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annual audit of school board ac-
counts would be made early in Feb
ruary by George Mclaughlin and
Associates, certified public ac-
countants.
The board approved submission
for bids the needs for paint, under
layment board, asphalt tile flooring
and lumber to be used in the
school improvement program this
summer. All county dealers are to
be invited to submit bids.
Mr.. Hawkins told the board he
was endeavoring to get Bishop
Bromley Oman to be speaker for
the opening teachers meeting in
August, 1851, and there was some
hope he would accept the invita-
ton.
Board members, the superintend-
ent, supervisors and financial sec
rotary are planning to attend the
Atlantic City Conference of School
Administrators February 16 to 20
Mr.. Hawkins will attend a state
curriculum meeting in Baltimore
Friday and is in that city today
looking over furniture and kitchen
equipment for the new schools.
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AURORA-EGLON

Fred Fike. twin son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gilmour Fike. Eglon. left
Pittsburgh Sunday evening by
plane for Kansas City where he is
enrolled as student in Weaver Air
line school.
Mrs. Raymond Hauser returned
last week to her home near Aurora
from Kingwood hospital where
she had been a medical patient for
several days.
The Rev Earle Fike. Jr., pastor
of the Meyersdale Church of the
Brethren. Pa, made brief visit at
the home of his brother, the Rev.
Galen Fike and family Eglon, Sun
day.
Mrs. Leila Roth, Eglon, underwent
major surgery Tuesday, at the Gar
rett County Memorial hospital
Adrian Harsh, who had been a
patient in a Philippi hospital is
very much improved and has re-
turned to the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Harsh. Stemple
Ridge.
Mr.. and Mrs Keith Parks, Park
ersburg, were recent guests with
relatives in this area.
Miss Thelma Ruth Wilt, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Wilt, Egg
Ion. is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Faith
White, at Yorkville, O.
Among the Sunday guests at the
DR.. Blanche Miller home. Eglon,
were the Rev. and Mrs Guy Hart
man and Mr.. and Mrs Edward
Gnegy, Meyersdale. Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Teets and Mrs
Bessie Evans. Eglon. visited rela-
tives Sunday in the Cuppett Nurs-
ing Home, Oakland.
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs Law
renee DOnham. Baltimore, who
were visiting at the paternal home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter DOnham. near
Aurora, was a medical patient for
several days in KingWood hos
pital.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Slaubaugh.
Eglon, were Sunday dinner guests
at the home of the Rev and Mrs
Daniel Spaid, near Eglon They
also visited Mrs. Saloma Slaubaugh
in the evening at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Stemple, Aurora.
Due to illness the monthly meet
ing of the Eglon Farm Women's
club was held Tuesday Of this
instead of last week, at the home
of Mrs. Galen Fike Mrs Claude
Winters was in charge of the lesson
period. Refreshments were served
by the hostess.
Relatives and friends were
shocked by the sudden death of
County Clerk p. F. King, of King
wood Monday morning He and his
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UNDERWOOD

Mr. and Mrs Harry Canaan and
son Glenn, were i'm Davis, W. Va.
on Monday to attend funeral rites
of an uncle, the late John l.. Kel-
ley Mrs Bernice Sebold, of Oak
land, and her mother Of Cumber-
land, accompanied them to Davis
Miss Grace Hebb spent an after
noon recently in Davis, w Va, as
guest of her aunt, Mrs. Charles
Popish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lipscomb
of KeySer. w. Va, were Sunday af-
ternoon callers on the latter's sister
Mr. and Mrs Noah Waybright
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Soelter
were Friday evening callers on Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Canaan and family
Mr. and Mrs Guy Hardesty and
family, of Grantsville, were Sun
day visitors of Mr. and Mrs Clar-
ence Fulk. They were accompanied
by Mrs BERTHE Hardesty who re-
manned for longer visit with
friends and relatives in this area
Sunday evening guests of Mir
anu MI >. ASd NttIlhcu were MI
and Mrs. Morgan Fulk and daugh-
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Canaan and
family and Miss Grace Hebb were
in Leadmine, w. Va. as Sunday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold VanMeter and family.
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Friend and
family were Saturday evening Wis
tors of Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Lips
comb. near Leadmine. w. Va.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. George White were Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Friend and children. Pa
tricia and Linda Friend visited
with Patricia Peterson. Sunday af-
ternoon.
Glenn Canaan, Patty and Linda
Friend are among those who are
i'll with colds.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Stahl and
family spent New Years weekend
in FredericktoWn, Pa, as guests of
Mrs. Cecilia Silfies and other rela-
tiveS.
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DIED
MRS. ELLEN cuscHLEY

