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  • KELLY £. BENNETT, Treasurer For his outstanding individual part in promoting the progress of the region, Kelly E. Bennett has won the informal designation of Apostle of the Great Smokies. As one of the founders of the Cherokee Historical Association, he has served continuously on its board of trustees and was elected treasurer this year. Bennett is a native of Western North Carolina, born near the Cherokee Indian Reservation, and is a pharmacist by profession. He attended the public schools of Swain County and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy. He has devoted half a century of service toward promoting the mountain region. Since 1947 he has served as a member of the North Carolina National Park, Parkway and Forest Development Commission, and is now its chairman. He served three terms as State Senator in the State General Assembly, and is now a member of the State Senate. He was governor of the 280th District of Rotary International during 1955-56. In 1954 he received the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association Award in recognition of exceptional meritorious service to the advancement of public health and welfare. From 1947 until 1953 he served on the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control. He first became mayor of Bryson City in 1924 for one term, and 20 years later again was elected, serving continuously thereafter until 1955. He is a Mason and a Presbyterian. He is married and has three daughters. MRS. MOLLIE ARNEACH, Secretary A Cherokee of exceptional beauty, Mrs. Arneach is as efficient as she is beautiful. She grew up with the Cherokee Historical Association, sharing in its early trials and tribulations. She is a charter member of the organization. She was the first woman to be elected to the Cherokee Tribal Council and served from 1917 to 1949. Mollie Gap on the Blue Ridge Parkway is named in her honor. She is a member of the Southern Highlanders Craft Guild and the Qualla Arts and Crafts Cooperative. She is now employed in the educational division of the Cherokee Indian Agency. A native of Cherokee, she attended the University of Oklahoma, and during World War II was employed by the Tennessee Valley Authority. She has one son, and her mother, Mrs. Lula Gloyne, is company nurse of Unto These Hills. THE HON. LUTHER H. HODGES Governor of North Carolina A man of rare talent and forthrightness, Luther H. Hodges is dedicated to a program of stability and progress for North Carolina. Elected Lieutenant Governor in November, 1952, he succeeded to the Governorship in November, 1954, upon the death of Governor William B. Umstead. He was elected to a full term as governor in 1956. A Democrat, he was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (only eight miles from his present home at Leaksville, North Carolina), March 9, 1898. Graduated from University of North Carolina, A.B. degree, 1919. In 1938 was appointed General Manager of all mills of Marshall Field and Company and became Vice-President of this corporation in 1943; retired in 1950. Spent more than a year in West Germany as head of the Industry Division of the Economic Corporation Administraiton; former consultant to State Department on the International Management Conference; former head of the Textile Division of the OPA and consultant to the Secretary of Agriculture. Methodist; former Lay Leader and Steward of Leaksville Methodist Church. Married Miss Martha Blackeney of Union County in 1922. Two daughters, Mrs. D. M. Bernard, Jr., of Anacortes, Washington, and Mrs. John C. Finlay of New Delhi, India; one son, Luther, Jr., a Sophomore at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Sixteen
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