Miller's Asheville (Buncombe County, N.C.) City Directory [1942], Part 1

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CITY DIRECTORY

Vol. 1942

XXXIX

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GENERAL INDEX

GENERAL INDEX

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Alphabetical List of Names Apartment Buildings

Associations and Clubs-Commercial Banks and Trust Companies Board of Education Buildings-Office and Public Bus and Coach Lines-Motor 1 1 1

Buyers Guide

Cemeteries

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City Government Classified Business Directory

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Newspapers

Parks and Playgrounds

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION

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Abbott-Knight Dry Cleansing right top lines, 12 and 29

Allen Asheville Transfer & Storage Co __ 32 Arcade Beauty Shop 8 Asheville Battery Co_ _ left side lines and 3

Asheville Bedding Co 31

Asheville-Biltmore Hotel Inc.

right top lines and 24

Asheville Blue Gem Coal Co. right side lines and 14

Asheville Cemetery

Co Inc.

left top lines and 11

Asheville Citizen-Times Co. left top lines and Z

Asheville Cleaners & Dyers

top edge and 12

Asheville Federal Savings & Loan Assn

bottom edge and 10

Asheville Gas Co. right top lines and 24

Asheville Ice & Storage Co Inc.

back cover, 14 and 26

Asheville Laundry front cover, right top lines and 29 Asheville Nash Co Inc_ 4

Asheville Nehi Bottling Co

left side lines and 8

Asheville Oil Co (E S Koon). right top lines and 4 Corn's Sheet Metal Work

Asheville Sign Service

right top lines and 43 Asheville Tire & Recapping Co left top lines and 3

Asheville Upholstery & Cabinet Co 44

Asheville Welding Co. 44

Aston, Stikeleather & Co Inc.

back cover and 26

Autrey T C Ins Agency Inc right top lines and 27 Battery Park Hotel. A

Beaman Lumber Co 30

Beaumont Furniture Co Inc.

left top lines and 22

Belk's Department Store right bottom lines and 19 Berryman Funeral Home. right top lines and 20

Biltmore Cleaners & Laundry Inc.

right side lines and 29

Biltmore Dairy Farms

page

left side lines and 16

Blanton's Business College

- - ribbon book-mark and insert at streets Bon Marche. front cover and 17

Booth R P & Co

right top lines and 38

Bramlett & Burton

left side lines and 38

Brown Oscar Motors

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Brownell-Dunn Funeral Home

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Burton & Son.

right bottom lines and 22

C C R Coal Co

left top lines and 14

Cannon-Hellen Music Co Inc.

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Carolina Coal & Ice Co

left top lines and 13

Carolina Power & Light Co

back cover and

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Carolina Sheet Metal Works

left side lines and 41

Carroll Realty Co.

left side lines and 39

Cecil's Business College

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City Coal Co. 14

Coca-Cola Bottling Co

right top lines and

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Cody Realty & Mortgage Co

right side lines and 38

Commercial Stationers Inc

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Community Coal & Lumber Co

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_right bottom lines and 42

Culberson Studio

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Dalton Paint Co

left side lines and 34

Dillard Realty Co.

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Dunham's Music House 32

Dunn & Groce Funeral Home Inc backbone and A

ET & WNC Motor Transportation Co 32

F & G Motors.

right side lines and

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Farmers Federation Inc.

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First National Bank & Trust Co

front cover, left top lines and 8

Fisher Elliot Lyman

backbone and 35

Fletcher F O'C ___ right bottom lines and 2 Gaskins Realty Co ___ right side lines and 40 General Building Products Co. 9

Goodrich B F Silvertown Stores

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Grace Coal Co

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Green Hills Cemetery

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Green Ottis Hardware Co

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Grove Park Inn B

Grove Park Pharmacy right bottom lines and 19

Grove Stone & Sand Co

left top lines and 9

Harrison N A Dr 33

Haverty Furniture

Co

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Haynes M B Electric Co right side lines and 19

Hotel Asheville

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Huntington-Johnson

Co

front cover and 39

Ice Service Inc

right top lines and 26

Ideal Paint & Hardware Co. right side lines and 34

Imperial Life Ins Co. front cover and Y

Ingle Ray E

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Ivey's Inc

left top lines and 18

Jarrett Furniture Co

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Johnson-Chandley Lumber Co Inc

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Kindler H W & Co

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Kiser & Price

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Langren Hotel

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Leavitt Ins Co

left side lines and 27

Lee's Jewelers Inc

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Lewis Funeral Home_ _ left side lines and 21

Love Harry W

left side lines and 27

M & J Finance Corp

left side lines and 30

M & M Body & Radiator Works

left side lines and 5

M & M Tire Shop

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McAlister, Smith & Pate Inc.

