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Tuesday, January 28, 1969 Yosemite National Park, California
FESTIVAL ’69 AHWAHNEE GEARING FOR LA CANTINA A HUGE SUCCESS
’.’t
An Evening of Cinema TODAYS TRAVELLERNext up on the Film Festival calen- From American to European Plan
dar--February 6 at 8:30 p.m, in theVisitor Center--will be "Time Knack Tile Ahwahnee first openecl itsand How To Get It". Described as doors in July, 1927. During the 41a wacky, riotous British farce on the intervening years, the hotel has ser-fine art of seduction, the film was ved its guests three elaborate mealsdirected by Richard Lester of ’Beat- a day as, on the American plan,les’ fame and was judged ’Best Pic- meals were included in the rate.ture of 1965’ in the Cannes Film On January6, The Ahwahnee chang-Festival. Also shown will be a short ed to European plan, thus allowingcalled "1 Can’t Get No" with music guests to choose for themselvesby the Rolling Stones. how lavishly or frugally to dine.
Single admission tickets of $1.50 The decision to change tile modewill be available at the door, for of operation was not lightly made,those 19 years old and up. and the matter was studied by mem-
....~,,, An Evening of Theater bers of the Operations Division for’L..,) On Saturday, February 8, also at many months. The conclusion reach-
the Visitor Center at 8:30 p.m., the ed was that todays guest does notLos Altos Foothill College drama sit around the hotel lobby, waitinggroup, under the direction of Dr. for tile breakfast, lunch and dinnerDoyne Mraz, will present a prograrn gong to ring, but is more likely t6especially prepared for Yosemite be out skiing, bicycling, horsebacl<residents, riding or hildng to the top of 14alf
Those who saw the three one-act Dome. He is younger, more active,plays presented by this group last and more conscious of the need forFebruary will recall the excellent exercise ancl dietary restraint. Ac-quality of production by these col- cording to manager Glen Power,lege young people. Admission is free the guest reaction to the changeand everyone is welcorne, has been quite favorable.
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LOCAL BOYS MAKE GOOD o.It’s a fine thing tllat two of YPC HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
Co.’s ernployees are illiterate. IfMariposa High School principal,
they could read their press clippings,Virgil Mullis, recently released the
they might get swelled heads. Horses honor roll for the first quarter. AtBud and Red, who pull the sleigh,
the top of time list was senior Jean-have been written about and pictur-
nine Ditton with a 4.00 grade pointed in several clozen newspapers ancl average. Other local youngsters onprobably will appear in aclditional the list were: Mary Ann Robinsonpublications before the winter encls,
with a 3.86, Thomas Allcock, SylviaDuring the Christmas-New Year Bagley, and Sonja Hole in the range
~ ~olidays, the boys with Dean Con-from 3.71 to 3.14.
way at the reins, worked daily andcarried 623 hal)py sleigh riclers. The 42 stuclent honor roll repre-
Added to the 156 passengers over sents better than 10% of the school’s
Thanl<sgiving and the 300 so far in total enrollment.
(Continued on page lout)
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The Ojos de Dios that decoratethe wail ol La Cantina have lookedclown qn sonie pretty swinging even-ings since the gathering place open-ed on December 21.
Manager Tom Keitges reports that600 gallons of beer and 50 gal-lons of wine have been quaffed,and some 4,000 servings of tacos,etc. have been consumed in the in-tervening period. Tom also statedthat tacos were the best seller, fol-lowed by enchiladas, with pizzaand the combination plate tied forthird place.
Inge Stueven, rather startlinglydressed in ski pants and Mexicanheaddress on Wednesday nigllts(ski movie night) and rnore appro-priately costurned other evenings,is the lone waitress, dispensing thefood and spirits. Steve Diser, in whitesuit and sombrero, assists Inge threehours a niglTt. Time cool<,, who makesthe salsa, salads and the rest, isHarry Crane.
It’s a great place to spend an even-ing, with nluch table hopping, "wait-ress, bring another cup for myfriend", jul<e box blaring. On Tues-day, Fhursday, and Saturday nights,Doug Hammond, using his Mexicanalias, "Herschel", plays honky-tonl<piano from 6 to 9 p.m. Inge doublesin soprano, singing German songs,and Tom occasionally lends his bari-tone, bolstered by the microphone,to the Sing-alongs. This week,l<eitges says, they will have printedsong sheets for those not familiarwith certain lyrics. Itinerent music-ians/singers are welcome to lendtheir talents.
On Wednesday nights, Nic Fioreshows movies extolling the joys of
There’s a brancl new trio playingfor clancing and listening at The Ah-wahnee and the Lodge. Joe Anclriniis I:he leaderman and pignist, withDon Moralez playing the guitar andsinging, and Ken Campagna on thedrums. In addition to playing tunesfor dancing, the trio has a numberof group involvernent schemes upits sleeve. They’re all fun and youmay find yourself doing a Greekdance with someone you neverlaid eyes on before.
The Trio’s at the Lodge on Tues-day and at The Ahwahnee Monday,Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and¯Saturday.
The band takes Sundays off, butthe sound of music still ringsthrough The Ahwahnee halls. Guitar-ists Joann and Peter Allen strollthrough El Dorado Diggin’s and theadjacent rnezzanine frorn 5:30 to7:00 and 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., sing-ing and playing foil< songs frommany nations.
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CLICKS FROM THE SILENT RAILS
Well, we managed to survive 1968.It was pretty exciting and eventfulfor awhile. Especially during oursummer fires. And, we still arewondering if Bob Dunnagan hada burning permit for the Canyon fire.
Then, there was our paint job.Yes, our face was lifted in the cafe.Freshly painted walls and ceiling inoff-white and turquoise greeted usupon our return from Disneyland.I don’t think the ceiling was partof the original bargain, but John sortof accidentally fell through it whilechecking something in the attic sothere was no alternative but paintit. At least I think it was an accident.
We hacl a mernoral~le outing tothe rlorth-side operations of the
NO SECRET Y.W.C. SKI TEAM CHOSEN
Each year some ten billion cap-sules and tablets of narcotics anddangerous drugs are produced andtraded. More than one half o,r thesefind their way to the public throughillegal channels.
Parents of teenagers, indeed, any-one interested in the problems ofdrug use and abuse in todays society,will fincl a copy of "No Secret, ACompilation of Information on Nar-cotics and Dangerous Drugs" provo-cative reading.
Put together by the San DiegoCity Schools Curriculum ServicesDivision, the booklet doesn’t preach.It states simply and succinctly thedangers of amphetamines, barbi-turates, glue sniffing, marijuar~a, LSD,and opiates. The psychological andphysiological effects of dependenceupon these dangerous drugs aredescribed, as well as the irnpactof penalties on offenders.
For a free copy, drop by BillSmith’s office, or call him and he’llmail you a copy.
Yosernite Lun-lber Company and we
On December 21 ancl December28. some thirty youngsters tried or"~’~-tfor a place on the Yosemite JunioiSki Team. The first day’s trials in-volved free style skiing, duringwhich the coaches observed anclestimated the general abilities ofthe aspirants.
Slalorn trials were conducted onthe second day. On the basis ofability and potential, the followingwere selected for the first team:Group I, Louis Parker, Rick McEI-ligott, Steve Polherrlus; Group II,Lucy Parker, Lanette Bagley, KatyTarnm, Ann Carlyle, Group I11, TiinaTamm, Rob Woessner, Torn Berrey,Torn Harry; Group IV, Debbie Jones,Allen Berrey; Group V, Russ Jones,Kirk Helland.
Alternates, who may by perfor-mance ’bump’ the regulars, are:Group I, Mike Harrison, Group II,Keven Wagner, Group III, TomClark, Group V, Betsy Woessnerand Ann Harry.
giggling and playing on that beaut~1::’~:
were fortunate to have as our guide,Jim Law, co-author of "Railroadsof the Yosemite Valley", who spent25 years in the area as incline fore-man and superintendent. He broughthis book along so we could see fromthe pictures just how the variouscamps looked ii~ their heyday. Wehad to plow through dense man-zanita to find traces of mortal man~pieces of purple glass, knives andforl<s, tin and porcelain plates, andhere and there a bit of fancy cut-glass. Mr Law took us to the areawhere he and his family lived andJohn picked up an old rusted pocketwatch near the pile of lunlber thathad been the home of Jim’s fatherin law. John gave it to Jim, who inturn gave it to his granclchildren asa memento of their great grand-father.
We came upon two swings in thesame area, one in a pine, the otherin an oak tree. The pine hacl grownso the swing was way above ourheads, but we could still swing onthe oak tree one. You coulcl closeyour eyes ancl imagine the children
ful hillside, the sound mingled withthe noise of the donkey engines.It was a very poignant scene.
At Camp No. 1, the incline sllm-mit, we saw the concrete base wherethe huge hoist was mounted and welookecl down the incline and mar-veled at its length and steepnesswhich reached a maximum grade of68%,
We haven’t finished the completecircle of the camps, but plan to doso, hopefully with Mr. Law along.
We have some great new-oldpictures in the Caboose thanks toHank Johnston. They depict El Portalprior to 1910, the depot in 1920,and the logging incline across theriver circa 1916. We are grateful toI-lank for i~ermission to reproducethese pictures, anti to Tom Rennelsfor the frames he constructed in his’spare time’.
Thanks to Winnie Copeland andNan DeVaney, we also have a ne~)bell. Charlie rings it often. Do yousuppose that our only clairn to famewill be a ’ding-a-ling bartender’?
Maureen Burden
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A RACE FOR NON-RACERS
Yosemite Winter Club’s president
~11 Jones announced recently that:i i"?~ere would be an intra-club race
" on Febuary 9. The race is designedfor non-racers, in fact anyone whohas had a formal racing card with-in tile past ten years is ineligible.Tile meet is solely for enjoymentand the giant slalom course will bevery sirnple, says Nic Fiore, who willset it with the less daring in mind.
Entrants will be classified by ageand the men will compete againstthe men, the ladies against the
LOCAL JUNIORS SCORE INSKI RACES
Levi Ski RodeoMembers of the Winter Club’s
junior race squad carried off appro-
most with many miles of drivingahead, waited patiently for the re-suits to be published.
American Legion SlalomThe next Sunday, January 19, saw
priate honors in the annual Levi Skithe day of the Arnerican Legion
Rodeo slalom rneet helcl at Badgerjunior slalom dawning anything but
on January 12.bright. Chief timer John Hansen re-
Among tile class V racers, (smal-lest ones) Betsy Woessner tool< firstamong tile girls, with Ann Harry insecond. Russ Jones tool< a fourth,caused by difficulties on his firstrun; his 36.0 on his second run wasthe fastest single run by 4.5 sec. In
ports there was rain, hail, sleet, snowand fog. Visibility was nil, the slopes¯wet and soggy. Thanks go to BillJones ancl his SClUad of ski instructorsfor foot packing the course.
Despite the terrible weather, 77youngsters turned out for the event
ladies. Age groupings are’ over 50 class IV, Debra Jones and Allenyears, 49-40, 39-30, 29-18, juniors ; Berrey tool< firsts.through 17 years. The older racers ran a separate
There will be awards for the menand ladies first place winners ineach group, plus awards for over-all best times. Refreshments will beserved in the Snowflake Room fol-lowing the race.
Winter Club rnembers have re-ceived notice of the race. Those notmembers but who would like tocompete are invited to inquire about
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FROM JAPANt A THANK YOU
Several months ago the publicitydepartment received a request froma young lady in Japan for Yoserniteski posters to be used during a win-ter festival at the Aoyama Galdununiversity in Tokyo. Following isthe acl<nowledgement of their ar-rival.
"l received Yosemite Ski posterson 18th of December. I don’t knowhow to thank you for sending mejust what I wanted to have. I willnever forget your I<indness of ac-cepting rny impudent request. Ofcourse rny sister was very glad andheartily thank you for your posters.In Japan Decernber is the monthwhen we feel restless without know-ing wily. Maybe it is because thingsunfinished and have to prepare forthe New Year. There comes a merry
~ :,:~hristrnas pretty soon. I wish you a~lerry Christmas and a Happy New
Year. Now, I have written downeverything that l want to talk about.Here I stop writing. So long. Sin-cerely yours, Yumiko Geki."
course, longer and more difficult.Among IIIB girls, Tiina Tamm Y.W.C. took first. In liB, local girls KatyTamm, Lanette Bagley and LucyParker ran 1,2,3. In IIC, Sylvia Bagleyplaced 3rd. Rick McEIligott tool< 2ndin lB. On the boys side in IIIB it wasRob Woessner, Tom Berrey and TomHarry, in that order. In the overallbest times, Woessner was second,T. Berrey, third.
A total of 106 competed, 20 IVsand Vs, 86 Is, IIs, Ills. The calcula-tion of times for this rnaTly entrantswas long and tedious and it wasdusk before the trophies wereawarded. The parents of tile racers,
ON THE MEND
Badger Pass assistant managerDave Dowing put in a ten day stintin St. Agnes Hospital in Fresno, dur-ing which the medics determinedthe nature of his illness.
Dave was released to the armsof his farnily on January 8 and wifeBea reports that lie is coming alongfine and probal)ly will be back onthe job by February 1.
Marsha Krause of the personrleloffice is sporting a cast on her leftleg. Her injury came about not asa result of a spectacular skiing ac-ciclent; she broke a foot bone trip-ping down the clorrnitory stairs.
Her cast extends from toe toknee, which seems uncluly exten-sive for a broken foot ~ but may-be tile doctors jusl: wanted to keeptheir hancl in that clay.
anti Y.W.C. junior racers again car-ried home honors.
In class V girls, Betsy Woessnerand Ann Harry tool< second andthircl place; Russ Jones and KirkHellund were first and secondamong V boys. In class IV girls,Debra Jones tool< a first with anidentical time of 71.5 sec. to thatof her brother Russ.
Steve Polhemus ran second inclass I boys and lib Kevin Wagnercame in thircl. Katy Tamm, LanetteBagley and Lucy Parker did it again
ran one, two, and three in girlsliB. Tiina Tarnrn tool< a first in girlsIIIC, Rob Woessner and Torn Harrywere first and second in the boysIIIC.
Best overall tirne honors wereshared by Tiina and Rob with 70.2sec.
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W.S. "SLIM" DAVIS TO ADDRESSY.W.C. MEETING
W.S. "Slim" Davis, recreation di-rector for the western region of theNational Forest Service, will speakbefore the Yosemite Winter Clubrnernbers at the March "14 meeting.
Davis will discuss ski develop-rnents, present and in the p[anningstage, on National Forest Serviceland in California. 14e has spokenbefore ski groups around the statefor a number of years anti alwayshas presented highly interesting in-formation.
Because of Mr. Davis’ presence,everyone is welcome to tile meet-ing which will start at 6:30 p.m. inthe Winter Club Room at The Ah-wahnee.
Executive chef Fred Pierson andAhwahnee chef Walt Nowak work-ed long and hard on the selectionof a menu, and came up with farethat it was impossible to offer ona fixed meal basis. Chef Nowak re-ports that, from among the new en-trees, tournedos Rossini have beenthe best seller, closely followed bycoq au vin rouge, veal cordon bleu,and crab legs St. Denis. The sur-prise leader in the hors-d’oeuvresection has been the snails Bour-guignonne. (This reporter somehowfelt that Americans, for the mostpart, were not acquainted with thedelights of the snail!) Nowak alsostated that cherries jubilee was thefavorite flarning dessert, with bakedAlaska in second place.
Employee DiscountWith the change to ELIropean
plan, came a change in employeediscount and procedure. No longerdoes one purchase a meal ticketfrom the cashier. Now, the em-ployee presents his privilege cardto the waiter or waitress, who willdeduct 25% from the total bill, ex-cluding any spirits. The discountis allowed on both the a la carteand complete dinner menus.
