SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, July 19. 1955
Terry Brereton Tells
Of Spending July 4th
On Isle of Trinidad
(Editor's note: Terry Brere
ton of Medford is in Europe as
representative to the YMCA
youth conference in Paris.' En
route he has been writing of
his experiences. The last letter
was from the Canal Zone. The
following one is from Eng
land, reporting on Trinidad
where he scent the 4th of
July.)
By TERRY BRERETON
. Trinidad! That little island ct
mystery and enchantment. We
anchored off the shore of Fort
of Spain on July 4 at 7 ajn.
After breakfast we boarded a
launch which took us ashore.
While walking down the
streets, one had a strange feel
ing, because it was so much dif
ferent than what we. had been
used to at home. Cars travel on
the left side of the road, instead
of on the right, and drivers don't
give a darn about pedestrians.
They go as fast down the narrow
- streets as they can. A pedestrian
cannot expect a driver to stop
and let him across the street; in
stead the drivers just lean on
the horn and the accelerator.
Few Modern Stores
There are few modern stores
in Port of Spain, but most of
them are just a hole in the wall
About the only kind of stores
that a tourist sees are clothing
and souvenir shops. The house
hold food is bought mostly in
open air markets.
The population of Trinidad is
about 640.000. of which one-
third are Indians. The majority
of the other two-thirds are Hin
dus and Moslems, and the rest
are Roman Catholics. The peo
ple of Trinidad are not classed
mainly by race, but by their re
ligion. There is no segregation. If a
white man wants to live in a
black man's section, he may do
so if he has the money to buy or
rent a house. It is the same if a
black wants to live in the white
man's part of town.
School All Year
School, on the island of Trini
dad, is all year round. They get
a vacation of one month, three
times a year. The children can
not leave school until they have
reached a certain standard set
by the government, or have
reached the age of 16. Boys and
girls go to the same school un-
1 til they are 10 years old, then
they are nut into different
schools. '
Petroleum is the main indus
try and source of revenue for
the island. The exports of this
industrv are ereater in value
than all the others combined.
Sugar cane is the mam crop
of the island. From it is maae
supar molasses and rum. which
is a big industry- in itself. Other
crops which are grown are ba
nanas, coconuts, nutmegs, bread
fruit, oranges, lemons, and corn.
Guided Tour
Our afternoon guided tour of
Trinidad took us around the city
of Port of Spain, then into the
mountains to a small jungle,
and then to Moracas Bay.
At the zoo there were all
kinds of native monkeys. They
were always hungry, and when
you walked by a cage without
feeding the monkey a peanut, he
would start up the wildest noise
you ever heard. There were
some very beautiful birds beside
the reptile cage which held some
boa constrictors.
The roads to Moracas bay are
considered good, but by our
standards they are bad. They are
very curved and narrow.
would compare them to the road
from Cave Junction to the Ore
gon Caves.
Water Warm
At Moracas bay, we got some-
tning to eat ana went aown to
the water. It was very warm. If
it hadn't been so cloudy and we
had brought our suits, we could
have gone in for a swim. ,,
It is very interesting to travel
to different countries and see for
myself how other people live
and enjoy themselves. So far as
I can see, the inhabitants of oth
er countries are no different
than ourselves. The only differ
ence is their standard of living,
language, and customs.
TO AIR COFFEE CRISIS
Rio De Janeiro U.R) The
Brazilian Foreign Ministry an
nounced today that Finance Min
ister Jose Maria Whitaker will
meet with Colombian Finance
Minister Carlos Villa veces Aug.
4 to discuss the coffee crisis. An
earlier meeting between the
ministers of the world's two
leading coffee producers was
postponed because of the Euch-
aristic Congress now in Rio.
? VS.
PICKING COLD CASH over oil well speculation, Vernon
B. Fitzhueh family of Fayetteville; Ark., counts $25,000 in
silver dollars. Fitzhugh wrestled with selection of cash or
oil well valued at $100,000 after he was notified that he
was top winner in national contest . ' (International)
Talent Street Paving
Project Under Way
. Talent Paving of three prin
cipal Talent streets is under way
by Rogue River Paving company
crews.
Shoulders were completed af
ter paving of Main st. between
Old Pacific highway and Second
st., and paving was completed
yesterday on a new street to the
new Talent high school and on
Gibson st.
Paving of Main st. was fi
nanced from a $15,000 grant
from the state street fund which
is alloted to towns with less than
1,000 ' population upon request
for highly traveled streets. Pav
ing of Gibson st. and the new
high school street was financed
from state tax refunds to the
Talent street fund.
Springfield Plywood
Plant To Open Soon
Springfield, Ore. (U.R)
Vancouver plywood corpora
tion's new green veneer plant
here should be ready for opera
tion early in August, according
to general manager Robert A.
Kendall.
Kendall said new machinery
will be tested this week. The
veneer will be sold to contract
customers including the Fort
Vancouver plywood company,
Astoria plywood, North Pacific
plywood and Hub city plywood.
The plant will open with 34
employees.
The Panama canal project cost
$375,000,000 to build.
No Diphtheria Cases
Reported in Oregon
Portland U.R) Oregon has
set a new record with no cases
of diphtheria reported so far this
year, Dr. Harold M. Erickson,
state health officer, reported
over the week end. But he added
that polio cases had increased to
70-22 above average.
Four new polio cases were re
ported for the week ending July
9, the health officer said. The
total at this time last year was
57. '
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