Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-22

Thirty boys. members of the choir OF
st. Marks Episcopal Church, are en-
toying life at Camp De Offeo. Cornfield
Harbor, Md. where they are indulging
in fishing and grabbing as well as in
athletic sports of all kinds. Henry P.
Blair, who each year makes the camp
ing possible and exercises a personal
supervision over the camps affairs, was
unble to accompany the boys and par
ticipate in the opening exercises this
year. He had several of the older boys
do the experimenting. however, and
shortly after the campers got things in
running order each of them mailed Mr..
Blair letter.
What the boys had to say was of deep
interest to the recipient of the big
| morning mail. containing information of
the minutest details of camp life. in
GLIDING accounts of catches of fish and
crabs. The crab feasts on the shore
are very much enjoyed by the boys.
And the absence of sharks from that
locality remarked an angler who re-
turned from there a few days ago,
makes the ba thing absolutely safe"
While no sharks have been sighted
near Cornfield Harbor this season. it is
stated. anglers have landed number
of sheephead. ]. 3. Raleigh. pilot of
the Firefighter, spent several days at
Ridge, near the camp. with his family,
and while there he participated in the
fishing game every day.
Trout were not very plentiful when
I left there" said the pilot, but all
other varieties of fish that are found
there were much in evidence"
Raleigh succeeded in landing several
large sheephead. a sport that is of
more than ordinary interest to anglers
tor 6ch In
And the waters about Cornield
Harbor and across on the Virginia side
of the river" said Raleigh. have also
furnished the exciting sport"
Included in Raleigh's catch last week
were numerous large spots and perch
croakers and a variety of small fish.
Mr. and Mrs E p HazIeton, H H
Hanback, and Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Wiss-
man. with Edward Wissman, motored
. to Rock point Saturday, and in the
| afternoon spent several hours on the
fishing grounds. When they returned
to shore large string of fish had been
| landed
The party went to the grounds with
| Capt. Guy Barber in his motor boat
and they reached the place for flood
: cellent luck. Mr.. Hazleton is a week
end visitor to the resort throughout
the season and it is not often he misses
making good catch.
representative and Mrs. Gordon Lee
of Georgia escorted a party to Rock
point Sunday for dinner. and incl
dentally arranged for several fishing
trips in the near future.
Walter Williams. George West. Clar-
; ence West. Will Jackson, Howard
Wells and Clayton Jones. who went to
outing. sent word to their friends in
the city that they are catching many
fish. When last heard from, the party
was In the vicinity of ST. Patrick s
creek. just off Blackstone Island. Sew
eral of their friends, including John 3.
| Swami. Tracy Weston and Guy Craig.
are planning to join them the early
part of the week.
s. C. Graham, assistant attorney gen.
eral. and w. w. Flanagan arrived at
Rock point by boat Saturday evening
and fshed with good luck. taking two
large baskets of fish home with them.
>, Thew had many rock. large perch
trout and hardheads in the baskets
A number of local anglers who had
planned trips on the upper Potomac
early this week were disappointed when
they learned that the water was too
muddy for fishing. Reports, however.
have been received that the water is
. clearing. and unless there are more
heavy rains up in the mountains. it is
expected the fish will be running soon
again.
John Shear. p H. Davis, P w Brooks
and several others spent the. week end
at Rock point. They got out on the
fishing grounds early Sunday morning
and returned with many perch
Reports of large catches of fish at
colonial Beach have been received here.
Ralph T. Edmonston of the Semmes
Motor Company. who is spending his
vacation at the resort has been one OF
the successful anglers there On a re-
cent trip to the fishing grounds Mr..
Edmonston landed large string of
fish. On last Friday he was accom-
panied by two woman friends. who
demonstrated their knowledge of an
made to the Beach several hundred
members of the finny tribe were in the
, boat.
Crabs are reported to be quite plen-
/ tiful at Chesapeake Beach. Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Goldsmith and Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Kloczewski were among those
+, who brought home a large catch of
crabs SUNDAY. They caught the she'll
fish from the steamboat pier
Bert Daniels, William Kane, Edward
Hughes and Capt Walter Swami are on
| ten-day fishing trip to the lower Po-
) tomac The fishermen left Washing
ton Tuesday morning, and. having
heard that many fish are being caught
near Blackstone Island, decided to go
there and try their luck.
F. ]. OCallahan and his son made a
successful fishing trip to the vicinity
of the Highway bridge Sunday They
1 were not on the water long, but when
they returned to shore thirty rock and
? number OF perch were on the string
One OF the biggest catches of fish al
E ROCK Point this season was made Mon
day morning by several Washington
E ians who motored to the resort early
in the morning. Those in the party
were Earle Smith, Elmer Jordan, Der,
Wheeler and Wayde Rabbit
The fishermen encountered periodical
showers on the way to the fishing
shore. but they say their enthusia sn
: was not dampened and by the time
! they reached the fishing grounds the
weather had cleared. The fishermen
soon had their lines over and 1t was
4 but a short time before members OF
: tlae hnny tribe were being hauled into
: tae boat. When the Waltonites decided
lthey had ntAAn a good DAYS snort nj