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Published In the Highest and Most Hospitable Town In I
Eastern America Ever; Friday
An INDEPENDENT Newspaper
Devoted to Promotion of the Highlands Area
Second class postage paid at Highlands, N. C.
Friday, August 23, 1963
Martha Goode, Editor-Publisher
Helen Coffee, News Editor
Helen H. Norris, Columnist
Telephone 5411 Post Office Box R
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“And I Will lift Mine Eyes Unto These Hills . . .”
"Quality Education Is
Everybody's Business"
The Highlands School Board is to be com
mended for the letters of protest to the proper
school authorities, and to Governor Sanford, in
regard to the teacher allotment this year.
It seems incredible that the State Board of
Education in assuming the responsibility of
staffing the schools (with the exception of
local supplements) should give the Highlands
High School only three teachers, including the
principal, to teach an enrollment of ninety-two
high school students.
As we go to press this week there has still
been no explanation from the authorities as to
why this allotment reduction'was made.
We feel certain that the local school board
has done everything in their power to point
out to the State Board of Education the urgent
need of at least one more teacher for the high
school curriculum at Highlands School.
The hour is late. School opens in Highlands
on September 3rd, but there is no reason why
there could not be a re-evaluation of the High
lands School problem. The State Board Com
mittee should give particular attention to the
fact that the need for another high school
teacher here is great. They should dp something
immediately to determine what specific mea
sures can be taken within the framework of ex
isting legislation in order to develop a state
system which will fully meet the needs of all the
people. This can only be done by taking a reg
ional approach to the problem here to accom
plish the task.
Better high school education is essential for
any substantial improvement of quality educa
tion in our colleges and universities.
“QUALITY EDUCATION IS EVERY
BODY’S BUSINESS”, but quality education is
impossible without enough teachers to carry
out the program for the required curriculum.
If We Want A Hospital
We Must Support It!
THE HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY HOS
PITAL NEEDS OUR SUPPORT. THE AN
NUAL FUND DRIVE IS LAGGING.
The Board of Trustees has been carrying on
the fund drive this year very quietly in the hope
that the response to letters sent out to individ
uals would bring the desired results. We are
sorry to note, however, that the results have
fallen far short.
Tremendous strides have been made by our
hospital since it first began operation in 1947.
Prior to that time there hadn’t been a resident
doctor in Highlands for over eighteen years.
Highlands now has a fine doctor, as well as
a fine hospital, under capable administration,
but medical and economic hurdles still have to
be faced. As medicine and hospital services ad
vance, the hospital must keep apace.
Our hospital .serves year-round residents and
summer visitors alike. It is a hospital for YOU,
where you will receive the best of care com
bined with the friendly, congenial atmosphere
of home.
If your name is not included in the list of
donors published elsewhere in this newspaper,
THINK what it means to have a hospital in
Highlands . . . THINK what it.,would be like
if we didn’t have a hospital and medical serv
ices . . . THINK ... and then send itt your
donation right away. -
JUST REMEMBER, IT WE WANT A HOS
PITAL WE MUST SUPPORT ITl
THE PEOPLE SPEAK
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letter was pre
sented to us for publication in response to last week’s
editorial in THE HIGHLANDER NEWSPAPER. We are
happy to print the letter with our commentary as
follows:
Galax Theatre
Otto F. Summer, Owner
Highlands, N. C.
August 19, 1963
Mrs. Martha Goode
The Highlander
Highlands, N. C.
Dear Mrs. Goode:
I wish to call your attention to a portion of the editorial
appearing in The Highlander dated August 16, 1963.
You are in error when you indicate the subject of Gen
eral Statute 1-597 as “Circulation, Admission to Mail, And
Publication. A Newspaper to qualify must:”
The title of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes is
REGULATIONS FOR NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION OP
LEGAL NOTICES, ADVERTISMENTS, ETC.
Section 1-597 is a part of Chapter 1, Article 50, General
statutes of N. C. Hie title of Article 50 is GENERAL
PROVISIONS AS TO LEGAL ADVERTISING.
