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Highlands Highlights MRS. a O. STORY MISS EDNA NORTON IS BRIDE OF H. G. CRISP Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Edna Elizabeth Norton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Norton, of Highlands, to H. Ouy Crisp, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Crisp, of Franklin. The ceremony was performed August 6 at 7:30 p. m., at the First Baptist church in Walhal la, S. C., with the pastor, the Rev. Ralph W. McKinney, -offi ciating. The bride wore a navy blue and white print dress, with matching navy blue jacket, and a corsage of white roses. Her accessories were navy blue and white. Mrs. Crisp Is an honor graduate of the Brevard pre college department, and was graduated with honors from Brevard college last spring. The bridegroom is a graduate of Franklin High school. Mr. and Mrs. Crisp are re siding in their newly purchased home in Sijrtoff. Coing down for the wedding were the bride's sister and brother, Miss Marion Norton and Herman Norton, Miss La Verne Crisp, Mr. and Mrs. Wil lard Crisp, and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Cleaveland. HARBISONS ENTERTAIN AT FAMILlf BARBECUE Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harbison entertained with a family bar becue supper Saturday evening at "Jantlna", their -home on the Walhalla road, honoring visit ing members of the family. The guests Included L. W. Rice, Sr., father of Mrs. Har bison, Mr. and Mrs. Rucker Rag land and their two children, Priscilla and Rodger, of Miami, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rice and two children, Polly and Warren, of Stuart, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. James Lowe, and their five children, Jimmy, Billy, Nora and the twins, Roy and Joy, of Shortoff, L. W. Rice, Jr., Miss Susan Rice, Miss Dor othea Harbison and Miss Anne Rldeout, all of Highlands, and Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Ragland and Nat Ragland, of Miami, Fla., and Highlands. MRS. CRISP IS HONOREE AT MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER Mrs. Sam Baty entertained with a miscellaneous shower and party at "Cheonondah" Satur day afternoon, honoring her niece, Mrs. H. Guy Crisp, whose marriage was an event of Aug ust 6. Mrs. Wlllard Crisp kept the gift book, and Mrs. J. R. Zwick er and Miss LaVerne Crisp pre sided at the punch bowl. After the gifts were opened, the "bride-and-groom" cake was cut and served. A trip through the gardens also was enjoyed by the twenty five guests. PerMDnal Mention Mrs. Virginia P. Merrill left Thursday for Denver, Colo, where she will be associated with Sweelbriar Shops, Inc., as manager of one of the firm's Denver shops. Mrs. Roy H. Long, of Colum bia, S. C., is the guest of Mrs. L. S. Horton, at her summer Iwme on the Asheville road. Miss Mary Holbrook, of Alex ander City, Ala., arrived Friday for a three weeks' visit with her sister, Mrs. Frank B. Cook, and family at Highlands inn. The Rev. and Mrs. Jack B. Davidson and their two chil dren, of Spencer, are spending two weeks in the Boxwood apartments in Shortoff. Mrs. O. C. Gilder, of Mt. Meigs, Ala., and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cole, of Birmingham, ar rived Saturday for a visit with Miss 8ara Gilder at her Oak Street apartment. Mrs. W. Richard Dear and her daughter, Miss Frances Dear, of Washington, D. C., are spend ing several weeks at their sum mer home, "Yon-Way", on the 'The Bat', Murder Mystery, Will Be Presented Aug. 29 "Th- Bat", ,* thrilling -mur der mystery, has been chosen by the Highlands Community Theatre as its third and last play t>f the season, to be pre sented on Monday, August 29, at the school thea're in a matinee and evening show. The story is based en Mary Roberts Rinehart's "The Cir cular Stair Case", and was written in dramatic form by Mrs. Rinehart and Avery Hopwood. This play was one of the great Broadway suc cesses of a generation ago and was equally oopular in all the principal cities. Rehearsals have hsen H progress fir siome time, under the direction of Fred Allen. The cast includes Peggy Potts, Maxie Wright, "Skinny" Foley, Arnold Keener, Barbara Cur ry, R;ih?rt DuPree, Arthur Little, Charles Wick, Jr., Vic tcr Smi'h and Jack Wilcox. With this competent cast in such an exciting piay as "The Bat", theatte patrons here are looking forward to an inter esting performance. Mrs. Hedden's Rites H?ld At Highlands Presbyterian Church Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Louise Hedden, 58, were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 at the Highlands Presbyterian church, with the Rev. R. R. Dupree, pastor, and the Rev. J. B. David son, of Spencer, officiating. Burial was in Highlands ceme tery. Active pallbearers were Neville Asheville road, and have as guests Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bird, of New York City. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Davis over the week-end were their son and daughter-in-law, the Rev. and Mrs. Warner P. Davis, of Lexington, Ky. Miss Joyce Keener, of Ith aca, N. 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After the sermon, the dedica tion service was held down stairs, and included a prayer that was given at the dedica tion of the church in 1885, by the late Arnold W. Miller, at that time pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Char lotte. This prayer was reid f?v the Rev. R. B. DuPree, church pastor. Also present for the dedication was the Rev. R. E. McClure, executive secretary of the Asheville Presbytery. Fol lowing the dedication service, a picnic dinner was served in the assembly room and on the lawn, with approximately 200 persons present. The new Sunday school de partment was started by Mr. Davidson during his pastorate here, and completed last spring, under the supervision of Mr. DuPree. The department con sists of a large recreation or as sembly room, easily converted Into class rooms, a furnace room, a kitchen complete with modern electric equipment, and two rest rooms. In this assembly room is a piano, given to the ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW ATTRACTS 250 EXHIBITS Mrs. Wm. Rut, Harford Wins Sweepstakes At Highlands Two hundred fifty exhibits were entered in the sixth an nual Highlands flower show, held in the Museum building last week-end for the benefit of the Highlands Museum and Biological laboratory. Many beautiful cultivated flowers, pot ted plants, wildflowers, mosses and fungi were on display, with perhaps gladioli and dahlias predominating. Mrs. William Rutherford was awarded the sweepstakes prize, a Williamsburg spice box, and Mrs. Charles W. Quinn \#as runner-up. In the artistic arrangements division Mrs. L. O. Hammett re ceived the tricolor award, and in the horticultural division the tricolor award went to Buck Smith. Judges in the artistic division were Mrs. Clarice Wil son, of Greenville, S. C., Mrs. Greene Warren, of Atlanta, and Mrs. O. E. Young, of Highlands. Judges in the horticultural di vision were Mrs. Pierce Hend erson, of Aiken, S. C., and Mrs. Arthur Chenoweth, of Birming ham, Ala. The exceptional exhibits in the children's arrangement di vision for those under 12 years, Bryson, Victor Smith, Leon Cal loway, James Crawford, Burke Zachary and James Houston. Honorary pallbearers were Wal ter Bryson, Frank Potts, Ray Norton, Saim Calloway, Charles Anderson, Lyman Zachary, Wal ter Houston and Robert McCon nell. The Highlands chapter of the Eastern Star, of which Mrs. Hedden's daughter, Miss Frances Hetlden, is a member, had charge of the flowers, and mus ic was by the church choir. Mrs. Hedden died In a Frank lin hospital early Sunday morn ing, following an acute illness. For 20 years she had been an invalid. The daughter of the late Jul ius and Mary Wright Phillips, she was a member of the High lands Presbyterian church. Surviving are her husband, W. Prioleau Hedden, and one daughter. Miss Frances Louise Hedden. CARD OF THANKS For nearly six weeks our fam ily has experienced difficulties and temporary separations due to the destruction of our home by fire. No one was at the house: our first thankfulness has been that no life was lost. Our second and continuing gratitude is for the immediate and generous neighborliness shown to us all in an effort to reestablish our family In the shortest possible time: For the uncountable gifts of money, hours of labor, clothing, food, housing, building materials, pantry, kitchen, and linen dona tions, and especially for com munity good will, we are all eternally grateful. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Edwards and family: James, Albert, Haze and Hazel, Mary Ann, Robert, Virginia Mae (at home) and Eugene and Dan iel Duane (In tervlce In Oermanjr), church by Mrs. Louis Edwards when the home of her late par ents was dismantled. A new Hammond organ was purchased by the church last spring, and the organ previously used in the church was transferred to the Sunday school department In the rear. Another recent Im provement Is the flagstone walk leading up to the church and around to the new department. With its spacious grounds, an cient balsams and other ever greens inclosed by a quaint picket fence, this church is to day one of the picturesque landmarks of Highlands. It was built In 1883 on a site given by Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Kelsey, founders of Highlands, and the building Itself was the gift 'of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. Prlo leau Ravenel, two of whose five children, Miss Marguerite Rav enel and Miss Clare Ravenel, are regular attendants during their stay here each summer. Sunday night the music for yie 8 to 8:30 meditation serv ice was presented by Mrs. Up ton C. Ewlng, of Miami and Highlands, organist, and S. L Stokes, of Orange City, Fin and Highlands, flutist. The music was accented by the soft lv shaded lights and the hushed stillness of the many listeners who gathered to worship and meditate. gave the judges a difficult time. The blue ribbon in this division went to Margaret Mayer; the red to Tony Fresquett and Shanon Smith; and the white ribbon to Providence Huff, Pa tricia Ousley, and Buck Smith. In the division for men only, which consisted of an arrange ment to a container not meant for flowers, blue ribbons went to George Thomas, Jr., for his wilted flowers in a tin contain er of sand representing a sand trap on a golf course, and to Clyde Hopper for his wildflow ers and grasses in a war hel met. The red ribbon in this di vision went to Harold Cooledge, who chose wildflowers In a coca -cola carton; and the white ribbon to Brandon Smith for his arrangement of mari golds to his ice skates. Ribbon winners to the all white arrangement were Mrs. Michael Hoke, blue; Mrs. John Deadwyler, red; and Mrs. Har ry Hector white; in the large arrangements featuring dahlias, Miss Florence Warren, blue; Mrs. Charles W. Quinn, red; and Mrs. Mack Hopper white; line arrangement featuring gladioli, Mrs. E. M. Thomasson, blue; Mrs. Charles Qulnn red; "My favorite container arrange ment", Mrs. L. O. Hammett and Mrs. E. M. Thomasson blue; Mrs. W. E. McGuire and Mrs. Bill Trowbridge, red; Miss Ann Warren and Mrs. Mack Hopper, white. In the mixed flower arrange ment in glass containers, Mrs. Mack Hopper won the blue rib bon, Mrs. John Deadwyler, red, and Mrs. Allan Brown the white ribbon. The blue ribbon for In formal arrangement for a buffet supper table was won bv Mrs J. B. Has'&m, the red by Mrs. Charles W. Qulnn, and the white by Mrs. Michael Hoke. In division H., arrangement featuring a wooden container, the blue ribbon went to Mrs. Ben Williams, the red to Mrs. E. M. Thomasson, and the white to Miss Bobbie Curry. The blue ribbon in the arrange ment of plant material, com monly called weeds, went to Mrs. William Rutherford, the red to Nathaniel Washington, and the white to Gordon Otto. Mrs. Arthur Bliss won the blue ribbon in miniature arrange ments; Shirley Randall, the red; and Mrs. William Rutherford and Shirley Randall the white. In Section II, horticultural di vision, featuring dahlias, in classes one to ten, blue ribbons were won by Mrs. Yrene Mc Connell, Mrs. George Woodruff (two), Mrs. Earl Crunkleton, Mrs. Emmett Evans two, and T. M. Dechman. Red ribbons in these classes went to Mrs. Charles Qulnn, Mrs. Earl Crun kleton, and Mrs. Emmett Evans; and white ribbons to Mrs. Har ry Hector and Mrs. Charles Qulnn. In the individual dahlia collection, Mrs. Charles Quinn won the blue ribbon, Mrs. R. A. McCord, the red, and Mrs. Earl Crunkleton the white. Winners of blue ribbons In the gladioli division from class one through class five were Buck Smith (two), Mrs. Chas. Quinn, Mrs. E. M. Thomasson, Mrs. R. A. McCord; red rib bons, Mrs. Charles Quinn, Mrs. Lee Hammett, Buck Smith, Mrs. Emmett Evans; white, Mrs. Harry Hector, and Mrs. E. M. Thomasson. In the annuals division, blue ribbons were won by Mrs. Wil liam Rutherford, T. M. Dech man, Mrs. Michael Hoke, Mrs. Harry Hector, and Mrs. Wester velt Terhune; red ribbons by T. M. Dechman, Mrs. Michael Hoke, Mrs. William Rutherford, and Mrs. T. M. Dechman. Blue ribbons for perennials went to Mrs. Wm. Rutherford, Mrs. Westervelt Terhune; red to Mrs. Rutherford, and Mrs. Lee Hammett; and white to Mrs. Terhune. Potted plant blue ribbon win ners were Mrs. R. E. Early, Mrs. John