ATTEND
SUNDAY
Baettrt — 11 w & 7:30 pan.
Methodist — 11 am
Presbyterian — m am.
Episcopal — 8 and 11 am.
Catholic — 8:45 am
Christaon Science — 11 aji
Ihe ONLY Newspaper in This Wide Wor raDe voted Exclusively to Promoting Highlands Area
Published in the Highest Elevated and Most Hospitable Town in Eastern America
Air Conditioned by Nature
Highlands, N. C., Friday, October 16, 1964
Number 42
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Ten Cents Per Copy
In an eifartt to paavfcte
damfe Harm of IntertWimnent
Car tacttH pslopte this winter,
dhamfoer at
lit <the Oatax Theater.
(Begtamdmg ttfine first Satur
day in Novemlber (movies
wdU be Shown by the mana
" through October) itthe
to sponsor
movie Car 10 weeks,
iff Dhe 'aitrterudanee war
rants St, to sponger them
throughout the winter.
The Chamber of Com
merce will receive no profit
from Itthe venture, but has
(token ton (the (project Strictly
ttis a public sendee.
Khe admrtaaton will be (the
same als ts creigutorty changed
at .the Galax Theater. How
ever, the CStomfber is pnepan
fa* a boolc of 10 adult ttek
etts (one for each jmavtejp
the ientire book, the mOvie
„ a 30 pet cent re
m admission ctniafflge.
Ohamlber
the Mckets would make
(hOge gifts iDor apodal Mends,
-mao, 'as wKffl ais helping sup
’pout IKD0 prooeci.
Presbyterian
. ■
apdcSad - evaafafg . aeirvtaes
taule adhadrated at the High
lands First PBedbyltertan
Church. begtonfag Sunday,
October aatfli and extending
ttftwtough Tuesday, October 27,
aKwenUng ibo an announce
ment this week toy Rev. O.
Dan McCall, paiSbar.
Guest preacher tor the
services iwttB be the Rev.
Cantez A. Cooper, who has
occupied Ithe pulpit on pre
vious oodaHkinB.
Mr. Ooqper Is now pastor
Of the Haetford Presbyterian
Ohiurdh to RaePond, N. C.
SarvUceB Win begun each
nighlt alt 7:30.
The McCartys
Go West’
(Mr. and (Mrs. Sidney Mc
Carty, Jr., irtttumed this
'welello (team. a sightseeing
(tour of the soante west.
Txwrttmgr iHtgfhtonids on Sep
tteMber 06, they covered 6,162
•Mites in thelir swtog through
Many waatarn states and
Several of the places
visited were Monroe City,
Mo., where S4d\s gnantiifeith
er meed to live, who was a
veteran of the cavil War and
iwiallked the whole distance
there dSrom Vtalgflnta cut the
otiose of the wiar; the South
Dakota Badlands, where
/they Sam the Valley of the
Moon, the liaivta Beds,, the
'famous Deadiwtood of “Old
iwejt” fame, and BUolt Hill;
YeHknMtone Naibtonai Park,
where there wale two inches
of snow on the ground and
<thay were melt alb the en
trance toy a grtmfly hear;
(the Grand! Canyon, Death
Viaffley and the Piahhlandlte of
*10X813, and Many Other wed
known places of interest.
BIJJty brought back to her
tfirtands in (Highlands samples
of “Jartty”, oadtus candy, and
pinGon nuts.
Jump Fatal
To Milk Cow
Autumn Scis £ The OcUb„, Show .. Now ,n P^o..
Women of ithe Presbyter
ian Ohtureh will hold their
annual mnmpKaga sale an
Saturday, October 24tfe, in
the basement at the church,
Ibegtamfag at 9 am.
Thtase wishing to donate
articles tor the sale may
leave them In the dhunch
basetmetnlt an !F\riiday, Octo
ber 23, or unlay cam Mins.
Esther HhlttBps, telephone
4194, -before (that day 11
they haive mo way Of bring
ing them in.
Good used clothing and
Various ihousehold an tides
-will be available alt the
rummatgie sale.
Klip N’ Kurl
Klosing Sat.
Aaribunoement Wals been
imfeiide Itbatt <the Http ‘n’ Hurl
Beautty gallon, owned n^l
opertalbed by Miss Martha
Reese, win dose tor the win
ter on fialtunday, October
T7th.
Miss IReetae experts to
spend the wdmlter in Atlanta,
Oa„ wfhere She will be em
ployed.
Western North Oarohma
Paving Company af w&ytnes
vllW tioioik; advam/bage of
“Oatobatfs bright blue weiaith
er” this Week and completed
paving and xe-suirflac4mg an
Your ilMglhteinute streets.