We are not doing any legal advertising. Therefore, this
statute has absolutely no significance as far as the Galax
News is concerned.
After quoting the statute you follow it up with a state
ment as follows: “Any publication which does not meet
the above re-qualifications CANNOT BE CALLED A
NEWSPAPER WITHOUT BEING GUILTY OP A MISDE
MEANOR.” I am requesting a retraction of this statement
since Section 1-597 does not relate to the naming of a
publication.
I am requesting that this letter be published in The
Highlander.
Yours truly,
O. P. SUMMER
We have been asked to make a retraction. There
were several words inadvertantly left out of the publica
tion laws of the State of North Carolina published in last
week’s paper. The sentence should have read, “A news
paper to qualify for legal advertisement of any kind or
description must:”
We are therefore reprinting word for word a section
of General Statute 1-597.
“G.S. 1-597 (SUPP). CIRCULATION, ADMISSION TO
MAIL, AND PUBLICATION. A newspaper to qualify for
legal advertisement of any kind or description must:
(1) have a general circulation to actual paid subscrib
ers;
(2) at the time of such publication have been admitted
to the United States mail as second class matter in
the county or political subdivision where such pub
lication is required to be published;
(3) have been regularly and continuously issued in the
county at least one day in the calendar week for
at least 25 of the 26 consecutive weeks immediate
ly preceeding the date of the first publication there
of. Provided that a newspaper otherwise qualified
which fails for a period not exceeding four weeks in
any calendar year to publish one or more, of its
issues shall nevertheless be deemed! to have fcom-i
plied with these requirements of regularity and; eonr
v tinuity of publicatiod described herein.
The above is an EXACT duplicate of a section of G.S.
1-597 as published by the Institute of Government in 1960,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, by David 6.
Evans, Assistant Director, and the title, or subject, of this
section is: “Circulation, Admission to Mail, and Publi
cation.
We also contend that we were right in stating, accord
ing to our interpretation of these laws of the State of
North Carolina, that a publication which does not meet
the above requirements can not be called a newspaper
without being guilty of a misdemeanor.
It is understood though that this applies only to the
qualifications of a newspaper where legal notices or ad
vertisements are concerned from the legal standpoint in
accordance with the publication laws of the State of
North Carolina.
This statute may not have any significance as far as
a mimeograph sheet is concerned, UNLESS, a mimeo
graphed sheet which does not meet the required qualifi
cations of a newspaper according to the publication laws
of the State of North Carolina solicits, accepts and pub
lishes paid legal advertisements of any kind.
We feel that in view of the fact that the name of Mr.
Summer’s mimeographed sheet was not mentioned in last
week’s editorial we are under no obligation to him to
make a retraction of any kind because he is assuming
that we were referring to his publication. All we can say
is ... “if the shoe fits” ...
The masthead of the mimeographed sheet reads: “Galax
News, Highlands, N. C., A Mimeographed Newspaper. AC
CORDING TO THE PUBLICATION LAWS OP THE STATE
THIS MIMEOGRAPHED SHEET IS NOT A QUALIFIED
NEWSPAPER WHERE LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS ARE
CONCERNED . . . AND IP IT IS NOT A QUALIFIED
NEWSPAPER WHERE LEGAL MATTERS ARE CON
CERNED THEN IS IT A QUALIFIED NEWSPAPER?
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Palmer Street Shopping Center
Franklin, North Carolina
WILEY & BRUCE BRYSON
Owners & Operators
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Phone 9301 Highlands, N. C
I
THE ICING’S HIGHWAY
By BESS HINES HARKINS
Reprinted from the maga
zine “Science Of Mind”
May I tell a It Me personal
story that has in it a mes
sage for all of us? It tells
of a journey I took—onto
The King’s Highway.
The day ihad started
much as usual. We’d had a
foggy spell and it seemed
barely daylight When I got
up at a quarter of 6even.
Peeling more than a lltttle
“foggy” myself, I gave - my
young daughter breakfast
and saiw her off to catch
the school bus. “I love you,
Mommy,” she said, with a
warm kiss, as she went out
the door.
