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BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1959
Welcome To The Holiday Highlands . . . Blowing Rock , Boone, Linville |
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We Hope the Pictures and Stories in These Pages
Will Intrigue . . . and That You Will Find
Helpful Information About Services and Attrac
tions That Will Make Your Visit a Most
Enjoyable One.
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September Is Good
T ravel Month In N.C.
By MIRIAM RABB
(State Travel Editor)
September's tangy blend of
Summer and Autumn in North
Carolina's Variety Vacationland is
enhanced this year with new op
portunities for scenic motor travel
through Eastern America's high
est mountains and the first Na
tional seashore.
PARKWAY ? As Autumn foli
age begins at mile-high alti
tudes, a new section of the Blue
Ridge Parkway to Waterrock
Knob, soaring 6,292 feet above
sea level, is being opened near
the new link-up of the Parkway
and the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park west of AsheviUe.
Over 1M miles of the Parkway
are available for Autumn tra
vel in North Carolina this year.
SEASHORE DRIVE ? A loop
trip along almost 100 miles of
oceanfront on the Outer Banks
islands will be made possible by
automobile ferry service scheduled
to begin September 7 between At
lantic, eastern terminus of U. S.
70, and Ocracoke Island in the
Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
The new privately operated ferry
is the final link in the chain of
bridges and free State ferries
which now make Nags Head, Kitty
Hawk, and Hatteras and Ocracoke
Island accessible from the main
land.
FISHING AND HUNTING ?
Pier and offshore fishing are
prime along the entire North Car
olina coast in September, and the
Autumn run of channel bass be
gins in weather mild enough for
surf and sun bathing. Six salt wat
,er fishing contests continue. State
wide, fresh water fishing is excel
t
lent, with the mountain trout sea
son extending through September
in many areas of Western North
Carolina. Hunting seasons open
September 5 on marsh hens and
September 12 on doves.
EVENTS ? Apple harvest in the
Blue Ridge will be celebrated
September 1-7 with the 13th an
nual North Carolina Apple Festi
val at Hendersonville. A Carolina
Sailing Club regatta at Kerr Re
servoir is September 12-13. One
of the South's largest horse shows,
the four-day North Carolina
Championship which draws exhibi
tors from more than 20 states,
opens September 30 at the State
Fair Arena in Raleigh. The out
door dramas "The Lost Colony"
at Hanteo and "Unto These Hills"
at Cherokee play nightly except
Mondays through September 6.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Allen Watters, son of Dr. and
Mrs. D. A. Waters of Gay Moun
tain, Blowing Rock and Vero
Beach, Fla., celebrated his thir
teenth birthday last Friday. Many
friends of the Gay Mountain area
joined Allen for ice cream, cake
and Cokes. All enjoyed games and
horseback riding. In the evening,
all adjourned to the Sunrise Inn
for dinner and an evening of fun
and interest at Fjncke-Sobel Auc
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FUI"P? LOVE
Los Angeles ? Mrs. Mary Lie
blich, 49, was awarded custody of
the family dachshund at a pre
, divorce hearing recently. But her
salesman husband, Eraest, 43, was
granted visitation rights.
Blue Ridge Motor Court
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AAA Approved
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All
Year
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Serving
Breakfast ? Lunch ? Dinner
Special Dining Room for Any Occasion
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COME BACK IN OCTOBER. ? October's spectacular foliage display
was rapidly approaching ita peak on the slopes of the Blue Ridge
when Hugh Morton snapped this picture last. year. Atop Grandfather
Mountain, highest of the Blue Ridge peaks, October's sightseers will |
get a bird's eye view of 90 miles of red and golden foothills. The '
fall color season in Holiday Highlands is expected to run all through '
October.
Visitors Are Being Urged To
Return For Gay Colors Of Fall
By JOE MINOR
Plan now to "Come back in ex
citing Octobcr." This advice may
well be heeded by visitors to Holi
day Highlands, because, no matter
what attracted them here in the
first place, the autumn color sea
Vanderbilt
Lands Taken
By Parkway
Brevard, N. C., Aug. 20 ? Last
holdings of the Vanderbilt estate
in Pisgah National Forest has
been acquired by the Blue Ridge
Parkway, according to maps filed
with Register of Deeds Paul Whit
more here Monday.
