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PAGE EIGHT JULT S9. M60 Michigan's Upper Peninsula-Hiawatha's Scenic Land Opened Up by Mighty Bridge By EDWARD COLLIER I Mighty Mac a bridge is i the new hero of Hiawatha land, Michigan's fast growing Upper Peninsula vacation target. Here are historic trading posts, expanses of unbroken forests teeming with game, golden waterfalls and trout-filled streams, the fascinating Soo Locks and Marquette's iron country. Plotting out auto tours of this country, so that they-won't retrace their steps, is as much fun for the people of the Midwest and transcontinental travelers as planning Magic trips around areas of your own state that you've never explored. For years the Upper Peninsula was the mother state's stepchild, separated by choppy, wind-whip- 'ped Mackinac Straits, and accessible by ferry only.

Ancient Chippewa legend called for joining 'the upper and lower peninsula with a huge tree. The white man's five-mile engineering miracle of steel and concrete, finished in 1957 at a cost of nearly $100 million, is heralded as the longest suspension bridge on earth. We started our Magic Circle jaunt by driving north from Detroit over Lake Huron's scenic shore highway (U.S. 23). "Mighty Mac" provides a double thrill first as you approach the graceful beauty of the great span, arched in the center to allow the passage of ships which have plied the treacherous blue-black waters since explorer Jean Nicolet's voyage of 1634 when he was seeking a northwest passage to China.

The next sensation comes as you begin the bridge crossing, 200 feet above the procession of ships, a view of emerald isles outlined by white limestone cliffs, distant town spires and smoke trails of modern freighters. Marquette Shrine The port city of St. Ignace rests or. a hillside sloping down to busy lake shore docks. We made our first stop at the little park which honors Jesuit Father Jacques Marquette who established a mission for the Indians near this spot in 1671.

His grave is marked by a simple cross-crowned monument, with pink petunias growing at the base. A tepee-like shrine with a statue and tranquil fountain is nearby, as is the small museum displaying pioneer-day articles shapeless deerskin shoe pacs, handsome wooden ice skates and an Indian baby carrier. Historic Mackinac Island, served by frequent ferries (there's a large free parking lot at the dock), has been a resort magnet for well over a century. Here Old Dobbin rules supreme and the only engine sound to be heard is that of power lawn mowers. Fringed horse-drawn carriages greet incoming passengers, offering island tours which include the 1887 white, flag-decked Grand Hotel with its incredible 880-foot porch, the natural limestone-etched wonders of Arch Rock, Skull Cave and Sugar Loaf.

Some visitors choose to see the sights.from bicycles, others walk to nearby in terest points. History whispers on Market Street, once hub of the Astor fur where the old buildings now house the trading post and Beaumont Mseum, the latter dedi- cated to the army surgeon who made medical history when he saved the life of a seriously wounded Indian. Here also is the venerable Biddle House, the island's oldest residence. A long ramp leads to Fort Mackinac, built by the British in 1780. Several of the original buildings are a favorite subject for photographs is North Block House which displays life-size mannequins in costume, depicting the Americans' surprised discovery in 1812 that the enemy had landed on the by overturned chairs and an interrupted card game and their subse- i $rf Jv Michigan's upper peninsula vacationland is now easily accessible to motorists via the five-mile Mackinac Bridge.

Highlights of the Magic Circle trip include St. Ignace, where Marquette established a mission for the Indians in 1671; historic Mackinac Island, resort magnet where only horse-drawn carriages are allowed; the Old Indian Burial; the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie and the fascinating Soo 'Locks; the golden-col- ored Tahquamenon Falls; Newbefry, where the bears come to feast each night at the city dump; Munising, which has waterfalls within the city, and nearby the colorful Pictured Rocks; Marquette with its great ore docks and Presque Isle Park: south through apple and potato country; and Palms Brook State Park, near Manistique, where a raft takes you out into the "big spring" to see the surging waters. quent surrender to the British. After the return ferryboat ride, the route north (U.S.

