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Miss Newbold Tells of Her German Home
Franklin school student Beinette Newbold writes from Timmendorfer Strand on the Baltic coast about a two week German summer stay with her foster sister Ehrengard Kroeger. She notes beach life with strandkorbe, language learning through games with German boys, Kurkonzerte music, radio habits, department store differences in Frankfurt, and typical meals including koffee trinken. She also mentions travels to Frankfurt Bonn Cologne Essen and the Rhine valley and plans to attend school in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
American Field Service
Beinette Newbold
Franklin School
P. L. Newbold
Bever Avenue
Ermany
Timmendorfer Strand
Baltic Sea
Fhrengard Kroeger
Frankfurt
America
Bonn
Cologne
Essen
Rhine
Ehrengard
Germany