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-Hazel Shaw Bride F Os Logan R. Elliott Ceremony Performed at Red Springs Sunday, September 7 In a simple but impressive double ring ceremony held in the Eex Pres : byterian Church at Red Springs, Sun day afternoon, September 7, 5 o’clock, Miss Hazel Pocahontas Shaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Shaw, of Rex, became the bride of Logan Rawlinson Elliott, son of Mr. ana Mrs. William 0. Elliott of Eden ton. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. Murphy Smith of Faison, pastor of the Faison Presbyterian Church, and a cousin of the bride. A green and white bridal theme was carried out in the church decora tions. Pines and ivy formed a back ground against which were placed seven branched candelabra holding lighted tapers. Floor baskets filled with white gladioli, asters and fern completed the setting. The family, pews were marked with white tulle bows. t A program of wedding music was presented by Mrs. D. S. Currie of Parktori, pianist, and Mrs. M. F. Townsend of Lumberton, soloist. Mrs. Currie played “Claire de Lune,” “Child’s Prayer” and Bach’s “An dante.” During the ceremony “Vene ( tian Love Song” was softly played on the piano. Mrs. Townsend sang “Sweetest Story Ever Told” and “Because.” Miss Ann Shaw of Rex was her lis ter’s maid of honor and only attend ant. Her street-length dress was a Toni creation of pink crepe made with short flared peplum and with it she friendly Thought/ 5 In imagination children are already grown-ups, ready to adapt your modes of thinking, your ways of living, your every day expressions. They are men and women in the making, in your keeping. Our method of pricing fur nishings allows you without any embarrassment to choose a service within your means. \OW MMVIvI Tuineta/ 4]ome EPENTONy mmmi .w~’ 'wsr* ~*, *; - 1 , , i % •:■. % >^: •■: ', ' ♦ * Y 'U' * y ' W W '' P ’l W*B Mtiaactf M. • 14 pratf • 75% #2 4/5 Qt. trail m(M ,*»,. ->'.*i./■#}■ _j.V-- ca.- * V '*>’ * wore black accessories and carried a < ' nosegay of pastel baby asters tied, I with pastel ribbons. j. I Serving as ushers were Duncan Shaw, brother of the bride, and Frank . ,' Elliott of Edenton, uncle of the bride- \ groom. William 0. Elliott of Eden- 1 ton was his son’s best man. Entering on the arm of her father, ' the bride wore a dress of moon blue J crepe fashioned with a draped skirt. 1 Her off-the-face hat was of black, as 1 , were her other accessories. She car ried a bouquet of bride’s roses, show- • , ered with tuberoses. She wore a ( gold necklace, now owned by her pa- . ternal aunt, but originally belonging , to her paternal great grandmother, | the late Mrs. Mary Graham McNair ; Bethune, who wore it as a young girl. 1 1 The bride also wore a beautiful dia mond dinner ring, gift of the bride- : groom. ; The bride’s mother wore a navy ; , blue crepe dress with havy and white accessories and a shoulder corsage of red roses. The bridegroom’s mother wore a j dress of amber crepe with brown ac cessories and a shoulder corsage of ! red roses. The grandmothers of the bridal I couple, Mrs. J. J. Beard of Rex, and Mrs. E. T. Rawlinson of Edenton, ■ wore black crepe dresses with : shoulder corsages of white baby asters. Immediately following the cere ' mony the parents of the bride enter , tained at a buffet supper for the out of-town guests. Others attending from Edenton were Miss Zene Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Elliott, Richard Elliott, aunts and uncles of the bride groom, Miss Ruth Ray Elliott, Rich -1 ard Elliott, cousins of the bridegroom, I all of Edenton; Mr. and Mrs. Furman Bestal of Greensboro. Mrs. Elliott was graduated from Flora MacDohald College in Red Springs in 1946, and for the past year i has been employed in Edenton as as i sistant county agent for Chowan and Perquimans