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Section SANDY OREGON THURSDAY JULY 29 1982 The Srfndy Post JA T A fC H NCWS People Home & Garden Features Culture not only lesson learned through exchange by SCOTT NEWTON Photo by Scott Newton Tiger Shaw or Stowe. Vermont, took advantage of the \ arm weather last week to try out a new kind of roller skate, which reportedly sii .ulates the motion of skiing. Shaw and other members of the U.S. Ski Team, who were training on Mt. Hood, tried out the roller skates on South Bluff and Sandy Heights. No one rode faster than trick rider Dave Willoughby by GWEN BOGH Post Correspondent Matching the spirit of his stallions, 89-year-old Dave Willoughby is as in dependent and vibrant as ever Up at dawn to work with his horses, and to bed “whenever," is the lifestyle he leads, not far removed from years before. Willoughby’s horses are his life, but he said he doesn't love them. " I only love the women They're (the horses) just my pride and joy. I don't love any horse ” In his earlier years, Willoughby was recognized as an expert trick rid e r. One newspaper clipping among the many, this one from the 1930s, read: “ With the personality of a Will Rogers, Willoughby furnishes any kind of horseback ride—slow, fast or fancy." Willoughby learned his profession on his own, by trial and error Wife Pauline said, “ We s just self taught " Good trick riders were paidwell d u rin g the e a r ly d a y s , said Willoughby Riding Klickatat, a pinto that has since died of old age, he made 8100 every ride That was top money is the '30s We rode Klickatat in shows all over the country, including Oklahoma, Kansas, Montana, California, Oregon and other states A n o th e r t r ic k - r id in g m a re Willoughby rode, this one for speed, was Sorley Queen While running 20 to 25 miles per hour, Willoughby would have his left foot on the runn ing board of a car and his right foot in the stirrup After one time around the car w ould le a v e the tr a c k and Willoughby would jump from one side of the horse to the other at breakneck speed We said, “ No trick riders rode that fast, ever.” Another extraordinary feat occur red in 1938 when Willoughby rode his horse 11 stories high in the Marion Hotel in Little Rock, Ark. He perfor ed for the governor and the rodeo queen <n the bail room on Boulder Dan, his dancing horse Willoughby was hired by a politi cian, a Colonel Barton, to go to Little Rock. When the Colonel asked Willoughby what he could do to pro vide entertainment, Willoughby said, “ Keep the cops off me and I'll raise hell in town, riding all around " Despite his dangerous occupation, Willoughby has never broken any bones or been seriously injured He attributes his accident-free life to knowing horses " I know what he’s (the horse) go ing to do and I beat him to the point. I'm not brave," he said. In 1931 Willoughby purchased a riding stable in Rancho Sante Fe, Calif., where he trained riders and bred pintos During the 22 years he owned the stable famous people would ride there People such as Betty Davis, Kay Francis and Dee Frances rode at his stable. At the stable Willoughby trained horses fo r two m ovies “ The Outlaw," a 1941 film directed by Howard Hawks and Howard Hughes and starring Jane Russell, and a 1930s film, “The Wild Horse," starr area with his wife They met in ing Hoot Gibson, featured his horses Eugene, at the store where she work In the first film a spectacular fight ed. As it is told by his wife, scene, using two horses, was staged Willoughby walked in to the store and by Willoughby. helped her open a bottle He asked Willoughby also trained a number her out, on the spot, but she said she of people to ride One well-known couldn’t leave the store because she movie star, Bing Crosby, was a stu had to work dent of his Willoughby responded by saying Crosby rode Keno, a “ special’’ sad it’s bad when anybody has to work. dle horse Crosby was learning to The courting began “ under the ride properly to prepare himself for a Roseburg moon," said Pauline, with movie he was to star in, “ Rhythm on Willoughby riding his horse, doing an the Range." assortment of tricks especially for Crosby owned a ranch and track her Before long they were married. just three miles from Willoughby’s Now married for 25 years and hav stable Willoughby was lead man at ing raised three children, the two Crosby’s Bel M ar race track for nine have re tire d in Boring where years He also trained Crosby’s Willoughby breeds pinto horses He children to ride lias two pinto stallions, Kusshi and Willoughby recalls when Crosby’s Precious Blue Eyes. He has ridden horse raced with a competitor’s. In Kusshi in the Rose Festival Parade just two minute's time Crosby lost for four years, for which he received 8500,000 to C S H ow ard. The a letter of thanks this year from the Argentine-raised Ligerota lost only chairman of the grand floral parade by a split second to Sea Biscuit, own committee ed by Howard Willoughby is partial to pintos Willoughby has fond memories of because, as he says, "They’re smart Crosby. No way in the world “ could and good looking ” you find a better man than Bing Crosby He was good to everybody." T ric k rid in g and train in g is Since, Willoughby has sold his Willoughby's past, but his expertise stable in California and settled in the in breeding pintos is his future. Dave Willoughby Exchange student Alex Brewster learned about isolation as well as the culture of a South American country during his year's stay in Argentina It took the SUHS senior-to-be th re e m onths to le a rn the language, and after he learned it well enough to communicate and make friends, he had to deal with anti American feelings brought out by the Falkland Islands dispute He participated in a Rotary In ternational exchange program, having arrived home late last week He said it is a good program as having people