ten Talk
Hy EMILY COSTELLO
Merry Christmas!
Murphy has had everythinj
lui serkjusness in celebration of 1
with the best in American famil
But. I can think of no beti
Day than by attending the late (
copal Church at 11:3l) p. m., De
I understand the Presbyteri
to help out at the service, and
organ
GOOD TIME BY ALL!
You ehould have seen Duke's
Lodge Thursday night atl decked
out for the Junior Woman's Club
party at which a good time was
had by all.
To MARIA TRAVIS goes most
of the credit for decorating. I'm
told, and it was a veritable Winter
Wonderland, with Jack Frosts and
snowflakes at all the windows and
a lovely lighted Christmas tree in
the chimney corner.
And the tables were real works
of art. with silvered driftwood
adorned with silver and rose Bau
bles and silver beads. The places
were marked with colorful little
girl and boy angels. And of
course the table took on even
more beauty when the meal con
sisting of steak, potatoes, aspara
gus. cranberries, tossed salad, hot
rolls, coffee and cake was served
There must have been 100 folks
there and the women were dressed
fit to kill! <1 understand Santa
had already visited some of the
ladies with new frocks for the par
ty .?
Anyhow Dame * Fashion was
there. LIZ GRAY wore a stunning
gold antique taffeta cocktail dress
pui chased on her recent trip to
Houston, Tex.; MRS. H. BUECK
was in a toast lace dinner gown;
MRS. BRYAN WHITFIELD wore
5 that makes Christmas?the joy
he birth of the Christ Child along
y tradition,
ter way of ushering in Christmas
Christmas five service at the Epis
c. 24 (today),
an Church choir has been invited
Mrs. Jiifcmy Howse will play the
a formal fashioned with a black
top and p ratty striped taffeta
skirt; KATE HENSLEYS dress
was of swishy taffeta featuring a
high neckline and cinched waist;
HILDA OLSON was prettily at
tired in a white formal with red
Bolero; MARY WINTERS wore a
blue lace short formal; MARIAN
CONGER'S champagne faille cock
tail frock had accents of jet; JEAN
WHITE was mighty pretty in a
| "aille frock wl'h rhinestone trim
at the collar; RUTH CHENEY
wore a strapless bronze short forim
I?!; WANDA EDWARDS had on a
di :ss with white top and black
i skirt fashioned in pretty soft
iin s; BETTY BOURNE wore a
lovely black dress; DOT MASON
cly black dress; DOT MASON
-l a. in black wore a dinner dress;
FRANCE^ PUETT wore a gray
dress with cinch belt; CATHE
RINE WELLS was radiant in a
red two piece outfit; MARY JOR
DAN trotf a cute rose formal; and
DOTSY CARRINGER wore a blue
satiny cocktail dress.
Of course Mr. Bueck, Dr. Whit
field. Hugh Hensley, Ike Olson,
Rhett Winters. Steve Conger, Bob
White. B^b Cheney. Herman Ed
wards.' Francis dourne, L. L. Mas
on. C. D. Puett. Harold Wells.
John Jordan and John Carrlnger
accompanied their respective
Holiday
Wishes
(Urnce more it's a joyous occasion
for us to send to our friends the
Greetings of the Season and to wish
them a Cheerful Christmas...a New
Year'of success and good health.
IMPERIAL LAUNtfflty '\
AND CLEANERS 5 * >'
< MURPHY, N. C.
?J*
Over the
Y
years, we've
& found no
other way of
saying the old
wish more
warmly than just
r "Merry Christmas
To All Our Friends."
Fisher's Department Store
Andrews, N. C.
Mrs. Carrier's
Pupils Heard
ANDREWS?Mrs. J. G. Carrier
presented her piano pupfls in a
Christmas recital Monday. Dec.
15. in the school auditorium.
The following participated on
the program: Anita Luther. Wilms
Gray, Sue Nichols, Martha Derre
herry, Jimmy Drigggers, Mary Jo
Battle. Truett West. Many Hope
Day. Linda Carringer, Alta Brown,
Betsy Battle. Terry SJagto. Ann
Pulkum. Sendra Phillips. Jan
nette Carringer, Delia Mae Bailey.
