Milford chronicle., 1936-04-17

/. I ofCA a lOAA DAAubet JVls tHO hpau
bridge that you won't forget. The
first span is high enough for the
largest ships TO pass under. and
from Il one gets an aFeial view OF
the city almost equal 10 that obtain
able from a plane and the second
span is quite high enough also
From thence we proceeded to
Georgetown, where we saw the re-
lief work in operation. A bunch Of
eOlOTed women working In the
streets with all kinds of garden
tools. preparing the soil along the
sidewalks for seeding grass and
| planting evergreens and palm trees
/ to make the city beautiful. That was
the only instance Of such a sight as
/ this. However. we learned that the
southern states COMPEL their con-
victs to work on the public projects.
/ We saw them at work cleaning the
snow and ice from the roads and
bridges. From here It is only a
short distance to Myrtle Beach
which we investigated and found It.
to be a very promising summer re-
sort. Driving on we saw forests OF
pine trees, where the process of
tapping is In operation. The next
city enrOute was Wilmington, N. c.,
a busy modern city, whose public
parks, and a fine cypress gar0en
we're built to solve its unemplOy-
ment problem long before the ROos-
evelt Administration was hit by the
same sort of an idea. Leaving Will
mingtOn by way Of the coastal
route III. S. III we often found our
selves on the shore and most always
the old ocean was just separated
from us by sand hiii or a clump Of
bushes or trees. Soon we we're en-
tering New Berne. a miniature
Charleston. Infinitely lovely and
sleepy, buried IN huge trees and
dreaming Of the dim past. Here we
stopped to eat dinner. Louise in
uuired for some acquaintances who (
left Milford some time ago to go to
this town 70 open business, but /
couldn't locate them. However, the
She found herself talk
ing with an officer who was once
Milford citizen, Mr.. Hugg. Leaving
New Berne we had 80 straight miles
Of uninterrupted highway. You don't
even see a tourist camp or a ham
burger hangOut. Let me warn you
after leaving Norfolk behind. you
are also leaving gas stations, eating
places and explicit road signs. You
simply must look to your gasoline
md food while in the towns and re-
that there IS not going to
De another gas station within the
lext few hundred yards. Towns are
'ather far apart and II you are Jnv
,ind who loves to nibble constantly,
'ou'd better keep the makings In
he car; also a vacuum bottle full
f some drink Still on this inter-
sting coastal route we crossed an
ther bridge for n change-oveT the
arge PamlicO River into the pretty
title city of Washington. Leaving
his city we come into a farming dis
rict, with unpainted old houses.
ach with its well swept yards and
arge we'll cultivated fields. The only
ds are those tackled against an oc-
ssiOn barn door As the local tax
n advertising Is so prohibitive as
} have practically wiped Il out Of
xistence. Coming in to Elizabeth
ity we passed Edenton on the way.
hich place is the peanut centre.
Te also were in the district Of
ridges and bridges. In Elizabeth
ity, however (the picture book
Dwn) and the first Of a series, all
raight out Of the pages Of a Civil
ar novel, we left along the road
ith water on both sides and fishing
,ats huddied along shore among
e trees: then suddenly you strike
ore bridges, only one (the Nor
a toll bridge. 5Ocl and
! Of them picturesque. We never
red Of marvelling at bridges and
lOd roads. We crossed the Norfolk
,rkley bridge TO Norfolk. Here we
ruck U. s. $50. We didn't spend
uoh time In Norfolk owing TO the
eaded snow and Ice storm, but one
uld find material OF interest TO
end several days taking in the
le trips around historic Norfolk.
lrfolk has Newport News. one Of
} worlds biggest shlpbuilding CEN
IS, at its door, also old Point
mfort and the fashionable and
ldern Virginia Beach. just a few
nutes' run out OF town as well as
great naval base But even II you
} too busy to see all Of these, you
luldn't miss the side trip to Will
Because Of the extraordi-
y charm Of williamsburg and the
, across the James River Bridge
tenn, a ticket costing S1.O0 passes
] over all three BRIDGES; the first
important; the second longer and
te dramatic; the third is exactly
/ miles long and breath taking.
} bridge is wide and the water
How, but one IS so close to Il
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