MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
SUNDAY. APRIL 29, 19S2
Port Elizabeth Snake Farm One
(Ediior'i noli: Thii ii in
other in series of articles
by former Medford resident
Luke Lange, who it on an
around lhe world cruise on
the freighter S. S. Frietland.
Todya'i article ii about Port
Eliiabeih. Union of South
Africa.)
By LUKE LANGE
One day and night out of
Cape Town our ship docked
at Port Elizabeth to discharge
more Canadian fir and pine
lumber that she had loaded
at Vancouver, B.C.
It is a clean little town
'with strictly Dutch atmos
phere since many of the old
buildings were built by the
Dutch or as they were called
: then, the Boers.
The area is still part of the
Union of South Africa and
;has the same strict segraga-
,tion. The colored live in one
section; the black in another
section and the whites in their
own area.
; We heard the town had
one of the largest snake farms
:ln the world as well as an
excellent museum which turn
ed out to be true. They had
nearly every poisonous snake
known in the world in cap-
.tivity at this farm.
- In addition to all the species
of Africa they had our own
rattlesnakes, water moccasins,
cobra from Florida, python,
bushmaster, coral snakes, co
bra from Central and South
America, Indian and from any
where else that they arc in
existence. I did not realize
j there were so many kinds of
'cobra, and all of them dead
ly. They had one species fa-
miliar to nearly all parts of
I Africa and India and they
claimed by their records that
this one type of snake was
I responsible for over 10,000
deaths of natives per year.
iThen there was the black and
! green mamba, the bite of
1 which caused death to its vic
tim within 10 to 15 minutes
unless proper treatment was
available Immediately. A
large deluxe snake bite had
been developed at this place
and was on sale for $5 Amer
ican. It was their claim that these
anti-venom kits were good for
any type of poisonous snake
bite. They extract venom from
this farm and ship it all over
the world.
Open-Air Pits
In addition to the many en
closed pens where each snake
was housed separately they
had open-air pits with nearly
I every kind of snake rcprcscnt
:ed. living in its natural state.
I You stood on a step and
'leaned on a wall which was
I about 5 feet high, and looked
directly into the pits. Twice
a day a native snake handler
gets into the pit and puts on
quite a show. He has a uni
form of which he is proud,
j Any native black who winds
I up with a job that calls for
a uniform is head and should
ers above his fellow tr nes-man.
The pit is separated from
the wall by a moat of water
about two feet across and two
feet deep. The native puts a
Utile ladder from the wall
to the pit and steps into the
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Four Candidates
To Be Honored Here
Robert Duncan, Medford,
Patrick Flynn, Charles O.
Porter and Robert Straub, all
of Eugene, the four Democrat
ic candidates for fourth dis
trict representative, will be
guests-of-honor at a pre-pri-mary
dinner rally sponsored
by the Democratic Social club
of Jackson county, according
to Thomas J. Reeder, presi
dent. The rally, which is designed
to bring candidates, their sup
porters and friends together
for a last large social gather
ing before the primary elec
tion May 18. will be held at
Ping's Garden Friday, Way 4
at 6:30 p.m.
The four Congresional can
didates, three of whom will
travel to Medford from Eu
gene, will speak briefly, and
all state and county candi
dates will be introduced indi
vidually. Following the dinner, a so
cial hour will provide oppor
tunities for candidates and
voters to become better ac
quainted. "The Pre-Primary Dinner
Rally has been planned to
serve two purposes." Reeder
said, "first, to give county
Democrats a final opportunity
to meet all their candidates
before election-day and, sec
ond, to thank the candidates
for representing the Demo
cratic Party so well in hard,
clean campaigning these past
months."
.pit, takes off his hat. makes
I a ery dignifed bow to the
crowd and gives a speech in
the Kings English of what he
. is going to show you about
the snakes.
I Striking at His Feet
While he is talking, vipers.
'asps and cobras have already
began striking at his feet and
legs. He wears heavy shoes
up to his ankles and from
: his shoes to his knees he is
I protected by leather leggings
Seminar Planned for
Mew Board Members
A one-day seminar for new
school board members will be
held at Southern Oregon col
lege's Britt Student center,
June 16. according to the gen
eral extension division of the
Oregon slate system of higher
education.
It is one of a series being
held throughout the state dur
ing May and June. Theme will
be "Fundamentals of School
Board Operations."
Cooperating in the program
are the University of Oregon
school of education, Portland
center of general extension
division and the three regional
colleges in the state system.
