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VOLUME 10
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Thursday, August 1, 1968
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NUMBER 61
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Sidewalk Show Feature
Of Macon Art Festival
A Sidewalk show of paintings
by members of the Macon
County Art Association will be
a special feature of the Fine
Arts Festival in Franklin. The
exhibit will be on display
throughout the Festival, August
1-15, outside the Association’s i
Art Gallery at theformer office
of the Scenic Motel on U. S.
441 South.
Members' paintings will also
be on display at the Associa
tion’s new East Franklin
Gallery at the junction of U. S.
23, 441 and 64, as well as
in the auditorum of the East
F ranklin School where per
"Highlands”
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Available
Colorful tags for your auto
mobile showing the name
“Highlands” and its location
on an outline of North Carolina
are now on sale by the Chamber
of Commerce.
Stop by the Chamber of Com
merce office in Town Hall and
pick up one for YOUR car.
formances of Festival Series
will be held. Other art works
by Association members are
being hung in local restaurants
and stores.
The East Franklin Gallery
was recently opened through the
efforts of Mrs. Max (Fauna)
W arson. Members serve as
volunteer hostesses at the
Scenic Motel Gallery and East
Franklin Gallery,from 10A.M._
4 P.M. Monday through Satur
day. The East Franklin Gallery
will be open evenings.
Library Tea
August 9
The annual Silver Tea for
the Hudson Library will beheld
from 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday,
August 9.
The attractive home of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Fitz Patrick,
located off the Cashiers Road,
will provide the setting.
As in years past, guests are
asked to meet at the Hudson
Library, from which point they
will be dispatched, in order to
avoid parking problems.
New Play Underway At
The Community Theatre
With no "Pause for Refresh
ment”, the hard working group
on the Hill has begun set con
struction and rehearsals for
THE ODD COUPLE, the third
play of the 1968 Season. In
contrast with the simple attic
set for the first play, and the
efficient basement apartment
of WAIT UNTIL DARK, this one
will be the sumptuous River
side Drive home of a recently
divorced executive who is
Fire Department
Plans Barbecue
The Highlands Volunteer Fire
Department is planning another
barbecue this year with the
date set for Saturday, August
17th, at the new fire station.
Activities will get underway
at 11 a.m., and barbecue will
be served around noon and again
around 5 p.m.
Those attending will be given
a tour of the new fire station,
5 will be shdwn new equipment,
and the youngsters will be taken
for rides on the new $24,000.
fire truck to which proceeds
from the barbecue will be
applied.
Chances are now being sold
by Firemen on three $100.
savings bonds which will be
given away to lucky number
holders. Drawings will be held
at 2, 4, and 6 p.m. the 17th.
Chances are $1.00 each.
Square Dance
Festival Set
The annual Highlands square
Dance Festival, sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce, will
be held this year on Thursday
night, August 22, in the High
lands School gym-auditorium.
Invitations have been issued
to a number of square dance
teams to compete for prizes
in both clogging and smooth
types of square dancing.
In addition to providing an
evening of entertainment, the
annual Square Dance Festival
is a means of supplementing
the operational funds of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Make your plans now to
attend!
Supervisor
On Vacation
Since August 6, 1966, Robert
Calloway has been spark-plugg
ing the “build-a-house-at
night’* efforts around High
lands.
Bob worked as a lead man
on three of the first five self
help houses. He then became
self-help supervisor and was
in charge of building seven
more self-help houses.
Harold Warstler, director "of
Macon Program For Progress,
expressed his hope that Bob
would soon be back with the
self-help program. ‘‘We need
a supervisor with his kind of
hustle,*' he said.
What does Bob plan to do on
his vacation? You guessed it
---work at night on his own
I1VUO&*
Typing Course
Here For Adults
southwestern Technical In
stitute Is planning a beginning
typing course for adults to begin
in early September at Franklin
High School. Pre-registration
will be held at Franklin High
on Thursday, August 8, at 7:30
P.M. There will be a tuition
charge of $7.50 and an insur
ance charge of $2.25 plus cost
of books; however, no fees
will be collected until the first
Firemen are hopeful that this
will again be a community event
joined in by the entire family.
