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FRIDAY, JANUARY27, 1967
YOSEMITE LODGE NEWS
The YL has its complementof snow
bunnies - lead by lnge Stevens and
Holly Kenney.They’re at Badger whe ~
the lifts start and report for work in
the restaurant pink cheekedand panting. Gary Wilt, another ski buff, is
the wildest - in his Gary-designed,
Gary-made ski hat. Diane Vincent,
"Miss Snowflake of 1967", tends our
winter sports desk and after an extendedEurolceanvisit, gives it a right
continental touch.
Joe Joseph, head houseman, gets
his snow-kicksat the tiller of the srnall
snow plow with which he polishes
our walks.
Kit Whitman, like a homing snowbird, arrived at the Lodge recently,
awaiting the arrival of the girls from
Anna Head School, and the group
from St. Matthews Episcopal School.
Fresno State College’s NewmanClub
added to the group list. Onthe same
front, we recently had 300 Boy Scouts
for mealsin the cafeteria. Theleaders
said the meals there were a good
deal more orderly than a scout chow
line.
The Mountain RoomBroiler is being
discovered as the after-ski spot, especially on Tuesday and Thursday
nights when the steak dinners are
served to the accompaniment of the
YosemiteTrio.
We were honored recently by the
presence of Princess Asipan of the
Wallis Islands, a tiny part of Poly.
nesia.
Millie Torres, whodid the locks of
the local ladies while Virginia Halli.
day was on vacation is now at the
gift shop.
Congratulations
to Jane Manchester, former maid, now assistant
housekeeper.
FIo Clow
YosemiteNational Park, California
ROAMIN’ THROUGHRESERVATIONS To: Sentinel Editor
The battle ribbon which has hung
Your insistance on a news article
so faithfully
by the CampCurry desk regarding the penultimate days of
far many months has been removed. the San Francisco Reservation Office
is commendable-and since our days
Expressing honors for bravery in
are numbered-I suppose we should
battle with doubtful desk clerks, tearhave our final say.
ful telephone operators and cringing
Now, if everybody has returned
city offices, it gave courageto those
who endeavored to support the cozy from their dictionaries.
It has been a pleasant marriage,
cabins by the Firefall. But, alas, with
but
now the honeymoonis over and
January mid-week housecounts ranging anywhere from 1 to 5, Max Row- it is time to see who gets custody of
the kids.
land decided to save face and reRuth Tennis will move her typemoved the ribbon until the summer
push begins.
writer and teacup to 209 Post Street
along with the undersigned. Dorothy
In preparation for that busy year
Carroll plans a rather devious route
ahead, pretty and pleasant Diane
to her home in England (would you
Bayless has joined us as the first of
fifteen telephone operators. These believe Paris and Rome?) Barbara
Edelhoff, Roberta West and Judy Salagirls will handle the long distance
manhave various plans for the future
reservation requests normally probut plan on staying to the "bitter end."
cessed through San Francisco city
office which closes in February.
The writer assumes - from overhearing
comments about card and
Amongus also is Pat Taylor who
tea leaf readings-that any proposals
brightens Mr. Otter’s corner in the
traffic department. She is taking the of matrimony would be the preferred
place of Shirley Hallcom who decided answer to their future unemployment
to join Mr. Ewing’s haremin person- problems.
I will miss, amongother things, my
nel.
oak
paneled offlce-the pigeons in the
Amid the sawdust and paint of a
window box-and the constant ringchanging business office, frustration
ing of the phone. My doctor probably
appears, as maintenancecrews strive
faithfully to sound-proof noisy areas will miss myvisits for tranquilizers to
see me through the summer. I leave
and still
maintain a breezeway
this business to Mr. Morgenson.
against summer’s heat. Workers look
I leave oil my tours to Mr. Otter,
in every corner, under their desks, in
and all the changes and eventual
Mrs. White’s orientation roomfor that
missing item so desperately needed. cancellations to the wonderful chart
gals in Yosemite.
Jack-hammers grind the cement just
outside the door as telephonists plug
I am sure we have established a
their ears and speak with patience
record for telling the most people
to those customerswaiting to visit our that they can cook in the tent cabins
Winter Wonderland. Supplies are
at CampCurry or have a tent along
rnoved and removed - but with all
the river in Housekeeping Camp-or
this, the most popular and concerned keep their dog with them at The Ah(Cnntlnucd on pa,ge [’our)
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YPC CO. REORGANIZATION: INTERIM STAGE AND
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Last October, YPCCo. President Oehlmann
presented to the Board of Directors two proposals involving
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staff members
of howthe Company
could be reconstructed toward a moreefficient, possibly leaner, operating force. Concurrently,a similar study wasbeing doneby the Harris, Kerr, Forster accountingfirm. Following
an exchangeof ideas H.K.F. firmed up the two proposals which Mr. Oehlmannpresented to the Board, and
which the Board approved.
First, shownin Chart A is the "interim" (present) shapeof the Company’s
organization. The principal
changehere wasthe creation of four Vice Presidential positions: Vice President, Administration; Vice President, Cornmercial;Vice President, Finance;Vice President Operations.To these positions wereelected respectively: Mr. Harold Ouimet,Mr. CharlesProctor, and Mr. Sterling Cramer.Theduties of eachremainthe same.
Thefourth Vice Presidencyhasnot yet beenfilled.
In addition, Mr. Stuart Cross’ responsibilities as GeneralManagerwere expandedto include supervision
ot" all YPCCo.operations.
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Thesecondaction dealt with’ a proposedultimhte form for
the Company’s
organization. This is pi~:tured in Chart B. In both
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2. Transportation
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3. Plant Maintenance
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gates, 200’ drop. R:y Patton, former
Yosemiteski instructor and presently
DODGERIDGE MEET
ski school head at Dodge, set the
Thirteen membersof the Yosemite
courses which would have been faster
Winter Club’s junior ski squad cornbut for the soft snow.
peted in the Skimeisters slalom race
On the longer course, Steve McKinheld last Sunday at Dodge Ridge.
ney of Reno, a group III,
had the
There was some doubt about there
fastest
time,
:48.5;
Tom
Cross,
Y.W.C.
being any race, after the wild storm
skied an outstanding race and his
of Saturday. But, with Sunday’s more
:52.8 put hirn secondin group III and
endurable weather the meet was
held with only minor delays occasion- in a tie for third best of the I, II, III
groups. Amongthe IVs and Vs, Rob
ed by the necessity of finding the
Woessner
turned in a :37.9 for fastest
courses, then packing them.
time, followed my Tom Berrey with
Of the thirteen youngsters compet- a :40.0.
ing, nine brought home medals, all
The results below show fastest
did well under the circumstances of
times, by age groups, followed by
rather difficult snow.
place and time of our skiers.
Junior groupsI, II, III ran a 36-gate
GroupI
course with a 300’ vertical drop; the
Fastest time: 55.6; L. Parker, 2nd place
course for groups IV and V had 24 :56.2.
JUNIOR SKIERS COMPETE
IN
AFFAIR RECHERCHE
Yosemite Women’sGroup-Tuesday,
January 31-The Ahwahnee. Program
at 12:30, Luncheonat 1:30. An introduction to wine tasting. ~C Jack Ramirez of Chas. Krug Winery. Reservations by January 30 - 372-4421.
-oLETTERTO THE EDITOR
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wahnee-or that they could park next
to their cabin at YosemiteLodge.
Farewell to the San FranciscoReservation Office at 55 Grant Avenue -You will be discussed, accused and
perhaps praised a little
in years to
come-so rest in peace.
A. J. Scarbrough
GroupII
Fastest time: 49.2; A. Parker, 3rd place
:54.3. Rick McEIligott, 9th place 1:07.9.
Group
III (Girls)
Fastest time: 1:00.7; A. Woessner,2nd
place, 1:07.7; L. Parker, 7th place
1:54.3.
GroupIV (Boys)
Fastest time: 37.9; T. Berrey, 2nd place
:40.0; T. Harry, 5th place, 43.8.
GroupV (Girls)
Fastest time: 52.0; D. Jones, 2nd place
1:07.2.
GroupV (Boys)
Fastest time: A. Berrey 43.8; R. Jones,
2rid place :44.0.
Accompanyingthe youngsters were
parents Harrys, Joneses,Crosses,Parkers, Waessnersplus coaches L. Rust
and R. Traversaro and H. Berrev
ROAMIN’ THROUGH RESERVATIONS meadowsbelow. Whenthe tiring
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question of them all is, "But whereis
the coffee pot going to be?"
As in most areas of our park, the
busy seasonscreate trying times for
those who work to maintain the ’job
well done’ approach. There is a grand
and rewarding contrast, however, for
those who makeYosemite their home,
for where else can one look out from
the business of a commercial world
and see the majestic Yosemite Falls
as it roars across the mountainside
and crashes exhuberantly
to the
busi-
ness of the day is done, howrelaxing
it is to look up to the grandeur of
Half Domeand see it crested with a
painting of sunlight. In what other
place can one step outside the office
to a snowless valley and look up to
see the feathery winter snow as it
blankets the mountains around us.
From spring’s first
budding flower
to the stately El Capitan laden with
a covering of white, there is truly a
special feeling about Yosemite.
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¯ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
10, 1967
BOWLING TEAM
YPCCo. is sponsoring a bowling
team this season. The team bowls at
Snowline Bowl in Oakhurst every
Monday night at 7:30 p.m. and is
presently in third place. Teammembers are: Forest Wass, Joe Joseph,
Jirn Laughter, Paul Miller, and L. L.
Branscum.
Yosemite National Park, Calfornia
OUR MAN AMOS OF ARABIA
NEW BUDGET SECRETARYNAMED
If you’ve called The Ahwahnee
On January 27 Michael Johnson
recently and been addressed "saba
joined YPCCo. as secretary to the
al kahir" (morning: the light) it’s Amos budget committee.
Neal brushing u.o on his Arabian.
Mike is a native Californian, raised
Neal, stalwart memberof the desk in Hollister, and received his BSdecrew, soon will be off to Kuwait for
gree in 1962 from California State
a three month period as "consultant
Polytechnic College in San Luis Obispo.
on communityservices" for the Getty From there he went on to Cornell
Last week the squad entered the
Oil Co.
University in Ithaca, NewYork; taking
Madera tournament at Firebaugh and
Whenqueried as to his duties, Neal a MS degree in 1964. Following a
finished 9th in a field of 49. Jirn
stated he would be concerned with
stint with the Army MPsat Fort Ord
Laughter and Paul Miller took 6th
all phases of community life aside
and Fort Benning, Georgia, Johnson
in doubles play out of 70 entries,
from getting the oil out of the ground. was office managerof Shell Chemical
and in addition Jim wonthe all-events
Amos is no newcomer to Arabia,
Company’s Yakima, Washington retitle.
In league play Jim and Paul
having spent 8 years, from 1948 to
gional office.
bowled a 244 and 246 respectively
1955, in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia as
The duties of the budget secretary
housing
supervisor
for
ARAMCO.
Spectators are welcome!
are three-fold: to assay capital exThere he was in charge of employee penditures, maintain budget control,
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housing, both American and Arabian,
and makefeasibility studies. Working
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u e s t accommodations, the club
with departmental heads, the secre.
US SKI TEAM DAY
house
and
store
facilities.
tary ascertains the expenditures they
February 18 has been designated
Have a good trip
Amos - and
wish to make. The committee after
as "US Ski TeamDay", and funds are
please
write!
being solicited to support the team
studying the secretary’s findings
allocates moneyfor projects, and the
development program. This being a
secretary then becomesthe committee
pre-Olympic year additionaltraining
and preparation are required for next
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watchdog, seeing that the expendiThe newest arrival in the Park is
tures stay within the budgeted fund
year’s Grenoble Winter Games.
Janna
Utterback,
weighing
in
at
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limits.
In addition, profit and feasiLast year the far west ski areas
pounds, 10 ounces, who presented
bility studies - where best to spend
contributed
more money than all
herself to parents Winifred and Don- money- for future development are
other US areas, and the Far West Ski
another phase of the job.
Association has 4 girls and 4 boys ald on February 6.
In mid-January a new nurse joined
Johnson states, with enthusiasm,
now in Europe with the US team.
the staff:: Karen Eickhoff of South that he has already embarked on a
The Yosemite junior racing team, Dakota.
’learn-to-ski’
program. Whensummer
directed by BobTraversaro, will solicit
Onthe social calendar the ’big day’ rolls around Mike thinks he might
funds at Badger, in the ski house,
is February 18 for nurse Heline Givens like to take up fishing, a sport he has
parking lot, and in lift lines.
who will be marrying Arthur Steeley
had little opportunity to pursue since
of the NPS.
his Boy Scout Explorer days.
Raffle tickets - $1.00 - are avail.
Dr. Roger Hendrickson attended a
able for a chance on a pair of standWinter Sports Injuries conference in
ard Headskis.
Madison, Wisconsin January 27-30.
LIONS CLUBJR. RACE
Contribution cans will be strategicSubjects of discussion were the Nature
The Lions Club Junior Slalom will
ally located, but if you can’t find one,
and
Epiderniology
of
Ski
injuries,
the
be
run at Badger on Feb. 19. As this
drop by the Yosemite Winter Club
Prevention
of
Injuries
and
Illness
is an F.W.S.A. sanctioned competition,
office where your donation will be
AmongSkiers, the Future of Research race cards are required. See H. Berrey
acce.oted happily.
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about acquiring a card.
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NORTH-SOUTHRACE
Mark
your calendart Due to a
You r Ahwahneecorrespondent,
Five youngermembers
of the+{oseconflict of da!es the 11th annual
¯ havingfoundhis lost pencil, hastens mite Ski Team, R. and D. Jones, A.
to bring SENTINEL
readers up to date and T. Berrey and Rob Woessner, North:SouthInvitational Raceat Badger Pass has Been;changedto March
on hotel happenings.
competed
in the ’point meet’held last
11-12. Teamcaptains have been namIn November
Mexico’sgross nationweekend at Alpine Meadows. The ed: AndrewSchaal for the north and.
al product spiraled upward as Aholder members
of the team, in Groups BubHeubleinfor the south.
Wahnee-itespouredacross the border
I, II, III werenoteligible for this meet.
to spend their dollars and gain a
-o-The
tourney
consisted
of
two
downsuntan. For a time Mazatlan was
FOR SALE
’li.ttle Yosemite.’Manyof us partook hillsl eachwith a drop of about600’,
1965 AngelusMobile Horne. 10’x55’.
of the fun and gamesat El Shrimp with ten control gates. The courses
Furnished. Call Joyce Moore, 372Bucket restaurant, ownedand hosted were set by Luggi Foeger, formerly
4701 days, or 379-2317 nights, and
by Carlos Anderson,himself a former
weekends.
at Alpine, nowskimeister at Incline
Yosemiteemployee.Carlos also is the
Village.
El Portal- 2 bedroomhouse. Fully
editor and publisher of one of the
In Saturday’s race, GroupIV, Rob insulated. Guest room attached to
most bizarre newspaperswe’ve ever
Woessner
clocked a :49.1; TomBerrey garage. Call GeorgeHeath, 379-2349.
run+ across.
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a :50.1; fastest time :44.4. In Sunday’s 1962 Olds 4-dr. station wagon.Full
Vacationsover we returned to find
power, AC, goodcondition. E-Z terms,
tWo new supervisors. HansLane from race Robhad a :50.3, Toma 1:10.8;
fastest time :46.1. (Tomtook a spec- $1450. J. C. Frenchspinet piano, like
Switzerland has taken the helm as
tacularspill l)
new, $450. 40-1b. compressor,paint
Souschef. Calla Bodden
is Miss BernThe GroupV race on Saturday saw pot, and tire gauge, $35. 3 bedroom
adt’s newassistant in housekeeping.
If,her face is familiar, you mayrecall Allen Berrey with a :56.7; RussJones home, clean, El Portal, $6,500. Jim
Simpkins, 379-2485.
1:00.2, Debra Jones1:00.8; fastest
she and her husband managed the
time :50.4. Sunday’sresults: Allen
CampCurry Boystownin 1963.
--O-Wealso found, on re-opening, Bob :54.3, Russ:58.4, Debra:59.8; fastest
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Maynard, Hotel Division Head, and time :50.6.
(Continued from page one)
Bill andDarla Jones,Eileen Berrey,
his secretary,Sharon
Stillwell, in their
in Skiing injuries, Safety in Winter
newoffices on the mezzaninefloor.
Chuck and Marian Woessner, Leroy
Sports Equipmentand Facilities, the
and Jane Rust, Rick and Patty Ander.
Advocatesof the active life, bell
Prevention and Managementof Ice
staffers RandyRust, TomKeitgas and son, Lenore and TomCross accomHockeyInjuries, and the Hazardsof
Bill Whitesel, follow Six daysof lug- panied the group.
Various Winter Sports (including ice
gage toting with a day off: swooping
Luggisaid to say "hello" to all the boating, skating, bobsledding and
downBadger slopes.
homefolks.
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YOSEMITELIONS CLUB ANNUALST. VALENTINE’S DANCEAND LADIES NIGHT
The YosemiteLions Club will hold The Ahwahnee.A buff:et dinner will
Dinnerwill be ,.¢,.3.60 includingtax
its AnnualSt. Valentine’s Danceand be served from 7:30 to 8:30 P.M.
and gratuity. Bring your Valentine
Ladies Night Friday, February17, at Dancingwill continue ’til 1:00 A.M.
and join the fun!
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from meKussianNalional Ski Chain ionshi
’ "F~ve Wayraces at SunValley, "to US Ski Teammere¯
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ps at Itko I, to the
ber, Sue Chaff:ey., tra.nnng at Mammoth
Mountain, and Stun Tomlinsondemonstratingthe French technique at
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antics and acrobatics of,Art Furrer, trick skier, executing the "queer-
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Friday, March 10, 1967
PAWPRINTS
7 FOUR-FOOTEDBANDITS ABROAD
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"Strangers in the Night" has been
the latest theme song around E Dorm.
But the strangers we’re speaking of
are lhe ring-tailed wild life in our
area. It seemsthat these clever little
cats have discovered those people on
the third ¯floor who are too lazy to
walk downa couple of flights to the
refrigerator, and prefer to stock their
groceries on the balcony ... or should
we say, preferred. It was Julie Story
who first
missed her cheese cake,
only to discover that the footprints
madethe remainder a bit unappetizing. Dorothy Slagle was the smart
one, who decided that all the boxed
and canned goodies were safe from
such tiny paws and teeth. Then, a
couple of days later, her neighbor,
Melba Smith, stopped by with what
was left of a chewed and shredded
box of cake mix, which she had discovered on the connecting balcony.
Quickly Melba commented, "1 didn’t
eat it, honest!" Our only consolation
is that our chubby,little friends don’t
complain about the cooking.
The busy year in reservations is
well on its way now and eight new
employees have come to share the
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ST. PATRICK’SDANCE
¯ March 17,,--The second annual ?~
"Irish Night will be held at the~
CampCurry clubhouse, with dinner
from 7 to 9 p.m. and dancing from
9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Music by the Carl
Bruno band. Hosted by Our Lady
of the Snowsparish, the proceeds
will go to the area recreation fund. I
Tickets are now on
sale for $3.25i
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make i "t
aver for someof that fine corned
beef and cabbage, but would like
to dance, tickets at $1.50 will bel
available at the door.
¯ SKI CARNIVALSCHEDULED
Last week’s fine, sunny weather
On Monday, March 27, YPC Co.
brought out a preview of the Easter employeesare sponsoring a ski carniBonnet Parade, as Badger slopes were val. Ski stunts and skits will be predotted with strawhat wearers. Individsented by Badger instructors
and
ualist,
Nancy Maynard, was seen
sporting a tennis hat.
patrolmen. There’ll be ’fun’ races, inAs much as we appreciate good cludingobstaclecourses,
slaloms, and
weather, stormy days are a necessity, downhills, with trophies and pins
and loud cheers ring out when snow- awardedto contestants.
Following the ski events will be a
laden clouds drift in. Fresh powderis
buffet dinner in the Ski House and
always a delight-more so when it
dancing to The AhwahneeTrio. Capcomes down on the srnooth slopes
ping the evening will be a torch-light
groomed by Dean Conway and his
slope maintenance crew. Dean’s boys ski parade.
Yosemiteguests will be invited to
won’t permit a mogul or a sitzmark
participate in the fun day.
to remain overnight.
Badger business continues to move
The planning comrnittee consists of
upward, with new records being set
Bill Wismer, Bob Traversaro, Georg
for Nic Fiords ski school, the food Eisenstecken, Earl Huish, Steve Hurd,
service, watchedover by Keith Whit- Diane Vincent, Dave Hanna, Bill
field and Bill Germany
with the assistCooper, Cheryl Haines and Toni Minance of those Very Important Persons, del.
Cordy and HowardLayne, our cooks,
Circle March 27 on your calendar
and in Pauline Wright’s ski shop.
and watch for further announcements!
Intrepid snomobile driver, Buffalo
Bill Black: is undaunted by snow
storms. However,a recent patron reMOVIES AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE
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training,
Jack McLaughlin, school
H. J. DOUCETTE
RETURNS
principal, and the Yosemite Parents
Howard Doucetle, who was last
Group, working in concert, have made
with YPC Co. nine years ago, has
it possible for feature films to be
returned to Yosemite. Prior to his
shownat the local elementary schoolleaving here for Oroville, Calif., Douhouse at 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. on Fricette managed WawonaHotel and
days, with matinees at 2 p.m. on
Yosemite Lodge.
Saturdays.
’Thoughhe reported initially to the
On the schedule are: Mar. 10 & 11
hotel division, he was put on a tem-"Houdini"-Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh.
porary assignment out of the personMar. 17 & 18-"Black Spurs"-Rory
nel department doing special employCalhoun, Linda Darnell. Mar. 24 &
ment interview work. As this requires
his absence from the valley most of 25 --"Wonderful World of Brothers
Grimm." Admission for most films is
the time, you rnayn’t have encount50c adults, 25c elementary school
ered him. Whenyou do, you’ll find
children. Exception, "Bros. Grimm"50c
Duke hale, hearty and enthusiastic
for all.
as always.
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CHURCHSPECIALS
STRIKES ANDSPARES
"Parable"-March 16, 8 P.M.
in the Chapel.
It is with considerable pride and
pleasure
that we announcethe YosePdblished by
mite Park and Curry Co.’s bowling
Yosemite Park and Curry Co.
"Parable" is a 35-minute color
team
has movedinto the number two
for the information of
motion picture produced for the New -¯
spot in the Pioneer league at Snow
Yosemite~/alley residents.
York World’s Fair by the Protestant
line. Muchof the credit for the sucAdvisor
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cessful climb from eleventh to second
Advisor
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EASTERWEEKAFFAIRS
religious response.
The entire tearn has been bowling
This film is not "traditional" in any
Badger Pass, the Lodge and The
rather
well, but Jim is the boy who
sense, and yet its symbolism is rich
Ahwahnee have a schedule of ski
always gets the big ’pin count’ in the
and its rneaning vivid and concrete.
and non-ski events planned for Easter Ther~ will be no adrnission charge.
close games.
Week(March 19-26) which locals may SacredDancePresentation--March21,
As mentioned previously, spectators are welcome. Last week we had
enjoy and to which they are invited.
8 P.M. in the Chapel.
our biggest following. Bill Germany,
Skiing Events
A "Sacred Dance Choir"? Yes, you enroute to Fresno, stoppedby to cheer
(of greater than usual interest)
heard right! Weare privileged to be us on - for twenty minutes! Thanks,
Mon., Mar. 20. 2 p.rn.-Dual Slalom
hosts to the Sacred Dance Choir of
Bill.
(2 runners on 2 parallel courses)
San Diego. This companyis composed
L. L. Branscum
Tues., Mar. 21.2 p.m.-Boy-Girl Team of 25 young men and women who
attend colleges and universities in the
Slalom
San Diego area.
Thurs.,¯ Mar. 23:2:30 p.m.-Slalom
Women’sGroup Luncheon
racing
instruction
The
purpose
of
the
choir
is
to
ex¯
March 16--There’ll be bridge and
Fri., Mar. 24:11:15 a.m.-Rail Creek press worship in movementthrough
the interpretation of Scripture, poetry, bingo following the 12:30 p.m. lunchrun (if ali’s well on course)
2:00 p.m.--Cross-country tour con- sacred classics, hymns,spirituals, and eon at The Ahwahnee,with gifts for
folk hymns.The choir seeks to revive
ducted by Ranger Naturalist.
all players. And, a chanceto display
2:00 p.m.--Special Slalom. Set by someof the early forms of ritual and,
your millinery creativity. Prizes for
in addition, to contribute contemporFrench instructor.
Chamois
the prettiest, and funniest hats. Reserawardsto qualifiers.
ary expressionsof religious ideas.
vations by March 15, please. Call
You are encouraged to attend this
Sat., Mar. 25:11:00 a.m.-First event
Yosemite Jr. Trophy race (for 16 unusual presentation which will prove 372-4421.
to be most illuminating. There is no
year olds and under).
admission charge, although an offer2:00 p.m.’Second event, slalom.
FOUR-FOOTEDBANDITS ABROAD
2:00 p.m.--Cross-country tour, as ing will be received to help cover the
(Ccmtint..’d ~1’onl.page ~-me)
choir’s expensesinto Yosemite.
on Friday.
load. Liz Cook is the first to be a
Sun., Mar. 26:11:00 a.m.-Easter egg
Donald L. Baldwin
junior reservation clerk. With the
hunt (for 7 yr. olds and under).
Resident Minister
boomingbusiness of Yosemite Lodge,
1:00 p.m.-Easter Bonnet Parade
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2:00 p.m.--Yosemite Winter Club
LIONS CASTINGPLAY
Phyllis Ihry. Charlene Burruel and
Slalom Championships. Sr. & Jr.
Saroyan’s "The Cave Dwellers" has Phyllis Schaffer are working on the
event. Racecards. Points.
tower of typing: Lisa Wells, Sharon
been selected by the Lions Club
Other Events
theater group for its May11, 12, 13 Edwards, Cindy Neuneker, and Sue
M0n., Mar. 20:7:30 p.m.-Family bufChristie are busy on the telephones,
presentation, according to Sterling
fet supper - Ahwahnee
while Cathie Andrews has become
Cramer.
Thurs., Mar. 23: 6:30 p.m.-Easter
Miss Efficiency as mail girl. Needless
Those interested in trying out for
to say, each of these ladies is a welBonnet Bufl:et-Ahwahnee. Fun and the play should either come to the
games. Prizes for most original
YPCCo. training room at 8 p.m. on corne addition.
bonnets.
March 13 or 14, or call Mrs. Don
Arleene Day of AhwahneereservaSat., Mar. 25:5:15 p.m.-University
Baldwin, whowill direct.
tions received the letter of the week.
of Pacific choir. Ahwahnee.
The play takes place on the stage
Following a multitude of questions,
8:00 p.m. - University of Pacific
of an abandoned theater, which is
the writer stated, "If I’ve forgotten
choir - Yosemite Lodge.
home to a conglomerate assortment
any questions, just answer them anySun.; Mar. 26:10:00 a.m. - Easter
of neglected people. There are nine
way." How’s that again?
Sunrise Service - Mirror Lake.
roles for men, four for women.
Dorothy Slagle
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women.
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OLYMPIANSSIGNED FOR
NORTH-SOUTHRACE
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lunchfts for
Ski teamsrepresenting the northern
and southern parts of the state will
lisplay
do battle on the Badger slopes March
-~s for
Reser-
11 and 12 in a continuation
of
the 10-year old squabble over which
part of the state produces the better
racers. The score now stands at 6 to
4 for the north.
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EXAMINER, there will be two slalom
races on Saturday, one on Sunday.
Each team enters 10 men and 5
women.
Skiing fdr the south this year is
Pia Riva, 1960 Italian Olympic team
member. Wearing the blue of the
north will be Beverly AndersonBrockway, 1960 U.S. team mernber and
Lilo Ramseyer of the 1960 Swiss
squad.
Last year’s event ended with total
teamscores unbelievably close’: north,
2043.1 sec.; south 2036.8 sec.
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FORSALE
El Portal-2 bedroomhouse. Fully insulated. Guest room attached to garage. Call GeorgeHeath, 379-2349.
G. EWING’SSCOPEINCREASED
Gene Ewing, by a memorandum
from Mr. Cross’ office, has been appointed Employment Manager and
his responsibilities expanded.He now
is in charge of all personnel recruitment, employeeorientation and recreation, single employee housing,
general office mail, janitorial
and
gardening services.
PAW PRINTS
(C(mlinu¢:d I’)’nm I)n.~~’ nnu)
ported that instead of the 360 degree
panoramic view he received only an
intima’~e close-up of thousandsof falling flakes. A ’snow check’ for him.
Many new names, including seven
locals, have been added to the "Flying Fifty" board this season, displacing namesand times that have stood
for 8 years or longer. And, our Thurs--oday ski school slaloms, Sunday slaLODGECIRCUIT
loms, and special races have hod a
If you’ve been only a luncheon
splendid turn-out. Credit for these
visitor to the Lodgelately, you might polished and pleasant affairs goes to
think business was slow, but you’d
Bob Traversaro and Doug Coe.
be mistaken. Everyone (well, most
On the evening of March 10 we
everyone) is at Badger. Comesdinner will have a repeat of last season’s
or breakfast time and our cafeteria,
spectacular ’torchlight race’ for the
restaurant and Broiler Roomfacilities
benefh of the Woodwork
Institute conbulge with families and school groups, vention.
all of whomseen to have hollow legs.
There’s still plenty of good skiing
Keeping the hungry hosts happy ahead, and we’d love to see more
and well fed are sous chef, Louis
locals on the scene. If you don’t ski,
Smith, and staff. In the restaurant,
drop in for lunch and some I:orchmanager Jan Roscoe is back on the
tanning. The Badger might even .write
job following an illness. Mountain again-and mention your name.
Broiler Roomhost Adrian Harders
THE BADGER
welcomeshearty eaters to his estabP.S. to Editor. Could you type with
lishment, wherechef Bill Hill broils
four left feet and 20 claws?
those marveloussteaks that are served Editor’s note. ’Though the identy of
with style by Miles Fleming, Torn The Badger is knownto us, we hesiBartley, Alan Dirksen and TomTange. ta:e to divulge it without permission.
The Broiler Roomwas given a fine
Wouldn’t want to make the critter
gun-shy.
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After somefifty years on the San
Francisco scene, YPCCo. closed its
reservations office there and has reduced its forces to two - Andrew J.
Scarbroughassisted by Ruth L. Tennis.
Andy is now Special Sales Representative and his office is located at 209
Post.
Andy says that despite the somewhat modestquarters, locals are welcome to drop up for a chat or to
deposit their shopping bundles (small
ones.)
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EXPRESS
SERVICEOFFERED
YTS now offers express package
service between Merced, ’Mariposa,
El Portal and Yosemite Valley. No
shipments will be accepted originating in Mariposa and destined for El
Portal or vice versa, and they cannot
be in excess of 100 pounds. Packages
may be taken to and picked up from
YTSat the Southern Pacific depot in
Merced,Union Oil station in Mariposa,
Standard station in El Portal, or the
YTSdispatcher’s office in the valley.
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NEW WAWONAFIRE PHONE
A new fire alarm ~ystemfor structural fires, similar to those operating
in Yosemite Valley and El Portal, is
now in operation in the Wawona
area. To report a fire or request assistance from the fire brigade call
375-6333.
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LODGECIRCUIT
(Continued
frompa~ethree)
review by WESTWAYS
magazinerecently and we must concur with their
findings.
In the storeroom Joe Paquette
keepsall the comestiblesat the ready,
but spendshis off: duty hours listening
to his extensive collection of opera
recordings.
Vacationers now returned to the
¯ fold are Jerry Love, head bellman,
sporting a tan acquired at Miami
Beach, with stopovers at Las Vegas
and N.Y.C. and Holly Keney of the
restaurant, who covered 1750 miles
through the western states.
FIo Clow
NEWYPC CO. FIRE TRUCK
RANDY MORGENSONTO INDIA
DELIVEREDMARCH1
WiTH PEACECORPS
Or
Randy Morgenson, son of the Dana
WhoSet The Fire
Morgensons,has left for India, along
in Mr. Hackett’s Chimney?
with 50 other Volunteers for india, a
On Wednesday, March 1, YPC Co.
segment of the PeaceCorps. He will
fire department took delivery of a
be assigned to the western state of
shiny (red) new fire truck, and Red Maharastra, where he will become
Davis, lieutenant of the fire departinvolved in improving the agricultural
ment, was pleased immediately with
methodsin the small villages.
its appearance and-the next dayPrior to departure, Randyspent 13
with its performance.
weeks at U.C. Davis studying the
The fire fighting rig, installed by Marathi language, Indian culture and
P. E. Van Pelt Co. of Oakdale,
agricultural methods.
mounted on a one-ton,
GMC, V-6
Congressman Johnson said in a
truck, can deliver 250 gallons of
letter to Morgenson, "You are to be
water per minute (big truck, 500
commended
for your contribution to
g.p.m.); it has an electric hose reel,
the peace effort. It is only through
200’ of 1~" hose, 2 anti-smoke inhalservices such as those performed by
ation outfits, two salvage covers for
the Peace Corps that we can ever
protecting goods from water, and an achieve peace throughout the world."
electronic siren that wails or yelps at
-oa most arresting level. It cost $6,800.
NEWPHONESYSTEMFOR YPC CO.
Next day, (mind you) the valley
The P. T. & T. people haveinstalled
fire siren wailed at about 6:30 p.m.
an automatic P.B.X. (private branch
announcing a fire-in the chimney of
exchange) in YPCCo. general office
the Coyt Hackett residence. Bill Smith and, accordingto Bill Harris, chief of
plus volunteer firemen raced to the
the project, it will be in operation
scene in the new machine and squirtMarch 13. The job took about a
ed 250 g.p.m, through 200’ of 1~"
month.
hose, extinguishing the sparks in the
The basic number for all YPCCo.
stack and wetting-down the shingle offices will be 372.4611: calls coming
roof. The local laddies take pride in in to that number will be routed by
having answered the call ahead of
an operator to the individual offices.
the NPS squad. Little
damagefrom
Along with this service, there will be
either smokeor water occured.
a two-digit intercommunication sysPrime reason for purchasing the
tem, which will provide service besmaller truck is its ability to reach, tween offices without going through
quickly and easily, the tent and cabin a switchboard.
areas where the big truck can’t go
and where the smaller fires seemto
HOSTESS FOR AHWAHNEE
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CHANGESIN Y.T.S. ORGANIZATION
The Mercedoffice of YosemiteTransportation System, and the transportation affiliations
at Fresno and Lake
Tahoe, have been placed under the
YTSdivision, according to a memorandumfrom Mr. Cross’ office.
At about the sametime, Leroy Purcell, who has been YTSagent in Merced since 1956, transferred to Yosemite, where he is an auditor in YPC
Co. accounting office.
Replacing Leroy in Mercedis James
Staples, who recently retired from
the U.S.A.F.
o,
Aldine Farrier, who hostessed at
CampCurry last summer, worked in
the Badger Ski Shopthis winter, has
signed on as hostess at The Ahwahnee, according to WayneWhiteman.
Aldine, from Oregon, attended O.S.U.
and prior to coming to the Park last
year was a buyer for the Consolidated
Millinery Co. in San Francisco.
At press time, Miss Farrier was unavailable for commentabout her new
post.
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March 11 --The John C. Fremont
Hospital Volunteers of Mar iposa are
sponsoring a luncheon fashion show.
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WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT
WHEREHAVE ALL THE
The program of rebuilding the general offices, started three monthsago,
is virtually
complete and only occasionally doesthe smell of wet paint
waft by. Those who have lived
through several GOrevampings are
sure that the pauseis temporary. The
GOis rather like the WinchesterHouse
in San Jose*’, whoseeccentric millionairess owner had building going on
continuously for 30 years.
TEACHERSGONE?
It was all a bit wild and wearing.
Werethose essential files in the ceiling high cabinet, in that green box
under the desk, or maybe in the
training room? (The ’central warehouse’ during reconstruction.) Thelast
time the phone rang you found it in
the bottom desk drawer, but where
is it now?(PT & T has struck again.
They’ll be back shortly with a new
model.) A visitor in the office: do have
a chair, sir. I think you’ll find one
under that tarpaulin, or perhaps it’s
there ’neath that set of ledgers. (You
prefer to stand. Can’t say that I blame
you, sir, with that bad back of yours.)
And, those ghostly mumblings and
knocks were only electricians in the
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OPERAIN FRESNO
hAartha Miller, who is production
assistant with the Fresno Opera As.
sociation, writes that Smetana’sthree
act opera, The Bartered Bride, will be
presented at the Concert Hall, Convention Center, on April 21 and 22 at
8:30 p.m. Performed in English, the
opera will also feature the Fresno
Civic Ballet group. Tickets are available at the box office for $2.00 and
$3.00.
