Evening star., 1943-12-19

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posts personnel, Atlantic City is
prepared to welcome hundreds of
relatives and friends of servicemen
stationed at the resort during the
Christmas holidays.
Located in the city are a Coast
Guard base and Coast Guard train
ing school, an Army general hos
pital, Air Forces redistribution
center and a naval air station and
there will be thousands of men in
uniform who will be visited. Hotels
report heavy reservations for the
Christmas-to-New Year period.
Hotel Claridge will pay special
honor to officers stationed at At
lantic City with an open house"
for the men and their wives in
Cambridge Hall Christmas after
noon.
The Defense Service Council again
Will stage a mammoth Christmas
party for enlisted personnel in the
ballroom of Convention Hall. Last
year, when the resort was training
center, some $4,000 attended. This
year. with a far smaller number to
entertain, the attendance is not ex-
pected to exceed 5000.
All of the beachfront hotels will
have special holiday features with
number of the larger avenue houses
following suit. In all, more than a
choice hundred hotels now are
available for civilian patrons. only
eight being occupied by the Army
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Some idea of the load which
troop transportation puts on the
railroads may be cleaned from the
record of kitchen -commissary car
No. 1906 of the Canadian National
Railways. During a period of II
days the car travelled 9,092 miles,
6,745 of which were in service for
troop movements, the balance being
"deadhead" mileage when the car
was being sent on other assign
ments. Starting at Montreal,
Quebec, the car went to the east
coast, then swung west to VAN
'couver, British Columbia, and east
bound, completed a trip from VIM
nepeg, Manitoba, to Debert, Nova
Scotia. During the period 16,o6S
meals were served to army men, re-
quiring 7,434 pounds of assorted
meats, 1,405 three-pound loaves of
bread, 700 pounds of butter, 100
pounds of coffee, IS pounds of tea
and 225 gallons of milk.
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A program for the pleasure of all
ages is planned for the holiday sea-
son at Pinehurst, N. c., and the con-
venience of being just overnight
from New York and Washington is
another reason why all five hotels
report heavy bookings.
An open golf tournament for hotel
guests and cottagers and chipshot
contest is scheduled at this "golfng
capital" the seventh annual mid
winter horse show takes place in
the Carolina Hotel Riding Ring on
December 81, there will be two polo
games during the holidays, Christ
mas and New Year eve dance and
two childrens parties.
The Pinehurst horse show will
have eight classes and bring together
the equestrian group of the Sand
hills, where riding and driving hold
a close second place to golf. Events
will be open jumping, pair jumping,
Workmanship, Is years of age or
under; horsemanship, lady riders;
best pair, best bride path hacks,
lightweight hunters over the outside
course, middleWeight and heavy
hunters over the same course.
The Yule season in Mexico, which
began last week and closes on jan
uary 6, is marked by the exchange
of presents in remembrance of the
Magi and their gifts to the Christ
Child. Blended with curious, yet
touching harmony, are the symbols
and ceremonies of Christianity and
agent paganism. All Mexicans love
pageantry and festive observances,
and crowd into this season every
sort of gayety.
Although these weeks present
every sort of attraction, from re-
ligiouS rites to rodeos and bullfghts.
there are two traditional expressions
about which the tourist should know
One is the poSada and the other the
Naclmiento. These are family affairs,