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THURSDAY, NOV. 17, MM face nv the prANkLM Pktii AND THE hIgHLANd! MACONIAN Highlands MRS. H.-G. CHURCH NOTES Highlands Methodist Church Rev. W. F. Beadle, Paabor Cashier: . 11a. m. Worship. Home Cove: 3 p. m. Worship. Norton1 : 8 p. m. Worship. Highland Presbyterian Church Rev. R. B. DiuPree, Pastor 10 a. m. Sunday school. 11 a. m. Worship. 7 :30 p. m. Christian Endeavor. , Highlands Baptist Church Rev. J. G. Bemfteld, Pastor 10 a. in. Sunday school. . 11a. m. Sermon. .7 p. m, B. Y. P. U. 7:45 p. m. Sermon. Churdh of the Incarnation Rev. Frank Bloxham, Rector 10 a. m. Church school. 4 p. m. Evening prayer and sermon. . ; THANKSGIVING UNION SERVICE AT M. E. CHURCH The Thanksgiving union service will be held in the Methodist church Thursday morning, Novem ber. 24, at 10 o'clock, The Rev. J. G. Benfield, pastor of the Baptist church, will be in charge of this service, and everyone is invited to attend. POTTS HOUSE INSTALLING HEATING PLANT The Potts House is installing a steam heating plant, with radiators in all rooms, bathrooms, and halls. A number of bathrooms were added last spring, and a great many other improvements made, and with the steam heat this house will be a modern, comfortable year-round place. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR HAS BIBLE QUIZ About 27 young people attended the Christian Endeavor exercises last Sunday evening. The program was a ' Bible quiz, and was a con tinuation of the lesson from the preceding Sunday. The Endeavor hopes to finish these Bible ques tions next Sunday night. In this month's contest the two teams, under the leadership of Mrs. D.u Pree and Sidney McCarty, are run ning very close on points, with Mrs. DuPree' s team slightly in the lead. SEVERAL ATTEND ROLL CALL SUPPER IN FRANKLIN Mrs. K H. Potts, Mrs. Helen Thompson, the Rev. R. B. DuPree and the Rev. W. F. Beadle attend ed the Red Cross Roll Call supper in Franklin oil Thursday, November 10. Mr. DuPree was appointed chairman of the Highlands roll call, and Mrs. F. H. ; Potts official worker. L " MR. AND MRS. DAVIS ENTERTAIN AT DINNER - Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Davis en tertained at a dinner party on Wednesday, November 9, honoring Mrs. Fred E. Carter of Leominster, Mass. Other guests of the Davises were: Miss Bernice Durgin, Mrs. J. A. Hines, Miss Cynthia Moretz, and Mrs. H. G. Story. In the after noon Mrs. Davis took her guests to the special education week exer cises at the school, and to the tea in the lunchroom immediately fol lowing the exercises, where delic ious hot rolls, butter, tea,, coffee and cakes were served. B. Y. P. U. HOLDS REGULAR MEETING The B. Y. P. U. program opened with the .singing of two hymns by both the intermediates and seniors. The Rev. J. G. Benfield led the two unions in prayer, after which the intermediates held their pro gram in their room. Due to the illness of Mrs. M. A. Pierson the Bible quiz was not held. Sarah Walden gave the intro duction to the lesson, "The Life of Dr. Robertson," and those taking part on the prograni were Harold McConnell, Edward Potts, Sarah Walden and Doris Potts. At the business session Edward Potts sug gested that cards be sent to the absent members, to let them know they were missed, and were need ed in the work. Elmer McDowell, Jr., was welcomed as a new union member. , , . '" ' ' Highlights STORY SCHOOL NOTES Through the efforts of the Parent-Teacher Association the hoi water tank' has been installed in the lunch room. .... ' ' According to the P.-T. A. presi dent, Mrs. F. H. Potts, the rum mage sale recently sponsored" by this association was such a suc cess, they have been asked to hold another sale, and one is planned for Thanksgiving week. The exact date has not been decided upon. The school was pleased to have so many mothers visit the class rooms during Education Week, and see the work being done. The devotional for the Monday afternoon .special Education Week program was led by the Rev. W. F. Beadle, and the high school topic was "Achieving the Golden Rule and Building btrong Minds and Bodies." The Wednesday afternoon devo tional period was led Dy tne Kev. J. G. Uentield. The tirst halt ot the program was given by the sixtn and seventh grades. The topic was "Carrying Hard Tasks Through," and consisted ot appropriate songs, poems, and talks, ihe last half was a play given oy tne MM gratie, which was almost entiruy original n th nart of the students anu teacher, ihe general theme was the use of leisure time and books as the best tools for becoming edu natrA 'ihe nlav was a dramatiza tion of "Wayne's Dream." In this Hrpam Wavne was convinced ot tne pleasure books, give aside , from their usefulness. Armictirp dav was observed with a parade by the entire school at 1 1 rrlnrk . Tin. Armistice Dav oroeram was given by the tirst, secona, muu and fourth grades. IlTie Rev. R. B. DuPree led the devotional, and the . . 