2) is past Castle Rock, a lookout for the Ojibway tribe and today's vantage point for a magnificent panoramic view of the Mackinac Straits, and by the Old Indian Burial (admission) where 52 skeletons in jumbled display were discovered in a single grave, believed to be a remnant of the Ottawa tribe's Festival of the Dead some 300 years Top Attraction Top attraction of Sault Ste. Marie is the Soo Locks, an elder link in the St. Lawrence Seaway which, they will tell you, carries more ship tonnage than Suez, Panama and Kiel combined. The U. S.

Army Corps of Engineers thoughtfully have provided observation platforms where spectators may almost reach out and touch vessels loaded with ore, wheat or coal. There is much friendly exchange of greetings between crew members and the gay, ever-present crowds of "lock A miniature replica of Soo Village of 100 years ago is on display at Welch's Dock (admission). A vessel is shown being moved overland on the "greased a months' long operation using mules and oxen, which today is accomplished in 14 minutes. Elsewhere in town, among buildings that still remain from that era, are the restored 1793 home of John Johnston, pioneer fur trader who married a Chippewa princess, and the faded yellow Schoolcraft house of random dormers, once the Indian Agency. Canada's Sault Ste.

Marie, twice the size of its Michigan sister city and gateway to the beautiful Algoma country, celebrates each July with Scottish pageantry at the annual Highland Games. Pipe band competition, country dancing and a colorful tattoo program are featured. The Magic Circle turns west (Michigan 82) and through Marquette National Forest where log pyramids of maple and yellow birch, used for veneers and flooring, are a frequent sight. Paradise, to the north (Michigan 123) is just that for fishermen and hunters, and lodges on the shore of twinkling blue Lake Superior may be glimpsed through trees. Thousands annually make this half-circle a view of spectacular golcftolored falls of the Upper and.Lower Tahquame- non.

Most are surprised to find that it is not mountainous country. The motorist can be tempted to press too hard on the accelerator and miss the of tumbling streams, inland lakes and park-like forests carpeted with fern and wildflowers. Both falls may be reached by car and a short walk along wide, well-tended trails. The lower series of rapids occur when the river is island- divided, the upper is a golden Niagara crashing over a 40-foot precipice into a caldron of foam. An alternate trail leads to its very brink where those who like a close-up may reach out and touch.

The curious color, which appears yellow darkening to maroon, is caused by vegetable matter. Bear Banquet Newberry has been an important sawmill center for years; lettuce and celery thrive in its tillable fields. Townspeople are somewhat embarrassed that their garbage dump has become a tourist attraction; each evening bears gather to forage for tasty morsels and hundreds of visitors come to watch and photograph, Munising, once the seat of the Ojibway nation, is a wonderland of waterfalls and there are several within the city limits. Here it's as much a mark of distinction to own a falls as it is elsewhere have a house on the ocean or lake front. Pictured Rocks, northeast of the city, is a side-trip "must." Nature has doubled multicolors on the towering limestone cliffs, planted evergreens on top like a wig and etched out caves, many of which appear as dark evil faces.

A vantage point is the spectacular Miner's Castle, which has a. cross carved in its face and is believed to be the spot where Father Marquette preached to the Indians. This country, used as a setting for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous poem, is called Hia- wathaland. The road westward follows Lake Superior's "shining big sea water" whose broad expanse is streaked with dark blues and greens. Its sandy beaches are strewn with driftwood used for gay evening bonfires.

Photogenic Marquette Iron ore docks stretch far out into the lake to dominate the townscape at Marquette. One of them, built up on trestles, passes over the business section, the lines of cars shaped like gravy- boats heaped with.dark red ore. Large freights anchored below receive their cargo which is released through chutes, the loading accompanied by a mighty roar. Presque Isle City Park offers an excellent dock view, as well as a breakwater hike to the lighthouse. White sea gulls rest on black lava rocks on the shore the delight of children- there is a deer enclosure in a natural setting.

