Bristol Herald Courier from Bristol, Tennessee • 54

1 1 Ut Sunday ebruary 26 196t BRISTOL HERALD COURIER Carrier Projects Boost 5 Area Recreation Scene A for YOUR convenience in USE OUR COMPLETE STOCKS Bristol 611 615 Haynes Street Phone SOuth 4 6158 new sport Eric Coul you can bet that whatever it is it will be something else fine for the people of this area fr 4 5 Cherokee Home Between the years 1671 and 1865 the Cherokee Indians ex pelled the Xultans from the mountains of which Wise County is a part After that the Chero kees took up residence and re mained until the Confederacy of Six Nations swept down from the north and drove them out Minnesota Paint Congoleum Nairn loor Covering Steel Wire Products Steel Sheets and Metal Roofing ry Roll Roofing and Shingles Skll Power Tools Spred Satin Paint Sunbeam and GE Electric Appliances Buckeye Heaters Sakrete Kohler Plumbing ixtures Armstrong urnaces Super Spun Soil Pipe Sentry Water Heaters Spang Pipe Pyrex Ovenware Plymouth Tillers Imperial Lawn Mowers Weiser Locks Miraplas Tile Galvanized Gutter Super Kem Tone Bruce loor Products Eveready Prestone Cosco Products Remington Ammunition RCA Radio and Television RCA Whirlpool Appliances fl 1 I I 5 fortably heated with skates to rent or buy this indoor ice areria and ice skating are now natural sports to this area And now another step Wiih completion due this summer the Bristol International Speed way promises in itself to be one of the most complete recrea tional centers anywhere With seating for over 20000 and ing at least not right now but parking for 10000 cars you and your friends from both nCar and far will see stock car races on a half mile asphalt track engi neered to be the fastest in the world! NASCASR sanctioned the track will feature in addition to weekly races two specials that promise to become classics in racing Called the When you think of Larry Car rier and the word you have to think real fast or else you'll still be thinking of past progress when some thing new is already complet ed and something else again already started That's how Larry and pro gress is fast and furious And tiro results? Well the results can only be described as good things for Bristol the Tri Cities in fact this whole South eastern region and its many thousands of residents Why good? Because Carrier and his associates are bring ing the people here the most complete and certainly the fin est recreational center ever de veloped in tire Appalachian area Less than two years ago Car rier began this scheme ith the opening of Lanes on Weaver Pike in Bristol Twenty four completely a atic Brunswick bowling lanes were the center of attraction lanes which included photo scorers submarine ball returns and tele fouls to assist the bowlers In addition to this the Lanes featured a modem restaurant for those who like good as well as a free nursery with a capable attendant on duty from 9 a until 5 each week day Mothers could now' also enjoy this fine sport with their children nearby well sup ervised and without the added expense of a babysitter The popularity of these Lanes was so great that by January I960 Carrier had to open an additional twelve lanes Each day both men and women en joy the fruits of labor bowling in leagues school groups and individually To supplement Lanes Carrier opened this past year two complete and fully equipped new' bowling centers one in Kingsport with 16 fully auto matic lanes and the other in Greeneville similarly equipped with 20 lanes You would think this would be enough for any average man in a year's time However the full recreational scheme was still to be realized Next step The opening of a sports arena unusual to this climate but a sport so quick ly successfully supported that who knows there may be more arenas to come So when was the last time you went ice skating? Prob ably just this past week and naturally at Ice Arena also located on Weaver Pike next fo Lanes Opened em and the just this past fall the Ideal these races and their Arena was soon the place for purses have already attracted fun for people of all ages Com the attention of the most fa fONE OLLOWS'ANOTH ER A NEW Bristol saw the introduction of a during ice skating Here a Bristol visitor Mrs son proves a real veteran at Ice Acna mous stock car drivers through out the country In addition to racing Car rier intends to offer the facili ties of the speedway to fairs civic and religious activities as well as other spoiling events might ask what else could there be after all of this Well Larry Carrier tell '48 McClung Co EXCLUSIVELY WHOLESALE 'twt