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THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1039 THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MaCONIaN PAGE FlVfl Highlands MRS. H. CHURCH NOTES Churdh of the Inaarnation , Rev. Frank Bloxham, Rector 4 p. m. Evening prayer and sermon. (No service April 30th.) Highlands 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 Cashiers : 11" a. ,m. Quarterly meeting. Glenville: 3 p. m. Worship. ( . , Highlands Baptist Church Rev. J. G. Benf ield, Pastor 10 a. m Sunday school. 11 a. m. Sermon. 6:45 p. m. B. T. U. 7:45 p. m. Sermon. CHRlTCHER-DePRE The following engagement an nouncement, appearing in last Sun day's Asheville Citizen, will be of interest to Highlands people, since Mr. DePre, who' is an assistant engineer on the Walhalla road, has made many friends during his stay here : "Mrs. Murray Pleasant Critcher, of Boone, has announced the en gagement of her daughter, Miss Martha Louise Critcher, to Paul Jones DePre, of Highlands, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank DePre, of Mortimer; The wedding will take place in June." VACATION CAMP TO OPEN ON JULY 3 Billy Cabin Farm Camp, a daily vacation camp for children under six years of age, will be opened by Mrs, Jack Wilcox on July 3. Mrs. Wilcox's idea, is to have the camp as informal and as nearly like a child's life on the farm as possible. Th (ildren;.wiUJje..,,called for. in town in the mornings ana Drougm n nwn in the afternoon. UdW iv .v.... - , Billy Cabin Farm is ideally suited for a camp of this sort, and Mrs. Wilcox has had a great deal of ex perience in this kind of work. She was for some years connected with the Girl Scout movement, was head counselor of the junior-age group at camp Osoha-on-the-Dunes in Frankfort, Mich., for two years, and taught dramatics at Camp Trillium here last summer. The camp will be open from July 3 through August Jl, ana a number of applications have al ready been received. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES TO BEGIN FRIDAY Commencement excercises in the Highlands school will begin with the graduation of the seventh grade Friday morning, April 28, at 9:45. - The baccalaureate .sermon will be delivered by the Rev. R. B. DuPree Sunday, April 30, at 11 o'clock. Monday evening, May 1, at 8 o'clock the seniors will present a three-act play, "The Absent-Minded Professor." The cast of char acters are: Uncle Barney, the Ab-sent-Minded Professor, L. C. Nix; Aunt Jessica, his sister-in-law, Mozelle Bryson; Josephine, her daughter, Margie Waller; Sharon, Uncle Barney niece, Doris Potts; Joan, her sister, Marveta Reese ; Joe Watson, Sharon's suiter, Har old McConnell; Dave Carter, Joe's roommate, Richard Zoellner; Miss Melvina, the family housekeeper, Manila Reese; Esmerelda, "Four Times a Widow," Peggy Thomp son; Mr. Butler, the reader of the will, Vernon Aiken. : Class night, reading and declama tion contests will be held Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. The , seniors will give the class history, will and testament, prophecy, and other short sketches in the form of a play, The history will cover the four years, in high school, and will be giyen by Edith Crunkleton. The will and testament will be given by Richard Zoellner. The prophecy by Manila Reese. Marveta Reese will recite the class poem. Other members of the class will aid in carrying out the program. The following r readings, will be given: The Crimson Rambler, Jessie Potts ; Danny's Little Tin Soldier, Margaret (Rogers ; Eyes, Highlights G. STORY Mozelle Bryson; Another Spring, Margie Waller. Declamations : The Black Horse and his Rider, Victor Smith ; Amer ica A World Power, Elmer Mc Dowell; Members of the jury I Demand a Conviction, L. C. Nix. A gold medal will be presented to the winner in each contest. Wednesday evening, May 3, at 8 o'clock, the graduating evercises. will be held. This will consist of the Salutatory by L. C. Nix, the Commencement Address by Mc Kinley Edwards, prominent Bryson City attorney, the . Valedictory by Peggy Thompson, and the presen tation of diplomas by the principal, O. F. Summer. PROGRAM GIVEN BY ADULT EDUCATION CLASS A large number of people" en joyed the program and exhibit