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By means of pictures and com- mentary by Lindsay Thornourn, Burt Elgin Rotary Club unloved a visit to Greece on Monday night. Distinguished by many years of teaching’history at Sau- geen High, Lindsay, along with Mrs. Thornburn, was invited to accompany the Bruce School ' . Area students when they visit ed Greece during the Winter break. .r Entitling his presentation "The Miracle of Greece", Mr. Thorn- burn remarked that the first miracle was being able to get out of Port Elgin on a very st- , orrny Sunday morning in March, when they‘ took the bus for Toronto airport. The flight was non-step to Athr ens. On arrival, one at their , first views was that otthe Bay ' of Salamis, well known in hist< Dry as the site of a famous no I val battle between the Greeks ., , arid the Persians. ‘ There were scenes of the four l hotels in which the 400 students stayed. A Civic Reception was held for them M the host school, where they were matched with Greek students, and hilletted in homes. Their entertainment Irl' cluded a concert 0' choir music. and ceremonially costumed dan- ‘ cers, guided tours thrnughnut the city, an honored spot in the independence Day celebrations in Constitution Square where the government displayed its armed might. Graduation Jim Sulherland, at)“ of Mr. and Mrs. lnhn Sulhcrlanrl at R RJiS, Paisley. Ontario, recclilly eradualud in: nr Ai Apriculinnii nitnt privgi ,im. B|I~I||C\ Jim p Hodgius. l'arkhill. Ontario. iii Ctniraln. tnilcge t‘IIlEllLAi 'i'ccliriiilugy in the Manage Jam in \yurk l’or Dnug Over a thousand government dignitarles participated in the ceremonies, and it included you- th parades, aerial displays and other demonstrations celebrat- ing Greece’s Day of Independ- ence from Turkish rule. The pictures‘ iadludéii miscellaneous street scenes, such as the first flowers of spring, the street cafe, the colorlul open markets, lottery vendors, boot blacks, newspaper and magazine kiosks, the board- ed-uo King’s Palace, the changing of the guard, the Olympic Stad- ium, and the Ruins of the Anci- ent Temple of Zeus, the Greek God of War. The slides next included a my to Crete where our local travell~ ers visited the ancient palace of Knossos, once ruled by the Kings of Mines, some 4,000 years be fore the birth of Christ. The pal- ace was destroyed about 1500 B. c., and has been discovered, excavated, and partially restored in recent times. It is rich With artifacts and paintings which re- veal the culture of diet time, and give meaning to some of the my- ths which have been passed along lrom the Minoan Civilization. This is the scene ol the Myth 01 the Minotaur, child at a Minos King and Goddess, halt man and halfrbull, who was impris- oned in the labyrinthe. Greek youths and maidens were offer- ed to him In sacrifice. Here, our visitors saw the sacrlll- Clal pillar, and s at in the oldest ' RO’TARlANS TOUR GREECE WlTH J. L .THORNBURN stone throne in the world, and which still remains in its original location. They saw frescoes and paintings which described the activities at 6,000 years ago. Some depict the sport at “bull- vaulting“ on which contenders in the arena would leap over the bull as he charged them. In its day, this city was the capital at the Aegean world. It's despots extracted tribute from those a» round them, and with its wealth created this tremendous palace which was as intricate a: the fab led labyrinthe. The evening not only demonstr- ated the speaker‘s professional ability with the camera, but his well known flair for the drama- tic, which enabled his audience to share intimately in the exper ience of visiting Greece, lu,lll tit...» iiniitiiiri ii mi and Ml: .nii s l l.~.i i: it as, , lurtlri . ii ii iiit «liirlu ll lw: inninln inii twirl rin in, ii liLlllHltl‘l inllup. \,iiiii.ii '\~i nil. ii... .ririn li' ltvlil l1 lai-iiii. l-l slit i» ninli-il in llu‘ (,i-niiril llllx luv 1 l'iiit- ini ii ‘ili‘ Um n \i\lillii‘~ ininin uni i it nn. ii lII ii“ innigw xiii. i|iii\ \ili lirl iu ‘ rill l l\ ,i filtlilll‘ i-l ‘il l iilL‘il ‘i-l II «I \lw \.iiii.i rii illx, Joan Marie Schildroth, a graduate of Sauueen District High School, Port: Elgin, was granted a Bachelor of Applied Science degree by the Univer- sity of Guelph, at a ceremony held in War Memorial Hall, Guelph, on May the 22nd. She has commenced an inmrn- ship in Therapeutic Dietetics at the Victoria Hospital, London. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Nor- man Schildroth at R. R. 5‘ Paise Iev attended the graduation. JOANN CL ULEY daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A iiirin Cluley afPort Elem. who ha: been graduated from St. Joseph '3 Regional School of Nursing in ' Landau. 17:: exercise: lack place ‘ at University Hall, Unlverriry af Welrcrri ammo. Mm Clulcy has attzpted a position in the Saugeeri Memorial Empire! in Southampton.