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' p ii % PAGE SIX THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1940 CLINTON GIRL WF FRIP TO ALASKA I ten. Everyone met in here at some i lime during the day. * i The schedule for the day was: i breakfast from 7 till 9, bei^f broth (if you wanted it, and we never did) at 10.'30, lunch from 12:15 to 2:15, af* By MRS. CHANDLER GRIGGS, of Washinjfton, D. C. temoon tea at 3:30, dinner from 5:30 space between the mountains and the shore; and the other stop was at Ju neau, Alaska’s ca;;«ital. We were there for four hours and saw quite a bit of the town. It is very hilly, but is well laid out and has some interest ing points of interest, auch as a mu- 'to 7:30, and another snack at 10:30 seum, etc. We, along with a large I at night. At eacK meal, there was so'crowd of others, took a bus ride out (Editor’s Note: Second and final chapter of the letter of Mrs. Chand ler Griggs, now on a travel tour in Alaska, appears below. Mrs. Grig^ before marriage was Miss Emmie Adair of this city, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Adair). We passed through Idaho almost before we could realize it because we only brushed across the northern point. The most beautiful sight that we saw was at Coeur d’Allene, a lake almost on the border line between Idaho and Washington. It is a long, we were to sail the next morning at much to eat and everything was so 9:00, so we arrived at just about the i that it is ^tonishing that we right time. Our tickets had been bought back in D. C.I.SO all we had to do in con did not get sick; but everyone seem ed to be hungry all the time. Before each meal a steward would go around nection with sailing was to get our; foundii^ a soft-toned gong and c^- luggage down to the dock. A huge I >ngVFirst call fbr dinner, etc. We crowd was aU over the place, people'had a wonderful ^ward to serve our were throwing confetti and whooping meals. He is an Englishman and was and carrying-on in great style. Ouroi wit. He kept everyone at our cabin was on B deck in a very de sirable location—near the recreation room and dining > hall and also the baths. There were no private ba|^ on the boat. The little cabin was so lovelv, blue lake, surrounded with]tiny that you would meet yourself trees’ and it looks like an'ideal sum-[coming backwards, but it was fine. mer outing spot. The name dates back to Indian days and has a num ber of legends about it. It means “Hard Hearted” or “Heart of Steel or Flint.’' Some say that a particular Indian trible that lived there was sO shrewd and so hai^-hearted in deal ings that they w-ere given the above name. That is, however,'" only one of the many stories. — - When we started into the state of Washington, we began to see signs of the great Northwest that you’ve al ways «bLear4--.About JThere ~wej^>tall,.^ JMalking, jun' baUm^, otoji and-o- efj«ivkHit>«5 trees as far eottldfstoaragc deck. In the steerage set' almost all the way through the -.aliit*.v-Spokancu i* the--iirst-l»rge-ei^» of any importance that you see in the state—it is . at the extreme east- em end, and Is quite pretty. Most of the state is mountainbuV and the highway continues to pass* through the national forest which began way back in Wyoming; There were some wounderful roads. They could really bt appreciated after driving.over the From the beginning of the boat trip to the end Chan and I had a wonder ful time. We met loads of people— everyone on a boat is so friendly andj we saw some of the best scenery im aginable. There were all types of people on the boat—mihers, fisher men, tourists, geographers college study groups, etc. I’ll just have to save telling you about some of them for a later letter. table overcome with laughter most of the time, but he really was a per fectly dignified butler—it was just his expression and little ways of say ing and doing things. Our first stop was at Ketchican, Alaska. What a funny little town! Mostly built on piles driven into the water and covered over with logs, thus making sidewalks and the foun dations for houses and stores. Moun tains come down almost to the shore so you can see why the town has been built in this way. It just hap>» pened that one of the men from the D. C. office, who is building a radio station about 20 miles away from the The boat was made up of decks Al'^P W |ttle lake, quite tywjcni^,Alaskan with supplies, aha ne pracHcally walers-^xtremely bTue, and reflect- and B 'and an upper deck just for swooned when he saw