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home and found him a job as a
gardener. Then he went to driver’s
school and became a chauffeur, so
he could finish high school at night.
“And then I took an electricity
course,” he told McDowell. “So
now I have worked three years in
electric repairs with a friend. I
want to open my own shop in
Oaxaca. Margarita now had her
own lunchroom. It’s nice. And two
of our cousins have come to live
with her.” Success.
Water Woes Deep
The problems of Mexico City
cannot be overestimated. Lacking
a river for a water supply, the city
has depended on wells and springs.
Now the wells are running dry,
aggravating the natural sub
sidence of the land, and the city
must pay heavily to pump water in
and sewage out over the mountains
that surround the city.
City planners conservatively
estimate that half of the population
lives in “irregular” housing, in
which either the title is faulty or
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code requirements. Traffic snarls
the city streets, and 11,000 tons of
gaseous waste spews out into the
air daily, 70 percent of it from
motor vehicles running largely on
leaded gasoline.
Poverty is rampant. Thirty
percent of the city’s families sleep _
in a single room, and those
families average five people.
Squatters, known as paracaidistas
-parachutists-invade any
available vacant land, including
hillside caves, and many former
rural residents still keep chickens.
About 40 percent of the housing
units lack adequate sewerage.
Though the people keep coming,
the city continues to fight its
problems. A deep drainage sewer
system is being built; planners
hope to reach 85 percent of the city
by 1988. An ever-growing subway
system now covers 65 miles and
hauls more than 4 million
passengers a day at the world’s
cheapest fare-less than a U.S.
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Perhaps most important, the
city’s hordes seem willing to do
their part to make it a better place
to live. McDowell watched one of
many neighborhood organizations
of unpaid volunteers at work on a
Saturday morning-“housewives,
lawyers, shopkeepers, students,
accountants-ringing bells and
wielding brooms to clean up their
streets.”
“We keep the neighborhood
much cleaner this way,” a cheery
woman told him.
A citywide council of neigh
borhood groups has been formed,
the closest thing to an elected city
government Mexico City has ever
had. Appointed city officials listen
carefully to the requests for
warded by the advisory council.
McDowell tells of a community
of shacks at the bottom of a ravine.
They were small and jerry-built,
but they stood in neat rows and
each had a collection of flowers
planted in tin cans.
Residents had named
community Esperanza-Hope.
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These crafts give some hint to the variety of corn crafts
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creations.
Cumberland elates Com Festival
BY SALLY BAER
Staff Correspondent
SHIPPENSBURG - The
Cumberland Valley’s finest crop
will be celebrated for the fourth
year at the Com Festival in
Shippensburg. Dates for this an
nual event are Saturday, August 25
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and August
26 from noon to 5 p.m.
Downtown Shippensburg streets
will be closed to traffic as the com
festival gets underway. Sponsored
by the Shippensburg Heritage and
Recreation Preservation
(SHARP), there is special em
phasis on downtown historic
preservation and an appreciation
of the architecture. Proceeds from
the two-day event are contributed
to revitilization in the community.
Com is king for two days and will
be featured in everything from the
food that is served to the crafts
that are sold. Over 100 craftsmen
and antique dealers will offer their
wares along the sidewalks.
Dot Ocker is getting into the
spirit of things and offering her
com husk crafts for sale for the
first time. With the help of her
husband Alvin, Dot makes many
different com husk items, from
wreaths and flowers to dolls and
scarecrows. She said she works
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with some of the husk wet and
some dry.
To make com husk crafts, the
husk must be gathered in the fail.
Dot has an authentic source for the
com busk, getting it directly from
her son-in-law Wayne Hall, a
dairyman in Shippensburg. She
said she gets a supply each fall and
stores it, working on it throughout
the year, usually incorporating it
into holidays, making such diverse
items as witches for Halloween
. and angels for Christmas.
Dot’s daughter, Diane and
granddaughter Debbie both get
involved in the festival too. Dot will
have some spice balls and other
craft items, but says, “I want to
make as much as I can out of com
husk.”
Cora foods will include the
traditional chicken com soup, com
on the cob, com dogs and many
other com treats. A cooked
breakfast will be available as well
as a chicken barbecue meal.
Antique cars will be on display,
and there will be wagon rides
available along with displays of
antique equipment in store win
dows. A working blacksmith will
demonstrate his talent.
A five-mile run will open the
festival on Saturday, starting at 8
a.m.