counties. Mr. Elliott is an Army veteran and is employed in Greenville, where the couple will make their home. The parents of the bride entertain ed informally at the the wedding rehearsal Saturtffy night. The guests were greeted by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Jones and Mr. and Mrs. John J. Beard received in the living room. R. B. Keeter Dies After Long Illness Many Attend Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon After a siege of failing health, R. Brinkley Keeter, 37, passed away at nis home in North Edenton at 1:40 o’clock Thursday afternoon. De ceased was a native of Bertie County but had made his home in Edenton for the past 18 years. At the time of his death he was an insurance agent and had won the respect and esteem of not only the company he worked for, but of all the members of the insurance group in Edenton. He was a member of Chowan Tribe ANTIQUE SALE - AT AUCTION Saturday, Sept. 20 At 10:30 A. M. ON PREMISES OF JAMES IREDELL HOME 107 East Church Street Edenton, N. C. All Furniture, China, Jewelry and Glassware from this old estate. H. A. CAMPEN, Auctioneer PETE SMITH, Manager THE CHOWAN HERALD EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1947. of Red Men. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Es- \ telle Ayers’Keeter, and a young son, ■ R. B. Keeter, Jr. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Keeter, also survive, ' as well as seven brothers, Albert, Luther, Fred, Carl and Jim Keeter, all of Edenton, and' John and Melvin Keeter of Portsmouth, and two sis- | ters, Mrs. C. Fields of Portsmouth i and Miss Pat Keeter of Edenton. ] Funeral services were largely at- < tended in the Baptist Church Satur- 1 day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, with 1 the Rev. N. Carroll officiating, as- 1 sisted by the Rev. David B. Lawrence. ' Interment was made in Beaver Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers were H. M. Swain, Ralph Saunders, Thurston Stallings, Raleigh Hollowell, Edwin Richardson, Worth Layton, W. C. Bunch and William P. Jones. Honorary pallbearers were Wil liam White, William E. Barrow, Jack Barrow, Clayton Hollowell, H. T Layton, H. T. Hollowell, J. D. Elliott, Stop! Look! Read! WE HIVE ORGANIZED THE Chowan - Perquimans Mutual Burial Association roil DOin NEED IT TODAV, BUT roll CAN USE IT TOMORROW! This Association Is Statewide. Age Limit One (1) to Sixty-five (65) Years. One to Ten, 5 Cents. Ten to Thirty, 10 Cents. Thirty to Fifty, 20 Cents. Fifty to Sixty-five, 30 Cents. This Association Is Operated Under the Laws of North Carolina Governing Burial Associations. HONORABLE CLAUDE C. ABERNATHY, Commissioner, Raleigh, N. C. We Know the Service the CHOWAN CREDIT UNION Has Rendered the People of Chowan County. This Is Another Worthy Organization. Give Us Your Support! WE MEET EACH TUESDAY NIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK Charlton’s Funeral Home (Established Over Half Century) WILKE CHARLTON, President EDENTON, N. C. 136 E. CARTEKET ST. PHONE 28-J < DIRECTORS REV. W. H. DAVIS MR. W. H. ROBERTS MR. SIBfEON BROWN REV. C. C. BOONE REV. J. E. TILLETT REV. E. S. PARKER REV. W. C. SAPP • ■■■ . ■" " " ■. ii i John Lee Spruill, Leroy Barrow, Lloyd Perry, Clyde Hollowell and Gus Spruill. Tots & Teens Fashion Show September 18th Mrs. W. Jim Daniels, proprietor of the Tots & Teens Store, will stage her first fashion show at Hotel Joseph Hewes tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 o’clock. Many fall styles of attrac tive merchandise will be modeled, and the public is cordially invited to at tend. BULOVA, GRUEN, ELGIN and LONGINES WATCHES CAMPER'S JEWELERS r v TAKE.... Greenfield’s MILKY WAY To Better Health NOBODY OUTGROWS THE NEED OF MILK GREENFIELD DAIRY EDENTON, N. C. P. O. BOX 350 S , r PAGE SEVEN
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