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Medford Tribune United Press Full Leased Wir United Press Full Leased Wim Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1956 Pages 1-12 Father Long To Remember Vacation Trip To Disneyland With Two Small Children By VERNON BAKER United Press Correspondent San Francisco (U.R) There was the usual dissent in my household this year over where we were to spend our annual va cation the children won. I took them to Disneyland. Mother had planned to take the baby to the Midwest to visit relatives, so after seeing her off, the other children, Cynthia, 5, and Cheryl, 3, and i packed up and headed down the Coast of California for Disneyland park. Although I grumbled about giving up a trout rod for a toy town, I must admit that I had the time of my life. I had never ventured farther than the next town with my two offspring in my lone charge, so the trip was a new experience for me. at also gave me stature in the neighborhood, for the fath ers in the block now consider me a brave man.) I learned many things, not all of them useful, about the care and feeding of little girls. Hotel A Haven After 450 miles of driving, the Disneyland . Hotel, which we made ouf headquarters, since it sits at the very edge of Disney land, appeared like a traveler's haven of rest and relaxation. The television set kept the girls busy while I unpacked. They wouldn". consent to bed, however, until we took a ride to Disneyland and back aboard the hotel's free tram Incidentally, the hotel has ex cellent facilities for eating, after noon naps and children's needs in general, including beds that lock into the wall away from inquisitive hands. The real joy of the trip came when we got our first good look at Disneyland, with its town of the 1800s, its castle and its rock et ship. Cindy, her eyes wide with ex citement looked up at me and asked unbelievingly, "Daddy, is this really Disneyland?" Cheryl, the family politician at the tend er age of three, was equally ex cited. Her first words were, how ever, "I want to meet Walt Dis ney." All In A Whirl Then we were off in a whirl of kids having the time of their lives on chugging engines, whirl ing tea cups and horse drawn vehicles. Cindy's favorite ride was the jungle boat, although she voted the moon trip a close second. She was awed and sometimes close to frightened by the mechanical wonders of the man-made jungle and the mock trip to the moon. Cheryl was interested and im pressed by the physical plant. After the jungle boat trip she looked at me and stated flatly, "Daddy, I saw a giraffe eating and he had grass in his mouth." Somewhat taken aback by this wisdom I replied, "Why, yes that's right, I guess he did." I was looking over my shoulder at the time to make certain the life-like cannibals were not mea suring my head for their shrink ing pot. Cheryl's excitement bubbled over in Fantasyland. We took more rides on King Arthur's ca rousel and the Mad Hatters tea cups than I like to remember. One bright spot was the Mickey Mouse theater where we sat and watched the same showing of cartoons for three sessions. It was a great place to sit and rest, as was Slew Foot Sue's golden Horseshoe Saloon in Frontier land where we casually drank cola-on-the-rocks. Hers We Go Again There have been many addi tions since we visited Disney land. The 'painted desert, then unpainted, now has a fresh coat of colors. You can take a "sky way" trip across the park, visit rainbow caverns or ride down the mouth of a whale into his tummy and out the mouth again. I have a feeling the children will want to go back and see those things next summer. . I'll put up my usual argument for a nice spot beside a cool stream, but I know who'll win. As a matter of fact, I'm look ing forward to a return engage ment, but don't breathe a word of it to my family. I understand a father is supposed to be stern about these things. Michigan State University was the first college to build a stu dent union building. Death Car Driver Placed on Probation Lakeview (U.R) Earl Gra ham, 31-year-old Malin ranch worker, has been placed on five years probation here by Circuit Judge Charles Foster. Graham was the driver of a car that hit and fatally injured nine-year-old Sherilyn Kay Smith, daughter of 17r. and Mrs. Donald Smith of Merrill July 8. The accident occurred one mile east of Malin. An 11-year-old companion of the victim was injured. 1956 Headed for Worst Traffic Year Chicago (U.R) The Na tional Safety Council yesterday said 1956 was halfway down the road to becoming the worst year of traffic deaths in the nation's motoring history. Ned H. Dearborn, council pres ident, said "almost a miracle" was needed to prevent a greater toll than in 1941 when highway slaughter cut down 39,969 vic tims. The old record will be eclipsed by about 2,000 deaths if the present rate continues, he warned. 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