Paulsens Return from 4,023 Mile Camping Trip in West, Sept. 13, 1923

Paulsens Are Back. . . Traveled 4,023 Miles; Saw Many North Carolinians

Mr. and Mrs. G.H. Paulsen are back home from their automobile tour to the west.

When they were going through St. Louis, with a banner reading “U.N.C.—Carolina” on the rear of their car, they were hailed by a citizen:

“Wait there a minute—I want to talk to you!”

He was C.A. Oettinger, once of Charlotte, graduate of the University in the class of 1910, and he wanted to know all about what was happening in Chapel Hill. In return for news he showed them the way out of town leading to Kansas City.

All along the route the travelers were running across North Carolinians.

Mr. Paulsen, Mrs. Paulsen, and their three children camped every night, their canvas extension affording them plenty of room. They went 4,023 miles altogether, and all they had to do to their car was get a new fan wheel. They traveled more than 600 miles in the state of Kansas. Both Mr. and Mrs. Paulsen have relatives there.

From the front page of the Chapel Hill Weekly, Sept. 13, 1923