f ATTEND
THE CHURCH
OF
YOUR CHOICE
SUNDAY
Baptist — 8:30-11 ,a_m. &
8 p.m.
IMstthodist — 11 a.tn.
Presbyterian — 9 8c 11 am.
Bptsoqpal -8-9:30-11 a.m.
Oalthoilc — 10 •sun.
Christian Science —11 ajn. j
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The ONLY Newspaper in This Wide World De voted Exclusively to Promoting Highlands Area
Published in the Highest Elevated and Most Hospitable Town in Eastern America
Vol. 5V
Highlands, N. G, Friday, July 1, 1962
Number 27
CAMP HIGHLANDER
DIGS UP PRIZE RUBY
■'
Rriby Manes lsutt _ Friday,
brought thrills and excite
merit to a 16-year-oM. Camp
Htghtemaer boy Seat Friday.
Thomas Britton, of Zach
ary, Ua„ was the luokyltodte
who “Just couldn’t believe it”
when Kandy Norton, gem
cuWang taaferudtan ait the
damp, spotted the valuable
tame tor the damp arid offers
a satisfying adddrttan to the
camp prognam. The tribal cost
of the eamp Is $6,50 which
includes the cost of Insur
ance. Those desiring to go
axe asked to eOntriot Rev.
Bailey for reservation.
Munson, came up w*tfc a nice
aaippUkne as a reward of his
'digging eHfoWte. ■
TOM prize ruby found' by
Thomas Mas Judged to be one
of ttie flnedt which has been
uncovered ait the mine.
Archie JeUeb otf the High
lands Gem Shop, appraised
the stone at an approximate
$1,000 value alter cutting and
polishing.
The “find” has struck up a
furor ol mining enthusiasm
at Gamp Highlander.
The date to the total erf a
series toe&hg head. by Presby
terians for the befneftt of the
ECIgltrfands Ctommuakty HOsp
Attention!
The State HSgtow&y Patrol
Department wishes to remind
out-of-state business and
professional people operating
belie during (the summer
months that they must ob
tain a, four-months’ North
OaroBm boectoe and regis
tration.
Horse Show And Frolics
Set At Camp Highlander
Horaemanshlp and. tiding
albtiliby win rule the day tut
Oamip Highlander Sbiurd&y,
July 9, when amateurs and
experts comtalned will exhibit
their skill at a show begin
ning at 2 p.m. * 5
The esrenlt, which carries
, no admlsstan fee, haft been
arranged by riding instructor
Zack^ Wilkins, and is open to
ibef^Uls.
Ben and Polly Wax, owoew
of illiipff camp, arechalr
men of ithe show. Mr. WJHdns
wUl serve as nuactec of esre
- mantes and Z. T. WilMns,
Arch Clark, JSm Horton, and
Rich Schmidt wiU assist with
'the activities.
Ool. Lacy Clark of Nash
ville. 04., and Col. Jerry
NOTICE
As 'tt previous yearns the
HighSaWte Votantear *th» De
partment its afgerliv ftwnar*
ezy anetmibeasfclip in 'the de
partment Id all property
owners outside Ittoe corpor
ate limits vrttMn a ate-mHe
radius of Highlands. The
membership fee is $10 per
year.
Thite membership enttitlee
you to the services of tt*e
Wra DepaiJtavMit and «•
empts you from tbe $50
charge the Town has to
tltoe csdls outaWa Ittoe pits
Funds collected from’mem
bership dues are used to bus
needed eoidpmenlt and to
Mm department to Us tesla
9*0*
tolW X>|totoneat: JBtfv
toads, N. a, and msdl to to
Nantahala
Creamery
Is First
CONCERT
DATE
CORRECTED
Correction is in order for
the date announced In test
week’s HIGHLANDER of the
tftatstt iwifUUHTwiB Music Festi
val concert. The correct date
la Thursday, July 18- The sec
ond concert is scheduled for
Monday, August 20.
iSaloliSta Beverly Waltf end
Edward Vito will be featured
In the July concert, while the
August concert will Wave the
husband and wife team, Peter
'Hamoweir amid Irene! Calla
way, as featured vocalists.
Both concerts will be held
at the Highlands School Au
ditorium. The Brevard Music
©enter symphony orchestra
wUl pdrform also.
AH persons Interested In
becoming sponsors for the
performances may call Mr.
Hal Dumas, Robert Helnadhn
or Mrs. Harold Goal edge.
