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VOLUME 11
Thursday, April 3, 1969
NUMBER 44
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Rotary Club Presents
Eight Athletic Awards
Tuesday night was a special
night at Highlands Rotary Club
with fifty-five Rotarians and
guests in attendance for the
annual presentation of athletic
awards. Following the intro
duction of guests and other
preliminary remarks by the
president, Bill McCall, the
Club’s newest member, Mr.
Ernest Stevens, was welcomed.
Mr. Stevens, who is now a year
round resident, was formerly
a member of the Fort Myers
(Fla.) Rotary Club.
Rotarians Allen Still and
Henry Laskey then presented
trophies for the following
awards to members of the boys’
and girls’ basketball teams of
Highlands High School:
Player of the Year, girls
division — Cheryl McCall; run
ner-up, Marlene Vinson.
Player of the Year, boys’
division — Larry Chastain;
runner-up, Jimmy Bryson.
Sportsmanship award, girls’
division — Eddie Lee Whit
mire; runner-up, Joan Crane.
Sportsmanship award, boyr’
division -- Fred Stewart; run
New Town Incorporated
In Jackson
The following account of the
incorporation of a new town in
neighboring Jackson County ap
peared in last week’s SYLVA
HERALD:
Indian Hills is the name of
a new town in Jackson County.
The Municipal Board of Con
trol on Wednesday, March 19,
issued an order in which it
ruled that the petitioners for the
new town had “substantially
complied with” requirements of
the law.
Albert Patton was appointed
mayor of Indian Hills and Lester
Arnold, Archie Steward and
Floyd Hall were appointed com
missioners until an election
is held on May 6.
: The Town of Indian Hills has
a population of 62. The town
limits run from the bridge
crossing Soco Creek near Mac’s
Indian Village south for around
a mile to Jiles’ Store, about
360 feet on each side of US 441.
There are 44 voters in the
newly-created town.
Incorporation of the new town
is linked to a proposed tourist
attraction which the promoter,
Tom Smith, a naturalist, told
The Herald by phone from
Jacksonville, Fla., Tuesday
would be known as “Bird And
Animal Kingdom of America.”
Development of the garden,
tourist attraction, hinges on
the sale of beer in Indian Hills,
according to the mayor.
Rep. Charles Taylor has in
troduced a bill in the General
Assembly that would exempt
Jackson, Swain and Transyl
vania, counties comprising the
48th District, from a state law
that permits municipalities of
less than 200 persons but with
1,000 or more summer resi
dents to conduct a beer refer
endum.
Indian Hills officials feel that
the bill is aimed at their town.
“The bill is not aimed at
Indian Hills,” Rep. Taylor told
The Herald in a telephone inter
view from Raleigh. “The Indian
Hills situation pointed out a
weakness in a state law.”
Rep. Taylor explained there
are four ways for legal beer
sales in North Carolina: 1.
county-wide vote upon petition
of 25 per cent of the voters;
2. municipal election where
there are 1,000 or more voters,
upon petition of 25 per cent of
the voters; 3. municipal elec
tion where there are 200 or
more voters, upon petition of
25 per cent of the voters
(Jackson county already is ex
empt from this section of the
ner-up, Neal Chastain.
This was the third year that
the Rotary Club has carried on
the Athletic Award program
which was undertaken as a
means to encourage participa
tion in athletics at the local
school. This was the first
year that trophies were also
presented to runners-up.
Guests in addition to Rotary
Annes included Principal W. C.
Newton and Coach and Mrs.
Corbett Holland from the high
school faculty; Mr. and Mrs.
Frank McCall, Mr. and Mrs.
George Penland, Fred Stewart,
Mrs. Elberta Chastain, Mr. and
Mrs. Neville Bryson, Mrs.
Robert Chastain, Mrs. Dan Vin
son, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl
ton Crane, parents of the award
winners; and Rev. and Mrs.
