Show St James Church Fetes Jensen Girl First Grade cr in Lima Peru i Miss LuRae Dudley of oC Jen sen was the guest of honor at ata ata a New Years Year's Eve celebration held Sunday at Saint James Catholic Church 1st North and 1st West The party mar Icing the holiday season is en an annual affair nt at the local church Miss Dudley a graduate of Uintah School teaches the first grade In Saint Rose School Lima Peru She Is at present visiting with her par par- parents A DeMar and Mada Dudley of Jensen after a three year ear absence from home January and February are the tho school vacation months In South America THE LOCAL GIRLS GIRL'S teach teach- teaching h ing assignment in Peru Is the result of an appeal made by Pope John lust last year ear to the Catholics of the world The head of the Catholic Church Churchin in a special message pointed to the lark of trained per among the Catholic people of South America and I asked for people of other na on- on to come to the aid of the Church In Latin American countries LaRae already teaching in an American school in Colombia was one of the first to volunteer She teaches without pay In Inthe inthe the first parochial school established In the whole of I Peru Her support Is provided by the members of Saint I James Parish who have pledged to care for her up I Ik k keep p as long as she Is teaching In Lima II MISS DUDLEY In a talk which she gave to the guests at the party thanked the Catholic people of Vernal for forthe forthe the support they have given her since she went to Peru and described the terrible poverty and misery under which most of the Peruvians live Even the middle class people among whom she works are very poor ac accord ord ing to American standards The young teacher ed the Catholic parish staffed entirely by Americans and the school where she teaches According to her testimony school authorities have no dlf difficulty enrolling students be- be because because cause English Is taught In Inmany inmany many of the classes MIss Dud Dud- Dudley ley with a first grade class teaches entirely in English Parents are very anxious to have their children learn Eng lish because a higher education tion In Peru Pent is an impossibility ity without a good back back- background background ground In English When Miss 1 Dudl Dudley took her Assignment at Saint R Rose School she re- re placed a Catholic nun who now teaches religion classes In ten public schools In lima THE NEW YEARS YEAR'S party which featured Miss Dudley began with a potluck supper which was under the direction I of Mrs 1 Marketa Cooper The master of ceremonies for the program was Francis Lenox The school children trained b by the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement presented two Christmas plays as part of the program Mrs Francis Lenox oC accompanied the child child- children children ren at the piano during the tho carol enrol singing |