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Jesus Marie Convent Hall, Woon ... A.M. 800 East Woonsocket School, Woonsocket .. 60
Friday, Feb. 7, 1936
Mt. St. Charles Auditorium, Woon- socket A.M. 300 St. Louis Hall, Woonsocket. P.M. 500
Monday, Feb. 10, 1936
Bushee School, No. Smithfield. 106
Union Village School 89
Slatersville School 250
Mansfield School
30
Forest Dale School
40
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No. of pupils
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1936
Waterford School, Blackstone. 20
Andrew School, Greenwood Road.
19
Thursday, Feb. 13, 1936
Saylesville School
A.M.
96
Saylesville School
.P.M.
101
Prospect Hill, Lonsdale, in John Mc-
Keown Post No. 31 Hall.
P.M.
Lincoln Memorial School.
Prospect Hill School
300
Thursday, Feb. 20, 1936
Holy Trinity, Central Falls.
A.M.
545
Notre Dame Girls' School, Prov ..
.P.M.
900
Monday, Feb. 24, 1936
Arlington School, Cranston (two show- ings) 368
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1936
Chester Barrows School.
54
Rhodes School
81
Norwood Grammar
500
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1936
Dutemple School
160
Eden Park School
118
Waterman School (2 shows)
120
Thursday, Feb. 27, 1936
Meshanticut Park School 130
Taunton School
206
Oaklawn School
66
Gladstone St. School.
44
Sanders School
P.M.
85
Friday, Feb. 28, 1936
Valentine Almy School 240
Valentine Almy School (2nd show) 250
Clarendon School 160
Highland Park School
110
Highland Park School (2nd show)
105
Tuesday, March 3, 1936
Fruit Hill School (2 shows)
345
St. Thomas School (1 show)
120
Wednesday, March 4, 1936
Central C. School and Brayton School . 307
Greystone (1 show) 132
Woodville W. School (2 shows)
300
Thursday, March 5, 1936
Presentation School
200
Marieville School (1st show)
210
Marieville School, higher grades
340
No. of pupils
Friday, March 6, 1936
Lymansville School
123
Lymansville School (2nd show)
136
Wednesday, March 11, 1936 Central Falls High, Broad St., Westside St., and Hunt St. 430
Friday, March 13, 1936
Central Falls High (Grades 3 and 4) from Broad St., Central, Hunt, Washington, Dexter, Kendall, Hed- ley, and West Side Grammar ...... P.M. 500
Central Falls High, Central Falls Junior
High School
.A.M.
500
Monday, March 16, 1936
Valley Falls, Clark St. School and St. Patrick's School $20
Mt. St. Rita's Convent, Diamond Hill ..
75
Tuesday, March 17, 1936
Edgemere School
A.M.
$4
Cumberland Hill
P.M.
132
Community School
P.M.
97
Wednesday, March 18, 1936
Garvin Memorial School 75
Berkeley School
14
Ashton School
89
Thursday, March 19, 1936
Cumberland High, Blackstone and Val- ley Falls Schools. 265
Central Grammar School at same school 250
Lincoln School
66
Lincoln School (2nd show)
67
Friday, March 20, 1936
Lincoln Community School
115
Quinnsville School
48
Monday, March 23, 1936
Sacred Heart School, Pawtucket ...
A.M.
650
Lady of Consolation.
P.M.
$75
Goff Junior High School
P.M.
600
Atwood School, Thornton
P.M.
600
Tuesday, March 24, 1936
St. Edward School, Pawtucket.
A.M.
325
Slater Junior High.
P.M.
Nathanael Greene Junior High
P.M.
350
Wednesday, March 25, 1936
Prospect St. School, Pawtucket
425
Grove St. School.
P.M.
375
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No. of pupils
Thursday, March 26, 1936
Fairlawn School
A.M.
175
Jenks Junior High (1st show)
P.M.
325
Jenks Junior High (2nd show)
P.M.
600
Cottage St. School (2 shows) 300
H. B. Bain School (WPA)
P.M.
32
Friday, March 27, 1936
J. C. Potter School
A.M.
500
St. John School.
P.M.
525
Monday, March 30, 1936
St. Ambrose and Albion Schools (Farm-
er's Hall, Albion)
.A.M.
