The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1964 Page: 2 of 16
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The party went to Timbuk-
ard . mall Ru Un
raft. When they topped at
Mopti for breakfast, a na-
tive woman joined them for
me trip, carrying her infant
in the local manner, with
it liny leg.-, .ituundhe i waist
a it rested on her protrud-
ing buttock;, tightlv h.vnded
with a strip of cloth. The.
woman • it sidewise or
airport chair but the Ar
ic ;n were unable to
how >he at on the plane
Their arrival at Tirnb
wa <i great thrill; they could
ee rhe faniou old village
on the curve of (he Niger
as the plane landed on a
small trip in the Sahara
Desert. Sand of the Great
’ n»ra was everywhere--in
the dr. ground, hair, eyes,
food, and beds.
They found the area has a
Ix aurv of ifs own - -a few woe-
beguiu Minto-a and thorn
trees-the river and it s chan-
I J re yhf Jj/f-hlood
desert people. The Taureg
warrior live here, each
bearing long and viciou
looking words. The men, not
the women, are veiled in thi
region. Fiercest of the Fau-
r eg- are the Blue Men. whose
face are blue from tatooes,
and who wear blue robe: ,
veil's and turbans.
Hie Niger River was high,
and brought great activity,
with camel trains arriving to
bring : .;'t slabs aloard pi-
racies on the river.
Ihe group made a trip to
Kobara in a landrover with
no springs, driven by a na-
tive in a nightshirt. Only
two western families live Ln
that vast area, brothers
named Marshall who are
Baptist missionaries.
Timbuktu is a mud village
ol narrow winding streets
with a mosque, a town
square, and a market; the
militaire and city fort were
left from the French. Water
is drawn from one of sev-
eral village wells and car-
ried in goatskins to the
houses On the edge of the
village, high on a dune, are
the ruin of a fort that was
manned by the French For-
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truding- -a convenience
plied as a resting plac
fore going back to the bu^h,
where plans called for a visit
with Dr. Schweitzer at Lam-
berene.
(Mr -. Shipp’s adventures
will be continued in future
editions of The Alvin Sun.)
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Towne Plaza
He will be closed Ihe Fourth
have domes, but are built
of brick resembling ram-
pant-, with long ticks pro-
up-
for
mustache, a USA citizen, who
immediately said "Be our
guests". They happily went
with Red and Louis, and we re-
served a deliciou- meal, and
enjoyed hot showers, a clean
bathroom, and air condition-
ing.
The pair of hosts were
building a pavillion and set-
ting up an exhibit of Ameri-
can products while living in
the US-AID Compound. They
have done rhe same job all
over the world, and are with
the Commerce Department.
Their benefactor, took the
tourists on rhe following dav
to see the Chinese exhibit,
which was large, noisy, and
impressive, but had no su-
perior exhibit.: except some-
old porcelains, jade, and ar-
tifices. The Russian exhibit
was not yet open.
After a night and three
delicious meals, eaten in
-hift' on an ttnpainted table
the group piled into land-
rovers for the trip to the
airport, and from there went
by plane to Accra.
Accra and Lagos a re mod-
ern cities, and they enjoyed
[Barbecue Sets - Lighters - Grills
Have A Happy
they had a delightful tim-
They were served refresh-
ments by one of the gover-
nor’s two w|ve and were
impressed by the governor's
alertness, knowledge of the
world, andhi 1 »wn-tO earth
theories concerning the wel-
fare of the country. H. was
a handsome black man, robed
in a tine woolen garment
of delicate yellow with white
silk braid trim, and wear-
ing a simple fez of white
braid.
When they finally arrived
in Bamako, many soldiers
and police men, with flag
and burning on hand to
greet Cow en Lai--but only
cowls and no place to stay
for the tourists. Having pre-
viously met the Ambassador
md Mrs. Handley, they were
sure the enib.> -y would be
concerned about their wel-
fare, and went there, 11
strong, with Nig and bag-
gage --to find the dour lock-
ed They eventually aroused
a young woman who let them
in, but offered no food; they
were given a drink of water
after they requested it.
