Graybil! Tells of Pennsylvanians' People-to-People Tour
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“Happy Birthday” Homer Then
they brought m a cake, which
was the largest single layer cake
I have evei seen, with my name
on it. They gave me a big knife
and told me to cut it This
was some surprise
' Novembei 17th was a full day
of agricultural tours and meet
ings. On November 18th we de
parted Addis Ababa We flew
over the Blue Nile, the Nubian
Dessert, a part of Egypt, and
the Red Sea to Beirut, Lebanon.
Security is very tight here. I
saw a large anti-aircraft gun at
the end of the runway and many
guards with guns on their backs
We left Beirut ior Athens,
Greece, at 6 p m. I saw a beau
tiful sunset from 35,000 feet
over the Mediterranean Sea We
a’-rived at Athens November
18th. We toured the city and
visited the National Museum and
the Acropolis I have many good
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pictures of this area November
20th was another night out, the
last, with a dinner party after
a long day of tours and sight
seeing.
On November 21 we departed
Athens and flew Northwest
across Europe over London to
Shannon, Ireland, to re-fuel
Then on to New York. We ar
rived at Kennedy Ifaternational
Airport at 6 p m
That was the longest day of
my life. We had 20 hours of
daylight From there to La
Guardia by bus for the night.
Sunday morning November
22nd, I departed New York for
Harrisburg, I arrived there at
10:18 This made a total of 45
hours of flying time.
In all, our tour took us to
visit eight" different countries,
and three continents, plus the
Cape Verde Islands We probab
ly traveled 2,000 miles by bus
We weie very busy and oc-
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Among a delegation of Pennsylvania
Agricultural leaders on a European tour
October 31 to November 21 were .the fol-
lowing Lancaster County people. J. Homer
Graybill, Manheim, (Ist row third from
cupied, and welcomed by the
people For many of them, it
was hard for them to believe
that we, as farmers, were on our
own People-to-People Good Will
Tour, and not government spon
sored.
We had seen many things that
we never knew existed We saw
many women carrying large
bundles on their heaids, we saw
them carrying sticks of wood
for fuel or to the markets to
sell.
-We saw one lady walking
along 4he country road with a
■huge bundle on -her -head, and
she was knitting at the same
time. These women walk many
miles.
We passed farms where they
■were cutting grain by hand,
using a sickle instead of a
ciadle, like we used 100 years
ago They would tie it in small
bundles and then put it on small
stacks in the field.
On one farm we saw them take
it out of the field on donkeys.
I could not see how they could
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left); Miss Faye Kremer, Manheim, (Ist
row second from right) and Irvin Gray
bill, Jr , Stevens RDI. (4th row fourth
from left).
load so much on a donkey and
not have a spill I have pictures
of it
We also saw them threshing
grain by driving cattle round
and round until the gram was
all tramped out Then they took
the sti aw away and swept up the
grain.
In another part of Africa, we
saw two combines (Massey Har
ris) and also a few bailers
(American made, New Holland)
We also went to see some
large dairy farms. On one of
these farms they milked the
cows in the field and then took
the milk to the barn
They have yery cheap Negro
labor. On these farms one man
must stay in the field with the
herd all the time. One dairy
man on our tour said he pays
his herdsman as much as this
farmer pays 20 men and he pro
duces as much milk. Labor is
also very cheap and plentiful in
this city.
In Ethopia, when we got to
our hotel, I heard a strange
noise. On investigation I found
there were hundreds of men
driving nails on some new con
struction. In another part of
the city they were installing a
new pipeline It was three
blocks long, and there was a
man about every 20 feet with a
pick and shovel
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There are many people in this
part of the world that never get
farther from what they call
their home than then two feet
will carry them
The People-to-People Pro
gram is very worthwhile We
met and exchanged ideas with
ambassadors in some of the
countries, also leaders of agri
culture and farmers who were
very much thrilled to have us,
and exchange their ideas and
good will. I learned much about
world conditions and found that
many people have a.desire to go
to America.
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Organization of the Lancaster
County 4-H Tractor Mainten
ance Program is now under way
for county youths between the
ages of nine and 19
The first meeting for the Cen
tral Area Club will be at 7.30
p m Monday, Feb 1, at the Lan
dis Brothei s Farm Equipment
Seivice Shop, Manheim Pike.
The program will include
demonstrations, films, trouble
shooting and work on machin
ery will be stressed Safe opera
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outstanding project work
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