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. Highlands, North Carolina - - The Highest Incorporated Town in Eastern America
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•VOLUME ONE. AUGUST 17, 1937. NUMBER TWO.
Activities of the Highlands Museui
With the ever-increasing activi
ties of the Museum, the need for a
new. building is quite apparent.
Since a modem museum is an edu
cational program and undertakes
to interest and instruct its mem
ben and patrons in the natural
resources of the region, a large
percentage of the work is of a per
sonal character. Definite accounts
of the life of the region are made
clear by the methods of visual edu
cation which call for class rooms,
projection equipment, h a b i ba t
groups, but more than anything else
time for development of the mat
erials Collected by those interested
in the work. The museum prepares
charts and maps and various ac
cessories to aid in its story-telling
program, arid believes in giving
the children opportunities for learn
ing how things are done in a mu
seum laboratory.
VLo nmnoinol -foof 11 T*0 nf this
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week was the Lecture by Mr. B. S.
Colburn on Gems and Minerals of
North Carolina which was present
ed in the Presbyterian Church on
Sunday afternoon, August 15th.
This lecture was illustrated by a
series of wonderful gem stones and
minerals from the extensive collec
tion of the lecturer, who has spent
mere than twenty years in the de
velopment of his collections. Per
haps few collections in the country,
certainly no other collection is in
the South, are equal to his. The
outstanding gem in his collection
is that beautiful mineral, known
as hiddenite, and which is the rar
est of all the varieties of spodu
mcne, and found only in North
Carolina. Mr. Colburn is a great
lover of the beautiful, and can tell
some wonderful stories of Nature’s
mineral treasures. It is hoped that
an expedition under the auspices of
the Museum will materialize with
the objective of visiting Asheville,
and. inspecting the museum in
Biltmore Forest which Mr. Colburn
had developed with such care.
. The Director of the Museum re
ported that in a recent meeting qf
the American Malacological Union,
at Ann Arbor, Michigan, which he
attended? "as institutional repre
sentative of the Museum, that
great interest was expressed in the
organization of the Southern Bio
logical. Congress, which has been
invited to hold its next meeting in
Highlands, and to make Highlands
I its offical headquarters.
The Wild Flower Preservation
Society has, through the kindness
of a recent visitor, Dr. \Williams,
of Washington, made a gift of ed
ucational literature which has had
significant interest for the children
in their nature work. The pres
ident of the Society has assured
the Director that he will visit
Highlands because of his personal
interest in this educational and
scientific program.
The Membership Committee re
ports encouraging progress in its
campaign for new members. Cards
are being issued to all who affiliate
with the Museum and Laboratory,
and it is hoped that the success of
this campaign will expedite the
plans for an adepuate museum
no me.
It is interesting to know from
an pxmination of our guest regis
ter that visitors from practically
all sections of the country pass
through our little hole in the wall,
and many of these show their ap
preciation of our efforts by either
taking out a membership or assur
ing us that specimens of one kind
or another will be sent to us for
our educational work. The classes
of children show much enthusiasm
in their work, the objective of the
Museum being to develop original
interests, and train them to ap
preciation of things beautiful as
well as the conservation of life in
all its forms.
Those who are in reach of the
Museum should not fail to see the
present exhibit of rare and beau
tiful minerals, which are correlat
ed with the fluorescent show.
Some of these are now* owned by
the Museum, and others are lent
for this special occasion. One of
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Additional Power to
Country Club Section
A new transmission line is being
built from the main city line, to
carry additional electricity to the
Couhtr’- Club, one mile out. The
lire will carry 6,900 volts to the
substation to be built at the club,
where the power will be reduced
to 2,300 volts.
PLEASE REGISTER
AT CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
Quite frequently we have noted
a number of people stopping other
people or going into stores to in
quire whether certain friends of
theirs are in town. If everyone
would make it a point to register
at the Chamber of Commerce, lo
cated in the Bank Building, it
would facilitate matters for them
selves and friends when seeking
each other. So we urge all sum
mer visitors to REGISTER and
DO IT NOW!
IMPORTANT NOTICE!
The office of THE HIGHLAN
DER is now located in the Jack
son County Bank Building, in the
section occupied by the Chamber
of Commerce. The editor will be
in the office every afternoon from
three to five to accept news items,
advertisements, and receive t sub
scriptions and donation to THE
HIGHLANDER. The editor will
be glad to give any information
visitors to Highlands might want
to obtain. Although the shades
are drawn on the door, the door
will be open <fUring those hours.
COME IN AND LET’S GET AC
QUAINTED. won't you?
Rianhard Joins
Hole in One Club
Mr. Lockwood Rianhard, of At
lanta, Georgia, made a hole-in-one
on the Country Club golf course
last Thursday. This is the first
ace hole to be made this season
on that course.
School Days
Once Again
The Highlands School will opsn
on Monday, September 13th. The
date has been advanced in order
to give the children more oppor
tunity to work for a longer period
during the tourist season here. The
same teachers which taught in the
Highlands School last year will be
in their places at that time. Addi*
tional information will be given in
next issue of The Highlander.
DILLARD ROAD BEING
SURVEYED NOW
The Highway Engineers are
surveying and locating the road
between the town of Highlands
and the Country Club. The Dillard
Road proper begins just below the
Club. Thad Smith, city engineer,
is head of the survey; and it is
said that this new road is the best
located and will be thd finest con
structed of any road in this sec
tion, with the possible exception
of Rpute 107. ^
HlGHLAND-er-er
Miss Helen Moffett and Miss
Mragaret Cruise returned to their
homes in Miami, Florida, after
spending their annual visit in the
Potts House.
Mr. Earl Vance and Mr. Coyle
E. Moore, from Tallahassee, Flor
ida, are spending some time with
their wives at Camp Sequoia. Mrs.
Vance and Mrs. Moore conduct
this camp for younger boys and
girls each summer.
♦
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Whittier and
son are stopping at the Marett
Guest Cottage on Bear Mountain
for a time. They are from Frank
fort, Kentucky.
Mary Thornton, of Hartwell,
Georgia, and well known in High
lands, together with Joe Harris, of
Belton, South Carolina, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hall
on Sunday.