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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C.
VACATION WONDERLAND
California Parks Embrace
Masterpieces of Nature
WNU Features.
Nature created her greatest masterpieces in California
and many of them are incorporated into the national park
system. Unsurpassed mountain scenery, embracing rugged
peaks, imposing waterfalls and untouched wilderness areas,
and the famous “big trees” are among the major attractions
in national parks of the High Sierras.
In 1890, three national parks were formed, all in the Sier
ra Nevadas of California. They were the first parks created
since establishment ot the original <$
national park, Yellowstone, in 1872.
The three additions were Yosem-
ite, already famous for a single
magnificent
National Parks
Third
In a Series
valley; Gen
eral Grant, a
little area of
only four
square miles
containing
the General
Grant grove of big trees, and Se
quoia, dedicated chiefly to preserv
ing much more extensive stands of
these forest giants, but possessing
also mountain scenery of superb
quality. In 1940, Kings Canyon, a
‘BIG TREES’. . Han is dwarfed
tinder the forest giants of the Con
gress group of Sequoia giganteas
in Sequoia National park.
great untouched wilderness of deep
canyons, rushing streams and more
sequoias, directly adjoining Sequoia
National park, was established, and
little General Grant was absorbed
in it.
The "big trees,” found at their
best in all of these parks, often are
called redwoods. Actually they are
closely related, yet distinct species.
The Sequoia sempervirens, usually
called redwood, grows only near the
coast of California, with a few in
southern Oregon. The Sequoia gi-
gantea grows only in a narrow belt
from 4,000 to 8,000 feet in altitude,
along the west slope of the Sierras.
The sempervirens grows to greater
height, although some of the gigan
teas are more than 300 feet tall.
Many of the latter exceed 30 feet in
diameter.
The General Sherman tree,
probably at least 3,500 years
old, in the Giant Forest in Se
quoia National park, is believed
to be the largest as well as the
oldest living thing. Only a little
more than 272 feet high, it has a
base circumference of over 10).
feet; its greatest base diameter
is 36.5 feet. Sixty feet above the
ground its diameter is 17.5 feet;
at twice that height it is still 17
feet through. Its largest branch,
130 feet above the ground, is
nearly 7 feet in diameter.
Many trees in Sequoia approach
the General Sherman in size, and
thousands of others deserve the
name of giant. A fallen sequoia,
burned hollow centuries ago, and
known as the Tharp log, was con
verted into a cabin by Hale Tharp,
a California pioneer, in the late 50s,
and he occupied it for many years.
* • •
THE FAMOUS Yosemite valley
and the Mariposa grove of big trees
comprised the first state park in the
United States, having been given to
the state by the federal government
for that purpose in 1864, by an act
signed by Abraham Lincoln. Al
though Yosemite National park was
established in 1890, neither the val
ley nor the grove was a part of it
until 16 years later, when California
redeeded it to the United States.
Hardly less famous than Yosem-
ite’s Half Dome, towering sheer
above the valley nearly a mile, and
El Capitan, nearly 4,000 feet of per
pendicular granite, are the water
falls of this magnificent park. Upper
Yosemite fall has an unbroken drop
of 1,430 feet; Ribbon fall is even
higher, with a 1,612-foot drop. Nu
merous others range from 300 to
more than 600 feet in height. Unfor
tunately, for the late summer visi
tor, many of these waterfalls go dry
by mid-August when there has been
little rain or snow in the high coun
try.
According to geologists, the deep
valleys of the west slopes of the
Sierra were carved by the rushing,
waters of the same streams which
now flow down them. Originally V-
shaped and narrow, the Yosemite
and others were invaded by glaciers
during the ice age and these, mov
ing forward with inexorable force
and power, ground away the sides
of the valleys to give the present-
day canyons their U-shape.
Yosemite valley is probably one
of the most heavily used areas in
the entire park system. On some
days, as many as 30,000 persons
have been in the valley at one time;
as many as 12,000 persons have oc
cupied its campgrounds in a single
night. These, of course, are week
end and holiday crowds; conse
quently, the visitor who wants to
avoid them will plan his visit at
other times.
» • •
IN ALL THREE of the High
Sierra parks there is good fishing,
for which a state license is required.
Each also contains a great variety
of wild animal and bird life. As in a
number of the other parks, too
great familiarity with the larger
species, particularly black bear and
deer, and the feeding of these ani
mals by visitors are discouraged by
National Park service.
The “gentle deer” is pos
sessed of razor-sharp hooves,
which can and do cause serious
injuries to incautious visitors.
The bears also should be viewed
at a distance, for their apparent
tameness is deceptive. Feeding
these animals is no kindness to
them; foods prepared for hu
man consumption cause them
serious digestive troubles as
well as getting them out of the
habit of seeking their normal
and natural foods.
