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Living, Working Conditions Of Translators Are Outlined Thur., June 14, 1962 The News-Review, Roieburg, Ore. 3 EDITORS NOTE: "Sam" Lambart Huffman, a, publiih.r from Wine M Laka, Indiana, r. cantly raturned from Maxico whera ha visited American tranilatori working with isolat ed Indian tribes to bring them a written language. In a series of dispatches, he tells of the dedicated linguists and their work. By "SAM" Lambert Huffman Written For UPI "Guess next time he comes, we'll just shoot him and eat him," said Elizabeth Murane as she cooked biscuits on a mud stove in the Mexican jungles near the Guatemalan border. Her S-month old daughter played hap pily nearby. She was talking about her face-to-face meeting with a boa con strictor, large, calf-swallowing snakes that abound in the rain forests near La Victoria, Mexico, in Chiapas state. She explained that when . she and her husband, John, first ar rived they had to build their own "champa," a hut made of cane poles. Before it was finished they slept outside. Noise Heard "I had to feed the baby so she and I slept in the sleeping bag on the ground. I think it was about the second night," she said. "I heard a faint noise like a freight train off in the distance. I knew there was no train here, so I listened and finally decided it was some animal moving through the dry underbrush. "I wriggled my flashlight out of the sleeping bag and flashed it on. There, about 10 feet from us, was a boa constrictor in an attitude of watchful wailing, sort of trying to decide whether he should retreat or coil up for the night." "What did you do?" "I called John. When the snake heard John stirring in the ham mock, it just disappeared in the underbrush." "What will you do if he comes back again?" I asked. Both Elizabeth and John laughed. "Guess next time he comes," Elizabeth smiled, "We'll just shoot him and eat him." Church Activities Reason Told As the 28-year-old brunette Elizabeth, 'vho- couldn't weigh more than 110 pounds, finished breakfast and tidied up the mud floored champa, I asked her why she had come to the jungle. She has advanced nursing de grees from Columbia University and religious education training at Biblical Seminary in New York. Her husband also studied at Bible Seminary after getting a degree from Stanford. "It's the challenge the chal lenge to help others, to do God's work," she said. , "Life back there seemed empty and purposeless," John broke in. "I now have a calling, a purpose, a goal, and I'm able to measure my progress here mentally, phys ically and spiritually day by i day." Camas Bible Class Gets Certificates The Camas Valley Methodist Church held the Daily Vacation Bible School the past week in the church and Friday at 12:30 p.m. closing exercises were staged be fore an adult audience. Certificates of completion were awarded to 60 pupils. The average daily attendance was 59 with the peak attendance of 61 Tuesday. Average attend ance by classes was beginners, 20; primary, 12; juniors, 16; and teen agers 11. Through a drawing, grand at tendance prize winners were Kath leen Nuzum and Glenn Wifer, Jr. During the week, "lucky seat" awards were won by Jeffery Church, Terri Rentz, Michael Nuz um, Pat Church, David Milton and Dianne Dancer. Gospel "mystery sack" winners were Tom Thrush, Peggy Rentz, Bruce Lamm, Steve Looney, Ramona Wilson and Gail Eddy, Serving as judges were Bruce Lamm, Gail Eddy, Larry Carter, Karen Nuzum, Bobby Cum tnings and Debby Webber. Those presenting vocal solos were Bruce Lamm, Ramona Wil son and Narda Looney. Linda Cum mings played several accordion se lections. Director of the school was Mrs. Russel Harwood and song leader was Mrs. John Looney. Teaching staff members were Mrs. Kenneth Bright, Mrs, Glenn Wafer, Mrs. Gail Carnine, Mrs. Doris Lamm and Lyle Ice, with their assist ants. W.S.C.S. women heading the kitchen staff were Mrs. Louis Papst and Mrs. Robert Wheeler who served mid-morning light re freshments. A full picnic lunch was served Friday. The school theme was "My Bi ble and I." Mrs. Guy Moore of fered baby sitting to teachers and helpers having small children. John and Elizabeth are Wy cliffe translators, non-denominational missionary-linguists who live with remote tribes around the world while they study the spoken language and reduce it to writing. Then, they teach the tribe to read their own language. rounded in 1935 by a mission ary named Cameron Townsent. Wycliffe translators, named after i the late famed English Bible translator, are working in 266 languages now. Of these, 200 have been reduced to writing and the New Testament translated into six of them. Languages Many There are about 5,000 known languages in the world today, and only 1,170 of them have been re duced to writing. After Wycliffe finishes the job. denominational church missionar ies are encouraged to come in and take over the tribal church and use the native language New Testament. John and Elizabeth Murane were at the Wycliffe jungle sub sistance camp where new trans lators are given final training be fore going to live with the tribe whose language they hope to de cipher. Translators stay with their tribe for five years at a time and get a monthly salary of $115 for each adult and $50 for each of their children. Also at the jungle camp were Lee and Lynne Henriksen. He had been a construction worker in Philadelphia. She was a nurse. Married just 10 months, they con sidered the jungle training a hon eymoon. Down the path from their cane hut lived 23-year-old blue-eyed blonde Donna Hetteck of Lucerne, Calif., and brunette Marjorie Crouch, 22, Northridgc, Calif. Alone, the girls had built their champa and had killed a possum for Sunday dinner. But before they could get it cooked, army ants ran them out and ate the possum. Undaunted, they re turned. When I went by they were fry ing bananas in lemon-flavored tcl imon weed. Lutheran Women Vote Mission Gift Members of St. Paul's Lutheran Women s Guild at a recent meet ing at the church voted to send a $50 gift to the Rev. and Airs, Richard Bode, Lutheran mission ary workers at Tacloban in the Philippines. The group corresponds (luring me year witn we Bode am Uy. Mrs. Roy Hcbard reported that 337 has been donated for Concordia College in Portland. Co-chairman for this project is Mrs. John Leonard. Daily treats for students at the Daily Vacation Bible School are being furnished by the guild. Reports on the annual church cleaning project and the Gold Bond Stamp project were given and Mrs. Herman Hasbargen made a re quest for coupons for the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home of the West in Terra Bella, Calif. Pictures taken at the recent dis trict Lutheran Women's Missionary League convention were shown. Or egon District LW.ML history statis tics will be on file with the guild's permanent records. Twenty seven members and guests participated in a song fest following the business portion of the meeting. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Herman, Hasbar gen, Mrs. Gary Nichols and Mrs. Vernon Teater, hostesses. COOL PARADE PORTLAND AP The Weather Bureau issued a special forecast today for the Portland Rose Festi val parade to be held Saturday morning: "No rain. Temperatures seasonally cool." Education High Nearly all Wycliffe translators are college graduates, many with masters' degrees and 20 or more with Ph.D.'s. Before being sent out, they attend a summer insti tute of linguistics where they learn how to break down the un written language, form an alpha bet, and finally, teach Indians how to read in their own tongue. 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