Deadwyler, Marie Morrow, Mrs. P. White; red went to T. M. Dechman, Mrs. Elliot Cazi arc, and Mrs. Charles Quinn; white to Miss Rebecca Bridgers, and Col. Elliot Caziarc. In the rose division Mrs. Wm. Rutherford took all prizes ex cept one blue ribbon in class five, taken by T. M. Dechman. In the miscellaneous division, fungi, mosses, shrubs and vines, blue ribbons went to Mrs. C. A. Trussell and Mrs. W. M. Thom asson; red to Mrs. H. D. Poter field and Mrs. J. S. Sewell. In the non-competitive class was a table arrangement of 38 evergreens from the grounds of NOTICE OF SALE FOR TAXES Under and by virtue of the power vested In me by the laws of the State of North Carolina, and pursuant to an order of the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Highlands, North Carolina, made pursuant to the law, I will offer for sale and will sell at public auction, for cash, to the highest bidder at the City Hall door In Highlands, North Carolina, at 12:00 o'clock noon on Monday, the 12th day of September, 1949, liens upon the real estate described below for the nonpayment of taxes owing for the year 1948, the name of the owner or the person who listed the real estate for taxes, the real estate which is subject to the lien, and the amount of the lien being set out below. Reference Is made to the records in the office of the Register of Deeds of Macon County and in the office of the Tax Supervisor for more particular description of said real estate. And notice is hereby given that the amounts of liens set out below are sub ject to the addition of penalties and Interests as provided by law, and the cost of sale. This the 12th day of August, 1949. V. W. McCALL, Tax Collector, Town of Highlands, North Carolina. Barron, James and Elizabeth, 1 lot $2.25 Beck, Jim, 1 lot 20.25 Black, Lillian Myers, 1 lot 7.87 Burress, Mary H., 1 lot 2.25 Chastain, A. C., est, 1 lot. 18.00 Cleaveland, Maurice, V/i acres 11.25 .Cleaveland, Mrs. W. M., 3 acres 44.44 Connard, Charles, 6 acres ...13.50 Cornelius, G. W., 5 acres . .11.25 Cox, C. T., 1 lot 4.50 Cubbage, George, 1 lot 45.00 Decatur. J P., 1 lot 3.37 Dye, H. P. est., 7 acres 15.75 Edwards, Dr. Clarence, 2 lots 22.50 Evans Motor Co., 5 acres . .85.50 Ferger, E. B., 3 lots 11.25 Gaddings, David, 1 lot 11.25 Golden, J. M., 1 lot 27.00 Hammett, L. O., 1 lot 78.75 Hammon, W. M. and J. D., 1 lot 3.37 Harper and Puller, 1 lot .... 3.37 Harper, Lawton and Fuller, 3 lots 11.25 Hentz, Frances C., 1 lot .11.25 Hodgson, M. S., 1 lot 11.25 Jackson, Artie E., 1 lot 7.87 Johnson, Rose B., 1 lot 6.75 Lee, Herbert, 1 lot 4.50 McClure, Mrs. Pratt, 1 lot.... 3.37 McConnell, Robt., and Jamea, 1 lot 7.87 McKlnney, J. P. est. 1 lot 13.60 Maddox, w. L, 1 lot U.3? Mentzer, Jean, 1 lot 4.50 Moll, Fred and Inez, 1 lot.. ..13.50 Montgomery, Kenneth B., 1 lot 6.75 Neely, J. C., 1 lot 2.25 Nicholson, Wm R., 1 lot 14.62 Potts, S. E., 1 lot 32.85 Reed, James L., 1 lot 6.75 Rice, Ruth C., 6 acres 49.50 Saxon, Johnnie, 1 lot 11.25 Stannard, Ethel, l'/i acres. ...13.50 8tevens, W. H., 1 lot 6.75 Walker, Mabel B., 1 lot 11.25 Watson, Luclle, 1 lot 11.25 Wlderman, M. H. and F. L., 1 lot 19.12 Worley, G. A., 12 acres 74.25 Wright, J. L., 1 lot 4.50 Wiley, Dave, 1 lot 9.00 Will Driver Lecture On Christian Science In Highlands Sunday Will B. Davis, of Chicago. U-> will deliver a free lecture on Christian Science at the High lands School Theatre Sunday at 4 p. m., it was announced this week. Mr. Davis Is a member of the board of lectureship of the Mother Church, First Church of Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass. The lecture was arranged under auspices of the First Church of Christ Science, Ashe ville. As late as 1789 Instruments of "unicorn's horn" were used In the French court to test the royal food for poison. "Wolf Ridge", the summer home of the Misses Ravenel, entered by Miss Marguerite Ravenel. Insurance ? Rentals Real Estate John H. C. Perry Highlands, N. C. Phones lit ? 146 -J See us for servioe STYLES THAT LOOK STURDY^ ...ANDA1 MEN'S AND BOYS' ALL SUMMER SHOES Including the Famous CADILLAC BRAND 25% Off In Price Talley & Burnette Highlands, N. C. Attention Builders . SHEET ROCK CLEOTEX WINDOWS DOORS RENTAL FLOOR POLISHER PAINTS VARNISH ESSOTANE GAS Edwards ? Dillard Builders Supply HIGHLANDS, N. C. NO DANCING LIKE SQUARE DANCING ? AT ? HELEN'S BARN ? Tue., Wed., FrL, and Sat. Nights ? AT 8:30 ? MUSIC BY KEENER STRING BAND
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