Both Sequoia and Yosemite have
a wide variety of public accommoda
tions, ranging from simple house
keeping cabins on up. Both offer
accommodations throughout the year
and are very popular in winter
since they offer excellent snow and
ice sports. Accommodations for visi
tors to Kings Canyon are found only
in what was formerly General
Grant National park, although
many use facilities at Giant Forest
in Sequoia, 30 miles farther away.
FAMED CATARACT . . . Nevada
falls is one of the many spectacu
lar waterfalls in Yosemite Na
tional park.
School Bell Ends Insistent Clang
JLSA, OKLA. — Another rem-
t of the little red schoolhouse,
insistent bell, has stopped ring-
at Webster high school here,
cover, blow to tradition though
iay be, pupils are getting to their
srooms much more promptly,
ecision to eliminate all bells and
Liar signals was made by T.
ry Broad, principal, after the
>ol’s electric bell system broke
n and tardiness decreased.
"Removing school bells is simply
a matter of removing excuses for
tardiness,” he explained. “As long
as the bells ring, pupils rely on
them, and while relying on them,
pupils are tardy and promptly
blame the bells.”
His argument carried ' added
weight when, after two weeks of the
no-bells rule, tardiness hit the low
est level in nine years of the
schpoTs operation.
‘BIG MUDDY’ RUNS AMOK . . . Abnormal spring rains are causing
floods in many parts of the country, inundating large tracts of land.
Top panel shows the sandbagged levee of the Missouri river near
Aldridge, ID., before the rains came. Below, 36 hours later, the levee
proves no barrier, the water breaking through to flood 2,000 acres of
farm land.
VETS SEE FAMOUS HORSE . . . Richard Ryan, 'former cavalry
officer, is shown astride the world's most famous white horse—Em
peror Hirohito’s “Hatsushimo,” which the Japanese placed in his cus
tody “for the American people.” Ryan is taking the horse on a
tour of veterans’ hospitals. The dog is “Mike,” a gift of Edward
Arnold of the films. *
CAUGHT IN THE FLOODS ... Flood waters of the Mississippi river
stalled this Frisco railroad work train. Photo was made from a
coast guard plane making an aerial survey of the flooded area. Other
locations reported train and railway tracks under water, bringing about
renewed demands upon congress for flood control.
MAN, NOT ELEMENTS, CAUSED THIS ... It looks as if a cyclone
had struck the Jim Munro borne at Le Claire, Iowa. However, it was
the landlord, not the elements, that caused this scene, the Munro
family claims. They charge the landlord, Harold Olsen of Montpelier,
Iowa, wrecked the summer kitchen of their home when they ignored
an eviction notice. Similar happenings have been reported in other parts
of the country by landlords anxious to gain possession of homes.
BLASTS PROPOSAL . . . Earl O.
Shreve, newly elected president of
the U. S. chamber of commerce,
took sharp issue with President
Truman’s “moral suasion” cam
paign to cut prices. He declared
the people will not be “fooled by
attempts to make business men
scapegoats.”
DRAFTS TREATY . . . Joseph M.
Dodge, Detroit banker, has been
appointed special minister to Aus
tria to represent Secretary of
State Marshall in drafting the
Austrian peace treaty.
RETURNS TO BERLIN ... Dr.
Michael L. Munk, the first rabbi
of Berlin since before the war,
has returned to the city of his
birth and will live in U. S. quar
ters there. He escaped from Ger
many in 1938 at the height of Nazi
persecution of the Jews.
DIRIGIBLE EXPERT ... Dr.
Hugo Eckener, German dirigible
expert and designer of the ill-
fated Graf Zeppelin, is in the
U. S. to work with government ex
perts in developing lighter-than-
air craft.
NEW CITIZEN . . . Ida Lupino,
film actress, leaves the Los An
geles department of justice office
after passing her citizenship ex
amination. Miss Lupino was born
in London but has long wanted to
be an American.
Woman's World
Crisp White Blouses Help Keep
You Cool in Sultry Weather
W HEN the first warm days ar
rive, most of us find ourselves
without anything really delightfully
cool to put on, and consequently we
go on a mad buying spree to try to
beat the heat. How much better it
is to start now before the swelter
ing days really catch up with us,
and plan a sensible wardrobe for
the hot days.
One of the best ways of dealing
with the heat is to have light-weight
suits and skirts with which to wear
cool organdie or batiste blouses,
made frosty looking with crisp lace
or embroidered organdie. You can
plan to have several of these on
hand so that there will always be
one freshly laundered ready to put
on at a moment’s notice.
Now that organdie and other light
weight materials are back on the
market, it’s a simple matter to plan
to do your own sewing on them and
have several blouses for the price
of one. Patterns and laces are
available again in great variety,
so there’s a blouse for every figure
and every purse—if you make your
own.