While a Chateaubriand for two
persons goes at $16.00, it is stillpossible to have a complete mealfor a good deal less. The Ahwahneespecialty clinners are $5.15 for em-ployees. Four entrees are available-- prime rib, chicl<en, lamb chops,and fish ~ and the clinner includesrelishes, salad, soup, vegetables, des-sert and beverage.
Each employee is allowed twoguests at the 25% discount. So, ifyou’ve yet to rnake a gustatory pil-grimage to The Ahwahnee diningroom, you should. You’ll be gladyou did[
New Dining Room ManagerPat O’Dormell is transferring to
another company operation and thenew head of the dining room isJames Tai, who rel~orted for workon January 24. Tai was brought upin Hawaii and has workecl at TraderVic’s in Chicago and New York, atthe Roosevelt Hotel in Seattle, ancl,rnost recently, was the assistantmaitre d’hotel at the Mark Hopkinsin San Francisco. Tai will train thedining room staff in French service,the fine arts of nlixing a Caesar saladat the table and flarning a dessert.
The Ahwahnee nlay be 41 yearsold but the staff has young ideasand it is expected that the new fareand service will be more attractiveto the traveller of the 1960s and ’70s.
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LA CANTINA (Cont.)
skiing in Switzerland, Grenoble,Aspen ~ everywhere but here!
Saturday night is the swingingest.The agile can compete in a limbocontest. The winner gets beer andpizza for his table. (The bigger thetable, the bigger the prize.) Saturdayis the night, too, of the pinata party,.when blind-folded hitters take acrack at breaking the candy-filledpinata. The successful swatter whobreaks the pinata is presented witha sornbrero, which, when worn toBadger Pass the next clay, entitleshim or her to a free all-day lift ticket.
As word of this unique awarc!method spreads, there may comea day when a half clozen sombrerooutfitted people show up on theBadger slopes. If so, a new awardmethod, with greater control, mayhave to be worked out.
(Continued (rom page one)LOCAL BOYS (Cont.)
January, they’ve carted 1,079 peopleat $2.00 a head. (And, $2,000 ain’thay, Bud and Red). Now, they takeit a bit easier, only jingle-janglingaround the valley on Saturdays anclSundays.
At that, they don’t have it as easyas the 310 head of stock down atthe Wilsonholm ranch for the winter.They, too, have received their shareof fame. Dolly Connolly’s story ofthe Yosemite horsedrive from Waw-ona to Pamplona appearecl in theDecember 20 issue of LIFE nlagazine,and later in the international eclitiondistributecl fiom Hong Kong to14 u nga ry.
CHORUS ANYONE?Joan McClain states there are still
vacancies in the Yosemite Chorus,which meets every Monclay night at7:45 p.m. I( interested call Joan at372-4293 for information.
BONANZA !
Two pay checks the week of Jan-uary 6! The winclIall came abo~clue to the change-over from a biwiL 7ekl’/to a weekly pay clay. The checkreceived on January 7 covered theperiod of Decernber 16-31; thatreceived on January 10 paid for theJanuary 1 to 5 period. From now on,pay day will be the Friday followingthe close of the work week at Sun-day midnight.
In addition to the advantage ofgetting paid weeldy, ernployees willreceive overtinle pay weekly, ratherthan at the end ol the month as wasthe case formerly.
Single employees living in corn-pany clomlitories or tents will have$4.55 per week deducted, whichis seven times the 65c per daycharge. Rent deductions for em-ployees in married housing andbachelor apartments will be the an-nual rent rate divided by 52, plus anaverage utility rate. Small adjust-rnents to actual utility chargesrefunds or additional charges asnecessary- will be macle se,n~ii~.i:}annually or annually. By including’~
the utility charges, householdersno~ may clainl an income tax de-cluction for both rent and utilities.
Besides the rent, the Lewis Mem-orial Hospital plan charges, federalincome and social security taxeswill be cleducted weekly. Insur-ance and television charges willcome out of the first pay check ofthe rnonth. Stock, El Porta[ rent andelectricity, unifoml charges, epuip-rnent rental and guest housingcharges will be subtracted fromthe second c]leck of the month.
~o~CREDIT UNION MEETING
Gene Ottonel[o reports that theannual meeting of the YosemiteCredit Union will be held on Mon-clay, February 3 at 7:30 p.m. in thetraining room of the YPC Co. gen-eral offices.
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SYMPATHY EXTENDED ~,~Services were helcl in Mariposa
on January 15 for Mrs. DoloresMcElligolt, wi(e of mechanic fore-man Doug McEIligott. Dolores diedoil January 9 Iollowing a brief illness.
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BOOK DISCUSSION
GROUP SLATED
Seventeen local residents havesigned up for the book discussiongroup to be lead by Merced Col-lege philosophy and English profes-sor, Ed Bean. Tile first session,scheduled for February 18, was can-celled clue to weather conditions,so the first meeting will take placeon March 18, with others on April22 and May 20. A fourth class willbe rescheduled for a later date.
There is no charge for the course,except the purchase of books, mostof which are available in paperback.The group will meet in the YPC Co.training ioom at 8:00 p.m.
Mr. Bean is well qualified as aleader, with a B.A. and M.A. fromthe University of Wisconsin andstudies at the University of Paris.He has led similar discussions inMerced for the past two years.
Anyone wishing to join the groupmay contact Bill Smith at 372-46"11,extention 47.
SENTINEL
The Yosemite Arts Guild will pre-sent, as tile latest Festival ’69 of-fering, the Southern Oregon Col-lege Choraliers in concert at 9:30p.nl. Sunday, March 23 in the GreatLounge of The Ahwahrlee.
The seventeen-voice choir, unclerthe direction of Dr. J. Ray Tumble-son, will sing an extraordinary rangeof selections ~ from 16th centurymadrigals to "Die Fledermaus" tonew jazz arrangements.
The group has been widely ac-claimed and has performecl at Expo’67 and at the Christrnas Cande-light Music Festival at Disneyland.A:’:lrnission is free and everyone iswelcome.
Tuesday March 18, 1969 Yosemite National Park, California
SPRINGI TRA LA! AN EVENING OF SONG A MESSAGE FROMThe Yosemite Womens Group THE PRESIDENT
must feel that with the approaching The performance of all depart-Vernal equinox that spring is on its ments of our Company during theway, as they have scheduled a pro- past trying days of storm has beengrarn by YPC Co. supervisory gard- most gratifying.ner, Carl Stephens, for their March Among our stated aims are the27 luncheon meeting to be helcl at preservation and maintenance ofThe Ahwahrlee at 12:45 p.m. our physical properties, and the
Carl will give advice on the care rendering of unfailingly courteous,
and feeding of the garden ancl how cheerful and efficient service to theto deal with pests. He’ll illustrate Park visitors at all times. Tllose who
his remarks on the use of native have worked long hours, frequently
plants with colored slides. A clues- at unfamiliar tasks, to achieve thesetion period will follow, goals, deserve commendation and
reflect great credit upon themselvesFor luncheon reservations, price,and their respective deparl:ments.
$1.75, call The Ahwahnee cashier,While our first estimate of clamage372-4421, by March 26.is approximately $50,000, the
o amount woulcl unquestionably have
.o been greater were it not for theseefforts.
Even though there is apparentlystill a prospect of further storm, wecan face the future with confidencein the skill, dedication, and spiritof our organization.
Stuart G. CrossPresidento
TELLY TALLYThe TV Association asks t’or your
indulgence while the damage causedby the recent unpleasent weatheris being repairecl.
According to Gordon Warren andClark Martin, the transmitting cablefrom Sentinel Dome to GlacierPoint, normally 20 feet above
!.grouncl, is buried beneath the snowI)ack ancl broken ancl buckled inmany places. Some 4,000 feet ofcable will have to be replacecl. Newreceiving arltennas for channels 6,7, 9, 13 have been installed.
The prelirnirlary estimate of thedamage is set at $4,000. As soon asIhe necessary nlaterials arrive, anti
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Virgil Mullis, principal of MariposaHigh School, announced recentlythat Mary Ann Robinson, claughterof Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Robinson, wasthe winner of the Bank of AmericaAchievement Awarcl Plaque in thefield of liberal arts.
Selection is macle by the lacultymembers, and factors they take intoaccount are scholastic attainment,civic responsibility, and eviclenceof leadership.
Mary Ann will compete in thezone event, April 10, ancl if selecteclthere, go on to the area finals to viefor cash awards ranging from $’150to $1,000.
Jeannine Ditton, claughter or Mr.and Mrs. I~icharcl Ditton, receivecl acertificate of SLll)erior ]3er(ol’nlallcein thefield or social stuclies.
Mary Ann ancl Jeanr~ine are bothseniors and both lopped Ihe rirslsernester Ilonor roll with straight4.00 gracle point averages.
"THAT WAS THE WEThere are a few ’old timers’, Dana
Morgenson is one, who claim ttlatthe winter of ’48 was much worse.But for most of us, the week of Feb-ruary 22 to March 1 Was The WeekThat Was.
There’s no refuting the fact thatthere were 16 inches of snow on thevalley floor on Saturday, Feburary22 and a whopping 173 inches atBadger Pass. One week later, therewere 52 inches in tile valley and anincredible 253 inches at Badger.Three to seven feet of snow in oneweek just has to be some sort ofrecord.You Can’t Get There From Here
On Sunday, February 23, the N.P.S.found it impossible to keep open tileroad frorn Chinquapin to BadgerPass. The next clay, an intrepid bandof 12 ’volunteers’ made their wayout to the ski area via snocat. As-suming new roles as snow removalmen were: national ski patrolmanJim O’ Toole, ski instructors HerbSwedlund, Bernard Achiardy, Philip-pe Giraud, John Fekete, Barry 14ealas,Jean Pierre Crettaz, Peter McAsey,Graeme Woodhouse, ski school di-rector Bill Jones and his assistant,Maurice Flutey and Badger managerBill Wisnler. Joining them was cus-todian Pat Pattison.
The Denzel Rowland nigllt-pack-ing crew- Glen Barton, Jerry Brun-son, Mike Williams, Mike Harrisonand Robert Beron ~ came forthblinking into daylight and the groupdug, trenched, tunneled and other-wise attacked the snowy fastnessthat engulfed the ski house, lifts andother facilities.
The Badger road did open for atime on Friday, and Bill Wismer
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stated, "everything will be on thehouse ~ lift ticket, lessons, ski ren-tal, lunch- for tile first skiingguest to present Ilim or herself".The offer went unclaimecl as tileroad closed again that afternoon.Wherl, after 7 days, Badger was backin business on Sunday morning whowas the first to arrive? None otherthan Yosernite Winter Clubber,Doug Coe, of course, ,olloweclclosely behincl by Toney and ElsieFreitas. Doug accepted a large glassof orange juice for his feat.
Jim O’Toole, who has been ob-served on fornler occasions shak-ing his fist at the sky and crying toZeus for "50 rnore feet of snow",Ilas reduced his request to "15 feet".Winter enthusiast that he is, evenJim acknowledges that when onedigs a five foot deep trencll, oneends up at the bottom tossingshovelfuls of snow a full 10 feet inthe air.Push The Off, Not Panic, ButlonAccording l:o FIo Clow, Yosemite
Lodge housekeeper, her team is allfor pushing the ’off with snow’ but-ton. The Yosemite Lodge accom-modations area covers 15 acres andthat’s a lot of SCluare feet, particular-ly when blanketed by 4-5 feet ofsnow. Trails clisappeared and linentrucks were stymied by the snow-choked service roads.
Flo’s band of 20 maids and 6housenlen (we wish it were pos-sible to list them all by name) never-theless serviced this area during theseverest storm in recent, and notso recent, mernory with tile aplombof a Hannibal arnly crossing tile Alps.No elephants being readily available,tiny maicls treaded the maze ofcatch-as-catch-can trails to theirstations with linens, some times, car-riecl safari-like on heacls. House-men’s backs strainecl at relievingroofs of their snow loads and brir~g-ing order to the trails. Maid-to-maidand n’laicl-to-houseman rescues werefrequent. FIo notes with pride that,despite tile obstacles, every bed hadsquare corners and every blanket
was taut enougll to bounce a cluart-el’.
One peculiar problern rernainsto be solved, a unique sort of ’lostand found’. As pat[is, porches, cab-ins were cleared, an increasinglylarge rlurnber of cans of soda pop,beer and the like became uncover-ed, apparently put outsicle by gueststo cool and covered by an over-night snowfall. FIo would w, elcomesuggestions as to how you tell oneman’s Burgie from another man’sB u d.
Out On A LimboWhen, on Tuesday, February 25,
the safety committeemen, Bill Smithand Dick Ditton, stated that theGeneral Office roof rnust be clear-ed lest it collapse, a valient crewof normally desk-, not muscle-,bound males rose to the occasion,and the roof top, and started dig-ging in, or out.
The accounting office group,whose machines lay silent withoutelectricity, were in the forefront.Bill Smith, controller Roger Sand-berg, chief auditor Gerry Smith, BillThomas and Hollis (Dick) Johnsonleft their desks for a spell of manuallabor. Coml)utermeister L. L. Bran-scum and his assistants Don Dunnand Tom Tange, whose beautifulIBM machine was cold and I)lank,joined in the exertions, as didsecurity man Frecl Lelune. Employ-ment rnanager Joe Thomas was upand down, leaving to "hire somesnow shovelers", which seemed agood excuse ~ the first time heusecl it. Once it ookecl as if GerrySmith was a goner as he slid danger-ously close to the edge, but by ex-ecuting some cluick dance steps andgrabing a tree limb he stoppecl justshort of going over the brink. DonDunn did lose his shovel, but re-fused to ride it clown.
Meanwhile, in tile offices below,Sally Rathsack ancl Lee Anclerson inaccounting, Vicki Smith in execu-tive office, Kathy Stephenson andMarsha Krause in personnel and AnnMadsen n commercial kepl lhe
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Jim Hamer’s reservation officegirls played "button, button". Theirphone lines, not hookecl into tile of-fk:e switchboard, will work buttile lights won’t light and the bellswon’t dingle. Pat O’Connor anclSusan Kennecly auctitecl thier calldirectors by pushing buttons to seeif anyone might be ringing in.
Other office gals worked at tasksnot requiring electric machines and,with frosty fingers, caught up thefiling, etc. while the interior officetemperature fell to 44° before thepower and heat were restored.
And, true to tradition, companymailman, Miles Cooper, was stayednot by wind, rain, hail, snow norgloom of day from completing hisappointed rounds.
Yawn PatrolTherewas one person who may,
may mind you, have welcornecl the14 hour power loss from 9 p.m.Monday to 11 a.m. Tuesclay, andthat was personnel’s Kathy Stephen-son, who had been sitting in as ourdawn snow news recording artist forvacationing Vera McDonald. (Vera,we suspect, has some sort of ESP.She and husband Jim were out sail-ing the warm, blue Sea of Cortez,sob !)
Arriving in the office at 7:00 a.m.is evidence of loyally above and be-yond the call, but once having madeIler rnoming statement, Kathy wasn’tthrough. Due to the constantlychanging road conditions ~ high-way "140 is open with chains, closecllay slide, one-way, highway 41 isopen, closed, etc. ~ Kathy recordeclalmost hourly during the week. Nopower. No recording.
Take Us, The BusY.T.S. dispatcher, Hilda "rrylhall,
reports that our buses fc}urlcler{:dnot and the only service inlerrul>lions were clue to slides on highway140 and lhe ’road closecl’ concli-
Lions of the Badger Pass ancl Nlari-posa Grove roads.