us because he steerage passengers, boat stewards. wasnl jmpfytingnte.fa^ rhaa^.w me ia..AlaskA«_iie is a. Xin£..isJlow aadfCA&aesa^.to catch .jthe ,vivid- miIofs ^ knows everyone, and he carried us kitchensr-diniftg -poomr«nd- offices -of the nurses, chief steward and a few under-officers. On deck A—next to the top — was a dance hall where bingo was played and~aances were . , j- held each night. There was a ping- have good Indian schools there, pong table set up in there during the|®"“ K^ven much attention. and showing us the main ^points of interest. We saw our first natives, who look like Indians and dress al most'4ifce“the whites. This-is-because day, and there were numerous tables and chairs for those who cared to play bridge. Outside was ff-'sfiuflle- ptx r ones of Montana and Idaho. We j board set and a sort of horseshoe af- spent the night in Ellensburg, a small fair, although no horseshoes were town almost in the center of the j thrown — just loops of rope. There state. We got an early start the next, was a barber shop behind the dance morning and were soon in Seattle,' ha^ll. On our deck was the social hall where we had a number of things to j where bridge and checkers were attend to. This was on Fr.day and i played, books read, and letters writ- POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMETS This isn’t true of all natives, how ever. One of the men to whom our end introduced us was Capt. An derson, the-captain of our boat. He asked us to come up on the bridge of the boat at any time we cared to, and he would let us look through the in struments, etc. to see how the boat was managed. We did do this later and thoroughly enjoyed it. The next day we made two stops— one at Wrangell, another small town much like Ketchican, but not built up on so many piles, due to more to the Mendenhall glacier, 32 miles from Juneau. What a sii^t that was! A huge block of ice packed into a valley between two piountaips. It is known as a “dead” glacier, because it isn’t being added to, but is slowly melting away at the rate of 70 feet per year, I think. We had quite a thrill as we were stonding there, for a huge chunk, about as large as a one-story, one-room house broke off and fell into the current below. Where it broke off left a sky-blue sheet of ice exposed. Wouldn’t you hate to get smashed in between a couple of such chunks! On our trip out to the glacier our bus-load had a bit more fun and ex citement tl^m the others because something suddenly went wrong with the engine; there was a great noise, then all was quiet. The car wouldn’t budge. We had to thumb rides on the offier buses to reach, the glacier, and the bus driver had to get a ride back into town for a new conveyance. We came back by Auk lake, a love- • northward to Anchorage. It was the w W m funniest thing imaginable. We barely with pictures we took along the way. crept ,along between mountains and the river banks and we stopped every few miles for no reason at all, for passengers to get out and look at a glacier or to pick wild flowers, of which there are hundreds every where, to biiy a sandwich, to stop in at Nelly’s place, a hut run by an Alaskan woman of some renown. Af ter 5H hours we reached “our” city, and were greeted by three men from the CAA office. They took us to the "ord, so we might not do so well if we ing hills, and best of all, the glacier. How .iMfe ■iWtfhadi wa, had- a aoto; that scene others; as well as so many Anchorage hotel, where they had re served a room for us. If th^ we would probably still be fighting off mosquitoes in a tent down by the railroad tracks, because, accommoda tions are as scarce as hen’s teeth around here. We kept that room for a few days and finally were moved into a one-room apartment on the hotel’s first floor. It is a convenient little 'place, has kitchen utensils, sil ver, china, a murphy bed, sheets and towels furnished by the hotel, and we are able to use the washing machine and iron down in the basement Never let it be said that life in Alaska is cheap. Food is outrageous ly high and so are places to live. The town hasn’t nearly enough accommo dations for all the army officers, CAA workers, etc., who are giving the town a boom. Plac^ are being built all the ti|^, and even 'when- they aie built every thing will still be sky high. the ‘PresbytetiTO On Thursday morning, or rather during the night, we reached Seward, where we were supposed to have docked at 1:30- at night» ^md then have been able to leave the boat at any time