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.. piney PAradise; RA?eubd
4--Glle-,2,ttliational Bank Ating as trustee
. 11. arid attending to 814tribqtion of
CY£€t. 1,: I orders,
**f&%*2 4 : ' Miss McLane begins her book
ihI*07 1With a quotation from the Del
¥45%4,3.. 4 Monte Wave of 1886, and we think
R*Nt ,24 1, .d sufficient interest to re-
7*5/, f i peat ib the Diary of today.
1 #Le . · "Out of the old historic Mon-
' 44;*·'. 1. terey on the road that Skirts the
,· ··4,9-F . · rocky cliffs•and sandy beaches
094:-h stretching along the bay lives
'acific Grove.
4: "Around you is a forest of pine.
here are gravel roads that lead
' ou on its thoroughfares; there
re woodland trails that track its
lazas.
"The coast is brokeh and pie-
9 ·, f i turesque; sandy beaches lie scat-
,F .· ?·D tered below as you wander along
X, - the cliffs; and as your eye rests
4* ! upon the glassy waters, it is more
2*·h , suggestive of a . placid lake
than a part of the great ocean
<.,3 1 so full of strong and majestic
97?· 7 i ' power; and as you stand on the
9,4, 1, I · sands and look away over its
3 ··' 1 blue waters, the breakers roll
71 1 1 softly at your feet and in lan-
, ., guage of beautiful·interpretation
express their name as they bring
you peace." A bit flowery but
nevertheless true.
***
6 Miss McLane states also on the
6 7. 1 4 MEst page of chapter one that
. ·'4 1 1 ?'Pacific Grove is because Mon-
2Sr , terey was." During those early
4--=fiears gqttlements sprang up be-
4. ts*A#· ... cause of\local economic and so-
H' · ' , cial needs. But not Pacific Grove.
7 4 Its object was fundimentally re-
... C
< 0 . ts ligious' and its motto "Dedicated
-/.et : ..iQ-God-11
:3 5 - --
'Rk
.... r.,
4*410*4f.:Re'.. '
The chhpter relates that the book is appalling and can only be 1 'urv...0 6/ fu
city was established as a project appreciated by another author or
of· the Methodist Christian Sea- by Miss MeLane herself. The ,
side Retreat and several quota- stories are all fascinating and 1
tions from the first minute books well told, the documentary facts q
of that organization (1873) prove are written in a manner that 1
the statement.
holds interest because it is not ,
Succeeding chapters deqI fur- presented as dry Anaterial-it is
ther with the origin of Pacific alive with human interest and
Grove, old Chinatown, the old deals with folks we all know, have
town and the new, the old homes, known or know from their work
governrnent, unforgettables, tales and hfe in Pacific Grove,
of fact and fiction, trails, streets "A Piney Paradise" is cer-
and ·roads; chautauqua, museum tain to,find a place in most of i
and library, her churches, first the private libraries in this part 1
call fire ddpartment and mar- of California and will serve as a I
shals; the Hopkins Marine Sta- delightful gift'from local residents
Non and a delightful conclusion. to both former and prospecUve
Miss McLane has sense of residents. The reproductions of · 1
humor. For instance, she writes, old photographs alone make the
the Seaside Drug Store was a book worth owning and musing
pl,ce where you "would always, over.
find a large and select stock of - - --- - -
pure drugs and chemicals, pat-
ent medicines, chest protectors."
' 1
The Pacific Grove Improve-
ment Company set sections apart
for business property with cer-
tain restriction, wrote Miss Mc-
Lane and the "request that the
use of tobacco in any form shall
not be allowed to be sold." Soon
there were under way six new
buildings "where one mi,ht buy
so much or so little as he chose
of any article usually found in
other towns-except intoxicatilig
drinks." '
In her paragraphs on the phy-
sicians which Pacific Grove has
welcomed and loved through the
years, there is much of interest I
and good-natured humor. The
mussel bakes on the beaches,
berry picking parties, hikes to
the big tree at Seaside and picnics
on the sand dunes are all delight-
fully described by Miss MeLane.
Then there is the tale of hay
rides as told to the author by
Col. William McC. Chapman, in
which Winifred Tuttle Beaumont
played a part.
The tremendous amount of re-
search and writing and rewriting
that must. have gone into the
j\
4. 5/4 ' ... ...1 2,1--<4Al,·
:.