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McCabe Ins Agency_ ___ back cover and 27

McCoy-Wilkins Funeral Home Inc.

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McIntire-Jones Oil Co Inc

left top lines and 5

McRary & Son Inc 31

Meadows O F Sheet Metal Works

right side lines and 42

Minico Inc_

right sides lines, 12 anl 29

Mooneyham's Drug Stores

right side lines and 19

Moore M V & Co 13

Morgan Bros Inc. 10

Morgan & Bishop Sheet Metal Works

right side lines and 43

Morris-Gearing Funeral Home

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Moss Motors Inc.

back cover and 6

Mountain City Laundry

Nettlewood Nurseries

right top line, 12 and 29

left side lines and 33

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Neville Music Co

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Ochsenreiter Gene Inc 6

Orr Refrigeration Service Co.

right side lines and 40

Palmer Ed Co

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Parkland Chevrolet Co Inc.

right side lines and

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Poole Guy Co Inc

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Pritchard Paint & Glass Co

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Protex Weatherstrip & Screen Co

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Ray Jesse Funeral Home

left side lines and 44

Reed Clyde Jr

right side lines and 41

Reed & Abee Inc.

_right side lines and 16

Reliance Life Ins Co

right top lines and 28

Reusing's

right top lines and 40

Rhoads Dairy

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Riverside Cemetery

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Robinson's Flower Shop.

left side lines and 20

Rowland Tom Jr Realtor

right side lines and 40

St Lawrence Catholic Church.

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Schley John E Agency Y

Sears, Roebuck and Co

right top lines and 18

Service Paint Co

left side lines and 34

Sherwin-Williams

Co

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Skyland Motors Inc.

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Southern Dairies Inc

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Standard Supply Co

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Sterchi Bros Stores __ right side lines and 23

Matthews Motor Sales

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Superior Coal Co ..

left top lines and 15

Swannanoa Laundry

back cover and 28

Termite Control Co

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Thomas Buick Co.

right side lines and

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Thompson Eva A Dr

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Thrash Coal Co

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Vanderbilt George Hotel

C and 25

Vehaun & Son Furniture Co

left side lines and 23

Wachovia Bank & Trust Co

front edge and 7

White L A Sheet Metal Works

back cover and 42

White's Monument Works

left side lines and 31

White's Service Inc

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Williams A C Plumbing Co

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Williams-Brownell Planing Mill Co

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Wilson Plumbing Co

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Yarborough-Sluder Motor Sales

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INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

PIEDMONT DIRECTORY CO., publishers of Miller's Asheville City Directory, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1942 edition of the Asheville City Directory, which also includes Beverly Hills, Biltmore, Biltmore Forest, Broadview, East Biltmore, Lake View Park, Linwood Park, Oakley, Oaklyn Park, Oteen, Sayles Village and South Biltmore.

Confidence in the continued growth of Asheville's industry, popu- lation and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social ac- tivities, will be maintained as sections of this Directed are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Asheville to the world.

The enviable position occupied by the Asheville City Directory in the estimation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and pro- fessional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Ashe- ville Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.

Four Major Departments

The four major departments are arranged in the following order:

THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 544, on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Ashe- ville and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address. of each firm and corporation.

THE BUYER'S GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 44, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of lead- ing manufacturing, business and professional interests of Asheville and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sourcs of supply. In a progressive community and famous resort like Asheville, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.

THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 589

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to 676, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate head- ings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.

THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 677 to 856. In this section the names of the streets are arranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the inter- secting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.

Community Publicity

The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the com- munity, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a resort, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the pub- lishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Asheville and vicinity.

The Asheville Directory Library

Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Asheville City Direc- tory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.

The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.

