THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1939 THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON I PAGE Fl Highlands MRS. H. CHURCH NOTES Highlands Baptist Church .Rev. J. G. Berafield, Pastor 10 a. in. Sunday school. 11 a. m. Sermon. 6:45 p. m. B. T. U. 7:45 p. m. Sermon. Churdh of the Incuurnation Rev. Frank Bloxham, Rector 11 a. m. Holy communion and sermon. - N . . Thursday, March 30th Lenten service -and study class at 3 p. m. Highland Presbyterian Church Rev. R. B. DuPree, Pastor 10 a. m. Church school. 11 a. m. Worship. 7:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor. Highlands Methodist Church Rev. W. F. Beadle, Pastor Highlands: 10 a. m. Church school. 11 a. m.T-Wor,ship.. Glenville: 3 p. m. Worship. Highland: 5 p. m'. Junior League. , 7:30 p. m. Worship. CROWD EXPECTED AT DANCE AND BOX SUPPER Much enthusiasm is being shown on the part of the people over the square dance and box supper which is to be held at Helen's Barn on Saturday evening, March 25. This ' entertainment is. sponsored by the Lions Club, and a record-breaking crowd is expected. QUARTERLY CONFERENCE TO BE HELD SUNDAY The first quarterly conference will mppt at tht Hi eh land 5 Metho dist church, Sunday evening, March 26, at 7:M o'clock. AH memDers ; ore asked to make a special effort to be present. . . REFUNDING BONDS SIGNED AND SENT TO RALEIGH - According - to advices from. Thad D. Smith, town clerk, the town re ; funding bonds have been signed by Mayor W. S. Davis and forwarded to the local government commis ; sion at Raleigh to be exchanged for , the old bonds. These new bonds carry a four per cent interest rate, whereas the rate on the old bonds Avas .six per cent. This reduced in terest rate will mean a yearly sav- ings of $2,500 to the tax papers of Highlands. Under -the refunding plan the . town has set up a sinking fund, and the Jackson County Bank has . been designated by the local gov ernment commission as the deposit ory for this fund. Each month the town must deposit one-twelfth of the total amount required to pay the interest and retire these bonds -within a period of 29 years. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR " OFFICERS .INSTALLED The following Christian Endeayor : officers for. the coming year were installed at an impressive , service last Sunday evening: Jack Potts, president; Wendell Cleaveland, vice president; Miss Edith Cwinkleton, secretary, and Steve Potts, treas urer. ' . ' . A lighted candle, representing the light of Christ, was placed on the table, and as the president took his oath of office he lighted his candle from the "light of Christ" Other officers taking oath, lighted candles from that of the president, and the members lighted their candles from those of this executive group as a pledge of loyalty in the work of he Christian Endeavor Union. WEATHER STATISTICS COMPILED BY MISS HARBISON In response to the many requests Hhe following interesting weather statistics have been compiled by Miss Gertrude Harbison, coopera tive observer, of the U. S. weather Station three miles south of High lands : . The records for the winter just past show that not only. have there been many rainy days, but the pre , cipitation has been excessive, as well. The rainfall for January was 8.19 inches, over an inch' above the normal amount, while the rainfall for February was 15.33 inches, over 8 inches above the normal precipi tation for this month, and by far the heaviest rainfall for any Feb,-) Highlights G. STORY ruary on record. The rainfall for the first half of March has been approximately 5 inches. The pre cipitation for December was below normal, but there was excessive rainfall during November, following an extremely dry October. ' The mild, pleasant weather which prevailed throughout the fall con tinued for the first three weeks of November. On Thanksgiving Day (November 24) there was a sudden change to colder, and on the morn ing of November 25, the mercury had dropped to 12 degrees. The minimum temperatures for the three following mornings were 18, 16, and 11 degrees respectively. The average monthly tempera tures for both December and Jan uary were close to normal with no extremely cold weather and very little snow. There was no snow in February, and the average tempera ture was above normal throughout the month with the exception of a cold wave beginning on the 22nd, when the temperature dropped to 11 degrees. The minimum tempera ture for the 23rd was 3 degrees above zero, the lowest temperature for the winter. As the weather station is located at an altitude of 500 feet lower than Highlands, there is a difference of approxi mately 4 degrees in temperature, so that zero or sub-zero weather was undoubtedly experienced in High lands during this cold .spell. MRS. MARETT GIVES TROPICAL BRIDGE PARTY An informal tropical bridge party was given by Mrs. S. T. Marett Monday afternoon at her new apartment, "The Mar-Lew," honor ing Mrs. W. H. Bullock, of Kansas City, Mo., the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Root. The high score was made by the guest of honor. The decorations were bowls of gor geous many-colored Statice or Deep-sea Lavender. . Miss Cora Miltimore assisted in serving refreshments of tangerines cut in the shape of tulips. Button nieres for each guest were bunches of kumquats. The fruit and flow ers were direct from Florida. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TEAM WINS IN TOURNAMENT The Highlands Christian En deavor basketball team won the Macon county 1939 basketball championship at the county tourna ment played in Franklin last week, beating the Franklin team in the finals on Wednesday, March 15, with a score of 30 to 28. In the semi-finals the Christian Endeavor team defeated the Aquone CCC team 28 to 26. In the first game, the C. E.'s defeated Higdonville 43 to 9. - The Christian Endeavor team was awarded an official basketball. Wendell Cieaveland was awarded the $1.00 prize for the most out standing player in Macon county, and the Rev. R. B. DuPree of Highlands and Bivins of Aquone received a prize of $1.00 each for the best display of sportsmanship. The score was tied at the end of the first quarter, and thereafter neither team was in the lead more than two points at any time. The Christian Endeavor team is composed of Wendell Cleaveland, Steve Potts, Jack Potts, Howard Crunkleton, Ronald Baty, Roliver Baty, Floyd Wiley and R. B. Du Pree. OFFICERS ELECTED BY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE At the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce oh March 16, officers for the coming year were elected as follows: O. F. Sum mer, president; W. H. Cobb, vice president; Sidney McCarty, secre tary, and Dr. C E. Mitchell, treas urer. S. T. Marett, W. W. Edwards, F. H. Potts and F. A: Edwards, together with the officers, consti tute the new board of directors. The Rev. Frank Bloxham, retiring secretary, was elected honorary member of this board. Membership dues are to remain the same as last year, $10 for busi ness houses and $1 for individuals. WINNING CONTESTANTS IN READING CONTEST Margaret Rogers, Margie Waller, Jessie Potts and Mozelle Bryson were the four winning contestants in the Highlands high school pre liminary reading contest, who will take part in the commencement ex ercises. The judges in this contest were Miss Cora Miltimore, Miss Nina Howard, and Prof. C. F. Hentz. LUNCHEON HONORS BRIDGE CLUB A lovely social event of last week was the luncheon given by Mrs. G. W. Marett on Wednesday honoring her bridge club. An attractive ar rangement of jonquils and hyac-' inths graced the rooms. The table held a centerpeice of fruit, flanked with lighted tapers.1 In addition to the hostess, covers were laid for Mrs. J. E. Root, Mrs. W. H. Bullock, Mrs. E. R. Gilbert, Mrs. W. H. Cobb, Mrs. C. C. Potts, Mrs. J. A. Hines, Miss Sara Gilder, Mrs. Eliot Caziarc, Miss Rebecca Nail, Mrs. F. B. Cook and Mrs. H, G. Story. In the game of progressive con tract the high score prize, a 'box of chiffon hose, was won by Miss Nail. Mrs. J. E. Root was final winner of the traveling prize, a small handpainted picture, done by Mrs. Marett. The hostess was-assisted in en tertaining by her daughter, Mrs. E. A. Burt, Jr. PRESBYTERIAN AUXILIARY HOLDS REGULAR MEETING Mrs. F. F. Merrill and Mrs. W. O. Flowers were joint hostesses to the Woman's Auxiliary of the Pres byterian church at its regular meet ing on March '14, at the home of Mrs. Merrill. The new officers were installed by Miss Ruth Carter and are Mrs. R. B. DuPree, president ; Mrs. W. H. Cobb, vice-president; Miss Dorothea Harbison, secretary, and Mrs. Sidney McCarty, treas urer. Miss Harbison had charge of the program on "Thanks." The carpet committee announced that that fund had not quite been com pleted but that the goal was in sight. After the meeting refreshments were served and a social half hour enjoyed. JIM HINES ACCEPTS LEADING ROLE JN PLAY ' The Funmakers take pleasure in announcing that Jim Hines has ac cepted the leading role in the play, "Pleased to . MeetchV which the club will present at an early date. OPERETTA PRESENTED BY SECOND GRADE The second grade pupils present ed a Dutch operetta, "Jolly Dutch Dollies," at Chapel Friday morning, March 17, under the direction of their teacher, Mrs. J. M. Hall. The children made their own hats and helped with the costumes. They also made the flower decorations for the stage and the rose trellis in the garden scene. Special credit goes to Mary Phillips who volun teered to conduct the devotional in the absence of Marie Stewart, who contracted a cold the day before the play. He f QUOTES tk job, !he need TEN BILLION MILES of hauling,' under all sorts of conditions, prove that with a Ford V-8 Truck . you can expect an all-round bet ter hauling job at all-round lower hauling costs. ...