September Thursday 28, 1961 os Dehn oe HOT DOGS AND WINTERTIME — DENTS FORBIGN EXCHANGE STU ein REERA { S. Snow and winter sports in the offing, a chance for young people to earn money, good : : Ee FRITZ but different, SMOLA foods, languages and customs that are unfamiliar. | These are just a few of the of pressions five young foreign ex-) &. ' change students have of Utah since _ they arrived about a month ago to - attend school. t _ The quintet includes shy and| quiet Chou Counarath of Vientiane, | | Laos; Frederich (Fritz) Smola, a/| good natured, intelligent youth| from Charinthia, Austria. Gabriela (Gaby) Frias and Su-| sana Espinoso, 16-year-old darkhaired senoritas from Latin America; and Ibraham Kiris, some youth from Turkey. a hand- Chou is a senior at Ogden High School George and lives with the H. Lowe family at Baker. His Dr.) 3422 } parents, Thit Moune and Sao Mo, live on a farm with 10 other children, © BUILT ON STILTS — The house is on stilts, which is the custom in Laos. For the past two years Chou has worked in a bank in Vientiane, where he exchanged foreign money into Loatian currency for travelers. _ He speaks English, French,.Lao- tian, Thai: and Vietnamese and plans to be in the diplomatic serv- | ‘iceof his country. _ He loves American hot dogs and is intrigued with salt shakers—in Laos the food is seasoned with a} salt water, Chou is sponsored ‘by | the. Kiwanis Club. are GABRIELA "Gabby"! 7 - . “Fritz”, Smola is staying with. the | Harold Dixon family at 1465 Cross and attends Ben Lomond High} School. His sponsors are Mr. and an Nee ROR Armstrong. He is an) SIGHTSEEING on a downtown Ogden street are five: fo “An excellent swimmer and skiier,| Gabriela Frias, Chile; Susana Espinosa, Argentina; Ibriha he attended a boarding school for} Counarath, Laos, and Frederich Smola, Austria (left to the past eight years, studying in|. ; : ; : : J . Me ns city of Santiago, Chile, a city of; She studied 13 subjects at home |to iiclasses. He dunks, he: will be an! vie than two million people. Her and speaks French, Latin, Spanish Wert ~fac- and Rie .. yp Sla ck ut father owns a nylon. gm Orato” calls tory and her : a nglish, but can carry.on a con _{worker. Be ther, _ She rie : ’ Mai Fuh alan eae Ra ci. st English. mother. is a ‘social. writing, has a reading, Her Santiago she. studied 14 sub- while she is here. (jects and her hobbies hobbies music, are swimming ~ 12-year-old ear-ol ap and tennis. She has never seen| | “show, and hopes to learn to ski are swim-; §uysana says her _ ie people eat lots’ ics, He loves American grain cereals ming and knitting. She brought ail meat “at Mbcrens do and ‘ae but thinks it’s a waste of money hand knit sweaters for every mem- gi fruits and vegetables are fresh. ‘daily. She is surprised: at the great, to buy soft drinks because, they ber of the Read family. are “mostly ice here.” He also | Gabriela has never seen snow, variety of canned fruits and vege-, ; loves warm and hot milk—a tradi- ‘and it was spring in Chile when tables in supermarkets here. tion in his country. _ | His mother cares for the family home and he doesn’t know where his father is. He did not come back from the war. For the past two | summers he has been a guide for; OBARD She left home. She loves American; Susana lives with the Lynn A. |, ice cream: and says her country-| Richardson family at 1322 30th, |men have four meals a day, at!and her sponsors are the Ogden |8 a.m., 1 p.m. 4 and again at 8 _ Rotary Club members. p.m. Ibrahim Kiris lives in Roy with She plans to enter the University the Dr. C. L: Pennington family at German tourists visiting his native | of Chile but doesn’t know yet just 5540 S. 2200 W. stateof Charinthia. what her major will be. His father, Huseyin Kiris, is a Gabriela_attends Ben Lomond; A senior at Ogden High School, policeman in Kutahya, and _ his _ High School, lives with the Keith Susana comes from Tucuman, Ar- mother tends the home and two Read family at 967 Liberty, and |gentina, where it is also spring. sisters, Gonul and Sevil. is sponsored by the Marquardt Her late father, Luis Espinosa, was | He loves sports and plays the _ Corp. and aided with private do-'a doctor; her mother is a dentist. Mandolin. He understands English Nations. ; eas eau, Susana has a sister who teaches ‘quite well. He has studied it for _Her full name is Gabriela Obiad school and a 12-year-old brother. five years. Frias; her father is Cesar Obiad She has been attending a normal’ When he graduates from high Muzi and her mother, Maria Frias school for teachers even though school he hopes to become an. De Obiad, which is the custom of she is only 16. When she gets-her engineer. He is a senior student certificate she can begin teaching | at Weber High School. ame giving in her. country. FRIAS |