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t MAY 15, 1941 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Paxe IS Weasei 'Meted I Writer Estimates That f visit Area 'iyS: I ,The following ar Ur;: L New York May 4th. Three Travel In Park Royalty Has a Cry 7 Newfound "r'Tock" of throck" i. Rock nd tne f.e Cherokee Res- iS with the story. IVGTON-Travelers in ffSmbers are rolling r'1 these days through the $?JJ Park, bor r?fcmous Skyliae Drive & over the Blue Ridge. riTpowible, nd oth ff intain and valley I it " the haze-hidden ' depths of the Great jHoantains. , jytbousanos oi tne record. Clordes that flocked to 1 (or the Cherry Blossom jlave voyaged on into this 4H national playground. 4 of the National Park Ser jftkebas lines and the tour a anticipate thatj this rfill jet new high levels for e wel into this area. One Ail that more than a million i : i. c,i-o Hi. fillVSK ureal -T , puk this year. dm of the Spring m the travelers see a fresh ' land adorned in the new ,,. spring. The dogwood itoSoat through th forests. Next month iW : I. I... tlia mnnntflin 1fiU1el wis tit its best in the Shenandoah 4 GOOD K B N PLACE g f TOUVE V (Jk 0TK CAROLINA AM Udthis is a good place have your cleaning Done Right. CALL 113 ENTRAL tEANERS 1 National Park. June in the Great Smokies will see the flame azalea and the purple-pink rhododendron at their peak, and by mid-July the great white rhododendrons will be at their finest In the parks and along the parkway, redbud, su mac, hydrangea, with hazeland more than 1,200 other flowering plants bloom in season and often become riotous in their rivalry of color.- Highways from several directions converge on Front Royal, Va., which is the northern gateway to this vast playland that continues more than 500 miles through Vir ginia and North Carolina to the border of Tennessee. The Skyline Drive through the Shenandoah National Park takes the traveler 105 miles southward along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This highway is completed and in excellent condition. Along it may be found almost every facility for the tourist, from a roadside park ing area affording a thrilling pan: oramic vista to a cool camp ground when his foot has grown weary of .pressing down the throttle.' Where Pavement Ends As the southern end of the Sky line Drive the tourist picks up the Blue Ridge Parkway near Rock Fish Gap, Va. There "the pave ment ends" and doesn't start again for many miles as far as the park way is concerned. There are sec tions of the road that are graded and traversible during certain sea sons, but for the most part the motorist will, want to use adjacent State or Federal highways where smooth surfaces are kinder to swift-rolling wheels. A good alter native route is Highway 11, which can be easily reached from Rock Fish Gap and which takes one on down near Roanoke, Va. The Blue Ridge Parkway in this stretch is improved but not paved. One section of it goes near the Peaks of Otter Park, an improved recreational area, enchanting in many; of its scenic aspects. In quiries should be made of the proper afficials before visiting this area with the idea of camping or spending the night. Facilities, later to be developed, are as yet some what sketchy. ' The Peaks of Otter can also be reached by a side trip down Highway 501 to Lynchburg and on Highway 460 to Roanoke. "Not far south of Roanoke a paved section of the parkway begins. It is reached on Highway 221 to Ad ney Gap. From Adney Gap in Vir ginia to Deep Gap in North Caro lint, a distance of 140 miles, the parkway is finished. Numerous overlooks give a leisurely oppor tunity to view bold panoramas and peaceful valleys. At Smart View and Rocky Knob and the Bluffs in North Carolina, recreation areas are operating with comfort sta tions, drinking water, picnic trails, etc., and at The Bluffs and Rocky Knob trailer and tent camps are available. Grandfather Mountains A detour is necessary at Deep Gap via State Road 421 to Boone and 221 back to Blowing Rock be fore pavement is found again. vv. I s ,. . a - I , ? ? s i f I - A... till Chosen the healthiest boy and girl among 16,000 tenement district children, Veronica McTigh, 4, and Theodore Tlmm, t, were erowned Health King and Queen on National Health Day in New Tork City. King Teddy comforts Veronica, who burst into tears at the honor. and this is the right place to buy because your dimes have more cents! COME IN TODAY ST0YALL 5 & 100 STORE MAIN STREET SHELL leads the way, Come in for . , . GREASING WASHING POLISHING SERVICE WITH A SMILE $hell service station MAIN STREET Then a fifteen-mile stretch known as the Yonahlossee Road extends to Linville through the picturesque Grandfather Mountain section. At Linville the "pavement ends" for good along the Blue Ridge Park way as for as southerly travel is concerned. TTnwfiVpr. crnded anil trenorallv passable roads can be followed along the route of the parkway to T.it.t.lfi Switzerland and the area around Mount Mitchell, which juts 6.