Members of the Fire Depart
ment are on call 24 hours a
day, not only to answer fire
alarms but to render ambulance
service in sickness or accident
and to lend prompt assistance
in any community emergency.
Rotary Chjb
Hears
Miss Norris
The Highlands Rotary Club
held its regular weekly meeting
on Tuesday night at 7 P.M.
One of the distinguishing
features of its programs
recently have been their
variety. This week’s program
was presented by a young lady,
a very young lady in her teens.
She is Miss Kathy Norris of
the Wahalla, S. C. High School
who distinguished herself only
a few weeks ago with her essay
entitled ‘‘Freedoms Chal
lenge.” It created an interest
sufficient to cause it to be
published in The Keowee
Courier” and “The High
lander.” She was asked to
present it to the Walhalla
Rotary Club recently and then
to die local club this week.
Highlands Rotary congratu
lated Miss Norris on her
accomplishment and wished
every American could hear and
study it because it truly offers
a challenge to all. Miss Norris
was accompanied by a class
mate, Mr. Tom Gillespie.
President Bill McCall spoke
briefly of District Governor
Charlie Hunter’s first Monthly
Letter, which has just arrived.
It placed the Highlands Club
in number one position in at
tendance in June for all District
767, a record that every High
lands Club Member is proud
of.
shanghied into sharing it with
an even more recently divorced
friend.
THE ODD COUPLE began
its long run at the Plymouth
Theatre in New York City under
the expert direction of Mike
Nichols, and starring Art
Carney and Walter Matthau as
the impossibly mis-mated ODD
COUPLE.
This is truly one of the
funniest comedies ever pre
sented to any Theatre. It was
written by Neil Simon, the same
man who wrote BAREFOOT IN
THE PARK, recently performed
at Highlands Community
Theatre, and received with
much enthusiasm.
The ODD COUPLE will open
on Thursday, August 8, and run
through August 11. Male actors
between the ages of 25 and 60
are still needed to take part in
the weekly poker game on stage.
The dialogue is clever, the
action is minor, but the com
bination is irrlsistable. Please
call the Theatre right away if
- you went ta tal|e< part tiMvhat
may well he the most popular
play of the season.
There are Comedies and
Comedies, but one that provokes
a laugh a line are hard to find.
We guarantee that you will be
holding your sides when you
leave the Theatre after THE
ODD COUPLE.
PATRONS, please call the
Theatre early to express your
seat and night preference for
this show- it deserves to out
do all previous Box Offices.
Certainly New Yorkers thought
it the most unusual and rollick
ing play of the decade, and
proved it by their attendance.
There were 16 visiting
Rotarians from widely scat
tered Clubs, Texas, Mississ
ippi, Ohio and Raleigh, N. C.
as well as Florida and Georgia
which are always well repre
sented.
Mrs. Richard Harrison, Wife
of Treasurer and Program
Chairman Dick Harrison was
a Guest and accompanied Miss
Norris at the Speakers table.
Rotarian Wilton Cobb had as
his Guest, Son-in-law Chuck
Chalker who is a former re
sident of Highlands, also
a former Rotary Club Member.
He and Family are here vaca
tion'ig.
Rotarian Paul Fifer had as
his Guest Mr. Henry Lasky
who with Mrs. Lasky are the
new owners of the Blue Moon
Gift Shop recently purchased
from Mr. and Mrs. Roberts.
Dick and Virginia Houston carried off 3rd prize in the costume
contest wearing fashions popular in the post Civil War period.
class meeting.
Classes will be held two
nights weekly for ten weeks.
For additional information,
contact Grady Corbin, Director
of Extension at Southwestern
Technical Institute, Box 95,
Sylva, N.C., phone 586-4091;
or Franklin phone 524-8202
alter 5:30 p.m.
Hundreds dressed in all types of attire gathered on Main Street last Thursday in celebration
of “Hillbilly Day.” The Carolina Mountaineers, a local stringed band, provided mountain music
from a truck-bed platform.
