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Published in the Highest Elevated and Mo6t Hospitable Town in Eastern America
Highlands, N. C. 28741 Thursday, March 29,1973
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Georgia man crushed
under heavy machine
A Georgia man was crushed
to death Monday night when
a front end loader he was ap
parently unloading slipped off
the truck and pinned him
underneath. The accident oc
curred on Highway 106 south
of Highlands.
Gerald Otis Veal, 31, of
Maysville, Georgia, was dead
upon arrival at hie hospital.
Sheriff George Moses, who in
vestigated the accident, said
the man was apparently dead
when they found him.
A ten-year-old boy, Veal’s
cousin or nephew, was with
him at the time of the accident
Moses said that they talked
with the boy, buthe was unable
to tell them a lot Apparently,
the accident was quite a shock
to the youngster.
Two motorists arrived at
the scene of the accident,
which occurred just inside the
North Carolina line between
Dillard, Ga. and Highlands.
They notified the Rabun County
Sheriff’s Department, who in
turn notified the Macon County
Sheriff,
A routine autopsy is being
performed.
Cemetery Company
to meet on Tuesday
The semi-annual meeting
of the Highlands Cemetery
Company will be held Tues
day, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. in
die Conference Room of Town
Hall.
At this time an election of
Satulah Club to
meet Mon.
Tne Satulah Club will hold
its regular monthly meeting
Monday, April 2, at 2 p.m. in
the Presbyterian Educational
Building.
Hostesses will be Char
lotte Talley and Carrie Bur
riss.
officers will beheld, and plans
for the coming months dis
cussed. The Cemetery Com
pany handles all matters per
taining to the management of
Highlands Memorial Parkona
voluntary basis.
All cemetery lot owners or •
families of lot owners are
encouraged to attend the
meeting.
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44 34 .10 March 21
50 17 .00 March 22
62 21 .00 March 23
55 28 .00 March 24
48 36 1.57 March 25
50 38 .16 March 26
60 38 .08 March 27
AN OLD HIGHLANDS LANDMARK is being erased with the tearing down of the house on Fifth and Pine Streets across
from the post office. This spacious dwelling, completed in 1910, was originally the summer home of the late A. P.
Anderson, inventor of the process that produced puffed wheat and puffed rice. The builder was Jule Phillips,
(grandfather of Mrs. Neville Bryson) and Frank Wright and Joe Wright (brothers of Mrs. Elizabeth Prince) heliied with
the building, too. The tall wind mill pumped water for the residence. Old-timer Wen McKinney tells us that the hundreds
of small concrete blocks used in the chimneys and the walls and steps bordering the property were made on a
hand-operated machine by Aylor Chastain. Mr. Anderson’s daughter, Louise, and husband (Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Sargent)
are part-time residents of Highlands. The property now belongs to Mr. Walter Sheppard who has announced no definite
plans for its use. (H.H. Photo)
A NICE ADDITION to the Highlands Recreation Fund was received last week in the form
of a $500 check from Brevard Federal Savings and Loan Association of Brevard. High
lander Neddy Bryson (right) who is employed by the Association presented the check to
Recreation Commission Chairman Bud Potts, while Mr. A. S. Happoldt, a director of
BSLA looked on. (H.H. Photo)
Pre-school
day set
Children who will be en
tering school in grade one
this fall are requested to
attend (with their parents) the
Pre-School Day on April 12th
at 9:30 a.m. at Highlands
School.
Due to crowded conditions
and length of the conference
it is suggested that if at all
possible, younger children not
attend.
Parents. who have not al
ready done so are urged to
come by the school office
and pick up necessary forms
which will eventually be
placed in their child’s cumu
lative record.
An immunization clinic is
held at the Health Center in
Franklin every Thursday from
8:30 a.m. to noon and from
1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Measles
vaccine will be available for
pre-school children.
Highlands, Franklin question
county-wide police force
Optimism Jbr setting up
a county-wide police force
by July 1 to include both the
Towns of Highlands and
Franklin is growing dim.
Although neither town coun
cil has made a final decision
on file proposed police force,
as tar as the county is con
cerned, the commissioners
are going ahead with the plans
for acountypoliceforce which
may or may not include the
two towns in Macon.
