Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-09-26
Wonderful Motor Trip Being Taken
By MIR. And Mrs. Chas. Peck

The Evening Courier of Sept. 16,
published at Prescott, Ariz., con-
tanned the following:
| Elderly, retired, folk need not
curl up in soft rocking chair and
go to seed, SO to speak, in the opin-
| ion of Charles Peck of Malta, o.,
! retired postal service carrier after
| more than 36 years Of helping to
handle Uncle Sans mails.
He and Mrs. Peck are here in
their 1884 Ford VS., house trail
er built by Fisher Body & Trailer
company of GAINESVILLE, Ohio. He
was pretty emphatic about having
that much at least in this story.
But the point of the story is that
the Pecks have had peck of fun
since they left home Oct. Is, 1884,
on tour of the country. So far
they've travelled $3.50 miles. Con-
sidering the fact that the.1 have had
no repair bills and only three flats,
it costs them hardly any more to be
seeing the country than it would to
live at home. Eats" declares Mr..
Peck, cost them a dollar a day while
the operation of the car and trailer
averages $1.35 each 100 miles.
They have it all figured out that the
car gets 10 miles to the gallon and
with the trailer Is. 1t has been
hooked on behind only $3.50 miles
of the trip.
First, get acquainted little bet
ter with Mr.. Peck. He's not yet so
and he's getting his reward for
years of honest service. Forty years
ago he started to work for the pos
tai system. Except for a gap of
three and half years he kept at it
continuously until retirement the
first of January, 1884. For four
years he had star route, then serv-
ed year as postoffice clerk, and
lastly as rural route carrier 81
years, five months.
"How far did you travel carrying
the mails, Mr.. Peck" he was asked.
Put these figures down." he sug-
gested. ''Three hundred days
year on the average. Then multiply
that by, say, 35 years. That gives
you how much? Seventy-five hun
dred days. Now multiply that by
35 miles a day and you've got it
262.500 miles. That's about right
"In our opinion" he asserted,
this Is one Of the finest summer re-
sorts we ever expect to find. We
stopped to stay week and have
been here over 13 weeks-much
longer than any other place It's
truly a scenic wonderland around
here, where cool pine breezes blow
where nature is at her best to give
you rest and health. We believe in
or near Prescott and within about
$50 miles from here there is more
TO be seen than In the same space
that we know anything about.
THE courtesy we have received
here" he continued-and the read
er is to bear in mind these are vol
untary words, sis highly appreciat-
ed. The cost of living as a whole is
about the same as any place on our
trip. We expect to go to San Diego,
Calf, to take in the exposition.
Then probably we'll return to
southern Arizona for the winter,
then up the coast to Vancouver and
Yellowstone park, Denver then Bis
mark, Minneapolis, upper Michigan,
Detroit and home"
If there are those who might
think the Pecks haven't been places
and don't know summer resort
when they see one, they certainly
would be convinced by hearing him
reel off the high spots Of their 1s,-
600 mile trip SO far, in round num-
bers.
For instance, their journey start
ed east of GAINESVILLE on u. S. 40 to
the battlefield at Fort Necessity,
where George Washington at the
age of % defeated the Indians.
across the Allegheny mountains to
Maryland and Winchester, Va,
city captured and recaptured 72
times during the Civil war. Win
chester, incidentally, has the largest
apple canning and packing business
in the country.
At Front Royal they saw the big
gest duck farm in the country,
where $4,000 ugly ducklings put in
their appearance every day for
period of 90 days.
The 'Sky Line drive took them
along 73 miles on top of the old
Blue Ridge mountains at an eleva-
ton of around 1000 feet. A guide
showed them over 70 miles of the
Battlefield Of the WILDERNESS near
Fredericksburg, Va. They saw the
place where Generals Lee and jack
son met the last time, where jack
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