PIEDMONT DIRECTORY CO. Publishers

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STATISTICAL REVIEW

ASHEVILLE

"IN THE LAND OF THE SKY" - "EASTERN GATEWAY CITY TO THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK"

STATISTICAL REVIEW

Form of Government-Council-Manager.

Population- City proper, 51,310; metropolitan area, 76,324 (1940 U. S. Census). American-born 98.1%.

Area- 14.7 square miles.

Altitude

2,210 to 3,200 feet above sea level.

Climate-

Mean annual temperature, 55.4 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 38.08 inches.

Parks- 14, with total of 413.9 acres, valued at $516,529.

Assessed Valuation- $53,875,015, with $1.86 per $100 tax rate.

Financial Facts- 4 banks and 2 trust companies, with total de- posits in excess of $15,000,000, and total re- sources in excess of $16,000,000. Clearings for 1940, $163,386,000.

Postal Receipts ---- $342,127 (calendar year 1940).

Telephones in Service-12,827 (July 31, 1941).

Churches- 105, representing 16 denominations.

Building & Construction-768 permits, with total value of $998,057.50 (last annual report).

Real Estate- -

Number of homes, 11,886, with about 40.7% owned by occupants.

Industry- Chief industries of city and surrounding terri- tory: Resort business, manufacturing and lum- ber. 60 manufacturing establishments, em- ploying 6,684 workers, paying wages of $6,349,830 annually, and having products valued at $29,473,410 annually (last report). Principal manufactured products of city and vicinity: Blankets, cotton and yarn goods, flour

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and feed, furniture, leather goods, mica pro- ducts, packing products, printing and publish- ing products and rayon yarn.

Trade Area --

Retail area covers 21 counties, with total popu- lation of 500,000.

Newspapers- 2 dailies, combined as one paper on Sunday, and 2 weeklies.

Hotels-

16, with total of 2,600 rooms.

Railroads ---

Southern.

Highways-

U. S. 19, 23, 25, 70 and 74. Blue Ridge Parkway from Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park is now under con- struction.

Airports --

1, municipal. Regular air service.

Amusements-

Largest auditorium in city seats 3,500 persons. 6 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 4,500 persons. 2 legitimate theatres, with total seating capacity of 5,300 persons. 5 golf courses.

Hospitals -- Education-

5, with total of 333 beds.

Institutions of higher learning include St. Genevieve of the Pines, Asheville School for Boys, Asheville College and Biltmore College. 16 public schools, including 1 junior college, 1 senior high school and 2 junior high schools. 3 parochial schools. Number of pupils in pub- lic schools, 9,248; teachers, 274. Value of public school property, $5,345,580.25.

Public Libraries- - City Statistics-

2, with total of 64,475 volumes.

Total street mileage, 200.54, with 153.06 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 94; sewers, 181. Number of water meters, 13,396; light meters, 12,110; gas meters, 2,701. Capacity of water works, 700,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, approximately 11,500,000 gallons; Miles of mains, 274; value of plant, $5,000,000. Fire department has 63 men, with 5 stations and ll pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $280,000. Police de- partment has 66 men, with 1 station and 13 pieces of motor equipment.

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Asheville from Beaucatcher Mountain

POPULATION

Asheville is the county seat of Buncombe County, and one of the principal resort centers of the eastern U. S. The city has a population of 51,310 according to the report of the U. S. Census of 1940, with a metropolitan area population of 76,324.

HISTORY

Asheville was founded in 1797 by John Burton, the city being known for about three years of its early history as Morristown. The name was later changed to Asheville, in honor of Samuel and John Ashe, noted men of that period.

The city has long been a resort center, the first resort hotel having been constructed near the Sulphur Springs in the western part of the city, west of the French Broad River. Later the tourist traffic in- creased and other resort hotels were built, including the old Battery Park Hotel on the site now occupied by the modern structure. Other hotels have been constructed with growth of tourist trade, through expansion of transportation facilities, including railways and highways into the highlands. Industry and agriculture have also developed in the mountain section, to the point that Asheville has become a market- ing and shopping center for 18 counties of western North Carolina.

