Show MISSION SCENE TU TO BE RESTORED Civic Bodies Interested in in I San Fernando Move LOS ANGELES Cal Cat March 31 A A definite movement for the restoration of the old San Fernando mission lo located located located lo- lo near the town of ot San Fernando about twenty five miles northwest of Los Angeles has has' has been been started here hereby byan by byan an organization comprised of representatives from various civic bodies and women's clubs The plans of the organization call can not only for the restoration of the mission buildings but also the old gardens and nd parks which once surrounded them On May 5 b 6 and 7 a Spanish fiesta will he h held ld at the mission site for the purpose of raising funds to cover the expenses of rebuilding the old adobe structures A dramatic pageant portrayIng portraying portraying por por- the history of the mission and reminiscent of the early days in southern southern south south- ern California will wIn feature the tho three three- day celebration The mission was founded on September Septem Septem- ber 8 8 1797 by Friar Fermin Francisco Lasuen one of ot a distinguished band of robed gray-robed padres of the Franciscan order who under the direction of Father Father Father Fa Fa- ther Serra blazed the tho path of ot the Christian faith from San Diego north during the latter years of the tho eighteenth century A prosperous and fertile agricultural community surrounds the picturesque old mission today The main building Is la still sUll in to a well preserved conditions but the lapse of years has left tho the mark of time on the outbuildings Thousands of tourists visit the old mission yearly early walking within Its long arcades or beneath Its tiled roofs roots gazing gazIng gazIng gaz- gaz Ing out upon Its old century-old cemetery which stretches a hundred yards or more along a sun-browned sun slope to II the rear of the crumbled court buildings build build- ings Before BeCore the main structure runs the El EI C Camino Rt Real The Real The Highway of the Kings constructed constructed by the pioneer Franciscans to serve as an artery of traffic connecting all the missions throughout southern California Still suggestive of the tho days when he the flag ot or Spain flew over California the mission contrasts vividly with the I surrounding country today Hundreds cf of automobiles whisk down El Camino I Real where once the sandaled friars brought In the produce of the field behind a brace of patient oxen Beyond Beyond Beyond Be Be- Be- Be I yond the mission grounds the barking tractor bespeaks the modern at work while a few miles away ICes les I the present city of San Fernando with I its ch clanging trolley cars steam trains and automobiles bringing thousands of visitors from all parts of the country upon the threshold of ot one of California's California's Cali Cali- fornias fornia's first organized communities |