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Greek Scenery, Peculiar Food Customs Delight Reed On Athenian Visit
By NELSON RKfcll Iracket of Mime silly guinea lions fur I much prefer lo drive such ruugh black capes IcminR on
Athens, April 6.lhat were being chased by small loads myself. Illieir slaffs or Ivins asleep out of
We never icalucd before what:,hc wilKl- U)Wcr flown si0!"5
a thirst tteimuuntams Greece had. Tliev are
Magnificent rock piles as steep as
the Canadian Rcvkies with the
The other night at dinner niv
wife asked the waiter why there
was never any lamb on the menu.
"Ah madam." he replied, "it is
because the government has for
bidden the sale of lamb for two
weeks so there will be enough
lamb on Kaster when all good
hildr
Having developed
sat at a small table drinking good
Greek beer while we had our
shoes shined. All around us were
young mothers drinking cultee and
gossiping while their children
romped with each other. An occa-
lOrceks celebrate taster withlsu)na grandfather kept a watch-
rnasi lamo. wine anu songs, ami u eve ,m a tMid er w , s,.am.
the
"if the best things in life are free, how come you had
i to pay $2 for that book?"
Mai in Legion Auxiliary
Votes For Donations
MALIX - Mrs. John .McCulley,
president of the American Legion
Auxiliary, presided over the busi
ness meeting Wednesday evening,
April 3, in the Malin Communi
ty Hall.
Mrs. A. L. Schmidt, Pan Amer
ican chairman, gave her month
ly report. It was voted to send
S5 lo CAME to assist Domini
can School funds and $5 to
Capitol Funds for the Capitol
Grounds program. Members also
voted to donate one pair of glass
es to the school, if needed, with
the cost not to exceed $30.
Results of the junior division
poppy contest were announced
and the winners arc Judy Mc
Culley, first; Margaret Ann
Blohm. second, and Janet Victor
in, third. Senior division winners
are Joan Cacka, first; Linda Elz
ncr, second, and Jeanne Stastny,
third.
Amei icanism essay winners
are Kelley Wilson, first; Danny
Tofell, second; Jeanne Stastnv,
third, Norman McCormick. honor
able mention, junior division;
and Mary McAuliffe, first; Linda
Kcbcr, second; Tom Brown, third,
Andy Oliver, honorable men
tion, senior division.
The auxiliary recently gave
the Malin Library the book, "His
tory of the American F 1 a g."
and a monthly magazine, "The
Firing Line."
Post Resigned
DUNSMU1R The resignation
of Glade Patterson was accepted
by the Dusnmuir Recreation Com
mission at its April meeting. Pat
terson has been a member of the
board for several years.
He said business demands made
his resignation nccessarv. Indi
cations are the commission will
become a five-man board under
new legislation instead of a seven-man
board, so no replacement
for Patterson is planned at this
time.
leveryone is welcome to join
ifcast."
I Meanwhile during Lent
learned that really good Orthodox
Greek Catholics are not allowed
by the church to eat anything but
caviar, lobster or shrimp, no oth
er lish or meal. At the price ol
caviar and lobster we suspect that
most either go hungry or decide
they are not such good Catholics.
Yesterday we climbed up the
sleep streets and endless steps to
tiny St. George's Chapel which
perches on the highest rocky pin
nacle in Athens. He fleered in
side at the great tall brass can
dlesticks beside the altar and w on
dered how there was room for a
priest with his long black beard
and black gown to say nothing of
anv worshipers.
The view from the terrace out
side the chape! was magnificent
Spread out below us w as the whole
Athenian plain that is now Athens,
with the sea off in the distance
and the Acropolis and Parthenon
across the city below us. While
we stood there admiring the view
flight of perhaps 50 bombers
flew over us in a beautiful forma
tion that spelled NATO. They
were celebrating the anniversary
day of the founding of NATO, we
learned later.
Coming down from St. George's
we walked along a broad avenue
past the royal palace with its
dressy royal guard standing stiff
ly at attention in colorful Greek
uniforms with the bright pompons
on their shoes.
The palace itself is not as im
pressive as some others we have
seen but the grounds are very
fine. Opposite is a large public
park through which we walked,
admiring some very tall pine trees
oi' a kind we had never seen be
fore, and listening to the raucous
pered off whenever his head was!
turned. It brought back fond mem-
wciories of our own.
