The guardian., 1951-07-14


with the Goldenberg family. par
ents OF Norman. Completing the
six hour journey, they slept
under the stars in tents and
sleeping bags, breaking camp the
next morning to stake a per-
manent site for their visit at
the Dolly Copp Forest Camp, at
Pinkham Notch, N. H. While at
The. Notch, they saw Glen Ellis
Falls and swan in a glorious
natural pool in the waters there
and picking up driftwood to
fashion into art pieces later.
The Dolly Copp Camps are main
tanned by the U. S. Forest Sery-
ice. One of the most popular
camp sites in the East, it has
splendid grounds, f1replaces, fire.
wood, running water and toilet
facilities. One of the epicurean
delights of their camping trip
was the delicious pine-smoked,
barbecued chicken prepared by
Happy with roasting spit and
forks whitfield by Chet Gibbs
who says. 81 used to be a Boy
Scout" The succulent taste of
roasted meat over an open fire
can hardly be equalled. Pleas
antIy surprised while in the
mountains the Lincoln men,
Chet Gibbs and Richie Coleman,
met a former Loncoln man now
studying advanced medicine at
Harvard, Warren Smith. Smith
had just looked Coleman up in
Boston and had missed hi.n.
Luckily ran across him at Fran
coma Notch. The mountain
climbers then went on to Can
non Mountain at Franconia
Notch where the women scaled
the 1900 feet by the thrilling
Aerial Passenger TramWay, a
sort of large iron closed in buck
ct affair suspended and pulled
up and. down by cable. How
ever, they did the last few hun
dred feet to the summit on foot.
Several hours later they met
the inveterate climbers, Richie.
Chet and "Nachum" back down
at the bottom of Cannon Mt.
after descending by tram"
where Coleman'S torn shoes and
scratched arms attested to the
hazardous trip down over an un-
marked and unmapped trail.
upstairs" the men had reached
and sat down on "The Old Man
of the Mountain" Franconia
Franconia Notch is unusual and
exciting where the magnificent
view of the White Mountains
and the exhilarating experience
is not soon forgotten. At Fran
coma Notch these Boston tour
lists saw Eagle Cliff with Profile
Lake reflecting its face in its
sparkling waters below. They
saw Indian Head, a natural
stone profile on the Southern
side of Mt. Pemigewasset; Echo
Lake, bright mountain lake;
they passed The Flume Gorge, a
narrow rocky gorge like a little
canyon cut by a stream in the
hard granite a quarter of mile
long and 100 feet deep. One Of
the most wondrous sights was
the Old Man Of the Mt, the most
perfect natural stone face in the
world on the south end Of Cam
non Mt. Said Coleman, when
you're up there, it looks just like
any other rocky ground (now
spiked with iron rods in placeSJ
so to appreciate it you must see
it from a distance. All of this
country is breathtaking." Legend
has it that at the Dolly Copp
Camp where they stayed, Dolly
Copp after SO years of marriage
moved out and left her husband
saying, Fifty years is long
enough to stay with the same
man" This group of adventur-
ers will spend the July 21st week
end at Breezy Meadows Camp
where ]. Richie Coleman will pre-
sent the Sidewalk Theatre Play
es in THE High Window and
"Air Tight Alibi." Later in the
season, the ColemanS will vaca-
ton at the Oak Bluffs summer
home of his parents the Ralf NJ
ColemanS of Haley st. The Side
walk Theatre Players will spend
this weekend July 14 in Can
ada. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Coles Of Harold st. recently en-
joyed a weekend visit by her son
and daughter-in-Iaw Mr.. and
Mrs. Marcellus Coles and daugh-
ter Of N.Y.C., who came over in