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Thursday, June 7, 1951 129°N. St. John‘s HIGHLAND PARK CYCLE SHOP 380 Central Ave. Tel. 1 150 South First 542 Central Ave. HI 2â€"4387 MARCHI BROS. PONTIAC SALES AND SERVICE _ Hardware TONY‘S BARBER SHOP > - DAHL‘S AUTO RECONSTRUCTION CO. ie Tel. u1 z0501 ||| 82 N. P86 â€" . â€"â€" § Tel. HI 2â€"0077 GENERAL CONTRACTOR H. N. GAMLIN Ave. Life In Addis Ababa How would you like to live in Ethiopia, in a town called Addis Ababa, â€" with a climate ranging from 60 to 90 degrees the year roundâ€"and have a kinsman of Haile Selassie for a landlord? For particulars of such a life we have the account of Robert and Helen Moon, son and daughterâ€"inâ€"law of the Fred Moons, 598 Homewood avenue. pian Air Lines. When the airâ€" minded Moons left Highland Park on October 20 last, aboard a transâ€" port constellation plane, it took them just 45 minutes to reach Boston. Other stops enroute were Gander _ (Newfoundland), the Azores, Lisbon, Madrid, Rome and Robert is a pilot for the Ethioâ€" Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moon In Cairo Tel. HI 2â€"5030 mm iess copeâ€"s â€" e wat e n etiEe ~â€"~ _ _~~ _ f[ly, are crudely dressed and bareâ€" foot. Their homes are little round : ||huts called "tukuls". The: best . | homes were built by Italians durâ€" ing their occupation, who also taught them to build square "tukâ€" uls". A surprising number of naâ€" F tives speak Italian fluently, alâ€" A though‘ they have little love for the race, having been badly treatâ€" + . ed by some of them during their & occupation. Quite a few lhlinp ag business men live here. z~ While Addis has a population of â€" _ ||about 150,000, it is quite "small townish", not so modern as Cairo, but much cleaner. One can cover IOP the business section in a short time. Two specially clean stores Tel. HI 2â€"1369 ||are patronized by Americans, one Tel. HI 25102 city, and the above photograph was Athens. They arrived at Cairo after 37 hours of travel from New York. To coin a phrase: "It‘s a small world!" guide, with the historic pyramids and the Sphinx in the background. They found the city quite interestâ€" ing, but were acutely conscious of the honking of automobile horns in the downtown districts, owing to the slowness of pedestrians, who A great help in preparing them for their future home was the briefing they received from a felâ€" low passenger aboard plane, a young man in government service, returning to his native Cairo. Addis Ababa.â€"Although Ethiopia extends to 10 degrees north of the Equator, with a tremendous range of temperatures, the high altitude of Addis gives it a very healthful climate, with temperaâ€" turesâ€"ranging from 60 to 90 deâ€" grees the year round. * The winter in Addis, June 15 to September 30, is really a heavy rainy season, during which time the raincoat, rain hat, boots and umbrella are ~necessities. The heavy rainfall is very welcome in Ethiopia, for, except for the "little %-rains" in March, the weather is rainless, and almost perfect, with a practicallycloudless sky. have to be almost shoved off the The Moons find transportation in Addis difficult without their cars, which they are‘ expecting sogn. There are no street cars and few taxis. Most transportation is by oneâ€"horsg, twoâ€"wheeled, garies. managed by a Greek and one by a Swede. Canned goods are exâ€" Several days were spent in that On October 28 they arrived in ives of Addis live.simpâ€" THE â€"PRESS . Good luck in Schiller, Henry Schotanus, Charles Schramm, Robert Schultz, David Schwartz, Sandra Schwartz, Caroline Schwarz, Helen Schwarz, Barbara Scott, Philip Seitz, John Sharp, William Sharp, Doris Sherbano, Marguerite Skack, Barbara Skidâ€" more, Ruth Skytte, Robert Smith, Rick=r Stallman and Doris Starr. CONGRATULATIONS ___ AUGUST MEYER BAKERY 505 Central Ave. 7 Any way you say itâ€"â€"it means we‘re happy ‘CLASS OF 1951 Our most sincere plaudits are none too good for the ‘Tel, HI 20198 _ Page 7