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Highlands Highlights # MRS B G STORY MISS BUKNETTE WEDS FLORIDA MAN Miss Joyce Elaine Burnette, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Dana Burnette, of Highlands, was married to Ralph Hinsdale | Wetmore, Jr., son of Mr. and i Mrs. Ralph H. Wetmore, of Mi ami, Fla., in a double ring cere mony August 23 at the High lands Baptist church. The Rev. j Joseph R. Petree, of Lawnsdale, ( brother-in-law of the bride, was the officiating minister. The church was decorated ; with baskets of white gladioli. Ivy and mountain greenery, with lighted tapers in seven branched candelabra. The pews were marked with gladioli flor ets and white satin bows. A program of wedding music J was presented by Miss Mary Bascom Cook, organist. Soloists I were Miss Elizabeth Newton, Miss Martha Holt, and the Rev. John C. Corbitt, pastor of the church. The traditional wed ding marches were used. The bride was given in mar riage by her father. She wore 1 a gown of ivory satin and Chantlily lace, with fitted bod ice joined to a scalloped lace .yoke. The long lace sleeves fa1 pered to points at the wrists /and the full skirt extended In a train. Her two-tiered veil of Imported illusion was caught to a .coronet of lace and seed pearls. She carried a white JUble topped 'with a white or chid and satin streamers. "Hie maid of honor was Miss Jerry Lee McJunkin, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Her gown of dusty pink taffeta was fashion ed with a wide scalloped ber tha. She carried a Colonial bouquet of blue asters and wore a headdress of the same flow ers. Bridesmaids were Miss Jan Burnette, sister of the bride, and Miss Rosemarie Wetmore, sister of the bridegroom. They wore pastel blue taffeta dresses made similar to that of the maid of honor and carried Col onial bouquets of pink asters. Robert Dorris, of Miami and Highlands, was best man. Ush ers were Todd Davis, of Miami I Beach, and Richard Saess, of j Miami. Following the ceremony a re- j ception was held at the home j of the bride's parents. The bride's table was decorated with white gladioli and centered with a three-tiered wedding cake, topped with a miniature bride and bridegroom. Mrs. Burnette, mother of the bride, wore a dress of rose lace | with navy accessories and a corsage of white roses. The mother of the bridegroom wore a blue lace dress and a cor sage of pink roses. Mr. and Mrs. Wetmore left immediately after the reception t0C a wedding trip. For travel ing the bride wore a suit of aeige wool with brown accessor ies, and the orchid from her wedding bouquet. The bride Is a graduate of Highlands High school and at tended Woman's College dT the University of North Carolina ind the University of Florida, rhe bridegroom is a graduate >f Edison Senior High school, tflaml, and attended the Uni versity of Florida. OUR FALL SHOES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY ARE HERE THE QUALITY SHOP CALL TODAY ? 383-J If you have an Insurance Need ? and 50 million Americans do! Let me help you meet it with Provident Mutual Life And four other Old Line Companies Writing Fire, Automobile, Public and Personal Liability Workmen's Compensation and Accident and Health LEWIS PATTON AGENCY Box 161 Phone 383-J Franklin, N. C. ATTENTION Highlands Property Owners Due to the increased demand for Winter Property Protection by the Macon County Patrol Service Property Owners npw may contact 3iD CARTER At Sid's Amoco Service, Highlands, N. C. Get in touch with us for full information regarding Patrol and Protection. ENGAGED MISS HUNT MISS HUNT ENGAGED TO SGT. ANDREWS Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Hunt, of Franklin, Route 2, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Hunt, to Sgt. Freeland V. Andrews, of the U. S. Air Force, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry V. Andrews, of Barton, Md. Sgt. Andrews is stationed at Andrews Air Force base, Wash ington, D. C. Miss Hunt has held a government position in Wash ington for several years. The wedding will take place at 4:30 p. m., October 25, at the First Presbyterian church in Highlands. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cuff, of Danlelsvllle, Ga., were recent guests of Mrs. Jessie C. Harbi son and her daughters at their home on the Walhalla road. Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Mey er, of St. Louis, Mo., are here for a visit with Mrs. Meyer's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Potts. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Young, Jr., of Columbus, Ohio, and O. E. Wlcklin, of London, Ohio, have returned home after spending a few days with their brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Shear ouse and family, of Savannah. Ga., are spending a few days at Pierson Inn. Mr. and Mrs. Shearouse are former operators of the inn. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Davis had as recent week-end guests Mrs. Ad? Balcombe and Miss Emma S. FrUz, of Quarryville, Pa., and Mrs. A. D. Bolton, of Commerce, Ga., and her sister, Mrs. W. W. Mitchell, of Atlanta, Ga. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Anderson over a recent week end were their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Har- ? din, of Clyde, who were en route home following a vaca tion spent in Washington, D. C. In 1950, there were 219,546 North Carolina farms with elec tric power. In 1930 there were less than 10,000. Highlands Bird Watching Station Planned; Will Be One Of A Large Network Tolliver Crunkleton, of High lands, and several other volun teers are planning to organize a night bird migration observa tion station near Highlands one of a vast network through out the United States and a number of foreign countries. The move to study the mi gratory habits of birds is being undertaken by two Louisiana State University scientists. The following release from the Louisiana university explains the reasons for conducting such a study. "Sciences from A to Z ? astron omy and zoology to be exact ? will join hands this fall when two Lou^iana State University scientists, assisted by a corps of volunteer "bird watchers", begin a nation-wide study of night bird migration. "With the aid of telescopes, volunteers at 200 stations in the 48 states, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, will count birds as they are silhouetted in flight against the light of the moon. Their findings ? directions of flight, volume of migration will be sent to the L.S.U. Mu seum of Natural Science, where Dr. George H. Lowery, Jr., cu rator, and Robert J. Newman, assistant curator, will interpret them. "The study has fascinated zo ologists and ornithologists be cause it ,was not possible to make more than an 'educated guess' about how bird migra tion takes place at night before the method was devised. "Astronomers are interested because they can utilize tele scopes and their interest in the heavens on bright nights, when stargazing is unprofitable.' "Because no special knowledge or equipment is required, ama teurs in the field of bird watch ing are encouraged to take part. "Mr. Newman has written an instruction manual for observ ers, giving an explanation of how the moon permits the study, field procedure and mi gration problems. For good mea sure. he put in the manual a chapter about the moon, so that observers can enjoy musing on the moon during lulls in mi gration. "Dr. Lowery began the study in 1945, with the help of friends and students, who set up sta tions on the campus, in their backyards or any place they were when the moon was full. "In the spring of 1948, per sons at 30 stations scattered over the eastern half of the country, watched birds fly across the moon. "Some of the results were surprising. " 'Studies have indicated that, unlike birds In the daytime, nocturnal migrants rarely fly In definite flocks, sometimes they fly southward In spring and they tend to ride prevailing air currents toward their desti nation', according to Newman, who has been associated with Dr. Lowery in the study. "The most unexpected discov ery was the hour-to-hour pat tern of migration, he said. " 'After sunset the majority of the migrants seem 4o rest a while. Then, hour by hour, they mtunt In Increasing numbers Into the sky, a process that reaches a peak between 11 p. m. and midnight. After midnight, the birds begin to drop to earth again, until by the hoar , before dawn almost all are at < rest', Mr. Newman declared. He ) added that night migration is not a continuation of non-stop , day flights. "Dr. Lowery pointed out that ' Florida has always been con sidered a major avenue of flight, but the spring study revealed 1 more birds used the Mexican i and Gulf routes. "One of the highest flight densities was recorded on the northern coast of Yucatan, where observers watched one ' 1 bird after another head out over ] < the Gulf of Mexico. For the i first time, zoologists found strong, direct evidence that small land birds perform the seemingly impossible feat of flying non-stop over 600 miles of water. "Many questions are still un answered. Do spring findings hold true In the autumn? Does the moonlight Itself affect the volume of migration? Do the 'chip' notes of small land birds give any indication of the num ber passing overhead? Do mi grants advance in a wide move ment or in narrow streams? Are the streams channeled along rivers, valleys, mountain ranges and coastlines? Dr. Low ery and Mr. Newman hope to eventually have most of the answers. "What practical benefits will these answers provide? None as i far as Dr. Lowery and Mr. New man are concerned. To them the study Is a pure science ? they seek only to add to the zoologists' storehouse of knowl edge. Others, however, have eyed the practical possibilities of the project. "Aeronautical engineers are interested because planes, like birds, combat the elements. Understanding how birds over come the elements and use air currents and high and low pres sure areas to their advantage will help to understand how ' aviation can combat the prob lem. "Because birds can accurately forecast the weather, and know whether to take to the air or stay aground, weathermen won der ? Do they have a "sixth sense" or is there something in the atmosphere they detect?" 