White Deer News (White Deer, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 1, 1982 Page: 4 of 8
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Page 4-WHITE DEER NEWS-Thursday, July 1, 1982
Joe, Leia Wheeler Return From European Tour
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wheel-
er returned Friday, June
25, after sight-seeing in
Switzerland, Austria, Italy,
Liechenstein and Germany
for two weeks.
Following is a summary
of their trip as written by
Mrs. Wheeler to be shared
with the News and its read-
ers.
"10: 30 a. m. in Zurich,
Switzerland and it's rain-
ing. 140 eager Americans
arrived at the airport, tir-
ed after 10 hours of flying
across land and sea. Among;
those tourists were Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Wheeler of White
Deer, Texas.
We were taken by bus to
the International Hotel
where we were briefed on
the activities for the com-
ing week.
Saturday we boarded the
bus for a trip to Brienz,
where we saw wood carv-
ers at work. Then on to
the foot of the Swiss Alps
where we took a 30-min-
ute chairlift ride to the
top at Grindelwold for
lunch. Later we visited
Berne, the capital of Swit-
zerland. The weather was
rather chilly and our down
coats were quite comfy.
The country side was
beautiful, wild flowers
blooming everywhere and
every house and store had
window boxes full of bloom-
ing red geraniums, which
according to our guide
were to keep the flies out
of the house—(they have
no screens).
We enjoyed a trip into
Germany, spending most
of the day in Titisee, a
health resort in the Black
Forest, the home of the
famous coo-coo clocks.
We also saw the colorful
fresco adorned houses of
Stein am Rhein, Switzer-
lands best preserved medie-
val town. There we saw a
17th century wine press,
which the monks used to
produce hearty red and
light white wines during
the dark ages. We also
saw the Rhine Falls, " ••
Europes finest; 450 feet
wide and a des cent of 70
feet.
We attended a Swiss yor
delfest and dinner in a
Country Inn overlooking
Lake Zurich, along with
a hardy buffet meal with
a large assortment of strange
but delicious food. We
were entertained by Alpine
horn blowing, yodeling,
folk dancing, singing and
flag throwing. A really
memorable time.
We didn't go on the first
trip to Italy, we slept late
then went sight seeing on
our own in Zurich, visited
a museum in a centuries-
old castle, which was in-
teresting but a bit frustrat-
ing when we couldn't read
any of the information on
the cards.
On Thursday—Appenzell
and St. Gallen—here we
visited a farm. The farm
house and barn are all un-
der one roof, and the size
of the manure pile in the
front yard determines the
ability of the farmer, the
larger the pile, the better
the farmer.
We made a short trip in-
to the second smallest
principality in Europe,
Liechtenstein, another
beautiful, quaint little
place. We bought some
stamps here at Vaduz, as
they are noted for their
pretty postage stamps.
(Costs 1 dollar—"our money
to mail a postcard back to
Texas. ) We felt like we
were sure enough a long
way from home.
One day we took the bus
to a train station where
we caught a cog-wheel
train and rode to the top
of the Alps to a resort.
Here we had lunch and
visited the stores. They
have a lot to sell and it's
all very expensive. On
the way down the moun-
tain side we rode a huge
cable car.
We attended the Passion
play in Thiersee, and even
though very little English
was spoken, it was very
impressive.
We spent three days in
Innsbruck, Austria. We
saw the ski jump and ice
skating arena that were
used during the Olympics
held there. (Felt more at
home there in a Holiday
Inn Motel. )
We went by bus to Venice,
Italy, All along the way
the guide pointed out in-
teresting places and giving
the history of each castle,
town, etc. We went over
the Brenner Pass into Italy
where much bitter fighting
took place during World
War II. However, very
little remains, just a few
bunkers and large stone
walls broken up.
Arriving in Vbnice after
parking the bus, we board-
ed a boat that took us in-
to the heart of the city.
