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The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon. Thursday, November 15, 1979-FIVE Local retired teachers report on Northfork Island trip Retired teachers Clifford and Frances Williams of Lexington traveled to the V island of Norfolk in the South Pacific in October. More than 20 years ago Clifford had written a research paper about Norfolk when he had returned to Eastern Washing ton College of Education at Cheney after his Navy duty. The Williamses had wanted to visit the small island ever since 1957. Now Clifford tells of their recent adventure. Norfolk Island is about three miles wide and five miles long. It contains slightly over 13 square miles and the island is rather isolated being 930 miles from Sydney, Australia, I and 630 miles from New Zealand. It was discovered in 1774 by i Captain James Cook. For i many years it was part of the Austrailian state of New South ; Wales, which used it as a : penal colony until 1856. That year settlers who were de scendants of the mutineers of H.M.S. Bounty were moved to ; Norfolk from Picairn Island, 3,000 miles away. ' Norfolk is now a federal ; territory of the Australian Commonwealth and has close ; to 1,500 inhabitants. At any ; given time, also, there are about 2,500 tourists on the island. They fly to the island from Australia, about four and a half hours away, and by Air New Zealand four times a I week. The attractions include not only the island's tropical beauty but its tax-free shops. ; My wife and I were the only two visitors from the U.S. ; during the week we were there i last month. There are four '. American households on the ; island. We visited Billie Ward, who has lived there for 23 years, originally coming from Massachusetts although she had lived in Roseburg, Ore gon, for several years prior to going to Norfolk. She is partially disabled now but still is able to take patients in a physical therapy program she conducts. There are approximately ' 3,000 motor vehicles on the island and slightly more than 100 miles of road about half of it hard 'surfaced. The unpaved roads are slick and . muddy when wet. When it rains, the soil on the roads sticks to the feet just like Kansas gumbo. ; We visited the school and ; talked to a 10th grade geogra ; phy class. The students all f stood as we introduced our selves and they listened very attentively while we talked to them. They know very little about the U.S., but asked very ; good questions. One girl wanted to know if we had much trouble with the Indians. Christmas mailing deadline Persons interested in mail ing Christmas items this year should be thinking about the nearing deadlines, according to Heppner Postmaster Hu bert Wilson. Wilson said it is recommen ded that all parcels to be mailed overseas should be in the mail by today, Nov. 15. " Christmas cards to be sent off air mail should be in the mail stream by Dec. 5. Parcels mailed to United States areas should be mailed Dec. 5 and Christmas cards - need to be mailed by Dec. 15. Knitting Club . news by Jaci Sumner, reporter November 3 was our second -. sewing meeting that we have -ad. We started to knit. We learned to cast the yarn on to the needle. We spent most of our time knitting. We also got some patterns for Christmas ornaments. November 17 we will spend most of our time sewing Christmas ornaments. "-'IT f .V . )-- JVf A ... ' I if zs After we finished with our talk, one of the boys got up and thanked us for coming and the class gave us a good round of applause. I had believed that Mt. Pitt was the highest point on the island, but Mt. Bates is eight feet higher. We could drive to the top of Mt. Pitt and look out over the whole place. It was so green and so beautiful in all directions. Even Mt. Bates looked lower from there. Cattle run loose. There seem to be hundreds of them grazing along the roads, even in the main business district of Burnt Pine. We saw one animal lying under an awning of a store one day during the rain. They don't move off the roads very fast for cars either. Some of the cattle along the public raods are very thin just skin and bones but those in private paddocks are in as good shape as those in Morrow County. The better farmers keep themselves well in formed on agricultural mat ters. We went to the Ryves Farm and saw their quarter horses and their registered shorthorn bull named Mal vern. When Mr. Ryves rubbed the bull's tail, the beast actually made faces and licked his lips like he was really enjoying it. The Australian government is furnishing money and hiring some of the local young people to renovate the old prison buildings. Some of the build ings are being lived in today. The buildings which are not yet repaired are to be future residences. One of the buildings has been taken over for the display of historical photo graphs. It is also the meeting place of the local Lions Club. They have pennants from Lions Clubs in Australia, Asia and even the U.S. Many of the island people are descendants of the Bounty mutineers. There has been intermarriage with others who have come from Austra lia, New Zealand and else where. This has been good for the people because it lessens the inbreeding. Norfolk Island South of Norfolk lie two smaller islands, Nepean and Philip. Nepean is barren except for grasses and moss; birds nest there and are protected. Philip Island, about four miles south of Norfolk, was used by the early prisoner settlers for goats, pigs and rabbits. As a result it was overgrazed and is nearly devoid of greenery of any kind except for a few hardy Norfolk pine trees in one of the gullies. The goats and pigs have been killed 'off. but the rabbits survive. One of our guides suggested that the rabbits have now become cannibalis tic because there