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THE QALAX HEtJS PAGK 5 I.EE 'S inn nriD UJELCOmE YOU TO u r\ S FABULOUS FOOD IS SERVED IN THE RHODODENDRON ROOII.. Buffet Thursday Nights Sunday Noon Breakfast 8 to 10 — Luncheon 12:50 *^2 Dinner 6:30 6 Phone 3615 for Reservations TwentY'-one new units each have large private porch, tile BATH WITH BOTH TUB AND SHOWER, LARGE DRESSING ROOJim Rooms comfortable furnished wr th wall to wall carpet, ELECTRIC HEAT IN BEDROOM AND BATH^ RoOM ARRANGEMENTS ARE FLEXIBLE SO YOU MAY HAVE ONE OR MORE BEDROOMS AS YOU DESIRE^ CHILDREN'S AGTIVITIES COUNSELLOR SUPERVISED. OF COURSEl NO CHARGE, ••••• MEMBER OF HIGHLANDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JULY 12: SPECIMEN OF TABLE MOUNTAIN PINE $1.00, and those who are interebu- ed in obtaining one may contact Luther W. The handsome specimen of Table Mount- Rice# Jr., real estate broker at 23^0 or ain Pine (pinus pungens) located on the inquire at the Highlands Chamber of Com- Harbison farm, a part of which recently was m©rce* sold, has been cut. The fact is bemoaned by all lovers of trees and especially so by Museum OF Natural History botanists, Coker and Totten, in their book, a Lprture Sfirles at the Museum of TREES OJ the SOOTH^TERN STATES. in 19^5• in commenting on the specimen, re- follows: ported! "The largest tree of this species we have seen is on the Harbison farm about two miles from Highlands, N, C, It was (19^1) 2 feet 10 l/3 inches thick four and a half feet from the ground and 6l feet high, measured by Mr. Tom Harbison, who carried a tape to the topmost twig," A section of the tree has been donated to the Museum. A section of a table mountain pine in the State Museum at Raleigh from Henderson County, N, C,, has a diameter of 2 feet ^ inches. At press time the width of the section for the Highlands Museum had j^uGUST 23s not been measured. BIRD WATCHIM} IN WONDERLAND - Movie - Mr, and Mrs, Ralph R, Smith, Asheville, N, C. HOW TO CATCH A SALAMANDER and OTHER WONDERS - Illustrated - Dr, Robert E. Gordon, University of Notre Dame ADVENTURES IN ARCTIC ALASKA - Illustrated - Dr. David W, Johnston, Wake Forest College THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS - REF UGE FROM THE GLACIERS - Mr. R, Alan Mebane, Park Naturalist, Blue Ridge Parkway PANEL DISCUSSION RESEARCH IN ESCARPMENT GORGES OF BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS - Research Staff of Station NoteI Save this notice for reference. Cards will not be mailed. Consult the GALAX NEWS. JULY 26; AUGUST 2j AUGUST 16: WNCRPC MAPS AVAILABLE Maps prepared by sterophotogrammetric methods for the Western North Carolina Re gional Planning Commission have been made available by C, W. McDowell, surveyor and real estate broker. These maps, which were financed in part through an urban planning « ✓ i grant from the Housing and Home Finance Tan^ Sutton s 26^ carat ruby found Agency, show all the street and residential days ago at Gibson Ruby Mine may area in the Town of Highlands, They are on seen at Highlands Gem Siop*
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