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Welcome To The Holiday Highlands . . . Blowing Rock , Boone, Linville * ? * ? m #'? ??I J : WQIBP ? , . Or We Hope the Picture a and Stories in These Paget Will Intrigue . . . and That You Will Find Helpful Information About Services and Attractions That Will Make Your Visit a Most Enjoyable One. ? ,?f?3 Crafts Of Aged To Be Shown By Southern Handicrafts Guild Ashevtlle. ? "Handicrafts for Livelihood and Lively Mood" will be the slogan here during the Craftsman's Fair, July 17-21. Cooperating with the Governor's "Special Week on Aging," the Southern Highland H a n d i craft Guild will exhibit crafts of some of its senior citizens during the fair. "The guild is by no Means com posed of older citizen^" said Bliss Louise Pitman, directot. "We have all age groups. Nevertheless, we recognise the handicrafts provide both income. and happiness to our senior group, and therefore we are in a position to recommend crafts as a means for recreation." The Rev. Robert L. Torrence, chairman of the Buncombe Coun ty' Coordinating Committee on Ag ing, is urging elder citizens to see the fair and especially to observe demonstrations of the older crafts men. Mr. Torrence quotes the follow ing paragraph from Allen Eaton's "Handicrafts of the Southern High lands": "He who does creative work, whether he dwell in a palace or in a hut, haa in his house a window through which he may look out upon some of life's finest scenes. If his work be a handicraft he will be especially happy, for it will help him not only to perceive much of the beauty of the world about him but, what is man's great est privilege, to identify himself with it." SCHOOL AID BILL Prospects are very dim that President Kennedy's multibillion dollar aid to education program, can be put to a vote this session, according to House leaders. A deep split among Democrats on the Rules Committee over the issue of aid for parochial schools apparently has doomed both Ken nedy's $2,900,000,000 public-sehool bill ?nd a $1,800,000,000 extension of the National Defense Education Act. See Our Fine Offerings In Rare ? Marble Topped Tablet ? Bedroom Suites * Antique China ? Cut Class ? Copper ? Brass BURGESS 425 W. King St. ? Boone, N. C. (Antiques Send Home An Unusual Gift Item! ? Come In And Browce In Our Shop ? Phone AM 4-3696 Bring Your Camera... when you visit the famous Blowing Rock You'll want to capture the breath-taking view that greets you at thfo phenomonon On U. S Highway 321 ? Blowing Rock, N. C Scottish Clans Gather For Annual Games, Dances L_ILL1U " ~ ?? ? Rv RAfHF.I. PIVFHS ? ?? Linville ? The Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and Gathering of Scottish Clans was held on MacRae Meadows for its sixth successful year, July 3th and 9th. This anual event, sponsored by the MacRae family, Scottish found ers of Linville, :s appropriately located on the slopes of Grand father Mountain because of the close resemblance between this area and Scotland herself. Accord ing to the Highland Games sou venir program, "the rugged ter rain, the wildflowers, i.he fruit, and even the weather are similar ? and occasional Scottish :nists blow in through the gaps and about the peaks of the mountains." The Highlanders' costumes pro vided a lavish array of bold, bright plaids, and the constant humming of the bagpipe's thin-noted beauty ? well, it was something to be there. ' The master of ceremonies, Don ald F. MacDonald of Charlotte, gave the signal, and the program began at 1.30 on Saturday, July 8th, with the Highland dancing competition. Miss Lee Harper won the Mollie MacGregor Open Carolina Chal lenge Trophy presented to the best dancer in nation-wide compe tition. Her sister. Miss Mary Gwyn Harper, second place winner, won the Flora Macdonald Award pre sented by Clan Donald Society of America to the best Carolina! dancer. The track and field, events were under the direction of coordina tor, Guy Soule, and honorary chair man, Charlie "Choo-Choo" Justice, In the open 60. yard dash, Cordle, a student at Davidson Col lege, placed first with a running time of 6.8 seconds. Winner in the running broad jump competition was Whittle of the University of North Carolina with a distance of 20'10". Holden of West Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte was the winner of the 220 yard dash with a SATELLITE STUDY President Kennedy haa ordered a top-level policy atudy into how communications satellite system can be brought Into operation at "the earliest practical time." The study will be made by the Federal Space Council, headed by Vice President Johnson. This will represent the first comprehensive review made at the White House level of the many policy problems, domestic as well as international, posed by the ad v?ot of revolutionary communica tion system using satellites as re lay stations in space. AT GATHERING OF THE CLANS. ? The Carnegie Tech Pipe Band paaaei in review at the sixth' annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Gamei on Sunday, July 9. ? Staff photo Rachel RivCri. running time of 23.9 seconds. In the 440, Holden placed first with time of S0.5 seconds. Runner high jump winner, Jim Joyner of Lee Edwards High School in Asheville, topped the pole at 5'10", just two Inches high er than Saunders of Lenoir. The trophy for Shot Put, donat ed by Hughston Maynard McBain, chief of Clan McBain, went to R. B. Patterson of Charlotte who gained 43'5to". Second waa Larry Hand of Appalachian State Teach era College. Fincher, * native of Charlotte and an N. C. State student com pleted the Cross Country Race in 14 minutea, 1 1 Vi seconds to take the first place medal. The trophy for first place in 4uwiiig mic vawvi) rtmm picscuvcu to Hath, itudent at the University of Virginia, by St. Andrews Society of Charleston, S. C. Larry Hand won the second place medal. Champion in the Pole Vault, Whittle, of U.N.C., was recorded with the amazing height of 14 feet. The trophy for the winner la each class of wrestling was pre sented for Clan Lindsay by Lind say D. Saunders. Winner in the lightweight class (100 pounds and under) was Carl Smith of ASTC; in the middle weight class (100-190 pounds), Kermit Ashley of Boone took the trophy; and in the heavyweight di vision (200 pounds or over), the winner was Larry Hand of ASTC. Sunday, July 0th, the pipe band passed in review once again, and there was an exhibition of champ ions In the different Held and track events. This waa the day for 4levotioo and clan gathering; there were not so many brilliant plaid* a* on the day before, nor such a profusion of Scotland's music, but the masses of spectators and competitors were gay and boister ous as on the day before. Next summer, on the week end of July 14th, the Scottish Clans will meet on Grandfather Moun tain's slopes in the Appalachian Highlands. And ... it will b? something to be there. e. /'. blackwell's fabulous FARM HOUSE in .cool Blowing Rock " ABOVE AND BEYOND LIFE'S TR1V1ALTIES" . I You'll enjoy our delightful music, panoramic vkw, and taste tempting farm style meals served by the South'i most talented singing collegians, every day from 8:00 o'clock to the morning to 10:00 o'clock at night. Just TWEETSIE - 1 . : ... ; ? Tin _ ? Ride on Tweetoie ? The Golden Nugget Saloon ? Authentic Old West Stage Coach ? Welh?-Fargo Office ? Tweetnie Village ' W f j|f :IHIrSv ? The Marshal's Office & Jail ? Authentic Blacksmith Shop ? Tintype Photo Shot # Country Store ? Tweetsie Gazette U. S. 221 ? 321 ? BETWEEN BLOWING ROCK A BOONE
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