Show i I THE TEEN SET 1 0 Letters etters Will Mean Friends By BETTY BETZ s Brenda and I started writing to each other about two years ago explained year old Margaret Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet McConnell who lives in Eureka Cal Brenda Hill of Kent England added the finishing finishing fin fin- touches when hen she said and it seems as if weve we've known each other all our lives Margaret got Brenda's name from a teachers teacher's pen pal list and th the letter writing started imme imme- The two girls exchanged photographs souvenirs and in interesting interesting interesting in- in letters for two solid years Then one day last spring while the McConnells were seated at the dinner table Margaret Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet was as babbling the latest news from Brenda Gee I hope I can meet Brenda in person sometime she said wistfully as she folded her most recent letter and carefully carefully care care- fully put it back in the envelope Well Nell then lets let's invite Brenda to visit the U USA S A this summer said Mr tr McConnell who's a right nice and friendly sort of man So that's how little red haired freckle faced Brenda Hill ill wound up flying across the Atlantic ocean several months later and you may be sure there were two very happy girls meeting each other for the first time at LaGuardia airport The McConnell family took Brenda Brenda Bren- Bren da under tinder their wing and off they went on a coast to trip stopping off at Chicago Yosemite Yosemite Yo Yo- semite and Hollywood en route to Eureka There the two girls spent a typically hilarious American American American Amer Amer- ican vacation and Brenda even got a week two dose of our real outdoor life at a Campfire Girl camp I met the whole McConnell family and Brenda in New York just a few days before the little English pen pals pal's trip back home When I asked what impressed impressed im im- im pressed her most about our country she couldn't have been more enthusiastic about everything every every- thing I dont don't really know which I like best of all the tall buildings buildings buildings build build- ings of New York City or the giant redwood trees in Califor Califor- nia Then I like your chocolate sodas too Next year Margaret will fly to England to visit Brenda hat What a generous dad that Mr Connell is |