Mrs. Ellen Cuschley. aged 81,
widow of Frank CuschIey, died re-
Gently at Barberton, Ohio.
A native of Grantsville, she was
a daughter of the late Thomas and
Catherine Bowser. Surviving are
three daughters, Mrs Grace Shat
fed, Mrs. Margaret Maderick, both
Barberton; and Mrs Daisy Lichty,
WadsWorth. o.; one son, Robert.
Wadsworth; a sister, Mrs. Edith
Folk, Frostburg; brother, Louis
BOwser. Grantsville; IA grandchil-
dren, 80 great grandchildren and
six great great grandchildren.
Services and burial were held
at Barberton.
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Extension Meetings

Dates of Homemaker club meet
ingS were announced this week by
Miss Ethel Grove. home demonstra-
ton agent
January IA, Casselman Valley
club at the home of Mrs. Robert
Hoover, s p. m. Mrs. Bayard Miller
will give the demonstration on
preparation and use of master
mixes. Hoyes club at 1:3O p. M,
with Mrs. Clark Schlossnagle Civ
ing the demonstration.
January 16, Accident club at the
fire hall, 7:30 p m, with Mrs. Roy
Broadwater giving the demonstra-
ton.
January II, Friendsville club, at
7:30 with demonstration by Mrs.
Chef Kelly and Mrs. Orval Rush.
She also announced home man.
agement chairmen training meet
ings for the February program as
follows: Oakland area, at Extension
office January IA, $780, Grantsville
area at home of Mrs c. E. Ashby
January Is, 1:30 p. M; Accident
area, home of Mrs. Frank Spoer-
lein, January %, 100 p m.
A meeting of the Rural Develop
ment Market committee and those
who sold at the market is being
called by Mrs. Gerald Glotfelty,
temporary chairman, to be held at
the Accident school, January Is,
8 D. m.
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grandson, Jimmy Wolfe, had Wis
tied his aged mother, Mrs. Mary
King, near Aurora on Sunday. His
wife. the former Lesta Freeze, who
recently suffered a stroke is bed
fast al the home of their only
child. Mrs. Belnice Wolfe and
family, all of Kingwood
Mrs. Fannie Shaffer who had
been visiting at the home of her
brother at Washington returned
Tuesday to her home at Eglon.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Edward Shat
fer, neWlyWeds, left the home of
the groOms mother Mrs Ruth
Shaffer Eglon, Saturday for Ohio
where they plan to reside
Mrs. Gertrude Lantz is indis-
posed at her home at Aurora.
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gusOn, Sunday.
Recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
Il. Wright were Maurice Glotfelty'
Washington. ID. c.; Mr.. and Mrs.
&C.. H. Bateman, Swanton; Mr. and
Mrs. Mason ROdeheaVer, Gerald
and Dwain Rodeheaver, Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton S. Dewitt and w. K.
Savage.
Rev. Crawford and Mr.. and Mrs.
.G. j. Ferguson visited Mrs. b. o.
Keller. Sunday Mrs. Keller is a
patient in the Garrett County Me
mortal hospital, Oakland.
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at $50 p. m.
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from standing starts, great reserve
power for passing when YOU need it and
velvetv smoothness.
Yes, this 1857 Chrysler is every bit the
streak of car it looks to be. Come in
and test it for yourself . . compare it
with any of the other new cars for power,
performance, comfort and looks. More
people than ever before are switching to
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Red Oak-F airview

Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Edwin Childs were Mr.. and
Mrs. Vergil Erwin and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Ohlen Erwin and Mrs.
Lucy Burke, all of near Kingwood.
Mrs Burke is spending some time
with her daughter, Mrs. Childs.
Bruce Warsaw son of Mr.. and
Mrs Boyd Warsaw, is a tonsilec-
tony patient in Garrett County Me
mortal hospital
Mrs Mae Cooper called on Mr..
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and Mrs. Roy Gibbs. Thursday ar-
ternoom
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Moon and
son Ricky, were Sunday dinner
guests of Mrs Anna Hardesty, of
| Oakland
MIR. and Mrs. Clifford Real Wis
tied Mrs. Martha Cassidy and Mari
Liller, who are patients in the hos
pital i'm Oakland.
Sunday dinner guests of the
Howard Cosner family were Mr..
and Mrs. William Bittinger. Carl
Bittinger. Isabel Abernathy, Mr.
and Mrs. John Burgess and chill
dren, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Bittinger.
| Sunday afternoon visitors of the
| Warren DelSignores were Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert BOzic and children. of
Davis. and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Del
Signore, of near Red House.
Mrs. Freda Knots and sons Da-
vid and Kiss, Mr. and Mrs William
Bittinger and son. Carl. visited the
Childs families. Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Blamble and
daughter Jamie Marie. visited Mr..
and Mrs. Marshall Harvey, of
Frostburg, Sunday afternoon, and
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wolfe, of Elk
Garden, Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert Davis called
on the S. b. Coopers, Friday after
noon
Edward Moon attended the regu-
lar meeting of the. Truckers AS
sociation in Westernport Tuesday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Bowen and
family visited Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Real, Sunday afternoon. Sum
Mrs William Real.
Sunday dinner guests of the
ChildS families were Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Harsh. of Aurora. Afternoon
visitors were Mr. and Mrs Ray
Gnegy.
Bradley Cooper son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Cooper has been i'll at
his home with chicken poX
Mrs Winona Weese spent last
Saturday in Philippi visiting her
mother-inlaw, Mrs. Nell Weese.
wi " NNSC anu NlllAOl Nils ottllllNN
and Diane, who had spent the holi-
days with his mother, returned
home with Mrs. Weese on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Harold Bittinger
were Sunday evening dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. George Wilt. of
Oakland
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blamble and
daughter, jamie Marie. spent Sat
urday evening with Mr. and Mrs
Edwin Childs
Mr.. and Mrs. John Burgess and
children called on Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Biggs Sunday evening.
Elmer Cosner who has been en-
ployed and living in Baltimore for
several years has returned to our
neighborhood to take over the
management OF his fathers farm
due to the failing health Of his par
ents
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-01-10

ST. MARKS LUTHERAN, Oak
land Charles W. Carlson, pastor.
Sunday School, $50 a. m; Holy
Communion, Your Bodies. A Liv-
ing Sacrifice, 10:45 a. M; Luther
League, 6:15 p. m; Vespers-Holy
Communion, The Seeking of Hun
cry Men" 1880 p. m; Organization
leaders meet with Church Council
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School Group To Meet

The Home and School organiza-
ton of ST Peters School will meet
Wednesday, January 10, in the
school hall at 1870 p. IN. The Board
of Directors will meet at 7 o'clock.
The program will feature a scenic
movie Of the state of Maryland
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BITTINGER
An Clubs Meet

The Bittinger boys All club met
at the home of Ray Bethel, presi-
dent when plans and program fol
the year were discussed. James
McHenry, assistant county agent
announced plans for an officers
training meeting. Ralph Bucket
treasurer reported a generous con.
tribution to the club from the First
State Bank of &rantsville.
The girls All club met January
3 at the home Of Patty ShaWley. A
demonstration on spot removing
was given The next meeting will
be held February at the Bittingel
school house
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Mighty in power but mighty easy to
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that develops up to 325 horsepower
teams with a new TorqueF'lite trans
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McHENRY

Mr.. and Mrs. c. |. Wright, Mrs.
Mason Rodcheaver, Gerald and
Dwain were shopping in Oakland
last Saturday
Nh. and Mrs. j. A. Savage and
son visited Mrs. Savage's brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lyle Wright near Cumberland,
Sunday
Rev. and Mrs. Hamilton visited
Mr.. and Mrs Mason Rodeheaver
last Friday
Mr. and Mrs. w. r. Savage and
family visited their daughter, Mrs.
Robert Gay and family Sand Flat,
one evening last week
Rev. Crawford, pastor Of Grace
Brethren church. of Accident, was
a guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. }. Fer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-26

ROCK CREEK HILLS RAMBLER
$500 BEXHLL DR.-Luxurious big home. yrs. old:
controlled. fashionable area big corner lot with
commanding views; bedrms., baths, separate din.
rm- finished rec rm and bath: garage; patio. Owner
must sell. MAKE OFFER Ewes, OIL. 2-9l04.
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Arlington okoys
Dwelling Permits

Recent building permits
issued By Arlington County IN
clude:
xsns ? Msson: g, 9, J, s,.:.. . e.
shoreham Investment CO., issh and
u ste. NV, wash, owner. service sta
ton a. $500 Columbia plkel cost
d 3. Hsdres. 1880 n, InsiswoQd It,,
ownsfs .tgslIlps g 4ala n s0sh 81
sosi: sso.oo0i arehiseet, cisde W
BIZ. Kenneth pfaneis, 5000 mass ri
49, wash. owner. nfnfea a. H03e.
oO-0a Columbia plksi Cost. S10000l
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More Money
For Home
Looms Seen

