Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-09-30
|Apear School Takes Train Trip
by Apgar school


APGAR-We voted to take train
trip to Whitefish because six of the
pupils had never been on a train and
several had been on only once and
that was several years ago. We
thought we'd take the GAS mail
train and have a lot of time in Kali
ispell and they said they would stop
the Western Star to let us on and
have someone to take us through
the train. So we went on the 2:07 No.
3 train.
We were all pretty excited. Every
older child had a first or second
grader to take care of and Mrs.
Harrington had the littlest first
grader. Bea Washburn and Dorothy
Brewster went on the train with us.
When we got to the depot at Bel
ton, Mr.. Bromley, the ticket agent,
had our tickets ready. Mr.. Bedellon
is the telegraph operator. Assistant
Trainmaster Michael Donohued 4Vas
the one who was to accompany us.
The train came and we had to hur-
ry aWfully fast because we had to
walk to the observation car at the
end to get on and it was very
long train.
RIDE IN OBSERVATION CAR
It was pretty nice in the observa-
ton car and hardly any of us had
been in one before. A lot of men
were in one half of it and some
people were playing cards in our
end of it.
There we're big windows and il
was fun to look out and see things &C
by. Once we saw our engine when
we were going around curve. We
went through a little tunnel We sal
there until we got to Columbia FaHG
Then we went to little ROOM
where Mr.. Donohue had a berth
made up. There was place to wash
in the room, too. We walked through
lot of Pullman cars and it wa.
pretty hard walking with the trair
going We got to the diner and sal
there a little bit. There was nice
cook and we looked in the kitchen
There is a place to get lunches il
you don't want a dinner.
Next we walked to the chair cal
and there weren't empty seats 81
we could sit all together, so we JUS
sat where we could and whoever VIZ
sat with asked us who we were ant
everything.
i When we got to Whitefish we walk
ed down and looked at the engin,
and when they took down the BLU
flag so the train could start, w
waved at all the people as they wen
by because they had all been nic'
to us.
l There was private car on tn
end of the train, the road super
visor's car, and he was out on tn
back of it and he waved at us
lot like he liked kids.
Mr.. Donohue got permission TO
us to 60 through the roundhouse
We went on an engine, saw bi
rotary snowplows, rode on the turn
table and then saw an engine turne
! around. 1t was all fun.
{, Eddie Brewster and Helen Flore
took us to Kalispell to the fire d.
partment. We especially liked tn
fire engine and the way the me
! slide down a pole. They told U
r about fire prevention, too. We wal
T to thank them and all the peopl
who helped us have such wonde
! full field trip. Well never forget it
o SEEMS FALL-LlKE
!. It certainly seems like fall. Crane
ma Brewster reports that Lynn
stopped in to say Hi, Grandm
You know / think fall is the be-
season with the leaves turning re-
= yellow and all kinds of lovely color
y There were two squirrels, too, ru
( ming from one tree to another &c
. ting cones to store for winter
u Cliff Matteaus and Byrant Brow
from Coram are tearing down Il
At log cabin of Washburns that W;
partly burned last spring. They a
q doing a good job.
le Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Ray from We
IN sells ranch have moved to the Moo
Sc cabins at Apgar as Mr.. Vessel SO
his ranch.
re HIKE IN PARK
in Wrote Mrs. Grist: 1--WE went on
gs hike to Sperry chalets, Sunday. T
RS day was beautiful and warm and '
of found few flowers, hare bells, st
r. bloom along the trail. Some of
bushes we're frosted but we S;
very little snow until we reach
: the chalets. The trail is in good &C
~ d;t;on and we all thOr0uph1v nni0v