At a Highlands Town Coun
cil meeting last week, the
Council decided to hire two
more policemen to supplement
their present force. Although
the present force, according
to Mayor A. C. Patterson,
can handle law enforcement
in the winter, they need addi
tional men for the summer.
Two Highlands Councilmen,
Carlton Crane and Steve Potts,
both stated that they were
against the county-wide police
force as it is being planned.
: - Cost and the tact that the
force will be based in Frank
lin seem to be the two major
factors holding Highlands
back from the county-wide
force.
Crane stated that Highlands
needed some guarantee that
they would have as good police
protection as they now have
And «<if it's based in Frank
lin, I know we won't All
#e get from them is a tax
bill.''
Potts, who said it would
take two days to give his rea
sons against the police force,
said his personal opinion was
that “we won’t go along with
it. They’ll (county commis
sioners) promise you glory
and you know what you get.
Nothing.”
Patterson stated that the
Councilmen just didn’t think it
would work. “They’ve got to
have insurance that we can
have a man here when we
need him. I just don’t see
how it can work here,” he
said.
Mayor H. H. Plemmons, of
Franklin, stated that the
Franklin Town Council was
still “open-minded about it.
We haven’t made any definite
decisions yet.”
Jim Williamson, Franklin
Town Council member, said
“Basically, we are of the
opinion that there are still
questions to be answered.”
The two major questions
that concern the Council of
Franklin is cost and the kind
of protection the Town will
have under the new police
force.
Williamson stated, con
cerning the cost of the new
force, that Franklin “might
need a tax increase to im
plement the new police force
while we can get by with im
proving what we have now
without a tax Increase.”
Plemmons said that while
they are satisfied with
the Franklin law enforcement
now, men that are trained in
enforcement and able to move
freely inside and outside the
town limits would be more ef
ficient.”
Both Plemmons and Wil
liamson mentioned efficiency
as one of the advantages of a
county-wide police force.
“We want as good as we’ve
got now or better," said
Plemmons.
Oscar Ledford, chairman of
the county commissioners,
said recently that the county
was going ahead with plans
for the police force and
“hopefully, we’ll have the co
operation of the towns on
this.”
“My impression at this
point,” Ron Winecoff, county
manager said, “is that the
two towns are still consid
ering the matter and hope
fully they will see fit to join
this county effort at a later
date.”
Winecoff stated the county
attorney is in the process
of drawing up legislation to
present to the General As
sembly to authorize Macon
County to Set up the county
police force. The legislation
will not have to be changed
if the towns decide to join the
county in mutual police pro
tection.
Concerning funding, Wine
coff said the county was seek
lng funds from two sources.
The county will apply to the
Governor’s Law and Order
Committee for three years of
funding and they will ask the
General Assembly to appro
priate funds for buying auto
mobiles.
Homestart
News
The Nantahala Parent Meet
ing was Thursday, March 22,
at 7:30 p.m. The program
was a movie on “The First
Years Together” and every
one enjoyed it.
Policy Council for Head
Start and Home Start will
meet Tuesday and HomeStart
will meet Tuesday, April 3,
at 10 a.m. in the Social Ser
vices Conference room. All
members are urged to come.
If you need transportation, call
524-4471.
Headstart News
The Cartoogechaye Parent
Meeting will be Thursday,
April 5, at the Head Start
Center.
The Head Start-Home Start
Policy Council will meet April
3.
Head Start will sponsor a
two-week preservice trainiug
beginning April 2 fit the First
Baptist Church in Franklin.
Lenten music schedule
cttal will be offered by Mrs.
J. E. Garvin at the Episcopal
Church. Mrs. Richard Wor
ley will be the featured soloist
The program will be a se
lection of compositions from
the work of George F. Handel
(1685-1759). Beethoven said
Revival
begins
Revival services at the
Highlands Assembly of God
Church will begin tonight,
March 29, and continue
through April 1, led by the
J ames Pendry family.
“These folks willblessyour
heart with special anointed
singing and preaching," a
spokesman for the church
said.
Rev. Pendry has been a
missionary evangelist in the
Bahamas. Everyone is in
vited to attend these services
each night at 7:30.
Auxiliary
to meet
The regular meeting of the
Highlands-Cashiers Hospital
Auxiliary will beheldThurs
day, April 5, at 1:30 in the
recreation room of the hos
pital.
