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Show Exchange Teacher Returns From Year's Stay In London, England & k Happy to be home again after a year's stay in England, where she taught school on the teacher exchange basis, Miss Alzada Wil-mott Wil-mott of this city is making plans to resume her school work this year in Provo. Although Miss Wilmott would take nothing for the experiences she had during the time, she would give little to live in the British Isles, which she described as recovering re-covering fast from depredations resulting from the war. Bombed buildings are being rebuilt and considerable new buildings are under un-der constructon, she said. Food is still on ration and is expensive and good food is difficult to get, Miss Wilmott observed. For example, ex-ample, pears sell for about 12 cents each and peaches are about the same price. It is hard to get good apples in the markets. England Eng-land has no help-your-self grocery stores as we do in this country and it was a new experience for Miss Wilmott to go shopping. Clothing is expensive in England, the teacher reported and it seemed to her that the people are not so style conscious as in this country. They usually purchase and wear tailored and durable clothing fash ioned on conservative lines. Miss Wilmott said people seldom sel-dom go anywhere without their umbrellas and raincoats. After completing her year's work as music instructor in a junior mixed school near London, Miss Wilmott took a sightseeing tour through Scotland and Wales visiting numerous places of historical histor-ical interest. Before sailing she met the Queen of England at a previously arranged appointment attended by the American and colonial co-lonial school teachers, at Lambeth Palace. At Easter time, Miss Wilmott spent her vacation touring Europe visiting in Italy where she met the Pope, traveling through France, to Rotterdam, Amsterdam The Hague and many other interesting inter-esting points. She left England on August 13, sailing on the Queen Elizabeth and she brought back with her greetings greet-ings from President Selvoy J. Boyer Bo-yer of the British LDS mission and Mrs. Boyer, to the people of Springville. Miss Wilmott had the opportunity of attending LDS services ser-vices while in England but it took approximately an- hour-and -a-half to get from her residence to the chapel. |