Lions Festival Ends As Community Gathers In Support Of Liberty
The fourth annual Lions Festival concluded with hundreds to thousands attending nights of entertainment. Proceeds fund charitable work while speakers urge vigilance against political self-interest and a stagnant economy. Community leaders Ward Hyman Vincent Allen and others note France as a heritage example and stress Americans must work harder for less to sustain democracy.
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Lions
France
America
Mrs Lyerly Honors With A July Miscellaneous Shower
Mrs Lyerly and Mr B W Rook hosted a Friday shower on July 26 to honor their daughter Mrs James Lyerly Jr and her husband who recently married. Guests enjoyed contests won by Mrs W A Vincent Miss Mabel Floyd and Miss Bennie Moody then gifts for the bride were given. An ice course with mints followed in pink and white with miniature nosegays for each guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Rook
James Lyerly, Jr
W. A. Vincent
Mabel Floyd
Bennie Moody
Robert Price
Mesdames J. H. Lyerly, Sr
Atwell Norwood
Alice Moore
Zell Burnette
Wavely Clements
Raleigh Hodges
J. A. Shaw
Ashley Moody
Roland Massey
Debrun Jordan
Rosa Lee Hub
Town News Highlights From Gaston In A Busy Social Week
Local notices list numerous visitors and hosts from Gaston and nearby towns. Families and individuals travel to Raleigh, Henderson, Rocky Mount, Greenville, Gainesville, and Norfolk for visits, hospital recoveries, pageants, fairs, and shopping trips with trips to Manteo, Nags Head, and Virginia Beach. Several residents attend the Lost Colony pageant and a World’s Fair excursion to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlas Jordan
Gaston
R. J. Askew
L. J. Jones
Bernice Marbery
Raleigh
N. C
R. C. Woodlief
Erma Jean
Gordon Allen
John Thomas
Henderson
Beaunie Holliday
I. B. Bunn
Rocky Mount
S. C
Odell Smith
Gertrude Bable
Greenville
J. T. Foster
Ruby Jenkins
J. H. Jenkins
Eugene Lassiter
Eugene Jenkins
H. D. Jenkins
Josephine Lassiter
Rich Square
Jessie Peden
E. J. Abernathy
Nags Head
Manteo
Lost Colony
R. M. Bardin
Rockingham
N. G
Henry Fitts
Mary Louise Fitts
Canada
W. A. Teele
Bill Batton
New York
Jack Vincent
Virginia Bell Vincent
Dorothy Harris
Virginia Beach
Social notes of regional guests and jaunts
A long list of local residents and visitors is recorded, noting weekend trips to Ocean View Virginia Beach and other spots. Names include Jesse Taylor N A Cates Lola Katie Marie Jean Gibson Merle Harper Ruby Taylor J J Cooper H W Cooper Lillie Carlisle Marjorie Carlisle Yvonne Hayes Sybil Williams and many others.
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Jesse Taylor
New York
N. A. Cates
Lola
Katie
Marie
Jean Gibson
Ocean View
J. J. Cooper
H. W. Cooper
Columbia
N. C
Merle Harper
Ruby ‘Taylor
Richard Dix
la Crosse
J. W. Underwood
Virginia Beach
Lillie Carlisle
Marjorie Carlisle
L. A. Clary
H. A. Clary
Eric
Gaston, N
Black Creek
W. G. Roberts
Edna Wafford
Mildred Brown
Richmond
Elsie Brown
Sarah Agnes Daughtry
Noah Brown
Holland, Va
A. J. Bristow
Yvonne Hayes
Asheville
O. L. Smith
Sybil Williams
Fayetteville
Becky
Charlotte Grant
John Hutchinson
Rockingham
Charleston
S. C
Kelley Dixon
High Point
Charlotte
Curtis Jernigan
Franklin
Farris Pulley
Norfolk
Durham
Miriam Ray
Gene Ray
John Baird
J. L. Burnette
Garysburg
Margaret Boone
Helen Rose
Jackson
Mary Norwood
Roxboro
Tommie Nor Wood
Edith Barrow
Greensboro
Garland Barrow
B. L. Hall
Shirley
Pat
Warrenton
Jack Barton
New Bern
G. P. Hawkins
Helen
White Plains
Lucy Mae Babb
Also Mentioned on This Page
Evert Na Edad
Mrs. Lyerly
Wilma McDaniel
J. C. Leath
Dorothy Tyson
Fannye Marks
New York City
M. H. Hedgepeth
Doris
Charlotte Ann Norwood
Petersburg
John Grant
Paul Ray
Henry Jordan
Garner
Mack Britt
Horace Outland
Conway
J. W. Babb
Grover Rook and
Emporia
Floyd Emory and
Eldridge
William Berks
Virginia Clary
T. B. Clary
George Hale
Colerain
J. C. Cherry
Lillian Stevenson
Miss Polly Epps
Emporia, Va
Louis Coley
Washington, D. C
Bobby Edwards
Allen Edwards
C. H. Davis
Elizabeth
Herbert Bryant
Charles Fredric
Fannye Bryant
Grover Rook
Portsmouth
John Taylor
Franklinton
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