Show vernal missionary in germany writes interesting letter BY C brunswick germany november 10 1930 being a missionary I 1 guess it Is only proper that r start out by q rioting biot the bible solomon says in proverbs I 1 a As cold water to a thirsty soul so la Is good news from a far country I 1 this should be extra good tor for it has been long enough in coming I 1 have bud had it b btty tarr than then you have for I 1 receive the vernal express once a week and net get a fresh drink that often then therl la is only one thing that I 1 find wrong with the town paper I 1 guess a bumber of you have noticed the nl 11 j thing as I 1 have that pi they doni don t print it nf of ten enough once a week seek Is enough for some towns tit I 1 it an up and at cm em town like vernal nt n eds a paper twice a week anyway 1 I guess we e had better put that up to the city council councile coun cilI I 1 I 1 have lust just been reading in the last express about the fair you put on this fall I 1 ruess guess the success you had Is good proof to neighboring towns that you are not al sleeping ep since cornin on a mission I 1 have had a number of experiences which have helped to enrich my life one 0 ni the first ones I 1 had was to witness the way harold calder and don ion were d vert hinc vernal to all the missionaries in the swiss german mission and also the german nation some ot of the missionaries sion slon aries who had been on a mission twenty eight or twentynine twenty nine month months would often ask us who had just come over how much bleger bigger vernal had become than salt lake by this you can see we the boys were ahr diac a ad line I 1 hope they haven t lost any of it since coing going back horn hom aird merkley grant calder and I 1 have a hard job keeping up the standard these others have put fc us it would take too long to tell you all the experiences I 1 have had since corn com over here to germany I 1 wish to tell you of the trip we took this summer to oberammergau to see am the worlds moet most famous play the ut of last cebrus ry we e received word from our mission president that if it were pooR possible sible they would rive each missionary the chonce to visit this play which would be b g agven sen twice or three times a sr week k during the summer the missionaries ere to go in groups one district at a time I X was A as biting working in the Il anover district and it U was our turn to visit it on the of july oberammergau I 1 in the extreme south of germany up in the alps near the switzerland rland boarder so 90 that leave gave us quite a trip to make we decided to cover as much country on as little cash as possible we met in kanover hanover on the of july and decided to go 90 to cologne and alvn take the rhine trip which li one of the sonders of europe our train let tc hanover rover nt st 1 74 7 a rn ir july the ale cap acted to sleep on the seats of the train and in that way save our firt first hotel bill and be on or ir way those who madr mado the trip W with ith are m were ere the fol following loing driers verr a 0 edward 1 D clayton bolh non pon R smith korold C II 11 rs F mehler albert C and jorl joel A tate when ise rot got on the train wi we found it much more crowded than we expected so it was as up to us to t ifft t un and bet what shat step st ep we se could which was very little we in cologne Coloff nn t t 6 8 30 a in N e had thirty to spend before our train led left for dorm on the where we so were ere 1 to te our boat for the lie phine trip we derided decided tr abe visiting the roue u where here we were all riven our first inkling of the german cerman Un guage for wo we had all spent about three seeks at the first of nur mission in colodne we got back to the sta won lust just in time to t catch our tran to bonn it took twenty minutes to get to bonn dom and asre as we wt got oil the train one ne of the elders left his kodak harm hang ine low in one of the cars and the train out before he thought of it we to the next station ind they found it all right tt ti was ury itry for us all for it taught as to kev better care of our things in bonn c e sas u the house where here Beeth beethoven men the famous comfor was xi born barn we then caught our boat for coblenz the weather eather as cloudy and we thought mabe it apin and roll our out trip but it broke up tip after a kat bt tl TI a rhine bets et n bonn and is quite wide side and the land on mh edes nodes b h flat sat lere Is not much ti ta tee other than lije boats as they go up urn an dawn the rhin rhino with ith their eloids of if cargo there mere are a number of beau balul evvi aloni the bank banks W we C or 1 ft 0 IP coblenz a at about I 1 p m ai at d I 1 i addid li to stop there for the aften afternoon toon I 1 and stay stav over oser night and get some somo deec which we e erv ery much that wo we lilted a fort on the bank tanks of the rhine this tort fort Is con as is me ene of the str strongest strong hold holds the germans hale hae on the rhine mita c th trench i hed to blo bow it up tip for thet that rakin reason flabe some of the bev nys who ho were ere in prance france and oer ger during and after the w ar or kemem bc b c this tort foro it WM its v very vry ry inter interesting elting to s no the wa they had it all strong ed d they had machine guns sticking cut each ack