Ken Hauer . . . and the missionary home on distant isle. ] * j'f * J
Year Spent in New Guinea
(Editor's note: The following
Christmas message has been re
ceived from Ken and Vivian
Bauer, missionaries in New
Guinea. The letter is self-ex
planatory ).
Christmas day brings to a close
our first year in New Guinea. For
persons who were sent to educate,
»e (eel at this time more like the
recipients of the education than
the givers.
One year ago we arrived at the
mission station of Yaramanda. The
school is at Fausa a lx nit a mile
down the hill. This will someday
be the permanent house site for
us
Puusa consisted of 42 acres of
hill> terrain covered with four
foot grass, a few hanana trees,
ami an abandoned native hut.
IPausa means place of grass).
We bad little idea on how to
construct buildings and we knew'
BtUc of what to face in producing
teachers. But these problems we
have found were the small ones
compared to our lack of know
ledge of the culture in which we
wer- to work. We have learned by
our mistakes and exocrienced
many valuable lessons.
Yaranianda is the mission sta
tion run by Otto Ilintze, one of the
firs! missionaries to come to this
area nine years ago. Yarmanda
consists of alxiut !#) acres on a
gixxl sized hill. Here is located the
Hint/e's home, our home, the na
live church, a small chapel for
oui use, a school, two educational
buildings for instruction or confir
m 11ion classes, etc., a small clin
ic for the natives, staffed by a
parti a 11 > trained native doctor
boy and a small trade store for
the natives. All the buildings arc
"hush" (made of split bamboo and
grass or Kunni roof) including our
own, which has walls of woven
bamboo. We put a metal roof on
ours. The 1 lintzes now have a nice
little frame house. The Basse’s
(the other teacher and wife) have
an aluminum house at Pausa.
The elevation here is 6,000 feet.
The natives are small, not more
than five feet tall and their life
span is about 40 years.
The temperature here ranges
from 70 in the day to 50 at night
with rain almost every afternoon.
The church, built by native
Christians, is a huge hush struc
ture that can seat 1,500 natives.
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DEAN’S Barber Shop
Dean Streeter
At Sunday service there are usual
ly nearly 700 people present. They
leave their axes, carrying hags
and whatever they have outside
the church.
Pausa is now fairly well set up
We have dormitories, a cook
house, a trade store, storage build
ings and three schools, one of
which a native teacher is using.
(In the future, we hope to have
two or three native teachers here
as a sort of training school area
for our boys). We also have the
cement [x»st foundations up for
our permanent school and house.
Because of some of the gifts
that have boon sent to us, we now
have much of the area landscaped,
and we are almost finished with
our athletic field which was a
great task It was necessary to
level a 300 x 180-ft. area, with
nothing but spades and stretchers
to carry the ground. Since the
terrain is so rough, this was a
hard job. Even at 10 cents per
day for a man, it became quite
expensive. However, it was a very
necessary thing.
Almost all of our subject mat
ter, material and textbooks must
!>e drawn up ourselves. Our teach
ing program follows much the
same lines as a grade school pro
gram would in the States except
for greater emphasis on religion,
horticulture and handicrafts. Mr.
Busse teaches English, arithmetic
! and horticulture and I take relig
ion, social studies, health, nature
study, music and handicrafts.
Our main task is to produce
teachers. Our school must become
■ the heart of the mission from
! which evangelistic workers can
start the work of spreading the
Gospel to thousands in this area.
Their old way of life and heath
en practices have a powerful in
| fluence on their thinking and be
; havior. This is a land of sorcery
| and witchcraft where Satan in all
his glory is destroying the people
with ignorance and superstition.
The school boys enjoy hikes for
activity and are of educational
value, as they get to study the
different floral and wild life not
seen at higher elevation. One was
15 miles to the closest mfssion
station to have a game ot soccer
with the tx>ys in that area. Anoth
er was 25 miles to another mission
station. The longest walk was up
to the top of the Hagen range of
mountains, the peaks being 13,500
feet.
The local natives have a great
fear of this area and regard it as
sacred because in the small lakes
are said to dwell many spirits.
The trip was extremely rugged
since it was necessary to go up
steep cliffs in the dense forest
area that was hanging with trop
ical plants fully saturated with
water. Our view from on top was
spectacular. We were able to see
great distances in all directions
in the early morning clearness.
Vivian’s class of little native
children ceased a couple of
months ago when she put those
with adequate understanding into
the native class I school. Soon she
plans to start teaching a teenage
girls school in mothercraft, health
and religion. This is an almost un
touched area in the education of
New Guinea youth, and a very es
sential one. It would seem an out
spoken thing to say perhaps, that
one of the reasons we need this is
to provide educated wives for our
educated Christian men; but this
is what we need. It is hard to
realize some of the setbacks edu
cated boys can get by marrying
a “bush” girl with not enough
training to even consider occasion
ally washing.
We would like to thank those
people at home for helping us out
in our work here. Your gifts are
very much appreciated.
—KEN and VTVIAN BAUER.
A
Wilson (.iris
Home for Holidays—
The Wilson girls are spending
the holidays with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilson. Miss
Carolyn, a student at the College
j of St. Teresa at Winona, Minn.,
i and her sister. Miss Cathryn, a
I student at the collegiate depart
ment of St. Mary's school of Nurs
ing at Rochester, Minn., arrived
Sunday evening. Their parents
met them in Sioux City. Their sis
| ter, Miss Marilu, who teaches in
] Denver, Colo., arrived Tuesday
evening.
