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Show Bearnsons home from five-month vacation-research trip in Europe do considerable genealogical research work in England, Iceland, Ice-land, Danmark and other countries, coun-tries, thus mixing work with pleasure for a most enjoyable vacation time. Mr. and Mrs. John Y. Bearn-son, Bearn-son, home from a five-months tour of Europe, will relive for many years to come, the pleasant plea-sant experiences they had and the interesting places they visited, vi-sited, as they traveled thru some 15 foreign countries. Assisting them to keep alive this once-in-a-lif e-time trip, will be approximately 1800 colored slides they took plus some 500 purchased, of the places they visited. Possibly the only thing mar-ing mar-ing an otherwise perfect holiday, holi-day, was an accident which Mrs. Bearnson suffered in England Eng-land in a fall which injured her right shoulder. The injury confined her to a hospital in London some weeks and since returning home she has been at the Utah Valley Hospital confined until Wednesday, for treatment. All the thrill of 'spring in Paris,' was experienced by the Bearnsons as they arrived in Fance from the LT.S. in early April going by way of the Queen Elizabeth. From the King Edwards Hotel, they attended at-tended the opera; saw the theaters thea-ters and art galleries and many other attractions. They subsequently subse-quently visited in Switzerland, taking a trip on the 12,600-foot 12,600-foot ski lift in the Alps, and toured Berne, Lucern, the LDS Temple and other places. They stopped in Milan, Italy and Sicily and were impressed with thejr visit to the Holyland. They saw Greece, , Yugoslavia, Austria and have most interesting inter-esting stories to tell of their experiences in each of these countries. The famous passion play was a highlight of their stay in Germany. They stopped for a time to see relatives, also in Denmark and in Holland. While in Great Britain, they toured Scotland and England, staying for a visit with relatives rela-tives in England and also visiting vi-siting Mr. and Mrs. Selvoy Boyer, former residents of this city and enjoying a session in the LDS Temple. They were greeted as royalty when they arrived in Iceland, where Mr. Bearnson visited a brother and other kinfolk. It was in Iceland that they celebrated cele-brated Mrs. Bearnson's birthday birth-day with a party attended by some 53 relatives. They had their pictures and stories in the newspaper and Mr. Bearnson was a guest speaker at the Rotary club and also on a radio ra-dio program. Attending the Rotary club meeting were some 60 men all of whom conversed in English. They traveled from England to Iceland by air and made several other trips about the country by plane. In practically every country visited, the Bearnsons had friends with whom they had corresponded for a number of years, or wno had spent time in their home in Springville; including ambassadors, members mem-bers of the embassy and other prominent people. They had an opportunity to |