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• THE LOCKNOW • SENTINEL'
, • LUCKNOW; ONTARIO,
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10th, 194s
The following diary of 'the ' ICin
loss:;' Scouts bus trip to Washing-
ton this •past summer ,was comp,'
posed .by 1111rs.' Jim . McEwan en'
route.. The story :has' 'been set in
type for •many monthswaiting an
opportunity. for "space" in The
Sentinel. Perhaps . this week,: in.
. "maid; winter; will better. emphasize'
the pleasant summer holiday for.
the youth and accompanying'. a-
dolts, from• Kinloss.. •
August- 2 . to September 3 1,64.
• Early .in the morning of Thurs-
4iaY August. ?7', a large group of
parents, friends and: Scouts' ga
thered. around, the . Scout Hall, at
f•Iolyrood... There was parked, . Al
Sherwood, (from Dungannon) with.
his, big, new bus. and truck, and
Maynard Ackert's station wagon.
The crowd milled . around, with
last . minute ' instructions given,
a few fond farewells, ast min-
ute. packing (especiallysth s
and cookies) and .we were ff !
• • Loaded .in these: 3 vehicles' were
11 . men, 7 ladies and. 31 ' excited.
Scouts. We left from Holyrood, at
7:45 am.. Our first stop was• brief
Iy at the :O A.C. at : Guelph.' Soon.
.we-were-on-our.--way-into-Southern
Ontario, noting the 'Niagara . Es-
carpment, the large fruit : growing
'
sections and also a very • high
bridgecalled the Burlington Sky-
Way.
ky=
Wa ; 'It allows the' ships s .to pass
y
freely : from ' Lake Ontario to Ham-
ilton 'Bay.: •We :also :`crossed .the.
Garden • City Skyway: from "which,.
we, could, . see the Welland:., Canal:
The boats : could be 'seen' 'passing
through. the locks.
Very soon we
ryfound :ourselves
at Niagara .Falls where we, ate
our • lunch which. • w,e 'had. brought
with us We walked along • view-
ing •. the Canadian : and American
Falls m all their beauty We could
also see :the, Maid of .the'. Mist,, the
people under•, the Falls ,intheir
yellow " slickersb. and: those viewing
the .Falls from the air sailing
around in :: helico ::
ters.•
p
After passing ; the customs we
• found : Ourselves in.•r, the USA. ..in
•the . city. : of; Niagara Falls.' It seems.
Buffalo . and Niagara ' Falls, N•.Y.,
have grown together as' 'we tra-
velled through what' seemed like.
one large rather dirty city.
Later we travelled . through
New •York State. Much of the.
countryside was very . poor and
:little .:agriculture is ; carried ° on
there;' Further on we saw , fields
of corn and . beans
Thee; road began to. wind - for
many miles . through very high•
rolling hills which were ' heavily,
wooded. These, ,are the 'Alleghany,
• Mts. andthey seem, to be: steeper
in Pennsylvania Some of us
:.:.guessed they were 600 feet above
the 'road with ,frequent deep val-
leys and 'winding turns..:',Some
leaves were coloured:
We•passed oil wells in Penn. and
several, ' national, state 'parks and
forests. Scouter Lloyd phoned . his
•report to. Wingham "CKNX from.
Bradford:'
We:: noted the various Protest-
ant faith here 'are ..Methodist,
Episcopalian ' Evangelical United
Brethren and Baptist. Many . of
the :'houses were 'covered' with
clapboard' and,• many had • open
front verandahs.
We passed . our first light • at
Parker Dam , State . Park Penfield..
Pennsylvania. The : boys . had a
" -swim, • while .' a bean and weiner
supper heated. The ladies spent
the night 'in: rustic cottages. Many,
of. the: Scouts •chose to .pass the
, , night under the stars. ' We. weren't'
told until the next morning that'`a
,mama bear and cubs " frequently
visited this area. • •
FRIDAY' •
We rose . at 6 and Frank and his
helpers: had a good breakfast
ready for us at 7. We managed
. to get Al '.Sherwood . roused ' .fin-
get
ally .and '.after plenty of encour-.
,,agement, coffee etc, he managed
to , steer. us' down the road. by 8
a.in.
