Friday, August 15, 1958
THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Page 3
You Own Part of a Summer Estate
You own part of a 3,600-acre
summer estate in North Carolina’s
Blue Ridge Mountains—complete
with fishing lakes, riding and hik
ing trails, an^ a 21-ioom Manor
House.
You get there over new roads
that arc part of the Blue Ridge
Parkway—most traveled of all Na-
ticmal Park facilities.
The summer estate is Moses Cone
Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge
Parkway at Blowing Rock, N. C. As
a ^li of the National Park sys
tem, it belongs to alt the peoide of
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It was the late Moses H. Cone,
Greensboro textile magnate known
as the "blue denim king,’’ who ac
quired the land, built a white-
columned summer home on it, dam
med up two mountain streams to
form lakes, and planted extensive
apple orchards and pastures.
That took place around the turn
of the century. When Mr. Cone died
in 1908, his will specified that his
widow would occupy the estate un
til her death. It was then to be
come property of Ihs State of
North Carolina^
Mrs. Cone died in 194:/, and a
few years later the State of North
Carolina transferred the estate to
the Federal Government to become
an attraction of the Blue Ridge
Parkway.
The Manor House is a sales and
WELL QUALIFIED —Typical of
the outstanding speakors who
will participate in the Christian
Business Aten's Crusade at the
New Bern High school auditori-
um-August 16-24 is Vernon W.
Patterson.
A successful business man, he
has served as State and National
President of the National Lay
men's Evangelistic Association;
vice-president of Columbia Bible
College; treasurer of Ben Lippen
Schools; general chairman of'the
Billy Graham Charlotte Campaign
o'f 1947; commissioner to the
General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church in the United
States; and has served two three-
year terms as director of Chris
tian Business Men's Committee,
Infernatlonel.
Born in Clarksville, Va., he
now lives in Charlotte.
display center of the Southern
Highlands Handicraft Guild—you
can spend hours “just looking’’ at
handmade articles ranging- from
fine furnishings and fabrics to in
tricate jewelry and whimsical carv
ings.
One of the rooms contains a
small crafts mutepna displaying a
hand-loomed coverlet which helped
start the entire crafts revival in
the Southern Appalachians. It was
woven by a mountain woman in
185S, and given to Miss Frances
Foster Goodrich in 1885. Miss Good
rich, interested in developing the
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Taking Ymir
Vacation?
Read This
From Billings, Mqnt., to Bangor,
Maine, and across the country in
every other direction, post offices
are receiving such customary in
quiries as these;
“A month ago I left ior a week’s
vacation and gave you a forward
ing order. I’ve been back a week
now and am not receiving any
mail. Why?’’
“When I returned from my va
cation; I could not find in our
mail box some yery valuable let
ters which I was expecting. What
do you think could have happened
to them?”
“I moved away from New Bern a
year ago on temporary assign
ment. I have been back three
weeks now but have received no
mail. What’s happened to the serv
ice?”
These and other important sea
sonal mail problems can.be avoid
ed if vacationers will
1. Be certain that they leave at
the post office full,and accurate
written instructions about what to
dp with their mail while they are
away. If one plans to spend the
summer at Oceanside, for example,
he should not let the post oTfice
guess that he has gone to Ocean-
view.
2. Don’t allow mail to accumulate
in your mail box while you are
away. Overstuffed mail boxes in
vite thievery. Ask a neighbor or
a friend to pick up your mail and
hold it for you until you return.
Be sure to inform the post office of
this arrangement so that the car
rier will not fail to leave your
mail because he believes that you
have moved away and do not in
tend to com? back.
3. When you finish with your
vacation or your temporary assign
ment, let the post office know that
you have returned, unless your
change of address instructions had
a well-understood expiration date.
If during your absence you estab
lish any other post office address,
be sure to make written cancella
tion of those arrangements.
Postmaster Ralph Stanley and
postmasters everywhere are most
anxious to help their patrons with
summertime mail problems. The
important thing to remqmber is
that though your platis may be
clear in ygur own mind, they may
be a complete mystery to someone
else unless you let your intentions
be fully and accurately known.
If you have atiy questions about
changes of qddress or any other
postal m^Uois, c^ll at your post
office here in New Bern.
native talents and skills of the
mountain people, was so impressed
with the fabric and workmanship
that she began the movement which
resulted in the organization of the
guild and the famous crafts centers
now' situated in the southern moun
tains-
From the-fropt verandah of the
Manor House there is a beautiful
vista of Bass l,ake, which in sum
mer is dotted with pink and white
water lilies. Accessible only by foot
or on horseback, the lake Is open
for public fishing. Further back in
the forested estate lands which
reach across Flat Top Mountain is
Trout Lake, a few minutes walk
from a paved road. It looks like
a fishennan’s dream come true.
The unpaved roads which circle
Bass Lake and wind across the pas
tures and woodlands on the estate
are reserved for pedestrian, horse
back or carriage use. You can walk,
ride or drive for more than 20
miles without encountering a sin
gle automobile.
If you ride up to the crest cl
Flat Top Mountain you will see
the graves of Mr. and Mrs. Cone,
surrounded by dark green spruce
trees and a low iron fence. The
tittle plot of ground is all that they
reserved of the vast summer estate
they loved so well and bequeathed
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to all the people of the United
States. ,
A friend is onp is as willin|;
to help you when you need it as
when you do not.
— Stuart W. Knight
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