The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-06-18
Seen and Heard
French Girl Becomes y. S. Mother,
Settles DOlUn To Life In FarmUille
BY JACKIE WALL

passage OF seven years, she is
slowly becoming Americanized
That's where the car comes IN
For over six years, she walked
everywhere she went, in man
ner Of speaking, true to the ha-
bits Of predominantly pedestrian
Europe Coming under the in
fluence Of this machine minded
country long enough, she too is
becoming a little mechanical. Re-
] sult-a car But its not an Amer
lean Chevrolet or Ford, or Ply
mouth it's German. foreign, and
/ Just right for someone like Mrs
/ Rothe who still clingS to some
European elements in her Amer
4 lean life.
For instance, her oldest son,
Patrick is over in France with
his grandparents for several
months. because Mrs. Rothe
wants the little fiveyear old to
learn her native tongue. to be-
come familiar with her family, to
be acquainted with the same
places and the same things she
/ knew when She was his age.
4 She still gets homesick. Il have
been completely sick. but l am
getting over it now, though l still
NOPE little some times"
Although she has a grand com
mand of the English language,
occasionally she finds herself at a
/ loss for a word. and can only
think Of a French counterpart
And sometimes she gives an Eng
lish word a French intonation
like dependent with the accent
on the first syllable and not on
the second.
And she loves French food
American Life
On the other hand. she has en-
tered American life with a desire
to fulfill every opportunity. She
wishes to increase her education.
although she is her own right an
avid reader and a lover Of CLASH
cal music.
She now has year and half
to complete at Longwood College,
summer and winter before she re-
ceives a degree in Library Science.
She first entered several years
ago when her husband was sent
to Farmville as a Boy Scout field
executive Her work landed her
on the deans list. Having lust
completed another semester on
her second attempt the Rothes
moved to South Boston for two
years when he took a job as
area manager for the telephone
company. and moved back here
when he decided to join Motley
| Hardware Co. she has achieved
straight AS in five subjects. (This
last she will not tell a soul. bu:
her proud husband is not SO mod
est about his wife's accomplish
ment1
First Impressions
Several of her first impressions
about America she has found have
softened. She no longer oelisves
that everyone must be a million
aire Just because they own huge
cars"
The similarity Of clothing that
surprised her at first startles her
no longer. especially since she toe
buys from the same racks as all
the other women
She is becoming accustomed tc
the informality between students
and professors which shocked nel
once. but which she is gradually
acquiring herself.
The completely Of life in tht
United States she still finds be
wildering sometimes. Her life il
France revolved around her fam.
T. ily, 1t provided recreation, educa
ton. love. and relaxation to all it.
| members. There we're theatre.
and movies but no television. NJ
+, organizations or very few, M
rushing from one place to an
! ether A typical Sunday diversion
! was bicycle trip for the famil,
S with picnic basket.
Il realize there are SO man,
{ Little things to enjoy, Sometime