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widely varied, so they suit any financial tastes. In some ways, the
area is not unlike the Poconos, for it is in the hardwoods forest,
with blazing fall colors, with mountain-top vistas, the beauty of
serene lakes, and many fine restaurants. All this, and it is only
around three to four hours by car (AMTRAK also available) from New
York City, and four or five hours away from Boston or Montreal!
Out on the Pacific Coast, we have been forced to lose Squaw
Valley for this year, and perhaps two or more years in the future.
(You probably heard in the news of the disastrous accident aboard
one of the big trams taking skiers up the slopes. These big cable
cars are the identical ones that have conveyed hundreds and hundreds
of Church brethren and their children to the soaring heights
overlooking Blythe Arena. And the car involved in the accident was
makinq its last trip of the season when the accident occurred!
That means the next trip that car would have made, had we been
attending the Feast there this year, would have been during the
Feast of Tabernacles, loaded with our own people!)
As a result, we have settled on FRESNO, California. A recent
article in the Worldwide News has described, in copy and pictures,
the many attractions of this centrally-located city in California's
rich San Joaquin Valley. Brethren assigned to this Feast site will
be surprised at the many beautiful attractions of the area. It's
only a matter of an hour's drive to see the giant sequoias; some of
the world's oldest living things; the gigantic trees of the Sierras.
General Sherman, the largest, must have been a little sapling only
a few years after Noah's flood! Its trunk is about 36 feet through,
and the first limb is about six feet through! There is enough board
feet of lumber in the General Sherman tree to construct 40 five-room
homes! The beautiful Yosemite National Park is only about an hour
and forty-five minutes away. Much nearer, of course, are several
lakes with their resorts and outdoor facilities.
We are including with this letter your Festival Application.
Please begin thinking about your Festival plans immediately, and
return the appropriate forms as soon as possible! This will help
greatly in allowing our work load (it is immense) to be spread out
over the summer months, rather than the last-minute logjam of
thousands of late applications.
Here are some important items to remember:
1) HAWAII is very limited in size, and the auditorium is so
small that it is quite possible any people who try to
"make their own arrangements" will be unable to attend
any services! We will have to issue "auditorium passes"
this year to insure those who transfer to Hawaii through
the Festival Office will have seating!
2) PASADENA IS NOT A FESTIVAL SITE this year. Only a skeleton
crew of those absolutely required employees will be in
Pasadena, and we will, as in past years, make sure they
attend at least half of the Feast in either Fresno or
Tucson.
3) TWO "ASL" FEAST SITES this year for the deaf! American