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HA (it 4 • PLAINDEALERWEDNESDAY. MARCH 10. 197C New Pensacola, Gulf Coast Look Described • By Father William O. Manner, rector emeritus of Holy Comforter church, Episcopal, Kenilworth) During the war I had been stationed for two years at Eglin Air Force base. In those days it was the Proving (testing) Ground command. We were about fifty miles from Pen­ sacola and often went in to shop or on business but seldom did we have a chance to sightsee. We decided to take a day off from travel and see Pensacola. The city of 30,000 we knew, was now nearly 70,000. The old downtown area had lost its pep. Outlying shopping centers and malls have altered the town and spread it out. We used to have one large parish there. It is still there but there are five new parishes -Pensacola is growing every way. In the early days the city was highly important (I am thinking of the 1500's). It was the bastion of Spanish power before New Orleans for the Gulf Coast. The old town was con­ tained in what was less than a single square mile. This part of town had run down badly. People, businesses, churches moved out to a new part of town and left shipping and ship's suppliers on the old waterfront. We had built a new church uptown that predominated the main street (Polifax) but today it is lost amidst larger buildings. The old church is used by the Pensacola Historical society but is being returned to the parish as a mission church for the people moving back into the old area which is now being restored and reclaimed. One of these houses, the Dorothy Walton house, is today beautifully renewed. She had moved to Pensacola from Georgia in 1821. Her husband had been one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia. In the old Roman Catholic cemetery of St. Michaels* .which dates back to 1771, many of the epitaphs are in Spanish. The old Episcopal church had been consecrated by Bishop Jackson Kemper of Wisconsin in the 1840's. The Bishop had not spoken well of the community in his journal and I have a feeling that all is not yet forgiven. After all! how could ANYONE not approve of Pensacola? Many old homes and buildings are being restored as part of the city's celebration of Bicentennial of the United States. Seville Square in the older part of the city hosts a huge Art show each year and the Plaza of Ferdinance the VII, well kept, recalls earlier days. If you visit Pensacola and stop at the restoration area it is a rewarding reassurance of the importance of the early days of the Gulf Coast. Then it was thought of as being of the periferal West Indian centers There is another great side to Pensacola. It has always been a military bastion. Here is old Fort Barancas. It is a great naval station. It is here that all Navy flyers are trained. During the days of World War II Pensacola. Keesler field, Eglin field and Tyndall Air Force base turned all this gorgeous white sanded, sunny coast into one gigantic flying school. There was so much good weather to fly in you see. . In the Spanish days, the Civil War, (Pensacola never passed from Union Control) Pen­ sacola bay was ever a vital point for shipping. And so the point on which the Naval Flying school is situated and the tip of Santa Rosa island across the bay, (three to five miles) were ever fortified by the heaviest guns of the period. The en­ trance to the bay is narrow and if you control it, no one enters or leaves the harbor unless you say yes. Therefore Fort Pickens was built in 1834. Small light batteries were added in 1898 to control night movement of speeding torpedo boats. Huge coastal batteries, now casemated, boasting guns with a range of 17 miles to keep raiders away, were added in World War I when the forts were in charge of the Coast' Artillery, Idng since gone to join the cavalry and bows and arrows. About fourteen miles of Santa Rosa Island is kept as a natural seashore. It is a national project. Here the wild white dunes can still be seen. Here the Gulf, unpolluted, swishes beautiful shells up for the conchologist. Here the protected and threatened sea oats still grow in abundance. The sand is white as snow and "sings" when you walk on it. If you listen carefully you can hear the squeak of the sharp surfaces against each other* We found a little cemetery, lone and quiet, where it had been moved from the mainland when military construction overran it. There are huge, long needled, rough barked, sturdy pine. There are camping sites but fifteen glorious miles are "protected". The rest? High rises, motels, beach houses, housing developments, beer cans, old lunch refuse and the garbage of picnics and those too lowly IQ'ed to clean up after themselves. Go see the good things for yourself. You'll enjoy . Pen- sacoUi, the coast, the restorations and the clean air. p 1 | THEY SAY THE SPEAKER. CAN TAUC FOR HOURS' ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS. MV WIFE CATJ TALK HOURS WITHOUT A SUBJECT! m̂ "You Belong" Theme For Girl Scout Week '76 "You Belong" is the theme for Girl Scout week 1976. During March 7 through 13, over 8.000 girls and 2,000 adults in the Sybaquay council will be celebrating and observing the sixty-fourth anniversary of the founding of the organization. Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. is the largest voluntary organization for girls in the world. It has more than three million girls and women and men volunteers. To the Scouts themselves, "You Belong" means belonging to an informal educational and recreational organization that cares about people, promises to live up to certain standards and has fun. To others in„ a com­ munity, "You Belong" means participating or just being interested in Girl Scout ac­ tivities and encouraging Girl Scouting in any way. Girl Scouting is an organization that reaches out to individuals and groups as partners in the business of making a better world. The partnership between Girl Scouts and their community helps to ensure the success of service projects and also fosters a sense of unity that comes of shared responsibility in achieving shared goals. The U.S. has about one mile of improved highway for every square mile <5f territory -- about 3 million of each. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES ON SALE ITEMS BELL RINGERS or THf , WEEK L SALE BEER NOT ICED WINES AND LIQUORS 4610 W. RTE. 120 McHENRY, ILLINOIS PRICES EFFECTIVE MARCH 10 THRU MARCH 16 Dr. Pepper 1 8-16 OZ. BOTTLES Antique PLUS DEPOSIT Skol Vodka HALF GALLON Canadian Lord Calvert . _ _ $Q99 t-LLNDED WHISKEY FIFTH IMPERlAl W Johnny Walker Red Orange, Grape or Strawberry Crush 8 16 OZ. 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Robert Longo was master of ceremonies for the evening. McCullom Lake Pat Milbratz 344-1585 Little Miss McCullom Lake Contest Planned The village of McCullom lake is going to have a Little Miss McCullom Lake contest this year at the Easter program and all thy young ladies of the village are invited to par­ ticipate, that is all the four to eight year-olds and you must be these ages by April 17. Registration will be held from March 1 until April 1. Applications may be obtained at the office of the village clerk. Miss McCullom Lake , will be asked to represent the village at different functions of the year. BEACH GALS The Beach Gals meeting was held on March 3, the meeting was short. The plans for the children's Easter Egg Hunt and their Penny carnival were discussed, and the coming riance which will be held in May. The meeting was closed and refreshments were served and the girls played some bingo. The big winners were Lolly and Phyllis. The next regular meeting is set for April 7. The Beach Gals social night will be held on March 24, and all the ladies of the village are invited to attend. The social night will be held at the village hall. There will be refresh­ ments served, games, and a good time ^vill b§ had by everyone. So^'don't forget, ladies, the date is March 24 and the time will be 7:30 p.m. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION Lisa Marie Martini was a very happy young lady on Feb. 29 when she made her First Holy Communion. Also very proud of their daughter were Cindy and Sergio Martini, and her brother Tony. Among her friends and relatives were her grandmother, Jenny Ferrara of McHenry, her cousin, Arthur Ferrara and his future wife, Mary Lou from New Jersey. There were about twelve children from McHenry and Evanston. Among the children were the Rowe children, An­ drea and Jacques and the Reagen children, Pattie and Michael. 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