The Ambassador arrived
arid Treated tnern courteous7-
ly, but even with the help
of the consul, Mr. King, had
found no rooms in the inn,
when two bouyantcharacters
bounced in. a lanky Texas
redhead and a rotund
Frenchman with a handlebar
Weight of their ‘‘fortune"
carried in their ears.
The people are mostly
Mo lem. although tribal cu -
tom- intermingle. Their
mosque are unlike those of
the East, but Muezzen and
prayer are the ame. The
basin with cold water--poi-
,on if drunk or even used
for tooth-brushing--and a
rusted shower with no water.
Small amounts of water at
a time was filtered through
charcoal, and then water
purifyier was added to flask -
fuls, and with the scarcity
of water, they were always
thirsty. Some coffee was
erved at breakfast, but not
enough to go around, and a
bit of hard bread was ra-
tioned between them. For-
tunately. bananas were a-
vailable in the native mar-
ket, which had to be washed
with detergent before peel-
ing, Lunch and dinner were
sparse, but there was a small
piece of fish and rice or
macaroni.
Food at lir.ibuktu was
much better, although heavi-
ly salted with .'and. An en-
joyable dish was Kouskous,
a coarsely ground maise
served with a spicy meat
sauce.
One aspect of food pre-
paration was one which they
preferred to ignore--pot
and pans were washed in the
river at Timbuktu, where
the natives wae^*e<j snd^a’h-
ed, and refuse was dumped.
They met two young Ger-
mans, who with a chief’:
grandson, Baba were exca-
vating and studying tribes,
and learned much about the
- urea from thro.----
The governor of Mopti in-
vited the group to hi. home,
within a compound overlook-
ing the river, which had for-
merly been the home of the
French Commissioner. The
gardens were lovely, and
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rage 2, Sec. I-The Alvin Sun-Thursday, July 2, 1964
Mrs. Oran Shipp Tells Of
Recent African Adventure
ry rough
nric, and
loaded with freigh
ger lound there v
fee I".: rr- wjr-r I
day Ln a
:ir flight
similar to the DC-
cign Legion, and there is a
hotel with eight rooms and
two tents, once the home of
a French official.
A sight the group will long
remember was of a sunset
seen from a terrace over-
looking the river--the pink
glow embraced the 'and and
water, then darkness came
and the evening star appear-
ed.
Adventures fell one upon
.mother in Mali, like the
"Peril of Pauline”--out of
one difficulty and into an-
other.
They were to have return-
ko, and then on to Accra,
but the plane arrived very
late and dropped Them in
Mopti--the Bamako plane
would fly in rwu week .
As the fir t American
guest , in Mopti, they found
ancient rusty cot;: for bed .
with mosquito nets of dust
and cobwebs, with one gr.iy-
i; h rough cotton sheet and a
hand-loomed roar-e cover-
let, and nopiilows. The elev-
en tourists were lodged in
four rooms. There were no
lights, a few "homespun
dornnient, and wear volumi-
nous robes of gay cotton
batik prints. The wives of
the chief are gaudy as
Christmas trees, rhe tra-
velers saw, in billowy robes
of diaphanous fabrics in pas-
tel shades, heavily striped
with gold or silver tinsel.
They wrap their head with
matching fabric, and their
manner is so regal they
seeii> tu ci icai hip I'luwir
Even poor women are dress-
ed tn gay colors, unless they
are in mourning.
With the exception of the
child ' wives, the women in
Mali remain the pa. ani
mals of the tribe. There are
many burrows which the men
ride, while the women follow
c .! tying heavy load on their
heads
Mrs. Oran Shipp, with a
party of 10 other adventure-
seekers, pent two month,
in Africa earlier thi year
She report.' a ''wonderful"
time, in spite of danger
encountered every day.
She took her fir.t heli-
copter ride m New York be-
tween airport s, and found the
big city a very pretty sight
with the -ight j i ■ ' cgiri i ig
tO s ,....
The g roup had a
cro ■ Ing of rhe At
and left i
blizzard
to Bamak
sian plane
6 was the
theic wer
In 'be Mopti area, the wo-
men wear huge gold earring
and small golden nose rings.
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Bowen, A. E. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1964, newspaper, July 2, 1964; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1245678/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.