Show Ellsworth Couple Travels The Globe As Delegates What Is it like to attend the opera Rigoletto In the Communist Congress Halt Ball of the Kremlin watch a folk dance in Kiev capital of the Ukraine or attend an International Congress of Agricultural Agricultural Agri Agri- cultural Engineers in quaint Baden Baden- Baden Germany Mr and Mrs Robert B. B Ellsworth of Vernal recently toured Belgium Holland Rolland Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia Ukraine Poland Yugoslavia and Germany with a people to people citizen ambassador delegation to learn the answers answers an an- first hand THE TUE represented the U. U S. S Forest Service and were the only couple from Utah to participate in this exchange Mr Ellsworth Is a civil engineer engineer en en- assigned to the Ashley National Forest in Vernal The People to People travel program has for the past several years been sending delegations of U. U S. S citizens abroad with the purpose of promoting good will and understanding between Americans and their counterparts in foreign foreign for for- eign lands The program was initiated by President Eisenhower in 1956 DELEGATES HAVE the distinct advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of meeting with with with-U. U. U S. S Embassy representatives and foreign government officials and visiting interesting places and people as well as enjoying sightseeing sightseeing sight sight- seeing tours of the various cities This group of approximately 35 agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural and civil engineers from throughout through through- out the United States spent time in Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington D. D C. C obtaining briefings and visiting visiting visit visit- ing congressmen and the United Nations in New York for further instructions In Brussels they visited the Common Market in Holland they toured the Dutch visited old and new areas of reclaimed farm land and saw the construction of extensive dykes that are arc used to hold the sea back IN PRAGUE they saw the now famous Square and saw the surrounding buildings that were speckled with bullet holes as a are result result re re- sult of the Russian occupation of tho the city a year ago While there they attended the com com- ceremonies for lor Doctors of Medicine at the world famous Charles University and visited a tate state farm outside of Prague THE RED Square the Kremlin art and the Economic Pavilion of the USSR were of particular interest in Moscow The city tour of Kiev included a walk through the historical catacombs and a stop at their Memorial to the Unknown Soldiers A highlight of Poland was the trip to the state agricultural testing and training training train train- ing center where they were hosted to a dinner in Polish tradition Then while In Belgrade Yugoslavia the group was able to see President Tito and the President President Pre of Italy as they passed to their meetings FROM YUGOSLAVIA they flew to Germany for the International Congress of Agricultural Engineers In Baden Baden- Baden At the Congress papers were given In the native language and simultaneously simultaneously simul simul- translated via earphones All areas and interests of agricultural engineering engineering en en- were covered While Mr Ellsworth attended the sessions Mrs Ellsworth participated in inthe inthe inthe the ladies activities On Monday the ladies ladies lad lad- ies were shown the ruins of the Roman bath houses a castle and a convent THE NEXT morning they had a tour of the Sans Souci cosmetic factory and andin andin andin in the afternoon joined the men for a trip to a wine factory where everyone was invited to test the various wines Wednesday the ladies ladles enjoyed a trip into the Black Forest where they had lunch and visited some homes Other highlights throughout the trip Were the dinners at which agricultural attaches and other officials were guests Through these discussions a greater Insight insight in In- sight was was' gained of the various countries countries coun coun- tries and peoples PERHAPS THE greatest moment of the trip however was when they met their three children Vicki Lynne 5 Laura Ann 4 and Sandra Kay 2 at atthe atthe atthe the Salt Lake Airport culminating their longest separation |