Scouts
Receive
The local Boy Scouts are
the recipients of some much
needed camping equipment
and other items given them
by Mr. George N. Moore'and
Mins. Fred Gould.
Oaunptog equipmianfc in
sored by the Highlands Ro
tary Chib, were guedtB of the
Ohdt> for dinner aft Hotel Bd
wands Tuesktey night. Their
Scoutmaster, HBiSon Ma
gnifier, is president of the
Rotary draft), and took charge
of adUVtttes as SooutB obser
ved Charter Mgjht ait the re
gular Rotary meeting.
About 16 Scouts were pres
ent.
Funds Pass $8,000 Mark
As Drive Headqtrs. Open
(the building next; to Ander
aomto Variety Store.
As (the drive got officially
undietnway, a cheek up on
total donaittore to d»te re
vealed a sum of over $8,000.
Leadens of the Drive report
Ithait a response to letters sent
out tastt week is being made,
with checks or pledges arriv
ing daily.
They also reported that the
Board of Trustees arid ail
hospital personnel, as well as
many of those taking part U
itfhe Drive had already made
donations.
Thittrete Still a long way to
Hospital
Bazaar
Coming Up
The
aaa,r
July 2R, I
roqm of the Mflfthoditsit
Church, has, since its inaug
uration five years, ago, been
the largest evetrut in the so
cial season of the Highlands
area.
Busy fingers have been
preparing items for the Ba
zaar since) fault fall, and an
outlay of unuaupjly eHsttoc
Mvb and atftnadthe articles
will be on cttsptey for buyers.
Mark the date on your cal
> i*' ■ !$$$$££*£
Hospital Stand Defoe hebd
quacttieas opened this week in
go to retch the $60,000 goal,
they said, but /the response so
far has. been mart. gratifying.
OPEN AIR
SCHEDUIi
The Naritaftala Forest Art
Fair its to be held in High
lands Augusft 17-18 for the
benefit of the Hudson Lib
rary.
Entries will be accepted
from residents and summer
visitors living within a 25
mMe radius of Highlands.
As tbefo has been new in
terest in Franklin shown by
ithe-dannaitton of an Art As
sociation , in Highlands by an
Ant la&ooi and an umber of
astMa in residence, it is felt
such an undertaking win be
of interest and’ value to our
cepummdities which enjoy
SUdh natural beauties.
The Fair wlH be held on
Mata Sttnedt antf encompass
ceramics and1 sdutpfture as
we® «« ptatatinga
Awards are Purchase Prizes
and Ribbons.
'Enitry blanks oan be seour
by writing Namltiahala For
Fair committee.
Boys ax CSamp HtgMaraer
weuse entertained tints weak
by special gueeit Paul Ander
son, who holds the title
“strangest men In the
warfeL”
Paul euteittjainieO his cheer
ing and enthuslaatic audience
by performing many of Mb
untoehevahle wettght-Uflting
feats.
Bringing dfanaibic apptoaise
Mrs. James Henry Newton
* . . former Miss Harbison
Candlelight Ceremony Unites
Mbs Harbison And Newton
was Jits record-ibreaktog ex
hibition of eteeneith in net—
tog 414% pounds op frojm the
floor to cheat level and from j
there to weSl over his head. I
The 365 pounder now
mated his home In VUtaha,
Ob. , where lie hats establish
ed the Paul Anderson Youth
Home.
He Is in the process now
of regataing his amateur
standing and plans to etnster
the 1964 Olympics.
On Monday night damp
Highlander had as guests the
girls from damp Chattooga
near Tallulah Palls, Ga. Di
rector of the camp, Mias Lil
lian Tucker, accompanied the
gMs. They were eioterfcained
with a picnic and dance held
to their honor.
Bird-Watching
In Wonderland
Film At Museum
A color motion picture
filmed, edited, ahd narrated
by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R.
Smith, Of Adhevt&e, will be
shown at the Museum of Na
tural History on July 12 at
8 pm.
Scenes of bird-feeding and
bird tarafflles taken at feed
ing Stations and ba the field
will be shown. About 75 dif
ferent spades of birds, most
| of which can be observed in
Western North Carolina are
included.
Some of the moat colorful
scenes are those of the etve
ger, cedar waxwdag, rose
breasted grosbeak, swallows
> dag-nocked pheasant, gold
flndhos, greater redpoll
bluebirds, and ruby-thraatet!
hummSngjUird.