That should have started
my day off right, but I
seemed determined to he
grumpy. I settled down
(bogged down) on the dav
enport and Stared out our
picture window at the flog.
The ocean was out there but
I could not see it. Por sev
eral mornings now, it has
been this way. It would be
nice to catch a glimpse of
the sun again!
“Must have gotten up on
the wrong side of the bed—"
I was annoyed with myself
for that childish thought.
Disinterestedly, I picked up
ladt night's newspaper and
scanned it. Then I reread a
travel letter sent us by a
local couple Who had been
touring Europe. They des
cribed, most beautifully, the
Blue Grotto in Italy, the
sunlit, snowy peaks of
Switzerland, the charming
green countryside of rural
England.
I wusn i ooudd travel,” I
said to myself. "Uife can
certainly settle into a ru(t. It
isn’t meant to be this way.”
The cat jumped onto my
tap and I began stroking
him as I dreamed wishfully
of fair and foreign lands.
Miy thoughts continued
thus, tinged with envy;
“Richard Halliburton had it
made.” (Years ago I had
read his thrilling book, The
Royal Road To Romance).
“People who .travel are far
more interesting than those
who do not; it develops
their personalities. Rolling
stones may not gather
moss—but they do gather
gloss. I’m gathering moss,
all right — the cobwebby
kind.”
( I became interested in my
way ob words and began to
feel better. ( We always be
gin (to feel better, I’ve notic
ed, when we get our minds
off ourselves). Just then,
the mist cleared a bit and a
sea gull crossed the gray
sky with a sweep otf grace.
Abruptly, I jumped up
and grabbed the broom. No,
I did not chaise (the sea gull
with it; but I did attack a
cobweb I had been eyeing
as it swayed gently in a
comer of the celling as I
sat feeling sorry for my
self. I attacked It with such
vigor that the oait ran for
the door; so did I — and
let us both out.
Briskly, I started across
the sand toward the waiter’s
edge. The cold mist blew
into my face — it felt won
derful. Scmeh-w. I was re
minded of a resolution I’d
made to spend a few mom
ents in prayer and medita
tion in order to give myself
a good Start fbr the day. I
hadn't lived up to it too
well. Weil, maybe this was
a form of meditation; this
communion with nature,
.that is; being inspired by
the out-of-dsoors. words
came to mind: “Praise God
from whom all blessings
flow ...”
A flock of gulls near the
waiter seemed to. be having
a meditation Of their own.
They arose, as I approach
ed, .with a great whir of
wings. It was exhilarating!
“They are not pondering,” I
thought with amusement,
“on whether or not they
have cobwebby moss grow
ing on their legs. They are
much too busy looking for
Another line flashed
into my mind: “Cast the net
on the right side . . .” Food
for thought. Was I begin
ning to change my net
over?
I rooked alt tine waves.
Close up, on a gray, misty
day, they were especially
beautiful in color in the
glassy upward curve, just
‘before they break. A lovely
Shade of green — jade and
foam? No, It was more the
shade of light-green moss.
There I was on moss again.
“There is something,” I
pondered, “that I need to
rtIMnilr out. MOSS—glOSS.
That’s * it — glossy moss!
Nice, new light-green moss.
I don't have to roQ around
the world just yet to be
come an interesting person,
to have a fresh approach to
Bfe”
The dim ouMlne of a
great steamer appeared on
the horizon; It was beaded
for the open sea. The right
of one always thrills me; it
Is as though a part at me
goes abroad.’ “What a won
derful thing its the freedom
of the mind,” I suddenly
thought, “and of the spirit.
Actually, in a very marvel
ous way, we can go any
where.”
I returned to the house
feeling like a new person.
Putting my precious Caruso
record on the hl-tfl, I turn
ed the sound up and start
ed for the kitchen sink. One
of the greatest voices of ail
time soared with feeling
above the clatter of the
dishes. My spirit soared
with it.
