YOSEMITESENTINEL YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK Published by Yosemite Park and Curry Co. in the interest oS its employees and local residents. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK SATURDAY, JANUARY10, 1948 SKI DINNER-DANCESCHEDULE ARRANGED Five ski dinner dance dates for the Ah- scarves. All in all, everyone seemed happy; wahnee were announced by the Secretary of A1 Baab from S-9 entertained his brotlmr the Yosemite Winter Club. The opening from Los Angeles in the week preceding dance will be held on January 23, with later Christmas. He then accompanied his brother dances on February 13, March 5 and 19, and home for the holidays. April 2. While the orchestra has not yet been Martha is back at her old job--wrapping, selected, there will be "live music." Dorothe wrapping, wrapping! Bailey and her folk dancers have several new, colorful dances which will be presented LODGE LODGINGS during each of the dances. On the local calendar we find--Mary Jane Reese retired from active duty to take up VILLAGE STORIES HOMEhousekeeping as a permanent voca- tion Christmas in the Village Store was a gala A few of the summer employees in evi- event. Interior decorators, Martha, Roy and dence over the holidays- Leona Kearhs, Harold put their heads together and decorat- Winston Mumby, and Yvonne Bordegaray. ed some nice trees and made some pictur- And Dotty Wright, from the Grill. esque scenes. Minnie Everston dispayed Justine Clapp, Pat Thomas, Phyllis Good- fruits, candies and other such Christmas ale, and Mark Greer are former employees goodies. Ralph gave his favorite recipe for who came in to help out over the holidays. cooking a turkey and Pauline and Ellie at- ,Tack Manningof the Grill., is leaving for tempted to sell the right sizes of clothing to a few days in Los Angeles. people who weren’t there. Gen and Jeanne A1 Marquez: Lodge Swimming Pool in- in the wrapping department tried to disguise structor, received a rather unique birthday some gifts and really succeeded with a gift present from hi father--one thousand dol- for Mr. Ouimet. It was a fishing rod, but it lars to dabble in the stocl~ market. Incident- looked more like a bass fiddle. ally, A1 has left for Switzerland to take a Apparently all had been good during the course in medicine. year, for everyone proudly displayed some nice Christmas gifts. At a small party before HOSPITAL NOTICES work on December 24, the members of the Until further notice, there will be no of- Store exchanged gifts and had a rollicking fice hours on Wednesday and Sunday after- time. Mr. Brown received a lovely white noons. blanket and Jack Ring a set of Pickwick NEWDENTIST. We are happy to announce glasses (not spectacles), the appointment of Dr. Jack Wilhelm as our Pauline got a sweater from some unknown dentist. Dr, Wilhelm, formerly of Coeur d’ admirer, Better watch out, Ray! Jack also Alene, Idaho, is from the University of Calif- received a pair of Argyle socks (just a little ornia Dental College. touch of Scotch) knitted by his sister. Gen Office hours are~ 8’.30 to 11’.30 a.m; and received a month’s supply of Black Jack 12:30 to 4:40 p.m. Other hours by appoint- chewing gum and Ellie some more silk neck ment. ~J 1 ’I ¯ ’ I + " " ......... THE YOSEMITE SENTINEL ~----’Il’i’ll , :~i ll=’i ,(.,: + I I Ill~i ¯ Dusting with cinnamon was suggested at one frantic point. And our last Christmas thought Published:,by ¥ose+~ite Park and Curry Co. is for the little boy Annie gave Teddy Bears ¯ .. EDITORIAL STAFF to! Bob :Robinson 5can Cloward New Yearswill always be remembered by "Dete" Oliver Duane Boone, Curt Platt, Louise Buckman, Ken English Ralph Anderson Li]lian.Eddy, Bud Allredge, Jack Clark, ¯Ed- Bob Robinson 5oe Meredith die Trossauer, and the rest of the."Black .... Art Bauman Shoe Set" for their own private dancing par- ;C]rculati0n:Manager " Florence Morris ty behind the orchestra screen. Manyof the Supervisor " Harold Ouimet guests joined them and said they had more (’/~sspCia:,teEditor , Editor. Henry Berrey fun than out in front! The "Birdseye Pea Xack Greener Green" coats of Wayne Phillips and Glenn Power made some guests feel just as green! Speaking¯ of Hats- the new "Morning Look" has all the waitresses in a tizzy now that thei.r fifteen dollar permanents won’t show. That old Aunt Jemima look.prevails! And the tall silver and gold New Year’s ’,+ hats had nothing on the fezzes (Tarboosh to you) that the Shriners wore recently here at dinner to honor Imperial Potentate Rex Hammers. They had enough rhinestones on them to costume thirteen