Evening star., 1953-07-05
Virginia Beach Fills to BHm;
Record Turnout at Ocean City
Activities Pick Up
AS Summer Theuter
Season Opens
By Groce Jordon
Spseiol Correspondent Of The Star

SpeeioI correspondent OF The Sfdr
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, July
l4.-Sweltering temperatures and
the Fourth of July conspired to
fill Virginia Reach to capacity
this week end. Hotel accomoda-
tions were taken up early and
the Chamber of Commerce
pitched in with emergency room
services broadcasting for avail
able rooms to house the many
vacationers.
Manager Leo Hearty said the
room finding project went
smoothly and that almost all
later comerS who did not have
reservations upon arrival were
cared for comfortably. Some,
however, had to be housed in
neighboring villages.
Entertainment is picking up at
the resort with the opening Of
Lesley Savage'S Theater-Go-
Round, at Sixty-seventh street
and Atlantic avenue. The big tent
is set up on the lawn of the old
Terrace Club. It has proved
popular attraction during its
four years at Virginia Beach.
Theater Season Opens.
This season opened with Ten
nessee Williams You Touched
Me" starring Rome Miller. Be-
ginning Thursday, a group OF
young Broadway actors will put
on a performance of Hugh Her
bert's "The Moon is Blue"
After-theater entertainment is
provided by the Theater-Go-
Round at their Fourth Act Club
on the terrace with dining and
dancing. The Surf Beach Club
has made a bid for patronage by
throwing open its doors to nom
members for evening dancing on
the open dance floor which over
looks the sea- Louis Prima and
his orchestra open Thursday, fol-
lowing Dean Hudson, who COM
pletes two-week engagement at
that time.
The Surf Clubs action in ad-
mitting non-members filled a
gap in entertainment facilities
left when the Cavalier became a
membership club and closed its
Beach and Cabana Club to all
except members and their guests.
History loving vacationers with
time on their hands find Vir-
ginia Beach ideally located for
seeking out interesting sights.
On Camp Henry, just above the
beach, is the cross marking the
landing Of the first English set
tiers in the world. Within a few
minutes drive are some of the
architecturally interesting old
Colonial homes-Some in excel
lent preservation, including the.
Adam Thoroughbred home built
around the middle of the 16O0s.
AbOundS in History.
In nearby Kempsville is the
brick home where Lord Duns-
more stayed when he fled Nor
folk during the Revolutionary
War. The county in which the
resort is located, Princess Anne,
abounds in historic detail al
thouh not on the grand scale of
Williamsburg and it takes a bit
OF diggind to uncover some of
the interesting places. Incident
ally, the Adam Thoroughgood
house, privately owned, has been
opened to the public during the
summer months and displays
priceless furnishings of the per-
iod.
The beautiful greens of Vir-
ginia Beach's two championship
golf courses are among the great
drawing cards of the resort. The
Cavalier course was he scene
this spring of the Virginia
Beach Open golf tournament.
The Princess Anne Country
Club course is said to be one of
the finest on the East Coast.
This week, Mr.. and Mrs.
Emerson Planck, Washington,
are staying at the club, with
golf first on the agenda for Mr..
Planck. At the Princess Anne
are Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Holden
and their granddaughter, Miss
Barbara Morrison, of Alexan-
dria. The HoldenS are frequent
guests at the Princess Anne.
L. H. Cristen, of Washington, is
another.