Shuttle car clrivers, Louis DeSancl-ers and Bill Coleman, pausecl not intheir continual circuits, clespitehazarclous driving conditions thatmacle each ’rouncl the valley tripan adventure. It comes as no sur-prise, when one looks at the em-ployee, residential, village store andoffice parking areas, where vehiclesare mere humps in a fielcl of white,that tile shuttle car use during theweek increased 33%, up from 1,149passengers the week before to 1,529passengers.
Hither and ThitherBand leaderman, Don Moralez
was observed, miclstorm, digging outhis automobile from a snow clrift.When asked where he expected tobe able to drive once he had un-earthed his auto, Don replied, "no-where". Perhaps he looks on hisauto as something more than in-animate and he just wanted it toknow he cared.
Printer’s helper Garry Robinson’sfamily hal~pened to be in the valleywhen 140 closecl, making it impos-sible for thenl to return to their ElPortal horne. Garry spent a sleeplessnight arnong the Yosemite Lodgesoughing pines, one of whict’l heexpected ~ n~omentarily- to comecraslling through tile roof. Guessthere are goocl things about livingin El Portal.
Ski instructor Ecl Sullivan, Badger’sPat O’Donnell ancl Jay Fetters, NicFiore and the Loclge’s Bill Cooperwere among the many observedleading roof-top expeclitions. WinterSports Director Nic statecl that thiswas his least favorite winter sport.
The Ahv,,ahnee seems to havebeen an Islancl of Serenity in the Seaof Snow, claiming no urltowarcl in-ciclents. Garclen Supervisor CarlSlephens, as adventuresome as theycome, askecl [or a housemar~ to ac-company him on his unearthing ofthe hotel collages. He saicl that thesnow was so cleep that if he slicl offa roof, they woulcln’t fincl him ’Ill
tile spring thaw.Ancl, clining roorn manager, James
Tai, Hawaii-born and big city raised,refused to believe there was thismuch snow in all the world, letalong impeding his route from hometo hotel.
Ahwahnee pantryrnan, Loyd Price,recently returned from an avalancherescue expedition in Sequoia Nation-al Park, put on a nlagnificent slideshow on the .joys and perils of rockclirnbirlg, to take our minds off ourpredicaments.
Cashier Stewart Campbell waskangaroo-hopping his way across aclitch when he twisted a knee andwent down. Nearly immobilized,he was rescued lay garageman RoyDimock who happened lay in a pick-up and took him to the hospital.From now on, Stew, only wallaby-hops?
AccoLinting’s Nellie McPhaul tookan even worse spill and is now sport-ing a cast on her broken leg.
Curry Village’s George Allen waslast seen snow-shoeing his way tothe farthest reaches of his domain.Reservation’s Charles Davenport,who lives there, refers to the areaas "Mole Hill".
Winter Of Our DisconnectThe television was the first facility
to be knocked out by the storm.Whether or not this falls into thecategory of a disaster is a matterof opinion. During the interruption,books were reacl, words were said.Couples who hadn’t been knownto speak to one another in years be-tween the hours of 6 and 11 p.m.were observed in arlimatecl con-versation. Others chose to consolethemselves that life could be worseby reading "The Last Days of tileLate, Great State of California".
For those who simply hacl to seesomething nloving across a screen,winter sports clirector Nic Fiore pro-viclecl movies and movies and moremovies on ~ what else? ~ skiing.
Editor’s note: Sorry, space didn’tpermit us to print a ’storm story’ foreach o( our 534 employees.)
right tirne to go vacationing andmissed the discomforts and incon-veniences of the storm.
Jim and Vera McDonald trailer-ed their 26 foot boat to Mexicoand sailed off into the Gulf of Cali-fornia. Due to a leaky keelbox,they were thwarted in their attemptto reach Baja California, but had agrand two weeks of sailing along themainland coast, fishing, swirnrningand shelling.
Marge and Bob Crorner got insome golf under clear skies at MorroBay before going down the coastto San Diego. There, they had rainand more rain, but at least it doesn’thave to be shovelecl. Marge reportsthey had a fine relaxing vacationdespite the inclement weather.
Dotty and Glen Power spent themonth of February on a 6,000 mileswing through the southwest andmidwest. They had son~ething of abusrnan’s holiday, visiting Bryce andZion National Parks and White SanclsNational Moriurnent before headinginto Texas and turning north to Iowaand Minnesota and back via Denverand Salt Lake. Glen said they hadgood weather ali the way: cold inMinnesota but clear.
Dar Maclnerney, with the BillJones family, spent a week at SunValley, Idaho. Dar shudders at thethought of living there all winter,where the snow was up over thesecond story windows ancl onetreaded one’s way frorn place toplace via tunnels.
However, they had excellent ski-ing, skied every day, all the whilelistening to reports of the Sierra’stroubles.
Bob Matthews, not vacationingbut on a buying trip, was touring Ari-zona and New Mexico. Phoenix wasa chilly 52 degrees, but all in all agood deal rnore pleasant than Yose-mite.
The Gordon Cla-n wandereclthrough Southern Arizona, SouthernNew Mexico, Northwestern Texas,Juarez and Nogales, Mexico and theImperial Valley of Southera Califor-nia.
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CHURCH NEWSRev, Don Baldwin, resident Pro-
testant minister, has annoLincecl thefollowing changes in services andhours.
The regular Sunday morning wor-ship in the Chapel is now held at9:00 a.m., allowing visitors and resi-dents to attend service before a dayof skiing.
With Sunday School scheduledat 10:00 a.m. in the Visitor Center,there is ample tirne for teachersand families to get from the Chapelto the Visitor Center.
At 11:30 a.m. there is a new in-door service in the Snowflake Roomat Badger Pass ~ for bad weatherdays and for beginning skiers whoaren’t up to taking the chair lift tothe top where the Skier’s OutdoorWorship is held at 1:45 I).m.
OTHAT~A~WAY
Due to the UnLisua[ quantity ofsnowfall this winter, and the prob-lems attendant upon tills condition,the Tecoya Dorrrl access road is nowone-way and will remain so untilfurther notice. Travel is frorn thenorth (hospital) side to the south(carnp 6) side. Your cooperationwill reduce ti~e driving hazarcls inthis area.
OROSALINE LINTOTT DIES
The SENTINEl. has receivecl wordof the death of Mrs. Rosaline Lintottin Orinda. The Lintotts came toYosemite in 1921 when Walter wasernployed by the Yosemite NationalPark Co. as garage stockroom man-ager, and left in 1942.
~o~FOR SALE -- New Bear Paw snow-shoes. Contact Rosemary DeVitoon The Ahwahnee desk or call 372-4421.
er) traversecl over 3,000 miles all insearch of the sun~ancl founcl sarne.Van and Sally riding, singing andswimming: Harriet and Vince, driv-ing, singing and sunning.
Having weatherecl the storm,Dillon Gillies left March 3 for a threeweek holiday which he plans tosperld wlth his family in North Car-olina, Rhode Island and New 14arnp-shire.
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¯ Paul Jones, for rnany years avalued member of the Yosemitecommunity, passed away very sud-denly of a heart attack the last weekof February. Mernorial services wereheld on March 1 in Palm Springswhere he and Coletha had madetheir retirement horne.
Paul first came to Yosemite inMay, 1941 as relief cool< at The Ah-wahnee. He worked as second cool<there until the summers of 1964 and1965 when he became sous chefat Camp Curry. In 1967 Paul wassous chef at Wawona, and then wenton to Big Trees Lodge as chef, aposition he held througl~ last surn-I11e r.
All of us who knew Paul, and whoworkecl with or for hirn, loved him.He was fair to everyone, reliablein his job. He had a joke for all. Heloved fine music and shared de-lightful musical evenings with hisfriends. Baseball was another love.How we will miss him! Paul Jones,chef par excellence and a very swellguy.
At this time, it is uncertain wheth-er Coletha will return to Yosemite,but we sincerely hope that she will.
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accorded the cooperation of theweatherrnan in proviclir~g clear skies(the N.P.S. is already working onclearing the road) the T.V. will soonbe operating properly.
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HELP WANTEDLocal woman desiring full time
employrnent to train as key purlchooerator. Also wanted are localwonlel-I who war’lt full or part-time
work in any capacity. Contact theYPC Co. personnel office, 372-4611.
FOR SALE ~ Duncan Phyfe mahog-any clining table, 40" x 64" with 2extenders ancl 2 chairs. $40. CallDana Molgenson at 372-4852.
FOR SALE ~ 1959 4-cloor Chevrolet.Radio/heater/power steering. CallEarl Pomeroy at 372-4878.
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BARNETT’S TWENTY-FIVE YEARSIN THE SADDLE
Bob Barnett has just completecltwenty-five years or thirty-eight yearswith YPC Co., depending on howyou look at it m thirty-eight if youstart with his first job, twenty-five ifyou start with his regular seasonalemployrnent. Either way, it’s a long,loyal period of service at a job thatdernands long hours, a knowledgeof horses, people and the parl<.
Barnett’s family has been aroundMadera County for a long time,B0b’s father havi,lg farmed grain onland which was a part of the old,historic Miller and Lux holding. Mil-ler and Lux once owned most of theSan Joaquin Valley. On the Barnettfarm, mules instead of tractors, wereused for the field work and Bob,at a tender age, learned to managea twelve-mule team --which is alot of rnules. When Bob first came toYosemite to work summers, he was16 and his uncle Jim Barnett wasstables boss. He put Bob in chargeof the donkeys- to feed them,pack them, curry them and to putup with their miserable dispositions.Despite the last, Bob had a success-
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SPRING CLEANUP WEEKSupt. Lawrence Hadley has cle-
signated April 27-May 3 as SpringCleanup Week. All residents areurged to rid their yards of ac-cumhJ!ed winter debris. The N.P.S.will make special picl<ups of trashand leaves left along residentialroadsides. Those with pickuptrucks may assist materially byhauling their own and neighbor’strash to the El Portal incinerator.Yosemite is green. Help keep itclean!
ART SHOW COMING
Della Taylor l-loss, a one-tirneYosemite resident and an artist ofconsiderable accomplishnlent, by ar-rangement witll the Yosemite ArtsGuild, will have a display of herwork at The Ahwahnee during May.There will be charcoal and pencildrawings which will be representa-tive of her early work (1927) andthat done in 1968: the exhibit, thus,will be called "Then and Now". Allthe drawings are studies of nature,in one form or another.
Mrs. Hoss, when she lived in thepark, was an inveterate observerand recorder of the local floral andfauna and her woodblock renderingsof the trees of Yosemite have con-tinued to be admired by naturefanciers as well as artists.
Everyone is welcome to view theexhibit which will be in The Ah-wahnee’s Game Room.
O"RECORD SNOW DEPTHS IN
HIGH COUNTRYWe’re all very well aware that we
had a whopping amount ol snowduring the past (we hope!) winter.The N.P.S. snow gaugers, overcom-ing the hazards of surface transpor-tation by using a helicopter, madetheir late March survey without mis-haf ) and come up with the follow-ing figures’Course Elevation Snow Depth
"1969 AveragePeregoy Meadows 7000’ 153.0" 69.8"
Gin Flat 7100’ 155.4" 81.2"
Tenaya Lake 8150’ "148.5" 79,1"
Osh’ancler Lake 8200’ 153.5" 82,9"
Tuolumne Meadows8600’ 125.6" 56.3"
Snow Flat 8700’ 198.0" 105,9"Ellery Lake 9500’ 132.5" 71,3"Rafl’erly Meadows 960tY "I 5"I.0" 79.4"Dana Meadows 9700’ "133,2" 77,4"3"ioga l.ake 9900’ 134,7" 56.7"Sacldlebag Lake "10,000’ "145.(.)" 75.5"
FREE CLIMBING INSTRUCTIONFOR LOCALS
Wayne Merry, director of YPCCo.’s newly established climbingand mountaineering school, statedthat, prior to the school’s officialopening, he will conduct free intro-ductory classes for local employees.
Three clays of classes will be helcl:Basic on April 22, Intermediate,April 23, Advanced, April 24. Classeswill be lirnited to 10, 4, and 3 per-sons respectively. Each class willlast seven hours, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Climbing equipment (not shoes orddthing) will be furnished.
Because classes are limited insize, enrollment will be on a firstcome basis. Call YPC Co. Operationsoffice, 372-4656, for sign-up.
oLIONS AND WOMEN’SGROUP TO CO-MEET
The Lions Club is showing re-markably good judgement by arrang-ing to hold a meeting in conjunctionwith the Yosemite Women’s Group.On April 24, the two groups willjoin at a luncheon meeting, at whichS . ,nlr ey Sargent, well-loved and rnuchaclmired local (Foresta) authoresswill tall< about "Jessie B. Fremont,Mariposa County Resident". Mrs.Fremont was, of course, the wifeof J. C. Fremont, who once ownedsome 50,000 acres of the MariposaCounty Ioothills and had a home inBear Valley. Miss Sargent will exhibitold photos relating to the Fremontsand will read from Mrs. Fremont’sletters.
Reservations should be macle withThe Ahwahnee cashier, 372-4421.
New Sargent Books OutThree new books publishecl by
Miss Sargenl’s "Flying Spur Press"(Corilinuec[ on page three)
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A sLIre harbinger of spring is theannual shift in personnel frorn winterto summer assignments.
Two appointments, however, arenot seasonal. Yosernite Park anclCurry Co. will be opei~ting theUnited Auto Workers’ Family Ecluca-tion Center at Black Lake, Michiganand Yosernite Lodge manager, EarlPomeroy, has been assigned as man-ager of that facility, witll ChiefAuditor, Gery] Smith, as assistantrnanager. Earl’s transfer was effectiveApril I; Gerry’s will be after May I,but neither will move to Michiganfor some weeks.
Former El Portal Motor Inn man-ager, John Burden, foresaking cro-cuses for snow plants, has moved upthe hill to become Yosemite Lodgemanager. Charlie Mulcally is nowthe acting manager of EPMI.
Witll the closing of Badger Pass,rnanager Bill Wismer becanle assis-/ant to the Vice President, Opera-tions, and Winter Sporls Director,Nic Fiore, packecl his skis and gretchpar~ts and unpackecl his hildng bootsancl lederhosen for his sunlmer as-signrner~t as supervisor of the HighSierra Camps. Although, due to thedepth of snow in tile lligh country,he may have Io make his first forayon snowshoes!
Yosemite Lodge assistant manager,Bill Cooper, will take over the run-ning of Curry Village, which incor-porates the former Camp Curry and14ousekeepirlg Camp operations.Two for the high country are La Can-tina manager Tom Keitges to GlacierPoint Hotel and Lodge cafeteriamanager Charles Beck to run BigTrees Lodge.
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ADIOS, CANTINA MIA
At "I a.rn. Sunclay, April 6 La Can-tina manager Tom Keitges pusllecltile last wailing customer out of thedoor. Sadly, Inge Stueven carted outtile last paper plate ancl empty pitch-er. Cook Harry Crane turned off theoven ancl sheathecl his choppingI<nife. La Cantina was closecl ’til nextDecember!
As a gathering place, La Cantinawas great fun for visitors, familiesand single ernployees alike. In fact,on alrnost any given night, Ilalf thepatrons were locals. While the finalfigures aren’t in, througll the montllof February some $21,000 worth offood was clished up anti ¯$8,500worth of spirits poured ~ whicllrepresents something like "10,000tacos ancl 8,000 pitchers of beer.
Tom Keitges and Harry Crane(probably) will go to Glacier Point.For Inge, its back to the Lodge res-taurant’s green and white uniformno more cute, checkered nlini-skirt.
There’ll be a two woek clearl-upperiod cluring which tile last pear~utshell will be swept up, TheresaConroy’s window rnurals washedaway, the piano and juke box hauleclout, ancl the sombreros ancl pinatasstored away. On April 25, the placewill reopen as the plain, oi’ VillageRestaurant.
cornpany on March 24, isn’t cluitea ’new man’, having workecl for usback in "1967. George is a prograrn-
met in data processing; he and hiswife Merilee have taken up resi-dence in the "Y" apartments.
