NEWS PEOPLE
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< R. CASES CELEBRATE 50T1I
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Scares of friends called at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
Cabe. of Otto, Sunday to offer
congratulations and leave gifts,
as Mr and Mrs. Cabe celebrated
their golden wedding anniver- 1
sary.
Among the many who called
were friends and relatives from
a distance, well wishers from
many parts of Macon County,
and neighbors.
Mrs. Cabe, prior to her mar
riage half a century ago, was
Miss Lula Campbell, of this|
county.
The Cabes' six children were
all present for the occasion. I
Punch and cake were served
throughout the afternoon to the
constant stream of callers. i
r. D. C. WILL HOLD
MEET TUESDAY NIGHT
The Macon chapter of the
United Daughters of the Con
lcderacy will meet Tuesday eve
ning at 8 o'clock with Mrs. Zeb
Conley. ,
Personal Mention
Mrs. Frank Higdon, Jr., has
accepted a secretarial position
with the Haines City High i
school in Haines City, Fla., and
has left to assume her duties
ihpre.
Mrs. Carl Howard and young
daughter, Sarah, of Hiawassee,
Gi.. and Miss Virginia Ramsey,
oi Washington, D. C , spent the ;
week-end with Mrs. Howard's !
and Miss Ramsey's mother, Mrs.
Robert Ramsey, Franklin, Route
3, and their aunt, Miss Nettie
ilurst, at "Wood Hurst Farm."
Mrs. Charles B. Sweet and her
daughter, Virginia, have return
ed to their home in Thomasvillc,
Ga., after a visit here with Mrs.
Sweet's niece, Mrs. Gilmer L.
Crawford, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Rigdon,
of Charlotte, spent last week
end here as guests of Dr. and
Mrs. R. M. Rimmer, at their
home on Bidwell street. Mr.
Rigdon is Mrs. Rimmer's neph
ew.
Miss Dorothy Ray, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ray, who
is taking graduate work at Col
umbia university, is viaiting her
parents at their home on Bid
well street. Miss Ray will resume
her studies at the University
September 20.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ray at
tended the graduation of their
daughter, Anne, from the Uni
versity of Tennessee at Knox
ville last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Woodruff,
of Greenville, S. C., visited
friends here last week. Mr.
Woodruff formerly was manag
er of the Western Carolina Tel
ephone company.
Mis. Cora Reid, of Franklin,
recently visited her daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
George Tessier, at their home in
Baton Rouge, La.
Miss Laura M. Jones left last
Saturday to resume her work as
teacher of mathematics at Hugh
Morson High school; Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Brown
and son, Donald, of Brevard,
are visiting Mrs. Brown's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Don
aldson, at Prentiss.
Mr. and Mrs. Eliard Shook
and two children, Nancy and
Danny, of Brevard, spent last
week with Mrs. Shook's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Donaldson,
at Prentiss.
Miss Dorothy Sldan, after a
few days here visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold T.
Sloan, left Wednesday to re- 1
sume her work in Richmond,
Va.
Capt. and Mrs. J. D. Patton !
and daughters, Susan and Sa
rah. left Monday, fallowing a
week's visit here with Capt. j
Patton's father, R. A Patton, 1
at his home on Harrison ave- j
nue. Capt. Patton, who is with
the army air forces, is station- }
ed at El Paso, Taxes.
Miss Dorothy Morrison, a
medical student at New York
university, spent last week here ,
visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs1. J. R. Morrison. Also a j
guest of the Morrisons during
the week was Bruce Carney, of j
New York, a fellow student of
Miss Morrison in the university
medical school.
Miss Helen Patton, who has
been here on a visit to her fath
er, R. A. Patton, left Monday I
to resume her duties m a mem- j
ber of the faculty of Monticel
lo college at Godfrey, 111.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Drudge and j
small son, Stanley, (A Richmond, j
Va,, and Mrs. Rachael Saunders |
and little daughter, Patricia, +
also of Richmond, were here '
last week visiting the Rev. and
Mrs. George A. Cloer, at the
Cloer home at Leatherman.
Mrs. Drudge and Mrs. Saunders
are Mr. and Mrs. Cloer's daugh
ters.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Jones and
two children returned Sunday
from a week's vacation at Myr
tle Beach and Kershaw, S. C.
The Misses Edna Will and
F'rances Mashburn, who are em
ployed with the Southern Bell
Telephone company in Asheville,
spent last week-end with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Mashburn, Franklin, Route 1.
Miss C. L. Green spent last
week-end with relatives on
Franklin, Route 1. Miss Green'
is employed with the Southern
Bell Telephone company in
Asheville.
Mrs. Charles A. Elmore, who
has been attending summer
school at Boone, is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Elmore at West's
Mill.
Mr. and Mrs Marion White- !
side, of Rutherfordton, visited j
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Eimore re- I
cently. ' '
F. B. O'Mohundro, of Newark, ,
N J., is here spending a week
with his brother and sister-in-.
law, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. O'Mo
hundro.
Miss Eleanor Sloan, after a
visit here with her mother, left
Wednesday for Lewiston, Idaho,
to resume her work as teacher
of physical education in the
Idaho State Normal college. She
planned to- fly from Knoxville
to Lewiston, making the trip in
a day. Accompanying her to
Knoxville were her mother, Mrs.
J. S. Sloan, and her sister, Mrs.
Reby S. Tessier, who are mak
ing a visit to another of Mrs.
Sloan's daughters, Mrs. I. L. ]
Easton, and Mr. Easton and '
family, at Lenoir City, Tenn. j
Miss Tim Sloan, who spent the
Labor Day week-end here with
Ijjer mother, Mrs. J. S. Sloan, left
Wednesday to return to her 1
work in Atlanta.
