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Minerals Museum Is Cited As mTSaFi Newest Attraction On Parkway X* By MIRIAM RABB Newest attraction on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina is a Minerals Muaeum designed as ? showcase (or specimens of the more than 300 minerals which Identify the Tar Heel State as "na tures' mineral sample eaae." In North Carolina, minerals am not only the basis of a aaulM-esU lion dollar industry; they are ef never ending interest to geolog ists. students, sightseers and Jest plain rockhounda. Minerals are found in many section ef the j*ete, with the greatest concentration and variety in the vaeatlonlaada crossed by the Blue fridge Park way. The Muaeum of North Carolina Minerals is at Gillespie Gam where the Parkway crosses Highway 36 near Spruce Pine and Little Swit terland. It is a Joint project of the State of North Carolina. which built it, and the National PaHt Ser vice, which provided the seven acre site adjoining the Parkway and is operating the museum aa an attraction staffed by Park Service personnel and open free to visi U? "h The museum will be open seven days a week through October. The building Ja of native atone quarried frpm Grandfather Mountain. .It is within sight of both the Parkway and Highway >6, and is approached Wilson's Insurance and Real Estate Agency BOONE? llot 60x200, wwage and water. $800. GRAND BOULEVARD? 2 lots 25x162. $1,000. BLOWING ROCK ROAD? Fully equipped Texaco Service Sta tion* E. KING ST, ? 4 apartment house, lot 73x230, 4 apartments, bath in each apartment, garage. $11,900. HEAT CAMP ? 1V4 story block house, stucco, hardwood floors; furnace, basement, 1 acre land, water in house, pump in basement. $6,800. ZIONVILLE? 2 story house, 4 acres land on U. S. 421. $6,000. BOONE ? 1 lot 88x90, excellent business site. $6,300. TRIPP APARTMENTS ? 3 apartments, completely furnished, oil heat, brick, located on Howard Street. $280.00 per month income. A good investment. VILAS? Roy Brown Restaurant and service station completely equipped. Septic tanks already installed for trailer court. 377 foot frontage on U. S. 421. A real buy. BOONE ? 2story rock house, 4 rooms and bath up, 3 rooms and bath down, lot 94x170. Terms if needed. $10,000. GENERAL STORE ? New cinder block BMldlng, stuccoed and plastered, 28x30, ft. acre land, water if building, well stocked, a good business. $9,300. BOONE? 3 acres land approximately 1 miles from city. limits. Good building site. Can buy all of it or a part of it. $3,800. VILAS ? 7 room house, bath, full basement, 23 acres extra .good land, gravity vfater in house, 5- tenths tobacco base, prac tically new garage and barn, well fenced, a variety of fruit trees, a real bargain. $13,300. BOONE ? 5-room houte, bath, hardwood floors, lot 60x21$, good ? garden, located on Green street. $8,000. - " - We Have a Number ?f Confidential Listings ?f G*od Property. See us for your automobile, hospitalization, accident and health, polio, fire or life Insurance. We will gladly assist you in buying or selling Real Estate. EUGENE WILSON ? r W. K. WILSON OFFICE TELEPHONE AMberst 4 8444 HOME- TELEPHONE AMberst i*?tZ 308 East King Street, Old Boone Flower Shop Building by a paved driveway. There is ample .^parking spa** an the ground*, which are landacaped with native shrubs. A gemstone's throw from the museum is a matt er honoring the frontier patriots who passed through Gillespie Gap on September 29, 1780, on their way to Kings Mountain for one of the important battles of the Revo lutionary w*r. j. Host of the minerals ocsuring in North Carolina have been found within 100 miles of the museum sit. The Spruce Pine area, adjoin ing the Parkway and extending west, contains the state's lsrgest commercial deposits and procea sing plants far mica, kaolin and feldspar. At Spryce Pino" is the govenuMtfl largest mica-buying depot Gams tea sa garnets, aqua marine** beryl and others also abound in this region, once the home of the only