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Tell ' Of Visit To Mexico t EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of two. articles on the recent six-weeks' trip made by Mr. and lire, Howard Boyd down the length of the Utile known peninsula 0 Bajo Cali fornia. - Down the eastern coast they continued, to Mulege, where is located the Mission of Santa Ro salia. As they entered the church, ' they heard deep tones of an or gan, sounding like a fine, big pipe organ. They finally located the source of the sound, a wheezy little organ in the, balcony, on which an old priest was practic y ing hymns for a coming fiesta. By some miracle of construction, (some knowledge since lost, Mrs. Boyd feels) the sound had been magnified to real beauty. Mulege also is the location of one of 'the Mexican federal pris ons. The convicts are released by day, locked up at night. Since there is nowhere to go, they make no attempt to escape. Leaving the heavy vegetation of Bahio de Concepcion, a beauty spot watered by underground springs, they went to Comondu, site of another old mission, and memorable as another oasts of palms, sugar cane and fruit trees. From this point, the road veered west again to Poza Grande and Santo Domingo, near the Pa cific coast on the west. Here they struck the new road to La Par, a road which stretches 260 miles in straight line diagonally across the peninsula. It bad been grad ed but not graveled, and in the single year of its use has become ' a. "washboard" over which a car can travel no faster than 25-30 miles. (This is true of many parts of the roads preceding it, as well.) SPEND HOLIDAY - . The Boyds reached LaPaz in time for Thanksgiving, and spent four days on La Paz Bay. They saw parties fishing for marlin and sailfish, and met Rudy Velez, brother of the late Mexican screen star, Lupe Velez, a fishing guide. Dreading the return over the roads they had traveled, the Boyds decided to take their car by boat to the Mexican main land. They arranged to have the truck taken aboard the Spruce, a Mexican cargo freighter bound up the gulf to Isla del Carmine for a cargo of salt. They enjoyed what they call a "heavenly rest" of several days aboard the boat, and found most interesting the two days spent at the salt mine. During this time, they also made ya side trip to Loreto, for fishing. The Spruce landed them at Man zanillo on the west coast of Mex ico, in the small state of Colima. They were surprised to learn that there is such big game as tigers in this area. They saw many mountain lions," bob-cats, antel ope, coyotes and wild mountain sheep along their journey. (They did much hunting, but for smaller game. Mrs. Boyd can claim to have killed three quail with a single shot!) Traveling was much easier on the return trip up the Mexican gulf coast. They went inland to the beautiful modern city of Guadal ajara, then through Tepic to the coast, to Mazatlan, which is a recognized resort. Here they wit nessed a fete honoring the "Vir gin of the Sea," in which thou sands marched singing in a pro cession. COUNTRY GROWING At Los Mochos they saw farms W of cotton, corn and cane. Dams arc being built here and the land is being improved. They also heard of a legendary tribe of white Indians in the mountains, seldom seen. They went on to Guaymas, another large port; to Hermosillo, inland, and north to Nogales, on the border. They had to watch out, along the fine, mod ern highway at this end of their trip, for people sitting out on the broad highway in the evening, whole parties of them, just visit ing. They crossed the border into Tucson, Arizona, and thence home. SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS ANN CONNELL, Society Editor Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Fri., Jan. 21, 1955 A . w&v Www- ON THE TRAIL Two Mexican lads demonstrate to the Boyds the principal method of transportation used on the Baja Cali fornia peninsula. The Boyds reported they saw many burros' during their trip. . . k. .... 1 ' f K f. 1 i ' ', ',. 