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-THURSDAY. JUNE 26, 1941 THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN PAGE FIIVE NEW MUSEUM OPENED FRIDAY Highlands Highlights British Dig Deep Into Gibraltar's Safety MRS. H. G. STORY 4. CHURCH NOTES Church of the Incarnation Rev. A Rufua Morgan, Rector 10 a. m. Church school. 11 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon. , Highland Presbyterian Church 10:15 a. m. Church school. 8 p. in.- Christian Endeavor. Highlands Baptist Church Rev. J. G. Benfield, Pastor 10 a. m. Sunday school. 11 a. m. Sermon. 7 p. m. B. T. U. 8 p. m. Sermon. Highlands Methodist Church Rev. J. S. Higgins, Pastor 10 a. m. Church school. 11 a. m.- -Preaching. HARLAN KELSEY AND SON ViISIT HIGHLANDS Harlan P. Kelsey and his son Seth L. Kelsey, of East Boxford, Ma&S., son arid grandson of the founder of Highlands, were week end guests at Highlands Inn. This was Mr. Kelsey's first visit to Highlands in 1,5 years and his first time to see the monument of uncut granite with bronze tablet erected to the memory of his. fath er through the Village Improve ment Society in August, 1929, since he was unable to accompany his , family for its unveiling at that time. This monument stands on a plot of ground all its own near the Episcopal rectory. Although only here' for the week: end, Mr. Kelsey saw a number of old friends, among them. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Holt and the Misses Gertrude and Dorothea Harbison, daughters of his former friend and teacher, the late Prof. T. B. Harbison, from whom he received in part his great love for botany expressed now m his Kelsey-High- lands Nurseries at tJoxtord. Mr. Kelsey was impressed with the growth of Highlands but sug gested that its charm would best be retained by doing away with the parking area in the center of Main street and planting the space in native shrubbery. DR. BELLINGRATH TO PREACH SUNDAY Dr. George C. Bellingratli, super intendent of Rabun Gap school, will vv preach at the Presbyterian church here on Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock service hour. Through the month of July Dr. Kenneth J. Foreman, head of the department of philosophy at David son college, will be at this church each Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. A cordial invitation is extended to visitors to attend these services. BIBLE SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY , A two weeks' vacation Bible School will begin at the Baptist church here, at 9 o'clock Monday morning, and is for the children of the town from Sunday school beginners' age through the' inter mediates. Rev. J. G. Benfield, pastor of the church, will be principal of the school and Miss Victoria Tant of Red Springs will be in charge. Teachers appointed at this time are Mrs. J. L. Hicks, Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Higgins, Mrs. Benfield, Mrs. Sidney McCarty, Jr., Mrs. O. F. Summer, Miss Marie Neely; Mrs. H. S. Talley and Mrs. Paul Walderi." There will be others as sociated with the school whose name.? are not available at this time. A revival meeting will be car ried oin at this church in the eve nings during the same two weelcs, beginning Monday night. The Rev. M. I. Harris of Valdese will do the preaching, and Sanford Smith of Cullasaja will lead the singing at these' services. MRS. BLANCH ARD ENTERTAINS CLUB Mrs. John C. Blanchard was hos tess to the Wednesday Card Club at dessert-bridge last week at her home, Snug Harbor, on Foreman road. This was the last meeting of the season since the club de cided to disband until fall. A pro fusion of wildflowers, woods ferns and larkspur was used to decorate the rooms. Special guests were- Mrs. J. . Harvey Trice", the Misses Ruth and Marie Young, Mrs. Emma Thomas and her sister, Mrs. Sloan, Mis, Mary J. Crosby, Mrs. Frank L. Olds, Mrs. George McCarty and Mrf. O. B. Smith. in the progressive four-table A. Joseph Gift Shop OPEN FOR THE FOURTH SEASON IN HIGHLANDS We Hope to Serve All of Our Old Customers And Many New Ones game Mrs. C. C. Potts won high score club prize and Mrs. W. H. Cobb was final winner of the trav eling prize. High score guest prize was presented to Mrs. Frank L. oids, '. MISS CAROLYN POTTS ENTERTAINS STUDENTS Miss Carolyn Potts, entertained a number of her former school mates of Highlands high school with a 'supper last Sunday night at Fairview Inn, the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Potts. Carolyn . has just ' completed her junior year' at (the Woman's Col lege of the' University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and her guests were Estelle Edwards, a former student at the University of Georgia, Athens; Sarah Thomp son, a graduate this year of Queens-Chicora college, Charlotte; Richard Pearson, Raleigh ; Howard Pearson, Buffalo, N, Y graduates last year of North Carolina State college, who are here for. their vacation, and Billy Nail, a student at the University of North Caro lina, Chapel