225
St. James and Manville Schools, Church
Hall (Lincoln and Manville)
100
Wednesday, April 1, 1936
Warwick: Pawtuxet School (2 show- ings) A.M. 300
Spring Green
P.M.
84
Thursday, April 2, 1936
Lakewood Grammar School (3 shows) A.M. and P.M. 374
Friday, April 3, 1936
Conimicut School (3 shows), A.M.
and P.M.
327
Monday, April 6, 1936
Prov. St. Primary and Grammar Schools 600 W. Warwick Junior High, at W. War- wick Junior High P.M. 400
Tuesday, April 7, 1936
At W. Warwick: St. James School, A.M.
Odeon Hall, Natick
P.M.
375
St. John's and Christ the King
P.M.
800
Notre Dame School, Phenix
P.M.
3 87
Wednesday, April 8, 1936
East Greenwich Grammar
A.M.
175
East Greenwich Grammar
P. M.
200
Thursday, April 9, 1936
Frenchtown School .A.M.
E. Greenwich Grammar, 3rd, Kinder- garten School 115
E. Greenwich Grammar
120
E. Greenwich Grammar, high grades,
P.M.
175
Friday, April 10, 1936
Private School, Angell St.
..........
.A.M.
80
No. of pupils
Tuesday, April 14, 1936
Harmony School, Glocester.
.P.M.
. 100
Wednesday, April 15, 1936
Chepachet School, Glocester.
P.M.
175
Thursday, April 16, 1936
Baker School, W. Barrington
A.M.
200
Nayatt School, Nayatt.
A.M.
105
Hampden Meadow School
P.M.
78
H. B. Bain School.
48
Friday, April 17, 1936
Maple Ave. School, Barrington (1st
show)
150
Maple Ave. School, Barrington (2nd
show)
150
Peck Junior High, Barrington
P.M.
526
April 20, 1936
Windmill School, Warren
A.M.
47
Touisset School, Warren
21
1
April 21, 1936
Child St. School, Warren.
A.M.
150
Child St. School Warren
P.M.
128
April 22, 1936
H. B. Bain School, Cranston 47
Liberty School, Warren.
A.M.
175
Joyce St. School, Warren
P.M.
300
April 23, 1936
Aquidneck Grange, Middletown.
100
April 24, 1936
Nooseneck Hill
April 27, 1936
Bristol Junior High (1st show)
.... A.M.
220
Bristol Junior High (2nd show)
340
Byfield School in Reynolds School Hall
400
April 28, 1936
Reynolds School
A.M.
460
Whallin, Oliver and Burton Schools,
A.M.
350
St. Mary's School
P.M.
160
April 30, 1936
Graniteville School
A.M.
250
H. B. Bain Schoel
45
Tuesday, May 5, 1936
Wakefield Grammar (1st show) .... A.M.
250
Wakefield Grammar (2nd show) .... P.M.
250
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No. of pupils
Wednesday, May 6, 1936
So. Kingston High School. 350
Peace Dale Grammar School
350
Friday, May 8, 1936
WEST GREENWICH: Plain St. School,
Sharpe St. Annex, Kitts Corner
School, Nooseneck School, Hitty Corner School, Greenwich Baptist Church 225
Monday, May 11, 1936
Richmond School, Hope Valley.
... A.M.
350
Charlestown School
P.M.
200
Tuesday, May 12, 1936
Hope Valley
Grammar,
Rockville
Grammar
A.M.
200
Hope Valley Grammar.
P.M.
100
Hope Valley Junior High
200
Wednesday, May 13, 1936
Ashaway School (3 shows) A.M .- P.M. 375
Thursday, May 14, 1936
Anthony School, Quidnick Primary,
Quidnick Grammar
400
Harris Heights Grammar.
158
Night Show, Works Progress Admins ...
65
Friday, May 15, 1936
Washington School, Reid School .... P.M. 175
Washington and Spring Lake Schools.
....
150
Coventry Center School
P.M.
72
Sunday, May 17, 1936
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
A.M.
67
Monday, May 18, 1936
Greene School, Rice City School.
A.M.
40
Summit School, Bald Hill School ...
.. P.M.
34
Tuesday, May 19, 1936
Coventry High School.
