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Pag Six Blue Ridge Parkway Is First "Auto Park" Only Great Highway Constructed Solely for Tourists—No Commercial Vehicles, No Signboards or Hot Dog Stands, But Plenty of Scenery and Picnic Grounds The American motorist has created the new highway, the new hostelry, and the new resort. Now he has created the new park. The Blue Ridge Parkway, rapidly nearing completion, in reality will be the first "automobile park"— a parjt 500 ndles long, with al most every facility, landscape, and turnout carefully calculated to serve the motoring tourist; Within a year or two the Park way, connecting Shenandoah and Great Smokies National Parks, will be completed and fully ppen to traffic. • Because man changes his ap purtenances faster than he can alter the terrain above him, the ' u ' zX "/C _"' • -" *Jy , fc ;". - : '^ W%\ ♦ : ;' ; v'. " m' • 4v 1 WARMEST GREETINGS Permit us to be one of the many who through this special edition of The Tribune bid you welcome and good fortune as you become citizens of Elkin and this community. In leaving your former homes in Win -0 ston-Salem, may the change prove to be one of many blessings, and • your presence here encourage our efforts to make this an even better place in which to live. We urge you to join wholeheartedly in the activities of our town and community. Warm, Serviceable Clothiiig! Chatham Homespun FURNISHINGS S U ITS I ' Our line of furnishings is com aPQu'S[t2lner,rw^ha t t^ am Home " plete in every detail, and real spun suits priced to save vou .» . mqney. New styles and materials, economy will be practiced in buy exiertly tailored. Woven by Elkin 1118 here * Latest st V les and "fads" labor—tailored*by L. Grief & Bro. in novelties for your selection Style and economy go hand in t'/sM I h^ed h ln^ r! of F AnSricr i iSe Wvlß MM • Van Heusen Shirts t P wearing fav £ r l te 1h e • BVD Underwear, Pajamas to—homespun! Way back in # Manhattan Sox hdiest t0 I t° m ed mS?* 1684, ® Pioneer Belts, Suspenders ton- That was Homespun. To- # Regal-Aire and Springer ', in the Chatham Mills, in our Tiac ov-n city, these old-time fabrics tSKSS- . W • SuiU and Overcoats by sturdiness and all their rUg- - Griffon see them. Enjoy a j)kA A • Mallory Hats suit that ia not only the best ll \Sp£ ' wearing, but the best looking {J/aJIV \S^ yoti've ever owned! We are proud t . p rp( i e a i„ 7immio Thor™ to offef these fine Elkin-made /.immie Iharpe suits ta*o«r "tore. s Proprietors iElkin Clothing Co. Phone 361 Elkin, N. C. first automobile park was delayed in realization. But now the old- j time picnic park, with its tortuous rutty road leading to a point of interest is giving way to an ideal boulevard which will permit easy and rapid* transit to interesting and comfortable stops, and spec-! tacular riding in between. The new Blue Ridge Parkway ■ represents man's consummate mastery of his environment. Nev-| er before have mountains bowed so graciously to the reigning hand of the engineer. And never before had the engineer envision ed such a dream with the "auto mobile" as its central figure. Heretofore, parks were built for • '' - » \ THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA people—this park, different in all respects, is built solely for the automobile. , Motorists' Paradise The mountain-top highway, now in its third year of con struction, will be a motorists' paradise. Opening hitherto inac cessible mountain regions, it will unfold vistas of grandeur within easy view of the most casual mo torist. Still further concessions to the beleaguered motorist will be made in this "happy hunting ground" of automobile nomads. The pam pered tourist will not be distract ed from the scenery by unsightly signboards, or signboards of any sort, for that matter. No hot dog stands wp cause him to hes itate, no cold drink emporiums plead with him to stop and re fresh. Filling stations will be scarce and out of sight. Trucks will not be permitted on this skv high parkway along which happy motorists will glide above the clouds at altitudes formerly at tained only by airplanes. Built for Pleasure The Blue Ridge Parkway is the most unusual -road project in Uncle Dave Uncle Dave Mas ten has been a faithful employee of Chat ham Manufacturing Company for more than thirty years. He is the son of the late Col. Wil liam Masten who was one of the first employees of the orig inal Elkin Woolen Mills under the management of the late Mr. Alexander Chatham. American history, and as such it marks a milestone in the progress of American motoring. Discard ing the usual search for utili tarian and economical grading, the first aim ,of engineers has been to build this boulevard for pleasure. They have draped it along the tops of the highest ridges, and with reckless abandon flung it across the deepest chasms. The road itself is only a part of the 500-mile elongated park, however. Areas alongside the highway are being acquired for dedication to public pleasure, and will average 100 acres a mile. In addition, the state is negotiating for scenic easements averaging 50 acres a mile. These easements permit land io remain in private ownership for normal agricultur al use but forbid the owner to place billboards, unsightly struc tures, or refuse adjacent to the Parkway. This provides, in short, an insulation of beauty for the motorist. This roadside development will turn the 500-mile road into a serpentine vacation resort, begin ning and ending in two vast res ervoirs of natural woodland the Shenandoah and Great Smoky National Parks. Work is under way in North Car olina on two of the roadside de velopment areas where the Park way bulges out to provide recre ation centers for travelers. These will be reached by winding roads leading from scenic highway to a parking space, stone furn aces, tables and benches hewn from forest logs, and cold water piped from mountain springs. From these recreation centers, the motorist follows the winding road and eventually comes back into the main highway.* THE BRIDGE An old man traveling a lone highway, Came on an evening cold and gray To a chasm vast and deep and wide, Through which there flowed a sullen tide. The old man crossed in the twi light dim, For the sullen stream held no fear for him; He turned when he reached the other side And built a bridge to span the tide. v "Old man," cried a pilgrim near, "You • waste your strength with your building here; Your journey will end with the fading day. And you never again will pass this way. You have crossed the chasm deep and wide, Why build a bridge at eventide?" And the builder raised his old gray head, "Good friend, on the path I've come," he said, "There followeth after me today A youth whose feet will pass this way. "This stream which has been naught to me, To that fair lad may a pitfall be; He, too, must pass in the twilight dim, And so I am building a bridge for him " Sympathizer—Poor little fel low! Where did that cruel bey hit you? Little Boy—Boo hoo! We was bavin' a naval battle and he tor pedoed me in the engine room. DR. W. B. 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