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. . . -- . • ' ' • • : . - - \ . /:^.v •• v • • " *>l *> "«#*f -i •» '* '<*• »f ••'<-*•»•' >«•. « %kd , if.'**' .1 -»f- « •> « « ivW**. 1, *MMd.y, *m« S2, 1950 I -«.... • •V-v** - v- - N#w Hcunpsfclr* Nbliihtrt Ar^ivt at Brottoa Woods hi fht WMIo lloaataiM of Now Hampshire---Scm« •f lit Fomoii International Monetary Confer*nc« of 1944 -- ^dm >*v '*'^4^*^'^ A. H. Mosher v By - - - - - -- _ _ 4 In lour with the National Editorial Association u BRETTON WOODS, N. H., June 10--Oar first day in Mew ^Hampshire was a gamut of history, manufacturing, natural wonders, jand tourist enjoyment. For the " Estate was settled more than three centuries ago, is today one of the * moat. industrialized states of the iJ| Union (although 75% of its area ^ to th forest), and Jias a concentration of natural charms and feawhich have made it a favorite vacation center. We entered by way of Nashua, an industrial city on the west bank of the Merrimack River. Signs over a* number of factory buildings were well-known trade names. A few miles further along we passed the spacious Manchester Country Club, and seme of the editors made mental note to come back and play this fine course where many of the New Hampshire state championship matches are held. Manchester itself, the largest city in New Hampshire, appeared to be thriving. We passed the long brick buildings formerly occupied by Amoskeag Mills, at one time the largest cotton textile plant in the world. Today the big buildings, which extend for nearly a* mile along both banks of the Merrimack, are Occupied by more than a hundred diversified industries, and New Hampshire. The bus went out of its way to take us up Concord's broad main street past the state caf>itol buildings and the statues of notables on the State House lawn beneath the elms. We were told that the legislative body of more than 400 members is the largest in the world, except the United States Congress and the British Parliament. Concord is proud of a number of things, not the least of which is the Rumford Press which prints a large number of magazines, including Reader's Digest. Just beyond the Rumford Press is a building occupied by the League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts and Concord Home Industries. The League is known widely, and several states have studied its methods for promoting creative and profitable craftsmanship. Incidentally, our guides on this tour, one to each bus. are the secretaries of the six regional associa' tions of New Hampshire and several members of the staff of the State Planning and Development commission. The state is divided into the six regions for economic development, each of which is named after its special attractions -- Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Region, Lakes Region Merrimack Valley Region, Monadnock Region. . . NN. answers inquiries. This system works very well in New Hampshire, they say. the regions cooperating with the state agencies at Concord and maintaining liaison with towns and civic organisations. Still winding along the Merrimack valley, we passed the sign pointing to the Daniel Webster birthplace a short distance from Route 3, ( just before entering Franklin. The birthplace is a historic shrine visited by thousands each year. We passed through Franklin and Tilton, two industrial communities, and then Laconia. Although a resort center, Laconia is also a prosperous industrial city. Just before reaching the city we admired the wide expanse of Lake Winnisquam stretching northward toward the mountains. Leaving Laconia, we passed Lake Opeechee and Paugus Bay, where large colonies of cottages and cabins offer the vacationist cool lake bathing during July and August. The Weirs is one of the largest resort centers on -Llrtce Winnipesaukee. It was explained that the name was derived from weirs built by the Indians for trapping fish before and during Colonial P Photo by C. T. Bod well Till "Old Man of the Mountains," New Hampshire's "trade mark," is a natural prcfile "formed cm the upper cliffs of Profile Mountain in Franconia Notch. Motorists see hiqi from .the highway. Manchester people feel that their city is economically more sound than it ever was before. Concord is the capital city of White Mountains Region, and Sea*- coast Region. Each region has a headquarters office and issues its twn booklets and leaflets and •m m 11 delightful h'oori big acrooi end of the lake. I A short few miles lalar we wert1 passing Squam Lake, another large' lake, but this ope sparsely populated with cottages and with but few inns. The White Mountain!, which we had seen from Winnipesaukee, now loomed on both sides of Route 3, plays hide and seek with the gewasset River. All dvillsatkA disappeared when we reached the rustic sign marking the entrmnee to Franconia Notch State Rent* vation. (A "notch" in New Hampshire is the same thing as a "pass1* in other parts of the country.) W« had just passed Indian Head, a natural profile, of an Indian on a cliff a few miles west of the highway, with features formed of ledges and spruce trees for a headdress. As the road was somewhat uphill, the bus traveled slowly, and we were able to feel the coolness and smell the greenness of the forest. We encountered the 4. , Pfcf* £S#rt4 taurant and giftJshop_which markka the entrance to The Flume, » pup-. ular New Hampshire scenic ettaM*4 tion. The guide