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^ Highlands Highlights ^ MRS. H. G. STORY MRS. SUTTON, MRS. WRIGHT ENTERTAIN ?OR MRS. BKYSON Mrs. Wade Sutton and Miss Maxie Wright were hostesses at a miscellaneous shower Friday afternoon at the home of Miss Wright, honoring Mrs NevllK Bryson, the former Miss Edna Phillips, whose marriage was an event of late June. A silver vase holding asters In pastel colors centered the gift table, and a profusion of dah lias from Mrs. A. B. Michael's prize-winning gardens decorated the rooms The gift book was kept by Miss Barbara Zoellner. Adding to the pleasures of the rlternoon was the musical pro gram given by Mrs. A. C. Holt. More than fifty persons call ed during the hours from 4 to 6, and the beautiful gifts at tested the popularity of the honor guest. Personal Mention Mr. and Mrs Frank J. Ruth ven entertained recently with a dinner at Sagah Cabin, their summer home in Horse Cove valley, honoring Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Wonn and son and Mr. and Mrs Hunley and son, of Miami, Fla. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Saiissy, at "Highfleld", are Miss Mary Ellen Cordes and Miss Louise Elrod of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. J. Lamb Perry, III, of Eldorado, Ark. Miss Cordes and Mr. Perry are fcous ins of Mrs. Saussy. Bidd E. Burton, who has been In serviee three years, has re turned to duty on the U. S. S. Randolph, after a week's leave spent here with his mother, Mrs R. A. Baty, and Mr. Baty. The Rev. and Mrs. Robert M. Hardee have as guests at the Methodist parsonage, Mr. Har dee's mother and sister, Mrs. P. R. Hardee, of Durham, and Mrs. Carl Ev Olseh, of Manila. Mrs. Olsen's husband is a merchant in Manila, and they and their two children were among the civilians interned three years in the Santo Tomas prison camp Mrs. Olsen expects to return to Manila at an early date. Stacey C. Russell and John A. Russell returned Saturday from the Walterboro, S. C., hunting lodge where they were guests of J. M. Morrow, of Highlands and Auburndaje, Fla., for the open ing of the deer season. Mrs. L. C. Lynch, of Gaines SILVER TEA PROVES OUTSTANDING EVENT The annual silver tea and mu sical given for the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation Sat urday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Baty was an 1 outstanding social affair of the week Mrs. A. C. Holt played selections from Leschetizky, Ba rlli, Brahms, and a number of her own compositions. Her granddaughter, ' Miss Martha i Holt, who sang two numbers early on the program, were ask ed to repeat them later in the j afternoon, v Mrs. Thomas C Harbison pre j sided at the punch bowl. Others assisting in serving were Mrs Baty, Mrs. E. R. Gilbert, Mrs. B D. BUrleigh, Mrs Neyle Marx and Mrs. Tudor N. Hall. Flower arrangements were used in the living room, dining room and library. Special guests at the tea were the Rev. Frank Bloxham, for mer rector of the Church of the Incarnation, Mrs Bloxham and their two daughters, Charlotte Ann and Mary Bloxham, of Ware, Mass., who have been spending a two weeks' vacation in Franklin, where Mr. Bloxham formerly was rector of St. Agnes church. In opening their home and gardens for the tea, Mr. and Mrs. Baty are following the cus tom established several years ago by their uncle, the late Henry W Sloan. ville, Fla , who has been spend ing the summer in Asheville, re turned to that city Friday after a week's visit with Miss Cora Miltimore at "Traumfest", her home on the Walhalla road. General and Mrs. Thomas Hardin, of Waco, Texas, are among the guests registered at Highlands Country club for the remainder of August. They also are visiting their cousin, Mrs. John A. Russell, and Mr. Rus sell at their summer home on Mirror Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Wood, of Waw.a, Pa , and their three children have arrived for a two weeks' visit with Mrs. Wood's aunts. Miss Margeurite Ravenel and Miss Clarissa Rav enel, at their summer home, "Wolf Ridge", on Sunset moun tain. The sun is 93,000,000 miles from the earth. PLAN ANNUAL LABORATORY. MUSEUM MEET Pope And Miss Howell Will Review Work Done This Season At the annual meeting of the Highlands Museum and Biolog ical laboratory, to be held in i the museum Sunday, at 4 p. m , Clifford H Pope, director of the museum, will describe the col lections and exhibits in natural hLstory made this year at the museum. These include a large number of snakes, turtles, and salamanders. The Indian collec tion of the museum, and the displays of woods and minerals have also been renovated by Mr. Pope, and their significance will be pointed out. The meeting is open to the public. j . At the same meeting. Miss Thelma Howell, director of the laboratory, will review the work of the laboratory for this year, j This work includes the comple tion of the first full listing of I the herbaceous plants of the ] Highlands area, a four-year task undertaken by Miss Elsie j Quarterman, of Vanderbilt uni- ] versity, and Miss Katherine ] Keever, of Winthrop college, ] under research grants from the ] laboratory. j B. E. Fernow, chairman of the ] museum activities committee, ] will relate the work of the mu- t seum in presenting features to the public this season, illustrat- " ed lectures which have covered , the range of natural history from snakes and turtles, through ] fish, flowers, and birds. A full < report on the finances of the J museum and laboratory also will | be made. ] Trustees, for the class of 1946- j 1950, will be elected by the \ members present. The