The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 18, 1972 Page: 8 of 36
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THE BELLAIRE TEXAN
Do you really want to get away
from it all? Have you always
dreamed of vacationing on an un-
spoiled Polynesian island0 Are
you a single gal looking for a va-
cation spot with at least as many
guys as gals? Or a single man
wishing the gals you’ll meet on
your vacation will share your in-
terest in scuba, snorkeling, sail-
ing and fishing? Are you honey-
mooners
ENJOY!
OCTOBERFEST
THURSDAYS
AT THE
FAIRFIELD INN
Treat the whole family to dinner at the fab-
ulous Fairfield Inn featuring festival foods
from the Old World during October. Succu-
lent meats prepared to perfection: hearty
vegetables and tantalizing desserts, all rem-
iniscent of the European gourmet chef.
Come join in the fun, food and excitement
during Octoberfest at the Fairfield. And, for
extra cheer . . . there’s FREE BEER!
Don't forget our Sunday brunch, an adventure
in eating, from 11 a—2:30 p.
MAWriott
2100 S BRAESWOOD AT GREENBRIAR
Wednesday, October I8, I972
mosphere and an unusual vaca-
tion experience. If your answer
is “yes” to any one of the above
questions, Club Mediterannee in
Tahiti might just be what you
want.
On the other hand, if you re
looking for plush hotels, break-
fast in bed, fine service and cu-
sine and sophisticated nightlife,
Club Med is definitely not for you.
And you are not for Club Med.
Instead you can look forward to
free snorkeling and scuba diving
lessons. . .one of the best cours-
es in the world I’m told. . .free
deep sea diving, glass bottom boat
rides, outrigger canoe expedi-
tions, shelling, sailing, picnics,
three meals a day of unlimited
hearty food and all the wine you
can drink, volley ball, yoga les-
sons, lectures, concerts, danc-
ing and well-done amateur shows
in the evening, and the cleanest,
freshest air and water you’ve
prdbably ever,iseen. And it is so
delightfully cool ithat you never
miss the air conditioning.
Club Mediterannee was found-
ed about 22 years ago by a Bel-
gian with a bright idea of how to
offer low cost "total” vacations
to his countrymen and their
neighbors. His idea became so
popular that now there are more
than 65 clubs all over the globe.
Still drawing most of their mem-
bers from the European countri-
es, the Club has also become
popular with Americans, especi-
ally in what is known to club of-
ficials as the “American Zone.”
The Clubs in Tahiti (one on Moo-
rea and one on Bora Bora) and
those on the Caribbean Islands of
Martinique and Guadeloupe, as
well as the more plush set-up in
Acapulco, are all “American
Zone.”
When the Club first expanded
into the American Zone it was
quite a problem to find enough
English-speaking personnel who
were skilled at scuba, yoga, etc.
as well as knowing the club’s
methods and atmosphere. Club
personnel are called “G.O.’s”
(or gentil organizers), just as
guests are called “G.M.’s” (or
gentile membres). One of the
first phrases taught the first G.O.
in the American Zone was “give
me your blue card”. ..this in or-
der to facilitate the matching of
luggage to the proper person and
his room. On one vacation, anew
arrival asked one of the G.O. s
where he might find the men's
room, and was promptly met with
the only phrase the G.O. knew:
“Where is your blue card?” Try-
ing again for understanding, he
was requested again to produce
his blue card. The guest rushed
back to the Club office and begged
them tosupply him with “thatblue
card I need to get into the men’s
room.”
Billings, second in command at
the Tahiti Club Mediterannee,
tells a story of his early days in
an American Club in the Carib-
bean, before his English improv-
ed to its present day charmingly
accented excellence, beading a
large contingent of G.M.’s on a
day’s outing, he encountered
some difficulty with a stubborn
bus driver, who insisted that he
could take exactly so many pas-
sengers and not a single one
more on his bus. Billings, know-
ing that he had a few extras, fi-
gured that if he fushed the load-
ing through, the driver wouldn’t
have time to count. So he rush-
ed up to the members waving his
arms and shouting “hurry,
hurry, all in the bus, hurry.”
When the bus arrived at the la-
goon where the boats were wait-
ing for the next stage of the jour-
ney, Billings again put on the rush
act, and upon arrival at the first
island was congratulating himself
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McKinney, Don & Pettigrew, Terrilee. The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 18, 1972, newspaper, October 18, 1972; Bellaire, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth567294/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.