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Now the two of you can escape to a heavenly, pine-forested island and
enjoy the ultimate in romantic resort living. Stouffer Pinelsle Resort,
a Mobil Four-Star/AAA Four-Diamond resort on Lake Lanier Islands just
45 minutes north of Atlanta, now offers a special Escapade package for
just $198* per person. It includes deluxe accommodations for three days
and two nights, welcome cocktails, breakfasts and dinners, golf or
tennis lessons, a picnic lunch, an hour of horseback riding, and more.
An extended Escapade package for six days and five nights is available
for $398* per person. For a room with a private spa, add $20 per night.
For reservations, call your Travel Agent
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Package subject to availability.
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Flash From
The Past
Delaware's Fenwick Island Lighthouse,
just north of Ocean City, Maryland, sur-
veys a coast far different from the one
it
served
in
the
19th
century.
The
sailing
ships it once warned off the Fenwick shoals
are no more. The Atlantic Ocean waters to
the east are no longer a pressing maritime
danger, and houses, motels, and develop-
ment populate
the once-empty
land
sur-
rounding
it.
Still,
its
light
burns
on,
flashing memories out
to sea, out to any-
one with an eye turned toward
the
past.
Built
of
brick
in
1858-59,
the
white.
89-foot-tall lighthouse used whale oil, lard
oil, mineral oil, and then later kerosene to
keep its light strong and steady The light-
house keepers lived
in two small cottages
that stood nearby, making sure the
light
never winked out.
Today, an electric light blinks a message
out to the dark, rolling ocean. Although its
warning is outdated, the lighthouse
is now
owned by the state and maintained by the
Friends of the Fenwick Island Lighthouse,
a nonprofit organization. The Friends also
operate a museum at
its. base during spe-
cific summer hours and by appointment.
The keepers’ cottages
still stand
at the
base, but there’s another unusual feature
there,
also. A
stone
marker,
leaning
slightly askew, bears the colonial crests of
Lord
Baltimore and William Penn.
This
weathered stone
is the
first marker of the
Transpeninsular Line. Although
it’s been
mistakenly called part of the Mason-Dixon
Line, local historians will tell you that colo-
nial surveyors placed
this marker
in
the
ground in April 1751, some
12 to 13 years
before
Charles
Mason
and
Jeremiah
Dixon even
set foot here.
Using
the marker as
a
starting
point,
surveyors marked a 70- mile line across the
peninsula from Fenwick Island
to Taylor
Island on Chesapeake Bay, They later set
up 5-mile marker stones for 35 miles to a
midpoint along this Transpeninsular Line.
In the
1700’s,
tins
line, from midpoint to
the Fenwick
Island
Lighthouse, was
the
southern
boundary
of
William
Penn’s
three
lower
counties,
those
destined
to
become Delaware. As a proud Delaware
history
buff
will
say
of
the
venerable
marker, “It's about the oldest marker any-
where around/'
The
lighthouse
is
just
off State
1,
via
State 54 in Fenwick Island. To learn more
about
this
historic
spot,
write
to
the
Friends of the Fenwick Island Lighthouse,
Box 6, Selbyville, Delaware 19975; or call
(301)
in
the summer and (302k
436-84 1()muring other seasons.
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