Show H U W vacation wonderland gaithersburg gan MD well I 1 had a swell vacation at least until the pigs got loose before the vacation started I 1 had studied road maps and dreamed up all sorts of tours I 1 figured on going out to see my daughter in california and my wiles aunt in new mexico I 1 bothered karl dickel about the best way to reach his hideaway in ontario canada and corresponded with sumner welles about a trip up to bar harbor but in the end and I 1 decided that with real fireworks likely to break out in berlin this winter I 1 ought to take a look at things beforehand so I 1 got steamship reservations tor for europe and went through the red tape of an american military government permit to visit germany when the wrig date dale ro rolled lied around however I 1 just get on the ship I 1 just stayed right at home and enjoyed the maryland countryside what I 1 did during all ol of my vacation just enjoyed my home and let general clay worry about the russians only time I 1 left led maryland was to take two trips into the district of columbia and one trip into the neighboring state of deleware staying staring right at home proved to be wonderful that Is until the pigs got loose here are some of the things I 1 did filled the silo my son in ln law who used to be a diligent silo filler when he be was courting my daughter was absent this time and even my radio agent jackson leighter never known to do a stroke of work during the rest ot of the year carefully sprained his ankle just before silo filling time went to church what with getting up at 6 a m sundays to prepare a radio broadcast during most ot of the year I 1 dont got get to church as often as I 1 should especially enjoyed the sermon of bishop john E hines of austin tex tax who preached at bethany beach DL dal nis his delaware neighbors ten tell about a car getting stuck in the mud outside the church and when several people brought planks to ta get it out oat one man remarked if that board do it ill go cc inside and get the pulpit cautioned another the preacher ever there yes wu was the reply and im the bishop no more corn decided not to plant any more corn having sat on the banks of the potomac and watched thousands of tons ot of topsoil wash down from the cornfields of maryland and virginia I 1 finally decided to do my part by planting no more mor corn despite strip farming and con tour plowing both of which we practice religiously any cornfield unless on level ground is bound to wash away the most priceless sitt gift nature mature gave uw ushur our topsoil so from nw now on we are fining alling our nr allo ue with alfalfa the no farmers of jorwa where the ground Is flat bat can supply the nation with corn met a gradually disappearing species the country doctor young dr garrett hume hum got out of the army and decided he wanted to help his fellow men by practicing where doctors were scarce he hung bung out his shingle at georgetown del and has been answering calls on an an 16 19 hour bour schedule ever since so in in an age when more doctors gravitate to the city and specialized medicine heres hats bats off to ha ae country doctors like garrett hunie hume hun ie who stay out where distances 1 are re long where fees are low and w where here people need them most pigs pig get loose most of the above were enjoyed during the first part of my vacation before the pigs got loose I 1 might note in passing something obvious to most lady readers that this stay at home vacation go down too well with mrs P after all when youve kept house c cooked and planned meals for a year its only natural to want to let a hotel manager worry over uw the food and the servant problem during your husbands vacation however mrs P was a good sport and among other things enjoyed her garden especially lly one plot of lawn she had worked hard to keep green and on which we sometimes played deck tennis this is the point where the pits pigs oame came in it was of course my fault I 1 had seen them roaming around loose and I 1 had been warned by the lady who Is much righter thin than I 1 am that they might descend on the lawn however ver they were such nic little pigs and they so se obviously enjoyed their freedom that bat I 1 put off catching them for far a day that day turned the ude tide of my vacation that evening the pigs decided to play deck tennis I 1 don dont know which of them won but I 1 know I 1 lost in 30 minutes that lawn pride of mrs Ps heart looked like a plowed field |