
We drove to Jericho, where
there are many banana and
orange groves and a large new
housing area is being built, on
across the Hills of Judca, pass
ing the Good Samaritan Inn
and saw the place in the Jor
dan river where Jesus was
baptized by the Apostle John.
Later we saw the Mount of
Temptation In the distance
and drove on to the Dead Sea.
Since people lived in caves
and stone houses, wc asked
the guide what carpenters did
in Joseph's time and he said
that they fixed plows, made
small plates and forks of !
wood.
The air i Jerusalem was
fresh, with not much dust. I
The hotel was clean, and
warm, the water was pure, the
waiters were dressed in clean
while coats, the dishes were
clean, the people were nice
and I have a warm spot in, the tax list and taxes I think of life because more villages
my heart for it. are high. The guide did not are being built all the time
There is no TV in Jerusa-1 say how much they were. The , Araos believe that fresh
lcm. The policeman dress in house and land are inherita- blue paint will keep the evil
black suits with white belts ble but cannot be sold for 49 spirits away from there house
it is drained and planted and
becomes an oasis in the desert.
200,000 more people on the
now bare sands of Negev by
piping water there. Highways
are lined with trees where
and a white cotton full
length sleeve is pulled up
over the black coat sleeve and
they wear a shiny metal hel
met. The mimosa trees were
the most colorful flower here.
In Cairo it was the bougain
villa that added color to the
landscape.
Cross Line
April 4th we took a bus to
the dividing line between Je
rusalem, Jordan and Jerusa
lem, Israel marked by barbed
wire, sand bags and soldiers.
We walked through "No
Man's Land" and were care
fully checked in one by one.
Someone had told us that we
could not take pictures there
at the line but a Man on the i whcrl the sun fails,
New Jerusalem siae saia
"This is a free country, take
a picture of any thing that
you want to uikc. tic was
one of the bankers that board-
years. Fish ponds are put onSo it's easy to tell where thev
the sand and after 8 months ; live This superstitition is be
ing combatted with education.
We went to Capernaum and
They have plans for putting saw lnc ruins of the Syna,
the place where St. Paul
preached to the Corinthians. I
In Corinth no building can be
more than two' stories high j
because it has been destroyed ;
three times by earthquakes. I
If our group is an indica
tion Athens must be the place 1
to buy fur coats, hats and
purses. !
There are oranges and
lemon groves and many olive
groves. Olive roots are given
as a dowry with the bride.
Artichokes grow nicely here
too. A yellow flower that
looked very much like pyreth-
rum was being harvested
whole
gogue where Christ taught,
ate lunch on the shore of the
Sea of Galilee and drove on
to Haifa which is a beautiful
there wasn't a tree 15 years citv and comnares favnrahlv
ago. iney are irymg curnu wiln San Francisc0 . We wcrc commercially - the'
seeding uui bay imu nicy nave taken to the top of Mt. Car- plant was cut, at Old Corinth
10 wan iuui judis ui c me, so. that, we could look
knowing if it is a success. A I down on the city and see at a
chemical is to be put on the I distance one of the parks that
lakes to cut down evapora-, ;s considered one of the seven
tion, There are experimental j wonders of the world. We
stations Solar mirrors heat j wore t00 far away to know
water but the push of a but- j wny jt is so raicd.
ton turns on me cicciricuy
The plan is to plant 200
billion more trees in the next
four years and they have
planted 64 billion. They im-
-H the bus and changed ouriP0"
money for us. He asked if any- j enough milk
on- uanlM In nlanl K I, school Children
! Sees Athens
I Athens seems quite clean,
: surrounded as it is with water
i and sea breezes. We saw the
change of the guards at the
but I didn't think the pyrelh
rum was ever yellow.
The mimosa trees were in
bloom and I saw the first
umbrella or china berry tree
that I've ever seen outside of
Arizona, and parts of Cali
fornia. (They perhaps grow
elsewhere in the States).
Thyme was growing on the
hillsides in Athens and the
guide told a story about a
in Israel and a little 11-year-old
boy said he did so he paid
$2 for the privlege. New Je
rusalem is just another big
city.
Wc visited Mt. Zion and it
was a long climb up to the
Chamber of the Last Supper,
went on to Sanhcdria cata
combs, and to the birthplace
of John the Baptist. From
there we went on to the Uni
versity to see the Dead Sea
Scrolls, through Tel-Aviv
clean modern looking city
with many trees, no TV but
big auditorium where all
operas are booked solid. The
houses are built "on stilts'
because of the warm climate
the ground floor is not used
for living, it is a play yard,
garage, storage etc.
