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o MEDKORD MAIL TltlHl.Vf, MlBWrtWI. MXCaSW 'Open-House7 Plan Being Carried Out For Visitors Aboard THURSDAY. OCTORUR 21. 1963 rmiwuMr1!'' swZahHSgMi C 3 FINISH PAVING Workman with a heavy roller is shown put ting the finishing touches on campground paving project at Dia mond Lake. The largest in the Pacific Northwest region of the Forest Service, Diamond Lake campground receives heavy sum mer use. (Forest Service Photo) Paving Project on Diamond Lake Roads Nearing Completion By MURRAY J. BROWN United Tress International NEW YORK (UPI) - Thou sands of Europeans voluntarily open the doors of their home's to American visitors in the in terests of better understanding and friendship between peoples of different nationalities. These are "average" working, business ana professional c'.nss citizens Uking part in sm-'n good-will pio:;ran.s ?s "Meet the Danes." 'Don't Miss t h e Swiss." and "Get in Touch with the Dutch " Through these programs spon sored by national and locjl tourist associations in various countries, American t-M'-ists can make arrangements to spend a . tew srxiaole hours with a Ku ' ropean family of similar back ! ground and interests. Tnese "open-house" programs offer the American traveling abroad a rare opportunity of meeting and chatting with the "real" people and getting a , (ii st-hand idea of 1 ow they live, i Too often, the American tra i "eling iii foreign lands comes ( in contact oniy vith these pcr ' sons associated wiiii tourisn guides. hotel workers, porters. I taxi-drivers, wsiti-is, etc. I This works both way;. 'Ihe U.S. travel service (USTSl re ports many overseas visitors i are most anxious to meet Americans in their homes, "They want to ..ee first hand how we live," aid Voil Gil more, director of L'jTS. "Many visitors expressed one disap pointment they didn't ha ve the opportunity to bit down in an American home and "chew the fat' with an American fam ily over a cup of ;ofiee " USTS has been working with civic and other interested groups throughout t h e United States, and more than 20 com munities already have set up "open house" programs. Among them are Kalamazoo, Mich.. Hollywood, Fla., Phila delphia. Washington, Detroit and Chicago. I nuusewives in Miami oeacn opened their homes to more than 600 foreigners who visited ; Florida early in 1963. They cn j joyed it so much that they now j ai-i up men guugidiu uu a yvi- manent basis. Logan Program Then there was a group of French visitors who expected to spend a one-day stopover in Lo gan, Utah, resting. But the peo ple of Logan arranged a com plete program for them, includ ing visits to local homes. The French travelers later said the Logan stop-over was the high light of their tour. "The overseas visitors want not only to see our sights but also how we live," said Gilmore, i "And, he wants to get to know us. By establishing programs to ! invite overseas visitors to a I home for a cup of coffee, com- i munities are fulfilling the de sires of visitors and helping him get a true picture of the Amer ican way of life." I The "open house" programs here and abroad are simliar. The service is free. It costs the guest nothing (unless he wants to bring a small gift.) And the host neither receives nor ex pects compensation. The American tourist simply files his request to meet a lo cal family with the tourist or travel office on arrival in cities where such programs are set up. Among them are Copenha-1 gen, Amsterdam, Zurich as well as other cities in those coun tries and elsewhere. The "Meet the Danes" pro gram probably was the first such service. It was started in 1 1945 by the Danish Allied Com- mittee for American and Brit-! I ish servicemen who flocked to l Denmark on leaves after the! war. I (U.S. communities interested in information on the "open home" program can write to Visitor Service Division, U.S. Travel Service, Dept. of Com merce, Washington, D.C. 20235.) New Publications Include Cook Books NEW YORK (UPI) - Newr publications of interest to wom en: "The Second Chafing Dish Cookbook" by Marie Roberson Hamm aims to restore the once standard equipment to its for mer busy position as a hostess' accessory. Especially recom mended are recipes for one-bite, meat balls in dill sauce and ham l'orange. "The Outdoor Cook's Bible" by Joseph D. Bates. Jr., also is the hunter and fisherman's wife's friend. It covers every thing from building fires with fronttier facilities to a recipe for roast brandicd pheasant. work on paving roads in the ground was used to Diamond Lake campground is progressing, according to Larry Thorpe, recreation staff assis tant. Umpqua National Forest. Hughes and Dodd Company, contractors, have the first por tion completed, and have start ed on the final phase of Ihe operation, Thorpe said. When finished, all main roads, camp site spurs and boat-launch park ing areas will have a hard sur face. During the past few years the Diamond Lake recreation area has been receiving increasingly heavy usage. Between 1956 and 1961 the number of campers in creased from 30.000 to 97,000. In 1962 the usage dropped to 5.1.500 and then soared to an es timated 110.000 in 1963. Thorpe estimated that usage will reach 264,500 by 1975. Project Undertaken According to Thorpe, a $33,000 . stated. campground - improve m e n t project was undertaken last fall. Production of Union Part of a long-range rehabita- . . n tion program, the project in- 'S Dropping eluded construction of roads and j NEW YORK l UPI) The un campsites in overflow areas, i ion suit with its familiar "trap graveling all roads in prcpara-! door" may be fading into the tion for paving, and installation background on the male sarlo of approximately two miles of ; rial scene, but it hasn't dropped traffic guards. j out of sight yet. During the early part of last A study of apparel production summer, tables, stoves, rest-! trends by Commercial Factors rooms and an additional 13.000 1 Corporation, factoring and li fcet of traffic guards com-, nancing subsidiary of C.I.T. Fi pletcd the project. ! nancial Corporation, shows that Thorpe indicated that a camp- more than six million union ground is designed to function suits were manufactured last at 50 per cent capacity. This , year. However, this is a drop gives the sites opportunity to : of nearly 40 per cent from the "rest," and the lender moun- 14-million-plus union suits pro lain grasses a chance to grow, duced in this country as recent However, Diamond Lake camp-1 ly as 1957. approxi mately 85 per cent capacity throughout the season, placing a heavy load on all facilities, including roads. Campgrounds Planned To alleviate this situation, more campgrounds are in the planning stage, he said. Clear ing for one such campground Broken Arrow was completed last summer. Thorpe urged the cooperation of the public in controlling speed in the Diamond Lake camp ground. New signs will be in stalled permitting 20 miles per hour on main roads and 10 mph on spur roads. It is essential that limits be observed to pro tect children in the area. On week ends, there may be 1.500 to 2.000 people in the camp ground, Thorpe said. 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