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Alan Newcomb C of C Speaker
Alan Newcomb, television per
sonality of WBTV, Charlotte, will
be guest speaker at the monthly
membership-ladies' day meeting of
the Boone Chamber of Commerce,
Tuesday noon, June 13, it was
announced by Herman W. Wilcox,
Chamber president.
A full course dinner is being
prepared at the Daniel Boone Inn
for the occasion, and Mr. Wilcox
urges that members bring their
wives or girl friends.
Mr. Wilcox said, "Mr. Newcomb.
has done much to introduce our
area to his viewers. He is one of
the South's most outstanding and
experienced speakers."
Mr. Newcomb was born in Ohio,
but grew up near Asheville. He
attended the Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity, where he majored in spech
and dramatics. He received his
B. A. from that institution in 1042.
The speaker was liberated as a
German war prisoner by the Rus
sian army at the end of World
War II. He spent two weeks with
the Russians, and has been Inter
ested in the country and her peo
ple since. He has a special "Radio
Moscow" program on Radio Sta
tion WBT. The shortwave recep
tion from Moscow is tape-recorded
and re-broadcast in three fifteen
minute programs weekly. He has
worked in radio and television sta
tions in Asheville, Columbia and
Greenville, S. C, and Charlotte.
He has been with WBTV for sev
en years and has the daily weath
er show on that station.
Mr. Newcomb is author of a book
on war experiences entitled "Va
cation with Pap." He has given
many talks before civic clubs, trade
organizations and conventions in
the last 15 years. Some of his
talks are entitled: "The Psychology
of Laughter," How To Be Happy
Though Educated," "I'm Glad I'm
Not Young Anymore," "Christian
ity Counterfeited," and "The Re
ligion of Communism."
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Late Spring Flowers, Early Summer
Blooms Make Lavish Mountain Scene
By MIRIAM RABB
(Travel Editor)
Lite sprint flower* and the first
blossoms of purple (Catawba) rho
<lodendix>n, tlame azalea and laurel
? "bit three" which make a lavish
color display through iate June
? now decorate North Carolina's
'mountain vacationlands.
Reports this week from the
Blue Midge Parkway, Great omoky
Mountains National Park, National
foi est Service and resorts of
Western North Carolina indicate
that tne showiest display of the
"big three" in most sections of
the mountains will be underway
around Jane 10, and that earlier
vaueties of flowers are lasting
later than usual.
Flame axalea and Catawba rho
dodendron are appearing at oleva
tions up to 3, Sou feet, and laurel
is opening at lower altitudes.
At elevations above 3,000 fdet
throughout the mountains, Fraser
magnolia, the small pink azalea
vaseyi and Carolina rhododendron,
blackberry, buckeye, pin cherry,
service berry and many varieties
of ground flowers are beautiful
now. Flame azalea is reported In
bloom at several points along the
Blue Ridge Parkway and in Blow
ing Rock. There is a good display
of laurel at elevations up to 2,000
feet along U.S. 64 in the Cashiers
vicinity, with peak bloom for the
area predicted for about June 10.
Roads and trails at middle to high
elevations in the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park are ex
cellent for viewing spring flowers
now. Park naturalists expect Ca
tawba rhododendron to be at its
best between June 12-16, with
flame azalea following closely.
Some of the best points for see
ing spring flowers and the first
flame azalea and Catawba rhodo
dendron along the Blue Ridge
Parkway are between Oteen and
the Craggies, between Soco Gap
and Raven Fork, the Crabtree
Falls nature trail, and the Dough
ton Park area. In the Craggies, the
mile-high natural gardens of Ca
tawba rhododendron usually bloom
shortly after mid-June.
The famous natural gardens of
Catawba rhododendron on the
6,289-foot crest of Roan Mountain
bloom during the third and fourth
week in June. The 15th annual
North Carolina Rhododendron
Festival, beginning at BakerwlH*
June 10^ features a beauty pageant
and other events on Roan 'Moun
tain June 24. Roan Mountain 1* in
the Toecane District of Pii?ah
National Foreat which adjoint the
Blue Kidge Parkway in the vicinity
of Aahevllle and Spruce Pine.
Blueberry Recipes Given
Eat blueberries a* a fruit eourae
or on cereal for breakfast. Serve
them a* an appetizer, or in salads
and desaerts lor lunch or supper.
Now is a good time 4o buy blue
berries in quantity for good eat
ing and (reeling.
Mrs. S. Virginia Wilson, food'
and nutrition specialist for the N.
C. Agricultural Extension Service,
suggests you try these recipes
while blueberries are plentiful.
Blueberry Delight
Dissolve 1 package gelatin (le
mon flavored) in Vi cup boiling
water; let stand. Mis an S ounce
package of cream cheese with 10
ounces of cottage cheese; blend by
mashing through a wire strainer.
Fold H pint whipping cream,
whipped. Mix in dissolved gelatin
till smooth. Should fiU 8 custard
cups. Refrigerate until firm. When
ready to serve, unmold on a plat
ter.
Waffles With Blueberries
1 3-4 cup flour
1 1-4 cup milk
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2 eggs
1-3 teaspoon ?alt
4 teaspoons baking powder
3 tablespoon* butter
Mix and sift dry ingredients; add
the milk to the well beaten egg
yolk and stir In the dry ingredi
ents. Add the melted butter and
folk in the stiffly beaten egg
whites. Pour the mixture into the
center of each compartment of the
hot waffle iron and bake until
golden brown. Serve with blue
berries sweetened and whipped
cream.
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