The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-03-09
MAKE HENDERSONVILLE MORE
ATTRACTIVE

The ladies of HendersOnville who are Ill
the forefront of movements Tor improve
ment of the community have decided ~
make Hendersonville known as the ny
drangea Town." They have adopted tniS
beautiful Towering plant as the TOWN
flower and propose to grow 1t IN Puolc
places for purposes of adornment and VIII
seek to interest residents in the cultivation
of hydrangeas in their flower gardens Of
wherever there is opportunity to make
showing with these attractive shrubs.
The essential thing in any movement Oh
this kind is cooperation of a large number
of people; and The Times-News earnestly
hopes that many Hendersonville residents
will unite in this movement, sponsored by
the Identification Committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce and the Woman Club.
Let us have the fullest cooperation III
this movement. Let us make the town more
attractive for its own peOple-and,
also. for visitors. The last mentioned rea-
son for making this and other improve
ments is business reason, and is certainly
one of primary Importance in tourist
town. The more attractive tourist town
can be made, from the standpoint of clean
illness, nice homes and public buildings,
beautiful yards and abundance of trees
and flowers, the greater its pull for tourist
business.
Hendersonville is naturally an attractive
location for a town. This fact is the sub
iect of remarks of approval by all visitors;
and many visitors also take note OF what
has been done by residents to improve
on natures handiwork. People passing
through are attracted by the appearance
of Hendersonville and those who make a
brief STAY are usually so impressed that
they become enthusiastic publicity agents
for the town. AS the years pass Hender-
sonville should give visitors more and more
to see and approve and more and more 70
impress them with the town and its sur
roundings. This course will profit the citi-
zens of HendersOnville, directly and indi-
rectly. 1t is an encouraging and helpful
thing to live in beautiful town; it is a
depressing and discouraging experience to-
live in an ugly and ill-kept town. The feel
ing of pride which an intelligent man Or
woman has in fine, outstanding, attrac-
tive community, is worth much to the indi-
vldual and is such stuff as inspires progress
at all times.
However, from the standpoint of bust
ness, the urge to make Hendersonville an
attractive place for outsiders should have
great weight always in determining the
course to be taken here. So much of the
towns business is based on the tourist
trade that we certainly cannot afford to
overlook any simple and inexpensive plan
that will draw visitors and please them.
No doubt large majority of our visitors
appreciate flowers and growing shrubs
and trees; at least, few will fail to be i'm
pressed by the beauty that is made posi-
bic in community by trees and flowers.
The trees of Hendersonville, especially the
white pines, have been one of the great at
fractions of the town and also of the sur
rounding country. This is true of the flow
ers, too. The Towering gardens, and the
flower market, which is one of the features
OF the summer season, have received much
favorable comment from visitors. As q
business proposition, it pays the town and
section to grow flowers; and it will pay to
grow flowers and shrubs and trees for the