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Show THE JOURNAL Page 12 of one might now flank the upper reaches of the Providence river. t V ' " 4 ' y . y 'A' " ?' M, 'r ,M' A. Roamin' Around With the N. E. A. supporters of the of the leading ster street. It is one business arteries of the Rhode Island capital, running west from the river. The colony had a great time the playing with town names in early days. The name of Kingston was changed to Rochester; WestGreenwich erly to Haversham, and to Dedford. All the original names Haver-shalater came back. Rochester, and Dedford do not exist This is another in a series of articles by Albert W. Epperson, who with Virginia and Shirley were in attendance at the convention of the National Editorial Association held in m the New England states. here. Following devotional services at We Took to High Seas our hotel on Sunday, June 18, we NKAcrs were loaded into taxi cabs Following luncheon at the hotel for a tour of Providence, as guests on June 18, NEAers turned to the United States navy for a look at the smallest state in the Union from another angle, that of the 1, , V ,X v One factor remains to recall the fs , ,7 ;cm A , tys 'A Our group climbed aboard awaiting vessels in Narragansett bay, as agily as any sailor in the fleet, and possibly thanks to the calmness of the sea, maintained their sea legs even on the ground swells an hour or so later when the real ocean was reached off Newport light. There was inspiration aplenty though before that final test was ' 'A m i ' " ? '$r l T W,: taken for the ship passes areas once prowled by the infamous Captain Kidd and by the site of his friends home, Captain Paine, on Conanicut Island as well as the Newport Naval Base which they had seen yesterday from the steadier footing of dry land. The same dry land that supported the gallows tree on which were hung twenty-si- x pirates on Gravelly point at Newport. We Visit Quonset Crossing nearby the point the world-famoNewport to Bermuda yacht races started from that day, the convention group turned about and sailed to Quonset Naval Air station here to visit a major link in north Atlantic defences. It cost more than three times the published value of a leading R. I. Ma chine Tool industry, employs 3300 civilians. Its estimated yearly pay roll for military and civilian personnel is more than $13,000,000. Nearby to Quonset is the old town of East Greenwich, incorporated in 1G77. Rochambeau and La fayette met here in the home of General J. M. Varnum, Revolutionary war officer." Many revolution ary soldiers lie in the old Baptist cemetery established in 1729. kftttm Rhode Island's famous pionoor, as he poors from Prospect Park, the scene of the STATUE OF ROGER WILLIAMS, Rhode Island NEA Convention, held June 16 through 19 at the Sheraton-BiltmorHotel, Providence. Tall building at right, highest in Little Rhody, is the Industrial Trust Company, 22 stories high. In foreground is the spire of the first Baptist Church in America.. e of the Providence Town Criers. pendence on May 4, 1773, a full two Among the points of interest vis- months ahead of the combined orited were the llrown University iginal colonies campus, the statuo to Roger Williams, and state and federal buildings in the city. The press bureau of the Rhode Island Press club, which handled publicity for the parley, informed delegates, history books notwithstanding, that Providence, too, as well as llosoth, had tea parties when the populace was protesting British taxes. . Providence citizens burned tea in Market square on March 2, 177r, A town crier paraded the streets urging residents to bring out their tea and cast the needless herb into the fire. Kept a Wee Nip Historians have since, however, suspected that many a Providence colonist kept just a wee nip for now and then, despite all the clamor nbout the Stamp learned too, about Rhode IslandS own Independence day. To all the nation the day to cheer for liberty is the traditional Fourth of July, Rhode Island also has its Fourth of May Rhode Island Independence, day. A school, bank, and public building holiday, it commemorates the Rhode Island Declaration of Inde Tax.-Delegate- s Geodiscipulus Club Issues Invite To Participate In North Tour FARMINGTON Geodiscipulus club of Weber college in conjunc- tion with the Weber college summer school is planning a trip into the Canadian rockies this summer. The group will leave Ogden on August 22 and return on September 4, according to Mr. IL C. Lambert, Iiuilding, in which the colonists in the face of gravest danto deny authority of the king ger exerted only for our destruced tion. The desire for liberty burned early in the Veins of the colonists who followed Roger Williams. The General Assembly first opposed taxation of the crown in 17(3. Liberty trees were dedicated in Newport the same year, in Providence the following year. Convention sessions in the hotel were on the site of the city that never lived. Sher-aton-Biltm- ore Held In Farmington A fcr l work. Any person desiring to participate in this activity as guests of Geodiscipulus