CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our thanks to the many friends and neigh bors for their kindness at the time of the death of our father, W. E. Hedden, and for the beau tiful floral offerings. The Hedden Family. There are now about 2,400 organized soil conservation dis tricts In the United States. 6 GOOD BUYS IN USED CARS AND TRUCKS 1949 Chevrolet One-ton. Low mileage. Heater $1295 1947 Chrysler Sedan. Fully equipped For $1095 1941 Ford 2-dr. Clean. '52 License Plate. For $445 1941 Dodge Sedan Clean, Inside and Out For $455 1941 Ford 4-dr. Sedan. At a bargain. $395 1939 Oldsmobile Sedan. Fully equipped. A .Steal. $295 A Number of Others REESE MOTOR . COMPANY Palmer Street Tel. 310 Franklin, N. C. Highlands Highlights MRS. H. Q. 8TOBY 1 MRS. HELEN HILL NORRIS WEDS BURWELL THORNTON Mr. and Mrs. Luther 8. Turn er, of Gadsden, Ala., have an nounced the marriage of Mrs. Turner's mother, Mrs. Helen Hill Norris, of Highlands, to Burwell Thornton, also of Highlands. The weddiqg took place at Gadsden at noon January 4. Following the ceremony, the principals and guests were en tertained at the Turner home, after which the bride and groom left on a short wedding trip. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton will make their home in Highlands. EPISCOPAL AUXILIARY MEETS WITH MRS. HALL Mrs. Tudor N. Hall was hos tess to the January meeting of tj>e Woman's auxiliary of the Episcopal Church of the Incar nation last Thursday at her home on Fifth street. For study during Lent, the group chose "Chapters in Church History", by Powel Mills Dawley. This will be in addition to the regular Lenten study course. MRS STORY HOSTESS TO TUESDAY CARD CLUB Mrs. H. G. Story entertained the Tuesday Afternoon Card club last week with a dessert bridge at The Highlander and a two-table game at the Potts house. Mrs. Tudor N. Hall won high score prize, and Mrs. W. H. Cobb the Bingo prize. WOMAN'S SOCIETY MEETS AT HOME OF MISS RICE Miss Susan Rice and Mrs. Pearle Calloway were co-hos tesses Wednesday at a meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Metho dist church, at the home of Miss Rice. Personal Mention Friends of Col. Ralph H. Mowbray will be pleased to learn of his improvement at Aston Park hospital, Asheville, where he has been a patient for several days. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Chalker, of Greenville, S. C., were week end guests of the latter's par ents, Mayer and Mrs. W. H. Cobb, at their home on Satulah road. M.r. and Mrs. H. S. Talley and their daughter. Miss Mildred Talley, have returned from a two weeks' trip to Opa-Locka, Fla., where they were guests of Dr. Thom N. Carter, pastor of the Opa-Locka First Baptist church, and his daughter, Miss Anne Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Tal ley were accompanied on the trip by their uncle, George Tal ley, who stopped off at Hobe Sound for a visit with his son, Corbin Talley, and family. This was the first time George Tal ley had ever been farther away FAVORS BOOST IN SCHOOL TAX Highlands P. IT. A. Goes ? On Record; Discussion Led By Mrs. Jones A vote favoring a reasonable increase in the tax rate for schools and a discussion pro gram on parent education, led by Mrs. Weimar Jones, P. T. A. district director, marked the meeting of the Highlands Par ent-Teacher association, held at the school Tuesday evening of last week. The group went on record, without a dissenting vote, in favor of an increase in the county ta-x rate for schools. The action followed a discussion of from home than Asheville. | Mrs. James O. Beale and her two children will leave this week to join Mr. Beale in Fair fax, Va., for the remainder of the winter. Mrs. Clark Howell returned Friday to her home here, after spending the holidays in At lanta. She had as her week-end guest Miss Thelma Howell, of Wesleyan college, Macon, Ga. Mrs. Louise Whitworth, who is spending January and Febru ary in Asheville with Mrs. C. Townsend Scanlan, of Dunedin, Fla., was the week-end guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Watkins, at their home on the Franklin road. Mrs. James H. Howe left Fri day for a week-end visit with Colonel Howe in Augusta, Ga., j who will leave at an early date i for Europe. Mr. and Mrs. George K. Yet ter, of Palm Beach and Savan nah, and Mrs. C. Townsend Scanlan, of Asheville and Dune din, Fla., were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Cook. Miss Mary Bascom Cook, stu dent at Wesleyan college, also was at home for the week-end and had as her guest her class mate, Miss Mary Jo Gardner. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Lewis have returned from a three weeks' visit in West Palm Beach, Fla., with Mr. Lewis' mother and with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Lewis, Jr., and children. Another son, Billy Lewis, serv ing as torpedoman with the navy in Key West, joined his family in West Palm Beach for the holidays on a seven-day leave. Registered at Hotel Edwards this week are Watson Barratt and Frederick Hempe, of New York City. Smokey Says: &RRRR- ITS COLD.'] Chrome DINETTE SET By Daystrom or by Chromcraft See it at our store. Buy it. Enjoy it ? for a lifetime! ' ? ' t SOSSAMON FURNITURE COMPANY PHONE 67 FRANKLIN, N. C. r Don't burn the whole forest just to keep warm! Galax THEATRE ..HIGHLANDS.. Thurs.-Fri., Jan. 17-18 Jane Wyman and Van Johnson In THREE GUY 3 NAMED MIKE , , fl Satu Jay, January 19 DOUBLE FEATURE FIGHTING STALLION And FORBIDDEN JUNGLE : the need for school equipment. , ! during which It was pointed out that school authorities lack suf ficient funds to buy the equip ' ment needed. A heated discussion was held, I during the business session, about the sale, by the county board of education, of seats in the old school theatre to the Town of Highlands. The seats were paid for, it was pointed out, through operation of the theatre, and It was added that Highlands persons now are hes itant to contribute to buy equip ment for the new school be- j cause the seat sale indicates the new equipment would belong to the county board. Ti ,'e to the seats was in the county board, it was explained, since they were bought "on time", and the seller required that a public body be responsible. The insur ance on the seats, it is under ?stood, was paid by the county j board. 1 After a motion to send a dele gation to see the county board was defeated, the association voted to write the attorney gen eral for an opinion, so as to clear up the question, lor the future, as to whom equipment, j bought for an individual school | through efforts of the school community, belongs. Taking the topic,. "Parent Education and Family Relation ship", Mrs. Jones spoke briefly, stressing the Importance of a well-rounded personality ? the development of the child phys ically, mentally, spiritually, so cially, and emotionally. She em phasized the parents' respon sibility for the development in the pre-school period, and cited the lack of experience of young parents. This, she said, presents the need for parent education. Her talk was followed by a unique "capsule" discussion, in which those present broke up into three discussion groups, followed by a general discus sion. Mrs. J. M. Valentine, presi dent, presided. Following the session refreshments were serv ed by the hospitality committee, made up of Mrs. Carter E. Talley, chairman, Mrs. Joseph W. Reese, Jr., Mrs. Tommy Hunt, and Mrs. Sidney McCarty, Jr. An average return above feed cost of 49.3 cents per bird ^as made by owners of 71 demon stration poultry flocks in North Carolina during November. OUR U by Mat * CrGGt) TRUE" The vwo funzwbnta: "? in o jr. american system OF JUSTICE ARE : . J AL PROVISION THAT A PER-SON ON TRIAL MUST BE r .