learn about other countries can only help interna tional relations He stayed six months with the Jose Portela family. Mr. Portela is president of a government-owned bus company Brewster refers to Jorge Portela, 28, as his “older brother ” For four months after that he stayed with the Roberto Rapazzo family. M r Rapazzo is the owner of a tire company Both families live in Buenos Aires, a city of 9 million on the Atlantic Ocean. Brewster at first was isolated because he could not speak the language. “ I was really frustrated, not being able to communicate," Brewster said. “ I ’d be trying to talk to them and I'd make a joke, and they wouldn't understand it. After I'd explained it a half an hour later, it wouldn’t even be a joke anymore ” A card game, “ truco," saved him. It s a lia r’s game, and it re quires a minimum of communica tion, so he could have fun and get to know people without the burden of trying to carry on a conversation. He brought back 15 decks of the cards, and plans to teach truco to his family as well as play it with Argentina exchange students in Gresham His frie n d s h ip w ith Jorge Portela helped him during the Falklands crisis, when the govern ment was blaming the U S. for many of its problems. Jorge and his friends “ knew me as a person, not somebody from the United States They didn’t take it out on me For one thing, I hadn't even voted yet," Brewster said with a laugh The Argentina government and the media told the public, up until the last, that Argentina was winn ing the war. Then the truth came out. Brewster said, "Everybody was going, What happened? I thought we were winning.’" Tai Cual, a magazine with about “ as much stature as the National Enquirer," had an issue with Margaret Thatcher on the cover in a World War II German helmet with a swastika on it. A small mustache was drawn on her face Brewster translated the headlines: “ The third note of her dark history In her childhood she was a Nazi. La Thatcher, worse than H itler." Television advertisments were frequent. " I really had to laugh," Brewster said, telling of the bla tant messages One was filmed with the viewer looking through a scope, with the cross hairs focus ing in on a lion (representing England). “ We have to take our time and plan our k ill," Brewster said, mocking the advertisment When Argentina revealed it had lost the M alvin as (F a lk la n d Islands), the United States was blamed Brewster had'a hard time defending the U S., but said he Bible school, recreation offered THURSDAY, JU LY 2» Vacation Bible School, sponsored by the Woodland Lutheran Church, continues today Children age 3 through those in sixth grade are welcome to attend the school, which is held from 9:30 a m. to noon each day through Friday, July 30 The Bi ble School .w ill be held at the Woodland Women's Club building and is free Call 622 3916 for more infor mation. The C la c k a m a s C ounty Bookmobile will be at the Woodland Plaza Shopping Center from 4 to 7 p m today MONDAY. AUGUST 2 The Welches Community School aerobic dance class will be held to day beginning at 9 a m at Welches School In the covered area next to the school playground Babysitting will be available for a small fee A Summer Recreation program, sponsored by the M t. Wood Evangelical Free Church, located directly across Wighway 26 from the Woodland Plaza Shopping Center, will be held today through Thursday from 1 to 4 p in. at the church This program is for youngsters age 4 through 12 and will include outdoor sports, tumbling, indoor games, creative movement, outside games and fellowship Registration can be accomplished at the church today from 12:30 to 1 p m For more Infor mation call 622 5246 W EDNESDAY, AUGUST 4 Aerobic dance class will continue today at Welches School beginning at 9 am . (which reminded him of Seaside), and a farm village 3(X) miles west of Buenos Aires, Quiroga He went to Uruguay to visit a friend and visited Montevideo, the capital, a coastal city where they did some mountain climbing, and Punta del Este, a “ famous tourist town with some of the nicest water in the world " He spent his last month away in Mexico, where he was joined by his sister, Carrie There he visited Sara Gabriela Cisneros, who was recently selected Miss Puebla, an honor similar to being selected Miss Oregon Cisneros was an ex change student at SUHS last year Alex Brewster “The food there was really ex cellent," he said. Argentina is an exporter of grain and meat "The first six months I was there I was with a family that really lik ed to eat meat,” Brewster said. “ The first six months I ate about three steaks a day. I just couldn't believe it—they just kept feeding me steaks " He also enjoyed the Argentina barbeque, or asado “ I don't know why it was different, but I really loved that." Dulce de leche, a “ creamy, carmel m ixture," was also good, as was the traditional Argentine drink, mate, a kind of a tea sipped through a metal straw with a filter on it. He also gained an appreciation for South American coffee “ After every meal you would have just a little cup of coffee," Brewster said. “ I think it was just to settle your stomach after eating so much grease ” He now feels comfortable with his ability to use the language, although he admits he may not always use it in a grammatically- correct way. He intends to pursue the study of Spanish He plans to study international business in college, and would like to be a diplomat, although he realizes he's setting his goals “ kind of high ’* He was disappointed with the American embassy in Argentina. “ Every time I went in there I just came out frustrated," he said He plans to study at Stanford or Pepperdine, and would like to study Spanish at the Universidad de las Americanas in Mexico In the immediate future, he’ll put together a slide show and will be available to speak to interested groups. For now he can enjoy the com