1 , J if L-. '-fc .,' Vf I r i , " -r i ' . "i, -f- - "4 PT A Board, Recommends Legislation Board of managers of Oregon Congress of Parents and Teach ers met recently In Portland. At tending from Eugene-Springfield area were Mrs. Ross Doty," Eu gene, junior vice president in charge of health services; Mrs. Lloyd L. Edwards, Springfield, Lane County PTA Council pres ldent. ; Main topic of interest was the adoption of the PTA legislative program. Recommendations in cluded the following: Keeping the compulsory school law for 17 and 18-year-olds as it now stands; changing the annual scnooi meeting -date tram June to April and making the filing date 30 days prior to election and acceptance not less than IS days; expansion of library serv ice; reasonable program for school re-districtlng, which will assist in more efficient spending of the school dollar; study of rural school district law. Legislation which enables school districts to provide for education of mentally retarded children and continuation of the pilot study for gifted and mentally retarded children; making Port land State College 1 full-degree-granting institution as recom mended by the state board of education; establishment of 1 minimum salary law more nearly in accord with general salary levels; increase in salaries for members of the state department of education. The board re-affirmed the ne cessity for equalization and the original purpose of the Basic School Support Fund, which in principle was intended to provide state support of at least SO per cent of the operational cost of the schools. CHUCK WAGON This specially-constructed car was used by the Howard Boyds on their recent trip to Mexico (peninsula of Baja California). The car, a converted pick-up truck, carried food, extra water, camping equipment, extra gas, fishing and hunting equipment, medical supplies and other items needed on the six-week tour. Beauticians List Officers Eugene Beauticians Asm;, a unit of Oregon Beauticians Assn., and National Hairdressers snd Cosmetologist Assn., held its an nual election dinner Tuesday evening in the Recreation Hall in Skinner Butte Park. Re-elected to office for 1955 are Mrs. Wayne Renfro, president; . Mrs. Polk Rucker, vice president; and Mrs. Clayton Groves, secretary. New comers to the executive group are Mrs. Lester Beeson, treasurer, and F. (Happy) Day, sergeant-at-arms. During the business meeting extensive plans for the forth coming National Beauty Salon Week, Feb. 20-27, were formu lated. Under the chairmanship of Mrs. Arthur Oakes, it will be a busy week for local beauticians, they state. On Monday evening, Feb. 21, the group will, as in the past, take care of the beauty needs of the women patients at Sacred Heart Hospital, especially the polio patients. Tuesday, it will be All-day Beauty Day for the children at Children's Hos pital School and the Pearl Buck School. The beauticians will per form their free services in the hospital school and in the case of the Pearl Buck School, the youthful patrons will be guests in local beauty salons. Many others will be helped with beauty needs throughout the week, and a window in the J. C. Penney Co. store will carry a special exhibit. A delayed part of National Beauty Salon Week will be the WE GUARANTEE mil annual trek to Salem for the "Easter Gift of Beauty" to Lane County patients in the Oregon State Tuberculosis Hospital. This group has been given this atten tion for the past five Easter sea sons, as well as being rcmem bcred at Christmastime by gifts. The Oregon State convention was discussed and will be major item for several months. The Eugene group will be hosts to the convention in May. It has been six years since the conven tion was in Eugene. Many plans still tentative include style re. views, the Parade of Oregon, and the national coiffure competition elimination contest. Of specinl interest was announ cement of the securing of Mme. Marguerite E. Buck, noted edu cator and hair fashion designer, as guest artist for the Pacific Coast Trade and Education Show April 3 and 4 at the Multnomah Hotel in Portland. The February meeting will be an inaugural dinner for the new officers, and will be under the direction of Harold C. (Jack) Parks. Pacific Auto Sports Association Rally Sunday Gordon Sether, activity chair man of the Pacific Auto Sports Assn., has planned another rally for Sunday. This rally is refer red to as the Urban Rally, its course to be laid in and around Eugene with indicated speeds kept at a ninimum with regard to traffic, restricted tones sjnd city safety codes. The rally will start from the Very Little Theatre parking lot, 24th and Hilyard St.v, at 1:30 p.m. It will finish' at the Drift wood In Springfield for a Dutch treat dinner and movies. Club President Harry Sheppard will make the awards at this time. Previous rallies have met with great enthusiasm and a fine turn out, is is said. Anyone interested is invited to participate. It is not necessary to own a sports car, but it is advised to take a passenger to navigate and to check the odo meter for accuracy. River Road Women Invited to Form New Garden Club All women in the River Road area interested in becoming mem bers of a garden club are request ed to meet at