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r attend f THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE SUNDAY Baptist—IX a.m. & 7:30 pm. Methodist — n us. Presbyterian — 0 and 11 a.m. Episcopal — 8 and 11 us. Oarthotto — 11 am. Christian Science •— li ani, Highlands, N. C, Friday, August 30, 1963 The ONLY Newspaper in This Wide World Published in the Highest Elevated and Exclusively to Promoting Highlands Area Hospitable Town in Eastern America B0M3HUMDS High Low Aug. 21 78 46 Aug. 22 76 S3 Aug. 23 78 54 Aug. 24 82 58 Aug. 25 — No Record Aug. 26 82 51 Aug. 27 80 57 Air Conditioned by Nature Vol. 6 Number 35 Ten Cents Per Copy “Hootenanny ’63” Opens Tonight At Highlands Community Theatre With Matinee Sat. At 2:30 And Evening At 8:30 P. M. Pictured above are the ‘ "Touchstones”, one of the popu lar croups appearing: in Highlands "Hootenanny” ’63 at Highlands Community Theatre. , Ve«try Elected At Episcopal Church The enamel Pariah meet ing of the Highlands Episco pal Church Of .the Incarna tion was hettdi immediately fallowing a Parish Slipper on .Monday, August 2fltth. Eleven members were elected /to the Veetry and included: Tudor N. Hall, George Saussy, Martha Goode, Eliaafoerth HarMson, I. A. Trively, Alan Buck, Dr. Thomas Grumpier, Women Lorens, OoL Val Pierson, Robert Barnes and R. V. Watteroon. During the Parish meeting the congregaitiom heard re ports dram the rector, the Rev. Gale D. Webbe, and from tin. Harbison, parish treasurer. Mm. Hairfalmn and Mrs. Tudor N. HOB spoke on the work of the Episcopal Church/women during the past year, and MM. Bari De Moon reported for the Altar Guild, the Memorial’s Com mittee, and the Music De partment. Dr. Grumpder, chairman of the Every Mem ber Canvass, and Mr. Ban say, custodian of the Land Purchase Fund, told «f the present Status of their fields of responstAUty. The rector announced that beginning ithda Sunday, September 1, Sunday serv ices at the Chuneh otf the Incarnation, will be aft 8 and 11 am. ably, with the 9:30 servtae twine; discontinued until peat summer. The full schedule of week day serv ices win be continued into the Fall, however. , The opportunity to visit Several of .Highlands’ most, interesting and outstanding private homes wlH cafii&nue to be available op., Friday eiftemiodns for a short time Into the future, through the Courtesy of the owners' and Next Week THE HIGHLANDER will not publish on September 6th in order that both the publishing and the print staffs may have a week’s vacation. Our office will re-open on September 9th, and publication wifi resume on September ISth. Our best wishes for a leave Highlands dur 'JEJWJ’SSC the ae-% project at the Episco pal Churchwoxnen. Tele phone 3131 Friday mornings for d'eaiiils and reserwattonB. Majterial far the annual Re-Sale can be brought to the Fellowship Hall of the church at any time, or will be picked up ait request The Rle-Sale is scheduled for early October. Inter-Church Meeting Set The summer meeting of the Highlands Inter-Church Group is scheduled tar (Mon day, September 9th, alt the Methodist Church. ICO (President, Henry Cleaveland, will (welcome the representatives of the member churches at 7 o’clock. The local Baptist, Episco pal, (McithOdtstk and Presby terian churches cooperate thorough itfhe ICO In various service efforts In the High lands community. Scout Drive Kicks Off The local Boy 6oout Fund Drive for the Daniel Boone Council which bring* Scout ing to 5,000 boys in 14 Wes tern North CMUna coun ties got under way last Fri day night with a “kick-off” supper alt Tbs Highlander Restau/raxxt. > Louis (Bud) Paris, chair man dr the Drive here, re ported that 20 campaigners are now cchbaiottaig people for donaitjfon*. Donations may also be left at the afffloe. of Rhodes’ Electric In Twte Shopping Center. Mirror Lake Co. To Meet Mr. Clyde Bolt, Br., chair man of the Mirror Lailoe Im provement Company, Inc., ann ounced this week that a meeting for the eftecMon at officers will be hefaT oh September 7. All members are requested to be —.." Gem Drawing Is Saturday This is your last chamce to take a chance on three oases of precious and semi precious stones, ail cut and ready to mount. These stones all came from this pant of the coun try and were all given to 'the Hudson library, by the finders, for (his special benefit. Included among the stones ore emeralds, rubies, star sapphires, topaz, ame thysts, epiddte, smoky quartz and