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German Exchange Students Talk With Ann Arbor High Senior Outside The School, April 28, 1956

German Exchange Students Talk With Ann Arbor High Senior Outside The School, April 28, 1956 image
Year:
1956
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 28, 1956
Caption:
Teen-Age Exchange Students: Three young people shared a windy chat yesterday outside the new Ann Arbor High School. All are, or will be, taking part in the locally administered teen-age exchange program, "Youth for Understanding." Eckehart Bandemehr, (left) and Renate Rexhausen (right) are German students spending the year in Union City, Mich., and Ann Arbor, respectively. Patricia Gerow (center) is an Ann Arbor High School senior who will visit Germany this summer on the reciprocal half of the program. Eckehart is one of 25 foreign teen-agers spending this weekend in Ann Arbor.

German Exchange Students Look Over Tractor At Pinebrook Farm, August 5, 1954

German Exchange Students Look Over Tractor At Pinebrook Farm, August 5, 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 5, 1954
Caption:
Inspect Tractor: The number of automobiles and automatic gadgets in this country surprises the German students. Looking over the Andresen's tractor are Klaus Brandt, who will live in East Detroit; Tilman, who has helped spray and scrape the road with the tractor; Heinz Stoermer, Boyne City; and Jurgen Moritz, Pontiac.

German Exchange Students At Pinebrook Farm, August 5, 1954

German Exchange Students At Pinebrook Farm, August 5, 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 5, 1954
Caption:
Request Number: Nineteen German students arrived here last week to live a year in Michigan homes. Before their foster parents from several communities pick them up next Sunday, they are getting an introduction to American ways and gadgets at Pinebrook Farm near South Lyon, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arvid Andresen. Mrs. Andresen administers the exchange. Listening to a German request number played by a local radio station are (left to right) Maria Block, who will live in East Detroit; Doerte Fickje, near Benton Harbor; Traute Schafer, Northville; Gisela Buscher, Bay City; and Tilman Tonndorf, one of last year's group, who would like to be an American disc jockey. His group will go home next week.

German Exchange Students Iron Clothes, August 5, 1954

German Exchange Students Iron Clothes, August 5, 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 5, 1954
Caption:
Press Trousers: It looks as if German fellows are just as helpless as American men when it comes to pressing trousers. Wolfgang Keese gets an assist from Marin Pistor. Wolfgang will live in Niles and Marin in Union City. The youths are learning other chores- laundry, washing dishes and cleaning. One student saw her first automatic dishwasher in an Ann Arbor home she visited Sunday.

Members Of Youth For Understanding Read Letters, December 1972 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Members Of Youth For Understanding Read Letters, December 1972 image
Year:
1972
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 24, 1972
Caption:
Youth for Understanding counselors at the Ann Arbor headquarters look over letters from a regional YFU representative. Mrs. Eleanor Williams (seated), Mrs. Lee White (left to right) and Mrs. Lillian Harrison learn about problems YFU students are having through letters from their representatives.

German Exchange Students Play Soccer At Pinebrook Farm, August 5, 1954

German Exchange Students Play Soccer At Pinebrook Farm, August 5, 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 5, 1954
Caption:
Soccer-German National Game: Maybe they will be playing baseball next year, but right now nothing's more fun than a rousing game of their familiar soccer. Rushing forward are Norbert Reich, who will live in Hillsdale, and Claus Dieter Henkelman, partially hidden by Berthold Schik. Claus will live at Constantine and Berthold near Benton Harbor.

Hector Alvarez Lopez, Exchange Student From Uruguay, Meets His Host Family From Ann Arbor, December 17, 1963 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Hector Alvarez Lopez, Exchange Student From Uruguay, Meets His Host Family From Ann Arbor, December 17, 1963 image
Year:
1963
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 17, 1963
Caption:
Student Meets Hosts: Hector Alvarez Lopez, 16-year-old high school student from Montevideo, Uruguay, (second from left) chats with Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Colestock Jr. of 58311 Ten Mile Road, South Lyon, and their son, Harry (extreme right) after arriving in Ann Arbor early this morning. Hector, one of 76 teen-age exchange students in the Michigan Council of Churches Youth for Understanding Program, will stay with the Colestocks until July. More students will arrive in Ann Arbor on Dec. 31 from five other South American countries, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Columbia and Argentina.

Ann Arbor High School Students, Pegue Habsburg & Karen Braun, At Display Table For Youth For Understanding 10th Anniversary, March 3, 1962 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Ann Arbor High School Students, Pegue Habsburg & Karen Braun, At Display Table For Youth For Understanding 10th Anniversary, March 3, 1962 image
Year:
1962
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 3, 1962
Caption:
Prepare Anniversary Celebration: Pegue Habsburg (left) and Karen Braun, Ann Arbor High School pupils, who are in German language classes taught by Mrs. Gladys Davis, display some of the decorations prepared for the 10th anniversary celebration of the Youth for Understanding Teen-Age Exchange Program. Mrs. Davis' classroom will be used as a reception area for dignitaries from various foreign countries who will attend today's 5:30 p.m. dinner and program. The exchange program is sponsored by the Michigan Council of Churches and administered by the local church council.

Welcome Home Sign Cut In Grass For Curt Pillsbury, August 14, 1971 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Welcome Home Sign Cut In Grass For Curt Pillsbury, August 14, 1971 image
Year:
1971
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1971
Caption:
From left, Paul Atwell, Sandy Pillsbury, Steve Pillsbury and John Wright check work.

Finnish Exchange Student, Merja Arola, With Host Family In Spring Lake, August 23, 1969 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Finnish Exchange Student, Merja Arola, With Host Family In Spring Lake, August 23, 1969 image
Year:
1969
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 23, 1969
Caption:
Merja Arola (foreground), the 20,000th Youth For Understanding exchange student sits with Mrs. Rachel Andersen [sic], executive director and founder of YFU following the 16-year-old Finnish teen-ager's arrival in Ann Arbor. Merja met her host family, the Gordon Boelens (background) of Spring Lake yesterday afternoon. With Mr. and Mrs. Boelens are their daughters, Kristie, 14 (left) and Cindy, 15.