Olave's Journal, 1959
This was written BY Olave, but phrased as if written by Carl.
Wednesday, July 15th 1959
Left Toronto, with Margeret Machel, and headed for CALIFORNIA to join Olave, who was due to arrive on August 3rd from Mexico at Los Angeles, and to stay with
Doris & V. W. Grubbs , at
4475 Houghton Avenue
RIVERSIDE
Monday, August 03, 1959
Met Olave at AIRPORT
She did Hollywood one day.
Visited Girl Scout DAY CAMPS near Riverside
GRACE SCHMIDT and Dick, whom we had stayed with at Tagus Ranch in 1955. NOW moved to Riverside, and she has become "Professional" Camp Advisor locally.
Dined with them at at their nice house
TO V.W. & Doris' CABIN for one night, up above Banning, & visited their
AZALEA TRAIL
G.S. Camp for lunch.
ALSO the Long Beach G. S. Camp near there
0. being a LEGEND!
Monday, August 10th, 1959
STARTED our tour together
RAN DOWN TO La Jolla, and 0. stayed the night with
Marjorie SHEA at
1874 Viking Way
where we stayed with her before 1955.
Carl stayed with
Captain & Mrs Rockey
7450 High Avenue La Jolla
Met again
Cis Goodrich and Mary King and Mrs Kennedy who we had stayed with in 1954 - with
Grace & Harold Wilkinson
ALSO Gerry Anderson
2506 Via Vista
Hidden Valley Hills
La Jolla .
whom Olave and I had had XMAS DINNER with in 1955 , when we had the cottage on the beach lent by Mrs Michael Gonzalez (did not see her this time as they were away) WENT On to SAN DIEGO in the afternoon for a Meeting of ADULTS , at the Girl Scout H. Q. there -
Olave talked & was given a KEY to the city by the Mayor.
DINNER in the Marine Room with MRS J. HARPER (daughter of Cecil B. de Mille)
rather dressy occasion: V.W. and Doris came down for it , and Henry Wilcoxen.
Tuesday, August 11th, 1959
RALLY of Girl Scouts at SAN DIEGO
Went down to SAN DIEGO again for a RALLY of Girl Scouts, in the big Park .
LUNCH with Betty Rockey again at her home , in the garden and then off up the COAST road to LONG BEACH .
SUPPER with
MRS HODGES
1536 Armando Road
LONG BEACH
(where we stayed with her in 1956' )
JOANNA becoming PIANISTE & Barbara, second daughter
Cassieta WALKER
4170 country Club Drive Long Beach ---
who we stayed with at Modjeska in 1955 ,came there too and Mrs Roger Huffman
( "LOUISE") ditto
She had come over to Doris' party at Riverside too on August 8th, and most
friendly .
HENRY and LOLA Lockwood came from Pasadena, and PILOTTED us back to stay with them at their nice new home.
I slept in the main house, & 0. had the "Guest House", made out of the old Garage
Wednesday, August 12th, 1959
LUNCH with Helen Means at Golf Club and went to see her new home
Mrs Alan Means
1315 Comstock Street
LOS ANGELES 24
Thursday, August 13th, 1959
Visit Los Angeles Boy Scout Headquarters
LUNCH party there
Look in on the local Girl Scout Office for few moments - all very casual
TEA with Elizabeth
WOLFE ( Doris's daughter) at her home in Pasadena Her child, Ann, now 3
is one of Olave's god-children
Peaceful evening!
204 miles
Friday, August 14th, 1959
Leave Pasadena for San Luis Obispo Pasadena through Los Angeles
Los Angeles to Santa Barbara Rt.101 92 mi Santa Barbara to San Luis Obispo Rt. 101 112 mi.
Motel Town and Country
2001 Monterey St.
Turn off Freeway at Monterey Street.
Nice Cafe across the road
Miss Suzanne F. Phillips,
6/40 Foley Street, W.1. Museum
3545
Left Lola & Henry Lockwood
(1064 Linda Vista Way
Pasadena.
