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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.
The council's grim outlook
came after fatalities during the
first half of the year broke a rec
ord standing since 1937. In the
initial six months of 1956, 18,120
persons died compared with 17,
320 during the same period 19
years ago.
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