THK ELKIIV TRIBUNE, ELKHf, C.
THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1929
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA’S FINEST PLAYGROUND
As damages tor injuries inflicted
by a neighbor’s rooster, Dr. Henry
Brown of Newcastle, Eng., was
awarded $500.
Miss Aline Robertson of Glas
gow knocked down a robber who
held her up with a pistol and caus
ed his capture.
Mrs. Amy Bowman of Brdlington,
Eng., divorced her husband so that
he could marry a servant girl form
erly in her employ.
Working in relays, 35 men resus
citated 2-year-old Elmer Royou ot
Chicago, who had been under water
for 25 minutes.
Philip Millington of Liverpool
dived 80 feet from a building into
the Mersey river and rescued a
drowning child.
NEW “DOUGHTON BRIDE” OVER NEW RIVER
Above is a view of tlio eishte(*iitl\ gioeii and fairway of the lloaring jjolf course, as it appears from the
porch at Graystoiu* Inn. One <»f tlio most hcHutifiil suninuM*. pJa^'firouiuls in Aiiierloa.
ROARING GAP GOLF COURSE
IN PERFECT SHAPE FOR THE
SEASON OPENING THURSDAY
Alexander Innes Of Scotland To Be Pro In Charge And
Tom Nails Will Be Caddie Master; 18 Holes Has
Yardage Of 5929 And Longest Hole Is 497 Yards;
Pros Of Carolinas Pick Local Course For Tourna
ment Next Month And Carolina’s Womens Play
Will Be At Same Place In 1930.
The famous Roaring Gap eighteen
hole golf course, the highest in al
titude, save one, east of the Rockies,
is better than ever this year, after
Pinehurst, Inc. engineers have
drained and tiled the low places
where water congregated after a
rain last year and the course this
year should be in perfect shape.
Alexander Innes, as Scotch as th
"braes and heather” cif his native
land, is the nA in charge this year^
having comeWom Pinehurst whe
he, has been oto tor ti\e past seve
yea^s. Mr. rnnes, onil of the gre;
est of profejfsional gtlfers in Sci
land, know'}^>i»«»--iaslfw'ord in t
great game and his aspignment heri
should mean a great deal towar
the advancement of the sport.
Tom Nails again will be the cad
die master for the course which will
insure perfect service from the
caddies.
With the Professional Golfers
Tournament of the Carolinas to be
played at Roaring Gap next month
and the Carolinas Women’s Golf
Tournament to be played at Roar
ing Gap in 1930, the local course is
gaining a wide reputation and some
of the best golfers of America are
expected to play over the course
this year.
When one considers that the fine
eighteen hole golf coui'se at Roar-
ing^' Gap is set on the beautiful
meSa atop the Blue Ridge at an
altjltude of 370 0 feet, with the in
rating breezes blowing away
[^er heat, one can see why
the Aristocrat of
t is all that golfers
Laid out by Donald
reafest, golf
me
dell
^tween pine forests and
■lin springs and streams;
'down smooth shaven fair-
nd springy bent grass greens
hazards here and there to re-
ove the monotony.
The eighteen holes causes the
player approximately two miles of
walking in the health giving at
mosphere as the course is 5929
yards long. The longest hole of the
lot is the third out, which is 497
yards long. The yardage of the out
is 2965 while that of the last nine-
is 2964. Par on the course is 70
and Bogey is 79.
BABY HOSPITAL AT ROARING
GAP NOW OPENED: HAS 22
BEDS TO CARE FOR TINY TOTS
Henry Zurman, 60-year-old Pole
ot Chicago, asked a magistrate to
send him to jail so he could escape
from a nagging wite.
Cardinal Hlond, primate of Po
land, who recently made an air
plane flight from Warsaw to Rome,
said: “It seems like a miracle.”
Two women, each claiming to be
his wite, met at the funeral ot C. J.
Thornton, who died in a Chicago
hotel.
Sheep herders near Yakima,
Wash., used 40 gallons of gasoline
and two boxes of dynamite to kill
1,500 rattlesnakes on their ranch.
Photograph of the New River Bridge on Federal Route 31, the Lakes-|o|-rioridai HigJiway, running
from Detroit and Cleveland to Jacksonville by way of Sparta, Elkin, Statesville and Charlotte. Named after
Giovemoir R. A. Doiighfon, fortner (>inimissioner for the Seventh Highway District, and built at a cost of
S76,000, which was paid jointly by the North Carolina and Virginlfi Highway Commissions, Near Roaring
Gap.
Institution, The Gift Of Mr. And Mrs. James A. Gray Of
Winston-Salem. Will Fill Need and Is Last Ward
In Institutions Of It’s Kind; Dr. L. G. Butler To
Be In Charge Witli Dr. B. E, Pulliam As Resident
4 Physician; Miss Lillian Anderson Is To Be Super
intendent Of Establishment
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Yesterday saw the inauguration
of the new Baby Hospital at Roar
ing Gap which hs been under con
struction for the past several
months and which will fill a need
keenly felt at most resorts and
watering places.
The splendid new baby hospital,
the gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A.
Gray, of Winston-Salem, is the last
word in establishments of its kind
and will bring to Roaring Gap and
its colony, a hospital where babies
will receive the most expert care and
treatment known to the medical
science.
The new hospital is located sev
eral hundred yards behind the non-
secterian church and not far from
Graystone Inn and a new road has
been built to the building.
The hospital will contain twenty-
two beds and rooms and has facil
ities to care far all babies from in
fants up to twelve years of age.
While surgery is not planned there,
arrangements have h(een made tp
take care of emergency surgery
cases. The institution however
will be prepared to take care of all
baby diseases.
Dr. L. G. Butler, baby specialist
of Winston-Salem, will have charge
of the hospital and will spend a
great part of the time during the
Roaring Gap season there although
Dr. B. B. Pulliam, ot Winston-
Salem, another well known baby
specialist will be the resident
physician and will be at the hospital
all the time. Miss Lillian Ander
son, registered nurse, also of the
Twin Cities, is the superintendent
of the place and will be there dur
ing the whole season.
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we welcome Roaring Gap visitors
YOU who spend yotir summer vacations atUnparelleled, matchless Roar
ing Gap, where the air is like wine, and where Nature out does herself
in lavishing beauty upon mountain slopes, are extended a hearty wel
come by this firm. We also invite you to visit Elkin, the nearest town to
this mountain resort, and the biggest little town in the state—your logical
shopping center.
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privilege of helping to furnish many of the luxurious summer homes at Roar
ing Gap. We appreciate very highly the business accorded us by subscrib
ers to Roaring Gap, Inc.
Without any spirit of boastfulness we state that our line of furniture and
home furnishings are the equal of any in the country. We stand ready and
glad to serve. '
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