Wedding of Frances Hawks to Richard Beamer in Galax Church
Miss Frances Elizabeth Hawks daughter of Mr and Mrs Rom Woodrow Hawks of Galax Virginia became the bride of Richard Arien Beamer son of Mr and Mrs Dorsey C Beamer Sr of this city at four o'clock Saturday in the First Methodist Church of Galax Rev Prince A Eades and Rev Robert F Cochran Jr officiated. The church displayed white gladioli and chrysanthemums with ferns and cathedral candles. The bride wore Bombazine taffeta with Chantilly lace and a cathedral train and carried a white orchid bouquet. Sally Hawks was maid of honor and Mrs Harry Cook matron of honor with bridesmaids in white tafetta gowns and green accents. Best man was Patrick J Snow. ushers included Michael Tilley Gordon Hamric Gary Pruett James Rose and Robert R Beamer. Following the ceremony the couple hosted a reception at the Galax Country Club and will reside in Mapassus Virginia after a two week honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Elizabeth Hawks
Rom Woodrow Hawks
Galax
Richard Arien Beamer
Dorsey C. Beamer
Methodist
Prince A. Eades
Robert F. Cochran, Jr
N. G. Dixon
Maynard Beamer
Sabrina Ee
Sally Hawks
Harry Cook
Robert L. Adams
Alison Pollard
Ruth Denton
Abingdon
Sir Rebecca Crabill
Lynchburga
Celia Carter
Farmville
Susan Wynne
Patrick J. Snow
Rivera Beach
Fla
Michael Tilley
Winston-Salem
Gordon Hamric
Atlanta, Ga
Gary Pruett
Salisbury
James Rose
Gastonia
Robert R. Beamer
Bride Rebecca Hatcher Weds Franklin Kurtz Jr in Franklin Heights Church
Rebecca Louise Hatcher daughter of Norris and Louise Hatcher married Franklin Stauffer Kurtz Jr son of F S Kurtz Sr at Franklin Heights Methodist Church Sunday at four in the afternoon. Rev James T Ingram officiated with organist Virginia Hauser and soloist Mrs George Rives. The couple plan to reside with the Kurtz parents after a Pocono Mountains wedding trip. The bride is a Mount Airy High graduate and WCMC student. the groom a Mount Airy High and Valley Forge Military Academy graduate. He expects Army service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocono Mountains
Pennsylvania
Kurtz
Mount Airy High School
WCMC
Greensboro
Mr. Kurtz
Valley Forge Military Academy
Presbyterian College
Theta Chi
Engagement of Dorothy Yakley to Thomas Nicholls Jr
Mr and Mrs John Bruce Yakley announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy Polk Yakley to Thomas Hubert Nicholls Jr of San Tome Venezuela son of Mr and Mrs Thomas H Nicholls of Brooklyn NY The wedding is set for July 13 at Central Methodist Church in this city Dorothy teaches first grade for Mene Grande Oil Company in San Tome and Nicholls is a petroleum geologist for the same firm The bride elect is a Mount Airy High School Stephens College and UNC graduate and a member of Chi Omega Theta Tau Omega and the Junior Woman's Club Nicholls attended City College of New York and Phi Delta Rho He graduates high school in Brooklyn The couple will return to San Tome for two years after the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bruce Yakley
Dorothy Polk
Thomas Hubert Nicholls, Jr
San Tome
Venezuela
Thomas H. Nicholls
Brooklyn
N. Y
Central Methodist Church
Miss Yakley
Mene Grande Oil Company
Nicholls
Mount Airy High School
Stephens College
University of North Carolina
Chi Omega Sorority
Theta Tau Omega
City Colege
New York
Phi Delta Rho Fraternity
Moir Carter and family head to Carolina Beach for a week
Mr and Mrs Moir Carter with Mary Thomas and Dwight Carter departed Sunday for Carolina Beach to spend a week. They plan to return to their route 4 home the following Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moir Carter
Mary Thomas
Dwight Carter
Carolina Beach
Shower Honors Bride Elect Mary Carlton for July Wedding
Bride elect Mary Carlton was honored at a Friday night miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs. Margie Hicks Mrs. Jack Taylor and Miss Becky McMillan at Hicks home on Davis Street. About 50 guests attended including out of town sisters Mrs. Leonard Wood and Mrs. Ernest Crowder of Raleigh. Gifts included china in Carlton's pattern and accessories. Refreshments featured bridal cake squares nuts mints and coalas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Hicks
