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The Liberty Vindicator from Liberty, Texas • Page 7

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New Resident Liv Marie Saetherj The LIBERTY VINDICATOR Distressed by High Temperatures Liberty, Texas, Thursday, August 16, 1962 SECTION While Tonptime Liberty residents c'liniplain about the Hizzliiig temijeratures and say they can't reineniher hotter weather, a conier the exi)ected it to be hotter here. Liv Marie Saether, the 18- year-oI(i girl from Hiri, Norway, who will be a in Liberty liiiih School this year, may be the only i)eison living hf-re who about the heat wave. TWO DAYS AFTER her ar- the winsome blonde girl who is accustomed to bitter cold winiers and cooi summers said in her delightfully accented English, not nearly as hot as 1 bad That afternoon the mercury rose to degrees. Liv is making her Liberty home with Mr. and Mrs.

Walter Florence. She arrived at the Houston InterTia.tional morning about where she was grtoted by her host family and a small group of others have been vitalb in an ex- istudent here. I I Welcomed into the Florence fumily immediately, I.iv Marie and l4-year-old become fast friends and immediately started exchanging about their schools and Hornet Stadium Gets Modern Electric Scoreboard for TIARDIN A Jiftw electric score board clock at the Hardin football stadium kads the list of several improvements nia(ie to the school facilities prior; to begii.ning of on Sep-, tember 1. The new score board clock has! been donated to the foot Da 11 field by First State Bank of Liberty. The fixture was needed badly according to Superintendent iJ.

M. Hrice. IT WILL SHOW the game's most important data, including score, yard.s to go and game timt remaining, all in lights. The football field will also have additional lights installed the Hf)rnets open their sea son on September 7 against New y. An additioiial liuht will bo in- on each pole, giving OtMJ more t(j the lighting sy.stem.

Consideration will also be given to enlarging the seating in a three-way discussion be- Gjovik has an Indoor swimming! tween the girls and a reporter, rool and each student swims onej the subject turned to music. hour each week the year saw them doing the twist students attend school' our boat," Liv said. Judy asked weeks each year, and classes: if they rock roll music in are in session six days each week. I A typical class load is about ieight subjects, such as Liv Mane out IhiTH. n.ucll noise," she replied.

During her first day in 1 ty, the charming girl who will study here lor one jear and then return to Norway, saw a drive-in movie theatre for the first time, was served a soft drink in an automobile by a curb-service wail- le.ss and most exciting of all. tasted a watermelon. She an oft-spoken term to describe her firs't impression of Libeity. America and her new home with the Florence wonderful." ()m? of the first (ilaces she isited was the high school, where she will learn as much aiiout Americ.iii culture as possible in the next nine months. In Norway she attended a school vvith about students.

finishes her one-year here. Then she hopes to study philosophy at the University of Oslo. She must study six years in college before becoming a (teacher). There is another sister and one brother in Saeth('r family. The 22-yeai-old brother, has cn.mpleted his jiiilitary ser-.

vice and is now atumding high I school. He hopes to be a r.lso like hib younger sister. Kbira Saether, 20-ycar-old sister of Liv Marie, plans to become a nurse and will begin nurses school s(X)n. Mr. Saether is a farmer, growing cattle, hogs, bees, horses and various jiets, which his yoiingestj daughter adores.

He is also an advisor to orchanl owners threugh- out the area around IJiri. performing a service very similar to ithat work done by the county agent in American rural gone UUli She siudied tJerman, French, jKnglish, mntV, hicstory. European history and two Nor- vvegian languages. She said she was accustonieil to doing four to five hours home- iwork each night. Her school activities in Gjovik included participation in a "(juestiou I This group was regularly li i dressed by persons from political I circles or those learned in jihilo sophy.

The club is composed of stu- ('ents in the last three grades of high school and they (piestion the speakers, hence the club'f-; name. LIV MARIE hopes to be a a- I her she returns to Norway. She still has one full year I of high school ahead of her after IN NORWAY, the boys play a gsme similar to American ball, but Liv Marie said such contests are referred to as "f(X)t-i ball instead of football games. The school she a.tt<‘nded in Rain Relieves Heat Plaguing Liberty Area Libert vites wdio for rain t(' relieve hav( the hea.t Mr. Thoma.s Warri'ii Fort I Worth will be the visiting evan- prajed for a series of meetings at the ('hurch of humidiiv of the past few weeks Fannin, l.iberty, August receiywl it varying aegr-es regular Lord's Hay schedule last Ihursday wuen a treak servire.s is planned and week- Ibunder storm hit tlu city.

Mr. T. K. Lewis, olficial weatherman for the Liberty area, re- 1 )( rted inches of rain and winds to 55 miles per hour, Mr. Lewis predicted some relief from the heat but not nuudi.

The storm caused only slight damage, tuost of it being attributed to falling limbs and trees and lightning. jday meetings are slated fur p.m. Mr. arrm, wh.o served as minister of the Liberty from 18 until January. has been ininistiT for the nine years of the ('hurch of in Fort Worth Since leaving Libtrty, Mr.

