Hungry Horse news., 1949-05-20
Park Gets May Is Boost

x Under the sponsor sillP VI A'A
tin City Lions club, Glacier ma
tional park had its biggest mid
May day last Sunday since the
parks establishment in 1910.
May Is is supposed to mark the
Start of the park travel season, and
this year an estimated 1900 en-
tered the vacationland on the sea-
sons first day. Ranger car count
was 524 not counting an addition
al estimated 100 that entered be-
fore and after the count was being
taken.
Cooperating with the Martin
City Lions in sponsoring the event
were Kalispel and Whiteflsh
clubs. Members of the Martin City
club live in Apgar, Bolton, Coram,
Martin City, and Hungry Horse,
communities just west OF the park.
Supt. j. w. Emmert expressed
appreciation for the early boost the
Lions-family-day event at Ava
lanche campground gave the l949
travel season. He and other park
officials want more visitors IN
Glacier during May and October as
well as during the summer season.
There was also comment from
Supt. Emmert that Avalanche
campground was left in a remark
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The event was covered by the
Hungry Horse News for the AS
ISOLATED Press, Missoullan and
Spokesman-Review.
It was an ideal day for a pic
mic. The park was somewhat hazy
as a result of fires in Canada, but
greeting the visitors along Going
to-the-Sun highway were bear.
Goats looked down from the steep
sides of Mt. Cannon into Ava
lanche campground on the pic
nickers. Other motorists saw.
moose and deer.
Martin City boy and girl scouts
helped about the campgrOund, and
there was free ice cream and cof-
fee.
Winners of the various races
included: Mike Finch, Martin City
boys one leg; Beverly Dye, Kali
ispell, girls one leg; Gary Barnes
Martin City, scout dash; Judge
Bill Sands, Martin City, fat mems
race; Phil Sloan, Columbia Falls
and Leroy Draszt, Hungry Horse,
and Arnold Ribe and Dick Wilson,
both Kalispell, three legged races
Gary Stephenson, Whitefish, boys
under 6; Sally Hoye, Columbia
Falls, girls under 6, she expected
one candy bar, but got dozen.
Connie Beth Somers, Martin
CITY. won a race for girls under
6: Nancy Vertrees, Hungry Horse,
tied with Donna Rae Nordeen,
Whitefish, for Z and 8 year-old-
ers.
Don Hall, Whitefish, won the
service station operators race. he
had to purchase the loser, TED re-
land, Bolton, five gallons OF gas.
Mrs. Glenn Fulbright, Kalispell'
won the ladies race; prize nylon
stockings. David Criswell, Hun
cry Horse, and Lowell Halvorsen,
Kalispell, placed first and second
in the scrambled shoe race. Mar
tin Kurpies, Martin City, had ~
inch boots, so came in last. He
got a prize.
Betty Riddle, Kalispell, won the
teen-aged girl event. Two sisters
Mrs. Gladys Sather and Dorothy
Wick tied in the fat ladies race
They're just pleasingly plump.
Married couples in three leg
ged event saw Mr.. and Mrs. Yer
trees, Hungry Horse; Mr.. and Mrs
Bonnie Sather, Jr., Martin City
MIR. and Mrs. Jack Criswel, Hun
cry Horse and Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
vim Smith, Kalispell, entered. The
Sathers won, and got "beat-up'
looking hungry horse.
AS the marbles, candy, toys anc
other prizes neared their end, Judy
Criswell, Hungry Horse, was {
winner, as was Bobby Bolton, Ka-
lispell; Nancy Vertrees, Hungry
Horse; Judy Sloan, Columblf
Falls; Leroy Draszt, and Davie
Culver, both Hungry Horse.
They liked it.