Being panned ltor the first
I time were SBHirst Street and
Church Street, and re-sur
ifaslng was dlane on Second
j DeviUe Talks
At Rotary
Mr. Ralph Devllle, ossst-c.
Of Hie Stone Lanlt)=i>rf''6hap
and a member Of the Hlgh
tendS - Oadhders HtaepUal
Board of Trustees, was the
Tatadpal speaker at the
Tuesday might meeting of
the iHUghilamte Rotary Club.
Mr. Devllle talked to Ro
itarSarts about various prob
lems and plans pertaining to
tha Htg^Umnidw . CaShiera
Htaspital.
Attendance at the meeting
had rdtmmied almost Ito the
number present during the
winter, ala moat of itihie visit
ing Riatartams who attend
through the summer have
lent . HlIgMflinrts for the sea
son.
WCC Planning Extensive
Homecoming Observance
CUULOWHME — Kotne
ocsntag Day ait Western
OamoUda College to aefc fry
Saturday. Dr. Guy Burebfial,
lahwnrtl executive sjecrelBairy
'and chairman of Che Home
coming oammftttee, aadd teta
yeiarls ittoeme is tax keeping
■With tbe collegers 7«Uh anmd
vepjany celtenaitdan.
A eotraUartitan teU is set
tor HElld Gymnastum Friday
sEtigitolt ftiom 8 ,bo 12, when
BreiJjdent Paul A. Redid will
crown Queen Falbricia Mad
dicx of Rurtiheitoedlban.
Alumni will xsigfciter ait
iHunltar Iilhratry Dram 10 un.
Ito 1 pan. and OotEfee will be
served by Alpha Phi S'ljmu
sohjOla-Jtllc Scdelty. BMxorabe
dll rOays wtiia be placed alt
warfcus apdtls over tee cam
pus, prepaidd by afcudeclt or
abnfUaltdcms tax ocmueliliilioix
®or aiwaios.
A parade wdlll .begin alt 1
pox. alt Ratal Gynmnsotum,
'roliaw ax route tenougui tee
casqpvta. and uudbndDMte adlih
« special prcBBtan ut Me
mortal Stadium. The Queen
.. _X.T
(EaUMKI WUl WUlij OMKB will
presented to wOxmers in the
d’Ccuialtjlans contest.
WOC band director Aaron
Hyatt tte in change of ar
oramsemlBnt3 Jar parttalpa
(tUon of 'the Mars HSU OoOlege
and WOC scUdcU bands, and
•the foOawlng 'high school
bands: W’ajm.eavtiUe, Charles
D. Owens (Swanmanioa),
Clyde. Syhra-W'efoatter, Clyde
A. Erwin, Bethel, Canton,
©wain (Bry-ion aity), A. C.
Reynolds, North (Buncombe,
Franklin, Kings Mountain,
land Bast Forsyth (WdnSton
Sailem).
The gaOdaiy of Hunter Li
brary Will ibe open from 2:30
•to 4:30 am. for Informal
alumni visiting, and refresh
monlts will be served. Open
(house wiill be held in <aU dor
mitories from 3 to 4 pm.
The annual afcmyid bud
mess meeting 4s set for 4:30
dn\ Hoey Auditorium, to be
•ftoUomad bv ih» aJumayd baa*
jbseve dinner to Brown Oafe
■m ptey
end the
end wtth
in Held
Oymnadum eg 10 pm.
wite ott 6 troHoclL I
and WOC
ait I pm.
Stretett and South Street.
For those mat too familiar
With Which Street is Which
—First Street extends from
'the rad light kiltersectttan ait
'Phillips 66 atatillon up the
hill to Jodn Oak Street
('which passed behind the
Baptist Church). Church
Street leads from Fourth to
Filth Street,by way of the
back of the Presbyterian
'Church.
Re-surfacing was dame an
Second Street from the paint
where it leaves West Main
to pass by the Baptist
Church and join Oak. South
Street leads to the hospital,
passing between King’s Inn
and the ‘dd Pierson House.
Brownies,
Jrs. Meet
Oct. 28th
The fflirstt meefblinig of the
Highlands Junior Girt Scouts
■ard Brownies iwdUl toe held ait
the school on Wednesday,
Ootober 28th, alt 3:30 pm.
The Brownies (girts from
left and 2nd grad;) with
'Mrs. Stephen iPiartter as lead
er and Mm. V. W. McCall as
her aisrtd'cttteunt. wlffl meet In
the 'school library. The Jun
ior Girt Sctoults (ages 9 to 11)
'will meet with ithekr leader,
'(Mrs. Jlam.es McOtnley, In ithe
caifeberta.
