The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-27
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
BY Ha-el ronno

BY Haxsl Brunnon
Your editor will leave early
next week for a trip around the
world sailing from San Francisco
on Friday. November 4th in the
8 s. Monroe of the American
President Lines - and returning
to New York on February z,
1850.
If | can get away soon enough
/ will attend a convention OIL the
Southern Newspaper Publishers
Association at Mineral Wells,
Texas. enroute to the Golden
Gate City by plane.
The Monroe is a large and beau
t;f,,l ship and carries a total Oh
e6 passengers-about nan Oh
them will be cruise passengers
making the trip all the way. Inc
remainder will be passengers for
one Of the rs ports Of call In IL
-.corntries tonched bg the liner
10
on its journey. Il.
ports of call which / Will visi'
;nclude Honolulu, Yokohama Ja-
nan (only 40 minutes from Iok-
70, and a few miles from Kama
I,,ra. Kobe, Japan; Hong Kong
china. Manila, Philippine Is
lands: Singapore. Malaga; Penang
- leland in the -Malayan UnSon'
Colombo, Ceylon and a Visii 'e
Handy, the capital. -
Then we will sail around tns
southern tip of India Tor stoi
1T Cochin enronte north to 6om.
hav where ] expect to speha
Chr;stmas - and think OF all the
sn,Ls back Ehome in Hoime
county. Gadslen, Alabama anu
New York. / expect to make /.
tirp by plane from BornDas y
AGRA to see TAI Mahal-
The next schedule stop WIN o :
a. Karachi i'm the new state .
paxistan. then at Snez- EgSp'
800 oo;up through the she
Canal to Port Said and Aiexa1io !
ria, Egypt. making a slSe UP pr :
CAIRO. Egypt, to e the Eyre
n,;ds and Sphinx at Glzeh. J.
Sailing from Aiexandria y
~, mort rail- will be Marssi il'
Erance. after sailing nearly IN
s,ar length eof the Mediterranean
Tne Monrue then loops back !
Italy where calls are mane !
,c;anoa. Leanorn and Naples De
fore returning to New York.
I may leave the shIp at MAJ
.se;lle when it gets there ON jan
uary Is. spend a few dsgs =
southern ItxIy visiting some O
the country / did not e WheI
I was there last summer, anu
then come back to New YORK py
plane from Rome - still gfItnis
to New York by February z al
the latest. I do want to WISH
Narles. Mt. vesuvius, the island
If Capri and make the short TRIP
tn pompeii - and spend at seas'
four days in Rome before som
ing home. 4,
All of this tells you pretty mucf
where I'll be and I'll be Erat
ing an article every week or more
often for you while ! am gone
/ hope you won't miss a Single
issue off the paper and that eacf
of o will feel you're MAKING
the trip with ms as the week
roll by.
I win appreciate your usua
wonderful cooperation while
am gone in reporting the news
and getting your ads in on time
etc The same competent star
will be on duty whike / am gon'
with MI. Leo Maness, my capable
foreman in charge:
Jimmy Collard has charge 0
the advertising and VIII ais'
write news, and his lovely wne
Mary Lou Collard, will contintst
to write society, locals and othe'
general news as well as take care
of office routine.
A fun time force in the shoF
will be on hand to take care OF
YOU printing needs-and we are
as near to you as your telephone
If YOU live out of town and have
a printing order for us or an adj
vertisement we win be happy al
any time to accept a collect tele-
phone call from you-just tele-
phone Lexington 116.