• We passed the. S. I3. 'Elliot State
• :Park.' Blue'spruces were. very, ev-
•,;dent, apps
rently ,growing wild in:
. •
• some Places.l. We noted the red
'.soil and further .south. • it , became
lighter -- a yellow in appearance
much like sand in texture: We
lunched in a picnic area • near
Breezewood.
A turnpike .iswhat we call a: •Washington, We went to ;see Mount
Verno; which is the home of Geo.
Wash . gton. It is ;south • of Alex- •
andria, The interior of the. home
was 18th 'century '.showing' , such
articles as were.typical of that
period. Some of these.:. were
clothes' which George and Martha:
Washington wore,. dishes. and sil-
ver '..Which they used, even : jew-
ellery which showed the children:
of Mrs. . Washington on a locket.
This ,: home hada ` been apparently
quite self-contained, :'because . we.
saw' the smoke house.for '-meat,.
the wash house, the stables, ser-
vants' quarters. and many others.
In the evening the 'boys ' enjoy-
ed a swim in. a: hotel., pool, This.
was provided through a donation
of Mr. Lorne Eadie.
The ladies dined very "-sump-
tuously
um
Y `s P.
tuously in 'a Hat: Shoppe, It . took-
a period of two hours. • to dine , in
this . manner but* we thoroughly' en-
joyed , it,
MONDAY
We arose earl to allow 'time
,.y ,
for 'several, visits during the: 'mor-
ning. The first of these was to
the Archives where • we saw copies
of, important documents in the
history: ' of the . 1J.S; " The: three
most. important of :.these were the
Declaration of Independance :,Aug..
2, 1776, the Constitution, Sept: 17
1787 and the Bill 'Of Rights, •, Sept•:
super highway. Some 'barns had
stone walls right - to the-, peak of ° m
the roof, • •••
In Miryland we • `noted sone
beautiful farms on rolling acres.'
Also 1 donkey was, doted.
We arrived in ' • Washington at
4 p.m. Dennis., Conger the Scout-
master of Troop 83 of ' the Emory
Methodist Church, soon welcomed
us.. Olaf: Slostad, Scout Executive,
National Capital Area Council wet-,
comed the .boys ,also; Some of this
Troop' stayed with .our , boys con-
stantly acting as • guides and show-
ing us, very
. kind courtesies.. The
ladies
were taken e t ken to Park 'Silver
Motel for . their stay. in Washing-
ton. We enjoyed .a delicious stew
supper which one leader 'said
"we all had, a hand . in!"
In the' evening we were taken
in the bus ° to see the cityby lights.,
Our• guides, were :a policeman Al
Hetiyn and . Dennis 'Conger. We:
visited the • Capitol & climbed up,
its many steps from , which we had
a good 'view of the city. 'It is very
massive and impressive. We atop -
ped at the Jefferson Memorial
which:. had a huge , pillared porch
surrounding ' a„statue of .Jefferson:
Dennis pointed out to us ' many
of the beautiful stately, buildings
in--Washington.-,,Some of these' were:.
Washington : Monument:, ..: the Lee.
mansion in Arlington,' Lincoln's
memorial, 'offices for many Of. the
departments of ..the , 'government;
the .Library of Congress, the, post”
office, central. station •of the rail-
road, '
ail -road,,' and nationalhead=quarters
of the 'armed forces; , We ,noted With.
interest Pennslyvania Avenue be-
cause last November: so ',many` of
us, saw it by television at the: fun-
eral services of 'Pres. ! John . F.
Kennedy., Many of us were .amazed
to find that Washington . has: about
75%;- :Negro ,population. Also :.the
beautiful architecture of the build-
ings was quite" outstanding.
SATURDAY:
'In . the `: morning. we : visited the
Capigtol comparable to. 'the Pari
liainent :Buildings in Canada; Their
Congress consists of the House of
Representativesand:, the Senate..
We :were ' given a guided tour
through the Capitol. The 'Ilotunda
where ' Pres. John` F. Kennedy's
body lay in state is one. room of
the • Capitol There were ''many
statues of .outstanding Americans,
beautiful works of ` art., : and; the
marble staircases •'were...:magnif
scent
During thea afternoon `we were
allowedto visit)
s. the museum ' a-
ccording ,, to our'' personal prefer-
ences. Many , of . the adults" toured
through the White. . House. The
rooms were very high, large and
decorated with heavy furniture
and draperies. We; weren't able to,-
shake" hands with Lyndon • and
Ladybird' as they were in Tenn-
essee!:
Some :of ' the group visited: the
Washington Monument, • some ' the
Smithonian Institution, several.
visited the Museum. of National
History; : some :went to the Freer.