pany of his fam ily and friends, as well as know the confidence that comes from having been a stranger in a different land, and having coped with the experience Vehicle totaled, arson suspected by M IC H A EL P JONES Poat Correspondent Motor vehicle accidents and fires Hood land Happenings^ tried to learn from the situation Some of his trips to other parts of Argentina were canceled The day the story broke about Argentina losing the Malvinas, Brewster went to a travel agent, only to be told there were no tickets left for U.S. citizens “ I'm sure if I had said anything he would have punched me 1 just got out of there," Brewster said Though the Argentina media p re s e n te d a s la n te d s to ry , Brewster could buy uncensored copies of Tim e and Newsweek at a few newstands in the city, which surprised him Brewster feels the Malvinas pro bably rightfully belong to Argen tina, although he feels the way they went about getting them back was wrong Lives were lost and the economy was sent into a tailspin The exchange rate was 81 for 7,000 pesos when Brewster went to Argentina in September, 1981. The exchange rate is currently 81 for 28,000 pesos, or four times as much. « Brewster remembers that one day gasoline and liquor taxes went up about 30 percent. Altogether, the two taxes probably doubled, he said. Still, Brewster is cautiously op timistic about the future of the country. He respects the Argen tines for not having accepted Soviet Union support during the Malvinas crisis. He expects the government to change from a m ilitary regime to a democracy in the near future. People were disillusioned with the government when the truth about the Malvinas came out. The Argentines have many natural resources, including land and natural gas They are an educated people, and to Brewster’s surprise, the middle class is predominant, and not as poor as we in the United States might think. There are three kinds of schools in Argentina They include com mercial (business), technical and general Brew ster attended a general school the first six months, and missed the freedom to pursue fields of interest. All students take the same classes, with no elec tives. Brewster feels the people have a good general education, although they lack specialization "Everything that’s extra (in the U.S.) they don’t have," Brewster said. He also studied “ motors" at a technical school. “ In general, I felt safe in Argen tina," Brewster said I t ’s normal for teen aged youngsters to go out at midnight on weekends, and stay out, at a discotheque, for example, until 4 or 5 a m. Walking down the street at night in Buenos Aires is no problem, according to Brewster If there is a legal age for drink ing, it is not enforced, although Brewster said it is not a problem there. “The kids would go out and drink a beer, maybe, but it was no big deal," he said More young peo pie there smoke cigarettes than here, he believes The families were closer there than here, he said, with meals still taken together Women are always greeted with a kiss on the cheek “ After three months I had a dream I was back for my gradua tion from high school All the teachers started coming up to me and I was greeting them with a kiss on the cheek By then I knew I was pretty much in the culture of Argentina " He visited coastal cities such as Mar de Plate and San Bernardo Welches Community School hikes continue throughout the summer with Lou Tipton leading Meet at the Woodland Women's Club building to carpool On August 13 at 11 a m. the Woodland Women's Club will hold its annual membership drive cham pagne brunch in the club building on Salmon River Road. Any woman in terested in the development and welfare of the Woodland area, and who is at least 18 years of age. is eligible for membership in the club. To make reservations for the brunch, please call Florence Simmons at «22-4585 or Kathy Bock at 622-4445 The Women's Club is also planning a trip to the Shakespearean Festival in Ashland for Oct 5, 6 and 7. A bus will be leaving from the Women's Club Oct. 5 and returning Oct. 7. related to motor vehicles occupied the time of the Woodland Rural Fire Department this past week, along with nine first aid assists. On Sunday, July 25, the depart ment's medics assisted at a two-car non-injury accident west of Govern ment Camp on Wighway 28, near Snowbunny Ixxige At 4:30 a m on Monday, July 24. firefighters reponded to the report of a truck fire, east of the town of Zig Zag on Wighway 26 Upon arrival, Woodland Fire Chief Don Armintrout said firefighters discovered the brakes on a semi- truck and trailer had gotten hot and caught fire. The truck was loaded with lumber The fire caused minim al damage At 1:30 p m that same day firefighters assisted a 30- year -old male who had crashed his motorcy cle on Tim berline Road, above Government Camp Armintrout said the driver suf fered miscellaneous lacerations and abrasions, as well as a head injury, in the accident, but refused transports tion to a hospital Friday night, July 23, a passerby called the department and reported that a motor vehicle was on fire just east of the Woodland Station on Wighway 26 A rm introut said upon a rriv a l firefighters discovered a 1966 Mazda near the driveway of the Alpine Wilton, “ fully involved " The driver of the vehicle was not present Due to the smoke and explosions accompanying the fire, Armintrout said Wighway 26 was blocked off until 1107 p m , or over an hour The fire was started after flam mable liqu'ds were poured over the vehicle and ignited, said Armintrout. The vehicle was a total loss Arson has been determined to have been the cause and the case is cur rently under joint investigation by the Oregon State Police arson divi sion and the Woodland Fire Depart ment. This is third motor vehicle fire since Jan. 8 that has been attributed to arson Each of the fires were started with flammable liquids
