Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 51

THE STATE JOURNAL Sunday, Aug. 2, 1964 E-7 Lantingi Jflichivan Europeans Join Vacation Club Little Grass Shacks Lure 1 50,000 go with it. They founded the Today the Mediterranean Club 1 'WAVSL I PARIS (NEA) Most French-. The reason is the Club Medi with two enterprising young counts 15 "villages' strung Frenchmen, Gerard Blitz and Mediterranean Club and built their first "straw hut" village on the island of Majorca. It along the Mediterranean coast Gilbert Trigano.

They figured if people were given sun. charm and close to 150,000 members men have never heard the old terranee the Mediterranean American song which start "I Club a vacation enterprise want to so back to my little which houses its members in grass shack." But it is a good grass huts, complete with dirt bet that 150,000 Europeans floor, during their days in the 10,000 British, 7,000 Belgians, ing surroundings, a warm sea. worked. The "come out of your shell" appeal became the holiday good food and a comfortable 4,000 Swiss and numbers of Italians, Austrian Germans, would be sincing it today if theylsun. bed.

they would not expect a Greeks and Israelis. Most of dream -come-true for thousands. I luxury villa or a penthouse to1 knew it. I The idea started 14 years ago the rest are French. "We never dreamed our project ever could be so successful," said Trigano.

"From the beginning we told our members ex actly what they could expect a vacation spot where they could live, play and rest in inexpen Z-' i 'KrS 4 sive but good conditions. The club's package deal (in cluding travel) may be paid be' fore or after departure, or in installments. Costs range from $180 for the two-week stay in Cefalu village in Sicily to $250 for the Arhziv village in Israel. Vacations in the Tahiti village are for a minimum one month- cost, $1,000. Attractive only to the under- 40s? Not at all.

There is a good ly percentage of members over 60 and many retired people who have remained young at heart. Arrivals at any one of the vil lages are given a welcome by the old hands and allocated the straw huts. One hut is shared by three men, three girls, or a married GRASS SHACK Mediterranean Club members loll on the shore during the day and sleep in grass huts in the A LITTLE evening. couple. They have simple sand floors, an individual shelf and three comfortable beds.

You LAKE SOUVENIR Mrs. Nancy Sawtelle by anchor salvaged from wreck of freighter Morazon which ran aground off South Manitou Island in 1960. RELIC LAMP James Sawtelle shows lamp made from pulley block salvaged from wreck of W. H. Barnum which sank in 76 feet of water near Straits of Mackinac.

bring your own sleeping bag or Economics Quiz IT blankets. Vacationers are ad a vised to bring a pocket lamp (there is no light in the huts) Answer Machine at Fair and a strong piece of cord and hangers for clothes. Provided you are not too in Couple Runs Salvage Operation From Leland hibited, the open air washrooms and enclosed showers are more than adequate the toilets, some Unexpectedly Popular of them the footprint variety. gold coins went down with the women, using nieces of are spotless. NEW YORK (UPH all the: ucently curious about tlie eco- driftwood from the shore for a ship.

free attractions at the New York nomic facts that control their Usually an old house or pai By VERN M. BULLEN Journal Special Writer LELAND "Fishtown" at Le base, and fashioning a minia Much of the salvaging work is World's Fair, one which has re-llives." ace serves as the vuiage ad' BB3 rWH oat ture fish house and doing ceived unexDectedlv eood minstrative headquarters. There land on the Leelanau Peninsula frames for nets. 'play" is a pushbutton informa SY is also a shop selling sun oil, cosmetics, soap and postcards. Another pushbutton device, this one in competition for the tusk: Nan is also a diver, but she tion device dealing with ques done with dynamite, necessary to get some of the larger pieces of timber and other objects to the surface.

Whenever the men are diving, red or blue flags mark the spot, and especially "One of the pleasant things tions on business and economics. advertiser's dollar, however, re has given this up other than just for fun. The Sawtelles have four has long been a scenic paradise for artists and tourists. Three years ago another point of interest was added when Nan and about a straw hut holiday," said In the Hall of Free Enterprise, cently has made an entry into. children, Ricky, Vicki, Patti and the American Economic Founda a founder member, "is the utter tion has set up a machine which informality.

A bikini is almost so, when dynamite is used. Permits are also necessary at this the information-bit field through appearances in midtown hotel lobbies here. Designed as robot information Mike. They all help whenever possible. (Lois and Jerry have six children who also contribute Jim Sawtelle opened their pushes out printed answers of a uniform for the younger worn time, and boats in the locality en during the day and at night Treasure Cove" shop on about 30 words to 120 questions keyed to pushbuttons.

their part to this interesting ven centers, these machines dis wharfs. they wear a blouse or sweater with skirt or slacks or a simple ture. The foundation recently esti are warned of the operations. Salvage rights vary with the wishes of the owners of the sunken vessel. Keeping an abandoned fish pense information on the location and price range of theatri cotton dress.