to catch the 7:00 or 9:00 o’clock train for Anchorage. As luck would have it, an army ship was docked there and was unloading, so we couldn’t even touch the pier until it was out of the way. Of course, this threw our ship completely out of gear, because all the unloading that should have been completed by j morning had to begih after we! docked. We had hoped to catch the first ”^rain, but couldn’t get our lug gage, so we had to wait for the later train which was held up until 12:30. Thus began our 114-miIe trip church -end he«n>if»s nice serm<m^ brat were unnoticed by anyone. It is con sidered !He‘ Best and most active church here We have met a number of CAA men and wives, and there promises to be-quite- a social whiThtfais fall. There is a nice lake, about four miles out of town, where people ac tually go swimming. Maybe I’ll get up enough nerve to' take an icy plunge in it some day. How you would love this wither sweater each day. Many folks wear fur coats at night. What do you sup pose I’ll do when a cold “norther” comes in the winter, because I’ve al ready been wearing a wool dress and sweater. I suppose I’ll have to go into hibernation until I thaw out next spring. We^ are planning to fix up a book I hcrae to send you some after we get a little better organized. The sun doesn’t set here until 9:30 pjn. and rises at 2:30 ajn., so it ne^'e^ gets dark. How would you like to sleep under those circumstances. It’s fun-Hreally. Some P. SjB—' I forgot to- mention that Chan and I were fine sailors. However, we hid one of the fanoottiaat crossings on rec- were to nm into rough wather. We iiad^o^ OMibad day—^when crossing Qbaen Qiarlotte bay that many people were very sick. But sailors consittered that croating “nothing” Just the same. Anchorage is different from any Other town in Alaska. It is like al- moat any small town in the U. S. It is comparatively flat and, although circled by mountains, is far enough from them to give the town plenty of expansion room. It is weU laid out and there are a number of nice- looking houses. Most of the people are fairly well-to-do, take go6d care of their places, and grow monstrous flpwers and vegetables (in fact, they Iwve to kdep dimbages and some oth er vegetbales covered to keep them from popping open, due to too rapid growth, due to so much sunlight). Peopto fish here most of the time,* since we are right on the shore of a river, which is actually an arm of ll■^lll iinwiwWi i. siaii^m ii ..I- —There a caim«^ly7Tmt the busy' seas^ bn’t to begin for ■ a ^oouple- more weeks. I am anxious to’ see a cannery in operation. Most of the food sold here is ship ped in from outside and is, of course, mu^ mere 'expensive. But 'a great deal is grown in Matanussky valley, a government project where people on relief from some Northwestern states haye; been given an opportu nity to start farms, mie place v/as a dead loss,,until this s/r — uua year, but now Mother. We sleep under a blanket that Anchorage is on such a boom. every night, and we wear a coat or they have no worries about the val- ley people. Meat is sent in frozen. You have to buy it a day or two before you in tend to serve it so it can thaw out in your ice box. I don’t think it is as good as meat back home—but I shall probably become accustomed to it. STATE SENATE ] SHERIFT j 1 hereby announce myself a can-j I hereby announce myself a candi-l didate for re-election to the State!date for reelection as Sheriff of Lau- Senate from Laurens county, and Irens County and pledge myself to pledge myself to abide by the re-! abide by the rules of the pemocratic suits of the Democratic primary. ; primary. CALDWELL W. WIER. } FOR CLERK OF COURT I hereby announce my candidacy CALDWELL W. WIER. CHARLES A. CROMER. I hereby announce myself a can didate for the Senate from Laur- for re-election as clerk of court ofj ens county and pldge myself to! Laurens county and agree to abide! abide by (he results of the Demo-1 by the results of the Democratic pri- ciatic primary. O. LANGDON LONG. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3 hereby announce myself a candi date for the House of Representa* tives from Laurens County and pledge myself to abide by the re sults of the Democratic primary. JAMES P. SLOAN. mary. VIC R. FLEMING. SUPERVISOR I hereby announce myself a can didate for Supervisor of Laurens county, and pledge mySSlf to abide by the result of the Democratic pri mary. J. BEN HUNTER. I At the solicitatidh of friends, I hereby announce myself a candidate I hereby announce myself a can- i for Supervisor of Laurens County, didate for reelection to the House of 1 and pledge myself to abide by the Representatives from Laurens Coun- results of the Democratic primary, ty, and promise to abide by the re-j BENNIE B. BLAKELY, suits of the Democratic primary. | i hereby announce myself a candi- ROBERT C. WASSON, jdate for Supervisor of Laurens Coun- I hereby announce myself a can- i ty, subject to the results of the Dem- cidate for re-election to the House of ocratic primary. Representatives-from Laurens coun- | LANDER B. STODDARD, ty, and pledge myself to abide by the i hereby announce myself a can- results of the Democratic primary, j didate for Supervisor of Laurens C. L. MILAM. I hereby announce myself a can didate for the House of Representa- Uy£S J[M»m..^La.ur_ens CO and agree U) abide by the results of the Demo cratic primary. CHARLES F. BROOKS. I hereby announce myself a can didate for the House of Representa tives from Laurens county, and pledge myself to abide by the re sults of the Democratic primary. WALTER L. MARTIN. I hereby announce myself a candi- •dat* tor the house of representa tives from Laurens county and agree tc abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. JAMES H. SULLIVAN. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the House of Representatives from Lauhens County and pledge my self tc- abide by the results of the ITemocratic primary. PHIL D. HUFF. CONGRESS county and pledge myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. JOHN H. WHARTON. I I hereby announce myself a can didate for re-election as Supervisor of Laurens County and pledge my self to abide by the results of the Democratic primary. J. A. GUTHRIE. COUNTY COMMISSIONER I hereby announce myself a can didate for Coimty Commissioner of Laurens county and pledge myself to abide by the results of the Demo cratic primary. E. FRANK ANDERSON. I hereby announce myself a candi date for County Commissioner of Laurens county and pledge myself to abide by the results of the Demo cratic primary. A. HOMER MOORE. I hereby announce myself a can didate for County Commissioner of Laurens County and pledge myself I hereby announce my candidacy abide by the results of the Demo tor Congress from the Fourth South ^ratic primary. Carolina District, subject to the Dem ocratic primary. Our nation, our tree government, and our homes are facing the greatest peril in our his tory. We can only preserve them by adequate preparedness. If elect ed, I pledge, not words, but action. Your -vote and influence will be ap preciated. VIRGIL EVANS. SOLICITOR date for reelection as Solicitor of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. HUGH BEASLEY. 1 hereby announce myaelf a candi date for Solicitor of the Bighto Ju dicial Circuit, aubjeet to the niles of the Democratic primary. - W, T. BOLT. , FOR TRRASURER 1 hereby announce myaelf a candi date for Treasurer of Laurens County mnA pledge myMlf to abide by the results of the Democratic primary. FRANK B. WALDREP. I hereby announce myself a candi date for Treasurer of Laurens County and pledge myself to abide by the results of the Democratic primary. H. LAWRENCE KENNEDY. I hereby announce myself a can didate for County Treasury and agree to abide by the results of the Democratic irimary. SAM M. LEAMAN. ARCHIE C. OWENS. •I hereby announce myself a can didate for County Commissioner of| Laurens county and pledge myself to abide by the results of the Demo cratic primary. J. HERMAN POWER. I hereby announce myself a cai^ didate for Coimty Cmnmissicmer of Laurels County and pledge myself For Candidates If you are an aimounced or prospective can- £daf(^'we i^Be to ing needs. I hereby announce myself a candi- jt© abide by the results of the Demo cratic primary. ARCHIE F. COOK. MAGISTRATE, HUNTER TOWN SHIP AT CLDITON I hereby announce myself a can didate for Magistrate of Himter TownHiip at Clinton, subject to the result of the Dcmocndic prinuury. J. HENRY SEAY, i hereby announce myself a cmidi- date for reelection lor magistrate of Hunter Townriiip at Clinton, subject to the result of the Democrteic pri- rmary. CLYDE H. McCHARY. Friends of B. R. FuHer pnnounce him as a candidate for Magistrate of Hunter Township at Clinton sub ject to the result of the Democratic prknary. GAME WARDEN I hereby announce myself a candi date for Gmne Warden ol Laums county, subject to the results of the Dmnocratic plenary. M. A. CANNON. 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