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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1937 PAGE SIX THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONI AN Highlands Highlights MRS. FRANK BLOXHAM, PHONE 55 HUDSON LIBRARY TO HAVE GARDEN TOUR The Hudson library will bold a garden tour for the benefit of the library' on Saturday, August 7. Garden tours have been conducted in Highlands for several summer and have proved 'most delightful and interesting. This year the tour will visit Miss Marguerite Kavenal's home over looking Horse Cove;. Col. John Stephen SewcH's .beautiful garden and interesting log house; au.-.. Clark Howell's garden surrounding lier riwiss cnaiei; .vuss .u. i. Warren's garden an Satulah moun-t'lin- .ind fiiiallv Mr.. II. W. Sloan's " i ----- j estate on Satulah for a late after noon view of the surrounding countryside. The hostesses for the tour will be Mrs. G. A. Town send, M rs. J . C. Blanchard, Mrs. Nollman, Miss Kebecca Nail, Miss Gertrude Har bison, and Miss Valerie Dougall. All arrangements are in charge of Miss May Crosby. ' ' Transportation can be furnished for those who desire it, or ticket holders may drive their own cars. All cars will start from the library from members of the library asso ciation and will be on sale at Hotel Edwards. Everyone is urged to avail him: self of this opportunity to visit these lovely homes and gardens and to see these outstanding views. TWO NEW POLICEMEN SWORN IN BY TOWN Two new policemen were sworn in on Wednesday of last week by . Mayor W. S. Davis. Sam Keese is now Chief of Police,, and Frank L. Henry is his assistant. A CORRECTION In last week's issue of The Press it was announced incorrectly that Mr.- Henry Stevenson won first PFize and Miss Edith Bolton, sec ond prize in the play day music contest., fc-acn ot these contestants won first prizes in separate con tests ane vocal and the other in strumental. FOOD SALE SATURDAY PROVES SUCCESSFUL The vfood sale conducted for . the Hudson library last Saturday was most successful. Food of all kinds, flowers, and confections were sold, bringing in a total amount pf near ly $50. The committee in charge was Mrs.. O. E. Young, chairman ; Mrs. F. H. Potts and Mrs. E. R. Gilbert. They were ably assisted by the Misses Gertrude and Dorothea Harbison. LARGE CROWD ATTENDS CAKE WALK AT DUGOUT A large crowd attended the cake walk at the Dugout on Monday evening. The affair was sponsored by L. G. Appley. " Following is a partial list of donors of cakes: Mesdames Frank Potts, 2; Jack Hall, C. J. Anderson, W. S. Davis, Grover Edwards, Charles Potts, Eugene Potts, Frank Bloxham, W. A. Hayes, Helen Thompson, Roy Potts, Carl Zoejlner, J. E. Root, Guy Paul, Earl Crunkleton, J. E. Potts, Harve Beale, and Mary Zachary, 2. The proceeds were turn ed over to Mr. O. E. Summer for new seats in the theatre auditorium. LIBRARY TO SPONSOR PICTURE AUGUST 9-10 The Hudson library will sponsor the motion picture, "Super Sleuth," with Jack Okie and Ann Sothern, on Monday and Tuesday, August 9 and 10. There will also be shown THE WORLD'S GOOD NEWS will come to your home every day through THE CHRISTIAN An International Daily Newspaper . ' s It records for you the world's clean, constructive Qolnr?a The Monitor does. not exploit crime or sensation; nolther does It Ignore them, but deals correctively with them. Features for busy men and all the family, including the Weekly Magazine Section. . - -4 The Christian Solence Publishing Society One, Norway BtreeJ, Boston, Massachusetts Please enter my subscription to The Christian Science Monitor for a period of 1 year $9.00 9 months $4.50 3 months $2 25 1 month.75c Wednesday Issue, Including Magazine Bectiorj: 1 year $2.60, 8 Issues 26o . Name . Address , Sample Copy a. technicolor film ,of the corona tion of King George VI. Tickets may be obtained from members of the library association. A percent age will 'be given to the library. MRS. ALTSTAETTER GIVES DINNER PARTY Mrs. F. W. Altstaetter entertain ed a small dinner party at Laurel Uxlgc in honor of H.M. Bascom, who celebrated his 84th birthday on July - 31. 