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Show Peace Corps in Brazil described at club meet Dorothy Whiting r e cently home from service with the Peace Corps in Brazil, gave an interesting talk on her experiences, exper-iences, at the Home Culture Club meeting Friday afternoon of last week, at the home of Mrs Neil Whiting. Mrs. Martin Mar-tin Conover, club president, was in charge. Miss Whiting, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Quinn Whiting of Price, is a teacher in Granite School District. She showed slides of homes and other buildings build-ings in Brazil and also exhibited exhib-ited souvenirs. She described her schooling at the University in Michigan, preparatory to serving, stating that one of the main purposes of the Peace Corps personnell in Brazil, is to improve cultural standards and to assist the underprivileged. un-derprivileged. In the evening, Miss Whiting taught English. Peace Corps workers are paid a very small wage, she reported, report-ed, minus income tax, and $1800 is paid to them after they complete a 2-year's stay. Often workers are unable to cope with sanitation standards and become ill, she noted. Mrs. Harrison Conover reported re-ported on the club's beautifica-tion beautifica-tion project and the club decided de-cided to plant ivy on Hobble Creek banks in the area of the Lincoln School and Main Street when weather permits. The meeting closed with lunch served by the hostess to members and guests, the latter, lat-ter, including Mrs. E. V. Crandall, Mrs. Lamar Crandall, Mrs. Rue! Crandall, Mrs. Mar-cellus Mar-cellus Nielson of Spanish Fork, Mrs. Allan Pennington, Mrs. Jess Warren, Lynette Whiting. Next meeting will be Jan. 20, at the home of Mrs. Martin Conover, with Dave Bigler to talk on early settlers. |