is so little vegetation left for them to live on. We didn't get to go fishing or to take a trip over the reef in the glass-bottomed boat. The surf ran heavily all the time we were there and the small boats could not go out. We talked with a fellow from New Zealand who had been stationed on the island during the second World War. Nos talgia brought him back. He showed me where the gun emplacements had been above the jetty, and said he and his wife had talked with a couple of the local residents he had known while he was stationed there. There were many World War II veterans on the island and we remi nisced, not just about Norfolk, but places like New Guinea, New Caledonia, the Solomons and other islands of the Pacific. Of the seven days we spent on the island, two were very wel, two were cloudy, three were beautiful and all were windy. We picked and ate guavas and saw bananas growing in many places on the island. Tomatoes grow wild along the edges of the yards. Chickens go wild. I saw one old hen with seven little chickens. They disappeared in the rocks and brush as soon as they saw me. There is a native gray and red parrot of which we saw two, and there are many terns. Of course there were starlings md weaver finches (we call them English sparrows.) There are nearly as many pigeons as there are people. I fed them a slice of bread each morning. One or two were there to start with, and there would be usually a flock of eight or nine near the door by Ihe time the slice of bread was gone, the people are now starling to shoot the pigeons to keep them under control. There is no television there. A local radio station keeps people up-to-date on world events, and local disc jockeys play the latest records, mostly from the U.S. There is a weekly mimeographed news sheet as well as a monthly paper, also mimeographed. Norfolk Island is all right for a vacation, but without an active oocupation life could be very monotonous. People are slower-paced there. The teachers come mostly from Australia for a three year stay. Some islanders have gone to Australia to college and returned to teach, but in general the younger people do not return to the island once they leave it. The school buildings in design are at least thirty years behind ours, but I doubt that the education is that far back. The classrooms lack black boards and bulletin boards, but the teachers use the walls as bulletin boards very ef fectively. The sixth graders make a long trip to Aus tralia each year and the 10th grade geography class members talk to people in the U.S. and Australia by short wave radio. They probably know more about us than we thought. Ha f x f Altar Society elects officers After mass Nov. 11, the women of St. Patrick's Church held an Altar Society meeting. They elected officers for the coming year: President, Nova Sweeney: Vice-President, Martha Munkers; Treasurer, Pat Gentry and Secretary. Marg Kenny. The Altar Society then met with the men of The Holy Name Society to discuss what the congregation could do to cut down on the use of fuel for both the church building and (he recreational hall. Bluebirds to have bottle drive The Heppner first grade Bluebirds are having a door to door bottle drive Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. to noon. They will be collecting returnable bottles and cans and any donation will be greatly appreciated. Vicki Edmundson Scholarship awarded to local girl The Heppner brancn of the American Association of Uni versity Women has awarded its first annual scholarship to Vicki Edmundson. daughter of Pat and John Edmundson of Heppner. Ms. Edmundson is a junior studying pharmacology at Oregon State University. This scholarship is supported by the AAUW Artifactory to be held this year on Dec. 1. Local artists and craftsmen are reminded to make their reservations for table spaces soon by calling Joy Krein at 676-9956 or Laura Broderick at 989-8421. This year, the Arti factory will be held at the Morrow County Fairgrounds so there will be more space avananie man in previous years. A special section is devoted to a book sale and boxes have been placed at the lone Post Office and in Heppner at Central Market, Court Street Market, Jerry's Mobil and Minimart and the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Any and all book donations are welcome, especially children's books. Music instructor featured at music recital John Weddle, instrumental music instructor at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton, will be the featured performer at a fa culty recital set for Sunday, Nov. 18, at 3 p.m. in the Pioneer Hall Theatre. Weddle will play the clarinet in the recital assisted by Kathy Vandandoel, flute, mu sic instructor at Pilot Rock Elementary School; Ginella Key, harpsichord. BMCC mu sic instructor; and Bruce Barnes, bassoon, director of Umatilla Health. Included on the program are: "Duo tanl" by Kummer Duos" by Nixon. No. 3" hv Malter County Mental recital "Concerto "Duo" bv Beethoven. Poulence. and "Sonata" bv Wool Contest liv RirriinoTiillis More Information about Sew with Wool Contest A call from Dorris Doherty. district director, "Make It Yourself with Wool" Contest, gives added information for those interested in the contest. The contest will be at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton. Nov. . 