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Verne Rhoades to Horace Kephart, March 18, 1930

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  • In a letter to Horace Kephart on March 18, 1930, Verne Rhoades, executive secretary for the North Carolina Park Commission is letting Kephart know that he was voted onto the Committee on Nomenclature to assist the National Geographic Board with features in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
  • NORTH CAROLINA PARK COMMISSION CREATED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL PARK IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS EUGENE C. BROOKS, Raleiah D. M. BUCK, Bald Mountain JOHN G. DAWSON, Kinston PLATO D.EBBS.Asheville R.T.FOUNTAIN, Rocky Mouni MARK SQUIRES, Chairman. Lenoir EUGENE C. BROOKS, Secretary, Raleigh VERNE RHOADES, Executive Secretary, Asheville 606 City Building, P. 0. Box 1232, Asheville, N. C. J. A. HARDtSON, Wadesboro STUART W. CRAMER, Jr., Cramerton J. ELMER LONG, Durham HARRY L. NETTLES, Biltmore E. S.PARKER, Jr., Greensboro M ARK SQUIRES, Lenoir March 18, 1930. Mr. Horace Kephart, Bryson City, N. C. Dear Mr. Kephart: At its meeting yesterday the North Carolina Park Commission voted that you be added to the Committee on Nomenclature to assist the National Geographic Board in naming the principal topographic features within the Smoky Mountain National Park. Mr. Hiden Ramsey and you and myself constitute this committee, provided you agree to serve. I earnestly hope you will, since you know more about it than either Ramsey or myself. I am aware of what both you and George Masa have done in this regard, and am most appreciative of your helpful efforts in this particular. Mr. Squires himself may notify you of this appointment. He left town feeling unwell yesterday and it may slip his mind. Therefore, I am taking this opportunity of writing you myself. With sincere regards, I am Very truly yours, Verne Rhoades, Executive Secretary. VR:S