Jim Pavisha of Watsonville signec[on March 18 as a nlanagementtrainee with his first position All-wahnee cllief clerk. Jirn is a so-ciology gracluate of the Universityof Santa Clara and recently servec[as Executive Officer of a MP trainingcompany.
Robert Turkovich is another man-agement trainee appointecl on March25 to the food and roonl servicefacilities at Yosemite Loclge. Bobgraduated in "1968 fronl San JoseState with a degree in aclvertising.One wonders if this is a case of theacl nlan out?
JUST LIKE DOWNTOWN!In their Marcll 13 meeting, the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No.2971 voted to sponsor the namingof the street and roads in theircornnlunity of El Portal.
Anyone with narne SLIggestiollSshoulcl contact Carroll Clark, cllair-rnan of tile project. Tile final cle-cisions will be made jointly by tileV.F.W. and tile National Park Service.Tile latter has agreed to supply theredwood posts anti signs, the fornlerwill donate the sfrong arms anclbacks to install them.
OIMMUNIZATION CLINIC
Dr.Avery Sturrn and Dr. RogerHendrickson, in cooperation withthe Mariposa Counly Health Depart-rnent and public health nurse, Mrs.Carol Davis, will hold a communityimrnur~izatiorl clinic on Tuesclay,April 22, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. intile multi-purpose room of tile Yose-mite Elementary School.
Tuberculin skin tests will be givenas well as inlrnunizations for mea.sles, smallpox, diptheria, tetanus,wllooping cough and polio. There isno cllarge for the imnlunizationswhich are available to infants, child.ren and adults. Those under 2"1 yearsmust be accompaniecl by a parent,and all persons should bring theirinlmunization records with thenl.
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BLOOD BANK TIME AGAINThe Yosemite Lions Club will
sponsor the Central Valley BloodBank on May 6 at the Masonic Hall.Two years ago approximately 80pints were obtained and this amountIlas been used in Yosernite or neigh-boring communities.
To re-establish our credit, all fitcitizens are asked to make an ap-i~ointment to clonate blood. Pledgecards will be available from yoursupervisor.
Yosemite Park ancl Curry Co. anclthe National Park Service cooperateand encotlrage a response to thisvital cornrnunity project. If the pro-ject is successful, the conlnlurlitywill have a credit for two years wilhthe Lewis Menlorial Hospital or fortransfer wllere neeclecl.
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SUGGESTIONS PAY OFF
Suggestion commiltee chairmanMiko Johnson recently announcecltwo awards. Pat O’Donnell hacl hispay check fattened by $12.50 forsuggestirlg that a buzzer replacethe bell on the telephone in TheAhwahnee clining roonl. Actually,a blinking light was installecl butPat’s idea was responsible for thechange.
Garagernan Pete Muncill came upwith an idea for a gear oil clispenser,which resultecl in a substantial costsaving ancl the granting of $’12.50for his efforts.
Keep those cards ancl letters corn-ing in folks!
THE BATTLE OF THE WHITFIELDSWith lhe May 3rcl opening of fish-
ing season just around tlle corner,llle fUlLire book is now open on theWhiffield vs. Whitfield ’battle of thebrownies’ or ’who can catch the big-gesl fish on opening day’.
Last year, Keilh cleckecl Sonny bypulling in a 4 lb. 5 oz., 2.] V.~ inchlong trout, so Sonny will be going allOLlt [O best Keilh. Neither will aclmitto being in training for the contestbeyonc[ a certain arnount of wristflexing, but as tirne draws near, itmay be that Keith and Sonny willbe observecl in certain gyrationsassociatecl with fly casting.
The next SENTINEL will carry thenews of the .]969 cllanipion!
A FEAST OF ROBINS
byShirley Sargent
A feast of robins enlivened themassive rains of January, 1969 at myisolated Flying Spur home, 13 mileswest of Yosemite Valley. Normallyfrequent snowfalls, separated by daz-zling days ol sunlight, like exclama-tion points after sentences, makeJanuary thirty-one clays of beauty.This year, clays ancl days of solicl,sheeting rain, of hail, of peltirlg sleet,pine-bending wind, ancl more rainresulted in pools, riwilets, sloughs,uprootecl trees, power failure anclsolitude. Two tree-friends fell at Fly-ing Sl)ur. One, a picturesque snag,leaned toward my home, but wasthrust by gusty winds to thucl harm-lessly over a woodpile.
Robins clisputed lhe wealher.Darnage ancl clanger were mentallyshelved as I watchecl the bircls ells-porting themselves and using rainas bacl<clrop for continuous shows.A flock does not l)egin to ecluatethe legions, lhe aslouncling mulli-tudes swooping, darling, ancl hol)-I)ing in I he forest. Their numberwas So vast as Io blacken seclionsof t:he sky when they flew. Theirvocal reaction Io rain was so loucl asto drown out lhe consicleral)le lu-mult of slorm-swollen creeks.
Chirps, twillers ancl challer wasonly overwhelmed by lhe Irelnen-clous whir of wings in llleir suclclell
bolts for the sky. While robin callsharclly rank as music, such as can-yon wrens or olive-sided flycatchersprovicle, they heralc[ good fellow-ship. Mud clidn’t cleter robins. "l’heyskitterecl, bouncecl, pecl<ecl at pools,ran in spasrnodic bursts of speec[,ruff[ec[ their feathers, pullec[ berriesfrom manzanita busl-les ancl frolick-ec[, commanding human attentionand amusement. A l:)and of juncoesand the ever-present, raucous Stel-ler jays were so outrlurnberecl as tobe dismissecl as cornl~etition.
There was little color to my soak-ed fiiencls. Rec[breasts and blue coatswere clrab anc[ wet, but the birdswere so colorful in action their dis-heveled plurnage seemec[ a jauntyu n i form.
John Muir callecl robins "blesseclwanderers", anc[ I ]mew a warmerclirnate woulc[ beckon \,vher~ snowbegan. Neither hail nor sleet troubl-eel them, but their agitation was ex-trerne wherl snowflakes finally suc-ceeded "]7 inches of rain. In flocksarid singles they arrowed away, leav-ing Flying Spur to Ihe beauty anclblessings of snow.
When I rernernber Ihe inlmenserains resultirlg in siate-wicle catas-I:rophe, I remenlber, too, a feast ofrobins. No torrent of rain, no ttllllLll[c)f free up-rooling winrl, no ridge-shroucling cloucls, no soclclen claywas incessantly gloomy wilh suchan assemblage of anirnatirlg cheer.
meni~er’s dinner was held at BaclgerPass the evening of April 3. Morethan a hunclrecl mernbers, juniorsand guests attendecl. The evening,arranged by Patrick O’Donnell, as-sistant Badger manager, was donein goocl style ~ a speedy bar, a fineclinner ancl excellent folk music play-ed ancl SLing by Pete and JoannAllen.
Following clinner, presiclent BillJones ancl his comrnittee peoplerecappecl the season’s activities.Officers for the 1969-70 season wereelectecl and will be:Presiclent.. Roger l-lerlclrickson, M.D.Vice President ......... Bob BarbeeVice President ............ AI ReaclSecretary/Treasurer...Henry BerreySports Director .......... Nic FioreCharles Proctor again was narnedHonorary President.
Among the many distinguishedguests were the Albert Sigals, theirson and wife and their children. TheSigal grandchildren are among themany third generation youngstersskiing at Badger. Mickey Curry andson David were present; John, a for-rner Y.W.C. president, was unableto be present.
Dar Mclnerney, fund raising chair-man, conducted a raffle at the closeof the evening with Mickey Currywinning a season lift pass and skiboot tree, Albert Sigal, a pair ofpoles, Steve Polhernus, sun glassesand Tiina Tamm, wax and gaiters.The raffle netted $25.
This has been a good year for theClub and, despite cancellation ofseveral events because of weather,it providecl more activities and hadmore members involved in its pro-grams than ever in the past.
O’FOR SALE ~ 28’ Kenskil trailer.Excellent condition. $2500. Call Mrs.Beavers at 379-2284 after B p.m.
OLIONS AND WOMEN CO-MEET
(Conlinuecl I’rom page one)now are available ~ a wilclflowerbook by/Vlary ancl Bill 14oocl, a fish-ing guide to Ihe High Sierra by HankJohnson, and a piclure calencler byMiss Sargent.
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FROM THE PROVINCESSouth
Marshall Hall, our Southern Cali-fornia sales representative, clroppedin for a chat recently. Ill discussinghis move fionl the Biltmore Hoteloffice he had occupied for 19 yearsto an office ill Sherman Oaks, Marshstated that Alexander Graham Bell’sinvention is consiclerable assistance,much better than fighting one’s waydown the freeway to Long Beach,for instance, only to discover yourprospect (1.) isn’t in, (2.) cloesn’tcare to see you or (3.) hates thewilderness and wouldn’t considerbringing his group to the Park.
There are two drawbacks to hisVentura Boulevard location. One isthat all his old travel agent buclcliesdon’t drop in for a chat like Iheyused to do. The other is that hisfiling system still, after all thesemonths, consists of nine cardboardboxes. Marsh claims, though, hecan go straight to the box contain-ing the desired object.
WestNews of our ex-San Francisco of-
fice manager has also been received.When YPC Co. closed its office ayear ago, Andrew Scarbrough tooka position, he claimed, as busboyat the Kona-Hilton on the island ofHawaii. He said he wanted no re-sponsibility, long hours, or hasselswith the public. "Catagorically", saidAndy, "1 wouldn’t take head busboyif it were offered to me".
Last week, along came a letterfrom Andrew Scarbrough, ExecutiveAssistant Manager of the Kona-Hil-ton[ Enclosed was a clipping (originunknown) that stated A.S. had work-ecl, among other places, at The Ah-wahnee and Furnace Creel< Inn inY.N.P. Back to your geography booksMr. Unknown Writer.
One’s mental picture of Anclywith barefeet, attired in swim trunksand aloha shirt with a lei* aroundhis neck, happily attending a huki-lau* and eating humuhumunukunu-kuapuaa* is gone. One visualizeshirn in neat seersucker suit, starchedwhite shirt, tie aqd polished brogueswhose work is never pau*.
It’s enough to rnake one believethe old canarcl about rnad clogs and
BARNETT’S TWENTY-FIVE YEARS(Continuecl from page one)
ful operation and organized andlaunchecl the Burro Picnic, whichhas become a true Yosemite tracli-tion. Over the next few years, Bob’stime was spent between work on thefarnl, in school anc[ at the park. Heperformed all the required furlctionsin the several stables and, whenJess Rust retired in 1953, Bob be-carrie full-tirrle rnanager.
There are scores of "Barnettisms"around~a Barnettism being a spoof,an exageration, a myth, or simplya moLintain-grown phrase. Whenwriter Dolly Connelly gatl]ered herinforrnation for her story on the fallhorse drive frorn Wawona to winterpasture in the foothills, she collect-ed several.
"A horse is like a wornarL Thebest looking ones don’t make thebest wives." An admonition to aphotographer: "Don’t waste colorfilm on that pinto mule. Can’t takea color picture of hirn. They all comeout black and white." "1 couldn’tvote anything but straight Demo-cratic, not and look all thern mulesin Ihe eye." On rousing his hands at5 a.m.: "Everybody up. Bed’s adangerous place to be. Lot of peopledie there!"
In assessing the current stablespatrons, Bob claims they’re aboutthe sanle as always, most are excitedand a little nervous at the prospectof riding, ladies clon’t give their cor-rect weights~he adds a few poundswhen assigning a horse. He will havea new stable at Tuolumne Meadowsthis surnrner. It will be located be-tween the road and Soda Springs, upagainst the hills. Working from here,Bob says he can do a rnucll betterjob with the saddle trips, the dayriding and the pack trips.
Despite 25 years wrangling horsesand people, Bob looks as thougt~he has another 25 in him yet.
Englishmen! Congratulations, mali-hini*.
*In case your Hawaiian is rusty:lei---flower garland, hukilau~com-inunity fish fry, Ilumuhumunukur~u-kuapuaa ~ a tiny fish about as longas its narne, pau~finished, rnalihini~newcomer to the islands.
FAREWELL
A long time ago, nearly 20 years,Mary Tresidder gave AI Glass, thenthe resiclent rrlinister, a pair ol:hickory skis which had belongedto her late husband, Don. DaveDowning s[imnlecl them down andAI used them for nlany years.
Recently, the Glasses delivered thesides to their son, Gordon, now ateacher in an Inclian school at FourComers National Monument. (Colo-rado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico --take your pick.) Gordon not onlyadmired them but found them mostenjoyable for his skiing at Purgatory,near Durango, Colorado.
The skis canle to a sac[ end, asdescribed in Gordon’s eulogy:
"It is with great sadness and re-morse that I report the followingtragedy. They were as fine a pair offriends as we’ve ever known. Firstintroduced to our family followinga broken ski incident atop BadgerPass, they supported several of usfor years though the ruts and mogulsof life. And yet we sometimes treat-ed them without concern or dignity,once cutting off two of the poinlsthey so proudly thrust forward intothe drift and mastery of the fast life.More recently they served in the in-troduction of a new member of ourfamily to the ups and clowns of theirway of living. And though scornedand stared at by tl~ousands of the’noveau-schuseboomers’, they joy-fully clattered out their song of theslopes once more.
"But now this is all ended. Theirmost recent compatriot, in a weakrnornent, indulged hirnself in oneof those new gadgets that were soforeign to these two. The uprightski rack, though suave and daring,was not designed with their interestsin rnind. Their goal was forward anddown, and to point upward was tocourt tragedy. And it came notwhere it would have been welcorn-ed, on the slopes, but gracelesslyand brutally, thrust violently andrnirldlessly against a garage door,snal~ping of-f those a[ready degradedpinacles of being, and bringing to anend the era of the fanlily woodies.May lheir edges rust in peace."
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Tuesday, June 10, 1969 Yosemite National Park, California
INTRA-COMPANY MOVEMENTSRoy Seal has been prornoted to
the position of Assistant Supervisorof Service Stations and Manager ofthe Yosernite Lodge Station. He willreport to Bob Bevington, Supervisorof Service Stations, and will assisthim in the general supervision of allservice Stations. Roy started withYPC Co. in 1960. After an intervalaway, he returned to the Companyin 1965.
Dave Downing, Supervisor ofPools and Stands, has been trans-ferred from the Commercial Divisionto the Operations Division, supervis-ing the swinmming pools, bicyclestands, refreshment stands and vend-ing rnachines which now are assign-ed to Operations. This transfer ofresponsibility is part of the continu-ing implementation of our planneclreorganization and consolidation offunctions. Dave now repoi’ts to BobMaynard, Vice President Operations.
Williarn (Tex) Wyly has been pro-rooted to the position of Mainten-ance Labor Foremarl. Tex has workedfor YPC Co. since August, 1963.
Pat O’Donnell has been appointedAssistant Manager, Curry Village.O’Donnell has been with YPC Co.for the past year as Dining RoomManager at The Ahwahnee and As-sistant Manager at Badger Pass.
And MoreDillon Gillies is now manager of
Wawona Hotel, after having serveclas assistant manager at The Ahwah-nee for the past year.
Acle I-larders has been apl)ointeclmanager of the Housekeeping Sec-tion of Curry Village.
Bill Jones, ski school director thispast winter, has taken up his summeri3osition of director of fishing instruc-tion, a guest service established lastS U I"11 I’1] e r,
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YOUTH GROUP PROJECTTile local higlm sclmool youth group,
working through the Christian Child-ren’s Fund, Inc., is sponsoring aimorphaned Korean child. For $12 amonth one of the many desertedyoungsters can be fed, clothed andbe made aware that somewhere,someone cares.