It’s sad, to us, for the ski seasonto
end. ’Though skiing is an individual
sport, it’s muchmorefun to ski with
someone else-someone who’s enjoying the snow, the sun and the frosty
air. One makes friends at Badger;
but too often the friendships end with
spring and the ski season’s ending.
Soit is with the ski schoolstaff.
According to our Badger scout,
Ginger Johnson, most will be going
hither and yon, with somestaying on
in Yosemite. Dan Hyche packed his
skiis, unpackedhis surfboard and is
heading for the wild waves. Chuck
Beck, after a trip hometo Utah, will
be working in Los Angeles. Bob Trimble, too, will be in SouthernCalifornia. Bob Traversaro, just out of the
hospital after surgery, soon will go
back to his hometown, San Francisco.
Jan Peterson is working at Harrah’s
at Lake Tahoe, ’though we didn’t
learn at what. JoanneCross will continue her graduate work at Fresno
State, but mostly be ’at home’in Yosemite. Kim Schmidt claims he’s going
lo climb El Capitan, which feat he’s
partially accomplisheda I r e a d y .
GeorgeEisensteckenwill return to his
native Austria, where he will sell
Mustang cars. Jean Pierre Gasset,
Francois Jeangeorges, Albert Giraud
will be homewardbound after a trip
to Hawaii, Washington, D.C., New
York and Canada. Yves Bonnett plans
to go directly back to France.
Staying with us are Val Churchouse,
who will be on The Ahwahneeswitchboard, John Gebel will be in the
central warehouse, Bill Cooper and
Bill Wisrner will be in the Hotel Division, as will Nic Fiore, whowill supervise the High Sierra Camps.
SYMPTOMSOF SPRING
This seems to be a year of years
for California poppies an the slopes
of the Merced River canyon. Such is
the consensus, over several weeks,
and the baby-blue eyes between Indian Flat and El Portal are also fine.
The golden brodiaea, or golden stars
as they are often known, are coming
out in profusion above the road
banks. "Blue Dicks" (brodiaea capitata) are in bloom in Cathay’s Valley
and around Mariposa.
However, the redbud is a loiterer
this spring, whether because of last
year’s dryness or the changeable
weather we have been experiencing
through March. Above Park Line the
bushes are well in bloom, but elsewhere they seemslow to develop.
The bush lupine on Briceburg.and
elsewhereis also late, but the banks
aboveEl Portal are thick with a smaller species. (For this information,
thanks to Carl Stephens.)
Dogwoodon the floor of Yosemite
Valley has been in the green, pinhead-button stage for a couple of
weeks, and has shown few signs of
developing the bracts, which, pale
green, sprout from the edges of buttons at first, later encircle the buttons
with white, petal-like flowering, and
make a fairyland of the evergreen
forests in which they thrive. The dogwooddoes not look as if it would be
in full bloom until almost the first
of May.
Sterns of the creek dogwoodbushes
on the Valley floor, whose flowers
coming later are quite different from
the tree dogwood, have turned mahogany red in many places, notably
the moist spring areas in the lower
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Published by
Yosemite Park and Curry Co.
for the information of
YosemiteValley residents.
Advisor
H. Oehlmann
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Advisor
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M. SMITHRETIRES
NEW ASSIGNMENTS ANNOUNCED
YPC CO. PHONE SYSTEM CHANGES
Howard Doucette has been named
Manager of WawonaHotel for the
1967season, effective April 1.
Mr. Doucette was employed by YPC
Co. from 1946 until 1958 as a unit
managerin the Hotel Division. At one
time or another he has managedalmost every hotel operation we have
and spent six summers at Wawona.
He resigned in 1958 to manageProspectors’ Village in Oraville.
The basic daytime number of YPC
Co. general offices, Mondaythrough
Friday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., is 3724611. However,¯ when the switchboard is closed, between 5:30 p.m.
and 8 a.m. and Saturdays and Sundays, certain offices havedirect lines
that don’t go through the switchboard.
These are: Auditing Dept.-372-4771;
Bookkeeping Dept.--372-4241; Cornmercial Div.--372-4573; Executive Vice
President-372-4291; Finance Offlce372-4521; Personnel Dept.-372-4863;
President’s Office-372-4713; Security
-372-4561.
So, it is suggestedthat these numbers be placed in your phone book
in the event you want to call one of
these offices at night or Saturdaysor
Sundays.
or
You’ve Been A Peach, Melba
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’~On March 10, Melba Smith retired,
~hding a 31-year career with YPC
Co. Originally
from North Dakota,
Melba was a teacher in the San Bernardino schools before coming to Yosemite as a transportation auditor in
August, 1935. Transferring to the
cashier’s office, she became head
cashier in June, 1943.
Her immediate plans call for a
housemother’sjob in a San Jose State
College fraternity, and ,this summer,
a three-monthfreighter cruise to Hong
Kongwith her sister.
A large gathering was held in the
general office with speeches, cake
and coffee, and a money gift was
presented to Melba, to be used on her
trip. Several Ahwahneeluncheon and
dinner parties were also held in her
honor.
Although not definite at this time,
Melba may return for a few months
of work each year. She will be sorely
missed for her quiet efflciency and
unfailing good humor.
WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT
(Conthlued from page one
ment. (Up to then you didn’t know
the GOhad an attic or basement.)
Well, the anguish is over and many
hew employees have reported to the
new and larger offices - not, one
hopes, in responseto Parkinson’s Law.
Starting at the Paymaster’s office a
clock-wise tour introduces Nanci Smith
and Alice Long, payroll clerks. Sandy
Hartzie operates one of those monstrous bookkeeping machines. Jerry
O’Connor, who we suspect doesn’t
Care for winter since she took a sixweek vacation, is back at her post.
Rounding the building corner, one
"neets Shirley Hallcom, formerly with
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Charles Davenport was appointed
Managerof the Yosemite Lodge cafeteria.
Mr. Davenport was employed for
the 1964 summer, and then permanently from June, 1965. His most recent assignment was as manager of
the Badger Pass cafeteria.
Robert Mathewshas been appointed Gift Shop Supervisor, effective
March 16. He is responsible for the
general supervision of all of our gift
shops.
Mr. Mathews has been employed
seasonally since 1958, and permanently since Mayof last year.
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The Yosemite Women’s Group is
sponsoring a recital by Mrs. Robert
Eno, coloratura soprano, at 3 o’clock
the afternoon of April 20th. Tea and
cakes will be served. Reservations by
calling 372-4421 by the 19th.
Sales and then Personnel, now Mr.
Cramer’s secretary. Martha Middleton
marts the utilities desk and Ted Depew
is a new accountant. Cliff Jackson,
another non-snow bunny, has returned as an auditor, and Hugh Merritt
has transferred frorn The Ahwahnee.
Margaret De La Mare, hotel auditor,
and Lyn Willingham, operator of the
photo copier, round out the crew. It
might be well to mention here, long
overdue, that Bob Cunningham replaced Geryl Smith at Chief Auditor.
Bypassing the CommercialDivision
(status quo) brings us to Sales. In
their sound-proofed room are Ruth
Hanson,master of the auto-typist, and
Ricki Schauerte on the TWX. Leslee
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PUBLIC NOTICE
On January 16, 1967, the Yosemite
Community
Television Association filed
application with the Federal Communications Commission, Washington,
D.C. for permission to operate a new
translator station at Glacier Point.
This new translator will pick up programs from station KTVU,channel 2,
in Oakland, California and rebroadcast these programs into Yosemite
Valley on channel 6 frequency. The
translator will transmit with one watt
of power. On March 11, 1967 the FCC
assigned file number BPTTV-3062to
this application.
Morris and Lyn Stork have been added to the typing crew, DianaFritz and
Kelly Wincote to the telephone battery. Kathy Wells is the newassistant
on the CampCurry reservation desk.
Up front in Personnel, SuzanneAndre and Kathie Stephenson are the
pretty faces behind the windows and
Connie Sexton fills
a dual role as
receptionist and PBXoperator.
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wets u paZ of the Ouimet ehil.dren a~d
the house was well ~nvestigated by
thegn, HKOreports that th.e house,
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The last school ski day was held
April 5 during a one-day lull in last
week’s weather. Instead of the usual
instruction, the youngstersran slalorn
races, obstacle races, had a hare and
hound chase and the littlest
took a
snomobile ride.
The outdoor activities were followed
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you might try the ’1 Love Lucidity’
programming on KQED, channel 11
on our local dials. Someupcoming
events in April are:
Of Greater Than Casual Interest
Apr. 15-10:00 - China, Today and
Tomorrow
Apr. 16- 7:00 - What Mess in Berkeley?
Apr. 18 & 25--11:00 Gov. Reagan’s
Press Conference.
Apr. 24-- 9:00 -- Germany and Its
Shadow. The German right
wing.
Apr. 26- 7:00 - Europe: The Shifting
Scene. Future of Europe.
Drama/Ballet
Apr. 15-- 9:30 -- U. S. A. Theater.
"Whatever Happened to
Off-Broadway?"
Apr. 16-- 5:30 -- Sunday Showcase.
Protest in the theater. Shaw,
Brecht, and Baldwin.
Apr. 16- 8:00 -- Sponono - Paton’s
music drama about contemporary South Africa.
by an awards presentation in the Ski
House; Bill Jones and Doug Coe presented emblemsto those passing proficiency tests, to those with perfect
attendance at ski days, and to the
winners of the day’s events. Following, children and parents gathered
for a hot dog dinner.
Amongthe memorable bits of the
HELP WANTED
evening were Don Baldwin’s guitar
playing and group singing, and young
TomHarry’s very funny costume.
Bill Jones and his volunteer ski
teachers, the bus mothers, the (patient) bus drivers and the Badger
people are to be commended and
thanked for the excellence of this
year’s ski day program.
BOOKCOLLECTORS
CLERKfor stockroorn and sales desk
Six mint copies First Edition of The
work, from April to October and Big OakFlat Roadby Irene D. Paden
possibly holiday periods other sea- and Margaret E. Schlictmann. $20,00
sons. Involves heavylifting, accurate per copy. Yosemite Natural History
record-keeping,
and meeting the
Association at the Museum.These are
public. Prefer mature person. $2.05 being offered first to Park residents
per hour during main season; $1.60 at the sameprice chargedbook stares.
per hour other seasons.
The offer is for a short time only.
SALESCLERKfor sales desk in the
Valley Visitor’s Center. $1.60 per
hour. Apply to Marie Duncan, Yosemite Natural History Association,
Box 545, Yosemite National Park, or
at the Museum.Phone 372-4441.
Apr. 21-- 9:00 -- Williams’ "Ten
Blocks on the CaminoReal."
RepeatedApr. 23 -- 8:00.
Apr. 28-9:00 -- "Orpheus in the
Underworld." Sadler’s Wells
performs Ofl:enbach’s opera.
Music
Apr. 18- 8:00 -- Joseph Schuster
and Artur Balsam perform
Mendelssohn.
Apr. 21--10:10 -- Boston Pops Orchestra. Repeat Apr. 23-2:30.
Apr. 25- 8:00 -- Abrarnowitsch, piano, performs Schubert.
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SATURDAYAND SUNDAYMAIL
Effective April 1 the main post
office and the Yosemite Lodge branch
extended Saturday service. Regular
mail will then close at 4:30 p.m.; air
mail and special delivery at 5 p.m.
The CampCurry branch offlce will
open May 13 and on the next day all
three offices will resumethe delivery
of Sundaymail.
SYMPTOMSOF SPRING
(Continued :from page one
Valley just aboveBridal Veil on both
sides of the river, and in the Yosemite
Lodge patio.
Whetherthe azalea will be late in
blooming also is hard to forecast;
weather prospects are too uncertain.
M.C.T.
YOSEMITESENTINEL
CAUTION: MEN AT WORK
Painter DukeHayesh~s beer~ ill for
the past month, suffering a respiratory ailment. And, Clark Martin is at
home recovering from an operation
for the removal of a spinal disc.
Low Yancey has a crew of four
painters at Wawonawho have five
weeks work ahead of them freshening up the place which will open
May 12 ....
At CampCurry the carpenters are
putting doors and clothes rods in 55
tents; 20 others are being converted
from flap entrances to proper doors.
Also at CC, the cooks’ restrooms have
been completely refurbished.
At the Lodge, several cabins are
getting new front porches, and the
railings and porches on the five newest buildings are getting a coat of
paint. Doug McEIligott’s machinists
have installed a new conveyor belt
in the dish machine and have rebuilt
its motor. At Wawona,they’ve rebuilt
the golf course pumpand engine.
Several emergencies in the employee housing area have arisen. In
the Tecoya apartments the steam, hot
and cold water pipes collapsed, and
the boiler that serves the ’Y’ apartments and ’E’ and ’F’ dorms broke
down, necessitating sudden replacement.
Tree crewmen Jerry Dougherty and
Manuel Enos have a continuing project of rernoving hazardouslirnbs and
trees, as designated by the NPS.
TomFisher retired last weekafter
twenty years with us. He and Vi have
movedtheir trailer to Mariposa. Frorn
there they will travel, rest endfish.
HOTEL HAPPENINGS
The Ahwahnee is happy to welcomeback Karen Johnsen to the front
desk switchboard-all
the way from
the serving line at BadgerPass. Sharon Stilwell will be terminating her
position as Hotel Division secretary
on Apri ! 28. She will be leaving May
17 for a three-week vacation in Tahiti, Mooreaand other islands. (Too
bad about you, Sharon.) Late summer she will be in Washington, D.C.
for a six-week orientation program,
after which she will be assigned as
a secretary to a U.S. Ernbassy in
Europe. (Really a pity). Lately Sharon
has been a ’Jack of all Trades’ in and
around the hotel: waitress, beer server, baby sitter, secretary. We’ll miss
you, Sharon. Best of luck!
The California
Grape and Tree
Fruit Leagueheld its conference here
March29 through April 2. All present
seemedto enjoy themselves including
Baron, the Saint Bernard, who occupied a cozy room at the YL kennels.
One member purchased a brass
bell from India in the Gift Shopto
hang on his fishing rod. It seemshe
is a sleepy fisherman. His wife had
a better idea; she tied it around his
neck.
As a grand finale, Ted Kosinski
seated taut ensemble for dinner on
Saturday night. After which, he was
last seen applying far a bellman’s
position.
We were very happy to have the
group at the hotel and doubt that
manyconferences are as well organized as their’s. TheLeague’s ex-V.P.,
Harold Angler, and his assistants,
Alan Mills, and Evelyn McCIoskeyhad
things well under control.
Good news on the home front-Pat
Salcedo and husband Julia, dining
room waitress and bartender respectively, are expecting their first baby
in July.
Aldine Farrier
Elmer Graham is our new custodian. Elmer’s from Merced where his
wife and children are yet. When
school’s out, the family will reunite
in El Poflal.
The heavy snows-heavy in weight
as well as depth-have kept Syd Led~O~
son’s crews hopping. They were
FORSALE--Viewlux 35 mmslide proobliged to removethe snow from the
jector modelV-33 with slide changers
tents at CampCurry, the Lodge and for both single slides and Airequipt
Camp6 before the canvas split. The magazines, plus carry-case. Permwork cost some $1,400.00 and set
anently mounted for simple projecback the tent erection program more tion. Excellent condition. A steal at
than a week.
$25.00. Call Mrs. Otter-372-4790.
WHOPAYS YOUR HOSPITAL BILLS?
(Editor’s note. This is the first in
series of articles explaining insurance
benefits available to YPCCo. employees, and proper steps for employees to follow.)
If you are enrolled in the Travelers
major medical group insurance plan,
and confined to Lewis Memorial Hospital due to illness or accident not
connected with your job, you should:
1. Obtain a State Unemployment
CompensationDisability
for m
from the nurse, or, prior to hospitalization, from the Personnel
Offlce,
2. Complete and sign the U.C.D.
form.
3. Return the U.C.D. form to the
nurse, and authorize the state
to makepaymentof this benefit
direct to the hospital.
-4. Present your hospital bill to the
Personnel Offlce and a claim
will be filed for you with Travelers Insurance Company.
Remember-The $12.00 a day the
hospital will receive from the state
U.C.D. is applied to your hospital
charges for room and board before
Travelers major medical group insurancetakes effect.
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AIR FORCE MEDALAWARDED
Wordhas been received that Staff
Sergeant Ronald F. Williams, son-in.
law of Mr. and Mrs. Bob De La Mare,
has been awarded the U.S. Air Force
Commendation Medal at a ceremony
in Duluth, Minnesota.
YoungWilliams received the medal
for meritorious service as an aircraft
equipment technician at the Tan Son
Nhut Air Base in Vietnam. He was
cited for his outstanding professional
skills and initiative, whichcontributed
to the successful missions of the Air
Force in Southeast Asia.
FOR SALE--2 bedroom house with
garage, El Portal. Fully furnished including appliances. $4,500.00 cash.
Call Carrol Clark 379-2651 or 3792256.
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Friday, May 5, 1967
TURKISHPRESIDENTIN PARK
THE FOREST GROWETH
The three newest additions to the
Cevdet Sunay, President of the ReYosemite Lodge forest of buildings,
public of Turkey, arrived by’ helicopter at noon, April 9, and was greeted Aspen, Tamarack, and Dogwood, are
nearing completion. ¯According to
by several hundred spectators gathmanager, Glen Power, the sound of
ered in the chapel meadow. Followis still to be heard occasioning the official welcome,the Presiden- hammers
ally,
but
very shortly the painting,
tial party went on to The Ahwahnee,
papering, carpeting, and ¯furniture
where, later in the afternoon, the
installing
shall begin, and the 24
President received an unexpected
delegation of Turkish students. The 23 rooms should be ready for guests by
men are employees of l’opraksu, the May 20.
Turkish soil conservation service, and
The construction of the more proare completing a five-week course at
saically
named Annex employee
Col Poly in San Luis Obispo.
quarters is proceding fairly close to
schedule,
although there were delays
,,~’-~. Saturday evening there wasa speL,o~’.)aI firefall.
due to the inclement weather. Originally due to open by May 15, it may
Sundaymorning the official
party
was escorted to the Mariposa Grove be June 1 before the three dormitories
of Big Trees, an area Pres. Sunayspe- and recreation room are ready for
cifically requested to see. Dueto the occupancy.
-o-deep snow on the ground, inspection
FIGURES AND FORMS
was somewhatlimited.
With the closing of the SF office
A buffet luncheon, catered by The
this
winter, the local reservation office
Ahwahnee, was served at the Wa.anticipated a substantial increase in
wona Hotel [now closed) before the
distinguished group boarded the Ma- business, and this expectation has
rine helicopters for the return flight to been fully borne out.
According to figures supplied by
Castle AFB.
Assistant Sales Manager, Dana Morgenson, the volume of mail increased
25%in February over 1966, and 29%
MIKE ADAMSTO USAF
in March. As this is written April
Michael Adams, son of Virginia
figures ore incomplete but appear to
and Ansel Adams, has been awarded follow the trend.
a rotating internship in the U.S. Air
Although many San Franciscans,
Force, to follow his June graduation whoformerly called the city office toll
from Washington University in St.
free, have resorted to the use of the
Louis, Mo.
mails, many others continue to use
Mike started with YPC’Co. in 1951 the telephone, in March there was a
as a CampCurry desk clerk. In suc.
whoppingincrease to 4,504 calls this
(~,eding years he held positions at
year comparedto 889 last year.
’~"~?he Ahwahnee,Big Trees, Tuolumne
Part, although certainly not all, of
Meadows, and in 1963 was Wawona the increase in calls maybe traced to
Hotel assistant manager. This past
the expanded service. Whereasthere
summer Mike worked at Lewis
werethree girls in the battery during
Memorial Hospital.
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SENTINEL
YosemiteNational Park, Californin
LODGE NEWS
The NEWYORKERmagazine does
get around. John Taussig, editor of
the. MERCURY
newspaper in Hobart,
Tasmania saw The Ahwahnee ads we
ran last year and was quite taken by
them. During his recent stay in the
Park, he investigated the hotel thoroughly. His opinion: our ads did not
exaggerate the charms of the hotel
onebit.
Another guest, Miss Juanita Gerlach, was one of the most delightful
ladies to have been encountered in a
long time. While a student at Stanford University, she worked in the
CampCurry pantry during the summer of 1908. At that time a housecount of 500 burst the CC seams.
Undauntedby age or the daily snowfall, Miss Gerlach took a walk to the
bottom of Yosemite Falls every morning.
WayneMerry and family were here
last weekfrom their present station
in Glacier National Park. Waynewas
a ranger here, and wife Cindy was a
mainstay on The Ahwahnee switchboard.
Tripping out of the valley to Southern California
were Mary Dehlmar
and Millie Baisch from the front desk,
who returned with sun tans.
Into the valley have come Lester
King, Ernest Mora, Robert McGuire
and Gailann Campbell, all on the
front desk. Charles Davenport is the
new cafeteria
manager, and Dave
Foreit is the new checker.
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ANGLING OPENS
Somehowit just didn’t seempossible. But, there it was, blue sky and
sunshine, for the opening of the fishing season last Saturday! (Admittedly, there were snow showers before
the day was out).
Last week the PG&Eand NPSfolks
took something of a dim view of
opening day prospects, as well they
might, with all the heavy, and late,
spring snow. The upper elevation
lakes and streams were closed by ice
¯ and snow,and the foothill rivers were
receiving heavy releases of water
from dams, necessitated by the unusually heavy run-off expected later
this month.
The Merced River, however, was
still relatively low. Quizzed several
days before opening, our local expert,
Sonny Whitfield, saw good prospects
it. the canyonfrom El Portal to Briceberg. There had been heavy planting
in this area with fish up to 16" in
length, for three weeksprior to opening.
Once the weather warms up and
the MercedRiver rises and roils, the
fly fisherman can retire ’til mid-summer. At least, that is the opinion of
"another expert, Miles Cooper. Then,
only lures and bait will bring homea
creel full.
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(Continued from page one)
the spring of 1966, and the hours
were 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., six days a
week, there are presently seven telephonists on duty from 8 a.m. to 10
p.m. seven days a week.
Theendresult of all thesestatistics,
aside from increased service to our
customers,is that, seemingly,the sales
office adds a newface daily, and subsequently has becomethe Mecca for
the ’girl watchers’in the office.
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At
, approximately 4:45 a.m. Friday
April 28 pantryman Lloyd Price, bu~
at work in The Ahwahneekitchen: ~.r~~1
preparing the day’s box lunches, was
surprised to note the entrance of a
brown bear, 2-year-old size. Grabbing a chah’, Lloyd attempted to induce said bear to return to his more
AI and Joanne Cava, along with
natural habitat, the out-of-doors, but
Marty Olachea, have returned to lend friend bear took flight in the wrong
an air to the Indian Room.AI plays
direction.
Heading down the back
the guitar, trumpet, and sings, Joanne hall, brownie pushed open a swingplays the drums (yes, drums) and ing door, and entered the lobby area.
sings and Marty tinkles the piano
Emergency reinforcements,
in the
keys. The Cavaswere last with us in
form of night porter Alex Kowleski
the fall of 1963.
and RangerRussell Cahill were called
A warm welcome to Ginger Johnson, new Hotel Division secretary,
Toni Mindel and Elaine Wilson,
switchboard operators. Ginger and
Toni, late of Badger Pass, feel very
muchat home, what with all the snow
on the ground.
The Don BeamTrio Plus One have
gone their separate ways. Don presently is in the hospital minus an appendex, but should be back at the
laundry warehouse soon. Charlie
Sloan is teaching music in Hawaii.
BrucePaulsonis in San Francisco with
a new band. Pete Smith has quit his
moon-lighting and spends his days
in the accountingoffice.
The Company’snew direct-dial intercommunications system was supposedto speedoperationsbut, at first,
served only to slow them down, due
to the variety of nameslavished upon
it - direct dial, bulls-eye, target, etc.and the switchboard operator’s subsequent confusion. The problem was
licked with the dubbing of the system
as the ’Go Go Line.’
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The ensuing chase led through the
Great Lounge, and before the skirmish
ended furniture was upset, lamps and
tables knockedabout, and the battlefield littered. The uction closed with
bruin booted out a side door. When
last seen Ranger Cahill was in hot
pursuit of the enemy- or was it the
other way around?
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Nic Fiore is fast becominga member of the jet setl Last NovemberNic
flew off to France to attend a five
week course conducted by the French
National Ski School. Returning to
Yosemite, Fiore was off: to Denverin
January for a meeting of the Professional Ski Instructors Association,
Former front desk man, AmosNeal,
where he was madea Trustee for the
has arrived in Kuwait, where he is a
multi-nation Interski to be held in
Community Services Supervisor for
Aspenin April, 1968. Then in April,
the Getty Oil Company,working with
awaywent he to the Far West Ski Inthe government in arranging for
structors convention at Mammoth
for
housing for company employees.
the certification trials. Nic, treasurer
Amosis actually located fifty miles and the senior memberof the group,
south of the city of Kuwait in the
has not missed a meeting or a clinic
’neutral zone’ in a campcalled Mina in 19 yea.rs.
Sa’ad, and is also responsible for
This weekFiore is flying again; this
campWafra, 30 miles inland.
time to North Conway, New HampQuotes from a recent letter: "Have shire for the convention of the PSIA.
attended one typical Arab dinner so Amonghis titles in this group are:
far, which the Englishmansitting next Director, Foreign Instructor Exchange
to mecalled a ’lamb grab.’ There are Officer, and Chairman of the 1968
just 18 Americans in this campand convention site selection committee.
Wafra. Therest are Lebanese,Syrians,
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British and Arabs. Mostly Arabs. I
would care to write. Address: Amos
really look forward to coming back Neal, % Getty Oil Company,P.O. Box
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Coyt Hackett, N.P.S., supplies some
t~.teresting figures on Badger Pass ’For
: i:i~ ski seasonsof 1940 to 1965-66.
There were 2,638,804 visitor use days
in this 16-year period.
The earliest closing date was April
5, 1958; the latest May2, 1948. The
earliest opening date was November
14, 1964, and the latest February 14,
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Not inordinately fond of winter,
the 4~ fe~t of snowthat fell uponthe
valley during the month of April depressedmeat first. Uponreflection, a
pleasant prospect presented itself.
Spring can’t possibly arrive muchbefore the 4th of July this year, thus
cutting back the gardening season
by three months.
ROAMIN’ ’ROUNDRESERVATIONS
Reservationshas its glory,
Starting with Miss Julie Story.
High campsfilled to overflowing,
Questioning phone calls ever:growing.
Troubles arise as snowflakes fall;
This lovely white has covered all~
They’re positive Tualumne’sthere,
But from a plane they’re nat sure
where!
The phone girls beamwith great elaNowI like to garden. There’s sometion,
When
charts are all "For Confirmathing so elemental, atavistic perhaps,
WORMDIGGING RESTRICTED
tion."
about digging about in the sunBait fishermen should take note of
Every
day
there’s someonenew.
warmedearth. And, i’ve learned to
a new regulation in the Inyo National
Now Donna McCain has joined the
accept the facts that I havethe brownForest for whenTioga Pass opens and est of brown thumbs, and that my
crew.
¯ ¯they headfor the east side lakes and yard is a haven for homelessmoles.
streams.
And on the desk with Max at Curry,
What1 object to is the ’garden exThe digging of worms is now proKathy Burkhart’s in a flurry,
pert.’ Not only the oneswriting in the Charting space where guests may
hibited in the meadowsof the Lee
Vining Canyon and in the June Lake house and garden magazines (they
thrive.
can be ignored), but the neighborLoop, among other areas. Seemsex(Housecounts grown to three times
tensive vegetative and soil damage hood varity (who can’t be). "You must
five.)
¯ has resulted from this practice, caus- remove the banana bugs from the
ing ¯ siltation of streamsand destruc- Virginia creeper before they reach Yes, winter’s gone!It’s spring, yousee!
the larva stage." Are you kidding?
i!~n of fish life.
So listen to this melody.
Without all those bugs chewing and
:~" From now on, dig your worms in
For Spring has sprung, the grass
your garden. Or, nice, fat, red ones munching away, the creeper would
is riz,
long ago have wrapped the house in
are available by the carton at the
But underneath the snow it is.
an airtight cocoon. "See those pinVillage Store.
D.S.
head-size, black spots on the under--o---O-side of the dogwoodleaves? That’s
FOR SALE - 1959 MG-A Roadster.
the gluttonous thrip. You’ve got to
REX HICKOKDIES IN TUCSON
See RandyRust or call 372-4475.
spray with a mixture of 10% DDT,
Rex Hickok’s many friends were 70% Rx 007, and 20% LSD." I do,
the magnesium, until, harking back
deeply saddenedto hear of his sudhuh? Well, if the dogwood at Fern
den death on Monday, March 27th,
to high school chemistry I, she rememSprings can survive without my help,
in Tucson, Arizona.
so can those in my yard. "Those white bered that EpsomSalts (available at
Madeline and Rex were residents
spots in your lawn are caused by the
the Village Store) wassulfate of magof Wawonaand avid golfers for sevravenosis lawnae mothid. You must nesia. Quipped her husband, as she
eral years after his retirement from cut through the sod to a depth of five
poured in the salts, "1 want them to
Shell Oil Companyin 1956. In the
feet to get rid of them." Why?So they grow, not go."
fall of. 1966 they movedto Tucson, won’t spread to your lawn?
where their son Darrel is the golf
I’ve never won an argument with
The ridiculous lengths to which a a garden expert nor can I convince
professional at the Tucson Country
garden doctor can go is illustrated
Club. The. elder Hickok’s address is
one of the wisdom of my point of
best by a story of a friend, who view. "After all," say I, "we live in a
5000 E. Grant Road, Space96.
Rex leaves his wife Madeline and sought advice from the Oakhurst
national park and we should settle
married son Darrel of Tucson, and ’Mountain Gardener’ regarding her for the native plants that can get
lagging geraniums.
"Decomposed along without our assistance. I’m not
married ¯daughter Janice Barker of
granite
is
hardly
rich
in
minerals,"
Fresno. Deepest sympathyis extended
going to be responsible for upsetting
said he. "Feed your geraniums a mix. the ecology."
’, the family.
ture of iron, phosphorousand magne-o"True," say they, "but the nauseous,
sium." Looking through her garden
medicine chest, she located some night.eating nit is making inroads on
WANTEDTO BUY- Ladies bicycle.
Recent model. See Annette in Person- phosphorous, mixed it with a bucket your azalea and you should . . ."
of water from iron Springs, but lacked
P. Thomas
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to do, unaware we had studied any
LIONS PLAY DATES CHANGED
Peggy . Baldwin, play director,
Randy Morgenson left the US in
writes
from Italy that the dates fo~ .....
January on his way to a Peace Corp
have be i~):
position in the Indian state of Mahar- language, and wor.dering how we "The Cave Dwellers"
changed
to
May
25,
26,
and 27, due
astra, on the western side of the sub- would be able to do anything without
to the Baldwins’ unexpected Eurocontinent. Quoted here are someof
being able to talk to the people.
pean trip. The leading roles in Sarohis most descriptive observations of
yan’s play have been cast. Vince
We
have
begun
to
learn
some
of
the Indian life and land.
the meaninglessness of time and Gordon plays an aging clown, Carl
"We left Delhi for a 24-hour, very
Stephens, an ex-prize fighter, Vera
dusty train ride to Bombay.Twodays schedules. Everywhere we go, we
McDonald, an aging actress, Connie
there, then we boarded a train again wait. Sometimes one party won’t
Sextonis ’the girl.’
for a 12-hour journey to our working show up for an appointment at all;
-oarea. Most of the engines are steam, sometimeswe don’t. Everything takes
MORE
NEW
APPOINTMENTS
time, and nothing takes place on time.
coal burning, British tyFe of course.
Keith Whitfleld has been appointed
Today we shopped in a ¯different
The countryside could be any of 100
section of the bazar: very fly infested Administrative Assistant in the Hotel
places in the American southwest and odoriferous. All food sits in open Division, responsible to the Superinno red-rock cliffs, but very muchlike
tendent for regular and special aspans on the ground or on shop floors,
those wide open, semi-desert fiatsignments in the administration of
lands. Even the vegetation seems upon and about which thousands of
division operations. Keith has been
flies crawl and swarm - so many I
similar at first glance but for the
had the feeling I must keep my mouth with the Companysince 1948, and
three foot palm trees. Soft golden
has been Director of Standards since
closed. In view of all the animals in
light for the early morning hours,
1962.
cloudless days, brilliant sky at sunset, the streets they are remarkablyclean,
seldorn much but a trace of dropand extremely bright stars.
pin.qs. Thereare street cleaners equipRay Wilson, most recently Pastry
Indian driving is an experience:
Fed
with
one,
short-hair
broom.
Chef at The Ahwahnee, has been
swift, with half attention, and an
There
is
enough
available
labor
in
designated Kitchen Steward, in which
attitude that everyoneand everything
India
for
all
jobs,
no
matter
the
scope.
capacity he will assist the Chef in the
else has the responsibility of getting
out of the way. This includes cows In fact, mechanization would be a over-all supervision of the kitch¢~::~’:~
disaster.
¯ In the absenceof the Chef, Ray will
and trucks, although these are yielded
About
everyone
here
(Jalna)
be responsible for the entire kitchen
to at the last minute if no results can
genuinely
friendly,
interested
and
operation. Ray is well qualified for
be gained with the perpetually blowhelpful.
We
sure
can
gather
crowds.
the
position, having worked in the
ing horn. I swear, if Indians didn’t
Tomorrowwe leave this town and its
kitchen in diverse capacities since
have horns they would be unable to
officialdom
and
move
into
our
house,
1949.
drive one meter.
which looks to be very nice, in the
On our way to Aurangabad, we
small mudand stone village of Golopausedto visit a state bajra (millet)
Bill Wismerhas been appointed as
pangri.
seed farm. Then on into the city to
a Hotel Division Management
Trainee,
(To Be Continued)
find that the officials weren’t around.
and assigned to Yosemite Lodge for
-ohis initial training in general hotel
We spent the rest of the morning
sitting in the offlce of a secretary,
management. Originally
from TasFWSA MEET
mania, Bill is a graduateof PennState
mostly listening to him and our superA delegation to the Far West Ski
intendent talk in Marathi: Went to
University, has worked for 10 years
Assn. meeting in Lake Tahoe this
visit the famouscavesat EIIora. These
as a civil engineer, and spent the
week.
are not natural caves, but were cut
past winter as a Badger Pass Ski inThe Yosemite Winter Club has
between the 6th and 13 centuries
structor.
grown in the past two years from a
A.D. out of a basalt cliff. The34 caves
membership of 105 to 227, of whom
represent three Indian philosophies:
Sonny Whitfield, Central Warehouse
107 are also FWSAmembers, thus
Hindu, Buddist, and Jain. Really exSupervisor
is nowalso responsible for
swelling our alloted delegates to 12.
citing. Beautiful sculoture, huge Iowthe Print Shop and Laundry Service.
Manymatters will be under considerceilinged rooms with ornate pillars
ation, including the 1967-68cornpetileft in the center, and sculptured
Tom Thomas, Special Agent and
representations of the gods around tion schedule.
Thanksto the special studies made Supervisor of Security, Fire and Safe
the sides.
ty, has taken on the supervision of ~
Later in the afternoon we did meet by Arnold Fawcusthis winter, as well
single employee housing, and of the
as new ideas of staff members,plans
top officials in the Ag programhere,
are already afoot for expanded YWC general office building, its custodians¯
neither of whom knew much about
and grounds keepers.
activities next winter.
us. Both were surprised to learn that
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YOSEMITE
Wednesday, May 31, 1967
CSPC MEETS AT WAWONA
The California State Park Commission, of which Sterling Crameris Vice
Chairman, met May 18 and 19 at
the WawonaHotel.
In addition to dealing with matters
on the group’s agenda- the granting
of easementsacross state parks lands,
acquisition of land for park use,
whether dogs should be allowed overnight in state parks - a workshop
was held to study federal concessions
managementpolicies as defined under P.L. 89-249. This law sets forth
the policies to be followed by the
Secretary of the Interior in writing
and executing concessions contracts
in National Parks.
The California Departmentof Parks
and Recreation is studying its concessions policies to bring them more
in line with those of federal agencies.
During the workshop, Supt. John
Davis presented the NPSpoint of view
of the law. Stuart Cross, YPCCo. Executive Vice President, discussedit from
the concessioners’standpoint.
The next day, Asst. Supt. Condon
and Cramer then escorted the commission, including Win. Mott, State
Director of Parks and Recreation, in
a tour of all YPCCo. facilities in Yosemite Valley.
