European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 03, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse W. A f f?"-.t res ? " we. Tell them the difference Between Good and bad the main problem is the kids get 16 years old and want cars member of old believers religious sect working in vineyards at Woodburn Ore. T refused to accept reforms in the russian Ortho neb in the 1660s. Others drifted across Russia to then moved to Australia and South those Here came from Brazil in 1963 and some of umber have since moved to Alaska seeking a the insulated life of the Village. " or men do not shave and usually Wear Deli i tunics. The women Wear brightly flowered 9 and scarves to hide their hair which is con in. By of in problems of adaptation involve the b used to pull their children out in the sixth now More students Are going on to Junior High and High school and school officials say they tend to be Good students. The russian parents want More discipline in the schools says Jens Robinson Wood bum s school superintendent. They say hit the kid but that s not Kosher i american Public the old believer Community unified behind Natalie Egoroff a 31-year-old Mother of 11, who kept her children out of school because she feared they would be americanized. After a trial at which she needed a translator to Tell her what was happening she was sentenced to jail unless her children returned to school. She complied. But her Case prompted spokesmen for the old believers in this area to meet As a group with school officials for the first time. They said they wanted their children to i Lodd who replaced her. Understand Why women activists scorn of looking Down on us they should be. They think Charlie has some Power ton our Uve of Houston is the most easy Famh got tree endows Pobud i at it m Boon Day and at the her marriage going. I Conda l in time for my personal life. I Competition with her. We each pro linage and our Careen were aimed in i recall no conflicts among the it someone keeps you waiting an no real conflicts. And when you people you want a break. You want diverted now regularly sees actor keeps in close Contact with her Par returns Home As often As possible to we be got Glamor but it s not sex. We re not in bathing suits As often As people think i Don t feel exploited. I m having fun/1 Houston where her father is a lives on a quiet sloping tree shaded Street in Bev Erly fills in a White colonial House she has renovated. Ilove houses and doing them Over. I want to do More As an investment although i la probably go into apartment houses and shopping centers. That s not As much she s been working on the House for two years and recently bought a rear lot to put in a swimming Pool and Tennis is Adamant about one thing. Please Don t say my House is a replica of Tare. I m so tired of that. I makes me sound like Scarlett o Hara with slaves outside picking she feels magazines have overdone her image Asan old fashioned Gul to feel like a hypocrite if i say Damn it s been said that a curse word has never passed my lips. Well it has occasionally but i Don t do it she pauses consid ers and adds i do have Good values " she says the hardest thing about Success is the used to worry about it because of my parents but they . As a child she was close to her Grandfather a method . I d travel with him a Over Texas when he were True friends. There was no discipline just fun Pawpaw would t turn me Down on anything and i would t turn him s the biggest adjustment i be had. Losing him. Attend Public school but asked that they be excused fro sex education and evolution classes. School officials agreed to those schools in the Willamette Valley area have had russian bilingual programs for several years to Deal with what one school administrator called a real Tower of Woodburn area also has two Banks with old be Liever tellers and russian speaking aides at the count health clinic Post office and county housing authority. One old believer who has lived All Over the world told me that the United states has been the most hospitable and has the most favourable Laws but it is killing them eroding the culture says Robinson. Residents concede that Ibert was some antagonism toward the russians when hey first moved of the Ana. But As the old believers tended to keep to themselves the Community tensions eased. Lukeria Efimoff. A 21-year-old Bank Teller says some youngsters Are attracted by the american lifestyle but Many guard their says she wore american fashions when she first started work but since her marriage a year ago has resumed wearing the Long dress and Babushka. Mrs. Efimoff brings her lunch to work because old be Lievers Are not supposed to eat food prepared by someone outside their Faith. But she says some teen agers go to drive ins for hamburgers and watch movies and television which also Are lot of times the kids like to be free like everybody else she says. They think there s a better life Here it s hard on the parents because they Are taught this is the Only Way to live and they want the same for their old believers Are not allowed to use birth control an Large families Are encouraged. Many have 10 or 12 Chil Dren. Young girls Are told the woman fishes the baby out of the River and they Are never told any different say Magda Schay the health educator at the county clinic. Some marry at the age of 14 or is and All of a sudden prefaced with the hard facts of Schay puts out a newsletter in russian with items like information on childhood immune Illions and tips on How to keep the numerous old believer religious fasts but still eat nutritionally. They Are urged for example to eat Peanut butter mondays when they Are not allowed to have animal protein or Dairy says old believers were wary of doctors and hospitals when they first arrived. They have become gradually More accepting of Medicine although Home birth is still the feel they can accept some things without giving up their own Basic Way of life she says. But when you give up what is dear to you. How do you replace the empty holes people who Are really worried and dedicated prob ably will move out of Here the stars and stripes Poge 15