commercial ?wyriM In the Tlffttlf Gold was once mined and minted in Piedmont North Carolina, and ee nation's largest tungsten mine 200 miles across the state near Henderson. Visitor! to the Minerals Museum see exhibits of rough and polished gemstones, .raw and processed com mercial minerals, and finished pro ducts in which North Carolina min erals are used: fine china, insula tors, crystal fiberglass, and tile. There is a carat emerald from the old minfc near little Switzerland, and a 77-carat chunk of quartz bril liantly cut and polished. There are gold coins minted from native gold at the Old Beehtler Mint near Rutherfardton, and exhibits ?f raw mica along with electronic appa ratus in which it is vsed. Almost all of the gemstones and rare minerals displayed at the Museum are from the cherished private collections of individuals who woufd not have sold them at any price, hut made. them avail able aa permanent loans to the museum. Commercial mining and processing firms have' contributed handsome samples of industrial minerals and gemstones; manufac turing concerns have donated arti cles in which North Carolina min erals are utilized. The museum col lections wens assembled by the minersls committee of the North. Carolina Department of Conserva tion adn Development, and classi fied and arranged by experts from the National Park Service. Enthu siasm for the project-hss been so great that the museum already has exhibits -which the mineral* com mittee describes as- "far ahead of anything that seemed poesible so early in the history of the mus eum." Other mineral specimins will be installed, as they are ac quired In addition to being a display Captain Frank L. Swaim judges automobile gqsolino tho way ho judges aviation gat ... irs PEKFORMANGE THAT COUNTS! "Mt regular job if piloting ? United Air Line* DC-7. On moat of my flight* we bm Phillip* 66 Aviation Gasoline. It'* high-per formance Muff, and one reason it'* *o good i* Di-isopropvL "Phillip* ha* (tarted putting Di-iaoproprl in Htenokik gas oline, too. They call it 'FLITE FUEL*.. . tad I uk it regularly in mj car. It give* wonderful performance." C^taki Fr?fc L SrcK MM Mr Uiw If it'i top performihce jrou want, fill ap with power ful mw cute-fuel. Both aw fernunjn. tad an Phillip* 66 Gatoline have been fortified for increased power, higher octane, longer mileage. Remember, the one real test of motor fuel ii: how it perform* in yoor car. Try a nnkftH at y*mr Phillip* 66 Dealer'*. ^ Maim FmoutM company sgftj. ?? wnvtwoy *trvKt, joq rrt K*ro*MA#cs rmr eotmrt/ sn tow nnuiM m mauki PH1UJM 66 ?<TO?CTg l? dWrilmt^ U. as! rielnllT by | g? COLVARD, INC. .4 :M . " Pfc?AMMMi Men's Softball Si Schedule Released Cowyctttlon in the Men'. Soft ball League (Ot underway Tuea day, June 7, according to an an nouncement by Shirley Gabriel, Boose director of recreation, who haa released the following sche dule for the month a t June: June 7 ? Baptist va Perkinsville. A field; Metbodlit va IRC, B field. Jane ?? Oak Grove va V. F. W? A field, Prebyterians vs Mountain Liona, B field. June 10? Baptist va IRC. A field; | Perkinsville vs VFW. B field. June IS? Methodist vs Mountain I Lions, A field; Oak Grove va Prao- 1 byterian. June 14? Baptist va VFW, Bl building, the museum is planned as a center of information and ad jioe about what to look for and where oa gem-hunting and mineral collecting expeditions, since the surrounding mountain area is ? meeting place for students and col lectors from all over the country. Within a few miles of the mus eum, visitors can turn rockheund and go digging for their own col lections of North Carolina miner ?la, or study mining and proceaaing operations. The cutting and polish ing of native stones can be obaerv ed at several centers m and aaar Spruce Pine and regular demon atrations of this art, lapidary, will eventually be included in the museum program. The Museum will be dedicated Friday, June IT, by Governor Luther H. Hodgee of North Caro lina and Director