Janice Hogsed. Billy Parker. Jan
ice Watts. Joyce Mintz, Gay Fran
ces Stewart, Jean Bristol, Nina
Brown, Betty Ann Palmer, Mar
garet Ann Hardin, Jerry Pullium,
Judy Bristol, Shirley Matheson,
| \ irginia Garner. Ardith Hay,
Gayle West, Carolyn Dupree, June
Brooks, Hildred Heaton.
wives.
Others there were BOB AND
SHUG EASLEY, YVONNE AND
S T E E G SIMMONS, DAVE
MOODY, BOB AND MRS BAULT
md MIRIAM AND C L O E
MOORE.
j That cute young thing MARGA
RET AKIN, home from CuIIo
whee for the holidays, was at the
pary accompanied by JACK BAR
NETT. She was wearing a lovely
black velvet dress.
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
That was a mighty cute party
ROS AND CECIL BURGESS and
JUANITA AND BOB WEAVER
save round at the Burgesses Mon
day..
The about 50 or more guests at
tended In shifts throughout the
evening and enjoyed the chit chat
mong friends as well as the
grand holiday refreshments of cof
fee. eggnog, sandwiches, canapes
hors d'oeuvres and candies.
Decorations were Christmasy.
'.CO.
SUCCESSFUL BAZAAR
The Home Demonstration ba
zaar Friday and Saturday appear
ed to be a great success, with lots
of lovely homemade and home
grown items. I bought a beautiful
hen from Smithmont Farm in
Peachtree which MRS. FRANK
LIN SMITH said she had dressed
before breakfast that morning.
The chick went right into our
"reeling unit and will come out
only on Christmas Day in the
morning.
FEEL GOOD? DO GOOD
AVIS HOOVER. (Mrs. B*ll?,
bubbling over with energy, was j
telling me the other day how good j
(he felt. And I can well believe it,,
because nobody who wasn't in the
pink could have taken on the
round of perfectly lovely parties i
as she did last week.
The week before Christmas at
the Hoover home got underway
with a buffet dinner party Mon
day, at which time young DRS.
HELEN WELLS SMITH and
JACK .DAVIS were honored
guests. Cute wife, MONIKA, was
there with Jack, but JOHN SMITH
was unable to be present.
Other guests on that occasion
were BOB AND POLLY BAULT,
RUTH AND FRANK FORSYTH.
EDWIN AND viRGINIA HYDE,
FRANCES AND JOE RAY and
MABLE MASSE Y ED AND MARY
FAY BRUMBY had been invited
but were unable to be there.
Tuesday saw Avis hostess at a
seated tea for a small group of
friends including Betsy Bourne
(Mrs. Francis, Jr.), Mrs. Roy Ful
ler. Ann WUkins (Mrs. R. L.)
Frances Puett (Mrs. C. D.), and
Jean Singleton (Mrs. W. A.).
At this affair Russian tea, cook
ies and other goodies were served.
Thursday was the day for an
other of the little "sit around"
Bill Teas Wedded
To Katherine Hall
ATLANTA. GA? Miss Vir
ginia Katherine Hall, daughter
of Mrs. KhoJas Hall and War
ten Allison Hall of Louisville,
K>\. became the bride of Wil
liam Teas Jr.. son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Thomas Teas of.
Andrews. V C, in a ceremonv
taking place Saturday afternoon. |
I>ec 20. in Mikell Memorial I
Chapel of St. Philip's Cathedral
IX-an Alfred llardman offi-l
ciated.
Floyd Teas of Andrews was his
brother's best man and grooms
men were William Banks of Chat- j
tanooga; Harry Wright of Kings-1
port, Tenn; William Thaden of
Roanoke. Va., and Glenn Turner. (
Miss Senny Hall, sister of the j
bride, was the maid of honor and j
bridesmaids were Miss Doris Teas,
sister of the bridegroom; Miss Su
san Hull and Miss Diane Brantley
Linda Hall, sister of the bride, was
junior bridesmaid.
