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Published in the Highest Elevated and Most Hospitable Town in Eastern America
Highlands, N. C. 28741 Thursday, April 12, 1973
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When sorting through those
articles which you just don’t
have room ibr any more, don't
forget “Mountain Findings,”
the town thrift shop, is eager
to have good second-hand
items that someone can use.
'y~' (No clothes, please.)
The thrift shop, which is op
erated by voluntary workers,
sells donated items at bargain
prices, and all the proceeds
go to the Highlands Recreation
Fund.
Household appliances (in
good working order) bric-a
brac, art objects, books, cook
ing utensils, furniture, jew
elry, you-name-it, “Mountain
Findings” will be glad to have
your contribution, and in
return, you will be helping a
good cause and getting rid of
a "space-taker” which you
have no real use for.
“Mountain Findings,” on
the hill next to Antiques by
Lee, opened last weekend
Budgeteers are invited to
come in and see the bargains
already available.
Garden Club
will meet
The monthly meeting of the
Highlands - Cashiers Garden
Club will be held at the home
of Mrs. Tom Allen, Mount
I Lori, Thursday, April 19, at
2 p.m.
/ '.Mrs. Sam R. Morehead of
Anderson, South Carolina will
present the program, “Herbs
Belonging in Every Garden.”
Hostesses of the day are
Mrs. AUen, Mrs. J. B. Chad
well and Mrs. Paul CarrolL
p Postage Stamp
exhibition set
Again this year, an inter
esting and colorful postage
stamp exhibition, ASHEPEX
73, will be highlighting week
end activities, May 19 and 20
in Asheville, N.C.
The success and interest
in last year’s exhibit has
spurred the Asheville Stamp
Club to sponsor the exhibi
tion this year, again at Holi
day Inn West. Exhibition
hours will be 11:00 a.m. to
10:00 p.m. May 19 and 11:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on May
20.
Exhibits can be entered by
anyone in Western North
Carolina and prizes will be
awarded. For further infor
mation concerning Hie exhibit,
write The AshevUle Stamp
Club, P.O. Box 250, Ashe
ville, N.C. 28802.
Meeting
postponed
Due to conflict of local ac
tivities the regular monthly
meeting of the Scaly Moun
tain Community Organization
was changed to Tuesday,
April 3.
After a short business ses
sion, Mr. Grady Corbin pre
sented a program with slides
and narration on ECOLOGY -
likening planet earth to a
space ship revealing our
limited resources.
Realtors
meet
The regular monthly meet
ing of the Highlands-Cashlers
Board of Realtors was held
Monday, April 9. Realtors
present were John Phelan,
Jack Taylor, Tudor N. and
Margaret G. Hall, John and
Hester Keener and Norma T.
Pierson. Associated mem
bers attending were Richard
Rodgers and Billie Howell.
For the past several months
the Board has been reviewing
the By-laws of the organiza
tion in order to remove some
of toe conflicting rules con
cerning membership. It was
decided at toe April meeting to
hpld in abeyance new applica
tions tor membership until the
revised By-Laws have been
approved. It is anticipated
this will be done at the May
meeting.
THE TIGHTLY CURLED LEAVES of Nature’s thermometer backed up the “un-Spring” mercury reading in Highlands
early Wednesday morning. The 20 degree temperature was ushered in by light snow flurries Tuesday. (H.H. Photo)
Final Lenten Meditation at Episcopal Church Fri.
Twentieth century compos
ers featured on Friday’s Len
ten Meditationfroml2to 12:30
at the Church of the Incarna
tion include Flor Peeters,
Camil Van Hulse, Joseph W.
Clokey and Healey Willian.
The public is invited to enjoy
'this flnai Lenten organ re
cital by Mrs. Virginia Gar
vin.
Ftor Teeters, born in Bel
gium in 1903, was a student
of Marcel Dupre and achieved
fame in Europe as a composer
of many works for organ,
voice, orchestra and chorus,
and has toured the United
States several times as a
recital organist
C&mil Van Hulse Is asso
ciated with Concordia vut>
lishing House, St Louis, Mis
souri, and has devoted much
of his writing to the chorales
used in the Lutheran Church.
Joseph W. Clokey served
as Dean of the School of Fine
Arts, Miami University of
Ohio from 1980 until 1959
and ^ttt^ ^^Mi two operas,
many organ solos. His writ
ing is fluent and comprehen
sive and he is considered one
of our most distinguished
church musicians.
