Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-05-12

ana yet l nave never CedSeu W NC
thankful that / was all the time es-
Gaping the snow and ice and the
other usual discomforts of an ONO
i winter. / have been charmed with
| the great beauty of the mountains
and Of the wide and fertile valleys,
/ and been thrilled with the gran
deur of the canyons, and the maJes-
tic beauty of the, ocean Win us
beaches, and it's harbor, with the
war vessels seen in the distance.
Immense groves of orange trees
with their luscious fruit and sweet
scented blossoms, and large groves
of walnut trees and countless other
features in fruit and foliage nave
contributed to the richness and
beauty of If all.
To add what might we'll be term
ed ..ferocious" tinge to sights and
experiences of interesting trips
hereabouts, was stopping for a short
time recently near a lion farm III
the vicinity of Ell Monte. Two hun
dred or so African lions are there;
These animals are bred, raised ana
trained at this farm, to be sold TO
any ZOOS, moving picture producers
or others who may want them.
They are on exhibition, and many
persons visit the place. We parked
for a short time across the road
and heard some of the lions roaring
over at the farm, and the vision OF
the lion that appears ana roars n "a
Evelands NJ. G. NJ. productions, l
think they are-appear on the
screen. flashed into my mind
I like good picture shows-finish-
ed products | might call them, OF 4
giant industry | did not know un~
til recently that it would be my
privilege to get what might be con
Eidered "back stage" view or part
OF what it takes to make pictures.
, This was a closeup of sets of the
Warner Brothers and Columbia pie
tures studios in Burbank locality
W-e could see the fronts of houses
| more or less imposing, that had no
, backs; by driving slowly and peek
ing through the wire FENCES Ell.
closing~the grounds we could get
glimpses of streets and OF fronts Q,
buildings with signs on them; ana
F., there were acres and acres contain
: ing ell sorts of other paraphernalla
I for use in the moving pictures. Ihe
| administration buildings are pa,
[ latial. On this trip also we passed
, the Universal pictures studios. an
imposing array. but had no black
E stage view of the sets. There are
/ in addition MGM., Fox. Paramount,
g R.K.O.. and perhaps others. Indeed,
e as the world knows, this section is
the Mecca Of producers, an ACTOR
paradise, and "Hollywood' is the
~ goal and Nemesis of many winner
g in beauty contest
. A question that presented itself
: III California this year was what, TO
do with the pea -pickers,' They
S came in here by the thousands
; hundreds of families living in tents
5 | have seen great camps OF them
!. in different sections. They are call
! ed the migrants, and they follow
5 the crops This season there were
a so many more of them than there
: were peas to pick, that their pres,
q ence was problem, and relief had
u to be secured for them.
They came in here from different
q states. and also migrated from otl-
;, er parts of California. Schools are
= set up each season for children OF
: these migrants, but it can readily
l. be seen that the. educat1on-lf any
. that they get, is limited, moving
+ about as they do from place tc
! place, and being handicapped by be-
: ing in closely crowded quarters
), several grades in one room
+ know of one camp, near place call
, ed Nipoma. where the school open
;, ed with ten pupils. In few week.
> time. as the influx of "pickers' be
came greater, the attendance nae
= grown to $50 or more, and the ORIG
r inal teacher, a second cousin o.
n mine had been given two assistants
l. talked to one of the women a
/. the camp-a gentle, soft spoker
e woman. who was there with he
e husband and son and a Widowed
l. daughter and her little chlid. mi
e woman and the son went out anf
IS worked at the crops, the husband
: rested. and the daughter "kep
house. . Around the miniature yart
# enclosing their tent, they had plac
:, ed a tiny wire fence. Their ten
II was clean l could see inside Wherf
d were a stove, bed, cot and othel
e covered the "foor" of the tent. Tht
n woman told me that her husbanf
l. had heart disease, and that this wa:
7. about the only way he could live
II and they could get along. She salc
= they had been "on the road for z;
0 wears. | wondered if their nomadli
+ life was a habit or a necessity.
y On April 80 we drove down t.
k San Pedro, to see the United States
d feet which had come in, that day
r being designated as Harbor day
! Pennants and flags were displayed
d over the principal streets, and ban
e ners had the words "Harbor Day
$ Welcome and "U. s. Navy, Wei
c come. 1t was a cloudy day, WITT
}. intermittent SHOWERS, SO oi et1' -
g of the inclemency of the weather
h the celebration that was to have
t been held, was postponed. In tht
e great Los Angeles harbor we count
: ed % war vessels. and we knew
} there must have been others in Z the
g distance. which were not so ols
Y cernibIe on account of the haz2
Other boats were plying the waters
G many sailors were in evidence tn
s whole atmosphere was nautical, ano
d we sure felt that we were Gin the
n navy" A rainbow appeared: one
Il end dipping into the blue of IN.
G ocean. and seeming to rest over one
h of the nearer battle ships. The
o whole scene was a magnificent and
inspiring one.
y We passed the great Los Angeles
} ship building and dry docks corpor,
II alton yards. and in our brief visit 81
at the harbor, noted besides the =
!" s. Navy landing places, the imml'
;, grafton station. the Z. S. dlsburs-
+ ing and transportation office, tEs,
= great Los Angeles warehouses, an0
7, C+bor "a, . m M nj n IiI6inoS