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THE W A YNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER Tom Alexander Finds 'Ducks' Always Make Gde- On Park Trips CHOOSF FREEDOM TO IRON CURTAIN NEEDING CHILDREN'S SCHOGLcS r pag3 two in mini iwiiim iwi .Wimjsri'n.'v.-)". c i-i".. mtm I r : By BILL SHARPE On a lowering June day. 18 ' Wilderness Riders" fitted them selves to saddles and horses pre paratory to a 10-day pack-trail trip through the most rugged mountain country remaining in eastern America the Great Snioky Moun tain National Park. The parly consisted of 13 women and five men every one of them city iulks. None of them had ever ridden the wilderness before. One i-.t them, an amiable landscape iuihiicct from New Orleans, cou nted blithely, as he started to K.Gum a pasture-green horst. that he hadn't ridden in 20 years . . laid when he said it. Rufe Sutton. I. irri-bitlen hostler at Cattaloochee Kaiuh. turned his eyes grimly i., ward the distant blue of Cling man s Dome and muttered some- thing which might have been a prayer. One of the women had , dammed" on ridjng along Cin cinnati footpaths for six mouths tier instructor gave her a diploma, his permission to take the trip and. she added, a fervent blessing and a rabbit's foot. Others in the group included government employes, a contractor and his wife from Florida a IV- ' male "private eye" who watches out tor shoplifters in a large New York department store, a com mercial artist, and a statistician iicj.n the New York City Health De- not a rider whimpered or consi dered deserting for the rest of the 150-mile trip. These trips into the tough lands of America aie sponsored by the American Forestry Association, and are held in wilderness areas throughout the country. On this amoKy trip, tne ice was iau a rider, but total outlay was consi derably more, since riders must pa their transportation lrom dis tant points, and arc responsible for I heir ou n gear. Itinerary was skilfully mapped out with the shortest day's ride an I 8-niiler, the longest a 17-inile ride. with a couple of in-canip or "loaf i ing" clays inserted to give the party time for resting and indivi dual explorations. ' Such a trip is expertly stalled. . however, and the dudes are in no danger 'of becoming babes in the woods On the Smokies, there were a dozen pack-animals with four hostlers in charge In addition, there was a doctor a representa tive of t lie American Forestry As sociation, and a park ranger. Also the leader. Tom Alexander, and his trusty lieutenant, .!uju Alex ander, a highly competent 15-year-uld girl, who knows as much about the Smokies and the ornery habits of pack animals as her pappy does. She s thv youngest licensed guide in the National Park Service. Also a second lieutenant, a lugubrious t W'; f iW a ve i at Q J s ill 9k M mm BARGAINS W ALL DRY GOODS - SHOI InMs-- Tots lepitaeal BARGAINS FO Known As IJte 2nd I' nor -- u Green Uooni FEATURING Sizes 1 to 6 CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S TOP-RANKING tennis stars, Jaroslav Drobny (left) Jind Vladimir Cernik arc shown in Gstaad, Switzerland, after refusing to obey an order by their government to return home. Recently Ihey were told not to take part in a tennis tourney at Gstaad because Spanish Mid German players were competing. Denouncing the Communist legin.e they played in the tournament. Literally men without a coun tiy, the two men hope to line! refuge in the United States, (International) In lovely, smart merchandise for Boys and Girls paitment. A more unlikely bunch , woodsman named Kufe Sutton, a ot toughies you never met this -ide of a cream puff. A bunch of the hill folks lean ing against the corral fence made books on which one of the tenclcr leet first would be sent back nIT Set For Aug. 7 In Iron Duff Hy MRS. ROY MKDFORl) Mountaineer Correspondent August 7 gentleman who showed the tender feet how to -tart and maintain a cooking lire in a driviug downpour. With such a stall, it was not o,uite like Dan I Iloone Lining over the wilderness, especially since, the the trail, but Tom Alexander, lead- riders were lollowng del'uied and er of many a pack trail trip, warned mapped trails to predetermined them to be moderate. ' Dudes'll do i camp grounds Itul it was rough it," he said. "None of this crowd enough lor anyone, even a woods- win give up 1 ii oei you. I'riiic. man. when the no-see-ums ap- )av (OI. ,,(, j(,k long anticipation of the trip, good j prated and the saddle wa- soaked, j n, ),. jju(j sporismansnip, cne expense iiocm and mo trail- narrowed. there lor the expedition something , were always the compensatory keeps them going in the lace olilnisk das n riding on top of easteni America with views stretch ling into Tennessee and Virginia. (When the group got hack for the linal -qnare dance at the ranch 1 house. Tntn, wise in the way- of dudes, figured it out. They didn't come down lor the Homecoming Day j Truman's Ex-Partner be Homecoming who used to live unaccustomed ruggedness On the first night, the riders camped, at Heintooga Ridge. a lc nely outpost on top of the Smo kies, after a rather difficult U-tnile i ide. Just as dinner was lieing pre pared, the heavens opened up In They'll get together with their lormer neighbors for a da ol fel lowship at the A nt loch ' Baptist Church. The morning worship services will open the program, with the Rev. L. J. Rogers, the pastor, preaching (he sermon. Thinks His Hat Helped ; j CI. I'.VKl. AM) iU. P.) Eddie i . Jarohsnn, once the business partner j of President Truman, hopes that it l may have been his hat that brought ! I he President good luck on his campaign last year. J In Oklahoma, .lacobson said, the j President admired a hat he was i wearing. That's the last he saw of ! Ihe hat, because Harry Truman ; wore it throughout Ihe campaign Uhey have I he same hat-size). j .lacobson, in Cleveland for a H'nai IVrith convention, is a staunch admirer of Harry Truman. whom he has known since 1916. i i Very Special Diapers - $ J .gg Group of 1 to 3 Sunsuits 97c T-Shirts SHORT SLEEVE $1.49 Values $1.95 Values Oilier Shirts p'oJ two days, 12 inches of rain fell a views. They came for adventure "H'iT w ill be music and brief talks and roughing it And on this trip. ' "V some of the people who have j Alter dinner on the grounds, 1 Together Ihey helped organise the record even in a country tor sudden cloudbursts. known In 111.- brother, they got it. Wait what 1 Smokies, trails disappeared into tell oti: that miserable night they quagmires, ruild mountain streams -p, nt in the steady downpour with became unfordable torrents out -belter on Heintooga i- what Soaked to the skin, the little band the II always remember the most, ' community. come back to visit home community. An invitation i- evcryonc who once their former Second Missouri Field Artillery. Battery D. went to France, and opened a business on their return. rode forlornly back to in the morning. the ranch and tell their friends about. 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