ve ne beamed amt afternoon that Ire elder vin hindenburg w as going to be in cobina on the fol following loing day and they were sere go ing to hold a big celebration in mem mern cry ft freeing fr the rhine 0 of the french laps L tr aps jpe IN f f all wanted anted to stay and sec set him and vistia the celebration but the ahm tim would not allow it tho the dext cimins rao roin we rot on a boat for may an on the rhine between cobden end ora is the prettiest section oo 00 ibe the rhine ax As we ae were pre about 30 to out coblenz coblens wp we passed the bot boat en on which president von wu was loing going from mayance to coblenz ve got ot to see aft him through our glasses M the boata passed one aloth r frow th there on att the river flo d through high romma tWits of a aich the tn were cov erea with wh thick t wn n dolliw As be lot round mund bend we w could auw fi tt b the mediaeval stines upon the hib hm wis jid soar SOMA aw but rt nt of t tram juat just ruins which made the that much more romantic we all 1 bought little bores tn in which a story was riven given for or each ruin and many of these sere ere stories which we e had read while still in the grade trade schools at home all cultivatable land on the sides of the hills was terraced into vineyards in this section more grapes gropes are am grown then than in any other aher place in the world HI it t tat grapes are as cheap home they use most of the grapes to make wine it Is a very pretty sight to see the sides of the hills made up of these terraces it looks just like giant glint stairs leading to the tops of the mountains we arrived rn in mayance that afternoon and after taking a look at the town toan we went sent to frankfurt on uie miln and und stayed there over night the next morning we se visited the american consul and some of the boys had their passports renewed we tren left there and went to heidelberg Irel delberg 1 I believe you have all heard something about it Is a famous venley town one of the oldest university V t towns ris in germany it Is carrous j 1 for li the he university and also for an old I 1 castle that Is to be found there we visited the castle which is situated upon tle tl e aid of a hill above the city in the year yew 1680 as the french went sent through the western estern part of germany and destroyed most of the cities they also destroyed heidelberg there were only two whole buildings left a church and another haw boase they blew the cade up with powder poder and ard today just ne outside w a alls are standing and about three rooms at the front in the cellar of i ne of these rooms room there are two big wine barrels the no biggest one has capacity of am liters wt ach Is 13 about 63 65 gallons III bet some of tie the boas home would like to have that full and in their cellar it is said that the man s who ho took care of the reller would drink 18 quarts quarta of or wine v ine a day for his health just another other in ident to sho show that prohibition Is for the betterment of mankind on top of this barrel they have a plat form where here they used to dance the virginia reel could be danced with ith ease there after visiting visit ing the castle we visited an old prison that used to be used to punish the students tills this as run by the school and when a student was A as found guilty of some deed he was as put into prison for so many day days 71 TIP 1 longest time one could be kept in va was as a month after he was as convicts i he was aa anen time to celebrate with his friends and then his friends would put him on a donkey and take hun him to prison As they tere ere taken to the prison on the donkey they would have to ride backwards going there and were allo allowed to ride front fronts wards ards when released reli relt ased the prison would or only dy gil them bread and water but if they wanted they could buy anything they wished and their friends could also bring them food which consisted mostly of wire f po fo they lived R life of bliss and slept on the straw bed with ith the fleas and bedbugs in the comer an i du duration cation ct at wa considered net torn com pit alte te unless a person had a few days in this prison 1313 Ul Mark a son was A as thore twice and the pre present rent american Amb assad ir to germany has also spent time there it was as the custom to leise ie tie either your picture pasted on the di dl or or lour our nami nam or erse writ en on the va wall all we saw the names r americans and also an american flag there the pictures are on the i he d 0 on with th a biste that acs cs made I 1 from r thab the bread re d that was as glien them to eat if an bod acts hungry enough and he has the desire they can pick ther their dinner right off the door the erses and the pictures that are tn to be found on the walli alli are all U very clever I 1 we left the prison and went to one of t their lecture calls and while we were ere listening to the guide tell us about it an elder eder from basel kwitzer land came in he ile was ass hubert robert alien allen of brov the head professor of theology had NO written t the president of cur our mission ant dished to hate hase someone gie a lecture on mormonism he ile had I 1 arrild and wa ao going to gi 1 e t ie lectern the axt hour ve all wished to hear it but our time would net not allow alloh it MI so