Octorara Area High School - Venture Yearbook (Atglen, PA)

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Jfwwv' 1 Sdcww an Doris Hutzl er Spock Zdcbz Herman Williams lgddtdbl Miss Kathleen Ake .ldnmg Carol Baldwin Grace Bowermaster Rodger Davis Franklin Gunn Patricia Hess Doris Hutzler Linda Jackson Mildred Mast Sandra Wiker 79 Rose Phillips, Chairman Marge Atkin Cathy Gilbert Patricia Hess Doris Hutzler Jill Jackson Ruthann Keck Patricia Ross

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we an 7l!4Zq Jerry Shaw was xndeed fortunate rn belng chosen as one of the one hun dred and forty mne Amerlcan students to study abroad this year under the HUSPICCS ofthe Amerlcan Fxeld Servrce exchange program On June 20 Jerry recerved not1f1ca t1on that he would be travelxng to Italy to spend frve months as a representatlve from Octorara From that t1me untrl August 26 hrs departure date, there was much to be done rn language prepara t1on and medxcal exammatlons Jerry was tutored ln the Italxan language by Julxan Z1nzarella of Coatesvrlle On Tuesday afternoon, August 25, Jerry and hrs famlly arr1ved at the Queen's Hotel rn Montreal, Canada, the Q gatherrng pomt of all the AFS students A4 The afternoon was fxlledwxth gettlng ac lng new frxends After fond farewells to famlly and frxends, the students were Sligigiitjjgggrlgegotgge Srgcgngle 531 SEX? Jerry Wlf.l'l hrs Itahan famlly ln front of the apartment where they llved Next mormng at 4 55 A M the boat saxled from Montreal The tnp from Montreal to Rotterdam, Holland took mne days Every mormng on board the students were mn structed 1n the language of the country to wh1ch they were golng Those en route to Italy also had lessons ln the hrstory culture, and economxcs of the country The students and the other passengers aboard enjoyed danclng part1es and other socral act1v1t1es ln the evemngs On September 2, the boat docked at Southampton, England and LeHavre, France Two days later Jerry arrlved at Rotterdam, Holland After a brzef tour of the c1ty he left by tram for Turrn Italy The twoweelcfollowmg were spent ln tourlng the VBIIOUS lndustrles, and places of mterest rn Northern Italy On September 16, the entire group of Amencan students ID Italy returned to M1lan where they were greeted by the1r host fam: l1es w1th whom they would be spendxng the next flve months Jerry's famlly was an average ltahan famlly of four Hxs father had hrs own buslness and was a wholesale grocery salesman l-hs mother was a housewlfe and a secretary for hrs father He also had a brother of frfteen who was rn most of hrs classes at school, and a srster s1x years old Jerry started school m October at the SC19Dt1f1C Lyceum, m Monza Hls courses included geometry, bxology physrcs, Latm, and ancrent h1story During Chrlstmas vacatlon, Jerry, two other Amen ?C?rl1sljctIiiC:i,l:tS, and an Itahan student traveled to Venlce Jerry Poses on the balcony wlth MI and Mrs Luciano The Italran government was so enthused and 1m Mann' Augusto, and Luna pressed w1th the AFS program that they arranged for the students to take a s1x day tour rn January The students left the1r ltallan famlhes and traveled to Rome whxch was the flrst stop on the1r tour Dur1ng the three days spent rn Rome, Jerry v1s1ted many Roman rulns, Itallan government bu1ld1ngs, and the Vatxcan, where the students had a pnvate audrence w1th the Pope From here they went to Florence the cultural center of Italy, and Reggro Em111a, the last stop on the1r tour On January 14 Jerry left Mrlan by tram for Brussels Bel g1um, where he met the students from the other European countrles He boarded the SS SEVEN SEAS rn Zeebrugge Belgrum, where he met John Glbson our other exchange student At 7 00 A M on January 25 Jerry saw perhaps the most 1nsp1r1ng s1ght of all, the statue of Lmberty rn the New York harbor After f1ve months abroad he was home agarn to share w1th us hrs expenences and rmpressxons of Italy. 17 4 o . I ' 'fc 1 ' . Q 0 I 1 s 7 , ' , rf, . . K ' ' . -V f- ' -t : '75-Y 'A - ,. Q ilu . . . 7 , V ,, , . 9' - - - , , ,.,f' '- . ,A quaintedvvith the other students and mak- Q A ,I 'MJ ' ' ' K. - - , ' , ef-,xg ' ' - 1 ' Y ' ' A- ' 1 . ., , . , . . , . . ' I Y : . l 1 ' X ' 9 : . . , .

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Z f Q, ...-gr-.N SW! at Frankhn Gunn, Chalrrnan Luclo Valente Susan Watterson, Chalrman Robert Tmdall 'wir Boyd C Gartley Sala Alberta Mann, Manager Becky Walraven, Manager Ruthann Keck J111 Jackson Dor1s Hutzler Harold Ban, Chaxrman Marge Atkln Ruthann Keck D1Ck Brown Alberta Mann Patncxa Hess Patr1c1a Ross Joan Hutchmson Becky Walraven Doris Hutzler Sandra W1ker Betty Johnson Herman W1111ams 'igpau Shelby Parsons Carol Baldwm Rose Lepore Rose Ph1111ps Charlotte Witmer Doris Hutzler Herman Williams Susan Watterson Joan Hutchinson