Henry Mueller, Helen Misener
Garland and Helen Hopper.
law); 4. a town of less than
200 which is declared a resort
town and it is certified the
town attracts at least 1,000
visitors.
Taylor’s bill would exempt
Jackson, Swain and Transyl
vania counties from the fourth
listed method.
Such a vote would “set a
bad precedent,’’ Taylor said.
He said that Rep. Liston Ram
sey, chairman ofthfe Local Gov
ernment Committee in the
House, has stated a public hear
ing probably will be held on the
bill on April 2 in Raleigh.
Taylor said he possibly would
proceed on a local bUl if it
would spell out (1) responsibi
lities concerning control and (2)
a wider area of voter partici
pation (“possibly QuaUa Town
ship, getting the vote up to at
least 1,000 people”).
“I’m neither for nor against
beer,” he said. “That’s not
the question here. The question
is control.”
The petitioners for the new
town originally asked it be
known as “Cherokee Town.”
But when opposition from the
The four first-place Athletic Award winners display their trophies after the Rotary Club
presentation Tuesday night. They are (1- ro r) Eddie Lee Whitmire (sportsmanship); Fred
Stewart (sportsmanship); Larry Chastain (player of the year) and Cheryl McCall (player of
the year).
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Runners-up in the Athletic Award contest were also presented trophies by the Rotary Club
Tuesday night Those receiving them were (1 to r) Jimmy Bryson (player of the year); Neal
Chastain (sportsmanship); Marlene Vinson (player of the year); and Joan Crane (sportsmanship).
.but be of good cheer for I have overcome the world.”
St John 16:33
Eastern Band of Cherokee In
dians arose, the name "Indian
Hills" was picked.
Attorney General Robert
Morgan, chairman of the Mun
icipal Board of Control, and
Secretary of State Thad Eure,
board secretary, held a hearing
on the petition earlier in March.
Morgan said at that time the
board would have to rule on
legal aspects of the case, re
gardless of any personal feel
ings.
Apparently, the primary
legal point was whether the
mile-long stretch along US 441,
now Indian Hills, is within the
three-mile limit of another
town. The law prohibits incor
poration of a town within such
limits.
But the ancient town of Cher
okee is not an incorporated town
at all, according to Deputy Sec
retary of State Clyde Smith.
Smith said the Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians is incor
porated and “has all the at
tributes of a town" including
a governing body, but the town
of Cherokee itself has never
been incorporated.
James M. Bailey, Jr., at
torney for the tribe, argued
in a brief submitted to Morgan
and Eure that the tribe of 6,200
Indians has established a town
in all respects, and was even
declared a “body politic” by
the legislature in 1889.
“Cherokee was the location of
one of the mother towns of the
Cherokee Indian nation and pre
dates the existence of the State
of North Carolina." Bailey said.
The May 6 election for Indian
Hills officers (mayor and com
missioners) will be held in
Jiles’ Grocery “in accordance
with laws pertaining to muni
cipal elections.”’ . James W.
Jiles is appointed registrar and
Frank Hall and Beatrice Brad
ley election judges.
Services For
Fannie Holt
Services for Mrs. FannieBell
Cabe Holt, 37, who died March
25, were held Thursday of last
week in the Highlands United
Methodist Church at 2 p.m.
The Rev. Julian Aldridge,
J r., pastor, and the Rev. Robert
DuPree officiated. Burial was
in the Wilson Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Wade
McKinney, Davis Rhodes, Fred
Green, Taft Henry, LigonCres
well and Wallace Henry.
Surviving Mrs. Holt are a
son and daughter, Gerald Holt
and Hazel Holt Killebrew, both
of Highlands; a brother and
sister, Frank and Lillie Cabe,
of Highlands; two grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
Haywood Electric
Leading Taxpayer
Haywood Electric Member
ship Corporation of Waynes
ville paid more than half of
its net income for 1968 in local
and State taxes.
