Show Mrs BI Bly Beal Seal Home After Trip To Lands Of Book Baal of Mormon Mrs Bly B Beal e b a I 1 returned home last week from a trip to Book of Mormon country country country coun coun- try in Mexico and Central America It was a tour ar arranged arranged arranged ar- ar ranged by Chiya who ho takes supervised tours to all p parts of the world Jose G Gavilla a villa an archaeologist of Mexico a convert to the Church was a special special special cial guide for the tour Ten people including Miss Tere- Tere awa rawa and Mr Gavilla were in the tour group and two of Gov Governor Clydes Clyde's brothers and their wives also joined the group in l An Argentine Ar- Ar gentine couple an M. M D. D and his wife also became sort of attached to the group for much of the tour A former ite Grace Peterson Anderson widow of Cleon Anderson of Salt Lake City was also a member of the tour and ac according to Mrs r. r T Beal Real added much to the fun fun funo o of the trip with her Peterson Peterson Peter Peter- son humor Most of the traveling all long trips was by plane with trips into jungle country coun country coun- coun try etc being by train station station station sta sta- tion wagon etc They left Salt Lake City Jan 26 and went to Mexico where they had varied entertainment entertainment entertain entertain- n- n ment from bull fights and c cock ck fights to violin music that was out of this world as Mrs Beal put it They went on to and visited Lake which h is believed by some to be the Waters of Mormon referred to in the Book of Mormon They visited a market marketplace place where they saw the St Thomas Thomas Tho Tho- Thomas mas fire ritual In th the jungle jungle jungle jun jun- gle of they saw a 5 million project being c carried out by the University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pen Pen- in uncovering and rebuilding a temple and other buildings of the cul- cul cul cul- ture Other places visited in included included included in- in Merida Yucatan t Uxmal Uxmal Ux- Ux emal mal where there are old temples temples temples tem tem- ples and other buildings of the Myan culture In one of these being uncovered were remnants of fire places also of underground waterworks and other things considered modern There was also a rebuilt tower fitting the one from which King Benj Benjamin amin addressed ad addressed addressed ad- ad dressed his people The acoustics acoustics acoustics tics from the place were almost almost al almost al- al most unbelievable Mrs Beal said They also saw some large monument-like monument stones some lying down and some of which had been stood upright by archaeologists One still lying down was a carving which fit perfectly Lehi's vision vi vision vision vi- vi sion of the Iron Rod Tree of Life etc Mrs 1 Beal said Some of the mounds and uncovered ruins visited were apparently of con construction con f fitting into that period One unhappy experience was Mrs Anderson having her pocket picked at the b bull bullfights u 11 fights The thief took among other things her asthma pills so that she had to miss some features of the trip after that But a happy experience for Mrs Beal was a surprise party party party par par- ty for her at the Gavilla home In Mexico for her birthday anniversary on Feb 9 The thing she talks of most is the bottled mangoes served along with the birthday birthday birthday birth birth- day cake |