Comd Wirth of the National Park Service. DANIEL BOONE THEATRE SATURDAY, JUNE 11 I:1S P. M. Sponaored fcy BOONE ROTARY CLUB 1 r / VANCE Recapping Co. field; rilC vs MounUln Lions, A , field . - ? .vjS ' June 16? Preabyterian vs Per- ( kinaviile. A field; Method* v* 0?k Grove, B field June 17? Baptist v? Mountain ' Lion, B field; VFW vs Presbyter- * lan, A field. June 20 ? IRC r? Oak Grove, B ' field; Methodist va Parkia.ville, A field. < June 11? Baptist va Proahrter iaq, B field; Oak Grove vi Moun tain Liona. A. field \ June ?? VFW va Methodist, A field; IRC va Perkinsville, B field. June 14? Baptist va Oak Grove, A field; Presbyterian vs Method 1st. B field ,'W June ST? Mountain Lions vs Per kinsville. B field; VFW vs IRC, A field. June 18 ? Baptiat va Method iat, B field; Oak Grove vs Perkinsville, A field. June SO ? Presbyterian vs IRC, A field; Mountain Lions vs VFW, B field. A field? IRC playing field. B field ? Dormitory playing field. ?lor more , pure pleasure, have a Camel Insurance Meet Confab At Rock Blowing Rock.? Some 800 sales, claims <nd office representative! A the Farm Bureau Insurance :orapanles of Columbus. Ohio, will ittend a two day meeting at May riew Manor here June 1MU. Ask> ey T. McCgrtar, manager of tl Carolina regional office, announced | ? tfcla week.-?;* McCarter laid Charlei f. Gold o f Forest CM* atate insurance commissioner, M. O. Mat a. gener al manager of >arnam operative Esdunae; and W. JL White, vieo president of sales for the Farm Bureau Inaurance Com panies will apeak. ; *f . Tfce meeting, ka laid. ?u called to reaffirm the principle* and o b countries at Vienaa t? military itrength of tfc world ?iainit the Sorle LETTUCE 13c TOMATOES, lb. 22c GREEN BEANS, 2 lbs.. 25c CUKES, 2 lbs. 27c Lrg. Size No. 2Vi Del Monte FRUIT COCKTAIL 38c By Nabisco? tWaverly WAFERS 25c 12mm. Site Dixie VANILLA WAFERS i-ib. Mil ? , . PURELARD ---.-v- #1.69 ? ? <* oo? i. HOT WEATHER SPECIALS 5-Oz. 12-oz. Tumbler Way Pack Swe?t DOVE OLIVES I 40c MIDGET PICKLES ? 1 ? 33c 46-oz. * SunkUt ! ORANGE JUICE 27c ^LEMONS, doc. 39c FLEETWOOD TEA, 4-oz. Tumbler 25c Sacramento Tomato Heine Strained CATSUP, 2 for , 37c BABY FOOD, 6 for 59c Save 15c on FrUkie's Hoods 33 DOG FOOD, 3 cans ... 35c BLEACH, V3 gal 27c SWIFTNINC SHORTENING, 3-lb. can 73c (WITH 42c COUPONS INSH)E COUNTRY HAMS, 16 to 25-lb. Average, lb..?_ 79c BONELESS FISH, Perch or Cod, lb. 35c CANNED BISCUITS, BalkrdsorPiMury,3for.-29c CHOICE CHUCK CUT SjJCED OR BOAST BEEF ROAST, lb. 39c PORK SHOULDER, lb. 39c LEAN AND TENDER PURE YORK CUBE STEAK, lb. .... 74c | SAUSAGE, 3 lbs .... $LH BOONE SUPER MARKET EwtMainStwtt ' ? , ? ^ ,> ^ Dial AMherst 4-3891 Here's where all that wonderful ? ' i performance begins I * They're ?B troB? ?B the wonderful things you hear about Pontiac's great performance. The way it aweepe uphill or down with the mum effortleaa ease. The tremendous bunt . of peering power that answers the nudge of yoor toe. The thought-quick response in stop and-go traffic that makes the ear seem part of jfM. The snoeth, quiet way it foes about its business however hard or far you drive. Lift the hood at a Pontiac and you'll be faea to face with the reason. That compact power plant nested there may look much like other V-8'e? but that's where your eyas deceive y1?ul The Strato-Strsak V-8 ia in a class all by iteaif? Hied with engineering "feats" that make it the mightiest engine ever to appear in Pontbc'i price field. And it's one of the 1 many Pontine advantages you can't get any where alae. Pontiac alone gives you the terrific drive of Strato-Streak performance. This sensational performance, remember, comes in a distinguished, futurs-fastiioned beauty that is tagged with a 'price any new* car buyer rfln readily afford. Hare's your wi^e-open invitation to coma in and try the result? thefadut ujlinj PonUae of all time. Hw car is ready whenever you are! Make it soon. IARNETTIMOTOR EAST MAIN STREET
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