Evening star., 1937-06-13
Resorts
Found Near
Washington
M O untain and Sea
Play Places
Opened.
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News, Portsmouth and Cape Henry
At Virginia Beach the Cavalier
Beach Club has spent $4,000 on i'm
provements during the past season.
including new seawall costing S10,-
600, new $4,000 dance floor, and new
cabanas, the latest in style and ap-
pointment, costing $500.
The club, located at the Cavalier
Hotel, has many prominent Washing
tonlans among its Summer members
It's formal opening was held May 90
Johnny Long and his 12-piece artist
radio ensemble. all Duke University
graduates of 1884, are furnishing TIE
music at the club this season. Sing
ers, dancers and other artists are on
the clubs show program.
A shoreline drive links Virginia
Beach with Ocean View, skirting first
the Atlantic, then rounding the broad
curve OF Cape Henry, with its two
lighthouses, old and new, passing bv
the newly created Seashore State
Park and paralleling the South Ches-
apeake shore.
virginia Beach's permanent popu-
latlon OF less than 1000 jumped to
summer proportions Of approximately
3o,0oO the first of June with the open-
ing OF the resort season. The beach
opened this year with approximately
sl'ooo,ooO in new improvements, in
cIuolng one new hotel, two enlarged
peach clubs and the expansion of more
IMAM 20 cottages and hotels. More
tilah oo new private cottages were
completed during the last - months
Firing of the big guns protecting the
entrance to Chesapeake Bay, from
Fort story, near Virginia Beach, is one
OF the June features of the resort sea-
son. The resort is usually CAV with
the presence Of military and naval Of
ncers and their families who are as
signed to the area for the various mil
ltary, naval and air activities which
are continuous Summer feature. Re-
turn OF many guard units from Vir-
glnla, Maryland and the District of
Columbia, and the heavy training
schedules of Fort Monroe and Langley
Field, general headquarters OF the U.
S. Army Air Service, are among the
spectacular features scheduled this
Summer.
FISHING has contributed greatly to
Ocean Views reputation, with
spot, croakers, hog fish, salmon, trout,
nounder, sheepshead and many other
varieties In its waters. There also is
a big amusement park at this resort,
Virginia Beach and Old Point Com
Tort both claim wide variety of
sports, including yachting, aquaplan-
ing, salt water bathing and pool SWIM
ming, golf, tennis, horseback riding
and fishing.
One of Virvinia Beach's greatest
claims to resort fame is its 2-nile-lone
boardwalk. The resort has two salt
water pools and many casinos and
amusement parks. Aquaplaning and
surtboat riding are growing in popu-
larity
The picturesque sand dunes at Cape
Henry and in the Virginia Seashore
state Park attract many of the visitors
VINO are interested in natural phe-
nomena. Some Of the dunes reach a
height OF SO feet and fall off sharply
to dense forests with matted under
growth.
cape Henry famous for its old light
house, is where the first permanent
English settlers in America flrst landed
IN this country-April 26, 1607-be-
fore proceeding to jamestown where
they established the first permanent
settlement in America.
Today, Cape Henry is one of the
most important points Of military
strategy on the coast. Fort Story. an
example Of the latest idea in coast de-
fense forti1cation, is the key to the
entire system Of defense for Chesa-
peake Bay, the back door to the large
Eastern industrial centers-and Wash
ington.
At Old Points Chamberlin Hotel,
there Is a new salt water swimming
pool and beach club on the shores Of
the bay between the hotel and the
waterfront. They were formally opened
this month. A complete schedule Of
aquatic events has been arranged un-
der direction Of Harry Cochrane,
swimming director. On top of the Cham
berlin is new yacht room and marine
roof.
Both the Cavalier at Virginia Beach
and the Chamberlin, the Virginia sea-