“Word traveled to the flatlands and the weekend
brought an estimated 1,000 visitors to play in the snow
and enjoy the ice skating.”
A
featured skater was Joyce Williams Kimbro, who back
in 1934 had won national skating honors and also was
the Queen of the San Joaquin Valley Winter Sports Carnival
held that year in Yosemite National Park.
Spotlights
from Claude Williams, The Falls Resort and Harvey’s
Airport Service’s flares marked the extent of
the safe ice.
Of
course, both The Falls and the Bass Lake Airport are
long gone. So are penny postcards and first class mail
for 3 cents…….
By:
Dwight Barnes, Editorial for the Sierra Star –
January 11, 2006.
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