1 '. .1 first and second grades tola -wnai the flag stood for. gave the salute, oh cancr the Armistice Day song. The third and fourth grades gave a .short play of "What nariweu Learned," with the moral that any thing worth while is worth work ing for, the national colors being very much in evidence in this play. From an , article appearing re cently in the Charlotte Observer it is noted that in a popularity contest at Queens-Chicora college, each class has been asked to nomi nate two candidates. Sarah Bridges Thompson is one of the two elect ed by the Sophmore class. These candidates will be voted on by the ctnHpnt hodv of Davidson college, onH the winner announced at a party given for them by the Queens-Chicora students on ru v ember 17. Mr 'and Mrs. Charles du Bignon of Miami, Fla., who have been spending several weeks at their cot tage on Mirror Lake, lett Monuay for Athens, Ga., where they will spend the Thanksgiving . holidays with their daughter, Mrs. Gordon Dudley and Mr. Dudley. On their return to Miami, they will be ac companied by Mrs. Dudley and her small son, Edward, who will spend the month of December with them. Mr., and Mrs. W. H. Hays spent the past week-end in Atlanta. The friends of Mrs. Dora Dead wyler will ' regret to hear of her illness at her home on Poplar street. Miss Margaret L. Harry, of Greenville, Ga., Mrs. Baynard Will ingham, of College Park, Ga., and Mrs. Sheelor, of Walhalla, S. C, were visiting friends in Highlands on Sunday. Mrs. Bertha Jones, of Spartan blrg, S. C, spent the week-end in Highlands closing her summer cot tage on Mirror Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Bliss have returned to Washington, D. G, after a several months' sojourn in Highlands. Miss Cynthia. Moretz had as her guest Sunday, E. F. Rawl, of Wash ington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Hentz and "Buzzie" Hentz were called to Pomaria, S. C, on Monday to at tend the funeral of Mr. Hentz' grandmother. The Rev. and Mrs. Frank Blox ham were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Potts, Friends of Miss Rebecca Sf Harris GIO Holds First Convention V A, , m V Hi X ' v v"t Breaking emphatically away from hopes of a peaceful solution of its squabble with the American Federation of Labor, John Lewis' Com mittee for Industrial Organization opened its first constitutional con vention Monday in Pittsburgh. Leaders of the convention are Lewis, (left) and Phillip Murray, C. I. O. organizer. Royal Visitor r.T.ywwAv.v'.w.v. if Seldom seen outside his native land .since the death of his wife, Queen Astrid, King Leopold of the Belgians will make a one-day state visit to the Hague, Netherlands, November 21, where he will be en tertained by Queen Wilhelmina. . .ire. svmDathizinc with her in the death of her nephew, Leonard Har ris, in the Massachusetts General hospital. Boston, Mass., early Sat urday morning. Mr. Harris, whose home was in New York City,, spent some time in Highlands with his aunt during the early fall. He was the son of the late Tom Harris, of Highlands and Havana, Cuba. Mrs. Callie Beal and her young daughter, Hazel, were in Franklin Saturday having Hazel's eyes fitted with glasses. The Rev. W. F. Beadle and W. S. Davis spent Thursday in Waynesville, attending the district stewards convention. Roy Potts who has been ill for the past several days at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Potts, is improving. Mr.' and Mrs. Russell T. Pan coast, of Miami Beach. Fla., were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Cook Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Summer and small daughter, Mary, spent the week-end with Mrs. Summer's par ents, in Franklin. The Lions Club held its bi-monthly meeting at the Edwards hotel on Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bryson, of Greenville, S. C, were week-end guests of Mr. Bryson's sister, Mrs. Thad Smith and Mr., Smith. Mrs. Frank Hill, of Horse Cove, was in Highlands on Armistice Day. Mrs. Jessie C. Lamb's week-end guests were Mrs, Jamie Wotton and Mrs. Irene Hart, of Athens, Ga. The tourist season is being ex tended later into the fall each year, and the Edwards hotel was again filled with guests over the week-end. Postmaster S. E. Potts and Hen ry Cleaveland attended the Post master's district convention held in JHendersonvittV' on Saturday, No- vemher 12. Mrs. Dunoan. Dougall and her ftaiicrhter. Miss Valerie Dougall. left Wednesday for their winter home in Aucmstine. Fla. Floyd Wiley, spent the week-end ( A, J?" f - - M " - - ""ft!