The coastland times., 1952-11-28
GREAT ACTIVITY
IN N. CAROLINA
DURING HOLIDAYS
Tar Heel State, Mountains to
Sea, to Be Full of Fun
This Week End

RALEIGH.-A round of varied
activities from the mountains to
the seacoast will keep North Caro-
lina's "Coming Events" calendar
crowded through the Thanksgiving
and Christmas holidays.
Thanksgiving finds the Tarheel
States famous winter resorts off
to a flying start for a winter sea-
son of golf, hunting and social
events, while nearby cities offer
headline battles on gridiron and
basketball court. AS the tobacco
auctions come to a close in the
flue-cured belts of the Piedmont
and Eastern North Carolina, the
chant of the auctioneer shifts to
the mountain hurley markets
which open December l. Asheville
celebrates the market opening with
a Tobacco Market Festival Novem-
Der 81.
Hunters are flocking to North
Carolina to shoot bear, deer, boar,
squirrels and waterfowl during
open seasons which extend through
December or into January, with
local exceptions. At Pinehurst you
can shoot for a turkey with golf
club when the Thanksgiving Day
hole-in-one Turkey Shoot is held.
From November 27 until January
81, the statewide season on turk
ey, quail and rabbit is open. The
statewide season on mink, musk
rat, otter, pheasant, ruffed grouse,
raccoon and opossum extends
through January 81. (Local ex-
ceptions are to be noted for hunt
ing all these game birds and ami
mals.)
At Southern Pines, Sedgefeld
and Tryon, foxhunters in their best
pink coats and black hats will as
semble on Thanksgiving Day for
formal hunt meets. Thereafter,
there are fox hunts twice or three
times weekly until late spring.
Christmas festivities begin early
and end late in North Carolina,
where at least one community (Ro-
danthe on the Outer Banks) still
observes Old Christmas January 6,
as we'll as the December 25th
Christmas. On December l at Will
mington, some 1000 lights will
blaze on the worlds largest Chris
tmas tree: a 75-foot-high water
oak in the heart of this beautiful
coastal city.
At Winston-Salem, the tradition
al Moravian Candle Tea and Chris
tmas Putt exhibit will be held at
the 1884, year-old Brothers House
on Sale mSquare on December 3-6.
The Home Moravian Church holds
it's impressive Christmas Love
Feast December "a. All over the
city, housewives are baking Christ
mas cookies and buns, or making
candles and stars in the Moravian
tradition.
Three golf tournaments will be
held at Pinehurst in December: the
Southern Seniors Championship
December 81; the CGA Golf
Tournament December IA; and the
5th annual Donald ]. Ross Junior
Tourney December 20.
North Carolina has its share of
bowl games at the end of a full
schedule of intercollegiate foot
ball. These include the 9th annual
Optimist Bowl game at Asheville,
November 27; the 10th Shriners
All-Star game in Charlotte Decem-
ber 6; and the Pythian Bowl game
at Salisbury December IS.
intercollegiate basketball high
lights include: Vanderbilt VS..
Duke at Durham Dec. 1; Washing
tom & Lee VS. N. C. State at Raj
eigh Dec. 4; Wake Forest VS. Duke
at Durham Dec. 6; and Dart
mouth VS.. N. C. State at Raleigh
Dec. 27. The Dixie Classic Invi-
rational Basketball Tournament
will be held in Raleigh Dec. 29-31.
North Carolina has so many col
leges and universities offering top
grade basketball that almost any
where in the state is within a
short drive from a good game.
On December II the Outer Banks
area celebrates the 49th anniver-
sary of the Wright brothers his
tory-making airplane flight from
Kill Devil Hill.
An informal horse show will be
held at Pinehurst December %.
The year 1853 will be ushered in
with appropriate balls and parties
in most of the states cities. Ashe-
vile plans it's 28th annual Chill
dren's Welfare Ball for December
81,