Women usually in mated that about 250.000 per Jim Sawtelle was the first to use a submarine magnetometer shed in its natural condition was of prime importance to the Saw- elude a two-piece suit for excur cal performances, films, restau sons came to the hall during the first 45 days of the fair, and While Jim and Jerry are lo to locate sunken wrecks. Eleven sions. and one party dress." that the machine was in con The men wear bathing trunks rants; routes to the World Fair, location of airports, concert halls and museums and cating and returning to shore with the salvage, Nan, and Jer telles, for they felt that the work and treasures they were to exhibit should be shown to the public in as near a natural sur years of exploring the Great Lakes bottoms have discovered more than 60 wrecks, including by day and a shirt with slacks stant action 12 hours a day. churches. ry wife, Lois, keep shop.

They do the finer work of making or shorts for dinner. Sandals are current footwear but most go the Carl D. Bradley which sank Its backers contemplate a The button most often pushed rounding as possible. The floor jewelry and other souvenirs barefooted. number of possible applications was the one producing an an is covered with sand, fish nets For adornment there are the in airline offices and travel bu swer to the question: "What is from the pieces of wood brought to shore.

The larger pieces are used to make coffee tables. hang from the ceiling, highlighted by a variety of nautical necklaces of "poppet" beads money?" and the second most reaus. Many of the answers, produced by the machine on which also serve as money in active was the pushbutton question: "What is Communism?" equipment retrieved from the lakes. small pocket sized slips of pa chests, bars, loveseats and many other pieces of furniture sought the club bar. The one drawback is that everyone can gauge the state of your treasury at a A real "sleeper." the founda per, are to questions most com Jim, a native of Detroit, and tion said, was popularity of.monly asked of hotel clerks and Nan, from Flint, feel that the after for homes along the coasts and lake fronts.

All the original color and texture of the wood glance. "what is the gold standard? information-desk personnel. operation of salvaging ships Most people alive today, it point sunk in Lake Michigan is filling is retained. Miniature fishing ed out, never saw a gold coin. the gaps in Great Lakes his villages are also put together in over 360 feet of water in 1958.

Nothing could be salvaged from the Bradley because of the depth of the wreck, but by lowering the sealed TV cameras identification was possible. Jim and two helpers were also called in on a chlorine barge which sank in the Mississippi River not too long ago. They were successful in this operation where numerous other crews were not. In the winter months, the divers of "Treasure Cove" use the ice as a working platform to lift the heavy objects. Nancy compiles and files all the information.

A photo of the salvaged ship and all other pertinent information is recorded. Answers are deliberately ex tory of how and why a ship went pressed in as simple terms as down in a certain spot. (In this Americans in Paris Take Summer School respect, Arthur C. and Lucy Frederickson of Frankfort have Holland's Gas Field at Least compiled maps showing the locations of over 200 ships that possible. For example, the response printed to the No.

1 question says that "money is the receipt we hold between the time we give something up and the time we receive something else in its place. For example, wages in money represent the have sunk along 200 miles of The 30 CASA students this FRIENDS OF TL'RKE A group of foreign visitors drop by the ancient Turkish bath nsed as headquarters of the Foreign Friends of Turkey. It's founder, Louis M. Bailey, Is seated second from left. Improving Turk Image Volunteer Tourist's Aim PARIS (UPI) The Left Bank shoreline with a total value of of Paris is virtually ore big over 2 billion dollars.) As Jim Third Largest summer range from winiam Weeks, a 65-year-old retired army officer from Hastings, says, "We feel that we offer receipt for our services which the most sophisticated search AMSTERDAM In 1959 Eu "summer camp" for American students, as it has been at this time in recent years.

In greater numbers than ever. we exchange for goods and serv operation available today the to John Blaustein, 17, a rope's largest natural-gas field was found in Holland's Gron- ices we wish to purchase." fact that we have been more film producer's son from Los Other answers include: Americans are spending sum ISTANBUL (AP) Are Turksheadquarters in an ancient dour, unfriendly and humorless? Turkish bath, put at his disposal ingen Province. Since then esti Angeles. The pupils represent 16 successful in more searches than any other salvage force proves "Communism is an economic mers in schools in Paris instead coleges and art schools, includ mates of the field's size have increased, and recently new wells Many people believe so says by the Istanbul municipality. system under which each oer- of trying to tour 17 countries in that." ing Emily Binder, Milton, uaiiey iirst came to Turkey son share of production is an American, Louis M.

