EEE WME * » Grahamstown, BW ER EN WOE RW mE VALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA my final desti- Hation, is about 600 miles from Johannesburg. I had no idea when I left. the States, as to my mode of travel once I reached Johannesburg. ter going through Customs, and finding that as an alien I would have fo register with the South African railroad which provides transporta- . Dl directly to Grahamstown, and Lfound that I would have to stay in Johannesburg for two days before the next train would leave. Bince Rotary International was kind enough to grant me this Fellowship, Ix decided to call the local Rotary ~ There is ohiy one WELCOME > EEE RES EE RENEE EEE R EERE Jl Eros eE mE 1:30 years of experience ‘fostering good will in business and community life. For information on Welcome Wagon, phone FRANCES IVES BU 7-4467 or MRS. 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African phone directory, which is somewhat different from our own, I had the good fortune of being as- sisted in making the call by a Pan- American airlines official. When you speak over the South African phone, it’s like speaking over a walkie talkie. There is a great deal of static, and it is quite evident that the system has not yet been perfected. Nevertheless, my call was finally placed, and Mr. Hector Falconer, the president of the Rotary Club insisted that I stay at his home over the weekend. Chevrolet Equals Cadillac He picked me up in a 1955 Chev- olet, which by the way is the lux- ury car of South Africa, quite com- parable to the Cadillac at home, and after cleaning up at his home, we spent an extremely interesting afternoon at the Brynston Country Club in Johannesburg. This is a beautiful club, somewhat similar to Irem Temple Club in Dallas. There is quite a spacious swimming pool, and the golfing area was every bit as large and as beautifud as that at Irem Temple. There are also tennis { courts, and courts where they play a British game called Bowls. My host indulged in this pasttime, while 1 wandered about taking pictures of everything in sight. I couldn't DR. BERGER EYESIGHT SPECIALIST Optometrist ® EYE EXAMINATIONS ® FITTING OF GLASSES ® ZENITH HEARING AIDS 27 Machell Avenue CALL ORchard 4-4921 help but laugh to myself as I was taking these pictures, for I was thinking that most of the people | back home would probably be pic- turing me fending off lions, and i really living in the rough, and in- stead I was living in the lap of lux- ury, visiting a country club that to me, with its beautiful waving palm trees, and its fabulous gardens, lent an air of enchantment that I would never be able to find at home. | Remembers Wilkes-Barre I was extremely fortunate in that my host was playing Bowls with a Dr. Holloway, South Africa’s former High Commissioner to London (which post is comparable to our ambassador), and also former mini- garded as one of the country’s fore- most economists, and is a very well- liked individual. We had an inter- esting conversation during tea-time, an English tradition which is an in- stitution in South Africa. He had visited Wilkes-Barre during = the second World War, and was under the impression.that the Irem Temple in Wilkes-Barre was a very impres- sive Moslem Mosque. That evening; my host and I talked extensively about the dif- ferences and the similarities that existed between South Africa, and the U.S. He had visited the U.S. also, and was very well impressed by it. In fact he represented several American companies in South Africa. I skipped Church on Sunday mor- ning because my host wanted me to go to Pretoria with him. Pretoria is about 35 miles from Johannesburg, and is the executive Capital of the Union. Actually, there are three Capitals, the fore-mentioned, Bloem- fontein, which is the Judicial Capi- tal, and Capetown which is the Executive Capital. The cost of run- ning the government is quite high because of this. Warm Welcome We met the president of the Pre- toria Rotary Club, and had lunch at his home. He then took us to the University of Pretoria where we were supposed to meet a girl from Holland who was. studying at the University under the same Rotary Fellowship program. Unfortunatly, she was not in, but we did see a little of the University, one of the newer buildings of which looked every bit as beautiful and as modern as the new science building at Wilkes. We also visited the Union buildings which are magnificent structures with beautiful sweeping gardens in front of them: The flo- wers were all in bloom, and their contrasting colors spread in a gor- geous panorama before me. We also saw the Governor-General’s home and some of the homes of the other | executive officers. On the way back to Johannes- burg, we visited the Voortrekker monument, which commemorates Are you “Sports Car Minded”? the feats of the early pioneers of ‘Dallas - Luzerne Highway ; For market’ first w SPRING reliable sound advice on the “small car perienced ‘Sports Car’ dealer . . 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That evening we went to the Jan Smuts airport to welcome to South | Africa another -Rotary Foundation | Fellow who was going to study at the Witwatersrand University. He was a divinity student from Harri- sonburg, Virginia, and it was quite a surprise for us to meet each other since neither knew the other was coming. Parker Dickinson the other American student, and I spent the next morning looking over the Wit- watersrand U. campus, which is ex- tremely lovely, and in visiting the Johannesburg Library-Museum. He also spent a few days with a Johan- nesburg Rotary member who was kind enough to lend us his Chrysler and his native Chauffeur as a sort of guide. That afternoon I caught my train to Grahamstown. I was extremely surprised at the South African Rail- way, which is a government con- trolled organization. They still use steam engines here, and narrow gauge tracks, These engines are fan- tastically slow, and extremely filthy. The ride to Grahamstown took ap- proximately 27 hours, and whenever we went through the tunnels, there was a mad scramble to close all the windows to keep from suffocating from the odors and the smoke. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the ride, even though there were six of us crowded into a little compartment with all of our luggage. The com- partment was slightly smaller than the average bathroom in America, so you can imagine what it was like. The other five passengers were also students and were going to Rhodes. In fact, about three quarters of the passingers on the train were headed there. These students were very nice, and extremely helpful, and very im- pressed with what they had heard about America. They plied me with endless questions on every topic from American football to my crew- cut which is quite unique in South Africa. I later found that I could be easily recognized as the American student at Rhodes, simply by dint of the fact that I wore a crewcut. They were more than amazed at the fact that I had chosen to study at Rhodes, and in Africa. In this, they were quite similar to all my friends at home who were equally amazed. I managed to visit the beautiful fountain at Bloemfontein, when my train stopped there for an hour. I also saw the statue of the first presi- dent of the Orange Free State. had to spend there. The scenery between Johannes- burg and .Grahamstown .is rather bleak. There are literally hundreds of miles of sparse vegetation cover- ing the hillsides that surround the railroads. The hills are quite high, and once in a while you come upon a stream, but these are few and far a marked contrast to the high yield- ing farms in the United States. Here the yield per acre is extremely small, and the crops are quite puny. Here 1 and there you see sheep and cattle, these too small and puny according to our standards. Quite often you see goats, and now and then an ostrich can be viewed in the dis- | tance. The lis scarce, vegetation However,” that was all the time I] between. You see farms that show ! extremely | and completely different This Little Pup Must Have A Home Somewhere A small blonde pup, with sugges- tions of beagle about his ears, has wagged himself into the affections | of a family in New Goss Manor, but |the family boxer uses him for a | football, and the arrangement can- | not “be permanent. James Shoop saw the shivering little pup standing in the middle of Dallas-Demunds Road near The | Maples Friday afternoon, narrowly | missed by a passing car which spat- tered him with melting snow. Two little boys, passing by, said, ‘“That’s | the pup that followed us from the | Acme parking lot.” | At three months, the pup is | housebroken, loves children, and is | eager to please. But mostly, he | wants to get home again where | there are no large boxers. ‘Has Eye Operation Richard Huey, Cliffside, Trucks- { ville, has returned to his home from {the Veterans’ Hospital where he | submitted recently to an operation | for cataracts. SUBSCRIBE TO THE POST | {from any that I had seen in | the States. Native) shacks can be | seen near the tracks, which are | either made of mud with one | door, no windows and no floors, | or of pieces of tin that the railroad {has provided. Many of these natives "living near the railroads work for the railroads, and the average pay {of all the natives seemes to be. be- | tween one and nine cents per hour. This pay figure does not take into | consideration the thousands of nati- pres who are completely unemployed, | and is only an approximate guess {on my part, based on articles that I | have read in the newspapers. The natives living along the | tracks wear what must have once | been European clothing, but is us- | ually so tattered that one cannot Jreally tell. They supplement this | clothing with their blankets which | are worn, slept in, and used to carry their babies. Finally the train arrived at Gra- | hamstown, and I had reached my destination. University, and East London. Know Your Extension Agents wife, Jean, from Lancaster County, plus two children, Diane and Kevin. odist Church. adviser to the Clover Leaf 4-H Club in the Back Mountain area, in addi- tion to his many other duites. ‘“Man’s Best Friend” Inquire at your local Esso Station. Another is the Purina Farm Dog Book; inquire about this one at Hus- otn’s Feed Service, your local Purina dealer. Plans are under way for -a 4-H Light Horse and Pony "Club for youngsters in the Dallas area. Four stages of membership are available: Novice, Tenderfoot, Junior Horse- man, Senior Horseman. 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Chadwick, county agent, a | entered various prize winning ex- | J, S. Seventh FI native of Bradford County, and his | hibits at the International Flower They are residents of Shavertown | and members of Shavertown Meth- | “Cy,” as he is better known, is | home grounds landscape by setting is a neat | little booklet describing 24 breeds | of dogs 4-H members might like. | incision | | closed by six sutures, when Dr. | Next week, Grahamstown, Rhodes Post corrected a bird-size hernia last | SECPION B— PAGE 1 Haddle Returns From [72 Address Garden Club | Western Pacific Area Landscape Specialist | Raymond P. Korbobo, extension | Long Beach, (Calif. | specialist in ornamental horticulture | joes W. {at Rutgers University, will present | a lecture demonstration on land- | scape gardening at the meeting of | Wyoming Valley Garden Club in the Osterhout Library auditorium next Thursday night. | Mr. Korbobo has lectured to more | than 700 groups from New England | | to Texas, has written feature stories | |for newspapers and magazines, (FHTNC)— Haddle, quartermaster seaman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Haddle of R. D. 1, Dallas, returned to Long Beach, Calif., [March 27, aboard the destroyer leader USS Wilkinson after a five | month tour of duty in the Western Pacific. | During the cruise the Wilkinson | participated in air defense and sub- | marine exercises as a unit of the eet. | Ports visited included Hawaii, | Midway Island, Formosa, Hong Kong, Okinawa, the Philippine Isl- ands and the cities of Yokosuka |and Kure, Japan. « +8 . ured on several television and radio | programs. 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