The Nations 5000 savings
and loan associations will have
more money 70 put into home
mortgages n 1858 than IN 1857.
Norman Strunk, executive vice
president Of the United States
savings q Loan League. be-
lieVes.
Speaking IN Baltimore. Mr..
etrunk told the annual conven-
ton OF the Maryland Savings a
Loan League that an addi-
tional supply OF mortgage
money from savings as5ocia-
tons win be possible because Of
an estimated net gain IN saw
ings Of e4.6 billion In 1857. An
ever.iiicreaSing amount Of re-
payments on loans outstanding.
which are now running close
to 50 billion annually, also win
help, he said.
The league ofiiciai reported
that by the end Of 1857 saw.
ings associations will have
loaned elO.2 billion for home
financing. slightly below last
years sos billion in such
loans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-26

architect, Richard Z, PafiL
I'd. owner: dwelling Il sofa n Green
castle 81: cot, 100000. -.
Qisbe ri cost $4,000. aFchiteet,
Charles olmstsad. wilson blvd,
owner; auto showroom q $50 y 0iehs
"a cost $4,000. architect. Allen j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-26
Usino Steel Tubs

For the indoor gardener who
likes to do things In q big way.
steel laundry tubs or steel bas-
kets are handy for growing
extra large plants and even
small trees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-26
Only 4-BED 70 ON RAMBLER
n Wa.e,wnnA fkAnee Ava EnRl

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OFFER on this new brick home near Little Flower
Church. Any woman win love the big kitchen, with
ished recreation ROOM maids room; porch: earport.
ALSO OPEN TODAY. Ewes. OIL 4-07sS.
OFT Hess Are. rsAt crsnSen NeStnSOn. RIGHT 10
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bath alum. storm windows. etcl POWDER RM..
family kitchen DEN and brkfst. rm Bedrms, for
big family. Garage tnov power tool shop. Wooded
lot S0x230 with tennis courts at rear FLA deal OK
with modest down payment Ewes. OIL T-e54o.
or ceaa Ave thrsseh chspv sssi
strFn Fshf Weehinetcn 81.
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Near Conn. Ave.
and Saul Rd.
Si7,eso

S3la WASHINGTON ST.
Heres space galore in
an older home, tho
roughly done over (newI
eos hot water heater.
an Ha-wirnd nav tile
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DREAM SPLIT LEVEL, SIS. 500
Occupied One Monih towneE Trsnsferedl
SOS AVON DR., wildwood Manor, Bethesda-Oid brick
and redwood Fine ly. rm. with firep, sep din. rm..
advance 1858 model kitchen with dinette; extra
nice bedrms, baths. On lower level. sunny out-of-
ground family nm. and y bath. Wide lot. Mr. all
schools. new shop center Present financing SIC 500
so $500 win handle EYES, OIL. 4-8O72.
Ont OF GeorgstoDn Ra right cheAhs 00rosvsnOr
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-19
Gallant Deeds Of By-Gone
Years in The Walter
Raleigh Coasfland.
WRECK OF GERMAN
BRIGANTINE ANNACHEN

Towards evening of July II,
1889, a vessel was seen approach
ing the North Carolina coast, a
few miles to the westward of
Cape Hatteras, and shortly after
seven o'clock she stranded between
the Creed's Hill and the Durant's
Stations, Sixth DISTRICT, and
nearer the first-named. This being
the inactive season, the life-saving
crews were disbanded, and the
keepers were therefore delayed in
proferring assistance through hav-
ing to send some distance to sum-
mon their men. No time, however,
was unnecessarily lost, the keepers
having set out as soon as the
vessels signal of distress "a small
flag at half-mast), could be seen.
The life-saving crews arrived at
the wreck at about eight o'clock
and found her to be the German
brigantine Annachen of Papen-
burg.
The sea being smooth, the crew
had landed in their own boat, and
the life-savers returning ashore
found them abreast Of the vessel.
There were seven all told. The
brig had loaded spirits of turpen-
tine at Savannah, Ca, and was
bound to Glasgow, Scotland. Early
in the morning of the 10th, when
some AZ miles off shore, she had
sprung a bad leak, and being UNI
able to make any harbor the cap
tain found it necessary to beach
her. The crew were taken to the
Durant's Station, where they re-
manned two days. During the fore
noon of the 18th the Creed's Hill
crew took the captain on board
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yawl was discovered by the wife
of the keeper of the Creed's Hill
Station, who Immediately sent a
boy for her husband, he having
but a short time previously start
ed for store about three miles
distant to obtain necessary pro-
visions.
The sailors, instead of waiting
outside the line of breakers to see
whether any assistance could be
rendered them from the beach,
started through the surf, which
was sweeping in with great fury
when their boat was quickly turn
ed end over end and the occupants
dashed out. All except the steward,
Thomas Williams, reached the
shore in safety. The latter was not
seen alive after the capsize, and
from the bruises which were found
upon his head when the body was
recovered three days later, it was
judged that he was fatally in
jured at the time the boat upset,
and was consequently drowned inn
mediately.
The station keeper, who put back
with all haste when the messenger
overlook him, reached the scene
just as the survivors were landing.
He at once conducted them to the
station, where they were properly
cared for and furnished with dry
clothing from the stores placed at
the disposal of the Service by the
Women's National Relief Associa-
ton.
At the time of the accident the
surf was so heavy along the beach
that it would have been impossible
to launch a boat and go to the
rescue of the imperiled men. The
only chance of aiding them would
have been by means of line
which might have been fired to
them when they were outside the
breakers. 1t appears; however, that
the captain fully realized that a
boat could not be got clear of the
shore to their assistance, and so
he resolved to take the desperate
risk of landing, the chance of sue
cess seeming to be as one in a
hundred. It is little less than a
miracle that all were not drowned.
It is plain that the loss of this
life happened under conditions
which made its prevention by the
Life-Saving Service practically
out of the question. The keeper
on the 4th, found the body of the
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through autumn.