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3¢nihstua Diary ' 9 6-1 c pgv, .f'„- it 1 -lu.2 -'
1
.. piney PAradise; RA?eubd
4--Glle-,2,ttliational Bank Ating as trustee
. 11. arid attending to 814tribqtion of
CY£€t. 1,: I orders,
**f&%*2 4 : ' Miss McLane begins her book
ihI*07 1With a quotation from the Del
¥45%4,3.. 4 Monte Wave of 1886, and we think
R*Nt ,24 1, .d sufficient interest to re-
7*5/, f i peat ib the Diary of today.
1 #Le . · "Out of the old historic Mon-
' 44;*·'. 1. terey on the road that Skirts the
,· ··4,9-F . · rocky cliffs•and sandy beaches
094:-h stretching along the bay lives
'acific Grove.
4: "Around you is a forest of pine.
here are gravel roads that lead
' ou on its thoroughfares; there
re woodland trails that track its
lazas.
"The coast is brokeh and pie-
9 ·, f i turesque; sandy beaches lie scat-
,F .· ?·D tered below as you wander along
X, - the cliffs; and as your eye rests
4* ! upon the glassy waters, it is more
2*·h , suggestive of a . placid lake
than a part of the great ocean
<.,3 1 so full of strong and majestic
97?· 7 i ' power; and as you stand on the
9,4, 1, I · sands and look away over its
3 ··' 1 blue waters, the breakers roll
71 1 1 softly at your feet and in lan-
, ., guage of beautiful·interpretation
express their name as they bring
you peace." A bit flowery but
nevertheless true.
***
6 Miss McLane states also on the
6 7. 1 4 MEst page of chapter one that
. ·'4 1 1 ?'Pacific Grove is because Mon-
2Sr , terey was." During those early
4--=fiears gqttlements sprang up be-
4. ts*A#· ... cause of\local economic and so-
H' · ' , cial needs. But not Pacific Grove.
7 4 Its object was fundimentally re-
... C
< 0 . ts ligious' and its motto "Dedicated
-/.et : ..iQ-God-11
:3 5 - --
'Rk
.... r.,
4*410*4f.:Re'.. '
The chhpter relates that the book is appalling and can only be 1 'urv...0 6/ fu
city was established as a project appreciated by another author or
of· the Methodist Christian Sea- by Miss MeLane herself. The ,
side Retreat and several quota- stories are all fascinating and 1
tions from the first minute books well told, the documentary facts q
of that organization (1873) prove are written in a manner that 1
the statement.
holds interest because it is not ,
Succeeding chapters deqI fur- presented as dry Anaterial-it is
ther with the origin of Pacific alive with human interest and
Grove, old Chinatown, the old deals with folks we all know, have
town and the new, the old homes, known or know from their work
governrnent, unforgettables, tales and hfe in Pacific Grove,
of fact and fiction, trails, streets "A Piney Paradise" is cer-
and ·roads; chautauqua, museum tain to,find a place in most of i
and library, her churches, first the private libraries in this part 1
call fire ddpartment and mar- of California and will serve as a I
shals; the Hopkins Marine Sta- delightful gift'from local residents
Non and a delightful conclusion. to both former and prospecUve
Miss McLane has sense of residents. The reproductions of · 1
humor. For instance, she writes, old photographs alone make the
the Seaside Drug Store was a book worth owning and musing
pl,ce where you "would always, over.
find a large and select stock of - - --- - -
pure drugs and chemicals, pat-
ent medicines, chest protectors."
' 1
The Pacific Grove Improve-
ment Company set sections apart
for business property with cer-
tain restriction, wrote Miss Mc-
Lane and the "request that the
use of tobacco in any form shall
not be allowed to be sold." Soon
there were under way six new
buildings "where one mi,ht buy
so much or so little as he chose
of any article usually found in
other towns-except intoxicatilig
drinks." '
In her paragraphs on the phy-
sicians which Pacific Grove has
welcomed and loved through the
years, there is much of interest I
and good-natured humor. The
mussel bakes on the beaches,
berry picking parties, hikes to
the big tree at Seaside and picnics
on the sand dunes are all delight-
fully described by Miss MeLane.
Then there is the tale of hay
rides as told to the author by
Col. William McC. Chapman, in
which Winifred Tuttle Beaumont
played a part.
The tremendous amount of re-
search and writing and rewriting
that must. have gone into the
j\
4. 5/4 ' ... ...1 2,1--<4Al,·
:.
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