Evening star., 1936-12-13

SEASON OPENED
Heavy Entertainment Sched'
uIe Prepared for Winter
Sun.Seekers.

81. PETERSBURG, Fla, Decem-
ber 12.-Brighter and gayer, this
world famous Winter resort is looking
ahead to its biggest and best Winter
season. The social and sports calen-
dar OF Winter events Is chock full OF
interesting events beginning with the
middle Of December and carrying on
through to April for the entertain
nent Of its share of the 1,500,o
tourists expected to visit the
Peninsula State.
Many Of the Sunshine Citys leading
hotels are already open for the season,
while others will be ready after the
first of the year. The Hotel Soreno
opened today.
Clement Kennedy. president of the
New Ocean House, Swampscott, Mass,
Is again directing the management
Of the smart Hotel Viney Park. The
jungle Hotel and Country Club will
open January 3. Open since November
are the Hotels Princess Martha, Su-
wannee, Detroit, Dennis, Huntington
West Coast Inn, Sunset, Pheil, Poin-
settia, Alexander, Royal Palm, Deer
mont, Butler Arms and Pennsylvania.
Modernistic Tuches Given.
New cocktail lounges have been
located in the smarter Of the hotels
through the Summer months. while
many Improvements Of a modernistic
nature have been made to. many
others.
Sport facilities for the use of
Winter visitors have been greatly ex-
tended with the completion of the
200-acre Bartlett Park, wherein are
located 20 new tennis courts, 80 new
shuffieboard rinks, bicycle paths,
archery lanes and soft ball diamonds
for Junior Winter visitors. There Is
. big new playground for children.
In other Of the Sunshine City parks
are play facilities for lawn bowling,
rogue, shufiieboard, quoits. outdoor
card playing. horse back riding and
base ball. There are miles Of sandy
beach for sea and sun bathing. There
are ample facilities for every sort Of
boating. For the angler, there are
52S varieties Of fish catalogued In
local waters.
st. Petersburg's program Of Winter
entertainment covers q wide assort-
ment of events, in which are included
national golf and tennis tournaments
featuring world renown stars.
musicals, daily band concerts, chau-
tauquas. nationally know lecturers.
water regattas and major league base
ball contests.
Famous dance bands will play at
hotel ball rooms through the next
three months when society reigns
through the gayest Of all Winter
seasons.
The annual festival Of States cele-
bration, F1oridas outstanding outdoor
spectacle will be held during the last
week Of March.
Greyhound racing will be started
for . season Of 90 days beginning
with December 2S, at Americas old
est kennel club track, when the fastest
dogs in the Nation will be brought
here for nightly programs.
Busy Younger Program.
ARRANGEMENTS for the entertain
ment Of the younger Winter visitors
will for the third successive year be
in charge OF the Junior Chamber Of
Commerce. Boating excursions, din
rer dances, tennis and golf tourna-
ments, shore hikes and motorcades to
interesting points near to st. Peters
burg have already been scheduled for
the season.
St. Petersburg has tourist clubs and
many societies open for the Win
ter visitor, State, city and sectional
social clubs, sports clubs and other
organizations for lobbyists such as
stamp collectors, bibliophiles, shell
hunters and archeologists. There are
numerous sun bathing and cabana
clubs.
School facilities, public and private,
are available for $4,000 children Of
Winter visitors, including the nation
ally known outdoor sunshine public
school, where teachers and pupils at
tend classes in bathing suits. There
are churches Of every denomina ton.
There are 10 theaters open every day
Of the week.
All ct. Petersburg attractions are
kept closely compacted within the
hotel and shopping area. The airport
is situated on the water front but two
minutes away from de luxe hotels.
Bathing beaches and all theatefs are
similarly located along with most Of
the tourists games and sports, all
within easy walking distance Of the
18s hotels and hundreds Of apart
nnent houses.
st. Petersburg Is situated upon Q
long narrow-necked peninsula, Z miles
wide and Is miles long, ATS miles to
the southwest of jacksonville.