bK 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 j t . usi uuiiiy?n>. 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. * b dooomtt President Farmers Bank 4 Trust Co.# Forget CJtjr, If. a 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 t. F OATE3 Cashier Commercial Bank. Rutherferdten. k. a. ? I*. . O THOMAS ? , . |L 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 * VtooMao? Miami Bulldln* and Loaa Zeoclatlon Miami, fk. < - V tyhese LAK nrp i f 6,C) of o ty Li? vision oi one \ p sociates and the gt ^ -?-J y talent are putting I A ^ona^ ?1'ze They a ItfL, | already well along. ??1 rMence in these mei . 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. K 4. Self-Contaii . . large?12 square J V. own 1,500-acre lake, bv undesirable neigi 19 Days d',stiny5. Demand Gr lVfnt*P the mountains to enj 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'"'' This preat resor "n<lidTTr..l!rT?,1.th* and descriptions in day, Ju,^j i^d via the Lake Li gmmmBBBHrnammmmtzsmmMmmmm/mmmmmmmmmBm I, ^ ChimneyE V Chimne v. "Ty v/ WT5 POLK COUNTY NEWS Men a ELI direci ou,u< peratii 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 mot Be Matched Elsewhere % 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, N 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 jre Lines. y 1^- " ' - -rrrr^i^ ^ -;' &*%&%&** ^ ?i ^kMimiit Y ROCK, 4. /// Lake \hJv lure HtftjxttbflVlLU 0. t HED MANAGER HENDfeRSONVIL Phone 28 ' i r^-rr y:<? * - rw'---;w^? cilind IRE tiim ons v. ryfs7\ $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.. 5IW.CW Total $6.050,000 i l I. i. ' 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 ' I i 1 MBOTWHMRBiMM v . . ' 4 I ains,/^ .NX. I J Cf KSE ,LE OFFICE y^nwwfppy'y^fiippipi THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1926. J * jfm ? D^APEF^ i i ' 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. \ ^.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. I . IS - JM mmmmM Bit'itsfflfflfSBy' 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. Settle on ' iaeb liiri ' ? ??I Hi' V,' I / ' i- <

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