Word: poulsen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...warm earth of Squaw Valley through many young summers following the bands of his father's sheep, who lost his only brother in one of its clear lakes and whose nimble skis have caressed its every slope? It was Arrougé who was the original partner of Wayne Poulsen; together they supplied the land and Gushing the money. Marti Arrougé has played an important part in the development of Squaw Valley, has been a loyal supporter all the way, remains a stockholder, and, incidentally because he also happens to be my husband, I regret that his name...
Especially encouraging would be a solid point output by Griff McClellan, who did a fine job defensively Saturday night in holding Brown's high scoring A1 Poulsen to one basket. McClellan himself produced only one point, however, and can certainly improve in this department...
...Poulsen, the captain and center, Brown has a well-balanced, if mediocre offense. Poulsen who sparked the 80-75 overtime victory over the Crimson with 16 points, is averaging 13.3 a game. He will be joined by A1 Diussa and Jack Bellavance, a pair of pretty poor guards, and Dave Reed and Cliff Ehrlich, not bad forwards...
...Poulsen and Cushing had differences almost from the start. Cushing allowed Poulsen to reserve 42 acres of land for homesites, found belatedly that Squaw Valley Development Corp. was left with only six acres of level ground. Cushing wanted to operate restaurant, bar and lodging facilities at Squaw. Poulsen wanted to lease them out. Cushing went ahead anyway, bought a set of old Air Force barracks, had them trucked into the valley, put the corporation in the hotel business...
Trouble. In Squaw's first five years of operation, avalanches ripped out lift towers three times. The lodge was cut off four times by bridge washouts, flooded out twice, later (in 1956) burned to the ground. Poulsen and Cushing had increasingly sharp differences. The showdown came in October 1949, when, in Poulsen's absence on an international flight for Pan Am, his wife Sandy fired off letters to Squaw stockholders accusing Cushing of mismanagement. A stockholders' meeting was called, and the result was inevitable, since Cushing owned 52% of the stock, his friends another 46%. After...