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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
5
Mount Airy Country Club hosted another benefit bridge with ten tables in play. Hostesses were Mrs. T. H. Mackie and Mrs. H. H. Llewellyn. Carnations and roses decorated the clubhouse. Mrs. Rossie D. George won ladies high score with the double deck of cards. Prank Sydnor tied for high.
Miss Polly Patterson daughter of Mr and Mrs J S Patterson of Copeland wed Clifton Johnson at 7 00 PM with Rev Matthew Bunts officiating The vows were witnessed by close friends The bride attended Copeland High School and Maes School of Cosmetologists in North Wilkesboro The groom a Copeland High School graduate works with his father J W Johnson The couple will reside at White Plains after a trip through the Shenandoah Valley and Virginia caverns The ceremony marked a family union and future plans
Julian Cockerham and Miss Doris Vivian Cockerham are to wed in Salisbury at St John s Lutheran Church on Saturday evening June 15. Mrs Chilton serves as matron of honor and several ushers attend. The Cockerhams plan a wedding trip and will return Friday.
Mrs. Grover C. Lovill hosted the Thursday Afternoon Bridge Club Tuesday at 10:30 with three tables in play. Mrs. Wilbur Kochiitaky won high and Mrs. Hollingsworth low, while Mrs. Pred Folger captured the visitors high score award. A salad course and chess pies were served.
Mr and Mrs W G Bondurant Mr and Mrs Gam Hennis Jr and Hugh Carlyle Johnson undertake a watermobile journey to New York and the New York World’s Fair. The trip is described with brief details and local interest notes.
Miss Patti Hill a student nurse at New Hampshire State Hospital Concord NH was honored during afternoon and evening gatherings at Miss Daber’s Cherry Street home. Pink and white colors themed the party with Louise Moody and Sarah Harrison posting top and high scores respectively and Helen Macon and Margaret Hill recording lows. Hostesses presented Hill with a compact as a gift.
Miss Ruth Morris, a Franklin High School graduate from Morris City, married Guy Blackburn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blackburn of Route Five. The bride wore navy blue crepe with white and navy accessories, and Blackburn is connected with the state highway commission.
Mrs. R. M. Hudgins acted as hostess for a dessert bridge at her home on Country Club road at 1 30 pm Tuesday. The event drew members of her bridge club with sister and guest of honor Mrs C L Calhoun of Atlanta Georgia. Mrs Trent Harkrader won the high club score with Mrs D C Lewis in attendance.
Local residents and visitors travel to Richmond Virginia Washington D C and various North Carolina towns. Families including the Alexanders Seiglers Cadill and Hines visit relatives while others attend lectures graduations conferences and summer plans. Notables note trips to Boone Charlotte Greensboro and Duke University with relatives and summer residences in Mayfield Beach Nags Head and Lake Junaluska.
Miss Doris Cockerham and Miss Betty Norwood, June brides-elect, were honored with a desert bridge hosted by Miss Virginia Pay at her Granite Street home. Corsages of sweet peas with tiny rolling pins marked the honorees, with Cockerham receiving towels, Norwood crystal, and Mrs Edward Clark china in wedding patterns. Others named include Miss Mary Armfield of Fairfax, Va and Miss Thelma Smith of the area.
Miss Anne Beamer hosted about thirty younger guests Monday night at her Willow street home to honor Miss Katheryn Yelton of Henderson. The social gathering showcased local youth and hospitality in a cordial salon tone.
Vivian Smith hosted a Saturday night weiner roast near Salem attended by about thirty five youths. Games were played and weiners were roasted in a casual neighborhood gathering.
Woodhouse announces the marriage of Parmelia Jane Woodhouse to Mr. Robert Taylor Anderson of Saturday the eighth on time nineteen hundred and forty in Atlanta.
Mr and Mrs Ben F Johnson of Greensboro were weekend guests of Mrs Partridge and her husband W B Partridge and other relatives here.
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