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Highlands, N. C, Friday, November 27, 1964
Number 48
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Agustus C Holt
Old-Timer
A. C. Holt
Passes
Augustus C. Holt, 86 years
of age, died in. a Sylva Hos
pital Thursday night, Novem
ber 19th, following a brief
illness.
A retired farmer, merchant,
and real estate dealer, he was
a life-long resident of Macon
County, and had owned a
home in Highlands Township
since 1905.
In 1901, he was married to
Gertrude Cobb, and the couple
lived in Baker, Oreg,, for
some three years, then re
turned to Highlands to spend
the remainder of their lives.
Mrs, Holt died in I960. -
^^ateunch belivar^vat High
ing” of Highland! to all com
ers, and a vital i interest in
each new-phase; of. Hr. gn^wilh
and development occupied
the declining years of his life
to a large degree.
Survivors include two sons,
Han try A. and Richard C. Holt,
of Highlands; two daughters,
Jessie (Mrs. George) Hal
britter of Cleveland , Ohio,
and Helen (Mis. Dewey) Hop
per of Highlands; three sis
ters, Mrs. Mae Hunt, of Port
land, Oreg., Mire. Ella New
man and Mrs. Belle Jarrett,
of Long ‘Beach, Calif.; four
grandchildren; and six great
grandchildren .
Services were held at 2:30
p.m. Sunday at the Highlands
Presbyterian Church. The Rev.
Dan McCall, pastor, end the
Rev. Robert DuiPree, former
pastor, officiated.
Pallbearers were Jaimes H.
Crawford, Walter Wilson, Al
bert Chastain, Steve Potts, V.
W. McCall, and ’Fired Hopper.
’Burial was in the Highlands
Cemetery, with Potte Funeral
Home of Franklin in charge.
The family suggested that
in lien of flowers donations
be made to the Highlands
Cemetery Company or to the
Highlands- Cashiers Hospital.
Garden Club
Elects Officers
The Highlands Garden Club
met Thursday afternoon, No
vember H9tih, at the Tate
House, 'with 16 members pres
ent
Because of the growing
.number of members from
Cashiers and their splendid
cooperation and. Work for the
chib’s projects, it was unan
imously Voted to change the
name of the club to "The
Highlands - Cashiers G&ndien
Club."
The Chairman of Civic
Beautification, Miss Blanche
Davenport, reported the pur
chase of pink dogwood trees
to be planted where the mew
sidewalk has been laid on
Main Street and in various
Other locations in the center
of town These should add
greatly to the attractiveness
of Highlands IF the commu
nity will cooperate in protect
ing the trees.
The Nominating Committee
presented its proposed shite,
which was unanimously accept
ed.
Officers for 1966 are:
President, Miss Helen Au
gur.
Vive-iPinesident, Mrs. Frank
T. Gardner.
\Rec. Secretary, Mrs. Lyda
Harcomhe.
iConr. Secretary, Mrs. D. H.
Plockelmam.
Treasurer, Mrs. Wilton H.
Cobb.
Hep. at large, Mrs. Eart M.
DeNoon.
jprogwpn is
be - November
elections are
ibbrs enjoyed),a
Quiz on what might be dulled
“The ABCs of Flower Identi
fication”, prices being wit by
Mtrs. Lann 'arid' Mis Harcdmbe.
After the meeting, refresh
ments were served in the at
tractive dining room of• the
Tate House.
Movie Is
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McLintock
it
Saturday
John Wayne, Maureen
O’Hlara, Yvonne DeCarlo, and
Patrick Wayne are. featured
in the movie “McLintock”
which is being dhown at the
Galax Theater .Saturday night,
November 28th.
The movie is in Color and
Oinema/Scope, and the feature
begins at 7 p.m. and at 9:06.
These Saturday night mo
vies are being sponsored by
the Highlands Chamber of
Commerce to provide recrea
tion during the winter months.
Unless attendance makes
it possible to show the movies
without toeing money, the
Chamber will be forced to dis
continue them.
Industrial Center
Classes Scheduled
'Things are about ready to
noil at ithe new Jackson Coun
ty Industrial Education Center
and several classes are slated
to begin December 1.
A call !has been issued for
prospective students from
Macon County to register for
the cl nee fa immediately.
Classes in automotive me
chanics and residential arid
commercial construction are
ready to begin.
Edward E. Bryson, direc
tor of the industrial center,
urges interested students to
apply at the center on the
Webster road as soon as pos
sible.
Mr. Bryson said the indus
trial canter will seek to place
graduates in good jobs.