^ Parent's of girls wishing
to jolm either Of (the above
'ihnroru may oonltiaet the
loaders Hot- further infarma
ttton.
p-i'h .the 'Brownie group
and ithe Junior group are 'be
ing sponsored by ithle High
Jnimrt* Paiwit-Teacher Asso
ciation. Mrs. Alan Lewis Is
rthsu’imian or 'the ocmimlibtoj
for the Junior Girl Soouits,
and Mrs. Steve Potts Is chair
man 'for the Brownies.
CttMsrs serving era the
Troop Committee are Mrs.
Dick Potts and Mm. Rufus
Launlus. Two more are
needed on the Tttwp Oom
mttttee and an assistant
leader ts deeded: for the
PrizeWinher
1$ Former
Highlander
Mbs. Marvin Baity, at
Seneca, S. C., who walked
away with first pmize to the
quilt exhiibitiianis at the An
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 3
Mr. Smith
Dies Here
MeUbanme Smith, 32, of
Qaifhlero, died to HUrhiands
CJaiSWers UoapHtaa «alhiir/lny
night aifteir an at six
yearn
Mr. Smith waa a native of
Missouri and had Awed to
Cashiers tor 16 years. He
was a retired newspaperman.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Gladys Whitaker Smith;
a eon, Albert of Bdbstawn.
Teat.; two daughters, Mrs.
Dudley Glberaom at Alton,
HI., and Mrs. Henry Oomkle
of Cashiers; three staters,
Mrs. W. Scldtt Smith, Mias
Bab Smith, and Mbs. Carl O.
Kamp of St louts, Mo.; 11
grandchildren; and two
gteat-gbanidlihUriren.
&3rvices were held alt 2:30
pjm. Tuesday to the Episco
pal Church of the Good
t'hajherd of which he was
a member.
The Rev. Wilson Sneed,
DJD., rector 'of St. Agnes
Episcopal Church of Frank
lin affidalbed.
Pallbearers were Howard
Zachary, Richard Jennings,
Brad PeU, Adrian Fowler,
Denis Allen, and nhmmm*
Roteittson.
Burial wais in the church
cemetery at Cashiers.
The family suggested that
In lieu Of iflcwers, oonrtaibu
ittons ibe made to HUghtends
Oa hters Hospital.
The National Science
Fnundaiblon has made a
■ginartt of $67,400 to the High
lands Bfritagtoall Station to
expand Its present Labors
ticrfy bidkUncr, erect a garage
iwanefhiouse, and Improve ex
Ujtteiig waiter lines.
The igranit Is for a period
ctf aipprcaalimaiteaiy one year
and is under the dinedtSon of
Dr. Thleibna Howell, execu
tive direotor.
In coimmentinig on the
New P. O. Equipment Here
But Where’s New P. O.?
. wow +*qiiromeajD tot line
nor past office ait Tfflghftanrtu
(has been anftvtog by truck
| i.eceinitly, but so tar there's
||^o sign of any tanUMlng an
ittieoaraar of Mlh and Pine,
i The contract liar the new
IbuUdtnig was awarded to
Olemisian Lumlher Company,
damson, S. C., this spring.
On June 22, Paul Norton
Sen. Smathers
Will Speak At
Dem. Rally
Florida aanaitor George A.
sraanuers mas accepted an
man Boy A. Taylor to
tAut chief address ait the 11th
OcmgreMltanal District Dem
ocratic Rally October 27 In
Oamton Junior High School.
Democrats from thte 14
county ctmgrowniiM aiscmct
will also heat
Whose home town the event
la hetog staged. Rep. Taylor
win serve bb master at
ceremonies.
AlSo on the platform will
be Bob Scott, nominee tor
LieUtlenant Governor; Gov
ernor Terry Sanford; Sena
tors Sam J. Ervin, Jr., end
B. Everett Jordan; end
members of the Council of
State.
State Representative Ern
est Messer df Canton, rally
chairman, has announced
tfaait fastivOTes wil gelt under
way at 5:30 pjm. with a free
meal and special entertain
ment. The main program
■wtH start alt 7 pm. Special
Canton - bound motorcades
are being organized to bring
uemioeraits cram snnouna
ing counties.
Canton was the scene of
the district Democratic rally
to 1900, when Fdaniclto D.
Roosevelt, Jr., was the
speaker. “It was one at the
most enthusiastic gatherings
I have ever witnessed,” re
called (Rep. Taylor.