garnets to men tion a few. At 4 o'clock on Saturday, August 91st, at the Hudson Library there wW be three consecutive drawings of the numbered donation - cards for oases 1, 2, and 3 in or der given. If the people are there whose cards are drawn the oases will be pre sented to them on the spot, if mot there the cases will be sent to them. After the drawing punch and cookies will be served by the Lib To turn your dollar bills intbo donation cards, euc(h bill becomes a card and each card entitles the hold er to one chance. Take them to any member of the committee, Mrs. Tudor Hall, Miss Helen: Augur, Miss Blanche Davenport, Archie Jellen‘3 Gem Shop, Paul Mg OamptoeflTs Gem Shop to Miss Gertrude Hacbfeon, Li brarian or where the cases are on display. On Friday evening, Auw uat 30 the gems will be at Highlands Inn. On Saturday morning at 10 am. (the case makes its final trip and goes on dis play ait the Hudson library. After 2:30 p.m. on Saturday no more dollar bills will be changed into donation-cards. So you, who have put off getting cards, had beat hurry and get a donattkxn cOrd or two or three for never before has an oppor tunity Bfce this dome your way! The mtoney from the don ation cards goes to the library where It gets chang ed into books and service for you. The names of the three winners will be posted on the (Bulletin Board in front of the Library and on the Town drier—Bulibin Board —in the vacant lot nest to Mrs. Haroorribe's Real Estate Office. They will also be in the September 13 Highlan der Newspaper. “Summer Hootenanny ’63” opens tonight at 8:30 at the Highlands Community Theatre. Two performances are scheduled Saturday with a matinee at 2:30 and and evening performance at 8:30. AM seats are being said on a general admission basis at: Adults: $2, Chil dren (12 and under) $1. A limited number of reserved^ seats are being sold for the' benefit of those Who would like them. The reserved seats are lo cated in the ladt three rows of the theatre. Headlining Summer Hoot enanny ’63 will be The Mountain. City Singers item Atlanta, Ga., and The Touchstones from Green ville, S. C. Both groups ore widely known throughout the southeast due to their club, school, civile organiza tions, and television appear- . ances. Included in The Mountain City Singers will be Stan Robinson and Dan ny Smith. Stan, who plays the guitar and plays both pooular and jazz music as well as folk music, has been recording records for the past six years. The records include Boney Maranle with the Appalachians, Lawdy Mias Olaudy, and many oth er.. Danny, who plays four different instruments, In cluding the banjo, has worked with the Macon Folk Festival, the Atlanta Folk Festival and the Grand Ole Opera. They have made many appearances together The Folk Singers Coffee House in Miami, Fla.; and numerous colleges and night clubs. The Touchstones, from GreemVHJe, S. C., who ap pear quite frequently on WFBCJTV’s “Telescope” and ‘^Shindy” programs, sing the classical ballads of England, Scotland, and Ire land and American songs of mountain, western, and Ne gro origin. The Touchstones have appeared in the Greenville area In numer ous clubs, colleges and festi vals. They have also ap peared at The Dunes, at Myrtle Beach, S. C., Ctemson College, The Otemaan Mouse, The Pecan Grove In Char lotte, N. C., and The Star light Conceit with the At lanta Pop Orchestra In At lanta, Ga. Included In the group are Linda Jones, the vocalist; Steve Gibbs, who plays bass and occasionally doubles on the guitar and banjo; Bank Parkis, who plays the guitar PYF Elects Officers Miss Margaret McCarty, rtaing senior at Highlands High School, was elected PHesMerat of the Presbyter ian Youltto Feltowetetop ait the group's meeting August 16. i Margaret has been an ac tive leader to Presbyterian youth adthdltdes Car a num ber of years, and she served as Vice-President of the PYF during the past year. Sites GaM Calloway was elected !by her feltow young Presbyterians to serve as Vice-President during the year 1963-04. The new Bee retary-treasurer Is Miss Sandra Gall Taylor. Retiring President Doyle Calloway will serve as Welcome Chairman, and Mbs Betty Holt was reelected to the post of Commission Chair* man. The newly elected PYF officers will attend a spe cial officer training retreat sponsored (by Asheville Pres bytery September 21st and 22nd at Camp Momdaimin, south of Hendersonville. Several of the local young people attended