The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 9, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 March 1972 — Page 12

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., Mar. 29, 1972

THE MIDDLE-EAST - Eleventh And Final In A Series

Sunny Spain, An Ideal Place To Wrap Up A Pleasant Trip

By DELLA AND ARCH BAUMGARTNER MARBELLA, Spain, Wed. Feb. 23 — This was to be our lasi day of a three-week trip that hac taken us to seven Mid-Easi countries that are bathed ir centuries of fascinating history and troubled with present-day conflict. ‘ As we said before, we are pari of a contingent of 28 American journalists who are traveling under the auspices of the National Newspaper Association. This is our second such trip. The official part of our trip actually ended on Saturday, Feb. 19, and from that time on we were not scheduled for any further briefings from officials, either American or foreign. You can believe our notebooks were crammed with names of people and places, many of which we will have difficulty pronouncing, and of what has been said and-or implied. One can never be sure his background of affairs in such countries as we visited is sufficient to assimilate all that was to pass beforeus s Our one thought is, "WelThave to make this trip again sometime.” Leave Istanbul Our group left Istanbul, Turkey, on schedule on Sunday, Feb. 20, for a day-long flight to Spain As our giant plane thundered down a six-mile runway, and soared out over this ancient city and the Bosphorus that divides it, it was apparent we were leaving a historic communications and transportation crossroads between East and West We were several hours until we reached Athens, Greece, and back to the airport we had visited on our journey over on February 3. Our stop here was brief, long enough to change planes and head for another leg of the trip that would take us to Geneva. Switzerland. With nearly three hours layover at Geneva, several of us siezed on the opportunity to visit the city proper, if for only a short time. Six of us left the airport by bus for a quick trip to the downtown area. Our idea was to walk around a bit. but the futulity of this quickly became apparent, if one wanted to see any of the city. One thing we didn’t know: that everyone in

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Geneva speaks French — no German and practically no English. We tried several taxi drivers before it became obvious rt we would have to settle for one d who spoke French. lt The taxis in Geneva are small n and can accommodate one y person in front with the driver ■ and two in the rear seat. We drew a most amiable fellow whose card gave his name as JeanPierre Jaccottet, of Contrat 8 Social 1, Geneva. e i We got the message across that we had about an hour and fifteen p minutes to see the city, and at , that time we absolutely would e have to be back to the airport for r our trip to Spain. With a smiling r driver, we sped away from the curb for a quick whirl of Geneva. 5 Jean-Pierre did an excellent f job of driving us around, pointing 1 out various buildings. When we f could not understand him. he 5 produced a pad and wrote out the ! name of the building we were 1 passing. The Russian Embassy - was obvious with its gold onion- - top structure, the League of Nations building, the In- ! temational Red Cross, World 1 Health Organization, and many others. On several occasions we stopped for picture-taking. < Quick impressions we gained . were that this city was im- } maculate. It was Sunday as- • temoon and many people were • out walking. There weren’t many 1 cars out. aside from the 1 ever present taxi cabs. Our - guide took us on both sides of - Lake Geneva, which has its tip in 1 the city, and drove us past the 1 avenues of apartment houses. We were impressed with the ! number of banks we saw, and had I to probe Jean-Pierre about the I bank where “Helga Hughes” ' deposited then withdrew the ! Mckiraw-Hill checks in the IrI ving-Hughes affair. He ' disclaimed any knowledge of this, then we realized that this took place in Zurich and not > Geneva. 1 Making the trip with Jeant Pierre were Arch, Doug Attaway 1 of Shreveport, La., and Frank Pfeiffer of Raton. New Mexico — • coincidentally the trio who braved the guards at the Dakar 1 airport a year earlier to shake ' hands with French President I Georges Pompidou 1 Jean-Pierre had us back to the • airport in time, and we were soon

> boarding an Iberian airliner for J the two-hour trip to Malaga, i Spain, located on the sunny s southern coast. We passed over ! southern France on this leg, and it was nighttime when we landed, I all a little tired from a day of b traveling. Slay At Marbella r Our group was taken in a travel » agency bus to Marbella, about 40 miles west of Malaga, a ride t along the Mediterranean sea, where we arrived at the large Hilton Hotel. That Hilton man surely get’s around! 1 Our next three days in Spain . were lazy ones. However we did take two trips worth mentioning. One was to the mountain city of Mijas, a winding two-hour ride that was both rough and interesting. When we found this ancient city so clean, we were told homes must be whitewashed three times each year, work usually done by the women. Salt air from the Mediterranean makes this a mandatory task. Our guide told us the bull ring at Mijas — which was square — was the first bull ring in Spain. This was another bit of information that would probably not stand the test of close inspection. Visit Ronda A second trip proved to be an all-day excursion to the city of Ronda, founded many centuries ago by the Phoenicians. This ride was one of the most rugged we had ever taken, even in the American Rockies. Our guide told us there were 561 turns in the road, and we could believe it. At one sharp turn we could look down in a deep ravine and see two cars that obviously had crashed. This is one trip I could do without, another time. Ronda is a city of 40,000 and had in the center of town a bridge built by the Romans before the birth of Christ, which was over 500 feet from its base. The bridge was so large that a prison, now turned into a restaurant, was in the center of it. We had the usual guided tour of Ronda, including the bull ring of course, the Cathedrals, and the home where writer Ernest Hemingway lived when he visited Ronda. Our guide told us Hemingway wrote of this city in “Death in The Afternoon.” Ronda was nestled high in the mountains, a veritable fortress