-. No matter what your trucking problem, chances are the best answer to it isa Ford V-8 1 Sll TOUR PORD DIAIIR TODAYl FORD V-8 TRUCKS AND COMMERCIAL CARS Accompanied by the piano, the two drummers, James Reese and Faye Reese, with the bass-drum and the snare-drum from their orchestra, played the chapel march, using a march from the grade's song book, "The Music Hour." The songs and dances were well given, the entire class taking part in the songs. Mrs. Hall said, "the class took great responsibility in decorating the stage, and in the removal of the scenery after the play." Mayor W. S. Davis left Tuesday for Atlanta. After a . short stay there, his sister, Mrs. W. R. Harp er, and his two daughters, Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Bolton, will ac company him to. Montgomery, Ala., for a visit with relatives. Mr. Davis expects to be away about a week or 10 days and hopes to stop over in Hampton, Ga., on his return trip to visit his boyhood home. Mrs. John Deadwyler has re turned from the Angel hospital, and continues to improve at her home on Fourth street. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Appley of Melbourne lieach, Fla., their son, Pat Appley, who is a student at Clemson College, and H. W. Ben jamin, also of Melbourne Beach, spent the week-end at Hotel Ed wards, and were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cobb. Mrs. Cobb and her daughter, Marna Cobb, returned to Melbourne Beach with the Appleys on Tues day for a two weeks' stay. Mn and Mrs. F. B. Cook and their two children, Mary Bascom and Beverly, left Saturday for a 10 days' visit with Mrs. Cook's parents in South Alabama. Rev. R. B. DuPree visited his mother, Mrs. R. B. DuPree, Sr., in Owens, S. C, several days last week. Jennings Beacham, of Atlanta, was the week-end guest of Miss Darthula Rice at her home at Shortof f. Mrs. W. O. Flowers entertained a table of bridge on Friday after noon. The players were Mrs. F. B. Cook, Mrs. F. F. Merrill, Mrs. W. H. Cobb and the hostess. Mr." and Mrs. G. W. Marett and Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Burt, Jr., were the guests of Mrs. Marett's niece, Mrs. C. L. Zimmerman and Mr. Zimmerman in Westminster, S. C, on Sunday. Miss Mildred Swain, of Atlanta, spent the week-end with her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Edwards, at their home on East Main street. Mrs. John C. Henley, of Birming ham, Ala., and her daughter, Mrs. Claude Sullivan, of Greenville, S.C., were week-end guests at Hotel Ed wards. , Dr. R. D. Bedinger, home mission superintendent of the Asheville Presbytery, spoke at the Presby terian church last Sunday morning. H. W. Benjamin of Melbourne, Fla., sang a solo. Dr. Bedinger was the for a FORD AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE LINE-UP OF MODERN TRUCKING FEATURES Range of six wheelbases and 3 engine sizes 60, 83 and 95 h.p. 42 body types Big hydraulic brakes Full torque-tube drive -floating rear axle in commercial cars (lull-floating in trucks) Heavy duty semi-centrifugal clutch Comfortable cabs Large payload space Ford low operating costs Ford low upkeep costs, with factory exchange parts plan. dinner guest of Rev., and Mjs'. B. DuPree. : Mrs. J. Z. Gottwals has returned to her home after spending a fev , days in Shortoff with Mrs. Anni VVestbrook. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Blanch ard arrived Saturday from George town, Fla., for the season, and are being welcomed by their many friends. t J. M. Hall is supervising the ex tensive improvements being made by Mrs. F. W. Altstaetter to her summer place, "Laurel Lodge', on West Main street. Air. and Mrs. Dewitt Calloway, and their small daughter, Joan, who occupied the J. E. Potts cottage on Fifth street this winter, moved into their recently completed house at Shortoff last week, and instead of the customary housewarming, their friends gave them a "working bee" on , Saturday, helping to clean up the grounds around the new home. About 15 people enjoyed the day and the picnic lunch. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wiley left Sunday for a two months' stay in Cherokee, where Mrs. Wiley will continue her convalescence from a recent operation. They will be wtth Mrs. . Wiley's parents while in Cherokee. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Speer Henry a. son, on March 17, whom they have named Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Visiting Mrs. Lawrence Hicks a few days last week, were her sister, Mrs. Charles Davis, and small daughter, Janice, of Auburndale Fla. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hall and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rucker visited their aunt, Mrs. F., L. Young in Cornelia, Ga., on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Whitaker of Nantahala, came up for the week end to be with Mrs. Whitaker's grandmother, Mrs. Prince Calloway,, who is seriously ill at her home aQ Shortoff. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Evans, of . Atlanta, and a number of friends'' formed a week-end house party, at "Treetops," the Evanses summer home. R. R. King and. his daughter, Miss Mahala King, were visitors here on Tuesday. Mr. KTn"g"staTeo! that he and Mrs. King expected to come to King's Inn next week for t the season. Mrs. Meta Hall, Miss Caroline Hall, Mrs. W. R. Potts and Miss Peggy Potts took advantage of Saturday's springlike weather and enjoyed a pleasure trip to' Ashe ville. BARGAINS! FACTORY RECONDITIONED SINGER SEWING MACHINES AT ONE-THIRD . THE ORIGINAL PRICE Bryant Furniture Co. the peate TItUOT. .1

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