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Smethport
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Smethport,
July 26_(AP)_Two |
16-year-old
Smethport youths, Bernard |
Huffman
and Bill Faull, are ready for |
a
trip down the Allegany river in |
home-made
Eskimo kayaks The flimsy |
crafts
were taken to Kinzua by truck |
today.
There the twoSmethoport boys |
will join four Olean youths and the party |
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six will head down stream with |
Pittsburgh
as its goal. |
They expect to arrive in Pittsburgh |
about
August 6. |
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here
include: Kermit Peasley, Robert Keenan, Glenn Denning, Bud Burlingame and
Richmond and David Johnson. Faull and Huffman have been camping at night
along the river bank during their trip.
They will be brought home by auto next Sunday.
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Two
Boys Making |
River Journey |
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Local
Youths Start Trip Down |
Allegheny River |
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Two 16-year-old Smethport lads. Bernard Huffman, son of Mr. And Mrs.
J. R. Huffman of Water Street, and Bill Faull, son of Mr. And Mrs. Lee
Faull of East Smethport, left yesterday morning on a trip down the Allegheny
River to Pittsburgh. |
The boys made their own boats Eskimo Kayaks, light boats similar to canoes,
and operated by paddle. These were carried to Kinzua by truck Tuesday
where they were loaded with a tent and necessary provisions for the trip,
and extra clothing. The boys will wear bathing suits on the journey.
They expect to camp at night along the river banks in their tent and think
the trip will take about two weeks. Both lads are good swimmers and
look forward with pleasure to the unusual adventure. |
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Smethport
Boys Will Dock Today |
In
Pittsburgh Ending River Trip |
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William Faull, 16, and Bernard Huffman 17, two Smethport boys who left
Kinzua last Thursday morning in fragile Eskimo kayaks for a hazardous trip
down the Allegheny River, expect to arrive in Pittsburgh, their destination,
today. |
The boys are wellahead of their schedule, having estimated originally that
they would complete the trip next Saturday. Four Olean youths are
members of the kayak flotilla. |
Reports received in Smethport show that the kayaks were in Tarentum, Pa.,
yesterday after an uneventful trip. The best day`s record run` was
fifty miles. |
The boys spent Sunday in Butler with young Faul`s grandmother. |
All along the several hundred mile stretch of the Allegheny River crowds
of curious people gathered to inspect the home-made kayaks and compliment
the young navigators on their skill. The boys had numerous chances
to sell their boats and other people offered them contracts to build kayaks. |
The local boys constructed the frail Eskimo boats at a minimum of expense
for material Other local boys who have kayaks on Hamlin lake continued
colum two |
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Saturday,
July 30, 1938 |
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TWO
SMETHPORT BOYS, |
ON
RIVER JOURNEY TO |
PITTSBURGH,
STOP HERE |
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Paddling kayaks they made themselves from waterproofed flour sacks, two
Smethport boys were traveling down the Allegheny River south of Franklin
today, and planned to tie up for the night at Emlenton on an expedition
to Pittsburgh. |
Bernard Huffman, 17, and William Faull, 16, who set out from Smethport
at 6 o`clock Wednesday morning, pulled their kayaks up to the bank of the
river at the Eighth Street Bridge early Friday evening and pitched camp
for the night They were off today with Emlenton planned as their next stop. |
The boys expect to reach Pittsburgh by easy stages Monday or Tuesday.
They have made good time on their voyage down the river, except on Thursday
when heavy rains delayed them between Warren and Tidioute. They have
no particular plans upon arriving in Pittsburgh, but their arrival will
not be unhearlded, because the news of their trip already has proceded
them via newspapers and radia brodcasts. |
The river voyagers said the trip is costing them about 50 cents a day for
food. Their equipment includes a small tent, which they pitched Friday
night near the Galagher gasoline station on Eights Street, so they have
no lodging expenses. |
The home made kayaks are 16 feet long. The flour sack coverings are
stretched over wood framework and have proved durable crafts. Having
left Smethport Wednesday morning, they camped that night at Warren.
Because of the rain Thursday they got no farther than Tidioute that day,
and Friday the traveled from Tidioute to Franklin. |
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Note:
Bernard Huffman was 16 at the time. His kayak was made from hemlock
strips and covered with a table cloth, much to his mothers chagrin. It
was then sealed with varnished.
Back
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