Spanish is the language.
It happened here in Buenaventura, of all places, and on
shipboard. Something was said about Greencastle, Ind. A young
Mrs. Burt and her husband were returning to the states after six
years with the Kennicott Copper Co. in Chile. Mrs. Burt heard the
remark and said her father and mother were both born in or near
Greencastle. His name was Jack Reeves. He taught in the grade
school in Greencastle. His mother was a Schafer. We knew her
uncle, Frank Schafer.
We are tardy. We were to have sailed last evening (Sunday) at 6,
then 9 p.m., then 6 a.m. today, then 9 a.m. The reason for the
delay was too much coffee to load--and rain. I am told it rains
here every day and that the annual rainfall is 360 odd inches.
We got away at 10 a.m. We are now on the high seas headed for
where the Pacific discovered Balboa.
HOT TIMES IN THE CANAL ZONE
Canal Zone Jan. 18-21, 1950
To The Graphic,
Greencastle, Ind.
The ride to the Canal Zone was uneventful. Enroute, the question
arose whether to stay with the ship and ride through the locks
and canal to the east side to Cristobal, or to get off at Balboa
and hunt our way to the Tivoli Hotel, as originally planned.
Two New Jersey doctors and their wives, the timber buying piano
player and his wife and some of the ship's officers advised
staying with the ship and then coming back here by train or bus,
as suited best.
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