If you have only one suit which
you want to wear with several
blouses, do select styles of blouses
that are becoming with the neckline
of the suit. Or, if you have sep
arate skirts with which you want
blouses, then do select blouses styles
that are extremely becoming to you.
Should you run to the heavy figure
type, stay away from organdie and
use material such as batiste or dim
ity that do not make you look quite
so full blown.
Fabric Dictates Style
In Blouse Making
Sheer blouses may have a very
feminine, frothy look or they may
be neatly tailored, depending upon
what wear you want to give them.
Keep yourself looking cool . . .
The fabric is another important dic
tator of the blouse style.
Do not select a heavy printed
material for a frosty-looking blouse,
but choose something with deceptive
simplicity and soft lines for trans
parent materials such as organdie
and the like.
Even this type of blouse may look
tailored, but actually the pattern is
cut rather full, and the fullness con
trolled with small tucks and gath
ers. If these are kept neatly
pressed, the blouse will look tailored
rather than dressy, and will be well
suited even to business occasions.
Unless you have the time to spare,
study the pattern carefully before
making a choice, so that you will
have plenty of time to finish it prop
erly. Some blouses look really sim
ple but their construction may re
quire more time than you can safely
give to the project. Do not choose
a blouse with too many details if
your time is extremely limited.
Most of the new fashions are show
ing extensive inserts of lace and em
broidery work. This will require
careful sewing and cutting, but the
effort will be well worth the time
spent Such blouses ready-made
cost a young fortune, but they can
be made at home, even by the pa
tient beginner.
Sewing Tips Given
For Blouses
Sheer materials should have their
thread chosen carefully to make an
easy job of the sewing. The weight
of the thread is important and you
may need expert advice from the
saleswoman. Don’t hesitate to let
her help you.
Organdie is easy to sew because
it doesn’t crush. However, it will
be even easier to stitch if you place
tissue paper underneath while sew-
W'itb frosty organdie blouses.
ing, as this will give the fabric body.
The paper rips off readily when you
have finished sewing.
Take advantage of all the gadgets
available to make the task easier.
A zigzagger attachment for the sew
ing mchine is handy for smart mon
ograms and floral designs. It may
Cool Fitting
Trim fitting, utterly simple and
styled right is this eyelet embroid
ered dress in the new shrink-
resistant and crush resistant Scot-
lin, treated with a new chemical.
The dress comes in green, blue,
rose and jvhite.
be used for fine lace insertions, as
the tiny zigzag stitches are practi
cally invisible and save tedious
stitching and eyestrain.
Tucker attachments may be used
for tiny pin tucks on sheer materials
such as batiste, organdie or lawn.
The tucker gauges the width of the
tuck; while one tuck is being
stitched, the mark of the next tuck
is being made.
Be Smart!
Blouses take many new ways to
distinction this spring, whether
worn with skirts or slacks. Among
the favorites are bright California
prints with a tiny apron tunic,
huge plaids to top slender black
skirts, and much emphasis on un
usual buttons.
Look Expensive
If you sew at home, a little
time spent on trimmings, partic
ularly stitching, will help give
your garments a professional
look.
Scallops represent a lot of
work, but for that very reason
they will also give clothing a
custom-made look. Make certain
they are even and well-rounded.
Tucking is one of the simplest
of tricks for making a simple gar
ment look costly. With the at
tachment for this purpose, it
isn’t hard to achieve a profes
sional look.
Pleated edgings add lots of ap
peal to simple dresses and
blouses. Space the pleats evenly
and make sure the pleats are
deep enough to press easily.
Inserted banding is worth the
effort it takes to put it on. Often
used to simulate yoke effects,
it may be of the same color as
the fabric but of different materi
al—or it may be of a contrasting
shade.
Never select a fabric or style
without standing in front of the
mirror and judging what looks
best on you.
Use satin for blouses and
dresses only if you have a per
fect figure. Lights falling on this
material emphasize faults on the
too thin or full figure.
Keep buttons which have been
removed from old clothing on
large safety pins. It’s easy to
select buttons you want for
mending and repair when they
are kept in this way.
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ONE 4x4 COMPRESSOR, ammonia, with
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HELP WANTED—MEN, WOMEN
WANTED—Elementary teachers for first,
second, third, fourth, fifth grades: saL
approx. $2,100 depending upon certificate.
Supt. of Schools, Brunswick, Georgia.
MISCELLANEOUS
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truck one hour after order received.
Talmage Avenue, Brunswick, Georgia.
WAREHOUSE HAND TRUCKS
60* long. 25' wide, 11* steel roUer bearing
wheels, $10 each. United Sales Corp., WO
Murphy Ave. AM 5795. Atlanta, Ga.
Finely Gronnd Snap Corn, $60.0t.
Cotton Seed Meal, $75.00.
KING MILLING COMPANY
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Americus, Georgia.
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Steel, zinc, brass in various sizes, gauges,
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