Healey Willian, born in Lon
don, England in 1880, became
I own gets $4,244.00
The Town of Highlands re
cently received $4,244 as its
portion of Revenue Sharing
Funds for the first quarter of
1973.
This amount, as well as
what will be received tor the
second quarter of 1973, has
been earmarked for use In an
expanded law enforcement
budget.
At the present time the
Town is seeking two addition
al policemen tor its force.
a church organist at the age of
10. He achieved considerable
reputation as a recitalist and
an authority on plain chant
Dr. W illian headed the depart
ment of theory at the Toronto
Conservatory of Music, Tor
onto, Canada, for many years.
In 1928 he wrote one of the
most beautiful of the com
, m union services now used in
the Episcopal Church.
The selections to be pre
sented Friday are (1) Aria —
Fk>r Peeters, (2) “Christ Jes
us Lay in Death's Strong
Bands" — Camil Van Hulse,
(3) "Caithness" and "Rock
ingham" — Short Preludes on
Hymn Tunes - Healey Willian,
and (4) Cantible (from Sym
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- Joseph W. Clokey.
New floor progressing
The new hardwood flooring
project in the Cashiers Com
munity Center is continuing
to progress. The local re
sidents have gotten into the
project full force and work
groups are scheduled at var
ious times during the week
and on the weekends.
On Thursday, April 5, the
following people worked on the
new flooring: Larry Hawkins,
Blane Hawkins, Tom Rogers,
Jr., Cris Carnathan, Gene
Carnathan, Marvin Fowler,
John Stanley, John Hooper,
Ray Allen, Bill Watson, Stan
ley Rice, Mike Bumgarner,
Doug Bumgarner, and Ervin
J. Baumrucker.
The Board ot Trustees of
the Community Center wish
to extend their thanks to these
people and the many others
who have given of their time
and talents to making the Cen
ter’s objectives a reality.
Former teachers to be honored tonight
Mozelle Edwards, president
of the Highlands Parent
Teachers Association, has an
nounced that former school
personnel, as well as those
who are leaving this year,
will be honored at the PTA
meeting tonight (Thursday) at
7:30. Parents and other in
terested persons of the com
munity are urged to be pre
sent.
Mrs. Edwards went on to
say, “I want to thank each
person who worked at the
Spring Festival held last Fri
day night, and also each of
the merchants and individuals
who contributed prizes. The
Festival was well attended,
and its success could not have
been possible without the fine
cooperation of all these
people."
A report of net proceeds
was not yet available, Mrs.
Edwards said, because all
bills have not been tabulated
and paid, but the profit should
be a substantial amount, and
will be reported later.
The proceeds will be divided
between the PTA and the High
lands Recreation Fund.
Helicopters to aid in fighting fires
District Ranger James E.
Brown has announced the use
of a contract helicopter to aid
local fire fighters. The new
program, in its third year on
the Nantahala National Forest,
is a program designed to save
money and manpower. After
the third year of use a feas
ibility study will be made to
determine how effective the
use of helicopters can be in
the mountains.
Fires can be controlled at
less than 100 acres by last
initial attack with helicopters.
A live man crew, with equip
ment. can be flown to a fire
THIS IS THE FOREST SERVICE’S new “helispot” on Dog Mountain where fire fighting
crews can easily be picked up or deposited.
in 25 to 30 minutes, whereas
by truck it cantakeuptol-1/2
hours for the first men to
arrive at a Are. The objective
of the helicopter program is to
control fires at less than 10
acres which will result in sav
ing many man hours of work
and money.
Helicopter landing sites
have been constructed in in
accessible areas to permit
landing. Six of these spots
have been located and con
structed in the Highlands
area.
The helicopter will be sta
tioned at Murphy, N. C. which
is a 25 minute flight to High
lands.
A five man fire fighting
crew is on standby with Heli
copter during fire weather and
can be dispatched to fires in
Western North Carolina, East
Tennessee and North Georgia.
The U. S. Forest Service crew
in Highlands is the back-up
crew, Ranger Brown said, and
can be picked up at the Heli
spot on Dog Mountain and flown
to the fire. Ranger Brown
stated the helicopter program
is just one of the many new
improved methods of fire
fighting for the mountains and
shows promise of beingagood
tool in helping to control fires.