- f I in Cherokee with his wife, who is recovering from a recent throat in fection. Mrs. Wiley expects to be able to return to Highlands in the very near future. Mr. and Mrs. Furman Merrill have returned from a 10 days' mot or trip to Washington. Philadelphia and New York City. In Wilming ton, Del., they were joined by Mrs. Merrill's brother, John Pierson, who accompanied them to New York. On the return trip Mr. and Mrs. Merrill visited many interest ing places among them historic Mt. Vernon. Mrs. F. H. Potts, Miss Albertina Staub, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Davis and Miss Cynthia Moretz attended the Macon county council of social agencies held at the Franklin Meth odist church on Monday evening, November 14. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Speed and Miss Charlotte Houston spent Sun day in Franklin with Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Houston. Twelve senior architects from Clemson College, with Prof. R. E. Lee, Prof. Fitzpatrick and Prof. W. T. Lippincott spent Tuesday in Highlands looking over various types of houses. Both students and professors were very much inter ested in the Rainwater house as well as a number of other houses, they had the pleasure of visiting and studying. ( School Paper Lauds Honor Students The Mountain Echo, Franklin high school paper, gives recogni tion to those high school students who, during . the first quarter of the school year, made outstanding grades in their subjects. . Out of a list of 29 pupils, 'four made all A's on all their studies. They are as follows : Barbara Stockton, Louise Blaine, Jessie Bar nard, and Virginia Bryant. The other 25 pupils who made not less than B are, .seniors: Doris Corbin, Dorothy Morrison, Modelle Robinson, Eugene Furr; juniors: Henry Cabe, Lyle Shepherd, Alex Arnold ; sophomores: Dorothy Angel, Katherine Long; freshmen: John Wasilik, Helen Potts, Verda Mae Bryant, Delma Edwards, Helen Franks, . Merl Kinsland, Emogene Landrum; seventh grade: Nat Ma con, Vic Perry, Mary Frances Page, Sol Sanders, Betty Horsley; post graduates : Alva Dalton Nell Par rish, and Estelle Bennett. Those students are to be con gratulated for their outstanding work during the first quarter of the school year.. Glenn J. Hedden, 29 Dies At Gneiss Nov. 8 Glenn J,. Hedden. 29, died on Tuesday, November 8, at his home at Gneiss, after being confined to his bed since February, 1936. He was a son, of Mr. and Mrs, George Hedden; and is .survived by his parents, five brothers, Howard, Quince, G. D., and Aaron H. Hed den, of Gneiss, and Roy Hedden, of Norton; one sister, Mrs. Arthur Rogers, of Cashiers, Funeral and interment were at Walnut Creek on Wednesday, No vember 9, Highlands School Publishes Paper Volume 1, No. 1, of 'The Moun tain Trail," published by the High lands school, has been received at The Press office. . "The Mountain Trail" is a neatly mimeographed, publication and is filled with interesting reading mat ter and well arranged advertising. The paper will be issued monthly, and has a capable staff of students and a faculty adviser. The paper reflects great credit upon the staff and the school. National Forest Timber for Sale Sealed bids will be received by the Regional Forester, Atlanta, Ga., up to and including December 19, 1938, for all the live timber marked or designated for cutting and all merchantable dead chestnut and pulpwood species located on an area embracing about 800 acres within the Piercy Creek Compartment, Nantahala River Watershed, Nan tahala National Forest, Macon County, North Carolina, estimated to be 5000 unit (160 cu. ft. per unit) chestnut extract 'wood; 000 M feet of chestnut saw timber and 1000 units (160 cu. ft. per unit) of culled maple, gum. basswood, cu cumber, and poplar and sound and culled sourwood, silverbell, and wa hoo pulpwood, more or less. The sale of chestnut saw timber and pulpwood is optional with the pur chaser. No bids of less, than $0.50 per unit for chestnut extractwood, $2.00 per M for chestnut saw timb er, and $0.75 per unit for pulpwood will be considered. $300.00 must be deposited with each bid, to be ap plied on the purchase' price, re funded or retained in part as liqui dated damages, according to the conditiqns of the sale. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Before bids are submitted full in formation concerning the timber, the conditions of the sale and the submission of bids should be ob tained from the Forest Supervisor. Franklin, North Carolina. 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