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1£r'11f1CURNES (L) AND DAVIDSON SHOWN AT MASONTOWN STOP1s':t)A modern-day Lewis and' Pioneer Rocks by the Moun-Clarke expedition made its way to the Morgantown area over the weekend.IrAfter 172 days in the water Jim Curnes, 24, of Wheeling, and John Davidson, 22, of Carlisle, Pa., paddled to Cheat Lake Saturday and took their kayak out of the water.1The two men began their journey May 19 in Astoria, Ore., on the Columbia River on theirtaineer Sportsman’s Club.Their stop here also gave Jim’s parents the opportunity to come down from Wheeling and visit with them. They brought with them a carriage made of bicycle wheels for the boat so the boys could pull it along as they made their wayto the Potomac.M/ssingHunterFirst TimeThis is also the first timeFound OK1 I way to Washington, D. C. ToI*their knowledge this is the first time the trip has been made from west to east and by thisroute in a paddle boat.litOver 4,400 MilesTheir stop here marked some 4,200 miles by water and 270 miles by land. They left the water at the Cheat River bridge for their second portage. They planned to walk to Kitznnller, Md., where they will get intothe Potomac River.the boat has been brought along when they had to resort to traveling by land. It had alwaysbeen mailed ahead.The trip has been full of tense moments and excitment filledexperiences for the men. They started out with enough clothing and supplies to last the winter if necessary but lost nearly all of it in a storm in Willis-ton, N.D. At times they have had to go up rapids and at one time were out of food and re-A 19-year-old Westover youth,who became lost from a hunting companion Saturday afternoon in the rugged Snake Hill Sec-i tion of Monongalia County, was discovered about 1:30 a.m. Sun-I day by a search party.State Conservation OfficerSgt. Wayne Hough said Rick Smith of Lincoln Avenue waswhen foundThe first portage came at the Continental Divide in Idaho to)Great Falls, Montana. For thisit250 mile jaunt they folded the kayak and mailed it on, walking and hitch-hiking to catch upwith it.iThe bearded young men made plans for the trip while stationed with the U.S. Air Force insorted to living off the land. One 300 mile stretch wasmade without seeing another1Germany. They purchased their equipment in Germany and shipped it to Astoria.When they arrived home atperson.Original plans called for making the trip to Washington in 180 days. Over the weekend they were optimistic about making it within 185-190 days.“A lot of people take us for beatniks,” one said, “but they change their minds when we tell them what we’re doing.”More details of their adventur-in good condition in a heavily wooded area byabout 10 men from Cheat Lake ; and Osage volunteer fire departments.was foundone searchAlthough the about 1:30bova.m.,party, a group of firemen from party, a group of firemen from Star City, did not return to their vehicle until about 7 a.m.Apparently they were unaware that the boy had been found.Sgt. Hough said that between 100 and 150 men, from five area fire denartments and thei1Lackland AFB, N. J., they left by bus, stopping briefly to visit with their parents and made it to Astoria last December.ous journey will appear in Sunday’s Dominion-Post.iSeven ReplacementsThe kayak, named the “River Pig”, is 17 feet of stretched canvas with a rubberized hot-Flink Selectedttom w’hich had to be replacedseven times.“No one has ever taken the fromJames Richard Flink. son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund B. Flink of 303 Sylvan Place, has been selected for the Miami Honorstripby1 *i isowest to east canoe,” one of them said,we decided to do it.John said that they had “seen the land from the sky, so we decided to come down and see it this time.”While in our area the men were treated to a chicken dinner at the Street Memorial Youth Center in Masontown andProgram at Miami University,Oxford, Ohio.Freshmen are selected for the program because they ranked in the upper 10 per cent of their high school graduating class and posted a composite per-centitle score of 91 or betteron the ACT test.Students in the program are allowed considerable freedom indepartments University ROTC detachment, combed the “dangerous” area for the lost boy.Smith apparently heard the calls of the searchers and came to them. He had no matches and had run out of shells.Sgt. Hough said the area where Smith was found was thick with underbrush and held several cliffs andcrevices, temperatures in the area during the search were well below freezing.Volunteer Firemen from Granville, Brookhaven, ('heat Lake, ' Osage and Star City joined Sgt. Hough and Sheriff Charles J. Whiston’s deputies in the search about 7 p.m. Saturday.Sheriff Charles J. Whiston andwere hosted Saturday night atselecting advanced courses andin engaging in individual studyprojects for credit.County Coroner Ike DeProsperowere at the scene of the searchnear the Boy Scout property along the Snake Hill Road.
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Morgantown Post
Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Mon, Nov 07, 1966
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