My thoughts had turned
from cobwebby moss. I
played more beautiful re
cordings while finishing my
housework. Then I took a
break and looked at some
Geographic magazines I’d
recently brought home from
the public library. This
time I enjoyed my travels.
What a fine thing la such a
library—a veritable store
house of riches. And how
kind and helpful our local
librarians are.
I thought of the friends
who were travelling in
Europe and felt a gladness
that they could be doing
this. They certainly deser
ved it. A retired couple,
both school teachers in our
community, and both tal
ented in other ways too.
dhe as an artist, and he as
a writer. Now, they were
both finding time for the
hobbies they loved. And
were sharing them with us.
Doubtless, when they re
turned, they would have us
over for an evening to see
(their pictures and to give
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 5
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HIGHLANDS, N. C.
Is Your Name On This List
If Not, And You Want A Hospital
In This Area,
You Had Better Support It!!
List of 1963 Donors to Highlands Hospital
August 20, 1963
* - *
Chas. O. Reiff
Alice Kaufman
Louise Clarke
Nellie L. MacGregor
Mrs. Edith Burnham
A. B. Michaels
Arthur Truck
S. W. Farnsworth
Westervelt Terhune
George Lambert
Edna Gibson Faxon
Patricia C. Pearson
James L. Bracewell
Dr. E. F. Fincher
M/M Frank Healy
Arthur L. Montgomery
The Sargent Foundation
M/M Ivy H. Smith
Elizabeth P. Valentine
M/M Julian Sueyers
Mrs. Mary H. Davis '
Mabel E. Gould ! Tfv
Richard Harrison
Guyette P. McCord
Col. and Mrs. H. D.
Porterfield
Mrs. Louise Randall
Mrs. Chas. E. Shepard
Robert A. Hebisohn
C. Brandriff Bartlett
Russell Bellman
M/M William I. Burt
Miss Anne England
Amos O. Havenstein
R. Ron Parkhill
r T Schermerhom
M/M Clarence Stokes
W. Herman Arnold
Mrs. Mary B. Bean
Betty Cole
Mrs. A. E. Pawley
Marceline Fawley
Doran Dosch
M/m nvert"i S. Chambers
I Mrs. Clara H. Conover
M/M S. L. Donley
Mrs. Robert N. Hughs
Mrs. Silas Johnson
M/M T. O. MacMakin
M/M James R. Townley
H. H. Willis
M/M Fred W. Borton
Bryant Funeral Home
Albert B. Drake
Monroe R. T.anier
Mrs. A. R. Nall
Mrs. Carolyn Little
M/M J. W. Emlinr
M/M R. C. Kennedy
M/M Harry McCall
Mrs. B. C. Black shear
Mr. R. C. Dunlop I'M*
Mrs. J. MacFord
M/M Freeman Jelks
Mrs. Genelia Keener
Frank W. Norris
Dr. and Mrs. GredR 1M
D. Warren
M/M F. M. Bird
M/M M. Monroe
Mrs. WeMee
M/M Harold Rogers
Mrs. Wesley M. Carr
M/M L. G. Misener
R. L. Conlon
Mildred A. Enrlish
M/M Edward Untermeyer
James F. Cox
Geo. Clarke
T.lndsav Goehring
Mm Lindsay Geehrin*
O. L. Peacock
Mrs. Wm. Cl Caye
Satnlah dab
Edward R. Barnard
W. P. Watkins
Rebecca Bridgers
Barbara R. Kleinpeter
Reeves Hardware
Richard G. Cox
Sara Gilder
Susan B. Hecker
M/M Ralph Sargent
Bernard Schroeder
M/M E. M. Thomason
Wm. Porter
M/M Geo. S. Clarke, Sr.
Wilhelmine G. Davis
Dr. Virginia S. Hardie
Dr. John Jacobs
M/M Edwin A. Menninger
Mrs. Baye Powell
M/M John R. Reed
Worth E. Sherrill
M/M Fred C. Allen
M/M Corydon W. Bell
M/M Chas. E. Baker
Duffy General Tire1 Co.
