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MAR.ITINilE MEATS FOR WHATERS & SUNDAY SAITORS

One of the latest and most unusual brought to wa.ter, so we started buildexamples of American enterprise con- ing houseboats four years ago," he cerns "floating restaurants." If this explained. brand new boit idea continues on its Maid of the Mist has been producing present course, it is bound to create a these "floating-restaurants" or galleys wave of interest which will soon swell at the rate of one a dav. Manv have across the country; particularly among been sold to individuals seeking a new boat owners. part-time venture on the side, although

"The galley can operate out of a home port like any other craft, moving out to oDen water where boaters are. Custome?s can tie alongside and place their orders with 'boat-hoDs' rvho move the food to the customers.

"During the recent and still mushrooming boom in boating, the industr,"* has placed emphasis on building boats and selling them, but has done little or nothing to feed the boater. The result is that the boater thus far has ahvays found himself in the same position as a motorist would if all of the good eating places were removed from the highways. To date, the situation on rvaterways for pleasure craft has made the nrajority of boaters 'lunch-bucket' diners.

Tl-re neu' boat has a steel hull 34 feet long by 12 feet wide. The cabin-galley is 20 by 8 feet with a large amount of window space, and the area is completely modern and shining.

Included is a charcoal broiler for steaks and two deep-fat fryers; one for chicken and one for French fries. There is a grill and two open burners for saucepan cooking, a coffee urn and soft drink dispensers. Also included is a stainless steel double compartment sink and storage compartment for food; h,ot and cold water, kitchen utensils, silverware, china and a 22-cubic foot combination f reezer-ref rigerator.

They look much like handsome people in l2-month warm states can houseboats, and the building of these make it a full time, year 'round busisleek, culinary craft is now a fast grow- ness. But for the most part, the new ing business in the little village of boats are being built for franchisers Tremont, smack in the middle of I1- who, inturn, either sell them or employ linois'Tazwell County, nine miles east them in their own chain. of the Illinois River, the nearest navi- They are being mannfactured in gable waterway. Tremont under the name of "Skipper's

Ilottled gas is used for cooking fuel and to operate a 50,000-watt generator for all 110-volt equipment and appliances. For the finishing touch, paint used is the latest epoxy finish recently developed by O'Brien, and the most durable coating known for marine and all otl-rer outdoor uses.

The fully complete galleys sell in the neighborhood of $12,500, exclusive of shipping charges.

The firm is a closed corporation

The

These new boats, being built by Inn," however some franchisers or Maid of the Mist Houseboats, Inc., are eventual owners of the boats have actually traveling "dry" to such places designated such names as "Galley as St. Louis, New York, Dallas and Maid," "Captain's Galley" and "BarBaltimore before they will start float- nacle Bill's Inn." ing as "drive-in" restaurants for boaters and yachtsmen.

W-aterway's-Answer To The

Highways'Drive-In

orvned by Dr. Harvey A. Evans and We want to maintain a standard so LaVerne "Jug" Stuber, a local building boaters will recognize the "Skipper's contractor, and their families. Dr. Inn" as a dependable place for good, Evans is the only medic in this little hot meals," Doc explained. village of 1,500 folks, so has little lei- "We expect the majority of them to sure time these days. be operated as family enterprises.

"Tremont is hardly the place to look These marine restaurants need not infor a boat building firm," Doc says, terfere with the operator's present em"but f grew up on the Ohio River and ployment, since the most profitable have always been interested in water operating hours are from about four craft. Jug Stuber and I agreed that in the afternoon until sunset, and usuonce a-bo--at was built here it could be ally several hours after that.

Maid of the Mist turned out its first galley in February 1962, only four months ago, and 15 as of May 25. The firm also turned out 20 houseboats since it was formed in 1959.

f)oc Evan's enthusiasm for his "Skipper's fnn" galleys is as boundless as his future plans for them are endless.

"Every time one of them is finished and ready for delivery, there's almost the same feeling of satisfaction I get lvhen I help bring a newborn Tremont baby into the world," rvas Doc's postscript. And Jug Stuber nodded his head in complete agreement and understanding.

