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Miss Pike said she was in hopes of buying up some timber in this immediate locality so
that she would be able to stay here. She likes the Lake Michigan country, loves to bathe at the
beach and has an eye for the possibility of enjoying all of her favorite sports in this region. She is
particularly fond of swimming, tennis and golf, she confided.
And she has her hobbies, too, chief of them being the making of porch and lawn furniture
from bits of wood left over from sawing trees into lumber and railroad ties. She has presented
many of her friends sets of porth furniture since she started her hobby.
Looks Like Tom-boy
A regular tom-boy in riding breeches, boots, man’s shirt and her hair curtailed in less
than a boyish bob with what’s left of that concealed under a cap - that’s Miss Pike. Attractive
though she is with just a trace of a dimple when she beams her broad smile, she could easily be
mistaken for an up-and-coming young man of the woods.
And that, in a sense, is just what she wants to be. For she is going to attend the
University of Wisconsin next fall just so she can study forestry along with the men students and
get the kind of a course in forestry that men get. Her classes will all be under the supervision of
men supplied by the federal government from the department of the interior - another reason she is
going to Wisconsin.
Miss Pike attended Manchester College during the past two years. She enjoyed small
college life a lot but feels that she should take up the study of her life work next fall.
“I’ve been in the woods all my live,” she says. “I don’t know of any more natural thing
than for me to want to take up forestry.”
Suspecting that she was a pampered only child, we asked her if there were any other
children in her family.
“Yes, I have two other sisters, one older and one younger than I,” she replied briskly,
“but my dad says I am the boy of the family.”
And in the endeavor to seek out the distinctly feminine side of this remarkable came out
without thought, an intimate question which brought a blush. [sic]
No Time For Boys
No, there were no boy friends.
“If they’re right, the men are all right with me. There’s no particular one yet and I’m not
of the opinion there ever will be. Anyway I’m too young to think about that now,” she said
simply.
Miss Pike drives her own car, comes and goes as she pleases with all of the liberty of a
modern business woman. The only thing that belies her position is her youth, but in spite of that
she appears able to take care of herself under any conditions.
She is distinctly sociable, loves human contacts and is most interesting as a
conversationalist. “Boy, howdy,” is one of her favorite expletives.
Started In May
She’s just the type of wholesome young woman who typifies American life at its finest,
the kind of real feminine personage to be found in no other country today.
Her sawmill has been going steadily since she assumed ownership in May. Men with
families have been working every day making railroad ties which she has a market for as rapidly
as they can be hewn out of timber.
But she will have to find more timber before operations can begin again. She hopes to be
able to buy up a tract of woods near Michigan City so she can work in this vicinity.
And in view of the fact that she likes her sawmill so well, it wouldn’t be surprising if she
moved it to Wisconsin’s woods so she can keep on operating while attending school next winter.
[The News-Sentinel, Wednesday, July 26, 1933]
ORGANIZE CORPORATION
A new corporation has been organized by D. A. Pike with Akron as the headquarters. It
is to be known as the D. A. Pike Lumber Company and is incorporated for $15,000. The