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l MORSE AS ;,
nr. L. H. Morse. genius of Lake
Lure, saw this great mountain lake
;o years before its creation. Dr. t
Morse came to Asheville broketv in
health, regained it. bought Chimney
Rock, made it accessible to tour- '
ists, established Cliff Dwellers Inn,
brought 195 separate tracts of land
into one holding of S.500 acres, formed
Chimney Rock Mt? Inc., aud outlined
the great recreational program ot J
I RANDEL
George A. Randel, a national figure
in the real estate world, is vice presldent
in charge of real estate sales.
I Of unestimable value to Lake Lure
residents is his experience in managing
for the famous Van Sweringen
brothers their Shaker Heights Village
just out of Cleveland, O., considered L
one of the finest residential suburbs
in the country. Southack & Ball of
New York and Tatum Brothers of ,
Florida gave Randel credit for some
of their greatest successes in real
estate development.
MILNER
Willis J. Milner, Jr., vice-president
and assistant sales manager, is the man
who worked out and set up the^eorporate
structure and the financing plan of
Chimney Rock Mts., Inc., and has been
with the project from the start. He is
an expert on organization and publicity
?was Southern Publicity Director for
all the Red Cross war work campaigns.
Officers and Directors of
Chir"iey Rock Mts., Inc.
It... ion df the character and
landing of the men responsible for the
policies and program of the entire Lake
l.ure development is invited. It will prove
that the Interests of the Investor are I
??fe In their hands. These are the directors
of Chimney Hock Mts. inc.
OR LUC1S B. MORSK. President.
Viee-Hree. lortaior Chnn:.?y Rock
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KENNETH 8. TANNER. Vlce-I'res.
| President Commercial Bank, Rutlierdfordton.
N*. C.
Treasurer Splnd&le Mills Ce.
?KO A. HANDEL. Vice-Pros. '
Vice President and Director of Sales
of Chimney Rock Mts.. Inc.
WTI.r.IS J. MILNER. JR.. Vlce-Pres.
Vice-Pree. and Assistant Director of
j Sales.
I It THOMAS. Treasurer.
President Chimney Rock Trust Co.
President Sptndale Mills. Splndale.
B ELMORE. Secretary
'1 i rector Chimney Rock Trust Co..
Chimney Rock. N. C.
* PICKENS BACON
Preeldsnt Bank of Tryon, N. C.
D* M. H. BIOGS
Rutherford Hospital, Rutherfordtoa.
* A. CARROLL
Vice President First National Bank
e< Osftitr.
FRANK COXB
director Groro Stone A Sand Co.,
AsherlUe. N. C.
fc- ROBMT H. CRAWFORD |
Rutherford Hospital. Rutherfordton.
0 PICKERSON. JR.
See. -Tree*. Roselaud Splnnlns Mills.
Lincoln ton. N. C.
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President Farmers Bank 4 Trust Co.#
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W. EWBANK
Preeldest Cltlsens National Bank.
Mender son rill.. N. a
I L. T. LEE
Vlce-Pree. Union Trust Company, ,
keikr N. C. K
|D. MILKS P
1 Capitalist: President Cltlsens Hotel U;
Co.. AsherlUe. N. C. R
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Cashier Commercial Bank. Rutherferdten.
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Bao.-Trnaa. Fore#t Cltx Motor Co , K
Fmrt a?r. M. C. jfJ
A 1. TAJfKKR. JR
Cdum. Ckartetto. K. C.
A. IHBKROD
rtwMoot MorrU Pla."* Bank.
Mtok Point. N. C.
MUTER B. MAN LET
ProaUmt Miami Roalty Boaro
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Zeoclatlon Miami, fk.
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. any's securities. This before an acre <
*ale.
ake Lure's Sound l\.dvant.ages Car
1. Substantial Financing?not by :
tions of money for buying the land, b ?!(
basin, buying of the Chimney Rock s<
ways and bridges, and erection of comi
done by sale of securities before offeri
2. Integrity of Officers?Names c
herewith. They are bankers, manufact
highest repute. What they say thev w
3. Location?In the right area, ti
ville-Hendersonville-Chimney Rock trian
20, mountains to seashore, already pave<
UOon to be completely paved.
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. . large?12 square
J V. own 1,500-acre lake,
bv undesirable neigi
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I'-i-Lri C Jake property?of he
Carolina foika atin rlivprsinns ran bp fc
have the advantage -- ? ? -touriat
'n" ohVi^t laxations. Lake Lin
beat altaa at LoreV'"''
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POLK COUNTY NEWS
Men a
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liaii, the driving force of his asmius
of renowned engineering
^ake Lure over as a resort of nare
directing a $G,000,000 program
The public has declared its con1
by taking $3,500,000 of the com
Di 'ts land was ever offered for
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sale of property, but by subscrlpling
the dam, clearing the lake
?enic properties, making of highlmnity
buildings and hotels. All
ng any of the real estate.
>f directors and officers are given
urers and business leaders, all of
ill do, is done.
tie the popular country, the Asheigle,
on State Highway, N. C. No.
d most of its 400-mile length,
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led?The Lake Lure Estate is so
miles, 8,500 acres, enveloping its
that it cannot be encroached upon
hbors. Lake Lure controls its own
eater than Supply?There are plenty of
oy fine hotels, or ride horses, but there is
ime sites on the shores of a beautiful see
lund. Just one night away from 70,000
re can hardly furnish home sites enough
t so far along in the making is now an
the nearest Lake Lure district office an
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$6,000,000
Purchase of 8.S00 acres and cost ol
developing LURE MONT section,
$1,500,000
Lake Lure Dam and Hydro-electric
plant. $850,000
Highway grading, hard-pacing and
bridges. $500,000
Hotels and other company buildings.
$2,500,000
-purchase of Chimney Rocfc, scenic
\ighiva*. Cliff Duellers' Inn and
improvements, $600,000
Coif course, club buildings, etc..
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Total $6.050,000
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' golf resorts, plenty of places in
; an absolute dearth of mountainnic
lake where ALL spoils and
,000 people who crave these refor
all who will desire them.
absorbing sight. Consult maps
d arrange a trip to this picture
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THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1926.
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D^APEF^
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' Earl B. Draper, of Charlotte, selected
aa the landscape engineer of Lake Lure,
created the comprehensive general plan
for the utilization, beautification and
^ community and home-site development
around Lake Lure, already proved prac,
tical in the creation of Luremont section
and Lake Lure Business Center.
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^.EAVITT
Charles Wellford Leavitt, of the New
York firm bearing his name, world
traveler, artist, city planner and landscape
engineer, whose visits to Lake
Lure and whose masterly studies of its
possibilities, resulted the adoption of
the architectural style peculiar to the
North Italian lake country for the
motif of all Lake Lure construction.
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AAEES
Curtis A. Mees, of Mees and Mees,
hydro-electric engineers of Charlotte,
who have designed and supervised the
construction of several great powey
developments in the super-hydro-electric
zone of the Piedmont Plateau. They
solved the problem of the massive Lake
Lure dam and power plant, a tremendi
ous ' peration rapidly nearing completion
and alone worth a day's trip to see.
S^LES
Wayrw- B. Stiles, o* Stiles ana Van
Kleek of Boston/famous golf architects,
creators of some of the finest courses
in this country, including the famous
Pasadena links at St. Petersburg, P.a.,
of which Walter Hagen is president and
a course which has won the admiration
of America's best players. Stiles is
personally supervising the construction
of the courses at Lake Lure. The first
is almost completed.
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