The 800-odd acre tract was
known as the Vanderbilt lodge
property add is on the 1 crest of
the Piskah Ledge, near foot of Mt.
Pisgah. Several buildings that have
keen kept In excellent state of re
pair go with the property.
The Blue Ridge Parkway from
Cat* Head, or Elk Pasture, will
now be able to stay on the crest
of the ridge at the Vanderbilt pro
perty and continue on to Wagon
Road gap.
Other lands from Cat's Head to
Wagon road are in Pisgah Nation
al Forest boundary and there will
be no right of way trouble on
these properties.
Contracta to be let from Sandy
Flats on the West Asheville road
on a five-mile link toward Cata
head this fall. It is expected that
the entire 23 miles of the Park
way from French Broad river to
Wagon Road will be completed
within three years or less.
New nations are setting own
goals.
son offers some of the most beau
tiful scenes of Nature's wonders of
all seasons.
Probably more poets have tried
to capture in verse the beauty of
autumn than any other season of
the year. Spring offers much in
its awakening, summer offers much
in its lushness, and winter is beau
tiful in its sheer bleakness ? but
in autumn one can see the real
beauty of Nature's handiwork in
the colors that bedeck the moun
tains.
It may seem early to be plan
ning a trip back to the mountains
in October, but in order to insure
that such a jaunt may be possible,
every effort should be made now
to get back to the highlands then
? because it is in October the
colors are at their peak.
If Mother Nature follows her
schedule of past years, she will
have already started "painting"
when October begini. As the days
progress, so will the colors, and
before mid-month, the whole Hol
iday* Highlands will be a mass
of color that will last through the
month.
If you can, plan now to spend
some time with us; if you can't
get away very long, come and stay
as long as you can.
If you have time you can plan
your trip so you can get in a foot
ball game at Appalachian State
Teachers College; or you ?an get
in a game of golf at one of the
fine courses in the Scenic Triangle
? Linville, Blowing Rock, Boone
area; or you can get in another
picnic. Whatever you want to do,
uon't disappoint us and miss the
Colorama planned by Nature.
Take our advice: Plan now to
come back in October.
Your Vacation Lasts A
Life-Time . . .
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of It!
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129 E. KING 8T. BOONE, N. C. AMherst 4 8485
STAYING AT NEW HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Willi* Cochran of
West Palm Beach, Fla., are spend- ^
ing a few weeks at their new sum- (
mer home on Gay Mountain, Blow- {
ing Rock. 1
Area Geology
Is Described
Linvllle ? The geology of West
ern North Carotin* U described
in a new pamphlet published by
Grandfather Mountain and writ
ten by Dr. Jasper Stuckey.
Dr. Stuckey list* where speci
mens of semi-precious and some
precious minerals can be found
ind where principal veins of ore
ire located in the western area of
North Carolina.
The North Carolina counties of
Alleghany, Alexander, Ashe,
Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cald
well, Cherokee, Clay, Haywood,
lackson, Madison, Mitchell, Wata
uga and Yancey are covered in
the geologic report.
The pamphlet is available with
out cost and may be obtained by
writing directly to Grandfather
Mountain, {^inville, N. C.
The development of the Blue
Ridge Range i* explained by Dr.
Stuckey as being laid " down In
lediment form during the Precam
arian era ? or as much as 800,000,
XX) years ago. The rock formation
later underwent a tremendous up
heaval and the largest mountain
n the range, Grandfather, was
Formed.
Trout Fishing
Is Nearing End
Trout fishing will be ended by
law on August 31, except in Mid
lie Fork and Watauga River. In
these streams fishing will be al
lowed through September.
Come* to LLn/Mjtte^
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IINVHJJ, N. C ? Mm f. Port., Om. M?r.
The Village Motel
Just Below The Post Office
Blowing Rock, North Carolina
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