War ren has completed his of Arts degrees in religion and jihilosphy. He prestntly working toward a dO( In addition to his ministerial and personal academic work, ren served for over two as head of the Bible department and area. Existing seats will be repaired, and if at all pohsible, additional seats will be installed so that everyone can obtain a seat for eac-h game, according to the superintendent, ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT that will be completed school oi)ens will be a new' road i behind the school building, making it possible for all buses to load and unload at the rear; of the sclux'l building. only will this road promote safety, but it will also luevf nt the children from getting wet while loauins; and unloading, during rainy weather. school' l)lans to build a caiu)py over each Mr.

Brice said, pracuce began Monday morning and football practice gins next Monday morning. First graders will register and high school studt nts on An gust lift and r.U, A general meeting will be at 7 a.m. in the school cafeteria where breakfast be COOLER DAYS Liv Marie Saether, left, is shown with a school friend Ellen Roterud, in deep snow in Gjovik, Norway. This photograph was made late in the spring, and Liv Marie said it was unusually warm She said she had been told so much about the hot weather in Texas that she was expecting it to be even hotter than the 100 degree readings that have l)een common here for the past several weeks. tember Marie will start HE IS ALSO a dairyman and many new thinirs about says the Norwegian i this nation and its educational people drink a great deal ot milk, and throughout the and that cheese is one of the nicnths.

she will serve most important items in the diet. Mrs. Saether is a housewife kind ul Norwegian amnas- with a full schedule of outside sador Tnen wlnui her stay here attivitits including membership cuds, she will rt'turn to Norwav in an Knglish club where the members discuss Lnglish books i they have read and try to im- American ambassador. prove their English speaking! Many of the things she 'during her first few davs I am forward to school, will be told and retold to life- H-I) Hand Schedules Husy Practice Slate IH'LL HAISETTA The Hull Haisetta band has set practice rehearsals (iay, and Friday mornings from to 11 a.m., on iind Thursday fijui until 8 p.m. Culf States Utilities Company ieport(Hl tha.t their (U'ews luid finished repairs by Thursday night.

South Liberty Oiltield had no i)ower for around 4 lumrs was the longest p'resident of Fort Worth Chris- any one art a. Cost of damage tian College. was estimated at vVarren is married to the City Light and Bower also re-, former Fay Brauer and they have ported approximalelv three children. Karen. Jan and worth of damage.

Two primary; aged 17, and 12 res- circuits on the Cedar Loop were completely incaiiacitated. and had to be rebuilt. However, the crews had finished their re pairs by 8 Tliursday night.i Southwestern Bell Company reported only scattered damage. Telephone service was not isolated from any area because the cables are under air pressure. Two alarms attributed to the storm according to the Liberty Fire Hf partment.

One, a light pole fire on Beaumont Avenue, started when lightning THOMAS B. WARREN Mr. Billy Simmons of the South Park Church of in mont will charge of the congregational singing during the met tings. 105 YEARS OLD John S. Brown Home Gets Historical Group Medallion and meeting the stuilents and Liv Marie says.

She is photograi)hy eiithusiahi and would iike to work on the high sc I I bcok. WHEN SCHOOL opens on St'P' saw here classmates and friends in the big air-conditioned cars. Hie drive-ill thca.tre, die curb and of coiiist the termelon. The band can be seen march- in.g evt'ry V. ednt'sday, and Friday mornings in front of the sc'hool on the practice field, E'.

invited to witih tin I band drill. Later the band takt a break and comes bat to a playing rehearsal in tlu' band liali. HEVEllS The in5-year-oId S. Brown Ht)ine near De- vf IS has beiMi awarded Texas Historical Building ac- hit th(' pole. The liigh intis i cording to Rantiall.

tangb'tl on Hr, A. L. of Cialveslon. ol the garage causing the Texas State Historical alarm. Howt ver, ihtre wa.s no Committee.

tlamagc! to garage. home was ert'cted in The badly needetl rain was the All wtuk was tloiK' by hand and first in the month of niaterials were from last Thurstlay's rain, the bile. Ala Brown was a mt'inber last rain was on L'7 wlu'ii wejol Speights Brigade in ihe Civil reeeivetl The rain total the nmnth of was 3.79. This is btdt)w nt)rmal. Lewis that the Trinity River has leveled off iiud ill continue to fall.

culturally important to the his- of the statt'. 'Phis avvard L'iven by tin state tlirouuh the le.xas Slate Historical Stirvey tii'signates a house w'orthy of preservatn)u for the history 1 e.vas. Sirue the program was inaugurated in March of tbit? over 175 have been aw'artl- ed ovwr the liecent awards have gone for buihling.s in and two structures in County. The best seat be unfastened in with tile flip of fingt'r bt'li c.ui tiling you thitauh a terrifie crash witiiont beinu; knocked senst 'I hen yt)U flip ami u.ilk away. THE HOME IS liKated one-half mile the Highway.

It has two rtxims in the! front i)f th(' and tw'o in 'he rear which are anti re UFetl for I'hildrt'i has belts ttjilay can, file single room which was a split s'ecomr a s( I oolrt'oni for neigh- families. Schot)l leathers hired bv Brown faipil.N. Historical Builtiing dallntns are awardetl strneturew that are historically, architt turally ami Ctd. John Stnpp of the Air Aero-Mcdical Field tt)ry. made a crash from miles per htmr to zero in I sectmds and livetl to toll the tale.

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