The Sidney herald., 1963-05-01

N Union Territory correspond
ing to the District of Colum-
bia in the US. They visited
in and near Meerut, Lucknow,
Bananas and Agra in Uttar
in Gwalior, Zebra,
and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh;
Nagpur, Bombay and Bassein
in Maharashtra; Madras, Chin
gleput and Arthur in Madras
state; Ahmedabad, Nadiad, Nav
again, Anand and Naydka in
Gujarat; Jaipur and vacinity in
Rajasthan and Chandigarh,
Patiala, Navig, KakrolaS Nabha,
Nangal and the Bhakra Dam
in Punjab.
They spent their last three
days in Delhi for evaluation and
preparing to fly home. The
Farmers Forum had a special
farewell dinner honoring the
American farmers Saturday
night following an evaluation
meeting with the officers of
that organization. The women
of the group all attended both
functions in Indian dress-saries
and Punjab dress. Sunday
morning the group in the same
Indian dress had an audience
with Prime Minister Nehru in
his official office.
Mrs. Lassey was especially
pleased to be able to meet rela-
tives of some of the young men
of India attending college in
Bozeman who have visited in
Cartwright. In Bombay she met
the mother and other relatives
of Navin Vyas, who lived with
the Raymond Oakland family
of Cartwright during the spring
vacation 1861 and who is now
attending the University at
Grand Forks. She visited in
their home which is near the
mansion of the Governor of
Maharashtra, Nehru's sister
Madam Pandit, whom she had
visited earlier in the day.
Mrs. Lassey also visited in
Bombay at the home of one OF
Prady RaolS brothers. Prady
Raol had spent his spring Vaca-
ton, 1862, at the Frank LaSsey
home. Prady's older brother
who is a Captain in the All
Force, flew on two different
occasions to Delhi to visit be-
fore the delegation departed.
]. MADAM NOLAN Reddy Of
| Secunderabad in Andhra Prad-
esh, brother of J. Bril- Reddy
who had spent Christmas vaca-
ton 1861 at the Lasseys anC
Christmas, 1862, at Jay La
londes in Sidney, travelled one
thousand miles from his home
to New Delhi to visit Mrs. Las.
sey. He arrived on Saturday
and stayed over until her de.
parture, furnishing garlands a.
part of a farewell ceremony
for the delegation when parting
at the airport Wednesday NOR
ming at 2:15 am.
Mrs. Lassey says, TT was
very interesting, enjoyable anC
educational tour of a countr.
of which we have had man.
misconceptions. Many thank,
go to the Farmers and Work.
Affairs for making it possible
for people from our country t.
go to India to help promot
peace through mutual under
standing both here and abroad
Due to the close cooperation
of Farmers and World Affair
and the farm organization o
India, the Farmers Forum,
is possible for a farm delega
ton, in a short time, due t
good planning and excellen
execution of that plan, to Sc
much of India, in variety, tina
it would be impossible to Sc
ON an ordinary tour give
twice the time. We, being com
mon farm people, felt we wer
received on an equal basis wit
no awkward getting acquainte
as is sometimes present whei
dignataries visit village com
munities. Everywhere we wen
there were experts in thei
line to conduct the specis
tours.
The Farmers Forum was abl
to open doors for us to Wis.
and e that which would hav
been impossible without prope
planning and timing. Their
was no waste of time in tn
tours nor in moving from on
place to another which please
the delegation as India is
large country and we we1
hungry to learn all we pc:
sibly could in the few shol
weeks we were there.
Much credit for the succe!
of the fourth Farmers an
World Affairs tour of farmer
to India is due to the work
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Deshpand,
R. V. Robinson, and S. N. Ra
of the Farmers Forum stat
K. N. Kapoor, who did an e,
ceIlent piece of work in plar
ming our transportation an
MIR. Davis of Louisiana head
the Agriculture Department
the American Embassy in II
Ola, who was a great help