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EDITORIAL Л о Noil Smiji.s . . . \ few yeais ago. when Carl Goerch "as hound for Florida on a commer¬ cial airliner, hijackers held up the plane, refueled и ai gun poinl. and ordered a (light to Cuba When news ol Carl's perilous plight Hashed back to Raleigh. Ins Iriends voiced a common reaction: ■'Carl’s probably having the time of his life!" It was a supreme compliment for this rare man who at age NO was still living life to the hilt, and for whom every new experience was an adventure to be met with gusto. I hat's the way it still was at age 83. I he State of North Carolina is for¬ tunate indeed that Carl Goerch, a na¬ tive of Tarry town. New York, came South, found a land to match his ebul¬ lient spirit, and stayed on to sing the praises of North Carolina to the world by newspaper, radio, television, the speaker's circuit, and by this magazine, which he founded in 1933. (The S г а г I. . Vol. 26. No. 5) Carl's love affair with North Carolina first blossomed in 1915. and never waned. I rue. he qualified as a cosmop¬ olite. having visited 52 foreign coun¬ tries and every state of the U.S.A. (on one trip he took a long detour just to set toot in Alaska). But these junkets were often occasions for public speaking, and always an opportunity to spread the good word about North Carolina. As long as he lived — and to anybody who w'ould listen — he offered his personal testimony to the wonderful people and resources for good living in the Old North Stale. It was not a one-sided affair. Гаг Heels by the thousands — no, hundreds of thousands — thought of Carl as a friend, even though they may never have met him. If it is a truism that obvious blessings are the hardest to count, then Carl Gocrch's greatest service to North Car¬ olina was that he came from afar into a region sometimes called the "Valley of Humility" and aroused the people's pride and interest in themselves, their history, and their environment. It was a role in which brilliant phi¬ losophers. teachers, and statesmen may have sunk by the weight and eloquence of their own arguments. Carl Goerch caught and held their interest with anecdotes, unusualities. and his own robust brand of humor. He spoke to PURIJSIIEI) MONTHLY 4 1ST YEAR Vol. 41.1 1 September 1974 No. 4 Box 2169 Phone 833-5729 Raleigh. N. C. 27602 W. B. Wright Editor and Publisher John Phillips A d vertising Manager DOWN HOME IN NORTH CAROLINA Founded b> Carl Goerch in 1933 Kill Sharpe, Publisher. 1951-1970 IN THIS ISSUE Hang Gliding in the Mountains, page 9 Suited to Command, page 12 Uncle Daniel's Victrola, page 15 Clown ol the Callers, page 16 Saving the Stonewall Jackson Surgical Set. page 18 Making a New ground, page 20 Let's Go Striking, page 21 Why the Grants Came South, page 23 A New Kind of Park, page 26 At Our House . 38 l.cllcrs . 5 Kook 1 liming 31 1 idle Known Slones 30 Carol Dare . Carolina Camera 41 43 Math Quiz . Off ihe Heatcn Track . 43 . 45 Classified Dales and F.vcnls . 8 . 10 One Last Word Personal Glimpse» . 48 39 Down Homers . 28 Questions 8 Editorial . 2 Remember . 32 Information .lost One Thing Knife and Fork .... . 4 48 23 Talcs From Ihc Hills Travel Topics . turpentine . 45 10. 33 42 Watch Language 30 I "i Sr.ii I» juiblixhed monthly by the State Machine Printing Co.. Inc.. 417 N Boylan Avc.. Raleigh. N. C .7(01. Mailing aJJie>\ V. О Во» :i69. K.ilcigh. N. C. I'bOl. Subscriptions £6 per year and U (or 6 month» plu» » p*z cent N. C Salei Та». Single copies 7» cent*. Plea* gl»t a month1» nortec for change ol addles» Content» including winding heading» and department title*, copyright I97J. hy State Magazine Printing C o.. Inc. Second claw pottage paid at Kaleigh. N. C. SltOl. Index loS-.t. Magazine published annually in the May edition. Accumulated Index. Iwne I9JJ through May 196.1 available at *5.15. THE COVER Few spectacles anywhere can match the brilliance of North Caro¬ lina’s mountains when their foliage is ablaze with autumn color. The peak of color generally comes about mid-October. — (Illustration courtesy N. C. Division of Travel and Promotion.) г L For l’our Convenience New readers who wish to subscribe, and subscribers who wish to send subscriptions to friends and relatives, are invited to use this form. $7.21 per year (including )rA sale» lux for N. C. residenis) Check enclosed □ Please bill me C THE STATE. Box 2169. Raleigh. N. C. Send THE STATE to: Name . Address. City . Occasion, if any. Sign Gift Card . My Name Address . "i 2 THE STATE. SCPTCMBC» 1974