Hill. Included in the guest list was Bob Sheppard of Miami, Fla. ; MRS. S T. MARETT'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED Mr. and Mrs. Charles du Bignon were hosts at a dinner on Wed nesday at Highlands Inn honoring their aunt, Mrs. S. T. Marett, on her birthday anniversary. The table centerpiece was a large white birthday cake topped with red can dles. Others enjoying the occasion with the honor guest were S. T, Marett, Mrs. William R. Dear, Miss Bessie M. Richardson and Miss Gertrude Swan son. Mr. and Mrs. Marett who cele brated their 55th wedding anni versary in December last year, are among Highlands' most esteemed citizens. "WHAT A LIFE" ON JULY 8 AT COMMUNITY THEATRE Arthur Little, director of the Community Theatre, is here and plans a program of three perfor mances .for this .summer. The first will be "What a Life," the play from which the Henry Aldrich rad io scripts originated; The Commun ity Theatre will have a sustaining cast of five professional actors this season, two of whom have al ready arrived in Highlands; Larry Gate's, who played in "Twelfth Night" with Helen Hays and Mau rice Evansy will be remembered as having been in the Barter The atre production of "Saturday's Children" given here two years ago, and Edith Summers, another professional already here., will also be remembered in the cast of Sat urday's Children. The three other professionals will be here through July and August. The tryouts at Helen's Barn last Thursday brought out a great deal of talent and a very encouraging amount of enthusiasm. Miss Mary Elizabeth Young, scenic designer for the season, . has had stage training and experience at the State College for Women, Tallahassee, where she has been a student for the past three years. PLAY PEN TO ENTERTAIN The Play Pen at the - Odd Job Shop expects to have' an informal entertainment for relatives and in terested visitors at the camp every Friday afternoon, planned and originated by the children. Among the many helpful things being done by the Odd Job Shop is the col lection of garbage twice a week bothv inside and outside . the city limits. This shop is conveniently located at the Hines House oppo site King's Inn and is prepared to meet any and all emergencies arising in the average household. W. M. U. HAS FINE ATTENDANCE The attendance at the annual meeting of the Woman's Mission ary Union of the Macon County Association, held at the Baptist church here on Tuesday, was re ported as excellent despite the very rainy weather. The outstanding talk of the day was made by Mrs. A. J. Smith, wife of the pastor of the Goldsboro Baptist church, and a former resi dent of Franklin. Mr,. S. H. Stephens, a recently returned mis sionary from China, who is va cationing at the Potts House, gave an interesting talk. It is her be- Hef that Christianity in China to- Building Of Gray Stone Will House Valuable Collection A large crowd of interested people attended the opening of Highlands', new museum building on East Main street last Friday afternoon (l and evening. The building is of beautiful gray native stone, with front and rear Vvalls of windows. Large French doors lead onto a flagstone terrace in the rear edged with broad built in flower boxes of the same gray stone. This terrace overlooks a natural amphitheatre,- with a stage built of flagstones artistically fitted in between two tall pines, which have rock-walled flower beds at the base of each. From the terrace a lovely view of Ravenel Lake will be had when the 1 dam is rebuilt. The large parking area at the rear and the circular driveway have been hardsurfaced and shrubbery sections on the front laid off. , Inside the building beautiful wildflowers vied with exquisite gar den flowers in the more than two dozen flower exhibit arrangements contributed for the occasion by Mr1. O. E. Young, Earl Young, Mrs. McAlister, Lydia and Hugh Sargent, Miss Maude Crain, Miss Minnie D. Warren, Miss Margu erite Ravenel, little Miss Shelagh Foreman, Mrs. Arthur L. Bliss, Miss Christina Houston, the Jam Pot Gift Shop, Mrs. George A. Towrisend, Mrs. Clark, Howell, Mrs. Roy Speed, Miss Ann Alt staetter, Mrs, Westervelt Terhune, and Mrs. Evelyn Harris.v , Among the interesting museum exhibits are to be found such things as the flax spinning wheel used in the family of the late Mrs. Albert Hill of Chareston and Highlands for three generation s, the gift of Mrs. Hill; dip candles given by Miss Marguerite Ravenel from a house at Salem, S. C, the kitchen of which was built before the American Revolution ; a. pair of brogan shoes made in 1830; sad 'die pockets used by Israel Putnam during the Revolution, given by H. M. Bascom. and a water yoke carried across the shoulders used by Mr. Sellick, a pioneer citizen of Highlands. ; A golden eagle, supposed to be the last survivor of its kind . in Macon county, stands guard Over the main room of the museum from its perch near the entrance. This eagle was the gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bascom. At