THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER " ^ W.N.C. Highlanders Will Expand Area; Te Promote Travel Industry ANNE HOOPER will play the title role in the operetta, "Chonita," to be presented by St. John's High School students Sunday afternoon and Mon day night. (Photo by Norton). | St. John's Will Stage Operetta Sunday, Monday l ne siuaenis ot ai. jonn s rtign School will present the operetta, "Chonita," a Gypsy romance based on music of Franz Liszt and ar ranged for the operetta by Ira Wil son. Two performances will be given for the public. The first on Sun day afternoon at 2:30 p.m. and the other at 8 p.m. Monday. Chonita. the title role will be played by Ann Hooper. Her two lovers, Stefan, a Gypsy minstrel, and Konrad, a Hungarian noble man's son will be flayed respective ly by David Jeter and James Mc Gowan. Humorous anecdotes will be sup plied by Nancy Underwood and Gary Hooper who will play the parts of Daya, the old nurse of Chonita. and Emil, the servant in the Stanescu home. Other leading characters are Mundo, the father of Chonita, | played by John Edge. The Baron ( Stanescu played by Thomas Chaf- ; fee, and the Baroness played by | Regina Nakutis. Proceeds of the operetta are to J go toward the new school, which f the students are anxiously awaiting to enter in the fall. Tickets can be obtalned-from any of the students of St. John's School or admission can be paid at the door. Boy Scout Troop Receives Charter Friday Evening A good crowd was present at Long's Chapel, Lake Junaluska on Friday night, April 13, for the presentation of their charter to Troop 8, Boy Scouts of America. Ben Mears was in charge of the meeting and. after devotlonals. in troduced Carlton Payton of Can ton. Mr. Payton talked on the tjenefits of Boy Scouts, the or ganization and what is required to make a thriving and success ful troop. Mr. Mears then Introduced L. P. McElrov, local representative of Boy Scouts, who, kfter a short talk, presented the charter, which j was received by Dewey Lavendrt- ' the local scout master. Mr. Mc- j Elroy then presented certificates to the members of the Bdy Scouts committee. Mr. Lavender presented certifi cates and badges to Joe Leather wood. David Ensley, Ernest L. Jones Jr., Lynn Wilbur, Charles Hipps, William Stahl, Gary Finch pr, DeWain Medford and Kenneth Jaynes. The meeting was closed with a few remarks by Mr. Payne. More than two-fifths of U. S. foreign born people live in New I'ork. Pennsylvania. Massachusetts ?nd New Jersey. A basking shark's stomach may :ontain as much as a ton of minute tea organisms on which it feeds. New Set-Up Approved By W.N.CJLC. Editor'i note?the following warn written by Ned J. Tucker, executive vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, who at tended the spring meeting of WNCAC at Highlands on Tues day. By NED J. TUCKER John Parris. president of the Western North'Carolina Highland ers, in a report to the Board of directors and membership of the Western North Caroling Associated Communities at Highlands on Tuesday, said that the Highlanders organization is in a state of re brganization and expansion. The new area covered by the High landers is tq include all counties from Watauga to Cherokee. He pointed out that in reorgan izing the Highlanders the group would return to the original pur pose for which it was established. Its functions will be limited tc) pro moting the travel industry and to assume certain police duties in maintaining proper standards. The old Highlanders organiza tion ran into difficulties when it was accused of getting into activ ities covered by local chambers of commerce. "This was never the purpose of the Highlanders organization as set up by WNCAC," according to Francis Heazel, Asheville attorney. In the new organization setup, Parris pointed out that the Coun ty chapter of Highlanders will function as a division of the ex isting local Chambers of Com merce. It will limit its functions to promoting the travel industry. There will be only one dues sched ule and when an organization joins the Chamber of Commerce it is automatically a member of the Highlanders Division. There will not be chamber dues and High lander dues as in the past. The job of reorganizing the Highlander was undertaken by the WNCAC organization several, months ago. Its president, William Bcekman Huger, held a meeting in Asheville several weeks ago for this purpose, and another in Hon dersonville only last week. The new organization setup is the re sult of the work in these meet ings. Due to the limited time in which I to prepare a program for the 1956 season, it was decided that no 1 formal program would he adopted | for this year but that the or ganizationt set up its program for ; 1957 and get under way in early fall of this year. As a 1956 project, the High landers decided to sponsor the "100 Vacations" program of the Colgate Palmolive-l'eet Company, a nationally televised program in which contestants win paid vaca tions at outstanding resort centers. One Hundred such vacations are lo be given to winning contestants in the area served by the High-' landers. Fifteen such vacations lave been pledged from Haywood County. A resolution endorsing the re- i jort of Mr. Parr is was approved ay YVNCAC membership, was Rc tolved that Western North Caro ina Associated Comihunities ap jroves wholeheartedly the ex lansion of the Western North Car ilina Highlanders to include all counties from Watauga to Chero tee and expresses confidence the expanded organization can more effectively promote the travel in dustry of the region." i ABOUT 50.000 cubic yards of earth comprising the "toe" of a large fill on US 23-441 between Franklin and Sylva gave way about 3:30 Monday afternoon. The tons of earth slid down to the valley below. The slide oeeurred about seven I miles from Franklin, just below Cower Gap at the Macon-Jackson line. A bulldozer rut ? tem porary by-pass around the dancer zone (I'hoio by Sylva llerald). Cowee Mountain Highway Heavily Damaged By Slide wantage esuinaieu ai ?/o,uuu was caused Monday afternoon when an earth slide ripped a 300-foot hole in the new highway on Cowee Moun tain i Highway 441) between Frank lin and Dillsboro. Approximately 50.000 cubic yards of earth gave way at 3 p.m. during a heavy 1/ ? Pill ^ MODERN DRUGS KNOWN TO MEDICAL SCIENCE ? ALL THESE INGREDIENTS GO INTO MEDICINE PRESCRIBED FOR YOU BY YOUR DOCTOR WE MAKE YOUR HEALTH OUR BUSINESS CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR ? THEN SEE US! WE'RE OPEN EVERY WEEK NIGHT UNTIL 9 P. M. AND ON SUNDAYS. CURTIS DRUG STORE EXPERIENCE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE MAIN STREET ' WAYNE8V1LLE