Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-12

While 1t does take quite q BIT Of
money to operate q hunt. no per-
son who can qualify as being real
sportsman or woman is barred from
riding with Sedgefield. Nonmem-
Der visitors who qualify and wish
to ride are charged q cap fee Of
S. per hunt.
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More than 200 hunters came to
Hyde County, N. c., for the opening
last week OF the 1914 waterfowl
season at Lake Mattamuskeet, and
at least ITS Of them got their goose
limit, Oscar Chadwick, warden, re-
ported. Forty-two out Of A shoot
ing over the lake got their goose
limit. Some ducks were taken, but
Mr.. Chadwick reported few ducks
have come in so far.
There are more geese at Lake
Mattamuskeet than / have ever
seen." Mr.. Chadwick said. He esti-
mated between $4,000 and 10000
honkers were on hand.
Rupert West. district protector
at Moyock, said that despite blue
bird" weather, the hunters who shot
in the marshes got plenty Of ducks,
with many limit bags reported.
Hunters in the open had no luck,
he added.
Mr.. West also reported delay in
arrival of ducks, due to persistent
good weather. However, we have
plenty Of grass this year" he said,
land once the ducks pile in here,
they'll stay"
Redecorated and refurnished after
its recent occupation by hundreds of
WACS, the Sheraton-Plaza of Day.
tona Beach, Fla, will reopen for the
winter season on December 81, as
one Of Florida's most fashionable
ocean-front resort hotels.
The Sheraton Plaza, formerly
known as the Clarendon, is the
largest beach, front hotel on the
Florida coast north Of West Palm
Beach.
The huge property was acquired
early this year by the Sheraton
Corp. Of Boston, operator of many
well-known Northern hotels, which
also operates the Princess Issena, in
this city, one of Florida's oldest and
most famed resort hotels.
Manager of the Sheraton Plaza is
Harold r. Archer, formerly of Knox
vile.
A check of resorts from the Gulf
Coast to Florida estimates an ad-
vance clientele from 40 per cent to
SIS per cent above the November
normal.
The ODT has issued "a special
Florida warning" and points out the
critical overburdened railroad stu
alton and the patriotic duty of mo
pleasure travel" with a definite mo
relief trains to be available in bring
ing resorters home" To stem the
rising tide of migration, reported
from all Northern cities for the
Southland. the OPA will join the
ODT in declaring B and C cards
used for motor driving to winter
resorts strict violation of ration
ing regulations.
Dude ranches throughout the
Southwest are becoming year round
residential Ravens. Hundreds of
ranches this winter will become
ranch clubs.
A new pote in Northern resort ex-
'telsion activities is the Offering OF
November hotel resort facilities to
clubs, societies and convention
groups. Pocono resorts report full
late calendar of business conventions
and organization meets, scheduled
as late as December /, with New Jer-
sey shore resorts reporting similar
activities at Asbury Park, Atlantic
City and Cape May.
Extending the recent order regu-
lating hotel prices for tourists, the
Department of Commerce of Mexico
has furthur issued an order regu-
lating all prices in all establish
ments covering all services catering
to visitors. The prices will be fixed
by the Ministry of Government, be-
coming effective January /.
RESORTS.