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Show THUMB 1.616 MILES MOBILE, ALA. Mrs. Hattic E. Thompson, 54-year-old grandmother, grand-mother, and Mrs. Pearl Empey, 52, of Ottawa, fulfilled a lifelong life-long ambition to take a hitchhiking hitch-hiking trip by thumbing their way from Ottawa to Mobile, a distanct of 1,616 miles, to visit a brother, W. W. Mackic. at nearby near-by Theodore. They hadn't seen each other in 47 years. The trip took five days and cost them a total of $11.75. j They plan to make the trip home the same way via the thumbing I route. |