River Road Worn en's Club, Hillcrest and River Road, Monday at 2 p.m. A new club is being organized by Wil lamette District 2, Oregon Feder ation of Garden Clubs. Mrs. H. O. Warren, assistant director of the district, will conduct the meeting. Choir Director, , Clergy Invited To AGO Dinner Eugene Chapter of American Guild of Organists has announced plans for a January dinner meet. ing to which members have in vited their clergymen and choir directors. The dinner is scried uled for Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. at Trinity Methodist Church, 440 Maxwell Rd. The program .will feature the Rev. Alfred Tyson of Roscburg speaker. Trinity Methodist Church Choir, under the. direction of Mrs. D. E. Allen, will present several selections. Mrs. Allen, dean of the local chapter, will play an organ solo and will give demonstration of the church organ. Arrangements for the dinner are undor the chairmanship of Mrs. Phil Nordling, chairman. assisted by Mrs. E. F. Schaefer and Mrs. R. L. Whitson. AU AGO members are asked to make res ervations early by calling Mrs. Nordling, 4-9206, or Mrs. Schaefer, 4-4714, Mrs. Kendall Heads Friendship Club JUNCTION CITY Mrs. Joyce Kendall was elected president ot Friendship Club at a recent meeting. Others elected were Mrs. Raymond Butzbach, vice, president: Mrs. G. Baker, secre tary and Mrs. Matie. Rafoth, trea surer. A quilt.which was complet ed recently has been turned over to local welfare and another quilt will be started at the next meeting. Nile Club Elects Harrisburg Woman JUNCTION CITY Mrs. J. C, Clay of Harrisburg was elected president of Nile Club at a recent meeting. Mrs. Helen Woodin of Junction City is the new vice- president and Mrs. Dudley Miller of Harrisburg is secretary. Around the Town Quota Notes Centennial Of YWCA The YWCA centennial celebra tion was them for the meeting of Quota club this week at the Osburn Hotel. Mrs. E. E. DeCou, honorary member of Quota and a. past president of the Eugene YWCA, as well as a former na tional field worker for the organ ization, told members and guests of her recent tour of Europe and the Near East. "It is a most thrilling exper ience to visit the World's YWCA headquarters in Geneva," Mrs. DeCou said, "and to realize that we, in Eugene, have a part in this wonderful world-wide move ment." . Mrs. DeCou served with the YWCA in Europe during World War I and was able to renew ac quaintances and trace the where abouts of many old friends. "The YWCA In Rome," Mrs, DeCou told the group, "is located on a street, which during the morning is jhe market place." She described the market with its hucksters and markot stalls, and told of how one must thread his way through the traffic to reach the YWCA building. Many of the women who live at the YWCA in Rome, according to Mrs. DeCou, work for the Food and Agricultural Organization. The speaker then took the group on a verbal tour to the Holy Land. She had joined the Grelzinger tour which took her to Athens, Cairo, Beirut and Tel Aviv among others. On a trip through the desert, according to Mrs. DeCou, the party staved at the Monastery of St. Catherine near Mt. Sinai. Within the mon astery enclosure, there are a Greek Orthodox Church, a Mo hammedan Mosque and a library, second only to the one at the Vatican, Mrs. DeCou related. , Introduction of members was by Miss Genevieve Hallin, presi dent. Mrs. Carl T. Nowcomb, ex ecutive director of Central Lane YWCA, introduced Mrs. C. A. Barnes, a member of the National Board of the YWCA of the U.S. and president of the board of di rectors of Central Lane Y Build ing Assn. Mrs. Barnes was asked to cut the YWCA Centennial birthday cake. The meeting then was turned over to Mrs. James V. Danielson, chairman for the evening's pro gram. She first presented Mrs. wmiam G. Rohlffs, representing the speakers bureau for the YWCA-YMCA building program, who told of the need for a new Y center in relation both to the present program and for a much wider program that is envisaged. Mrs. uecou's talk followed. Guests for the evening Included the following: Mrs. Virgil D. Earl, member of the board of di rectors of the YWCA and a mem ber of the board of directors ot the Y-Buildlng Assn.; Mrs, Monte Morrison, Teen Age Program di rector for the YWCA; Mrs, Hu bert Willoughby, president of the board of directors; Mrs. J, Don Smith, first vice-president of the board; Miss Anne Lacmerman, treasurer, Miss Shirley J, Dam- mon; Mrs. Maude Barnhart; Mrs, William G. Rohlffs; and Mrs. Rudolph Malek. Mrs. Malek Is a farmer Quota member just re turned from Japan. 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