the opposite end of the room is a Northern raven found on , Sunset Rocks and. presented to the mu seum by Dr. Clark Foreman. Nests of birds of this region fill a large cabinet and dozens of different mineral of North Carolina are on display. Then there are the side saddle used by the ladies of long ago, and the famous Indian Col lection of the late W. B. Cleave land. In the center of the main room is a table made from a block of the huge hemlock tree felled on the Highlands-Nantahala Estates several years ago, said to have been growing at the time Columbus made his last voyage to America. This table block was given to t museum by the late Mrs. Scott Hudson, and on it are recorded many historical facts relative to the settling of Norih Carolina, as well as other interesting data. The pressing, needs; of the mu seum at present; are" furniture and additional exhibit biases. A number of chairs lent by Miss Margure'te Ravenel for use this season, are so far the only , furniture in the building. day is too deeply rooted to ever fail, and she has hopes of return ing to her work at Tsingtao some time in the future. ; Mrs. W. D. Briggs of Raleigh, lead the morning conference. Mr. and M r,S. Frank B. Cook had as their luncheon guests on Sunday Harlan P. -Kelsey and his son, Seth Kelsey, of Boxwood, Mass., Mrs. Russell Pancoast and two children, Martha and Lester, and Mrs. Robert Davidson and two children, Dean and Virginia, of Miami, T"la. . ' Friends of Miss Bernice Durgin, who is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. Carter, in Leomister, Mass., for the summer, will be interested to know that she is spending-a short time in Mansfield, N. H, with other relatives, but expects to return to Leominster early in July. . Howard Pearson of Buffalo, N. Y, is spending this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Nail, at their home at Shortoff. Howard is testing engineer at the Worth ington Machine company in Buffa lo, where he has been since his graduation from North Carolina State college last year. Rev. Hubert Wardlaw, pastor of the Presbyterian church in Frank lin, was guest preacher at the Presbyterian church here last Sun dayday evening. Rev. and Mrs. Wardlaw were Sunday night sup per guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cobb. . . . feaAaaSk-Xliai 1r ygr, rinntMiftvfif-ifnTiH mi Jmtm ' ) i News ot the Day Newsrecl The Rock of Gibraltar is at the gateway to the Mediterranean, and Britain is determined it shall not be taken by the Axis. To. this end, the Rock is being strengthened in every possible manner. Present-day tunneling is being done by Canadian miners, shown at work on, a huge cavern which will be connected with other caverns and gun posts by rail. All animals on the Rock, except famous monkeys, have been destroyed. Charm and r f Charming: Betty McDonald is shown with the world's greatest milk and butter producing heifer in history, on a dairy farm outside Seattle, Wash. The new champ, at 1,825 pounds, produced 31,908 pounds of milk and 1,520.6 pounds Of butter in a 365-day test as officially reported by the Holstein-Friesian Association. i Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lowman and two children, Edward and Pauline, of Miami, have arrived to spend the seaso,n at their sum mer home in the Billy Cabin sec tion. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Edwards had as their weekend guests Mrs. Edwards' two brothers, Edison Picklesimer of Charlotte, assistant manager of the Liberty Mutual In surance company,, and Wilbur Picklesimer, who is taking summer school work at the University of North Carolina. . Mr. and Mrs. George W, Wood ruff of Daytona Beach, Fla., have moved into their new home at the Country Club just completed by R. D. Rogers, contractor. Mrs. Grace Richey and her daughter, Mrs. Marx", of Jackson ville, Fla., have arrived for the summer and will be at the home of Miss Mary J. Crosby. " Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Illges of Co lumbus, Ga., are at their summer home in Linde'nwood Park. Mr. and Mrs". L. M. Brown and their daughter,' Miss , Lavinia Brown, , of West Union,. S. C, are at the Brown summer home on Sa tulah Mountain. Another daugh ter, Miss Dorothy Brown, spent the weekend here. Mrs. W. S. Ashton of Sarasota, Fla, arrived last week to spend the season at her cottage on Mir ror Lake. L. B. Ordway of Asheville and his .young friend," .Charlie Ten nanf, -spent Sunday here with Mr. Ordway's sister, Miss Sarah Ord way,' at Johnson Cote in Linden wood Park. Mr. Ordway is presi dent of the Asheville Men's Gar den Club. Han. Frank E. Jennings of Jack sonville, Fla., will arrive on Sat urday to .remain over the 4th of July with Mrs. Jennings at Puck rup. Other guests of the coming week will be . their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Russel and three young daugh ters of Cincinnati. The Russels will stop at Tricemont Terrace. PARITY A U. S. Senate resolution call ing for Congressional