Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1949 — Page 30

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Slash Rates to At

: . us Trips By NOBLE REED A WEEE .Once regarded as thé play- § v 4 } aid Tours ground of the rich, Florida now. _ = = wy * Hotel Ji ~~ {is rapidly becoming the land of PR Ts orels \ the lower income vacationers, too napolis Greyhound|._for economic reasons.

* Traction er qocated In Ihe <The first time In more than a ere a variety of campact expense. | decade the “take” at the resorts is = tours which Include trans- coming down this year—5 to 10 portation, hotel accommodations Per cent cuts in the hotel rates all and sightseeing trips en route. (the way down—from the luxury

is < 14 Florida |#pots to the tourist cabins. <r BO a io re- | And’ during the off-season, fies on both the west and Spring, summer and fall, “bargain «+ ealt coasts of the Surishine State; rates” are being offered in a Fior- . in the Miami-Miami ida-wide campaign to attract the

; Boat aren and an excursion to|/medium-income tourists, i West. An 11 tour to k= How Cuba, in i stopovers Hotels and Rates fis «mB aswell. co. Even the luxury resorts are .

As 1Tday tour of Callfornia isang in line. Some of the andithe Rockies takes the trav- wie the minimum rates - ale the romantic south-|... g35.5.day during the winter welty the Grand Can-| ... "season, are offering $7 to on; and him: over the 10-a-d accommodations, for = trail of the 40%ers, via Salt Lake $10-a-day I a City and Omaha, on the home- the Spring, sume . Journey. For foreign flavor, | And if you don’t mind living a there is a 17-day Mexico City tour; couple of blocks away from the embracing the tourist highlights seashore, you'll find quarters $3, of the land south of the border, $4, and $5 a day with food prices Other timely {tems Include an|to match. sight ay wun at Siojonial sl It's all apart of an all-out a a memorable vis min ashington, D. C., and a six-day drive ‘lor a new progra

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land “to fit any budget,” as the Florida All tour details are arranged NeW Florida slogan goes. » A “in advance by‘ Greyhound High- | In this, the Florida State Gov-|the “fairyland” for vacationers ocean.

. ernment has joined the Staté of all income brackets, | per tN : ~=====| The reason is admitted trankly| Offer Underwater Show

the whole economy of Florida

Hotel Association torine life can be seen close up as

Coast. y PA business. A fa) Bh A d Y) s ——-e and editors, - tour of Florida resorts by the ¥

¥ hotel association, that more than

on a C&S all-expense air cruise

for a full week of romance, travel 4 from tourists—about $800 mil-| adventure, and fun-in the sun! [top a year,

Your one low package to $1 billion by making this) low |sunny southland available to low-| price includes:

lincome tourists,” he said. * Round trip by air from your home |,x,ry city * Ground #r

| footloose, is preening for winter and

atmosphere has been

meals * Stopover privileges en route °r program for the people. or x he doar, Ametic lhe odit now, pay later, |‘amaging recession. for the re- ; Susy or 90 at sorts, hotel men admit, Enjoy a fabulous vacation of thrilling memories | In Cuba's summery, sea-breesy winter play- [A Land of Fun land. Delight in old-world scenes, quaint | shops, historic - cathedrals. Enjoy swimming, | sports, joi elal games, rhumba, fomous

Phone Ticket Office: 6 £ Market S¢. (Where In the north-—a way of life | elbow-rubbing neighbor. FR-1584 |— — — — == == == = *{tallored to “carefree play, fishing! The traditional Carnival of

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Nobody around Florida resorts arrival of His Majesty,

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West on the Gulf coast to the the thrill and verve of a French

derdale, Hollywood, Palm Beach, strain on family purse-strings. Delray” Beach, Cocoa, Daytona | — —— Sumy r Beach, St. Augustine and Ponte

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elties, - These include fresh oysters barcued in the shell and just out {of - the sea; “hush puppies”; {French-fried turtle steak and even {rattlesnake meat.

[of swamps, white sand, scrub pine | [trees and sea waed with tropical] {jungles stretching through the interior, |

I'Magic Carpet’ Spots

Out of these dense forests have Not to mention, of course, a {been carved what the

b v y call the score or more of tropical fish | ‘magic carpet” spots—little fairy- never served in Northern cities.

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{ings glistening in the hot sun. more afe yours | - Of course, there are vast areas [through the interior devoted en-| tirely to orange, grapefruit’ and {tangerine groves of deep gree: {trees loaded with fruit. | They boast around Florida of uighta vee Svalieq anywhere! After sizzling over| —— | Besides th ni be. {the charcoals 10 or 15 minutes, | i 8 the scenic beauties, they nq shells pop open and they are| {refer to the famous Marine i served as is, in the shell. Quite Studios near St. Augustine on the 4 delicacy | |East Coast where you can sit com- |, 5 ' | fortably and safely on a stool and| Hush Puppy Seed | watch through a glass porthole! Floridians have their fun with| all the antics of a huge man-eat- | Northern visitors in serving “hush| ing shark only a few inches from |Puppies.” They look something {your nose. These along with 2800 | like French-fried shrimps. After| = 4 — [taking a bite, you know they're {not sea food. : { | So the natives offer visitors] some “hush puppy” seed-to take| {back home and grow ‘em in their! gardens. / ) But further investigation re-| |veals they are merly a concoction | of corn meal and ground onions! rolled and dropped into deep fat! for cooking. They'll fool you at| first, | Turtle steak is served at many | resorts; but it's a little rubbery to! (chew. There's a pleasant flavor, | however. | Usually when a Florida chef! wants 1o-serve, rattlesnake meat he lists it on the menu by some other name, then tells the customers after they've finished what they have eaten. ’ Some diners are appreciative of the stunt and others seem to re- - sent it, But it's all part of Florida's carefree, make believe life for fun and pleasure,

