A Quick look at Exciting Africa
By Juktinf Wratherford
"It'i very big, it's full of
contrast, many ciliw are very
modern and very lovely, the
animals are exciting and ttome
herd lu tc eliminaled as they
are overgrazing and leading lo
erosion", are a few comments
from Barbara and O. W.
Cutsforth who recently returned
from a five-week's lour of
Africa.
Seventeen persons made this
tour-five couples and seven
singles. The average age of the
travelers was "about 60". They
clocked ffl.000 air miles and
3,455 land miles for a total
mileage of 31.344. They happen
ed to hit Africa during Its dry
season. They found that U.S.
money is going down in vulue
rapidly and felt very lucky to
get about $14 00 for their $20 00
traveler's checks. In Nairobi
they only got $6.50 for $10 00
checks.
New York to Johannesburg
From Portland they flew via
Sea Tac to Kennedy Airport and
only saw ground a few places as
they sped east at about 35,000
Photo National Geographic
feet. From Kennedy they Hew
south lo Rio l)e Janeiro where
they enjoyed looking about the
city of many hills, of beautiful
buildings, and fabulous beach
es. They arrived one day after a
great fiesta and saw workmen
taking down the decorations. A
visit to the Sterns gem factory
was educational. They rode
cable cars up the ' famous
mountains and were sorry that
clouds cut off some of the
spectacular views.
Their Trans-Atlantic flight to
Johannesburg was quiet and
smooth. This city is a concrete
jungle of 20 and 30 story
buildings with much consturc
lion taking place. Their 26 story
hotel was very English. Gold
mining is the big thing there-76
percent of the world's gold is
mine1 near by. Many slag
mounds dot the area ; these used
lo stand barren, but now they
are using new chemicals in the
processing and vegetation is
able to grow much sooner than
it would naturally return to
these heaps of mine discard.
Around South Africa
Hev. Dr. Billy Graham hap-jM-ned
to le conducting a
campaign in South Africa while
they were there. He Insisted
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Cutsforths found strict segre
gation and complete control by
whites through this vast region.
They toured in a large air-conditioned
bus across great
plains, through huge fields of
corn at various stages of
development and through miles
of hand planted eucalyptus
trees. Barbara learned that
when early Dutch settlers
arrived there were no people
and no trees there. As gold was
discovered and mines dug they
needed timbers-so decided to
grow eucalyptus. They brought
black slaves from areas to the
north to labor for them-and
established the master-slave
system that pre-dated the
present apartheid. The small
Kingdom of Swaziland proved
facinating. Its 76-year-old king
is given a lovely new wife as a
tribute each year. He has many,
many children, but only four of
his sons are considered possible
heirs to the throne. Some of the
princes were employed at the
Holiday Inn where the tourists
stayed. Cattle are the measure
of wealth and are used as bride
barter there. One of the tourists
had London flu and Barbara
caught it. It swept through the
entire group, but O. W. didn't
get it until later on.
Kimberly And Durban
More than 90 percent of the
world's diamonds are mined at
Kimberly. The group saw
Kimberly's "Big Hole", and
visited a working diamond mine
where they viewed the extrac
tion process.
Durban, on the east coast, is a
great port city of 600.000 It is
very modern and has a lovely
beach that is brighter and
better than Coney Island. O. W.
counted 60 ships loading and
unloading in the harbor. He
says there is terrific business
activity there.
GOING NORTH
The great national parks or
game reserves of the central
east section were high spots as
they traveled northward. They
saw millions of animals, espec
ially impala and antelope,
including one rare sable antel
ope which was a big thrill. They
now traveled by V.W. mini-bus.
Victoria Falls was awesome.
Presently none of its tremen
dous power is being harnessed.
One of the reasons it is not being
used is that the falls is right at
the border between Zambia and
Rhodesia. Barbara says the
spray and the roar from the
great falls is unforgetable.
Zambia was closed to the
tourists, and there are many
political and governmental pro
blems still not settled in the
south-central region of Africa.
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In the Nairobi area they
traveled for a half day through
wildbeasts, saw millions of
zebra, and saw a lake that was
covered with brilliant pink
flamingo. Orville thinks that the
protection of some of the
grazing animals should stop as
the country is being over
grazed. They stayed at a lovely lodge
just 25 miles from Kilimanjaro.
The lodge was surrounded by
contented lions. It is at 3500 ft.
elevation. The nearby mount
ain, Africa's highest, rises
19,340 ft.
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Orville ran up a good sized
phone bill trying to talk with
Kx-State Treasurer Bob
Straub. but was unable to get a
good connection.
North of the Union of South
Africa the countries are con
trolled by Blacks and some of
them are managing very well.
Many of the most successful
business men are descendants
of Indians the British brought
there as bonded workmen years
back. These imported workers
from India were trained by the
English, and after three year's
labor were given the option of
going back to India or of staying
in Africa. Many sent for their
families and worked on to
become independent and successful.
Beautiful People
Ethiopia was an especially
appealing country. O. W. was
sad about the barren land, the
horrible effect of poor farming
methods and over -grazing.
They were impressed by the
careful use of every foot of
tillable ground. Both Cutsforths
declare that the Ethiopians are
very beautiful people. O. W. was
interested in reading the his
toric accounts of the Queen of
Sheba and her visit to King
Solomon. These people are
delicate, refined, smaller, and
quite different in appearance
from the Bantu peoples of the
south. Barb, says that walking
has much to do with their grace
and good looks. All over Africa
people are walking constantly
they think nothing of walking 15
to 3Q miles. Women carry many
things on their heads and often
have babies on their backs or in
their arms, too. Women do most
of the work everywhere in rural
Africa. Most of the continent's
expanse is rural and agricultural.
Coming Home
From Ethiopia they flew to
Paris via Rome. They enjoyed
riving across the Alps but
coulden't see the Matterhorn.
At Paris they left the Ethiopian
Airline and transferred to a
London-bound plane. After a
look about London and nearby
sites in a rented car which O. W.
drove through heavy traffic on
strange roads-they took off for
the U.S.A. via the polar route to
Seattle. They were able to see
the icy landscape quite well.
Barbara has written a com
plete day-by-day journal of this
trip that would certainly be
helpful and interesting for any
person planning to go to Africa.
The slides that they took will be
processed soon and will really
bring Africa to Morrow County.
Several souvenirs and various
booklets which they shipped
from Africa by boat should also
arrive in the near future. These
veteran travelers rate this
recent trip as their most
exciting travel adventure.
Kinzua
Mr. and Mrs. Bill McMinn
and family were business
visitors to The Dalles Sunday.
Mrs. Don Stanton of Camp
Five underwent major surgery
Friday at St. Anthony's hospital
in Pendleton. Mr. Stanton spent
the weekend there and reports
she is recuperating very well.
J. E. Wall brought Mrs. Wall
home this weekend from Provi
dence Hospital in Portland
where she has been a patient for
the past month. They were
accompanied to Kinzua by Mrs.
Wall's sister, Mrs. Isabelle
Maroney of Minneapolis, Minn.
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