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s heppner gazette -times. Thursday. Mot m. iki
Margaret Marks Tells
Of Crops in West Africa
(Ed. Nolo: This is another In other turf-type breeding I evl-
a nodes of article sent by Mar
caret Marks. Ileppner High
graduate. from West Cameroon,
Afrira. where her father. Lea
Murks, is working on a govern
ment agricultural assignment
Margaret expects to leave for
Madrid, Spain, on June 1 and
will attend Bummer school
there).
Agriculture
Due to the Ideal crowing con
ditlon which exist in Cameroon
agricultural production possi
billties are tremendous, with an
average temperuture of 70 de
grees and more than 100 Inch
es of rainfall per year. Most of
ram comes between April and
August, but there are scattered
showers throughout the year
wnicn proviue enough lor tne
crops.
Crops grown for export In
elude bananas, rubber. nlneaD
pie, cocoa, palm oil, coffee, tea,
pepper, and timber. These plan
tations are generally operated
by government cooperations
witn advising Irom the English.
Women Do Farm Work
The majority of agriculture Is
done on Individual farms. The
tradition here Is that all farm
ing is done by the women from
the clearing of land to the har
vesting of the crops. Often wom
en leave their homes at day
break with large baskets on
their heads containing a little
food and their hoe.
The hoes have a handle about
two feet long and are a shovel
which has been bent back right
at the top or the blade. So the
women must bend over to do
all of their work. While hoeing
they take the babies off of their
backs and place them in the
nearest shade. The women re
turn to their homes with their
baskets full of "chop" around
9 or 10 before the sun becomes
too hot. They may need to re
turn to the bush for more food
late In the afternoon, when It
starts to cool off. .
All farms have the staple,
"cocoyams," which are harvest
ed every nine months. This
yam is often 12 or more inches
long and eight inches in diam
eter when mature. It tastes very
much like a sweet potato. Other
crops grown by the women arc
maize (corn), beans, ground
nuts (peanuts), taro, casava,
and sweet potatoes.
The meat supply is provided
for the family by the man. How
ever, it is Decoming a scarce
commodity with the only game
animals remaining being the
monkey and an occasional cane
rat and the domestic goat, chick
en, and Fulani cattle. However,
domestic meat Is quite expens
ive. The man also provides his
own palm wine to drink.
Catttle of Mixed Breeds
Cattle In Cameroon are of
mixed breeding, but commonly
just called Fulani cattle. Occas
ionally Hereiora as well as
dent. These cattle are lanky
with big bonca, tough hides, antl
little Iiesh much of the time.
They appear as a water but
falo type with humps similar to
a brahma and long horns which
protrude straight up 2-3 feet and
often have a spread of 3-4 feet
These cattle are so docile that
they are handled completely on
loot,
Most of the cattle are raised
In the northern grasslands a
there Is less Insect Infestation.
When ready for market thev are
driven 3UO miles. By the time
they reach the market thev us
ually have little fat left and
the meat Is tough! Some lose
over two pounds per day on
their 30 day trek.
The U. S. Agency for Internat
ional Development has started
helping with the new programs
in poultry and horticulture. In
time the natives will have more
meat as they get their chicken
farms started. Also gardens in
each back yard are being start
ed, so they will have more veg
etables than lust the starehi
ones they now have. Oaier pre
lects which they have started
in many villages are fish ponds
and pig farms. These will be
a good form of protein.
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DONALD OSTENSOE, executive secretary of the Oreqon Beef CoundL standing at podium, urges
citizens of Oreqon to purchase "Bee! Produced Only In The USA . Ostensoe stated at tnti recent
meeting of cattlemen In Portland that 10 o all bee4 consumed presently In Oregon was foreign
beef. He said this represents a loss to the Oregon cattle Industry ot over S12 mlUllon. He urged
all citizens as well as retail food outlets to only buy and sell beef produced in this country. To
Mr. Oitensoe's right Is Jim Brooks, chairman, Oreqon Beef Council; Governor Tom McCall; Denny
Jones, president. Oregon Cattlemen's Assodation;and Walt Leth, director, Department of Agricul
ture. They, too, urtjed citiiens of Oreqon to get behind this program.
'Wafer' is Theme
Of Entertaining
Program for PTA
A variety of musical numbers.
Swim Pool Accepted May 24
On Friday, May 24. the city
council accepted the new Ilepp
ner municipal swimming pool.