“Anyone completing the
automotive mechanics course
at the Jackson County Indus
trial Center can atari. working
In a local ahop at a much
higher wage tton an untrain
ed worker,” iriys Woo#
(the automotive 'mechanics
course.
Dan Allison, Jot1., another
Sylva automobile executive,
says “There is a definite
shortage of trained mechanics
in Western North Carolina ae
well as in the entire nation.
There should be no unemploy
ment for skilled mechanics
because of the increasing
number of vehicles sold.”
The complete automotive
mechanics course is a one
year program to train stu
dents to locate, diagnose, and
connect troubles in all types
of automotive equipment and
Ciaesi oom instruction, along
with laboratory and shop ex
perience, is offered in testing
and servicing engines, fuel
systems, electrical systems,
power trains, transmissions,
braid, x, and suspension sys
Proepectrve students should
register immediately for class
es starting December X. '
“We need trained car pen
A Happy Thanksgiving To All!
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Camp Family,
Davis Bros.
To Sing
The regular Fifth Sunday
Night singing will be held at
the Shorrtoff Baptist Church
on November 29th.
'Services will begin at 7:30
p.m. and aill singers are urged
to be present. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
The Camp Family and the
Davis Brothers, special sing
ers from Fletcher, N. C., axe
scheduled to be there.
Sets Record
RALEIGH (AP)—Eighteen
fatalities during the week end
shoved North Carolina’s high
way dearth toll far the year
to e record high of 1,388.
With nearly six weeks yet
to go, the total already has
topped by two the previous
high of 1,386 set last year.
“This has been a bad year
for Us,” said Motor Vehicles
Cammnasianerr Ed S c h e i d i.
“But it has been generally
bad throughout the nation.”
'Scheldt said the increasing
fatality toll “imrdiaates the
need for additional steps for
highway safety. It underlines
the necessity for improved
legislation to deal with this
problem. We’ve got to put aril
our resources together to
combat this.”
■Scheldt added, ' ‘Theme
should be a definite inereaee
in the Highway Patrol’s man.
power because of the increas
ed number of vehicles, drivers
and miles traveled. W* have
emphasized the need for legis
lation requiring periodic in
spection of motor vehicles.
This should help curb the
Realtors
Elect
Officers
Ait a recent meeting of the
Highlands Board1 of Realtors,
the following officers were
named to serve for the com
ing term.
'Mrs. iLyda Harcombe is
president; Mr. Frank Cook,
vice-president; and Mrs. Elds
Coward, secretary-treasurer.
It was also announced that
at the November meeting 'held
at the office of W. H. Cobb,
Mr. Clyde Mehder was ac
cepted as a realtor, changing
from his former status as an
associate.
Methodist
Supper
Scheduled
'The women of the Methodist
Church will hold a benefit
a upper on Eiaitmday night, De
cember 6th, for the public.
The menu will offer the
choice of either baked ham
or turkey, nice, gravy, cran
berry sauce, candied yarns,
green beans, hot biscuits, ap
ple pie, and coffee or milk.
All this for only $1.25 for
adults, 76 cents for children.
Serving will begin around
6 p.m. Tickets will be on sale
several days preceding the
supper or may be purchased
at the deer.
New Arrival
'Mir. and Mas. Ralph Deville
announce the birth of a
daughter. Ann EBee, at C. J.
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Treasury Issues Warning
On Chain Letter Schemes
Chain letter schemes in
volving UjS. Savings Bonds
are in violation of Federal
regulations and persons parti
cipating in them are subject
<to possible animin&l prosecu
tion. This wanning came to
day from Walter P. Johnson,
Savings Bonds Director for
Nonth Carolina, in the face of
a reappearance of Savings
Bonds chain letters in North
Carolina.
The first such scheme was
reported as early as 1941, the
year Series E Bonds were
bom. Subsequent revivals of
the idea 'have resulted in the
U. iS. Treasury instructing all
banks and other issuing
agents to refuse to sell ’Sav
ings Bonds in cases where
they know, or have reason to
believe, (that the Bonds will be
used in any type of chain
letter scheme. This applies
whether or not the letters or
Bonds sue transmitted
through the mail or by hand.
Banks have also been asked
to notify the Treasury De
partment when chain letters
involving Bonds appear in or
der hbait an investigation can
be made.
'Postal authorities also have
issued similar warnings
against participation in Chain
letter schemes involving Sav
ings Bonds, citing Federal
count rulings that chain letters
are both frauds awl lotteries.
“One of the principal ob
jectives of the Saving? Bond
program,’ said Mr. Johnson’
“is to encourage the invest
ment of individual savings in
riek-firee obligations of the
United Staten Government,
thus promoting (die habit of
impossible to prom, violates
not only the spirit of ithe Sav
ings Bonds program but the
letter of the law.”
