The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-11
Seuen CCC Boys
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 19, of Pawtucket, told story as narrowing.
 Two Drifted Away
 After the seven were Inarooned Sunday night on a huge ice floe that broke off from the shore mass while they were snapping photo- graphs of the ice formations, Papa and Fitzsimmons volunteered to at- tempt to reach shore over chasias of black water with the aid of Q flank found on the ice. They crossed one lane of water successful ly on their flimsy bridge. Then the section of ice over which they were crawling broke fro ynthe zlain body of the floe and they drifted help- lessly away from their companions.
 "If we'd known then what we were to have to so through" Fitg- simmons said in Q hospital cot, "we'd all have jumped in the water and tired to swim it."
 We were on @ piece of ice about 800 feet square and foot thick. We tried to dry our clothes by hanging them on our piece of planking. l had @ sweater. I cut the arms out of 1t and Papa and I each stuck our feet in @ sleeve while our sox dried.
 Glad to See Rescurers
 "In the morning we saw a plane. Boy, were we gladl A little later another fellow dived low over us and waved us toward the cutter Har- riet Lane. Pretty soon Q dory came to us.
 T said to those men: Boy, are we glad to see you!"
 Fitzsimmons' feet were badly fro. zen, but physicians said they would be saved.
 The Provincetown dock was crowded with fisher folk when the Harriet Lane arrived, old seaInen make 6 hero of Chief Boatswain Q. M. Fedderson, Norwegian skipper of the Harriet Lane, and of his crew. Men accustomed to sailing Cape Cod in all weathers said the Harriet aLne's journey through the unpre" cedented ice jam was successful only because of his supreme seasnanship.
 The city will honor the captain and crew at banquet tonight.
 They Want to Forget.
 Hyannis, Mass, Feb. ll-(UP)-- Dread memories of 22 hours expos- ure to savage weather on drifting ice cakes in bleak Cape Cod Bay were all but erased today as seven rescued castaways laughingly posed and talked for newsreels on their cots at Cape Cod hospital.
 Their condition is excellent - perhaps even better than ours" said Dr. Frederick Sears, East Brew. ster eco camp physician, referring to himself and other camp officers who had gone sleepless since the seven Rhode Island eco boys be- came marooned Sunday noon.
 Reassured by medical reports that they would suffer no perma- nent i'll effects, the youthful patients turned their attention to bountiful breakfasts brought in by nurses. Each ate with evident relish Q bowl of cooked cereal, half Q grapefruit, mullins, two boiled eggs and coffee. And John Fitzimmons, f9, of Ports- mouth, whose feet were frozen; AL bert Papa, IS, of West Warwick, and Norman Beaulieu, 19, of Paw tucket each had a third egg. Camermen Arrive. When newsreel cameramen ar- rived this morning at the hospital, a rambling brick-fronted structure ] situated on @ hillside, they found the seven boys engaged in animated conversation, their narrow escape from death apparently all but for- gotten.
 The hands of Fitzsirnmons, Papa and Beaulieau were swothed in bandages, and the feet of Fitzsilm- mons and Beaulieau were bandaged so bulkily that they resembled footballs.
 Eighteen of the hospitals 30 nurses assembled in the mems ward to watch first the rehearsal tone then the actual taking of the news reel pictures with sound effects Propped with pillows, each boy made Q brief speech about his adventure.
 Many Telephones.
 Meanwhile the hospital switch board was deluged with telephone requests for information as to the boys condition. Several of the townsfolk called in person to ir- quire.
 A report today was that Malone had been offered si.000 by a picture syndicate for snapshots taken with a small camera while he and his companions were isolated on their islands of ice. Questioned about 1t, Malone said:
 T only had a part of 6 film left. having taken some snaps at camp before we started out. I did take few pictures out there but ! haven't sold them to anybody" For his efforts to arouse interest in gliding in Japan, Wolf Hirth, the German expert, has been | a mn eAad fSaA Tisskla NmfaAss e.4 fha