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=riday, May 28, 1
is th 24 individual motels, Ocean hores now
e largest resort complex anywhere on the
aeific Northwest ocean coast, travel agents report.
The motels offer a full range of accommodations,
or couple, families or large convention groups, in aH
rice levels. Prices start as low as $8 per couple, and
ange tLp to $35 to $45 a day for plush apartment
nits.
Most prices are in the $14-$18 range, in summer.
In all, the motels 'have more than 400 rooms of
ecommodations. More than half are directly on the
dge of the beach.
The resort sends a complete motel rate sheet, with
escriptions of the accommodations, and full color
ictures, free to any potential visitor.
Requests for the rate sheet should be mailed to
cean Shores Motels, Ocean Shores, Wash
Ocean Shores should become another "boating
manza" within not more than three years, marina
lgineers predict, adding one more interesting place
r owners of trailered craft to visit.
Construction of the first phase of the new marina
mplex, at the south end of the Ocean Shores penin-
la, is under way now.
A little more than five years ago a lonely cattle
nch, covering a six mile long peninsula separating
ays ttarbor from the Pacific Ocean.
Now the resort proudly advertises "61 Kinds of
m", and sends out lists to prove it.
="the first day we got here and saw this place,"
nembers William R. MacPherson, treasurer of Ocean
ores Estates, Inc., "we knew it vas something pe-
.L We all got together and decided we would pro-
le enottgh facilities to make it a prime vacation spot
anybody, no matter what he liked to do."
l?o the tourist, it appears that Ocean Shores has
m working overtime---at making good that idea. But
re is more to come.
"We have just finished making an agreement with
; state to open up a 700-acre public hunting area
Ocean Shores 'Clam Capital'
OCEAN SHORES IS "CLAM CAPITAL"That's the title claimed by Ocean Shores, gorbeous new
resort development on Washington coast, near Grays Harbor. Here Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Naylor, Olym-
pla, clean a limit catch of succulent razor clams.
on he south end of the property, mostly for water
fowl," says Glen Coming, Bellingham logging contrac-
tor and general manager of the resort.
"Our future plans include another par3 18-hole golf
course in the south end, and the planting of--we hope
--about 1,000,000 rainbow trout in our 10 miles of
freshwater canals."
This month Ocean Shores is beginning construction
of the first stage of a marina, where the canals enter
Grays Haxbor, which will include launching ramps, boat
services, and a fishing base.
This year, vith an average of 20 minus tides-each
month during the summer, razor clam digging will
(Ocean Shores News Bureau Photo)
veekend, several thousand diggers will throng the
six miles of beach at Ocean Shores.
They will dig to the accompaniment of various
buzzes and putt-putts from up in the dunes, as dune-
buggy and trail-scooter devotees have a ball.
A travel editor from an Eastern newspaper, after
touring Ocean Shores recently, remarked to his guide:
"I this place is only five years old, how come there
are so many things to do? Most resorts have golf, OR
fishing, OR beaches, OR hunting. You have them all."
The guide replied: "We 'had an awful lot to start
with."
That's surely one of the secrets of the remarkable
4>e at its best in a decade. Normally,-on a good clam growth of Ocean Shores.
KINDS O
0
CEAI, I HORE.S
Yes, lovers of fine things (like sand) it's all too really true! Ocean Shores IS a fantastic resort, both relaxing
and exciting, because here you can enjoy ALL these things: (*)
Clamming Salmon fishing Surf fishing Bass fishing Crabbing Golfing Horseback riding Bowling Tennis Softball Swimming Hiking
Beachcombing Agate hunting Dune buggies Trail scooters Picnics Hayrides Boating Steelheading Poker playing Mushroom hunting Wild
strawberry picking Bird watching Photography Horseshoes Waterskiing Dining Dancing Cocktails - Sports car racing - Auto-crossing Sailing
Scuba diving Surfing Pypo-boarding Glass ball hunting Raccoon-hunting Duck hunting Pheasant hunting Shopping Skate-boarding Drift-
wood-hunting Driftwood arranging Painting Canoeing Outdoor barbecues ° Sunbathing Helicopter rides ° Motorcycling Go-Karts Billiards Surf
wading Indian museum Salmonberry picking Sturgeon fishing Oyster picking Nature walks Trout fishing Foldboating Appletree climbing"
*(And more)..
For your own personal list of Ocean Shores' 61 Kinds of Fun, and for motel rate information, write:
Ocean Shores Reservations, Ocean Shores, Wash. or Telephone Ocean Shores 5252
