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ii ' urge to Roaring Gap and the great Blue Ridge
l It is a Donald Ross course, and the latest word in / I -/"3f • mountains.
hazards and fairways and greens. When you tee off /
| you follow the ball through green carpeted fairways
which are set between beautiful pine forests. The j'
fairways are rolling and the greens, covered with j - IT 11 1 1 P
bent grass, give you that springing sensation as if VII . j I U 0 I r»HQ rrO lOOfl I hOPfYI Al
you were w.iklns on ,„, Pen,l.„ c.rpe., «J *■ "C OI
Many of the holes skirt the rim of the monutain Tri IWiiigtf'
with its exhilarating breezes and the fourteenth If f j a. A
hole overlooks a panorama that is not excelled any MiM. ' —1 I f Al I |\ T f 1
place on earth. The view, that exhilarating air, the wUB i ttlfoflal IA I I/ \ I U I I | I /\
; TIT*" a " d Breen " ra,k ' ns " om " g here a ' W VJ Vj/vl
Golfing at Roaring Gap is never to be forgotten
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j paths and trails, this region is unexcelled. For fishing, the vicinity
{ • offers numerous trout streams, kept stock ed by the fish hatchery on the company's
| ¥■ • g 1 A • property. The 62 acre lake provided bathing and other water sports, boating and
,im.nSlod"3.t Ashing. For polo there is a level field, provided by nature, right close by.
In late spring and early summer, the whole mountain blazes with the gor-
C {*l geous coloring of luxuriant natural growths of rhododendron, mountain laurel, and
I AIII , CPC azalea, the pride of the Blue Ridge, nowhere more bountifully displayed than with
vl vUltl dCd V * n a moments walk from Roaring Gap Hotel .In autumn the glorious hues of turning
r ' w leaves paint another picture just as lovely.
I £ S° high, so free, so spacious . . . with air like wine .. . dry inviorating, health
! giving. Roaring Gap is "Above All."
| "Above all, Roaring Gap" §g' C#ME T0 R#AR,NG GAP "
! Roaring Gap is a new summer sport paradise on the crest of the f
Blue Ridge mountains, 21 miles north of Elkin, on N. C. High- M J-. I -
way No. 26, which is U. S. Route 21, better known as the Lakes- I -mt*O \TO I
to-Flonda highway, at an altitude of more than 3700 feet. V 11 /l V II II I ■"""
j There is only one golf course in the east that is higher than Vi J UtV/lIV M. A. AX A.
j the Roaring Gap course. There is no others from which the golfer V ' **
| can see a vast landscape spread out to the horizon 2500 feet be- l
low. Moie than 1200 acres of plat- p FTT7r , F'RAT n Mw •***
eau, thrust forth like an outpost E * G ' ™ zgerald >
i fr ! om the Blue Ridge rampart fur- Rates: $6.00 to $9.00 per day—American Plan
j |\ " nish here the setting an uni-
' inaccessable sceneland into
a large colony of mountain loving . -
sportmen has progressed so far and so fast that it already re- , -1 1 *
> presents an investment of nearly a million dollars by Roaring v \.
Gap Inc., and several millions more of private funds Graystone
Inn, the hotel, contains 55 rooms all of which is of the very lat
est and up to date in style and design. The wonderful 18 hole
li golf course runs right up within a hundred yards of the hotel. V
Just five minutes' drive will take you to the 62-acre lake, one of
the finest in the 1 country. The girl's camp, "Silver Pines" which ' 3^ -V^l
made this opening last year, runs along the edge of the lake w" * \ '
making the swimming for the girls but just a step from the fir Q \
camp. The Government Fish Hatchery, the riding stables, and \
polo field are a few of the features of the colony worth special
~ Roaring Gap is only- 65 miles from Winston-Salem, 95 \
from Greensboro, 85 miles from High Point, 100 miles from \ \ \ XuJO
Charlotte, wholly over paved, roads. The approach from Elkin v
is a marvel of modern engineering. During the winter of Ov,,
i 1929 nad '3O, the road has been made wider from the bottom to v ♦. \ N. V v
the top. Banks on the winding curves have been trimmed down \ % \
to make safer and more comfortable, there is no plaee I Ik t
on the entire grade that you cannot make- in high gear, with \ * wvA, v /
most any kind of car. Hundreds of dollars have been spent this v V 1
spring buying flower seeds, rose bushes which have been plant- y W s sv\ \v'
ed and sat along the side of the beautiful highway. This road V |
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THE fXKIBf TRIBUNE ELKIV NORTH CAROLINA
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THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1080