-oYES PICNIC
The annual Yosemite Elementary
School picnic will take place on Tuesday, June6, at 6:00 p.m. on the school .
grounds.
Chairman Nancy Maynard, and
cornmittee membersMarian Woessner
and Bill Jones, are working out the
details, and very stlortly will be in
contact with the parents regarding
the comestibles - entree, salad, dessert, etc. - tl~at they will bring.
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SENTINEL
YosemiteNational Park, California
DOGWOODBLOOMS AT LAST
The dogwoodis coming into bloom
on the floor of Yosemite Valley at
long last, a month or so later than
usual. The petal-like bracts or rays
are still greenish-white, but they are
opening out all through the Valley,
from the dam in the Merced River at
the junction of the Big OakFlat Road
and the All-year Highway, past the
PohonoBridge and Fern Spring, where
they are especially in their glory, to
Happy Isles and Tenaya Creek, and
in scattered favorable spots.
The leaf-buds of the maple are
opening, too, from tight little green
clusters to the typical five-pointed
leaves, with their green-winged sa.
maras which, in autumn, take the
seeds flying in the wind. The Kellogg
oak opens its red-bordered leaves,
which gradually fade into soft green,
and its drooping tassels wavesoftly
in the afternoon breeze.
Above and below El Portal the
green leaves of the buckeye have
opened out, but their creamy spikes
of blooms are slow in developing.
Along the river road there are still
lupine and poppies, golden stars,
Ithuriel’s spear, scarlet Indian paintbrush and equally, or even more intense, scarlet Indian pink. Low-grow.
ing, yellow Mariposa lilies
are out
and their purple-shaded cousins are
to be found here and there.
Onrocky ledges, one of the stonecrops, a large version of the hen-andchickenstype of succulent, clings, with
its pink to yellow to orange heads of
flowers rising several inches from the
fleshy basal leaves, very decorative
against the red-brown rocks.
Highway 49 and its environs,
around Hornitos, Coulterville,
and
Bear Valley are a flower-lover’s joy,
(Continued on page two)
REUNION
AT WAWONA
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According to Rosella Armstrong,
WawonaChief Clerk, the snow melted off: the groundsjust in time for the
May 12 opening of the hotel and
golf course.
The following weekend, saw Wawona bursting at the seams, with a
head on every pillow, including the
upstairs WOBs.At this time the hotel
is mannedprimarily by ’old-timers,’
headed by Howard Doucette, manager. Helen Lois, dining room manager, has returnees Irene MacDonald
and Dorothy Donoho as waitresses.
Housekeeper Addie Martin has only
two maids to do all that sheet changing: long-time employee AmyRhoan
and recent arrival, Dora Harrison.
In the front office, Rosella has woman-of-all-worE, Coletha Jones, and
new manLouis Guise as desk clerks.
Paul Jones is chef this year, heading
up what Rosella calls a grand crew.
She notes, however, that should they
get out of hand, Paul is big enough
to handle any situation.
Chuck Dias has returned as head
bellman, and Dale Findley is doing
(Continued on page two)
-o-NEWROOMSAT YL IN USE
Thefirst guests to occupyone of the
new, just-opened rooms at Yosemite
Lodge were Mr. James Short and
family of Los Angeles. The Shorts
stayed in room 1108, Aspen Cottage.
Of the twenty-four rooms, 16 were
put into service on May20 as scheduled; the remaining 8 were occupied
May 26.
The namesof the new cottages are
Aspen, Tamarack, and Dogwood.
There are now 225 hotel-type rooms
amongtime Lodge’s guest accommodations.
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NEWS FROM THE MEZZANINE
YOSEMITE
SENTINEL
Welcomeback to slim, trh’n John
Published by
Loncaric, who has been enjoying the
Yosemite Park and Curry Co.
sunshine in Lagunathis winter. John
for the information of
will be with Hotel Division through
YosemiteValley residents.
the summer.
H. Oehlmann
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Advisor
H. K. Ouimet................
Chet Hubbard and Bill Germany
Advisor
H.Berrey
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Advisor
have come down from Badger Pass
tOOOOOOOOIdIOOOOOOOOOOqDOo0000(I
to assumerespective roles of Manager
DOGWOODBLOOMS AT LAST
(Continued from page one)
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and Assistant
Manager at Camp
Curry. John Burden also will be at
with lupine, fairy-lanterns, a myriad CampCurry for a brief time, before
of gilia and mimulus(monkey-flower), taking up his new assignment as
larkspur, and several species of broManagerof the El Portal Motor Inn.
diaea.
YPC Co. has a contract with the
In the foothills
the wedge-leaved Secretary of the Interior to operate
ceanothusis in bloom with its creamy El Portal Motor Inn, effective July 14.
The agreement was signed May 14;
headsof flowers, while farther up the
river the more plumy ceanothus, com- however, a 60-day ’waiting period’
monly known as California or mount- must elapse, before the contract becomesbinding.
ain iilac~ is comingout.
Newto Yosemite, but certainly not
From the air, one sees a mantle of
new
to the resort field, is Derek
snow still cast over the range, from
Bishop, most recently from Dorado
the peaks clown to about 6,000 or
Beach Hotel in the sunny Caribbean.
6,500 feet. The higher of the High
Derek will be with us this summeras
Sierra Camps, May Lake, Vogelsang,
and Sunrise, are still ¯covered deep Manager of Big Trees Lodge.
with few traces of their buildings. The
Arvi Dorseywas back in the valley,
TuolumneRiver is still a rnere line
patiently waiting for the snowto melt
through its canyon ah’nost as far as so he could start managing Glacier
Glen Aulin, and bursts out again at
Point Hotel, which he did on May 26
Le Conte and Waterwheel falls. What after Homericefforts on the parts of
a summerthis will be for them.
himself, John Loncaric, and others.
Ed Armistead has been promoted
Day by day, the flower population
to
Yosernite Lodge Assistant Manager.
changes, speeding up, as if to compensate for the month that has been
K.W. & G.J.
lost in this late season.
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-oCSAA OFFICE OPENS
REUNION AT WAWONA
Last weekthe California State Auto(Continued from page one)
mobile Association openedits offlce
his usual magnificent job of prettying
up the grounds. Right now he is in
the middle of a gigantic planting
program.
Newcomersinclude Cliff: Jackson,
night auditor, Sue Harris, dorm matron, and her husband Cliff, storekeeper.
On the golf side of the operation,
former staffers
Homer Armstrong,
Ralph Diefenderfer, Williarn MacDonald, and Ron Argall are back with
pro, Charlie Eagle. Newthis season
are John Knickerbocher and C. C. Van
Valkenburgh.
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for the summer season in the NPS
Headquarters. This is the earliest
opening date on record, and the ofrice will remain in business longeruntil September8. Hours are 9 to 6
Tuesday through Friday, 10 to 7 on
Monday.
Last year’s representative, Terry
Farinha, is in for two weeksto train
newcomer, Mary Ann Wagner. Mary
Ann has been with the CSAAin Modesto for 4 years.
On June 12 Susan Ottonello, back
for her third summer,will report as
Mary Ann’s assistant.
OF CHEFS AND GRAPES AND
JUMPING FROGS,OF HOSTESSES
AND SINGS
Maitre D’ Ted Kosinski is debarking
the good ship Ahwahneeafter five
years at the helm of the dining room.
Ted will spend the months from now
until Labor Day piloting one of the
food service facilities at Curry or the
Lodge, after which he will weigh anchor for his Santa Cruz vineyards for
the fall and winter. Thereafter, we
¯ can expect him to heavein sight each
spring and summer. Sounds like a
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good life. Sort of having your grapes
and eating them too.
ThomasHambleton is taking over
the stewardship of the dining room.
Torn trained at the Dorchester Hotel
in London and was restaurant manager of the WaterlooHotel in Wellington, NewZealand. Also included in
Tom’sdossier are stints at the Torquay
Hotel in Durban, South Africa, the
San Francisco Whitcomb, and most
recently the SalJshan Lodge in Glenview, Oregon. Wife Margaret is working in the Lodgerestaurant.
Also newon the scene is chef Benny
Barron, who comes to us from the
Stockton Inn, and Sacramento’s Neptune’s Table restaurant.
The front offlce has two new employees, Bruce Malone, desk clerk,
and Lew ~llingham, transportation
agent. During the summer of ’65,
Bruce workedat the Curry bike stand,
and during Christmas vacation, he
was a ski patrolman at Badger. Last
winter he majored in skiing, and
minored in food service (waiter)
Mammoth. World traveler
Lew has
lived in Europe and the Middle East
for four years, and visited 43 of the
United States. Formerly, Lew was an
editor for Sierra Club publications and
he knows Yosemite inside and out.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Stewart of San
Rafael were among those attending
the California Medical Association
meetings. Mrs. Stewart is the former
Jeannette Coakley, daughter of Judge
Thomas Coakley, and was Yosemite
Lodge hostess in 1959 and Wawona
hostess in 1960. The Stewarts met
many old friends while they were
here.
The nightly frog chorus can be
heard a quarter mile distant, and our
PAREr
At its
Parent’s
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Maynard,
Vice-Chai~
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Marian
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PARENTSGROUPELECTIONS
At its last meeting, the Yosemite
Parent’s Group heard nominations
from the floor for a slate of o~cers
for the coming year. Nominate~l for
¯ Chairman were Bob Maynard, Nancy
¯ Maynard, and Roland Johnson; for
Vice-Chairman, Dick Marks, John Degan, Vince Gordon, Bryan Harry, and
Marian Woessner.
The election will take place at the
next meeting, which is tentatively set
¯ for June 6.
WHOPAYS YOURHOSPITAL BILLS
WHENYOU ARE INJURED
ON THE JOB?
¯LUAU AT AHWAHNEE
JUNE¯30
Those who plan ahead may want
to save June 30 evening for a grand
luau around The Ahwahnee’s pool.
The event will be sponsored by the
Yosernite WornensGroup in support
of its Save the Children Federation
activity. Details will be presented
later. But, from Jan Briggs’ and Ti
Shackelton’s description of the plans.
nothing as gala ever has.been offered, and nothing should stand in the
way of locals attending.
-oPVT. STURMREPORTSFOR DUTY
Dan Sturm left Yosernite recently
for his military service. Thinking -and having been told - he would go
to Ft. Ord, he was surprised whenhe
was clapped aboard an airplane
boundfor Ft. Polk, Louisiana. He reports that things are moist at Ft. Polk
- with swamps underfoot and very
high humidity in the air. His address
is Pvt. Dan Sturm, USA56668618,Co.
"G" 3rd Bn., 1st Training Brigade, Ft.
Polk, Louisiana 91459.
EX-EMPLOYEES
VISIT YOSEMITE
Dick Connett, on a short leave from
his post office duties in Cloverdale,
sailed in last weekendand. was busy
catching up on the newswith ¯friends.
He reports life in a small town has
its compensations - especially ¯ one
only an hour from San Francisco.
Earlier in the week, Bill Meacham,
¯on a short leave from the CampParks
Job Corps, sailed in. Bill’s an instructor there and claims that his work is
deeply interesting, and that the Job
Corps. ’graduates’ have had betterthan-average success in finding work
related to the training received in the
Corps.
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i a series of articles explaining insurance benefits available to YPCCo.
i employees; the following treats in. dustrial accidents.)
An industrial accident is one that
happens to an employee while on
duty. An employee is on duty during
¯’
the. period shownon his. daily time
card. Ordinary illness is not an industrial accident.
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CHRISSIE JOHANSENHONORED
or manager immediately, regardless
Christine Johansen, daughter of
of the seriousnes of the accident.
Ernie and Helen Johansen, has been
The supervisor or managerwill preelected Assistant Editor of the WACApare a referral slip and send you to
DEMYWORLD,student newspaper at
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Lewis MemorialHospital. The referral
Wasatch Academy, Mt. Pleasant,
slip authorizes the hospital to treat
Utah.
you under arrangements made for
Christine also will work on the
the handling of Workmen’s Compenphotography staff of the 1968 Wasation cases.
satka, a three-times winner of NSPA’s
Your medical bills for an industrial
coveted "All-American"
yearbook
injury are paid by YPCCo.
award. Recognizing her leadership
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FOR SALE
represent them next year on the StuHouse-El Portal. Twobedrooms, cardent Council.
peted living room, breezeway, gar-o-age. $6,000. $1,500 down. Call 379FAIT NON ACCOMPLI
2415 or 379.2496.
LETTERSFROMINDIA
(Continued from last issue)
Tomorrow we leavethis town and
its officialdom and move into our
house, which looks to be very nice,
in the small mud and stone village
of Golopangri.
Only two people speak English
so there will be much language to
lish so there’ll be muchlanguage to
learn. Today was spent on the farm
and in the orchard of a wealthy
farmer, one of the village leaders.
After the usual tea with two of his
brothers and friends, Sri Pandithras
Kisham’ao More drove us to his 33acre farm on his tractor. Obviously
he is very wealthy, for he owns a
large gas pumpfor his well in lieu
of the more normal bullock-drawn
irrigation
water, and 16 acres of
mangoesand oranges. We sat in the
shade of the orange grove sampling
delicious, juicy orangesfrom the trees.
As to his farm, even I can see howit
can be improved. Only four acres are
under irrigation. He raises two types
of jowar (sorghurn) and two of wheat.
With proper irrigation and crop management, I think his farm could be
very productive.
Yosemite has hosted many a for1959 Pontiac Bonneville station wa- eign dignitary, but Edward Neilan,
Our lives are governedb~, people,
gon. Factory air, full power, excellent writing in the USCALUMNIREVIEW, their comingsand goings, their whims
fires. Call 372-4700.
brings up a titillating
thought. Ac- and wishes. They come in anytime,
or if the door be bolted,
cording to Neilan, Communist China unannounced,
rattle
until
’tis opened,and sit down
reflection pool is so full of frogs this
Chairman MaoTse-tung once said his
spring that they have invaded the
retirement wish was to visit Yosemite sometimes just to look or jabber
amongstthemselves. Neveris a visit’s
lobby. The bellmen have several good National Park. What a coup that
purposestated. Yet there is one. This
prospects in training for the Jumping would be, if we could bring it about!
is how we must live.
Frog contest in Calaveras county.
The publicity department is working
Randy Morgenson
on it.
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this ¯ week: Jackie Garrett of Oregon, rebuilt and madesafer by the ’placand Judy Williams of San Francisco.
ing of a guard wall along the outer
Checking in on May 1 was Chert
edge of the road to prevent vehicles
Sibley, 8 lb. 4½oz. daughter born to
from falling down the cliffs."
Cost:
Jo Ellen and Jerry Sibley. On May6
27c per foot. Park engineers estimate
ShawnaRae presented herself to parents Leslie and Alan Dierksen. Shaw- the present-day cost of building a
road to be $50.00 a foot!
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THEN AND NOW
A copy of the 1914 Superintendent’s
report recently cameto light, and a
little research led to someinteresting
comparisons.
During the 1914 season there were
32 concessioners, offering services and
products varying from guide, photographic studio, curios, delicatessen,
meat market, livery stable, garage,
and hotels.
CampCurry had 5,305 guests for
the season.It’s closest rival, the Sentinel Hotel, had 3,031 guests, and all
hotels and camps combined served
a total of 11,972 guests. In 1965-66,
YPCCo. hosted 352,235 persons.
Fifty three years ago most visitors
came by public transportation,
and
YTS carried 10,889 passengers; last
year, 127,411.
But, the automobile was coming
into its own. With the opening of the
Wawonaand Big Oak Flat roads to
autos, 739 chugged up the highways.
Twelve states and 28 foreign countries were represented in the total
visitor count of 15,145. California had
the largest delegation, followed by
Illinois.
England, with Germanyclose
behind, led the foreign field. Last
year Yosemite received 1,817,060
visitors, driving 519,160automobiles.
The Superintendent’s report lists
1,985 carnpers, and proudly notes the
construction of 40 new water closets
for their convenience. The NPSestimates 376,459 used the carnpgrounds
last year, for a total of 1,505,836
camper days. (No information
is
readily available concerning water
closets.)
Costs, too, have risen. In 1914 45c
a day would feed a horse. According
to stable manager, Bob Barnett, 1he
rock-bottom price today, 80c, and
CHILDREN’S SWIMMING LESSONS
Red Cross swimming lessons for
Yosemite and El Portal children will
be given at the Lodge Pool, June 1223, Mondaythrough Friday, 8:30 a.m.
to 11:00 a.m.
The program is directed by Jan
Haag and Joanne Cross. Instructors
are Babs Albert, Paula Krisco, Ruth
Harry, Nancy Maynard, and Patti
Anderson.
To register your child, please call
Jan Haag, 379-2384, on Monday or
Tuesday, June 5 or 6.
-oVILLAGESTORIES
The VShas a loyal crew! Returning
for their third summer
seasonof service are Wally Gilbert, in charge of
the fishing counter, Evelyn Adams,
checker, Vernon Friesen in hardware
and Molly Coan in the clothing department.
OFfice clerk, VaughnHuggins, was
hospitalized in Fresno with a spinal
disorder. She is due homeshortly,
but will have to stay in traction for
several weeks.
CheckerHazel Smith is still on the
job, but suffering from an undiagnosed knee ailment. It is hopedthat they
will mendquickly.
"On July 1, 1914 a new 30 line
telephone switchboard was put into
service." The Yosemite phone book
lists today 686 subscribers.
Manyof the regulations would be
applicable today; others have a
quaint ring, "No drinking saloon or
barroom will be permitted." "Riding
or driving at night is forbidden."
"Persons are not allowed to bathe
near any of the regularly traveled
roads without suitable bathing clothes." "Interference with or molestation of any bear in the park in any
way by any person not authorized by
the superintendent is prohibited."
(Which sounds as if you could molest
a bear, provided you were authorized.) "No one is allowed to throw anything into Mirror Lake, thereby causing ripples and disturbing the reflection, whichall are entitled to behold."
WAY OFF
"All campersshall first report to the APRIL-MAY HOUSECOUNTS
The
over-long
winter
and
the
spotty
Superintendent for assignment of
camping sites, and will not change spring weather took a serious toll in
YPCCo.’s guest occupancy for April
campswithout permission." "Blankets,
and for May, to the 22nd. Between
clothing, hammocks,or any article
liable to frighten teams must not be April 1 and May 22 of 1966, total
housecount was 73,352, for the same
hung near the road."
The automobile was subject to 65 period, 1967, housecountwas 47,766.
It should be remembered
that Easter
different rules, including a maximum
in 1966 occurred in April, in March
downhill speedlimit of 6 MPH,uphill
9 MPH, and straight-aways, 15 MPH. this year. This holiday accounts far..
high occupancy flgure
An elaborate check-point system was a relatively
during
the
month
in which it falls.
in effect: "no inbound automobile
shall leave El Portal after 4:08 p.m." However, the wide gap between this
year and last can be attributed only
Fines were imposedfor arriving early
slightly to this occurance.
- $1.00 per minute up to $25.00 --o-more than that, you were ejected
DAVE DURAN
from the park. No doubt this was the
Those employees who date back to
reason the report states, "Automobiles
the
1950s will rememberDave Duran,
should check their watches with the
chief clerk at HousekepingCamp.The
clock at the checking station." (A
pretty good trick for an auto.) The SENTINELhas received word of Durfastest allowable th’ne from Wawona art’s ordination as a RomanCatholic
to Yosemite Valley was 2 hours and r~riest in Fresnoon April 29. Fr. Duran
is now ass’t, pastor at St. Anne’s
27 minutes. The run is now clocked
Churchin Porterville.
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GETTINGESTABLISHED
The recently opened Girls’ Annex
has become quite popular with its
residents and its residents have becomequite popular with the boys who
have commandeered
the old Girls’ Annex next door (the annex, not the
girls).
Millie Baisch, hostess-cashierat the
Yosemite Lodge restaurant and the
first of seventy girls to movein, ex.
plained, "The rooms are happier,
quieter, with moresunlight, moreprivacy, and closer to my job."
This appearsto be the general con.
sensus, for Marjorie McQuaid, who
managed the old Girls’ Annex and
began at the new one on May 20,
spoke for the majority of the girls.
"Wecall it ’color city,’ becauseof
the different decor, either blue, yellow
or corali in each room. The girls are
so enthusiastic," she continued, "that
someevenrefer to it as the ’Yosemite
Hilton,’ due to the color, quietness
and cleanliness."
Someof the girls, she stated, do
miss the porches of the old Annex,
but the central heating of the new
versus the oil stoves of the old makes
up for it.
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--o-NEWPRIVILEGE CARDS
"There are too manyto list,"
said
Mrs. Cromerof personnel.
She was speaking in reference to
the numberof delinquent YPCCo. employees who have yet to exchange
their old privilege cards for the new
ones.
The ultimatum is this: NOprivilege
cards will be honored at ANY unit
after June30.
The new privilege cards are now
being honored at all units.
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YosemiteNational Park, California
YOUTHACTIVITIES DIRECTOR
In charge of summerrecreation for
the children of Yosemiteresidents as
Youth Activities Director is Art Cunningham.
There are two general groups at
present with which he will work, sixth
through eighth graders and ninth
through twelfth graders.
Someof the programs Art has in
mind are hikes, treasure hunts, barbeque-picnics, dances, High Sierra
campouts, culture classes and possibly a trip to SanFrancisco.
"We’ll try arts and crafts classes,
major sports, folk singing, guitar lessons; just whatever the group seems
to like," he explained. "We will be
using employees who have special
interests to assist with the program."
Art was born in Kingfisher, Okla.
homa, raised and educated in Wichita, Kansas. He graduated from the
College of Emporia, Emporia, Kansas,
with a major in sociology and minors
in physical education and education.
He lettered four years in varsity football.
(Continued on page four)
-oMIKE HARVEYDIES IN VIET NAM
Warrant Officer Michael Harvey,
son of Mrs. Lee DeSandres and husband of Mrs. Catherine Crumb Harvey, died June 23 of woundsreceived
in action the previous day.
Harvey was a helicopter co-pilot
attached to the 48th Assault Company
stationed at Tuy Hoain central South
Viet Nam. His squadron evacuated
wounded military,
civilian
women
and children, and was on a combat
resupply mission when young Harvey
was hit. Wounded
in the thigh, it was
thought that he was in no danger,
but he had lost too muchblood, and
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GOING TO THE LUAU?
There maybe ¯neither roast pig nor
poi at Friday night’s luau at The Ahwahnee, but the menuwill be replete
with other fare as befits the hotel’s
reputation gastronomique. Sponsored
by the Yosemite Women’sGroup for
the benefit of the Savethe Children
Federation, tickets are $5.00 each and
may be purchased ’From Mrs. Lee
Schackelton. The party commences
at
7:30 p.m.
A collection of Yosemite’soutstanding hula dancers - of which sex was
not disclosed - will provide part of
the entertainment. However,it is predicted that the main divertissement
will be speculations over whowill be
first to fall into the pool. Okolemaluna!
-o-VISITOR CENTERDELAYED
According to Bryan Harry, Chief
Park Naturalist, the visitor center,
which had been planned for initial
opening in May, will not be fully
operative until next summer.
"Although we will open the information counter during the second
weekin July," he stated, "the exhibit
wing will not be openeduntil sometime next summer."
There have been two major holdups
in the construction, the snow ,and
somedesign modifications which, together, forced a rescheduling.
"The snow lasted through the time
the construction foreman had planned
to pour the roof and paint and he
couldn’t because of the dampness.
The changes in design were for economy,efficiency of operation, and public convenience."
The entire structure, which includes
the old museum
with remodeling, will
housethe U.S. District Cornmissioner,
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CHURCHSCHOOLHELP NEEDED
The Yosemite Community Church
YOSEMITE
SENTINEL
Glen Willard is back for his 16th
will hold its Vacation Church School summer season as YPC Co. Program
Published by
from Aug. 7 through 18, Monday Director. The programs, which have
¯ Yosemite Park and Curry Co.
througl~ Friday mornings at the
included concert violinists, folk dancfor the information of
Chapel.
ers, magicians, semi-classical singers,
YosemiteValley residents.
Classes are scheduled for kinderand puppets are held nightly at units
Advisor
H. Oehlmann
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garten through junior high grades.
throughout the park. The dignity and
Advisor
H. K. Ouimet
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Teachers and non-teaching helpers
quality of the programing is in keepAdvisor
H.Berrey......................
are urgently needed.If sufflcient voling with the national park image.
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unteers are available, classes will be
Glenalso directs the Valley Singers,
TIOGA ROADIS OPEN
held for three and four year aids also.
composed of park employees. The
For the first-time traveler over Tioga Anyone willing to help please call
group mayvary in size from year to
Pass, the most spectacular time to go Peggy Baldwin at 372-4885.
year, but their three summerconcerts
-ois now. Snowcrisps the air and adds
are always greeted enthusiastically
EMMISARYTO ARABIA RETURNS
depth to the panoramic views over
by locals and visitors alike.
AmosNeal is back at The Ahwahthe top of Yosemite. "
nee after a three-month leave of abWewere amongthose to cross the
SCHOLARSHIPS
OFFERED
sensein the Middle East.
pass on Saturday, June 17, the initial
Amos was employed by the Getty
opening for the road this year. Many
The Yosemite Scholarship Commispeople flocked there for the event and Oil Companyas a consultant for com- sion calls the attention of all high
munity services, but, as he puts it,
318 cars were counted waiting at the
school graduates to the $450 annual
Crane Flat end for the road to open "ended up doing the whole job, be- award to be madefor the school year
cause there was no one there to con- of 1967-68. Any graduate whose paat noon.
suit in the first place." His duties inThe weather along the route was
rents are employedon a year ’round
cluded
supervising
everything
in
the
excellent with the temperature in the
basis in Yosemite National Park is
way of housing and feeding arrange- eligible to apply. The scholarship of
seventies c~r:d ¯summersunshinenearly
ments.
$50 a month for nine months is supall the way to MonaLake.
The area, southwest of Kuwait and ported by the Yosemite Community
Many families had taken picnic
northeast of Saudi Arabla, is called
Council.
lunches and someday-use areas were
the "neutral zone," as neither country
open at Tuolumne Meadowsand TenMrs. Mary Curry Tresidder offers
ownsit, though both claim it. It beaya Lake. Fishermen were frequent
two additional scholarships of $50
came a hot-spot for Americans imalong the road at Tenaya Lake, Tuomediately after the Arab-Israeli war per rnonth, and applications for these
lumne Meadowsand Ellery Lake, but
are also received by the Scholarship
began.
the majority of visitors were rnerely
Commission. One is for a college
"The feeling was running high
sightseeing and photographing the
freshman, the other may be awarded
against Americans because it was
dramatic murals of nature.
to a sophomore.
felt that the U.S. caused the war,"
Tioga Roadwas built originally as
The following matters are taken
Amosstated, "The first reports said
an accessto the Great Sierra Consoliinto account in making selections:
America was actually involved, but
dated Silver Mine, which, despite a
scholastic ability, financial need,leadwe didn’t believe it."
$300,000 investment, failed to proership, personality, health and genAmossaid there were no instances
duce an ounce of silver. Stephan T.
of violence in his area, although there eral aptitude. There is no particular
Mather, then assistant to Secretary of
significance in this order nor doesone
were only 19 Americans among 931
the Interior Franklin Lane, headeda
qualification have specialweight. The
Arabs and Lebanese.
committee to purchase the road
"1’11 only say I’m glad to be back basic requirements for the two scholthrough private subscription and doarships offered by Mrs. Tresidder differ
without any stoning marks," he quipnate it to the U.S. Government.
only in that a ’B’ average minimumjn
ped.
The route was once a nightmare to
an accredited school during the pre-omotorists, but the 21-mile stretch in
ceding year is required. Oneof these,
INFORMATIONPLEASE
Yosemite was replaced in 1961 and
YPCCo. advertising of~ce has had under special circumstances and with
last year was widened and realigned
installed a recorder-telephone mach- Mrs. Tresidder’s consent, has been ocfrom the pass to Lee Vining.
casionally awardedto a sophomore.
Crane Flat campground is now ine, from which callers can learn of
Information on applications and
open, and the NPS expects to have the guest activities for the day, plus
procedure
may be obtained from Lethe weather forecast and suggestions
Tuolumne Meadows and Tamarack
roy Rust at the Main Post Office or
Flat open by the weekend. Tenaya about what to see and do. Similar to
the rnachine used in winter to provide Dana Morgenson, Yosemite Park and
Lake, Smokey Jack, and Porcupine
Curry Co. Reservations Oflqce. Appliski information, the number of the
Flat are still under snowor water.
cations will be accepteduntil July 15.
- Sentinel Scout new ’phone’ is 372-4484.
Taking
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and reli
This will
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inspiratior
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RECREATIONDIRECTOR
THE DIESELPiT PROJECT
RECENTARRIVALS
Somepeople may be ’,vandering
still about the hole which has foiled
their shortcut behind the Yosemite
Village ChevronService.
The Lewis Memorial¯ Hospital reTaking over the position of Emports that the last Yosemitecensusis
ployee Recreation Director is Dick Annow void, due to somelate arrivals.
derson, a graduate student in music
Mrs. Steve Hickman, wife of the
and religion at Yale University.
The Don Fey Construction Company ranger, had a boy on June 9. Mrs.
This will be Dick’s first seasonwith is building the pit to housea 12,000
RogerHendrickson, wife of the doctor,
YPCCo. but he is already getting his
gallon tank for automotivediesel fuel,
had a boy on June 7. Mrs. Lloyd Gaulplans underway, with enthusiasm and but dug into somedifficulties with the
ter,
wife of the maintenance man,
inspiration.
project.
had a boy on June 8.
"1 plan to begin right awaywith a
Their shovels reached water at
It appears that the balance of
regular intramural program of the
three feet in trickles and at eleven power is now tipped definitely
in
major sports," he said in a recent infeet in torrents. This high water table
favor of the males.
terview at the Den.
is due to this season’s unusually
-oHis innovations, which he would heavy rain and snowfall, which has
MIKE HARVEYDIES IN VIET NAM
initiate into this department, include
melted and descendedinto the earth,
a sports car rally, an employee-cast raising the undergroundlevel consid(Continued from page one)
died
the
following day.
musical or dramatic production, and
erably.
a photos-of-themost-ridiculous-tourist
Mike went through the local ele"We have had to put fuel in the
contest. He also has someideas for a
mentary school, Sequoia High School
tank for ballast before we are even
bicycle marathon, aimedat a possible
in RedwoodCity, and College of San
completed," explained foreman Fey.
world record, and a pajama race,
Mateo. He worked at Housekeeping
He said that the strange-looking
Camp during the summers of 1961
aimed at a hilarious time.
beams, which are welded to the sides & 1962, and as an electrician for the
"Pajama races are really funny.
Each leg of the race, which would be of the vessel, are called tie-downs.
government during 1964.
These
will
reinforce
and
fasten
to
the
run with a baton in relay fashion,
He joined the Army a year and a
tank
a
concrete
slab
which
will
be
half
ago, received his wings at Ft.
would have some obstacle, such as
poured
soon.
Fourteen
inches
of
’cethe river or a rock pile, for example."
Rucker, Alabama, and had been in
.nent,
14
feet
wide
and
40
feet
long
Viet
Namfor 7 months. On July 1 he
Dick has, in addition, been conand
containing
steel
reinforcing
bars,
was scheduled for R & R leave in
sidering holding the first
annual
should
do
the
job.
Hawaii.
"Yosemite Employee Olympics." It
.
The construction
crew has been
Funeral arrangements are still
would consist of a series of farcical
keeping the water down to a workevents, based on jobs with YPCCo.
pending, but burial will be in Mariable depth by employing three
posa.
"The housemen from the lodges
pumps.
They
plan
to
have
the
project
could have a cigarette butt recovery
-orace, or the girls in personnel could finished on schedule and are still
VISITOR CENTERDELAYED
maintaining their daily production
have a typing contest on typewriters
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goals, in spite of the trouble.
with missing keys," explained Dick,
the District RangerOffice, the Mari"or the bus boys could have a table
The target date for opening sales,
posa CountyLibrary, detention rooms,
clearing race using their tee-shirts in.
according to Bob Bevington, Chevron and general administrative offices.
stead of carts, trays and sponges. We Stations Supervisor, is July 1.
The Yosemite Research Library is
could even have a decathalon."
"Before we began this project," he also being enlarged. It contains inDick has obviously mappeda wild
related, "diesel fuel users had to go formation on nearly everything that
¯ program to follow this summerand to Merced, for they were stranded if
anyone may want to know about
it may be the most enjoyable one yet they ran out in the valley."
Yosemite’s history, geology, natural
for YPCCo. employees.
history, conservation, etc. Thefacility
The fuel will supply some of the
-o-is
opento the public and its use, says
larger buses, as well as any diesel
BLOODBANK RESERVEUPPED
Harry, "has greatly increased in the
burning Mercedes-Benz automobiles
past few months."
which may be around.
The Lions Club-sponsored blood
The problem with the exhibits is
bank, in cooperation with the Fresno
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that
they are built in San Francisco,
AA MEETING
Blood Bank, received forty-three pints
where the agency must handle orders
of blood from employees and resiFor the information of anyone who
from all over the western United
dents of Yosemite in a three.hour
has, or has had, a problem with
States.
period on June 16.
drinking, Alcoholics Anonymousholds
"There are just too many new
This nowgives Yosemitea credit of meetings every Sunday night from
visitor
centers for these peopleto keep
forty-three pints wheneverit is need- 8:30 to midnight in the Yosemite
up with," explained Harry, "But we
ed for emergenciesor illnesses during Lodge cafeteria. For moreinformation
should
be ready for display early next
the coming two years.
call WaynePorter, 372-4431, ext. 110. summerwithout muchtrouble."
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ESSAY WINNERS
AZALEATIME
FORMERSUPERINTENDENT
Eleven year old Sally Gordon,
RUSSELLDEAD
The azaleas are nearing a gorgeous
daughter of Harriet and Vince GorMany
of
the
services extended for
peak these days. Two bushes in the
don, recently took first prize in the
the enjoyment of all who visit YoseAmericanism Essay Contest sponsored meadowacross the road from Camp
Curry are as lovely as any I have mite wereinitiated by Dr. Carl Parcher
by the Mariposa American Legion
ever seen. Those along the river and Russell, whodied June 20, of a heart
Auxiliary.
attack.
Sally’s essay, entitled "What Is Pa- in woodedplaces are not quite so far
Dr. Russell served as Chief Park
triotism," went on to take a third place advanced, but in another week the
Valley
should
be
filled
with
their
fraNaturalist
from 1923 to 1930 and
in the five-county district contest.
grance.
Superintendent from 1947 to 1952.
Other local winners were Rod WhitDuring this time he did muchto help
Now the dogwood blossoms are
field and Rob Woessner, honorable
hiding amongtheir many leaves, so familiarize visitors to Yosemitewith
mention, group I, and Ginny Harders,
its humanand natural history.
they are not as conspicuous as they
third place in group II.
were earlier, but on the slopes below
The Yosemite Museum, with dis-oChinquapin
and
in
the
gullies
near
plays
to explain the park’s wonders,
GETTINGESTABLISHED
Crane
Flat
they
are
still
fresh
as
the
was created by Dr. Russell and, in
(Continued from page one)
James"Tiny" Prentice, a houseman spring.
connection, the Yosemite Research
at the Yosemite Lodge, speaking for
"Farewell to Spring," I~owever, the Library, with its many volumes of
the boys about their new-hand-me- rose-pink godetia is coming out in
literature on all aspectsof the park.
down quarters, said, "It beats, the
lower meadows on the Fresno and
He also led in the introduction of
tents by a long shot."
Big Oak Flat roads, and someof the
the Yosemite Field and School for
Robert Pelto, Boys’ Annexmanager, later lupines are coming into bloom. Ranger-Naturalists, to educate and
tended to agree.
With warm weather the snow at
instill
Nationcsl Park concepts and
"1 caught a terrible cold in Camp higher levels is melting morerapidly.
ideas. Hehelped to establish the High
6/: he stated, "and didn’t recover
It will be mid-July before meadows Sierra camps and led hikes between
until we moved to the Annex. Over along the Glacier Point and Tioga
them frequently.
here it’s warmand quiet."
roads reach their zenith. Meanwhile,
Writing about Yosemite was anThere have been, however, a few take a long breath whenyou pass an other of his pleasures and accomplishmisunderstandings between the male azalea bush in bloom!
ments. He wrote and published Yoseand female camps.
