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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1961River RipplesandOutdoorswith Harold BrandPilgrimage SundayOur Lady of the Rivers Shrine on Alton Lake, Portage des Sioux, Mo., will be the scent of the Holy Name Society Piigrintage Sun-day, following a meeting at 2 p. m. at St. Francis Church there. All festivities are expected to be completed ‘by 4:30 p. m. reported ED DEI .WORTH, Clayton. Mo., chairman. The Shrine is the second largest of its kind in the nation and is now a landmark and navigation aid to both river and air traffic.Courtesy Motorboat ExaminationOut of 20 divisions in 22 central states, Division III, U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, St. Louis-Alton area, leads in the number of Courtesy Motorboat Examinations to date this year. The Auxiliary’s boating safety campaign of checking pleasure craft has grown in leaps and bounds. It is recognized as a strong factor in the low percentage of boating accidents.Division III Members have made a total of 2,661 inspections including those passing as well as rejects. Division IX extending from northfrn Illinois east to Ohio is second with 2.099 inspections and Division IV centralized around Louisville, Kv., is third with 1,890 CMEs, reported Lt. Cmdr. A. R. CHRISTIANSENcent waters comes to close this weekend for LEWIS BCHS and his wife, RITH, 3624 Western Ave. The couple acquired their 25-ft cruiser a few months ago and are enjoying every second of their voyage. They anchor out at night whereever they happen to be. The farthest they have gone is through Winfield Locks and Dam.We met the Buhs at Pere Marquette Park Harbor Thursday. Aboard as guests were MR. and MRS. MARK FREIMAN. formerly of Alton now residing in Grafton. For 10 years the Buhs have; spent their vacations at Edge water Resort on Lake Taneyco-mo, near Forsythe, Mo. Instead, this year, the resort operators PETE and JEWEL SIMONS came here to spend time on Buh’s boat. Only one night, have the Buhs needed blankets sleeping aboard lt;1 their boat. tFound Anchor ILARRY KLINKE of Wood River I accomplished what few other boaters have been able to do. Two weeks ago when setting his anchor on Alton Lake at Portage lt;des Sioux, the line came off the t cleat and he watched it disappear f beneath the surface. He was un- s able to recover the anchor then. 1 The other evening, Klinke and I his wife returned to the general !J area and after a short time of toss.... „ . . o‘irr n Miori nme ot tossthe entire di' * !jisfhest in in* °ut a drag hook, recovered the.n,ZT, r. 886 in' ,nh°r anrt lln'- »in™ , IndlvlrtuHl hleh m*' W on Alton Like is often diffi n K Man.v amateur fishermen are411 mH ~ itsvi (. Ky.. with unable to find baskets, nets andNGTON Tau Dv,' „WA,K '*■ I* oven thoughI NOTON of Alton s Flotilla with! they draft for Ihem for hours.Rnaiorc n„,n u Thought Trouble Was PondingBoaters owe the members a This writer had a jolt whiteHorts are mad All tns.pe.e-.f he™t riding with his family fhenr^ s sYl « T7.bP_!l0r °,h A *errible funding de-precious spare time. It is only by dedicating many evenings and weekends that such large numbers of inspections are made.Alton l,ake Vacation A wonderful week’s vacation of just drifting and running their cruiser on Alton Lake and adja-veloped and we were nearly ready to push the panic button when the wife looked out and saw the pile driver at Elsah placing piling for the bridge there. Talk about rlief. The thumping came through the water and was echoed in the boat.
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Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Sat, Oct 14, 1961
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