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Letters, Postcards, Clippings
June Stanley’s Salmon Derby Lesson
[Note: Port Angeles Evening News, Friday, September 18, 1936
William Welsh was managing editor of the Port Angeles Evening News until 1939. His
front-page column “Welsh RAREBITS”, was quite popular with the residents.]
Welsh
RAREBITS
THE WAY OF YOUTH
SOMETIME when you read of dictators
sending great armies off to foreign lands
because their envoys cannot agree on the
division of land, recall this story of Sally
Price and June Stanley, who fished together
in the Port Angeles Junior Salmon Derby. It
is a story of how one little girl provided the
boat and the line with which another little
girl “fished” her right out of first prize,
which was a bicycle she wanted so badly.
And a story of how their hearts settled the
dilemma.
** ** ** ** **
JUNE’S TACKLE
SALLY PRICE had no boat to fish from; no
tackle with which to fish. So she went out to
seat with the Stanleys in their boat called the
“Andy Gump.” For four hours June Stanley
fished. Finally at eleven o-clock, she hauled
a salmon into the boat. Once it was safely
aboard, she handed the pole to Sally and
said: “Now, Sally, you can use the pole.”
** ** ** ** **
THE LARGER FISH
WITHIN the same hour, and when the
“Andy Gump” was directly in front of the
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Ediz Hook light, Sally Price had a “strike”
and successfully hauled that salmon into the
boat. Right then drama cruised about in the
“Andy Gump.” June’s face paled. In words
that seemed to come from a wounded heart,
she said: “Sally your fish is bigger than
mine.” Mr. and Mrs. Stanley said nothing.
They realized that two girl pals were facing
a battle. June had loaned her pole to Sally
and lost that bicycle.
** ** ** ** **
SALLY WAS GRATEFUL
WHEN the weighing in was over, it proved
that Sally Price had caught the largest fish.
June’s fish was the second largest. So Sally
was awarded the bicycle, June the brand
new shiny wrist watch. Then Mr. Stanley
stepped forward, shook hands with Sally,
whole-heartedly congratulating her on her
prowess as a fisherlady. This was too much
for Sally. She turned to the little girl beside
her and said: “Cheer up, June, you can have
my old bike.” And June’s face lit up like the
heavens when the stars are all aglow, and
she replied: “That’s grand, Sally. You can
have my old wrist watch.” The angels must
have blessed both those girls at that moment.
** ** ** ** **
STILL FURTHER TEST
THEN came the real test of character. Papa
Price stepped into the picture, as daddies