Judge Patton
Says He Won’t
Seek ReElection
WAYNESVILLE — Super
ior Court Judge George B.
Patton prefaced a two-week
term of court here Monday
with the announcement that
he will not seek another term
when his present one expires.
The 66-year-old' jurist, who
served as special judge by
appointment of four governors
beginning in 1947, and then
become state attorney gen
eral, will end his term_on
Jan. 1, 1967.
Judge Patton was not
scheduled to appear here, but
Judge W. K. McLean had to
change his plans, and the Ma
con judge was assigned to the
term. Be said he welcomed it,
because “living out of a suit
case gets old."
He eaid has intention to
step down when his term
ends does not mean that he
has lost interest in the 30th
Judicial district or any of its
components.
Judge Patton, subject of
many courtroom legends re
garding his homespun philoso
phies and .cbutfty ,of percep
tion, became resident j udge
of the old 20th District in
1959, running successfully fur
the eight-year term after
Judge Dan K. Moore resigned
to join the ithennChampion
Paper and Fiber Co., at Can
ton.
Patton defeated Thod Bry
son, J*„ of Bryson City in
HIGHLANDS BEGINS SETTLING
INTO WINTERTIME RffifHNE
The busy buzz of summer
time has gradually lessened
and lessened until once again
Highlands ia just * little quiet
mountain town.
The shift from late summer
to late fall has been accom
plished with a uiohMQtn of
MMtfasbneut, poealbly b»
cause the successive days «t
be contemplating » change
from the mild and sublime.
Dark elands threaten at times
and then clear away, but tem
perature dips to below the
teens over the week end -were
chilly reminders that it’s
time for cold weather.
Hhe Town sompleted its
new smooth, wide sidewall
irom Bryson V Gulf to Pobte
Service Station while sunny
days prevailed. Alvin Crowe
and Gomfiauy, contractor, did
a bang-up job that doss credit
to the town, and if the reser
ved spaces for trews and
staruha work out, the whole
north side of Main Street be
tween Fourth and; Third wffl
have a complete “new look."
'jUuic Fresh ytarisn-iChur^
why, the walls of the iffev
Ohristiain Education - ChuircJ
Activity Building are Mint
swiftly, tef brick mShpils skill
fully work away. »
The new post office come]
is atill quiet, and many am
of the opinion that no work o:
any extent will be attempt©)
there until spring.
Teen-agers lost their cue
ternary gathering place “or
the corner" Sunday the 15tl
when Bill hung up a “closed’
nounced the euMpenoemit of
their, Miss Dorothy
Dow die, to Avery* Milter, of
Highlands, Route 1.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mon. Aaron Milter. A spring
wedding is planned.
Mr. Milter works for the
Wildcat Cliffs development
and Mias Dowdle, a 1964 grad
uate of Franklin High School,
is employed by Van RaaKe.
Count Your Blessings
*J*HE TWENTY-SIXTH of this month is a
national holiday. On that day millions of
Americans Will be pulling their chairs around
the dlbtter table to celebrate a 343-year-old
festival called Thanksgiving. Like the early
Pilgrim Fathers, they will devour everything
from cranberry sauce and .potatoes to turkey,
and apple pie. Across the nation table.' vill
be laden with the finest foods and heaped
with spices and delicacies that would make
even the veteran gourmet’s mouth water.
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Yet, like many of the other memorial holi
days, it has become an event whose focus has
been nearly lost in a pot of self-indulgence.
The reason for the holiday’s existence will be
barely perceptible to many, and not a few
tables of food will receive no whisper of
blessing. Many a home will not echo the
word “thanksgiving”, and tons of edible food
will be thrown away.
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It might be well to review a few of those
things for which Americans, on that day—
and always—can be thankful. On that first
Thanksgiving Day the Plymouth colonists
counted among their blessings the new coun
try that at so high a price they had claimed
as their own. Here they could worship as
they pleased, speak what thev wished, and
come and go at will. God had been good to
them. Many had died that first winter, but
there were still many hardy souls left to till
the ground and keep the home lamps trim
med and burning. The Indians were friendly;
in fact, they were their guests at this very
feast. The crops had been fruitful, ahd the
coming year looked good.
Today all the blessings that the Plymouth
colonists claimed as their own are ours to
claim. And much more. Never has America
fared so well. Her material wealth is un
equaled ; her aesthetic attributes are various
and inherent; her freedoms are unrestrained.
Americans need to be more thankful for
4he numerous blessings God has so richly
bestowed upon them and their beloved land.
But in their thankfulness left them be mind
ful of their less fortunate neighbors, and let