The youth group is gatheringclothing and hopefully, money tosupport its project. Anyone choosingto help can sencl a check made outto Yosemite Community Church(marked Orphan Fund) to p.o. Box456 or hand a check or cash to amember of the youth group.
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TRAM TRIPSTile pink and white tramcars, now
in service on the valley tour, arefinding great popularity among timevisitors. The ’puller’ can tow twocars with a capacity of 93 persons.This year time transportation agentsat Curry Village, The Ahwahnee andYosemite Lodge will rotate in therole of tour guide. Dian Bayless, Pat-rick Fayes, Randy Michael, MarilynNewell, Dorotlly Horner, Jim Lietzan,Greg Harris, Kerry Northern, LinclaNutter and Tom Nagle have beenon board to date and they are dueto be joined I)y Hank Reynolds ofwestern entertainment fame (sansguitar).
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FORTY BY FOURFour more YPC Co. employees re-
cently completed ten year’s service.First, there was Nels Nelson Who hasfaithfuly breaded and basted in TheAhwahr~ee kitchen for Io these manyyears. Next, tllere was Kay Aran-guena who has clispensecl bool<s anclburls from the Stuclio Warellousesince February 1, 1959.
Finally, there were the 13rothers((’onti nuecl overleaf’)
CLIMBING SCHOOL UNDERWAY
Tile new Yosemite MountaineeringSchool started classes May 15. Theteaching area at the foot of GlacierPoint was irlcomparably dramatic~the ceiling a canopy of oak trees,the air conclitioning worked perfect-ly, neither lighting nor acousticsneeded into provement.
Tile instruction staff is rnade uI)of the best men in the field, exper-ienced, thorough, watchful and cap-able. Time director, Wayne Merry,has had 17 years experience climbingin Yosemite and elsewhere, has in-structed for the National Park Serv-ice, tile U.S. Navy, at Olympic andPeninsula Colleges in Washingtonand has clevelopecl clinmbing pro-grams for the Sierra Club.
The school is on a regular sched-ule with beginning and intermediateclasses daily and advancecl .classesby arrangenment. Locals are welcometo join classes and will be given a50% rate reduction, which makesI)eginning class $5, intermediate.$7.50. Participation at the reducedrates is subject to space being avail-able in the classes. Check in at theLodge Shop.
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NEW REFUSE COLLECTORVVhile there are no changes in
operating i)roceclures, the gatlmeringof refuse from the big, scluare, browngarbage boxes is no longer beinghanclled by the NPS. YPC Co. hascontracted with James Russell andPhilli I) Ward to collect "concession-er’s garbage". It’s hauled to Bear Val-ley ancl usecl for a landfill. If yourconlainer gets over-full, call G(.~rclonWarren; he’s in charge.
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H. Oel~lmanrl AdvisorA. R. Robinson ...... AdvisorH. Berrey ........... Advisor
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FALLS DRAW OLD FRIENDSWendell and Victoria Otter, long
time residents of the park and nowenjoying the leisure life in LagunaHills, came up to see our waterfalls.Both, careful observers of the sceneduring their years in Yosemite, statedthat they’d never seen the valleymore lovely.
Last week, John and Nancy Lon-caric, now retired to Laguna Beach,drawn by the same beauty, visitedthe park. They ’were properly impres-sed.
The Loncarics have a fine homewith a hillside garden, put in by
John over the last several years. Thegarden virtually was destroyed bythe heavy rains of last spring. Johnis now in the process of having thearea landscaped and secured by re-taining walls.
The Reichers, Bob and Caroline,took a holiday from Bob’s rnedicalpractice in Medford, Oregon andpopped in for a waterfall tour.
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SUMMER SOFTBALL FUNSoftball and surnrnertime go to-
gether. It has been suggested thatthere be organized a summer recrea-tional softball league for all fathers,sons, uncles and grandfathers whowould liketo play.
The aim is to get four teams andhave garnes once a week in theevening at the convenience of theplayers. It would be a new exper-ience to get the younger and oldermen and boys of the community to-gether for a little fun this summer.
Any males, 7th grade to 75 years,who are interested, contact CharlesHaffner, Yosemite School Principal,and leave your name and preferredplaying days. Phone 372-4284. Playwill begin shortly.
NOTE FROM COLETHA JONESSince Paul Jones’ death on Feb-
ruary 25, Coletha has received scoresof notes and expressions of friend-ship from their friends. To thern, Co-letha sends her thanks for their sym-pathetic and understanding worclsand acts.
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SCHOOL NEWSThe Yosemite Parents Group held
the semester’s last rneeting on May19. Main accomplishment was theelection of officers for the ’69-’70school year. Elected were:
James McDonalcl, chairman, /VlacMcLain, vice chairman, MarianWoessner, secretary, James Todd,treasurer, Paula Krisko, librarian andDotty Power, fund raiser.
The annual school picnic was heldat school on the evening of June 2.The final day of school was Monday(Monday?) June 9 with gracluationexcercises held that night. "No moreteachers, no more books".
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Gary Walrath has been employeclas manager of El Portal Motor Inn.Gary worked for YPC Co. from May,1961 to July, "1965 as bellman andhead bellman at The Ahwahnee.Prior to rejoining the company, hewas food analyst at the FairmontHotel in San Francisco.
Ralph Garner was employed May16 as manager of Glacier Point.Ralph worked for YPC Co. from De-cember, 1965 to May, q968 in variousrnanagerial positions at YosemiteLodge and The Ahwahnee.
oHELP WANTED ~ Players for ElPortal V.F.W. men’s softball team.See or call Don Dunn or L. L. Brans-cure, 372-4611.
o.GIANT BARGAIN SALE -- 100s softand hard-bound books, records (33rpm monaural), misc. householdgoods. Inclian Creel< Apt. garage, 2ndfrom west end. June 15, 10 a.m.-4p.m.
oFOR SALE--1968 Honda 175 Scrarn-bier bike. $450. Call Carroll Clark at:379-231"1.
FROM SYD LEDSONBefore Syd and Helen Ledson left
Yosemite for Merced, where theynow enjoy the easy life, his friendshad a farewell party for him. In addi-tion, they presented hirn a saddle.Sycl sencls tile following to thoseparticipating.
Many Thanks"1 know there were sorne of you
that couldn’t attend the lovely partygiven for me, so I clicln’t get to thankyou for the terrific saddle I received.I woulcl like to take this opportunityto thank you, and again thank all theothers who made this gift possible.
"I’m sure I will thinl< of all of youas l jog along on a country road."
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BABYSVILLE NEWSOn May 1, Shirley James presented
poppa Truman with a 6 lb. 9Y~. oz.son, who was pronlptly namecl Wil-liam Hugh. The Jarneses live in Wa-worla.
Peggy (Mrs. Don) Baldwin had baby girl on May 23 who, on arrival,weighed 6 Ibs. IV2 oz. and .was "19"tall. The Balclwins have named herJoy Roxanne. Don reports thatmother, baby, Eve and himself areall doing well.
Michelle Elizabeth presentecl her-self to marna and papa, Marti andJim Edeal, at the convenient hour of4:03 p.m., May 30. She weighed inat 8 Ibs. Y-, oz. and is the first forthe Edeals.
OFORTY BY FOUR
(Continued from page one)Paquette, Joe, of the Yosemite Lodgestoreroom, has I<ept track of thebeans and biscuits since April 26,1959. Claude, in chau’ge of basketsand brooms in the Village Store,has only three weeks less seniority,having conlpletecl his ten years onMay 19.
Ten year service privileges includepasses for Y.T.S., Badger Pass lifts,and Wawona golf course, a personalcharge account, and the opportunityto buy mercllandise at cost pILlS 10%
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Thursday, July17,-1969 Yosemite National Park, California
GONE, BI..JT NOT FORGOTTEN
The Glacier Point Hotel anclMountain House 13urnecl to [l~eground -- in a matter oi: an hour oz"so -- July 9. The valley fire sirenhowlecl its orninous howl at 9:30p.nl., the fire I:rucks were on I.he way
izl nlinutes. Bul, there was nolh!ngl:o save when they arrived 45 minul:es
later.It was a fire o1: "urfl<nown origin",
starting about rniclway in Ihe mainhotel builcling. In a couple of who-oshes the whole building was ablazeancl the Mountain House hacl caughl:’/e. The 16 ernployees of the care
"ancl gift shop managed I o escape
with their hides intact but with lillleelse m so rapiclly did the flames con-surne the builclir~gs. Surprisingly fewtrees were bumecl, perhaps a clozen.
The Mountain House was built in"1878 by Jarnes McCauley who be-carne modestly famous for havingbuill: the Four Mile Trail to Glacierand for (probably) having conjuredup the Firefall. AI: the outset, theMountain House was used as a "resthouse" for the hardy ones who camelay foot or horsel3ack up the sleeptrails. In 1882, a proper roacl wasbuilt to Glacier Point and the traf-fic to the Mountain 14ouse cloublecl,’though it was not until 1917 thatthe D. J. Desmoncl Co. built Ihe rnainhotel.
What’s in the future for GlacierPoinl: has not been clelerminecl.There are several corlsiclerations, all
.... .,.J them important.Meanwhile, the N.P.S. has a lot of
hard, dirty work Io clo clearing upIhe charred remaill,.~ ~)I’ Ihe c)llc’(,grand old holel.
The chimney of lhe Glacier Poinl l-lolel survived lhe fire’s devastation and remains stand-ing like a lombslone, marking lhe resling place of lhe lale lamenled.
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The morning after: Glacier enlployees slill c()uld smile. Fr~)ni, I. r,: Penny Everson,Ginger Ah, arez, Sue Murray, Julio Maslro. Mary Jaenecke, James Kelly. Rear, I. Io r.: JoeClal)l), Tim llichards. Nol shown, l)ul alive and well ale: Carolyn llachman, Paquita llair,Ruby Dean, Ralph Garner, Todd GIo!4er, Larry tlawkins, Colleen Ifiorilon, Becky I,lumlels~and Caroline Wilson.
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CHURCH NEWS
Malinda Greeley has signed oll atthe Park Church as Chapel YouthDirector. Malinda’s from NewportBeach, Calif. and is a participant inthe Deputation Program from herchurch, St. Andrews Presbyterian.Under tile Deputation Program,many churches in Southern Califor-nia send young people to variousparts of the worlcl to work as sort ofjunior missionaries.
Here, Malinda has established ajunior and senior high school fellow-ship program and, in addition, worksin tile Coffeehouse, located in theMasonic Hall. She also works in theChapel office from 1-5 p.m. Malindasays that beyond her Schedule at theChapel, she’s available anytime fortalks with young people who wantguidance of a personal or spiritualnature.
The fellowship meetings and pro-gram happen at times that seem ap-propriate -- there’s no fixed sched-ule.
Malinda’s ambition in her workhere is to provide an atmospherewhere the high school people canfind a Christian-oriented experienceand environnlent, and to show thatChrist is relevant in all we do.
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JOIN UP[
A new group is forming calledthe Yosernite Sentinels. Qualificationis sinlple -- the ability to pelt 12words together in a simple, declara-tive sentence.
Any budding writers (or those infull bloom) are invited to submitmaterial for publication in the SEN-TINEL. For details, call Pat Thomasor Henry Berrey in the advertising/publicity office, 372-4611, ext. 50.
JIGGS MAKES GOODStable boss Bob Barnett receivecl
the following note from a youngrider frorn Redding:
"Dear Stable Crew:I had a ride on Jiggs today. I like
him so much tllat I am senting (sic)him some lumbs (sic) of sugar. Fromhis friencl, Eric Norris."
Bob acknowledgecl the gift forJiggs.
"Well ~ ]iggs got his sugar, anclhe sure does thank you, for that anclfor the nice ride you gave him.
"And he said to tell you to hurrybac.k soon so he can give you an-other ride!"
It’s nice to know that never againshall Jiggs be just number 96 in theo1’ corral.
oMARILYN’S RIDERS
If you’re heaclirlg for town anclwant a rider or two to share expens-es, or if you have no car and want aride, Ahwahnee transportation agentMarilyn Newell will help you out.Call her at 372-4421 or drop a linein the interoffice rnail with informa-tion on where you are going, when,how many riders you can take (orwhere you’d like to go, when, andhow rnany seats you need).
There’s no charge. This is Marilyn’sanswer to conqputer matching[
oWHERE DID ALL THE FLOWERS GO?
The yellow and orange shLIttle buswas clecorated a few days back withricky/ticl<y/stickies ~ by some un-known flower lover. We thought itlooked pretty good. But, apparently,others didn’t. The flowers bloomedbut a short while before they wereremoved. Alas and alack!
o.FRANK ELLIS DIES
Word was just recently receiveclof the death of Frank Ellis on May24 in San Rafael.
ings, surrouncled by piles of sanoancl gravel, olden trenches, buildingdebris and bare ground. Thenpractically overnight ~ Willow, El-derberry ancl Cottonwood sat amidstgreen,, velvety lawn. We’ve longthought that YPC Co. supervisorygardener Carl Stephens was a prettyhancly fellow when it came to horti-cultural matters, but this ’instantgrass’ seemed something of a mir-acle.
Further investigation disclosed thatCarl, and his men Roy McLean andBill Morgan, started site preparationon June 30, loosening the soil, ap-plying "loarnile", a commercialpreparation that retains moisture andcontains fertilizer, and wateringclown the area. On Wednesdayrnorning, July 2, tile trucks of theNunes Turf-Grass Nursery trundledin and unloaded 5,000 square feet ofrollecl-up grass. The Nunes cornpanyhas rnany hunclrecls of acres of turf .......
¢."growing on acreage near Pattersor,,Tile grass is cut into strips 5 feet long,12 inches wide and rolled, beforeclelivery Io a landscaping project.
Carl, Roy and Bill, assisted byDavid Ansel, Frank Scheifele andHoward Johnson, laid clown thethree big lawns that day. The follow-ing clay, three of them completedI:he three srnaller lawns. On July 10,an additional 5,000 SCluare feet ofsod was clelivered and the lawnscompleted surrounding Manzanita,Azalea and Birch.
While the project cost: $1,100, thelawn certainly presents a more at-tractive area for visitors than the baregrouncl. In fact, Carl stated that onFriday, July 4 there were sun bathersutilizing the cool green. Ancl, withinten clays of installation, the lawnneedecl mowirlg!
FUNNY THING HAPPENED ONTHE WAY TO THE LODGE . . .
One day, there sat the new build,~’~-~
WEDNESDAY NIGHT DANCES9:45 p.m. ~ "1:00 a.m.
Visitor CenterJuly 23 ~ The Jolly Green Giants. Hard rock specialists.July 30 ~ Shacles of Nighl. By recluest. Most popular grouI) last
sunlnler.August 6 -- The Church Keys. Enlployee group. IDrums, bongo,
organ, bass, 2 guilars.
WHAT
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off. YPCvantagerecreationbike or btswim, takenis or gola nd pa rtaat reduce
Series(YPC Co.cardholdetitled to tlservices,subject olthe prior ri
,.~ There’s no need to mope arounclr :~ne’s tent or dorm roorn on a day
off. YPC Co. employees can take ad-vantage of Yosemite’s outstandingrecreational facilities- ride a horse,bike or bus, climb a rock, go for aswirn, take a fishing lesson, play ten-nis or golf or visit the beauty parlorand partake of a gourmet meal -- allat reduced rates!
Series A privilege carclholders(YPC Co. employees) and series cardholders (NPS ernployees) are en-titled to the following discounts onservices, facilities and rnerchandise,subject only to their availability andthe prior rights of guests.