California)
Through Ventura to SANTA BARBARA
See group of G. S. at the Scout House there, and Lunch at country Club with Leaders & Council members 154 of them
Very friendly lot, many of whom we had seen here in 1955.
Mrs Francis Boyd
2410 State Street
Santa Barbara
had had us to stay there & owns the WARREN clock!
Met us here again, & her husband, Col Boyd also.
Mrs Walter Collinge
155 South Ontare Road
Santa Barbara
GIRL SVOUT PRESIDENT
and
Miss Southwick, the paid Executive here this time, and a good one.
LEFT Santa Barbara with KISSES of good-bye , and went on to sleep at the Town & Country Motel , a good one ,at SAN LUIS OBISPO .
Supper in Coffee Shop a little way down the road. 0. typed letters on a patch of grass outside our rooms .
Margaret & Carl had stayed here going down also .
262 miles
Saturday, August 15th, 1959
Leave San Lui Obispo for San Francisco. Cal.
San Luis Obispo to Monterey Rt. 1 135 mi.
Monterey to San Francisco Rt. 1 127 mi.
IF FOGGY GO BY ROUTE 101 about the same mileage -202mi
Hotel:
Canterbury Hotel
750 Sutter Street at Taylor
+GREYSTONE 4-6464
Girl Scouts know you are coming and may get in touch. at Hotel
Went at leisure North, along the coast a bit, and later turned out towards
Monterrey ,and saw the ARTICHOKE lands ,and had picnic on the sands near
there (Castroville ? ) On then right into the middle of San Francisco and slept at the Canterbury Hotel again
Telephoned to Mrs Stone and Mrs Kendrick, whom we had seen there at the National G.S. CONVENTION in 1955 ,but did not see anybody .
127 miles
Sunday, August 16th
Leave San Fransisco Cal. for Auburn California.
San Francisco to Vallejo Rt. 101 and 40 20 mi
Vallejo to Auburn 40 99 mi
Hotel
The Foothills Motel –
123 Train Drive on U.S. 40
OVER THE GOLDEN GATES ,and go for miles through lovely scenery ,and twisty forest road to LAKE TAHOE.
Lunch in Coffee Shop at 2. 0!
Then on through the WASHOE VALLEY to RENO . (see address overleaf
STAY, as their guests, at the ACE MOTEL, right in the town , Mrs HORSLEY
wining it and being President of the Girl Scouts.
Took us out to the UNIVERSITY, and met there some Girl Scouts (who were
being shown slides of England and HAMPERS ! )
Talked with them , and then to dinner in restaurant and saw the HIDEOUS gambling "shops" & clubs .
0 was given the KEY TO THE CITY by the Mayor!
Mrs Clarence Horsley ACE MOTEL
222 No Sierra Street RENO
Nevada-
305 miles
Reno 175
Monday, August 17th, 1959
Leave Auburn to Winnemucca
Auburn to Placerville Rt. 49 22 mi
secondary road
Placerville to Carson City Rt. 50 89 mi round Lake Tahoe
Carson City to 95A Rt. 50 36 mi
95A to Fernley to 95 Rt. 95A 14 mi
Fernley to Winnemucca Rts. 95 & 40 131 mi
Motel Motel Winnemucca
703 West 3rd St. (on US 40&95)
Travel in uniform tomorrow
ON THE WAY to Idaho ! BOISE
LEFT Reno and wrnt on to WI NNEMUCCA ,and stayed at VERY pleasant Motel Winnemucca - Swimming Pool near our rooms ,and had peaceful time with NO
SCOUTS:
UNIFORM 273 miles
Tuesday, August 18th, 1959
Leave Winnemucco for Boise Idaho
Winnemucca Nevada to McDermitt Rt. 95 74mi
McDermitt to Marsing Rt. 95 155 mi
Marsing to Nampa Rt. 72 16 mi
Nampa to Boise Idaho Rt. 30 23 mi
Motor Inn:
Owyhee Motor Inn,
1109 Main Street
- check in at the Owyhee Hotel - rooms booked by Girl Scouts
Programme :
Met in Lobby by Girl Scouts
Small dinner in Dining room of hotel Reception at Scout House
Sorry not to be able to go round Alice Pittenger Camp at McCall on Wed. - camp going home that day.
