Thursday, Jun* 21, 1973 Page Three The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon COMING EVENTS -. Mrs. Gert ye Jones of Adrian returned recently from a 17-day tour in European countries tra veling by plane. First stopwas Copenhagen, Denmark. They toured th«- Tivlli Gardens in the evening. The tulips were in full bloom and the fountains under electric lights were most im pressive. Admission was less than $1. and included music by a symphony orchestra, a mod ern band also played and there up. ith<.. andearni- vals with different kinds of rides. The next stop was Rome, Italy where they visited the Bor - hese Garden which Is situated in the PrineIan Hills. They visited Pantheon, the best pre served temple of Rome, Anti quity, the Colosseums and the Roman Forum. They went through the early Christian Martyrdom and Manertime pri son, possibly where Paul was confined before his execution. They visited St. Peters Cathe dral and saw all the fountains at night. In Athens, Greece they saw the Olympic Stadium and the Temple of the Jews, to the Had rian Arch built on the foundry of the Greek and Roman Cities. They saw the "Acropolis”, the sacred hill for the ancient Athens, and the Propyleca, the big gate to the Parthenon. Vi sited Mars Hill, where the Apo stle Paul made his famous Speech to the unknown God. From there they went on to Corinth as Paul did tn the Scripture reading They visited the old and new Corinth which was built after the 1938 earthquake. They saw Agora, the market place in old Cor inth, seven columns of the Great Temple ofOpallo, the Bema seat where Raul stood in judgement. Excavating is still going on there. There were many head less statues, the heads hanging around different places on the ceiling. The rulers were Gods, a new ruler, a new head put on the statue. A small canal called "Isthmus of C orinth'’ was observed. It was built from 1882 to 1893. It is four miles long and 75 feet wide. It is 240 feet at the highest point. An average ship can go through there and it saves 192 miles They visited the Egyptian Mu seum in Cairo, Egypt. They saw many of the famous mum mies, King Tut and his family and many others. There were between 50 and 100 in the group. They visited th«- Pyramid', via camels. Inside one of the pyra mids they saw King Tuts burial toomb and his possesions. In Cairo they visited the Greek ADRIAN - Ramona CFreel) Orthodox Church. They took a sail boat ride on the River Nevins who is attending college Nile. They visited Nassers at Boise was home over the Tomb, a large shrine building weekend. Mr. and Mrs. K. 1. Peter on the way to the airport. of They flew to Beirut, Lebanon son 'n. “Tree of Lebanon" is a cy June 5 and 6, Mrs. Mabie press tree, which is 150 years Piercy spent in Buhl visiting old before it produces cones, her two sisters, Margie Beam then only once in three years. and Marge Harmon, who are in The tour included a visit to the nursing home there. Byblo, where the name Bible Sunriay dinner guests in the comes from It is the oldest Vern Parker home were Mrs. continuously inhabited town in ¡•aul Parker and Kim of On the world, dating back to the tario. Mrs. Pam Bed'Ji and two girls of Nampa. Afternoon cal lers were Mr. and Mrs. Ro bert Toomb and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fordandfamilyof Payette. Jake Rohner and sister, Wil ma of Albany, Oregon came Mon day to visit Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Mackey. Tuesday, they took them to see Hells Canyon and Wednes