of arts and handcraft given last Thursday by the adult education class, under the supervision of their teacher, Mrs. Annie Westbrook. The program and exhibit, held in the Satulah club rooms, took the place of the monthly social meet ing of the class. The program was given in two parts and was : Part i I. Students' theme song, Higher' Ground, led1 by the Rev. R. B. DuPree, scripture reading 23rd Psalm, comments and prayer, by the Rev. W. F. Beadle; ad dress of welcome, Mrs. Westbrook; knotty problems in arithmetic, Mrs. John Webb ; song, The Frog Went A-Co,urting, by class accom panied on guitars by Messrs., Atlas Vinson and Oscar May; table eti quette, good, Mrs. Marvin Baty, bad, Mrs. J. E. Hicks; lesson 'in English, Mrs. . Eva! Stewart and Mrs. Jim Baty; current events les son class and audience ; cake contest, class and audience; early history of the Cherokees, Miss Corinne Wil son; Cherokees of today, Mrs. Jamie Rogers ; removal of the Cherokees, Mrs. Elnora Colvard ; religious and educational activities of -the. Cherokees, Mrs? Gus Baty; our pilgrimage, Mrs. Leona Dun can of Franklin, head teacher of the adult education class in Ma con county; closing song, Mistress Shaly. Part II. Songs, Maple on the Hills, and What Would you give in Exchange for your Soul, by the Messrs. Vinson and May; intro duction of advisory council, Mrs. F. H. Potts, Mrs. W. H. Cobb and Mrs. Walter Bryson; talks by O. F. Summer, Highlands school prin cipal, Mrs. Edith Morgan, area supervisor; and Mrs Minnie Reese, state supervisor of WPA and handcrafts; a short talk by Mayor W. S. Davi, and the benediction by the Rev. R. B. DuPree. A so cial hour followed the program and sandwiches, cakes and punch were served. Beautiful patchwork quilts and candlewick spreads lined the walls of the main room. Tables were filled with lovely luncheon sets, tea cloths, tea . towels, aprons, pil low cases, scarfs and other arti cles for the home, all made from flour sacks, short sacks, sugar sacks, and salt sacks, with ex quisite embroidery, crochet and applique. Numerous handkerchief bags, potholders, and wall pockets, etc., were made from scraps of prints. Especially attractive was the dress and matching hat made by Mrs. Claude Keener. The ex hibit of plaques and tiles in the applied arts section also drew con siderable comment. .. . The class has an average atten dance of 15 pupils. Mrs. Westbrook has been teaching this work for the past five years, is tremendu ously interested in it, and makes a most remarkable teacher. She also has a class in the Flat Moun tain community. FUNERAL HELD TUESDAY FOR MRS. LIZZIE BROOKS Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Brooks, widow of the late Robert Brooks, were conducted Tuesday afternoon, April 18, at the Clear Creek Baptist church by the Rev. Oscar Nix of Satolah, Ga. Mrs. Brooks died early on the morning of the 17th at her home in Moun tain Rest, S. C, following a heart attack. She was 56 years old and had been a faithful member of the Baptist church for 28 years. Mrs. Brooks is survived by four daughter and five sons : Mrs. . .. ' ; ' .' ; . ' ' Douglas Talley and C. T. Brooks, of Highlands; the Misses Mary, Gary and Bessie Brooks, and Jim, Frank, Andy and Jonathan Brooks, all of Mountain Rest. Surviving also are three sisters, Mrs; Mack Wilson and Mrs. Fred Owens, ' Sa tolah, Ga.; 'Mrs. Lee Brown, Scaly, and one brother, Ed Chastain, of Clear Creek. Burial was in the Clear Creek cemetery. SATULAH CLUB TO SPONSOR MOVIE The Satulah Club is sponsoring a movie, Huckleberry Finn, at Highlands School Theatre on. Fri day and Saturday, May 5 and 6, for the benefit of the club. MISS NALL ENTERTAINS CARD CLUB ON APRIL 19 Miss Rebecca Nail entertained the card club on April 19 at her home on East Main street. The flower decorations in the living room where the two tables of play ers assembled, were tulips and pan sies from the hostess' garden. In the progressive game the high score prize, a silver flower-holder, was won by Mis,s Sara Gilder. Mrs. L. G. Locke, guest played of the afternoon, was final winner of the traveling prize, a pair uf knit ted slippers. Tea was served at the dining table, which held as a centerpiece a lovely bowl of yellow tulips. Mr. Moreland and Pr. Jessie Z. Moreland leave Sunday for Ral eigh, where Dr. Moreland will at tend the convention of the North Carolina. Dental association on Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday. Miss Eva Potts, of Atlanta, is spending several days with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Potts, at Fairview Inn. John Pjerson, who has spent the past winter in Miami, Fla., is vis iting relatives here on his way to the New York, World's Fair. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Mauney were his mother, Mrs. P. T. Mauney, and J.. B. Bailey and small daughter, Doris, of Murphy.. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Doran Russell, a son, on Friday, April 21, at their home on the Dillard road. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cobb have reutrned from Raleigh where they visited Mrs. Cobb's brother, A. S. Perry, who is ill in a hospital there. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Trice, of Tho'masville, Ga., arrived Saturday for a vacation at their cottage on East Main street- before opening Tricemont Terrace for the sum mer. The . Trices have as their guests Dr. and Mrs. Ernest. Wahl, Mr. and Mrs, Joe Higgins, and Mrs. Frank Eidson, all of Thomas ville. Dr. and Mrs. Wahl are up to see about building a summer home on their Bearpen Mountain prop illlllllllllUIIIIM S It isn't just the appearance of your house that demands EE attention delayed JH repairs mean more rapid deterioration S nd bg repair bills E later out fij iCOi 13111" 'S"' erty, and Mrs. Eidson'iis looking after, improvements to be made on her recently purchased property on the Franklin road. Mrs. Dora Lamb, of Greenville, S. C, has rented the Placidia White cottage on Fourth street and. is opening an antique shop there. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mclntyre, of New York City, were week-end guests of the Rev. and Mrs. R. "B. DuPree. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Holmes, of Clemson College, spent the week end at their cottage, "Hemlock House," on Mirror Lake. Miss ' Eva G. Cleaveland, of Bridgeport, Conn., is expected to arrive next week for a visit with relatives. Miss Cleaveland will leave Bridgeport on May 2, and stop over in New York for a .short visit to the -World's Fair, arriving here in time for the Cleaveland family reunion on May 7. Harry T. Hall, of Raleigh, was the week-end guest of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr; and Mrs. Jack M. Hall. Among those attending the Lions club meeting, dinner and dance, at Sylva last week were Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. S. A; Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Thad D. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cobb, and Doyle Burgess. Frank B. Cook returned Satur day from South Alabama where he and Mrs. Cook were called early last week because of the illness of Mrs,. Cook's father. Mrs. Cook and Feiriioluzeirs We are exclusive dealers in Highlands and Scaly for the famous International Fertilizers The best crop producing fertilizers on the mark' et. International Fertilizers have been known and used throughout this section for many years and have always given entire satisfaction. PREMIUM CABBAGE FERTILIZER BRINGS PERFECT RESULTS Place your orders early and save time and money Talley & Burnette HIGHLANDS, N. C. J. D. Burnette SCALY, N. C. - J? I ft It Franklin Hardware Co. FRANKLIN, N. C. small daughter, Beverly, will re main in Alabama for some time. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Quinn ar rived last week to spend the sea son at the Gottwals cottage, their summer home. Mrs. Bertha Jones and some friends from Spartanburg, S. C, spent the past week-end at the Jones cottage on Cullasaja Drive. Cherry, an 8-year-old shorthorn cow, owned in England, recently set a new world's record for a year's milk production. She produc edy 41.644J2 pounds, or an average of 57 quarts a day. K Bryant Furniture Co. EVERYTHING FOR THE HOME AT REASONABLE PRICES Phone 106 Franklin, N. C. Loyal Order of Moose Franklin Lodge, No. 452 Meets In Americal Legion Hall Every Thursday Night 7:30 O'CLOCK Billy Bryson, Secretary FINEST QUALITY SEASONEO LUMBER BUILDING MATERIALS jf
