Evening star., 1946-02-10
By JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr.,
Travel Editor.

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| Two Virginia hotels that held par
ticular appeal for visitors from the
Washington area in prewar years
are putting finishing touches on re-
| furnishing preparatory to reopening
next week. The Cavalier Hotel at
Virginia Beach, redecorated and re-
furnished, opens February 20, and
the Williamsburg Inn, at Colonial
Williamsburg, renovated and with
complete dining room facilities being
restored, has begun accepting reser-
vations for civilian guests on and
after February 81. Both served the
armed forces during the war.
Sidney Banks, president of the
Cavalier Resort Corp, has an
nounced that 100000 will be spent
on improving its properties for the
summer season. Included in the
program is ramp for private and
chartered seaplanes of hotel guests,
an inclosed dance hall and a large
ocean-front inclosure for conven-
tions and other large gatherings.
The Cavalier Beach and Cabana
Club is being readied for opening
May g. Additional cabanas will
bring the number up to 100.
With the reintroduction of dining
facilities at the Williamsburg Inn,
the famous Sunday night buffet sup
pers again will be featured The
inn also will institute it's character
istic, old-time entertainments and
will observe February % with a
George Washington birth night
celebration in the 18th century man
ner."
Work is reported under way on a
new golf course near the inn.
1t is not inappropriate, in this
potentially trayel-crowded year, to
plan for a seashore vacation while
sitting before a blazing fire on a
cold February evening.
At hand is warning that might
well be duplicated by most vacation
spots along the Atlantic shoreline
and at lake resorts with cottage
facilities. The notice comes from a
little vacation city on New Jerseys
popular coast. 1t reads:
Those of our early summer
renters who wish to enjoy again
the summer by the sea are strongly
urged to make their leases early
this year, as it is becoming ap-
parent that the demand for sum-
mer accommodations will greatly
exceed the supply. While some
building has been started in the
city, 1t is extremely doubtful that
enough new facilities will be COM
pleted by summer to relieve the
strain to any appreciable extent"
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Although popular demand might
induce the National Park Service to
extend the official summer season
in the parks, dates now decided on
follow prewar patterns. For the
more prominent parks, dates are:
Bryce Canyon, Utah-RaiI tour
lists, June / into September. Lodge
open from late May to Septem-
ber Is.
Carlsbad, N. Mex.-Open all year
Glacier, Mont.-May / to Oc-
tober Is. Roads maintained for
motoring from June 20 to Septem-
Der 8: also hotel accommodations
and horses. for trail rides, avail
able.
Grand Canyon, AriZ.-South Rim
open all year. North Rim, May 30
tn Sonfopafnr 7E
Kings Canyon. Ca1if. Full ac-
commodations from May toI
January /.
Mount Rainier, Wash.-Paradise
Inn open from June % to Septem-
ber 13.
Olympic, Wash.-Open all year:
summer season from June Is to Sep
tember IS.
Rocky Mountain, Colo.-Open
all year; summer, from June to
September Is.
Yellowstone, Wyo. - Motorists
from May l to October IS: rail
travellers, June 20 to September 10.
Yosemite, Calf. - Accommoda-
tions throughout year.
The National Park Service re-
Veaied late last fall that renova-
ton OF park properties by conces-
sloners during the winter and
spring would be pressed up to the
limit OF workable weather and the
availability of supplies. One of the
first operators to announce its plans
with confidence is the Union Pacific
Railroad, which operates facilities
IN Grand Canyon. Bryce and Zion
National Parks, and Cedar Breaks
National Monument. More than
$5OO,OO0 is being spent on the
properties and services.
w. P. Rogers, general manager of