Other civic attractions are the County Historial Society Museum's pioneer logging day articles such as an elaborately decorated 1869 coal stove with a tea-kettle platform at the rear a bustle; Northern Michigan College whose handsome buildings are made of rose-colored sandstone once mined in the area; the beautiful sunken gardens, copied from a famous Italian counterpart, planted and maintained by the inmates of the state prison. Forests give way to rich farmland as you curve south (U.S. 41), where apple orchards and potato fields bound the highway. Mounds of rolled snowfence are a reminder that this north country wears a different face when skiers take over in winter. Yachts swarm like bees at Little Bay de Noc where boat racing is the favorite summer sport.

To the delight of fishermen and campers, the area east (U.S. 2) around Manistique has 320 lakes, not counting the little ones. First- time visitors stop to see Kitch-iti- ki-ki, the "big spring," in Palms Book State Park. Called the "Mirror of Heaven," the surface reflects the blue of the sky and the green of the trees which fringe the shore line. There is a raft from which you can look down into the depths at sand billowing from the waters that constantly Let Children Get Mad; Resentment Is Normal By DOROTHY V.

WHIPPLE AP Newsfeatures The bell gongs through the street. Laura looks up from her blocks. "Ice cream?" she says expectantly. She jumps up- and runs to the door. "No," says mother, "lit's almost supper time, ice cream this afternoon." The tears well up in Laura's eyes.

"I want ice crtam now." No, dearie, not today." Laura stamps her foot. "You're bad. You're a bad mommy. I hate you." "I know it makes you feel mad at mommy. I know you would like the ice cream and it makes you angry when I must say no." Life is fuJl of frustrations for little folk.

No one can grow up and have every single wish granted. Part of growing up is learning how to cope with frustration. Frustration brings anger, bitterness, resentment. This is natural and normal. It is normal for a little.

child to be' angry when he cannot have when he wants right now. But so often we teach a little fellow to deny his anger, especially anger toward Parents have to stand as authority. Parents not only give love, and comfort to a. child, but they must also deny him or sometimes enforce what the child doesn't want. This is part of the job of parenthood.

But when a child shows his normal resentment against authority, often the parent is shocked and scolds the child. Before long the child learns its safer to hold in the anger. When he does express it he is made to feel guilty and bad for doing so and this in turn builds up more anger. When anger is hidden inside it accumulates, it grows big'ger and bigger and may spill over into anger against all restraint, anger against all people. It's healthier for the child to be helped to express anger and bitterness.

Let him know you understand how he feels, that you don't blame him for feeling bitter that he cannot have ice cream. If he gets his anger expressed, without being made to feel guilty about it, it's over and" done with and doesn't build up inside to add fuel to the next episode. A child who is abole to express his normal anger is free to love. Stored up anger poisons love expressed anger leaves love free to be felt and expressed too. Understanding of feelings, but control of is a far healthier plan than, denial of a natural normal emotion.

Understanding and -control will give Laura the security she needs to build up her own self control and not interfere with her ability to love. Office of Rep. Fulton Is World of Its Own WASHINGTON (AP)-The Capitol Hill office of Rep. James G. Fulton (R-Pa) is a world of its own.

Fulton is off to the Republican National Convention at Chicago as a Pennsylvania delegate, but the office reflects his spirit and way of doing things. Actually, the suite of rooms in the Old House Office Building looks more like an art gallery and museum than a congressman's office. On the walls are Fulton's prized autographed photographs of President Eisenhower and Britain's former Prime Minister Winston that could be found in some other ofices here also. But the really distinctive note 3s lent by the large oil portraits of 17th and 18th century English gentlemen which line the walls everywhere. They were collected by Fulton and his father before him.