where invaders would have a next to impossible job of gaining a foothold. We ate at historic Victoria Hotel, then set out to buy a postal card in the uptown area to mail to Rhonda Graff of Milford. We thought she’d like this. We found the stores closed, due to the regular afternoon siesta, but we did manage to buy a card from a little old lady vendor. The trip down from Ronda to our Hilton Hotel proved as interesting, if appearing to be a little shorter Meet Jose and Maria In our earlier trip to Mijas, we met a young newlywed couple who at times stayed at the rim of our group to hear our guide’s explanation of the old city. We met them again at the end of the guided tour in a small case at Mijas. Striking up an acquaintence. we found Jose Luis Alcaraz and his young wife Maria to be most interesting. When he told Jose we were American journalists, he told us he worked as a reporter for TVE-Madrid, Spain’s only television station. He and Maria were on their honeymoon. They came to the Hilton the next night where we met them in the lounge. We enjoyed watching a genuine Spanish Flamenco dancer together in the lounge. What a delightful young couple! Also worth mentioning is Herta Streule, the young Swiss girl who met our group at the airport at Malaga to accompany us to Marbella. She was always on hand to see that we were enjoying our stay and that we got off on our

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tours. Herta, about 22, said she was a native of the Canton of Appenzell where both French and German are spoken, and the people are She told us a few jokes commonly told about the short people of Appenzell. Herta added English and Spanish to her linguistic repertory. Our group insisted in including her in a group photo at a Hilton reception. Another guide we won’t soon forget was Sara, our guide to the day-long trip to Ronda. She apologized at the end of the trip for her “poor English.” We found her English good, her willingness to please excellent — and found also that she spoke five languages, English being her most imperfect. Sunny Spain The Mediterranean coast of Spain is truly sunny. There was a wind during two days of our stay, but the day we left the sun came out brightly and it was a typical vacationer’s paradise. We found building, particularly of hotels, booming along the sea coast. This area is becoming another Miami Beach, catering to American golfers, wealthy Europeans and English. Prices are reasonable, too. On the morning of Feb. 23. we took a bus back to Malaga where we boarded another jet, bound for home. Just seven hours and forty minutes after we left Malaga we landed at JFK airport on Long Island, New York. We cleared customs with dispatch, without as much as having a bag opened. When I asked my Red Cap “why”, he said, “Oh, you just have an honest face.” Our group of NNA tourists quickly scattered. We bade farewell to Doug and Marion Attaway, who perhaps became our closest friends on the two journeys we took, and headed tor another bus which took us to a helicopter for a trip to Newark, New Jersey, airport. The trip to Newark was breathtaking, flying out over Manhatten at dusk and over the well lighted Statue of Liberty.

A heavy snow came up while we waited several hours at the Newark airport, causing us to take off about an hour late. Before leaving the terminal a large tanker drove up and a solution was sprayed on the wings, “a deicer,” we were told. Our stop at Hopkins airport at Cleveland was brief with no passengers leaving the plane except those disembarking there. Another 45 minutes and were were in Fort Wayne — our odyssey over — and we were a couple tired chickens. Three weeks seems such a long time, but it was over so quickly. We talked to so many people about subjects foreign to us until we came in close proximity to events which figured as only headlines to us up to this time. Our notebooks were filled. We had to await the development of our some 500 color slides to refresh our memory as to where we had been and to whom we spoke. It was all so tiring, yet so interesting. No doubt we’ll be ready to go again when they announce the destination of next year’s trip. Wanna bet? Mobile Homes And Snowmobiles Must Be Reported Kosciusko county auditor Carl T. Zimmer said county residents who own mobile homes and-or snowmobiles must report to their township trustees for 1972 tax assessment by April 11.

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FATHER DAVID G. SUELZER

Serving Another 3-Year Term The Crosier Order of Wawasee Preparatory school, Syracuse, held its triennial election for Prior or Religious Supperior of the community on March 23 at which time the present Prior, the Very Reverend David G. Suelzer, OSC, was reelected unanimously for another three-year term. Father Suelzer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Suelzer of 1236 West Rudisill in Fort Wayne. He was born in Fort Wayne on September 19, 1931 and attended Catholic grade school there and Our Lady of the Lake Seminary, now Wawasee Prep, for his high

school training.' College and theological studies were at the Crosier House of Studies, Fort Wayne. Father Suelzer was ordained into the priesthood on May 25, 1957 and he is now studying for his master’s in guidance and counselling at Saint Francis college in Fort Wayne. He lectures weekly at the South Unit Alcoholic Rehabilitation center at Fort Wayne’s Parkview hospital and in addition to his work as a religious superior of the Crosier community at Wawasee Prep, serves as president of the school. Receives Award In Dolly Derby Diane Pittman, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Pittman of Syracuse, received a first place award in her age group this past week in the 1972 Dolly Derby sponsored by Goodwill Industries. A member of the TaMaLe Camp Fire 1 group at Syracuse, Diane won with her adult doll and along with her mother, also leader of the camp fire group, attended a dinner in South Bend on Monday of this week. A total of 330 dolls were dressed for competi,tion in the event with 157 for non-compeUtion. Os these figures, 215 were dressed, by Girl Scouts, 248 by Camp Fire and 24 by Blue Birds. Her winning doll also appeared in the office window of The MailJournal the last of February along with other dolls dressed by the group.