choruses! The Station Wagon Set will be compli- mented soon when B.J. and Vic Lipmeyer get delivery of theirs. Karl Munsonand Lee AHWAHNEE RAMBLINGS Brazitis have just hocked their family heir- looms to get new cars recently, too, and Bob -Now; that the Bracebridge Dinner plat- Mills will soon join with a new Chevrolet forums- are down, ’the red and yellow crab- Coupe. Hugh Merritt, we feel sure, started apples and thewild ducks used for the all this with that beautiful Manhattanof his. Squire’stabIe’ are’gone, the white Belgian Reverting to the Jurassic, Edith Eddy re- hares long since eaten, life at The Ahwahnee turned from Los Angeles with a Model "A"-- is:getting back’to normal. Sat Carson’s or- nothing less! Ci%+stra is a memory,Bertha’s holiday decor The Longhairs Club meets again soon and by now is mostly humus and the purple pants plan to play among others the following se- of+the ’ SanFrancisco Bohemian Club carol- lections: Piano Concerto by Aram Khach- e~’s’ai’e gone:for another year! aturian with William Kapell at the piano; Christmas brought a most unusual present Ballet Music from Petrouchka by Strawin- for~Rdnnie’Heathman but he refuses to wear sky; Show music from On the Town, and a it ilY:public. Toored for you Ronnie? And on repeat request of Manhattan Towers, A spe- the color of red, Anne Hulme’s red under- cial Fun Section will include Beatrice Kay wear came in right handy for Andy Camp- and Dorothy Shay. bell to wear as Santa Claus at out’ party at ¯ A Kid’s Party to be held soon at the Ar- The Arrow except that the bumps were in row is being planned by Bob Robinson for tlYe’wrong places. First skinny Santa Claus the big boy and girl three-cornered pants we ever saw! Loretta Lcdson complained and jawbreaker set, Sue Munson and Jackie that"she-got blisters trying on Wally Harri- Pierson had better keep an eye on their nian’s present’to get the right size. Johnnie clotheslines for the next few weeks! Nickles will be long remembered for the Movie villian Victor Francen, his charming ]ovel~; slippers given to manyof the girls. wife and their little girl Leno, were recent Dick Connett was wild when the Belgian visitors at The Ahwahnee, Lone gave her H,ires for the Bracebridge Dinner arrived mother away at the dinner table one night by white instead of brownones as requisitioned. saying to the waitress, "Bring some more i: { THE YOSEMITE SENTINEL rolls with nuts in them. Mummyfeeds them / Badger since its opening. all to the bluejays!" Personnel at Badger awoke Friday morn- i z’, Through the Keyhole. Ed Miller wanted ing to see a very rare thing; a snowfall. The us,to advertise his grilled sandwiches in the snow continued at intervals all day and dur- Sweet shop sohere’s your plug, Ed: Folks, ing the intervals, there was rain and when you really must try one of Ed Miller’s cur- it was all over, we had less snow than there ried thumbtack sandwiches[ Tony "Amanu- was before the storm. ensis" Palmeri writes about ten letter a day. Maybethere is stillhope that. we may re- But to whom, Tony? Our vote for the man alize the stories of old-timers about snow with the best neckties in the Valley--Jack piled above the ski lodge porch and skiing Curran, Did you see the photographs of our off that sturdy roof, but just maybe. very photogenic models Verna Wright and i,i’,;. Georgia Hauser that were taken at Andy’s party? Reminds us of Grant Wood’s "Daugh- ters of Revolution," Bob Mills says that Ed Gardner’s aniseed cookies are the first ones to go at tea time. Howabout a sample, Ed! Dick Mustoe’s missus says she hasn’t a thing SCOUT CORNER : ¯ . ,,:/, to wear anywhere. Or who does say that? Ask Jack Parkerson how many camels he milked at the Shriner’s cocktail party. And Y;! how about the guest who remarked to Min- erva Beardsley: "Pardon me Miss, but your SCOUT CORNER relish, is showing!" Girl Scouts of America are going to try. to We’d like to know what Freddie Hartman send 100,000 clothing kits to young people asked that cop in Merced the other night. in other parts of the world and do it before Get the story from Freddie, he tells it best[ December1948. This is the largest clothing ---Bob Robinson project ever undertaken, but if each of the 50,000 troops send the two kits requested of / ~.," ~%~ - them, the goal will easily be reached. Here in Yosemite, Brownie Troop No. 1 has chosen to fill kits for small children, the contents to be donated. The older girls of Intermediate Troop No. 1 will make up kits requiring hand made articles, thereby earn- ing their sewing badges. Mrs. Tom Knowles and 3~rs.