Hospital Fund Drive Gains Momentum
As Canvassers Rally For Kick-Off
“Look To The Future” Stressed By Turner
“litIs impossible to advance
wttiftle focusing our aibtewtion
only on the posit” was the
theme emphasized by Fund
Drive Header Bob Turner to a
meeting of workers for the
nospffital cause Hast Thursday
nlighlt.
The meeting, which opened
with an invocation by Rev.
EL A. Studetooker of Cashiers,
saw the gathering of around
10 summer residents and lo
cal peopia of the Cashiers,
GHenvtide, Norton, Highlands
area for pie-kick-off Instruc
tion in campaign procedures.
The excellent cooperation
af citizens tram Oaafafcjra and
'its adjacent oomimmWies was
evident in itbe large represen
tation who attended tram
them
Mr. Turner, whose task is
to supervise the solicitation
of $60,000, explained the rea
sons for the larger goal set
fchtts yaar. He mentioned the
increased deficit brought
ahodt by the fact Chat the
Cast Chosen For
“The Little Foxes”
VifaTginla Wlloox, Robot
DuPntie, Beverly Matthews and
Thomas Crumpler bead an
accomplished cast for The
I3|#iifeuids Commiuniity Thea
tre’s first major production
of the sumtner, LUliaai Heil
rruan’s THE LITTLE FOXES.
With Morton Lewis, Laura
Dorsey, John David Richard
son and Joe Britt; the wieM
ntementoexied fouhsome aab
entering the second week, of
rehearsals under the dteec
itlon of Find C. Allen. *
■ ■ •
Virginia Wilcox
Robert DoFrte
mejmbared flar fate Hatomous
pantnqnd of Mottarete Ima
ginary invalid several sum
mesa ago.
Mra. Mathews appears on
Ihe stage here after ys ab
sence oof many yeans. She
wUl be remembered: for bee
touching performance at
Mins. OhHbfos in Our Town.
Mr. Lewis nitume to tbe
iHUghtarwiB Stage ttd* sum
mer fresh from a triumph in
bis own production of two
original play® In an off-broad
way oascro. tte appeared nere
last summer as one of the
angels in My Three Angels,
the captain in Anriroclas And
The IAon and as MbnUmer in
Arsenic And Old Laoe.
Miss Dorsey, Me. Richard
son and Mr. Britt are mak
ing their Highlands Dehut in
this production of The Little
Fojoifs. The expert cast fol
lows the pattern of former
years in inehidtag near stans
with experienced ones and
The little Poxes prc)niseis to
be a thrilling experience in
theatre for Highlands audi
ences.
Tryouts for the Highlands
Community Theiaitre's second
prdduotaon of the season will
he held on Monday evening
at 8 pm. at the Theatre
Building. Tryouts are open to
everyonel interested.
Dr. Harmon Getting Set
For Long-Time Practice
"If It worn* take me every
where I need to go to these
mountains, IH send It back!”
was the comment made this
week toy Dr. Doralea Harmon
an her new mtetnaitianai
Scout, purchased especially
to take her Into the remote
and. haxd-to-gefc-to places
fttsait a doctor here must some
ttoea go. Dr. Harmon will
equip the Scout wMh emer
gency kdt Including am oxy
gen tank and other treat
ment aids.
The enogettc phyatdam,
**» la rapidly proving, that
“You people Move an ex
ceptionally fine bouptttal with
aptendid faoUHUes,’' Dr. Bar
nun observed, “and I <a$n not
ooOy pleased with the physi
OaS ptenfc, but with each and
every paraon directly con
nected wflfth hospital business,
tt to my tope that wUtfc the
coopenjUon of the people of
make large xlawOow, but
even so, the amount they
give not only reiprosents ttsefe
desire to help, but takes on
added value by btfldiirg up
the number at donon,” Mr.
Turner said.
Tha “eaBtra” daniaitSan be
gins with $800, tor 600 ir$ne*
and increases by each addi
tional 100 names in ttds
manner: $800 tor 700 names;
$1,100 tor 800 names; $1,500
for 900 names; and $2,000 for
1,000 names.
The meeting dosed with a
soeJtal hour which provided
an opportunity tor a hdjfcjr
acquaintance among worker*
from the various communi
ties.
July 18th
An announcement this
week abated that the mnwal
Hudson library Stiver "ftn
will be held this year on
Wednesday, July 18.