R. C. Sheffield, general man
ager of Haywood EMC, said
Friday that the total of local
and State taxes paid for 1968
figured out to 58 per cent of the
electric cooperative’s net
electric revenues.
Sheffield said Haywood paid
$13,849.00 in local property (ad
valorem) taxes in five counties,
$239.00 in property taxes in
one municipality and$26,628.00
in gross receipt and other taxes
to the State of North Carolina.
W.W. Edwards
Final Rites
Services were held Saturday
for Willie Watt Edwards, 87,
who died March 26 at High
lands-Cashiers Hospital after
a two-month illness.
Mr. Edwards was born in
the Whiteside area of Jackson
County, the son of the late
Garner and Jane Elizabeth
Zachary Edwards.
He was a former mayor of
Highlands, a 25-year member
of Blue Ridge Masonic Lodge
N o. 435, a member of the local
chapter of the Order of Eastern
Star, and served on the Macon
County Board of Commis
sioners for a period of 12 years.
He and his wife, the former
Minnie Zoellner, operated Hotel
Edwards for a number of years,
and he was also a dealer in
real estate.
Surviving in addition to the
widow are two sons, Glenn and
Bryon Edwards of Douglas,
Wyoming; a step-son, Louis
A. Edwards, of Highlands; four
daughters, Mrs. Grace Murray
of Brookings, Ore., Mrs. Vera
McGinn of Moline, 111., Mrs.
Lillian Olson of Glenview, 111.,
and Mrs. Pauline Gokay of Mill
Valley, Calif; and 17 grand
children.
The Rev. Henry Mueller,pas
tor, and the Rev. Robert DuPree
officiated at the service held
at 11 a.m. in the Highlands
F irst Presbyterian Church.
Music was provided by Mrs.
Robert DuPree at the organ,
and Mrs. Louis Edwards and
Mrs. Mary Cleckley who sang
a duet, “How Great Thou Art”.
Pallbearers were Donnie,
John and Louie Edwards, Rich
ard Zoellner, Steve Potts and
W ilton Cobb.
Graveside rites were con
ducted at Highlands Memorial
Park by members of Blue Ridge
Lodge No. 435.
He listed tax payments made
by Haywood EMC to county gov
ernments as follows:Buncombe
County, $958.00; Haywood
County, $8,515.00; Jackson
County, $1,180.00; Macon
County, $1,106.00; and Tran
sylvania County, $2,090.00,
In addition, Haywood made
tax payments to the town of
Highlands in the amount of
$239.00.
Sheffield pointed out that the
cooperative’s tax payments
were in addition to the thousands
of dollars more paid by the
cooperative’s member-owners
in their own names on property
and income.
“Haywood Electric Member
ship Corporation is a taxpaying,
locally-owned, locally-man
aged electric system that tax
payers run for themselves,”
Sheffield said.
March
Weather
Dr. Thelma Howell of High
lands Biological Station pro
vides the following report on
the weather of the past month
and also an interesting com
parison of March weather of
other years.
MAXIMUM
Highest -
61 recorded on March 20
Lowest -
30 recorded on March 11
Average Month -
45.5
MINIMUM
Highest -
38 recorded on March 21
Lowest -
9 recorded on March 6 & 11
Average -
22.7
Snowfall -
17-1/2 inches
Total Precipitation -
4.65
It is interesting to compare
the above (March 1969) with
other March records available
at the Station. For the period
1962-68 the average maximum
is 53 degrees; the average
minimum 31 degrees. There
was no snow in March of 1962
and 1963. Only a trace fell
in 1967. In 1964 the snowfall
measured 1/4 inch. In 1965
it measured 5-3/4 inches and
in 1968 2 inches. The total
precipitation is also of inter
est:
1962 7.07 inches
1963 13.27
1964 13.39
1965 8.43
1966 4.55
1967 5.53
1968 8.94
Average: 8.74
Easter Sunrise Service
Planned At Whiteside
Weather permitting, Easter
services will be held on White
side Mountain Sunday with the
Rev. Henry Mueller, pastor of
the Highlands Presbyterian
Church, bringing the message.