Museum Activities
CAR TRIP
On Wednesday, August 7, the
F orest Service will conduct an
other Nature Show-Me Tour by
Car. Cars will leave the
Museum at 10:00 a.m. and will
drive along the Wilson Gap
Road. They will stop at
several locations and Mr.
J immy Bishop. Resource For
ester, will explain multiple use
of the forest and will identify
many of the plants and trees of
the area.
BIRD WALK
Mr. C. H. Ekdahl will conduct
a second nature walk on Thurs
day, August 8, at 8:30 a.m. Mr.
Ekdahl is a field trip leader
and past president of the Halifax
Aivkikon Society.'fChoKe
interested should meet at the
Museum.
The Blue Moon Gift Shop
has initiated an art gallery
section and the premier exhibit
features mountain landscapes
by the late Baroness Eve
Tannenhain.
The Baroness traveled the
world painting and exhibiting
until her death at 90, in 1957.
Austrian born, the Baroness
was best noted for her water
color technique, although the
Blue Moon collection includes
some of her better oils. She
painted in the United States
off and on from 1928'*tp 1939.
The exhibition also Mcludes
seleatod waters affWlto of
landscapes and flowersby other
artists.
Doyle Calloway and his hound dog won 2nd prize in the Hill
billy Day contest. A native Highlander, Doyle begins his senior
year this fall at St. Andrews Presbyterian College.
WCU Has New Director
Gerald N. Hardy, director
of field services of the National
Municipal League, today was
named director for university
development at Western Car
olina University in Cullowhee,
North Carolina.
His appointment to the newly
created position was announced
by Dr, Alex S. Pow, president
of the university.
Dr. Pow said Hardy, a spec
ialist in public affairs, govern
ment management and institu
tional development, will have
primary responsibility for rep
resenting the university with
business and industry.. He also
will have a principal respon
sibility in development of fed
eral and other contract and
grant support for Western Car
olina programs.
“We are pleased to bring to
Western Carolina a man of Mr.
Hardy’s experience and ab
ility,” Dr. Pow said. “He
will be a valuable addition to
the university administration
at a time when the institution
is entering a new stage of
development.”
In his present position, Hardy
travels throughout the United
States recruiting civic and bus
iness leaders to serve on
policy-making boards of the Na
tional Municipal League, a na
tionwide citizens organization
for improving state and local
government. As consultant to
the League’s development com
mittee, he is responsible for
annual corporate contributions
which provide two-thirds of the
organization’s operating reve
nues.
Two prominent North Caro
linians are League officers:
John F. Watlington, Jr. of
Winston-Salem, president of
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co.
is a regional vice president of
Baroness Tannenhain
Art At The Blue Moon
Hank Laskey, owner of the
Blue Moon, said theTannenhain
mountain landscapes are se
lected items for their subject
matter from a larger collection
imported by the Hunter Gallery
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
where they will be shown this
winter. The Highlands showing,
therefore becomes the first
American show for the
Baroness work.
Bazaar Proceeds
Total *2000
The annual Highlands
Casbiers Hospital Qkzaar which
was held last Friday and Satur
day brought in some $2,000. to
be used for certain hospital
needs, it was reported this
week.
Mrs. Worth Sherrill, presi
dent of the Hospital Auxiliary
which sponsors the Bazaar each
year, commented that the co
operation of all participants was
excellent, and both local and
part-time residents were due
much credit for making the
event a success. She stated
that the figure quoted was in
complete as not all returns had
yet been tabulated.
Both Mrs. Sherrill and Mrs.
Frank Gardner, who was chair
man of the Bazaar, expressed
appreciation to all organiza
tions and individuals who took
part in the effort, and to all
persons who patronized it.
Winners of the hand-made
articles which were raffled off
for the Bazaar were Mrs. V.T.
Newsome of Union Point, Ga.
who won the sweater knitted
by Mrs. Harold Fish of
Cashiers; Mrs. George Janvier,
winner of the hearth rug made
by Mrs. Frank Gardner; Miss
Jessie Talley, won the ripple
afghan made by Mrs. Worth
Sherrill; Mrs. P. M. Graves
of Atlanta, winner of the afghan
made by the Highlands
Cashiers Garden Club; and Mrs.
