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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF MOOSE PASS AND KENAI PENINSULA
Vol# 1
Moose Pass* Alaska - June 29t 1939
No* 22
PRESIDENT’S HOME IS
LAST STOP FOR ROYALTY
The King and Queen of England arrived
in England on June 22. Their last stop
in tho United States was the ancestral
home of President Roosevelt. After vis
iting the World’s Fair and receiving a
day-long ovation from New York City’s mil
lions » they were motored to Hyde Park tar
riving in the late afternoon.
Greeting them were the President and
his wife, the President’s 84-year-old
mother, Mrs. James Roosevelt, and his sonj
James. The President’s wife stepped for
ward firBt to welcome the Queen with a
good old American handshake, then turned
and introduced her visitor to her mother
in-law, after which the King moved for
ward so that she could be presented to
him. Over the great porch hung the Stars
and Stripee, the President's flag, the
Royal Standard, always evident wherever
the King is; and the British flag.
Within the century-old home, built of
stone and stucco, the King and Queen found
rest and quiet. One bedroom each was
set aside for the British monarchs and
they could, retire as early as they wished
because no entertainment was planned af
ter dinner - to which 30 guests were in
vited.
Prime Minister Of
Canada Is Guest
The Roosevelt home is spacious enough
for the family, but most of the Britiah
royal party had to remain on the King's
blue and silver special train held at
Poughkeepsie. Only two ladies in waiting
and two gentlemen attendants of the King
and Prime Minister MacKenzie King of Can
ada, were able to share in its hospitali
ty for the night. In the old-fashioned
dining room, two tables had io be laid
and the second and smaller table was sur
rounded by the President's sons and their
wives.
The King Salutes
Statue Of Liberty
The King and Queen delighted the popu
lace while in New York City, by acting jusi
like "home-folks." "Isn't that a lovely
thing for you to say" said the Queen to
Mrs. La Guardia when the mayor's wife pre
sented her with a boquet of red roses ano
added "all New Yorkers are %n love with
you already,"
As the Destroyer Warrington - upon
which they rode from Ft. Hancock, N.J. to
Manhattan's tip at the Battery - pulled
past the Statue of Liberty>the King slen
der and serious, went from starboard to
port and stood stiffly act ealute. The
Queen stood rigid beside* him.
As they stepped upon a terrace of the
fair's federal building there was such a
tumult of affectionate s.houts from the
crowd that the Queen bliraked her eyes rap
HERE AND THERE
Wesley Laubscher returned on the Bar
anof from a visit with the Ebing family
at Sitka and a stay in Juneau. He went
right to work at Ogle's Oarage in Seward.
Anthony E. Karnes, Territorial Commis
sioner of Education, visited Moose Pass
Monday to inspect the school building, it
having beem badly damaged last Fall by
the flood.
Mrs. W. R. Shellhorn of Seward is vis
iting her daughter, Mrs. Will Estes.
J. B. Stanton of the Seward Trading
Company is having a summer cabin erected
near Mile 44. Hans Overhalden of Seward
is building the cabin.
Joe Perdella has been a patient at Sew
ard General Hospital the last week.
Mrs. Ralph Reid reports that during her
sojourn at Anchorage she heard marvelous
reports from the Goodnews Bay section on
both platinum and gold. Mr. Reid went
into the Kuskokwim country by plane. He
will headquarter at McGrath.
Robert Marshall, author of "Arctic Vil
lage" and now a Forest Service official,
plans to climb Mount Doonerak this season
with two companions. Mount Doornak is
the highest mountain in the Endicott range
end is north of the Arctic Circle.
Slim Williams and his companion, who
are attempting a trip on motorcycles over
the proposed International Highway route,
Fairbanks to New York City, left Fairbanks
a month ago and have not yet reported at
Circle.
Franchot Tone, Joan Crawford's ex, is
to marry a Texas girl, an oil heiress.The
bride-to-be is 23 years old, Miss Beverly
Barbisch of Austin, Tex. Franchot is re
covering from an illness at a New York
hospital and his fiancee is with him.
The volcano, Veniamin mountain on Al
aska Peninsula, continues to belch fumes
and fire and explosions, one after another
terrify the natives at and around Perry
ville.
Harry L. Holt, superintendent of Public
Schools at Seward, is the newly elected
president of the Alaska Education Associa
tion. R. M. Prizer of Anchorage was el
exted secretary-treasirrer. Ballots were
cast by mail.
idly to hold back the almost visible tears.
There was no smile upon the King's
lips. He looked solemnly conscious of
an extraordinary tribute.