'Mr.'4 Bascom was one of the first settlers" of Highlands and has had a wealth of . interesting experiences during the years. HIGHLANDS MUSEUM NEWS There was, a called meeting of the board of trustees of the High .ands museum and biological lab oratory Saturday, July 30, at 4 p.m. The board discussed, as the next step in their 'program,. the erection of a museum building on the prop erty recently acquired, which fronts on Main street arid extends back to the. laboratory. ' Dr. Coker, ' who is engaged in writing a monograph on the mush rooms, and a manual on the shruus of North Carolina, reported that he had recently discovered and fig ured two new species of mushrooms and that the graduate students of Duke, Vanderbilt and University of North Carolina are making splendid progress in their respective re searches in botany and zoology. The .board voted to invite the committee of southern biologists appointed to organize the southern biological society to hold their organization meeting at the lab oratory. Leave of absence was granted to the director, H. E. Wheeler, to at tend the . annual meeting of the American malacological union in Ann Arbor, Mich., August 3 to 5, where he will present a paper on "The Successors of Timothy Abbott Conrad m the Conchological Litera ture of "Alabama." , The membership committee re ported fine progress in their cam paign to raise funds for the mu seum. The board members present were Dr. W. E. Coker, Dr. Clark Foreman, R. L. Foreman., Wm. Lip pincott, W. H. Sloan, Misses Mar guerite Ravenal, M. D. Warren, Albertina Staub and May Crosby. MUSEUM CLUBS The children's nature club en joyed a special double session pro gram at Camp Sequoia on Monday afternoon under the efficient lead ership, of Mrs. Tyler,, the nature director pf the Camp. Mr. Henry Stevenson, the museum ornitholo gist, gave a special feature on birds. The boys' and girls' nature club were also yuests of - Camp Sequoia for a double session on Thursday. They particularly enjoy ed making spatter prints of ferns, leaves and flowers. Mr. Stevenson, in addition to an informal talk on birds, initiated the boys and girls in the technique of field observations for which the location of Camp Sequoia is ideal. Special appreciation is due Mes dames Moore and Vance, directors of the camp, for their courtesy to the museum groups. A party of 19 young people and their sponsors on Thursday, July 29, went on an archeological and mincralogical trip. Of special inter est were the still uninterpreted In dian markings on a large boulder at East La Porte. Dr. Wm. Lippin cott, of the Clcinson college faculty, acted as a guide. . The outstanding botanical trip of the season was made on Tuesday, SCIENCE MONITOR on Raquett July 27, to the j locality of the 'rare plant ' Shortia Galacifolia, ' at, the junction of Horsepasture and Tox away creeks, forming Oconee river in 'South Carolina. CHURCH NOTICES Sunday, Augut S Chuiich tof the Incarnation Highlands ( 10 a. m. Church school. 11 a. m. Morning prayer, and sermon by the rector. Church of the Good Shepherd ' ' Cashiers 9 a. m. Holy communion and sermon. St. Agnes' Church Franklin 5 p. m. Vesper service. Methodist Circuit . Rev. Wi F. Beadle, Piasbor Highlands 10 a. m. Church 'school. 11 a. m. Preaching service. 8 p. m. Preaching service. Clear Creek 3 p. m. Preaching service. '' Cashiers 10 a. m. Church school.. Dr. Williard Parry,- of. Miami, Fla., has joined his family at then home on Little Yellow mountain for the month of August, Friends of Mrs. Clyde Hentz will be glad to learn- that she is re covering satisfactorily from her. re cent serious operation, in a Colum bia, S. C. hospital. The Rev. Frank Bloxham, spent the vveek-end in Columbia, S. C, where . he was the preacher on Sunday at St. John's Episcopal -church. The Rev. A. Rwfus Mor gan, rector, of the church, is spend ing several, days at his native home in Macon county. Mr. Bloxham re turned to Highlands on Monday. Henry lrven Gaines, well-known architect, of Asheville, was a vis itor to Highlands on last Friday. Mr. Gaines conferred with Mr. Jack Hall regarding the building to be erected by the Satulah club., for which he drew the plans and pre pared the specifications. Mrs. Walker Reynolds, 6i Annis ton, Ala., has returned to her home after spending several days with Mrs. O. E. Y6ung,. at her home on Satulah mountain. Mrs. Harry Holt arid her two children have been spending some time in Franklin, visiting Mrs. Holt's' mother, Mrs. Jack Stribling. Mrs. Nash Broyles, of Atlanta, and her two grandchildren, Deas and Murray Hamilton, and Mr. Harry Hall are expected at Hall House this week to spend their vacation. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Harbison made a business trip to Atlanta, Ga., last week-end. They returned on Monday. i . Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Logan, of New Orleans, and their daughter, Jane, arrived at Hall House on Monday. They" are accompanied by Mrs. Waldo n, Mrs. Logan's mother, and by Miss.. Toole, a .trained nurse. After a stay of 10 lays, Mr. and Mrs. -Logan and Mrs. Waldon will Jeave for Europe. Miss Jane Logan and-Miss Toole will stay on until the middle of September Mr. Logan is a brother to Mrs. Bob Eskrigge. Mr. and Mrs. Jay 1 Chapman, of Atlanta, arrived on Tuesday to spend their vacation with Mrs. Chapman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. II. Potts. S. J. Fullwood, who is a guest at ' Hall House, made a business trip to Hendersonville the first part of this week. Mrs. Alonzo Knight is a patient in a Brevard hospital; having been received there on Monday morn ing. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Costner and son, of Miami, Fla., are spending some time at1 Pierson Inn. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Rocbling arid their family, of Princeton, N. J., and Savannah, Ga., are occupy ing the Barnes house on Satulah mountain for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mitchell drove to Walhalla on Monday. Mrs. Mitchell's mother, Mrs. Charles Ryan, of Hawkinsville, Ga., return ed with them to spend several weeks. ... " Miss Eleanor Terhune has joined her family at "Highfields" for her summer holiday. Mr. and vMrs. Hamilto'n Fuller have returned to their home in At lanta, after spending a week" at Hall House. Mr. W. D. Cheatham is spend ing some time at Potts House. Mr. Cheatham is well known in High lands and has been a regular vis itor for some years. "Miss Mary; Elizabeth Young i spending a week in, Asheville as the guest , of Miss Ann Lynch. Mr. and Mrs.' F Parker Greene and Mr. and Mrs. J. Clark Johns ton, of Atlanta, are spending two weeks at Mr. Kenyon B. Zahner's cottage on Lake Sequoia. , Mr. and Mrs. Albert IC Tebo have rented the Pugh cottage on the Dillard road. Mr. and Mrs. Warren I), Cun ningham and their children, of Scarsdale, New York, have arrived to spend a month visiting Miss M. D. Warren at her home on Satulah mountain. Mr.' and Mrs. Allan Whitman, from New England, are visiting Mrs. Whitman's mother, Mrs. .Lil lian Billstein, at her home here. Etna Miss Kathcrine Marrow, from Andrews, is here' visiting her uncle, Harley Browning. .. Erncy Duvall and family, arc here visiting friends. Mrs. Forrest Blankenship, of Bryson City, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C, McCoy. Mary Lee Bradley spent the week-end with home folks. A big crowd from here attended the farmers picnic, and Frank Browning won. a dollar for having the biggest crowd. , , Several attended ., the Sunday school convention Sunday at Cowee. Mrs. Gertrude Burnette, . from Greenville, S. C, spent several days here visiting relatives recently. ' Frankie "Is your dad an early riser, too, Dickie?" .Dickie "Is my dad an early riser? Why, he gets up so early that if he went to bed a little later he'd meet himself getting up in the morning." Even an Oxcart Gould Transport the Finest Casket - But . . . x It Requires a Genuine LaSalle Funeral Coach to Conduct a Modern Service A LMOST any conveyance could be used to transport a casket, but public opinion de mands the use of a funeral coach. And public preference is for a funeral coach which does more than serve merely as a conveyance. , ' Today the funeral coach has a definite part in completing the memory picture created by our service. That part of our service which centers around the funeral coach represents a con spicuous opportunity people arc given to judge the manner in which we show "Consideration for the Living and Reverence for the Dead." For the benefit of our clients we have added a fine new LaSalle combination funeral coach and ambulance to-our rolling stock equipment. Special built Cadillac motor, LaSalle chassis and Miller built body upholstery, all in genuine leather, equipped with all of the latest appoint ments. Bryant Funeral Home WE SPECIALIZE ON LONG DISTANCE AMBULANCE CALLS Day Phone 106 Night Phone 20 FRANKLIN, N. C. Marine Corps To Examine Applicants Examination pf 25 applicants for enlistment in the United States Marine corps will be held, at the Marine corps recruiting . district headquarters, post'office building, Savannah, Ga., this month, it is an nounced by Captain A. C. Small, recruiting officer. Young men between 18 and 25 years of age, ( ranging in height from 64 inches to 74 inches with corresponding weights, in good nhvsical condition and of good moral character, eighth grade or above in education. The Savannah office considers applicants from Florida, North and, South Carolina and southeastern Georgia. . , Full information regarding the various opportunities the Marine corps has to offer young men may be obtained by visiting or writing the Marine corps recruiting station at Savannah,' Ga., it was announced. Litt "If I remember; correctly you're an optimist, aren't you?" Uppe "Yes, after a sort. T believe- the world is getting better every day, but I'm not so sure about the nights." Old lady "You don't chew to bacco, do you little boy?" . Little boy "No, ma'am, but I could let you have a cigarette." Swain (in the late hours) "How can I ever leave you?" Tired father (poking his head around the door) "Bus No. 7, train No. 40, or any taxicab." "Does your husband talk in his sleep?" "No, and it's terribly exasperat ing. He just grins." . ,HS- .wgTtt,,,., ,.,..,& afj 1 rW3 ,
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