Stayedi in HOTEL,right in the middle of the town
EARTHQUAKE had happened in Yellowstone Park, so our plans changed.
Girl Scout President
MRS CHARLES CARTER
1704 North 12th Street
BOISE , Idaho
came with some of her G.S. COUNCIL to dine at
the hotel, and then we went out to their SCOUT HOUSE, for "Reception" of a few Leaders ,Council members , Senior Girl Scouts & parents.
Several mothers & daughters and one Senior G.S. had been to Puerto Rico Camp
this summer & others to the Round Up.
280 miles
Wednesday, August 19th, 1959
Leave Boise Idaho for Idaho Falls
Boise to Bliss Rts 20,26,30 81mi
Bliss to Shoshone Rts. 120, 26 41 mi
Shoshone to Arco Rts. 120,26 ,Alt 93 89 mi
Through craters of moon
Arco to Atomic City Rts 20,26 31 mi
Atomic City to Idaho Falls Rts 20 45 mi
Motel:
San Dee Motel,
2400 South Yellowstone Highway
on US. 26,91 and 191
Left Boise & had lovely journey, stopping off to look at the amazing LAVA
BEDS .
On to stay at the
SAN DEE MOTEL, at Idaho Falls
NOT HAVING HEARD anything of any Scouts here went to dinner at Restaurant
near by and were there DISCOVERED by
MRS Harvey Mauth
945 8th Street,
IDAHO FALLS
the PRESIDENT of the Girl Scouts and
Mrs Matthew Klein
1260 1st Street Idaho Falls
the Vice Pres. and
Mrs Don Reid, the Girl Scout Secretary
Box 722 .
Idaho Falls
ALSO
MRS CROCKER
with whose Family in it and her GILWELL Scouter husband. They had PLANNED a dinner, but we just went and had SMALL talk time with about 10 of them at the COUNTRY CLUB .
PLANNED to go to visit their CAMP NEXT MORNING ,but woke to FIND POURING RAIN, which put a stop to that .
Plenty of sad stories going around about the earthquake and we must avoid
going onto Yellowstone Park altogether SO plan to go on to
BUTTE, Montana .
229 miles
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THURSDAY AUGUST 20th Leave Idaho Falls for W Yellowstone
Montana
Idaho Falls to Rexburg Butte Rts 20,191 25mi
Rexburg to Victor Rt. 33 49 mi
Victor to Jackson Rt 22 m 26 mi
Jackson to Junction of 187,89 and 26,287 Rt 26,187 33 mi
left fork on 89,287
Junction of highways to south entrance of yellowstone Rt. 89,287 27 mi
South Entrance to Old Faithful 39 mi
Old Faithful to West Yellowstone 30 mi
Motel:Travellers Motor Lodge, on U.S. 20
Shorter route Idaho Falls to West Yellowstone Rt 20-191 111 miles
THURSDAY AUG 20th
BUTTE , Montana
LOVELY DRIVE, lunch at a cafe en route and get
to VERY nice Motel Mile Hi and have a blue & yellow cottage to ourselves.
SAW HUMMING BIRD close alongside us, sipping honey!
Had not known anything of any GIRL SCOUTS here,but
THEY FOUND US at once and
we had a very pleasant RECEPTION in the evening
arranged by
MRS Howard Clemmans
Edwards Street 3128 BUTTE
( a youngish woman with no children & dr husband )
and
Mrs Edwin Kock
1315 West Park
Mrs Kock is the wife
of the Doctor Head of the
School of Mines, & they had
this nice party for about
50 in their nice house up on the hill ,in the middle of this mining town
Miss Norma McPhail Girl Scout Office
Ill North Montana Streeet BUTTE
is the nice good paid Executive there ,and had
been "volunteer "trainer before.