Dora Hoffman of Cashiers, win
ner of the baby afghan.
tne League, ana former uov.
Terry Sanford is a member of
the national policy council.
Hardy served as fiscal ad
viser to the Hashemite kingdom
of Jordan for two years (1963
65). He consulted with the
central government on tax pol
icies and laws, and with mun
icipalities in locating new
revenue sources and improve
ment of budget systems.
As director of field services
for seven years (1956-63) of
the Tax Foundation Inc. in New
York, hardy was in charge of
information clearing house ac
tivity for 38 statewide citizen
associations. Among these or
ganizations was the North Car
olina Citizens Association, he
also served as a consultant to
state and local officials on fis
cal matters.
Hardy holds the U.S. Mer
itorious Service Award for work
as public administration ad
viser to Brazilian local gov
erment officials during (1954
56). Stationed with the
American embassy in Rio de
Janeiro, he was responsible for
establishing and training the
staff for a nationwide organ
ization of cities, he promoted,
planned and helped to conduct
the first Brazilian “Cities of
Major Progress’’ contest.
Nantahala Fine Arts Show
Opens Here Friday At 10
Nantahala Fine Arts show
opens Friday, August 2 at 10
A.M. and closes at 9 P.M.
across from Town Hall in the
Anderson Building. Saturday
the same hours are in effect,
and Sunday, August 4th, the
show is open from 1 to 4 P.M.
Admission is 50?, children
under 12 are admitted free.
This promises to be the fine
show it always is and affords
people the opportunity to see
excellent and original works
and a chance to purchase some
high quality art at reasonable
prices. The Hudson Library
recieves a 25<%> commission,
which is a benefit to the local
library.
Don't forget the extra added
attraction this year: the
Guessing Game. For 25# a
guess anyone can try to write
“Siamese Twins" Rosemary Sutter and Marie Sladky drew
loudest applause from the crowd which won them 1st prize
in the hillbilly Day costume contest They are the grand
daughters of James F. Sladky, Horse Cove summer resident.
Standing guard with a shotgun is Rosemary’s mother, Mrs.
Phillis Sutter.
Fashion Show At King’s
Inn To Benefit Hospital
Fashions by Mary Norton,
featuring those recently mo
deled by Miss Universe
contestants, will high-light a
dinner-fashion show to be held
at King’s Inn on Tuesday, Aug
ust 13. Dinner will be at
7:30 and the fashion show at
8:30.
Proceeds from the event will
go to Highlands-Cashiers Hos
pital.
Guests will see some of the
most captivating fall styles of
many a season. There will
be everything from the latest
fur-trimmed capes to tuxedo
party pants.
A gala evening is promised.
Early reservations are
advised, and may be made by
calling King’s Inn.
Market In Macon
Above Average
Macon County stood out as
a better*than-average market
during the past year, according
to a national survey of busi
ness, just released.
Its relative strength is re
flected in the level of earnings
in the area and in the amount
of consumer spending done in
local retail stores.
The figures bearing this out
are contained in the new, copy
righted “Survey of Buying
Power,” issued by Sales Mana
gement. It analyzes com
munities in every section of
the country with respect to
business activity and growth
potential.
It shows that incomes were
high in Macon County in the
year. Local residents had net
earnings, after payment of their
personal taxes, of $23,680,000,
as against the previous year’s
$20,971,000.
Just what this amounted to,
as far as the individual family
was concerned, was found by
dividing the dollar total by the
number of households. The
average per household was
$5,776. In 1966 it was $5,115.
The rise, 12.8 percent,
exceeded the 5.6 percent rise
in the United States and the
7.7 percent in the Stateof North
Carolina.
With that much money avail
able for discretionary spending
consumers could be expected to
be in the market place in force.
And they were, making it a
big year for retailers in gen
eral.
It would have been even big
ger but for the economic and
political uncertainties with re
gard to Vietnam, inflation and
taxes, which led people to be
more cautious in their spending
than they would have been
otherwise.