The Merced River still
pours its
mite Nature Notes monthly from 1922
Apparently, the builders planne~ tumultuous white torrents downmiles
to 1961. He also combinedthis inforthe new units so that they could be of rapids from the PohonoBridge to
mation with information from many
dwelt in by either males or females, a stretch of more peaceful water besources to write "100 Years In Yosespecifically, in reference to the rest- low El Portal, and the five great
mite," an account of Yosemite’sdevelroom. The girls had someextra bath.
waterfalls
of Yosemite wrap themopmentsince its discovery.
room fixtures they could not use, so selves in misty veils or shoot great
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they planted flowers in them. The snowy rockets downwardagainst the
Iolants are quite easily watered by a gray granite.
FOR SALE
mereflick of the handle!
Stromberg
Hi
Fi amplifier,
AM-FM
This is the year of years for flowers
Onecomplaint on the boys’ side is
coaxial
and waterfalls in the Sierra Nevada, tuner, Girrard turntable,
that they are labeled "Peeping Toms"
speaker.
Call
G.
Oliver,
372-4411.
John Muir’s Rangeof Light.
if they so muchas gaze in the wrong
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direction on the way to their own
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YOUTHACTIVITIES DIRECTOR
bathrooms, which are adjacent to one
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of the girls’ dorms. The girls, on the
PACIFIC TRAVELER
He
then went on to teach psycholother hand, stroll through the very
A note frorn Melba Smith written
ogy and sociology and served as
center of the boys’ lodgings and refrom the freighter S.S. CALIFORNIA head wrestling coach and assistant
maintotally secure in their innocence. enroute to HongKong says the water
football coach at Junction City High
The boys have also observed one is fine and so is the sailing! Shewill
School, Kansas.He is presently attendyoung lady who has evidentally lost
be in Yokohama
July 1st; Manila, July ing graduate school in Evanston, III.
her key, as she consistently uses the
10th; HongKongon July 14 to 27; arLetters have been sent to oil Yosewindowfor exit and entrance.
riving in Honolulu again August 16th.
mite parents which outline the proOnelast note: Any girl who would Being a great admirer of the "Hula,"
gram.
Anyone wishing to volunteer
like to claim someof the lost and she plans to leave her freighter there
their services or request moreinformfound items which have been turned
and stay until her moneyruns out!
ation maycall Mrs. Charles Woessner
in by someof the boys upon cleaning
Anyonewishing to send her a "hello"
at 372-4832 or messagesmaybe left
house, mayreport to Mr. Pelto in the
should address her c/o the S.S. CALI- for Art at 372-4611, extension 7, and
main Annexofflce.
FORNIA
at the port of ~all.
he will return the call.
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YosemiteNational Park, California
THE RESTLESSNATIVES
YOUTHACTIVITIES PROGRAM
While Yosemitechildren live in an
Harold "Bizz" Johnson, U.S. ConThe Yosemite Women’sGroup luau
area
that a million people visit each
gressman for the second congresheld June 30 for the benefit of the
to occupy
sional district, spent the night at The ’Save the Children Federation’ was, summer, they have little
themselves, being isolated from diverAhwahneeon Wednesday,July. 5. He according to Ti Schackelton,a coordindiscussed local problems over break- ator of the event, "a tremendoussuc- sions that may seemcommonto most
people, and which many are trying
fast the next morning with Hilmer
cess."
to
avoid on their" vacations. Movies,
Oehlmann,YPCCo. president, Sterling
The party, held in the Indian Room
dances,sports events, drive-in restaurCramer, YPCCo. Vice President--Finand at poolside at The Ahwahneeconants, shopping trips, etc. are rare
ance, David Condon, Asst. Superinsisled of a Polynesian buffet dinner,
luxuries to these local youths.
tendent, and GeneWatkins, the con- dancing, and a "Miss Hawaii" conThis explains why somelocal resigressman’sfield representative.
test.
dents formed the Youth Activities
Highlighting the festivities was the Group and hired Art Cunningharn to
Mr. Crarner said of the conversation, "It went very well. Mr. Johnson fashion show and costume contest.
create an activity program in which
is very thoroughly informed. He went The ’winner’ of the Miss Hawaii title
the children could participate.
right downthe line with the problems was Don Baldwin. He was dressed in
There are two groups under Mr.
a Baldwin original - clambake-forwe have been facing."
Cunningham’sdirection, junior high
mal-evening-minigown
- a three.
and senior high groups. Someof the
Someof the topics of interest to
piece affair of a grass skirt, plunging activities are coordinated, others separea residents are the repaving and
coconut top, and shower cap chapeau. arated. So far, the young people have
re-alignment of residential streets in
(Continued
on page 6)
had swimming, tennis lessons, hikes,
El Portal, the procuring of federal
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funds to build a house for the eleTHE RETURNOF DR. WURGLER
and ball games.
mentary school principal,
and the
clearing of the Tioga road through
(Continued on page two)
Now a permanent member of the
--o-combinedefforts of the NPSand state
Lewis Memorial Hospital staff is Dr.
BUCKLEYMEMORIALEXHIBIT AT TML
crews,
James N. Wurgler, with whom many
The bare canvas walls of the Tuovalley residents maybe familiar as he
Tworelated items of prime importlumne
Meadows Lodge lounge and
served on the staff last summer.
ance discussed were the bringing of
dining roorn are bare no longer. The
electricity
to TuolumneMeadowsfaHe and his family movedhere from
magnificent
mountain and meadow
cilities,
which now operate on gas Oroville where he had a private pracsetting is mirrored inside the main
and oil, and the increasing of the
tice after leaving Yosemitelast Fall.
tent, where a memorial exhibit of
electric supply for Yosemite Valley.
Dr. Wurgler received his M.D. from
John Buckley’s striking,
black and
"We have had numerous power failSouthwestern Medical School, Univerwhite photographs now hangs.
ures this past winter and spring," said sity of Texas and practiced at the
Young Buckley, employed for four
Mr. Cramer, "due to spots that were Butte County(California) Hospital beseasons at the Meadows,was drowndamagedwhen the trunk line was infore coming to Lewis Memorial.
ed in TenayaLake last August.
stalled originally.
Weneed to have
The Wurgiers have four children,
Prior to the decision to close the
this replaced so that we maybe asthe last of whomis a native of Yose- San Francisco office, an exhibit there
sured of power to heat and light
mite, born here last October before
had been plannedfor this past spring.
whatever new buildings YPCCo. may tile Wurglers returned to Oroville for
Former employee Dick Shields and
build in the future."
the winter.
manager, Marty Miller, arranged the
There are now three premanent
printing, framing, and hanging of the
The problems may not be immediately corrected, explained Mr. Cram- physicians at the hospital year-round, photographs at Tuolumne; there will
including Dr. Roger Hendrickson and be 20 whenthe display is completed
er, but are being considered for the
future.
Dr. Avery Sturm.
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THE AHWAHNEECHES
HOW
FAMILIAR FACES
It seemsimpossible that the 4th of
In May, with snow on the ground
July has comeand gone already. Our instead of the more normal pine
Published by
guests had a safe and sane fourth,
needles, Chet Hubbardand his assistYosemite Park and Curry Co.
eating, drinking, putting, and swim- ants, John Burden and Bill Germany,
for the information of
ming at a leisurely pace, here at The opened CampCurry.
YosemiteValley residents.
Ahwahnee.
As the snowmelted, familiar faces
Advisor
H. Oehlmann
................
The pace the previous Friday night
began to appear. Cafeteria manager,
Advisor
H. K. Ouimet
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was
anything
but
leisurely,
as
our
Bill Cooper, and his assistant, Jay
Advisor
H.Berrey
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local swingers hula-ed and swamfor
Bevanhave returned to the fast pace
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the benefit of the ’Save the Children’
of the popular ’meeting and eating’
YOUTHACTIVITIES
fund. Manager Wayne Whiteman
place. Larry Friedley is the newhead
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miraculously
escaped
a
dip
in
the
chef.
They also have self-service projects
The front office, busy as ever, has
to benefit the community, as well as pool. Should the demandfor luaus
increase,
we
may
have
to
institute
a
old
and new faces this year. Dale
themselves. Just completed is the
Hammelis back as chief clerk with
"Shack," the building behind YP&C ’Save the Swimmers’fund.
Last
week,
the
weather
warmed
up
Mike
Barganier as his assistant. Mary
Co. firehouse. Eachgroup contributed
sufficiently to begin the bufl:et lunch- Watson,newto the front office, is the
to remodeling and painting the interior. Anyonewhowould like to get the eons in the Indian Roomand around hostess. Heading the bellmen is Jay
the pool - a pleasant and relaxing
Fetters, who wintered at Badger Pass.
only and the best car washin the valway
to
dine.
Everyone’s
welcome.
Frieda Lienert and Earl Huish, head
ley should go to the "Shack" on SaturThe
¯Breakfast
Rides
and
Firefall
housekeeper
and houseman, are hard
day, July 15. The groups will begin
Barbecues
have
begun,
and
we
credit
at work, as is the transportation crew
this date manning the wash rack on
the
toilers
at
these
events,
especially
under the direction of Judy Cleevely.
alternate weekends, with the money
Welcome back to Jim Santos, who
raised by the junior group to be used when Rocky Point is under two feet
of
water.
Chef
Nels
Nelson
does
an
once again is managing the pool
to finance a trip to Mercedor Fresno
exceptional job behind the charcoal
after an absenceof several years.
and the moneyraised by the senior
grill
and
the
western
entertainment
is
Welcome also to Curry Johnson,
group for a trip to San Francisco or
understudying John Burden, who will
Los Angeles. The car wash committee at its best.
Bingo has been abolished for the
be moving down to El Portal.
is composedof Rob Johnson, chairsummer.Instead Glen Willard brings
Phyllis Hammel
man, Chuck Woessner, Sylvia Bagley
a
variety
of
talent
to
The
Ahwahnee
and Sonja Hole.
on Sunday evenings, performing in
THE NEW ARMADA
.-othe Indian Roomor the Great LoOnge.
LODGE PODGE
Admiral Curly Dierksen has been
Newfaces on the Lodge front desk Frank Denke, concert pianist, gave a
modernizing
his fleet lately. He and
this summer are Californians
Jay fine performanceon July 2.
first mate Dusty Cloward steamed in
Before more time passes, and lest
Skidmore, RanFriedenthal, Bill Gray,
from Pontiac, Michigan, with two
AI Cava bang me over the head with
and from Darien, Conn., John Lindars.
his electric guitar, I havean announce- 1967, 45-passenger General Motors
Hal Smith’s transportation oFfice is
ment to make. (Roll of drums, crash coaches or~ July 4. The new coaches
manned by Marvin Mulder, Allan
are glass-topped and air-conditioned.
Rohlfs, Iowa, Bruce Salas, LA, Danny of cymbals, that’s enough Jo Ann)
The buses replaced two of YTS’s
Herriman, Arizona, and Helge Grum- AI Cava made a hole in one!
ten
glass-top 19491Flxibles that were
The East Terrace will be the setting
strup all the way from Copenhagen,
scuttled.
for the wedding reception of Marty
Denrnark.
With the new coaches, there are
Middleton and Jim Edeal on July 15.
Tom Keitges, head bellman, is
sixteen
capital busesin service, with
-o-spending two weeks at Uncle Sam’s
a support flotilla
including four
CURRY’SLAST STAND
summer camp, as a member of the
eleven-passenger
stretchouts,
three
The CampCurry bicycle stand has
National Guard.
Chevrolet taxis and one Cadillac
nowreturned to its original spot, after
Wewatched with great interest a
a brief location at the warehousebe- limousine.
mamaand poppa jay build a nest
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outside one of the cafeteria windows. hind the gas station.
FOR SALE
The snows of the past winter
The four scrawny nestlings are now
so big we are taking bets as to how brought a weight too great for two 1954 Chevie. $200. Contact Pat McGregor at Best Studio or Doug McEIsoon they will burst the nest’s seams. trees to support and, loaded with
ligott at 372-4686.
snow, they toppled over taking a
FIo Claw
major portion of the bike stand black-o1965 Volkswagenwith radio, ski rack,
top
with them.
FOR SALE
It has now been repaved, however, in excellent condition. Call Stuart
1963 red MGMidget. $1,000. Call
and
the stand movedback on July 1.
Cross at 372-4233.
Clark Martin, 372-4590.
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PORTALPOSTOFFICE
The El Portal Post Office will be
The air around the rustic chalet
Yosemite had what might be called
atop the noted firefall point is buzzing dedicated on Saturday, July 15, with
,~ first
"psychedelic exposure" on
the official ceremoniesbeginning at
as never before this summer. If a
~..’,ursday,
Ju y 6, when the "Wa 1:00 p.m.
veteran of previous seasons were to
paper Jungle," from Fresno, played
Park Superintendent John Davis
return to Glacier Point, oneof the first
for a dance from 8:00 to 11:00 in the
will give the welcoming address and
innovations he’d notice would be the
employee Den.
then
turn the floor over to Emcee
appearanceof the employeequarters.
The band, composedof five boys
Claude Walton of Mariposa. Gene
The long-awaited remodeling project
and a girl, played the new San Franincreased the number of rooms and Chappie, state assemblyman from
cisco sound as the "Thomas Edison
district 6 will speakand JohnRotundo,
provided a new coat of paint.
Fright and Power Company," also
Mariposa
Parks and Recreation DirecHowever, not all is changed.
from Fresno, presented a light show,
tor, representing Congressman"Bizz"
Amongthe employees working at the
all to the amusementof a capacity
Point, fifteen havereturned ’Fromprev- Johnson,will present the flag to Postcrowd of dancers and watchers.
ious summers.Back for a second time master Carroll Clark. Bob Delaney,
As the dance started, a few people are Chuck Ernst and Richard Chetkow- organization specialist for the San
wandered over from Housekeeping
ski, desk clerks, Phil Hinkle, wine Francisco Post Office Department,will
Camp, attracted by the music. The steward, Mike Patton, cashier, Mag- uncover the cornerstone.
onlookers, of mixed ages, enjoyed
The new building has been describgie Puckett, server, Joe Craig, pantrythemselves also, until a few tried to
ed as "pagoda-looking," with 14"man, Randy Cofer, utility
man, his
avoid the "Employees Only" rule by brother Jim Cofer, kitchen, our be- thick concrete slab walls, faced with
sneaking in the side door.
loved housekeeper, Lily Peschke, Eu- stone, and a four-paneled roof that
¯ Sports Coordinator Dick Anderson, genia Bodine, server, Jim Bresnahan, comesto a shallow point. The structure has a total floor area of 2,400
playing the hero role, shut the door,
watchman and Dianne Bachman, kisquare feet as comparedto the former
jarring loose a fire extinguisher which osk.
squirted the gate-crashers and our
Feeling even more at homeis pan- building which had only 609 square
feet. The newP.O. also has four sizes
hero equally (he says it was planned.) tryman, Jim Hickey, back for his third
of boxes available and a greater
Little Joe arrived and things settled
season, bellman, Chuck Zaloudek for
number of them.
his fourth, managerArvi Dorsey.
The El Portal Post Office was comNot to be forgotten in our happy
’;~.~. Later on, somesmaller trespassers
group are the bears. Glacier has had missioned in 1907 as a fourth-class
scaled a wall and climbed into a loft
office. In 1962 it was changed to a
to get a bird’s-~’ye view of the goings- two especially attractive onesthus far
on. They were quickly hustled out by this season: Sylvan, the cinnamon third-class office.
~O-one, and Blackie. But, alas, thanks to
Helen White.
THANK YOU
the cunning of our utility
man, Joe
Then, of all things, a fuse blew,
¯
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&
Mrs.
Louis DeSandreswish to
Clancy, and head cook, Ray Kane,
and no one could find the fuse box.
friend bears were bottled up and thank all those persons sending cards
The band played on, plugging into
and letters expressing sympathy for
another circuit,
but the light show shipped to the higher Sierra - for
their recent loss.
sat idle until an electrician shedsome how long, no one knows.
Dianne Bachman
time old 250-gallon tank. Other imnewlight on the situation.
--o-provements include lining the fireThe gathering, when asked by the
house walls and ceiling with plyFIREMEN’SBALL
girl singer if they wouldlike the band
wood, and the addition of a gateCarroll
Clark,
wearer
of
many
hats
to return for another dance, shouted
in the El Portal community,put on his door. With the building enclosed it
a loud "YES!" One enthusiastic fan
will be possible to keepthe fire engine
Fire Chief ’hard-top’ to report the
even persisted in turning the wall
warm for faster get-aways during
details of the July 8 Firemen’sBall.
clock to avoid the 11:00 deadline.
time winter months.
Some80 to 90 people nibbled, sip~O~
Not only does the 20-man force
ped, and danced away the evening.
P.O. HOURS
Door prizes, contributed by 13 Mariprotect the El Portal community but
The Main Post Office in Yosemite posa, Indian Flat, El Portal and Yose- they answermoredistant calls of disVillage is now open for the remainder mite merchants, were given away. tress. Recently, the department’s reThe YPCgift of fly rod and reel went suscitator was used, unsuccessfully,
of the summerfrom 8:30 a.m. until
on a drowning victim in the Richardto Roger Page.
5:30 p.m., Mondaythrough Saturday.
son Hotel area. And, they reached
During this time full postal window
The Ball, an annual affair, raises
Foresta in record time on June 24 in
money in support of the volunteer
," "-lrvice is available.
response to a brush-fire alarm. The
Althoughthe offlce is closed on Sun- county fire department.The net profit
Foresta ImprovementAssociation exday, there is a stamp machine and should run $350, which will help remail drop in the lobby, which is open tire the debt incurred by the purchase pressed its appreciation by sending
along a donation to the department.
twenty-four hours a day.
of a 535-gallon water tank, replacing
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hide his rifle. Wekept all the villagers under
guard all night so they wouldn’t let the word
out that we were there (they were getting
crops in this abandoned village; they were
from Calvi), and turned them loose next d,~
"The next day we walked into 2 VC
had 8 womenand children thrashing rice fd~
them to take into the jungle. Oneof these was
an agent or ’contact man’ between the guerrillas and the villagers. He was having people
make punji stakes for him. MyMontagnards
wantedto execute him but I wouldn’tlet them."
Feb. 18, 1967. "Twoof us took the 256 Co.
to Nha Trang. "Wedrewe!;:tra ammunitionand
c~tayed overnight. Wewere to be flown into
the mountains in helicopters and surround 4
VCcompanies and a North VNMajor General.
The B-52s were to hit them first, then as we
got into position, elements of the 101st Airbourne were to drive them out. There were 6
other CIDGcompanies, mine was smallest, 94
Montaqnards, 1 interpreter.
Weloaded on
C-130s and flew to Tan-Rai, there we got on 3
Chinook helicopters. Welanded on a clear
hilltop and had to run through grass while the
area was under fire from the woods. I ,with
the Co. Cmdr., was on the 1st helicopter, the
interpreter on the 2nd. Wewent to the edge of
the woods to assemble the companybut one
helicopter was missing. I don’t knowwhythe
pilot of the 3rd chopper didn’t follow the 1st
and 2nd but he took a third of the companyto
the wrongplace. After they got off, he realized
they were in the wrong area. He was able to
grab another ’copter before it took off and
bring the troops to our location, Whenthey
tried to land, they g0t hit by small armsbut no
one wah hurt.
After we were 500 meters through the
woods, we crossed a clearing and a sniper up
front opened up. Our point drove him off and
it took us a few minutes ~o find someof t~’~.
people on the right flank. Westayed in ~i i’~
samelocation for 4 daysand sent out patrdi’~,’:":
Wesaw C team Commander’s’copter get hit
Korea
Vietnam
by VC. One person was killed and 2 wounded
(Cramer was a mortarrnan during his Korean
on the ’copter. The final score: KIA--US4,
(Cramer
new
is
a
Special
Forces
Group
Adservice.)
visor. His SFGpeople work with the local Mon- CIDG 2, VC 2; WIA~US2, CIDG 11, VC?
March 22, 1951. "Wewent through the 25th
Mostof themgot away--including the general.
Div. yesterday, and I saw two G.I.s lying be- tagnard forces, Civil Irregular DefenseGroups.)
"We returned to Duc Lop and there were
Dec. 14, 1966. "I think I wrote last from 5th
side the road. Younever ’get used’ to this, no SFG
HQ
at
Nha
Trang.
l
left
Nha
Trang
on
the
aircraft
for us next day to bring us home.Duc
matter howmuch experience you have, like a
Lop is a new camp, their CIDGare not yet
7th by C-130, made about 3 short hops and
paratrooper before his 100th jump. Before I
trained so we went downto pull their operaarrived at Pleiku where B Co. or Det. C-2 is
saw any action, I was going to be the first
located.
From
there
]
flew
by
C-130
to
Qui
tions for them. Just over the border is a mountthan to qo through a war without being scared,
Nhonand Dot. B-22. The next day I flew by an
ain which has SAMmissiles, 20,000 VCand
but it didn’t take melong to ]earn differently.
Air America cargo plane to Cheo Roe and
Red Chinese advisors. They are always havAfter 7 months, a certain amountof confusion went by truck to Mat Linh where I stayed
(nq small terrorist activity. One weekbefore,
disappears, but that’s all. A shot in the night,
VCkilled 6 workers running a tractor."
with
Det.
A-226."
and mybones start rattling."
March 2, 1967. "I am now in Nha Trang. 1
Dec. 28, 1966. "I went on an operation Dec.
April 2, 1951. "We can’t be more than 5
don’t
knowhow I got chosen but I am nowB
miles from the 38th now. Yesterday, the 52nd ]5 and came back Dec. 24. Twoof us went
Co. Liaison ’officer.’ (I replaced a captain.)
with a 126 man Montagnard company to a
FABNwas firing over the line. Our firing
"This job is buying food from certain food
platoons were up where the roads come to a blocking position 17kmwest and north of Pleidead end. Yesterday, we met endless convoys ku. Wetried to set up a line to cover 7kmwith contractors and having it loaded on planes to
company, with another Montagnard com- supply the CIDGtroops at all the camps in
of British, Australian, Canadian and New our
the II Corps. area. About $1,500.00 a week
pany doing the same to our north and a VietZealand forces, The most impressive sight oJ
per camp;cows, pigs, vegetables, etc.
namese
unit
on
our
south.
Elements
of
the
U.S.
all was the Australian rifle troops being trans4th Div. were pushing toward us from about
"Tonight I had dinner in a Chinese restaurported by U.S. trucks. Thewildest collection of
15kmwest. Wewere to stop anything coming ant with a Chinesefood contractor. I even had
characters you ever saw. They were in their
our way trying to run from them. There turned
1o buy somedecent clothes.
O.D.s with campaignribbons, cartridge belts,
bandoleers, a few G.I. fur caps, mostly som- out to be very little in the area. Wereceived
"The last weekI was in A-224I did all the
60ram white phosphorus rounds and didn’t see
cooking.
I wrote you that our 2 cooks turned
breros, and armedwith what looked like .O3’s.
They were all smeared with mud, grease, and anyone. The biggest problem with trying to
out to be VC. A newcook started whenI left;
work
with
the
Montaqnards
is
that
only
about
dust, and every truckload was too good to be
1965 Women’sKarate Championof Vietnam.
half of whatyoutell the interpreter gets across.
true. Looked like the cast for a movie. I’m
"Well, I’ll be safer here than I was on the A
Jan. 14, 1967. "TomorrowI’m taking a com- detachment
glad they’re on our side."
as long as they don’t blow up a
pany
across
the
river
after
dark
and
cover
an
April 6, ]951. "We’ve had a whole bunch
restaurant I’m in, or somethinglike that."
of about 30kmfor three days and come
of casualties lately. Four menbadly hurt: one area
June 18, 1967. Duringcourse of VCattack on
out at a bridge up north where we can be
killed and two woundedon O.P. the other day,
Dak
To, Sgt. Cramer received woundswhile
picked up. I’ve got my equipment down as
and two officers killed and two woundedyeshelping
evacuate his captain who had ]ost
light as I can and still get by. I also carry
terday whentheir jeep hit a tank mine."
leg from mortar shell. Cramerspent balance
indigenous
rations
which
are
lighter
than
C
old platoon."
night firing mortar. He received two additional
rations. They contain dehydrated rice."
woundsand was flown to hospital at Pleiku.
April 22, 1951. "l feel guilty, sometimes,beJan.
30,
1967.
"I
came
back
off
a
4-day
ing always in the comparative safety of a
June 24, 1967. Cramer was released from
operation 2 days ago. Wecaptured 3 VC. We
mortar position and being in an outfit that
hospital
and, on June 27, returned to his
waded across a river and saw some run out
pulls out every time when the situation gets
special
forces
team at Dak To.
of a little village and caught one VCtrying to
too tough, and knowing what the line corn-
panies, the scared kids and the older menwho
1ST/ SGT. STEWART
CRAMER,
have done their share time and time again,
U. S. ARMY
are going through. Riding along in our truck I
look a wornout rifleman in the face, but
Seventeen
years ago, the SENTINELcan’t
thank the good Lord I’m not one of them."
reported that Pvt. Stewart Cramer,
May16, 1951. "Well, I guess we’re planning
to hold a long time in this position. Last night
sonof Sterling Cramer,hadcompleted w’e
started digging our gun in. Weworkedtill
combattraining at Camp
Hale, Colo- 10:00 p.m. and quit, then workedall day toWefixed a hole for this gun, with sand
rado, and wason his way to duty day.
bags all around it, and an adjoining dug-out
with a Koreanwar zoneunit.
Ior the ammunition.YChllewe were digging in,
In December,
1966lst/Sgt. Stewart the Engineers strung a dcJuble apron barbed
wire entanglementacross uphill, in front of our
Cramerreportedfor duty with a Spe- positions. Onecorner is about 20 feet from my
tent. (I’m considering moving), and the whole
cial ForcesGroupin Vietnam.
thing will be mined. Whenthe attack comes
FromKorea, Stewartwrotehis pa- wewill be the mainline of resistance. Certain
British and Americanunits are posted in
rents a number
of colorful, often ex- ROK,
front as outposts and are expected to fall back
citing, letters abouthis experiences. when hit. They are to delay the enemy ana
Parts of somewere printed in the give us time to get ready."
May30, 1951. "Wewent over a pass in the
SENTINEL.
Re-readingthem,onefeels rain
at night and set up just 2 or 3 miles below
the thoughts,descriptionsandspecu- the 38th. The next day we fired on a pocket of
on a hill. During a lull, about a plalations to be thoseof a boywhohas Chinese
toon of prisoners was marchedpast us. It aifoundhimselfin a strangeland, sur- most scared you to look at their faces. They
pale and thin from starvation, all shot
roundedby unnaturalsituations and were
up and dripping wet."
unusualpeople, fighting a hazysort
July 10, 1951. "Anyway,
if this is the settleof war. But throughthem,the drama, ment, we’re only where we were over a year
but we are way ahead in one all importexcitementand personalinvolvement ago;
ant thing, and I don’t care what the ’get our
shonethrough.Death,the dead, sur- boys out of Korea’ people say, we’ve madeall
the Communists in the world know that the
vival werementioned
often.
rest of the world won’t just sit by and watch
Sixteenyearslater, Cramer’s
letters them march. And I’m not too sure now that
China is much less the great Communist
seemto showthat time, maturity and Red
power of the world than Russia. I know Mao
perhapsresignationhavetaken their Tse Tungdoesn’t think so, and I feel nowthai
must sort of wonderabout it too! And
toll. Hispoint of viewis nowlogical, Stalin
a no-settlement on this cease fire talk won’t
make our cause any less successful."
realistic anddetached.
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HOWCAN I RECEIVE MONEY
WHILEI AM ILL?
(Editor’s note. This is the third in
series of articles explaining certain
benefits and employeepolicies pertaining to YPCCo. personnel.)
If you are injured on the job and
the doctor states that you are unable
to work for a period of time, you are
eligible to receive non-taxable Workmen’s Compensation payments untii
recovery. Your claim for paymentsis
automatically filed by the Personnel
Office. If you are hospitalized because
of the injury, your paymentsbegin on
the date you are admitted to the
hospital; if you are not hospitalized,
there is a 7-day waiting period before
payments begin. Your payments are
approximately 65% to 95% of your
current salary.
If you have a personal injury or
illness and your doctor states that you
ore unable to work for a while, you
ore eligible to apply for non-taxable
TALES OF Ha
State Disability benefits which are
The new Yosemite Lodge Girls’ Anpayble for each day beginning with
nex is trying hard, with the residents’
the eighth day of disability
or the
shenanigans,
to get its namechanged
first day of hospital confinement,
whichever comes first.
Your weekly to the Center of Attention.
benefit payment is based on your
Mrs. Marjorie McQuaid, manager
previous earnings and is computed of the annex, says that she has been
by the State. You mayobtain a claim "hearing screamsin the night."
form at the PersonnelOffice.
Time place isn’t really haunted by
To add to benefiits while you are
the (cedars) that were cut down
ill,
your Companyhas a Sick Leave makeroomFor the building. Actually,
payment plan which starts after a
it’s the girls’ reaction to the nocturnal
brief waiting period (if not hospitalinvasion of brown minifrogs.
ized) of from 1 to 2 days depending
"1 don’t know where they come
on the circumstances. Sick leave is
from,"
said Mrs. McQuaid. "They’re
payable for either a personal injury
the smallest I’ve seenand they’re the
or illness, or an on-the-job injury, if
same color as the floor. I have to
the employee has been continuously
employed for one year and makes catch them," she continued, "because
timely application for benefits. When the girls are afraid to touch them.
State Disability
or Workmen’s Com- They musl be coming through the
pensation is received, Sick Leavepay- drains, otherwise I don’t know how
they would get in."
ments are combined with them, but
Another dilemma with which the
the total cannot exceed the employee’s regular rate of earnings. Afgirls have been faced is the "hippies"
ter returning to work, a claim for any from Camp4 (for pets only) who keep
Sick Leave payments may be made
benefits with the Accounting Office.
with the PersonnelOffice.
The LTDinsurance, combinedwith any
If a majorillness or accident disables you for more than a month, and other benefits, guarantees you twoif you are eligible and havepreviously thirds of your monthly salary after a
period of one month of continuous
enrolled for Long TermDisability Insurance, a claim maybe filed for such total disability.
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comingover to ask if they can use the
showers.
"At least they want a bath," said
Mrs. McQuaid.
One note of happiness amid the
confusion: Millie Baisch, YL Restaurant
hostess, who was the lucky first tenant, said it wasthis goodluck that inspired her engagementlast week to
a Park Service employee.
-o-A BARBER
POLE- AT LAST
In 1956, the Village Barber Shop
opened, along with the.Village Store.
Paul Sylvest was the barber. After
being in business a month or two,
Paul said the sloop was hard to find
and that it si~ould be identified by a
traditional red, white and blue spiraled barber pole. Paul retired in 1962
without realizing that ambition.
Henry Maddux took over the shop
from Paul and frequently was heard
to express a wish for a barber pole,
to help the hairy find his shop. Henry
left in 1965; no pole.
His successor, "Fed Halliday, has
worked, harnpered by polelessness,
until last week.Widen,Io, a true blue
(and red and white) barber pole
of discreet dimensions to be sure wasinstalled.
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ANIMALS, AGONY AND ANGLING
By a nice coincidence, I had the
good luck to be a member
of the ’first
party to plod into the high country "For
one of those Fabulous three-day fishing trips to MercedLake.
After scores of mules, horses, burros
and ponies trotted off: in every direction, there remained 4 mules, which
were to carry us for the eventful three
days of riding, fishing and gaping in
awe at the manyspectacles confronting the person who journeys into the
High Sierras.
RESTLESSNATIVES
(Continued from page one)
The runners-up were Ed Deckelman,
Uppast Twin Bridges, through Little
Miss Congeniality; Bill SchneTtler, Miss Yosemite Valley and over the slick
Humility; Lee Schackelton,Miss Person- rocks we plodded steadily onward,
ality; Bob Dunnigan,Miss Flirtatious;
until at long last weespiedthe fortress
John Simmons, Miss Cuteness, Joe of tents and cookhouse which marked
Aranguena, Miss Sweelness.
the end of our jaunt to MercedLake.
"1 was flattered and flabbergastHere we were greeted by Clyde
ed," exclaimed the winner, "and I
and Sharon Deal, who manage the
want to extend my condolences and camp. After the usual greetings, I
regrets to the other contestants."
¯ waddled delicately to my assigned
In a crowd of over 200, one may tent and shed everything except my
expectto find somewith uncultivated
skin. It seemedonly a momentthat I
habits, and Amy Vanderbilt would ’had been snoozing whena loud clash
never approve of the people, who by from the cookhouse triangle brought
choice or design, had an evening
meto my feet.
swim.
After a delightful repast of steak
A round of thanks is in order for
and all the trimmings, I hurried back
the manycontributors to the festivito my tent, grabbed my spinning rod
ties. The committee womenincluded
and hied myself down to the boat
Eileen Berrey, Jan Briggs, Lenore dock, (a dry spot of ground), and padCross, Zona Deckelman, Nancy Dun- dled furiously for ten minutes. WhenI
nigan, Aldine Farrier, Midge Fiore,
discoveredI hadn’t taken off the moorWandaGoick, Sandy Halloway, Mar- ing line I was amazedto find that the
garet Hartman, Dorothy Johnson,
scenery did change once I was seated
Bonnie Lamaro, Dotty Power and Mar- on a thwart.
ian Woessner.
Sometimelater I found myself next
¯ Another round of thanks goes to
to a large log, so I tied up the bow
The Ahwahnee staff
and Wayne and stern and proceeded to rig my
Whiternan far the catering and the
pole. My whole body was tingling
delicious menuof the flair. Never has with excitement as I madethat first
a south seas buffet groaned so loudly
cast. That was all I made,for having
with roast pig, pineapple, baked ba- done so from a standing position, I
nanas and other delights.
made one step the wrong way and
Thank you also to Alvord Furgurended up taking an evening swim. At
son’s Western Shop, Best’s Studio,
any rate I would dry off soon enough,
Degnan’s, Indian Flats Restaurant,
after I righted the boat and rowed
Rhode’s Department Store, and YPC back to the shore and to camp.
Co. for the door prizes.
Next ayem, after breakfast, we
The final thank you goes to the AI
rode to WashburnLake. The others in
Cava Trio for their fantastic dance the party might have ridden, but I
music. Everyone enjoyed the wonder- was quite a picture standing straight
ful rhythms, the extended hours and in the saddle, not daring to sit down,
the short intermissions.
and bracing myself on the saddle horn
The guesstimated pFofit from the
as my two legs were not amenableto
Luau is, according to Jan Briggs, who holding up my massof aching flab.
served as financial chairman, "well
SomehowI managed to untangle
over $250."
myself from the stirrups and reins at
Said Mrs. Schackelton, "People have Washburnand I sauntered wearily to
been asking for another dance next
the shore to commence
somefishing.
month, but I think once a year is
After beating the limbs off a dozen
enough to handle."
trees on my back cast, losing 16 lures
WILL NEELYSINJUREDIN AUTOCRASH
Will Neely and his family -- wife
Susan, and four children - were involved in a serious car crash near
PasoRabies whenen route to the park
where Will was to have started another seasonwith the NPSinterpretive
division at Tuolumne Meadows.Will
has a broken leg, Susan a broken
back, daughter Tessa, cuts and a
broken ankle. The other three children, fortunately, only wereshakenup.
The Tuolumne habitues will miss
Will and his family sorely.
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PROCTOR
FIRST IN GOLFCONTEST.
Charley Proctor’s low net of 134
took first place in the 4th AnnualDoug
Thomas Memorial tournament, completed last week. Proctor, playing to
12 handicap, had gross rounds of 79
and 79. He was followed by Vern
Morgan, La Habra, 137, Guy Lamoreaux 138, took third, L. Rust and H.
Ewing tied for fourth with 139, Bob
Ringrose,sixth, 142.
The ladies’ match, just ended, found
Lurline Attardo, Fresno, in first with a
net 140, gross 188; Muriel Ouimet,
second, net 141, gross 187; Valerie
Eagle, third, net 144, gross 180.
--o-BUCKLEY
EXHIBIT
(Continued from page one)
next week.
The views, both distant and close,
reflect John’s appreciation of the natural scene, and his ability with a
camera. The pictures have received
many compliments and even requests
for purchase, according to Marty.
via snags on myfront cast, falling in
the water 9 times, losing about 60
feet of line on rat’s nests, and cutting
both hands on hooks, I did manageto
stow two 5~,~’’ trout into my big creel.
To be absolutely candid about the
whole trip, it was one I shall never
forget. The angler in search of real
action will find it on this trip and I
cannot say enoughfor the trip as a
whole, but I can tell you the fishing
wasjust short of excellent, and I did
comehomewith a lirnit
of 10 to 15
inch trout, mostly brown. And we had
another limit for breakfast.