The Ahwahnee and Wawona poolsare reserved for hotel guests only,but employees may swim free at theYosemite Lodge pool on Tuesdaysand Thursdays from noon to 5:30p.m. and at the Curry Village poolthe same days from 3 to 5 p.m. Atthe stables, you can ride a horse or
.mule at half rate, unless you make an¯ ~,~;tlvance reservation, in which case"~the full rate applies. For instance, a
two-hour ride from the valley stablearound Mirror Lake would cost you$2.00. And, you can rent a bike fromany of the stands for 30c an hour.Tennis comes even cheaper ~ 25can hour per court at The Ahwahneeor Wawona Hotel.
There’s no discount on The Ah-wahnee pitch and putt course, butthe ernployee green fees for Wawo-na’s regulation, nine-hole, par 70course are $3.00 on weekdays, $3.50on weekends or you can purchase aseason ticket for $35.00.
Two indigenous sports ~ rockclimbing and fishing ~ may be en-joyed more fully by taking a few les-sons from Wayne Merry and BillJones. The employee rate for thebasic rock climbing course is $5.00,the intermediate is $7.50 and, whenyou’re ready, there are reduced ratesfor more demanding climbs, Bill
~ nes will give you an hour-long,
ivate fly casting lesson for $4,50 orspend the entire day guicling you towhere the trout are lurl<ing for $10,
One of the ’best buys’ your privil-
ege card (series A only) provides isa free ride on the Valley TramcarTour. To take advantage of this op-portunity, ask your supervisor for apass. Then, subject to a ’seats avail-able’ basis, you may board the Tram-car at Curry Village, from which itdeparts at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m., 1:30and 4:00 p.m. When the MariposaGrove of Big Trees Tourcar beginsoperation, similar arrangements maybe made for riding it free of charge.
Half rates are available on all Yo-semite Transportation System busroutes within the park and to Fresnoand Lake Tahoe. If you want to getto Tuolumne Meadows ancl clon’thave a ride, remember it is "thumbsdown on up thumbs". But, YTS will
.take you there and back for $3.80.If the Llrge for bright lights strikes,you can ride the bus to Fresno for$7.65 roundtrip, although the bar-gain trip is to Mercecl at $3.50.
If you do own a car, the Chevronstations will give you a 10% discounton any single accessory item pricedat $5.00 up; no discounts on laboror petroleum products.
At the Yosemite Village, Curry Vil-lage Housekeeping, Tuolumne Mea-dows and Wawona stores, cardhold-ers may purchase groceries at 10%off retail. At the studios and stores,there’s a 10% d~scount on cameras,clothing, watches, sporting goods,etc., excepting any single curio item,or matching set of items, priced at$5.00 or more when a 25% discountis allowed.
Sorry fellas, there’s no discount atthe barber shop, but the girls do getreduced rates at the beauty parlor.
Ernployess are remindecl that theWawona Hotel and The Ahwahneedining rooms welcorne them ~ at25% off list price[ You can have afine dinner at Wawona for $4.35 orsample The Ahwahnee fare for $5.45and you can take two guests at thereducecl rates.
There are no reduced rates at res-taurants, coffee shops or refreshmentstands. Those employees who do notreceive meals as part of their com-pensation may eat at the YosemiteLodge, Curry Village and Big TreesLodge cafeterias at a I/3 discounl.
PARENTS GROUP SPONSORSYOUTH PROGRAM
Midge Fiore, in the absence of adesignated ’youth activity director’,is doing nobly as the coordinator ofthe program, which is sponsored, ina general sense, by the YosemiteParents Group.
The prograrn is set Lip for localyoungsters in school grade 5 or high-er, and depending on the activity,seems to attract some 30-40.
Tennis instruction is held Wednes-day afternoon on The Ahwahneecourts. Eileen Berrey is in charge, as-sisted by Darla Jones, Inky Ringrose,Rev. Robert Thornton and Bob Wil-son of the Wawona Hotel staff.
Malinda Greeley, the chapel youthclirector, gives guitar lessons onTuesdays.
Golf lessons by Bill Miller, theWawona course pro, are planned forFridays. The six-lesson course willcost each youngster $6.
Dances are helcl every Wednesdaynight in the east auditorium of theVisitor Center, and your privilegecaM and $1.00 will get you in. Themusic starts at 9:45 p.m. and lasts’til I:00 a.m.
If you’ve a visiting relative, onemember of your family may be ac-cornrnodated in your ernployeehousing area on a space availablebasis for a period of up to one weekat $2.00 per night. Ernployees fromoutlying units visiting the val[ey areentitled to space, if available, in ern-ployee housing areas at 65c a night.Valley employees visiting outlyingunits (excepting High Sierra Camps,where regular rates apply) will behoused at $1.50 per person per day.
After a strenuous day of rockclimbing, golf or horseback riding,you may want some less active rec-reation. The Yosemite Lodge Recrea-tion Room is open every day from2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 11 p.n. andoffers shuffleboard, pool, TV ~,:~ :th-ing, and snacks. At the Rec Roomyou can buy something unavailableanywhere else in Yosemite ~ a real,honest-to-goodness, foot-long hotdog! II cosls a mere 30c, 40c piledwith chili.
Printer Vince Gordon and familyhave n’ioved to El Portal Trailer Vil-lage, where they’ve stashed away amobile home whose dirnensions are
! 20 feet by 50 feet. Harriet is our new-, est EDP trainee, by the way.i Butcher Lowell Willis and wife
¯ i Gladys have a new boat -- some 15feet with 40 horses--and most everyweekend they’re off to where thebass are biting.
Heavy eqLiiprnent operator JimGray cornpleted 15 years service onJune 28 -- all those years runningcats, crawlers and cranes[
Mechanic foreman Doug McElli-gott is a whiz at fixing dishwashers,as Pat Thomas can attest. There weretears of joy in the Thornas householdon the return of a working dish-washer.
’ Prowling the GORosemary Hart is the pretty new
face in tile executive office. She hailsoriginally from Oklahoma, has spentthe last year in San Francisco. Claimsshe doesn’t like SF’s cold, foggy sum-mers, but is looking forward to win-ter and learning to ski. You can tellthat she didn’t spend last winterhere!
Personnel’s Merilee N e wm a n¯ spent the Fourth of July weekencl(and we nmean weekend, 5V2 hourson Saturday, 6 hours oll Sunday) inpursuit of a rainbow trout. She was
’ rewarded by catching a 14V2-incheri in the Merced River. She told usi where but it seems a shame to reveal
her secret.GO custodian Harley Scoll com-
pleted 10 years service on June 8.One wonders how rnany tons ofwastepaper he has hauled out inthat time. Must be a good many.Tllanks for keeping us clean -- anclunburiecl ~ Harley.
Look for controller Roger Sand-berg’s picture in the newspaper
i soon. Roger, his wife Margaret,~ claughters Anna ancl Barbara andi neice Suzanne Anderson posed for ai
pictLire release of the new House-i keeping Camp units.
Operations OperatorsJim Pavisha is Glen Power’s new
assistant rnanager at The Ahwahnee.Jim’s former job of chief clerk is nowfilled by Rick Rief, out of Chicago byway of 23 years in Soutlmern Califor-nia. Rick is an Air Force veteran, hasdone public relations work for Puri-tan Fashions, worked for IBM andhad his own insurance agency in ElMonte. He says, however, that hispresent job Imas given him tlme great-est exposure to masses of peol)lein Ms career.
Evelyn and Gary Walrath are prettywell settled in now at their new EPMIhorne. Baby "Missy" was a rnitecranky during the transition periodso Evelyn took her to see Dr. Slurm.Wouldn’t you know? Missy was allgurgles and grins at the sight of Av-ery. And, afterward, bawled all theway home.
Fishing instructor and guide BillJones passed on tlmis tip. Fishing isgreat up the Tenaya Canyon aboveMirror Lake..
Have you noticed that the LodgeMountain Room Broiler waiters havechanged uniforms? No more aprons.Now they look like cowboys insteadof horsesl’loers.
One hundred and forty-six peopleshowed up for Wawona’s Fourth ofJuly bash; 36 of them lucky localswho had the day off or drove up fordinner after work. Hostess SandyBerrey had time hotel all decked outwith red, white and blue streanlersand balloons. It was claimed thepopping sounds were heat-swelledballoons bul’sting in the sun but wesuspect a couple of firecrackers werelit also. Exec’s Dar Maclnerney hadsuch a good time on the Fourth shestayed the entire weekend.
Village Store office girl, ,lean Dorn,says she and husband Ed, assistantmanager of tile CV Housekeel)ingCamp Store, have a considerateneighbor in Camp 6. Seems he ownsa nmotorcycle ancl goes to work atdawn. BLit, on request, said neighboi-now walks his bike out to the roacl.Now, if they’d stop roaring past mydoor . . .
TidbitsBill Meacham, former Badger Pass
manager (amongsl other YPC Co.jobs) has signecl on as the principal
of the Lee Vining High School. Billlost his most recent job when the
Parks Job Corp. Camp closed down~i~.-~but tile East Sicle is his second home’,~Iand he’s looking forward to the new .job with great arlticipation.
Oil where, oh where has MaureenBurden gone? Mrs. B. was a faithful
ancl witty ~ correspondent forthe SENTINEL in her EPMI days.Corne back, little Maureen, yourreaclers miss you[
We were amLised, momentarily,by tile wag who scratched out thelast worcl of the Wawona Tunnel signreading, "Turn On Lights". That’s ano-no.
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SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
The Yosernite Sclmolarship Corn-rnission wants to call tlme attentionof all high school graduates to theannual awarcl of $450 to be madesoon for the school year of 1969-"1970. Any graduate wllose parentsare employed on a year ’round basisin Yosemite National Park is eligibl(";:"ito apply. The scholarshil~ of $50 a0U~,:month for nine months is supportedby the Yosemite Commul]ity CoLin-cil. Two other scholarships of likearnount are offered by Mrs. MaryCurry Tresiclder, and applications forthese are also received by the Schol-arship Commission. One is intendedfor college freshmen. The other rnaybe awarclecl to a soplmomore. Thefollowing ilenls are taken into ac-count in making selections: Scholas-tic ability, financial need, leadership,personality, health, and general ap-titude. There is no particular signifi-cance in this order nor does onequalification have any special weight.The basic requirements for the twoscl’~olarships offered by Mrs. Tres-iclder cliffer from the Yosemite Schol-arship only in that a "B" averageimminimum in an accredited schoolcluring time preceding years is requir-ecl. Irffornmatiorl as to al~l)licatiolmsand proceclure may be obtainedfrorn Bill Breckerll<arnp in the Ni,,,,~tional Park Service AclministrationBuilding, Leroy J. Rust at the MainI’ost Office or Dana C. Morgenson,Yosemite Park ancl Curry Co.
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Thursday, August 21, 1969Yosemite National Park, California
T. V. REPORTNew receiving antennas, new
transmitting antennas and complete-ly new equipment for the rebroad-casting of Channel 11 will be inoperation by the end of August, ac-cording to the Yosemite CommurlityTV Association.
This rebroadcasting unit makesunnecessary the use of cables to in-dividual TV sets. Rather, strong TVsignal is spread through rnost of Yo-semite Valley from Glacier. A ridgeon the south wall of the Valley has,in the past, "blacked out" the Yose-iT~il:e Lodge Annex employee accom-rnodations. By the end of this month,this will be corrected. An antennalocated in the Lodge area picks upthe signals, strengthens thern and,by underground cables, transmits thesignal to individual, employee roomsin the Annex. This is the nearestYosemite comes to the usual ar-rangement employeed in manyfringe-area towns, that, by necessity,rebroadcast through individual ca-bles. The short distance involved atthe Annex facility made the Lmcler-
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YOSEMITE EASTGerry Smith was in for a short
visit from the Black Lake U.A.W.project. He reported that construc-tion of the family education centerthere is rnoving right along. Gerry isassistant resident manager ~ assist-ing Earl Pomeroy, who hasn’t beenwest since he moved bag, baggageand boat in March. The Pomeroyslive in a lake front cottage anti Earlhas his Tenaya-size sailboat mooredrigllt offshore.
Louis Smith, who has cooked forvarious YPC Co. units off and on for38 years, is the chef at Black Lake.There’s no grocery store, so wit’eHazel isn’t plying her checl<er skills.
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The firsl visitors through Tioga Pass entranceslalion Io receive the new folder preparedby YPC Co. ancl clistributecl by the NPS werethe Killians o1’ San Jose. In Ihe above photoare Ihe Killians: Jim, Marilyn, Jerry Killian,Ranger Ferclinancl Castillo and Mary Killian.
NEW VISITOR AID¯ YPC Co., widl the encouragement
of the NPS ancl tile financial assist-ance of Degnan’s ancl Best Studiopublished a new folcler clescribingwhere to do what in Yosemite.’Though the basic folder is the same,a special section was printed foreach of the four park entrance sta-.tions, giving pertinent informationabout the nearby area. Folders arehanclecl by the ranger at the enl:rancestation to the clriver of each arrivingcar. Based on last year’s visitor count,500,000 folclers were orclerecl, whichshould be rnore than ample in viewof the reclucecl, by 13%, travel tothe park through July 31.
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A BIG WHOOP-D-DO
The 28th annual Mariposa CourltyFair is set for a three-day run startingAugust 30. This liltle, niountairl fairis one of the I’ew such affairs remain-ins that pLIt the emphasis on Iheproducls ancl hanclicral’ls of countyresidents rather than on commercialand inclustrial exhibils. Home-can-necl peaches and hancl-crocheleclafghans are hard Io come I)y nowa-
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PRESIDENT’S COMMITTEE FORMED
The most recent event in YPCCo.’s ongoing management trainingprogram was the establishment lastmonth of the President’s Committee,anct from that, divisional advisorycomrnittees,
For many years, there has been inthe Cornpany, a body, or group, ofmanagement personnel organized toperform special duties, propose op-erational or adrninistrative changesand to expedite inter-divisional com-munications. This organization, theAdvisory Group, in reviewing itsstructLire and effectiveness last springconcluded that it could be more use-ful to the Company if it acquiredaclditional management skills andhacl the opportunity to benefit fromthe rnanagernent seminars with Dr.John Turner. To accomplish this, theAdvisory Group changed its nameand function to Management Train-ins Group. All members of the Ad-visory Group who so desired becamernembers of the new structure and,to date, have had two profitablegroul) meetings with Dr. Turner. Thernernl~ership consists of LawtonBranscum, Robert Bevington, JohnBurden, Stewart Campbell, WilliamCooper, Robert Cromer, Charles Da-venport, Richard Dilton, HowardDoucelle, David Downing, Nic Fiore,James Hamer, Robert Mathews, DanaMorgenson, Patrick O’Donnell, GlenPower, Jack Ring, Roger Sandberg,William T. Smith, Joseph Thomas,Eldridge Whitfield, Jr., Keith Whit-field, and William Wismer.
On July 28, seven members of theManagement Training Group, plustwo r~evvly-al)pointe d managementemployees, were appointed by theexecul:ive office to the President’sCommillee; on this committee are:Jack Ring, Lawlon Branscum, James
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Published byYosemite Park and Curry Co.
for the information ofYosemite Valley residents.
H. Oehlmann ........ AdvisorA. R. Robinson ...... AdvisorH. Berrey ........... Advisor
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GURU-VYAccording to Marilyn Newell, The
Ahwahnee is a lively place, filledwith lively people. On July 28, Peru-vian Felipe Postigo organized a suit-able celebration for his native land’sDia de la Independencia. Marilynreports that the 148th anniversarywas appropriately ushered in by theIndian Room Indians and theirfriends.
The next evening, the hotel crewgathered at Rocky Point for the an-nual beach party. Chef Walter No-wak spread a rnagnificent, groaningboard. Ade and Priscilla Harders andRay Wilson, assisted the chef on theline. Jim Pavisha was the ’bean push-er’, cajoling everyone to "have somemore beans".
