Writer Says Valle Cruris Is
Easy To Fall In Love With
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m^mn By bob roiBOMwip^l
(Reprinted from Fort Lauderdale,
Fta. New* and Sun-Sentinel )
! Valle Crucia, N. C. ? Valle Cruel*
if difficult ta reach but an eaqr
place to fall in love with.
Oldtimere tall the atory of a
but that couldn't make a turn oo
the narrow, winding road leading
into valley town, aa be noted It
over the aide, bumped down the
J mountain until he caught the road
carving back and rode merrily
on hla way.
Sound* a Mt farfetched? Not if
you've been on the road. On it*
twtMnile stretch, there are fourteen
curvei , five narrow ledge* and oc
caaiunal townafolk whining by ?
which ia highly diitractlng if you
happen to be coming ia the op
poeite direction.
Bordered by high, green moun
talna, Valle Cruel* U 10 mile* we.t
of Boone (el. 3,333), a mountain
hamlet that took It* name from
Daniel Boone.
It ia mack in tome of the moat
spectacular mountain icenery in
Eastern America.
Uaapeiled
Because of it* remoteness, Valle
Cruel* is ontrammeled by the ur
ban eruah. There are no motels,
no gas station*, no billboard*.
In the cummer the population
swell* from it* normal 900 to about
790. Many of them have been
coming here for years. The visitor
can rent a cabin with lights and
l-unnlng water for about $18 a week,
first itocklng up in Boone. If
you've mined something, you can
probably buy it at Howard W.
Mast* General Merchandiie.
Hait, whose grandfather was one
of the valley'* first settlers, carries
everything from barbed wire to
horse collars, from 29-pound sacks
of flour to penny peppermint
atieka. In the center of his dusty
store stand* *n eight-foot eml
burner, utually with townspeople
sitting around it. In the winter, it's
handy to have around, ilnce the
temperature* dip to below aero, and
the valley le aowtlmea mowed in.
Laay Uviag
Valle Crude baa nothing to otter
la the way of popular attraction*,
except the natural attribute* of
fiahlac, hiking ur ?wimmin? ? juit
right for a lazy vacation.
You can fiah for rainbow trout
in the Watauga lliver, which la
actually Just a small mountain
stream that weaves through the
valley.
It is idyllic to swim or fish in.
Never more than hip deep in moat
parts, its banks are overgrown
with vegetation, the water bubbling
into small repids fanned by big
rows of boulders In midstream.
If you don't prefer swimming,
you can walk along the mountain
trails, enjoying the acenery and
amazingly varied growth. Within a
radiu* of half a mile, I counted
beech, lycamore, elm, spruce, dog
wood, mountain laurel, hickory,
maple, sourwood, wild cherry,
chestnut, oak, tulip poplar (thin
as a telephone pole, it grows
straight as an arrow to SO feet),
pink and white rhododendron, and
raspberries, blackberries, lew
berries and winter grapes ? all
growing wild.
You also have to watch out for
poisoa sumac, Ivy and oak.
There are nuiny tourist attrac
tions within an hour's drive from
Valle Cruel*. In Boone, "Horn In
The West," the outdoor drama de
picting the story of Daniel Boone,
shows nightly from June until
September.
Tweetaie Train
At Blowing Rock (el. 4,000) a
plu* mountain retort, there's sn
18-hole golf course, open to the
public. Near there Is located the
area's mo*t popular attraction, the
TweeUie Railroad.
The railroad is a Civil War era
train which takes visitors on a
three-mile trip around Roundhouse
Mountain through gorges and fills
and over trestles. "Indians," dress
ed to the hilt in festhers snd war
Mountain Tales Told For Laughter
SALT 0' LIFE
Bf Howard Murry
slow up and chuckle
over these humorous stories from the
North Carolina mountains
JOHN F. BLAIR, Pubtlshir
404 N.C. National Bank Building, Wlnston-Salom,MC
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paint, itage ? mock attack m the
train at one patat. At aaather, two
"robbera" make off with the Welle
Fargo money bo*.
From Blowing Bock, yon can
get on the eeenie Blue Ridge Park
way and *te? up to MM oot lit
Mitchell, the hlgbaet point eaat ot
the Bockiee. It'a a drive aod tight
you won't forget
Doctor Talk
Br JOHN ft. KKMBEBT, M. D.
Ill recent monthi the reader1* at
tention hu been called to the (act
that infectious syphilis U once
again a public health menace. Thia
increase baa been apparent during
the past several year* and the
number of caae* In many large
metropolitan areas are causing
much medical concern.
It is estimated that the number
of untreated patients with syphili*
is approximately one million and
this number is now being increas
ed by about 00,000 new cases year
ly.
With this alarming increase in
cases the public must be made
aware of the serious complications
following infectious syphilis if not
treated. In the untreated cases 1
in every 200 patients will become
blind; 1 in 50 will become psycho
tie; 1 in IS petiens will acquire
syphilitic heart disease; and X in
28 cases will be incapacitated in
some degree.
