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Greene-Owen Engagement
HISS DOROTHY ANNE GREENE
Mr. and Mrs. William Spencer
Greene of Blowing Rock an
nounce the engagament of their
daughter, Dorothy Anne (Dot
tie), to Franklyn D. Owen, Jr.,
of Columbia, South Carolina.
A June 22 wedding is planned
at S*int Mary's of the Hlls Epis
copal Church in Blowing Bock
at four o'clock in the afternoon.
The Reverend Martin M. Tilson,
rector of St. John's Episcopal
Church In Charlotte, will offi
ciate.
Miss Greene graduated from
Furman University with a BA
degree in Business Administra
tion. She received her Master's
Degree from Appalachian State
Teachers College in Boone, and
has done poet-graduate work at
the University of North Care
lina. She taught at Anderson
College, Anderson, South Caro
lina for two years, worked as
an order detailer for United
State* Steel Corporation in Char
lotte and Atlanta, and is cur
rently teaching in the School of
Business at Wake Forest Col
lege in Winston-Salem. While
working for the United States
Steel she held the first job of
its type to be held by a woman.
Miss Greene is sponsor of
Delta Kappa Nu business sor
ority at Wake Forest, acting
secretary of the School of Bus
iness faculty, a member of the
American Association of Univer
sity Women and the American
AModation of University Pro
testors. She is also active in
her book club and bridge club.
Mr. Owen graduated from
Dreher High School in Colum
bia, S. C., received his BS de
gree in Engineering from the
University of South Carolina in
Columbia, and did graduate
work at MIT in Cambridge,
Mass. He is executive vice-pres
ident of Owen Steel Company,
Inc., in Columbia, S. C., and
associated Owen interests. He
is a member of the ' Saraband
Club, Bachelors Club of Colum
bia, and Forest Lake Country
Club, all of Columbia. He was
a member of Sigma Nu fratern
lity at the University of South
I Carolina.
SOLITUDE TEST
CoUege Park, Md.? living in
solitude, without sight of an
other human being, Wilden P.
Breen Jr. has lived in a small,
3-room apartment for * months.
He is the subject of a test being
made by the University of
Maryland for the National Aer
onautics and Space Administra
tion on human behavior during
long period of isolation.
Breen has contacted his in
structors by telephone. He is
writing a book for recreation
and no time has been- set for
ending the test.
Home Council
County Meet
Next Friday
The Watauga Home Demon
stration Council will hold ?
county wide meeting for all
Home Demonstration members
on Friday. May 10 at 1:30. This
meeting will be held in the
adult asaembly room of the
Boone Methodist Church.
The program will be present
ed by Mr. Guy Angell, Superin
tendent of Watauga County
Schools. Mr. Angell will discuss
the "Proposed School Building
Program."
A short business meeting will
be conducted by Mrs. Earl Pet
rey, County Council President.
The public it invited to at
tend.
Bethel Home
Club Meets
The Bethel Home Demonstra
tion Club met in the home of
Mrs. Howard Love on this after
noon of April 24. Mrs. Baker
Ward served as her sister's as
sistant hostess. For devotional
the members repeated in unison
the 23rd Psalm.
The demonstration on "Win
dow Hardware" was given by
Mrs. Baker Edmisten, a club
member. She discussed the se
lection, installation, and main
tenance of window hardware,
and, in stressing the importance
of quality hardware, she said,
"Good hardware makes draw
draperies and curtains operate
easily and smoothly."
For recreation the club had
an old-fashioned spelling bee,
with the winner, Mrs. David
Farthing, being presented a gift
by the hostess.
The club adjourned early, in
order that members might meet
on the church grounds to do
some cleaning up, in preparation
for the spring session of the
Baptist Association to be held
on Tuesday, April 30.
FAT
OVERWEIGHT
Available to you without a doctor's
prescription, our product called
Odrlnex. You must lose UKly fit In
7 days or your money beck. Odrl
nex,, is a Uny tablet and eeslly
swallowed. Oet rtd of excess lit
and live lsnaer. Odrlnex costs *3.00
*2? U..*2ld. ?n this guarantee: If
no* saUrtled for any reason. Just
!?Slrn 2*9 jsaekaas to your drug
gist and set your full money back.
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I Worthwhile Club Holds Meeting
The Literature and Education
department of the Worthwhile
Women* Club met May 4th at
the home of Mrs. Lee Reynold*
with Mrs. Ralph Greene aa co
fcoateaa. The chairman, Mrs.
Loulae DeLima preaided. The
meeting waa opened with the
club collect given in uniaon.
Mr*. Lee Reynold* reported
that ground had been broken
for planting flower* on one
of the plota on Hardin and 421
and the club decided to take
another (mail plot on 431
across the atreet from the R.
D. Hodge* reaidenc*. Several
plota were mentioned for beau
tification this summer.
Mra. Reynold* also brought
up the aubpect of window de
coration for the Ter-Centennial
thia summer and mentioned
many different items to be u*ed
for such decorationa, such aa
old books, dishes, cooking ut
ensils jewelry, itampa, old rax
or*. shaving mug*, doll*, guns
etc. The older the "more want
ed" are the articles. If anyone
haa anything old that will por
| tray history of "The Good Old
Days" let It be known and the
I item* can be uaed and the
more of the >00 year old dais
will be much wanted. Mn. B.
W. Stalllngs or almost anyone
in business on King Street may
be contacted and your articles
described or history given.
lira. DeLima then introduced
Mr. Leonard Eury, librarian at
Appaachian College Library
who gave a most entertaining
reminiscence of the comic side
of being a college librarian.
Many incidents and sayings
brought to life again a loved
character, Mrs. Emma Moore,
recently deceased. Many others
involved students and happen
ings within the library or re
quests for certain titled books
and the disappointment of the
student a few days later. Even
Professor Blan Dougherty came
into refresh memories of by
gone days.
The hostesses served salad
and coffee following the meet
ing.
Paul & Ralph Say:
A shrewd gunman sud
denly appeared at the pay
master's window of a large
plant and demanded:
"Never mind the pay
roll, bud. Just hand over
the welfare fund, the
group insurance prem
iums, the pension fund
and the withholding
taxes."
?PAUL & RALPH
WANTED
Bible talesmen or sales
ladies to work this area
full or part time ? no cer
tain hoars. For the high
est paid commission and
also free hospitalisation
and other benefits write
Spencer Rummage
Route 1
Albemarle, N. C.
Coin collector! conservatively
value the 1804 U. S. iilver dollar.
If genuine, at about $10,000
DEMOCRAT ADS PAY
United Discount House
609 e. King St.
In the Baraett Building 1 '}
SALE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY ?
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5 Yards of Lining $1.00
4 Yards of Dress Material $1.25
Bedspread Remnants 30c per lb.
extra
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Wednesday Afternoons
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Furniture Company
Edmislen Bldg. Boone, N. C.
On 321 Bypass
We Are Now OPEN Regular Hours
You Will Find A Large Assortment of Imported
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Open Sunday Afternoon 12 'til 5 P. ; .vAsiLi
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