Personal notices reflect a busy social weekend in Blowing Rock area
Mrs H C Mayes returns from visit with sister in Blowing Rock while SN Holland Smith visits parents. Mr and Mrs P R Smith host weekend guests D B Blalock visits son Dennis. Mrs George Smith and Dennis back from Mississippi. Floyd Gates family hosts Billie Sue Blalock surprise birthday. Friends gather at dinner. Rev P D Patrick attends church extension conference in Montreal. Priscilla Ann Guyton returns from plastic nose surgery in Charlotte Memorial. Bill Caldwell family and Hugheses visit Caldwell and Smith households. Bost home hosts Landis and Landis of Bellefont PA and A M Lutz with Larry James Franks of Gaffney. Carter family trip from Atlanta visiting B R Smith parents. State Garden Club luncheon at Blowing Rock and Flower Show in Boone include many local names. Bill Ware and son Jerry of St Louis spend week with Mrs Brigg’s mother Mrs Paul Briggs. Briggs guests visit Carolina and Ocean Drive. Saturday dinner for Rev J H Brendall and Celia Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Gates
Billie Sue Blalock
P. D. Patrick
Montreal
B. C. Bost
Bost
J. D. Landis
Mr. Landis
Bellefont, Pa
Bill Ware
Jery
St. Louis
Missouri
Marriage Plans For Patricia Harris And Billie Sumrell
Plans are set for the August 16 wedding of Patricia Anne Harris daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Eaton Harris of Jacksonville Florida to Billie Bennett Sumrell son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Sumrell of Ayden North Carolina. The ceremony will be at 4 p m in First Presbyterian Church with Rev P D Patrick officiating. Music will be by Mrs W R Merritt and Ernest B Harris Jr. The Harris family will host, with Marion Sumrell as best man and bridesmaids Miss Mary Ola Lilly and Miss Alice Grace Sumrell. Ushers include Bill Peele Johnny Noble and Flem Mauney. There will be no reception after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrica Anne Harris
Ernest Eaton Harris
Jacksonville
Florida
Billie Bennett Sumrell
Clarence ©. Sumrell
Ayden, N
First Presbyterian Church
P. D. Patrick
W. R. Merritt
Ernest B. Harris
E. B. Harris
Marion Sumrell
Ayden
N. C
Pauline Mauney
Ene
Mary Ola Lilly
Williamston
Alice Grace Sumrell
Bill Peele
Johnny Noble
Flem Mauney
Miss Harris
W. W. Tollegon
Sgt. Harris
Paul Mauney
Harrises
Kings Mountain
Billie B. Sum
Bridal Shower Honors Betty Cash At Falls Home
Miss Jeanne Hallman hosted a bridal shower Tuesday evening at Miss Falls home in Miss Betty Cash’s honor. Green and white decor in the living room and blue and white in the dining room complemented a menu of white ice cream and blue iced cakes. Guests played games, with the final fortune game revealing a shower of miscellaneous gifts for the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayiene Kaus
Jeanne Hallman
Miss Falls
Betty Cash
Betty
Charles
Cash
Betty Falls
Doris Jolly
Dinner at Cedar Hill Farm Hosts Summers Manor Wedding
Mr and Mrs Charles Neisler entertained Summers Manor wedding party friends and relatives with a buffet dinner at Cedar Hill Farm. Flowers and fruits enhanced the decor. Miss Sommers cut the first cake slice as Miss Jeanne Sommers and Ensign Frank Garret Maner wed at All Saints Chapel Charlotte. The groom serves on USS Saufley and they plan a South wedding trip then settle in Key West Florida. Mrs Neisler and family travel to New York City after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Hill Farm
Charles Neisler
Summers Manor
Key West
Florida
Saufley
Grand Officers Visit OES Chapter Friday Night
A special OES meeting is set for Friday at 8 o'clock in the Masonic Hall with a 6 o'clock covered dish supper. Worthy Grand Mat Helen B. Rimmer and Grand Patron Hugh W. Prince will make an official visit. Kings Mountain Chapter 123 hosts with Bessemer City 263 Cherryville 156 and Lincoln ton 114 assisting. Mrs. Louise H. Martin presiding. A large attendance is expected.
