Evening star., 1955-11-24
Enjoys Walk
About Farm
In Morning
BY JAMES e. ROPER
Star stan Correspondent

celebrated Thanksgiving Day by
taking his grandchildren for q
pony cart ride around the farm,
inspecting his cattle and then
joining his family in a bountiful
Thanksgiving dinner.
Mr.. Eisenhower and his oldest
grandchild, 7-year-old David.
were out of the farm house by 8
am. During the next two hours,
Mr.. Eisenhower was in and out
of doors, but finally Joined David
and the other grandchildren
I6-year-old Barbara Ann and
3-year-old Susan--in posing for
news photographers.
Photographers and reporters
caught UP with the Eisenhower
party near a barn and a wind
mill that creaked noisily in O
brisk morning breeze.
Flashbulbs Startle Pony
The three grandchildren rode
proudly in a wicker cart drawn
Il by a black-and-white Shetland
pony. Tony. Mr.. Eisenhower.
dressed like a dashing country
squire, walked at the pony's head.
AS flashbulbs popped, the pony
jumped nervously and David
yanked hard on the reins.
Mr.. Eisenhower Soothingly
patted the pony's head and
admonished David:
Don't pull too hard. You
must remember that a pony has
a tender mouth"
II have to be tough with him
so he'll know who's riding him."
answered David.
Then David, with a noticably
gentle rein. started the cart for
ward while newsreel cameras
whirred.
David grinned SO broadly he
showed he had lost an eyetooth
to the ravageS of age.
Barbara Ann, dressed in .
scarlet snow coat and hat, rode
proudly, but her 3-year-old sis
tier. Susan, clutched a doll some
what anxiously as the cart jolted
over the dirt track
The President strode to a
white wooden fence and gazed
lat bis Black Angus cattle graz
ing ID q pasture. Maj. John
Eisenhower. the Presidents son
and the father of the children.
started transferring the young
sters from the pony cart to q
jeep-like golfmobile for the ride
back to the farmhouse.
Hey, get me out" little Susan
shouted to her father.
| When he deposited her in the
lgolfmobile she dropped her doll.
A photographer picked up the
doll just as the President ar
rived and chided:
SIS that the way you treat
your dolls?"
Presidents Cheeks Rosy
David drove the cart back to
the farmhouse while the other
| two grandchildren rode with
Mr.. Eisenhower in the golf
mobile.
The Presidents cheeks were
rosy with his returning health
and the 43-degree temperature.
Mr.. Eisenhower wore a broad
brimmed felt hat, a light green
sports coat and a yellow brocade
vest with black figures. AS he
stepped into the golfmobile.
which had the names Mamie"
and Ike" stenciled on the fen
der, the President fingered the
fringed canvas top and told pho
tographers: BE sure to get the
fringe"
The President then rode back
to his farmhouse for a dinner
that included turkey and all the
trimmings"
Meal a Family Affair
The meal was an intimate af-
fair. Sitting around the dining
table in the big wooden farm
house were the President and
Mrs. Eisenhower; Maj. Eisen-
hover and his wife. Barbara;
the three grandchildren. and the
Presidents brother. DR.. Milton
Eisenhower, and his daughter,
Ruth.
Doctors gave Mr.. Eisenhower
permission to exceed his 1900
Icalorie per day diet, and the
word was that the President,
with abundant reasons for being
thankful on this day Just two
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