Cantaloupes Steal Show From Arizona Antelopes

[Page 1] Cantaloupes Steal Show From Arizona Antelopes By CHARLES G. GRIFFO FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Here Grand Canyon, one of the seven place where Chuck Griffo didn't Which is the way of saying home. left Phoenix at 9 a.m. the other side of Arizona, the mountains, trees and water. But it was Chuck's problem ing the morning. I might add that although only nine years old Chuck has the darnedest appetite for cantaloupes I've seen in many moons. In fact that so much that during our six-day stay in Phoenix he has made us go to the Greyhound Depot cafeteria each morning because they were on the menu. It was right after we climbed Yarnell Hill when a passenger, a bus driver going to Flagstaff to take his run, told Chuck and Gregory, "Look at the antelopes over there on the mountain.' "I love cantaloupes.

I'm crazy about them," says Chuck. "I like cantaloupes, too," says •Mary, 6. "Cantaloupes," says Greg, 4½. rubbing his tummy, "Yum, yum, yum.' Needless to say the driver was amazed but soon caught on. *Nothing to Wear' It was right before we got to Wickenburg, the *dude ranch" capital of the west, that Martha began giving me the business that has been the traditional wail of the female sex for generations. "I have nothing to wear," she said. She didn't explain she had failed to wash and iron her assorted with antelopes that stole the show dur- we are right at the gateway of the wonders of the world, and also know an antelope from a cantaloupe.

that we are on our way back and during note day have been seeing northern part complete with grass, skirts and blouses in our seven pieces of luggage. At Wickenburg we saw y the old jail tree. It is a tremendous attraction in this community where Easterners come out to dress up like "cow pokes" and ride horses on ranches, for which they pay a pretty price during the winter season. In the old days there was no jail in the town and "hoss thieves" and other desparadoes were chained to the tree before being tried. Of course some weren't tried for "hoss thievery," they were just hung. Gregory thought that tree was really something. On the way here we passed by the ghost town of Jerome.

Everybody wanted to get into the act and go to Jerome. Our bus schedule wasn't that flexible. Near there we saw San Francisco Peak, one of the state's highest mountains, which had snow on top of it. It was there that Mary intrusted me with a proud possession. Her front tooth finally came out and she placed it in a plastic container to take back to Indianapolis and collect the usual 25 cents for such incidents. Two in the and at noon the Aid. from Terre of speech Terre Dr. of was the.