| Show Hostlers Go m Across U.S. 1 Two Peter H and his brother 90 are peddling their way cross count-ry from Vermont to their home in Los H nia where they plan to arrive the end of Last winter IB the boys planned that as soon as the Los Altos High School closed for the a would load his bicycle on an east- bound train for Ver- where Peter is a student at Goddard On June 17 L they started to ride their light I weight multiple speed bikes cross i country from Vermont to r-ft The trip is to be They will average 30 to 35 miles per day and stopover with family friends and at i some days they will go 1 Francis sor Stanford well-known mem- I ber of the Sierra club and grand- h father of Peter and was one of the first backers of the American Youth Hostels program lj T in the West Coast-San Francisco k e Bay He established the first W youth hostel in California in 1937 on his ranch in Los White House Press Secretary Pierre Sal-inger was a frequent visitor Eleanor a good friend of was also an occasional visitor at the Duveneck's A young Betty Wl a of Holyoke Uni- Ps was the first reg-ional Field Representative in A- In 1936 she helped t lish a chain of hostels In New P Miss Blodgett was sent to the West Coast in 1937 to set up California She was a guest of Professor and Fran- l cis Duveneck while doing H Organizational The American Youth is a membership organization devoted to the promulgation of an outdoor educational program through on or other leisurely means allowing a good look at the countryside i and an opportunity to get acquainted with the peoples of all is one of 34 hostel associations belonging to the International Youth Hostel Fed- and a membership in 2 entitles the holder to stay in J any of the more than hostels J throughout the information lis available from the American Youth 14 West New New |
