New-York tribune., 1922-06-11
BilimOre Forest
Club to Open at
Asheville July a
Ever.Increasing Number Of
Vacaiionists From New
York Enjoying Charms of
Wonder Spot in Dixie


ASHEYILLE. y. C.. June iO-An in
crensing number Of yaeationists from
New York. Pennsylvania and Ohio are
enjoying the hotels of Asheviilc or In
rented cottages or In camps. Radiating
from Asheville in every direction are
smaller resorts.
For those preferring eity convent
enccs. Asheville Hcndersonyille,
Waynesville, Tryon. SalUda and other
resorts will hll the need. Ashevlle is
the metropolis Of western North -aro--
lima and Is set In a valley on the
French Broad River. between the Great
smoky Mountains on the west and the
Blue Ridge peaks on the east. 10 IS
city of $4,000.
The possibilities for recreation So
Asheville are practically unlimited
The Asheville Country Club and Bilt-
more Forest Country Club provide
every facility for golf Both courses
command mountain panorama o.
eighty miles The former course lies
on the slope of Sunset Mountain on the
I lawn of Grove Park Inn. Greens and
/ fairwsys are IN perfect playing eondi-
/ ti0n and there are many ingenious
traps ard hazards Social life az the
/ Country Club is stimulated. and an in
tercsting program Of teas, bridge
luncheons and dances is carried out
during the summer.
/ The Biltmore Forest Country Club
will open rs clubhouse and golf course
on Independence Day The links occupy
100 scres In what was once part Of the
Vanderbilt estate a. Bil'more. The
course Was laid out by Donald Ross,
and Us location affords inspiring views
Of the Great Smoky Mountains and the
French Broad River A $4,000 club
house. modelled after an ancient French
country home, has every modern op-
pointment for the Advancement o. go.t
y is built In primeval forest Of bal
sans. spruce, oak and chestnut. Bride
PATHS radiate in an directions from the
club and horseback riding will play
prominent part in the life Of the new
club. The horse shows will be held
there each year.
Asheville has been known fayorably
for many years for rs hotels. Inc
Battery Park, which leads IN its social
lie. commands the highest spot In the
center of the city and oYerlooks the
Great Smoky range IN an eighty
sweep. view unrivaled IN the resort
and alTays remembered. II was re-
Gently leased for five years hy Nilour
Deycndorf
The Manor Is rambling hotel sug'
gestiye Of typical English inn. y .
near the Asheyille Country Club. while
on tho further side is the Grove PARK
Inn. II is built of massive blocks OF
stone quarrried from sunset Mountain
ON which IL rests. These blocks were
lcft rough. just a. hewn. The giant
hall suggests an underground cavern
Besides the hotels. there are numer-
Gus homolike boarding houses Offering
accommodations 20 suit any purse.
The boarding house and hotel oapac'
ity approx mates ten or twelve thou-
sand visitors. while other Thousands
may obtain summer homes from TIE
, humble bungalow 20 the more pre-
! tentious Colonial mansion FOR rentals
% not cxorbitant.
4 considerable number o. persons
turn % tho summer camps tpcHe
away In q balsam grove IN some shell
tered spot. Many prospective camp
crs choose the Pisgah National For
est in which 20 spend their yaca-
tions. This government tract COM
rrises So 900 acres. formerly q part
OF the George Vanderbilt estate.
Excellent fishing may be had In the
lakes and rivers In the Asheville dis
trict Among the former are Lake
Junaluska. twenty-oight miles from
Asheyille and having a ten mile shore
line: Lake Summit and Lake Catawba.
Nearby rivers abound.ng IN trout. bass
and other fish are the Catahoochie,
Pigeon. Tuckaseegee and Oconolufty
rivers ard Deep Greek.
DR.. James 4. Mitchell. Of Middle
town, Conn, is spending fortnight
with friends IN Asheyllle. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Moorhead, Of New York,
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Bryant.
Nr. Dewitt Hudson Clark has left
for New York after spending two
weeks az the Bonn.view. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander T. Brown. Of Syracuse, are
az the Manor during June.
Mr. Wilson Young. OF New York, is
visiting friends al the Battery Park.
Mr. and Mrs. William Z. Robinson. o.
Atlantic City, are passing the summer
with Mrs. J. J. Carr. Pruitt Lof,in.
Of Brooklyn. Is visiting friends In
Canton.
Mrs. Walter Andrews has left for
her summer home a. Newport, R. L.
after spending several weeks with Mrs.
Thomas Cheesborough on Victoria
Road.
Miss Jarc Eckles. Of New York, VINO
is visiting her parents. Captain and
Mrs. r. S. Eckles, Of Black Mountain
was hostess az dinner and bridge
Monday evening.