17. She requests that participants be there at 9 a.m . for registration and beginning of the judging process. A no-host luncheon will be available at the college cafe teria for both the participants and parents or others interes ted, starting at 11:30 a.m. Dorris invites and encourages those involved in the contest to plan to attend the luncheon. She has made arrangements for the food to be available at a very reasonable cost to each. Public style show will beat 2 p.m. at the college, and is open to all. The style show is an event worth attending. Girls and adults will be showing the latest in fashions which they have constructed of woolen fabrics. There is no cost to attend the style show. Many valuable prizes are awarded to winners and participants. Junior and sen ior district winners will travel to Ihe state contest to compete for the honor of representing Oregon at the national contest. Heppner Horse Club has New Leader Young people wishing to be involved in the 4-H horse project will find a new leader this year for the Two Trackers Club. Joan Eckman of Hepp ner has assumed the leader ship of the popular horse club. The large club has been meeting and have their club activities well under way, but other members are always welcome to join. More infor mation may be obtained by calling the Extension Office or Eckman. Fall Flowers,. Centerpieces for Thanksgiving starting at $10 silk or fresh cut Heppner 676-9246 (C &uidQ to fennel nininnYk Heppner Library Book Sale Hardbacks 25 Paperbacks 10 Adult & Childrens books Mon., Nov. 19th 10:00 A.M. 7 P.M. Wed., Nov. 21st 1:00 P.M.- 5:00 P.M. HALF PRICE Sat. Nov. ?4th 2:004:00 P.M. Mon. Nov. 26th 1:005:00 P.M. Year of the Child All proceeds will benefit the Children's Library This Ad Sponsored by : ANK OF Q Jzastern Oregon Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation iX HEPPNER IONE ARLINGTON Local Area Dining 7he JTlPXLrnn 3md Wagon Wheel vefy lst & 3fd Tuesday 215 IS Main rno- Chinese JFood Every 2nd & 4th Wednesday The Hungries? R & W Dnve-ln Choose from our anytime menu . Fast snocks. Full meals. S.Mcin Heppner 676-5023 1P8 mr n r.t V" IT-Bone Free o Salad Bar rA Every Wednesday Any steak in me no use $ Hwv. 74 lone 422-9595 The Heppner Elks Club Lunches served Tues.-Fri 11:30-2:00 Dinners Friday And Saturday featuring Mp . -n 6:0fJ w 9:00 142 N.Main rV7fyQ181 Hospital Notes The following patients have been admitted and then dis missed from Pioneer Memo rial Hospital in Heppner for the past week ending Nov. 12: Angela Velasquez. Utah; Cindy Velasquez, Utah; Tim Thorp. Montana; and Laura Williams, Fossil. Training on foods and customs of Greece offered (ireece to be Topic of Training Women involved in Exten sion Family Living Program have chosen Greece as their international study for the year. A training on the foods and customs of Greece will be offered study group leader teachers and other interested groups from Morrow and Umatilla counties Nov. 29 at Peace Lutheran Church in Pendleton. Presenting the program for the two counties is Mrs. Jim Swanson from lone, a former International 4-H Youth Ex changee to Greece. While spending six months in Greece, Swanson had the opportunity to live with host families in rural and urban areas. Her program includes a slide show and insights on the culture and foods of the country. Since the international les son is one of the most popular lessons yearly, the event attracts many interested groups in addition to the study groups. Luncheon will be a potluck of Greek foods. Each leader teacher from the two county area will be mailed a recipe for the potluck. Leader teachers attending will repeat the program for their study groups in December. Patients that have been admitted and are still in the hospital are: Anna Brook strum, lone; Herbert Dicus, Culver; Ralph Crum, lone; Richard Schmidt, Heppner; James Bragaw, lone and Lloyd Sager, Kentucky. 1 Births i Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wayne Osterlund from Condon had a baby girl at Pioneer Memorial Hospital Nov. 11. They named her Tracey Kathleen and she weighed seven pounds and three ounces. New city map of Arlington A new city map of Arlington has just been completed by the Oregon Department of Trans portation in cooperation with the Federal Highway Admini stration. The map is drawn to a scale of 800 feet to the inch and plotted on a 17-inch by 19-inch sheet. It sells for 30 cents. Reduction of the sheet to size 8' 2-inch by 11-inch at a scale of 1,600 feet to the inch is available at 10 cents. There is an additional charge of $1.00 for handling and mailing per order. The map may be purchased by writing to the Photocopy and Map Distribution Unit, Room 17, Transportation Building, Salem 97310. Chocks should be made payable to the Department of Transportation. M Holiday Hair Care Tips See us before the season begins for a cut and shaping! Carlita will be working Saturday's now ! TrishV phonfi Beauty Shop 676-9282 (?( o What the Shoplifter is Wearing.. Handcuffs they may not look very costly, but they're more expensive than you'd imagine! And as any shoplifter knows, they're not re turnable! Shoplifting is not a lark, not a prank and not taken lightly. It's a crime that will blot your record and may even put you behind bars. And at holiday time, shoplifting is even more of a temptation. Next time someone tries to sell you a bill of goods about shoplifting, don't buy it. All you may get is a new set of bracelets . . . and a lot of time on your hands. We'd like to remind you of the penalties of the law concerning shoplifters ! Under Senate Bill 893, passed by the 1979 Oregon Legislature, the law is tougher on shoplifters. Even before an offender goes to court, store owners may make a demand by letter for the return of stolen merchandise as well as a monetary refund and costs up to $500 for adults and $250 for children. Furthermore, parents are made responsible for the shoplifting acts of their children. Not only that, the recovery of stolen goods and payment of damages to merchants does not absolve shoplifters from being prosecuted in court as criminals! Remember, shoplifting is a crime! Don't end up in handcuffs! Sponsored by participating Heppner Merchants r '4 V,: - s i : ; i
