Guide Editor - Parker Severson
Historian (Scrapbook Editor) - Rose Marie Balsam
Triennial Banquet Chairman - Lloyd Balsam
Dinner Meeting Host - Warren Flock
The DINNER MEETING is a new Section activity, agreed upon at our Annual Meeting as a means of diversifying Section activities in order to attract new members and to retain the interest of old members.
The time: Tuesday evening, April 30, 6 to 9 p.m.
The place: Premier Cafeteria, 3715 Wilshire Blvd. (near Serrano)
Save the evening. Warren Flock has some good ideas for an interesting program, leaving plenty of time for sociability.
You may have noticed that Louise Werner is editing a new column in Desert Magazine, entitled "On Desert Slopes with the Sierrans." As fuel for her column she has requested her friends to send her any information on matters of general interest concerning desert hiking and climbing trips.
On January 26-27 some 75 Desert Peakers and their friends enjoyed the scheduled trip to the Sheephole Mts. A chartered bus carrying 40 people, organized by Walt Henninger, contributed largely to the tremendous turnout. Although rain and sleet pelted us driving to and from town, a brief snow flurry constituted the sole precipitation while we were "on location."
The Sheephole trip was notable all around. Those of us traveling by bus had swell meals both going and coming at San Gorgonio Inn at Banning. Our huge crowd Saturday eve necessitated two campfires. While Bea Carpenter and Jack Froud led a long songfest, we were treated first to sapotas from Wallace Smith's ranch in Vista and then to Summit Magazine's first birthday cake, presented to the DPS by Helen Kilness and Jean Crenshaw.
With cloudy, chilly weather, it was no occasion to sit around and vegetate. So Sunday found practically everyone out climbing the 4500-foot peak or exploring the gold mine. As substitute for Willard Dean, who has escaped the smog to Colorado, I managed to lead some 55 people up and down the trailless mountain without losing anyone. The only one who got lost was I. But charitable friends claimed the new route was shorter (if harder) than the one previously followed.
You're probably thinking, like I, that this Newsletter goes on forever. But I'm going to close now by announcing my main goal as your Chairman in 1957: to revitalize the Section through stimulating increased member participation in its program.
Hope to see you on the Rabbit or Martinez Peak trips coming up shortly in the new schedule.
Sincerely,