Fulton says his inner office, which is chockful of this type of decoration, is a place where he can go for peace and tranquility. Just across the street are the old trees lining the walks of the Capitol through the window to the corner can be seen thfr hulking Library of Congress building. Automobiles stream by on busy Independence Avenue, but inside Fulton's office all is calm. Fulton tells the story of how he was asked by a visitor: "Who are all those crazy people staring down at you?" "Which one in particular?" Fulton asked. "Well, how about that one?" said the guest, pointing at one of the antiquated paintings.

"That happens to be an ancestor of mine on my mother's side," said Fulton. His guest had nothing further surge and rise from the underground springs. The Magic Circle back to St. Ignace includes long stretches of gun-barrel road through dense Christmas tree-like forests, with glimpses of high bluffs, pine- laced inlets and sandy beaches. Frequently the sunsets paint Lake Michigan with reds and purples that will long stir your memory.

(Ann ZobraW photo)' Bell Won't Ring for Sch ool Anymore to say on that subject A visitor to the National Coal Assn. recently was commander Fred R. Alexson, USNR, of the staff of Pennsylvania State University. Alexson was on hand to the modern coal-fired boiler room and air conditioning system operates in the new NCA building in midtown Washington. The office of Rep.

Walter M. Mumma recently received as a group of visiting youths.from West Germany. An American traveling with the group said he was impressed by their reverent approach when visiting Independence Hall in Phila- consolidated net income for the Five-year-old Tommy Ridgway can ring this schoolbell happily, because it will never call him to school on a frosty fan morning. The bell is the one removed from the Sunville School, bought at public auction by Jack and Sam Barnhart of Water Street, -Hydetown. The Barnhart brothers moved'the bell into their front yard yesterday from the 55- foot bell tower at the Plum Township school.

They estimate the bell to be over a 100 years old. The 32-inch cast iron bell weighs 500 pounds and is 41 inches high. Its wheel is handmade of pine, set together with wooden pegs instead of nails, and has a 40 inch diameter. Tne clapper is worn flat on two sides from its years of use. The wooden wheel is the first the Barnharts have seen in traveling through old schools and public buildings from above Rochester, N.

to Pittsburgh. If the bell is a hundred years old, as they think, the Sunville school was itt second home. Oldtimers remember the Sunville bell 75 years ago, but the school itself is only 87 years old. It is possible that the school, built in 1873, bought tht bell from another building. The Barnhart Brothers said anyone interested in seeing the beH is welcome.

They plan eventually to sell it with one prospect, an old- collector in Conneaut who has bought two other bells from the Barnharts. Joy Income Down a Bit PITTSBURGH (AP)-Joy Manufacturing Co. Thursday reported a WANT ADS Wanted 1 delphia. "The German boys immediately removed their hats when they entered the hall," he said, "even though American tourists all around them kept theirs on." Rep. Elmer Holland (D-Pa) and his wife, Emily, enjoy entertaining at their Bay Ridge, tiome near Annapolis.

Holland recently called the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis to see whether any midshipmen from his Pittsburgh district could come out to visit him. He was told they were on a cruise. Still ready to extend a hospital hand, Holland invited the duty midshipman who had answered the phone.

The youth and his buddies since have spent several off-duty days relaxing at the Holland home. WRONG. SUBJECT NORMAN, Okla. (AP) A University of Oklahoma student went to the library and. asked for some information on euthanasia, or mercy killings.

The librarian disappeared, then returned with the comment: "I can't find anything dealing strictly with euthanasia, but I found a book on "Youth'in India." second quarter of. 1960 totalling $983,00. This represents an income of 53 cents a share on shipments of $25,453,000. The company reported its net income for the last nine months at $3,466,000 or $1.86 a share on shipments of $75,321,000. A corresponding period for fiscal 1959 showed earnings of $3,682,000 or $2.06 a share on shipments of $70,214,000.

Face at Windoiv, Woman Faints A local woman fainted last night when she saw a Peeping Tom staring at her through her second floor window, city police reported. The woman's husband was in the apartment with her at the time. A police cruiser was flagged down at 11:10 p. m. in front of the apartment building and a'search was made of the neighborhood, but no prowler was found.