Highlands , museum and biological labora- . tory is a unique co-opejative j institution, made up of scientists , from Southern colleges, perman ent residents of the Highlands area, and Highlands summer residents. All these groups, which share in the work of the institution, are represented on the board of trustees. Following the annual meeting ? of tljis Corporation, the annual meeting of the trustees will be ; held in the laboratory. Officers ? of the corporation for next year ' will be chosen at this trustees meeting. j Mars is only one-tenth as heavy as the earth. I Crowds Jam Dance Hall To See Skyland Farms Team The Thursday night dance, given at Helen's Barn for the benefit of the Highlands Mu seum and Bilogical laboratory, was highly successful. Between five hundred and six hundred persons crowded the dance hall to see in action the noted Sky land Farms dance team of Hen derson county, championship winners in the recent Asheville Folk festival. They staged ?|n excellent performance under the direction of Bascom Lamar Lunsford, director of the festi val. Mrs. Clark Foreman, through whose efforts the exhibition ! dancers were obtained for the occasion, entertained Mr Luns- J ford and his group with a din ner at Highlands grill preceding the dance. A home talent feature of the dance was the buck-and-wing number given by Mrs. Callie Beale and Melvin Keener ? ? Executive Board Of Laboratory To Hold Annual Meet The executive board of the Highlands Biological laboratory will hold Its annual meeting Saturday at 10 a. m ., at the laboratory. Members of the board expected are Miss Thelma Howell, resident director of the Laboratory, chairman, Ralph M. Sargent, president of the High ands Museum and Biological laboratory, H R. Totten, of the University of North Carolina, J. r. Oosting, of Duke university, IV. McA. Deacon, Vandervilt uni versity. The function of the executive soard is to consider the re search work of the laboratory ind to make recommendations x> the board of trustees of the Highlands Museum and Biolog ical laboratory as to the labora tory's budget, maintenance and :are of Lake Ravenel, operation il plans for 1947-48, and ap pointment of a director of re search for 1947. IV. H. Zoellner Memorial Rites Planned Sunday Memorial services for William Henry Zoellner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Zoellner, who was killed in action in Germany April 8, 1945, will be held at the Highlands Baptist church next Sunday afternoon at 3: 30 o'clock. The Rev. R. B DuPree will be principaf speaker. Music will be by Mrs. O. F Summer. Other friends also will be on the pro gram. Two Museum Events Draw Big Crowds ! Overflow audiences attended J two recent events at the High- 1 lands museum. Sunday night Audubon bird movies, in color, were presented by Alexander Sprunt, Jr., of Charleston, S. C., representing the Audubon Society of Amer ica. The movies revealed the life histories of the famous egrets, on bird sanctuaries near the Atlantic coast. Amusing close-ups also were shown of young pelicans receiving food from their mothers' pouches Mr. Sprunt included movies of the wild life in some of the west ern national parks. Wednesday night of last week colored slides of native Blue Ridge flowers ' were shown by Ralph M Sargent These stress ed particularly the azaleas, lilies, and orchids of the Highlands region. Some of the rarer flow ers, never before photographed, also were screened by Mr. Sar gent. B E. Fernow, chairman of the museum activities committee, announced that the movies on Sunday night concluded the ser ies of lectures and entertain ments offered to the public this summer. Final reports will be made at the annual meeting Sunday, and the museum will ( continue to open daily through - Labor day. i Dr. Coker Is Honored By Scientific Journal Highlands friends of Dr. W. C. Coker will be interested to know that the current issue of The Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society is dedicated to him. The frontispiece consists of i full-page reproduction of a recent portrait of Dr. Coker, made by the artist, Arthur W Bye. Dr. Coker, for many years president of the Highlands Mu seum and Biological laboratory, and now honorary president, edited The Journal for 41 years. It is now edited by Dr. John N. Couch, who is vice-president of the Highlands Museum and Laboratory. Copies of The our nal will be - on display at the annual meeting next Sunday. Kurt Zeigler and Bob Smith j of Douglas, Wyo., have been spending the month of August here as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hicks. - P. T. A. Raises More Than $100 At Bazaar, Sale Mrs. Harry Holt was chair man of the bazaar and food sale held by the Highlands Par ent-Teacher association Thurs day in Holt's Furniture ware house on Main street Assisting Mrs. Holt in conducting the ba zaar were Mrs. Thomas C. Har bison. P. T. A president, Mrs. Dewey Hopper. Mrs. Louis Ed wards, Mrs. O F. Summer, and Mrs Carl Zoellner. The net proceeds were re ported to be more than a hun dred dollars. Selling flowers on the side walk at the bazaar were the lit tle Misses Mary Summer. Emily Potts and Elaine Hopper. Flow ers for the sale were given by Mrs Mack Hopper and Mrs Earl Crunkleton. PRESS ADS PAY Join Now! Protects the Whole Family Potts' Burial Ass'n. Phone 164 or 174 JOE'S Bicycle Shop EAST MAIN STREET (Opposite Angel Hospital) Our time, thoughts and ef forts are devoted to Electri cal Work, and we endeavor to do that one thing well. JPiqhlattfts (fibrtrir (Hu. 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