She drove us frpm the Motel to the party &
back , end they all seemed a rather specially
good group
THURSDAY AUGUST 20th All day in Park
Leave Butte from 234
Motel Travellers Motor Lodge US 20 at West Yellowstone
Billings
Pay them to confirm Gardiner booking already made by mail so that you can arriveY late Saturday
Speedometer registers 7488
on leaving Butte
Friday Aug 21st
BILLINGS Montana
Lovely drive through beautiful scenery and
to picnic up on high
ground looking over the Yellowstone River.
Stay at MOTEL right
in the town - the"ESQUIRE"
with upstairs rooms ,at opposite ends of the balcony .
The Girl Scouts having heard of my co ming, had got busy and planned
a RECEPTION in the evening
at a HOTEL - with about
40 Leaders & Council members : 0 .gave a talk
& then we sat at tables for, coffee and chattings.
( See overleaf-
Mrs E.E. MALOY
123 Grand Avenue
BILLINGS
(President - white hair
widow ) Mrs Harry Turner
Girl Scout Office
301 North 27th Street Billings
is the paid Executive, but
had been "volunteer" & President here before. They suddenly planned a
RALLY ,for the Girl Scouts
& Brownies, who gathered in the PARK on the morning
of Saturday ( Aug 22nd)
before we left ,quite a
nice cheery little bunch
largely of mothers& daughters!
SATURDAY AUGUST 22nd
MILES CITY Miss Milda M. Suselis
Girl Scout Office
815 Seabord Building SEATTLE '
WASHINGTON State is the " National Staff" travelling Executive
who we met at Billings & seemed very good —
Had been a GUIDE in LITHUANIA & had seen R. and O. B-P. there , at PALANGA , the
capital of that poor little
Baltic state ,now behind the iron curtain ,when we took the "Scouters & Guiders " CALGARIC CRUISE"
there in 1933.
Billings 344 miles
SUNDAY AUGUST 23rd Leave Gardiner Montana for Miles City
Montana
Gardiner through Park keeping left to Silver Gate 47 mi
Silver Gate to Cooke GET GAS 4 mi
Cooke to Rockvale through Beartooth Pass Rt. 12 100 mi
Rockvale to Laurel Rt 12,310 12 mi
Laurel to Billings Rt 789 17 mi
left on 87 to 10 & 12 3 mi
Billingst to Miles City 10 & 12 148 mi
Motel Red Rock Village US 10 & 12
I
MONDAY August 24th Left Miles City
Red Rock Village Motel early -ish ,and reached BAKER at 10. 0
Find MRS LUHRSEN
(118 North Main Street BAKER )
awaiting us,by a garage, with her GIRL SCOUTS
( about 7 ) and a big bunch of Brownies ,drawn
up in rows ;and also a bunch of about 30 BOY SCOUTS too - rather
shy & stiff. 0. gave short talk ,and some hand-shakes, they gave us
coffee there, and FRUIT
to take on with us .
A good Leader, with thick
specs & lanky black hair,
BUT ALL IN
UNIFORM
318 miles
MONDAY AUGUST 24th
Leave Miles City Montana for Aberdeen S.Dakota
Miles City to Montline Rt 12 100 mi
Montline to Hettinger Rt 12 116 102 mi
Hettinger to Mobridge Rt 12 102 129 mi
Mobridge to Aberdeen Rt 12 101 mi
Motel Breeze Inn Motel 1210 6th Ave. S.W.
1809 Eisenhower Circle
Aberdeen
S.Dak.
MONDAY Aug 24th
After BAKER on through wild empty oountry and TERRIFIC Thunder storms
to ABERDEEN
in North Dakota Stay at Breeze Inn Motel
and have supper in
Coffee shop opposite.
Girl Scout Leaders call on us un—expectedly late to discuss plans
for BREAKFAST party etc.
Mrs Forrest Faulk
1523 South First Street Aberdeen
is PRESIDENT .in mufti
Mrs Holgate "Public
Relations "
1409
South Lincoln Street and
P.T.O.
Mrs Jeannette Biegler
Girl Scout Office Municipal Buildings Aberdeen
Paid Executive Director. Sat next to Carl at the
BREAKFAST PARTY - rather badly arranged in restauran
for a few Leaders & their G.S. and Brownie daughters & a few Boy Scout Officials.
