Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-19
By Dorothy B. Waleski
Garden 4-SSS9


The originated Mrs Howard A. Wilson, whom many
Of you know the beautiful vacious wife of the of Crusa
er Lutheran Church Rockville learned about it from Mrs
James Robertson mentioned Camp
see how column leads daughter will
be following Mrs Wilson's example first this
To get to the point the idea simply that there many
national parks throughout the country that these parks usual
~ have resort hotels and that these hotels need
of kind another.
to get started on this plan for this summers
vacation but next winter high school college girls
seeing can start writing for brochures
the various state departments
your pick of the places would like job
applications.
percent of the places Martha Robertson the
Park Col and the lodge at
Royal Isle in Lake Superior.
After worked summer Wilson predicts that
you will get leads to other jobs for other This
experience and therein lies story.
Young Shirley her year of high school
that she would like herself for gOg college by
taking summer job at the resort Lafayette
not too far from her home town in Minnesota
Shirley at the back of her mind
to for trip Europe graduated
college Her inspiration for this desire to the world
her father who Travelled great deal connection with
and who had nsled curiosity
places, other things"
job as waitress was rough one as far as hours
were concerned since she worked II hours enough
daytime sports offered at the resort in pacr
sailing and swimming Since slept dormiory
able to good deal of her salary ghght
poured soup famous news
columnists
That fall she year North
field Mimi known in the the y of colleges and
contentment"
The following Park
in Montana where her free time spent in mountain climbing
the speciality this national park
tween working in the laundry and cerng in the gift shop
Here also she made friend lkeminded
eler" who joined her the following a trip o the
Lake Placid Club n Adrondaks.
At this famous club Shirley served hot roll relish
girl and also occasional song
Saturday nights, to audience including
Kate Smith who is member of this club.
In her third Shirley transferred from the
vesy OF Wisconsin The following summer she answered the lure
of the airnes and to Washington the training
for stewardess Capital Airlnes,
spite an ideal way to work ones way
Shirley decided that getting her degree
was important in the fall she university
Three days after her graduation she Washing
ton in Rockville to be knocking
of Education
With teaching job for the fall practically her pocket
she took off Quebec step long awaited
trip to Europe.
Now Shirley as you have guessed have been reading
between the lines is funloving energetic young
vitality But for such energetic person Shirley trip
abroad must have a of kind
In the next three months covered-mosy bcyce-Eng
land France Germany, Switzerland Italy, Holland Lctensen
Denmark Norway and back Scotland England again!
Her travels of the shoeng Beginning
with the trip the Atlantic Columbia ship
with prices geared to college student level she Travelled in
anything higher than third class the trip
North Sea to Newcastle
First class was the only thing available this boat but
in spite of the fact that most of the other
sick, Shirley huge smorgas
bord which this ship
In her wandeings she her the and
did follow any group would meet friends or
of college students different points
stay with them awhile before going her own again
The American Youth Hoses through Europe
stay but she also made friends with
and by staying with Them money
in shorter time than
tourist hotels.
One outstanding memory the Dutch family with whom she
spent time in Bussm, small
Norway native country ancestors
relatives who took her in and made her welcome
Never did she spend than dollar
sleeping accommodations ranged
night to haystack in barn and the reception
Oslo which she could only between midnight
m On the boat to oslo she slept on deck OF the Crown Prince
Olaf to
Cities visited included London, Paris Amsterdam,
Odens Copenhagen Rome (Which impress
sive), OSLO scarborough and Glasgow
Paris in which she three altogether
frustrating Six times she the Louvre
couldn't find the entrancen fact did
most embarrassing when
know-wha for a subway entrance
Norway fords and mountains Hollands cleanliness the
of history Rome hghgs her Impressions although
underlying all her distress the sights of the
To realize the extent of Sheys independence and daring
must know that she has knowledge of language All
of this travelling done with the aid pocket books
Of helpful phrases such where repair pewtero That