Show roalin around with the N E A this is another in a series of articles by albert IV epperson who with virginia and shirley were in attendance at the convention of the national editorial association held in the new england states POLAND SPRING RING MAINE june 22 this morning w we e left the luxurious mt washington W is hington hotel at bretton woods new hampshire via route through craw crawford ford notch and stopped to see the ski mobile at north conway before crossing the line into maine at frieburg fryeburg Fry eburg some call crawford notch the most spectacular of the new hampshire mountain passes tiers of granite granite clefts rise sharply on bo both sides of the highway we were surprised to note that a railroad also manages to get through the defile though from where we e stopped for foi A look see sec the die tracks somewhere along the west will wall were svere hidden by trees the state owns the notch and maintains a souvenir shop picnic ground puking parking aren live wild animal exhibit and a tent camping area A clear little pond has been made at a place called willey illuv site by damning the headwater adwater hc of oc the th saco river which is is here a noisy winter sports country in n winter win ter at glen at a road junction a sign pointed northward to the mountain village of jackson where a foot alpine lift and a foot chair lift have earned the town a reputation among skiers inns cabin groups and small hotels ui this area of which there are many cater to hundreds of winter sports fans falls e each ich winter w inter the Ski mobile at north conway conay has an extensive layout the ski mobile itself is is a trestle arrangement upon which little red led anti and preen green cars cais travel a half mile up and down cranmore Cran mountain to serve one of the largest and most popular ski areas ili in the last east the ski ki lift is is also popular with sight sightseers seers during dunns the summer and autumn vacation seasons the summit of cranmore Cran moie e ov ocr 0 r looks the inter intervals vales of the S sico aco river they call flat mountain valleys alleys inter intervals vales tit in now hamp sli sanc 1 re white hite horse anti and cathedral ledges rise sharply from the irl 1 I A 75 vy TO y 1 l r afe A T A gr i IX V 94 1 I r A V 71 LT ar 4 W 1 aa 1 A i aa S asa ij TJ 4 44 photo 0 by bolln the Ski Skir mobile nobile at north conway new hampshire takes you for a half mile ride in little cars to the summit of cranmore mountain for wonder ful views the Ski mobile lift is in two sections and at tile the halfway station 1 above gaii you change clia arro cars for the steepest half of the ride mountain brook inhabited by trout willey site we se learned gets its name from a landslide which destroyed nine nine members of the willey family on august 29 way back in 1826 the willey house a tavern operated by the family escaped the slide but tile the family ran from the house to seek shelter eleew elsewhere else here and was buried the first caro cargo to be ti transported alimented ed through the notch was a barrel ban el of lum ill says sas history and the road load was so rugged that at places horses as well as is carpo cargo hid had to be lifted or 0 lowered o ci ed bv means of i ropes opas to lighten the load the barrel banel of rum was consumed on ell route we glided through thio the notch over a new highway built only last year within the note the mountains lie are almost too rugged to be inviting but as we progressed toward the he town of B some intriguing in vistas opened up ind and signs ill invited of hiking trails ti ills chis is is great skiing and vencial K acial flat valley floor across the way the presidential range sprawls to the northeast the slopes of cranmore are arc a network of wide ski trails nian many y of them graded and grassed to permit skiing on only a few inches of s snow n ow the little pond near the base station and restaurant is a skating rink in winter incidentally tile the Ski mobile was invented by a local mechanic george motton morton of jackson abio still controls the patent giannes schneider cr founder of tile the arlberg Arl beiR technique which made it easy for the beginner pinner be to le learn arn to ski in control operates tile the E eastern astern slope ski school here the whole project was largely made possible through the enterprise of harvey gibson new york financier and native nails e son of A short tune time after we left the prosperous cious village of north conway we slipped across state bourdine aries anes into ala maine and temporarily said good bye to new hampshire Hamp shue we arrived ai lived at poland spring house in in maine alaine just before luncheon eon time poland spring house I 1 is one of the oldest and finest resort hotels ili in the country and it is is here heie that the famous poland spring water is is bottled and shipped to cities throughout the east cast As guests of the maine press pi ess association members membris of the national editorial association were guests at a typical maine alaine dinner that evening Is it any wonder that we put on some weight when we give you tile the maine alaine U of that dinner maine apple juice hearts of celery stuffed olives ala maine I 1 n e steamed clanis clams maine style clani clam ch cowder chow dei baked haddock fancy alai maine ne potato chips broiled li oiled live maine e lobster lob coin rn on the cob maine french fried potatoes mixed green gheen sit salad ad apple pie pic watermelon assorted cheese coffee tea milk and poland spring water said continued next week |