-Vince Gordon
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YosemiteNational Park, California
Wednesday, August 9, 1967
MISSING HIKERS
PARKTRAVELFIGURES:
JOHN BURDENTO EL PORTAL
Ken Klein, 23, and John Gunn, 19,
A REASSESSMENT
MOTOR INN
salesmen
at Yosemite Lodge Chevron
The figures for park travel which
Portal
Motor
Inn,
brought
The El
were considering a hike to Pinnacle
were printed in the YOSEMITENEWS
into YPCCo. operations on August 1,
Peak when they were last seen on
for July 27 showthis year’s travel to
is headed by John Burden, most reFriday, July 28, at 10:30 a.m.
the park to be 218,000 ahead of
cently assistant manager at Camp
They had talked to a Seventh Day
Curry. Burden has been with YPCCo. 1966, or 799,000, 1966 as compared Adventist Minister who was also plansince May, 1965 and has served as to 1,017,000, 1967.
ning to hike and they agreed on a
These tolals Were accum.ulated by
assistant manager at the Lodge as
two different counting ¯methods and, possible rendezvousat the top. In any
well as at CampCurry.
case, the menwere planning to return
’thus, present no basis for comparison.
The Burdens, Maureen, Barbara,
before dinner, as John had to work
A year ago, entrance stations recordMarry, Lynn have set up residence at
the late shift, beginningat 11:00 p.m.
(Continued on page foul’)
the Motor Inn.
Whenneither of the two reported
--o-The Motor Inn has a capacity of 57
in for work on Saturday, July 29, and
guests in the cottages, 18 in the hotel. WOMEN’SGROUPELECTS OFFICERS their roommate, Greg Jackson, inThe Yosemite Women’s Group has
While John has no firm plans for reformed officials that they were not in
elected newofficers for 1967-.68, and
juvenation of the coffee shopand bar,
the tent Friday night, a search party
forged tentative program plans ’For
he said he hopedto improve the qualwas formed.
its meetings.
ity and style.
Ken’s car was parked behind the
Anne Hendrickson will steer the
-ostation, where he had apparently left
group as general chairman. Her cabiCOMMUNITYCOUNCIL NEWS
it, taking his motorcycle. The cycle
net is Evelyn Anderson, Vice-chairThe annual Yosemite Community
was found up the trail from a governman; Judy Degan,. Program Chairment woodcutting site, one mile west
Council fund drive will be held this
man; Sherry McLaugl~lin, Secretary;
fall from September 18 through Ocof El Capitan Bridge.
tober 31. Traditionally,
the funds Kay Carter, Treasurer; Ruth Harry,
They were dressed in jeans and
Social Chairman and Audrey Ewing,
raised have been used to help supshirts and mayhave had a small, MaPublicity Chairman.
port worthy causes within and withrine-type pack, containing dehydratSomesuggestions which cuq’rently
out the community.
are being debated as program ideas ed foods, with them.
Organizations which feel they rhay
Organized searching ended last
merit receiving funds from the drive are a folk guitarist in recital, a karate Saturday, with still no clue as to the
are encouraged to contact Dr. Roger and iudo demonstration and a ski
fate of the pair. Individual volunteer
fashion show.
Hendrickson by September1. Any researchingwill still continue. All parties
A lecture on drug abuse, a proquest will then be considered by the
should contact Steve Hi&manin the
gram and demonstration on wigs,
CommunityCouncil Board of Directors
Ranger office before undertaking a
and a play with "after-theater
dinprior to the start of the drive.
search.
ing" mayalso be up-coming.
-o-oJan
Briggs,
by
popular
demand,
SCHOOLLIBRARY OPEN
AFFAIR RECHERCHE
will be chairman of a gala party
Because the county library
was
On Thursday, August 17, The Ahclosed during the remodeling of the scheduled for next June.
wahneewill have an informal fashion
The Women’s Group has two spemuseum,the elementary school lishow in the Indian Roomand around
cific goals to achievethis year. First,
brary has been kept open this sumthe pool during the buffet luncheon.
to improve the baby.sitting situation
mer for the use of the local children.
Clothes will be from the Nawasa
on meeting days and, second, to exHours are 1:30.3:30 every WednesShop.
pand its membership.
day afternoon until school reopens.
Two more shows are scheduled:
Membership is open to all women
Librarian Ruth Harry is in cl~arge,
dates to be announced.Everyone welin the area. Meetings will be publiassisted by Midge Fiore and Lenore
come.
cized.
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MY CAMP RUNNETH OVER
rice is now downstairs in the old
Saturday,
July 22, was a big day
museumwing of the VC. Directly
across the hall is the YosemileBranch for the CampCurry crews. A total of
Published by
1,607 persons occupied the accomof the Merced County Free Library.
Yosemite Perk and Curry Co.
Mary Tanner, the librarian,
will be modations’, which means the desk
for the information of
there during open hours for advice clerks were running full speedahead,
YosemiteValley residents.
and assistance in selecting books. "the selling rooms nearly pillow for head.
Advisor
H. Oehlmann
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Chief Clerk Dale Hammelsaid that
library is open Tuesdays, Thursdays
Advisor
H. K. Ouimet
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and Sundays, from 2:30 until 5 p.m. it was not predictable from the numAdvisor
H. Berrey....................
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IIII IIIIIIItllsloeieet the sameplace, upstairs in the mu. count would be so high.
In 415 tent-cabins there were 1,096
FROMTHE GREATSTONEHOUSE
seum, but someof them have switchguests,
an average of nearly three
Aldine Farrier, Ahwahneehostess, ed positions.
reports that her hikes to SnowCreek
The Yosemite Natural History Asso- per tent. All of the roll-a-way beds
were in use.
are more popular than ever since the ciation is right next door to the library
Dale has high praise fer the front
addition of ’burro Fred’ - or Freder- and is open from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00
desk
staff under Assistant Chief Clerk
icka, as the case maybe. ’Fred’ packs noon and from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00
Mike Barganier, for the day’s achievethe hikers’ lunches and - occasionally p.m., Mondaythrough Friday.
ment.
- joins in the singing.
The lobby of the administration
He related the proud fact that there
Carl Barrow, a long-time guest, is building is vacant at present, but a
an enthusiastic hiker, and his tradinumber of plans are now under con- were "several compliments, and no
tional flag ceremonywas held for the sideration for its remodeling and use. complaints, even in the rush of the
day."
-o20th year on the east lawn. Mr. Bar~O~
row, high atop Half Dome, wavedhis
SUPERWORKERS
FINE ARTS GROUPFORMING
red pennant and was answered by
Either HousekeepingCampactually
A
number of local residents have
the flapping tablecloth wielded by does have an outstanding crew, or
Wayne Whiteman.
No rma Wade,housekeeper, has about expressedan interest in bringing cultural eventsto the park. It is felt these
The Sunday evening piano concerts a hundred more children working for
of Frank Denke, Richard Scott, and YP&C.Co. than anyone imagined. The experiences would be particularly rewarding during the quiet fall and
Betty Holman Young have been well
way she brags about "beautiful
received.
maids, handsome h0usemen, debon- winter seasons. Programs might conNewfaces at 1he front desk belong aire janitors and suave laundry men," sist of theatrical or musical presentato Steve Chilton and John Kramer. it makes one wonder. At least no tions or documentaryfilms.
Anyoneinterested in the formation
amount of flattery will get them to
Old hand Pete Hansen is back at
of
such a programis invited to attend
transportation.
perform their duties any better, for,
a meeting in the Winter Club Roomat
--o-according to Norma, they already
The Ahwahneeat 8 p.m., August 15.
OFFICE SHUFFLINGS
have a "superhuman system."
-oThe light-footed Housekeepingdesk
With the opening of the new Visilor
THE
GREEN
SCENE
Center and the refurbished Museum clerk, John Powell, is a celebrity in
The winners of the WawonaMen’s
Building, someof the offices have his own right. Not too manyeligible
bachelors can claim playing in a Club Best Ball Championshipfor 1967
been relocated.
The information desk, formerly in movie with Elizabeth Taylor. In "Cleo- are Frank Attardo and Herb Ewing,
the administration building, has been patra," which will be shown August with a net 57.
The tournament ran through July,
12 in the Den, John performed as an
movedto the Visitors Center and is
now open 24 hours. The District Ran- Afro-Cuban dancer in the scene where ending July 23. Scores were averaged
gers’ Office is also nowlocated in the Cleo enters Romethe second time. In for the gameseries to determine the
Visitors Center and is open 24 hours. the trio, John is the dancer on the champs.
Curly Dierksen and Vern Morgan
right.
The California
State Automobile
were second with a net 60, while flve
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Association is in the main lobby oF
teamstied for third with net 61’s. Guy
THE KLEENEXKID RIDES AGAIN
the Visitors Center, and is open from
The Inspiration Players, a proFes- Lamoreaux, among the third place
10.00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Monday
and from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. sional touring repertory company, winners, had the highlight of the play,
¯Tuesdaythrough Friday. It is closed presented an excellent interpretion of a hole-in-one on a pair of wild cards:
he used his crazy eights, eight iron
"Cyrano de Bergerac" on Saturday,
Saturdays and Sundays.
on
hole numbereight, on July 22.
The administrative offices have re- July 29, in the Yosemite Community
Both the Men’s and Women’sGolf
tained their locations, but with new Church.
Clubs
are now accepting qualifiers
The crowd of more than 100 folhours. They are open 8:00 a.m. until
for their Club ChampionshipTourna12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 lowed the cast to the Masonic Hall
after the performancefor coffee and ments. Harold Bondshu and Isabelle
p.m., Monday through Friday.
Dierksen are defending.
informal conversation.
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FROM MAINTENANCE
The abundanceof snow in the high
country has delayed the camps’ openings by some 3 weeks. But, despite
all, Lloyd Hansenand his crew have
gotten White Wolf, Tuolumne Meadows Lodge and Store, Vogelsang,
Merced Lake and Sunrise into opera
tion. The extra hours involved in the
work added some20%to the cost, of
this, 10% was accounted for by the
cost of shoveling snow from certain
trails.
Carpenter foreman, Tom Rennels,
and his crew have be~n at Tuolumne
Meadows Lodge tile past 10 days,
constructing 10 newconcrete and steel
platforms. "1"hey were completed and
in use last weekend.
The machinisls, under Doug McEIligott, have commencedtheir annual
inspection and repair of all vehicles
and equipment at Badger Pass.
Beverly McClure is our new ’Girl
Friday.’ Beverly’s presently mastering
our monster -- the switchboard.
Some350 estimates for work to Be
done during the next fiscal year have
been processedthrough our office under Bill Reid’s direction. The foremen
whose job it was to assemble these
can get back to work now.
Our ’chimney sweeps’ are busy
cleaning the oil heaters in the valley
residences preparing for (would you
believe?) the cold weather that must
comeour way. Jim Corbin would like
to thank the housewivesfor their cooperation.
Dick Ditton is slowly getting over a
bout with pneumonia and is not yet
up to par.
Bruce Williams, our canvas man,
found the pot of gold at the end of
the rainbow last week. He hit a good
size jackpot at Lake Tahoe. And, it is
said that DougMcEIligott camehorne
with a bundle, too.
A new hot water and steam supply
systemis being installed in the kitchen
at Glacier Point. The existing lines
there were heavily corroded and
would not allow either steam to the
heaters nor water to the faucets. Also
at Glacier Point the employee’squarters have been pointed, cleaned up,
and new roorn and reading lamps installed.
--Lee Hansen
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In the singular, white, Mountain
House, erected in 1872, began the
fascinating history of Glacier Point.
However,our ernployees in the Alpine
Shop created a cornplete cl~ange of
pace by tulning back the years to the
Ides of July, in true Roman
tradition.
Everyone debuted in white sheets,
draped toga-style,
wearing olive
wreaths; they bore grapes and stuffed
watermelons. Emperor Arvi, crowned
all. The patricians in the Kangaroo
Court who organized our banquet
were TomWitherspoon, judge; Sharon
Bartel and Ginny Kane, witnesses;
Mrs. Maxine Day, Sherry Cunningharn
and Ethel Weedas the jury. No one
was prosecuted because everyone
had a marvelous time.
Has anyone seen Christopher Price
Robin? It isn’t quite the same at
Glacier Point with our expert outdoorsmanconfined to Lewis Mernorial
Hospital. Among Chris’ conquests
have been Mt. Florence, Grizzly Peak
and Mt. Clark. In the jargon of the
hiking world, Chris was rapelling
from one of the ledges of the Four
Mile Trail whenhis mishap occurred.
Vince Holmes, a co-hiker of Chris’.
was with him at tile time, But was
not injured. There was solemnity hovering over the Point until the news
arrived that Chris would be a little
wiser for wear, but expected to be
back with us in the near future.
At this time each month, people,
for various reasons, are fascinated by
the rising and passing of the full
moon. This enchantment especially
spurred someof Glacier’s female employees who decided to capture it
first-hand by camping atop Sentinel
Domein the irridescent moonlight. In
the group were Nadine Williams, Candace Goodman and Cathy Mullins,
cafeteria servers. Loadedwith sleeping bags, pillows, sunflower seeds
and mosquito repellent, the trio managed to find somesoft rock on which
to lie and watch the beauty of the
moonlit night drift into the mist of
morning.
Every so often, a familiar face from
long ago will appear for a moment
and then be gone like a butterfly. One
such person was our food supervisor
from last summer,Bill Gracie. The industrious Mr. Gracie is working to-
RECREATIONNOTES
In men’s football, Governmenttopped the league play with two wins,
no losses, no ties. The Brewsersand
Boystown evened up with one win
and one tie each. The Lodge Annex
won one and lost two, while Camp6
lost three.
The Church Key Coffee House will
be open only Tuesdays and Fridays
for the remainder of the season, from
9:00 p.rn. until 12:00 midnight.
On Saturday, August 12, there will
be a special showing of "Cleopatra"
in the Den. Thematineeis at 2:00 p.m.
and the evening showing is at 7:30
p.m. Admissionto the three-hour-long
film epic is $1 with o YP&C
Co. privilege card.
Every Monday and Wednesday,
employees may swim in the Yosemite
Lodge pool without cJlarge, as they
may also do every Tuesday and
Thursday at the Camp Curry pool.
The offer is good only between the
hours of 5:00 and 7:00 p.m.
-oMUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS
Martha Miller,
the Hurok of the
hills, states that members
of the Fres..
no Opera Company will
put on a
mu~,ical program ’round her Tuolumne
Meadowscampfire the night of August 12. Appearing in the group will
be Charles Harshaw, one.time Badger
ski instructor. Locals are invited to
attend.
ward his Ph.D. in literature at Northwestern University. Sparing time from
his studies, he stopped to renew memories and acquaintances, then was on
his way. Another surprise was the
visit of one of Glacier’s mostversatile
employeeslast season, Jon Slomp, a
native of Holland. Jon has been touring the United States for the past year
and a half and is presently employed
at Lake Tahoe.
Haveyou ever hiked to Waterwheel
Falls? Well, recently, Glacier’s assi.,.tant manager, Jonathon Mitchell, donned his old straw hal, slung his guitar
over his shoulder and journeyed to
Waterwheel, enjoying the many marvels of nature along the way. Enjoying music as he dees, Jonathon is an
especially great travelling companion.
At Glen Aulin, he said hello to Glacier’s favorite couple, the Hamiltons.
- Dianne Bachman
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YOSEMITESENTINEL
HELP WANTED
Marge Cromer, Personnel InterNational Park Service Fire Chief Lee
viewer, informs the SENTINELthat
Shackelton reports that thirty-eight
many positions are becoming availforest fires ,eight of them man-caused, have blazed already this season; able as summeremployees leave ’For
other activities. In mostcases, these
the first was on May13. Twenty-nine
jobs are considered permanent.
of thirty building fires this year were
In General Offices, there is an asalso due to humanmistakes.
soon-as-possible need for an accountAlthough thirty of the fires were
ant (must have a degree), an accountlightning-caused, none was as serious
ing clerk, a night auditor, and a cashas those man caused. The total damier.
age and suppression costs thus far
Between August 20 and October 2,
amount to $10,500.
Yosemite Lodge will need maids, a
Mr. Shackelton said that from the room service waiter, housemen, bus
present through October, the year’s
boys, roorn clerks and a PBX-TWX
most hazardous conditions for fires
operator.
exist.
Servers, maids, housemen, and a
"About this time last year we be- room clerk at CampCurry may find
gan having a rash of fires caused by jobs between August 10 and August
park employeesat their beachparties.
31,
Someof them were quite serious.
’[he Ahwahnee needs a dining
In one case the responsible people roomcaptain, a wine steward, a storewere apprehended and ordered to
room man, a room clerk and housepay for their carelessness. They had menand bellmen as soon as possible.
to split the cost of fire suppression Twogardener’s helpers are neededon
crews and equipment at almost ,~i00.
September 1, and eleven waiters or
The usual cost is $500 to thousands." waitresses and seven bus boys are
Campand cooking fires should be neededSeptember3. A bellman is rebuilt in areas established for this pur- quired August 30 and another Seppose and by permit only. They should tember 14. September2, there will be
never be left unattended, a~ it takes an opening for a telephone operator
only a few secondsfor fires to ~r.,read and September7, for a desk clerk.
over dry branches and needles. Most
Housekeeping could use one each:
important, makesure the fire is com- laundry attendant, janitor and maid
pletely out, no smoke, no embers.
as of August 10.
Paymaster Agnes Westfall has an
Employees should also be careful
August 15, two waitresses will be
efficient crew, for, although everyone with fire in and around their living
neededat the Village Restaurant, and
misses her, they have managed to
quarters. Electrical apliances, candles, August 20, a hostess-cashier.
keep the payroll rolling and have alcamp stoves and lanterns must be
Three Chevron salesmen are needmost managed to mask the absence carefuly handled.
ed as soon as possible.
of their chief.
Just recently, two tents and their
Onebicycle stand attendant will be
Agnes left June 16, and was quite
contents were partially destroyed. The needed August 15, and two on Augill in Lewis MemorialHospital for two causeof the blaze is under investigaust 21.
and a half weeks. She is now home tion.
Applicants for these jobs and others
and reports thal she is feeling much
The NPSwould like to point out
that will be available shortly should
better. Now, paymaster office, here that it has been first at the scene of file with the personnel office right
comesthe bad news: she is on a three the last three fires, one of which, a away.Ofi’ice hours are 8:00 a.m. until
month leave of absence starting Aug- grease fire at the Village Restaurant,
noon and 1:30 until 5:30, Monday
ust 1, which meanssix more payrolls
was less lhan a block away from
through Saturday.
to computeand distribute without her! YP&CCo.’s firehouse.
-o-In any case, everyone wishes her
Actually this competition is o~ly a
FOR SALE
a speedy recovery, except her staff,
standing joke. Eachfire depc:rtrnent
1965 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible.
who wishes her a speedier recovery.
is only concerned with maximum Goodcondition. Warranty in effect.
--o-safety traveling to and from the fire
Full power. Call 372-4585 or OakWANTED
and maximumsafety in fire extinghurst 683-4934.
uishing. They agree, also, that the
Ride to NewYork City or the rnidwest for two girls. Leaveafter Labor most important job they have is en- Twopair boys’ competition Headskis.
170 cm and 180 cm. Marker bindings.
prevention through
Day; must arrive NY by Sept. 26. Call couraging fire
Call
Berrey, 372-.4898.
commonsense.
Linda Logeland, 372-4585.
PARKTRAVELFIGURES:
A REASSESSMENT
(Continued from page one)
ed only those visitors whoentered the
park during 1he hours the stations
were manned.To this tally were added the few who had entered the
park whenthe station was closed but
who had bought their permits at the
ranger’s o~..ice. Thereis no available
figure showing the number of people
who entered and left without being
counted.
Since January 1, 1967 ,each car
that enters the park through one of
the four stations is recorded by a
mechanical counter, whether the station is closed or open. Each car is
calculated to be carrying the established a~,erageof 3.5 pa’ssengers.
After two years experience in
counting visitors, or cars, by the same
system, comparisons may be drawn
accurately. Such a continuing record
will provide useful information. However, no comparison is valid until
then. And, as campgrounduse is reported to be less than last year and
as YPCCo. housecounts are down 7%
since January 1, it may be assumed
that in fact there have been fewer
visitors to the park than a year ago.
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Monday, September 4, 1967
SENTINEL
YosemiteNational Park, California
CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN
The local young people who have
been participating in the YouthActivities program had their second ’can
gathering day’ on Aug. 16. Some15
of them dredged the Merced River
from Camp6 beach to Sentinel Bridge,
collecting
over 500 cans from the
river bottom.
One camper-observer said, "After
I saw those kids picking up beer cans;
I started picking someup myself."
Art Cunningharn, director of the
Youth Activities
program, led the
clean-up campaign, which also netted
three tee-shirts, one girl’s blouse, one
trash can and five bottles.
At one point in the project, the collecting net broke and the loot floated
off down stream. A quick scramble
saved the bulk of the haul.
--o-AUGUSTHOUSECOUNTS,
BUSINESSIMPROVE
In the SENTINEL
of August 9, it was
l+ucalyc+ungstcrshwcflvcdin thu ’.:lu:u’, up .ur h,..:ichcs am{rivut" ctinlmigt+~:lu’,u .,h.wt+nxvit}t s~mlc
.f their I,J.t. Left. to ri.~ht: Ih,b Kcll,2r, l.+a,’t l)uwl+.u. (,:lt.’ditm), ’l+(+rnl l;trry, AllvnIk’rr~:y, I¢.~_’n reported that our housecountsfor the
Sruith, Suzy M;tytmr<.l, John Mcl~haul, Stq+hanit: \Vesun~,rdand, :rod Valcric IZ.n.wlrs.
period January 1-July 31 were down
7% from those of last year. Lost
NEW
TEACHER
FOR
COLLEGESCHOLARSHIPAWARDED
revenue as a result of this decline,
plus a drop in other sales, left YPC
YOSEMITE SCHOOL
TO VIRGINIA PARKER
Co. in a disappointing financial posiThe Yosemite Scholarship CommisAccording to Mariposa County
tion, with all sales down55" from last
sion has announcedthat the scholar- Superintendent of Schools, Cleo Adels- year for the seven-months’period.
ship for the 1967-68 school year has bach, Miss Isabel Tinning has been
However, starting about August 7,
been awardedto Virginia Ann Parker,
housecounts
picked up markedly, and
engaged to teach grades 5 and 6.
daughter of Ralph and Julia Parker.
there have been 9 nigi~ts when they
Miss Tinning has had both elementary
The scholarship pays $50 a month
exceeded4,900 (exclusive of El Portal
+and
high
school
experience
and
most
for nine months for a total of $450
Motor Inn). A very satisfactory sumrecently
instructed
at
San
Dorninico
met housecount is 4,700. Last year’s
and is supported by funds from the
School
for
Girls
in
San
Rafael.
Acaverage housecount August 1-29 was
CommunityCouncil. In making a secording
to
Adelsbach,
Miss
Tinning
lection scholastic ability, personality,
4,470, this year’s, 4,775.
said
that
she
was
looking
forward
lo
This increase in housecount has teleadership and general aptitude are
her
Yosemite
post
with
much
enthustaken into account.
suited, first frorn a demand for our
iasm.
beds, then, accurate processing of
Ginny will attend Diablo Valley
Cornelius Kuhn, formerly on the
reservations, and, finally, proper atCollege in Concord,California, rnajorlocal
faculty,
has
accepted
a
teaching
tention to rooming.
ing in music and pointing toward a
post in a NewYork State city.
(Continued un l~u~e "Lwo)
career as a concert pianist.
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FIRE AT TML
YOSEMITE
SENTINEL
Our housekeeping department is
At 2 a.m. Wednesday, August 23,
fire
broke out in the TuolumneMeamade up of Imagene Andrews, Micki
Published by
Willingham, and Naomi Griffin.
As- dows Lodge kitchen range. Nightman
Yosemite Park and Curry Co.
sisting in the office is Che,rlynn Han- Paul Conovar, discovered the blaze
for the information of
sen. The garden (jungle?) is being and rang the fire alarm gong. ManaYosemiteValley residents.
cleared, pruned, watered, and rnaniger Martha Miller, awakenedby the
H. Oehlmann
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gong, ran on bare feet and wrapped
H. K. Ouimet
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boose by bartender Lester Longen- find Conovar wielding a fire extinDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0~
bach.
guisher. They were joined by Allen
CLICKSFROMTHE SILENT RAILS
Old Engine No. 6 mayhave thought Moe and Jim Carragher, also with
To say that the first weekof opera- the ’good old days’ were back when, extinguishers.
tion of El Portal Motor Inn was hectic on August 4, the CampCurry transWhile the three boys kept the flames
would be an under’statement. While portation crew held a surprise birthfrom spreading, Martha went for the
we Burdens were moving in, the gas day party here for Van Valkenburgh
rangers, returning with Fred Koegler
man, the light man, the key man, the in The Caboose. Some35 persons atand Stan Preston and the fire truck.
telephone man, the bread man, the
tended, and a beautiful
cake was Koegler and Preston put out the fire,
coffee man, and the laundry rnan served by Judy Cleevely.
turned off the flamo tanks, and stayed
arrived, all requiring attention.
On August 10 we served breakfast
until 5 a.m. to be sure there was no
Meanwhile, back in the kitchen,
to Art Robinson, Bob Maynard, Keith
further danger.
the dishwasher broke down, so in
Causeof the fire was grease in the
Whitfield, and all the other unit manaddition to helping the gas man, the agers. After a brief meeting, they ovens, which ignited when they were
light man, etc. we washed dishes,
toured the plant, and all promised turned on early for the cooks. Fortunchecked in guests, and attempted to
to return whenthey could stay longer. ately, the range hood had been cleanfind storage space for the reams of
Comparative calm and quiet now ed of grease the night before, or there
paper and forms that YPC Co. rereign. An ordering system has been might have been a larger blaze. Exquires wefill out for the good of the devised so all supplies and servicecept for the range, no equipment or
outfit,
and, we assume, God and mendon’t arrive at once, the plumb- structural
damagewas done.
country.
ing and dishwasher have been re’Several of the TMLstaff suffered
Aboutthis time, our first, hugeor- paired, the aspirin has been found,
slightly from smokeand CO2-gasinder arrived from the warehouse, and and John’s bathrobe is frequently in
halation which large doses of fresh
John donned beige smock to unload use. He found an extra "No Vacancy"
air cured. Nightman Conovar tripped
and store the supplies. Wejust might sign. And, two signs seem to be no over the generator in his rush to the
be the classiest of all the hotel units,
more convincing than one, particufire, hurting his leg, and washospitalwhat with the dishwasher and house- larly at 2 a.m.
ized overnight.
man both wearing ties.
- Maureen Burden
During what was left of the night,
The next round in this drama came
10 employees scrubbed the smoke
~O~
whena pipe split, pouring water all
from
the kitchen and dining room
AUGUSTHOUSECOUNTS,
over the kitchen floor, making it as
(Continued from page one)
walls, cleaned equipment, washed
slick as glass. Onemight have expectCommercial Division retail units,
each dish. With the flamo turned off
ed that someone would slip and too, are enjoying a better August exthe only hot water was that remainbreak something, but fortunately
perience than that of last year, with ing in the tanks, which didn’t make
that scene was cut.
gross safes up about 4%in all opera- clean-up any easier. By 6:30 a.m. all
In our ’spar6 time’ we cornmuted tions.
evidence of the fire was removed,
between basement and house trying
Valley stables business, which ac- except for a slight odor.
to find in which box we had packed counts for considerable revenue,
Whenguests began coming in for
the childrens’ shoes, the aspirin, and shows a slight increase, about 2~%, breakfast the coffee urn was going,
John’s bathrobe. Thelatter for answer- for August.
hot cereal had been prepared cn the
ing the door at 2 in the morning,
While these increases won’t result
woodstove in the lobby, and an array
despite the "No Vacancy" sign.
in a major improvement in the total
of cold meatsand sweet rolls put out
A truly great kitchen and dining
financial situation, certainly it has for a continental breakfast.
room crew is headed by Chef Pete helped.
Manager Miller has the highest
Gonzales, from The Ahwahnee. Pete
Mrs. Tresidder, Mr. Oehlmannand praise for the assistance of Rangers
has been preparing delicious "speMr. Cross send their appreciation to
Koegler and Preston, and for her staff
cials" which are served up in the
all involved in accounting for the im- who responded to the emergency so
evening by Alex Cruickshank and provement.
efficiently and willingly.
broughtto the tables by Lucille Eliott,
It is hoped that the coming weeks’
-oEllen Simpkins, Georgine Gray, and business will reflect the samecareful
FORSALE-- Ten acres of land near
Reona Wilingham. Brian Johnson is
practices.
Midpines. Call Frank Reedy, 379-2495.
Saluting
met, the
of the big!
"half don.
Olivers
on August
a "beat tl"
Sixteen of
managed
15 lady
scheduled
hole-in-on~
to the pin
here were
Ouimet,
oreaux. Th~
suggested
which onl,
out,
was
Everett,
amyer
Parking
premium,
fa ri," whe
Wawona
clothed ar
Hazel Wa~
trekked
Enroute the
dark skinnl
Morgenson
"water hoh
worth the
Ring with
them throul
The 103
Stan Plumb
and Judge
from Mari
shall Hall
monies, th
few "why
road" joke:
Ouimets w
original
AIIcock.
Needless
and the off"
whole day.
Massage cq
chests $75
chests $10
$25,
Mrs. Otter,
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Saluting soon-to-retire Harold Ouimet, the George Olivers hosted one
of the biggest shindigs ever. At their
"half done cabin" at Wawona, the
Olivers saluted the "all done Ouimets"
on August 26, the day beginning with
a "beat the Ouimets" golf tourney.
Sixteen of the 21 male participants
managedto outscore Harold; 6 of the
15 lady golfers beat Muriel. Also
scheduled during the golf day was a
hole-in-one contest for those closest
to the pin on the 8th hole. Winners
here were Lurline Attardo and Muriel
Ouimet, Everett Bagby and Guy Lamoreaux. The Blind Bogey Tournament,
suggested by Dete, and details of
which only Charlie Eagle could work
out, was won again by Lurline and
Everett, with Val Eagle and Ed Greenamyer coming in second.
Parking at the Oliver cabin is at a
premium, so Dete scheduled a "Safari," wherein cars were left at the
WawonaHotel, and, led by wl;ite
clothed and helmeted safari leaders
Hazel Warren and Ellen Hall, they
trekked through the dark, dark forest.
Enroute they were frightened by wild,
dark skinned natives (Dana and Esther
Morgenson). Whenthey came to the
"water hole" all decided the trip was
worth the hazards, as there was Jack
Ring with liquid refreshments to carry
them through to the cabin.
The103 guests, including old timers
Stan Plumband wife, the Bill Browns,
and Judge Tom and Mrs. Coakley
from Mariposa, feasted while Marshall Hall acted as master of ceremonies, the ceremonies including a
few "why did the chicken cross the
road" jokes, and a serenade to the
Ouimets with the chorus singing an
original
song composed by Herky
AIIcock.
Needless to say, Harold and Muriel
and the other 101 guests enjoyed the
whole day.
- Audrey Ewing.
FOR SALE
Massage couch $100, 2 fall maple
chests $75 each, 2 mirrors to match
chests $10 each, 35ramslide projector
$25, DaLite 40x40 screen $8.00. Call
Mrs. Otter, 372-4790.
Two o~,er-stuffed chairs, two-piece
sectional. Call S. Ledson, 372-4270.
OTTER HONORED
Wendell Otter, who has been a
faithful Lion since the local club’s
birth on December4, 1948 was honored recently at a District 4A-1 cabinet meeting in Angel’s Camp.
Following a speech by a fellow
Lion, in which Wendell’s long and
valuable service to the organization
was extolled, he was presented with
a color television set, anda set of golf
clubs, a bag and a cart. It couldn’t
happento a nicer guy!
-oFROM THE LODGE
SOUTHSIDE NEWS
Although ex-manager Howard Doucette has departed for The Ahwahnee,
it is the general opinion that he will
return to ’first
love’ Wawonawith
someregularity to play his ’Favorite
game, golf.
Newmanager, Earl Pomeroy, wife
Diane and daughter Leigh Anne are
now in residence. Twenty-two month
old Leigh Annealready calls the swimruing pool home, happily splashing
and paddling away the hours.
Golf pro Charlie Eagle reports the
busiest August ever, with the links
being utilized by locals as well as
such long-time guests as the Boone,
McDonald and Cassidy families. YPC
Director, Eric Stanford, and family
find the relaxing fine at Wawona
and
were here again this summer.
"Where’d the summer go?" is a
common
question at the Lodge. Things
got off to a snail’s-pace start, but
(finally) havelivened up.
Someof the families whovisit seern
to grow each year. Notable among
The Friday evening barbecues, an
these are the Milestones of San Fran- innovation this year, have been excisco who have ten little
markers in tremely successful. Chef in charge of
the group.
the grill is Frank Conaty, and Paul
Lucas heads the work force. Hank
With summer’s end approaching,
seasonal employees are getting orReynolds, with guitar and song, has
anized for departure in anticipation
lent the proper western touch.
of school or home.Millie Baisch, res-otaurant hostess, however, is packing
P.O. CITED
in anticipation of a honeymoon.She
will be Mrs. Royce Hagueafter AugPostmaster Leroy Rust and his deust 26, 1967. Friends of the bride
partment have been cited by Postgave her a shower on Aug. 14.
master General Lawrence O’Brian for
Aleda Christenson from the Camp their efforts in beautifying the local
Curry terrace, and Marjorie McQuaid offices, specifically in the matter of
frorn the Lodgegirl’s annexwill catch landscaping. The recommendation
was made by the Modesto district
a freighter November15 for a fiveinspector.
month trip around the world.
An August 18 letter from CongressLouie Smith, our sous chef, caught
man
Bizz Johnson explained that the
a large GermanBrown trout. Before
Louie could work his culinary magic citation was for "maintaining the
in such a superior
on it, his wife, Hazel, had it frozen postal facilities
manner
that
it
provided
a clean, neat
as a display piece.
Transportation agents Marvin Mul- and pleasant place in which the public can conduct their postal business."
der and Bob Cross can provide any-oone with first-hand information about
the trail
between White Wolf and
CHURCHSERVICES CHANGE
Tuolumne Meadowsvia Pate Valley
Starting Sept. 10, RomanCatholic
and Harden Lake. They were awed
masseswill be held at 7 and 9 a.m.
by the spectacle of Muir Gorge. On
in the Visitor Center, and at 6 p.m.
their jaunt, they had a grueling 30in the Chapel. Daily masswill be at
mile day.
7 a.m. in the Chapel.
-- FIo Claw
Protestant services will continue at
-o11 a.m. in the Church Bowl on Sept.
FOR SALE - Three-speed Schwinn
10 and 17, but on Sept. 24 and fol.
ladies’ bike. Needs minor repairs.
lowing Sundays will be held in the
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CURRY CLOSING DOWN
athon, a potato-spoon relay, tug-ofwar, and volleyball.
The ’going-home’ fever has touched
The Ahwahn~e staff regretfully
In preparation for the battle, every- a few brows among the Camp Curry
said its goodbyesto manager, Wayne one feasted on hamburgers, hot dogs,
stoff.
Those whose plans we know
Whiteman. Everyone extended his
baked beans, salad, potato chips,
about are chief clerk, Dale Hammel,
best wishes to Mr. Whiteman in his
watermelon, cake and home-made who reports back to his teaching job
new career at the Sunnyside Country ice cream.
in Fresno; bellman, Mike Parker, from
Club in Fresno.
At 2000 hours there was a victory
Memphis has accepted a teaching
We’d like to welcome Howard Dou- dance celebration at the residence of position in Riverdale, Calif. What
cette as the new manager, and the
General Stuart Cross for all the en- could persuade a Tenneseeanto stay
entire staff hopes that Mr. Doucette listed youngsters. Taps were sounded in California and in Riverdale, of all
will feel at homein the hotel.
at 2300 hours.
places? Assistant ManagerBill GerThe August 17 poolside fashion
Operation FUN was directed by many will be going back to classes
show featured the latest in topless
CommanderArt "Stonejaw" Cunning- at Fresno State College soon after
swimwear: the two topless models,
Labor Day.
ham.
m
Dick Anderson and Art Cunningham.
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Head Transportation agent, Judy
Toni Mendel exhibited a beautiful
SUPPORTKQED
Cleevely, plans on wintering at the
suntan in several bikini outfits. Pat
Arizona Biltmore. All her clerks hope
Membersof the Yosemite Television
Shawof the gift shop, Ginger Johnson
to stay in Yosemite for the winter.
of Hotel Division, and Nancy Smith Association weresent a letter recently They must have enjoyed their sumconcerning the support of KQED.The
of Paymasterswere no less attractive
mer!