through autumn.
At Winston-Salem, the 18th
Century Moravian community Of
Old Salem is being restored and
preserved. as an historical atrac-
ton and a number of its beautiful
old buildings --- including Salem
Tavern, John Vogler House and
the former Boys School housing
Wachovia Museum - are open to
visitors year around. New Bern and
Edenton on U. s. IL are treasure
troves of 18th Century architec-
ture, and at New Bern Tryon Pal
ace, described as "the most beau
tiful building in Colonial America
when it was built in 1767-7O as
statehouse and home of Royal Gov
ernor William Tryon, is being re-
stored.
On Roanoke Island, Fort Raj
eight National Historical Site
marks the site of the first English
settlements in America. Across
Roanoke Sound near Kitty Hawk
and Kill Devil Hills is Wright
Brothers National Memorial, on
the spot where Wilbur and Orville
Wright made their first successful
powered aircraft flights in 1908.
Festivals, fairs and sports events
enliven the North Carolina scene
year around, and their variety is as
great as that of the states geog-
raphy. Unique among fairs are the
Cherokee Indian Fair at Cherokee
in autumn, and the Craftman's
Fair of the Southern Highlands at
Asheville each July. In March, the
historic port city of Wilmington
greets spring with the annual Will
mington Azalea Festival. On the
Outer Banks, the Dare Coast Pr
rates Jamboree opens the beach
sseason with colorful events from
Kitty Hawk to Cape Hatteras. In
June, the 6,286-foot summit of
Roam Mountain is setting for the
annual Roam Mountain Rhododen-
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| top of 6,6S4-foot high Mount
Mitchell, highest peak east of the
Mississippi, to the seashore. Mount
Mitchell State Park is reached by
a paved highway connecting with
the Blue Ridge Parkway. No place
in the park is less than a mile
above sea level.
In addition to Mount Mitchell,
other mountain peaks accessible by
automobile include Grandfather
Mountain and Mount Jefferson
near the Parkway; Roam Mountain
and Mount Pisgah in Pisgah Ma
tional Forest; Wayah Bald in Man.
tahala National Forest; Cling
mans Dome, highest peak in the
Great Smokes Park; and White
side Mountain, near us. GA in the
Waterfall Country Of Southwestern
North Carolina.
The Blue Ridge Parkway, de
signed as aNacstion route connect
ing the Shenandoah National Park
in Virginia with the Great, Smokes
Park in North Carolina, is built at
an average elevation of over 5000
feet in North Carolina.
Over 100 miles of the Parkway
have been completed in North Car
olina, with some sections soaring to
elevation of 5000 feet or more. All
sections of the Parkway are open
for travel from April IS through
October, and most are open year
around. Recreational areas are OPP
en- from May / through October.
The Great Smokes Park covers
some 100000 acres of Western
North Carolina. The North Caro-
lima entrance is at Cherokee, larg-
est community on the Reservation
which is home of the Eastern Band
of the Cherokee Indians.
At Cherokee, the Museum Of the
Indian and Oconaluftee Indian Vii
lage, re-created Cherokee commu-
nifty of 200 years ago, draw thous-
ands of visitors from spring