Milford chronicle., 1953-09-18
GEORGETOWN

Miss Susan Jennifer Spence,
young English student of Cheam-
Surry, England, who has been the
guest of the GeOrge -MillsborO
Rotary Club this summer, spoke to
members of the club in Indian Riv-
er Yacht Club recently. Miss
Spence will leave for New York
on September Is, and will leave
there by plane for London, on Sun
day, September 21. In her talk to
the ROtarians, she expressed her
appreciation for the fine hospital
ity and the efforts made to give
her, in a limited time, a good pic
ture of the American way of life,
its government and history. Some
OF the high spots named by Miss
Spence included visits to the Della
ware Legislature and historical
spots in Delaware; a visit to the
nations capitol in Washington, D.
c., where she toured the most in
teresting historical sites; a visit to
Williamsburg, Va; a trip over the
Sky Line Drive; a baseball game
between the Phillies and New York
Giants in Philadelphia, and a tour
of the Federal Reserve Bank in
Philadelphia; her first experience
sleeping in a motel; attending
drive-in movies (of which there
are none in England) and visits to
the seashore cities in the area.
Tho Wn11no
economics and specializing in gov
ernment at the University of Lon
don. In her talk she compared the
schools of this country with those
of England; sketched briefly the
normal living conditions there. In
connection with food she stated that
the average English family does
not have a refrigerator since the
climate is cool enough to do away
with necessity for one. The ra-
tlOning of some foods, especially
butter, and some other items. most
OF which are used before refrig-
Grafton becomes necessary, was
mentioned as a contributing fac
tor to lack of need for refrigera-
tiOn.s She stated that the diet in
England was ample to keep the
people in good health. even
though it is not as varied as in
America
The speaker also compared
transportation of the two cOun- |
tries and observed that the spaces
in America demand the use of
automobiles for fast transpOrta-
ton in order to cover distances.
and pointed out the differences in |
speed limits. In England. accord /
ing TO the speaker, a 30 M. y. h. |
speed limit is enforced i'm all built |
up areas and in most other sec
tions it is impossible to ton As
m. p. h. She pointed out that SO
million people lived i'm a small
space as compared to America and
the highways are winding. with
numerous hills. She stated she had
been impressed by the prepara-
tiOns here for enemy attack: such
as closing of roads and locations
Of afraid shelters. She called
attention to the fact that England \
has been under attack in two wars
in the present century and said
hat in the last war. at least 90
per cent of the homes i'm her own
were either DESTROYED
Dr. badly damaged. Commenting on
he criticism Of England with ref
'renCe to contribution of trOOps
or the Korean War, Miss Spence
pointed out that the Korean War
Jared up at time when we had
barely recovered from the war of
939 to 1945; and when we were
very heavily committed in Malaya.
mere the Communist threat is very
real and we cannot afford to let
them gain prestige or territory. |
Jungle warfare is one of the hard
est kinds, as you never know
where the enemy is and we also 4
have had to keep troops in many
other parts of the world. includ-
ing Europe and the Suez Canal
Zone"
Among other things discussed bv
the speaker was the method of I
heating homes in England as COM
pared to America and an explana-
ton of how TV operates in Eng
land, where it is owned and oper-
Grated by the British Broadcasting 4
System; has no commercial adver
tlSlng but does have a license fee
of $500. The BIC is not govern
ment controlled, it was pointed out,
but is operated by a director and
board Of governors who are not
appointed. She also de-
scribed other means of entertain
ment enjoyed by Britains, and de-
scribed quite extensively the col
lege life in England.
Last week, on the alternating
host and hostess plan of enter
tanning, Miss Spence was the guest |.
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry G. Graves. 1
who took her on several sight-see- L