The time is 5:45 a.m.
The story of the Resurrec
tion will be told while the birth
of a new day unfolds with the
rising of the sun.
Although there will be bon
fires at the area, all those
attending are reminded to wear
extra warm clothingas temper
atures are generally cold at
at the high elecation this time
of the year.
The Easter Sunrise Service
on Whiteside has become rather
a tradition having been held al
most every year since a road
up the mountain was built in
1948 by Whiteside Mountain,
Inc. Due to weather condi
tions some years have been
Order Of Eastern Star
Installs New Officers
Highlands Chapter #284 of
the Order of Eastern Star in
stalled officers for the 1969
70 year at an open installation
Monday night, March 31.
Naomi Chastain was installed
as Worthy Matron, and her hus
band, E. J. Chastain, as Worthy
Patron.
Other officers are Kathleen
Wilson, Associate Matron;
Neville Wilson, Associate Pa
tron; John Rogers, Chaplain;
Lawrence Hicks, .Marshal;
Margaret Creswell, Conduct
ress; Agnes Creswell, As
sociate Conductress; Mary Ann
Creswell, Secretary; William
Creswell, Treasurer; Irene
James, Adah; Pearl Crowe,
Ruth; Anne Holt, Martha; Vera
King, Esther; Dorothea Har
bison, Electa; Ligon Cres
well, Warder; Henry Cleave
land, Sentinel; and Agnes Cal
loway, Organist.
Margaret Cabe of Franklin
was the installing officer,
bringing with her her corps of
officers including Katherine
Henry, Installing Marshall, and
Ida Grant, Installing Chaplain.
Agnes Calloway of Highlands
was Installing Organist.
Cashiers Services
A special Easter service will
be held at The Church of the
Good Shepherd, the little white
Episcopal Church across the
road from High Hampton Inn
in Cashiers, at eleven o'clock
on Easter morning. The Rt.
Rev. Robert R. Brown, Bishop
of Arkansas, will conduct the
service and preach.
Heart Fund
Tops $800
The final report on 1969 Heart
Fund donations in the Highlands
area revealed a total of slightly
over $800.
Drive Chairman V. W.
McCall announced this week
that he is winding up the cam
paign well pleased with the good
response this year.
This amount is thought to be
the largest ever collected in
the Highlands area, at least
through donations alone.
Mr. McCall again expressed
his appreciation to those who
helped carry on the campaign,
and also to those who made
donations.
Savings Bonds
Up In N.C.
Combined sales of U. S. Sav
ings Bonds and Freedom Shares
for February were $5,757,603,
up 3.4 percent over February
1968 -- the best February sales
since 1945.
Cumulative sales of Savings
Bonds and Freedom Shares
for the first two months of
this year were $11,337,890, the
largest total for the compar
able two months since 1947,
and an increase of 2.9 per
cent over the same period a
year ago. This represents 18.8
percent of the state’s 1969 dollar
goal of $62,700,000. This is
the fourth consecutive year that
savings bonds sales in North
Carolina have shown an in
crease for the two-month per
iod of January-February.
Sales in Macon County for
the month of February amounted
to $18,369. Combined January
February Bond sales amounted
to $33,812, which is 14.2 per
cent of the county’s dollar quota
for 1969 of $273,999, accord
ing to H. W. Cabe, Macon County
Volunteer Chairman.
Pages were Eric and Phyllis
Chastain, children of the Worthy
Matron and Worthy Fatron.
missed, and year before last
the Inter-Church Group which
sponsors the services, attemp
ted to discontinue them through
a suggestion by the clergy, but
they were resumed last year
by popular request.
The service will include a
scripture reading, Luke 24:1
through 11, a short sermon, and
two songs. The sermon topic
is ‘‘Christ Is Alive.”