(184 feet into the air above sen level. This is one of the most rugged and scenically beautilul sections or the parkway. . At Mount Mitchell the traveler is in the Asheville area, and generally speaking this section is threaded with roads that offer few obstacles to the motorist. Where the parkway is not traversable there are- other roads that provide a pleasant jour ney. Hotels and camps are plenti ful. Althouch the narkway that one day will skirt the ridge of the moun tains to its terminus at the Ureal Smoky National Park is not com pleted, and may not be for some times, there are other convenient roads thafe. lead to that delightf ul Uihd Thi'v nass through the Piseah and the Nantahala National Forests where recreational facilities are plentiful and scenery is all over the place. Historic snots abound all the way from Front Royal to Cherokee where the Blue Ridge Parkway terminates, but the most typically American story is to be found right at the end. There the final link of the highway traverses the (jualia Reservation, the last refuges of the Eastern band of Cherokee Indians, who once possessed the territory of nine Southeastern States, either in part or in whole, and controlled an area of more tnan 4U,uuu square miles. - Bargaining With Indians when thfi Blue Ridee Parkway through the Qualla Reservation was first projected the Cherokees feared that they were about to be taken for another ride by the white man. ine first survey touted the parkway through Soco Valley, wnere ine land is rich and fine for farming. The Indians objected to this loss of a valuable agricultural area. R there beean a five-year pow- wew with the Department of the t ; nnd f ho State of North XIIbeilUL Wliv. "V Carolina, which was not settled until early this year when the pipe of peace was smoked to bind an agreement whereby' the Indians kept their lenue vauey nu mo white man got a right-of-way for his road that ran along the tops of mountain ridges, scenically beauti ful and agricuturally useless. This time, it would seem, the Indians won, for they received a check fo f 40,000 as compensation for the right-of-way. AH around the Qualla Reserva tion and the Great Smoky National Park are national forests that em brace some 3,731,000 acres. Pisgah National Forest contains a Na tional Game Refuge and fawn f"rm which is one of the most important areas of its kind in the United States. In the Nantahala Forest are the Blue Ridge, Unaka and other high mountain ranges and such scenic attractions asy the iwntahala Gorge, the Whiteside Cliffs and the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. Farther west is the Cherokee National Forest, noted' as one of the few places in the United States hnntinir wild boar is recog- With the civilized man content ment is a niyth. . From the cradle to the grave he is forever longing and striving after something bet; ter.in indefinable something, sonw new object yet unattained.-Wil-liam Matthews. Western District To Hold Annual FFA Contests Here Winners Will Go To Raleigh To Compete In State-Wide . .Contest . -"- :,' The annual district public speak ing and livestock judging contests of the Future Farmers of Ameri ca will be held here in the high school beginning at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning, May the 24th, according to J. C. Brown, local vo cational agricultural teacher. The event here is in preparation for the State and National eon tests. The local contest will be held under the direction of Tal H. Stafford, district supervisor of Agricultural Education, The judging contest will con sist of three classes of dairy ani mals; two rings of mature cows and one of dairy heifers; two class es of beef animals; one of mature cows and one of fat steers; and one class of Poland China sows. The contest will be staged Just beyond the football field between the FFA chapter house and the