xs I 1 i 1 tf i uft' 5' VI 3 k't iIm jjM! MB lh I mI I' V' 1 xi i I El Indian Trouble In Wise County Chief Benge came South with his band of Shawnces and con tinued to raid settlements on the Virginia frontier In June 1785 he went down Powell River from Stone Gap instead of going to tlie Holston or the Clinch One day while Archibald Scott worked in his cornfield the In dians lay in the edge of the woods watching him When nightfall came they surround ed the cabin entered it and killed Mr Scott and his five children Then they plundered the house and burned it Blacksmith Coal In 1872 Prof Leslie a geologist reporting to the American Philosophical Society on the nature of coal deposits in Southwest Cirginia said is good blacksmith coal and no doubt will make good Lonesome Pine Country Hopes To Get Air Service WISE Va eb 25 If a major airline decides to add the Lonesome Pine Airport near here to its schedule it may prove to be a major transporta tion boom to approximately 500 000 persons in the population area Aong the mining and machin ery companies that will use the airport are Wise Coal and Coke Norton Coal Virginia Iron Coal and Coke Carter Machin ery Kersey Manufacturing Joy Manufacturing Stonega Coal and Coke Virginia Coal and Iron Clinchfield Coal Corp Bethlehem Mines Corp Coal Processing Corp International Harvester Rish Equipment Co Steel and many others Near Kentucky Line The airport is located 18 miles from the Kentucky border The population area it will serve is almost one half in Kentucky and one half in Virginia Runway lighting and several buildings to accommodate the public are contemplated for the near future The field is locat ed at an elevation of 2670 feet making it one of the highest commercial fields in Virginia The altitude makes the airport relatively free of ground fog and hazardous mountain obstruc tions Tops of several small knobs were leveled off with bulldozers and scrapers in the removal of coal seams near the surface of the earth Cost $209000 A contract for the construc tion of the airport was awarded June 15 1959 to the Appalachian Construction Company here for a total of $20990535 George Wharton chairman of the Cumberlands Airport Com mission said that specifications called for an airport 3500 feet long by 75 feet wide with a runway subgrade thickness of nine inches of stone compacted and two inches of asphalt pave ment However the commission rea lized that a runway of 3500 feet would prevent the securing of regularly scheduled airline serv ice The A was requested to participate in an additional 550 feet of runway This they declin ed to do on the grounds that need had not been established Since the earth fill had already been made from waste mate terial the commission neverthe less decided to extend the run way an additional 550 feet and pave it according to original specifications Open To Traffic Wharton said the runway pave ment was completed Nov 9 1960 This made a usable run way of 4050 feet The airport is now open to traffic At the present time small planes are using the facility The commission reports mendous pressure for passen ger air mail air freight serv ice in and out of the Seven communities of Wise County and Eastern Kentucky will benefit from the operations Oldest Town Pound the oldest town in Wise County was the last one to be incorporated April 7 1950 The members of that council were Jackson mayor ields Austin Branham Meade Bently councilmen and Arby Cantrell treasurer PROGRESS THE INTER MOUNTAIN TELEPHONE COMPANY Serving The Bristol Area or er 60 Years uwai SMiM "1 I Lil New microwave relay tower 'atop the Telephone Building which forms a part of the link connect ing Bristol and the Nationwide Direct Distance Dialing Network Kelley McNish President Inter Mountain Telephone Company is proud to be a part of this progressive and fast growing area and it is our pledge to continue to provide the finest telephone service at the low est possible cost consistent with sound operating practices In 1922 the company had 5256 telephones and plant in vestments were $419500 On January 1 1960 there were 113300 telephones with plant investments totaling $36 799874 I A xX I BtAOOWS WT VI1OTD 1 XlHIUSVIUf SCOTT' I A mb sTfoiTV i I a a As tAoamascus Lz mouth er wiisok KIWGSApItl llOUAtVlttf I church a zwj XZ UtUVARtAM0 ''kOvhTAIH CfTp) HAWKINS '7 Yz' SON I I JOHaSOR' BAIIEYTOH I msAOAOa INTH MOUNTAIM TtUPHONf COMPANY yz iwashijtonx crar wiuai offices snsrounmsa LlzXitST0 MOUNIAIN) 0HftW Cow osheWv1Lu I zUNlCOn kZ Vr JA i Inter Mountain Telephone Company GENERAL BRISTOL TENN MM 4 I.