we so caught the next train for Karl niAh I 1 we arrived there them at about 7 clock that night and decided to see we a snow the show shou s s ni 4 a ile henly me movie and it if I 1 you ever see one you do not desire to see we another wf wr were pre all disappointed and decided to get een elien with ith the town ton and ourse our sehra hea so we ac took a train at midnight for munich this time we had better luck with ith I 1 our sleeping than the kimt night from 11 nover to cologne we ne were u ere able to I 1 feml soma compartments wheres we me could lie down the scat seat happened to iw bo cushioned shih Is a rare case to find in third class so we ue spent the night fairly comfortable comfort abl we ae arrived arr lied tie next morning ft rt about 7 click i we ate breakfast in the station they charged us so much we A 0 thought they were ere tring to ff fell us theA the whole hole station but after figuring it out I 1 good old american mona we ae found it was as SO 50 cent cents a piece e sp nt the ft re noen i the german museum which 1 is th the largest of its kind in ger many it was uns ury iery in or resting and we e spent the whole hole mom ng there and could haic hae spent much more time had we e hta h 0 it it was as rainy so we P didn dian t much time tiro in sightseeing sigh tsIng around the town oberammergau is I 1 a two hour ride from munich and wf we left for it about 3 in the afternoon after we crot jn in the train we tiK Might we were here beck back in the states for w WM inglish and mont moot nf of it oa s good old antrican Arne rican we ne had not bean on the train long when a young fellow came up tip into our car and asked are you f lloil we ne told him J ja and nd asked him if it he w here ere and tit said oui he said come rn back her here we w are re a va whole hole cardose of french missionaries and right thi th e to Is where here the fun began we went wont back thre there ad foul found playmate I 1 too OW ml amete I 1 aitt SL mk waa i tog party soon seen the leuia and jaa jas were ere flying so fast you would have thought we were sere starting mother another was missionaries of different countries have hae a mixed mind language of their own when you get two together from these different foreign countries it rounds sounds like two people must have rounded sounded right after the confusion of tongues at the tower of babel the train went very slowly from munich for it was ty nil up p hill we were ascending the alps aipe it waa was foggy and raining mining so 30 we did not get to see much of their beauty we arrived in oberammergau a it little after 5 0 clock it was still raining mining as we e got off the train but it soon stop ped the clouds lifted letting us see the he bases of the great peaks that ow surrounded the village the summits of the he peaks were tm added in dark gray cray clouds which looked as as if they would rive give us another good rood rain at anytime the vill vallge ge ot 01 Ober oberhammer gau has a population of ol 01 ly ty 2000 in habitants As e sent ent ahn jeh the ticket gate in flu ti station A e saw inn mn in n and ind boys with long hair a standing walting ng to be of service to us ine men and i boys boys of the town let their hair grow long ong for they all have haie to have haw long hair in the play and natural hair ls Is much better r than a aig uig ig it also attracted attention and made them stand out as a peculiar people the people all had a cheerful smile and a hearty el come for us and it was no time at all oil before we felt as 13 if we had cnown them the biggest part of our lives even the dogs of the town were friendly after asking one of these long haired youths where house number 75 was which was to be our home during our stay there we re proceeded to seek it out that wan was part of the game came As we ae went ent along the street toward the cener ter of the village so e saw americana americans lore here and there who could not speak german trying to make themselves understood by the use cf of some sign language they had invented them selves we often stopped and did some interpreting for these people where we w ll 11 could see that their slim sign language WM was not having an effect and soon they would be on their way say to their rooms A good number of the inhabit tants of the town can speak earlish good enough to tell people shat hat it Is all about we soon came to ta the houses hou wi where we were to stay they were sere all neatly painted most of them were white hite with alth green trimmings A number had pictures pic turca from the different events ants of the life of christ painted on them we soonbo soon jound ind the house where we se were to stay we were greeted at the door by a kind old man and his motherly looking wife ife after show ing them our and introducing ourselves cur selves we were shown to our cur rooms i 1 which aich were some of the cleanest rooms I 1 have seen since coming on this side of the big va waters we soon straightened things out and then left to for the post postoffice office where here we were to meet the other elders of our poop p we 1 P were ere all soon at the postoffice post office it and nd the main topic of conversation was AS what kind of people are tire you staying with ith and no ho do you like quarters seemed to bo be satisfied with |