Chairman: Vice Chairman: Secretary-Treasurer: Member-at-Large: Member-at-Large: Abe Siemans John Thornton Bob Van Allen John Robinson Dick Sykes Office begins June 1, 1967

The following peaks were voted in as Qualifying Desert Peaks:

Sombrero Peak(Anza-Borrego State Park, California) Cerro Pescadores(Cucapas Range, Baja California)

The following peak was voted in to remain as a Qualifying Desert Peak, even though a new jeep road has been put in to the Summit:

Navajo Mtn(northeastern Arizona)

New Members- The following persons have completed their requirements for DPS membership and are welcomed into our group:

Arnold A Yukelson 46-B Sykes Circle, China Lake 93555 *Barbara Sykes(Mrs Dick Sykes) 504 Ave G, Apt 19, Redondo Beach 90277 Jon Innskeep 45032 l7th Street West, Lancaster 93534 Art DeGoede 1400 Ridgecrest Street, Monterey Park 91754 Les Stockton 414 12th Street, Santa Monica, 90402 reinstated Members: *joining as an Emblem Member *Bill Clifton 8431 B Chestnut Street, South Gate 90280 Ed Ostrenga 705A Ninth Street, Santa Monica 90402 We've been happy to have you with us, and hope for some future outings together! See you on the trail!

Business- As a result of the: Telescope Peak Hike as one of the scheduled events of the 1966 Death Valley Encampment, the Desert Peeks Section has again agreed to lead the event for the 1967 Encampment. This Veteran's Day weekend grand desert event is sponsored by the Death Valley 49ers, Inc. The group is interested in perpetuating interest in the Death Valley region and our Section is honored to accept the invitation. We will need three qualified leaders for the jaunt. If interested in being one of the organizers, contact new Vice-Chairman Thornton. We extend sympathy to DPS Member Wallace Henry of Palmdale, upon the Feb 10th passing of his wife, Flora. Baja Search-Bep Bingham "ELEANOR DART & OGDEN KELLOGG, JR MISSING" So read the headlines in a mid-February local newspaper. On Feb 23, ten days after the two students were supposed to have returned to their classes at local colleges, a large scale search for the two was organized. Members of the Sierra Club, the Sierra Madre and China Lake Rescue Teams met in Mexicali and were briefed on the problem by the American Consul and Ogden Kellogg, Sr. Late in the afternoon a caravan proceeded over the salt flats to the base of San Pedro Martir. Other Sierra Club members were on their way to Meling Ranch, on the west side of the range. Bud Bernhard from the San Diego Chapter was already in the area, checking footprints that had been found on the desert floor, in Canyon del Diablo, and in Providencia Canyon. Bud Bingham was flown from Mexicali to the mountain to point out the major routes. It proved impossible for thorough searching by air. One of the many puzzles was that in Canyon del Diablo, as well as in Providencia Canyon, footprints were discovered, supposedly of the lost couple, that went both uphill and downhill. John Thornton suggested that we try smaller Diablito Canyon, as novice hikers might be prone to take this more obvious access as Canyon Diablo.

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