Hearing set in Highlands
Friday on ABC store vote
The county-wide public
hearing concerning a refer
endum on the question of
establishing an ABC store in
Highlands will be held Friday
night at 7:30 at Highlands
High School.
State Senator Charles Tay
lor stated that he had re
ceived six petitions voicing
opposition the establishment
of an ABC store in Highlands
and about 20 Maconians had
indicated on Tuesday that they
will speak for or against the
issue in Highlands, Friday.
"The evils or benefits of
an ABC store is not theprime
point we’re trying to discuss,”
Senator Taylor stated in a
telephone interview on Mon
day, "it is to try to focus on
the scope of the referendum
if there is to be one."
He stated that the referen
dum could be set so that only
the residents of Highlands
could vote, or so that High
lands and surrounding town
ships could vote or the ques
tion could be put to the entire
county.
"The best way to interpret
the limits of the vote is to have
a hearing such as this dnd
find out how much opposition
and support there fs for each
position," Tayttr said.
Taylor did say that if there
is an obvious strong feeling
at the hearing against a "nar
row vote”, which a vote with
in the limits of Highlands
would be, then he didn't
think there should be a re
ferendum limited to High
lands.
If the opinion is that the
vote should be county-wide,
then Taylor said that the
County Commissioners had
the power to call a county re
ferendum on the question of
establishing an ABC store
within the county.
Senator Taylor said that
he had asked State Senator
Bette Wilkie and State Re
presentative William Brad
ley to be present at the High
Clean-up weeks announced
Town Clerk Herbert James
announced this week that thi
weeks of April 16 and 2:
and the weeks of May 21 am
28 have been designatec
“Clean-Up Weeks” within thi
town of Highlands this year
All owners of buslnesi
places and residences withii
the corporate limits are urge*
to clean up their surrounding:
during these weeks, and wil
be given extra assistance b;
the Town in hauling away dis
i carded items not disposable
I through the regular garbage
I pick-up service.
Items such as old pieces of
i furniture, bedsprings, or
other things (with the excep
tion of stumps, brush or
leaves) will be hauled away
I by a Town truck if made
easily accessible for pick
l up. All items tor disposal
should be collected together,
as only one pick-19 per
residence or business will be
made during die clean-19
period.
Mr. James stated that per
sons ready to have their one
pick-up made should call the
town office and let their re
quest be known. Their name
will be entered on a list and
pick-19 will be made in due
course.
Rotary hears Jack Taylor
At Tuesday's regular Ro
tary meeting Jack Taylor,
priaie—> nl Mm
lzed-Jaycee
lands told fellow Rotarians
the alms and objects of the or
ganlzatloa No visiting Ro
tarians were present, possibly
because of the snow flurries
and frigid weather, but two
visitors attended. High School
student guests were Kenneth
Manley and Jimmy Keener,
both representing the 9th
grade.
Ernie Stevens, District
Governor Nominee, was m
animously nominated as the
Representative of District 767
on the Council on Legisla
tion which meets in Min
neapolis June 9 - 13, 1974.
Each of the 330 Districts in
the Rotary world which in
cludes 149 countries is en
titled to one representative
on this very important coun
cil. Under the new rules
nominations must be made by
the club of which the nominee
is a member in good standing
and no nominations may be
made from the floor as in
the past
Jaycee clubs have been
functioning in the United States
for about 15 years, according
to Mr. Taylor. They are,
in a manner of speaking, suc
cessors to the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce also known
as Junior Chamber Inter
national which operated for
many years as a group of
independant organizations
throughout the country.
Young men, ages 18-35
are eligible for active mem
bership though others are
welcomed as associate mem
Board visits
all schools
The Macon County Board of
Education has inaugurated a
program of periodic school
visitation in order to keep its
members acquainted with
school conditions throughout
the county.
The Board, in discussing the
matter during its regular
monthly meeting, felt by keep
ing itself abreast of changing
school needs and programs, it
could better make decisions
affecting the educational poli
cies for the schools.
The first of these visits was
scheduled for April 10 and 11.
An attempt to spend some time
at every school plant was to
be made.
The school group will be
looking for means whereby
they can help principals ant
teachers better provide in
struction for the youngsters
under their tutelage.
bers without voting rights.
