Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-09-01
HIGHSPOTS
O F Fl N E T R Up
By FIR. LOUIS B. PRESTON

Dear Ray:-4ou asked me short
ly after my return home to write
something about the highspots OF
the trip, which I promised to do
just as soon as I caught up with the
work which amassed during my alb
sence. Tommy Kenney, my guest
Mr.. Campbell of ST. Mary's Uni
versity of Baltimore, and myself left
here at $50 Sunday afternoon OF
July oath. Hoping to avoid the
dust by way of the detour down to
Stockport, | decided to go by way
of route rs, through Hackney, to
Beverly. Imagine my pleasure when
found myself in back of funeral
made up of considerable number
of cars al Hackney, and | had to
reconcile myself to sit back and take
it on the chin, and eat dust. My
fine REQ Flying Cloud which l wash
ed and polished the previous day,
looked like flour and feed truck,
and we looked like the drivers.
Well, the more I rayed over the sit
uation, the more fun Tommy and
Campbell got out Of it. At last we
left the funeral at Beverly, and wt
went on to Marietta We took route
to Parkersburg and then on tc
route sos. OF course only those
who have travelled this fairyland o.
nature can appreciate its real worth.
The high rolling hills which have
n 60 -
most beautiful sight. They seem to
cast feeling Of reverential awe
over the onlooker, as one looks oue
over the great wide spaces and be-
holds the majesty, beauty, and
splendor of Gods creation, His mas
terpiece. As we stopped the car and
sat there looking out into the great
beyond, everyone in the car seemed
to be held as if in spell, charmed
by one thought and that thought
was Eternity. Campbell was the
first to speak, and he said exactly
the same thing others have said,
who have taken that drive: "Ani
they say there's no God"
We drove on till dusk. when We
lunched at mountain inn, and
then continued on to Oakland, Md,
which was our destination for that
night. | intended to stay at Cath
olic rectory that night. When / ar
rived, l was surprised to find a
strange priest standing at the door,
who most graciously welcomed me
with these words: "Come in, faith
er, you are in the same boat as l
am, | came to visit the pastor, and
he is away, SO let's make ourselves
at home" This we did. Betty, an
old colored nanny, who keeps
house for Father McVeigh, was
kind to us and certainly made us
feel at home. The next morning, l
said Mass, and we all took ride
out to the Holy Cross Camp, con-
Quoted by the Holy Cross Fathers
of Notre Dame, the same order to
which Brother Eusebius Crank
Hammond) of McConnelsville be
longs. They have wonderful
camp, situated on beautiful lake
Brother Eusebius was not there, as
he is out at the university busy with
his duties. Inspecting the camp we
left for home, and had most Won
derful dinner prepared by old Betty,
and then in the midst of her i'm
of divine wrath on us be-
cause We would not stay till the
morrow, we started for Washington,
$50 miles away. We arrived there
pretty well, I drove UP
around the beautiful capital, and
there Tommy saw for the first time
what many other boys have seen so
many times in movies and pictures, |
the great capital of the United
States. drove him over to the
section occupied by the thousands
Of bonus marchers, SO that he could |
see for himself the situation whicn |
confronted the government. The |
Red element or radicals, and a |
.ougher or harder looking crowd, IL
never saw; this also goes for the
who were there. The other |
,onus marchers were quartered over
n AnacOstia, across the bridge, and |
hey were on the whole orderly and /
we'll behaved We left Washington,
ust a day too soon, as the riot
tarted the day after our departure
or New York. However, I talked
n MON nbo xuara fbaro II, fbn tb;oJy
II it, and saw it all. President l
Hoover was severely criticised for
Using the army to rout these men,