Jack Taylor
Becky McMillian
Leonard Wood
Ernest Crowder
Raleigh
Carlton
Miss Levering to Enter Bryn Mawr
Elizabeth Farson Levering of Ararat Virginia, a Westtown School senior, will graduate at Westtown on Wednesday at 10 30 a m where 84 seniors receive diplomas from headmaster Daniel Test Sr The address will be by Dr Donald Andrews of Johns Hopkins University She plans to enter Bryn Mawr College in the fall and was elected to Cum Laude society
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Farson Levering
Samuel Ralph Levering
Ararat
Westtown School
Westtown
Daniel D. Test
Friends’ Country
West Chester
Donald H. Andrews
B. N. Baker
Johns Hopkins University
Miss Levering
Bryn Mawr College
Bryan Myer
Semones Names Son Terry Armstead in Hillsville Birth
Mr and Mrs Arlo Semones of Fancy Gap Virginia announce the birth of a son Terry Armstead on June 9 at Hillsville Virginia hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlo Semones
Fancy Gap
Terry Armstead
Hillsville, Va
Mrs Nina T Wright to Stay With Cousin in Charlotte
Mrs Nina T Wright of Charlotte will spend a few days this week with her cousin Mrs C L Whitman on South Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina T. Wright
Charlotte
C. L. Whitman
South Main Street
Local Guests and Visitors Reported in Community Notes
Overnight visitors include Mayock and Saees Ateut at Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Baber’s home. Welch related to Mrs. Baber. Porter R. Cox of Belk’s and Jack Beamer of Belk’s in Galax trend to New York for winter merchandise purchases. Bertha Lowe of Longap visits Roanoke with her daughter and son-in-law C. R. Goard and family. Debby Powell and family join Mrs. T. J. Powell visiting relatives after a Myrtle Beach trip. Families of Mr. Wayne Greenwood and Mrs. A. O. Foster return from a week at Myrtle Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Charles Myers
Earl Myers
Barbara Case
Bruce
Charlotte
G. M. Eldridge
T. J. Powell
Debby
Powell
Pete Powell
Wayne Greenwood
A. O. Foster
Bethabara Estates
Winston-Salem
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Greenwood
Poster
Engaged Betty Clement Southern to Mr White in Newport News
Announcement this week that Betty Clement Southern of Newport News Virginia is engaged to a Mr White employed by the C and O Railroad. Miss Southern works at a children's dress shop in Newport News. A mid summer wedding is planned at the groom elects parents home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Clement Southern
Newport News
White
C. and O. Railroad
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Wiethana Y Unites
Wiss Biota
Elizabeth Hawks, Rihard Arlen Bier
Galax Country Club
Longwood College
Cotillion Club
Chapel Hill
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Mapassus
George Courtney
Cramerton
Harry E. Stockton
Grayson Holt
Richmond
William Bagley
Kembridge
Hilda Robbins
Howard Bowen
E. P. Rhodes
Washington, D. C
William L. Hill
Preston Hodges
Norfolk
Robert Lewis
Portsmouth
R. D. Stephenson
Hudson Conwell
Franklin, Va
Joe Gasque
Ben Grill
Valdese
William Howard Foy
This City
James Carlton Eller
B. Lane Whitley
Pulaski, Va
Virginia Price
Tyler Price
Arlington, Va
M. K. O'Sullivan
Vienna, Va
Miss Hawks
T. George Vaughn, Jr
Robert
Nelson
Rosecrest
Vaughn
Lanny A. Kyle
West Stuart Drive
Hawks
Elinor Kay Dodson
Clarence Alderman
Norma Ann Alderman
Lafayette Street
Richard Arlen Beamer
Franklin Stauffer Kurtz, JR
Rebecca Louise Hatcher
Norris C. Hatcher
Church Street
F. S. Kurtz
Wrenn Avenue
Franklin Heights Methodist Church
James T. Ingram
Virginia Hauser
George Rives
Laura Underwood
Jo Ann Palmer
Mary Nell Parker
Harriet Hatcher
Marguerite Kurtz
Bruce Craddock
Donald Stanley
Norris Hatcher, Jr
Worrell Kurtz
Mcbell
Wasooler
Belks
Bryn Mawr
Singer Mechanics
Youssag
Singer Sewing Centers
Ated
N. Main St
Saga
Clacker
Red
Vas
Ai Paisan
Casuals
Featuring
Hood
France
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