SENTINELhopes that all TV viewers
in more covered-up styles. All fashHead bellman, Jay Fetters, is inions were from the CampCurry Na- will assist in the support of the stadefinite
about his winter plans except
tion’s operation.
wasa Shop.
that they will involve skiing. Cafeteria
Memberships are available from
Long-staying Ahwahneeguest Carl
manager, Bill Cooper, will also be
Barrow, and Yosemite resident, Dotty $12.50 to $1000, and all include the skiing --as an instructor at Badger
monthly program guide, FOCUS,adPower, appear to be competing for
Pass. Bill’s assistant Jay Bevan,hopes
the darkest tan. Each has spent so missionto the studio, voting privileges to travel in Europe.
muchtime on high country trails gath- and joining the travel programs. A
Chet Hubbard moves his manager’s
number of locals can attest to the
ering tan, it maybe a tied contest.
desk to Badger Pass after he combenefits of the travel plans. All conThe Valley Singers gave an excelpletes the job of buttoning down
tributions are tax deductible.
lent performance in the Great Lounge
CampCurry. Aiding him in this task
KQEDis sustained by community will be Curry Johnson. Curry will be
on Sunday, August 20. This was their
contributions,
and every dollar given staying on in Yosemite, although his
final appearancethis season, and is,
by membersis matched by 25c from assignmentis indefinite at this tirne.
traditionally, held at the hotel.
the Ford Foundation.
-Aldine Farrier
- Mary Watson
’Educational’ television is neither
-o-oSUMMER’SLAST STAND
dull nor dreary, but offers interesting
PAULANDHIS PISCES
and lively programs, an attractive
The Last Blast, closing event of the
Paul Dettman, a laborer for the
alternative to the oft-times violent
Youth Activity
Group, was staged
maintenance department, has sucand fatuous programing of commerSeptember1 at Sentinel Beach picnic
ceeded in besting the biggest-trout
cial stations.
area and the Stuart Cross residence.
record of ex-print-shopman,
Hugh
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Parker.
A GOOD IDEA
A year ago last May, Paul menhours at Camp 6 beach, where the
The
following
was
among
the
guest
tioned
to Hugh (foolishly)
seeing
junior shock troops launched their
questionnaires
returned
from
Camp
very large GermanBrownin a particvarious small landing craft, storming
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Curry
recently.
ular spot in the MercedRiver. Hugh,
the Sentinel Beachc:t 1600 hours.
"1 think that the pool should be on his lunch hour, hooked the 5 Ib.,
The mothers in thg rear echelon
arrived at 1630 hours via motorcade openedat 7:00 so that people could 2¼ oz. monster.
This year, Paul spotted another
to prepare rations for the siege. The get rid of their kids in the morning
prize
in the river near YosemiteLodge
and would be somewhatclean at the
top brass fathers surveyed the battle
start of the day also, they would be but (this time) kept his owncouncil
and formulated strategy over the
until, on August 16, he pulled in the
combinedofficers’ and enlisted men’s more awake." Signed: l 1-year-old.
-o5½ lb. German Brown.
mess at 1800 hours. The enemysur-:
Paul stated that he battled 45 min
FORSALE--Two pair boys’ cornpetirendered and the battle was finished
utes
to net the 23" giant, using 6 lb.
tion Head skis. 170 cm and 180 cm.
by 2000 hours.
Marker bindings. Call Berrey 372- test line. But, what he used in the
¯The special maneuvers included
wayof lure or bait is still Paul’s secret.
three-legged races, a gunny sack mar- 4898.
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Tuesday, September 26, 1967
III
SENTINEL
YosemiteNational Park, California
COMMUNITYCOUNCIL DRIVE
YOSEMITEARTS GUILD
NEW VPS FOR COMPANY
Arrangements for our annual ComA group of local residents recently
President H. Oehlmann has anmunity Council drive had not been
formed
the Yosemite Arts Guild to
nounced the election of two YPCCo.
completedlast spring whenthe influx
study the possibility of bringing to
Vice Presidents, effective October1.
Yosemite, during the winter months, of seasonal employees was upon us,
Arthur R. Robinson has been electso it wasdecidedto defer the solicitaprofessional artists, art films, and
ed Vice President-Administration, to
tion until early fall.
programs in all fields of the lively
succeed Harold K. Ouimet, who is reAs you know, the proceeds from
tiring. In this capacity Mr. Robinson arts.
the campaign go to the Yosemite
will be directly responsible for all
The Guild has now decided to offer
Scholarship Fund, Boy and CubScouts,
personnel-related activities.
such a program this winter For resiBadgers, American Heart Association,
dents of Yosemite, El Portal, and Wa- American Cancer Society, March of
Robert A. Maynardhas been electwona. The program will probably
ed Vice President-Operations.
Mr.
Dimes, American Red Cross, Salvation
consist of six artistic activities or Army and International
Maynard will direct all park hotel
Services
and restaurant functions and, in ad- events and a series of six art films
Agencies,and the solicitation for these
dition, will supervise the hotel reser- during the Novemberto April period.
worthy purposes takes place only once
Vations office and the transportation
Theofficers of the Guild are: Arthur a year, this time from September18
operations. Direct operation of YTS Robinson, chairman; Mrs. Don Bald- to October 31
will continue to be the province of C. win, Henry Berrey, Bryan Harry, and
Employees of the CompanytradiD. Dierksen, Supt. of Transportation.
Robert Maynard, vice chairmen, Curry tionally have contributed generously,
Keith Whitfield will hold the posi- Johnson, treasurer, Virginia Johnson, and it is my hope that the lateness of
ti0n of Assistant to the Vice President- secretary.
the drive will augment, rather than
Operations.
Details of the programs will be diminish, the total of receipts. Please
sent to all Yosemiteresidents within
give as liberally as you can afford.
These changes represent additional
- H. Oehlmann
steps toward the ultimate form of the the next few weeks.
-o-Company organization
which was
--oPARENTSGROUPSELECTSOFFICERS
proposed by the staff, recommended
GOING FOR BAROQUE
The Yosemite Parents Group has
by Harris, Kerr, Forster & Company,
If you’re not a ruin-it-yourself type,
elected officers and appointed comand approved by the Board of Direcor are and would like to change, you
mittees for the 1967-68 school year.
tors.
can participate
in a creative en-oGroup chairman is Robert Maynard,
deavor, tllanks to the Yosemite WoA MARK OF GROWING UP
John Degan is vice chairman, Jan
men’s Group, who are bringing Mr.
Briggs, secretary, Bea Downing,treaThe way the Personnel people tell
Morehouse of Our Shop, Merced to
surer, and Ruth Harry, librarian.
it, it is a pretty exciting matter for the
Yosemite on September 27.
The fund raising committee is
local kids to get their very ownprivMorehouse will have with him a chaired by Ti Shackelton, with Shirley
ilege card.
hobby kit for making McLaughlin, Dotty Power, and Art
The dependentchildren of YPCCo., plastic-resin
lamp bases, trivets, grape clusters,
Robinson as members. Annette HubNPS, PO, and Hospital permanent emand other object d’art and a feather
bard is a committee of one in charge
ployees are eligible for a card on
flower making kit. He will demon- of refreshments. Liaison (the local
their 10th birthday. And, it is reliably
strate and assist the ladies in their
version of Welcome Wagon) is in
reported that many a youngster arefforts.
charge of Dorothy Johnson and Lee
rives still adornedwith cake frosting
Everyone
is
welcome
to
come
to
Flemingis assistant welcorner.
and grape-punch mustache for the
the
Masonic
Hall
at
1
p.m.
WednesSki day chairmanis Dr. Chas. Woesgreat occasion.
day.
Casual
clothes,
and
an
apron,
sner, and wife Marian is the backThe Personnel office is open from
are
the
mode
o’
day.
A
pyrex
cup
the
upper. Henry Berrey will be in charge
8:00 a.m. to noon, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.,
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only equipment needed.
Mondays through Saturdays.
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LODGE NEWS
YOSEMITE
SENTINEL
Hatsoff to all our food service staff.
On my job as hostess I hear many
Published by
wonderful comments on how good
Yosemite Park and Curry Co.
our food is here at the Lodge. And,
for the information of
3000 meals a day are served !
YosemiteValley residents.
Applause for Executive Chef Fred
H. Oehlrnann
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Advisor
Pierson, who plans the menus, to
H. K. Ouimet
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Advisor
Chef Lewis Smith and kitchen staff
H. Berrey....................
Advisor
who prepare the food, to Cafeteria
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOq
Manager Bill Cooper (late of Camp
TEE TIME
Curry), to Jan Roscoe, Restaurant
The local golfing buffs are winding Manager, and to Mountain Room
up the season with a ’swinging’ Sep- Broiler Manager Ade Harders and
tember.
their crews who serve th~ meals.
Over the Labor Day weekend the
Farewell to Hank Reynolds, who
annual Club Championship tournadelighted many a guest of an evenments were completed. In the men’s ing with his cowboy ballads and
division, Hal Bondshusuccessfully de- guitar playing. Hank winters at the
fended his 1966 ChampionshipFlight
Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix. See you
title by defeating Ed Greenemeyer2- next May, Hank.
Jerry Love, head bellman for many
1. In the First Flight, Bill Kruse won
over Curly Dierksen 6-5. The Second years and now retired, blew in the
other day. Since his departure Jerry
Flight saw Bill Schnettler beating
Frank Attardo 2 up. The consolation,
has been to Italy to visit his family,
36 hole medal play was won by taken in Expo 67, and been from New
Everett Bagby with a 137 net, and York to Las Vegas. Said he had driven
5000 miles, but it couldn’t have hurt
Guy Lamoreaux was club medalist.
Onthe distaff side, in the Champ- a bit; he looked great.
Joe (head houseman) and Carolyn
ionship Flight, Pat Krause prevailed
(housekeeper)
Joseph have been busy.
over Nita Bondshu 2-1. The consolation flight was won by Valerie Eagle Carolyn’s parents, the EdwardKleins,
over Lurline Attardo 1 up. Ida Morgan were in for a visit. And every Monday
finds Joe bowling with the Yosemite
was club medalist.
team down at the Oakhurst lanes.
On September 10 the Wawona
Stu Goode, who worked in the
golfers hosted the Fort Washington
restaurant this summer, has been
golfers from Fresno in the secondhalf
drafted. But if you see a familiar face,
of the annual home-and-home
series.
it is his brother Steve, who looks
The local men proceeded to overenoughlike Stu to be his twin. Steve
whelm the visitors
with a 32 to 7
just arrived front Tennesseeand is
score, and the ladies did almost as
working in the Broiler Room.
well winning 16 to 11.
Weare sorry to report that Broiler
The next weekendsaw the playing
Roomwaiter, John Clifton, who broke
of the annual open Mixed-Scotch
his neck while divi’ng a few weeks
tournament. Bob Cromer and Marian ago, has passed away in Fresno.
Pierson were the winners, and their
Lots of new faces in our lobby. At
nameswill be inscribed on the per- the front desk are Marty Goodrich,
petual trophy. Last year’s defending C. C. Van Valkenburgh, Frank Combs,
champion, Marge McNamara, and
Chuck Kollerer, and Donald Barnes.
Guy Lamoreaux came in second.
Newtelephone switchboard operators
Trophies were presented at the
include BrendaWillis, JeanneBowler,
awards picnic following the play.
and Birgitta Abrahamsson,the latter
September24 saw the close of the all the way from Sweden.John Bothofflcial
competitive season with the well and Mike Dumas are on the
second event of the Merced home- transportation desk.
and-home match.
With the crisp evening weather it
The mentied 15 to 15, but the Wa- won’t be long before we have some
wona ladies wrapped it up with a lovely fall coloring in our patio.
score of 10~ to 1~.
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BADGERSBATTEROPPONENTS
-WIN OPENER34 TO 0
On September 16, the Yosemite
Elementary School Badgers, behind
the quarterbacking of Kenny gmith,
the running of halfback John Allcock,
and the pass-snagging of ends Bob
Keller and Rob Woessner, combined
to humiliate the Greeley Hili-Coulterville team.
The gamewas played on the Yose- :
mite field, where a good crowd gathered to watch the Badgerscompletely
dominate the game, and to cheer¯
themon to the final score oF 34 to 0.
Co-coaches Tom Thomas and Jack
McLaughlin stated they were pleased
at the outcome.
Vary
smileto
Cromer.
time
sions, or
Marge
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you
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and
Lodi LambastsBadgersin SecondTilt
A sad but wiser, sunburned, tired
and downcast group of Badgers returned to Yosemite last Sundaystill
smarting from the 34 to 8 trouncing
handed them by the Lodi Raiders on
the Raiders’ homefield at Lodi.
lude to
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and
The
A blazing sun, three pass interceptions, and three "fluke" touchdowns
were justtoo muchfor our team. As
with last year’s team, Lodi was heavier, larger, and more experienced
than the Badgers. Without the three
broken plays, the score might have
beendifferent.
The Badger touchdown came after
a long drive with Kenny Smith running and passing the team down the
field. Johnny AIIcock plunged over
for the score and Rob Woessnersnagged a short pass for the PAT. The
score at this point was Yosemite 8,
Lodi 6. Besides the outstanding play
of John AIIcock and KennySmith, Bill
Fleming and Bob Keller deserve credits for their outstanding efforts on
defense.
It was a disappointing game for
the local team, but there’s always
next week.
and
players.
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YOSEMITEBADGERSFOOTBALLSKED
Sept. 30 - Lodi Ramsat Yosemite
October 7 - Lodi 49ers at Yosemite
October 14 - Lodi Rebels at Yosemite
October 28 - Mariposa at Yosemite
November4 - Mariposa at Mariposa
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PARH~ITSGROUP
SELECTS
OFFICERS
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of the follow-up committeeassisted
by JackMcLaughlin,.lanice Robinson,
Bill Jones, Stuart Cross, and Carol
Guse.
The library committee is headed
(quite naturally) by RuthHarry; Midge
Fiore and Lenore Cross are memberiL
Ways and means head man is Bob
Smith, with Glen Power and Bryan
Harry to assist. Marion Woessneris
chairmanof the youth activities committee, and DonBaldwin, Art Robinson, and Jack McLaughlin are members.
SpokeswomanJan Briggs stated
that the annual membershipdrive
will be kicked off on Sept. 25. She
also said that plans are being made
for the annual costumedance to be
held this year in October.Exact date
and details will be announced
later.
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For Sale
Housein El Portal. Living room,bedroom,bath, sleeping porch, finished
attic,’basement.Call Scurrie Ringquist
at 379-2354.
p° [3.
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September 29,
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YOSIIMITll
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ADUH’S
75¢
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(Under
12)25¢
Clothes washer.Best offer. Call Sue
Goulter at 372-4611,ext. 43, MondayFriday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Chevrolet II convertible, 1963. Good
condition. Automatic transmission.
Call DanSturmat 372-4810.
Services
Will do your ironing. 25c extra for
park delivery. Also will babysit in my
home. Weekly, or emergency. Call
Mrs. DonWilson, 379-2454.
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conversation of your three-year-old
pale? Do the coffee-klatchs and afternoon bridge games seem hollow?
Vary your routine! And, bring a
smile to the lips of Personnel’s Marge
Cromer. Register with her for part
time work. There are frequent occasions, on a wide variety of jobs, when
Marge needs someone for an hour,
a shift, a couple of days, a week. If
you can’t comein, call 372-4611.
SHIRLEY WRITESAGAIN
Local historian Shirley Sargent has
brought out a new book entitled
MARIPOSAGUIDEBOOK.
The seven tours describe the mining, ranching, lumbering and town
developments of historical
interest
within the county. If you’ve ever wondered about that old apple orchard
near the El Portal trailer park, how
Mount Bullion got its name, about
’Whistling Billy,’
the Porter locomotive
MARIPOSAGRIDDERSWIN
The Mariposa High School football
teamshave started their seasonswith
fine records.
OnSept. 16, the Cubswalloped the
Bret Hart Polliwogs 27 to 0, and last
Saturday swept to a 19 to 0 victory
over Merced.
Thesenior men,the Grizzlies, opened by tieing Bret Harte 6 to 6 in a well
played, defensive game, and came
back an Sept. 23 to smother the Merced J.V.s 25 to 0.
There are seven Yosemite-El Portal
boys on the Grizzly squad and 4 on
the Cubs. The remaining ’at home’
gamesare: Sept. 29 against LeGrand,
Oct. 6, Summerville, Oct. 27, Hilmar
and Nov. 10 vs. Orestimba. Let’s get
out and root the boys to an undefeated
season.
that now stands opposite the Jeffery
Hotel in Coulterville, or ~,hat the incline at Emory(Richardson’s) was used
AHWAHNEENOTABLES
for, you’ll find the inforrnation in this
Thehouseis lively with conventions; nugget-packed little
volume of 36
’tis the season again. The Ahwahnee
pages; handy to keep in the car pocrecently welcomedthe Air Conditionket for’ Sundaydrives.
ing and Refrigeration
Wholesalers
and the Pacific States Cold Storage
flowers for the restaurant tables, and
CLICKSFROMTHE SILENT RAILS
WarehousemensAssociation. (A prethe rooms, by next summer. It is a
EPMIis pleased to report the addilude to winter?) Weare seeing lots of
delight to learn about gardening. It
tion of Chariie Mulcahy, no stranger
thing to go
Lois Smith of the sales department as to the beverage business, as the new would be a terrible
she works diligently with our staff
through life never knowing our crepe
conductor of The Caboosebar.
and the conventioners.
myrtle from our flowering quince.
Another addition to The CabooseThe crisp fall weather has been curtains -- with trains on them, of
It was a pleasure, too, to entertain
for four days the San FranciscoBritish
conducive to good tennis and golf,
course. We’re hoping to be the first
Acting CounsuI-General Alan Morgan
and the grounds have been alive with
in the area offering "Beer and Skitand his wife.
players. Every Tuesdaythe hotel spon- ties" but moreon this later.
Locals have been dropping in. Ginsors a hole-in-one contest, and on
The exterminators were here reThursday there are tennis matches.
ger Johnson and Curry Johnson roarcently and a bit later John found an
To each champion goes a bottle of
ed in in Curry’s new XKE. Former
18" lizard, groggy from poison¯ We
neighbors, Julia and Clark Martin,
champagne.
tried to save him, as he was the largcame in for dinner following the
We are happy to welcome back to
est lizard we’d encounteredsince the
The Ahwahneeas chef, Angelo Coz- Gila monster we had as a pet on the County Fair. The night Margeand Bob
zaglio. Old timers will rememberAn- Arizona ranch. District Ranger, Bob Cromer came to dinner a fuse blew,
and of course John was away at the
gelo. During the years away from
Dunnigan, identified him as a Scale
Yosemite Angelo has worked in many lizard, noted for its length. To John, time. I amnot electricity oriented. I
shudder turning on a light switch,
areas of the United States and parts
for his humanitarianism ,the Albert
and changing a fuse is a traumatic
of Europe, ever increasing his cook- Schweitzer of El Portal Award.
experience¯ Bob gallantly offered his
ing repetoire.
At 6 a.m. Friday and Saturday you
services ,and the first fuse he touched
After five years of service, head will find Chef Pete Gonzales in the sizzled a bit and the lights cameon.
bellman, Pat Garrard, is leaving The kitchen making delicious doughnuts,
What can he do for an encore?
and John The Jolly Innkeeper samplAhwahneein October to take a posiOdddiscovery by the upstairs maid.
ing same.The cafe doors don’t officition with the AAA in the Bay Area.
People use the bottoms of the night
ally open’til 7 but if you’re passing
Pat will attend an insurance sales
stand drawers to keep score on while
training programin Santa Cruz before by after 6, drop in for doughnuts
playing cards.
and coffee.
assignment elsewhere.
Congratulations to clerk-secretary,
Your correspondent has been gar. Gift Shop Supervisor Bob Mathews
Lynn Hansen, who took 5th place in
has brought in a selection of Pre- dening - a source of great arnusethe women’sopen barrel race at the
Colombian figure reproductions. You ment to her room-rnate who believes
County Fair. Lynn stated her mare is
she doesn’t know what she’s doing.
may have seen the originals in the
"real good on the turns but kind of
Jules Bermancollection or the Kahlua The Ahwahnee’s Carl Stephens gave slow in the homestretch." The same
advertisements. Drop in for this mu- mea few pointers, such as the difference between plant and weed. We might be said of your correspondent.
seumtype showing.
- Maureen Burden
hope the cutting garden will provide
-- Aldine Farrier
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H. K. OUIMETTO RETIRE
On September 30, 1967 Harold
Ouimet will retire, ending a 26 year
career with YPCCo.
It all began on July 1, 1941 when
Ouimet became Personnel Director,
but the story of how he got here, and
why, begins earlier. Following graduation from San Jose State with a degree in education, Ouimet did graduate work at the Stanford University
School of Business Administration,
where he met Bert Carr, now a Company Director. During the seven years
Ouimet was Vice President-Cashier
of Pacific States Savings and Loan in
San Francisco, he kept in touch with
Carr (then General Auditor of YPC
Co.) through the Controllers Institute,
of which they were both members.
In 1936 Ouimet moved to Modesto
where he headed the Evening Junior
College, the first legally formulated
such school in the state. It was a good
job, an interesting, exciting job, and
he had no intention of leaving. Bert
Carr thought otherwise.
HermanHoss then handled the perSonnel work in addition to his Secretary-Treasurer duties, and to relieve
his work load it was decided to create
the position of Personnel Director.
Carr suggested that Ouimet apply.
"Yosemite. Whywould 1 want to come
to Yosemite," said Ouimet. Eventually,
in the spring of ’41, he cameto the
park and was interviewed by Hoss
and Hilmer Oehlmann,then the Superintendent of Commercial Division.
"They were most persuasive gentlemen." A few weeks later Ouimet went
downto Stanford to see Dr. Tresidder
who, confined by illness, conductedthe
interview in his hospital roorn. "Dr.
Tresidder was a dynamic, enthusiastic
man, and his outline of progressive
personnel policies sold me." So, with
wife Muriel, Harold moved to Yosemite and took up his duties on July 1.
In the spring of 1942 it was generally felt that the impact of the war
would necessitate the closing downof
Yosemitefacilities,
and Dr. Tresidder
urged the staff membersto seek other
jobs. However, a proclamation by
President Roosevelt, outlining the
need for parks as recreation areas
during the war, resulted in the continued operation of facilities.
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The war years were difficult
for
Harold. He was barred from recruiting employeesin the Los Angeles and
San Francisco metropolitan areas due
to their need for defense workers.
Wageswere frozen here so that the
defense factories were paying two to
three times the wages we were permitted to pay.
We did have one edge in employee
recruitment - Yosemiteitself. Harold
recalls that wheninterviewing a carpenter, for instance, the question of
wages was brought up he attacked
rather than retreated. "Wages?If you
ask me about wages, you’re not the
manI’m looking for," he would say.
"1 can’t pay you what you can get in
war work. But if you want to live and
work in Yosemite . . ." Frequently,
this was exactly what the man did
want, lower pay notwithstanding,
and so competent workers were acquired.
During this period Ouimet became
Chairman of the OPAwhen a local
board was established, and he, Sterling Cramer, and John Wosky had
manya h~adache over gas rationing,
tires, sugar and meat.
Harold’s contributions to community
life have’ been manyand varied. He
was clerk of the Yosemite School
Board, a memberof the County School
Board, a rnember of the County Republican Central Committee, a Director of the Mariposa Chamberof Commerce, Chairman of the Yosemite
Branch of the American Red Cross,
the Charter President of the Lions
Club, an organizer of the Community
Council, and originator of the SENTINEL.
Muriel and Harold will be moving
to RossmoreLeisure World in Walnut
Creek, but their unit will not be ready
until December
1. In the interim, they
plan visits to Lake Tahoe and Morro
Bay. Whenthey are settled in their
new home, they mayjourney to Florida and Nassau.
Severing ties with YPCCo. is a unique experience. Elsewhere, retirement
meansan end to the routine of office
or plant, but your houseis still your
home, neighbors and friends rernain
close at hand. Whenyou pull up roots
from Yosemiteit is a literal phrase.
The Ouimets accept this uprooting
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hesl:itull, "’Linloh.l,"
as a challenge. "This will be an exciting, stimulating experiencb for us,"
said Harold. "We are looking forward
to establishing an entirely newlife."
The Companywill continue to have
the benefit of Harold’s experience on
special assignments, so the Ouimets
will be back occasionally.
It’s not good-bye. Just so long for
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Postmaster Leroy Rust sends along
the reminder that after September30
there will be no late Saturday mail.
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The
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DAMAGED
BY FIRE
The mad, mad world of Carnaby
week to residents of Yosemite, El
Street will replace the usual staid
On Sunday, October 1, the Glacier
Portal, and Wawona.
Point Mountain House, built in 1878 atmosphere of The Ahwahnee when
"Because it is so far between our
and one of the oldest buildings in the the Yosemite Parents Group holds
homesand urban centers, most of us
park, camedangerously close to de- their annual dinner dance in the Infind it difficult to attend worthwhile¯
dian Room on November 17.
struction.
creative and artistic presentations.
Mini and micro skirts, lace stockSecurity and Fire Supervisor Tom
The Yosemite Arts Guild was formed
ings, hip high boots, swinging psycheThomascredits the cool-headed action
to provide opportunities for members
of hotel employees for averting a delic jewelry, painted tattoos on the
of the ¯communityto enjoy such activimajor fire. An hour before the flames ladies. Menin silk printed shirts, asties by bringing to Yosemite profes.
cots, skinny pants or hip-huggers,
were discovered,
houseman Joe
sional people, films, and programsin
and fandango boots. This will be the
Clancy smelled smoke, and investiall fields of the lively arts.
gated the kitchen, flue and roof areas night to get with the current fashion
It is the plan of the Guild to present
to no avail. At last, smokewas seen scene. "Local" hippies will be wel- "Festival 68" between October, 1967
come; the imported variety will not.
coming through the floorboards in
and March, 1968 offering one outroom 7. Clancy, using his head, lald
Dinner will be served from 7:30 to
standing performance each month. In
out a hose before breaking through
8:30 p.rn. followed by hours and addition, there will be shown, once
the floor and venting the fire that was hours of dancing. Restoratives availeach month, a carefully
selected
burning horizontally betweenthe kitable. Tickets are $2.00 per person - award-winning motion picture.
chen ceiling and hotel room floors
a bargain that comesbut once a year.
Whenthe program is appropriate
above. Thus, with hose in hand,
Turn On. Tune In. Drop By.
and the visiting performer is willing,
Clancy contained the spread of the
-oa special perforrnance will be arrang.
flames.
ed by the Guild for the pupils of the
V.F.W. TURKEYSHOOT
A call for help from manager Jim
El Portal,
Wawonaand Yosemite
The El Portal V.F.W. post will hold
Hamer found both the Companyand
schools.
its annual turkey shoot starting at
NPSvalley fire trucks responding to
To insure a program of superior
the emergency, as well as the Chin- 10 a.m. October 22 on the banks of quality, the talents of the artists and
quapin and Wawonafire trucks. The the South Fork of the MercedRiver.
the contents of the films will be re.
From noon to 1:30 p.m. a free pit
Wawonadriver made the trip in a
viewed by the Guild’s Officers and
barbecue of deer, bear, and beef Advisory Board.
record 49 minutes.
will be served, accompaniedby chili
The fire crews extinguished the
As the films must be rented, a minibeans, green salad and garlic bread. mumadmission charge will be made.
blaze, but water damageto the kitV.F.W. members are now selling
chen ceiling was so extensive that it
No admission will be charged for the
$1.00
tickets
for
chances
on
a
vast
was necessary to close down the hoartists’ performances.
array of prizes. Thedrawing will take
tel and food operation.
(C()nfinucd
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Originally, it was thought that an place at 3 P’m’ to give awaya set of
MEETING DATE CHANGED
electrical malfunction was the cause golf clubs, a transistor radio, flash
camera,
coffee
pot,
portable
broiler
While
the Yosemite Parents Group
of the fire. However, it appears now
and
many,
many
more
fine
gifts.
meetingsare usually held on the third
that a rodent had built a nest beEven
if
you’re
not
much
at
trap
Monday
of the month, October’s date
tween the floors and then brought in
sometype of ignitable material. Dam- shooting, you can enjoy the sport as I~as been changed from the 16th to
age is estimated at $3,500. Repairs a spectator, savor the free barbecue, the 23rd.
All membersare urged to be in the
should be completed in time to oc- and take a chance on a prize in support of the V.F.W.’s once a year" fund Yosemite Elementary School all-put.
comn’lodate the ski touring fans this
raising affair.
pose room at 8:00 p.m.
winter.
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on the half-day and all-day trips.
YOSEMITE
SENTINEL
When asked how long a saddle
animal lasts, Bob stated that "animals
Published by
are a lot like people. Somekeep goYosemite Park and Curry Co.
ing longer than others." Saddle horse
for the information of
Duke
was purchased by forrner manYosemiteValley residents.
ager Jess Rust back in 1945 and still
H Oehlmann
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makesthe daily valley trips, and is a
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YOSEMITESTABLES,BIGGESTOF ITS uled valley and High Sierra trips and
KIND, STARTSSECOND100 YEARS the special spot packs, Barnett’s crew
Nodefinitive statistics are ¯readily and stock supply everything needed
available but it is a widely held be- in the five High Sierra Camps.One
day each week Tuolurnne Meadows
lief that Yosemite runs the largest
rental stable business in the country. stable manager, Rick Ponte, sends a
With 150 head of horses, a like num- pack train to Glen Aulin, Sunrise, May
ber of mules, and 100 burros and Lake or Vogelsang. These camps can
be supplied on a one-day round trip.
ponies, there can be few challengers.
It is a matter of record, however, MercedLake Camp,becauseit is largthat stable operations were begun in er and further awayrequires an overYosemite by J. M. Hutchings in 1866, night stay, and is supplied by Denzel
Rowland and packers three times a
and h~ 1878 William Coffman purweekfrom the valley stables.
chased stable and stock from him.
Coffman combined his operation with
that of George Kenney in 1885 and
headquartered in Kenneyville, a village that stood near the present site
of The Ahwahnee. Carl:man and Kenney were bought out by the D. J. DesmondCo. in 1916. This companywas
reorganized into the YosemiteNational Park Co., and subsequently merged
¯ with the Curry CampingCo. to form
the present Company.
The stables were moved to their
present location in 1926. Manager
Bob Barnett doesn’t remember that
far back, but he has been associated
with the operation since 1931 when,
at the tender age of 16, he joined the
staff of his uncle Jim Barnett, then
manager.
Bob now has some50 guides, packers and cooks on the roster. Other employees long associated with the Yosemite stables include Wawonaco-manager, Eddie Gordon. Eddie came to
work at Wawonaas a boy and is now
in his eighties. Heh’nar Torgersonhas
spent 26 summersin the park and, as
leader of the four-times-a-day valley
rides, averages 730 miles a month on
horseback.
A typical summer’s day sees 236
personson the two-hour rides, 25 happy youngsters jaunting downthe val.
ley trails on the burro picnic rides,
and 60 saddle mules carrying riders
Stable manager Bob Barnett Js shown
here with one of his smaller,
and
younger, charges Black Coffee.
couldn’t be used, for a vat slung on
one side of the mule would list him
too far to port or starboard. Consequently, the vat was placed smackon
top of the mule’s back, which must
have been a sight to see plodding
alongthe trail.
Whenbusiness begins to slacken
in the fall someof the stock are put
on park pasturage, as they now are
at Deer Meadow.This area is unfenced and, occasionally, the stock will
leave the area. One day last week
Barnett had to go to Chinquapin to
pick up a truant. Whenthe stables
are closed for the season, the stock
is hauled to Hornitos for winter pasturage.
DeanConroy, Bob’s assistant for 7
years, spends the winter months at
Badger Pass, but Barnett stays on at
the stables. Each piece of equipment
is inspected, cleaned and repaired if
necessary before being stored. In his
workshop Bob makes all the pack
and saddle blankets (using old company rugs and blankets), the canvas
pack bags and slings, halters, bridles
and pack saddles.
WhenBob came to the stables in
1931 the revenue for the year was
$6,000. Last year the stables brought
i.~ $82,995.70. A pretty good record
fc, r an old horsetrader!
Each summerthe maintenance men
put up and strike the high camps,but
they couldn’t do it without the assistance of the pack trains that bring in
the tent canvas, stoves, fiamo, linen,
blankets, food and firewood required
to run a camp.
When the Company built Sunrise
Camp in !960, 15 mules were kept
busy all summerbringing in cement,
galvanized tin, plumbing pipe, lumber and rock for construction.
There have been other times when
Companymules have been called upon for services beyondthat of duty.
Twonew sinks had to be delivered to
Glen Aulin the year the bridge over
the Tuolumne River had been washed
out during the winter. Fording the
river belowthe falls the mule, a sink
slung on either side, first started to
float downstreamand then to go under as the sinks filled with wal.~r.
Quick action by the menbrought the
mule to the shallows where the sink
plugs were pulled and the water
drained. With plugs removed a successful crossing was made.
This past year a new washhouse
was constructed at Glen Aulin and
again the faithful
mules packed in
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BOY WANTED
cement mixer. The latter, although
For FRESNO
BEEroute in YPCCo. emdismantled, necessitated someclever
ployee housing. Call 372-4518 after
packing. The usual canvas slings
6 p.m.
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Jim Ham
keeping Cc
Curry
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assistant mc
on the sur~i
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housekeepir
Bill Cooper
cafeteria m
manager, a
Lodge
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October 2,
manager C
lineup as a
Also on
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of the Yose~
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responsibilil
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Bill
ger, will
tions game!
transfers to
manager.
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The Guilc
ing expense
is seeking
assistance.
piJy receive
Please
Arts Guild
Treasurer,
tional Park,
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concert on
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the Yosemit~
Thefirst
films is
vember 9
formation o
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THE SPORTINGLIFE
The closing clown of certain seaHaving editorialized
in the last
sonal operations has resulted in o
SENTINELon supporting our local
¯ good rnany managerial reassignfootball squads, this reporter took
ments,
the road to Mariposa to catch the
Jim Hamertransferred from House- Sept. 29 gamesof the Cubsand Grizkeeping Camp manager to Camp lies. It wasworth the trip. I’d forgotCurry winter manager on October 1.
ten what it was like to jump up and
On the same date Yosemite Lodge down, hear the crash of cymbal and
assistant managerEd Armistead took boomof bass drum, enjoy the antics
on the supervision and coordination
of the cute cheerleaders - in short,
of the Lodgefront offlce, bell staff and the total excitment of cheering on the
housekeeping department activities.
boy next door instead of placidly
Bill Cooper has been promoted from watching John Brody perform on the
cafeteria managerto Lodge assistant
TV screen.
manager, and on October 6 Big Trees
The Cubs led off against the LeLodge manager Derek Bishop took
Grand Bullpups, and going by the
over Cooper’s cafeteria position.
statistics should havelost, but didn’t,
On October 9 WawonaHotel man- eking out a 7-6 victory.
LeGrand
ager Earl Pomeroyagain lined up as pushed the Cubs all over the field
Lodge assistant
manager, and on
until the final 50 seconds, whenMike
October 20 Camp Curry assistant
Williams scored a TD on a 20-yard
manager Curry Johnson will join the pass play from Rick Ringrose. This
lineup as another assistant manager. was one of two completed passes for
Also on the first of the month Ade the Cubs. Ringrose ran the conversion
Harders, food and beverage manager
across to complete the score with 23
of the Yosemite Lodge Tent and Moun- secondsleft to play.
tain Roomstook on the additional
(At this point, your reporter was
responsibilities of supervising the cafe- hoarse, and quantities of liquids were
teria, restaurant and kitchen.
quaffed to ready the throat for the
Bill Wismer, Lodge assistant mana- next game.)
ger, will begin learning the reservaThe Grizzlies threatened several
tions game on October 18 when he times in the first quarter, and the detransfers to that offlce as assistant
fense held the Bulldogs to a gain of
manager.
30 yards. But LeGrand cameback in
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The Guild does anticipate operating expensesand to defray these, it
is seeking sponsors to give financial
assistance. Any amount will be happily received.
Please mail your check to Yosemite
Arts Guild, in care of Curry Johnson,
Treasurer, P.O. Box 68, Yosemite National Park, California 95389/’
The Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra
concert on October 29 (see separate
article) will be the first programof
the YosemiteArts Guild this season.
The first of six award-winning art
films is tentatively scheduledfor November 9 or 10, and complete in.
formation on the entire film series will
be mailed to local residents soon. The
films will be shown in the Visitor
Center, and the six admissions may
be purchasedas a series subscription.
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the second quarter to keep Posy behind their 25 yard line.
The Grizzlies madethe scoreboard
in the third quarter, starting their
drive on their own45. Five plays later
Bob Reece went wide around end for
the TD, but the conversion was NG.
