The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-26
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Nv JEAN HUDSON

Nv JEAN HUDSON
Once again Tsoomsns Will wait
with bated breath to zee = local
damsel do her stun in a SKI movie
while = big Hollywood name gets
the credit This time it's Taeomss
own shirley Mcdonald who's now
poined the professional ranks and
Is doubling for Grets Carlo in
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer now on To-
cation at the Sugar Bowl. Norden.
Calf.
The day after shirley left
for Norden week before last
. long distance call from sun
Valley came for her 10 ski
for Garho there. since then
the movie meguls changed
their minds and moved their
cameras 10 the Sugar Bowl.
Reason-morv snow.
Cameras will begin To grind on
the picture a. soon as equipment
arrives from Hollywood and locs.
ton shots will take in the vicinity
of 10 days
Incidentally. shirley placed third
in the Sugar Bowl meet in spite
of two fiendish spills-one wrench
ing an ankle somewhat. She was
beaten by q slim margin by Ciar-
tia Heath and Yvonne Blossom.
Winners In both MEMS and
women's races (Chf Schwart-
lenbsck and the Blatt boys
for the former) were given
handsome silver belts for their
achievements.
Tacoma Ski clubs new emblems,
smooth and sophisticated they are
reputed to be. arrived this week
and will be available TO members
at the club dance Friday evening
at Fircrest. At least for few
weeks they'll be able to sport
their spiffy new insignia At the
mountain, although tho season
threatens to come TO an untimely
close before long.
Not that We question the
integrity If the state highway
department In measuring snow
leve,s ~ various slr spots In
the Northwest, but we can't
be,p wondering just how they
figure Mt. Bakers snow depth
~ greater than Paradise.
Mount Baker Inn Ia surround
ed by dry land and the bit Of
snow within stones throw IL
mighty muddy.
And speaking of the waning
will happen to the
annual Rose festival meet at Mt.
Hood this season. Perhaps they'll
have a water ski meet instead!
Virginia Hill of Seattle who was
a frequent visitor at Paradise last
season and who was in the party
to make the last springs first
ascent Of Mt. Rainier, Is now the
first feminine member of the ski
patrol at Mt. Baker
Sad hut true Narjory
JscobAon will have 10 watch
the races nj Paradise Sunday
from the side-libes again. Al
though shes hen bark On
skis several weeks since her
orsckup In the dounhill tor
the Tacoma Sd club cham
p,onshIps, the doctor ssys en-
phsticaIly no n far - com
petition 10 concerned.
Another club member who might
also have figured prominently in
the Rainier National Park Co.
open slslom is Elov Void. who
broke a leg in the obstacle race
last weekend, and won the race
incidentally
Plans for . downhill rare
Sunday have been abandoned.
Interest viii center accord
ingly on the park company
sialom and the novice finals
which are . Gilman To the
series Of novice races which
Tacoma Ski club has con-
Quoted this season.
How does II feel to come In
thirty-seoond -, they ask Not
bad Al all" we reply. That was
wnere we started. ~ At least. We
didn't stop and one must remem-
Der that after all THAT race was
the Huntoon Handicap. strsngsst
Of al dos'nhiil rsoes-and possibly
the most fun because anyone can
win. but we DIDN'T The question
still unanswered, however. IL who
determines the hancicaps. and
how"
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