Swiss Boy Here Studying
English, His 4th Language
By BOB CONWAY
Americans?many of whom have
trouble trying to master only one
language?English?usually regard
anyone who speaks three or lour
languages as a 24-caral genius.
However, in one country of the
World?Switzerland?a person who
can t speak at least three languages
b regarded in some circles as "not
too bright".
Now visiting in this country is a
native of Basel. Switzerland ?
Peter Brik. who has been speaking
three different iar-guages for years
and is now seeking to improve his
knowledge of a fourth tongue. Eng-j
lish, which he began studying two
years ago.
Peter, a recent college graduate,
b the guest of Stephen Woody on
Country Club Drive, and plans to
?e in town until November.
Stephen plans a return visit next
summer with i'etcr in Switzerland
In his country, Peter points out,
learning to speak three languages
b a necessity if a native of Switzer
land wants to make himself under
gtood throughout the nation.
He explains that Swiss in the
Sorthern and eastern portions of
the country speak a form of Ger
man, those in the west speak
French, and those in the southern
portion speak Italian. There is no
Swiss language, as such, although
the German spoken in Switzerland
differs considerably from the "high
German" spoken in Germany Itself.
Actually, 'there is a fourth lan
guage to be encountered In the
mountainous republic, called Ko
maM-eh (similar to Latin), but only I
a small portion of the population
apekks this tongue.
Peter has completed a course in
business at the Institute Rosenberg
at nearby St. Gallcii. and plans to
go into the Arm headed by his
father, who is director of sales or
ganization of Austrian and German
mining enterprises.
(It was a friend of his father.
Leo Weill of Waynesville, who ar
ranged Peter's visit here with the
Woodys. Similar arrangements for
exchange students' visits are made
in Waynesville b> the Rotary Club i
Peter explained that his home
city of Basel is the second largest
city in Switzerland, with a popula
tion of some 200,000. Largest in
the country is Zurich, with a popu
lation of more than 400,000, Both
cities are in the German-speaking
I
portion of tin* nation
Like most Swiss, Peter says he
enjoys skiing on the slope* of the
country's many mountains, the
highest in ail of Europe, and also
likes to scale some of the promin
ent peaks ? including the well-;
known Junfrau '"Young Woman"!.
Switzerland ha* two more of Eur
ope's highest mountains ?- Mont
Hlanc and the Matterhorn.
Asked to comment on the dif
ferences between Swiss and Ameri
can life, Peter remarked that "life
in the U, S. seems more Informal
. . . you have so many freedoms "
ite added that Americans seem
to have more social activities, and
explained that most of the parties
given in Switzerland are held in
the wintertime.
In his country. Peter pointed'out.
lunch is the biggest meal of the
day. As to food available over
there, he said that Swiss have no
Corn or cornbrcad. and seem to
I drink more milk and less coffee
than Americans He added that
wine often is drunk with meals as
is customary in France and Italy.
As to transportation, Peter relat
ed that Swiss have some American
cars as well as German. Italian,
and French makes, but explained
that small cars are the rule in
Switzerland because of the rather
narrow mountain roads.
Switzerland's system of curren
cy is based on the Swiss franc, sec
ond in popularity on the continent
only to the American dollar. The
current exchange rate of the Swiss
franc is four for one dollar.
In standard of living. Switzer
land exceeds even the United
States, and is believed to be the
highest in all the world.
Because of this high standard of
living, Communists have never
been able to win any major sup
port in Switzerland, Peter said.
Swiss also highly value their in
dividual freedom and their demo- '
era tic government, he added.
Because of the country's small
size, Switzerland has to import
many of the raw materials used in
(he country's industries, Peter said ;
The Swiss also have to import a
considerable part of their food be
cause. one third of the nation imost
ly in the mountains) is agricultur
ally unproductive.
Like many other Western na
tions, Switzerland is worried about
: the present Suez crisis, P^ter com
| menled. If traffic through the canal
! were cut off, he said, petrol tgas
oline) in his country would become
extremely expensive.
Currently, Switzerland is under
going a boom in industrial produc
tion and employment ("it's easy to
1 get a job in Switzerland," Peter
says), but the country also has its
problems?high prices and a short
age of labor.
All in all, however. Switzerland
'blessed by a stable government) is
optimistic for the future Peter
concluded.
VISITOR FROM SWITZERLAND at the home of Stephen Woody
N peter Bilk of Basel, who will be here until November. At some
time in the future, Stephen plans to visit Peter in Switzerland.