Total cultivated area for agricultural ou'put in Israel doubled between 1948 and 1958 from 412,000 993,000 acres. Total irrigated area was quadrupled. Acting Career Cured Her Case Of Jitters Boys Camp Near Tidioute Celebrating Fifth Year Pfoneer Ranch boyi camp located about mites south of Tidioote on the Allegheny River is its fifth year of operation. Tne camp is owned and operated by top Van Hora cad Dr. Harry Kanhofer of TitosviHe.

Boys have enroBed in tin camp from Pennsylvania, New York, Onto and Texas. A camper also attended from Venezuela, South America. Bojrs have enroffed from 27 Penirssylvanva cities. HOLLYWOOD (AP) Betsy Jones-Moreland switched f.r advertising to acting to cure a case of jitters. "A complete panic seized me whenever I had to talk before any group," she says, "even if it was only a handful of fellow workers." An actress friend in New York persuaded her that a stage role- like the one then available in Broadway's 'The Solid Gold help her end her public trembling.

Betsy tried out, but when the producer 'told her the job was hers, said: "Thank you, I don't want it. I was just auditioning for the experience." And she walked off the stage back to her advertising agency, still a victim of jitters. The producer and three agents called her and asked her to reconsider. "I didn't know anything about the theater," Betsy remembers, "but I knew when I had a good business deal on my hands. I told the producers I would take the part if they would raise the salary." They did, and Miss Jones-Moreland took to the stage.

She was so busy concentrating on the shaking knees daring her first performance, she mysy that when a wire overhead broke and a curtain fell it her feet, ihe not a war! her BETSY JONES-MORELAND When the show went on the road, she wheedled another concession from her bosses. She was free to leave the company when it reached Los Angeles. That was several years ago. Her last two screen performances given the no longer jittery Miw JonM-Morefand star WILL PURCHASE NOW, good size inrm lor possession next spring. Must have good barn.

Please Herald around WANTED Free estimate. Pick-up-Deliver anywhere. Gene Burt, OC 4-5344. contact Box 8, care for personal contact READ THIS: If you are over and have a we can place you on a Watkins Route that will enable you to earn $100 and up weekly. Must be neat and ambitious.

Write Dept. G. P.O. Box 550, Barberton, O. Sept.

1st, fuF nished two bedroom apartment in Titusville, with individually controlled heat. Retired couple. Write M. T. Harrison, William S.

Harrison, Spartansburg. MARRIED MAN would like any type of Job available, phone 7-4925. WANTED Auto Servicing Engine and Interior cleaning. Repairs: fender-rocker panels, mirror glazing, Free estimates. Pickup-Delivery anywhere.

Gene Burt, OC 4-5344. CABINETS TO MAKE for kitchens, bathroom and utility. Counter tops of all kinds, display cases. W. L.

Burch, phone 3-7802. YOU TO HAVE your bulk lime spread by the Titusville G.L.F Service Phone 3-5211. Female Help Wanted 3 WAITRESSES wanted in local club. Write Box 6, care Herald. LADIES Earn-Iearn and have fun 2-3 nights a week.

TUPPERWARE HOME PARTIES needs help with summer business. For earnings 12 months a year, call Erie GL 4-0111 collect for interview. COMPANION for elderly woman. Position should appeal to a middle-aged woman desiring a good home in Titusville. Write Box 7, care Herald.

Instruction 5 Enroll Now for Summer Classes! Shorthand, Typing. Bookkeeping OIL CITY BUSINESS SCHOOL 25 Seneca Building, phone 4-5621 Business 5A Opportunities STORE" with living quarters above and full basement. Blacktop drive and large lawn. Ideal for any small business, $12,500 Same location for 25 years, Barden Electric, 114 East Sherman, N. Y.