Help with the Auxiliary's
sewing projects is always
welcome.
est, ablest composer that ever
lived.”
These selections will be in
cluded: Pastoral and Allegro
from Concerto in G Adagio
from the Tenth Grand Concer
to from strings. Air from
Water Music Suite, and largo
from “Xerxes”. Mrs. Wor
ley will sing “He shall feed
His Flock” and “He Was
Despised,” both numbers
from “The Messiah” written
in 1742.
The program will begin with
Noonday prayers and Scrip
ture reading. The public is
cordiaUy invited!
Woman's
Club elects
On Thursday, March 22, at
7:00 P.M. the Highlands Wo
man’s Club met at the Metho
dist Church. The Constitution
and By-Laws were approved
and officers were elected as
follows:
President, Mrs. Harry
Wright; Vice President, Mrs.
Larry Houser; Secretary,
Mrs. Neville Wilson; and
Treasurer, Mrs. Clifton Wil
son. The club now has twenty
one members and the dues
are ten dollars per year. An
Installation Banquet will be
held Thursday, April 26.
Cliffside opening set
Cliffside Lake Recreation
Area will open March 30 and
will be ready for the opening
of the trout season scheduled
this year for March 31 at
sunrise.
Ranger James Brown stated
that there will be no charge
for those coming just to fish.
A charge will be made, how
ever, if the camping sites at
Cliffside are utilized. Van
Hook Camping Area will not
open until May 25.
According to Del Thorsen,
Forest Supervisor of the Na
tional Forests in North Caro
lina, a few campgrounds on
each district will be opened
March 30. This will give the
trout fisherman and early
campers a place to stay, Thor
sen said. The larger camp
grounds which have sewage
treatment plants and arernore
expensive to operate will be
opened on May 25.
Interpretive services such
as nature walks, illustrated
evening talks and demonstra
tions will be available at two of
the campgrounds. Black
Bloodmobile scheduled
me Kea Cross Bloodmo*
bile will be at the Highlands
Note to
parents
On Monday, April 2, classes
will not meet at Highlands
School. This day will be used
by the teachers for compil
ing report cards, planning
units of work, and parent con
ference.
Parents are strongly urged
to contact the teachers and
establish appointments for
conference concerning their
child’s social and academic
performance.
The teacher work day has
stemmed from an Act of the
North Carolina Legislature
granting to teachers seven
work days during the school
year. The teachers at High
lands have already exper
ienced five work days.
uuueti Mcuiuuisi ^nurcn
basement tomorrow (Friday)
between 2 and 6 p.m.
There is an urgent need
for blood, and all persons
in the Highlands area are re
minded that they can render
perhaps a life-saving ser
vice by the contribution of a
pint of blood.
Anyone wishing to give blood
who does not have a way to get
to town may call Jack Taylor
at 526-2186 or John Tate at
526-2357 and a ride will be
provided.
Only 200 of the 500 pints of
blood used in Macon County
last year were suppliedby this
county.
Everyone is urged to make
this valuable contribution to
his community tomorrow.
Mountain and Jack Rabbit on
May 25.
Hie Cradle of Forestry in
America on the Pisgah Dis
trict will open May 1. The
Cradle is a reconstruction of
the first forestry school in
America. The campus has
been recreated along a mile
long trail that winds through a
pioneer mountain setting.
Fee collection will begin at
designated campgrounds when
the facilities open on a daily
schedule. The "User Fee"
for camping this year will be
two dollars per camp unit.
Day-use sites such as swim
ming areas will be one dollar
per private noncom nercial
vehicle. Group rates have
been increased over last
year’s rates. Rates may be
obtained from the District
Rangers’ offices having juris
diction for that area. Pic
nicking at designated picnick
ing areas will be free.
Supper is
postponed
The Girl Scout spaghetti
supper previously scheduled
for tomorrow night (March
30) at the Highlands School
cafeteria has been postponed
to a later date, according to
an announcement late last
week.
A definite time has not yet
been set, but advance notice
will be given when the new
date is decided upon.
MANY HIGHLANDERS REMEMBER the Anderson place (later the Sullivan home for
many years) when the walkway and white picket fence pictured above were well-kept and
cared for, making a pleasant place to walk on a summer day. (H. H. Photo)
Food stamp sale begins April 3
Food stamp sales will begin*
at 9 aum. Tuesday morning,
April 3, and some 776 people
have already applied lor the
new food assistance program.
