| Vacation Report
BY VIRGINIA CARLE
EDITOR'S NOTE: Virginia
Carle relumed to Palmer Tues
day, and knowing we couldn't
do justice to her report, we
asked her to write it herself.
Leaving Palmer for a summer’s
vacation in Europe turned out to :
be not only one vacation but five.!
I’ll explain . . . the first of course
is the spectacular transcontinent
al flight to New York, the port of
departure. The second is the ten
day Atlantic crossing, the laziest
possible mode of existence I have
ever experienced . . . deck chairs
in the sun, affable passengers of
every hue and description, and
six course lunches which leave
one immovable. A whole book
might be written on this phase of
the vacation alone and with Eu
ope yet to come! So I shall
move on to this third vacation,
the one about which most of my
friends would be interested in
hearing.
Former Frontiersman Editor
Since Opal Lu Smith was my
partner in crime, (the quick and
* easy murder of our few Ameri
can dollars) nothing less than
Paris could possibly be our first
destination. What confusion! The
train station congested with ex
cited French-speaking friends and
travelers. Under normal condi
tions a Frenchman is excitable
enough —but here, he was in his
element. A taxi was hired and we
soon found ourselves in the melee
and madness of Parisian, traffic.
What an institution that is! Sque
'■ 'ky,shrill horns warning one
another of the presence of thous
ands of little cars in a hurry, of
wild and daring bicylists, and
mad motorcyclists . , .and all jum
bled up together.
As soon as possible we rid our
selves of luggage and timidity in
order to give full attention to
seeking out the famous Champs
Elysees, L’Arc deTriumphe, the
Eiffel Tower and anything in be
tween on the way. We were in
Paris and had to try to make our
selves believe it.
Our first week was thus spent
in just looking and exploring.
Among our favorites was Notre
^ Dame Cathedral, the reverent
queen of stone guarding the low- i
er left bank of the Seine . . . the
Louvre, resting place of the mas
ters, home of the Mona Lisa, the
Winged Victory, and Venus de
Milo . . . Versailles, with its
grandeur of yesteryear preserved
in its beautiful grounds, ornate
palace halls, and world renown
formal gardens . . . Chartres
Cathedral in the centre of a very
quaint little town with steep, nar
row, winding roads of cobble
stone . . . the beauty of the stain
ed glass rose windows attracts
people from all over the world . .
simply breath-taking in the late
afternoon hours . . . and so back
to Paris each time and we had
only begun to get acquainted . . .
really hardly past introductions.
After a week’s time Opal made
arrangements to accept employ
ment under the European Com
mand in Wiesbaden, Germany,
(American Occupied Zone). While
she went east, I ventured north
ward spending several weeks
skirting in and out about the Bri
tish Isles. London, Edinburgh,
Stratford . . . each with a person
ality all its own . . . each with
many, many experiences to re
member.
Paris again and southern
France for a visit with the father
of Mrs. Genevieve Wolfe of Lazy
Mountain . . . simply delightful,
dinner in the rose garden, picking
cherries, and brisk walk through
Tavant countryside. A stopover
at a French-American children’s
camp in the Haute Savois, fol
llowed by a few days in Switzer
land . . Geneva rich in Reforma
tion tradition came on Sunday
and so to the French-speaking
church where Jean Calvin had
preached and taught. Visiting
continued through Tubingen,
Germany and Heidelburg on
down the Rhine for a week-end
reunion with Opal in Wiesbaden.
Wiesbaden is a prewar resort cen
tre, surrounded by green hills and
rich German forests. The German
people, though in the position of
an occupied country, were sin
cerely courteous and friendly . . .
a hard working, struggling peo
ple. rich in culture and national
heritage.
It was hard to leave but the
calendar was warning me that the
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fourth phase of the vacation must
be underway . . . the voyage
home. It. too, was unique in that
the passengers were our modern
day immigrant . . . hoping for a
new life in the "States” (such a
magic word to them!) and Cana
da.
With a brief visit at home,
much of it before the television
set, I made arangements for the
fifth lap of the summer’s vaca
tion and "bussed” to the coast by
way of Canada . . . taking time
out to “stoke” (I think that’s the
word) a few sheaves of wheat
in Ontario, (scratches as evidence
for the non-believers). The Se
attle bus terminal actually exist
ed, though I was beginning to
doubt it . . . and there I met Mrs.
I. M. Sandvik, making last min
ute preparations for her return to
Palmer as well. ATA completed
the five chaptered vacation for
me and I’m once again in Palmer
. . . it’s good to be home.
VISITING BROTHER
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Dugas of
Lafayette, Louisiana, have been
guests at the Matanuska Hotel
for the past month. Mrs. Dugas
is John Sullivan’s sister.
Valley
Theatre
Friday, Saturday
AUGUST 31—SEPT. 1
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
Saturday Matinee at 2 p. m.
Sunday, Monday
SEPTEMBER 2 and 3
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
Sunday Matinee: 2:00 p.m.
Wed. - Thursday
SEPTEMBER 5—6
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
A DRAMA OF PASSION and
HOUSE CUTS 1« 2 MILLION
FROM ALASKA HOUSING
The House passed and sent to
the Senate this week the supple-;
mental appropriation bill for 1952
allowing $3 4 million for the re
volving fund of the Alaska Hous
ing Authority.
During the 81st Congress, a $15
million revolving fund for the
purpose of developing housing m
Alaska was authorized but only
$10 million of the authorized sum
was appropriated. The supple-!
mental request which came up to j
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the Hill some weeks ago sought
$5 million in appropriation to
:omplete the authorization, but
this sum was reduced by $l*a
million through House action this
week.
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