Mary D. Pouts
Highlands fan
Mrs. Robert Rosemond
William D. Sterrett
Mrs. C. B. Turnbull
Robert V. Watterson
Louise V. Coker
Eppie Nutting
Miss Gladys Fawley
Elisabeth Kline
Colin Brown
Edgar P. Chestnut
Mrs. Mary E. Doggett
M/M Upton C. Ewing
M/M Jay N. Hunter
M/M Howard B. Knight
Mrs. Elmer H. Opfer
M/M H. F. Becker
Borton Investment Go.
Jas. R. Bryant
Haiel H. Edwards
M/M Paul McCulloch
M/M F. A. Wightman
R. L. Potts
Mable H. Henson
W. F. MacIntyre
W. C. Ball
M/M Alan N. Bock
First Union Natt. Bank
Glenville Cafe
M/M <5. M. Fenks
Mrs. Celia Morris
Vietor H. Simmers
M/M Louis Clay
George Asnip Foundation
Rev. Gale
M/M R. K. White
M/M J. F. Sofge
Horse Cove Com. Church
M/M John H.C. Perry
Wm. G. Crawford
| M/M John Minchen
M/M Hal Dumas
Mrs. Hud Edwards
M/M Byron D. Plank
M/M Dorsey B. Price
M/M Henry H. Stoats
Joseph H. Woodward II
M/M J. J. Daniel
M/M R. C. Holt
Katherine D. Steele
Mrs. K. Cates Wall
Chas. O. Reiff
Mrs. J. T. Willis
Mrs. L. M. Calhoun
Mrs, ■; R. Gilbert
Mrs. C. W. Miaefl 1
Dr. l«|«o T. Robertson
M/M D. C. Dawkins
M/M J. H. Doolittle
Louise Lynch Harrison
Lisa G. Howe
Dr. E. E. Linn /
Mrs. R. G. Skinner
Town of Highlands
Mm Thos. K. Fitzpatrick
Highlands Country Club
Miss Inez C. McKeown
Edyth K. Quinn
Mrs. Philip G. Rust
Mrs. Lyda Harcombe
M/M W. H. Ogden
Caroline D. Hall
Seneca Grocery Co.
M/M Simon Pell
Rotary Club
Charley Potts
Frank Dulany
M/M R. L. Foreman
Cathryn Therrel
Col. and Mrs. H. D.
Porterfield
M/M Roy W. Phillips
M/M J. K. Hays
Mrs. Bennett S. Rose
Mrs. C. B. Ewing
Ed. F. Edwards
Edith Templeton Warwick
Blanche Davenport
M/M Leonard S. Mudge
A. J. Dillard, Jr.
Mrs. W. E. Roberts
Glenn Berryman Family
M/M A. M. Jellen
High Hampton Inn
Mrs. Martha B. Pollard
M/M Malcolm Roberts
Mrs. J. A. Talley
Malcolm S. Burgess
A. J. Gocking
John D. Ritchey
Irving D. Steele
L. E. Potto
L. C. Van Nest
J. G. Cranston
Claude G. Men tier
Andrew E. Potter
M/M Elliott Blumentha!
Ernest T. Delbnm
M/M J. Emmett Evans
Dorothea Harbison
Edward Callahan
Mrs. Stephanie S. Nathan
Rev. H. A. Stndebaker
Mrs. A. Turnbull
M/M A. S. Happoldt
M/M J. A. Harrington
Capt. E. A. Niblaek
M/M Lennard Register
M/M David Fusselman
M/M Wm. H. McHugh
Mrs. L. H. Singletary
M/M V. A. Prager
M/M D. R. Richards
Anonymous
Mr. RU1 Potts
M/M A. T. Carter
M/M W. Cobb
Sally Rose
Mrs. William A. Parker
James Mack
Mrs. Del Plockelman
M/M F. A. Bird
Mrs. A. C. Glenn
Mrs. Daisy G. Stone
Elda B. Coward
Carrol Hamricks
Norton Community Chib
M/M Jkstiir M Martin
M/M Donald Allman
MM A. H. McCullough '
J. W. Barnett