THE GALAX NEWS
JULY -31^.1958
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Word was received here this week of
the death of Mr* Harlon P» Kelsey in Taps-
fiold, Massachusetts* He died on Monday
evening and burial was Wednesday in Salem,
Mass*
Hprlan P* Kelsey was one of five
children of S.T. Kelsey, founder of High
lands* The latter, with his brother-in^
law C*C* Hutchinson, surveyed the site of
Highlands prior to its founding in 1875*
He (Harlan Kelsey) spent his jshild-
hood and early manhood in Highlands, and
was engaged in the nursery business most
of his life.
Ihe Kelsey hone, now known as Kan:onah,
was one of the first houses built in High^
lands.
MR. HARRY HOLT
Mr* Harry A* Holt is spending a few
weeks here at Highlands Community Hospital
prior to being transferred to a Nursing
home in Haywood County*
Mr. Holt has been a patient in an
Atlanta hospital and a nursing hone there
for almost a year#
The Art Exhibition held in the Cobb
Building on July 25 and 26 was the third
annual one hti-ld in Highlands and the sec
ond one to include crafts# Here one saw
the work of those who were masters of
their chosen medium as well as the work
of those who were having a lot of fun
mastering a medium* Biere were names of
artists in our little catalog that also
appear in catalogs of national museums
and names of artists whose work shows
promise of becoming nationally known*
What fun it will be to keep track of
them as they climb to the topi
Among the portraits that attracted
much favorable comment was the portrait
of Mrs. Gumbel by Bernice Fernow* While
the pictures were being hung Mrs* GumbeJ.
came in for a moment looking as if she
had just walked out of her portrait*
Nearby was the portrait of Amanda by
her father, Jay Hyde Barnum, the portrait
of a happy, vitally-alive child* Then a
little further along was Watson Barratt^s
charcoal sketch of ’*L*B.B*”, where with
a minimum of line he made you see a
woman with beautiful, finely-chiseled
features, a woman with strength and sweet
ness, one who would make the lives of
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