Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
Skyland Sojourners
Favored During Week
By Charming Weather
Conditions / d e al Which
Assured Success of Huge
Barbecue - Noteworthy
Social Entertainment
Scheduled.

SKYLAND, Va, August S.-The
wonderful weather prevailing at Sky
land through July, and now continuing
into this month, gave renewed zeSt to
the happy life of the place during this
week. Especially was 1t an important
factor in the unbOunded success OF the
first big barbecue of the season, given
by the owner, Mr.. George Freeman
Pollock, for the entire personnel Of the
combined camp and ranch. The event
took place as usual at Crescent Rock,
an enormous rocky peak topping Cres-
cent Mountain, three miles from the
Skyland camp. Some hiked 1t, some
took the long trail around on horseback
and others made the shorter, but none
the less picturesque trip In carriages
over a more direct mountain road.
Taking the lead of all went two large
Army wagons, carrying supply OF pro-
type and abundance, with the big field
ranges on which they were to be cooked
at the picnic grounds, and served hot
from the fire.
And most important of all in the
unanimous opinion of the rest Of the
procession went that eminent Washing
ton diagnoStician, DIR. Roy Lyman Sex
ton, who declares unoficially the right
of every man to ride hobby and has
teur photography. This he exercised
on the present occasion in taking a
wonderfully interesting and graphic
movie of the whole show. Beginning
with the preparations of the bountiful
dinner served at 2:30 o'clock he secured
q seductive object lesson on the gentle
art of housewifery in the open. showing
the cooks in their SpotleSS white uni
forms functioning at the field ranges
to produce sure nuff" Coney Island
clam Showder, Skyland fried chicken.
Old Virginia roast ham, delicious corn
from the ranch fields. boiled on the ear
in the great pots, in which it would be
handed around later; Mrs. Pete Shuler's
best French" fried potatoes; famous
Ernest" Koontz" cole slaw; Mr.. Pol
lock, king of the feast, buttering hot
biscuits as fast as they could be drawn
from the oven, down to the tasteful ar
rangements of their accompanying frills.
the general accompaniment OF cold
orangeade and hot coffee, and the final
send-off of ice cream and cake.
Mountain "HOedOwn"
Features Program.
OF four from a large assortment of
mountaineers in the background gave
an exhibition of mountain hoedown
dancing, led by "Old Timer" Jim
Broyles. During the serving Of dinner
Clarence Whitley, colored, sang a num-
Der of genuine old-time plantation songs
to guitar accompaniment OF all of
these different features Of the composite
entertainment DR.. Sexton obtained ex-
cellent views, as well as of the forty or
more saddle horses lined at dinner"
along the road to the cliff.
Among those at the barbecue were
Mrs George Freeman Pollock, Mrs. Roy
Lyman Sexton, Mrs. George H. Judd,
Miss Margaret WinShip, Miss Temple
Perry, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin W. Spalding,
Miss Nancy Spalding, Miss Mary Scott
Skinker, Mr.. James Pennington, Miss
Virginia Pennington, Mrs. George r.
Forbes, Miss Punka Forbes, Miss Mary
Vietch White, DR.. William G.. Schaf-
hirt, Mr.. A. w. Davidson and family,
Miss Phoebe Fleming, Mr.. Harrison
Dyer, Mr.. Wallace Dyer, Miss Alice v.
Morris, Mrs. s. j. Irwin, DR.. and Mrs.
W. S. Benedict and son, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. E. Burlington, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Dutton and Miss Grace Dutton, Mrs.
Lawrence Hurdle Mr.. and Mrs. John
Huiess, Miss Genevieve Huiess. Mr.. Carl
Hauf, and the Misses Marie and Daisy
Irwin from Washington; Mrs. Charles
j. Hepburn, Mr.. Charles j. Hepburn,
jr, Mr.. W. A. Henry and Mr.. L. H.
allen, who were the house guests
OF Mr.. Charles j. Hepburn, IT,, over
the week end; Miss Allinda Orrell,
Miss Marguerite Haubert, Miss Rebecca
Sadler, DR.. Frank A. Dunn and Lieut..
Harold G. Lacey and Mrs. Crawford,
all from Philadelphia; Mrs. Rowland
Thomas CT Baltimore, who had as her
personal guests at the picnic Mrs.
Harry w. Hunter and Miss Elizabeth
Hull of Baltimore and Mrs. Sherman
Leavitt of Chicago, Miss Sarah Harri-
son Powell and DR.. A. A. Silver, also
from Baltimore; Mrs. Edward GrasSelli
of Cleveland; Mr.. and Mrs. 3. Joseph
Brandenberg Miss Brandenberg. Master
David Brandenberg, Miss Mary DAILY,
Miss Marta Sandberg, Miss Marie
Smyth, Miss Elsie Clinton and Mr..
Arthur Brown of New York; Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Lockwood of Norfolk; Miss
Dorothy Tucker of Petersburg, Va, and
Miss Mary Hammond of Pittsburgh.
The evening preceding the picnic at
Crescent Rock, DR.. Sexton gave most
interesting lecture on the Shenandoah
National Park, illustrated by moving
pictures taken by himself. showing
different phases of its beautiful scenery,
various forms of recreation and pic
lures of several distinguished Virginians
in the saddle on inspection trips