In the fourth quarter the Bulldogs
made a 73-yard pass play to Dennis
Woodfor a touchdown, also missing
the extra point. Mike Power’s inter.
ception and 53-yard runback put
Mariposa in scoring position, and
three plays later Mike went over for
the second TD for the final score of
12 to 6.
While the touchdown carriers frequently get all the huzzas, it should
be rememberedthat they didn’t get
across the goal line without help. Fine
defensive and offensive performances
were put on by Ty Wilcox, Greg
Power, John and Mike Brocchini, and
Gary Lamoreaux among others.
SUPPORTYOUR BADGERS
And, don’t make the mistake of
thinking these teamsare ’little guys.’
The Grizzlies average 166 pounds
(with 4 over 200 pounds) and 5’10"
in height (with 14 over that). They
didn’t grow ’em that size whenI was
in high school.
(The end of the second gamefound
your reporter voiceless, and deaf and
numb.)
Thus, a few suggestions for other
neophyte game goers. If you want
something more substantial than hot
dogs and coffee during night games,
bring it with you. A cushion for the
hard woodenseats is a comfort, and
most importantly, a pair of ear-muffs
would come in handy should you be
seated anywhere near Harold
Schmidt, who has the loudest, most
ear-piercing whistle it has ever been
my discomfort to hear!
- P.T.
--oRUTHBECKWITHRETIRES
Ahwahneegift shop manager, Ruth
Beckwith, has retired from the Yosemite scene. Ruth first cameto work
for the Companyin May, 1951 and
worked seasonally at Big Trees Lodge
and Glacier Point until April, 1957
when she becamea year ’round employee.
For the past 9!,~ years Ruth ran the
gift shopwith skill and taste; five of
those years she did all the buying,
evidenced by an array of exquisite
merchandise.
This winter Ruth said that she will
be at homein her ’Hobby House’ in
El Portal, relaxing, sewing, gardening. She hopes to have some of her
family with her for Christmas. Her
plans for next summerare indefinite,
but probably she will work, here or
elsewhere.
Maxine Day is the new manager.
According to Gift Shop Supervisor,
Bob Mathews, Maxine did a splendid
job at Glacier Point this summer,so
we can look forward to a continuing
excellence in the hotel shop.
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Whatmaywell be the first concert of its kind ever given in California will take place in Yosemite on October
29, when the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra presents an afternoon concert, at 3 p.m., on TheAhwahneegrounds.
The concert is free, and all local residents (including children) of Yosemite, El Portal, and Wawona
are invited.
The eighty-two rnemberFresno Philharmonic, under the direction of ThomasGriswold, is beginning its fourteenth
season in Fresno and ranks high as a metropolitan orchestra.
The orchestral program will include Berlioz’ "RomanCarnival Overture," Mozart’s "SymphoniaConcertante for
Four Winds and Orchestra," Hoist’s "Three Movementsfrom the Planets," and, particularly
appropriate for the
Setting, Respighi’s "The Pines of Rome."
The officers of the YosemiteArts Guild are proud to sponsor this significant event, the first live symphonyorchestra concert ever given in Yosemite, and urge everyone’s attendance. The concert will be given on The Ahwahnee
golf course, the orchestra facing the hotel and the audience seated on the ninth fairway. Warmclothing and blankets,
for sitting on the grass, are recommended.The weathermanhas promised a sparkling clear afternoon, but in the
event he doesn’t comethrough, the concert will be presented in the CampCurry Cafeteria.
Immediately following the concert, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., The Ahwahneewill have a special buffet dinner
honoring the mernbersof the orchestra. Thepublic is invited, and a special price of $4.00 has been set for the buffet.
COMMUNITYCOUNCIL DRIVE FAR
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Community Council Treasurer Roland Johnson reports that at the end
of the first three weeksof the drive
$1,768.50 have been donated.
While this is a generousamount,it
is little
more than half way towards
the goal of $3,000. Those who have
as yet to contribute to this once-a-year
drive are urged to do so.
The proceeds from the campaign
go to theYosemite Scholarship Fund,
Boy and Cub Scouts, Badgers, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, March of Dimes, American
Red Cross, Salvation Army and International Services Agencies.
-oFWSAFALL FORUMHERE
The annual fall meeting of the Far
West Ski Association, to be held at
The Ahwahnee Novernber 4 and 5,
will bring together all phases of the
Association’s plans and programs,
prior to the beginningof active recreational and competitive schedules.
Local members of the FWSAmay
be interested in attending the panel
discussions. From 10 a.m. to noon and
from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday
there will be meetings covering recreation (including ski touring), competition (both Alpine and Nordic), communications, finance and affiliates.
At 9 a.m. Sunday there will be an
open Board of Directors’ meeting.
Members are welcome to attend
the luncheon buffet Saturday noon in
the Indian Room,and the dinner dance
there at 7:30 that evening.
OAKHURSTART SHOW
Local painters are invited by the
Oakhurst Artists of the Golden Chain
to enter pictures in their showto be
held during Mountaineer Days, Oct.
21 and 22.
Thereis a limit of two paintings per
person, a fee of 50c per picture, and
entries must be matted or framed and
ready for hanging.
Paintings should be brought to the
Gallery, located on Highway 41, before 3 p.m. Saturday, October 14.
-oAND AWAY WE GO!
Locals with a hungry fireplace to
feed will be pleased to learn that
there is a good supply of pine, cedar,
and oak in the government woodyard. The park forestry crew helpfully has cut up a large number of
logs into 18-24" lengths.
TV REPORT
The change-over of Channel 2,
from number 8 to number 6 on our
dials, was delayed by unexpected
difficulties experiencedby the Jerrold
Engineering people, and for some
weeks channel 2 was operating under-powered.
Subsequently,ligl]tning strikes further damagedthe entire system resuiting in the loss of channel 2, and
deterioration of the other channels.
The Jerrold engineer will return,
and newparts are expected daily.
In the meantime, in those timehonored words, no adjustment of your
set is necessary.
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HITS P.O.
Two important innovations were
announced this week by Postmaster
Leroy Rust (at the direction of Washington, of course).
To reach tile woodyard, drive 2/-’
All first class mail will be air-lifted
miles west of tile Village on the Mer- wherever possible whenever airlift
ced road, and turn right on the dirt
space is available. Secondly, overroad opposite the El Capitan Bend night delivery within the states of
picnic area.
California
and Nevada will become
Closer at hand, for the next few a reality.
weeks, wood will be available at
For these reasons, the closing time
Camp 11 where road and forestry
for outgoing regular mail has been
crews will be clearing for road con- uppedto 4 p.m. so that it will reach
struction. Any woodin short lengths the Stockton Sectional Center by 9
may be taken. To avoid interfering
p.m.
with the work, please remove logs
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CLASSIFIEDS
Residents of the Wawona
area have FORSALE-Oneboy’s, one girl’s Schnot been overlooked. The woodyard winn bike. Boy’s is Deluxe Sting Ray.
to the rear of the forestry warehouse Girl’s LadyFair, needsseat recovered.
holds an ample supply of dry wood $20.00 each. Call 372-4755, or after
for their use.
6 p.m. 372-4518.
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Wednesday, October 25, 1967
HELP SANTA
The mail from the North Pole recen’tly brought a letter from Santa
Claus confirming his arrival in Yosemi:e on Christmas Eve. In his sleigk
will be gifts for all Yosemite,El Portal
and Wawonachildren, from one year
old to those in the third grade, who
have a parent employed in th~ Park.
Santa’s estimated time of arrival
is 7:30 p.m. on December24 in the
CampCurry cafeteria. Eachchild must
be present to receive his or her gift,
and parents are invited to join the
festivities.
Please help Mr. Claus by letting
him know if your child will not be
present for the Christmas party. Call
his secretary in the Companypersonnel offlce at 372-4611.
--oFILM FESTIVAL68
As part of fFestival 68,’ a series of
six films will be shownthis winter at
the Visitor Center at 8:30 p.m. on the
dates shown below. A season ticket
is available at $6.00. To obtain a season ticket, mail your check to Curry
Johnson, Treasurer, Yosemite Arts
Guild, P.O. Box 68, Yosemite. Single
admission tickets will be $1.50 each
at the door, if seats are available.
In selecting the films the officers
and advisory board of the Yosemite
Arts Guild choose somefor their entertainment value and olhers for their
thoughtful and provocative subject
matter. Therefore, no person under
18 years will be admitted. It is hoped
that the broad range of the films will
give audiences unique and diverse
cinematic experiences.
Nov. 9 - "The Luck of Ginger Coffey." Canadian film with Robert Shaw
and Mary Ure. A warm, human comedy-dramaabout an Irish misfit liv.
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TRICK OR TREAT FOR UNICEF
THE HALLSWILL BE DECKED
Start saving your dimes, nickles
Did you knowthat four out of five
and Icennies. Thechildren of the Yose- Christmas gifts are purchased by wo.
mile Community Church Sund::y
men, and that the average list has 18
School are going to trick or treat for
names?Well, it’s true. And, for you
UNICEF,the United Nations Children’s
gals out there with 18 stockings (more
Fur:d, this Halloween, Tuesday,Octo- or less) to fill, the purchasingdepartBer 31.
ment has brought, from the four corUNICEF
aids over one billion childr.ers of the earth, a line of colorful,
ren in underdevelopedcountries with exciting, exotic, rousing, inspiring,
drugs to control childhood diseases, rare, and rapture-inducing merchanfood to improve diets, permanent dise to assist you in the yearly task.
health centers and social welfare
This fabulous collection will go on
services.
display (and sale) in The Ahwahnee
The aid is furnished only to coun- gift shop on November15.
tries requesting it, with the under.
Those with champagnetastes and
standing that the countries receiving
beer budgetswill find all price ranges
aid make a sizeable expenditure of are represented. Do your Christmas
their own.
shopping early this year -- at The
The children collecting for UNICEF Ahwahnee.
will carry the official orange card-o-board box.
IN THE STARTINGGATE
Children wishing to participate in
There may be some Yosemite resithe program should call Julie Martin dents who are not looking forward
at 372-4590.
to the first snowflake(after all, the
A nickle will buy 30 glasses of milk last one fell in the valley on May31)
or protect four children against TB, but not included are Badger Pass
so please be prepared to support this
Manager Chet Hubbard, Ski School
important project.
Director Nic Fiore nor the Yosemite
--oWinter Club people.
NEW CONSTRUCTIONPROJECTS
Given six (packed)inches of snow,
Three important building projects
are under way this fall. Regrettably
none of them will be revenue.producing, but all are necessary.
The largest and costliest of these
improvements consists of 32 more
dormitory rooms at Yosemite Lodge.
Thesewill be in two one-story buildings generally similar and adjacent
to the structures completedlast spring.
Eachroom is designed for regular occupancy by two persons, but a third
employee can be accommodated if
necessary during such short peak periods as Christmas-New Year and
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Badger will open for weekendbusiness on Thanksgiving, November23,
and will go in daily operation December 15.
During the summermonths improvements have been made at Badger
and equipment added. A fresh coat
of paint adorns the Ski Houseinterior.
Both number 1 and 2 runs have been
widened, and Dave Downing reports
that the lower part of the Rail Creek
run has been brushed. A Tucker Snocat has been added to the fleetof
over-the-snowvehicles for better than
ever slope grooming.
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Newfaces amongus. Mary Thomas,
Tom
Thomas’perfectly delightful wife,
Published by
is working for us now as waitress,
Yosemite Park and Curry Co.
clerk, bar maid, cigarette girl, paper
for the information of
boy, and wastebasket-liner-cutter.
YosemiteValley residents.
The
Thomases recently moved to El
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NEW CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS
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upper and sometime waiter. Seems
Easter week. Completion of these two
EPMIis turning out to be an excellent
buildings, at an estimated total cost
proving ground for those wishing to
of $172,000, will take care of our
learn all phasesof the hotel business.
foreseeable needs for year-round
Pretty exciting times in the Caboose
single employee housing at Yosemite
watching
the Series on a color TV
Lodge.
The secondproject is the construc- graciously loaned to us by Timber TV.
tion of a fire stair in the southwest Charfie, our bartender, worked up
some baseball pools to keep things
corner of The Ahwahnee. The smoke
lively and they were won by Lucky
tower recently completedat the north
end of the building represented a Pierre Gonzales, Uncle John Brown
from the Lodge, and Mary Thomas,
major protective measurefor the hoto mention a few.
tel, but it still left the other end of
We have a ’new’ old car in the
the builidng without adequate escape
museumback of the Inn - a ,-.evenfacilities.
Various suggestedwaysof
passenger White Motor Co. touring
improving the situation were considcar, vintage 1917. The car was loanered and rejected, and it was finally
ed to the NPSby the LA County Mudetermined that there was no satisseum
and the information card says,
factory substitute for the provision of
"Fourteen seven-passenger White Moan interior stairway, which involves
costly remodeling of several bedrooms tor Co. touring cars were sent to the
DesmondPark Co., Yosemite, in 1917
and some slight impact on public
to
take visitors on sightseeing trips."
space. The estimated cost of this
And the Company’sand their many
friend’s too! After 17 year’s service
John Series and wife Verle have retired.
In May of 1945 John first headed
west from his homein Wisconsin to
be near his brother Frank, a driver
for YTS. He worked as a laundry truck
driver until Feb., 1946 when he returned to the mid-west. After four
Wisconsin winters, the Series had an
urge to see Yosemite again, and in
Dec., 1950 John became the Wawona
Store Manager and Verle the WawonaPostmistress, jobs they held until retirement on October1.
Before leaving the Park, Verle received a letter from the post office
district
supervisor commendingher
job as postmistress. Jack Ring states
that John did an outstanding job as
store manager and will be a hard
manto replace.
The Series have bought property
in Mendocino County adjoining that
of brother Frank. Their plans call for
the builidng of a house, and the harvesting of the walnut crop. The ’gentleman farmer’ life sounds great, and
we wish them every success and happiness.
Their address is Route 1, Box 444
CC, RedwoodValley, Calif. 95470.
troublesome but prduent undertaking
is $45,000. The work will begin immediately and is to be finished before
the hotel re-opens for Christmas.
Thethird project, like the fire stair,
is a protective measure. It is a dry
standpi~pe to be installed at The Ahwahnee during the period when the
hotel is closed betweenThanksgiving
and Christmas. The standpipe will go
to the height of the sixth floor and its
purpose is to insure adequate water
pressure, which has been locking particularly in the upper floors of the
building. The cost of this installation
will be about $11,000.
Thus within a few months we shall
have at Yosemite Lodge additional
excellent housing for single employees, and at The Ahwahnee new
safety devices that will relieve our
concern and gratify our underwriters
and the Park Service.
H. Oehlmann-
tree. It was a treat to see a hawk
that close.
Wehad a drink from the inviting
little spring at Richardson’s and admired the truly wonderful rock work
that went into the construction of the
highway across the river from us. We
also picked up somepurple glass to
add to our burgeoning collection
which someday, hopefully, will be
a mosaic.
By the way, we found 20 railroad
spikes. Nowif we can find 20 heads
to go under the hats...
The surprise of the month was the
marriage of our clerk, Cherlynn
Louise Hansen, to Charles Wildt of
Mariposa on the 14th of October. We
all wish them muchhappiness.
Helpful hints from the upstairs
maid - makeit a point to allow your
clerk to elope on her lunch hour. Then
you won’t miss your afternoon nap.
- Maureen Burden
We wanted to make a new hat
rack for the Cabooseout of railroad
spikes and in the true tradition of
EPMI whose motto is "do anything
you want as long as you don’t spend
any money" we decided to get our
own railroad spikes. Venturing forth
along the old railroad bed last week
we found a great deal more than
spikes. Driving down to the Richardson place we stopped to explore several ruined buildings. We wondered
who the owners were, why they settled there and what happened to
them. We found old mining cairns
amid piles of ferric looking rock and
pentstemon blooms.
The newest memberof the family,
P.V. DucetBurden, a very bright little
dachshund who thinks she’s people
(and we’re convinced), was on this
outing with us and she stirred up a
red-tail hawk, who scolded her at the
top of his lungs from his perch in a
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Rev. Don Baldwin has announced
the selection of Julie Martin as the
Church School Superintendent for the
coming year. She will be assisted by
Evelyn Campbell and Thelma Warn-
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held at 9:30 a.m. in the Visitor Center.
The teachers are: Haz Marks, 3 year
olds; Margaret Sandberg, kindergarten; Berta Murphy, 1st and 2nd grades; Jan Robinson, 3rd and 4th grades;
Carol Guse, 5th and 6th grades.
Paula Krisko and Dorothy Johnson
will help with special events.
Thoseinterested in Christian education are invited to attend the meetings held on the third Thursdaymorning of the month.¯
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WINE BIBBERS NOTE
The Soroptimist Club of Mariposa
invites everyoneto attend a gala wine
tasting, enchilada feasting, and art
exhibition at the Fairgrounds on Saturday, Oct. 28 from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets
are $3.50 per person and cover all
three events.
The proceeds will go towards the
construction of tennis courts at the
Mariposa County High School.
--oFROM THE AHWAHNEE
What events took place at The
Ahwahnee a year ago this week?
For one, we had two conventions in
the house, the Western Society of
Periodontology and the California
Conference on Teacher Education. For
another, the staff was planning vacations for when the hotel closed on
November 6.
This year the fall season will be
elongated and the hotel remain open
until November26th. Thanksgiving
dinner will be served to guests and
residents for the first time in 12 years.
Another event coming our way on
October 29 is the Fresno Philharmonic
Orchestra, conducted by ThomasGriswold. Our appreciation goes to the
YosemiteArts Guild for their efforts
in the fine arts field.
The California Hospital Association
is with us at present. Mr. Avery Millard, president of the WesternDivision of the American Administrative
Assn., is in charge of all arrangements. For a meetingof this size (900
plus) all activities are running smoothly. The ladies were entertained at
luncheon with a fashion show by
Rhodesof Fresno.
-- Aldine Farrier
--o-TV REPAIRS
Starting on November1, all calls
for television repairs and adjustments
should be made to the maintenance
division offlce, 372-4868.
And, if your set does break down,
we hope it won’t do so on Wednesday. You’ll have to wait a week, as
repairman, Luke Murphy, comes to
the park each Tuesday.
FILM FESTIVAL68
(Continuedfrompageone)
ing in Montreal trying to makesomething decent out of his life. Keenly
sensitive and realistic portrayals give
the film a semi-documentaryquality.
Dec. 7--"The Belles of St. Trinian’s."
An uproariously funny comedystarring Alastair Sire and a wierd collection of faculty and students in an English girls’ school.
Jan. 11 - "lkiru." Japanesefilm by
famed director Akira Kurosawa. Considered a landmark of world cinema,
it is the story of the last dayson earth
of an ordinary,
modern Japanese
man who wants to make something
of his life before it is too late.
Feb. 8 - "Nothing But a Man." This
American film, winner of several
awards, is a moving drarna of the
struggle of a southern Negro to earn
a livelihood and live in peace and
dignity in Alabama.
Mar. 7 -- "Nights of Cabiria." A
FedericoFellini film starring Giuletta
Masina as a streetwalker whosespirit
is indestructible despite the situations
she finds herself in.
Apr. 4 - "Oedipus Rex." Sophocles’
Greek classic performed by the Stratford, Ontario ShakespearianFestival
Players muchas it was in the ancient
Greektheater.
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BOY WANTED
Girl’s SchwinnLady Fair Bike. $20.00.
BEEroute in YPCCo. emNeedsnew seat cover. Call 372-4755, For FRESNO
ployee housing. 372.4518after 6 p.m.
or after 6 p.m. 372-4518.
TWO’TIMELY’ REMINDERS
One, set your clock back one hour
this Sunday. Daylight savings time
will be over.
Two, set your alarm for 3 p.m.
Sunday for the Fresno Philharmonic
Orchestra concert on The Ahwahnee
lawn.
-o-IT TAKES TWO TO TANGLE
The Yosemite Women’s Group are
having a ,program that will help you
unsnarl your hairpiece.
Mr. Manny, of Merced’s ’Wigs by
Mr. Manny,’ will demonstratethe fine
arts of how to wear, style and color
a wig, fall or wiglet at The Ahwahnee
on Thursday, November2, in the Solarium.
Before the programthe ladies will
lunch in the dining roomat 12:45 p.m.
The price is $1.75 and reservations
should be made before November 1
by calling 372-4421.
All Yosemite womenare welcome
to this oneaffair, or to join the group
permanently. Annual dues are $3.00.
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OLYMPICSKI TEAM
No Snow Job
In what mustbe a first of sorts, the
Friskies Pet Foods division of Carnation Companyhas started a campaign
to assist in sending the U.S. Olympic
Ski Team to the 1968 Winter Games
in Grenoble, France.
The U.S. is the only country relying
entirely on public subscription for support of its summerand winter Olympic teams.
For every Friskie label sent in, the
company will match the purchase
price and send to the U.S. Olympic
Committee. To encourage participation in the fund drive, a grand prize
of a trip for two to the Winter Games
is being offered.
Of course, there are no resident pet
owners, but one might consider laying in a can or two for the use of
visiting relatives or friends whohave
pets, and thereby assist this worthy
cause.
Or, better still,
senda contribution
directly to U.S. Ski Educational Foundation, The Broadmoor, Colorado
Springs, Colorado 80906.
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WHOIS LEAVING
honorably discharged four years
That’s not a question, but a statela:er as a captain in the Army Air
ment of fact. OnNovember1, Wendell Force.
H. Otter, familiarly
called WHO,is
The winters of 1946 and 1947 were
¯ retiring from a 44’/-. year career with passed as assistant managerof The
the Company.
Ahwah=ee, and the summer of 1947
Wendell’s length of service is surhe was again CampCurry associate
passed only by Hilmer Oehh’nannand manager. In March, 1948 he was apMrs. Mary Tresidder, and his list of Fointed resident manager of Yosejob credits range from porter to desk mite Lodge, a position he held for
clerk, auditor, manual writer, unit
eight years, and since 1956 he has
assistant manager, unit manager to
beenassistant" traffic and sales manaassistant traffic and sales manager.
ger.
WHO
first carrie to Yosemitein 1923
Under his managerial hand, Yoseand spent four summers as a Camp mite Lodge was the flrst
Company
Curry porter, while wintering at UC, unit to gross one million dollars. But,
Berkeley. Following graduation, he the record that gave him the most
fulfilled
part of a dream of sailing
satisfaction was that during his last
around the world by working as a year at Yosemite Lodge not one writdeck hand on a freighter calling at
ten complaint about service or faciliChina, Japan, French Indo-China, and ties wasreceived.
the Philippines.
In addition to his full range of
His wanderlust over, he returned
Companyactivities,
Wendell has par- This i~icture of \Vcndell Otter is circa 1930, but
wh(; temk it and why have been veiled hy time.
to Yosemite in April, 1927 as a desk ticipated in manycommunityaffairs.
Hc al~pcars m be standing nn the 9th green of
clerk at the Glacier Point Hotel, and He was a charter memberof the Lions The Ahwahncc gnlf course hut nn clubs arc in
evidence. WHOstated he crmhln’t have been
that winter he spent at the old Sentinel Club, its president in 1952 and ’53,
heading f~,r the tmmis cotlrts hccmsche :flways
Hotel, first as a room clerk and then and District
Governor in 1955 and wcu’cwhite trousers fnr tennis.
in the kitchen and cafeteria learning
’56. He served on the School Board
IN THE STARTINGGATE
the food busines.
for a number of years, and held va(C, mtinued
frompagc(l} I ] C
The next fourteen years Wendell rious positions on the Community
Chet stated that employees will
alternated jobs with the seasons. Sum- Council.
benefit by a reducedlift rate of $2.00
mers, he was a room clerk at Glacier
Back in 1941 he helped organize,
this season, and that employees of
Point and CampCurry, associate CC and waselected vice president of, the 10 years’ service and over are eligible
managerunder Mother Curry, and Big Employees’ Council, an organization
for free lift tickets.
Trees Lodge, Tuolumne Meadows governing employeerecreation.
One price has gone up, however,
Lodge and Yosemite Lodge manager.
And, in the sameyear, it was Wen- Seasonlocker rentals are now$15.00.
During the winters he was a Yose- dell who suggested the nameof this
If you’re interested in renting one,
mite Lodgedesk clerk and reservations publication.
contact the commercialdivision soo+n.
manager,a food cost controller, hotel
Vickie and Wendell have purchased
Nic Fiore will spend the month of
auditor, and wrote procedural man- a home in the Laguna Hills Leisure
Novembervisiting ski clubs through.
uals for hotel division.
World, and after November1 their
out the state, winning friends and inDuring the thirties
the Company address will be 943A Avenida Ma- fluencing people to visit Yosemite.
offices were located on The Ahwahnee jorca, LagunaHills, 92653.
In addition, he will run the Dry
mezzanine. WHOstated that the balWendell says that his retirement
Land Ski School in Fresno on Novemcony area of rooms 104 and 105 was plans include doing a bit of cooking, ber 14, 21, and 28, winding up with
canvased-over for the overflow of
and playing somegolf. ("Although
a session at Badger Pass on Decem.
accounting offlce employeesand used have never broken 100.") It is hoped ber 17.
in the winter as well as summer.He that the Otters will return occasionally
Once again the Yosemite Winter
noted, however, that a steam line
to Yosemitewhere their manyfriends
Club is planning to give ski proficiency
wasrun out there to take off the chill !
will miss themsorely.
tests, run the SundaySlalom, and the
In February, 1942 Wendell took
-oFlying 50 race on Fridays. Newthis
Victoria Wardfor his permanent valFOR SALE
year, will be a Giant Slalom on Wedentine. Vickie cameto the park in
I<neissel skis. Blue Star, 210 cm. Aus- nesday, ski touring, and racing tech1934 and worked in several capacitrian step-in bindings. $75. Call Bill
nique instruction.
The ever popular
ties, although most recently as a Wismer, Mon. thru Fri., at 372-4671. Wednesday’Happy Hour’ will be conhousewife.
tinued.
In October of the same year, he Housein El Portal. Living room, bed.
Those wishing to renew their Club
entered the service as a private in
room,, loath, sleeping porch, finished
membershipshould contact the Comthe Quartermaster Corps., and was attic. Call Carroll Clark at 379-2256. pany advertising department.
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Wednesday, November 15, 1967
YosemiteNational Park, Californin
TV PROGRESS
S. CRAMERADDRESSES
FRESNO CONCERTSUPERB
COMMONWEALTH
CLUB
GeorgeOliver sends along the folThe October 29 preformance of
lowing report on the state of local
Sterling Cramer, YPCCo. Vice Presthe Fresno Philharmonic on The Ahident-Finance, spoke befor the Parks,
television.
wahneelawn was a rare first for YoseRecreation and Wildlife Study Section
"Channel 11 has now returned to
mite. Some500-600 locals and outof the San Francisco Commonwealth
the air waves (channel 13 on your
Club. The audience, numbering some of-towners were in the audience for
set). The equipment was completely
the concert. The blend of the setting
realigned and everyone seems to be 25 persons interested in the future of and the music kept them captivated,
the nation’s wildlands, heard the talk.
getting an excellent picture on this
evenduring the latter part of the proCromer spoke principally
to the
channel.
gram, when the air becamea little
subject "MassRecreation vs. Selective
Channel2 still continues to give us
nippy. The orchestra’s rendition of
Use of Wilderness and Parks," which
trouble but we hope to have this cor"Pines of Rome"seemedparticularly
is the study topic for the aforenamed
rected soon. So, if channel 2 (number
enchanting whenthe full notes of the
section of the club, and whichis focus6 on your set) is acting up, it’s probbrasses rolled across the area and
ing its interest on Yosemite.
ably the transmitting equipment at
the reverberations from the percussion
Presenting the view of the concesfault. We’ll let you know when this
sioner, Cramer described, among section echoed off the valley walls.
channel is cleared up.
other matters the disruptive results of The musicians, who played under
For the past few days we have
the bad press Yosemite has received certain handicaps-- their scores flutbeen experimenting with FM radio
at the pens of over-zealous conserva- tered in the breeze, their toes and
and had hoped that we would have tionists and agressive, but often mis- fingers must have been cold - pregood FMpickup in the valley by now.
formed beautifully under the direcguided and ill-informed journalists.
However, technical problems have
He developed,also, the beneficial re- tion of ThomasGriswold. Griswold,
come up and we will have to await
young and strong, had his musicians
suits to Yosemiteof proper Park Servdifferent eqipment before we can proin handfrom the first note to the last.
ice managementand outlined plans
ceedfurther. It looks as thoughwewill
for future changes which will reduce Mr. Don Cummings, the orchestra’s
have FMin the valley shortly.
the surnmer overnight visitor popula- manager,did a fine job with logistics
TheYPCCo. is financing the cost of
and arrangements. With these, he
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running a TV cable from the Lodge
was aided materially by YPC Co.’s
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Mountain Roomto the new employees’
maintenance people who set up the
CARNABYSTR~:ET WEST
recreation room in the Lodge Annex.
somewhat massive shell and the
The ’turned on’ crowd will gather
This will bring in the five channels.
risers.
at The Ahwahnee this Friday, No(C(mtint~edon pagefour)
As the program indicated, the exvember 17, when the Indian Room
penses for the concert were borne by
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PROTESTANTS
AND CATHOLICSJOIN
Berven of California, First National
England. Carnaby Street is the theme
Bank, and American Transfer Co.
FOR THANKSGIVINGSERVICE
of this year’s YosemiteParents Group
On Thanksgiving Day, November
YPCCo. ’s contribution, specifically,
costume dinner - dance.
23, at 10 a.m. in the Chapel, Father
amountedto transportation of orchesDinner will be served from 7:30 to
Robert Thornton and Rev. Don Baldwin
(C(mtinucdon page two
8:30 p.rn. and dancing will continue
will conduct a special union Thanksto 1:00 a.m. You can ’tune in’ to the
giving service.
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entire affair for ,$2.00 per person.
Both the Resident Priest and the And, restoratives will be available,
PARENTSGROUPMEETING
Resident Minister are sympathetic
so you needn’t ’drop out’ before the
The next meeting of the Yosemite
with the growing interest in under. wee hou rs.
Parents Group will be held on Monstanding and cooperation across the
For an addedfillip,
there will be a day, November20, at 8:00 p.m. at
lines which have divided Christianity.
door
prize
consisting
of an overnight
the local schoolhouse, according to
This will be the first ecumenical stay at The Ahwahnee,dinner, break- R. Maynard, group chairman. All parservice of its kind in Yosemite.
fast and lunch.
ents are urged earnestly to attend.
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Published by
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cationing in Colorado, so Lloyd Hanfor the information of
sen is in charge of the crewdismantl"
YosemiteValley residents.
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Advisor
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FRESNO CONCERTSUPURB
public for their interest in the Giant the time snow comes,
tra, instruments and props, the reception and dinner for the musicians and
orchestra administrators.
YosemiteArts Guild
If the future presentations of the
Yosemite Arts Guild can (even) approach the quality and value of its
first offering, Yosemite people can
look forward to a winter and spring
of highly enjoyable programs. It
seemsplainly indicated that the Guild
is worthy of the support, financial
and moral, of each member of our
community.
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55 YEARS AGO
The SENTINELrecently came into
possession of a document that it
thoughtof sufficient historical interest
to quotewithout further comment.
Pal, Alto, Cal.
Nov. 14, 1912
"Dear Madam:
Camp Curry annually receives
hundredsof applications for positions
as waiters, waitresses, chambermaids,
pantry help and porters. About 50
such help are reqired at the height
of the season. All porters and male
The electricians have the wiring
help must begin work about May 1st,
ready at the ice rink, they’ve put in
and in general remain till September
the electrical fixtures for a newfreez1-st, or 15th at the wish of the
er at Badger, and repaired assorted
employer. Someof the female help
faulty fixtures,
can begin May 1st, others May 20th
Among the major works, was the
and all others about June 1st. Such
installation,
with the Petrolane Co., help begins to leave July 20th, to
of the huge tank, dispensing equip- August 1st.
ment, concrete slab and fence at the
The wages are $25 per month
Yosemite Lodge Chevron station.
with travel expensesdeducted, about
Camperand trailer
visitors now may $17.50 total to Yosemite and return
refill their tanks in the valley instead from a distance equal to that of San
of being obliged to drive to El Portal. Francisco. Ampleopportunity for sight
Our maintenance is overseeing the seeing is given every employeeto see
painting jobs, contracted with Cun- the valley. Hours of labor for women
ningsandCunnings, at The Ahwahnee not over eight. For mennot over ten.
(Continued
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and CampCurry. At the former, all
the exterior doors and windowframes
--oare being refinished ($6000) and
WHOOPS!
Curry the tent frames and floors are
The linotypist
and proof reader
being repainted ($5000). On the
goofed last issue. The numberto call
dormitory job, contractor Chivers is
for TV repair is 372-4686.
being given a hand when needed by
--oall our trades.
LOST
MEN AT WORK
One would think,
during these
more.or-less quiet days, that the maintenance people would be performing
at something less than flank speed.
Seemsnot so. They’re busy as the proverbial ants.
Working from west to east around
the shops, we report that Lew’s brushmenare re-doing the exteriors of the
bungalows with bath at Yosemite
Lodge, repainting the T-Bars for Badger and the floors of the Wawona
store and the manager’s home. Also,
they will have painting to do at Glacier Point Hotel whenthe carpenters
finish their fire-damage work.
TomRennels’ carpenters are repairing the $3500Glacier fire loss, building 35 tent frames and platforms, as
part of the annual replacement program. And, they’re finding and repairing the leak in the ceiling of the
Indian Room at The Ahwahnee. At
Badger, they have installed
a new
freezer box.
At El Portal Motor Inn, the plumbers are installing
new pot-washing
sinks and - in their spare momentsare ,putting in a new sewer line at
Glacier Point.
You’d never guessit, but Bruce Wil-
FlaRE TO TEACHTEACHERS
Ladies prescription sunglassesat Lions
Club Rummage
Sale Oct. 19. Reward
for return. Call McDonald, at 3724737.
Nic Flare,ski school director, will
conduct a course in ski instruction for
aspiring ski teachers. The 25-hour
FOR SALE
course will extend over five successive
SundaysJan. 7, 14, 21, 28 and Feb. 4. Twopair boys’ competition Headskis.
The curriculum will major on the
170 cm and 180 cm. Marker bindings.
American technique. However, acCall Berrey at 372-4898.
cording to Nic, ¯pupils will get good
exposure to the French and Austrian
1960 Thunderbird convertible. Call
methods, as well.
George Oliver at 372-4411 or 3724251.
There is a shortage of Ski instructors, full or part time, and Fiore is
hopeful that his course will make 1963 Corvair Monzaconvertible. Red
with white top. Radio, heater, new
available additional competent ski
white - wall tires, 4 - speedtransmisteachers.
The total cost is $50.00; everyone sion, ski rack. $575. Call DonBaldwin,
372-4831 or 372-4885. Also good
18 or over whois a goodskier (paralguitar, $20.
lel turns) is eligible.
CHRISTMAS
It was rep
pagesthat C
this year. S
coming t o TI
to The
to The Ahwal
15 -- comin
Shop at
Spies
ed from neal
ing departm~
peal that ful
seem unneo
Neverthel
is holding al
day from 8:
hot cider ar
be offered
alike. (It is
lick, or ,the
before han~
GIANT BAI
Another
Raffle is p
Lions Club
public for
Bargain
ing.
Lion Pr
Bill Smith
gratified
they
part.
Both Cc
praised fo
many fine
Raffle. The
share of tl
Visitor Ce~
for this an
Wherea~
net of
The White
conservati~
So
COl
tion. Alan
cribed the
made, no
of its
park ser
In closing
Public La
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retary
since 191
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CHRISTMASCOMETHAT OPEN HOUSE
It was reported previously in these
pages that Christmas is coming early
this year. Specifically, Christmas is
coming to The Ahwahnee - coming
to The AhwahneeGift Shop - coming
to The AhwahneeGift Shop November
15 -- coming to The AhwahneeGift
Shop at 8:00 a.m.
Spies report the merchandisecollcted from near and far by the purchasing department has so much’aye’ appeal that further incentive for a visit
seem unnecessary.
