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NEW BERN, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1961
These lines will seiwe as your
Introduction to Sally Shaffer, a
sophomore at Woman’s College of
the University of Nmlh Carolina
in. Greensboro. She is a close
friend of Shirley Brinson, and
dropped by to see us recently when
she accompanied Shirley home for
the Easter holidays.
Conversing with Sally is a de
lightful experience. She was born
in Los Angeles, and has lived in
many places, including South
America and Europe. With her
family, at various times, she re
sided in Texas, Colombia, Guate
mala, Switzerland, Germany, Aus
tria and England.
•Next year she plans to study in
Munich, and hopes that what she
learns at the Language Institute
there will qualify her for a, career
as an interpreter. She already
speaks German fluently, and is
rather well versed in French, Rus
sian and Italian.
“Europe today has been quite
Americanized,” she says, “as far as
the youth are concerned. They
wear blue jeans, and have taken
to rock and roll music in much the
same manner that teen-agers have
in the United States.”
The older generation has been
slower in adapting itself to Amer
ican fads and customs, she adds.
TOe average European feels, and
Silly agrees with him, that the
; United States has
progressed much
I farther industri-
, ally ~~than it has
cuitud^4.r
“Here in Amer
ica,” she told us,
I “the people have
j m o r e material
things than you’ll
I find in Europe or
i Asia, but they
SALLY SHAFFER aren’t as familiar
with the arts. In the field of music,
and in literature, they are ahead
of us, and we are regarded as a
young nation with a great deal to
learn.”
Like most folks who have lived
there, or even visited briefly, ?ally
is impressed with the beauty of
Berne and the Swiss countryside.
It is a peaceful country that has
managed to steer clear of war, but
she says preparedness is not over
looked.
“The young and the old alike go
into the woods for target practice
with their rifles, and they make a
lot of noise,” Sally informed 'US.
Every abled-bodied male, and some
that aren’t so able-bodied, gets
military training during the year.
Her father, Captain E. T. H. Shaf
fer, is a pilot for Pan-American
and is currently stationed in Ger
many. “He has flown in and out of
New Bern a number of times,” she
told us, “and has remarked that it
is a very pretty sight from the air.”
She has two sisters attending
school in Switzerland, and another
sister is with her mother in Aus
tria. Although separated by many
miles, the family takes advantage
of speedy air travel to get together
at intervals.
Television sets are few and far
between in the places she has lived
in Europe, but. TV doesn’t hold
much fascination for her. While in
New Bern she was too interested in
other things to spend her time
looking at the programs that Amer
icans wouldn’t think of missing.
* One of the things that intrigu
ed her during her slay in this city
was the Maola Milk and Ice Cream
Go. “In Europe I never saw a plant
like this,” she marveled. “You have
to go for your milk daily at the
market. You take your own contain
er along, and they pour the milk
out of a large can.”
As for ice cream, she says that
stands sell it during the summer,
but it is not a year-round dessert
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stration, typical of what you’ll see at the .East ,^arolina-
Cdiihcfl Campbree heb, it Is aerious business. Many a life
has been Saved by a Boy Scout who knew what to do in a
crisis.-—Photo b^ Billy Benners.
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FEASTING A LA CAMP—Each of the more than 4,000 Boy
Scouts attending the East Carolina' Council Camporee here
this weekend can prepare a tasty meal. In this scene, un
posed, one youngster is busily peeling potatoes, .whUe ms
comrades get the fire in shape for stewing purposes. Ob
viously, they weren’t aware that a camera.was trained on
them.—^Photo by Billy Benners.
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