Show lito roan amin around with the N E A sa is another in a seri i of this albert W E per a r ho aith it N verkinia irginia Vir Kinia 1 I a and I 1 ld in atten attendance attendant dan cc a at t i er shirley as convention of t jhc thc he national the aitor association had lu ld in ili editorial 1 the sew S england easl ind states of states break secretary f the feature of monday june s a fast was ith the lion hon armand amand 11 cote at speaker we had quite ss as esl prinell chat wi tit mr cote follow a nice and lie he informed ia the he breakfast brea krast inz that adiong his is duties as the 05 secretary his department tate tes 8 and adding charee of all publicity ha tor for tile the state of rhode iss i lie he was one land in this capacity hosts a and rid if all groups at are olour four treated eted as royally as we were people eople of rhode island can feel the po 0 of 1 their choice ili in selecting sir ir c cote ot for h his is job as greeter gr ecter balance of the morning sessi session on 1 of tle the convention was devoted to committee reports election of of J I 1 L 11 1 7 THERE WAS A TIME when rhode island had two capitols this one now the old colony house at newport was used as a hospital by both british and french troops during the revolutionary war from this balcony the declaration of independence pen dence was read general washington jefferson adams lafayette and other distinguished guests were honored here erected in 1739 the building was in official use until 1901 this and other famous shrines were visited by delegates to the recent national editorial association convention at providence evidence R fibers and the naming of the place or the 1 lil 1 il l convention J C kay i nor publisher of tile the ellens burg lV washington ashington record was named BE president of the organization and the 1951 li 1 l conclave will be held at seattle in his state with a post convention tour to alaska Citi ests it at dunes club an afternoon motor ti trip ip took us its to roger williams park rhode island state college galileo galilee point judith and narragansett ansett that eve ning tin we were guests of royal littie litle president of textron inc at the fabulous dunes club overlook ing in narragansett ansett bay A dinner bance nee was enjoyed by the editors winding up the rhode island porn till of the convention As a gift from textron all ladies in the group were token slips as a from this great textile manufacturing fac turing concern and so 0 o on tile the morrow lorrOW Il june J line 0 11 we wc were to leave rhode island I 1 the smallest state in tile the union in area lh square a ic miles lileS Il but one tie of kibat 9 friendliness and hospitality rhode islami ranks atil 1 in population having app approximately box ina tely persons even fewer numbers than out our own state of atall dependants Descend anth of indians the members and friends of the ill national editorial association in ill their recent excursions about rhode island unknowingly visited territory where descendants of tile the indian tribes of m years ago still live with american america names the narragansett indians wele largely dependent upon food cooked from it 1 I corn in tile the form of I 1 mush or johnnycake jonny cake eake and what I a 1 luscious food this is when I 1 propel ly cooked and browned the first essential to its taste is tile the equitable climate of south ind and counties each or of which claims to have the best tasting johnnycake jonny cake eake the of the soil added to the sun and for fog makes it 1 I corn a feast of the gods sweet ind and trista tile the country boys of fifty years ago made their own cigarettes front the dried corn coin silk with a section of the corn coin husk for foi the necessary paper and a swell ter smoke never existed it 1 longcake lonn cake but the R 1 I johnnycake Jonny cake eake and this is tile the light spelling is is heavenly nectar in the lays when this corn coin meal was ground by the helvy heavy stone turned by tit the windmill lindini 11 and consequently novel never overheated there were many large families who lived largely on it added to an occasional fish from tile the ner river or 01 bay A fowl was indeed a sunday treat with strawberries and cream to top it off coffee was a almost unknown in in the early eaily days to the majority ma jonty but a little thin thill tea added zest to the meal itow ho X aw za I 1 11 7 1 4 I 1 WATER SKIING ON FAMED narragansett BAY boys and gals bials above are ara neither in california nor florida but enjoying the unexcelled op opportunities Port unities for salt water sport offered by the typical tranquil spot along tho the shores of narragansett Nar ett bay as seen by the members of the national Nal lonal editorial asso on the convention tour of rhode island eve voi ili in the main fresh milk was tile the liquid along ill in tile the middle of list last century aristocrats froin the southland began summering it in N aport a process aided by the I 1 ee luty of scenery ind wonderful climate and fi aiom oni tins this start blossomed during the gay nineties h a I 1 society fabii famed cd the world bild over OMI ns its the iw HH of course couise the eating lubits habits of this select group were eie fat fai different front that of the farmers faini eis and but in in many ili any instances the flavor of the it 11 1 Jonn cake and the tasty seafood of it 1 I won von over tile the millionaires taste ta tells buds old fort I 1 dims albanis anion among other shrines delegates to the national nation il H editorial dit orial association saw on then their rhode island tup trip wa as old fort adams tit it newport New which w was as built and rebuilt to protect newport Ne harbo 1 and narra nani Ig ansett bay with another cross fire rot t on the island of jamestown meston li even cven before liitt 76 william brenton Hi onton for foi aiom ahorn the point is is bained placed guns for foi use on his faim fat rn ind and they were commandeered by the be general assembly Ah and taken to the defense of to protect the townsmen from tile the fiur derous forages of the indian king philip Ih ilip after lie he had burned providence in ili 1710 a bateh anih house and ward waid house berc cie built there for barracks ba irack and storage again in in tile the fort was as given new life ind and col richmond was ns able to scare away aay british sloops after tit the battle of long island the most of the guns were moved down there for defence and when on dec 8 the british halifax fleet sailed into newport harbor they took it without a blow what few guns had remained lema ined had been carted called to liverton tiverton Ti eiton verton for foi fort foit barton when the british left newport in in 1770 they burned bained and desti oyed what hat was left of the fort foit on brenton bi enton point ask national shrine our oui federal government at last decided to take title to the land and it was vas july 1799 when han the name port fort adams was applied in in lionor of pi president evident john adams second president Pies ident of the united states and so we c say that foit foil adams is is over 1 tio 0 o year old but as a means of defense defence the brenton point has been liged for foi protection nearly ii years only a month ago through tile the order older of secretary johnson port fort adams was is abandoned as a do defence item and now public spirited citizens are asking that it be made a national nation il shrine and kept in in its present form in ili isa ls 1 foit adalais was as designed by lacut talcott Tal coti col joseph G totten with tunnels rind and earth earthworms earthworks works and masonry even in in those days the total expense for building it and manning it with guns ra etc amounted to over three millions of dollars doll us ald id so it his has remained lema inid to this day with small change some home additional barracks were bic put up dining the two great wars to house the soldiers and malines mi ma iines when hn built it was considered tile the finest we c had in america such as sumter and pickens so it is that the U S army hs has always been bian represented in R 1 I and now reluctantly w we c mur must t leave rhode island ind for foi a visit to other new england states continued next week cl |