Nazareth has a huge new
housing area going up. At
the Church of Annunciation
we saw the cave where Mary
is said to have lived, there is
a big flat rock for a table, a
hole where olive oil was kept,
second one for other food
and shelf like holes in the side
of the rock wall for storage.
There is a well there from
which Mary is supposed to
have drawn water but it is
some distance from where
they lived.
I should have mentioned
that before going lo Nazareth
we had been taken to a hotel
at Hcrzlia-on-Sca which was
ahoul four blocks from the
Mediterranean. The hotel is a
training school for refugees
but everything was done nice
ly.
Describes Israel
Now I'll tell you something
about Israel in general and
please do not feel that I've
been brain-washed because
since living in Europe I'm
150 per cent U. S.-all these
other people can have their
ways as long as they don't try
to trample on the U. S. and
others.
Israel is an amazing coun
try. It is run by labor, immi
grants - or newcomers as they
arc called, are given a house,
a cow, and 31) chicKcns in a
cooperative village where an
agricultural teacher and so
cial workers are kept in help
them. They are given a three-months-long
intensive course
in new Hebrew. They arc paid
wages for the time tliey put
in on the acres of sand ailotcd
them until it becomes pro
ductive. They put leaves and
branches on it, plant it to
trees or some such to gel it
settled so that il "stays put."
They may work in a factory,
on other farms or do guard
duty part of the time.
When their land becomes
productive they are put on
free at lunch.
Eggs were rationed two years
ago and now they export three
million a year. Oranges are
their biggest export and I
have to admit the guide was
right when he says that our
U.S. oranges cannot hold a
candle to them. The oranges
over here must be tree
ripened as they are sweet and
usually very delicious. He
mentioned the U.S. often say
ing - "We are doing as you
have done ;."
Girls In Army
Girls go into military train
at the age of 18 for two years
and are in the reserves until
26. They do office work, sec
ond line duties and the second
year social service work. The
men go in for 2'-j years for
actual line duty, work in
camps and guard duly at
night. They are in the re
serves until 40 and from 4a
to 59 are in the second line
of reserves.
Nine years of school are
compulsory, but soon 1 1 years
will be. Medicine is socialized.
Doctors are paid 320 pounds
month. Every baby born
gets a premium of 100 pounds.
The railway, airline and oil
refinery are nationalized.
There is a law thai states
that houses must be built of
rock.
Most valleys produce two
crops a year but the Judean
valley produces three. There
are miles ot hanana and
orange groves.
Next to oranges the bigsesl
export is diamonds, they do
not produce them but cut
them.
There are many flower
stands.- it is the custom that
the husband takes home
flowers on Friday night.
The climate is comparable
to southern California so there
arc the outdoor tables and
chairs for coffee as seen over
most of Europe.
They have villages which
are Utopian socialistic vil
lages and the slate docs not
interfere in their government.
One can live in them five
days and then you are asked
if you want to stay and work
or leave. It is said that Wen
dell Willkie stayed in one
two davs and ran a tractor
and enjoyed it. They keep you
two years to see il you will
fit into the group and if you
do, you arc voted in and can
also vote, otherwise you may
stay on and work but cannot
vole. Members that work out
side keep enough money for
their own personal needs only
and the rest is sent back to the
village coffer. Some people
must be happy with tins way
palace, visited the Acropolis, j plague in the early days and
! saw the Hill of Mars where i the doctors could not find a
Paul preached, went to the j cure. Finally someone mixed
I monastery of Daphne near: thyme, honey, milk, garlic
jEleusis, an industrial city, and land salt and saved the rest
io jia iorimn wnere we saw ot tne people. One of my
disappointments is that I did
not get to taste any honey
made from thyme.
We are due to go home, un
less things change, before
August so I don't know if
I'll get to travel much more
or not. I'm keeping my fingers
crossed.
Group Prepare
For Style Show
Cetnral Point-Members of
Gamma Xi chapter, Beta Sig
ma Phi, held a special work
day earlier this week in prep
aration for a patio style show
planned for Saturday. June
16. It was reported that ail
the tickets for the event are
sold.
Fashions from Pauline's
store will be modeled.
Also of interest were re
ports by Mrs. Carrol Adams,
Mrs. B. M. Thumlcr Jr., and
Mrs. Herbert Edwards, who
attended the state convention
of the sorority held in Eugene
May 25-27.
They reported that a musi
cal comedy number by mem
bers of the combined chapters
in the Rogue valley won the
bid for the next state conven
tion to be held in Medford in
1964. !
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