Gallery of • Art. 'Many' very inter-
esting exhibits `,were viewed. Of
particular interest to the ladies
were the models of clothing worn
by the presidents' wives through-
out the. last two .centuries; and
the Hope' Diamond:,
During the.: evening the Arner-
ican:.,Scouts treated our :.boys .: to.
films in the.' basement . of the chur-
SUNDAY
On Sunday morning our troop
attended .the service at Emory
Methodist Church. The speaker.
was •Mr. Harper Garrett a layman,
who sp�oke on "Discipleship.". The
weather. wasuite , warm during
g.
all . our . days. in 'Washington and
we were quite ''amazed to find
fdns provided in all the. pews
Following church , the Canadian
troop entertained our American
hosts to a snlorgasborg, luncheon.
After dinner We gave our official
`thank you' to them and presented
horn woggles' 'as a 'gift, 'The
Scoutmaster, Dennie Conger, re-
plied , p ger Lloyd
with an American flagwhich' had
flown over the Capitol.
Daring Sunday afternoon Den -
nit had arranged for• several psi -
vete cars to drive us through
25,.1789.
Following :this '.; we were given. a
conducted tour.:through the FB.I.
headquarters:; We' learned that • no
two'.'people have exactly: the same
finger': prints. There were :a great:'
many ;laboratories for testing,such
things : as : hair,: blood stains, car.
tires and : car paint. This was •for
evidenc
/neto beused
in cases. Also
...
America's fight •against : Common-,
ism was portrayed:
Later in the morning' 'we `visited
Arlington Cemetery where "Pres-
ident . 'John F. Kennedy is buried.
We: `.were amazed.: at the *size . of`.
-seemed to
this cemetery 'width
stretch on endlessly in rows and
rows:. of ` small white slabs A mil-
itary. : funeral was in, progress
While '.. we were passing through:
The .'Curtis Lee mansion is on ;a,
high spot ,in .the cemetery.;' There.
is the Tomb of the 'Unknown Sold-
ier which a "soldier • guards '.con
tinually; replaced every hour on
the • : hour: Pres. .Kennedy's _grave
;is very simple • and a'. long stream
of people move'slowly by dayafter
day. His two infant '.children are
buried, .on either side ' of him:
Following this, some of the
group went to visit the Capitol to
sit in on a short session of the •
Senate.: The remainder of the
group spent ' the afternoon in' the.
National: • Zoological Park. Here
were displayed many ,animals;
reptiles • and birds. 'Some of these
were lions,. tigers, ' elephants, jag-
uar, seals, rhinoceros, cobra .sna-
kes :and alligators.- There., were
many: strange animals . from': long
ago such as a very old .tortoise..
During the, afternoon Mary and
Wallie ;'Breckles • met a grandson::
of Baden Powell who: happened.:
to notice • the Scout uniform; that.
Wallie .,was ', wearing.
•
TUESDAY
• After an 'early .breakfast we bid
good-bye to 'Washington `and to.
Dennis and our many friends.
there. We crossed a . wonderful
structure ;called the „Chesapeake
'Bay Bridge which including the
road approaches on both sides is
7.7 'miles' in length.. Far below we
could see' :many; small' fishing
boats on Chesapeake Bay. •
We arrived; on the shore ,of, the
Atlantic Ocean at Rehoboth Beach
Delaware. We• soon found a chan-
ge house charge vas one dollar
per :head. `Scouter Lloyd was able
to arrange, that: the Legion Hall
basement be' used. by • the boys.
We all . revealed our Scotch traits
that morning! Bathing in ",the
pickle ° brine'.' as Freda •' McInnes
described the ocean water,was,
certainly a thrilling' experience.'
`The' waves with their terrific• force
and the steady pull of the, under-
tow left, few people standing long..'
