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ECHOES OF THE BLUE RIDGE Galls Attention To Frome Article On Parkway Link BY HERMAN W. WILCOX Much has been written and said regarding the protection of our natural resources, es pecially our mountains in this area. Many have written fea ture articles on “Why the Blue Ridge Parkway should be built over the top of Grandfather.” Michael Frome Writes One of the South’s foremost travel writers is Ur. Michael F r o m e. Mr. F r om e, for some reason is on the side of side of those who would build the Blue Ridge Parkway H. W. WILCOX on the so called “High Route”. Frome goes on to critize our ex-Governors Luther Hodges and Terry Sanford in their stand to protect this mountain. He critizes Sanford for saying “Our people believe the best way to look at a mountain is not to bulldoze a highway across the top of Grandfather. Beauty is giving way to high ways to fast as it is” Frome cites what the Park Service has done to improve attractions and promote this area, how many hundreds of thousands of dollars, even millions, to pro vide us with recreation facili ties along this beautiful road. He did not explain that that it is the nature of the Parkway service to not go too far out of their way to help us pull this traffic of the Parkway to enjoy what we have to offer, and take advantage of our housing facili ties that “Our own people” have spent almost every cent they had to provide excellent motels, hotels and eating faci lities adjacent to the road. Most Scenic Highway In America Some good has come from this critical article, and we must give Frome credit 'for a wonderful paragraph which I would like to quote: “For the Blue Ridge Parkway, I could cite its selection by the National Association of Travel Organi zations as the most scenic high way in America, but I prefer to speak from personal experi ence. I have traveled over every major recreational road in this country and over many of those in other lands. There is nothing on earth to compare with the Blue Ridge Parkway, in design, landscaping, oppor tunities for enjoyment of ap preciation of the countryside, or with its management in the best interest of a democratic people.” We would agree with Mr. Frome, we highly respect those in charge of our Blue Ridge Parkway highway. They are doing a good job. We are con vinced the proper ones setting down with Mr. Morton can work out a satisfactory solu tion to this problem, and .one of the most beautiful links of the road can be constructed. It might be well to keep in mind that the profits Mr. Mor ton makes from this mountain, go right back into promoting it and adding additional attrac tions around it, making the en tire area more beautiful for the citizens of USA to enjoy. Know The Weather BY E. H. SIMS Is spring the season for tor nadoes? In what states do tor nadoes occur most frequently? Spring is the beginning of the tornado season, in a sense, though these destructive whirl ing windstorms can occur at any time during the year. They seldom expand to more than a mile or two in diameter and are often only a few hund red yards wide. They may bounce over the surface of the earth, touching down with dev astating force every so many miles on a course several hun dred miles long, or they may travel only a few miles. The velocity of wind is al ways high in a tornado. The tornado develops when a heavy air layer somehow winds up atop a light layer of air, in an occluded front area. As the heavier air breaks through, falling, somehow a circular mo tion of great force develops. This occurs most frequently during spring and summer, in the mid-western and western states. Only in the central plains of Russia do tornadoes like those in the U. S. occur so regularly. ft MAKE MINE TRAILWAYS. IT'S THE EASIEST TRAVEL ON EARTH ft Aboard Trailway*’ newly-designed buses you ridt tbo Interstate routes with extra comfort and safety Great fleets of these luxurious new buses make the most of the new superhighway ride. Solid comfort. Big view. All-weather climate control. Trailways is modern travel at its very best. 1-way • CHARLOTTE .$ 3.45 • 3 Convenient trips dally • RALEIGH ....S 6.30 • 3 Departures dally • NEW YORK .....321.85 • Only 1 change via Bristol BOONE BUS TERMINAL 211 Depot Street—264-2102 TRAILWAYS % Easiest travel on earth Tornadoes come at night or in daylight. They create an awful, freight-train-like rumble. In the day, the funnel-shaped cloud can be seen at some dis tance, traveling not too fast. IF YOU WONDERED—where the city limits of Boone are, since annexation of adjacent properties last summer, all argu ments can now be ended. State Highway engineers have erected green and white city limit signs on Highway 421— West and East—Highway 105 and Highway 321. (Staff photo) Parks Arid Recreations Body Meets; Elects Slate Of Officers The Boone Parks and Recrea tion Commission held its first meeting? Thursday, March. 3, at the home of Mrs. B. W. Stall ings on Highland Park Drive. Elected to serve as officers were Paul J. Smith, chairman; Eric DeGroat, vice - chairman; and Mrs. Frank 0. Auten, secre tary-treasurer. Other members of the com mission are Mrs. B. W. Stall ings, Dennis Greene, Mrs. Lee Reynolds and A. E. McCreary. Dr. Hadley M. Wilson serves on the commission as representa tive of the Town Board of Aldermen. A regular monthly meeting time was decided on, and plans were discussed for organizing a parks and recrea tion program under the direc tion and supervision of a full time director. The recreational program could include such activities as softball for men and women, plus assistance to those leagues already in operation; fall six man touch football leagues for boys 10-14 years of age; a full instructional basketball program for girls; winter men’s and wo men’s and boys’ and girls’ bas ketball leagues; late winter men’s and women’s, or mixed, volleyball leagues; special inter est badminton classes and lea gues; tennis instruction, leagues and tournaments; a crafts pro gram; bridge, slimnastics and dance classes; little theater groups; senior citizens’ clubs; a youth council on civic affairs; and special event* such at Ute days, soap bn derbies ant marble tournaments. Anyone interested in flii« pro gram is asked to contact any member of the mnaninaon Most Of the planning te the coming year will be for setting up the recreational pant of the entire program. National Players To Appear At H Appalachian Friday March 11 The National Players touring company from Catholic Univer sity in Washington, D. C., will appear in two performances at Appalachian State Teachers College Friday, March 11, ac cording to announcement by Prof Rogers Whitener of the college’s Artists and Lecture Series. The company will present William Shakespeare’s “Romeo And Juliet” at 2 p.m. and Mo lieFs “The Miser” at 8 p.m. Both performances will be given in the auditorium of the Administration Building. The repertory company, now in its 17th season, was founded by the Speech and Drama De- ■ partment of Catholic University and is billed as the longest-run* ning national classical reper tory company in this country this century. The public weather service of the United States began in 1870 as part of the Army Signal Corps, according to World Book Encyclopedia. HOMECREST® CLOSET ACCESSORIES Made to our rigid specifica tions. 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