The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-05
SEEING FLORIDA WITH THE N. E. A.
Farmer City CHI Journal, Thursday, April %, 1929

greetings from notables who have
graduated from the editorial chair. The
later sessions were largely of a practi-
cal business nature and the papers and
speeches dwelt on editorial and pub
fishing topics. The city entertained
it's guests with auto tours, band con-
certs and other diversions in the in
tervals between convention sessions.
Thursday afternoon at the editorial
party was entertained at garden
party at the Ponce de Leon hotel. The
garden. with it's. graceful palms and
other tropical shrubbery, was a joy
indeed to the visitors. The pictur-
esque beauty of the scene made a
wonderful appeal to all and on every
hand were heard expressions of de-
light, amazement and wonder over the
magnificent hotel, the beautiful
grounds and the splendid hospitality
of the manager, Robert Murray. De-
licious refreshments We're served buff
fet style from long tables arranged at
one end of the garden and fruit punch
as Served. Many awaited themselves
of the opportunity offered to inspect
the interior of the far-famed hotel
and were enraptured over the beauty
of it's interior
y Thursday evening the editors visited
the Florida School For Deaf and Blind.
A good contribution was given by the
party to buy candy and and otherwise
make the deaf and blind children
happy.
| OF all the delightful things done for
the editorial party while at st. Angus
| tine, probably the most unusual and
tat %
was Ia fiesta Espanola. or Spanish en-
tertainment, given by the Business
and Professional women's Forum at
the lovely home of Miss Lila White,
Fat Anastasia, on Friday afternoon. The
party also inspected the alligator farm
of two acres on Anastasia island. con-
tanning 5000 aligators. and attended a
promenade concert dance at Old Mar
ion. Friday evening.
| Saturday afternoon the party was
/ given a bay trip to Capo's beach
where sea-food luncheon was served
| followed by surf bathing. In the eve-
! ming street dance and water sports at
| the Alcazar Casino were enjoyed.
| st. Augustine is a town of old mem
cries, narrow streets and modern
hotels. 1t dates from 1865 and claims
to be the oldest city in the United
| States. SThe chief point of interest
around st. Augustine is old Fort Mar
ion, which is fine example of old
Spanish forts. built hundreds of years
ago. 1t is surrounded by a moat and
you cross a drawbridge to go inside
The guides take you through the old
dungeons and tell you weird tales OF
what happenedNthere years ago.
L. 81.
was surrounded by. a stone wall. The
old gates still stand and make a pic
turesque antique for visitors. There
are several oldest houses" in the city
which are occupied by sellers of souve-
Mrs and postcards. st. Augustine lives
on memories and tourists, and no one
who goes to- Florida should fail to
visit quaint old st. Augustine.
Sunday morning the party rested OF
attended church and in the afternoon
were taken by automobile to Hastings
a town of only 700 people, but 1t is
the center and metropolis of a com
| community Of 5000 people who fol-
| low trucking. Hastings Shipping CEN
ter Of the great Florida potato belt
has reputation that is nation wide
| Here are raised the famous Hastings
| potatoes, which are found in all the
leading markets of the country.
| Gainesville and Leesburg.
| Monday, March IA. we arrived al
Gainesville about noon and were me,
by the Chamber of Commerce In auto
mobiles and taken to the University OF
Florida, where fine dinner wa.
served by the boys of the college
Gainesville is city of about 5000 in.
habitants. The university has beer
built only a few years and is m4derr
| and up-to-date institution for boys
Florida has two universities, one a
Gainesville for boys and one at ITALIA
hassee for girls, and each school has
an enrolment Of about 900 students
Gainesville has one of the largest tour
ist camps I'm the state. This tour.