European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Pete demonstrates his Arizona acquired proficiency with a Lariat. On the Sussex. To cont. From Page 11 gent sheriff horse doctor dentist loan company and cattle owners Assn. Reckon there s also the to sorial parlor trading Post jail and the town s Hotshot the famous Belle Starr Saloon. Every saturday night the masons Are hosts at campfire parties on the Sussex Prairie. They Call pm barbecues British newcomers Call them sausage on a stick y usually the masons and their guest sprawl around the Kitchen at Showtime. Their summer building plans include a bunk Houise and a Rifle and pistol Range. Pete s a mighty Quick Hombre on the draw. He designed and patented a Quick draw Holster with a split front. The gun fighter pushes his hardware Forward Andis in action Pronto. By october Pete says we should Havethe Ranc Fitin the shape we want it to be. Prue and i Are doing it ourselves every thing from cleaning the stables to House keeping. Y we started this thing chiefly for kids but we get More adults. Our English guest do like to play . It s really interesting to see some men arrive in immaculately tailored savile Row suits. Very smart. Then,-10 minutes later they. Come stomping downstairs in thei Blue jeans and others it is the third Day before Taeyul deign to put on Western clothes then they Don t Ever want to change " we have had some people turn up with English Riding habits. And that s the Funni est thing you be Ever seen on a Western Saddle ,. inclusive Cost per person is about $35a through june and about $44 during july and August. " the Crew curb Pete went to Douglas ariz., in 1939 to join his Uncle who was working As a wrangler. He trained horses and. Then worked the Rodeo circuit. As a calf Roper and trick rider. While studying horses Wirig at the University of California he met Prue who came Over from England to ramble about the states. She developed a Sharp shooting act and also served As a part time teacher in Indian schools. They returned to England in 1950 an worked with various shows. Using their professional names and Luta Starr they appeared b e f o r e numerous Usa audiences. They organized a wild West show in 1958 and toured France successfully for 13 weeks. Peter performed As Buffalo Billand Prue As Annie Oakley and the troupe included Many. Americans canadians an australians. They went broke in Spain because an. Other show had just made a tour of the cities. Equipment from the show is now used at the ranch. Among the items is a pair of horse clippers which Pete uses on any shaggy haired customers that want Pete Mason style Crew e its r Vav. Geneva is really two cities the International City of conferences and the old cantonal City with its traditions and historic a population of about 125,000, which makes it slightly larger than Scranton pa., Geneva has earned an International importance out of All proportion to its size. It was once the seat of the now defunct league of nations. The palais Des nations originally built As a Home for the league is now european Headquarters for the United nations. It is Here that the present foreign ministers conferences Are being is also Headquarters for the International red Cross the International labor organization and lately for Many american firms doing business in Europe. The City spreads All around the West end of the 55-mile-Long Lake of Geneva. As in most Swiss Lakeside cities White steamers a trite swans and White sailboats Glide up to the Edge of the the French Border almost sur rounds the City Many people in Geneva speak French As their first language. Its citizens manufacture watches machines cheese and chocolates. Products of the nearby vineyards Are some of Switzer land s finest wines. Once an Independent City Geneva was annexed to France after that country s revolution and remained under the Tricolour until the decline of Napoleon. Since then it has remained in the Swiss conf Dera Tion. Back in 58 b.c., Caesar mentioned that he had passed through Geneva. A thousand years before that the celts ruled the area. Geneva attracted the great French re former John Calvin in the 16th Century Voltaire in the 18th. Shelley and Byron also lived in Geneva for a time As have Many writers scientists chemists astronomers and others throughout the Ages when they found they could work there in the Atmos phere of Freedom. The City is also the seat of the uni by Ernie weath varsity of Geneva of Geneva s ments is the Basti Quartz with statues ing the calvinist r e of the several Tamo ments in protes symbolizing the Arr All staff writer noded in 1559 by lost famous Monus to a great Wall of nil Tableaux Honor i mation. Eaux showing great it history is one 1 of the Mayflower in. The new world. Among the persons depicted is John Caiar who became the first governor of the a loony. Myles Standish Cap Jain of the settlers is also represented. Standish was not a calvinist but All Schodl children know that the Mayflower Settle were driven to the new world because Oll religious persecution. The War bet Weij the states reached further afield than , Bull run and Atlanta. In the v leva City Hall there is the Alabama Roon named after the famous Confederate sea Raider the Alabama. The warship was Fede racy from Nglai and armed to raid time the Alabama w of France by the a had sunk 67 Union m after the War the ought by the con where it was built n shipping. By the sunk off the coast ship Kearsarge she chant ships. United states sue the British government for damages. Fol lowing years of International bickering the matter was settled l what is now the Alabama room in Geeva s town Hall. The arbitration Bod ruled in favor of the United states Ani Britain had to More than 15 million pounds Sterling i damages. It was in this san Ter National red Cro Geneva committee i soldiers called its Fin 1863. The following Pean nations signed earning the treatment prisoners during a Toom that the in Kwas founded. The r Aid to wounded it convention Here year twelve euro i set of rules gov if the wounded and t the same time the International Rel Cross came int being. J the Geneva conv Atlon was revised in 1906 again in 1929 and 1948. Although Japan s delegates signed the 1929 Conven Tion their government never ratified . " during world War ii the International red Cross at Geneva was chiefly occupied in running a Central prisoners of War interrogation Bureau. By the end of the War the International red Cross had a staff of 4,000 workers and 1,000 volunteers. It had built up a file of More than 39 million cards including prisoners of War and civilian internees. Today the staff consists of Only a few Hundred. But the Long lines of Green filing cabinets remain containing names of sol Diers still listed As missing in action. Periodically a letter of inquiry is received from relatives who have never lost Homie. Probably the most important new spot in the world at the moment is the palais Des nations where the foreign ministers conference is now in session. The second largest building of its Type on the continent Only the Palace at ver Sailles is bigger it was begun in 1929 and finished in 1936. Three years after the league of nations secretariat moved into its Beautiful new Headquarters world War ii began. However the league including the Dis armament committee continued to operate with a curtailed staff throughout the con october 1945, the United nations took Over the building. The in world health organization commission for Refu. Gees and other divisions have their main offices there. The Summit conference of 1955 was he Din the Council room where the present foreign ministers conference is being held. Above the Heads of the delegates an dominating the entire room is a ceiling decoration showing five colossal figures with joined five continents and Man s eternal Hope that the Peoples of the Earth May always live to Gether in ranch guests Chat with few at door i Belle Star Saloon. The Alps form a backdrop for the palais Des nations Monument to Mankind. The stars and stripes saturday the 250-foot-High water Jet on Geneva s lakefront has become the City s Trade Mark. . Calvin founded Geneva University in 1559. Sidewalk cafes of qua do Mont Blanc serve statesman and tourist alike. The stars and stripes Page to