.Most of. .the .boysmanagedto,
have' two. dips in this salty ,hurtl-
ing "' ater,
After lunch and. swimming we
travelled north.•nd west through
Delaware farm lands, We enterL
IIY1.��1
AAC
ed f?enns lvani'a ' again. and found:_.
this.,area of the. state. to be won-
derful farming land. Many grow
tobacco , and we noticed many
mules;, being used on'. tobaccowa-•
gons, . Most of the farm, buildings
were; painted,'white and: nestled
among rolling acres.. Many ,Amish
and Mennonite farmersare set-
tied near Lancaster and New w Hol-.
land, .. .. .
In New . Holland .wr were ' made,
very • welcome. A targe red' and.
yellow tent . was pr °;vided for the
Scouts . for sleeping and eating:
There ,were . true size implements
on display and our •. farm, boys
looked them over Well,' This im-
plement company covers a large.
area and rows ,and : rows- of new
balers could be seen, ready for
shipment. In ..the ' evening a tele-
vision crew came out to take• pic-
tures • of ;us.. around. a campfire,.
singing 'a
WEDNESDAY
In the morning we were given
conducted .tours through the New
Holland Baler Plant. Small parts
were dip ' painted while running
along ,a moving ' track. Bigger
assembled implements were spray
Painted by hand+ They had
million: dollars worth of `. equip-
ment: for the shaking .: of the. gear
boxy. It was. a very , largeg' plant..
,Barry: ' Johnston`: .found ..this tour
interesting,due to the good look-,
...,
ing ;.'girls' who .'were '..our : guides!
Following this. Ave`' took a drive
in the country ' where the . Penn-;.
sylvania Dutch live Nand=have very
beautiful farms, . Everything' :was
so tidy and well-kept.:As we drove
along. we found four, girls,. ,who:
were daughters: to Mr. Ben Hoo-
ver, busy'.. cleaning the 'school in
readiness for' : September.'. ';We en4.
tered the.' school and' they .answer-
ed our ,many questions . about their:
mode of life and we told them
something of ' ours. These girls
were.' '.verY pleasant and we .en
.
joyed this ..little impromptu ' visit..
Outside , the school was a . lenden
• tree: The school looked, very r much
,
the : same as our . rural schools`.
We were'' given' a box • chicken
lunch by the.. New ;Holland Com_
pang.:• We bid our guide from the
company'... good-bye and :• starter
north among the .winding' :,Susque
haft na • River, .The weather ; wa
perfect ",and :the • scenery: superb
There were • a` ,great many lo
mountains ..heavily. wooded: to th.
top, •..
We "reached, Hills Creek Stat
Park where the S.coutrnaster o
Mansfield, Mr. Howard °`Winbor
ought greeted .us and , showed
the ,way through the winding roads
His
many
had -already 'set uI
many small, tents Where our boy;
camped, the night. The ladies . ha
rooms . in We'llesboro. During th
evening Scouter Winborough •' an
two helpers led us-' in a campfire
teaching us some new scout songs'
At supper we all enjoyed pia
which were a. treat from .a' dons
ation from Holyrood W.I. The re-
mainder of their gift . ` wass used
for a 'bus.' rid.e: in. Washington.
THURSDAY •
We . rose early, and ' after: tidy,
ing up, camp; :started on our way
home. The boys were excited to
see: quite as number ' �f deer in the
park, as`we. • passed through. We
were told there were bears 'sand
rattlesnakes but nobody met., them:
" We had lunch., in --:Buffalo- 'hand.
crossed the • .Peace :fridge:; into
Canada.. During the, afternoon we
had a' .treat at Guelph which` was
the. courtesy: of Mrs:: 'Don McCosh.
Familiar :• landmarks' began to
greet. us and :quite promptly . at
5:'55. p.m. we; were.: home to Holy -
rood. Soon 'Patents' and 'relatives:
began' arriving , to . meet us, • and
take us .:'home -to '':our regular du-
ties once more.
In writing this account of a won-
derful
derful trip 'I would 'be very •,: neg.
ligent if I failed to mention two;
things. Firstly we .. •owe 'a great
deal; ' of .. thanks to , Scouter; Lloyd
and Scouter Frank and all the.
leaders... This . trip had :: been: ' well
organized and,:"many hours of 'time'
had' been spent • in., preparations.
Secondly we really enjoyed
Selves 'and • aeveral camehorse°
.
with aching sides 'due to laughter;
This was: a :once-in-a-lifetime ex-',
perience ; ,which none, of us shall
ever' forget , 1
. JoY ce :: McEwen
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