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Karin Hennings of
Heilbornn, Germany, and
Sara Barakat of Dallas,
have become close friends
brought about by a
business meeting of their
fathers. .
Months ago, Klaus
Hennigs, Karin’s father
visited the RCA plant at
Crestwood Industrial Park
to sell equipment, while
there he met Sara’s father,
Anees Barakat, an
engineer with RCA.
During their = con-
versation they learned both
had daughters of the same
age. Each felt their
daughter had some things
in common with one
another. So they decided it
would be a good experience
for them to visit one
another and learn the
cultures and customs of
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The men discussed their
plan in detail and
arrangements were made
for Sara to spend seven
weeks with the Hennigs in
Germany.
Sara was fascinated with
the idea and not long after
the end of the school year
she left for her visit with
the Hennigs.
The Hennigs met Sara at
the airport and she went
home with them to
Heilbornn near Stuttgart
for her seven week visit.
While in Germany she
and Karin toured Ulm,
Munich, Bavaria,
(described by Sara as
mostly farmland),
Heidelberg, Amsterdam,
and Austria. They also
spent two weeks in Italy
and while there visited
Venice.
Sara found the people
and way of living in Ger-
many much more formal
than in the United States.
Parents were much more
strict than most American
parents and schools more
advanced.
Gate of Heaven Girl
Scout troops have
year. Leaders of Brownie
troop 696 are Mrs. Donald
and Mrs.
Richard Kindler. Brownie
troop 623 will have Mrs.
Ronald Chupas and Mrs.
Michael Parsons leaders.
Leaders for Junior Girl
Scouts will be troop 645
Mrs. Fred Gardner and
Mrs. Raymond Bernick.
Troop 707 will be led by
Mrs. Richard Malak and
Mrs. Phillip , Novicki.
Cadette Troop 715 will have
leaders Mrs. Robert
Cartier, Mrs. Joseph
McDonald and Carol
Cartier.
Any girl not in a troop yet
should contact Mrs. Robert
Cartier, troop organizer for
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the Gate of Heaven Church
troops.
Oct. 13 will be the first
meeting of the year for
Sweet Valley Cadette troop
349. Cadette and Senior
Scouts should be at the
Sweet Valley Fire Hall at 7
p.m. Registrations will be
taken at this time and Mr.
Leonard Roginski.
Red Cross First Aid
instructor will begin the
first class in first aid for
these girls.
Reminder to all C-A VII
leaders. There will be a
meeting Thursday evening
at 7:30 p.m. in the Kingston
Township Municipal
Building. All registered
adults and Girl Scouts over
14 years of age are invited
to attend this Fall planning
_ meeting.
On Aug. 2, when she
returned home Karin came
with her. The large 747 in
which the girls traveled
from Europe to New York
impressed Karin, who
hopes someday to become
Karin is amazed at the
informality and casualness
of the American people.
She found it much easier to
become a friend of Sara’s
than with the girls in
Germany.
‘““‘America is so dif-
ferent,”” she said. The
homes are much lower
than ours at home..and
there is so much space
between the houses. We
don’t have so much green
grass either but we have
many more flowers in our
yards. I miss the flowers.”
asked a question answer
simultaneously.
Sara and Karin have
become close friends
through their visits with
one another but both agree
that ‘‘it is nice to visit one
another’s country but
would rather live in their
own.”
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very different. She thinks it
is very easy. In Germany
she is in the 10th class
which is equivalent to the
11th grade at Dallas High
School where she is going
to school with Sara. The
informality between the
teachers and students
amazes her. When asked
which school system she
preferred, Karin gave it
serious thought before she
decided she liked the
discipline and educational
system in Heilbornn.
Football, cheerleaders
and the band are entirely
new to her. At home, they
have a school orchestra
which plays only for
special occasions such as
the Easter and Christmas
holidays.
_ Most sports are not a
part of the school
curriculum and the
students must pay for
them. She enjoys
American sports and in
Germany she is interested
in art and music.
Karin has already
learned to speak Latin,
German, French and
English and when she
returns home will study
Spanish. In the German
schools it is compulsory to
study English.
She enjoys American
food and describes it as
much sweeter than at
home. Her favorite, like
most young people, are
hamburgs. She also likes
American hot dogs which
are different than. in
Germany.
Karin is impressed by
the various areas of the
United States she has seen
but cannot say which city
she liked best. She and
Sara both agree, however,
that they like suburban
living best.
Like Karin, Sara enjoys
sports as a spectator and
likes music but her future
ambition is to become a
lawyer.
Both girls have much in
common as is apparent in
conversations with them.
They are quiet but have a
keen sense of humor. They
enjoy traveling but like
spending time at home.
Both think alike and when
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