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7 A PAGE ABOtJT Tiffi AltEA DEVOTED TO Information For Visitors Paint Rock Tints Lhie To Minerals Paint Rock in Madison Count) gets its name from a rather large outcropping of rock stained vari ous colors by minerals. ? Recognized by the Indians as a special place because of the mr.jes tic beauty of the mammoth mosaic, Paint Rock has down through the years attracted many visitors who came to marvel.. ?Mfhether the brightness of the colors is increasing or decreasing with the passing years is a ques tion that can always provoke an argtiment with plenty of support on both sides. It is a fact however, that the passing of time' has brought a mellow richness to the color mixture. ? i All streams flowing down the slopes of the Great Smokies eventually wmd up in the Culf of Mexico. Panhandling Bear Manhandles Car ? Believe It? Another of Highlander Bart Leiper't apparently in'exhaustlble fund of bear stories has to do with one that did not have a drivers' license, but was nevertheless u road hog in some respects. A visitor to the Smokies, sport ing a brand new convertible, paus ed at one of the parking overlooks for a bit of lunch which he brought with him. After spreading it be side him on the front seat, he j opened the right-hand door to i : admit the breeze, but in addition. j ' a huge bear Out flew Mr. Motorist, slamming the door on his side as he went. In making his entrance. Bruin had in some manner hooked a claw in the door handle so that the other I door was closed. This mattered lit tle so long as food remained. When the lunch was downed, the bear started searching for the exit, and while so doing let a heavy paw descond upon the car horn. The horn was new and the horn was loud . . Out went the bear as abruptly as the driver be fore him, but ? through the con vertible top! Raiders Liked Southern Cooking Far Too Well Lickskillet Creek in Yancey County was named for an incident that occurred near the end of the War Between the States. Some of Kirk's men went through the neighborhood, ate afl the food they could find, and even "licked the skillet clean," the na tives said. HEINTOOGA OVERLOOK, Mint 25 miles from Waynesville, of fers a "wide-ancle" eiew of the Great Smoky ridre. A part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park itself, Heintooca lies suf ficiently distant from the main ridge to afford an excellent view of Clingman's Dome, Mt. LeConte and their neighbors. Heintooga Nature Walks In August Give Promise Of Autumn's Approach I - - The first hints of fall in the Smokies should be offered to hik ers Saturday as the nature walks from Helntooga Overlook continue Into August. Conducted by a Great Smoky Mountains National Park naturalist, the trips start at 10:30 a.m. and at 1 p.m. and last about an hour and a half. They are sched uled for every Saturday in August. Although the Smoky Pirk pre sents flora and fauna worth the study of trained scientists, these particular walks are designed chiefly for the atnateur who would like to improve Ms acquaintance with the varied forms of animal an'd plant life found there, with out putting too much of a strain on "either his feet or his brtta. ~ C From the Heintooga Overlook itself the visitor sees a spectacular panorama of the high .ridge of the Smokies, constantly changing as clouds drift across the upthrust peaks. The color spectrum Is very nearly reversed from that of the ocean to which It Is often compar ed. Here the deep green la literal ly at your feet, as you look down on the "tops of leafy trees or the darker blue-green of their ever green cousins. The tone lightens almost imperceptibly as the dis tance increases, to the far-off haze of "Old Smoky" which gives the range its name. Jt's "hard to be sure, many a day, qAether the l^at blue-grey on the h^pton is a moun tain-top or a summer cloud. ' For the visitor who likes a close up, the Park offers more than 52 speciaes of fur-bearing animals, some 200 birds. 36 reptiles, 37 am phibians and 80 ?sh*s. t. Want ada bring quick result*. ' HOMING HORSES MILROY, Minn. (AP) ? Farmer Astor Lovald thinks there may be some homing pigeon blood In his team of black horses. The animals wandered off re cently, and a search disclosed nary a trace. Days later, Lovald traveled to a farm 13 miles away, where he had formerly lived. There, wandering around the deserted yard, were Lovald's horses. 'Turkish Baths' Could Be Called Cherokee Baths ' Cherokee Indians were taking "Turkish baths to drive away spirits that cause disease" at least 300 years ago, according to arche ologists. And the braves really earned their fame, they say, because they wound iyj their steam bath with a quick plunge into an icy mountain stream. The Cherokee sweathouse is de scribed as a "low, dome-shaped building made of logs and covered with earth.'' The floor might be as much as three feet below ground. Entrance was a narrow passage way. For the baths, rocks were heat ed in a central fire, then raked out on th^ floor where special "medi cines*' were poured over them to make steam,. The patients sat on willow couches along the walls while the steam poured upward around them, . A replica of a sweathou3e has been built at Oconaluftee Village on the Cherokee reservation. Havens living in the secluded heights of the Great Smokies are among the shyest of birds. They are larger than crows and their [ plumage appears jet black rather' than a glossy black. North Carolina Shares Great Smoky Mountains Park With Tennessee The Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park lies almost equally in North Carolina and Tennessee, and consists of 461,000 acres. Some of this area is part of Haywood County, Including Mt. Guyot on the Tennessee line, near by Old Black, and Big Cataloochee, all over 6000 feet high, with num erous other peaks and even val leys more than a mile high. Yonaguska Buried On Soco Hillside, Cherokees Say On a wooded hillside overlooking Soco Valley stands the half-rotted stump of an enormous chestnut tree. At the loot of this tree, or resr it. say the Cherokees. was buried the body of Yor.aguska. one of the grea* peace chiefs of ine tribe. Upright stones marking many graves are thick on the hillside. Clay is fresh and red on recent graves, showing that the old bury ing ground is still in use. ? v The Blue Ridge mountains in Western North Carolina form the great water divide between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Assembly Slates tu Leader Training During August I The August program of the ? Methodist Church's southeastern ( summer assembly at Lake Juna- 6 luska will feature two leadership s conferences for directors, officers c and teachers of Christian educa- ( tion. e Sponsored by the Methodist r General Board of Education, Nash ville, Tenn., a leadership school for church workers will be held August 3-14. and a conference of 1 church school superintendents is , scheduled for August 14-18. 1 The leadership school will com- I prise two terms. August 3-8 and ' August 10-14, according to the Rev. I M. Earl Cunningham, Nashville, who will serve as dean. He is direc tor of the board's Department of Leadership Education. The school curriculum will In clude a general section of 17 study courses, a laboratory section for workers with children, a workshop for directors of Christian educa tion. a seminar for secretaries of conference boards of education, and a series of platform addresses by eminent educators and theolo gians. Resource leaders and speakers will include: Bishop Ivan Lee Holt, St. Lpuis, Mo.; Dean John K. Ben ton of the Vanderbilt University School of Religion, Nashville; Dr. Frank A. Lindhorst of the College of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif.; Dr. Donald M. Maynard, Boston University; Dr. J. Lem Stokes II, president of Pfeiffei- College, Mis enheimer, N.C.; Dr. Henry M. Bul lock, Nashvillg, editor of Methodist church school publications, and Dr. John Q. Schisler, Nashville, exec itive secretary of the |B he Local Ctu.nl, if Education. The Rev Walter T?J ille, will Ik in Liuryl hurch school suptX onfertnte lie n ducat ion b. 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