RALLY IN SCHOOL auditorium 1 about 400 ? A heavy lot.
Hurried away' for the long run on to
MINEAPOLIS
300 mi to St. Paul
TUESDAY AUGUST 25th Leave Aberdeen S. Dakota for
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Aberdeen to Ortonville Rt 12 103 mi
Ortonville Minn. to Minneapolis Rt 12 168 mi
Motel Rooms booked by Girl Schout
AUGUST 25th- 26th
Stay at charming house by
Minatonka Lake Tall Trees
Route 1 Box 403
Exelsior Minn with Mrs R.W. Miller
Jewish family - two pretty daughters,great golfers.
Mrs James A Davis
4897 East Lake Harriet
Boulevard Minnepolois
HER SISTER in law -
ON REGIONAL COMMITTEE for Programme.
Drove us out to see the PRIMITIVE CAMP for Seniors
Rained, so did not see the
Camp, but saw the girls
do Colours , and O. gave short talk .
LUNCH PARTY at Golf Club
given by the Councils of Minnepolis & St Paul ( P.T.O.)
Mrs Glenn W. Thompson
2201 Buchanan Street N.E. Minneapolis 18 International Chairman.Went
to the Camp with us.- fair-ish
and rather smoothed down "hair do" . Very keen
Mrs R.F.D. Johnson. Girl Scout Office
Minneapolis
President of Minn Council.
Hostess with others ,at the Golf Club Lunch.
Met LOTS also at TEA PARTY
at Tall Trees & Supper there too - & most friendly lot.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26th In Minneapolis
In morning an@@@@@@///////////// visited
a CAMP , it rained as we arrived. Colour ceremony
took place, &
Olave talked to them - all Senior Scouts,but did not
look at camp owing to weather.
Lunch at Country Club with about 12 Council Members. AFTERNOON
Tea party given by Mrs Miller at her home ,and weather cleared enough to sit out on the lawn, and
O. talked,and we did hand shakings & very friendly
group from the "Twin Cities".
THURSDAY AUGUST 27th Leave Minneapolis Minnesota or
St Paul for Oconomowoc
St. Paul to La Crosse Rt 61 139 mi
La Crosse to Oconomowoc Rt. 16 189 mi
Stay with Mrs. Wm M. Chester Route 5
map with the correspondence
Ranch Motel at La Crosse
Tel No: Twinbrook 5-4422
MRS HANSEN
President of the Girl Scouts Girl Scout Office
214 Linken Buildings LA CROSSE
Wisconsin
Mrs Withey
"Executive Director " r
They had telephoned & said they wanted to make a presentation .
Bo when we arrived we telephoned & these two
took us ,from our nice Ranch Motel to dinner in ahotel across the River
LATER we returned to the Ranch Motel and about 20
Girl Scouts & a few Brownies and mothers straggled along & gathered round
hey gave a box of APPLES, & book of local scenery .
After a bit there was a MOSQUITO ATTACK
and we hastened away to bed!
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3084
FRIDAY Aug 28th LEFT RANCH MOTEL
La Crosse - and through
Iovely farming wooded country
189 miles via Madisonto STAY with MRS MILLER ( 93 year old Mother of
Alice Chester ) at
ROUTE 5
Oconomowoc
Wis
large comfy house on the lake , next to Alice's
WHOLE FAMILY there !! and
12 grand-children also
swimming in the lake VERY hot indeed.
SATURDAY 29th FREE DAY there !
AND ( P.T.O. --
FRIDAY AUGUST 28th
With Mrs. Chester
MONDAY Aug. 31st
PRESS reporters called
early , and then we went
to CAMP ALICE CHESTER
and saw Girl Scouts by the
lake .
LUNCH gathering of
Adult G.S. Leaders &
counsellors" in the
big Hall .
LEFT rather late .
had difficulty in finding
our way across country ,
skirting
Decided not to try to
reach Freemont, & telephoned & booked in to pleasant
"Quality Court "WILTON" at South Bend.
Got in about 9. 0 .