The greatest increase in the
veneresl disease rate is found
smong the younger age groups ?
teen-ager* and young people com
prising only 13 per cent of the pop
ulation, but they were involved in
almost 90 per cent of the veneral
disease epidemics during 1968.
The general public, and particu
larly young persons, must once
again be made aware of the dan
ger lignal* or lymptoms and the
great need for prompt medical at
tention.
During the primary itage of the
infection every genital, ?ore must
be regarded as syphili* until prov
ed otherwise. Such patients must
consult with their fsmily physici
an who will then carry out the
necesssry diagnostic tests to prove
or disprove the presence of ven
eral disease. Treatment of such
lesions should never be under
taken until a positive disgnosis is
made.
Once a positive esse of syphilis
is diagnosed, then the most im
portant phase of control is begun.
This is the contacting of all known
males or females with the diseased
person and carrying out diagnostic
tests to prove or disprove the pres
ence of the disease, snd to initiate
therapy if syphilis is found to be
present.
The genersl public, after many
years of spparent control of syphi
lis, should realize that this dlseaie
is sgain a public problem? and
that early medical attention Is an
absolute necessity.
Tape two or three wire hangers
together with scotch tape or ad
hesive tape and your heavy gar
ments will hang better? than take
bias tspe and twist over the
hangers.
Col. Max Chapman Named
* 5jBIp-4
President Of Lees-McRae
Banner Elk ? Mr. Robert G.
Hayes, President of the Edgar
Tuft* Memorial Aaaociatioo, Ban
ner Elk, announced the appoint
ment of Colonel Max C. Chapman
aa President of Lees-McRae Col
lege.
Colonel Chapman, U. 8. Marine
Corps (retired), was the winner of
the Legion of Merit and Bronze
Star medals for heroism In World
War II and Korea. A native of
Anderson County, S. C , be gradu
ated from Clomson College in 1098.
He subsequently accepted a com
mission and served continuously
until his retirement June 30, IM1.
His broad service experience in
cluded various school, command
and staff assignments. He gradu
ated from the Marine Corps Com
mand and Staff School, the Armed
Forces Staff College and the Brit
ish Imperial Defense College of
London, England. He commanded
the famous Sixth Marine Regiment
of the Second Marine Dlviaion,
Camp Lejeune, N. C., during 1M6
1997.
In addition to the Legion of
Merit, the Bronze Star medal and
the Woolchi medal, the Colonel
holds the American Defense Ser
vice Medal with Base clasp; the
European - Middle Eastern Area
Campaign medal; the Asiatic -Pa
cific Area Campaign medal; the
Area Campaign medal; the World
War II Victory medal; the China
Service medal; the Navy Occupa
tion Service medal with European
clasp; the National Defense Ser
vice medal; the Korean Service
medal with two bronze stars; the
United Nations Service medal, and
the Korean Presidential Unit Cita
tion Award.
Returning to Washington in early
1(M, he assumed dutiei u the
Assistant to the Director o I Naval
Intelligence for Marine Corp* Mat
ter* which were continued until
hi* retirement
Colonel and Mr*. Chapman, the
former Helen Gardner Trotman of
Norfolk, V*., were reaiding in
Washington, D. C., prior to coming
to Lees-McBae. They have a daugh
ter, Helen, a 1901 graduate of
Sweetbriar College, and a son, Max
C: Jr., who ia a tenior at Episcopal
High School-in Alexandria, Va.
Mason Goes To
Bryson City
Lenoir, Aug. 24 ? State Highway
Patrolman C. W. (Bill) Mason,
who has been stationed in Cald
well county for the paat 29
months, left Wednesday for a new
assignment at Bryson City with
Troop F of District 6.
"We have enjoyed working with
Mason and hate to low him," said
Sgt. M. S. Parvin of the local
patrol headquarters. "We know he
will do a good job for Sgt. Tom
Sanders of District 6."
Mason came to Lenoir from
Boone on July 1, 1099. He is mar
ried to the former Marilou Plem
mons of Canton, and they have
two children, Beth, two, and Rog
er, one. The Masons hsve made
their home at 310 Abernethy
street while in Lenoir.
Patrolman Mason was guest of
honor at a charcoal steak supper
at the Spencer cottage at Edge
mont Tuesday night.
Patrolmen John Hayes Spencer
was host to the stag supper. Pre
sent in addition to Mason and
Spencer were John Gibbs, C.
Frank Kenuerly, Charlea Jon ?.
Wilton* Krauer, it . Or. Jlotwrt
B. Roach, Kenneth Auatin and
Kearney Peart*. */?
Replacing Maaoi in Lenoir will
be John Wayne Turney of Mt.
Airy, a recent graduate of patrol
school at Chapel Hill.
), President says he has M plan
to replsee Bowles.
Rules pcnel ban Inquiry Into
birch Society.
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