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Show r 1 ' I .A- ma Jtch Culturm 1 LDS Envoy Tells of , Czech Stay By George ftoreasra . MIDVALE, Sept. IS Edith Jensen. Midvale, one of the first two women missionaries sent into Czechoslovakia by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, i told of her experiences during a two-year atay In that country to members of the Midvale Kiwajlie club Monday night. The Czecha have a rich culture and their educational system la very good, being similar to ours. Miss Jensen, a schoolteacher, said. Children start to school about the same age as they do here and j continue through high school. School buildings are well constructed con-structed and there la no ahortage of space aa in many districts in this country. The "new look" in clothes Is penetrating that country with the women conscious of It and they are remodeling and repairing their clothes to meet the new styles. T was caught Short-myselT when I returned home, and had to get several new dresses to replace re-place the onea I couldn't lengthen to meet the new look," aha reported. re-ported. The climate of Czechoslovakia Kdlth Jeaeea . . . Told ef ber experiences in Cxechoalovakla. is much the same as ours, she said. "But I waa glad to be over there last winter after reading of , the snow and bad weather you had here," she said. "The weather waa very mild over there," aha added. Misa Jensen arrived in Czechoslovakia Czecho-slovakia on Aug. 7, 1M7, and left there last July. Bingham central school In the Jordan school district. Her companion on the church mission waa Anna Laura Woodland, Wood-land, Logan. |