It was not known at press
time whether or not other min
isters of the Inter-Church
Group would participate in the
service.
If weather makes it impos
sible to have the service on
Whiteside, it will be held in
stead at the Presbyterian
Church.
Worthy matron Naomi Chastain with her husband. Worthy
Patron E i. Chastain •. - v Si
New Lumber Training Program
At Haywood Tech Institute
A new lumber training pro
gram will begin operation June
9, 1969 at Haywood Technical
Institute, Clyde, North Car
olina. The 4-part training
program will be the most com
plete of its kind to be asso
ciated with the Lumber In
dustry in the United States.
The complex now under
construction has an expected
value of 1/2 million dollars.
Donations valued at more than
$250,000 have been received
from Appalachian Lumbermans
Club; Southern Lumber Man
ufacturers Association; U. S.
Plywood, Champion Papers;
T.V.A.; Magnavox Corpora
tion of Tennessee; Salem
Equipment Company, and
Corley Manufacturing Com
pany. The remaining money
has been released through the
Federal Manpower Develop
ment Training Act and North
Carolina state funds.
The facilities for training
Sawyers, Sawfilers, Lumber In
spectors, and Dry Kiln Oper
ators will include automatic
circle and band mills, an auto
matic dry kiln, saw filing equip
ment, and other equipment
needed for all phases of the
program.
Students do not have to be a
high school graduate in order
to qualify. If a student does
not live within driving distance
of Haywood Tech, he might
qualify for an allowance to pay
for living expenses in Haywood
County while going to school.
Braided Rug
Classes Set
Southwestern Technical In
stitute, in cooperation with the
Macon County Home Demon
stration office, will sponsor a
night class in Braided Rugs in
response to requests resulting
from the daytime class cur
rently being held.
The class will meet each
Monday evening from 6:30 to
9:30 P.M. at the County Agri
culture Building inFranklinbe
ginning April 7. There is no
fee for this course; however,
each person must buy any mat
erials used.
For further information con
tact Southwestern Technical In
stitute, Box 95, Sylva, North
Carolina, telephone 586-4092.
You may also contact the Macon
County Home Demonstration of
fice.
For additional iniormation on
the program, enrollment, and
housing, contact Haywood
Technical Institute, Clyde
North Carolina.
Mrs. Owens
Dies
Mrs. Ella Talley Owens, 74,
widow of Ransom Owens, died
early Saturday morning, March
29th, at the home of her son,
Estus Owens, in the Macedonia
(Ga.) Community.
She was the daughter of the
late William and Sarah Anne
Galloway Talley, andwasalife
long resident of the Macedonia
area.
Survivors in addition to her
son, Estus, are a son, Ray D.
Owens of Tucker, Ga.'; two
brothers, Harrison Talley of
Highlands and Edward Talley
of Seneca, S. C.; and three
grandchildren.
Services were conducted by
the Rev. Earl Dendy and the
Rev. Jesse Cunningham at Mac
edonia Baptist Church on Sun
day at 2 p.m.
Pallbearers were all neph
ews , and were Arthur, Lambert,
Lawrence, Radford, Raymond
and Riley Talley.
Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Sunrise Service
Atop Black Rock
The 11th annual Easter Sun
rise Service atop Black Rock
Mountain, near Mountain City,
Georgia, will be held Sunday,
April 6, at 7 a.m.
The service is conducted by
young people, faculty and staff
of Rabun Gap-NacoocheeSchool
in conjunction with Rabun Gap
Presbyterian Church.
The guest speaker this year
will be Mr. Vernon Kring of
Rossville, Georgia, whose min
istry reaches more than 30,000
high school students each year.
People have come from as
far away as South Georgia,South
Carolina and North Carolina to
attend the service. The number
in attendance continues to grow
from year to year. Last Easter
approximately 250 came.
Following die worship ser
vice, everyone is invited to
the concession building for
coffee and doughnuts.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend this worship
service.