Representatives of McCormack
Construction Co., Including Har
lan Peterson and Bob Zacklan,
were present at a special coun
nil 'VI n 1,
with, Gilbert Groff of Clark and
Airlift Postal
Service Speeds
Overseas Mail
program theme, "water," which
is so important in our area at
this time, was presented by
fourth and fifth grade students
at the last PTA meeting of the
vear, under the direction of Mrs,
Ola Mae Groshens, musical In
structor for the Heppner schools
Opening greeting numbers of
Nava o Happy Song. and
"Singing Up the Corn," a Pap
ago Indian prayer for rain, were
sung by combined classes, with
soloists Molly Pierce. Laurie
Challey, Susan Wishart, Kimmle
Lou Haguewood, Bonnie Davis
and Cheryl Turner, taking part
Accompaniment on flutephones
was played by Janctte Hust and
Postal patrons may now send
packages up to 30 pounds for
American military personnel
served by Army and Fleet Post Twilla Riddle'
unices overseas. Parcels can other numbers enjoyed were
now ul- ouni uy mi iianpui ia "trie Canal," with accompani
tion at special low rates, an- ment on classroom Instruments
nounces Postmaster Jim Driscoll, and "Music of the River." "Here
oi me iteppner i-osi uniee. Look in the Tulip Bed" was
Residents who use this new sung bv a girls' ensemble, which
airlift service will get faster de- included Teresa Hughes, Dale
livery on parcels to military Arrington, Mary Ayers, Judy
personnel overseas. The airlift Healy, Debbie Martin, Shannon
is avauaoic on a space-available KclJv, Donna Raymond. Becky
basis upon payment of the do- I'hegley, Juanita Wilson. Lori
mestic parcel post surface ratelDunlap, Linda Pearson, Margie
Plus a nat $l lee. Roberts ana Karen Winter,
Packages weighing up to 30 A . delightful ballad, "Copper
pounds, and not more than fin Kettle, was sung by Debbie
Inche in rnmhinri lnnath ami Martin and Shannon Kelly. Oth
girth, qualify for the new special er soloists for the evening of
airnit rate.
Postal patrons can get the air
lift service on packages mailed
musical entertainment were
Carl Palmer, Steve Jones, Duane
Wolfe, Howard Green and Dan
ny Marshall, who combined
to all military personnel at APO thpir tnlnnts to lnu "Minhapl
or FPO addresses overseas, and pne' tit S Michael
Row the Boat"
A tribute to Woodie Guthrie
song writer, who lived near
Hood River while composing
Roll on Columbia was given
by the group, who sang several
of his songs. Soloists were Di-
anne Martin, Linda Pearson,
Cong. Al Ullman
Predicts River
Diversion Defeat
in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto
Rico. It is noted that the new
airlift service also aDDlies to
parcels mailed back to the States
by servicemen from these mili
tary post oiffces.
Parcels on which the $1 fee
is paid get jet air transportation Debbie Cox and Jane Roark'
au tne way irom here to the a surprise appearance of the
pun. oi tmoaritauon ,ana irom "Mamas and Papas," delighted
tnere to the overseas base. Postal the audience with a musical
patrons lormerly had to pay air number entitled "Cool Water.
parcel post rates to get similar Mr. and Mrs. Carl Marquardt
service. and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Marquardt
In manv Instanpps fht nou, made up the quartet,
airlift rate's are considerably be- A skit and soap opera by the
low comparable air parcel post Treble Clefs" and the "Bee Ma
charges. A few pvamnlns aro- lors," who were recognized as
A mother mailing a 15 pound eooks and maintenance staff of
.... i - i i .T. . I rha c-Vi rn 1 tha "hit r( tia
fjaLiwe 10 nur son in Vietnam
Congressman Al Ullman today
saia mat despite Wednesday's
House vote to okay feasibility
studies of water diversion to the
Southwest, Columbia River wa
ter is almost certain never to
be diverted.
"The provisions In the Colo
rado River Basin Project bill to
study water diversion and to
make the Mexican Water Treaty
a national obligation rode
through on the back of one of
one of the most popular proj
ects in the last decade: the Cen
tral Arizona Project. When these
two provisions have to stand on
their own merits, they will be
defeated," Ullman predicted.
In floor debate recently. Ull
man was able to get a commit
ment from Wayne Aspinall of
ioioraao, (.nairman of the House
Interior Committee, that the bill
contains no authority for feasi
bility studies of water diversion
of amounts larger than 2 mil
lion acre feet. "It would take
at least 3 times that amount
of water to make Columbia Riv
er water diversion feasible," Ull
man said.
