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Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bateman, of greenville, visited Palestine in 1954. They kindly brought for the lodge a rock from the famous ruins of Baalbek, in Lebanon. [handwritten note] also spelled Baalbeck.

[photograph of town with mountains in background]

VIEW OF THE ANCIENT RUINS AT BAALBECK VISTA DEL SITIO ARQUEOLOGICO DE BAALBECK

The pleasant and ordered design of the Beqaa will appeal to those with an organising turn of mind, for they will appreciate the experiments in extensive agriculture, drainage, irrigation, and reforestation being carried on at Ammik, Tanail, Talia, and Baalbeck.
But we have uttered the enchanting name of this temple of temples...

[photograph of small waterfall]

THE SPRING OF RAS EL-AIN EL MANANTIAL DE RAS EL-AIN