Miss Senn Bride
in Chambers Rite
CHAMBERS — Miss Carolyn
Senn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Francis Senn of Bartlett, became
the bride of Fred Potts, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Potts of O’
Neill, sunday, December 21, at a
2 p.m., double-ring ceremony at
the Methodist church in Chandlers
Rev. Charles Cox oficiated. Only
the immediate families were pres
ent.
Miss Harriet Zimmerman of
Bartlett was maid-of-honor and
Lester Potts of Bartlett, brother
of the bridegroom, was bestman.
A reception for the wedding
guests followed the ceremony, giv
en by the bride’s parents at tlieir
home.
Following a shori wedding trip
to the Black Hills, the couple will
reside in Bartlett.
The bride and bridegroom both
attended Wheeler county high
school.
Coyue (ilrls
Visit Parents—
Dr. Nadine Coyne, who is on
the staff of a hospital in Cleve
land, O., arrived last Thursday
evening to spend the holidays with
her parents, Mr. anti >Irs. H. E.
Coyne. Doctor Coyne is moving to
New York after her vacation here
and will be on the staff of the In
stitute of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation of the New York
University-Bellevue Medical cen
ter. This is where Roy Campan
ella. the Dodger catcher is a pa
tient after his near fatal accident.
Miss Mary Kathryn Coyne and
her sister, Miss Veronica. Itoth of
Chicago. 111., will arrive Christ
mas eve.
Navy Men
<*n l eave—
Jack Sullivan, who ts stationed
at Memphis, Tenn.. with the navy,
arrived Saturday to spend a two
weeks’ leave with his mother,
Mrs. Helen Sullivan.
Gary Holly, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Holly, who is stationed
near San Diego, Calif., arrived
home Sunday, to visit his parent*
for the holidays.
Another navy man home is Dar
| rel Dexter, son of Mrs, Richard
Tomlinson. Darrel is stationed at
! Imperial Beach, Calif. Tom Don
! ohoe, son of Mrs. Clarence Dono
h >e, who is stationed near San Di
j ego, Calif., is also home. All of
| these men signed up with the navy
at the same time. Two others.
! James Enright and James Murphy
| of Stuart, were not able to be
I home for Christmas.
EWING NEWS
The Thursday night pitch club
was entertained the evening of
December 19 at the home of Mr. 1
and Mrs. William Spence at O’
Neill Guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Van Horn, Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Ruby of Ewing, and Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Spence of Atkinson
Ilich score went to Charles Roth- ■
erham and Mrs. Archie Tuttle.
Low score to Mrs. Van Horn and
Archie Tuttle.
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JUSTICE COURT
December 17 Edward and Carl!
Schultz of McHenry, 111., driver of
Consolidated Freightways, speed
ing, fined $10 and $d costs; officer
- Miller.
December IS Laveme Claussen
of Atkinson, intoxication, fined $10
and $-1 costs and 3 days in jail,
jail sentence suspended on good
behavior; officer Miller.
Family Together
After b ive ears
INMAN Mr and Mrs. Howard
Clark and family of Omaha came
Tuesday morning to spend Christ
mas in the home of Howard's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Clark
This will be the first Christmas in
five years Howard and family
have been home.
They just returned from Eng
land this past summer, and then
too. Grandma and Grandpa Clark
will be making the acquaintance
of a new granddaughter bom to
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Clark about
six weeks ago.
Howard is stationed at t^ffut air
force base.
Other Inman News
Sam Watson and Linelle Tomp
kins, students at Wesleyan uni
versity at Lincoln, and Roland
Hansen, student at the State uni
versify at Lincoln, air home to
spend the holidays in their re
spective homes.
Mr. and Mrs. John H, Mattson
were Friday evening guests in the
country home of Mr. and Mrs.
Vern Wrede of O’Neill They also
attended Chuck W rede’s school
program.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Coon, Dale
and Doris of Beemer were visitors
here Saturday. The Coon family
formerly lived here.
Mr and Mrs. Ronald Coventry
and son. Joe, of Norfolk, came
Saturday evening to spend a week
in the country home of Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Coventry and son,
Boh.
Dick Coventry, Ned and Neal
Kelley of Norfolk spent the week
end here with home folk. They re
turned to Norfolk junior college
i for classes Monday and Tuesday
! They will then tie home for Christ
l mas vacation until January 5,
j 1959.
The Inman public school closed
Friday noon for Christmas vaca
tion. Superintendent and Mrs
Walter Ubben and daughter,
Christie, left Monday for Autiurn
where they will spend the holidays
with relatives.
Miss I.uclla Watson of Ferry ton
IY.v, came Tuesday and will
spend the Christmas holidays with
her parents, Mr, ami Mrs. E. L.
Watson,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Reynolds
were Sioux City visitors Tuesday,
Decomlier 16.
Mrs Clara Peacock and pupils
of the Willow Lake school south
west of Inman, hold their Christ
mas program Friday night at the
school house A Rood crowd was
present.
Miss Ka> Coventry of Omatui
came Tuesday to spend the Christ
mas holidays with her parents,
Mr a:ui Mrs James It. Coventry,
and Bill.
Carnival shatinR |>urty Christ
mas nlte, December 2.7. at NcIIrIi
rink. Fur par tv reservation dales,
phone TF7-4724. S5|i
The name of Morris Pongratz
was accidental!} ommitted from
the list printed in last week’s is
sue of students who are in the
National Honor society at St.
Mary's ,nadem>
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