Proponents of the legislation
were forced to accept a floor
amendment that greatly limits
the diversion effort. "The defer
ral of United State's assumption
of the Mexican Water Treaty
obligation is of the utmost im
portance in determining the fi
nancial feasibility of any diver
sion proposals," Ullman said
"This bill should effectively
limit the diversion studies to
the waters in the seven Colorado
River Basin states, he predict
ed.
"In the face of the most far
reaching lobbying efforts In
modern times, there was no hope
of deieating the bill," Ullman
said. "However, the restrictive
amendments and legislative his
tory have taken away any im
mediate danger of diversion ef
forts. The fight will now go to
tne senate, and we will make
a determined stand to further
modify this proposal to give ad
ditional protection to the Pacific
Northwest."
Should this bill go to House
Senate conference, one of the
conferees will be Senator Henry
Jackson of Washington, Chair
man of the Senate Interior Committee.
pays $2.60 for the new airlift
service, while the air parcel post
rate ior tne same package is
$7.73. Or an eight pound pack
age going from here to Frank
fort, Germany, costs $3 under
the airlift service. The air par
cel rate is $6.48.
In some instances, the airlift
service is not to the mailer's
advantage. On some light pack
ages, air parcel post rates may
be lower than the airlift charg
es. Patrons mailing packages
should check with the Post Of
fice on the best way to mail'
parcels to servicemen overseas.
The new airlift service went
Into effect January 7. It was
authorized under trie postal rate
bill signed into law December
lb by President Johnson,
Regular postage on parcels
mailed to servicemen overseas is
based on the distance the pack
age is transported within the
U. b. No charge is made for car
rying the package between the
u. b. port and the overseas base.
Until January 7, airlift for par
cels to servicemen overseas was
restricted to packages weighing
up to nve pounds, upon pay
ment of the regular parcel post
rates, inese packages get serv
ice transportation to the port of
embarkation and are airlifted
Irom there to the overseas Dost
on a space available basis. There
is no charge for this nartial ir.
lift and Dareels wpluhintr nn tn
nve pounas will continue to re
ceive this service.
inose mailing parcels over
seas are asked to mark the rjar
eel with the initials P. A. L., in
red ink over the name of the
aaaressee,
The Rev. and Mrs. Earl Sow-
and left May 17 for an extended
vacation trip which will take
them to the southern states.
They were to spend the week
end in Boise. Idaho, with their
son, Wayne Soward, and family,
continuing on to Austin, Texas,
to spend some time with anoth
er son, Marvin, and familv.
They plan to visit their daugh
ter, Mrs. Vern Greenbalgh and
family, in Rockwood, Tenn., and
participate in the community's
centennial celebration while
there. Mrs. Soward will be on
work at Farley Motor Company. ! country.
the school, were the "hit of the
show" while singing original
k itchen ditties to the tune of
"Tea for Two," "Put on Your
Old Gray Bonnet" and others.
Performing were Gladys Van
Winkle, Betty Orwick, Opal
Cook, Camilla Samples, Paul
Warren, Darrel Harris, and Har
ry Green, who also provided
guitar accompaniment.
Nomination and election of
PTA officers for next year was
the main item of business con
ducted during the meeting. Of
ficers elected were Arnold Ray
mond, president; Mrs. Bill John
son, vice president; Mrs. Barnard
Marshall, secretary: and Mrs.
Anna Schwarzin, treasurer. New
ly elected officers were install
ed by Mrs. Wallace Wolff, out
going PTA president.
Reports were heard from Mrs.
Paul Warren, who reported on
the financial outcome of the
band carnival and the OEA din
ner, and from Alan Martin,
principal, who reported that the
scholarship committee has plans
to send two youngsters to a reg
ular summer camp.
Announcement was made by
Mrs. Wolff, that Mrs. Ed Dick
who presently serves as presi
dent of Midland council, was
elected to the State oard of PTA
Management and will serve on
the High School Service Com
mittee. Mrs. Wolff has been
elected to serve as vice presi
dent of Midland council, which
is comprised of three counties,
Morrow, Gilliam and Wheeler.
Group Enjoys Trip
Into Mountain Areas
A memorable 700-mile trip in
to the Steens Mountain area of
Harney country was enjoyed by
Claude Cox and his sons. Clair
of Corvallis and Charles of Port
land, and 7-year-old grandson,
Donald, over the week-end of
May 11-12.
Going by way of Burns, and
returning through John Day,
they found many points of in
terest, including Frenchslen.
Pueblo Mountains, Alvord Des
ert, Fish Lake, the Wildlife Mu
seum at Narrows; also saw var
ieties of game and waterfowl
n the Malheur game reserves.
