Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-08-08
VISIT BROADWAY AND RAMBi4E
AS THEY LIKE BEST ON
WONDERFUL TRIP

1HG lOllON III lCIl6l IlOlh lily
Ewings, of Malta, was written un-
der date of July 2S. They are still!
on the move in their car "Ohio
Rambler" and are now heading up
into Maine:
To the Democrat and Our Many
Morgan County Friends:
The following is brief history
of our travels in the "Ohio Ram
bier" since leaving Malta and Nc
Connelsville, July 16: National
pike, to Bridgeport, O., up Ohio
river to Rayland where we visited
with friends-crossed Ohio at
Wellsburg, w. Va, where we also
visited friends. then through Pitts
burgh to Williamsburg where we Wis
tied with a number of relatives.
Camped one night in Schenley
park. east end, Pittsburgh. From
Pittsburgh the next place of interest
was our trip through the Alleghen-
Fern Nook, the highest ridge of the
Allegheny mountains, said to be
2906 feet above sea level,
The mountain air was so invigo-
rating and gave us such strength
that we broke our shifting lever
which caused slight delay, and by
the way--on the morning of July
| 20 we had a white frost, the top of
our car being covered with it.
Our next place of interest was
Gettysburg We spent most of one
day sightseeing here, looking over
the battlefield, climbing observation
| towers on Big and Little Round
Tops, reading history on the monu-
ments, etc Our next real treat was
Atlantic City where we rode the
wheel chairs from one end of the
| Board Walk to the other, also
walked through parts of city, took
in number Of shows, and a num-
ber Of shows took us in, if you know
what we mean. On the big steel
! pier. known as "the million dollar
pier" you do certainly get your
moneys worth-50e entities you to
all A number Of sood shows,
music. dancing, Hawaiian village,
music hall. minstrels, two movies
one with talking and sound effects;
several daredevil acts. high dives
diving horses, etc.
oh yes forgot To mention W.
passed Jhogab the city Of Fhiladet.
luha. quite city Our next stop
~a Jersey City. Here we found
aarH ir- ar our ear. close 10 car
lHne laadna . the Hudson tunnel
raa i Oh we passed uuder the
Iiua gjEer runf er Of times as
$50 le greater palt Ell threa
sN. #o NIGHTS seeing New
c.E lisr We Travelled through
HN@Es tunnels. elevated ana sur
ce lines visited all the skgscraD-
tgs, tasted on Broadway, and on
Firth avenue Saw the stock eX-
change, walked in Maiden Lane,
took two hoat rides ON the Hudson;
tool. enc E0at from Battery park
past Ellis Island to statue OF Lib
erty Here we registered and We're
the only ones from Ohio. that we
could See under that date Eleva-
Tor cut of repair. Walked to the
top, quite a climb We took another
boat also from Battery park to
GoneE Island, and enr0ute saw YES
sells from many countries We saw
the Bremen the steamer that lust
We enjoyed our visit at Conev Is
land; played the games. took in the
shows, rode the wheel chairs. did
eat. drink and be merry But so far
we have neglected the main object
Of this trip. which Is fishing, but
will make up for lost time WHOM we
get 10 the state oI Maine
This is writ ou on Sunday, ON the
roadside in a beautiful hilly wood
ed country side, near Waterbury,
Conn.
We xpect 10 2at mail ~ GIous
ter. Mass, up 10 Aug. 2. and orr
next mail address TO Aug. - will be
Bangor Maine, General Delivery.
Mrs. Ewing has just read the
above and wishes to add "the
Brooklyn bridge" which by the way
is quite an addition, also that we
saw THE Valiant on the screen,
which was played in McConnels-
vile by home talent; and of course
the scenes and settings were much
more elaborate than could be pro
duced on our home stage It was a
talkie and it was good, but of
course outside Of the glamor Of the
settings, our home show was best.
The best, most thrilling and most
we have seen and heard was
'Noah's Ark Warner Bros pro.
duction. This is really a wonder. 1t
is worth going hundred miles to
see. Don't pass up an opportunity
to see it. "The Desert Song will
also please you. We viewed many
vaudeville acts, including Mystic
Clayton. : We passed through Ho-
boken and up the Hudson to Bear
Mountain bridge-fne roads, love
ly scenery, up the Hudson. The
Bear Mountain Hudson river, /
bridge is the longest single span
bridge in the world, it's central span
being 1.632 feet in length. The to-
tai length Of the bridge is 2.252
feet, and its clear height above the T
river is 155 feet. 1t is the only
bridge for vehicles across the Hud~ +
son, south of Albany. The Peekskill I
or eastern approach to the bridge IS
q newly constructed road blasted .
out of the lofty sides of "Anthony's .
Nose and Manitou mountains, and /
the most picturesque
views of the Hudson river. It's
greatest elevation is more than 400
feet above the river.
In the mountains east of the I
Hudson, we passed many lakes and
reservoirs which give New York
City her water supply
We will now leave you, at Water
bury, Conn.-Mr. and Mrs. j. H.
Ewing.
CA further note from Mr. Ewing,
under date of Aug. 2, said: "Will
send you a wonderful historical let