| Show IIA RAVE HAVE VE ENJOYABLE TRIP TO EAST Mr and Mrs LaMont Miller returned home Sunday from a 3 weeks trip to the East They traveled via California Zephyr and Liberty Limited to Colonial Heights Virginia where they visited with Lt and Mrs Clair and son Scott They visited all of the main historic places in that vicinity Their Theil tour of Washington D D. D C. C included visits to Mt Vernon the Washington Lincoln and Jefferson memorials National Airport a guided tour lour of the US U.S. Capitol and found special interest in a statue of Brigham Young in National Statuary Hall and Smithsonian Institute Institute Institute tute where they saw size life-size models of all past presidents' presidents wives in their original inaugural I i gowns I The Millers enjoyed a visit to Thomas Jeffersons Jefferson's home at Monticello Jefferson a practical practical practical builder and architect built his home on the top of a mountain mountain mountain moun moun- tain and crossed the James Ri River River River Ri- Ri ver to Jamestown by ferry The visitors rode the fe ferry ry at Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk Nor Nor- folk and saw the large navy ships at the mouth of Chesapeake Chesapeake Chesapeake peake Bay They spent one day in Colonial Colonial Colonial Col Col- onial Williamsburg where each visitor steps back across the bridge of years to the eighteenth eighteenth eighteenth I II century This city the capitol of Virginia for nearly a I century has been restored to original form in every detail including buildings furnishings gardens etc Here they saw the second oldest college in the theU U U. US U.S. S. S William Villiam and Mary At Roanoke R Rap Rapids a p i ids d s North Carolina the Millers visited a large cotton mill employing 1200 people They followed cotton from bales to see it woven into thread then woven and dyed for ford d different i iff f f e r en t materials washed pressed and packed for shipping They were much impressed by bythe bythe bythe the Petersburg Virginia National Nation Nation- al Military Park This was the scene of of decisive military operations operations operations oper oper- which resulted in the loss of Petersburg and Richmond Richmond Richmond Rich Rich- mond to the North and led to the surrender of Lee An inspirational missionary conference at Colonial Heights was enjoyed Eight missionaries and President and Mrs Nalder from headquarters in Roanoke were present for this A week end in New York in included included included in- in seeing Boardway at night viewing the city from the Empire Empire Empire Em Em- pire State Building and seeing large ships in the Hudson in including including including in- in the battleship ippi They took the ferry to Island and went to the top of the Statue of Liberty a thrill they say cannot be desi des des- On their return trip they stopped stopped stopped stop stop- ped in Chicago Highlights here were a visit to Marshall l Field Store viewing Chicago from Tribune Tribune Tribune Tri Tri- bune Tower and visiting station and being present when the program IIi Hi Ladies was televised o 0 |