Here we all had a ride
through the canals in gon-
dolas to the accompani-
ment of accordian music
and a very large man sing-
ing. We saw St. Marks
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Attend Beta Sigma Phi State Convention
Attending the Beta Sigma Phi State Convention Fri-
day and Saturday at the Hiatt Regency in Fort Worth
were Alpha Theta Omega members, shown seated at
the downtown water garden were: Back row, left to
right: Vicki Kelp, Violet Gordzelik, Theresa Davis
and Kathy Haiduk. Front row, left to right: Jan Cox
and Heidi Roth. Kay McKenzie, former member, al-
so attended.
Basilica here. It is a very
large place with old, old
buildings on two sides of
the church, forming a
large square where, it be-
ing Sunday, hundreds of
people were just strolling
about, plus twice as many
pigeons.
On the way back to Inns-
bruck we noticed several
fires up on the side of the
mountain. Our guide ex-
plained that since it was
the 20th of June and the
21st being the first day of
summer, the people all
took time out for a cele-
bration, building those
fires, then setting off fire-
works. We also saw the
ski slope all lit up for night
skiing. (Very pretty. )
We spent one day on a*
boat ride down the beauti-
ful Blue Danube River--
whieh isn't really blue.
(We saw a lot of beautiful
sights.)
The roads we traveled
by bus were rather narrow
in some places and the
autobahn, famous for its
"no speed limit" pace was
in good condition, except
much narrower than our
own freeways. Most of the
cars there are small. The
largest we saw were the
Mercedes, which seemed
to be the most popular car.
English is spoken a lot
and every store had at least
one person spoke English
fluently. (By the way,
gasoline was over two doll-
ars a gallon, which en-
couraged the use of the
economy cars, I suppose. )
We drove through the
"sound of music" country
where the film was made,
and it looked familiar—
saw the birth place of Mo-
zart and went over the Ger-
man Alpine road to Berch-
monestaries and ancient
churches. To end this day,
we attended a Viennese
waltz concert where we en-
joyed cake and coffee
while listening to the en-
chanting waltzes of Johann
and Richard Straus.
We skipped the last trip
to a wine house because
we just weren't too inter-
ested in wine making and
the fact we had to be ready
to leave at 4:00 a. m.
Thursday morning. It was
a 45-minute ride (at break-
neck speed) to the airport
where our passports were
checked and then we had
to wait! We left Vienna,
flew to Munich, Germ any--
Waited again" Finally
boarded a Pan Am 747 for
the flight to New York
where we went through cus-
toms. We then had another
wait for our plane to Dallas.
We arrived at Dallas at
9:00 p. m. where we had
to collect our baggage and
transfer to our plane for
the trip to Amarillo. The
plane left Dallas at 9;50.
We arrived in Amarillo on
schedule, but due to the
electrical storm we circled
the city for two hours, then
flew to Lubbock, landed
and refueled and waited
for the storm to move on
so the plane could land.
We did land at 3:45
a. m. and we were glad.
We started home Thursday
morning and 27 hours later
we landed in Amarillo
rather tired and sleepy.
It was a once in a life-
time trip for us and we
thoroughly enjoyed it—
but as the old saying goes,
there's no place like home. "
Residents Father
Buried in St. Louis
Services were held in St.
Louis, Mo. for Doyle J.
Ringo, 44, who died Mon-
day, June 21.
He was born in Dermott,
Ark. He was an auto mech-
anic and a veteran of the
U. S. Marines.
Survivors include his wife,
Diane, two sons, Tony
Ringo of the home and
Tellie Ringo of Salem, Ore. ,
two brothers, Glen Ringo
of Colombia, S. C. and
James Ringo of St. Louis;
and three sisters, Dorothy
Burke of White Deer, Max-
ine Webbof of Orange, Cal
Calif, and Evelyn Cremeen
of St. Louis.
L.H. ZACHRY
Optometrist
669-6839
Pampa, Texas
tesgaden, where Hitler
had his "Eagles Nest. "
Our last trip was a tour
of Vienna and the famous
Vienna Woods, a scenic
ride through the Valley of
St. Helen, (very beautiful).
We visited several abbeys,
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