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During her nnt m the “First Washington,” Mrs. Mackwirth was escorted about by Mrs. George H. Davis, Jr., mayor of the town.Mrs.
Mackwirth’s interests were absorbed by the locker plant at Sperryville, where Lucio Kilby acted as guide. She stated that in Tennessee and elsewhere she had seen enormous “refrigrators” but the prices of the home freezers made them prohibitive in Ger-^ many. The idea of frozen food in a community on « co-operative basis seemed to please her.
During her visit in Washington, the German lady was taken for a visit to Luray Caverns. She had never seen anything of this kind," and dr as ‘ much impressed. She appeared most interested in Skyline Drive and in the fact that it was a government-built park. She took a picture of the tunnel at Panorama.
She attended the Washington town council meeting Tuesday night and was pleased to hear that the town was going to have signs— put up designating the name of the town. She said that many small towns she had seen in her travels had not been marked with names and she did not know what they were. She said in Germany all towns were plainly marked for travelers.
It is interesting to note that she was not. at all impressed with the lady town-government and showed no desire to meet the ladycashier of the bank. In Germany nearly all bank cashiers are ladies. She showed no interest in the schools, for she said she bad seen so many schools. She was interests ed in the town sidewalkk, the smaller buildings, and especially the economical septic tanks and individual sewerage systems of the town. Mrs. Mackwirth’s own town, a few miles from Frankfort, was demolished during the war, and she seemed anxious to learn of economical means of rebuilding.
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