Even so, records were broken
in a number of retail lines as
consumer spending in the year
reached $16,780,000, bettering
the previous year’s $16,230,000.
Because American con
sumers did not spend up to the
hilt last year, saving more than
usual, they now have a re
servoir of funds ready and wait
ing to be used when they feel
the time is right.
How long this wait and see
attitude will continue will
depend upon the war, the ec
onomy and the elections, a
University of Michigan survey
of consumer sentiment indi
cates.
For the near future, die
predictions are that both dis
cretionary purchasing and the
rate of saving will remain re
latively high.
Lecture On
Nat. Forests
On Thursday, August 8, at
8:00 p.m. Mr. James Brown,
District Ranger with the U. S.
Forest Service, will speak on
the “Multiple Use of the Nan
tahala Forest.” Mr. Brown
earned a B. S. degree in For-»
estry from Auburn University
in December, 1961. He worked
at two national forests in
Alabama and one in Mississippi
before coming to Highlands.
Mr. Brown will use slides to
illustrate die multiple uses of
the forest. All visitors, cam
pers, and residents are invited
to attend at no charge.
down what each item is and the
person getting the most right
answers recieves a $5.00prize.
This contest is for everyone
but should appeal especially to
the men and boys.
Schlapfer
Regional
Forester
Atlanta, Ga. — The U. S.
Forest Service recently an
nounced the appointment of
Theodore (Ted) Schlapfer as
Regional Forester of the 13
stateSouthernRegion with head
quarters in Atlanta.
Schlapfer will assume his
new duties late in July, suc
ceeding Edward Schultz who
recently was promoted to
Deputy Chief of the Forest
Service in Washington. The
change brings Schlapfer to
Atlanta from Washington where
he has been Assistant Director
of the Division of Recreation.
The 33 National Forests in
the Southern Region, stretch
ing from Virginia to Oklahoma,
offer a wide variety of oppor
tunities for piiblic use.
Schlapfer's background will be
of great value in meeting the
ever-increasing demands on die
Forests of the growing South.
A native of Caldwell, New
Jersey, Schlapfer is a graduate
of the University of Georgia
and served in the Navy during
World War Two. He began
his Forest Service career on
the Shasta National Forest ill
California in 1946.
Schlapfer's 22 years of
service include work as Timber
Management Assistant, Assis
and Supervisor of the South
T ongass and Black Hills
National Forests. He moved
into his Washington assignment
in 1965.
As Regional Forester, Sch
lapfer will be in charge of all
activities on the National
F orests in the South. In addi
tion to providing recreation
opportunities, the Forests also
furnish timber for the South’s
economy, a home and food for
fish and wildlife, clean water,
and, in certain areas, forage
for cattle.
Schlapfer, his wife and four
children will live in Tucker,
Georgia.
Patrolman Moves
Residence
Patrolman J. B. Morris and
Mrs. Morris completed their
move of residence from High
lands to Franklin this week.
Although Patrolman Morris
was officially transferred to
Franklin several weeks ago,
and for some time has been
the only resident State Patrol
man in Macon County, he and
Mrs. Morris continued to main
tain their residence in
Highlands until a satisfactory
move could be made.
"We want to express our
appreciation for the cooperation
and friendliness of the
Highlands people while we lived
among them,” Mrs. Morris
said Tuesday. “There are
some mighty good people in
Highlands and we will miss
them.”
Mrs. Morris is employed at
Carolina Pharmacy in Franklin.
Patrolman Jerry Devlin of
Haywood County has been re
cently assigned to Macon
County, and he and Mrs. Devlin
will be living in Franklin, also.
Patrolman Morris and Patrol
man Devlin will alternate in
working the Highlands area,
Mrs. Morris said.
Dowdle Joins
State Patrol
Trooper George M. Dowdle
was graduated from North Car
olina State Highway Patrol
School on July 26. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
N. Dowdle, of Route 1, Dillard,
Ga., and is a 1960 graduate
of Franklin High School. His
wife, Cathy, and son, Cam, have
been living with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jones, of
Route 2. Trooper Dowdle will
be stationed in Statesville as
of August L