Show Two V Vernal Couples n ples Return from Square Dance Tour of Europe 1 I Returning from a tour of Eur ope Wednesday of last week were Mr lr and Mrs Roy Show alter and Mr and Mrs Irs Victor Karren The two couples en enjoyed joyed six weeks with a group of 30 from all parts of the na nation tion and Canada consisting of dancers square who made up the tour The Vernal couples were the only members of the tour from Utah The trip from Vernal to New NewYork NewYork York was made in the Karren car On the way visits were ma de to Niagara Falls Boston Springfield Mass On August the entire party left New NewYork NewYork York by plane and landed in England where they spent four days They enjoyed a square dance festival In London with groups from many parts of England AT AMSTERDAM they en enjoyed joyed a visit at the Flower Mar Mar- Market ket and witnessed the auction ing of flowers which set the price scale for flowers that day dayto dayto to be shipped to all parts of the world For three days they vis various points in Holland and enjoyed the friendliness of the Dutch people Square dancing with the Amer lean ican servicemen was was an unus unus- unus unusual ual treat at Paris A boat ride on the Seine River and a moon moon- moonlight moonlight light tour of Paris were also highlights of their visit in France Rome was fascinating with its many fountains cathedrals and historic attractions In Na Na- pIes they witnessed a street riot between students and work ers who had been deprived of their jobs by the ing students Only through the coaxing and patience of their tour director were they able to proceed In their bus through the streets of Naples when their road was barricaded by rioters lying in the lanes of traffic A visit to the lovely Isle of Capri was delightful A rough boat ride on the Mediterranean left many of the tour members sea sea- seasick sick IN SWITZERLAND their fa fa- fa favorite nation they enjoyed the hospitality of the Swiss people a trip by tramway to the top of ofa ofa a high mountain where the coun coun- could be viewed for many miles In Switzerland they also enjoyed the folk dances es Cs yodelers and square dancing with tourists In Munich they were delighted to visit with Elder Gordon Gee who escorted the group on a atour atour tour of the city A boat trip on the Rhine several days in Frankfort where they met an- an another another other square dance group who had toured Scandinavia making a total of 82 members While the gro groups ps were together a square dance demonstration was given in German City From Frankfort the tour re- re returned returned turned by plane to New York On the way home the two coup coup- couples les spent some time in Wash Wash- Washington ington DC Va Mr Showalters Showalter's grandparentS home It was one of the greatest ex ox- ox of their lives they said and now they have their eyes on the Orient when condi- condi conditions conditions are more settled and the threat of an war is eased |