Page 10 - SUSQUEHANNA TIMES [continued from Page 1] ber of toys for sale in the stores, which almost seemed to outnumber any other items. ‘‘They believe in their youth,”” she told us. Chris was also impressed by the honesty of the SAAT 5 Tn RA SOA RC Russian people, if not by the honesty of their offi- cials (who evaded all ques-, tions). ‘““You could leave your valuables anywhere and not worry about them being taken.”’ Everywhere they went in . « « Chris Erb (cont’d) the U.S.S.R. the group was accosted by Russians ges- turing and saying ‘‘Goom! Goom!”’ — meaning chew- ing gum. Gum is unavail- able in the Soviet Union. People would trade any- thing they had, even their It was 1898 . . . belt buckles, for it. The group also visited Holland, where Chris saw a dairy farm which impressed her as a ‘‘beautiful opera- tion.”” Farmers in Holland don’t live on their farms, she found, but in nearby towns. In Switzerland Chris and her friends had a snowball fight in the Alps, which she says are bigger and more beautifu! than the Rockies. She also stayed in a convent in Belgium. The last stop was Eng- land, where ‘‘it was great to hear English again.” One girl got into an embarrassing sitiuation by commenting on a woman's unshaved legs. She forgot that everyone could under- stand her. Chris brought back 400 slides and many memories. Will she go back some day? “I'm thinking of mis- sionary work in the under- developed nations,’’ she said. ‘I'd like to see some of them. If 1 go back to Europe 1 think I'd go by myself and visit England, Holland, and Switzerland again. I have friends there now who I could stay with.’ John Hart appointed dean of men John Hart, Mount Joy, has been appointed Dean of Men at Lancaster Bible College. He is also serving as the soccer coach and as a professor in the Evening Institute. Mr. Hart is a graduate of West Chester State Col- lege. He has participated in a graduate assistantship at the University of Maryland and earned his Master of Theology degree from Dal- las Theological Seminary. As a member of the Athletes-in-Action team of wrestlers of Campus Cru- sade for Christ, he traveled extensively throughout the United States talking with school and college nign students. September 8, 1976 DID YOU HEAR... The Maytown branch of the Union National Mount Joy Bank has an interesting display of quaint antiques related to banking, inclu- ding a booklet by Calvin Coolidge, saying how im- portant it is to have a large savings account. i active. Trained fitters KNEE, ANKLE WRIST & ELBOW SUPPORTS 1%) fn. AA BBrYEEEE ri AL ROFESSIONAL § 3 PRI IANICER 5 AFFLIAINCED 1 a : Every support for the patient that must remain to serve you. A ESS MinkLE'S PHARMACIES Free delivery to areas receiving the Susquehanna Times And in that year Teddy Roosevelt charges up San Juan Hill with the Rough Riders, and the Spanish American War ends in December. ‘After the Ball is Over’’ has become the century's big musical hit, Lillian Russell is making movies and William Jennings Bryan is making headlines striving to become president. The same year Almon B. Strowger, an undertaker who invented the first dial telephone because he feared telephone operators had been routing calls to his com- 8 FRUIT FROM OUR ORCHARDS Ne APPLES: Smokehouse - McIntosh i PEACHES & PEARS - while supply lasts. Tomatoes for canning - Home Grown Potatoes ; OUR OWN WATER MELONS § § pefitors, produces this dial telephone. Strowger’s first subscriber-dialed telephone § Burpee Hybrid Cantaloupes y exchange had begun operation in 1892 in his hometown of La Porte. Indiana. # Mss. Paul 9 Lsk soeonds aie delicious! Today many Americans accept their telephone system, the world’s largest and most ; Frosty Acre frozen vegetables are available in efficient dialing system, as common place. i 20 Ibs., 5 Ibs., 2 & 1 Ibs. [Large Variety! & Sugar 10 Ibs.—$2.39 Lae 4 Wilbur's tiny cookie bits: 2 Ibs.-$1.75, THE UNITED TELEPHONE é 5 Ibs.-$4.25 GROCERIES — ICE CREAM (Vis Was Ee COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA A Compeny of United Ti Inc. STORE HOURS: Daily 3 a.m.-6 p.m., Fri 8 a.m.-9 p.m. : Ys mi. West of Mt. Joy, along Rte. 230 Ph 653-5661
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