Tounst Business Leaders
Met In Tryon Friday
Fourteen representatives of Wes
tern North Carolina Highlanders,
Inc., regional promotion organiza
tion covering 12 counties of the
area, held their March meeting of
the Board of Directors, here on
Friday, being luncheon guests of
George D. Cooksey at Oak Hall.
Reports of the recent National
Travel Show in Chicago, in which
the Highlanders and Fontana
Village had displays, were made
by Bart Deiper, executive vice
president of the promotion organi
zation, and president of the Na
tional Association of Travel Or
ganizations, snonsoring the travel
show. Over 225,000 persons at
tended. most of them having op
nortnnitv to view the Western
North Carolina displays. As many
as 2.500 personal interviews were
held bv the promotion organization
renresentatives. while Fontana
Villas-0 distributed several hun
dred thousand W. N. C. and state
folders in addition to their own.
O. A. Fetch, president of the
Highlanders and resident manager
Fontana Village presided at the
Frida'7- meeting at Oak Hall, dur
ing which definite plans were laid
to increase the promotional efforts
tor Western North Carolina tour
ist business, bv the nublication of
large quantities! of Vacation mans
of tbe area which will al=o earrv
nictoral highlights of visitor at
tractions. An accommodations; di
rectory will also be published for
wide distribution to prosnective
visitors, carrying the names and
addresses of courts, hotels and
restaurants supporting the promo
tion efforts.
The Board voted hearty endorse
ment of the road beautification
nrogram being sponsored by Wes
tern North Carolina Associated
Communities, which initiated the
movement that led to the forma
tion of the Highlanders.
President Fetch brought out the
fact that in the area five Chambers
of Commerce are now cooperat
ing financially in the program of
the Highlanders in the advertising
of the visitor attractions of Wes
tern North Carolina.
A number of representatives
were making first visits in Tryon,
and expressed themselves as deep
ly impressed with the community
and the early arrival of spring in
this area.
In addition to those mentioned
in attendance were O. A. Ashman,
president of the Buncombe County
group, Asheville: Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Bosworth, the former a
director of the Highlanders and
the latter a volunteer assistant at
the Highlanders display booth dur
ing the travel show; Mr. and Mrs.
John Hunter, Asheville; Mrs. J.
R. Tweed, Hot Springs, director
for Madison County; L. E. De
Vois, president, Haywood County
Highlanders. Waynesville. and Di
rector Connatser of the same town;
Norman Greig, Chjimnev Hock,
substituting for Sam Eudv of
Lake Lure, a director of the Hen
derson County groun; James
Gaither. Brevard, president of the
Transylvania County group. Tn
addition to Mr. Cooksey. Trvon was
represented by P. L. Barnette.
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sleeping quarters. Close in. Trvon
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