(Mountaineer Photo*.
Methodist Board Missions
Opens 4-Day Session; Will
Discuss World-Wide Plans
New officer* of the Board of
Missions of trie Methodist Church
and of its four divisions will be
! elected at a four-oay series 01
meetings opening louay at Lake
1 aunalussa
1 lie hoard, which supports mis
sicn work in 44 countries overseas,
I the United States. Hawaii. Puerto
Rico and Alaska, will lie reorganiz
j leg fur the lbob-60 quadreumuin
and the oificer* elected will serve
until ltrtk). About 250 persons from
across the United States are ex
pected to attend, including Hoard
members and the headquarters
stafi from New York and Phila
delphia
Officers to be chosen include a
new Hoard president and tour vice
presidents. each of whom will be
! president of one of the four di
I visions, ttie V\ Oman's Division of !
| Christian Service, the Division of1
World Missions, the Division of
National Missions and the Joint
Section of Education and Culti
vation
The Hoard president for the last
eight years has been Hishop Arthur
| J. Moore. Atlanta, Ga. . !
The retiring president of the ?
Woman's Division is Mrs. Prank
G. Brooks, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. The
new president will represent 1,
800,000 Methodist women in 30,
000 Woman's Societies of Christian
St rvice across the country, since
the Woman's Division is the na
tional organization of the Wom
an's Societies. All missionary work
supported financially by Methodist
women is administered through the
Division.
Retiring presidents of the three
other divisions are: Bishop Rich
ard C. Raines, Indianapolis, Ind .
World division; Bishop A. Frank
Smith, Houston. Tex., National di
vision, and Bishop W Angie Smith.
Oklahoma City, Okla., joint sec
tion. which is the board's promo
tional arm
The Woman's Division will elect
a vice-president, a recording secre
tary, a treasurer and chairmen of
; its three major departments, For
1 eign Work, Home Work and Chris
i tian Social Relations. The depart
ment chairmen also will be vifce
I presidents of the division by vir
! lue of their office. The retiring
officers are: Mrs. Paul Arrington.
I Jackson. Miss., vice-president; Mrs.
J. Ernest Wilkins, Washington. D.
C.. recording secretary; Miss Mar
guerite Harris, New York, treas
urer; Mrs. Charles E. Wegner. St.
Paul. Minn., Foreign Work chair
man; Mrs. J. N Rodeheaver, Win
ona Lake. Ind., Home Work chair
man. and Mrs. J Fount Tillman,
j Lewisburg, Tenn., Christian Social
Relations chairman.
'Ihe other divisions also Mill!
elect vice-presidents in varying
! numbers, recording secretaries and
treasurers. Each division also will
elect certain full-time executive
officers.
Board members have been elect
eJ this summer by each of Method
ism's six jurisdictional conferences,
by the Council of Bishops and by
the Board itself. Before electing
officers, the members will choose ,
which of the four divisions they
will serve on during the coming
four years. After all elections have
! been completed, the executive com
mittees of the divisions and of the
j board will meet briefly, the last
of those sessions ending Septem
! uer 18.
| The reorganizational meeting of
the board is held once each four
years, after the quadrennial ses
sion of the Methodist General Con- ?
ference has met. The board holds
an annual meeting each year to
conduct the ongoing work of Meth
odist missions.
BISHOP ARTHUR J. MOORE
J. B. Ferguson,
Haywood Native,
Dies In Georgia
Word has been received here of
the deatii of Joseph Benners Fergu
son. 81, at his home near Marietta,
Georgia.
Funeral services were held in
the Wesley Chapel Methodist
' Church at Marietta, Friday. Aug.
31. with the Kev. Hugh M. Gruoo
ofuciating. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Ferguson waf the son of '
the late Judge Gs land S. and
Sarah Norwood Ferguson. He lived 1
" __|
in Waynesville until 1912 when he
moved to Georgia. He was married
in Georgia and made his home in
the Sandy Plains Ristrict, near !
Marietta, where he engaged in
farming.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Susan Huff Ferguson; one daugh
ter, Miss Sadie Ferguson; one sis
ter. Mrs. J. C Blanchard of Hert
ford; and two brthers. Garland S.
Ferguson, Jr., of Washington, D.
C. and Captain John Norwood
Ferguson. USN, retired, of Coro
nada, Calif.
