2 : THE a HERALD WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1958 Logan (Cache Coane) Utah JOURNAL | Thoughts and Things --ee a“ TravelsOf Ada And Lyman Rich In Israel And Greece _ IT’S INTERESTING to follow the travels of Lyman and Ada Rich as they have gone to The Middle Hast, then to Jugoslavia and Germany, and up to Scandinavia. We're pleased to present excerpts from letters sent to their friends. They start in today’s letter from Tel-Aviv, Israel: Jordan was tense and all Americans were advised to remain in their hotels and not walk the streets. We had enjoyed our visit to Bethlehem and the sacred shrines of Old Jerusalem, but there _ seemed something artificial in this old city, one the layer upon destructions the and other, from the buildings ~ of the ages past. The Mount of Olives and Gethsemene were especially impressive. The feeling in Israel was different; we could breathe free air once more.’ The visit to King David’s tomb brought ;-us also to the room of the Last Supper; it was Se SS Ray m* said that Mary, the mother Jesus, of ~ lived and died here. As evening approached we got our Nelson first glimpse of the Sea of Galilee. It was like dropping down into Garden City—the eastern hills of Jordan seemed almost identical with those of Bear Lake. : ~ It was a most peaceful day we spent along in Galilee. _ We could picture the Savior walking.on the sea, gather- | The ing his disciples from the fishermen at Capernaum, | Dixie standing on the hills above, giving the Beatitudes. Today, banana groves, cotton, maize and grapes grow Jane! ocals along the borders. he p03. WE HAD AN lace OPPORTUNITY to see the other side of Israel today. The Hebrew University at Jerusalem and the Institute of Technology at Haifa are being built as new institutions. It is amazing what the Jews have _ done in the past five years. Most of the new buildings theP sits Bie ribbo are magnificent and modern to the Nth regress in agriculture is unbelievable. We degree. The on a visited a far | Doug average production of over 13,000 pou year, and were of American and Dutch Kk last |r ey lines. Walkae outhern dairy farm where | oe 140 Friesi ad.an welsh through milking parlors, open sheds and good rough- | the f: age were in use. oe Across the road, looking toward the Hebron hills, we Saw the ‘tents and sand dunes of the Bedowins.. Never have we seen such a contrast. |". |\°'° ont = 9 Darr: THEN TO GREECE. Nearly everyone would like to | 08d see Ancient Greece. It has been one of our dreams |%@%" since high school days, and here we Nearly everything points back to the _ Greece some AIUU. VOOTS gO) ce are in Athens. glory that was -.-.. At 2 p.m, all Greece closes its doors until 5 o’clock, bok ar Vrs. |unab and then everyone “rises from the dead” and the streets sed become veritable ant hills, with shoppers, buses, side | °°" street restaurants—people who are busy and apparently contented. Hotels are reasonable and _ one knows where to go. = food good when ae % Fi seve: There is no other city like Athens. In the very heart | Mr stands the majestic Acropolis with its templed Par- Lay thenon, the ancient pillars lifting their bold heads toward the heavens. Yesterday we stood among these New giant columns looking across to the little hill where | dire Pericles, the statesman, and Demosthenes, the orator, | Att spoke their words, and where the traditional cell opens wien a small door to the world that held the famous Socrates —who was not afraid to,die from the hemlock. fe . =“ oye We attended a Greek play in the amphitheatre with- | stam bbe windowed walle at tha Apronalie whare Greek maidens portrayed a Greek comedy , and rfy7 _-| lado, sete ee ae : hee Greece must ae ee our el ee five centuries be ore the birth of our Lord. Much _WE VISITED of Athens and saw Sn DELPHI some the Greek 75 mil farmers mote fields where water is a premium. We rode up the winding barren hillsides to the 1500 foot level where stands the playground of culture and place of worship. The ruined amphitheatre on the hillside speaks from the oth and 6th centuries B.C. Rocky peaks look down from above and the grape and olive groves cover the hillsides. on Amazement comes when one thinks of the distances foot or mule trains, those Greek art lovers “and _ Worshippers had to travel. It was an all-day trip for us We also small, We visited the country dairies, both large and did not expect to find modern milking quart- ers nor America’s ever, making | Aspro, some sanitation. These progress. At the 600 farmers own people are, how- farmers’ cooperative 3500 cows and send 30,000 liters of milk daily. They produce market milk , aes cream. e watched the women and sae e ee Pae plant - young folks bring i = i of Soak and. ite has bottlingg machine machines and pasteuriz eurizing ing We like Greece. tea tai