Business Notices 6 EAVE TROUGH Installed Repaired GOODWILL SHEET METAL 228 E. Centrsl phone 3-2601 Turk Boarding Home for elderly men and women. State licensed, good homelike atmosphere -ind general care. Phone or write 408 N. Drake- JTitusville, Pa.

WROUGHT IRON ornamental railing, etc. Free estimates. All types welding. Daley Enterprises, Dunham Road, Pleasant- vUle.JPhone 9-8363. HUTCHISON'S Custom butcfT- ering Cutting, Wrapping.

Hogs, Beef. Phone 5-2351. WOODY WOODELL Trailer Sales. Good trailers, fair prices. We trade; we finance.

We live in one and love it. Rt. 62, Sharon. Pa. Phone Diamond 2-II30.

Closed Sundays. CONCRETE AND FLAGSTONE Walks, Steps, Porches, Jacfc D. CTarfc. Plmfe RESIDENTIAL and industrial Busineti 6 TOILET TANK LIDS "Is Yours Broken?" CHECK IN OUR WINDOWI BEIGHTOL'S PLUMBING Phone 3-6541 ELIMINATE PESTS! Roaches, Rodents, Ants, Etc. Free Termite Inspections BARNETT EXTERMINATING SERVICE Phone 3-9443 RD 1, Tltusvllle Setcen 6B SEPTIC TANKS installed.

Backhoe work done plastic type drain and sewer tile, Unfflow pumps. Oil Creek Lumber and Supply. SEPTIC TANK cleaning. Sewers opened with electric root cutting machine. Immediate service.

A. L. Prenatt, SEPTIC TANK cleaning. Immediate service. Phone Corry 2-7464 or 3-3281.

Albert Fox, Columbus, Pa. Personal 7 PERSONNEL OP THE MAGIC Curl: Karen Marsh, Thursdays and Fridays; Sandra Alex- itos, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; Mrs. Barbara Church, Saturdays; Miss Sandra Dempsey, daily; Miss Kay Harmon, daily, Miss Ruby Stroup, Miss Gertrude Small (owner) daily. Evening appointments by special arrangement. Dine and Dance 9 ROUND, square and polka dancing Saturday night at the Spartansburg Hotel.

Pearl Nichols' orchestra. ROUND, Square and dancing every Friday night at the Corry Armory, 9 till 1. 60x80 polished bard maple floor. ROUND and square dance Saturday night. Pal-O-Mine, Canadohta Lake.

Automobile Service 12 LUCKY LICENSE NUMBER FOR FREE SERVICE KA 483 AL REAGLE'S ESSO TO BE SURE your car. received good care, see English Service Station, S. Franklin St. HAVE YOU HAD THE oil filter changed lately? Do it NOW! Pringle Central and Monroe, phone 5-1121. FOR quicker starts and smooth driving let Ripple's Pennzoil work on your car.

Phone 5-7234. KAI'S TEXACO SERVICE ROUTE 8, HYDETOWN WE SERVICE and rebuild an makes and models of automatic transmissions CenterviUe Garage. Centerville. Pa. METZ GULF SERVICE Like to save on repair bills? Then lubricate that car and change OIL every 1,000 miles.

511 W. Spring St. SPARKS SERVICE STATION Expert Servicing Pleasantville MUFFLERS for all makes cars and trucks. Guaranteed as long as he owns the vehicle on which it is installed. Baum- gartens.

233 E. Spring. HAVE YOUR CAR State Inspected nere. also the most complete front end service in the Tri-State area. Twpmbly Keystone Station Phone imoiy 1 3-5332.

Tire USED 14-inch tires, $5 and up. Howe Tire Franklin St. Service, 324 S. BIG FIRESTONE TIRE SALE Going on NOW! Merse J. Process.

'CenlervUlt phone Spartansburg 2021 For Sale 14 1954 Ford truck, dual wheels. Phone Spartansbarf 2037. 1954 CHEVROLET Bel Alri condition, GUY FISH.

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