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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1963)
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. SVNDAV. ALGl'ST 18. 13 Spanish Students Enjoy hunt To Mazatlan, FJiexho Spanish Lessons Put To Stiff Test South Of The Border Km ii )S1' : : f - yrr I v YN. u-c;f life BLOCK AND TACKLE FISHING The student group chartered three boats at Mazat lan for a fishing cruise on the deep sea. The catch made by these three lucky anglers was so large that block and tackle was needed to hoist the sailfish up for pictures. Nan Clark, left, Scott Kellstrom and Marcia Goehring were the fortunate fishermen. EDITOR'S NOTE: . Stephanie Guderian, daughter f)t Mr. and Mrs. Wri Guderian, 2025 Law rence Street, was one of a group of 38 Spanish students at KUIIS who made a recent trip to Mex ico. Her story follows, complete with pictures she took on the trip. By STEPHANIE GUDERIAN On June 10, 33 happy students chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs.1 James Shields and Mrs. Beatrice Tanielian, adviser of the Spanish Club and Spanish teacher at Klamath Union High School, boarded a bus for Mazatlan, Mex- ico. As we left, we found it hard to believe that our hard work, candy sales and rummage sales had fi nally paid off and we 'were ac tually on our way. Our dreams were coming true. We left Klamath Falls at 8 a.m. and arrived in Heno at 1 p.m.. where our bus- driver, Mr. Rob erts, left us and flew to Las Vegas. He met us there and drove the bus again to the Mexican bor der. We nicknamed him "Fireball" Roberts for he seemed to get us to our rest stops from 10 minutes! to an hour early and yet man aged to stop at every railroad crossing. ' We arrived in Nogales, Mexi co, at 3 p.m. Tuesday where we chartered a bus from the TNS bus line. By 3:30 we left and soon came to the place where our bag gage was to be checked. A little man came out and told us if each passenger aboard would pay two pesos he wouldn't check our hag-l gae and we could go on. This would save us a lot of lime so we passed around the kitty for the coins. Soon after we left. Before long we came to a check station where an official inspects to see if the people before him had done their job. We were told our visas hadn't been stamped and we would have to return to No-1 gales. It was 5:30 p.m. when we linally left, which made us ar rive in Guaymas later than expected. Guaynias is a beautiful city and was one of the high points of our trip though we only spent the night. We stayed in the Hotel Rubi which is located near a small harbor which can be seen easily from the hotel terrace. It is very warm there and the ho tel makes sure that its guests are comfortable by supplying every room with an air-conriitioner. Leaving early the next morn ing, our bus driver, Senior Man uel Franco, took us on a tour of the city's ocean residential dis trict. The homes were fabulous and elegant lowers adorned the city and nearby countryside. At 10: IS a.m. e left Guavmas. The day was hot and sticky as we traveled through Ciudad. Na vajoa. Las Mochis and Culiacan to reach Mazatlan about midnight Wednesday. We registered at the Belmar Hotel which is separated from the ocean by just the main street of town. Most of us went directly to bed for the days that followed were to be filled with beauty and excitement. The city of Mazatlan is built on a peninsula overlooking Olasj Altas or High Waves Bay. We were told that Mazatlan means low income families and t h e homeless. There is no middle class in Mexico. The residents are either rich or poor. We came back to the hotel for lunch ... I had turtle sleak. It was delicious. The Pacific College had invited us to a party that evening. We met in an open basketball court which looked similar to a tennis court with no nets, but baskets at either end. We broke a pinata . . . or rather. Ken McCart broke it and everyone else scrambled for the candy, fruit and balloons scat tered all over the court. Tortillas w ith cheese and hot sauce were on the menu along with several tasty fruits. All judged the party a real success. We walked back to the hotel afterwards, as it was only a short distance from the college. It was on this walk that we were caught in our first tropical rainstorm. It was like taking a five - minute shower with our clothes on. The next day Saturday we chartered three fishing boaLs and most of the students went on a deep-sea fishing trip. Surpris ingly enough, the girls turned out to be the best fishermen. Aboard the Antarcs were Mrs. Tanielian and 10 girls. This boat caught two sailfish. The Pollux chaperoned by Mrs. Shields with a mixed group of students, caught only one fish; but the Peggy Jean, chaperoned by Mr. Shields