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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1951
Page
3
Miss Mary Ruth Surratt and Woodrow Junior Beamer wed on a Saturday morning in Mount Airy at Rev. Delmar Hodge's home. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Wade Hauser. They plan a wedding trip and will reside with the bride's mother.
Miss Bruce and Miss Yokley hosted an informal luncheon at their Cherry Street home for Miss Gray Sydnor August bride elect. About twenty two guests attended and gifts for the kitchen shower were presented amid garden flowers decorating the rooms.
Miss Dorothy Helen Thomas daughter of Mr and Mrs Calvin Thomas married Theodore Clinton Gravely son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Gravely at 8 50 p m Saturday June 2 in Mount Airy The Rev Lonnie Fleming officiated The couple will reside on Hay Street after a brief wedding trip The bride wore lavender lace and white linen accessories with a white orchid corsage The attendants were Mrs Roger Thomas both from Mount Airy The bride is a Franklin High School graduate employed at Ashburn s Hosiery Mill The groom attended Mount Airy High School and works at a Shell Service Station.
Miss Marjorie Yakley hosted a Wednesday event at her Cherry Street home to honor brides to be Miss Sarah Smith and Miss Helen Finch. The reception included place mats given to the honorees, with Miss Finch to wed Spencer P. Roberts at First Baptist Church on June 30 and Miss Smith to marry Lawrence Frederick Hayes Jr. on July 15.
Miss Hattie Holyfield of Mount Airy and Winston-Salem wed First Lieut. Charles H. Forbes at First Presbyterian Church Winston-Salem. Attendants included Miss Mary Neal McNair. The couple will reside near Fort Dix New Jersey after Forbes’s Korea service with the Second Infantry Division.
Martha Jean Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jones, was celebrated at a party held Saturday, June 9, at the Longap Road home hosted by her twins Michael Foy and Rachel Joy. She marked her twelfth birthday on Tuesday, June 5, with games and refreshments for about fifteen guests.
Miss Annabelle Taylor was entertained at a luncheon Thursday in the Peacock Room of the Blue Ridge Hotel with hostesses Mrs. Earl Sims Mrs. Maurice Inman and Mrs. V Stewart Underwood. Fifteen guests attended including wedding attendants and close relatives. The bride received a corsage pink carnations and a piece of china in her chosen pattern.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Jordan Jr. hosted a luncheon in the Peacock Room of the Blue Ridge Hotel Sunday honoring Mrs. Emma J. Foster of Washington D C and her son, Pfe William E. Foster of Bolling Field, who are visiting. Covers were laid for Mrs. Foster and her son Miss Mary Strupe and Attorney and Mrs. Joe W. Johnson of Winston-Salem.
Salem residents and relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Ben Johnson and son Benny of Lexington with editor and Mrs. W M Johnson, Mr. and Mrs W E Woodruff, William H. Johnson, and Mr. and Mrs. Jordan and son Mare assemble for a regional gathering.
The Ladies WMU of Piney Grove Baptist Church met Tuesday night at 7:46 in the home of Mrs. B M Johnson Route 4. Lillian Simpson presided as president and organized a program on Foreign Missions with Mrs Johnson as program chair. A short business session preceded a social hour with refreshments from Betty Lou and Patty Sue Johnson. Mrs Jim Byrd, wife of the pastor, was welcomed to the circle.
Mr and Mrs Claude Johnson entertained at their West Lebanon Street home following the wedding rehearsal of Miss Margaret Hennis and Billy Venable Taylor. Green and white bridal colors appeared in decorations as a white Bride’s cloth covered the dining table and silver nosegays were displayed.
Mrs. Jesse Wood, bride’s great aunt, presided at the punch bowl while Nancy Bondurant of Greensboro Betty Lou Hennis of this city and Ann Taylor of Pilot Mountain assisted in serving. Guests enjoyed punch cookies fancy sandwiches and cheese straws.
The Girl's Auxiliary of Fancy Gap Baptist Church spent last Thursday in Thomasville visiting Mills Baptist Orphanage with twenty seven members and some mothers. They invited Whitty Cottage girls to a weiner roast and presented each girl a scatter pin. Rev and Mrs W O Powers accompanied the group.
Mrs Will Lovill and her daughter in law Mrs Cleve Lovill hosted a dinner Monday honoring Miss Annabelle Taylor and Edward Lovill. The event at their home featured warm greetings and socializing with local guests.
A wedding is planned tomorrow at the White Plains Friends Meeting. The dining room features a white cut work cloth, a compote with white and blue sweetpeas, white tapers, and a carnation corsage for Miss Taylor along with a silver gift in her chosen pattern.
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