—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 25, 1967
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Ken Martin
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Dutch cookin''' At the top of
every Honduran menu are rice
and red beans We have plenty
of boiled bananas, plantins,
coco’s, yams, and uca. They
butcher beef every week, but
not enough to meet the de
mand. Most of the food is
brought from the mainland
Vegetables are very scarce and
sometimes cabbage, tomatoes,
and onions are available We
aie fortunate because of our
ready supply of seafood . . .
shrimp, lobster, conchs, wilks,
king and queen fish, red snap
pei, barracuda, and many oth
er fish
Our primary assignment is
to work vuth the credit union
which now is a year old It is
already the second largest in
Honduras and has net assets
of over 130,000 lempiras Two
Hondman lempiras equal an
American dollar We feel that
the credit union is a definite
service in that it’s encoui ag
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SMOKE TOWN
ing people to save and also
making low-lntcrest loans
available. We also cash and
sell checks Previous to the
credit union some checks with
ns many as fifteen endorse
ments would be circulating
through town. We were hon
ored last year to have our
American ambassador with us,
John J Jova, to present our
official ehaiter.
Living on the cay we are
somewhat marooned since we
are completely surrounded by
water. A dory here is almost
as essential as an automobile
in the States, if not more so
A dory is a dugout with built
up sides and a closed bow and
stern We have a 20’ dory
powered by a 7 hp. Buggs en
gine. Thu “Judy Yvonne”
serves as our Cadillac here.
Most oi the men are seamen
Many hold high positions with
shipping companies in the
States. Most of them stay here
to shrimp and fish Theie are
two shrimp packing plants
here in Guanaja. Last year
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ENJOYING THE SUNSHINE AND THINKING OF FARAWAY SNOW are
Ken Martin, left, and co-worker Ralph Nafziger. They are standing on the steps
of the credit union which they are operating at Guanaja, Honduras,
about 70 boats brought their for cattle production here and squash also look promis
shnmp here, this year even Several farmelrs are also plan- ing We are bothered by large
more are to come ning to go into poultry using ants called “v/ewes”, and a
We also have been doing purebred strains Eggs are sell- lizard type creature called >a
some agricultural work, but mg for 15 centavos apiece (7Vi ‘wush willie”. They can Strap
most of the island is very hilly cents American), so poultiy a plant o± its leaves in short
and rugged; not suitable for and eggs have potential order OMordane is an ef
intense cultivation We are en- We have experimented with festive control, and we have
couragmg improved pasture vegetables and had success been selling that and other in
and better ineeds of cattle I with green beans, cucumbers, secticides practically at cost,
feel there is gieat potential and tomatoes. Watermelons (Continued on Page 9)
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