1 NOW OPEN Monday, Wednesday, Fri day, and Saturday Nights HELEN'S BARN HIGHLANDS, N. C. ! ^ i Wayah Bald Lodge i ROOMS, PRIVATE BATHS GUESTS ? TOURISTS EXCELLENT MEALS MODERATE RATES ? Phone 10-J-2 Marie Sierks ? Seeking Typewriters For New Highlands School Department At a meeting of the Hlgh ' lands district school committee [With Principal F. N. Shearouse, the possibility, of obtaining typewriters for the commercial department was discussed, and a decision reached to try and find typewriters in the com munity that could be loaned, donated, or sold to the school at bargain prices. , The hope was expressed that Highlands will be interested 'enough In the new typing de ; partment of the school to make | It possible to secure sufficient typewriters by gifts of money 'or by sale or loan of typewrit ers that are in the community. Those who will help in any of the suggested ways are ask ed to get in touch with Prin cipal Shearouse at the school building, Sidney Mccarty, Dr. C. E. Mitchell, or Fred Vinson at their places of business. CONDUCT RITES FOR MRS. DILLS Jackson County Native Is Buried At Mt. Grove Cemetery Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lavonia Dills, a Jackson County native, who died August 26 at the home of a son, Frank Dills, of the Elltjay community, were conducted last Thursday at 11 a. m. at the Mt. Grove Baptist church by the Rev. Lee Crawford. Burial was In the church cemetery. t Mrs. Dills, who was 84 years old, had been 111 for some time. She was barn January 4, 1868, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Dills, of Jackson Coun ty, and was a member of the Mt. Grove church. Surviving are three sons, Frank, of Ellljay, Claude, of Piedmont, S. C., and Fred, of Mt. Vernon, Wash.; a daughter, Mrs. Beulah Tilley, of Walnut Cove; a brother, Lee Dills, of Ellijay; two sisters, Mrs. Viola Young, of Ellijay and Mrs. Cal lie Pressley, of Speedwell; and seven grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Luther Young, Tim Taylor, Earl Williams, Rob ert Taylor, Walter Young, and Ray Williams. Potts Funeral home was In :harge of arrangements. Widow Denies She Asked Kilby Not To Walk Above Falls Mrs. J. B. Kilby, Jr., o ? Knox ville, Tenn., widow of. the young man who fell over Dry Falls August 4, has written The Press to deny that' she begged him not to walk out above the falls. A paragraph in The Press' lews story about the fatal ac :ident read: "The youth's 18-year old. wife, Virginia, begged him not to walk out over the falls, accord ing to persons on the scene at the time of the accident. He ap peaxently slipped on the moss covered rocks at the top of the cascade." Referring to that paragraph, Mrs. Kilby said in her letter: "I did not, because we (he ind i) had been out there where he was once before, and t had no idea he might slip md Jail." Since World War II, a blllion rtoUar church building program tias taken place in the United States, j* u * 1 ii I Mason Spending Leave Here After Duty Witlh Navy In Korean Waters Carl F. Mason, who has been serving with the navy aboard on the USS Apache In north Korean waters since December, 1951, is spending a 20-day leave here with his parents, Mr. and ! Mrs. R. L. Blaine. At the end of his leave he will report to Pearl Harbor tor reassignment. Tourists Now Can See Way Indians Lived A brand new Cherokee Indian attraction, more than a year In building, now is open to visitors at Cherokee. It is a reproduction of a Cherokee village of the period of 200 years ago. Indians them selves act the parts of their ancestors. Known as Occoniuf tee Village, the new attraction Is sponsored by the Cherokee Historical association, which al so sponsors the successfuly out door drama, "Unto These Hills". T:ie newly opened village will remain open through October this season, and it is planned to have it open from May through October next year. Land prices have climbed more rapidly in North Carolina since 1940 than in any other state. iZBatanlyThne wl 17&H 1 <^c*rtyudge anew maid from +he ?firsftky-.aod SSfcS&i S&5* j?8Sb how mild and flavorful CnMb?4 pMkaftefpack! 1 If you are . . . Connected with the Siler Family A student of genealogy Interested in the early history of Macon County . . . You'll want a copy of the new book on the Siler Family "The Family of Weimar Siler 1755 - 1831" By Keoasi Cornelia Bryson Porter 115 page* of text ? 52 pages of genealogy Mnintlwlj indexed Price, $3, postpaid Distributed by The Franklin Press you are invited . . . Come in and See Our $1 0,000 Worth of New Equipment JUST INSTALLED We are now prepared to take care of any tire from 600-16 through 900-20 FULL CAP and ALL PURPOSE TREAD i For both Passenger Cars and Trucks 100% Cold Rubber Used ALL WORK GUARANTEED Gity Tirfc Service Q. M. SHOPE, Manager E. Palmer Street
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