A.M.
350
Wednesday, May 20, 1936
Hartford Ave. School, Franklin School
and invited friends.
A.M. 250
Thursday, May 21, 1936
W. Warwick Junior High School, Har-
ris and Phenix School
A.M.
67 5
Arctic School, Centerville School and
Crompton School
P.M.
775
Friday, May 22, 1936
St. Mary's Polish Church, Coventry
....
350
No. of pupils
Monday, May 26, 1936
Simmonsville School (1st show)
P.M.
75
Tuesday, May 27, 1936
E. Providence Junior High
A.M.
SSO
E. Providence Junior High
P.M.
$75
Wednesday, May 28, 1936
Riverside: Platt St. School, East St.
School, Turner Ave. School, showing
at Junior High Hall
A.M.
650
Riverside Junior High
P.M.
500
Thursday, May 29, 1936
Sacred Heart School, E. Prov.
A.M.
75
Union Primary, Lewiston
Grammar,
Roger Williams
P.M.
500
Friday, May 30, 1936
EAST PROVIDENCE: A. P. Hoyt School, Potter St. and Bridgwich St. School, A.M. 600
Warren Ave., Kent Heights, Tristem-
Grove Ave., Broadway, Central Jun-
ior High School
P.M.
450
Bliss School
350
Monday, June 1, 1936
WOODLAWN: South Woodlawn School,
Pidge Ave. School.
A.M. 450
Tuesday, June 2, 1936
PROVIDENCE: Portuguese Chapel .... P.M.
48
Wednesday, June 3, 1936
WARWICK: Conimicut Grammar.
A.M.
62
Hoxsie School
65
Hoxsie School
P.M.
75
Thursday, June 4, 1936
WARWICK: Warwick Grammar
A.M.
175
Bayside School
150
Oakland Beach
P.M.
200
Friday, June 5, 1936
Oakland Beach School
P.M.
213
Monday, June 8, 1936
WEST WARWICK: Apponaug Grammar
School
A.M.
150
Pontiac Grammar School
P.M.
110
Tuesday, June 9, 1936
Lincoln Park Grammar School
A.M.
23
St. Paul School
P.M.
SOS
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No. of pupils
Wednesday, June 10, 1936
Cowesett Grammar School.
A.M.
60
St. Joseph's Parochial School
P.M.
600
Thursday, June 11, 1936
NORWOOD: Norwood School
A.M.
114
Norwood School (2nd show)
P.M.
143
Friday, June 12, 1936
TIVERTON: Fort Barton
A.M.
118
Nonquit School
P.M.
109
Monday, June 15, 1936
TIVERTON: Bay View and Lincoln
Schools
A.M.
140
Barker School
P.M.
98
Tuesday, June 16, 1936
NORTH TIVERTON: No. Gardner School, A.M.
160
Ranger and Commodore Perry School ..
175
Wednesday, June 17, 1936
No. TIVERTON: Ranger School.
..... A.M.
175
Thursday, June 18, 1936
WOONSOCKET:
Holy Family School,
P.M. 650
Friday, June 19, 1936
LITTLE COMPTON: J. Wilbur School, A.M. 350
Monday, June 22, 1936
NEWPORT: Mercy Home and School
68
September 8, 1936
Greenville Grange, 9 P.M.
September 23, 1936 Cleary School, 75 John St., at 1 o'clock 507 Woonsocket Community Center, Nat'l Youth Administration, at 8 P.M ...
October 2, 1936
Riverside Branch, Providence Boys'
Club, 7:30
October 5, 1936
Nat'l Youth Administration, Tate Hall, Dyer Ave. and Cranston St., at 8 P.M. I. C. I. Hall, Immaculate Conception Parish, Palmer and Walling Streets, 2
October 6, 1936
Tyler School, Point St., at 9 A.M.
796
Apponaug Catholic Church, 7:30
No. of pupils
October 7, 1936
Blessed Sacrament Church, Academy
Ave., basement, 1:30
811
October 8, 1936
Blessed Sacrament Church, Academy
Ave., basement, 1:30
811
October 9, 1936
Riverside Branch, Providence Boys'
Club, 7:30
October 16, 1936
Riverside Branch, Providence Boys'
Club, 7:30
October 22, 1936 Hope Street Congregational Church
October 23, 1936
East Providence Boys' Club
17 5
Riverside Boys' Club
200
October 26, 1936
Arnold Street School, Providence
175
Benefit Street School, Providence
210
October 27, 1936
Friendship Street School, Providence ....
