Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-04-12
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April 2 Aboard Empress


Greetings from the mid-At-
lantic! 1t is a beautiful day
with running sea topped
with myriad Whitecaps. Bad
weather and extra cargo fore
ed us into Halifax but we have
been making between 480 and
495 miles per day since then.
We should sight the Irish
coast tomorrow tSunday) and
then up the Irish Sea to Liv-
erpool on Monday. Halifax
proved bountiful in that we
picked up such delicacies as
Nova Scotia Holsters, oysters,
partridge, pheasant and fish :
all of unsurpassed quality.
Thus, with all these together
and with what we already
have on board, we are very
well fed indeed. All we can
say is, if you want to lose
weight, DON'T take a cruise!
Speaking of food land this
is a prime topic amongst all
passengers) our table steward
is just great. His name is Tom
Conroy and he seems to have
taken a liking to Sam and me
and our two table-mates Mr..
Paterson and Mr.. Paetow.
Quick rundown last evenings
dinner sounds like this con-
somme madrilene, broiled lob
ster with white wine sauce,
filet mignon topped off with a
bottle of fine burgundy. and,
lastly. baked Alaska. Sam
hasn't eaten again since last
night and it is almost dinner
time now!
Passenger list is fascinating.
People from all over. Charles
Cullen, London. England; Mrs.
M. A. Cory, Medicine Hat, AL
berta: Mr.. Z. Thayer Fogg,
Worcester, Mass; Mr. Robt. P.
McGlashan, Kingston, British
West Indies; Mr.. Martin Rat
cliff, bennington Spa, Eng
land; Mr.. L. r. Richardson,
Hobart, Tasmania; Mr.. j A.
Wilson, Auckland, New Zea-
land; and a fellow name of
Samuel Robson, London. Ohio.
OF course, there are many
more too numerous to men,
ton but these have unusual
names or come from unusual
places and very fine folks they
are too. We looked up a fell
low passenger with o Cincin-
natl address and she turned
out to be an English girl who
works there. She is on her
way to her hometown in York
shire to be married. Promised
she would stop in to see us
at the office when she returns
to "Ameddica"
The incest and one of the
most interesting persons a.
board is Miss Mary f. Timo-
thy of Concord, New Hamp-
shire. Miss Timothy is per-
haps rs years old and is the
vel ! best scrabble player
aboard. She is returning to
Wales, her birthplace, for a
visit. In playing scrabble she
uses such clinchers as "baro-
que" and "lazuli". Sharp old
girl and a real person. Likes
to stay up late too!
Mr.. Theo Leonardos, a
Greek ships master, is return
inc to his native land after
an illness forced him ashore
i'm Vancouver. Leonardos has
been in almost every country
in the world and has spent &c
years on the sea. He speaks
several languages fluently and
refers to Hong Kong, Diakar-
Ia, Capetown and Cairo just
as if they were all home
Leonardos does not recon-
mend the sea as a way of life
however. Too lonely. he says
April 3 : Everyone anxious
to see the Irish coast anC
many amateur "lookouts" or
duty during the dav. Weather
is closing down and ship roll.
ing heavily in this sea which
the crew says is never calm
Much picture swapping this
morning when the sun was out
but most of the passengers are
in staterooms packing now.
Won the ships pool today
and am 3 English pound!
heavier. Each day you may
draw a number from one tt
ten i'm the pool ond, at moor
the next day, the number o.
miles which the ship ha'
travelled in "a hours is posted
Today the mileage was 474
My number was A so | Wor
the pot less the take" for the
seaman's relief fund.
All in all, this has been
wonderful voyage and time
goes rapidly. The sWimminf
pool, 'horse racing, movies
concerts in the afternoon
dancing in the evening ant
good conversation in betweei
all make the days fly. It oc
ours to me that were all A
mericans to take ocean yoy
ages, there might be a bette
understanding between the ma