Young business men join the
ing public speeches, oppor
tunity to aid in civic pro
jects and tor fellowship. The
club provides a means where
by any ambitious young man
can become involved with pub
lic affairs at an early age,
and membership is open to
all whereas the Rotary Club
is very difficult to join be
cause of the strict classifi
cation system whereby only
one person from a given pro
fession may beanactive mem
ber.
Mr. Taylor reported that the
recent bloodmobile obtained
55 pints of blood, equalling the
Highlands record and that this
service would be repeated in
the late summer. In closing
he read the Jaycee Creed,
“WE BELIEVE:
That faith in God gives
meaning and purpose to hu
man life;
That the brotherhood of man
lajoee grog lor
ment, opportunities for
transcends the sovereignity of
lies
And that
ity is the
Next week's meeting will
be presided over by Viet
President John Phelan as
President Harry Long will
be attending the District Con
ference at Boone.
Weather
H L R
April 4 53 46 .18
April 5 42 32 .00
April 6 60 27 .00
April 7 43 38 1.65
April 8 45 38 .28
April 9 47 36 .09
April 10 30 26 .00
lands hearing.
The Reverend Ray Bar
field, pastor of the Highlands
Presbyterian Church, who is
in charge of those who would
speak against the referendum
on Friday night, stated that
he had received several names
of individuals who would speak
against the issue.
Highlands Town Clerk Her
bert James stated that he also,
had been notified by several
persons who would speak for
the referendum. He said that
some persons would speak for
larger groups.
Although' there will be a
limited amount of time, Tay
lor said, “I'm willing to stay
as late as people want to be
heard.”
He said that he hoped each
side would organize so there
would be no duplication of
statements and said that
people who did not wish to
speak could submit written
statements or letters to him.
Taylor said he expected
three distinct groups to be
represented at the hearing
in Highlands and those to be
the resident voters of High
lands, die voters in areas ad
jacent to Highlands and voters
from other parts of the county.
FEATUREDSPEAKER
for this Sunday’s Christian
Men’s Breakfast at the
Normandie Restaurant
will be Andy McDonough,
Highlands real estate
developer. Mr. McDon
ough, formerly of Fort
Lauderdale, Fla. and New
Jersey, has been extreme
ly successful with his firm,
doing more than 20 million
dollars worth of business a
year. He and his wife and
three children now live in
Highlands. All interested
persons are invited to
attend the regular monthly
Sunday morning affair.
Revenue Sharing Funds make money
Highlands, Franklin and
Macon County received sep
arate revenue sharing checks
on Monday totaling $105,856.
The largest check, $84,608,
went to the county, while
Franklin received a check for
$17,004 and Highlands’ check
was lbr $4,244.
Both Macon County and
Franklin wiU put their money
in the bank and according to
Mayor A. C. Patterson of
Highlands , they haven’t yet
decided what they wUl do with
the money.
Insofar as the county is
concerned, a planned-use re
port for the $84,608 must be
submitted to the Department
of Treasury in Washington
within 60 days.
Chairman of the Commis
sioners Oscar Ledford stated
that a detailed breakdown of
how this check will be spent,
as well as the expected check
for the same amount, in June
totaling $179,216, will be made
public to the citizens by July
1 of this year.
The first two checks re
ceived by the county from re
venue sharingtotaled$291,552
and the money is presently
drawing interest in a local
bank. After July 1, Ledford
said, the $291,552 will be re
invested on an 18 month note
and will draw some $30,000
interest
“We feel like we’ll hold
that money back for an emer
gency in the county,” Led
ford said.
Not one cent of the money
received so far under the
revenue sharing program has
been spent by the county, all
of it is in the bank.
Although the money the
county has received and will
receive before July 1, comes
with few, if any, strings at
tached, money forthcoming
after July 1 will come with
specific guidelines. This is the
special Revenue Sharing
funds.
An undetermined amount of
money will be received under
the Special Revenue Sharing
program, but it will have to
be spent either for law en
forcement, education, man
power programs or com
munity development programs
such as libraries, hospitals,
recreation and water and
sewer programs.
Counting all four checks,
plus interest, Macon County
will have half a million dol
lars by the end of the year
in the bank, all revenue shar
ing monies.
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ANOTHER BIG CHECK from the revenue sharing program of the federal government
arrived in the county manager’s office last Monday, this one for $84,608. The Town of
Franklin also received a check Monday from the same source, totaling $17,004 and the
check that Highlands received was for $4,244.