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Irem String Band
Ends Summer Series
Irem Temple was the scene of a
lively concert by Irem String Band
the’ direction |
of John D. Williams.
The audience joined in singing
many old favorites, featuring John
Thomas on the accordion.
Highlight was the appearance of
a sax sextet which had volunteered
to come down from Binghamton.
old, is the newest member of the
Shrine family. It has been lauded
for its performances as a parading
unit
This concert brought to a close
the summer concert series at the
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THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1961
| terrible thing. Who'd like to go to Africa?
From the time she boarded ship, Marilyn's been caught |
up in a whirl of activity. She hasn't had a chance to think about
being homesick.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eck, Shaver-
change Program by Dallas Rotary Club.
From her letter of July 27:
“T wish we could be aboard ship
at least two more weeks. It's such
fan education. Last year Rotary
| kids were pushed around—not this
| year. We have the run of the boat.
We write articles for the paper, take
language lessons, were in two
sketches in the talent show and won
second prize in the costume ball.
(One of the sketches was from The
Unsinkable Molly Brown).
“The boat is so big I still get lost.
“Our day's schedule: 8: 15—DBreak-
fast. After—clean up rooms, take
language instructions, play checkers,
cards, etc. 12:45 lunch. After-
wards: bull sessions, cards, letter
writing, nap, movie, practice for
talent show, interview for paper,
ete. - 4:45—tea. After—ironing for
dinner, play cards, ete. T:45—
dinner. After—dancing ‘in bar or
Tegean Room, Bingo, Horseracing,
listening to symphonic music. WON-
DERFUL. 10:30—sandwiches served
in Taverna (bar). Back to room.
Bull sessions, cards. To bed by: 3:30+
MARILYN ECK
6:00.
+ “Pye learned to drink. tea.. We. Wel : ;
have tea every day at 4:45. I drank |2 45-minute Stop in Ireland. Is it
fabulous! It's so quaint and beauti-
ful. Big forests come right down to
the water’s edge. Neat little farms
are laid out on the hillsides showing
forth browns amd greens. Castles
protect hilltops. Big stone walls
surround the castles in irregular
patterns on the rocky crags.
“Bands played in greeting as pas-
sengers disembarked. (Sail boats
with blue sails sailed around the
Arkadia in welcome. The bay was
calm and the water green.
“Today a Trinidad native taught
it when I got a little’ dizzy and
seasick our first day on open seas
and I've had it nearly every meal
since.
“What bull sessions we have,
about everything imaginable.
“In church Sunday, the service
was in three languages—English,
Dutch and German. I didn't get
much from the sermon--it was in
German. ,
“We're off the coast of Ireland
now. It's beautiful. The weather is
horrible though. We've been freez-
England Is Foggy But Not Marilyn
As She Heads For Year In Africa
The String Band, only four years |
This is for those who think that going to Africa is a ®
[
Save your-answer until you've read Marilyn Eck’s ex- | than ours.
periences as a Rotary Exchange student, |
|
|
|
‘town, and is among six local students sponsored for the Ex- | won't invite Britains into their circle
The homes are so much prettier
They are brick or stucco
with vines on them and they usually
have bay windows.
Right now I'm watching an Amer- |
| ican TV show, Bonanza. Comedians |
are on TV and they are mocking the
latest world developments (Russians
because they can’t afford to live in
England, etc). As you probably
know, Britains. cost of liiving has
gone up 1% points. (Coffee, ciga-
rettes and many other things have
gone up also. Taxes seem to be a
universal sore spot.
“Is it funny driving on the left
side of the street! The driving
column is on the opposite side from
ours. The roads are narrower and
more windy, but they are much
more beautiful than ours. They
look like pictures from a story book.
Who said England’s foggy! Today
I saw the first real sunshine since
leaving home. It was gorgeous,
about 85 degrees, not humid, and
sunny all day. We had lunch out- |
side and tea at the country club.
The main building at the club is a
real old home. Ann Boleyn was |
imprisoned there while Henry VII |
was trying to divorce her. The |
country club is not nearly as pretty |
as ours. Sand traps have brown |
sand. However, the gardens around
the lawn and clubhouse are out-of-
this-world. Huge Cedars of Lebanon |
spread protecting branches over
much of the lawn.
August 14—Africa
While in England Marilyn
stayed with three families.
After the Simmons she was one
day with the Sidhwa family.
from India. Mr. Sidhwa is the
vice-president of the Bank of
India. His niece, Homai, showed
Marilyn around Londan. “Lon- .
don has fabulous shops for
woolen goods.”
The third family was the
Joneses. Their twenty-three-
year-old daughter arranged a
date for Marilyn and they in-
troduced her to a “auaint” Eng-
| a laugh.
ing the whole trip. We wear slacks
us a Trinidad card game.