“We have a funny feeling
in the bottom of our stomachs,
starting out with something
new like this," said Mrs.
Dorothy Crawfbrd, head of
social services in Macon.
Mrs. Crawford said that 534
of those who had applied for
Rotary pledges $2,000
for town recreation
At the regularweekly meet
ing of the Highlands Rotary
Club members voted unani
mously to donate at least $2,
000 to the Recreation Park
Fund during the remainder of
1973. The money will be
raised by staging the annual
barbecue during the sum
mer and thegolf tournament in
the fall.
President Harry Long ac
nounced that spring has surely
arrived as there were three
visiting Rotarians present,
two from Florida and one
front Alabama. High school
guests were Tim Alexander
and Peter McDonough, both
tenth graders.
Jack Alexander, chairman
of the special committee to
select nominees for the an
nual Jaycee awards made by
the Franklin Chapter, an
nounced that Miss Sandy Vin
cent had been suggested for
the “Outstanding Student of
the Year" award and that Jack
Taylor had been chosen for the
D.S.A. award due to the out
standing record in the many
civic organizations he is as
sociated with. Both recom
mendations were enthusiasti
cally endorsed by the entire
group.
Earl Heard, Chairman of
the “On to Boone Committee”
gave details of the entertain
ment program planned for the
District Conference to beheld
at Appalachian State Univer
sity April 17 - 18. A total
of 14 are expected to attend
from Highlands. The elec
tion of Ernie Stevens as in
coming District Governor is
to take place at the Confers
ence, as no additional names
were placed in nomination
prior to the deadline, March
26th.
Rotarian John Phclangavea
most interesting talk in which
he told some of his recent
experiences as President of
the Highlands Board of Real
tors, and described the havoc
wrought by a huge tidal wave
that struck the east coast of
Florida fifteen years ago. He
read some of his poems which
appeared in the HIGHLANDER
several years ago, including,
IN THESE HILLS, (written on
the front porch of his Horse
Cove home, early one
morning).
Next week E. J. Baumruck
er. President of Cashiers
Plastics will talk on the sub
ject of mountain industries.
His company has made great
.strides in its two years of
operations and now employs
some 60 people full time.
the stamps had been approved
so far.
“We already have more
people participating, with the
program not even started, as
we had with donated foods,”
she said. 623 people received
the donated foods during the
month of March.
Mrs. Crawford said that
every thing was ready for the
program to begin next week,
the stamps are in the bank and
everything is moving right
along.
She said the purchase cards, ,
which state how many stamps ,
a person is eligible to buy, ,
will go in the mail on Friday.
The first month's applica
tions are not nearly what they
will be after two or three
months of operation, Mrs.
Crawford said, “I’d sayitwill
exceed 1500 folks before it’s
over with."
Stamp sales will take place
at the First Union National
Bank in Franklin every Tues
day and Thursday until the 25th
of each month. This is to allow
time for balancing the books
and sending records to
Raleigh.
Sales will be from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. and Mrs. Crawford
said that in order to buy the
stamps, those eligible must
have their identification card,
their purchase card and the
correct change.
The Social Services office
takes applications each Mon
day and Wednesday. Mrs.
Crawford stated that she re
greted they could not take ap
plications every day, but that
her office is operating mis
program with existing per
sonnel, and that, in order to
do this, they must sell on
Tuesday and Thursday and
take applications on Monday
and Wednesday.
The donated foods program,
or commodity foods program
in Macon is finished. It had.
been in operation for ten
years and three months.
The Social Services office
rill be partially refunded for
ime and money spent on the
lew food stamp program.
The food stamp program is
not a “giveaway” program.
Unless a family's income is
less than $30 or so, they will
have to pay for the stamps.
They may, however, be eligi
ble to buy $130 worth of
stamps for as little as $30,
depending on their income.
other resources are also
taken into consideration in de
termining eligibility. Re
sources such as bank ac
counts, stocks, savings bonds
and certain real or personil
property are tallied along with
income when determining eli
gibility.
Mrs. Crawford sak^tbat M*
persons who applied for the
food stamps were deemed in
eligible. Most of them did
not qualify because of excess
resources or too much in
come, she said.