last year’s training session. o»flcuimr and ibamijo, contrifoultes a fahorougih knowledge o f musical instruments and theory to ttlhe group; and TkSm Young, who plays gui- 1 tar and banjos, acts as spokesman ifor The Touch stones, completing title program will ibe The Highlanders, of Asheville, N. C., and Nick Hallman, of Greenville, S. C. The Highlanders Include: BUI Horton, a 20-year-old alt Wake Forest Col who stags lead and ya a six-etirtnig guitar; Nelson Watts, who plays the five-string banjo and sings tenor, is a junior chemistry major and Is headed for nfedlcal school ait UNC; Bob Hinkle, a 12-string guitarist and baas player, will enter TJMC in the fall with studies aimed toward a degree in law. The Highlanders have appeared ait the Swiss Cha let In Winston-Salem, N. C., and appeared In a series of "Jicoteniamnys” which they started in Asheville. Besides the “hoatenannys,” they have performed tor various civic groups, businesses, and several charity shows for the retarded and handicap ped. Nick Hallman, an English teacher from Greenville, S. <?., 'completes the program of 10 performers who will be endearing,- In “Summer Hootenanny ’63” tonight and tomorrow ait the matinee and night performances. Nick, 24, a native of Atlan ta, Ga„ is a graduate of University. He has the gufttar for 12 tahd taleb enjoys plav '“ttllfiabJat,- bandit and bats®. He prefers the older, traditional (folk songs, and occasionally uses his five-year-old Son while per forming. Nick has appeared on WFBC-TV’s Telescope program and will be a fre quent performer on the Shindy show in the fall. “Summer Hootenanny ’63” Is produced by Clyde A. Bdt, Jr., with Fred Allen as Managing Director and Ro bert Duncan os Technical Director. The entire staff of the Highlands Community Theatre would like to take this opportunity to thank all angels, patrons, and sup porters of the theatre, as well as ithe advertisers and SEE NO. 2, PAGE 8 Humane Society Making Appeal The Macon County Hu mane Society, (Highlands, Is appealing far funds with which to purchase land and erect a -heater for unwanted dogs and data, which will then toe available tor adop tion. This Will benefit Ithe en tire county, as It will pre- : vent the formation of packs i of wild dors, Which destroy wildlife and email farm ani mals for their food. There j Is always the danger of ni- ! bies starting among these ; packs of dogs which they have enrttnacited from wild animals. Children waiting I along the roads for Bchooi buses 'are especially in dan- I ger. 'During the winter! monttha these abandoned dogs and oaibs suffer the most from cold and lack of food. Please pend donations to: Macon County Humane So ciety, Box 458, Highlands, N. C. Until such time as a shel ter can be built, the Hu mane Society has arranged to board a few dogs at a time while they find homes for them. They have also arranged to have a truck came 'here from another hu mane society shelter, to re oetve any unwanted dogs and cat, and take them tuck to the shelter tor adoption. The truck will be narked next to Town Hail, Salburday, August 31, be tween 9 and IT. am. HIGHLANDS YOUNGSTERS RETURN TO SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER 3RD Vacation ends for some 348 children and young peo ple in the HighJlanda area next week as the Highlands School re-opens its doors flor another school term. School begins on Tuesday, Septembers, at 8:25 am. Unless plans are changed, the school day win be a ftifl CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS Year-round and part-time residents of Highlands are responding to letters sent out recently by the High lands Chamber of Com merce inviting individuals to join the organization. Heretofore, the member ship has been made up of those people who represent business establishments in the area. At a board of directors mooting (Monday night sec retary Mary Garland re ported the following as hav ing joined Ithe Chamber during the past several days: Frank T. Gardner, A. C. Holt, Mr. and Mrs. War ren Shatbuek, Mr. and Mrs. Overton' Chambers, Sr., Dewey Hopper, Mrs. Many Bean, Mts3 Beftty Cole, Dr. Thelma Hlowell, Albert E. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Seaton, (Mildred P. Roberts, Malcolm S. Burgess, H. H. Wfflils, and Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Bird. A donation was al so reported (from Big Bear pen Development Corpora tion. “We are pleased to have these civic, minded citizens as members and hope that representative of the entire Highlands area,” vice presi dent Clyde Mehder com Library Elects New Officers A meeting of the mem bership of itihe Hudson Lib rary was held ait the Lib rary on Monday afternoon. Mrs. Harold N. Oociedge was elected president to succeed Miss Helen Augur, th© retiring president. Other of fleers elected were: Mrs. Val Pierson, first vice-president; Mrs. Roy Bunn, second vice-president: Mrs. Sidney L. McCarty, re cording secretary; Miss Hel en Augur, corresponding secretary; and Miss Doro thea HatMson, treasurer. The following trustees were also elected: Mrs. M. H. Guthrie. Mrs. Lyda Har com.be, Mrs. Overton. 8. Chambers, and Mrs. Ehaa beth Valentine. Ain interesting and infor SEE NO. 3. PAGE 8 menited. Mr. Mehder went on to say that iBhe enlarged member ship would (furnish more people from Whom to elect officers and directors, and dues wouM contribute sUbatamtoiaily (toward the new brochure the Chamber is 'underbaMng to finance this year. Individual memberships are $5 per year end are open to all who have the interest of Highlands at heart. Repenting on flhe square dance festival, treasurer Helen Coffee Stated (that a few more bills were attmi to came in, but tadteatfons pointed to an approximate $550 profit from the fund raising entortainmeUt. A ad ditional $250 far the bro chure fund was raised ait the special square dance held at Helen’s Bara on July 3rd. APW Funds Allocated _ District {Ranger DanaJd thS Accelesited ' #utollc Works funds to the amount of $13,000 have been allo cated to the Highland Dis trict as its share cf a $50. 000 (total to be received in Macon Oountty. Uhls amount, he raid, will provide albout 5,000-man hours of addlttonal work for IBghlandB area men, phis the hiring of needed equip ment and purchase at materials and supplies. “This will enable us to put 10 laddit.'onal men back to work,” Mr. Peterson ex plained. Projects which toe local district pHants wlto toe APW money toclude the addition of family units alt Chffside, landscaping and improve ment of the beach at Cliff side hake; stream improve ment of Blue Valley streams; repairs on Yellow Mountain lootoouft tower; and toe installation of a waiter line to the ranger re sidence which is in process of construction. APW employe's are ex pected to begin work with in the next two or three weeks. , one, with students dismiss ed at 3:10 p.m. Principal Charles Hendrix stated Monday that despite the loss of tiwo teachers by i a out in the State allot ment, essentially the same courses will be offered this year that were offered last year. The seventh and eighth grades are to be depart mentalized this year in or der to handle the heavier load imposed by the two teacher loss. Ah vacancies an the fac ulty have been filled, with the exception of one elem entary teacher, to serve either as a Special Educa tion teacher or a regular teacher. The facility for this term as announced Monday is as follows: Charles Hendrix, principal; (Mr. O. F. Sum mer, (Mr. W. C. Newton, Mr. Robert DuFree, Mrs. Robert DufPree, (Mia. TcaiW Ml Her (under special allotment), Mr. Corbett (Holland, Milss Ethel Conaway, Mis. Edith Henson, (Miss Virginia Ed wards, Mrs. Irene Jamies, Mrs. Ruth Brown, and the teacher to fin the vacancy mentioned above, also un der special allotment. Mrs. Lucille Reese will again serve as school secretary. (Mr. Hendrix has emphas ized that BUI pupils entering •the ffirst grade must be six years-cld before October is in order to enter. Rotarians See Film “A Day lin-The Late of Joe” was the fettle erf a filmstrip shewn by Presi | derit Dan (McCall to fellow , Rotariam alt /the Club’s reg ular meeting Tuesday might. The ltlm demonstrated the many ways to which the Rotary Pour-Way Teat can be brough into use in ev eryday Using — namely “Is it the truth?” “Is It Cato feo all concerned?” “Will It build goodwill and bdbter friendships?” and “Will ft be beneficial to all concerned?” Guest speaker next Tues day night will be Dr. Karl Anderson of Rabun Cap School. The meeting seas attended (by 30 Rotmnlam and four guests, among them Mr. Ed ward Vito, solo hottest, who was long associated with the K.r ~t. Symphony and i Arturo Toscanini. The new WiMeet Cliffs Country Club club house will Club architect, Henry D. Norris, alone the lines of a area of 7,55* square feet eni will hold the Club offices.
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