Purpose of the program is
"to provide an overview ol
some of the crucial issues
which school district manage
ment faces" and to help new
board members to become ef
fective In "team operation" as
quickly as possible.
He wears leather gloves to his
elbows and that is all the pro
tection he has. The rest of his
body, as well as the face is
unprotected.
There are two small trees
in the pit and the branches
are alive with all types of
snakes. At random he starts
grabbing the snakes out of the
trees and coils some of them
around his neck and others he
holds by the tails.
I i in- ail nave iiicn iiiuuma
open ana are trying to siriKe,
and as they twist and wreath
vou can see their fangs with
i the poison venom dripping
from them, and they are try
ing to strike him In the face
and body.
Purchase Cheapest Kind
In watching this fellow per
forming you can only con
clude that if you were to buy
the uniform for this boy you
of Largest
in
would purchase the iheapc.t
kind as ,t may not fit his suc
cessor. There were several of the
cobra in the pit that do not
eject their poison by bite.
They open their mouth and
spit. They can spit this venom
up to five feet in distance.
They try to spit at the eyes
of the victim who is blinded
instantly, and without proper;
treatment immediatelv. for!
life. " i
The native kept these at a
safe distance with a forked
stick alt during his perform-,
ance with the other snakes.
P.
Woridigil
All and all he was kept prctly
busy. WfMM
People were taking pictures &QtJg$'iiZ
all the while this was going! tff
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The Family Council
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trist, three elerevmen, three editors and a woman's editor. Each article
is a snn.mary of an ariiial rase history. The Council report! on prob
lems that have been deal with by responsible agencies and counselors.
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Martha N. - My parents ful. I know a half-dozen boys,
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don't consider me engaged,
but I am.
Mrs. D. N. - She calls it an
engagement. I call it impris
onment. Martha N. - I'm 1R and a
freshman at a college hun
dreds of miles from my home.
The second week I was on
campus I dated h fellow stu
dent, a sophomore, and al
though I accepted invitations
from a few other boys I came
back to Chris by Thanksgiv.
! ing and we've gone steady
; since.
We're really Just right for
each other. Chris says he
: looked over the new crop of
i co-eds last fall and picked me
out of a hundred. Although
he must get his degree and
put in a year of post-graduate
i lab work and I have three
more years to go, we don'l
see why we can t plan to he
married early in 1065, say,
during spring vacation.
My parents think the idea
! is ridiculous and that I
'should continue to date. But
I've found my man. Why look
further? We're engaged.
Mrs. D. N. - We have no
objection to Chris. We met
him when we drove Martha
back last January. And his
parents entertained Martha in
I their home for a . weekend.
IWe don't know how they feel
! about the idea of a three-year
engagement, but we think it's
terrible.
I can understand a spinster
! ish, scared, desperate girl
j hanging on to a long engage
;mcnt for fear of never get
i tint? another chance. But Mar
'lha is young, bright, beauli-
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sons of my friends, who
wanted to date her during
Easier vacation, and were
flabbergasted to hear her say
she was engajjed.
She should get hack into
circulation. She won't be en
gaged until her father and I
announce it, shortly before
her marriage. 1965 is fine
Chris is fine, too. But it's
big world and she should
look around it first.
The Council: If we ask you.
Martha, to think back to when
Debbie Reynolds divorced
Eddie Fisher, when Castro
took over Cuba, and when
Clare Boothe Luce almost be
came our Ambassador to Bra
zil, you may find your mem
ory of those months a bit hazy.
Yet, they were events of 1959.
of three years ago.
We mention them to give
you an idea of how long
three years arc, of how pre
cious, and of how much can
happen during them. Then we
inquire, siding more or less
wilh your mother, "Is it fair
to immobilize Chris, socially,
for all this time? Is it fair for
him to do the same to you?"
You re not polar bears and
you can't hibernate, that is,
go into a state of lethargic
suspension of all body states
for this period. You'd be wis
er to regard each other as
dear friends, not fiances, un
til a wedding date is on a
nearer horizon.
Martha may very well
marry Chris But the mar
riage will have greater
chance of success If it comes
about in the spirit of "forsak
ing all others" rather than
not meeting any others.
Sometimes the boy who
looks like a lion on the cam
1 pus turns into a mouse in an
office. The girl who's all pep
and good cheer at a football
game may show her real col
ors when asked to help out
j wilh an unexpected and un
pleasant chore. Martha says
! she's found her man. Each of
them, however, has much yet
to find out about the other.