Nevertheless, the shop management
is holding an OpenHouse on Wednesday from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. wherein
]YiiI(IgCI’ qll;Irl.crl);Icl,i
KenSmith
hl’,’:d<s
I(,r,~:cI’~,’ :~gnnd
.~:dnin the first M:lriposn
cncoumcr.
hot cider and brandied fruitcake will
be offered to browsers and buyers
BADGERSEND SO-SO SEASON
rung up 21 points. In the third period,
alike. (it is hopedthat all will wipe,
after taking over on downs, the Badlick, or otherwisecleansetheir fingers
The Yosemite Badgersfootball team
gers sprung Rod Whitfield loose for
before handling the merchandise!)
gave the Mariposa squad a good a 50-yard scoring run. The PAT was
-o-scrap on October 28 in the home successful. Mariposa scored again in
GIANT BARGAINSALE BIG SUCCESS game, but dropped the decision 7-0.
the fourth quarter on a pass play,
Another Giant Bargain Sale and The boys seemedmore alert on d~efailed to convert and the gameended
Raffle is past history and the local
fense than whenin possession of the 27-7.
Lions Club wishes to thank the general ball, forcing the visitors to kick freThe "B" boys opened their game
public for itst interest in the Gian quently. In the third period, they put
with a TD by Ashley McPhaulfollowBargain Sale, both in buying and selltogether a sustained drive ibut lost
ing two good gains by Rod Whitfield,
ing.
the ball on downsshort of the goal
which netted 25 yards. A penalty
Lion President Arlis Carter and line. Several Badgers were sidelined
spoiled a successful try for the extra
Bill Smith, general chairman, were with injuries,
giving Mariposa an
gratified by the excellent co-operation edge in the final quarter, whenthe point. The Badgers thwarted several
Mariposa threats, but were unable to
they received from everyone who took
visitors scored.
score themselves.
part.
The "B" Squadreversed the situaBoth Carter and Smith had high
With 25 secondsleft on the clock,
tion
winning its encounter 7-0 aganist Mariposa madea last ditch try from
praised for YPC CO. which donated
many fine gifts for the White Cane a well-matched Mariposa team.
the 45. Alert Badger defenders broke
Raffle. The NPSalso comesin for its
At Mariposa on Nov. 4, things got through and dropped the ball carrier
share of the plaudits for making the worse, with the home team scoring
for a 25-yard loss. The gameended
Visitor Center available to the Club on a pass play early in the first
with the local boys on the winning
for this annualaffair.
quarter. The Badgers again seemed end of a 6-0 score.
Whereasall proceeds are not in, a
All the boys tried hard. There were
agressive on defense, but failed to
net of $300 plus is assured the Club.
connect their offensive actions. By the bloody noses and banged-up knees.
The White CaneRaffle upped the sight
their efforts didn’t jell.
end of the first half, ~ariposa had But, sornehow,
conservation fund by $95.75.
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frcml pa~c.ne)
S. CRAMERADDRESSES
COMMONWEALTHCLUB
tion. Along with NPSactions, he described the contribution YPCCo. has
made, not only to the improvement
of its facilities here, but as well to
park service-concessioner relations.
In closing, he described the effect of
Public Law 89-249, which put into
law the policies under which the Secretary of the Interior had performed
since 1916.
HOSPITAL HAPPENINGS
The El Portal and Yosemite population figures have been upped by one
apiece. Patty Laughter of El Portal
presented husbandJim with a 7 lb.,
14 oz. baby boy on Oct. 20. Michael
Allen is the first for the Laughters.
Vera McDonald of Yosemite had a
6 lb., 15 oz. girl on Oct. 30. Little Ellen
makesit two girls for Jim and Vera.
Dr. Roger Hendrickson and wife
Anneare back from a flying, two and
a half week trip to Germany and
France.
Nurse Fran Tassoneof Grass Valley
joined the hospital staff two weeks
ago.
And, Inky Petersen is busy these
days with plans for her Dec. 2 wedding, in Solvang, to Bob Ringrose.
Inky stated that she plans a small
wedding,but for every guest list de..
letion she makes, mother adds two!
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AHWAHNEEDANCING
IN NEWLOCATION
Ahwahnee manager, Howard Doucette, has movedthe nightly dancing
from the Indian Roomto the Underlounge, the south end of the Great
Lounge.
The atmosphere is a good deal
cozier than the Indian Room,he states,
and besides, where else can a threepiece orchestra fit in a fireplace? Refreshments, of the customary nature,
and coffee are available.
FILM SERIES LAUNCHED
MARTIN, DE LA MARETO HOSPITAL
The Yosemite Arts Guild presented
Clark Martin, YPCCo. maintenance
the first in its winter film series last
electrical foreman, has been confined
week in the new Visitor Center. The to St. AgnesHospital in Fresnofor obfilm, "The Luck of Ginger Coffee",
servation and treatment of a spinal
was a not-too-heavy story of an Irish
difficulty.
Clark had an operation
immigrant in Montreal whosefortunes seven months ago for the removal of
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moved between bad and rotten.
part of a spinal disc. He hopes - as
Coffee, portrayed by the excellent
we
all do - that this treatment will
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actor Robert Shaw,is the typical hairpreclude further surgery.
trigger, mercurial Irishman with whom
Bob De La Mare, of the carpentry
one (this writer, at least) could quick- shop, too will soon turn in for major
ly associate. In his rnomentsof immasurgery, either locally or in Fresno.
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ture foolishness, he had one’s symWe wish them each speedy recovFIORE ON TOUR
pathy and understanding. His wife,
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Nic Fiore, loaded with Yosemite played by Mary Ure, likewise an eries..
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folders, posters and motion picture
accomplished performer, we felt
(Cnntinuedfromp:~gcone)
paraphernalia, left the valley Nov. 6 reached the end of her patience somefor his annual "on-the.road" tour.
TV PROGRESS
what prematurely. (She must have
Visiting ski clubs and shops be- known the sort of man she’d married It is hopedthat this service can be extween San Diego and Santa Rosa, Nic
tended to the new women’s dorms in
before they left home.) But, despite
spreads the word about the joys of the bleak prospects and the even the area as they have already been
Badger’s skiing. Hewill be goneuntil
bleaker setting, the film ended on a wired. The men’s dorms in the area
will not receive this service this year.
Nov. 30 (unless there’s snowat Bad- hopeful note.
ger Pass: in which case he will drop
Channel11 will continue to operate
Preceding the main film, a short
everything and come home).
as usual in the Lodgearea, but it will
on ’photographer Ansel Adams was
be received on channel 3 rather than
--oshown.The best thing about this were
channel 2, and it will be in operation
55 YEARS AGO
the passages of Adamsat the piano.
in a few days."
(Cnntinuedfr.m pagetwo)
The Visitor Center auditorium seems
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Teachers and students help from quite a satisfactory theater, ’though
HORSE
DRIVE
schools and Universities have done there were noticeable, but correctable
Bob Barnett and four wranglers*,
this work for manyyears. It is a waste faults in the sound and projection.
left
Wawonain the frosty hours of
of postage for anyonefrom a distance The machinery had not been used
November7, to drive YPCCo.’s horses
to apply unless they make a strong
before, and, we are told, the flaws
and mules to their winter pasture
appeal with photograph, testimonials
wi!l be eliminated before the Decem..
near Hornitos. Anticipating their freeof character, experience, hustling
ber 7 showing of "The Bells of St.
dora,
the 300 animals were frolicsome
ability and intention to please both " Trinian’s", a very funny British-made
and eager and took off up the Chowemployer and guests.
comedy in which Alastair Sire perchilla
Mountainroad, tails flying. BarCamp Curry can’t employ more forms with rare timing and humor.
nett says once they’ve been on the
than 10 or 20 per cent of the app- Along with the "St .Trinian’s" film,the
uphill trail an hour or so, they calm
licants and will seek to choose only unusual experimental short "Help,
dawn
and walk at a more reasonable
the best. Makeyour application con- My Snowman’s Burning"
will
be
pace.
vincing and definite stating your age, shown.
Theherd is collected the first night
state of health, whencan begin, when
As one film in the cycle of six is
out same 35 miles from Wawonanear
you must leave. Testimonials from
past, the cost for the remaining five,
Mariposa, and driven on to Hornitos.
employers are best for experience
on a seasonticket basis, is now$5.00. Whenthey are secured in their winter
testimonials.
There will be no further reduction in pasture, their shoes are removedand
If you wish a reply enclose enough
season tickets. However, this reprethey will spend the next seven months
postage to cover return of your photosents a saving over the $1.50 single
at leisure. Bob checks, nowand then,
graph and testimonials.
admission price. Collateral rewards on their well-being.
Personal interviews can be arrang- to the vewer of the Art Guild films
*In addition to the pros, Katy Mayed in Palo Alto or SanFrancisco.
are the absence of commercials and nard and Ginger Johnson went along,
Very truly,
the coffee and cake during intermislending practical as well as spiritual
David Curry" sion!
support.
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HOUSEWIVESFIRE SCHOOL
Housewivesare invited, encouraged
as well, to attend a special home
hazard fire school to be conductedby
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acting NPS fire chief Jim Olson at
the NPS fire house at 1:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, November 28. Particular
attention will be directed toward the
location of fire hazards,their elimination and finally,
in the use of fire
extinguishers.
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YOSEMITE
SENTINEL
Wednesday, November 15, 1967
YosemiteNational Park, California
TV PROGRESS
#-.
S. CRAVERADDRESSES
COMMONWEALTH
CLUB
GeorgeOliver sends along the folSterling Cramer,YPCCo. Vice Preslowing report on the state of local
ident-Finance, spoke befor the Parks,
television.
Recreation and Wildlife Study Section
"Channel 11 has now returned to
of the San Francisco Cornmonwealth
the air waves (channel 13 on your
Club. The audience, numbering some
set). The equipment was completely
25 persons interested in the future of
realigned and everyone seems to be
tile nation’s wildlands, heardthe talk.
getting an excellent picture on this
Cramer spoke principally
to the
channel.
subject "MassRecreation vs. Selective
Channel2 still continues to give us
Use of Wilderness and Parks," which
trouble but we hope to have this coris the study topic for the aforenamed
rected soon. So, if channel 2 (number
section of the club, andwhich is focus6 on your set) is acting up, it’s probing its interest on Yosemite.
ably the transmitting equipment .at
Presenting the view of the concesfault. We’ll let you know when this
sioner, Cramer described, among
channel is cleared up.
other matters the disruptive results of
For the past few days we have
the bad press Yosemite has received
been experimenting with FM radio
at the pens of over-zealous conservaand had hoped that we would have tionists and agressive, but often misgood FMpickup in the valley by now. guided and ill-informed journalists.
However, technical problems have He developed,also, the beneficial recome up and we will have to await
sults 1o Yosemiteof proper Park Servdifferent eqipment before we can pro- ice managementand outlined plans
ceedfurther. It looks as thoughwewill
for future changeswhich will reduce
have FMin the valley shortly.
the summerovernight visitor popula-The YPCCo. is financing the cost of
(Continued on page three)
running a TV cable from the Lodge
Mountain Roomto the new employees’
recreation room in the Lodge Annex.
This will bring in the five channels.
(Continued
on p;tgc fi)ur)
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CARNABYSTREET WEST
The ’turned on’ crowd will gather
at The Ahwahneethis Friday, November 17, when the indian Room
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will be turned into a bit of rnerry, mod
PROTESTANTS
AND CATHOLICSJOIN England. CarnabyStreet is the theme
FOR THANKSGIVINGSERVICE
of this year’s YosemiteParents Group
On Thanksgiving Day, November costume dinner - dance.
23, at 10 a.m. in the Chapel, Father
Dinner will be served from 7:30 to
Robert Thornton and Rev. Don Baldwin 8:30 p.m. and dancing will continue
will conduct a special union Thanks- to 1:00 a.m. You can ’tune in’ to the
giving service.
entire affair for $2.00 per person.
Both the Resident Priest and the And, restoratives will be available,
Resident Minister are sympathetic
so you needn’t ’drop out’ before the
with the growing interest in under- wee hours.
standing and cooperation across the
For an addedfillip, there will be a
lines which havedivided Christianity.
door prize consisting of an overnight
This will be the first ecurnenical stay at The Ahwahnee,dinner, breakfast and lunch.
service of its kind in Yosemite.
FRESNOCONCERTSUPERB
The October :~.9 preformance of
the Fresno Philharmonic on The Ahwahneelawn was a rare first for Yosemite. Some500-600 locals and outof-towners were in the audience for
the concert. The blend of the setting
and the music kept them captivated,
evenduring the latter part of the program, when the air becamea little
nippy. The orchestra’s rendition of
"Pines of Rome"seemedparticularly
enchanting whenthe full notes of the
brasses rolled across the area and
the reverberations from the percussion
section echoedoff the valley walls.
The musicians, who played under
certain handicaps- their scores fluttered in the breeze, their toes and
fingers must have been cold - preformed beautifully under the direction of ThomasGriswold. Griswold,
young and strong, had his musicians
in handfrom the first note to the last.
Mr. Don Cummings, the orchestra’s
manager,did a fine job with logistics
and arrangements. With these, he
was aided materially by YPCCo.’s
maintenance people who set up the
somewhat massive shell and the
risers.
As the program indicated, the expenses for the concert were borne by
Berven of California, First National
Bank, and American Transfer Co.
YPCCo. ’s contribution, specifically,
amountedto transportation of orches(C¢)nd,’~ucdon page two
PARENTSGROUPMEETING
The next meeting of the Yosemite
Parents Group will be held on Monday, November 20, at 8:00 p.m. at
the Focal schoolhouse, according to
R. Maynard, group chairman. All parents are urged earnestly to attend.
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YOSEMITE
liams is swathedin canvastents which
seem to arrive in a never-ending
quantity.
ooolI.41ooe,
SENTINEL
Published by
Syd Ledson, labor foreman, is vaYosemite Park and Curry Co.
cationing in Colorado, s.o Lloyd Hanfor the information of
sen is in charge of the crew dismantlYosemiteValley residents.
ing tents (and giving thern to Bruce!)
H Oehlmann
................
Advisor
in Camp6 and Yosemite Lodge.
A. R. Robinson
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H. Berrey
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McElligott’s machinists have the
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fixed and mobile machinery at Badger
(Cominucd
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all but ready and promise Chet HubFRESNO CONCERTSUPURB
bard it will be in first class shapeby
public for their interest in the Giant the time snow comes.
tra, instruments and props, the recepThe electricians
have the wiring
tion and dinner for the musicians and
ready at the ice rink, they’ve put in
orchestra administrators.
the electrical fixtures for a newfreezYosemiteArts Guild
er at Badger, and repaired assorted
If the future presentations of the faulty fixtures.
Yosemite Arts Guild can (even) apAmongthe major works, was the
proach the quality and Value of its
installation,
with the Petrolane Co.,
first offering, Yosemite people can
of the huge tank, dispensing equiplook forward to a winter and spring
ment, concrete slab and fence at the
of highly enjoyable programs. It
seemsplainly indicated that the Guild Yosemite Lodge Chevron station.
Camperand trailer visitors now may
is worthy of the support, financial
refill their tanks in the valley instead
and moral, of each member of our
of being obliged to drive to El Portal.
community.
Our maintenance is overseeing the
MEN AT WORK
painting jobs, contracted with CunOne would think,
during these
nings and Cunnings, at The Ahwahnee
more-or-less quiet days, that the main- and CampCurry. At the former, all
tenance people would be performing
the exterior doors and windowfrarnes
at something less than flank speed. are being refinished ($6000) and
Seemsnot so. They’re busy as the pro- Curry the tent frames and floors are
verbial ants.
being repainted ($5000). On the
Working from west to east around dormitory job, contractor Chivers is
the shops, we report that Lew’s brush. being given a hand when needed by
menare re-doing the exteriors of the all our trades.
bungalows with bath at Yosemite
--O-Lodge, repainting the T-Bars for Badger and the floors of the Wawona
FIORE TO TEACHTEACHERS
store and the manager’s home. Also,
Nic Flare,ski school director, will
they will have painting to do at Gla.
conducta cours’e in ski instruction for
cier Point Hotel whenthe carpenters
aspiring ski teachers. The 25-hour
finish their fire-damage work.
course will extend over five successive
TomRennels’ carpenters are repairSundaysJan. 7, 14, 21, 28 and Feb. 4.
ing the $3500Glacier fire loss, buildThe curriculum will major on the
ing 35 tent frames and platforms, as
American technique. However, acpart of the annual replacement pro.
cording to Nic, pupils will get good
gram. And, they’re finding and repairing the leak in the ceiling of the exposure to the French and Austrian
methods, as well.
Indian Room at The Ahwahnee. At
There is a shortage of ski instrucBadger, they have installed
a new
lots,
full or part time, and Fiore is
freezer box.
At El Portal Motor Inn, the plumb- hopeful that his course will make
available additional competent ski
ers are installing
new pot-washing
sinks and - in their spare moments- teachers.
are ,putting in a new sewer line at
The total cost is $50.00; everyone
Glacier Point.
18 or over whois a good skier (paralYou’d never guess it, but Bruce Wil- lel turns) is eligible.
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55 YEARS AGO
The SENTINELrecently came into
possession of a document that Jt
thoughtof sufficient historical interest
to quote without further comment.
Palo Alto, Cal.
Nov. 14, 1912
"Dear Madam:
CampCurry annually receives
hundredsof applications for positions
as waiters, waitresses, chambermaids,
pantry help and porters. About 50
such help are reqired at the height
of the season. All porters and male
help must begin work about May1st,
and in general remain till September
1st, or 15th at the wish of the
employer. Someof the female help
can begin May 1st, others May 20th
and all others about June 1st. Such
help begins to leave July 20th, to
August 1st.
The wages are $25 per month
with travel expensesdeducted, about
$17.50 total to Yosemite and return
from a distance equal to that of San
Francisco. Ampleopportunity for sight
seeing is given every employeeto see
the valley. Hours of labor for women
not over eight. For mennot over ten.
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WHOOPS!
The linotypist
and proof reader
goofed last issue. The numberto call
for TV repair is 372-4686.
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LOST
Ladies prescription sunglassesat Lions
Club Rummage
Sale Oct. 19. Reward
for return. Call McDonald, at 3724737.
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FOR SALE
Twopair boys’ competition Headskis.
170 cm and 180 cm. Marker bindings.
Call Berrey at 372-4898.
1960 Thunderbird convertible. Call
George Oliver at 372-4411 or 3724251.
1963 Corvair Monzaconvertible. Red
w, ith white top. Radio, heater, new
white - wall tires, 4 - speedtransmission, ski rack. $575. Call DonBaldwin,
372-4831 or. 372.4885. Also good
guitar, $20.
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It was reported previously in these
pages that Christmas is coming early
this year. Specifically, Christmas is
coming to The Ahwahnee -- coming
to The AhwahneeGift Shop - coming
to The AhwahneeGift Shop November
15- coming to The Ahwahnee Gift
Shopat 8:00 a.m.
Spies report the merchandisecollcted from near and far by the purchasing department has so much’aye’ appeal that further incentive for a visit
seemunnecessary.
Nevertheless, the shop management
is holding an OpenHouse on Wednesday from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. wherein
]’kld+e- qtmrturh:tckl<(.’n Smithhr,.:d,:.,; h)o::e l’or
hot cider and brandied fruitcake will
be offered to browsers and buyers
BADGERSEND SO-SO SEASON
alike. (It is hopedthat all will wipe,
lick, or otherwisecleansetheir fingers
The YosemiteBadgersfootball team
before handling the merchandise!)
gave the Mariposa squad a good
--oscrap on October 28 in the home
GIANT BARGAINSALE BIG SUCCESS game, but dropped the decision 7-0.
Another Giant Bargain Sale and The boys seemedmore alert on d~eRaffle is past history and the local
fense than when in possession of the
Lions Club wishes to thank thegeneral ball, forcing the visitors to kick frepublic for itst interest in the Gian
quently. In the third period, they put
Bargain Sale, both in buying and selltogether a sustained drive but lost
ing.
the ball on downsshort of the goal
Lion President Arlis Carter and line. Several Badgers were sidelined
Bill Smith, general chairman, were
with injuries,
giving Mariposa an
gratified by the excellent co-operation
edge in the final quarter, when the
they received from everyone who took
visitors scored.
part.
The "B" Squadreversed the situaBoth Carter and Smith had high
praised for YPC CO. which donated tion winning its encounter 7-0 aganist
many fine gifts for the White Cane a well-matched Mariposa team.
Raffle. The NPSalso comesin for its
At Mariposa on Nov. 4, things got
share of the plaudits for making the
worse, with the home team scoring
Visitor Center available to the Club
on a pass play early in the first
for this annualaffair.
quarter. The Badgers again seemed
Whereasall proceeds are not in, a
agressive on defense, but failed to
net of $300 plus is assured the Club.
connect their offensive actions. By the
The White CaneRaffle upped the sight
end of the first half, Mariposa had
conservation fund by $95.75.
:t ~(+r)(l {+,:t n in the first ~l:+++’ij}(Js;t encoutlter.
rung up 21 points. In the third period,
after taking over on downs, the Badgers sprung Rod Whitfield loose for
a 50-yard scoring run. The PAT was
successful. Mariposo scored again in
the fourth quarter on a pass play,
failed to convert and the gameended
27-7.
The "B" boys opened their game
with a TD by Ashley McPhaulfollowing two good gains by Rod Whitfield,
which netted 25 yards. A penalty
spoiled a successful try for the extra
point. The Badgers thwarted several
Mariposa threats, but were unable to
score themselves.
With 25 secondsleft on the clock,
Mariposa madea last ditch try from
the 45. Alert Badger defenders broke
through and dropped the ball carrier
for a 25-yard loss. The game ended
with the local boys on the winning
end of a 6-0 score.
All the boys tried hard. There were
bloody noses and banged-up knees.
But, somehow,
their efforts didn’t jell.
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S. CRAMERADDRESSES
COMMONWEALTHCLUB
tion. Along with NPSactions, he described the contribution YPCCo. has
made, not only to the improvement
of its facilities here, but as well to
park service-concessioner relations.
In closing, he described the effect of
Public Law 89-249, which put into
law the policies under which the Secretary of the Interior had performed
since 1916.
HOSPITAL HAPPENINGS
The El Portal and Yosemile population figures have been upped by one
apiece. Patty Laughter of El Portal
presented husband Jim with a 7 lb.,
14 oz. baby boy on Oct. 20. Michael
Allen is the first for the Laughters.
Vera McDonald of Yosemite had a
6 lb., 15 oz. girl on Oct. 30. Little Ellen
makesit two girls for Jim and Vera.
Dr. Roger Hendrickson and wife
Anneare back from a flying, two and
a half week trip to Germany and
France.
Nurse Fran Tassoneof Grass Valley
joined the hospital staff two weeks
ago.
And, Inky Petersen is busy these
clays with plans for her Dec. 2 wedding, in Solvang, to Bob Ringrose.
Inky stated that she plans a small
wedding, but for every guest list de+
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AHWAHNEEDANCING
IN NEW LOCATION
Ahwahnee manager, Howard Doucette, has movedthe nightly dancing
from the Indian Roomto the Underlounge, the south end of the Great
Lounge.
The atmosphere is a good deal
cozier than the Indian Room,he states,
and besides, where else can a threepiece orchestra fit in a fireplace? Refreshments, of the customary nature,
and coffee are available.
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Nic Flare, loaded with Yosemite
folders, posters and rnotion picture
paraphernalia, left the valley Nov. 6
for his annual "on-the-road" tour.
Visiting ski clubs and shops between Sail Diego and Santa Rosa, Nic
spreads the word about the joys of
Badger’s skiing. He will be gone until
Nov. 30 (unless there’s snowat Badger Pass: in which case he will drop
everything and comehome).
FILM SERIES LAUNCHED
The Yosemite Arts Guild presented
the first in its winter film series last
week in the new Visitor Center. The
film, "The Luck of Ginger Coffee",
was a not-too-heavy story of an Irish
immigrant in Montreal whosefortunes
moved between bad and rotten.
Coffee, portrayed by the excellent
actor Robert Shaw,is the typical hairtrigger, mercurial Irishman with whom
one (this writer, at least) could quickly associate. In his momentsof immature foolishness, he had one’s sympathy and understanding. His wife,
played by Mary Ure, likewise
an
accomplished performer, we felt
reachedthe end of her patience somewhat prematurely. (She must have
known the sort of man she’d married
before they left home.) But, despite
the bleak prospects and the even
bleaker setting, the film ended on a
hopeful note.
Preceding the main film, a short
on photographer Ansel Adams was
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55 YEARS AGO
the passages of Adamsat the piano.
(Continucd frnm page two)
The Visitor Center auditorium seems
Teachers and students help from quite a satisfactory theater, ’though
schools and Universities have done there were noticeable, but correctable
this work for manyyears. It is a waste faults in the sound and projection.
of postage for anyonefrom a distance The machinery had not been used
to apply unless they make a strong
before, and, we are told, the flaws
appeal with photograph, testimonials
wi!l be eliminated before the Decem..
of character, experience, hustling
ber 7 showing of "The Bells of St.
ability and intention to please both Trinian’s", a very funny British-made
employer and guests.
comedy in which Alastair Sim perCamp Curry can’t employ more forms with rare timing and humor.
than 10 or 20 per cent of the app- Along with the "St .Trinian’s" film,the
licants and will seek to choose only unusual experimental short "Help,
the best. Makeyour application con- My Snowrnan’s Burning" will be
vincing and definite stating your age, shown.
state of health, whencan begin, when
As one film in the cycle of six is
you must leave. Testimonials from past, the cost for the remaining five,
employers are best for experience
on a seasonticket basis, is now$5.00.
testimonials.
There will be no further reduction in
If you wish a reply enclose enough season tickets. However, this reprepostage to cover return of your photo- sents a saving over the $1.50 single
graph and testimonials.
admission price. Collateral rewards
Personal interviews can be arrang- to the vewer of the Art Guild fih’ns
ed in Pale Alto or SanFrancisco.
are the absence of commercials and
Very truly,
the coffee and cake during intermisDavid Curry" sion!
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Housewivesare invited, encouraged
as well, to attend a special home
hazard fire school to be conducted by
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MARTIN, DE LA MARETO HOSPITAL
Clark Martin, YPCCo. maintenance
electrical foreman, has been confined
to St. AgnesHospital in Fresnofor observation and treatment of a spinal
difficulty.
Clark had an operation
seven months ago for the removal of
part of a spinal disc. He hopes - as
we all do - that this treatment will
preclude further surgery.
Bob De La Mare, of the carpentry
shop, too will soon turn in for major
surgery, either locally or in Fresno.
We wish them each speedy recoveries.
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TV PROGRESS
It is hopedthat this service can be extended to the new women’s dorms in
the area as they have already been
wired. The men’s dorms in the area
will not receive this service this year.
Channel11 will continue to operate
as usual in the Lodgearea, but it will
be received on channel 3 rather than
channel 2, and it will be in operation
in a few days."
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HORSEDRIVE
Bob Barnett and four wranglers*,
left Wawonain the frosty hours of
Novernber7, to drive YPCCo.’s horses
and mules to their winter pasture
near Hornitos. Anticipating their freedom, the. 300 animals were frolicsome
and eager and took off up the Chowchilla Mountainroad, tails flying. Barnett says once they’ve been on the
uphill trail an hour or so, they calm
down and walk at a more reasonable
pace.
Theherd is collected the first night
out sorne 35 miles from Wawona
near
Mariposa, and driven on to Hornitos.
Whenthey are secured in their winter
pasture, their shoes are removedand
they will spendthe next seven months
at leisure. Bob checks, nowand then,
on their well-being.
*In addition to the pros, Katy Maynard and Ginger Johnson went along,
lending practical as well as spiritual
support.
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the NPS fire house at 1:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, ¯November 28. Particular
attention will be directed toward the
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location of fire hazards, their elimination and finally,
extinguishers.
in the use of fire
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YosemiteNational Park, Californin
CHRISTMAS
MESSAGE
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BADGEROPENS
BadgerPassski facilities went into
high gear daily operation Friday last.
The two previous ¯weekends found a
fair numberof skiers on the slopes,
enjoying the excellent snow conditions,
Snow depths remained steady, the
b.
cold weather preventing muchmelting. And the storm of Dec. 18 put
another 10" on the slopes.
Chet Hubbard again is the ManL_ ager assisted by Dave Downing. Else.
v~nere, we find Earl Pomeroy in
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charge of food service, Jay Fetters
managing the cafeteria and, on its
opening on December 26, the Snowflake Roomwill be managedby Mary
Watson. Earl Huish supervises the
rental and repair shop. Pauline Wright
is in chargeof the sales shop. Outside,
DeanConwayis responsible for slope
maintenanceand lift operation, Steve
Hurd directs the Ski Patrol and Nic
Fiore commenceshis tenth year as
Ski School Director, his nineteenth
seasonwith the school,
Newon the School staff this winter
are: Bernard Achiardy, Philippe Giraud from France, Jean Pierre Crettaz
from Switzerland, Lewis Barber from
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Australia, Malcolm Matthews frorn
New Zealand, Shirley Branes from
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Canada, Barry Healas from Scotland,
John Fekete, Randi Tonnessen,Audrey
Trimble, Sharon Smith, Herbert Swedlund, Charles Kollerer and Blain
Baum,all from the U.S.A.
Returning instructors are: Albert
Giraud from France, GuntherHohlweg
from Austria,
Valery Churchouse
from New Zealand, Robert Trimble,
J o h n Gebel, Torn Shellenberger,
Charles Beck and JoanneCross.
THE MANAGEMENT
Last Christmas it was our good
fortune to celebrate the most successful fiscal year in our Company’shistory. backing that privilege in 1967,
let us still be grateful that we are
sound as ever, that our plans are
materializing,
and that tile early
months of fiscal ’68 have been most
gratifying.
To our fellow-employees,
whose
fine attitude and excellent performance are so largely responsible for
the Company’s success, we express
our sincere appreciation.
May you and yours have a joyous
holiday season and a very Happy
New Year.
Mary Curry Tresidder
H. Oehh’nann
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BELATE SANTA!
Santa Claus will arrive at Camp
Curry at 7:30 Christmas Eve, his pack
bulging with presents for Yosemite
children. Don’t be late -you might
miss him. He will deliver the gifts
personally so if you can’t be there,
please call Santa’s helper at 3724611.
SUPERINTENDENT
DAVIS RETIRING
Announcement has been made by
the NPSRegional Offlce of the retirement of Yosemite Superintendent John
M: Davis, effective January 12, 1968.
Mr. Davis has been Superintendent
here since early 1966.
Mr. Davis first entered the National
Park Service in 1926 as a Ranger at
Mt. Rainier National Park, and also
served there as Chief Park Ranger.
His next assignment was as Assistant
Superintendent of Zion and Bryce National Parks, after which he movedto
Grand Canyon in the same capacity.
From there he went to Santa Fe, New
Mexico, as Assistant Regional Director
of the Southwest Region, and eventually to Globe, Arizona, as General
Superintendent of the Southwest National Monuments. From that position, he went to the WashingtonOffice
as Chief of Conservation and Protection and later as Chief of Ranger
Activities. In 1959he returned to the
field as Superintendent of Sequoia
and Kings Canyon National Parks
and served there until comingto Yosemite.
SKI TEAMTRYOUTS
Aspirants to the Yosemite Junior
Ski Racing Teamwill try out on December.27 and 28 at Badger Pass,
according to Dr. Charles Woessner,
TeamSupervisor. All local, El Portal
and Wawonayoungsters are invited
to try for a place on the squad. There
will be ten on the "first team," backed
up by five alternates. Onthe two tryout days, youngsters will be provided
with free lift tickets. Leroy Rust has
accepted the head coach. :position; he
will be assisted by a mernber of the
Ski Schoolinstruction staff.
The team is sponsoredby the Yosemite Lions Club and Yosemite Winter
Club. Those racers who qualify will
be given training during the Wednes.
The Davises plan to make their
day afternoon ski day periods and on
homein Fresno.
Saturdays and Sundays.
YPC Co. employees wish Mr. and
Coach Rust and Supervisor Woessner have selected certain away-from. Mrs. Davis a long and happy retirement.
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IN NEWPOSITION
Adele Osborne Laux died DecemDana Morgenson, who has manber 4 in Fauquier, B.C., according to
aged the Central Reservations Omce
word received from her husband, Bill,
for 10 years, is moving into a new
by Sterling Cramer. Her death was
position, that of Director of Guest
the result of a massive septicemic
Activities. In this role, he will arrange
poisoning.
a number of new guest programs
Bill and Adele had lived in the
aimed toward helping guests enjoy
Canadian
province since 1962. They
and understand the Park.
had completed their homelast fall
At the outset, Dana will cunduct
and
were settling in to enjoy the
camera walks to Park places ordinfruits of their homesteading in the
arily not knownto the casual visitor,
present slide talks on the changing remote country.
The Lauxes were expert in creating
seasonal enchantment of Yosemite.
fine
batiks, a Maylayan method of
He is planning, too, to present these
executing color designs on fabrics
talks before outside cameraor other
with
waxes and dyes. During the long
clubs.
winters, they madetheir batiks, comWhile he has not developed the
entire scope of the assignment, he ing out in the spring to sell them to
feels the possibilities
to be almost decorators on the Pacific coast. Their
work was remarkably fine and they
without end.
a strong
In this new capacity, Dana’s wide were building
clientele
knowledge of the Park, his warm amonginterior decorators.
treatment of guests and his fine photoAdele worked in the YPC Co. acgraphic abilities, will be put to good counting office for 9 years, 5 years
and rewarding use.
back. Bill had been a forestry assistant with the NPS, and later, head
gardener for YPCCo., working with
ON THE CHRISTMASBILL OF FARE Wes Conner on the landscaping of
the Village Store and YosemiteLodge.
From amongthe manyactivities at
According to Cramer, Bill says he
Yosemite Lodge and The Ahwahnee,
will
stay in B.C. and makethe spring
there are a number that locals may
enjoy and to which they are welcome. display trip - alone.
The Bracebridge Singers will be in
the lounge at Yosemite Lodge at 8
(Con~.inu¢:d fr~;m page ¢me)
p.m. on December24 and 26, and will
home
meets
for which members are
sing at the Protestant religious service in the lounge at 10 p.m. on Dec. eligible. In addition, there are races
at Badgerin which the team will com24; they will sing for the RomanCathpete. The tentative out-of-town schedolic Midnight Mass in the Visitor
ule is shown below, along with the
Center December24.
local
races, dates of whichare ’Firm.
At The Ahwahnee, between 5 and
GS Sierra Ski
7:30 On each afternoon but Christmas, Jan. 13, 1968
Ranch
there will be after-ski dancing, beer,
Jan.
14,
1968
DH Alpine
hot spiced wine, hot hors d’oeuvres.
Meadows
The customary Indian Roomdancing
Feb. 4, 1968
SL Fresno Bee
is offered each evening but the 24th
Feb. 18, 1968
SL Lions Club
and 25th between 9 and 11:45 p.m.
Feb. 25, 1968
SL American
Legion
March 16, 1968 GS Boreal Ridge
THIRTEENON THE THIRTEENTH
March 17, 1968 GS Tahoe Bowl
If your knees rattled last WednesMarch 31, 1968 GS China Peak
day they had every reason to. The April 13, 1968
SI. Yosemite
therrnometer dipped¯ to ¯thirteen deJr. Trophy
grees, which, according to one wea. April 14, 1968
SL Winter Club
ther watcher, was the lowest DecemSL Championship
ber temperature in a decade.
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CRA/ViERCITED
SFCStewart Cramer visited Yosemite for three days recently, enrou’:’e
between Vietnam and his home post,
Ft. Bragg, N.C., following a year’s
military duty with the Special Forces
troops. He will report to his headquarters at Ft. Bragg and rejoin his
family at Fayetteville.
As a result of heroic performance
of duty in June near Dak To, Cramer
was awarded the Army Commendation Medal. According to U.S. Army
General Orders No. 4721, the events
were as follows: Crarner was, at the
time, assigned as a Special Forces
advisor to a Vietnamese army unit.
The camp came under heavy enemy
mortar attack, with a round disabling
the crew of a friendly mortar emplacement. Cramer exposed himself to incoming fire to aid the woundedgunner and soon himself was severely
wounded.He refused to be evacuated
and continued to direct fire on the
enemy. The order ends with "Serge.:~i~..
First Class Cramer’s heroic actidris
were in keeping with the highest
traditions of the military service and
reflect great credit upon himself, his
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CO-OP PLAY SCHOOL
A cooperative "Play School" for
local youngsters started November10
with fifteen pre-schoolers in attendance. Children from three years to
school age are welcome. Parents interested in participation mayobtain
moreinformation by call’ing Charlotte
Wilson at 372-4741 or Anne Hendrickson at 372-4250.
Donations of used toys, books, puzzles, records, art supplies, hand puppets and the like would be appreciated. A call to Mrs. Wilson or Mrs.
Hendrickson will bring an eager
mother to your door to collect your
cast-offs.
Also most welcome would be a
contribution of a little
time and/or
talent. So, if you’d care to lead a
song, tell a story, teach a craft, or
just push a swing, there’s an" opportunity for participation on the part
of anyone who enjoys children.
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