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Mountaineering Committee Chairman Parker Severson reported
progress on the DP Guide having caught up to the material submitted by various
members. Continued progress will thus, be limited by the material sent in. Much
good information is still "sewed up" in the minds of our desert travelers and
it is hoped that they will see fit to release some of it for this Guide.
Correspondence with the SCB editor is in progress to determine the pros and
cons of publishing the Guide in its present form-edited, of
course.
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It was
agreed that the costs of the DP Newsletter should be defrayed by contibutions
on the order of 25¢ per year by those who receive the publication.
Accoringly, during 1954 and subsequently, the newsletter will be mailed to
those Desert Peakers who evidence interest in the amount specified above. (Club
officials will continue to receive their copies, regardless.) Please send your
"share" to the Sec'y-Treas. who is noted below.
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The high
point in the Whipple Mountains, and the lofty summit of Mt. Jefferson, in
Nevada, have been added to the list of qualifying peaks for the DPS.
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Those
assembled unanimously adopted a resolution favoring the proposed action of the
USFS to establish a Wild Area in the White Mountains-to preserve the
Bristlecone pine (see DP NL #28). In addition, the Sec'y-Treas. was directed to
write the Angeles Chapter Chairman favoring the establishment of a Wild area in
the high country of the White Mountain range, in the vicinity of Mt.
Dubois-this being the wishes of the DPS as represented.
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After some
discussion, it was unanimously voted to continue the organizational entity of
the Desert Peaks Section of the Angeles Chapter in its present form and to
table indefinitely any action along the lines suggested in DP Newsletters #27
and #28. These would have elevated the status of the DPS to that of a Club
Committee; the action was felt to be premature at least at this time. Following
the above tabling action, the DPS acknowledged with sincere interest and
pleasure the increasing Club emphasis on desert conservation problems, and
desert activities in general-see SCB, October 1953, pp.
70-71.
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New
officers of the DESERT PEAKS SECTION for 1954 are:
Chairman-Willard
Dean, 537 W.F Street, Ontario
Vice-Chm-Margaret Henderson, 1152
Picacho Dr., La habra
Sec-Tres-June Kilbourne, 1924 Catalina St., L.A.
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Mem. at lge. of Manag. Comm.-Lloyd Balsam |
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