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RESERVATIONS: We have been unable to get our housing
districts built in time for this Festival, and therefore we are not
taking reservations this year. Nearly everybody will have to find
their own reservations at cabins, auto courts or motels along the
highway, or at hotels in Longview (20 miles away) or the hotel in
Big Sandy or hotel or cabins at Gilmer, 15 miles north, or at
Tyler, 30 miles south. All of the cabins on the highway at the
entrance to our grounds are already reserved, and all the rooms at
the Resmore Court in Gladewater are already reserved. It may be
very difficult for many to find vacancies, since we expect between
700 and 1,000 people. I would advise that you write, telegraph, or
telephone some motel or auto court between the Tabernacle and Long-
view immediately for reservations, because if you wait until you
arrive on the afternoon of the 23rd, you may have to hunt a long
time and drive many miles before you find a vacancy---but I am
sure that everyone will be able to find a place to stay, provided
you arrive in the early afternoon and keep driving until you find
a place. If you wish to wire or write ahead for reservation, go to
some of the filling stations in your neighborhood and ask for their
motor court directories for Highway $80 in Texas. I am sure many
of the oil companies publish these directories---and if not, they
can tell you where to get one. Do not write to us or the Hammers
for auto court reservations.
THOSE WITHOUT CARS: If you are coming by train or by bus,
and will be afoot without a car after you arrive, BE SURE to write
a letter or post card advising us of this, and telling how many in
your party. Send this letter to The RADIO CHURCH OF GOD, Post
Office Box #453, Gladewater, Texas. We are going to make every
effort to provide some kind of make-shift housing on the Tabernacle
grounds for those who do not have cars. It may be a tent, or a
trailer-house---whatever we are able to get---and I cannot promise
you we will be able to get anything at all, but Mr. Roy Hammer and
his son Buck Hammer are going to try. Even if you are coming with-
out a car, I still advise telephoning long distance or telegraphing
to a motel or a hotel for a reservation, in order to be SURE of a
place to stay at night. We will try to provide regular bus service
of our own between the Tabernacle grounds and Longview, and also
between the Tabernacle grounds and Big Sandy. CAUTION: Do not
depend on finding housing on the Tabernacle grounds---we will do
our best to provide something, but can not promise anything, and at
best will be able to provide housing for ONLY A FEW. We will just
have to rough it the best way we can this year, and without
grumbling.
COST OF TRANSPORTATION: Some have written to ask us this
question. Go to your local bus depot, or railroad depot ticket
office, and ask them to provide you with this information. Or, if
you are driving, you can figure for yourself what it will cost you.
We have no way of figuring this for you. As to cost of motels or
auto courts, we cannot quote figures. There are some very deluxe
motels on both sides of Longview on Highway #80, and two or three
down at Tyler, about 30 miles south. These cost more of course.
Also there are cheaper cabins up and down the highway---not nearly
so nice, of course,---and others in between---all prices, depending
on how modern and nice they are.