The Washington times., 1929-04-20
TOUR Of SITES
REALTORS
PLAN

Visits to spots noted for their
significance in the colonial and
revolutionary history Of the coun-
try, stops at Bowdoin College and
other pioneer seats Of learning.
boat trip round Casco Bay with its
S65 islands, tours through the
White Mountains, Sightseeing that
will include the homes of many of
the greatest figures in Americas
early literary history, with tea at
Wayside Inn, immortRlized by Long
fellow, entertainment in some of
New England's most beautiful sum.
mer resorts, and the traditional
clam.bakes are a few Of the tea'
lures which Boston Realtors have
arranged as parts of the three post
convention tours which have been
scheduled as the unofficial termina'
ton of the 1929 convention OF the
National Association Of Real Estate
Boards, to be held in Boston. June
25 to %.
All three of the tours, which are
to be made in motor busses, have
been planned to start the Saturday
following the close Of the conven'
ton. Two Of them will be of three
days duration and the third VIII
last four DAYS. A three,day tour
which will prove particularly at
tractive to inland realtors will be
the one which follows the New
England coast through a number OF
interesting towns, including Rye
Beach, Portsmouth, and ktnne-
bunkport, to Portland.
Entertained at Portland
Here the visitors will be enter.
tained by the Portland Real Estate
Association. who will take their
guests sailing through Casco Bay,
with a stop at one Of the bays
numerous islands, where clam
bake is to take place. From Port
land, the party will proceed to Bar
Harhor and Poland Springs. The
return trip to Boston will be made
through Ipswich. Gloucester, Man
chester.by- the-Sea, Prides Crossing,
Salem, and Lynn.
The second three-day tour, plan
ned with @ view to the entertain
ment of the ReaItor from the plains,
accompanies the first tour as far
as Portland. and then follows a
route through the White mountains.
This tour will include q trip through
Breton Woods, cog railway
climb" of Mt. Washington, a stop
| at THE Old Man OF the Mountains,
made famous by Hawthorne, and a
tour of the delightful lake regions.
The return trip will be made south
| through the Connecticut valley, and
will have as high spots OF interest
! the journey through Bellows Falls.
| Brattleboro, Northampton, Amherst
and Worcester, with tea at the old
J Wayside Inn.
Tour Cape Cod
The third tour. four-day Vaca-
ton which the Boston hosts have
planned. is through the picturesque
Cape Cod region, with its many
summer colonies, each utterly sep
arate and distinct In individuality
and atmosphere from its neighbor-
ing colony. Quincy, where the
! birthplace of John Adams and
John Quincy Adams will be visited,
will be the first stop on this tour.
Arnold's Old Tavern, at Weymouth,
where excitement ran high in the
revolutionary days when the meet
ings of the committee OF safety
were held there. will be the next
special point of interest. The tour
will then follow the shore route,
allowing for stops at the site of
Daniel Websters home, the homes
of the Elder Brewster, Miles Stand
ish and Priscilla Alden. Plymouth
is to be reached by noon of the
first day out. Here will be seen
the famous Plymouth Rock. the site
of the old fort, the watch tower and
the burial ground. From Plymouth
the party follows the Cape Cod
canal to Buzzard Bay, Scraggy
Neck, and Vineyard Sound.