SUNDAY 30th
Lunch party for special Girl Scout friends and husbands
including
PRISCILLA PRATT
( Mrs Jabez Pratt )
937 Fair Oaks Oak Park ILLINOIS
member of "Our Cabana" Committee and descended from Priscilla Aldin —
discovered this relationship by chance at lunch through. the name !
Also Mrs Davidow
member of the World Assoc Training Committee from Chicago & Miss Otto from
the Chicago Girl Scout Office
the Chicago Girl Scout Office 4
119 miles MONDAY AUGUST 31st Leave Oconomowoc Wisconson for
Chicago. Ill. Morning with Mrs. Chester leave after lunch
Oconomowoc Milwaukee Rt 16 30 mi
_ at Route 41
Milwauke to Chicago Rt 4]. 8c mi
MOTEL Shore Drive Motel US 41 at 56th street go off Freeway at 53rd or 57th
250 miles
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1st leave Chicago for Ann Arbour Mich
South Bend
Chicago to New Buffalo Rt 12
New Buffalo to Niles Rt 112 32 mi
Niles to Jackson Rt 60 111 mi
Jackson to Ann Arbor 41
Motel Students Union arranged by Boy Scouts see map of campus
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26th In Ann Arbor
Lunch Speech to Wives
Evening Speech to Scouters
Boy Scout HOSTESS Mrs Kilmer
Boy Scout Office
and Mrs Frank Braden
gave us LUNCH ,
Grace & Bill Hillcourt
managed us
160 miles
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3rd Leave Ann Arbor for St. Thomas
Ann Arbour to Detroit Rt 12 46 mi
Windsor to St. Thomas Rt 3 124 mi
Motel Hill Top Motel deposit paid for rooms on highway 3
AND
WENT ON HOME !
Supper with
LYNN &
family
un-expected;
270 miles
MONDAY SEPT 7th TO OTTAWA . Stay at
Green Valley Motel
3 miles out of the city, on the Prescott Highway.
Mrs P.V.Holt,Guide Commr
and 8 other Guide folk called, in mufti, & chatted sitting in our tiny "cabin".
TUESDAY Sept 8th
To the Boy Scout WORLD
Bureau , c O. did press
interview & T.V. there
Stand up lunch with
Dan Spry & wi f e at his
house, meeting various Boy Scott supporters. To Fred Finlay's house
for short interlude,and then to the MINION
Boy Scout H. Q. on
304 Metcalfe Street.
Talk & tea .
Dinner party at Motel ,give
by EARLE MOORE
the Interntional Commr. f o - Canadaian Boy Scout
who had been at the Centenary Jamboree .
20395 Lakeshore Road BAIE D'Urfe , Quebec)
His wife Nora & he stayed the night' also at the Green Valley Motel.
Their daughter,Geraldine & her
husband ( BROWN ) came
to the dinner ,with their
4 year old girl,Pamela
who is Olave's god-daughter.
247 MILES WEDNESDAY Sept 9th
- - LEFT Green Valley Motel, &
via Morrisburgm& along Seaway , crossed th e ferry
to Oldensburg, and along sometimes in sight of Lake Ontario to ROCHESTER
Stay with Elaine Clark at
45 Berkeley Street ROCHESTER
New York State
(She had been at Camp
Edith Macey opening in 1926 took Juliette Low Groups
4 times to Our Chalet,head of the " T 0 F S " for
years,& stayed at Hampers,
and came to NIAGARA to
lunch at the time of
the Scouts Jamboree
there in 1955 )
SEPTEMBER 11th Left Rochester ,
Mr & Mrs Gerry & Andy Anderson
2506 Via Viesta,
Hidden Valley Hills
La Jolla Glencourt 4-0876
Mrs H W Hodges
1536 Armando Drive
Long Beach
Cal
Mrs Gus Walker
4170 Country Club Drive
Cal
Mrs Roger Huffman
Motel in New Brunswick
Howard Johnson Motel
Route #1 & #18
On your right as you
reach Route #1 after
leaving Turnpike (about
1 mile ) This is #18