“The sea hasn't beén choppy at
and sweaters mostly. We just had all. ' The boat folls and it's really
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‘We have to keep our porthole closed
because the sea washes into it and
it leaks. We open it when the
steward isn’t around. It looks like
an automatic washing machine.
Letter of July 30
“Well,' I've been in England al-
most two days now! I got off the
had left off passengers in Le Havre.
. The man who met me put me on the
strain for London. There I was met
by my Host, G. Simmons, Esq. We
were at his homé by 10:15 a.m.
Before I got to the home I had seen
| boat yesterday at 7:30 a.m. after we |
Baker Street, Picadilly, Buckingham
so tired that everything was rather
vague. I hadn't gone to bed the |
night before so I went to bed at |
7:50—nearly twenty two hours later.
|
today.
well as sugar and it’s delicious. i
6, and Chris, almost 5. It's funny |
to hear children speak such formal |
English. They laught at such phrases
as “backyard” (“back garden,” if |
you please). Commonplace phrases
“The bathtubs are funny. They
are very long and very narrow. I
don’t know how fat people fit into
them. Quite quaint.
Palace and many others but I was | ball.
| modern and ekpensive.
10:30 and woke up this morning at | Like say, four dogs, four parakeets,
| twelve chickens, three rabbits, nine
“I've had nine cups of tea so far | pigeons, one cat, two white mice,
Here they put milk in as| two snakes and one goss hawk.
“There are two children—Wendy, | ning around.
are: “ring up a friend,” plait your “Sunday night a member of Par-
hair,” “prams,” etc. Everything is | liament and the Secretary of Afri-
jolly good. can Affairs were here. So far I've
lish pub. The following night
they went to the Royal Festival
Ballet. “Fabulous! Out of this
world,” says she... _
Commenting on the ‘plane trip
to Africa, “It killed me to be in
Rome and Nairobi and not be able
to tour.
“IT was met in Salisbury by Cecil
Wright. Salisbury is beautiful. I
was shown through the African
slums. Wish our slums looked like
that.
“When I got here (Southern Rho-
desia) I was met by Dr. Thompson
Rhona, Lymne, Rod "and ' Rod's
friends Chris, Colin. and Dee.
“They do have basketball in
Southern Rhodesia, it’s called net-
“They're home is really beautiful,
“Thompsons have - a few pets.
“There are scads of servants run-
“The day after I got here, Rod
and I went to see a hilarious play
called ‘Roar Like A Dove.’ We ran
out of gas! We walked 1%. miles
home—me in “high heels.
met the mayor, three British mem-
bers of Parliament and the fore-
mentioned.
There have been so many boys
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to see her that the family joke has
become, ‘A toll gate shall be erected |
so the family can make a little profit
“Im like a!
on ‘the male visitors.’
public display—not that I mind.
“Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Thomp- |
son and I went hunting at 5 a. m. |
We trapsed over half of Rhodesia
for seven hours. I was all cut and
scratched by the grass and thorns. :
Bush country is really rough. We,
hunted with three’ other men on |
a farm twenty miles from here.
Then the next day Rod and I went
hunting on another farm.
“Colin came over Wednesday
night and asked Rod and me if we
would like to see a play for free.
In a half hour we ate, changed and
dashed to the theatre to usher. I
sold programs, and me with my
knowledge of shillings, etc., what
Friday night the three
of us went to another play.
“Thursday the Thompsons enter-
| tained - and I met the elite society
{ here. One British member of Par-
liament snent the evening babbling
{ahout America’s nerve in sticking
her big nose in England’s economic
{ affairs. =
“Qonthern Rhodesia reminds me
of Colorado—s~ndy soil. grasslands.
hot durine the dav and very cold at
nicht. There is very little rainfall.
Yesterday we had goutee (native
for drizzle). The weather has been
| freezing and the only heat is the
firenlace in the lounge. However,
in two weeks it's sunrosed to be
boiling durine the dav.
“We don’t sleep in the house; the
hedrooms are in the cottage, be-
hind and to the right of the house.
It's dark here at 6:30. The sun
goes down ahout 6 v, m. and it gets
pitch dark. There is no twilight. We
eat dinner at 8 or 8:30 and every-
one is in bed between 9:30 and
10:20 and is up in the morning by
6:30.”
Marilyn sent home fo ack for
some items to be sent Her: “Kodak
film ic 86.30 a ro!! hers. You can
nnly get wooden enat Haneers, and |
thev are ver exnencive, ‘They have
no Bermuda shorts. only
shorts.
and a good huv (except gas which
is T3c per gallon.)"
“Aueust 18 we leave for vaca-
tion at their cottage on the Chabe
River. so we'll be in Bechuanaland,
‘not Rhodesia."
It should be Hote befe that
Marilvn is stavine in Bulawava
which is the second largest citv
in Southern Rhodesia. It is
modern. From this city rail-
roads reach out to all Important
points in Africa.
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