An instrumental group materializ-ed during the evening M no oneseems to remember quite who theywere or where they came from, pos-sibly due to the availability of a cer-tain potable. And, of course, noAhwahnee beach party would becomplete without tossing GnadysWalton in the river. This year wasno exception.
For ongoing conviviality, LarryLane plays classical music on thebaby grand piano in the IndianRoom during the poolside buffetlunch hours. From 6:00 to 8:30 and9:00 to 10:30 p.rn. he livens thingsup with ’now’ rnusic. Occasionally,dining room captain Bob Crystal,waitress Julie Nash and chief clerkRick Reif sing along with Larry. Mari-lyn suggests that a seat by the coolpool of a warm evening, with asplash of Singapore Sling at hand, isa pleasant way to idle away an hour.Waiters John Seibel, Larry Beard,Paul Klein and Filipe Postigo provideservicio rapido.
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HOW TO SUCCEED ... BY TRYING
Your paycheck can be a bit fatterif you come up with an idea that thesuggestion committee feels worthyof an award. Before departing forMaryland, comrnittee chairman MikeJohnson announced the followingmoney winners:
To Ralph Graham of Wawona,$12.50 for a suggestion concerningthe use of a safety ladder for windowwashing.
To Bunnie Farnsworth of mainten-ance, a like amount for a system ofidentification of equipment needingservice or repair.
To Yosemite Lodge’s Pat O’Don-nell, $20 for a method to reducebreakage in The Ahwahnee diningrOOITI.
To Schuyler Lininger, YL transpor-tation, $20 for an idea to reducewaste of inter-office envelopes.
To Ben Franklin of the garage, $20for a notion concerning advertisingin the Tramcar.
To Ray Trulock of The Ahwahneekitchen, went $20 for a new rnethodof cleaning baking potatoes.
And finally, to Marilyn Newell,Ahwahnee transportation agent, a$50 award. Marilyn’s idea was notsubmitted formally to the suggestioncommittee but directly to the adver-tising/publicity department whereher idea was implemented. But thecommittee felt she deserved recog-nition for her mockup of a brochure/timetable describing the bus, tram-car and horseback sightseeing tours.This brochure has been in use by thetransportation people for a numberof weeks and has proved to be anoutstanding suggestion.
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DMV CLOSED
The Mariposa office of the Depart-ment of Motor Vehicles will beclosed from August 11 through 31.Incomplete drivers license applica-tions have been transferred to theMerced office at 810 T Street duringthe period. Car registration anddrivers license renewal may also becompleted at the Madera, Fresnoancl Sonora offices.
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A CHALLENGER ENTERS THE RING
As noted on previous o~ccasions,the brothers Whitfield, Sonny andKeith, have an ongoing contestwhich of them can catch the biggesttrout. Now, there’s a new contenderfor the crown, 14-year-old RodneyWhitfield, son of Sonny and Jan.
On Sunday, August 3, Rod broughtin a 23" long, 43/4 pound GermanBrown, which, while it didn’t beathis father’s or uncle’s record, gavethem reason to sit up and takenotice. Scene of the fray was Steam-boat Bay, the bait a helgramite. Thetugging engagement lasted nearlyhalf an hour. And, when the mightytrout was thoroughly exhausted andready to be brought to shore, Roddiscovered it to be too big for hisnet. Uncle Stan, in as gentlemanly agesture as we’ve noted of late, jump-ed waist deep into the Merced Riverancl tossed Rod’s prize to shore.
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DEAR OLD GOLDEN RULE DAYS
John Chavez is the new principalof the Yosernite Elementary School,replacing Charles Haffner, who leftfor a position of principal of a Chow-chilla junior high school. Mr. Chavezis a graduate of Arizona State Col-lege and has done graduate work atthe University of Arizona and FresnoState College. 14e comes here IromMerced, where he has taught forseven years at the elementary andjunior high levels. Mr. & Mrs. Chavezhave four children, the oldest enter-ing I<indergarten this fall. The Cha-vezes tool< up residence on Aug. "18.
All other staff mernbers will be re-turning except Mrs. Eldrup, who isbeing replaced by Mrs. Inez Glatzas first and second grade teacher.Mrs. Glatz has 25 years experienceas a primary school teacher. She andher husbancl are expected up fromInglewood by the end of August.
Only a couple of weeks rnore free-clom, kids. The first day of instructionwill be Wednesday, Septernber 3which isn’t any more unusual onesupposes than the spring term’s lastday falling on a Monday[
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The Burdens are alive and well inbeautiful downtown Tuolumne Mea-dows where, by some stroke ofkarrnic wonder, John was transferred.We will be here for the rest of thesummer while John performs hisduties as Nic Fiore’s assistant. Need-less to say, we are all enjoying itthoroughly and are looking forwardto visiting all the High Sierra Campsbefore summer is out.
We have seen so many friendshere that it’s been like old homeweek. The Wayne Whilemans werehere for a few days following a tripto Disneyland. They all looked mar-velous and we had such fun reminis-cing. The Henry Berreys and ArtRobinsons were up for Marty Miller’sconcert performed by rnembers ofthe Fresno Opera -- and what atreat that was.
Beth Cooper and Joann Crosscame up for the basic mountaineer-ing course -- and I understand thatBeth is "hooked" and is returningfor the intermediate course. Ah,youth!
Midge Fiore and the girls werehere overnight. Ed Armistead pop-ped in much too briefly. Joe Friedfrom EPMI was here for a night. DarMacinerney hiking in ... and out... of Glen Aulin. Sorry about thoseI have omitted. Fuzzy memory.Come and visit’us. Just think. You’llgefyour name in the paper.
The girls and I were invited byJohn to hike into May Lake ~ justto see it ~ but he put us to work!The managers were a day late inarriving so I was ordered to volun-teer to clean the kitchen and cook,which was a snap (the cooking) be-cause the maintenance crew hadcaught a limit of trout the day beforeand left them for us. A veritablefeast! Being basically lazy, ’though,I believe I’II think twice before ac-cepting John’s invitations to joinhim. He’s liable to chain me toanother stove.
We really are enjoying the com-pany of the Merrys and the wholegroup from the MountaineeringSchool. Everyone should come upand climb. It’s great sport and you
AT THE FLICKS
Movie impresario Jim McDonaldhas two rnore gala entertainmentslined up for August. Thursday, Aug.21, is "Comedy Night", with sevenshort features including Laurel andHardy in "Two Tars", one of themost famous of their films, featuringan incredible car demolishing se-quence. Three of the best W. C.Fields, "The Barber Shop", "ThePharmacist" and "The Fatal Glass ofBeer" (who can forget that one!) areon the bill. "The Critic", a spoof ofarty films, and "The Case of the Muk-kinese Battle-Horn", a Peter Sellerstake-off on British mystery films areincluded in the prograrn. Balancingout the show is a cartoon documen-tary tracing aviation’s exciting storyfrom Kitty Hawk to the supersonicjets. Admission for all this only 50c.
The next week. on August 28,James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Gene-vieve Page, and Francoise Hardy starin "The Grand Prix", a magnificentlyphotographed tribute to racing carchampions, directed by John Krank-enheimer. Admission for this one is$i.00.
Both films will be shown ill theCurry Village Conference Roomstarting at 10:00 p.m,, lasting abouttwo hours.
can’t beat the company or the scen-ery. We’ve become great admirersof Martha Miller ~ an absolute gem.Things she handles with aplombwould give me screaming fits. Shemanages to come up smiling underthe rnost trying circumstances suchas the day both the water supply andthe generator failed, and the timeshe was sent a small plastic bag ofcarrots instead of the 25 pounds shehad ordered. I guess only those whohave been here can appreciate whatshe went through that day.
I shall send you a note now andthen ~ to keep you posted on ouractivities, both good and dubious.And, before I forget, a note of thanksto Don Dunn for the TuolumneTales title and both Don and Dar forsome invaluable 11lolal support.
Come see us soon.
PRESIDENT’S C’~MMITTEE FORMED(Continued from page one)
Pavisha, William Wismer, William T.Smith, William Germany, RobertMathews, William Cooper, and Pat-rick O’Donnell. To this comrnittee,the executive office will assign spe-cial tasks aimed toward the improve-rnent of the systems, services, stand-ards, training and communicationwithin the Company’s operation. Itis planned that this group will meetwith the President every month.
To implement further and in detailthe purposes of the President’s Com-mittee, there are also three Division-al- Committees, of three memberseach. On the Operations DivisionCommittee are Jack Ring, LawtonBranscum and James Pavisha. On theAdministration Division Committeeare Robert Mathews, William Coop-er and Patrick O’Donnell. On theCommercial Division Committee areWilliam Wismer, William T. Smithand William Germany. These groupswill meet with the Divisional VicePresidents each month. Appoint-ments to all committees run throughSeptember 30, 1970.
One of the stated aims of YPC Co.is the recognition that we are onlytemporary custodians of the corpor-a/ion’s welfare and that we have theresponsibility to ensure the continu-ance of competent personnel. Thecreation and ac.tivities of these corn-mittees would seem to indicate thatwe are attempting to meet that goal.
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ADMINISTRATION CHANGESCurry Village manager, Bill Coop-
er, was appointed Yosemite Lodgemanager on July 22, replacing JohnBurden who is now assistant super-intendent of the High Sierra Camps.Bill’s assistant rnanager, Bill Ger-many, has taken the helm at CurryVillage.
FOR SALE ~ Miscellaneous house-hold furnishings and equipment.Area rugs, GE refrigerator, drapes,sofa, chairs, chests of clrawers, lamps,T.V., etc. etc. See Alice or SterlingCramer at I-t-’127 or call 372-4752.
Mike Johnson, left the first week inAugust to take up a teaching positionat the University of Maryland, whilehe prepares for his Ph.D. We’ll misshim but wish him well. EDP manager,L.L. Branscum, traveled to New York---but he came back after a week ofspecial studies at Cornell University.A postcard from Dillon Gillies sayshe is working his way north, but ishaving difficulty getting past thewine tasting rooms of the Asti Valley.
Paymasters’ Linda Brocchini andpals whisked up to White Wolf re-cently to sample Emelie and LeroyHamilton’s dinner fare. The reportwas excellent and the setting withrneadow wildflowers in wild profu-sion is near perfection.
Rod Hanna, brother of YosemiteLodge assistant manager Dave Han-na, journeyed out from Kansas tovisit for a spell and while here tooksome rock climbing lessons. Whenhe got home, he sold his rock climb-ing story and pictures (two fullpages!) to the KANSAS STATE JOUR-NAL. We’re now very big in Kansas.Have any more brothers, Dave, you’dcare to send proselytizing?
Former assistant reservation mana-ger Don Wiecks dropped by the of-fice the other day. He’s opened aFresno detective agency and remar-ried -- both previous occupationsof his. And, former Lodge head bell-man, Jerry Love, writes that he isnow working at Disneyland Hotel.
Chief Auditor, Jim Edeal, complet-ed ten year’s service on July 30, amemorable achievement. Ten daysauditing would send some of us upthe walls.
John Graton has signed on themaintenance crew as a plumber.John and his wife Margaret and sonTim moved here from Lompoc andboth John and Tim are avid fisher-men,which may be why they pickedYosemite.
Alan Dierksen, son of Curly andIzzy Dierksen, graduated from theCalifornia Highway Patrol Academyon July 10. Alan is assigned to theWest Los Angeles area. After a yearand a half there, he can request atransfer. We would, if we were Alan!
BIAFRA RELIEF DRIVE
President Bill Smith has announc-ed that the Yosemite Lions Club isundertaking a fund raising drive forBiafra Relief. At their August 7 meet-ing, Chris Udoh, a native of Biafrawho is majoring in pharmacology atHoward University in Washington,D.C. and who is a seasonal employeeat Curry Village, presented a docu-mentary film on the effects of theNigerian civil war.
The film graphically depictecl thedeath and disease, particularlyamong the very young ancl the aged,caused by the lack of protein in theBiafran diet. An Irish priest, a 14-year resident of Biafra, stated in thefilm that "the meager food suppliesavailable amount to one 6-oz. mealdaily, distributed in the early morn-ing hours to avoid Nigerian bombingand strafing attacks". The refusal ofthe Nigerians to permit food stuffsto reach the suffering Biafrans hasbeen a cause of major concern anddebate in world capitals and theUnited Nations.
President Smith asks that all valleyresidents contribute what they can.Donations should be sent to th~YPC Co. Accounting Office, atten-tion: Bob McKinna or Don Dunn,and checks rnade out to BIAFRAWORL.D RELIEF FUND. Contribu-tions are tax deductible.
Larry Harris, of Boise-Cascade anda YPC Co. Director, please note. Atleast six Yosemite families havebought a piece of Boise-Cascade’sPine Mountain Lake development atGroveland, so let’s be sure to get onwith the lake, golf course, tenniscourts, etc.
Marian Woessner hosted a bridalshower for Cathy Negrette last week.Cathy is marrying Mike Power, sonof Glen and Dotty Power in Mari-posa on August 23. Seems like justyesterday that Mike was in rompers!
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WANTED ~ Reliable party to drive
car to San Mateo after Labor Day.
Call 372-4740.
T. V. REPORT¯(Continued from ~age one)
ground cable financia ly practicab e.The Yosemite Community TV As-
sociation states that all improve-ments, maintenance and additions tothe rebroadcasting complex are fin-anced solely by the members of theAssociation.
The Association solicits new mem-bers. Those receiving a signal areexpected to join. Membership fee is$10. Monthly dues are $3, or $30 forthe year paid in advance. YPC Co.employees may have dues deductedfrom their paychecl<s. Employeeshaving questions about the TV ar-rangernents, or wishing to join theAssociation, should see Bill Smith,Joe Thomas, L. L. Branscum or JimMcDonald. NPS employees may con-tact Guy Lamoreaux in the ware-house for TV arrangements.
The Community TV Associationofficers are Gordon Warren, RolandJohnson, Guy Lamoreaux, HaroldSchmidt and Clark Martin.
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A BIG WHOOP-D-DO(Continued from page one)
days, and Mariposans are justlyproud of their fair. Scheduled eventsare as follows:Saturday, August 301"1:00 a.m. ~ Floats, bands, mount-ed and marching units parade downmain street and on to the fair-grounds."1:30 p.m. ~ Western Horse Show8:00 p.m. ~ Destruction DerbySunday, August 31 ~ Old Timer’s
Day ~ Anyone over 65 free.10:00 a.m.- Children’s Horse Show2:00 p.m. ~ Roping and cuttinghorse classes.3:00 p.m. ~ Diaper Derby8:00 p.m. ~ Western RodeoMonday, September 12:00 p.m...-. Western Rodeo contin-ues.7:00 p.m.~Drawing for door prizes.8:00 p.m. ~ Pony harness racing.
In addition to the exhibits andevents, there will be free dancing allthree nights (the ’square’ version onSunday), the Midway for the kiddies,food and drink of every variety andlots of cool, tree-shaded lawn forrelaxing and visiting with friends.
for the inforrnation ofYosemite Valley resiclents.
H. Oehlmann ........ AdvisorA. R. Robinson ...... AdvisorH. Berrey ........... Advisor
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CRAMERS LEAVE YOSEMITE(Continuecl from aa~e one)
serious clramas to the well-remem-bered, hilarious Lions Club Follies.
The Yosemite Badgers, which hasprovided local boys a chance to playin organized football since q940 wasSterling’s first community pioject. Heequipped the first squad from hisown funds ancl coached the team for20 years dmreafter. L. L. Branscum isnow coach and the Badger’s organi-zation is a function of the Lions ClubBoys and Girls Committee, on whichSterling served as Badgers represen-tative.
In retrospect, Sterling has com-mented tl~at the park’s facilities arevastly improvecl over those foundhere in the mid-thirties. In responseto the question, "Are the visitorsdifferent now than then?", Cramerstated, "No. They’re not materiallydifferent nor have their attitudes andactions deteriorated. There are justa whale of a lot more."