And part of learning more of
each other is learning more
about other young people,
weighing and measuring THE
one as he stacks up alongside
olhcr peers. In oilier words,
why say Chris is the one be
fore you've dated many more
who are not the one? i
Thus far Chris sounds more
like a nice pleasant guy, the
bird in the hand you don't 1
want to risk for the one In the
bush. But the bushes are still I
full for you, Martha. No need
for either of you to be so pos
sessive and so final about your
atlachmenl at this stage, un
less the wedding can be
sooner than 19f5.
Len Casanova, head foot
ball coach University of Ore
gon. Eugene, spoke Friday
night al the kickoff banquet
of the St. Mary's Endowment
Fund drive.
"Inter-faith cooperation on
worthwhile community proj
ects like the endowment drive
is vital to success." Casanova
said, "if we ate to take full
advantage of our opportuni
ties for educational and cul
tural enrichment."
The noted football mentor
challenged the fund drive
workers to conduct their cam
paign with the same purpose,
endurance and perseverance
with which he approached
each game played by the
Ducks from the University of
Oregon.
Commends Community
Casanova commended the
community for its suport of
the drive to build the $265,000
St. Mary's school on Black
Oak dr., and urged their re
newed efforts to reduce the
remaining indebtedness and to
build a high school gymnasi
um in the near future.
He noted that a high per
centage of the school fund
drive was received from
sources other than parishion
ers, and speculated that the
workers would receive similar
response in the current pro
gram. More than 50 volunteers
crowded the Rogue Valley
Country club to hear Casano
va's talk, which launched the
public phase of the St. Mary s
Fnrtnwnipnt Fund drive, ine
speaker was introduced by R.
R. (Bud) Parsons of Medford.
Following the talk Dr. Ar
nold M. Depner, general chair
man, reviewed the initial
phase of the drive, and out
lined the accomplishments to
date. He noted that the En
rinuiment Fund was first es
tablished to raise money for
the new St. Mary's High
school which opened with an
enrollment of 200 students in
January this year.
Relieves Overcrowding
The quarter-million dollar
modern structure released
nnnrlnH nlncyrnnm snacC for
lhe overcrowded elementary
wr;iiHn which now occupy a
of the facilities at the original
St. Mary's location, 431 Souin
Ivv st. I
nr nmner rcDortcd mat
the new high school facilities
will allow for an increased en
rollment ud to 300 students
but they do not as yet include
nmnasium for other facil
ities as envisioned for the com
nlntnrt school olant. The archi
tectural lines of the school
will permit easy expansion,
the chairman slated, for added
ri.nsrnoms as needed or other
standard school facilities.
An Nannies. Medford. com
mittee-member and master of
ceremonies of the kickoff ban
quet, revealed plans which
earmark Endowment Fund
mnnioo first to SOdIV to the
reduction of the remaining
Indebtedness on the new hlgn
school, and next to apply to
the huilding of a new high i
school gymnasium and addi-1
ional classrooms in the near ,
future. I
Tax Deductible
Naurnes said that the fund
contributions are tax deducti-1
hie an dthe money would be !
used entirely on the St. Mary's ,
schools both high school ana ;
lemnntarv. He estimated that
(he combination of the new
St. Mary's High school and the j
lemnntarv school gave lhe i
taxpayers of the community a ;
:otal of $350,000 annually, in
axes they do not pay to cdu-1
cate the voune Deonle who nt.
tend. I
II was pointed out that lhe
Endowment Fund is a mm-!
profit organization dedicated
to providing both a cultural j
and an educational asset to the
community.
Dr. Depner encouraged vol
untcrs wilh the statement that
their efforts would be instru
mental in relieving local resi
dents of a considerable tax
burden by providing extra
classroom space, facilities and
teachers al a time when the
school population in the area
is rapidly increasing.
Appointment of solicitation
teams comprised the balance
of the program.
on and he lold us to save our
film for better ones. At the!'
close of his exhibition he pick
el up all the snakes he could
by the tails and had them
striking toward the cameras
for the people.
Has Seen Snake Shows
I have seen many snake
shows in carnivals, circuses
and have been to other snake !
farms in Mexico, but have
never seen anything that fill
ed you with horror and the
fear for the safety of this man
in the pit as this exhibition.
After his performance, he
had a question and answer pe
riod and admitted he had been
bitten numerous times but
with treatment had hardly
any ill effects wilh the excep
tion of a few hours illness.
We found this man's pay to
be 10 shillings a day, which
is $1.40.
From the snake farm we
went to the museum where
among other things they had
taken all the bones of a gi
ganlic whale and reassem
bled it, making it as they
claim, the largest skclton of
its kind in the world. This we
could believe, because it ran
the full length of the building.
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