Word: touristed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This entire controversy reminds one very much of the following story: The automobile of a tourist motoring through Poland became stalled; he sent to the nearest town for a mechanic. The latter, on arriving, looked over the engine, gave it one hit with his hammer, whereupon it functioned perfectly. In response to the query as to what was due him, he asked ten zloty, to which the motorist said: "Surely not ten zloty for giving the car one hit with the hammer!" "Oh, no!" replied the mechanic "one zloty for hitting the motor, and nine zloty for knowing where...
Chief significance of the Hoover blast was the fact that hotel men had made and distributed thousands of reprints of it. For today the 25-year-old tourist-camp industry is a big business which is a rival of small-town hotels. In 1935 tourist camps took in $24,300,000. California (No. 1 U. S. tourist-camp State with 1,440 camps) did almost $5,000,000 worth of business. Still small beside the $900,000,000 hotel industry, tourist camps have multiplied since 1935, have spread along all the nation's highways from West to East...
...Many tourist camps spring up around filling stations, are built by home labor. Of the "better variety" camp, the American Automobile Association recognizes only 9,600, approves of no more than 3,200 as "first-rate tourist stops." These Ritzes of the far-flung industry prefer the name motor court to tourist camp (auxiliary name: motel), cater only to bona fide tourists. Typical of them is Pines Camp Cottages and Trailer Court in the outskirts of Valdosta, Ga., on U. S. Highway No. 41, no miles north of Jacksonville. Started 15 years ago by a former carnival showman and amusement...
Ordinarily, Proprietor Aldrich, now 70, white-haired and robust, hangs out the "No Vacancy" sign before 9 p.m. each night during the Florida tourist season. His guests, middle-class Americans from all over the U. S., pay $1.50 to $3 for a cottage for two, $2.50 to $5 for a double cottage for four - in advance. Trailer fees are 50? for a plot and electricity. Meals at the restaurant, which features Southern fried chicken and pecan waffles, have a 75? top. Motor Courier Aldrich is proud of his big repeat business, says many a doctor, lawyer, U. S. Government worker...
...outside of many a U. S. community are tourist camps which fill up by 11 p.m., are deserted by 2 a.m. Recently Fulton County, Ga. clamped a stringent set of new regulations on its camps: strict adherence to sanitary ordinances, fingerprinting of all employes, detailed registration of all guests (including car & driver's licenses), no wine and beer licenses. Motor Courters at last week's convention urged all communities to enforce similar rules in order to help their young industry get and keep a better reputation...