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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1950
Page
4
Mrs James R McNeil and Miss Betty Ruth Harrison hosted at Miss Harrison s home for the affianced couple and wedding party plus close friends. The dining room featured sweetpeas with green tapers in crystal holders and a green candle mantel. Living room displayed white chrysanthemum arrangement. lime ice ginger ale bridal cakes in green and white. served with help from Mrs C W Stevens.
Mrs Herman Haynes entertained with a lingerie shower at the C D Dowdy home on Fletcher Street Tuesday evening honoring Miss Mary Lynn Coble. Prizes went to Miss Coble and several guests. Dowdy served chicken salad and pimento cheese sandwiches with cookies and tea to fifteen friends.
Miss Mary Lynn Coble received a china gift at Miss Ayers home on Benagg to honor the upcoming wedding. Sum mer flowers adorned the rooms as thirty guests enjoyed bridal games and contests. After refreshments, gifts were awarded to the winners and the hostess served light treats.
Mrs W D Moss entertained at her Granite Street home for her sisters Mrs E C Hoffman of Gainesville Ohio and Mrs Frank Foy of Bradenton Florida and Ida Helen Hatcher the bride elect to Alexander Lillington Clark with a china gift from Mrs John Pay.
Mrs Hugh Merritt hosted a luncheon at the Peacock Lounge of the Ridge Hotel on June 22 with pink and blue flowers centered the table. The event honored Mrs L A Rountree and Mrs Eunice Rountree, guests of Mr and Mrs J H Rountree, along with Mrs E C Hoffman of Gainesville Fla Mrs Frank Foy of Bradenton Fla and Miss Ida Helen Hatcher July 5 bride elect. Mrs Merritt presented Miss Hatcher with a gift.
The Faithful Workers Sunday School class of Haymore Memorial Baptist Church met for its regular monthly gathering at the Weiner-Burger Tuesday night. Hosts Mr and Mrs Billy Coleman opened with song and prayer. Mrs J C Moser read scripture. Mrs Robert Smith led a Home and Foreign Missions program. prizes were awarded in a Bible contest and sword drill to Mrs Franklin Martin and Mrs Calvin Woodruff.
Announcement received of the wedding between Mrs Emil Christoph Seewald of Mount Airy North Carolina and Washington District of Columbia and Mr Edward Perry. They will reside at 407 North Allen Avenue Richmond Virginia. Mrs Perry formerly Miss Maude V Jones, known in Mount Airy and Durham where Mr Perry served as division credit manager of the Virginia Carolina Chemical Corp prior to retirement.
Jan and family moved last week into the new parsonage at Franklin Heights which has just been completed.
Norma Lee Eads daughter of W H and Mrs Eads of Siloam Route 1 wed Alvis W Lawson son of C W and Mrs Lawson of Pinnacle on Wednesday June 21 at seven. The Rev Gilmer Denny conducted the intimate ceremony at his home with close family present. The bride wore a white velvety dress with navy accessories and pearls from the groom. Mrs Lawson is Copeland High School graduate. Mr Lawson attended Pilot Mountain High School.
Wednesday morning Nora Frances Lackey hosted a cola party at her Cherry Street home to honor Miss Ida Helen Hatcher the bride elect. Flowers decorated the rooms as gifts of china were presented. Colas sandwiches fruit salad and pickles were served to about twelve friends of the honoree.
Thacker led devotional and a discussion on the minor prophets studied for three months. After the business meeting, refreshments were served. The group adjourned to meet again July 27 at Mrs J Roland Carpenter’s Patterson Drive home.
The General Meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service will be held at Central Methodist Church Monday at 3 o'clock. Circle 2 chaired by Mrs. R A George will lead the program. Circles 2 4 and 5 meet at 2 30 p m with Circle Street and Mrs. Lewis Jones as co hostesses.
Mrs Dunman serves as hostess for the Women’s Bible Class gathering with members meeting at her residence and discussing study plans and prayer.
Mrs Wens accompanies Miss Harrison as they depart this morning for Ocean Drive Virginia to spend several days there.
A luncheon in Mrs. D. E. Hoffman’s apartment on Church Street honored Miss Ida Helen Hatcher with a three course meal for sixteen friends. Corsage corsage white flowers marked the guest of honor and she received a silver gift. Miss Nancy Jane Adams received linen in celebration of her engagement to James Thacker.
The Arts and Crafts Guild will meet on Tuesday July 4 at the home of Mrs Fred Beamer on the Springs Road to discuss projects and upcoming events.
Mrs L R Nenn and her children Cheryl and Leah are staying with her parents Mr and Mrs 1 Cook on Wilson Street in Winston Salem for a spell as they visit relatives and relax at home.
A long hospital list notes numerous births across routes and towns with dates in June, naming parents Mrs and Mr Brintle, Mr and Mrs Stone, Mr and Mrs Haynes, Miss Stone, Mrs Gilbert Stone, and many others. The roster also records numerous medical and surgical patients including Mrs Chandler, Walter Harrison Marion, Homer Shelton, Kate Foster, John Shinault, and Vernon McCraw among others, with locations from Pilot Mountain to Galax Virginia and Dobson North Carolina.
Qualified as administrator James Cook calls all claimants on the estate of Alfred Lettic to present claims within 12 months from June 2. Persons indebted to the estate must pay promptly or face legal action. Alfred Settle Cook, deceased, administrator.
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