The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-04-27
MISS HANSEN, MISS JUNES
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Girls Arrive on Alaska Fol lowing Good Will
 Tour to Mexico

Reporting a grand time from the moment they left Juneau until their return here today, Miss Helen tunes and Miss Clara Hansen bid good-by to their co-traveller, Miss Peggy Marsch, as they disembarked from the Alaska early this morning, home again with store of souven- frs and memories of their Good Will Tour to Mexico.
 Miss Marsch is enroute to her home in Anchorage, having com- pleted the voyage with six other girls from Alaska. Miss Hansen is to continue studies at Juneau High School and Miss Junes, who came to Juneau from Fairbanks to work with the Territorial legislature, is to make her home here.
 Among outstanding events of the trip. the girls state, was the visit to Ramona's wedding place near San I ego. the visit to motion picture studios in Hollywood, brief stay in Mexico, and longer visits in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
 Carry sunny Weather
 Leaving Juneau on April 5, the girls sailed to Seattle, arriving there two days earlier than the Washing ton and Oregon group. and bringing with them the first sunny weather for several weeks. The only rainy days they spent on the entire trip, they said were in the vicinity of Wrangell and Ketchikan both going and coming.
 While in Seattle the girls toured the city and spent part of the time in shopping, however, 1t is rumored that Miss Hansen and Miss Rosa Danner clung to one block, hesitat- ing to cross the streets. The two have not been outside since 1923 and 1925 respectively After touring Seattle and shop ping, the girls met the 40 girls from Washington and Oregon, all of whom went together on private Pullman directly to San Diego.
 At San Diego they stopped from am. until mi6'1ight, seeing the noted Ramona wedding site, and meeting later the group of girls coming on the tour from New YorK. The entire group then went to Mex ico, visiting in Agua Caliente, and Tia Juana, eating lunch in Tia Ju- ana.
 Like Mexico
 T liked Mexico very much" Miss tunes stated, and although Agua Caliente was not to be really open until May, we found everything very picturesque Typically enough.p she added, "the first sign we saw as we crossed the border was one which read Marriage Licenses Is- sued-Divorces Granted
 In Los Angeles on the return trip the girls stopped for three days. Miss Hansen and Miss tunes agreed that the trip to Catalina Island on the first day was one of the outstanding events of the trip. We found when we arrived at Catalina that Victor McLaglen had been on the ferry with us all of the way across, and we hadn't known it" they said. But we stopped him at the gang plank and he gave us his autograph"
 After lunching at St. Catherine's. the group returned to Los Angeles, and spent the following day on 40 mile tour of the city and vicinity seeing various homes of movie stars. Miss Junes added that she especially They visited the Metro Goldwyn Mayer studio, where they found Pat OBrien looking so natural we al- most forgot he was movie star" At lunch they saw Robert Kent, and later went to Hollywood where they attended the matinee at Graumans Chinese Theatre.
 Go To San Francisco
 rOllOWlllB QlIlIler at LUCAS ana after several other interesting visits, the group then went to San Fran CISCO, visiting Golden Gate Park, China Town, and the main shopping district
 The question we have been asked the most often on the whole trip they said, lis Did you cross the San Francisco Bay Bridge? Our answer is we didn't cross it but we went under it-enroute from Oakland to San Francisco"
 Miss tunes liked San Francisco so much that she stayed there two ex- tra days, meeting Miss Hansen in Seattle later, following the latter's visit in Tacoma.
 Asked About Alaska
 Everywhere we went, the girls pointed out, we were asked about Alaska. People would no sooner see our luggage with Alaska stickers on it; then they would ask about the