^ THURSDAY, -.ilARCH 21, 1957
THE PILOT—Sbuthern Pines, North Carolina
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FORMER TOWN MANAGER
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best food here. However, good
meat is extremely hard to Hnd
and then there is no meat of “U.
S. Choice” quality or better. The
Bolivian coffee is said to be the
best in the world by many
Americans here. It costs aboqt
fifty cnts a poxmd and is excel-
l^t.
The first thing to which one
has to become accustomed is the
lack of, plenty. There are no A &
P’s, No Colonial’s, no nice drug
stores such as Southern Pines
has,, and' no Patch’s. Just this
week I have searched for eggs
and found none. It seems the
roads are closM as the result of
landslides due to the wet season
and the egg farmers cannot get
into town. Next week there will
be plenty of eggs a week older.
I have spent many hours look
ing for strange items which are
plentiful in the U. S. For ex
ample, fly swptters, clothes lines,
oven thermometers, crayons, and
simply could not find them in the
city. The search is in some ways
interesting and fun but certsdnly
tiring at this altitude.
One of the interesting things
here is the Indian Market. Marion
and I spent several Simdays (the
best day) in the main market
looking for blankets since we did
not bring any, not anticipating
getting into a house as fast as we
did. The market extends over
many blocks in a sort of special
ized manner. For example, fruits
and vegetables in one block,
blankets in another, etc. Al
though this is not the strict pat
tern, in general, things are laid
out this way.
On Sunday the Indians come to
the city to go to church and to
sell and buy. They bring every
thing from live chickens to wick
er chairs. The two days we were
there I am sure there were fifty
to seventy-five thousand people in
the market area buying and sell
ing. After we had finally bought
two blankets and were sight see
ing, I was carrying the blankets
over my arm and received sever
al offers to buy them. The
Indians, in order to put some
thing for sale, either sit down on
the sidewalk with the goods dis
played, or carry them around for
general display. Far more of the
commerce is done in this way
than in any other, it seems to me.
One day we saw a man carry
ing a beautiful parrot around. It
must have had eight colors, and
a magnificent tail and head. Its
tail feathers were about three
feet long. The parrot had a huge
beak which looked nothing less
than a meat cleaver and, since
the man was carrying the parrot
on one arm and the other arm
and hand was bandaged, I told
him he probably would have dif-
fficulty selling the parrot until
his hand healed.
The University of San Andres
occupies the tallest building in
the city and is generally located,
except for a few smaller budd
ings, in this one building. The
building is thirteen stories high
and the School of Public Admini
stration, with which I am associ
ated, occupies the entire thir
teenth floor and uses the twelfth
for class rooms. Our offices com
mand a magnificent view of the
city and surrounding mountains.
On some days the blue sky, bil
lowing clouds, and the snow cap
ped Mt. Illimani provide one Of
the most inspiring vistas I have
ever seen. It seems to me of such
magnitude as Royal Gorge in
Colorado, the Grand Canyon, or
Niagara Falls from the penthouse
dining room of the Hotel Shera
ton Brock.
Our function here is to provide
the technical assistance to estab
lish a School of Public Adminis
tration to try to raise the stan
dard of the public officials in the
Bolivian government. We each
have one or two Bolivian profes
sors as associates who will suc
ceed us when we leave and con
tinue the operation of the School.
There are six members Of the
University of Tennessee faculty
here, including myself, with var
ious specialties.)
My particular assignment at
the present is that of Fiscal Ad
visor and Professor of Fiscal Ad
ministration in the University of
San Andres. In addition, we pro
vide research and administrative
analysis work for varioiis agen
cies of the Bolivian government.
I am presently undertaking a
management appraisal of the
financial administration of the
University of San Andres at the
request of the Rector and will
begin shortly assignments in bud
get analysis for the Point Four
(USOM) Mission here.
I, of course, was particularly
interested in municipal public
services here. Knowing the fine
municipal services of Southern
Pines, I will try to be as objec
tive as possible. As far as I have
seen, there is no street cleaning
facilities whatsoever. The streets
are filthy and washed only to a
limited extent by the rain. During
the entire months of June, July,
and August, there is practically
no electric power and what there
is, is rationed to the extent that it
is cut off at some time practically
every day and every night. What
water there is, as I have said be
fore, is very dirty. Our landlord
is presently'installing an elevated
tank and pump for our house
which will cost him seven or
eight himdred dollars.
There is no fire department
and if one has a fire he is expec
ted to do the best he can himself.
The streets in the city are mostly
paved with stone or concrete;
however, in the smaU suburb
(described later) where we live
none are paved except the main
street to the city. One never
knows when garbage will be
picked up although they have
French garbage loadpackers such
as you have in Southern Pines.
It is necessary to have your man
servant dispose of the refuse by
throwing it into the river. Inci-
dently, this is the method used
by the city in its refuse disposal
which is terribly unsanitary but
probably necessary here. From
maps indications are, and I am
told that, the river here flows
into the Amazon and crosses the
entire continent some four thous
and miles to the Atlantic Ocean.
On the main Prado of the
town, we in Southern Pines have
a lesson to learn in street beauti
fication. The sidewalks in this
street are mosiac and very well
maintained. Solid concrete side
walks such as you have in South
ern Pines are practically impos
sible to maintain. 'These side
walks are in perfect and beauti
ful condition and are of the type
of ceramic (unglazed) tUe which
permits easy maintenance.
We have rented a house in a
small suburb called Calacoto
about three miles from La Paz
and two thousand feet down the
moutain. It is a very beautiful
development about the size of
Weymouth Heights. The La Paz
Teimis Club (a country club).
two golf courses, the Automobile
Club of Bolivia (a sort of country
club), and the military academy
are located here. It is consider
ably warmer in Calacoto and all
of the homes have beautiful
flowers which bloom the year
round, such as carnations, petun
ias, callalilies, roses, and many
others. Horseback riding is one
of the main activities of the Cala
coto area.
Many of the Americans live
here probably for some of the
same reasons we like Southern
Pines so much.
We would love to tell you more
of Bolivia and look into questions
anyone might have on this coun
try. We would also appreciate
.hearing from any or all from
[southern Pines. My best address
is via air mail: Tom E. Cuiming-
|ham, USOM To Bolivia, care of
[Department of State, Washington
25, D. C. Please write us.
So far we are enjoying our
South American experience but
look forward t® coming back to
Southern Pines for a while. Bo
livia, like most South American
coimtries, is a land of “manana.”
All stores close for two hours for
'ivmch. We just finished a four
day holiday before Lent (Carni
val) during which everyone dan
ces, sings, and makes merry. For
a short visit, we have decided
that “manana” is good enough
for us.
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