They heartily recommended the
sight-seeing and fishing journey
upon their return to any who
enjoy seeing the "different"
Groff. Salem, engineers, to help
clear up misunderstandings be
tween the city and the contract
ors. At the April council meeting,
councilmen said they felt the
work had not been satisfactor
ily completed in some parts of
the construction. They then de
cided to Invoke the penalty
clause, and Attorney Bob Ah-
rams sent a letter to that ef
fect.
Flaking of the plaster coatirg
on the pool was one of the prin
cipal points of contention, to
gether with some leakage, and
trouble with shower valves.
Peterson said that the pool
was substantially completed on
the date established for comple
tion. The contractors agreed
that anything unsatisfactory
(Summer School
Starts June 17
Summer school In the coun
ty'a elementary special eduea
lion program will start on June
17 In Ileppner, lone anu jrrigon.
it whs rt-iHirled at the meeting
of the Morrow county school
board In Lexington May 20
It Is honed to have a
HHH-ch therapist working with
the program this year, fcnroll
ment Is expected to be down
somewhat from previous yearn
Resignations of two teachers
were submitted. Bob Mather r
ti gned from hia social studies
position at Ileppner High be
cause of uncertainty on his mil
itarv status, and his wife, Mrs.
Ann Mather resigned her first
grade position in lone. She ex
uects to teach In Corvallis next
year and will stay there If her
husband Is called to service.
Opening of bus bids, origin
ally scheduled for this meeting
was postponed until after the
second budget election. The bids
will be opened at 2 p.m. on
June 4.
Prlnrlnal At Martin rennrled
. 1 .1 I , t A atlnT ' '
v.uuiu u- mucuiu "ui j on tne situation on tne stop
ine m-n-iuunec nie uiruuKu " light between Heppn'T element
"u-arninn luir nn I i i i t , , .
warning period.
The contractors, engineers and
councilmen agreed that some of
the difficulty stemmed from a
lack of communication between
the three parties during con
struction. The motion to set May 24 as
acceptance date and dispense
with the possibility of liquidat
ed damages was made by Coun
cilman Joe Balfe and passed
unanimuosiy.
After the session on the swim
pool, the councilmen met with
the budget committee to con
sider the budget, which is set
for publication June 6 and 13.
Mrs. Venice Stiles Is a
patient in St. Anthony hospital,
Pendleton, for several weeks
where she is being treated for
a broken hip. She fell May
14 in downtown Heppner and
after X-rays at Pioneer Memor
ial hospital was taken to Pen
dleton Sunday. She is convales
cing in room 413.
ary and Junior high schools.
The board asked that he con
sider returning to the 30 second
stop and go intervals. Bob Ab
rams, attorney, and Supt. Ron
Daniels are to look into the pos
sibility of closing the street at
the schools to public travel dur
ing school hours because of the
hazard of school children.
A request of Arnlm Freeman,
special education teacher at the
Heppner Elementary school, ior
an extended contract of one
week to do extra work was de
nied by a vote of two no and
three abstaining.
Mrs. Amy Stephenson Is now
making her home in Portland
with her daughter, Mrs. Henry
Sun, and expects to be thrra
for an indefinite time with op
portunity to have medical ther
apy. She suffered a light stroke
several weeks ago, with seme
paralysis, but was showing some
improvement when she left ear
ly this month for Portland.
Don VonWinkle Gets
Vietnam Promotion
U. 8. ARMY. VIETNAM
tAIITNC) Donald W. Van
Winkle. 22, son of Mr. and Mr.
William J. Van Winkle. Lexing
ton, was promoted to Armv
specialist five April 24 In Viet
nam, where he Is serving with
the 4th Transportation Com
mand. A noncommissioned officer In
charge of the civilian labor of
fice assigned with Headquarter
of the command's 71t Transpor
tation Bullullon. Spec. Van
Winkle entered the Army in
September, 11H5, and completed
his basic training at Kt. Ord.
Calif. He was last stationed at
It. Hayes, Ohio, and has been
serving In Vietnam since Jan
uary 25.
Spec. Van Winkle Is a 1W4
graduate of Ileppner High
school.
His wife, Nancy, Uvea In Pen
dleton, Ore.
Heppner TV, Inc
Reelects Ed Gonty
Ed Gontv was reelected a dir.
ector of the board of Heppner
TV. Inc., at the annual meeting
of the cable system, May 14. Ed
Dick was elected president for
the coming year; Riley Munk-
ers, vice president; ana can
Spaulding, reelected manager
and secertary-treasurer.
Only two members in addit
ion to the directors were pres
ent at the annual business
meeting.
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