GOVERNMENT

Buncombe County is governed by a board of three commissioners. Asheville has the council-manager form of government, which includes

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a mayor and six other councilmen and a city manager. The two governmental bodies are housed in the handsome city and county buildings which flank the central city plaza. The city has one of the lowest fire records of any city of its size in the coun- try, due to an efficient fire department, and the police department has become highly effective with the aid cf radio, cooperation with state and county law-en- forcement officers and by means of the police-cruiser system. Two police radio stations are located here, one atop the Buncombe County Building and the other a State police radio station, on the Black Moun- Excellent Highways Lead in Every Direction tain highway.

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Scenic and other attractions of Asheville and western North Caro- lina are always of paramount interest to visitors. The famous Biltmore House and Gardens, located in the midst of the 15,000-acre Biltmore

Estate in Ashe- ville, have been open to public view since 1930. The noted man- sion, adjudged one of the finest private homes in the world, was constructed nearly half a century ago by the late George --- W. Vanderbilt. The House, built after the architec- Biltmore House tural pattern of the French chateaux, contains a vast collection of cbjects of artistic and historic value, gathered at great cost by Mr. Vanderbilt, in all parts of the world. Notable among the priceless treasures on display are the chessmen of Napoleon, the ceremonial robes of Cardinal Richelieu, ancient tapestries which graced the tent of Francis I at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and a myriad other rare and precious objects.

Surrounding the House, the vast expanse of gardens and landscaped park presents a great mass of flowers and superbly-designed vistas to

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the beholder throughout the spring, summer and autumn seasons.

In Riverside Cemetery are located the tombs of the famous writer, O. Henry, and Zebulon Vance, Civil War Governor of North Carolina, and the now-famous marker erected to the memory of 18 German sailors by members of the Kiffin Rockwell Post of the American Legion. This is the only monument ever erected by American soldiers to the memory of their foreign foes. Also in Asheville, in the city of his birth, is the tomb of the late lamented Thomas Wolfe, internationally-known author of "Look Homeward, Angel," "Of Time and the River," "The Web and the Rock" and "You Can't Go Home Again."

The famous Craggy Rhododendron Gardens, located on the crest of the Great Craggy Mountains near Asheville, are one of the noted scenic attractions of the region near the city. The gardens, which pre-

Unique Grove Park Inn

sent the massed bloom of millions of purple rhododendron shrubs in June, are reached by means of a link of the famous Blue Ridge Parkway and a forest motor road via Barnardsville, and are the objective for many visitors in Asheville during the Rhododendron Festival.

Grove Park Inn, because of its unique setting and architecture, is a point often visited in the city. Circling the summits of the mountains

Mount Mitchell, Highest Peak East of the Rockies

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near the city, the Asheville Scenic Highway reveals surpassingly beau- tiful vistas to the motorist.

In the surrounding highland region, the beauty of the Sapphire Country, Chimney Rock and Lake Lure, the Blowing Rock and Linville sections, the Tryon resort region, and the sections near Hendersonville and Waynesville are of interest to visitors.

Mount Mitchell, highest mountain in eastern America, and Mount Pisgah in the Pisgah National Forest, may be climbed by the motorist.

THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK

Asheville is the eastern gateway city to the Great Smoky Mountains Na- tional Park, the nation's newes: and most popu- lar playground. This great scen- is region with its majestic A Scene in the Smokies peaks and deep valleys, its vast expanse of virgin forests, its clear trout streams and tumbling waterfalls, is a center of interest for visitors. Nearly 700,000 visitors entered Excellent highways connect Asheville with the

this park last season. Great Smokies, and on the east- ern approach to the park is lo- cated the 60,000 acre reservation of the Eastern Band of Chero- kee Indians. Here live 3,000 Indians, occu- pying their an- cient hunting grounds and pursuing their ancient crafts and customs, under supervis- ion cf the Gov- ernment.

The Chimney Tops, Smoky Mountains National Park

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THE NATIONAL PARKWAY

Through western North Carolina the $30,000,000 "Blue Ridge Park- way" is now under construction, connecting the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee and North Carolina. This great touring route, when com- pleted along the summits of the highest of the Appalachian peaks, will be the finest motor-way in America. Be- tween Roan- oke, Va., and Asheville, N. C., 140 con- tinuous miles of the Park- way are open to travel, and the remaind- er of the route between these two cities is near- ing comple- tion in 1941.

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