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Watch Sunday JEFF FREDSON told about life in Botswana, Africa, at the Shelton Chamber of Commerce meeting last week. He was a teacher with the Peace Corps there 21/2 years. ne wee Middle School is of activities May 19-23, senior citizens a part of one les of the event is to Spirit and raise senior citizens, the students and to show the school is ml le ool will take place the tennis Field. will be the activities, will be the day on which the senior citizens will visit the school. They will be picked up at the Senior Center at 10:30 a.m. and taken to the school by bus. Each senior citizen will have a student escort who will meet them at the school and then take the guest to one of the student's classes and then to a special lunch which is being prepared by the home economics class. The senior citizens will then grade airplane contest May 19. Tuesday activities include the GAA-DriU Team contest, and a tug-of-war. Wednesday will be the track-baseball contest and the jello contest. Thursday will be the egg contest which will be limited to 12 couples and will be composed of boy-girl couples only. Friday will see the Pep Staff skit, band and choir attend the assembly planned at performances, "the peanut roll, the the conclusion of the a ct!vities , p a n t y h 0 s e c o n t e s t, t h e and will then be returned to the wheelbarrow contest and the Mr. Senior Center by bus. Other activities planned for' the week include the seventh Americ~ cgntest,. " M6st 6f the Friday activities will be at the a~sembly. Shop 9:30-5:30 Friday 'til 8:30 LAY-AWAY 3RD & RAILROAD • le Compare at $30 • Buttersoft polyvinyl choride bonded to cotton • Wipes clean with soap and water • Acetate lining • Sizes S-M-L-XL • White, bone or tan BUY NOW ON LAYAWAY Life in the landlocked, arid African country of Botswana where the main value is'in cattle was described to the Shelton Chamber of Commerce membership meeting by Jeff Fredson last Thursday night. Fredson recently returned after spending 2% years as a biology teacher there with the Peace Corps. Fredson said the country became independent in the 1960s after being a British protectorate for many years. The area is mostly plains and grassland, he said, with sandy soil and very little surface water except during the rainy season when there are some ponds. The country is about the size of Texas and has a population of about 700,006. There are two seasons, the rainy season and the dry season. The main value is in cattle with wealth indicated by the number of cattle owned. Fredson said the village in which he lived had a population which varied from 1,000 to 10,000, depending on the time of year. The life of the people is divided into three separate areas - the village where the homes are located, the farm plots and the cattle stations. Families are frequently separated, he said, with the men at the cattle stations, the women at the farming fields, and the children at home. As a result, he said, the 'children become e in independent at an early age. Villages are located where it is possible to sink wells and find water, Fredson commented. The weather is generally warm and the peoplb spend most of their time outside, going in only to sleep or when it rains. The main crop is sorghum, which is ground and mixed into a kind of mush to form the major food of the people, he said. Fredson said all of the land belongs to the tribe and that when a person needs some land to farm or for cattle grazing or to build a home, he applies to the government council which gives permission if it is not needed by someone else. The person can then use the land as long as they have need for it. When they no longer need it, it reverts back to the tribe. There was no electricity in the village where he was located, and cooking was done on e wood-burning stoves. Water is carried from the community well. There are few cars and the main means of transportation is walking or by donkey or oxen carts. Fredson commented that he had visited South Africa, which joins Botswana, and that he did not like the way of life there and the racial policies. He showed slides to illustrate some of what the country and the people were like. k~ "'Averyspecial kind of store" Shop 9:30-5:30 Friday 'til 8:30 Dept. Store 3RD & RAILROAD LAY-AWAY III I NOW IS THE TIME TO PRICES ARE THE LOWEST OF THE WHILE OUR : ;S;:k:::::i.:: FRESH DAISY PRINTS OR WHITE PERCALE OF KODEL POLYESTER/COTTON Fresh Daisies will add charm and comfort to any bedroom. Luxury No*Iron Wondercale $J )89 Standard casesReg. 3.79 pr. pr. Double .......Reg. 6.79 pr. King cases ..... Reg. 5.49 Twin ......... Reg. 5.49 pr. Queen ........Reg. 9.49 King ........ Reg. 11.99 $8~D-= White percales of Kodel polyester and cotton $, 89 $ Standard cases • Reg. 3.49 ,pr. Double ....... Reg. 5.79 $3s $ King cases ..... Reg. 4.49 pr. Queen ........ 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