Mrs. W. R Penland and I
daughters, Mildred and Lucile, 1
left this week for their home in >'
Cleveland, Ohio, after spending
10 days with Mrs. Penland's par- j
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Cabe. 1
Mr and Mrs Jack Nightingale
and son, Brace, ol Patterson, N.
J., recently spent a two weeks'
vacation with Mrs. Nightingale's
parents, Mr and Mrs Claude
Beeco.
Robert Beeco, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Beeco, of franklin,
Route 4, has gone to New Jersey,
where he will work with the Beil
Telephone company.
Mr. and Mrs. Don B. Smith
and daughter, Betty Jo, of
Lynchburg, Va., returned to
their home Sunday, after spend
ing a week with Mrs. Smith's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A
Gabe.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Zachary
and two children spent the j
week-end with the Rev. A.
Rufus Morgan and Mrs. H. E.
Freas at their home on church
street. The Zacharys were re- 1
turning to their home in Char
lotte, after a trip to the West
coast.
Mr and Mrs. George Johnston
and son, Murray, of Decatur,
Ga., are visiting Mr. Johnston's
mother, Mrs. T. J. Johnston, ai
her home on Harrison avenue, j
I
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Guf
fie have announced the birth of
a son August 27 at their home,
Franklin, Route 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis R. Garber,
of Sacramento, Calif., have an
nounced ? the birth of a daugh
ter, Janice Marlin, August 31, at
Sutter hospital in Sacramento.
Mrs. Garber is the former
Annette Moore, daughter of
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, of River
side.
Seek Applications For
Po?t Office Job Here
The U. S. Civil Service com
mission will hold an open com
LATE HIGHLANDS
ITEMS
Going down to Franklin last
Sunday for their first airplane
ride were Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Carpenter, Miss Carrie Carpen
ter, and Dan Henry. Others in
the party, who did not take the
air trip, were Mrs. Dan Henry ,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Carpen
ter.
Lt. Walton Fitch has return
ed to Chicago, 111., after a visit
here with his aunt, Mrs. John
Stephen Sewell.
Miss Shirley Powell has re
turned to her home in Braden
ton, Fla., after a two weeks'
visit at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Munger. Mr. and Mrs.
Munger also had as their guest
their son, Ernest Munger, who
has returned to Raleigh.
Miss Ethel Calloway had as
her week-end guest Robert Ne&l
Watson, of Sanford.
2 From Highlands Make
Dean's List Af U. N. C.
Mrs. L. Z. Ager"" and Miss
Nancy P. Coward, both of High
lands, are among the 318 stu
dents enrolled in the University
of North Carolina's college of
arts and sciences who made the
dean's list during the first term
of the summer session, accord
ing to an announcement receiv
ed here from Chapel Hill. A
student must make a grade of.
"B" or higher to be placed on
the dean's list.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
Notice of Sale for Taxes
Under ami by virtue of the power vested in me by
the laws of the State of North Caroliiyi, and pur
suant to an order of the Board of Aldermen of the
Town of Highlands, North Carolina, made pursuant
to the law, Lwill offer for sale and will sell at public
auction, for cash, to the highest bidder at the City
Hall door in Highlands, North Carolina, at 12 :00
o'clock noon on Monday, the 8th day of September,
1947, liens upon the real estate described below for
the nonpayment of taxes owing for the years indi
cated, the name of the owner of or the person who
listed the real estate for taxes, the real estate which
is subject to the lien, and the amount of the lien being
set out below. Reference is made to the records in the
office of the Register of Deeds of Macon County and
in the office of the Tax Supervisor for more par
ticular description of said real estate. And notice is
hereby given that the amounts of liens set out below
are subject to the addition of penalties and interest
as provided by law, and the costs of sale.
This the 7th day of August, 1947.
R. B. DnPREE, Tax Collector,
Town of Highlands, North Carolina.
TOWN OF HIGHLANDS, NORTH CAROLINA
Owner or Lister
Baldwin, Bert ...
Year
1946
Beck, James 1945-46
Black, J. G.
1946
Black, Lillian M. *.. 1945-46
Chesley, Mrs. Frank.
Cleaveland, Maurice
Cox, W. T 1945-46
Freeman, Mrs. Frank...-. 1945-46
Harper & Fuller 1945-46
Hawkins, C. W 1946
Hentz, Francis C 1945-46
Lee, Herbert 1945-46
McClure, Mrs. Pratt 1945-46
Matthews, Albert G 1945-46
Owen, F. H. & Hattie.... 1945
Rogers, Arthur 1945
Walker, Mrs. Ralph 1945-46
Whattley & Tillman 1945-46
Wright, L. T 1945-46
1946
1946
Property Amount
3 lots'. ........ $10.50
1 lot : 27.00
Idiots 1.50
2 lots ...A...; 10.50
8Vi acres 7.50
2 acres 8.62
lot 6.00
lot 20.50
lots 1 4.50
lot 2.25
lot 15.00
lot 6.00
lot 4 SO
lot 22.50
lot 12.00
lot 9.00
lot 22.50
2'/2 acres * 9.00
1 Jot ..... 6.00
prtltlve examination for the po
rtion of custodial laborer, for
filling vacancies In the post of
fice at Franklin, according to
an announcement made public
this week by Postmaster T. W.
Porter. Applications must be in
tile with the director of the
Fourth Civil Service region, Nis
sen Building, Winston-Salem, by
not later than September 30, the
announcement Mid. No written
test Is required; the applicants' _
qualifications will be Judged up- *
on a review of their applica
tions. Details may be obtained
at the post office here
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