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Masonic Hall
Helen B. Rimmer
Hugh W. Prince
Kings Mountain
Bessemer City
Cherryville
Lincolnton
Louise H. Martin
W. M. Kings Mountain
OES School Of Instruction In Gastonia Aug 16th
OES School of Instruction will be held in Gastonia at Lorraine Chapter on Saturday August 16 at 1 30 p m under the direction of Mrs Gladys Lle wellyn district deputy grand matr on and Mr Burton Callis district deputy grand patron of the 17th district of North Carolina OES Those from Kings Mountain Chapter with parts include Louise Martin W M Rowell Lane flag bearer and toastmaster for the banquet and Eva Nell Ross registration committee AA members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S
Gastonia
Lorraine
Gladys Llewellyn
Burton Callis
North Carolina
Kings Mountain
School of Instructions
Louise
Martin
W. M
Rowell Lane
Eva Nell Ross
Mrs. Joe Neisler Bridge Club Hostess Highlights Evening
Mrs. Joe A. Neisler entertained the Tuesday afternoon bridge club with a yellow and green motif featuring zinnias glads sunflowers and greenery. Light refreshments were served and Mrs. Hugh Ormand was the high scorer for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ail
Joe A. Neisler
Hugh Ormand
Mote Rites Held for Hiram Aza Mote at Mountain Rest
Graveside rites were held Monday at Mountain Rest cemetery for Hiram Aza Mote 79 of 101 City Street. Rev Jake Thornburg officiated. Mote died Saturday in a rest home in Old Fort. He was born in Georgia and survived by several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Aza Mote
City Street
Mountain Rest Cemetery
Jake Thornburg
Gospel Choir to Perform at St Paul Methodist Church
The Mountain Dew Gospel Choral Singers from Gatiney South Carolina will perform at St Paul Methodist Church on Sunday night August 31 at 8 o'clock. An offering will be taken. The public is invited to attend this service. The note also mentions South Atlantic states as large fertilizer users, with six million tons consumed in 1950 51 and North Carolina accounting for nearly two million tons.
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Gospel Choral Singers
Mountain Dew Gospel Choral Singers
Gatiney
S. C
St. Paul Methodist Church
South Atlantic
North Carolina
Social Security Coverage Expands for Private Household Workers
Leola M. Byerly, Field Rep, notes 1950 amendments extend old age and survivors insurance to regular household workers, farm hands, self employed individuals and others. Credits earned since Jan 1, 1951 may qualify for survivor benefits and old age insurance at 65 after one and a half years of covered work. The Gastonia office rep visits Kings Mountain City Hall on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 10:00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
Court Proceedings Highlight City Recorder’s Session
The Monday session presided by J R Davis in Judge White’s absence saw multiple cases. Steve Hughes received a thirty day suspended sentence on affray and public drunkenness with costs due. Hazel Washington got a similar sentence over an unrelated assault claim. Earnest Mac Dowell faced an assault charge with a knife, Sally McKinney’s case was dismissed, and Judge ordered costs in one matter. Capiases issued for Robert C Jones and W D Green, bonds forfeited in two assault cases, and two people convicted of public drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negular
City Recorder's Court
J. R. D:vis
Jack White
Steve Hughes
Hattie Maydale
Hazel Washington
Maybelle Washington
W. D. Green
H.C. Allman
Johnny Burris
Caplas
John_Wells
G A Members Attend Camp At Lake Forest
Girls Auxiliary members of Macedonia Baptist Church under Mrs James Bolin returned from a week at Lake Forest Camp Forest City during August 4 9 Participants included Doris Jean Sellers Carolyn Wright Martha Hardin Kay Falls Mickey Lynn Barbara Jo Lynn Carol Barber and Judy Barrett Activities covered sports swimming archery rifle range and hiking Morning devotions were led by Rev Guy Johnson Forest City The 1952 North Carolina lamb crop totals 32000 head up 10 percent from 1951 but 3 percent below 1910-50 average
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macedonia Bapist Church
James Bolin
Lake Forest
Forest City
Doris Jean Sellers
Carolyn Wright
Martha Hardin
Kay Falls
Mickey Lynn
Barbara Jo Lynn
Carol Barber
Judy Barrett
Guy Johnson
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H. C. Mayes
Jack Wagner
Blowing Rock
SN Holland Smith
P. R. Smith
D. B. Blalock
George Smith
Dennis
Mississippi
Priscilla’ Ann Guyton
Charlotte ‘Memorial Hospital
Bill Caldwell
Sandy
Harry Hughes
Newberry, S.C
Dewey Caldwell
Conrad Hughes
B. R. Smith
Randolph Carter
Alice Faye
Tommy
Robert Smith
Atlanta, Ga
State Garden Club
Boone
Mesdames
Sam Davis
A. F. Dean
Charlie Cash
George Houser
Mra
P. D. Herndon
Miss Betty Cash
Joe, Hugh
Robert Neisler
Marlene Hedrick
Lenoir
New York City
Williamsburg
Visi Oes
OES
Joe Neisler
Bridge Club
Dot & Cash
Leola M. Byerly
Field Rep
Cleveland County
Margaret H.lowder
G. A
FoMoCo Cleaner Polish
Rumplecrott
Huguet
Plone Motor Company
Ford
Battleground Ave
Plonk Motor Co.'s
Reba
Bembergs
Reba’s
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