The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1958-09-06
JACKSON SOCIAL
VIEWS
By SARAH McNEAMER HARVEY
By SARAH McNEAMER HARVEY

breakfast the next morning,
came the real thrill of land
on foreign soil and
watching the Coin Divers
native boys, born-to-the-sea
divers 60 down into the water
to bring up the penny, nickel
and most times larger coins
that had been tossed from the
ships deck. On a trip such as
ours, the boat is locked in
the heart of Nassau, at the
foot of Bay Street and though
the ship is your home during
the three days, you are always
free to go into the colorful
capital of Nassau to visit the
shops along Bay Street; the
open-air straw markets where
the natives are at work max
ing bags, hats, and other staw
articles for sale Our par
ty, made up of my Dallas,
Texas Sorors, Odessa Garland
(our new Director of the
Southwestern Region), Vivian
Reece, Allyne Morris, George
Battle and sometimes our son,
was most fortunate in securing
the services of a most excel
lent guide, young native,
JOHNNIE r. JOHNSON, who
owned his own taxi and who
did everything possible to
make our visit to the island
a memorable one We
know that by putting our
selves into the capable care
of Mr.. Johnson, our party was
able to see much of the island
that the other tourists didn't
see Johnnie, not only
showed us sections of the city
not included on the planned
tours, but provided us with
choice reservations where we
could enjoy to the fullest the
after dark entertainment
where the pace was set by the
bongo drums and the dance
and songs Of the native enter
tainers.
IF YOU GO TO NASSAU,
don't fail to see: THE GOV
EMINENT HOUSE - the resi-
dence of Governors of BAHIA
mas that was occupied from
1910 to 1915 by the Duke and
Duchess of Windsor; BLACK
Boards TOWER, said to
have been built by Blackboard
the pirate; THE QUEENS
STAIRCASE, sc steps at the
end of Union Street, carved
out of the solid rock by slave
labor, they lead to Fort Fin
castle built in 1889 by Lord
D u n m Or e; FORT CHAR
LOTTE, largest of the existing
forts in Nassau, completed in
1879, hewn from solid rock
by slave labor we were
impressed with its many SUBJ
terranean passages and shock
ed at its torture dungeons that
showed how prisoners and
spys were punished
We visited the BENEDIC-
TINE MONASTERY OF ST.
AUGUSTINE OF CANTER-
BURY, where in addition to
the usual vows taken by the
monks the Order lays particu-
lar stress upon hospitality and
education Started 70
years ago, the Monastery now
has a school with 100 boys.
ranging from IL years to 18
and staff of 9 Fathers, two
Brothers and one Brother Nov
Ice, presided over by the Prior,
Father Frederic Frey, o. S. B.
Visitors of all religious
persuaSiOnS are welcomed at
the Monastery. +. We visited
the WATER TOWER where
we were taken in an elevator
to the top where you have a
fine panoramic view of the
entire island. We visited the
ARDASTRA GARDENS, where
we saw so Flamingoes the
national bird of the Bahamas)
who had been trained to obey
commands in a parade routine
this was truly wonderful
We visited the PIRATES
DEN, where we saw Sweet
Richard do the Limbo - the
CAT & FIDDLE to see top
flight entertainers do the au-
thentic Goombay, Limbo, Jun
kanoo and the sizzling Afro
Bahaman Firedance our
son visited the world famed
PARADISE BEACH We
spent all day Saturday and
most of Sunday, on the Is
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