Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-11
Around the Resorts
First One Listed
July Is With
1873 Entries
By Virginia Cullen
Special Correspondent Of The Star

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shape up for q most important
recrcational event for this Cape
Henlopen resort AREA full
dedged shore show eduIed
Tor July Is.
Enthusiasts are calling 1t the
shay manor horse show" as it is
to be held on Bay Manor Farm,
large estate Of Otis H. Smith Of
,LeWes. The sponsors hope to make
It an annual affair. They are
the parishioners of historic st.
Peters Episcopal Church of
Iewes. assisted by Mayor Smith
who recently made headlines by
acquiring the indicated cham
picn Hereford bull, ALI Battle
Mixer 30th for $780, 900.
The horse show will be staged
In six divisions-pony. hunter,
jumper. walking horse, 3-gaited
and 5-gaited. There will be 1873
entries and 26 events. And it
will be held between 10 am.
and 6 pm, July Is. Riders from
Delaware and other Eastern
Shore areas will participate.
They'll be all the traditional
horse show color with ladies
of st. Peters Church serving
luncheon Of sandwiches, coffee
and soft drinks during inter-
missions.
Compass Of Henlopen Area
sThe "Cape Henlopen Area"
In resort affairs encompasses a
wide expanse Of beaches" 10
Gated within q 25-mile radius
Of the southernmost cape at the
mouth Of Delaware Bay. Prop
erly speaking, Lewes and its
fast-growing Lewes Beach cot
tage colony, is the father Of all,
dating from 1881. Located with
In the curve Of Cape Henlopen
on the bay side, its broad strand
and calm waters without break
ers is popular with families of
young children. Rehoboth
Beach evolved later from q
Methodist Camp meeting site
OF the 1870s, just five miles as
the crow flies from Lewes.
Rehoboth has never attained
the razzle-dazzle aspect Of other
summer Fairgrounds. The cot
tagers want 1t to stay q place
for quiet family recreation, with
o sprinkling of boardwalk night
spots to keep the young folk in
fashion.
The same family atmosphere
prevails at Bethany Beach to the
south, and at Fenwick Island
on the border Of Delaware and
Maryland. There is what is
known as Indian Beach between
Rehoboth and Bethany Beach,
which is more or less q reserva-
ton of cottagers inhabited by
Washingtonians and some Will
mingtonians. AS for Dewey
Beach. this community is per-
haps the fastest growing Of them
all. It's summer population reach
es about 5000. It now boasts its
own postof1ce, restaurants, q big
nightclub, fishing and yachting
docks. AS one year-rounder has
remarked dewey Beachites are
an independent group who like
to keep their identity separate
from Rehoboth Beach,"
There are now more than 500
year-round homes there. How
ever. all these resort commun-
titles come under the vernacular
of Cape Henlopen Area" Old
timers tell vacationers "if one
doesn't suit you, you won't have
to look far for one that does"
Activities Of Art League
Art League affairs are keeping
the Rehoboth cottage colony
busy with a variety of scheduled
events. Mrs. Harry Fellows Of
Arlington, Va, was chairman Of
hostesses last Sunday at the last
of the Sunday afternoon teas in
connection with the annual
members exhibition that closed
on Wednesday.
Mrs. Betty Burton Of WASH
ington, one Of the contributing
artists, was on the committee to
count the popular votes" Of visi-
tors deposited in the ballot box
in the Corcoran studio since the
show opened June Is. The score
was announced this week. Two
of the popular-vote prizes Of $25
each we're won by Mrs. j. Town
send Tubbs for her Moonlight
on Lewes Canal" and Canadian
Geese" both water colors. One
prize was donated by Mrs. Wal
lace w. Chiswell of Normanstone
drive, Washington. Today in the
Corcoran studio new exhibit
ton goes on view to remain
hanging until the 22d. It con-
sists of some 35 water-color
paintings of Howard S. Schore-
der, an EXCL artist who was
stationed at Fort Miles nearby
during the last war and who re-
manned to become the chief in
structor of adult classes for the
Art League. Glasses got under
way last July 5 with good en-
rollments.
An Arlington woman, Mrs.
Hugh w. Carey, starts Wednes-
day a series of flower arrange
ment demonstrations, to con-
tinue the following Wednesdays
in July. Last week end Mrs.
Carey was the house guest OF
Col. Corcoran at 1.-THE Home
stead" in the Acres.
On Thursday. Miss Janet Gill
christ of Chevy Chase. Md
posed for the Artists Studio
group as a costume model. This
group meets Thursday evenings
for a period of self-instruction
(See REHOBOTH, Page E-13