investigation of the federal parity price system is aimed to find a more favorable yardstick for farm prices. a Champion I'D NYA To Hold Open House Qn 6th Anniversary .Dedication of the Raleigh Resi dent Center and the holding of open house on all NYA projects in North Carolina, Thursday, June 26, will mark the celebration of the sixth anniversary of the establish ment of the National Administra tion by President Roosevelt on June 26, 1935, State NYA Admin istrator John A. Lang announced today. The dedicatory program in Ral eigh will have June Rose of Green ville, chairman of the state advis ory committee," and Lang as' speak ers. Governor J. M. Broughton will bring greetings on behalf of the state. The program will be broad cast over Station WRAL in Ral eigh at 11:05 . o'clock a. m. 'A radio broadcast will be pre sented at 1:50 o'clock p. m. over Station WPTF in Raleigh, June 26, at which time Mr. Lang will speak on the history and program of the National Youth Administra tion and review its participation in national defense. All projects now in operation throughout the state will be open for the inspection of visitor.s June 26 and everyone is invited to visit local NYA projects and vie'w the work being done by the National Youth Administration in North Carolina. SKYWARD Butter, egg and cheese futures on the Chicago market have ad vanced skyward under govern ment buying of these commodities. LEGAL ADVERTISING ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE - Having qualified as administratrix ef D. T. Liner, deceased, late of Macon county, N. C, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 19th day of May, 1942, .pr this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. AH, per sons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement This' 19th day of May, 1941. MRS. NINA LINER, AdminiitraUii. LEGAL ADVERTISING NOTICE OF SALE North Caroling Maoon Coiun ty Under and by virtue of the pow er of sale vested in the undersign ed trustee by deed of trust lexe cuted by Pauline Fouts Cable and husband, Harry. Cable, to the undersigned trustee, dated 28 Oc tober, 1939, and recorded in the. office of the Register of Deeds for Macon County, North Carolina, in Book of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust No. 37 at Page 136, the undersigned trustee will, at 12 o'clock noon, on Saturday, July .19, 1941, at the courthouse door in Franklin, North Carolina, offer for sale and sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described real , estate : ' , , Situated in Burningtown Town ship,, Macoii County, North Caro lina, and being the land described in a deed from B. L. Hunnicut and wife to Pauline Fouts, dated the day of October, 1939, and of record in Deed Book D-5 at Page 279 in the office of ; the Register of Deeds for Macon 'County, North Carolina. . Default havin'g been made in the payment of the' indebtedness se cured by said deed of trust. This the 18th day of June, 1941.. J. FRANK RAY, Trustee. J2-4tc-vJlyl7.x . NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE North Carolina, Maoon County Under l and by virtue of the au thority Conferred upon: me by a judgment of the Superior Court of Macon County, entered on the 2nd day of June, 1941, in the case of Home Owners' Loan Corporation and T. G Aberhethy, Substituted Trustee, against Leona DeHart (widow); Helen DeHart ; Turner DeHart ; Doyle DeHart ; and Ker mit DeHart ; and J. H. Stockton, Guardian Ad. Litem for Turner De Hart ; Doyle DeHart ; and Kermit DeHart, minors,' I will on the 10th day of July, 1941, at 12:00 o'clock, noon, at the Court House door of Macon County, in Franklin, North Carolina, offer for" sale and sell to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the following de scribtd land: . All that certain lot, tract or par cel of land, situate, lying and be ing ia the Town of Franklin, Franklin Township, County of Ma con, State of North Carolina, and more particularly described as fol lows : Bounded on the North by Oak Street; bounded on tht East by lands of Mrs. J. H. Higdon; bounded oh the South by lands of Macon County, and bounded on the West by lands of Joe Palmer. BEGINNING at an iron rod at a point in the Southern line of Oak Street (formerly Baptist Church,. St.), corners of E. B. De- -hart and Joe Palmer and being Joe Palmer's Northeast corner, and runs thence with South side of Oak Street East 78yi feet to an iron rod; then South 2li deg. West 511 feet to an iron rod; then South 70 deg. West 845 feet to an iron rod; then North 22 deg. East 540 feet to the BEGINNING. Being the same land described in a deed from W. H. Sellers and wife, Sallie Sellers, to E. B. De- hart, dated September A IKZi re corded in Deed Book 0)-4 at Page 299, records of Macon County. De cember 16, 1927. This sale is made o a account of default in the payment of tie in debtedness due by the defendants and in accordance with Of terms of said judgment. This the 9th day of June, 1941. DAN K. MOORE, Commissioner. JI2-4tc-Jly3 c