The Congressman said
Senator SmatherB Is looked
upon by many as a native
WleStem North: Carolinian
because of his Haywood
County ties. Bis parents,
Judge and Mrs. Frank
Smarthers, reside must at
each year to WaynesvUle.
The senator himself was
elected to the House of Rep
resentatives In 1946; re
elected to 1948; and won his
Senate seat in 1950. He was
re-elected to begin his third
term in 1962.
Ha( is the third ramikng
memlblar of the Senate Fi
nance Committee and also
serves on the Foreign Rela
tions Oommittele.
‘'He is also known for his
•hardhitting, dynamic Dem
ocratic speeches,” Taylor
Two Teachers Added
To Highlands School
(Mils. James NeWbon (the
farmer (Miss Tim. Haahtaan)
(and Mr. Jack Oabe ware re
oanltly added to the faculty
alt Highlands School to re
lieve the teacher over-load
which existed thane since
the beginning of the present
Mrs. Newton, who
ed WeStem OavoBtoa
and the omrewllty off North
Carolina, to towhing to JMt
JUmes, sesoond grade teach
er.
Mr. Oabe, sen of Mr. ami
Mrs. C. & CUbe of aghfeacta
atStended Wedtem OaraOlna
snath gratia * te“cUlng **“
Other tiraciwm are Charles
Hendrix. lahfcfra1; Mr. and
was employed oy me oan
tmadtar to da excavaJtion
work on this site, and after
Paul moved ou/t, toe town
kept waiting for a oanStruc
tSan crew to move to—bat
nothing happened.
The artgttoal anouncenueinit
from the VS. Posit Office
'Department on toe award
ing of tone canteadt stated
that the new poet office
was expected to be ready for
occupation: by November
19th. That's just about one
month away.
bUDding plans, Dr. Howell
stated thrit aJthougfo the
pfesedt laboratory te only
•Ax yeans old it is inadequate
tor itflxe fletaeairdh demands at
itWdse blaQagists Whose work
leads Uhlan to (the Southern
Appalachian. The now grant
from the Nlalttoual Scfanee
FlouddalUlan provides Dor a
2,678 squaate toot eadtwinton
to the present laboratory.
This wtm provide a general
chemical laboratory room,
eighth individual retoiareh
rooms, chemical storage,
photographic dattabofm, re
frtgJsraJtion, vacuum, and
compressed tor. Albera&oms
to the prasedt touflllcliJdg will
provide enlarged Hbracy
cruaators, and a seminar
room.
The garage-twtatredouae will
conmam >aipproQonmxaiy i,ow
souaire .feat.
FTohowing the Fall meet
ing at the iRcweajch Com
mittee of the on
Ootober 17, Unto wJH be call
ed tor.
WILDCAT CLIFFS C CLUB
ANNUAL BARBECUE IS SET
Front Nine To Be Put Into Play
Tne
nUi , nlVl im ifl i ■ M
earn year tot
ftfends ait WUdcttfc CBIts
dub, la scheduled
lat 3:30 otakxft.
At ithte dbnfe (the dub cus
tomarily plays (hast (to Soane
160-200 guests Dai a serttiing of
atutbumn colons itlhatt datights
the eye.
A lanahetan at King's Inn
far equity members will be
head ait ndcm preceding the
barbecue.
This annual event this year
will he high lighted by tbe
opening at (the first nine
Feed Grain
Available
WASHINGTON — Farmers
in 10 Western North Caro
lina counties whose crops
were damaged by the recent
, heavy rains and floods may
be eligible to purchase gov
ernment-owned. feed gain alt
Deduced -prices. They may
also toe ehgitole for tempor
ary grazing privileges on
land retired from crop pro
duction.
Congressman Roy A. Tay
lor, who made the announce
ment far the Agriculture
Department, hated (the coun
ties as Buncombe, Cherokee,
Olay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, Macon,
Swain, and Transylvania.
The Agriculture Depart
ment announcement empha
sized ithat livestock growers
would not be eligible to
purchase the government
grain unless it is detennIn
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 3
Rotarians
Sponsoring
Youth Night
Beginning Saturday, Octo
ber 17th, alt 7:30 pm. and
conittoutog through the win
ter, the -Highlands Rotary
Club Is sponsoring a youth
night in the hatfcgncrtt of
the Methodist Church.
This program was begun
last year due to a lack of
recreaujanaii opipcaitniiiitaes nsr
teen-agers in the TWghflanria
area, it is hoped that
it can toe expanded this
year.
“We wttto (to erophaiie
(that this program la tor