Within the cornpany’s accountingdepartment, Cramer says the staff isabout the same in number but thatthe paper work probably has cluad-rupled over his 34 years. Only bythe application of better businessmethods has it been possible to keepthe operation from smothering underpaperwork.
Alice and Sterling will be leavingthe valley soon for their new home~Apt. 302, Fontana East, 1000 NorthPoint Street in San Francisco. Outthe window, Alice says she can seethe bay, Alcatraz and Angel Island.They’ve always been opera, sym-phony and theater enthusiasts. Witheach near at Iland, they can fulfillthese interests.
Sterling plans to clo consultingwork with concessioners operatingin state and national parks, ’thoughat his own pace anti choosing.
LENGTH OF SERVICE BANQUET(Continued from page one)
The evening will start off with acocktail party, followed by dinner’atThe Ahwahnee, the presentations,and a speaker. Hilmer Oehlmann,Chairrrlan of the Board, will maketlle presentations, after which therewill be an entertaining talk by PaulSpeegle. Mr. Speegle is the publicrelations manager of Roos/Atkinsand a noted after-dinner speaker.
It is plannecl to holcl the AwardDinner each year in Novernber.Those ernployees who becorne elig-ible for a five year award in Decern-bet or later will receive their awardat the next year’s banquet. Once elig-ible, employees will be invited to at-tend each year. Individual invitationswill be mailed in November.
O’A FREE RIDE!
All A ancl B privilege card holders,10 years and up, rnay take a free tourof the Mariposa Grove of Big Treeson one of the new Tourcars.
The Grove was closed to privatevehictllar traffic on September 13when I:he new system went into op-eration. Specially clesigned, 50-pas-senger cars depart every 20 rninutes,between 9 a.rn. and 5 p.rn. (4 p.m.starting November 1), from the park-ing lot near the edge of the Grove.One may get off at any, or all of theregularly scheduled stops and re-sume the tour on a later car, or wall<from one stop to another ancl re-boarcl.
The lumbering of white pine goingon in the Grove may appear start-ling at first, but the ranger-natural-ists on duty at the Grizzly Giant antithe Museum will explain why it isnecessary to preserve the ecology ofthe area anti perrnit the growth ofnew Sequoia gigantea.
All one need do to get aboard aTourcar is present your privilegecard at the ticket office.
The SENT!NEL wishes the Cramersevery hal)piness and they can besure Ihal tlmy’ll be missed by allhere in the park.
TV NEWSGordon Warren of the Yosemite
TV Association reports that new an-tennas, which bring in a strongersignal, have been stocked and areavailable at no charge to subscribers.The antennas will remain the prop-erty of the Association (just like yourphone belongs to Pacific Telephone)but a continued paid-up member-ship will keep it hooked up. The As-sociation will be happy to install anew antenna for you and align it forthe best signal. Call Clark Martin at372-4686 and they’ll come by.
Anotller new service is the tubetester, now installed in the electricalshop. Tubes will be tested free ofcharge to nlernbers ancl a stock ofreplacements is on hand. Non-mem-bers can’t take advantage of thisservice.
All improvements, maintenanceand additiorls to the rebroadcastingcomplex are financed by rnernbersof the Community TV Association.The damage from last winter’s stormshas been repaired, excepting the co-axial cable which has yet to beburied unclerground. These repairshave emptied the coffers. The fivetranslators have been operating fora good many years, and it is the planof the Association to install a newtranslator each year to bring in im-proved pictures. Each translator costs$1100 ancl new nlembers are neededto finance this installation. There arepresently 77 nlembers and it is feltthat there may be a lot more TV setsin the Valley than that[ Membershipdues are $3 per month, less whenpaid by the year at $30. Dues maybe deducted frorn your paycheck.For more information, call Bill Smith,Joe Thomas, or L. L. Branscum at372-4611.
PACIFIC BALLET TO PERFORM HERE(Continued from page one)
starting at 8 p.m. in the west audi-torium of the Visitor Center, lastingabout an hour and a half. Following,there will be a reception in the eastauclitoriurn, cluring which residentsmay meet ancl chat with real, liveballel dancers. Everyone is welcorne.l’here is no aclmission charge.
The Yosemite Badger footballershave had a spotty season this far.They took a drubbing in their openeragainst Merced, 27-6. However, theMerced squad outweighed the localboys by more than twenty-fivepounds each.
Their second game, against Mari-posa, was a tussle for three ancl ahalf quarters, neither teanl crossingthe goal line. Then, on a Mariposapunt return, Mariposa slippeclthrough for a long run and a TD.Final score, 7-0.
Playing their hearts out on theMariposa field, the Badgers staged areal cliff-hanger. Behincl until thefourth cluarter, the Badgers scored tolead 14-13. With three minutes togo, Mariposa threatened, but theBadgers weren’t to be budged.
The last Mariposa contest, playedbetween halves of the high schoolgame was but one quarter, 12 min-utes long. Neither team ever got un-limbered and the garne ended 0-0.
The team has four rnore garnes,as follows. October 18, Mariposa atYosemite, 10 a.m.; October 25, Yose-nlite at Fairoaks, I p.rn.; NovemberI Mariposa at Mariposa, I p.rn. andNovember 8, Fairoaks at Yosenlite,I p.m.
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TUTOR AVAILABLE ~ Math, English,other subjecls through high schoollevel. $3 per hour. Call Jo-AnneScott weekdays, 372-4611, extension53, eves and weekends, 372-9909.
FOR SALE ~ 1965 Fleetwood mobileborne, 10’x57’, 3 bedroorns, $3500.2 GI down mummy-style sleepingbags, $20 each. 9’x12’ tent, $25. Hon-da 50 trail bike, $100. Banner riflescope, variable adjustnlent, $45. Seeor call Kathy Chew, 379-2604.
FOR SALE---"1965 Olclsrnobile F-85,2-dr. hardtop. One owner, 35,000miles. Priced to sell. Call 372-4656clays, 372-4767 evenings.
I:OR SALE ~ Size 7 lacly’s Lange skiboots. $65. Call Leroy Rust al 372-4475.
HITHER AND THITHER(Continued from page one)
ard Doucette arrived with YPC Co,director James Uhle in tow. WishingSue a bon voyage, Mr. Uhle planteda kiss on her cheek. Sue responcleclwith, "But I don’t even know you".To Sue, this edition’s awarcl for themost uniorgetable facial expression.To Mr. Uhle, our award as the mostfriendly YPC Co. clirector.
Not so inciclentally, Bobble Bru-denell and Barbara Billington are thenew tour manager and first assistant.
More Opt OutsAuditor Dick Klein, who worked
seasonally since "1946 and perman-ently since 1953, has relocatecl inAlamecla. We suspect he choose theEast Bay because of the proxirnityof sporting events. While Dick isprirlcipally a baseball booster, he’sfond of all spectator sports. Youmight call him a ’fan for all seasons’.
Ann Madsen, who for nearly fiveyears has been the goocl right hanclof Mr. Proctor, Mr. Ring, Mr. Matt-hews, el. al. of the Commercial Divi-sion, departecl Oct. 10. Ann has noclefinite plans at this time, aside froma good tong vacation.
Replacing Ann is Donna Zinser,no stranger to Yosemite. Donna firstcame to work in the park in "1956and was most recently ernployedin 1963.
MailbagRecently, word was received that
former employrnent manager, GeneEwing, has been appointed person-nel director of Scripps MemorialHospital in La Jolla. Wife Audrey,we hear, is sort of "Kelh/-girling" itand enjoying the variety of jobs.
Dillon Gillies writes that he hasalightecl in Sun Valley where he’llrnanage The Ram, once the ski sea-son begins. In the interim he’s work-ing on conventions, bancluets ancltl~e like. lfle sencls an open invitalionIo his Yosemile pals Io visit him. Or,clrop him a line at p.o. Box 461,Sun Valley, Iclaho.
Check? MaleAmos Neal, who checks things
like gas invoices for company \’e-hicles, brought over a list of chargeslips which woulcl seem Io inclicalethere’s some sort oi: on-going con-
A NEW STABLE FORTUOLUMNE MEADOWS
YPC Co. nlaintenance men. havebeen hard at work this fall on thenew TLfolLimne Meadows stable,which is located about two mileswest of the old one in the TuolumneMeadows Lodge area, and nestlesinto the hillsicle above the r’neadows.
The barn contains 40 stalls, twotack rooms ancl a hay storage areaancl is built of Keminite-treatedwood which requires no painting.And, while non-toxic to the stock,has an unpleasarlt taste which cleterstherrl from chewing on the mangers.The Keminite procluces a mottledgreen/brown el:fect rnaldng the barnblend into the forest backgrouncl.Carpenter Joe Liskey headed up thecrew which has also cornpletecl set-ring the corral posts. The corral fenceancl gates will not be put up until
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test among the Chevron attenclents.Slips for gassing the Trarncar weremade out to: skini-mini, mini-skiniand skini-mini-tranl; the Shuttle carwas called the shLIttle-mclttle. Theprize, in our opinion, goes to theunknown attendent who tagged theorange and yellow Shuttle car, "TheBanana Boat".
OddmentsNancy Kissack of reservations is
the new weel<end voice of "YoserniteIrll:orr~lation". Regular Kathy Steph-e~son oi: persor~nel still covers theMonday-Friday beat.
Maintenance mechanic DannyGrieve is the latest to chalk up 10years service with the Company.
Lodge housekeeper Flo Clow re-ports that her maids have switchedfrom those handy-dandy, dl’ip drysummer urlifornls to pants, sweatersancl knee-Ilighs ~ their fall, winter,spring a/tire.
A belatecl "lhank you" to theBurnsmen who guarded the sl:oresthis sumnler fi’om Ihe ’hair arid bare’crowcl. 1he way Ihey ejectecl, po-litely, Ihe bareioolecl was simplysandal-oils[Final word del)arlment’ Dar Mac-
[nerney when asked why she waswearing an afghan (swealer), replied,"l’m nol colcl, l’m just i,nsecure."
supervisor, is a happy man. A yearago, Bob purchased- for a tidysurn -- a collection of 13 Shehornhand-carved and painted birds. Withprice tags ranging from $400 to $550,they weren’t tile fastest moving itemsin The Ahwahnee gift shop. As amatter of fact, only one was solcluntil September 1 when Mr. "X"punglecl up $5000 for the remainingdozen!
A number of old editions of Yose-rnitiana were another of Bob’s ac-cluisiti°ns--Hutching’s "in the Heartof the Sierras , 1886, Bunnell’s "Dis-cussion of Yosen-~ite ancl the InclianWar", 1851 el:. al. ’Though they werepriced at $45 and up, the publicsnapped them up like hungry wolves.So it’s back to Ye Olde Book Shoppe.
Wonder what treasures Bob willlocate next?
THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIESHere’s an alternative to the viewer
who would rather quit than fight theTV tube with its banal ’new season’lineup. (It would seem the TV net-works equate non-violence withdull.)
The "employees’ movie commit-tee" has come up with a highly en-tertaining and provocative listing fortheir fall season.
Walter Matthau and Jack Lernrnonstar in "The Odd Couple" on Octo-ber 23. Matthau as a bleary-eyed slobin a sweatshirt and Lemmon as aweepy, fanatical housekeel~er in anapron create one of the funniest do-mestic battles of the century. Thefinal October show, on the 30th, willbe "Barefoot in the Park" with Ro-bert Redford, Jane Fonda and CharlesBoyer. Tile plot is frothy as cottoncandy, but the film is thoroughlyamusing, occasionally touching, andpacl<ed with witty dialogue.
Other upcoming shows: Novern-ber 6, "Wal:erhole No. 3" with James
YOSEMITE SENTINEL
FALL FOR A BARGAINThe canny Lions Clubbers schecl-
ule their annual bargain sale justwhen it’s fall-cleaning Lime. If you’rethe lazy type, look at it this way.You’ll get paid to clean out the attic,storage shed, and clothes closet.Everyflfing is acceptable except un-mentionables, a single broken ski orbooks banned in Boston.
The sale will take place in theVisitor Center on Thursday ancl Fri-clay, October 23 & 24 fi’om 10 a.m.t.’~ 8 p.m. Check-in, cataloging ancltagging of items will be done be-tween 5 and 9 p.m. on October 22.Blackboard listings for larger, lessportable, items such as furniture andappliances.
A percentage of any item sold willgo to the Lions Club for communityprojects. Unsold items must be pick-ed up by 11 a.rn. Saturday lest theybe given to charitable organizations.
~o~’TIS THE SEASON (ALMOST)
It nlay be autumn in Yosemite butfar to tile North ole Santa Claus andhis dwarfs are hard at work turningout toys to be cleliverecl on Christ-rnas Eve at the Christmas Party inthe Curry Village cafeteria.
All local children, one year oldthrough the thircl grade who haveone parent working for YPC Co., theNPS or other concessioners, will beinvited Io attencl. Santa woulcln’twant Io clisappoint any youngstersby failing to have a gift for hirn orher. On the other hand, Santa has abudget just like the rest of us anddoesn’t wish to have any presentsleft over. So, if parents know nowtheir chilcl (chilchen) will be unableto attend, please call Santa’s Iqelper,Marge Cromer, in the personnel of-fice, 372-4611.
BULL O rCi3- :A ?There will be an informal intro-
cluclion to the mysteries of WallStreel for fltose interesled. J. C. Barri-son, Inveslment Executive of Shear-son, 14amnlill & Co.’s Sanl:a Barbaraoffice will holcl a 30-45 minute ses-
Center, slarling at q i).m. Aclmissionis $1 wiih your privilage card andyou call lake one gtlesl wilh you,
also at $1 adnlission.
Coburn; November "13, "The Coman..cheros" a John Wayne oater; No-vember 20, "A Patch of Blue" star-ring Sidney Poitier, and on Novem-ber 27, "Beckel" with Richard Burtonand Peler O’Toole.
The movies are shown, naturally
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DISTAFFERSThe Yosemite Women’s Group will
hold their next meeting on Tuesday,October 21 at 12:30 p.m. in theYosemite Lodge Mountain Room.Bob Barbee, NPS Resident Manage-ment Specialist, will speak on "ANew Look for Yosemite". A businessmeeting will follow. Reservationsshould be made by the 20th by call-ing Carol Guse at 372-4242.
Officers for the 1969-70 year are:Charlotte Wilson, president; JuliaParker, vice presiclent; Mary Hadley,secretary; Dorothy Johnson, treas-Llrer.
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next sumrner when the canvas barnroof and tents will be erected. Thecernent platforrns for the five em-ployee housing tents, the manager’soffice and living quarters and thestorage building are poured. Accord-ins to maintenance superintendentGordon Warren, tile storage build-ins presently on tile site of the oldstable will be moved to the newarea, redesigned with two entrancesand exits for speedier transfer frorntruck to storage to mule. The bath-house facilities will be constructedby the Chivers Company of Marl-posa.
lhe removal of the stables frornthe TLIolumne Meadows Lodge areawill reduce greatly the congestionand ilnprove the parking situationfor both the stable and the Lodge.Stables boss Bob Barnett states thatthe new facility nearly doubles tllesize of the old plant and he looks forgreatly increased use of the Tuolurn-ne Meadows stable.use of the the Tuolumne Meadowsstable.
sion at Yosemite Lodge on Saturday,October 18 at 3 p.n~. Mr. Barrisonwill speak on ,:he current outlook forthe stock market, [rencls in the bonclmarket, inveslmenl clubs, and sevencommon errors of investors. Follow-ins, Illere’ll I)e a queslion and an-swer period.
For more information ancl to learnlhe exact time and place of themeeling, (:all Cindy Merry al 372-48"I 9.