book says that Thai' Flume is a geological chasm1 formed by the erosion of a dyke hjj, a brawling mountain stream. j Photo i#,000 TO MARCH IN Parade opening ^HICAOO FAIR In what Is expected to be one Of the "most beautiful" parades ever held in Chicago, more than 3,000 persons will march down Michigan avenue from 10 a.ip. to noon, Saturday, June 24, as a prelude to the official opening of the Chicago Fair of 1950 on the lake front. Crosby Kelly, executive manager of the new exposition, announced that more than sixty drum and bugle corps and marching units, forty floats, 250 drum majorettes and more than a score of civic and racial groups/ many tt native costumes, will participate., » Starting point for the parade will be at Huron street and Michigan avenue. From there it moves south oa Michigan avenue to Seventh street, then east to Columbus Drive, the disbanding area. Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson. Mayor Martin H. Kennelly, Kent Chandler, president of the Chicago Faff Of 1950, and Kelly will ridp at the head of the parade. At Congress street they will review the marchers and other units from the reviewing plaia. Drum and bugle corps will, the mai'a, represent groups. Relaxing in the sun at Alton Bay, one of the resort communities on the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire's largest lake (72 squara miles qf water surface). In F^ranconia Notch itself th^ mountains rise precipitously on highway. times. A dredging operation was in progress to deepen a channel between Winnipesaukee and Paugus Bay. We saw Endicott Rock State Park, named for Endicott Rock, which was the northern boundary of Massachusetts Bay Colony in early Colonial times. The M.V. Mount Washington II, capable of carrying 500 passengers, was drawn \ip at a dock at Th^ Weirs. We went aboard and the big white excursion boat glided out into the lake. From the lake one gains an impression of its large size -- 72 square miles, with 365 islands, 274 of them habitable. Like several other large fresh water bodies in New Hampshire, this lake is fished for landlocked salmon, lake trout, pickerel, bass, and perch during the spring and summer, and lake trout, pickerel, whitefish, and cusk through the ice during the winter months. The ragged, rocky shoreline, and the many islands and reefs should be especially tempting to bass fishermen. We understand the bass are *the small mouth variety that have a reputation for pugnacity in these comparatively cool northern waters. The "Mount," as the natives call her, discharged us back to our busses at another resort town calle<f Center Harbor, after a most nse either side of the highwayj the gaunt, sheer cliff on the left being the formation that-creates the Ola Man of the Mountains, which wa gazed at from the shore of Profile Lake. The tour guide*emphasises that the profile is entirely made by nature. Just beyond the Old Man^ where there is a spacious parking area, the cables of the Cannon M o u n t a i n A e r i a l T r a m w a y stretched to an unseen mountain station. We shall b» back to ride on the Tramway tomorrow. Trout fishermen were fly casting in Echo Lake just beyond the baae of the Tramway, Then we literally "came 'round the mountain" and got our first glimpse of Mt. Washington. The tracks of the Mt. Washington Cog Railway, whieh ascend the mountain on the west side, were plainly visible. In no time at all we were at Bretton Woods and inside the grounds approaching the high, rambling battlements of the majestic Mt. Washington Hotel, where the international monetary conference was held in 1944, and which will be our headquarters for two days. Tomorrow we plan to visit the summits of both Mt. Washington and Cannon Mountain. in The Bridgeport community Hill also haVe a large marching contingent. With them will be the gafly- costutued marchers from nationality groups of the city's many neighborhoods. One of the leading drum majorette units adding color to the parade will be the North Chicago Majorettes, |»«-60 state champions. The Lyonil Band Instrument company will award two trophies in this class--one to the individual majorette voted by the judges as most outstanding and the other to the top majorette corps. Also lending strength to the parade will be color guards and detachments of the Army, Navy, Air Corps, Marine Corp* WAVES and women Marines. The Chicago police and fire departments will also be represented. Thirty new Army jeeps will roll down the boulevard, as will the well known six-horse hitch of Hawthorne-Mellody Farms Dairy. At least? one of the floats will have a huge- reproduction of the "Spiramid" (spiral-pyrimid combination)-- the Chicago Fair's official symbol. Parade marshal is Col. George Rohde, who has acted in a* similar capacity for many of Chicago's , great parades in the past. Steve veterans , jjealy( a^g^nt to the fair's ex- |ec4)tive manager, is the fair of- Holding a prominent"fcpot in the ficial handling parade arrangemarching units group will be a detachment of eighty MACS displaying publicly for the first time the newest Hattie Carnegie-designed WAC uniforms. Six additional WACS, modeling the six basic WAC uniforms, will ride on a float. nients. He was chairman for five years of the floats division of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses parade. Complete 1<f# of €£e's remedies at Wattles Drug Store. 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