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Show Teacher Returns From Two-Month Tour of 14 European Countries Mrs. Cleo Heavener returned Sunday from a BYU sponsored tour of fourteen European countries, leaving Montreal, Canada by plane June 29. She stopped in Boston enroute, and made a tour of places of importance im-portance in American history and also saw many statues by Springville's Cyrus E. Dallin. The trip to Europe was made by boat which docked at Cobh, Ireland, from where a chartered charter-ed bus tour of the country was conducted. The group later crossed the Irish Seas by steamer to Liverpool, England and saw numerous famous places pla-ces in England. At the LDS temple at London, they were (Cleo Hales) and family at Maumee, Ohio. She arrived in Springville Sunday afternoon ready to begin her school work in Provo this week. Asked what impressed her most she said, the friendliness of the many, many people from all parts of the world she met throughout her travels, and returning to the 'hills of home' in Springville. The group visited schools in practically every country, making mak-ing comparison of European schools with our own. They also attended many LDS church meetings throughout the different differ-ent countries. greeted by President and Mrs. Selvoy J. Boyer. After sight-seeing tours on the British Isles, they visited Bergen, Norway taking a pilot boat ride through the fjords and stopped at Oslo. Another highlight of the tour was the steamer cruise down the Rhine in Germany. They visited the Geidelberg University, Univer-sity, the famed Black Forests; the site of the Passion Play; the Hitler concentration camp Dauchau and many other points. A visit to Venice and Milan, Italy where they enjoyed enjoy-ed tnnrs nf Viisf-nrin nlnnps nnrl also a ride to the top of the Alps was among the enjoyable features of the trip. A drive to Brussels and Amsterdam followed. The tour was completed with a night flight over the Atlantic Atlan-tic from Amsterdam to New York which required but 21 hours. In New York City Mrs. Heavener Hea-vener was met by Mrs. Carl Butcher, the former Erin Ward of Springville. After a tour of New York City Mrs. Heavener visited with Mr. and Mrs. But-1 cher on their beautiful 25-acre estate of native woods in Dover, Do-ver, New Jersey. She also visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davies |