A/2C THOMAS F. CLARK, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ulus F. Clark of
Fines Creek, has arrived home
after spending a year at Thule
Air Foree Base in Greenland. He
has a 30-day leave, after which
he will take up bis duties as a
weather observer at Donaldson
Air Force Base at Greenville,
S. C.
Deadline Nears
For Farm-tJsed
Gas Tax Refund
The North Carolina Farm Bu
reau reminded farmers this week
to file their federal tax refunds on
farm-used gasoline. The deadline
is October 1.
Farm Bureau Executive Vice
President R. Flake Shaw said
many farmers eligible for this re
fund have not made application
for it.
A charge of three cents in fed
eral tax is made on each gallon of
gasoline. This is the first year that
farmers who use gasoline in farm
machinery have been exempt from
it.
Farmers should file for the re
fund through the office of P. K.
Sanders. Greensboro, director of
internal revenue for the North
Carolina district.
The exemption of non-highway
used gasoline from federal tax
came after extended debates in
Congress over whether to increase
the gasoline tax to finance a new
nationwide highway construction
program.
But the Farm Bureau has for
several years urged exemption for
farmers from the tax, maintaining
that gasoline used on the farm is
a source of production su^|%.
much as is electricity in^^HRg
aluminum or as is dieselfj^H V
other types of manufacture.
The exemption means savings of
$2'2 million annually to North
Carolina farmers. "Since it means
so mueh to the average farmer, re
fund applications should be filed
immediately," said Shaw.
I'se the Want Aas lor results.
36th ANNIVERSARY SALE!
10 BIG DAYS OF SAVINGS SEPTEMBER 13th THROUGH SEPTEMBER 22nd
1-lb. i* ARM BUNDLE
Reg. Pr. 70c - Sale 59c
Hurricane Lantern
Rg. Pr. $2.25-Sale $1.79
Double Bit
BUSH AXE
W JSfS
$4.25 $3.29
I
BROOM l||jjf||
Regular
Price SALE
??? $1.16
GALVANIZED TUBS
Keg- SI.95
NO. 1 SALE $1.69
Krg. $1.10
NO. A SALE 81c
Kr?. 52.25
NO. 2 SALE $1.89
Aluminum
CLOTHES LINE
% r SALE 89c
R.F.D. MAIL BOX
Reg. Price $2.95-Sale $2.49
I'ull Tvpe
CORN KNIFE
Reg. Price 90c ? Sale 73c
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8 in. FILE - Reg. Price 40c Sale 29c
10 in. FILE - Reg. Price 50c Sale 44c
6 in. FILE - Reg. Price 35c Sale 27c
8 Qt. Galv. BUCKET
= SALE 69c
Double Bit AXE HANDLE
Reg. Price 90c Sale 69c
MI - CLEANSER POWDER
Reg. Price $1.80 - Sale $1.49
BARN BROOM
Reg. Price $1.80 - Sale $1.59
25 Ft. Extension
DROP CORD
SALE $1.89
Pa BOW SAW
m *2 85
MATTOCK HANDLES
5 lb. Reg. Price 95c Sale 64c
Octagon Nail
lO! Hammer Handles
? wl Reg. Price 35c
Df MM Sale 29c
SEED SOWERS
Regular ( SALE
I $
$3.85
Contractor's
WHEELBARROWS
Regular SALE
*19.95
ROLL ROOFING 45 LB. SALE $2.19 - - 55 LB. SALE $2.44
? '
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c?v;st hen et5 s,"z"t*e po^-eed milorganite rat?so?
Re*. (Ut Rr*. $1.30 Re*. $3.65 Re*. $1.95 Re*. $2.25 R?K- 53 6a ReR" 8o He*. $1.00
Sale $1.10 Sale $1.15 Sale $5.50 Sale $1.09 Sale $1.99 Slllc S:U0 Sale $2.29 Sa|c 69c
GRASS SEED "EN FEEDER GRUB DUST Tl>EAT M0SS COW MANURE EGG SCALES LAYING MASH
1 Ir "W "* ' WATERER KM ?,5 Lbs" - I" "9
1 Lb. ?9t Re*. $6.30 Re*. 55c Re*. $15.95 L(Di>- 3>?.o9
5 Lbs*? $3.25 Sale $3.99 Sale 49c Sale $13.65 Sa,e $4*5? Sa,e $L69 Sa,e $i-69 25 Lbs??$1.28
I Hec S? 30 I
? FREE DELIVERY ? | egg mash so lbs. sale $2.20 | ? CONVENIENT TERMS *
FARMERS FEDERATION
250 Depot Street ROGER AMMONS. MANAGER gl 6-5361
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