| Show L I Return After f After touring In for u. u I Summer Trip f After touring In for u. u t t three months traveling miles Claude and Ruth Braithwaite Braithwaite Braith Braith- waite returned to their Manti ManU r home At our request Mrs l Braithwaite jotted dotted a few of the following fallowing highlights of the journey down After ma many y years of planning planning plan- plan ning the time finally arrived I for us to take our trip We intended to following the old Mormon Trail as close as pos- pos sible Goin Going through WyomIng Wyom Wyom- ing Nebraska and Iowa we visited many historical markers mark mark- ers land and sites of pioneer his his- tory tort After spending two days at Nauvoo and Carthage we went to Chicago where we stayed five days sightseeing Then on to Indianapolis for the speed races which were marred by a fatal accident to a driver We Ve enjoyed the drive across the beautiful state of Ohio to Pennsylvania where we visited Gettysburg and its historical battlefields also Philadelphia We Ve appreciated the clean and prosperous looking looking look look- ing farms of the Amish people peo peo- I pIe of Pennsylvania These r people still dress in old fashioned fashioned fash fash- ways and drive horse and on the highways We spent two and a half weeks in New York five days at the fair and the rest of that time on sight seeing trips and pleasure jaunts Traveling through Delaware Delaware Delaware Dela Dela- ware Maryland and Virginia we crossed the new tunnel and bridge spanning and Chesapeake Chesapeake Chesapeake peake Bay We Ve relished in the beauty of the New England States spending five days on Cape Cod and three in Cape Ann Although cool at Bar Ha Harbor bor Maine the fishing was good From Maine we proceeded to Quebec and Montreal Can Can- ada Because 90 per cent of the people are French speaking speaking speak speak- ing it was hard to get around in the fascinating city of Quer Que- Que r r a Dec The we 1967 worlds world's fair wl will be held el at i Montreal on an is island island is- is land in m the St St. Lawrence River Kiver Construction of a subway sub sub- way under the river is underway under- under way We had a wonderful drive through the green w wooded oded hills of x New Hampshire and Vermont Visiting more historic his his- historic spots of the beautiful Church we 5 thrilled with the country surrounding the monument of the birthplace birthplace birth- birth place of JosePh Smith and also that of Brigham Young After resting four cool days in the Adirondack Mountains Mountains Moun Moun- and Lake Placid we attended at at- attended tended the Hill Cumorah Pageant Pageant at Palmyra This was one of the great thrills of our trip people from all over the United States enjoying the pageant visited with us each one expressing pride In the missionaries and young people participating in the event While in that area we attended attended at at- tended the Tabernacle Choir concert in Rochester We marvelled marvelled mar mar- veiled at the songs rendered by the choir The hall in which the concert was held was not air conditioned and the area was at that time suffering under under un un- der an intense heat wave To hear the choir sing you would never suspect that the heat of the building affected them at all aU Filled with the spirit of patriotism after our visit to Washington D D. C. C we returned return return- ed home This is a great and beautiful country we live in inand inand inand and we appreciate the opportunity opportunity we had to enjoy some of it this summer Most of all we are thankful for our safe arrival home Editors Editor's note The Braithwaite's Braithwaite's Braithwaite's Braith- Braith waites waite's brought two newspapers newspapers newspapers pers home with them telling of the attitude of the people in the Palmyra area toward people presenting the pageant The article appearing appearing appearing appear appear- ing in the Tuesday July edition of the Times Union in Rochester starts out by saying saying say say- ing that the quiet village of Palmyra composed of persons has opened its homes and hearts again to the Mormons Mormons Mormons Mor Mor- mons and visitors to their world-famous world pageant Donald F F. F Chase furniture merchant and former Chamber Chamber Cham Cham- Chamber ber of Commerce president points out in the article that the town is torn over the pageant Some think the pageant is great others dont don't believe i it does the to town n any good I don dont don't t think the community knows how to take advantage of it itA it itA A few Welcome Mormons signs appear in store windows In evidence that Palmyra does recognize the event the article article article ar ar- points out The Union Times-Union reporter noted that that I the village policemen policemen policemen police police- men handle Palmyra's only traffic signal light changing it manually to move bumper- bumper t bumper pageant traffic The police chief Harold R. R Scribner Scribner Scrib Scrib- ner nor pointed out that We have no trouble with all aU these kids and never have W Were We're r glad to have them here rather than some carnival Beneath the surface most families in Palmyra welcome the visitors with open arms five Eighty families families' have opened opened opened open open- ed their homes for two to nine cast members for two weeks at 1 50 a night Scores of others will take 2000 overnight overnight over over- overnight night guests Another article appearing on the same page stated that several generation of a Roman Catholic family and visiting Mormons have been practicing the tenets of the ecumenical movement here fo for years It goes on to say that Richard Lynch of 91 Maple Ave has opened his neat ranch Home to three Mormon n elders for the ninth year His parents his grandmother sister an and and two uncles also house Mormon visitors annually One of the elders praised the hosts by saying Its just like being at home Palmyra Is a one-industry one town Garlock Inc packers and has only a small hotel and a motel Restaurants are scarce In another article taken from the Rochester paper music critic John K Sherman points out that the usual problem problem lem with choirs is that the themore themore themore more voices you have the shaggier the tone tone the h heavier avier the weight and the more cumbersome cumbersome cum cum- the delivery The problem obviously has long been solved in the case of the Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir for the signs of it are nonexistent Mr Sherman is generous in his praise of the choir He continues The major thrill is that of solid yet luminous sound and the agility and finesse finesse finesse fi fi- nesse with which the singers singers singers sing sing- ers intone and dovetail their parts Their sound hasn't a bitof bit bitof bitof of fat or buzz in it it the voices and registers achieve a matched blend and a marvelously marvelously marvelously marvel- marvel even projection and what comes forth is clean soaring waves of tone projected project project- ed without strain yet with sure effect The music critic th the e fact fact t that Alexander Schreiner was at the piano Instead of the organ But he lauded Mr Shreiner and Frank W. W Asper Asperas as dispatching the responsibilities of accompaniment with veteran skill Commentator Richard L. L Evans with a dry wit and informal but well- well spoken manner did much to add to the camaraderie of the occasion according to the music music music mu mu- sic critics report |
