Show roalin around with the N E A this I 1 another ili 1 I eries of articles by albert NV epper it antho aith virginia and shirley bere iere lit attendance tit 1 lite co mention of the national editorial association held ili 1 e new england state following devotional er vices sit out hotel ili sunday june IK ull neaera were loaded into taxi calls for it tour of providence Hs guests 4 As STATUE OF ROGER WILLIAMS rhode islands famous pioneer as he peers from prospect park the scene of the rhode island NEA convention held june 16 through 19 at the sheraton biltmore hotel 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 of the town cricri tit ng the points of intel inte interest iest e t visited visited were eie the brown strown university campus tile statue tu to roger williams and state and federal buildings building in ill tile the city the press pi ess bureau liui tiiu of the rhode island press club which handled publicity for foi the parley informed delegates deli history books not with standing t hat providence too ts its well us its soth had ton tell paroles when ani tile populate MS illitia taxes t itt providence citizens burned tell tea in ill Vt sui ie on oil i A town crier chii par tided the urging nit to lu bring out their tin n un tel and c ast tile needless ln lei ib b into tile the ane i re kp kepi it 11 evev tf nip nil historians His have since fc how however evel s that mally a 11 providence ItOM dinco kept kepl just it wee ro vill lui now no and then despite till nil the lie chim oi 01 about the llie steini stamp Sti ini tax ta delegates le allied too nurul rhode island s own oi inde indence lily to io till nil the lie nation tb alie ilav III to eliver loi for liberty is is the traditional fourth th of july rhode island also hasi has its ith fourth louit li of lily rhode island independence div day Y school siu ol b bank ank and public building holiday lili Ji it commemorates tin the rhode island declaration ution of liuk little pen dence on oil alay 1 I 17 i 11 full 1111 two tn month ahead of tin tile co Ili bine 1 or 01 tolona dell aings lii authority wr we saw the old state house in ill providence now bui a district court building in ill which tile the colonists n gicey ili in tit tin face of gravest KI nast oan ain get to ill deny authority nut honti of tin tile hing exerted only for foi out om atille tion the desire for foi lili tit burned cal si J IS 4 X ri a A M vw j V 1 1 10 3 I 1 of the hundred million dollar quonset naval air base visited by NEA delegates ly in in the veins veina of the colonists w who followed 1 toger williams the general assembly acht ably first opposed taxation of the crown in ili 17 liberty tiiu dedicated in ili newport the same minie year in ill orovil il evidence allce tile the following year convention sessions sih in ili the sher titon hotel hotd were on tile site of the city that never neer lived cicil sought change before tile revolution provi pi evidence residents toyed bcd ocd with the idea of f creating another to township rhey sought ought to divorce tile the aren on oil tin the side bide of the pi providence evidence river nei mil call it westminster west ni hister the uncial assembly Asia embly said no and tile the idea died right had tile the move inlove succeeded it might have IY changed the present structure of lupoli lU ioli island two to titles cities instead or 0 one oile might now flank the upper reaches of nf the providence river one factor remains domains to decall tile the of tile tile idoa a it ter street it is lb oin oil of the lending business liis arteries of the rhodo island capital tait nl running west from ine the 11 nati yet tile I 1 ha colony luul had it a great birne lying with mth town namoa names in ill tile hie early caily days rile ilio name of kingston was ella liged to rochester west eriv to and to A all tit alio original naina litti later call back rochester llaver clinin anil dedford Il foit do not lot exist here liei r we t 11 TO ll A k I 1 ailigh si seas following lum livon tit at the hotel on oil june 14 li turned tinned to the united states navy nav for foi a look lit at tin tile state in ill tile union from another angle i that of if the seli filver oui oil group climbed aboard await int ing vessels cs sils in bay it as agila ns tiny any ballor in ill tile fleet anil and possibly posa ihly thanks to the calm airs of the die sou sea inning theli st hta it legs ediin caun on oil the ground mi all lioci tour or so intel when tile real ial ocean of in was wai reached off newport licht gilt luiere was ti plenty though before ln I 1 that hat final test wits was jakell fol foi the ship alii pluses pahia plu pa ses hia areas once prowled liy by tile infamous cup cap baill kidd find by the site hit of his chonle captain chilain paine on oil Lonn Cona nicu island as will well its as the newport Niwo il naval base which they ill had 1 I seen yesler yesterday day from the men IKI dier footing of if try wild land the rile dry land that supported the gallows tivo on oil which were annit lung twenty six pirates on oil gravelly point tit at newport we visit quonset crossing Cios sniK nearby tile alic point tile world famous newport to bernau di da yacht integ started from that flint liy y the convention group turned bout gilld aclid sailed to quonset naval A all aaion t heie to visit it a major link ili in north atlantic defenses defences de fences it cost more c than three alik c tinch the pill fished value of i a loading leading it 1 I ma alit clerx toot tool Y emp employs loyt X t 00 civilians its estimated yearly payi roll oil foi military and civilian per soi lliel is r than ali in to quonset is is the old town of leisl last ait rated lit ill rochambeau and lit ia I a fayette nut here in in the libnic ionic of general 1 I al Varn varnum urn revolution Revo lutio 1 I 1 aay wal wai offu many involution my ary soldiers ois lie he lit in the 0 old id baptist cei established it in our first clara bahe from quonset wo we were taken in buses to the famous squantum club where we were to be guests nt at our first clam bake as guests of the provide aice journal I 1 dont know why they furnish us foreigners with kith a menu before the festivities ut at squantum we ate all the wrong things and have room loom for the things wo we liked upon our aril knival val we lim binl 1 up ill for of pickled clams clani clam broth biath and clarn cakes steamed clams could be seen been in ili a large pit covered with canvas this we thought ani a clam clain bake as we proceeded to fill up on oil 15 steamed teamed c lams clams that wo we particularly care caie for you eat cat them by break brcak ing aik open tho the shell pulling them iut 11 and 11 1 dipping hill I 1 ng them in ili melted butter real heal ived to 0 o come wo we noticed it long lino line typical of out our NEA pilgrimages forming nt lit the squantum club house lind we e fell in ili setirie JO 0 o minutes later when we i reached cached the club loom oui ou eyes fell on oil food tile the like or of w I 1 ell we havo never seen there was linked lob lobster s te r ste steaks a I 1 s corn coin on the coh cob salads french fried potatoes ali fionch eiichi fried filed onions and ami to top lop it off indian pudding with ere neam alli anil and coffee such was our fate wed acu eaten too many steamed clams clama to really do justice to this fine meal men continued next week |