The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-02
Decide That Pensacola Is Best
Town After All, But Needs
improvements.
EFFORT TO GET TOURISTS
What Must Be Done to Draw
Tourists to the City the
Coming Season.
by Mique Magner)


The Pensacola booster delegation ar
rived home Sunday evening tired but
happy after long, wearisome jaunt
from Jacksonville on the last lap of
their trip, the train being over five
hours late on account of the breaking
down of two locomotives between Ma
rianna and Pensacola. This was the
only incident that married the pleas
ure Of the whole trip, but every one
made the best of it and enjoyed them
selves despite the fact that the nearer
home they got the more anxious they
were to see the old home town once
more after strenuous week of pleas
ure seeking and entertainment on
every hand.
The party made the first stop at
st. Augustine and here a delegation,
headed by L. w. Nelson, a former
Pensacolian, greeted the party and es-
corted the members to waiting auto
mobiles and showed them the Won
ders of the city, including the "Foun-
tain of Youth" discovered by Ponce
de Leon, which the citizens of that
progressive little city claim to be the
landing spot of the first real discoV-
erers of America. This article is not
supposed to be an argument. so we
will not try TO disclaim the statement.
Anyway. it would not be q nice thing
to do as the people were entirely too
good to the visitors to try and rob
them of their glory. st. Augustine is
fine little city, has numerous fine
residences and a number of large ho-
tells, and right now every available
place is filled with tourists from the
frozen north.
The next stop made by the boosters
was at Miami, the Coney Island Of the
south. Here the boosters were met by
another delegation, representing the
chamber of commerce and other civic
organizations, as well as former Pen
sacolians. A short time was given the
visitors to have dinner, and the after
noon was turned over for an automo
bile tour over the city to Cocoanut
Grove and other nearby residential
sections. and then back to the city
across the great causeway over Bis
cayne bay to Miami beach, where some
of the boosters enjoyed surf bathing,
after which the party returned to Mi
ami proper for supper. Wednesday
the key of the city was turned over
to the boosters and they enjoyed them
selves in various ways, taking in the
wondrous sights and renewing old ac-
quaintances. At noon the realty board
was host to the visitors at the Wah
Kee cafe, where a fine luncheon was
served and the visitors given to un-
derstand that they were more than
welcome. The afternoon and evening
was enjoyed in various ways, including
another automobile tour, bathing and
dancing parties.
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the delegation left for West Palm |
Beach and We're met at the train by a !
delegation from the chamber of com
merce in waiting automobiles and |
were taken to the Hotel Palms for |
breakfast and requested to be back |
at the hotel promptly at 1890. Need |
less to say, every one was on hand |
and a most sumptuous course dinner
was served. An hour was turned over
to speech making, and the visitors
were made welcome by Mayor Dunkle,
several other Palm Beach men join
ing the mayor in extending the well /
coming hand. The responses We're
made for Pensacola by J. Fl. Bayliss,
f. Y. Carroll, J. II. Collins and Mrs
Lois X. Mayes. After dinner, the well
coined visitors repaired to waiting au-
and the tour which followed !
showed them the pretty residence sec
tions of West Palm Beach, Palm
Beach and Lake Worth. The visitors
were also taken a short distance
through the Everglades section and !
shown many other interesting sights
of the east coast fashion resort.
The visitors left Palm Beach early
Friday evening, arriving at Daytona
early the neXtN morning. Here the
boosters encountered bad weather for
the first time, but the rain did not
dampen their ardor for a good time
The delegation which met them at
the special car took them to the Dal-
ton hotel. where breakfast was served.
After breakfast an automobile tour
was made. taking in the sights at
Daytona and adjoining resorts of Or
mond and Seabreeze and the party
TO the Dalton again where l.
dinner was served and a musical pro
gram rendered by a colored girls glee
club. A short time was then turned
over to a few brief addresses of well
come and response. AS the tide was
going out at that time the great Day
iona beach speedway was visited and
the entire distance of % miles COW
cred by automobile in record time.
The delegation left Dayton early in
the afternoon for Jacksonville. arriv-
ing at the metropolis of Florida that
evening. Here the boosters were met
again by delegates of the chamber of