with an all-male crew of 10 caught nothing but seasickness. Nan Clark and Marcia Goehring on the Antares caught the two sail "place of the deer" though it isfish and Scott Kellstrom of the -t MEXICAN BEACH CONVERSATION Ola! Dana Pin- I for the students by the Pacific College at Mazatlan. With ney, with hand upraised, greets some new-found Mexican backs to the camera, Linda Soloman and Suanna Whytal friends in a beach cart drawn by mules at a picnic given chat with Senor Manuel Franco. usually referred to as "Pearl of the Pacific." This city, founded in 1800, has a population of 72,687 and is found on the map almost directly across from the southern-1 most tip of lower California. Ma zallati prospers from gold, silver, shrimp, sugar, fruits, tobacco and tourists . . . especially those who are there for the hunting or fish ing, though we came to study the language. Thursday morning we got up early and had our first real Mexi can breakfast which was an enormous plate of fresh fruit pineapple, papaya, mango, ban ana, oranges, watermelon and cantaloupe. Later that morning Senor Franco took us around to look at all the nearby beaches. At one of them, Las Gavitas, an American movie had recenllyi been filmed. For lunch I bad fruit cocktail. filet of sole and cocoanut pie. Later Senor Franco took us to the the market to teach us how to bargain. Bargaining is an ex citing pastime, I found. The peo ple enjoy asking 30 pesos for an item and arguing noisily to pre vent being talked down to 20 pesos or less. Every evening a club meeting was held to talk about the prob lems we had (if anyl, the friends we had made and the schedule for the next day. Then all lights were out at 10:30 and bed check at 10:45. Friday we got up early and went on a tour of the residential district of Mazatlan. We saw a new planetarium which was real nice. The building next to it is a showplace the government has built to show off the new housing project. These homes, which cost about Sfi.000, are built to house the Pollux landed the other. All in all it was a very rewarding day. Sunday morning, the college sponsored a picnic on "an island where tourists never go." This island is named La Piedra or "The Rock." The people living there are very poor. Their homes are made of sticks with thatched roofs or are crude shelters built in the shade of palm trees. Several sea shells were gath ered and many of us went on a hike up t he hillside to see the beautiful view. Others pre ferred to swim in the warm ocean. From the island we could sec the Mazatlan lighthouse the second highest lighthouse in the world. We all went back to (he hotel looking like baked lobsters fresh from the oven. That evening the hotel invited us to attend a dance which is held every Sunday night for the city. The manager. Senior Jose Elc- zar Pena, played the maracas with the orchestra while we learned to cha-cha. Between every four dances there was a 15-minutc break and several Span ish and English students gathered on the porch to tell stories. Many we told were ones I had heard when I was .1 or 4 years of age. but all enjoyed listening and we had a lot of fun telling these fairy stories. Monday was a "free day" to do anything we wanted such as ihnpnin; or sw imming. At 7 p.m. he hotel held a banquet in our honor; a happy occasion, yet sad, lor we would be leaving the next morning for home. I'll never forget Mazatlan: Its beauty ... its charm. It is a gold en setting in deep blue Pacific waters ... a peaceful city await ing a new dawn. ft . f I N r f . i ft If. 1N T V If PL v HAULING IN THE SAILFISH Students aboard the Pollux were afforded view of a sailfish when captain's assistant Pedro Armandez hauled this sea the boat. their first giant info THATCHED-ROOF SHELTERS Huts such as these are typical sun shelters on many of the beaches at Mazatlan. This is Las Gavitas where an American movie was re cently made. The student group visited this beach on their first day in the Mazatlan area. If"' 1 tii i PLANETARIUM Progress Is the key word in some parts of Mexico. Her is a view of the planetarium in Mazatlan, The long low building on the right of the picture houses a display of the projected housing program for needy Mexican families. Th plants in the foreground furnish the Ingredients for that famed Mexican beverage, tequila. INTERNATIONAL GROUP Key figurei In the tour were, left to right, Mrs. Jamel Shields, James Shields, Belmar Hotel manager Senor Joss Pena, Senora Pena, and their son, Jose Jr., Mil. 8eatric Tanielian, and Senor Manuel Franco, bus driver. .,- GUAYMAS WATERFRONT This is the waterfront view from the Hotel Rubi In mas where the students spent two nights. From this harbor shrimp and fishing base their activities. Guay-boats