field. Official pUicings of the live stock will be made by the county farm agents', staff. Four boys will participate in the public speaking contest which will be in the auditorium of the high -school. These boys have boon chos en in contests of their respective federations and are now in the semi-finals. The winner in the district contest here will represent the western district in the state contest in Raleigh in June. Judges for the public speaking contest in clude Dean W. E. Bird, Dr. Phil Elliott and E. J. Holloman, all of Western Carolina Teachers Col lege fueulty. The winners in the livestock con test will go to Raleigh also, and from the group the official team will be selected to go to the Na- tional -contest in Kansas City. Forty odd schools wilt be rep- Defies British W. X ' ; I i V ! A , - . t- f A i Paahid Alt Be CailanL the Dro- , German premier of Iraq who re- I . 1 . 1. nvrn. , ment m a coup a etai is reporieu seeking to cut the British off from tha rlrh Mnxul oil fields at Kirkuk. , The British have spent hundreds of millions to develop the great oil 1 deposits. Want A Divorce? Here Are 3 Ways To Bring It On FORT WORTH, Tex. (U. P.) Dr. A. L. Porterfield, who con ducts a class on marriage and fam ily life at Texas Christian Uni versity, listed the following "sure" way to get rid of a wife : 1 Learn to flick cigarette ash es on the floor with maximum damage to the rug. 2 Never have fewer than four rusty razor blades scattered on the bathroom floor. 3 Come home late for dinner at least three times a week. resented in the district contest here, with four boys from each school as livestock judges .and many others will come as spec tators. The counties in which the schools are located include: Ruth erford, Macon, Swain, Clay, Jack son, Graham, Henderson, Tran sylvaniaHaywood and Buncombe. The contest is usually held in Henderson county, and this is the first time it has been staged in Haywood county. Dairy animals for the contest will be supplied by the Osborne Farms, beef cows f roin the Claude Francis .farms and fat steers I from the 441 club boys' projects, , and the P land China sows from I the Waynesville FFA group. The public is cordially invited to attend the event. 1 A? GOOD X2X 311 CI J& PLACE W TjCf TO LIVE VV Vv vim i'JIM W VVA CAROLINA Keep a picture record of yourself, your family and your community. A girl that's worth a million dol lars doesn't have to look like it. A Complete Photographic Service - SHERRILL'S STUDIO Depot Street i Sv CARflUNA POWER j&k11g X'-:': Directors Vote to Spend Ad- v ditiohal $3,000,000 for New S-'jVf W Generating Equipment fVyH W ''!'' Another $3,000,000 addition to the :-v I'v:.'-. Carolina Power and Light Com- Afk . Reprinted from The pany'i Cape Fear steam .electric -M News and Observer, generating plant was authorized l' Raleigh. N. C. April 71' Jr,. V f 1 ' II meeting to map plans for further J V i H cooperation In the naUonal defense V J ". program, I V. Sutton, president :v.: . ' . : V XT v - .rrT.-...r. board, which approved plana 0"C J for a $3,000,000 addition to the Cape ' i- Tear plant, located 27 miles south- ...V'Y . ''-jf'X r west of Raleigh tr Chatham Coun- V, ' r:-V:'.".-lr n New Generating Facilities To Raise Total To 505.000 H. P. Upon eompletkm of the two additions to ear Cape Fear plant la IMS the lout available power capacity of the Company will be 505400 h. pi la addi tion to this vast amount W power, Interconnections with neighboring eleo trie utility eompsnies add to ear ability to meet anosaal demand lor eleetrlo power. , To provide greater facilities to meet future National Defense needs, as well as the anticipated needs of our customers, this Company plana a development program totaling $8,500,000 tn 1941-42. 1 a A new steam hydro-electric generating plant now under construction as an addition to the Cape Fear plant. This new tmit will provide 40,000 h. p. additional and will cost $3,000,000. 2aAs recently announced, a second addition to the Cap Fear plant to cost $3,000,000 and to provide another 40,000 b.p. additional capacity to be completed In 1942. 3 The construction of additional 1 1 0,000 volt transmission lines, new substations. Improvements to present substations, high speed relays. Increased capacity of existing substation, and other Improvements. CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY r r - a nized as a sport.
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