Athens has as many kinds of
cars as there are tourists. Ger
man. French, English, Italian and
American. Most of the latter are
older models of makes that in their
year were not so popular at home.
disposed of over here at a loss we
presume, for a new American carl
here would sell about twice tlie
price at home because of the tax.
All over town there are kiosks
i the sidewalks that sell not
only newspapers and magazines.
but candy, nuts and sunglasses,
lor which tliere must be a great
demand judging from the number
displayed. Attached to each kiosk
is a public dial phone, generally
in use. There are many small
shops full of all manner of trinkets
and cheap tourist bait but we have
seen very few that displayed high
class quality merchandise. Greece
has not enjoyed prosperity long
enough to create a market (or lux
ury goods.
Athens. April 7
Today we took the 200 . mile
round trip drive from Athens to
Delphi with an English speaking
guide who knew the country and
its history. Some of the trip was
on a new state highway that runs
from Athens to Salonika. Most of
it was a narrow mountain road
that reminded us of the Green
Springs only it was far more
crooked, had very few guard rails
and in places scared me popcyed
highest, like Parnasus, snow
capped the year round.
The w hole country that w e have
seen is unbelievably rocky. Only
occasionally can tlie poor farm
ers scratch out a small field with
mule drawn ploy or by hand
with a heavy hoc tu plant a little
wheat or some grapevinees. Slopes
so steep that you would have trou
ble standing upright on them are
cultivated. Only in the great val
leys like the Plain of Thebes are
there large cultivated and irri
gated fields.
High on the rockiest hillsides
there were flocks of goats, black
as satin with black dogs watching
them, and shepherds in their
there were small bands of slkvp,
white, brown and black with very
long wool. Here and there on the
hillsides were herders' shelters
and wattled sheep pens to run to,
killed every man in it because a 1 for them, and that included most
German officer had been murdered of the famous leaders of that age,
there by a villager. Icamc from all over Greece and
Thebes, which in antiquity was aAsia Minor to consult the oracle
famous Greek city, is now just a"' lle mountainside below
poverty stricken 'looking s m a 1 1 where tlie oracle dwelt tlie visi
tuwn. nothing at all like Athens. trs ere detained by tlie priests
Alter what seemed like endless"" the oracle so lliey could make
when winter storms strike. Oncemilcs of crooked, dangerous moun-jthe proper sacrifices and also sol
we saw a great hulking shepherd
in his rough cloak, holding a tiny
black and white goat in his arms
He could have stepped right out of
tlie Old Testament.
Refore we came to ThelK's
some of the mountainsides were
covered w ith new ly planted Cyprus
trees. We were told that the
Greek government planted them
to replace the Cyprus forests de
stroyed by the Germans during the
occupation. Later we passed
through a small village where all
the houses were new. Our guide
told us that the Germans had
tain road with breathtaking seen- the spies of the oracle could mm-
ery. we reached Delphi. We had file " and learn wnai wasi
lunch at a modern hotel and res-!"" twir minds so the oracle could
taurant perched on a cliff over-l
looking a valley with a stream
running through it a good mile
below. I
Then with a guide who spouted
Greek mythology we took off up
the mountainside of Mt. Parnasusi
lo hear all about the Oracle ot
Delphi. In general we gathered
that it was a wonderful racket
developed by tlie priests.
The pilgrims, those wanting to
know w hat tlie future held in store
come up with the proper mysteri
ous dual meaning answers.
Then the visitors were finally
allowed to consult the oracle her
self though they never got to see
her, only tlie priests who attended
her. From such hocus-pocus as
the way the entrails of the sacri
fices w iggled, or the leaves on the
sacred myrtle trees twisted, or the
vapors from the sulphur well
smelled. the oracle would fore
tell their fortunes. While it may
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sound silly to us today the great
decisions of Greek antiquity were
based on it. Sometimes we wonder
if our own State Department
doesn't use some such system.
Having heard how it was done
we c I i m b e d up the mountain
through endless ruins from which
all the gold and bronze and marble
statues that once adorned it had
been stolen or destroyed over, the
years. But from all the ancient
writings scholars have re
constructed it in their minds.
And so can the guide for you, but
alas it was far too much for.me
to remember and to tell you..., ,
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