Bailey1 Jim and his electronics engi further delineated the field. Its 16 days. Enrollees include serious stu from Simmons College in Boston in 1951 and fell in love with the measured by his needs, rather neer, Jerry Kemler, man the recoverable reserves are now and Judith Guyton, Shreveport, place. He now divides his time.than by the amount he pro- new 35-foot cruiser "Penmanta, dents of art and young people eager for the excitement and from the Kansas City Art said to be 39 trillion cubic feet against an earlier guess of 17 between Egypt and Turkey. duces.

Modern communism is a which is complete with radar, Institute. learning of a summer in the cen form of state capitalism based trillion. "We have a regular winter Is the project successful? "Slowly but surely, we think sonar and sealed TV cameras. The cruiser is kept in top condi on absolute and forced obedi These reserves are at least course, and our first summer people are changing views of ence to government in all mat- ter of western culture. There also is a sprinkling of teen-agers "parked" by their parents, who tion for the navigating that goes the world's third largest after session was such a success last Turkey and the Turks." says iters those in the Texas Panhandle vear that we are holding it on each day, weather and me chanics permitting.

and in Algeria. again," said Barr, originally Bailey. "We hope we've contributed something to this then take off uninhibited on a tour of Europe. The American School of Par There is also a very neces "until they visit Turkey." And Bailey is working on a project to change the Turkish image. He calls it the Foreign Friends of Turkey.

Bailey's idea is simple: tourists are urged to lecture and show pictures of their Turkish visit when they return home. "The Turks are really a wonderful, friendly people, a far cry from the wild and woolly image many people have," says Bailey, a former New York City advertising man. "Through history we've heard from Milwaukee. Pushing the button asking What is a private competitive There is enough natural gas in this field to supply all of change." sary silent partner, Norman Mc Cready of Indianapolis, Ind. capitalism?" brings the reply is, operated for families of the American community, offers a Holland's potential needs for gas energy for the next 30 or 'This definitely is a growing that it is a system where the Worm'Grunlcrs' who is just as proud of the accomplishments of the two as trend in Europe.

People aren't summer session that welcomes tools of production are owned out-of-town youngsters. they are. just traveling around the conu nent. but taking a definite pro Make a Million At the present time Jim and by private individuals and used by workers (usually not the owners) who compete in a free market to sell their production." Students from all over the gram and getting more out of Jerry are carrying on a fifteen- ST. LOUIS, Mo.

"Grunting" their trip. year search, divine for the sunk world began summer classes July 1 at the government-owned 40 years with a surplus to export. Park Load Up WASHINGTON Travelers to the national parks last year totaled 94 million compared with 88 million in 1962. National-capital parks had eight million There an increase in older million-dollar-a year busi- such phrases as the Terrible is a en whiskey ship, Westmoreland, Also answered are questions Alliance Francaise, which Turk or the "Sick Alan of Eu-jncss in Missouri arond the Ozark on percentages of profits in var students, too. The idea of re turning to education is becom teaches the French language which sank in the Great Lakes north of Frankfort in 1854.

Stories have it that along with the rope. nen me visitor wants, vationai Forest. Hundreds of ious industries, the average per and houses pupils in the Uru ing more popular. the truth about this country, he centages gained on sales and on About one third of the art versity of Paris dormitories. should spread the ord thereabouts supply to fishermen in three "grunters worms countless casks of whiskey investment for a five-year pe school's students are artists and Students enrolled in the pn Bailey has no financial back aboard, about $100,000 in old vate American College of Paris one-third ordinary students ing and seeks none.

Out of his states. riod 1959 through 1963 in such things as lumber, glass, steel, food, tobacco and textiles. summer course sleep in bunks Another third attending the nve- own pocket he has paid for the They get them by rubbing a in the gymnasium of the Ameri week course are teachers, such printing of a small brochure wooden stake with a rock or an In calling attention to the ques- can Students and Artists Cen describing the organization. It is old car spring. The rasping vi- tion-and-answer system popu as Nancy Willard, assistant professor of literature at Western ter.

handed to tourists by merchants orations make a grunting noise larity, the foundation said the Even adults have flocked to Reserve University in Cleve in bazaars and shops. and the worms come wriggling conclusion was "unmistakable: land. Ohio, and Nellie Suzedell, enroll in the popular College The American has set up his to the surface, the American people are intel- Art Study Abroad (CASA) sum teacher at Hingham High School in Quincy, Mass. mer program, organized by two American artists who live in Winter Cruise on the World's Largest Superliner Queen Elizabeth Mediterranean, $960 up Sailing from New York, Feb. 26 8 ports25 miles The CASA students, like those Country Parson at the Sorbonne are being quar Paris, Roger Barr and his wife, Beryl Sharrar Barr.

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