club and Weber college should contact Dr. Clarke, dean of the summer school, or Mr. Lambert in Farmington. Missing Gonoral Bishops A. L. Clark and Hess spoke briefly. Bishop John R. Walsh pram ed the benediction and Pm Irvin Warnock gave the pit prayer. Interment was in ington City cemetery. II F You know, J TN How-com- 1 b a 5 Wv as 1., J A L vsVV- - AERIAL VIEW.o(.th9HundredMillionDollar linirnMUMD Quonset Naval Air Base visited by N.E.A. dreadful meaning ness. corn-on-the-co- V we e permitted the term big ness to be blusteringly that we didnt particularly care for. You eat them by breaking open the shell, pulling them out and dipping them in melted butter. Real Feed to Come We noticed a long line (typical of our NEA pilgrimages) forming at the Squantum club house, and we fell in. Some 20 minutes later, when we reached the club room, our eyes fell on food the like of which we have never seen. There was baked lobster, steaks, salads, French fried potatoes, French fried onions, and to top it off, Indian pudding with cream, and coffee. Such was our fate wed eaten too many steamed clams to really do justice to this fine meal. (Continued Next Week.) t How-com- people. up for appetizers of pickled clams, clam broth and clam cakes. Steamed clams could be seen in a large pit covered with canvas. This, we thought was a clam bake, as we V people,! how-com- ch .(v good way the news reads, we ir cause for running an anfi hand across our brow and we e atin on - such a sucker. e have stood for the ral around in big places of Our First Clam Bake Before the Revolution, Provi From Quonset we were taken in dence residents toyed with the idea buses to the famous Squantum Ma. Gen. William F. Dean of creating another township. club, where we were to be guests They sought to divorce the area at our first clam bake, as guests COMMANDER of the 24th Division, on the west side of the Providence of the Providence' Journal. Maj. Gen. William F. Dean has been call it Westminster. The I dont know why they didnt fur unreported since the abandonment river, General Assembly said no, and the nish us foreigners with a menu of Taejon by U. S. forces. Pictured idea died right there. Had the move before the festivities at Squantum. in the city during closing days of succeeded it might have appreciab- We ate all the wrong things and its defense, Gen. Dean was last ly changed the present structure of didnt have room for $ie things we seen passing ammunition to a baRhode Island. Two cities instead liked. Upon our arrival, we lined zooka team during the last-ditfight to hold city. ( Telenews News -reel Photo from International ) h. The Low Down Fr; Hickory Grow Sought Change V' delegates,' 1 .."l sored last Warnock clams, A park, Yellowstone 2 Mountains of Momd Bridge, Monument va' m June. The aim provide a wholesome v!?! Farmington, instructor. The itinery will include a guided the people of this areaJ!f tour of the Leonard Mine at Butte, Montana and another of the Washoe Smelter at Anaconda in addiRites tion to side trips into portions of the national parks of our country and Canada and which a tourist Monday see. The National does not usually Parks to be covered on the trip are Glacier, Montana, Waterton FARMINGTON Fmjp., Lakes, Jasper, Banff and Lake . Louise, Elk Mountain National Park, Yoho and Kooteney, national el on Monday at 2 pm pji parks in Alberta and British Col- the home was offered by W umbia, Canada. seph Ford. A detailed log and study guide Mrs. Gloria Richards pJ will be available for the entire trip gan numbers, with inv! which everyone can use if they Bishop Gordon Van Fleet wish. was sung by Bishop and Ma Mr. Hubert C. Lambert instruc- ton Hess, accompanied tor of geology and geography at Dorothy Gregory. Short ta Weber college will be in charge of given by Mrs. Bertha Muirw the group. William Wilcox, close assoex be made in private Mrs. Warnock for a numb! The trip-wilcars with camping out the general years. Mrs. Annette Din procedure of the trip with each per- sang several solos, accompui son performing a share of camp Mrs. Ethel Hogan Hansen, proceeded to fill up on steamed 4 V t,r T.W by the club i the A tour of Grand us Deny King's Authority We saw the Old State House in Providence, now a District Court cn 4, This is the third b, Odd Fact A bird, carrying lighted cigarette, was thought to have started a fire on the ropf of an Auburn, N,jf. home, & And now, when looms, what happens. the big gun makers, W i the ( TNT makers, the KfJJ annm foundries, to pass the Yoo tion, and quick. make big steel in You gotta have big big pjH plants. And these come J which will now rescue are the very op? have survived the antpJ bew our Govt., which has all ping away at tures via anti-tru- st t, this and of pestering anti-tha- j by . , M who smell business wrong in anysucceed been able to talent We would be in a Pic5 and how if wesw f pl ing on teakettlye we b stuff w now learn to listen o -that Americans as back, Senator j suh! wh be showing a of George horsesense. Yours with the JUST PHOtf Thats 11 the mm1 fora Reflex-I- o c..!aciriDtl0 . |