Obituary

Earl F. Saucke, 49, died on August 2 after suffering a heant arttack at his home. Mr. Saucke was sales and purchasing agent for Sierr,a Mill & Lumber C,ompany and had been associatcd with that firm lor 27 yea.r's.

Mr. Saucke was a past pres,ident of Sacramento 20-30 Club and the River Park Kiwanis Club. He w,as alrso a charter member of Sacramento Hoo-Hoo C,lub #109, and a member of the Sacrame,n,to Trade Club.

Mr. Saucke leaves his w,ife, Ann. o,f ,their home at 5Jl0 Sand,berg Drive, Sacramen{o.

Gypsum Associotion Wins Sofety Awqrd

The National Safety Council's 1962 Association Safety Award was rpresented to Lloyd

Yeager, Executive Vice Presiden,t of the Gypsum Association, by Howard Py'le, Council President.

Mr, Pyle, former Governor of Arizona, in congratulating the Gypsum Asso,cia"tion said, "Your con'tribution to safety in industry not only deserves this recognition, but what you have done add,s immeasurably to our knowledge of successful association safety work. 'I'he Council is deeply gratified by the interes,t and emphasis you have placed on this irnportant facet of every busines's operation."

T'he Gypsum Association is one of 6f,teen winning associations rep.resenting various industries in the United States and Canad,a credited for significant ac,hievernen'ts in their overall safety programs and continued progress toward the reduction of ac.cidents. It also won rthe NSC award in 1961. During the last five years, the gypsum industry reduced their disabling injury frequency rate 32.3 per cent. r /TEMBERS of the First Church of Christ Scientist in -lYL gglnsdere, California, had gathered for years to hold services in an old 1og cabin on the lagoon'

The Forest Service expects to have a new weapon in test-operation against forest fires this summera guided missile. The experimental missile is to be launched from an airplane and guided to the fire by radio. It will drop its lOO-gallon load of fire retarding chemicals before hitting the ground. The air tanker planes now used to bomb fires involve great danger to the crew because they must fly at low altitudes and through smoke.

When the congregation grew to the .burstin-g point, in 1951, they decidecl-tJ{ind an-architect and to build a church' But whai they wanted rn'as a church that could in-corporate -""y of the qualities of their cabin: the warmth, the friendliness, even the wood-burning fireplace.

The result is one of the finest of California churches-a modern, functional building of native materials, concr€t-e ""d t"d*ood, which grows-out of a wooded Belvedere hill as though it had weathered there for decades.

Charles Warren Callister, the architect, after listening to ihe unusual requirements of his clients, conceived a re-dwood building ex6cuted so that all lines, after leaving the base of the st-ructure, appear to radiate toward the steeple' Both the exterior and tde interior were left bare of finish,,to age i" a natural way. Exposed interior beams are-of-Doug-las fi?, which is a stiongei suqport than redwood, brLt they have been finished to ipproiihate the redwood shadings'On ttre exterior and 6ri the interiors of the Sunday school deoartments and the main room of the church, concrete has be'en left raw as it came from the forms. The central beam of concrete stretches from the first floor, becomes a central fireplace in the church itself, and emerges as a spire above the roo,f.

The unusual triangular site of the First Church of Christ Scientist, and the intricate planting -in redwood corner bo*"t on the balcony, contribule to the faintly oriental effect of the building. Since the oriental influence is strong in California, it Jould be argued that this eastern effect, as much as the wood tones, ii a product of the church's location.

Inside, the architect departed from usual seating styles bv arransing the pews in-double rows set at right angles' Tttir a"rlsn:adds -to the intimacy of the interior and enhances thi church ritual, which involves one parti of the congregation's addressing the other. The pews were construlted out of mahoganY.

Dramatic coloring-in the pew cushions highlights the simplicity of the wood. Color-s graduat.e from rich. purple to soft orange, counterpointed by a similar gradation in the colors of itained glass Panels.

In both the miin hall of the church and in the Sunday school, folding redwood panels reaching from floor to ceilins mav be exfended to cieate departments for meetings and clisses-or opened to make a large area free of walls'

O;t of the beauties of the ctiurch's wood construction is far more than skin deep' It is the quality of the wood itself, which will not wear away, decay or require expensive and