Mrs. Ruby Barbee gave a wonderful account of her trip from Columbia, Louisville, New York, Finland, Moscow, China, Korea and back home last evening, Monday, November 14, 2011, at the Rotary Club meeting at Lindsey Wilson College's Cranmer Dining Center.

Her accounts of the shows, sites that she saw and experienced were excellant. Her trip was over 40 years ago when travel was not like it is today. She detailed the changing of the wheel axles on the train from Russia to China as China has different width which was to protect them against any movement of armies from other countries attacking by rail.

As Mrs. Barbee reached the point to fly home, a plane from Alaska was shot down by North Korea just hours before she was to take off. She said she had no concern but was glad she made it home. She and her husband have traveled to several countries and she provided a map of the world showing by small pins the various places that she visited.

The Rotary Club thanks this fine lady for the unusal program.-HUNTER DURHAM