The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-06-22
GOING TO TOWN
with
Paul Jordan

Hello folks gather round the
campfire and listen to your old Uncle
Paul spin yarn about the two anci-
ents who returned to the scene of their
childhood daze e. last Sunday morn
ing bright and early at five bells a
long, Iow-slung, maroon La Sale Spe-
clal rolled out of Boston town piloted
by its owner and chief of the expedi-
ton Richard Smith accompanied by
his fellow travellers Leon Green, Her
bert JaXon and yours truly loaded
down with luggage and elephant guns
for big game hunting in the hinter-
lands heading out the Boston-W orces-
ter highway swerving beneath the
Marlboro underpass direct for Stafford
Springs -. the early morning weather
was ideal as we sped smoothly along
U. 5. Route 6 under the cloudless blue
sky into Connecticut crossing the
Nutmeg States past huge cloth covered
tobacco plantations down through the
famous old colonial cities of Hartford.
Bristol, Waterbury spanning the beau
tlful Housatonic River at Bennett
Bridge near Sandy Hook and continu-
ing into Danbury, the city of fashion
able headgear where Route 6 Joins
2O2 the laundering blitzkreig crossed
the state line into New York where our.
mechanical forces quickly took over
Brewster, Masopac and Shrub Oak in
rapid succession after refuellinq'
at this point, we were prepared for the
gigantic assault on Bear Mountain
the regular army and National Guard
training camp for field manouvers is
situated here where extensive war
games are conducted yearly and
we viewed with pride an encampment
OF motorized division of the U. S.
Army whose trucks and mobile units
were aligned in a military square a
little below a mesa upon which the
troops had pitched their tents for a
tour of duty e. . rolling upwards over,
the Bear Mountain highway thousands
OF feet above sea level overlooking the
most inspiring and beautiful natural
landscape of rivers green hills and
valleys lush with verdant growth A
chain OF state parks along the route
offer ideal rustic recreational oppor-
tunltles for swimming, boating and
outings which are densely populated
each weekend we paused for a
splendid view of the Hudson River
where the Bear Mountain toll bridge
spans the mighty stream and marvel
ed at the breath-taking beauty of the
scenery miles away =. we pushed on
through the Palisades and Interstate
Park into the famous Greenwood Lake
resort where the training camp of the
great Joe Louis, holder of the world
heavyweight championship boxing
title is located here is the mecca
of the sporting and theatrical world
=. celebrities flock to this sylvan re-
treat and plank down a buck ten to
watch the Brown Bomber do his stuff
IN the ring :. Mercer, Ellington, st.
Clair Bourne, Freddy Brown, L. A.
Mitchell, Claude Sheppard, and a host
of greats and near greats strolled
about the training quarters at Mercu-
rios Gardens afront the Greenwood
Lake whose surface is criss-crossed bv
Whlzzlng speedboats and all manner of
small sailing craft T.. Joe was eniov-
ing siesta when we arrived and
through the courtesy of Joe Jacobs
public relations director Mr.. Mushky
jackson we awaited our golden oppor-
tunity =. Leon Green, ex-service man
was the lion of the day at the Inn
where the gymnasium and practice
ring are set up, there is a novelty
machine gun amusement which is tax
ing New York by storm =. you grasr
the double triggers of the weapon and
aim through the gun sights at a small
screen several yards away at in
tervals aeroplane motion pictures are
projected across the screen in your line
of vision and you fire burst after burst
OF machine gun rays in an effort ia
bring down an enemy plane an
electric eye principle controls the scor-
ing of direct hits well. for some
time the amateur marksmen had been
ringing up two and three hits out of
fifteen shots for a nickel Leon
very calmly removed his glasses and
went to work &. e. on the first series, he
scored four out of fifteen at the
end of the second series, he had a
crowd grouped about him as he ex-
pertly scored twelve direct hits out OF
fifteen for the high total of the day
and then the champ appeared with his
charming sister Vunnie and severa,
girl friend graduates on their vacation
E. they rowed about the lake awhile
and we fortunately We're allowed ar
/ interview and posed for nict1lres will