Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-24
The Travellers Notebook
Winter Residents Arriving at St. Petersburg;
Maryland Noted for Its Many COLONEL Churches;
White Mountain Resorts Enjoying Lote Season

Winter residents Of st. Peters,
burg, Fla. have arrived In consid-
cradle numbers to enter their chill
dren in the city's famous open-air
schools-public, private and paro-
chial-which recently began their
fall semesters
Virtually every school in st.
Petersburg is built on the sun
shine PLAN" with all classroms
opening onto outdoor courts, insur-
ing q maximum Of fresh air and
sunlight through the fall and winter
months.
st. Petersburg Junior College
opened for registration last week on
its new 25-acre tract, offering the
first two years Of collegiate course,
with its credits acceptable by the
foremost colleges and universities
of the Nation. The Junior College
possesses one Of the most modern
educational buildings in the South
and is noted for its well-equipped
library and laboratories.
With q permanent resident popu-
lation of more than 10000, st.
Petersburg has advanced beyond the
seasonal stage Of its growth, having
just experienced q summer almost
as active as the winter season.
Practically all Of the citys 100
hotels and 1900 apartment houses
are available to winter residents
The de luxe seasonal hotels, Vinoy
Park and Soreno. which were &C.
cupied by military trainees the past
two winters. will be opened to civil
ians in December
The historic Ormond Beach Hotel
Ormond, of the Flagler system. pio-
neer in the operation of resort
hostelries in Florida, will open for
the winter season on January 5
The Ormond again will be under
the management of Peter P. Schutt
formerly of the Casa Marina at
Key West, which is occupied by the
United States Navy.
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Maryland is famous for its colonial
churches which voiced New World
religious freedom, the federation
Act" passed by the Maryland Gen.
eral Assembly In 1649, and associa-
tons sacred with our national life,
the American Express Travel Bureau
points out in its series on American
shrines.
From st. Marys City, where the
statue Freedom of Conscience"
symbolizes the order of Lord Balti-
more's Freedom of Worship"
Mafyland's historic churches are
standing landmarks Of early Amer
lea. At Annapolis, where the famous
chapel of the United States Naval
Academy contains the crypt of John
Paul Jones, is st. Anne's Church,
built In 1859 on the site Of the
original church of 1899. The church
contains the silver communion, pre-
sented by King William III to its
founders in 1895. Beautiful old
Trinity Church, near Cambridge,
built in 1880, typifles the churches
Of early England and contains the
treasured red cushion given by
Queen Anne on which she knelt at
her coronation.
At Chaptico is Christ Church,
which represents the original parish
churches Of Maryland, designed by
Sir Christopher Wren, architect of
st. Pauls Cathedral in London. I'm
manuel Episcopal Church, near
Cnestertown, built in 17l3, was the
first Episcopal clergy to withdraw
from the Church of England, during
the American Revolution.
At Talbot, on Chesapeake Bay, the
old Friends Meeting House, built in
1884 is said to be the oldest frame
building dedicated to religious
worship in America. Frederick, of
many historical associations, pre-
serves three celebrated churches
) All Saints Church, built in 1918
where Francis Scott Key worshiped
; Trinity Chapel, built in 1853, and the
Evangelical Reform Church, where
"Stonewall" Jackson attended serv.
ices in 1862
Mount Zion contains two venerable
churches-St. Inigoes Church at st
Inigoes is the Oldest Catholic church
OF the State retained by the origins
Jesuit Order. Trinity Church OF st
Marys City contains the altar anc
communion rail made from the wooc
of the historic mulberry tree.
Some 600 persons from the noun
! tain areas of eight States took par
in the folk festival and annua
mountain dance which closed yes
terday in Asheville, N. c., after thre,
days Of fun-making.
This festival, said to be the oldes