160
Montague School, Providence
12$
October 28, 1936
Riverside Boys' Club.
200
East Providence Boys' Club
235
October 29, 1936
Ralph Street School, Providence.
300
October 30, 1936
Rochambeau School, Providence.
160
November 4, 1936
Alfred Williams School, Johnston
300
International Institute
40
November 5, 1936
International Institute, Providence.
40
November 9, 1936
St. Pius School, Providence.
400
November 10, 1936
St. Raymond's School, Providence
500
Elmhurst Academy, Providence.
90
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No. of pupils
No. of pupils
November 12, 1936
November 17, 1936
Our Lady of Lourdes, Providence 400
November 13, 1936
Mapleville School 126
Nasonville School 210
East Providence Boys' Club. 175
Riverside Boys' Club. 160
St. Teresa's School, Pope St., Providence 350
November 16, 1936
St. Charles School, Harrison Ave .. 800
St. Anne's School, Branch Ave .. 375
St. Andrews Industrial School, Barring- ton 76
Holy Name School, Mt. Hope Ave., Providence 47 5
The picture had previously been shown by the Providence School Department in Providence schools requesting it.
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St. Aloysius' Home, Providence. Sacred Heart School, Woonsocket. 450
November 19, 1936
St. Patrick's School, Smith St .. 650
November 20, 1936
St. Francis Orphanage, Providence ... 150
Information
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THE LOG CABIN INFORMATION BOOTHS
NE of the most colorful features of the Tercentenary and one whose influence was far reaching and will be found lasting, was the log cabin information booths located at strategic points on main travelled roads. There were eight of these cabins, built in the style of the earliest Colonial homes, with weathered logs and shingled roofs. They were manned by a selected, specially trained group of WPA workers, many of them from the teacher's group and were kept open ten hours a day, seven days a week, from June 24 to October 1.
During that period of fourteen weeks they supplied maps, information and Rhode Island literature to motorists from every State in the Union with the exception of Idaho and Nevada and registered callers from Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Rumania, Poland, Spain, China, Panama, South Africa, Denmark, Italy, the Canal Zone, Hawaii, Cuba and Honduras in Central America.
The information included not only road directions for Rhode Island, New England and the Eastern United States, but also details of Rhode Island's historic and scenic attractions, the pro- gram of Tercentenary events and exhibits, lists and schedules of amusements. Their attendants were practical guides on what to see, when and how to see it. In cabins located in or near thickly settled communities-as that on Broadway, in Pawtucket-they gave a varied neighborhood service epitomized by one woman in the plaintive query "Where are we going to get information after the cabins close?"
She had decided to move while her son was away, on his vacation and had told him to call at the cabin on his return, to learn where his new home was.
The cabins were 10 by 12 feet in size, with a door of broad boards, a wide information window on each side closed by board shutters meeting in the centre and with a small, glass-sashed window in the rear wall. The rafters were of logs, the sides of half-logs that appeared whole. The floor was of wide boards, the
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hardware of wrought iron. The logs were peeled and treated with zinc chloride forced by pressure into the wood, a process which weathered them and ensure a life of at least 30 years in the State parks and forests where they were removed after their service for the Tercentenary.
For like every other major expenditure by the State Ter- centenary Commission, they were planned for continued service long after this anniversary has become but a memory.
This zinc chloride treatment was responsible for the opening of the cabins three weeks after the date originally selected. The process is a patented one and is performed at a mill on the banks of the Merrimac in New Hampshire. On the day before the logs were to be shipped to Rhode Island, the river rose in the great flood caused by the spring rains in Northern New England and carried them away. It was necessary to prepare another lot of logs-and meanwhile the men and women who were being trained to service them continued to go to school in Providence, continued to study maps and Rhode Island history to prepare themselves for the flood of queries they must answer from visitors.
