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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1956
Page
4
Mr and Mrs Leroy Marshall announce the engagement of their daughter Nancy Mae to Bobby Eugene Hooker son of Mr and Mrs M H Hooker of Cloudville Virginia The wedding is planned for August.
Alan Westmoreland, son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Westmoreland, was honored at a Monday birthday party on Rockford Street. Miss Norma Dale Craughn directed party games, prizes were awarded, and guests enjoyed cake ice cream cookies nuts and lemonade with forty attendees.
Mrs Livingston Mays spent the week visiting the Faucers and Mrs Marshall Fowler then left Thursday for Asheville to visit relatives on her way home to Nashville Tennessee.
Miss Virginia Anne Davis wed William J. Carson in Lexington at 5 70 p m on Saturday. The ceremony at First Baptist Church featured family attendants and a reception. the couple will reside in Lexington after a wedding trip to the Great Smoky Mountains.
The Alathean Class of First Baptist Church met Tuesday evening with Mrs Simmons on Coun try Club Road. Mrs Lewis was co hostess.
A fashion note extols sheath dresses and shirred skirts with empire waists and back closings. It highlights belts ribbons and lace as trims, versatile for day linen or night silk fabrics, with sleeveless cuts for comfort and light sweaters or jackets. Evening looks include baby doll organdie gowns.
Miss Shirley Simmons and Roy Beasley wed in a double ring ceremony at Oak Grove Methodist Church. Rev. Robert Clinard officiated with music by James Llewellyn and Cynthia Tillotson. The bride wore Duchess satin with Chantilly lace and a veil, carrying a white Bible with an orchid. The wedding party included Norma Ann Brown as maid of honor and bridesmaids Betty Simmons and Mary Frances Simpson. The couple, both locals, are recent graduates employed in local offices.
The Hospital Auxiliary board met Monday at 2 pm with 17 members present. President Mrs. James H. Smith announced a general Auxiliary meeting in October with date and time to be announced. She noted about 158 Auxiliary members and urged any women to participate.
Miss Joyce Ann Brannock bride elect, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Brannock, was honored at a bridal luncheon hosted by her sisters Miss Geraldine Brannock Mrs. 3 M. King and Mrs. Ed McGee at Mrs. McGee’s home. Guests included out of town cousin Miss Nancy Collier from Winston-Salem and future bridesmaid.
The couple who played with the Mount Airy Chair Company will spend a brief wedding trip and then reside at their home on Maple Street in this city.
The auxiliary outlines a major landscaping project and announces standing committee chairs including finance Mra R A Smith, membership Mra 4 Hale, volunteer services Mra L P Brown Sr, ways and means Mrs James Griffin, program Mrs Britt, education Mrs Robert George, public relations Mrs W J Miller Sr, flowers and grounds Mr Eugene Paddison, hospitality Mrs I A Schafer, constitution and by laws Mrs Garland Warren.
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