Green Turfle Soup Takes Special Breed

Times Special [= KEY WEST, Fla. Dec. 3—Moat | ‘of the green: turtle squp-bffered. in | restaurants as a defféncy is made 4 from a special breed of turtle scooped out of the Gulf stream { here. l Most of the turtles used for the | soup ingredients average more than three feet in diameter and) are fast swimmers in the sea but| {slow getting around om land. [*- The. turtle business is only a| small part of the big fishing in-| dustry which keeps about every-| body in the city busy the. year

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t Lakeland, Fla., is water skiing that provides some thrills for the participants as well as the spectators. Here one bathing girl is making the high jump over the water chute while her companion glides on the surface 3 behind a speeding motorboat.

tour of New Orleans and the Guif Fiorida—a year-around vacation- Chamber of Commerce and thelother strange specimens of Wn (hathing. girs sud boys performh make America’s tropical peninsulaithey live at the bottom of the low the surface. | At Cypress Gardens, south of Orlando, they display rare tropi‘cal plants, flowers and frees from Also Jllver Springs, near Or- all parts of the world, along with Is keyed directly to the tourist lando, unfolds the magic of sub-'a water ski show of spectacular . marine life and rainbow-colored proportions, f Gov, Warren Fuller recently rocks 81 feet beneath the surface . Almost anvthing you're looking told a group of northern writers from glass-bottom boats. They'll for in the way of tropical life and being taken on a put on an underwater show with sunshine, you'll ind in Florida.

“And we're -going to raise that Another Big Winter Season

The French Riviera, favorite all-year-round playground of the the customary influx of sun| tionists, ’ { Cannes, Nice, Menton, to name the better known, have always sportation * toned {been cities with a keen eye for pleasing the visitor. The 1949-50! Choice of finest hotel pers * All oh Jown Tor the Bick bream! schedule of events just released by the French National Tourist

Living costs in Nice, Cannes and | According to the program an-|Other big Cote d’Azur cities range (nounced, more than one hundred between $1 {varied events, including Christ- de luxe accommodations for one. f {mas celebrations, music festivals These figures include hotel acThey're working the psycholog- and golf ‘and tennis tournaments,| commodations and exceilent ical angles, too. Almost anywhere will occur between December and meals served in typical French spots—a cavalcade of delight. For information in ‘Florida you'll find a way of May on the Cote d’Azur and in style. The Riviera is famous for "see your travel agent—come In, call or write. [life much different than any-|the Principality of Monaco, its|its superb seafood and other re- | gional delicacies. In the Riviera hills, and not too | Nice will begin on Feb. 9 with the distant from the Mediterranean, King there are .countless picturesque seems to be worrying about any- Carnival LXVI Then follow flow-| villages where the winter traveler thing nor is anyone rushing toler; confetti and plaster battles,ican live for as little as $5 a day | {Bet anywhere to do anything spe- brilliant galas apd fashion shows and enjoy the same special brand Leisure and fun are the and colorful Mardi Gras festivi-|of south of France sunshine and deliberately designed components ties. The Carnival of Nice will food. Cagnes, Grasse, Ville {close on Feb. 23 with a Grand|franche, Vence and Vallauris are . wr Everybody from Jacksonville to| Ball at the Mediterranee Palace among the many smaller villages *. a > Orlando (the city of 33 lakes entitled “A Night of Flowers.” |where Christmas to Easter vacaThis year, Americans planning tioning is highly agreeable but Lakeland, St. Petersburg and Key winter vacations can experience|low in cost. ¥

fabulous Miami Beach, Ft. Lau- Riviera stay without too much (= on vd Ready

—— . . B a Florida Serves For U. S. Skiers edra Beach on ast coast, | PVYES | Canada, winter host to thous{extend the glad hand of frivolous lands of U. 8. skiers, was never better prepared than this {for their arrival. { in the past few months mil-| ii 3 ie Ld in Resorts in Florida this winter : J Outside of the resorts, Florida are getting away from the beaten- Hows of dolla} have been invested : Is a vast wasteland f - Re Tor lie Spor. by 5 - {path on food with some rare nov hotel, chalet and lodge operators. | From the Laurentians to the] Rockies new sprung into being, and the estab-| lished ones have been materially | the Laurentians| alone about $3 million has been | spent on ski tows and trails, and, (, (there {lands of pink, white and pastel) At the Brevart Hotel in Cocoa attention paid to highways and

accommodation. shuffleboard. (Breen and orange-colored build-/g, the East Coast the chef takes Every oe Canadian ski cen-| ter has tows or a T-bar lift, pro-| | instructors, {becues several bushels of oysters shops and comfortable

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BILOXI . ..........$13.40 NEW ORLEANS . .... 14.55

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