The cabins were built at the Beach Pond Camp of the Civilian Conservation Corps with the cooperation of the National Park Service and under direction of Col. Thomas J. Hill Peirce, Chief of the Division of Forests, Parks and Parkways, of the State Department of Agriculture and Conservation. They were hauled on a large trailer, to sites where they served the main highways most used by motorists entering the State from Massachusetts or Connecticut.
These sites were:
Route 1, Dixon House Square, Westerly, on the main route from New York.
This site was later sold by the owners and in mid-September the booth was moved to a small park near the Pawcatuck bridge, owned by the State through the Division of Roads and Bridges.
Route 1, Broadway, Pawtucket, at Barton street, near the Massachusetts State line, covering travel from Boston and North- eastern New England.
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Routes 1A and 6, on the south side of the square at the easterly end of Washington Bridge, in East Providence, covering the Walpole and Norwood route from Boston and the roads to Cape Cod, Taunton, Brockton, Boston and Middleboro, Massachusetts,
Route 146 at the junction of Louisquisset Pike and Park Avenue, Woonsocket, covering the Uxbridge, Worcester and Springfield roads.
Route 44, Chepachet Village next to Chepachet Public Library, for the Putnam and Springfield routes.
Routes 6 and 101, at junction of the Danielson and old Hart- ford Pikes, North Scituate for Danielson, Willimantic and Hart- ford, the Hartford Pike - Route 101 - and by communicating roads to the Putnam Pike-Route 44-and the network of roads running up into central Massachusetts.
Route 3, the Nooseneck Hill road south of Route 102, the Pine Hill Road, at Dawley Park on the Richmond-Exeter town line, to serve Norwich, New London, Plainfield and connecting roads to the east.
Routes 1C and 2, at the junction of the New London Turn- pike and Oaklawn Avenue, at the foot of Reservoir Avenue at Bald Hill in Cranston, for roads entering from the Pawtuxet Valley and Eastern Connecticut.
Many of these locations were on privately owned land, whose owners gave its use rent-free, during the Tercentenary. The Pawtucket cabin occupied the lawn of the rectory of the Church of Our Lady of Compassion, the nearest available site to the State line, where work on a new bridge was expected to begin during the Tercentenary. The Woonsocket cabin was placed on land owned by the diocese of Rhode Island, of the Roman Catholic Church-the only open space at this junction of main roads from the north.
The Chepachet cabin was on the land of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Sayles.
The Westerly cabin was on land long vacant, where a fill was needed. This fill was made by the Westerly Chamber of Commerce, which also at its own expense fitted the cabin with electric lights and had a pay telephone installed-the only one
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of the cabins with these conveniences. During its entire period of service this cabin, whose location made it a leader in impor- tance, had the benefit of the oversight of Mr. G. Benjamin Utter, President of the Westerly Chamber of Commerce at the time of its location. It was placed first of all and was ready for occupancy on May 4, the day the Tercentenary was officially opened by the State Commission.
The Westerly cabin was unique among the group in having three attendants instead of the two provided for each of the others and in the fact that all three were women. They were unusually efficient and throughout its service the cabin set a high standard in its operation.
This was also true of the Pawtucket and the East Providence cabins, which shared with Westerly the distinction of registering the largest number of callers. In this East Providence led with 3,425, followed by Westerly with 2576 and by Pawtucket with 1911. Woonsocket was next, although handicapped by work on removal of street car rails in front of it during a part of the busiest season.
From these cabins were distributed a large amount of litera- ture on Rhode Island and its attractions, including a variety furnished by local Chambers of Commerce as well as the Com- mission's publication, "Rhode Island's Historic Background", and the Tercentenary road map issued by the Division of Roads and Bridges with the Tercentenary Commission. For this literature, listed in Note A, the Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission makes grateful acknowledgment to the donors.
This literature was also supplied to the four additional sta- tions opened under town or city auspices as supplementary to the State booths and also manned by the WPA forces. These stations were:
The house on the Mall, Exchange Place, Providence, by the Providence Tercentenary Committee.
Route 1A at Rumford, for travel from Boston and north- eastern New England-Pawtucket and Newport Avenues. This was established by the East Providence committee of the Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Tercentenary Committee, Inc.
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Route 114, in the Town Hall at Warren, for Bristol and Newport travel via Mount Hope Bridge. This was a town established station.
Route 138, Gas House Hill, Tiverton, established by the town of Tiverton.
