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the most beautiful, the most artistic and the most comical costumes.. .and numbers of prizes for the various children’s costumes,” read a Skyland brochure in 1920.
Forgetting his cares, Wallace was partying at Skyland now. The bark-covered dining hall was festooned with dozens of hand-painted Japanese lanterns, the whole room bathed in the glow of flickering, blue acetylene gas lights. Two hundred guests from places as far away as Texas and New York danced to the music of a full orchestra, after feasting on “White Oak Canyon Trout.”
Masquerading as a wounded soldier on crutches back from the Great War, Wallace won the prize that , summer night so long ago.
Somewhat older now, Wallace J. Dyar, nephew of George Freeman Pollock, shared his memories of Uncle George and Skyland, at the 100th Anniversary of Stony Man Camp held last Saturday at Skyland by the Shenandoah National Park and the ARA Virginia Sky-Line Company.
Anniversary open houses are usually upbeat occasions. This one had its punch and cookies. But it also was a time for somber reflection about just how deadly serious are the threats to Pollock’s life work and his beloved Shenandoah Park.
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