With the exception of the House on the Mall, none of these was in a separate building. The Providence and East Providence stations had a large number of callers.
They were serviced with literature and supplies from the office of the Tercentenary Commission at least once a week and during the busiest season and with the busiest of them for the entire period, twice a week or oftener, the distribution being made by another WPA worker whom the Commission paid for use of his automobile.
Each station was provided by the WPA with a first aid kit and by the Tercentenary Commission, with lists of tourist camps, hotels and inns, sailing time and fares on steamers leaving Rhode Island points, camps for boys and girls, ferry times and fares-in short, with answers to every question the visiting motorist was likely to ask.
The WPA force in the log cabins and in the other stations also had the benefit of supervision by a WPA inspector during the entire period they remained open. Previous to their opening, the guides were given a daily schooling at the Candace street branch of the Providence Public Library, where they were instructed by experts in the routing of motorists, were given lectures on Rhode Island history and were otherwise prepared for their coming tasks. Mr. J. Burleigh Cheney, then Rhode Island Administrator for the Works Progress Administration, took a keen personal interest in this cooperation by this Government agency and left nothing undone to ensure its entire success.
The thanks of the Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission are due to him for this and for his continued and earnest coopera- tion in every other activity in which his aid was asked. The pro- gram of the Tercentenary could not have been carried through without this aid.
The log cabin at Dawley Park, the Richmond-Exeter town line, was closed in mid-August, its situation in the middle of an
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open stretch on a road with high speed limits, detracting from its usefulness. The cabin at Chepachet and the station at North Tiverton, closed September 14. That at Warren was closed Sep- tember 10 and the town station at Rumford, September 14, it being evident that from various causes, their usefulness was limited. Some of these closings were due to the opening of the schools and the fact that the booth attendants were school teachers, whose replacement at that late period was impractical.
The booths at Westerly, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Bald Hill and East Providence, remained open to the end of the touring season, October first.
Throughout the summer, these log cabins attracted much attention and much favorable comment both from Rhode Islanders and from the visiting motorists serviced by them. They were given an ideal setting by Col. Thomas J. Hill Peirce, Chief of the Division of Forests, Parks and Parkways, to whom the Commission owes much and for whose efforts it extends its thanks. They were surrounded by shrubbery, planted by men of the division; and walks of field stone were laid to the information windows on either side of the cabins.
Beside each cabin was placed a rustic signpost of cedar, with a copy of the Tercentenary Commission's "Welcome to Historic Rhode Island" poster suspended in a rustic cedar frame from the cross bar. On either side of each cabin was one of the portals described under another heading and in front of each cabin was a flagpole of native cedar, on which was flown daily a regulation State flag. The cabins were unique and handsome, something to be remembered as a feature of a motor visit to historic Rhode Island during its Tercentenary.
They cost $243.72 each or $1949.76 for the eight, the entire cost being for materials, the labor being supplied by the Civilian Conservation Corps as a winter project for the Beach Pond Camp. At the close of the Tercentenary, in accordance with agreement at the time of their building, they were turned over to the Depart- ment of Forests, Parks and Parkways, for continued use during years to come, in State parks and forests, Furnishing and supplies $96.32 and servicing $175.25 made the total cost of the cabins and maintenance $2221.33.
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The total number of visitors to the booths and stations was for the 14 weeks, 21,334. Massachusetts led with 3921, followed by New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Canada, Illinois, California, Maine, New Hampshire, Maryland, and the District of Columbia in that order, the three last named being tied with 114 each. Vermont, Florida, Missouri, Virginia, Indiana, Texas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Delaware, North Carolina, Iowa, West Virginia, Georgia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Tennessee, Colorado, followed. The full list will be found on another page.
The smallest representation from any State was three regis- tered from New Mexico. California was well represented through- out the summer, this Pacific Coast State standing tenth in the number of visitors in the Tercentenary summer.
The total number of callers at booths and stations-21,334- was an average of 1523 weekly. August was the heaviest touring month, with the week ending August 29 leading with a registra- tion well over 2000 cars. The second heaviest week was that ending August 8, while the first week in September was little behind the figures of August. In the week of September 19 the figures dropped below 1000 for the first time since the first week in July.
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