Given in marriage by her fa
ther. the bride wore her mother's
wedding dress of point d'Aienoon
lace over candlelight satin. The
dress was bought in Paris by the
bride's grandfather, the late Er
nest L Rhodes The veil of illu
sion fell from a roaepoint lacs cap.
which is a family heirloom. The
bride carried a bouquet of white
orchids and valley lilies and wore
as her only jewelry a necklace of
seed pearls given to her mother by
the bride's great-uncle. E. M. Hud
son.
Following the ceremony Mrs.
I,
Hall, mother of the bride, enter
tained at a small reception at the
Piedmont Drive Club, after which
Mr. Teas and his bride left foe
their wedding trip to North Caro
lina.
Upon returning from New Or
leans and the Sugar Bowl game,
the young couple will reside in the
Callaway apartments on 10th St
THE
TEEN SCENE
BY HETTY /HAS MOORE
I he young people of the First Baptist Church gave a Cantata
lot the school children Monilav morning. It was all lovelv. but
the special numbers by SALLY MORRIS. GLF.NDA IMF. and
ROSALIND STALCl P, were verv prettv.
Tuesday afternoon MRS. SARA POSFY SI IFRRI1L and
her mother-in-law. MRS. \Y. A. SIIFRRILL went to Wake Forest
to get Sara's husband. W. A. lie will be in Murphy with his folks
until after the Christmas holidays.
The Juniors have been selling
Christmas cards for the past
month. Every day last week, prizes
were given away to the Juniors j
having the winning tickets. About
forty small prizes were given!
away. Friday, the final day. a.
large box of candy was given to j
the lucky person. FAY BURGESS
won the prize. Two big boxes of
candy were given to the two Jun
iors selling the largest number of
Christmas cards. These boxes were
awarded to BETTY JEAN MOORE
and ADIR ARONSON.
OUTSTANDING GAME
Friday night the girls and boys
?teas and about IS folks were pres
ent on this occasion.
And, as if that weren't enough
for one daj#Avis had the Business
Women's Circle over Thursday
night for their annual Christmas
party and gift exchange A pro
gram was given by Mrs. A. L.
Buchanan and Mrs. Joe Hamilton.
Refreshments consisted of pecan
pie with whipped cream, and cof
fee.
Sunday dinner was served at the
Hoover home at noon to the fol
lowing guests, MARTHA AND
DALE LEE, ANNE WARD, MRS.
G. W. CANDLER and ROSEMOND
AND H. A. MATTOX.
Well, that's a weekful, but as if
not satisfied, Avis has plunged
into another busy week of enter
taining, including a little drop-in
to be Wednesday afternoon.
HILDA OLSON (Mrs. Ike) was
hostess to the children of the
Episcopal Church Monday after
noon at a Christmas party at the
Olson home.
Don't tell JOHNNY SAVAGE
(Mrs. "Red"), but I know what's
in that special delivery Christmas
package she got the other day.
of M. H. S. really outdid them
selves in playing basketball. Both
teams won by a large margin.
I Y L E CARRINGER, forward,
played an outstanding game Lye.
a senior this year, l?as won a bas
ketball scholarship He is really
proud of it and all of Murphy High
,1, proud of him. ED LOVINGOOD
also did seme good work. Ed plays
forward, and he and EDW1N HEN
DRIX. who plays guard, helped
the team a lot, too.
The girls won their first game
Friday ni?ht and we re mighty
glad they did BETTY PALMER,
forward, is a very good player.
GRACE REECE. guard, did some
ei and playing, too.
I saw BOBBY BOLING Satur
day He is going to Gardner Webb
College in Boling Springs, Geor
gia.
Elmer Taylor, Noah Johnson.
Jr.. Barbara Ledford. Bill Bran
don. and Darlene Chastain are
home for Christmas from Young
Harris College.
| RAY SIMS is home from Mars
Hill. He says it seems real good
to be in Murphy again.
| FAREWELL TO DON GREEN
Saturday night ADIR ARON
SON gave a farewell party or
DON GREEN, who is returning to
his home in Kansas. Don has been
with us for several months and
we have all come to like him very
much. He was one of our star foot
ball players and will be great y
missed by everyone who knew
htm. Those who were >*???**
Don's farewell party were: DORIS
HOLDER AND BOB BESS from
Andrews, CAROLYN ALEXAND
ER GLENDA IVIE, SUSIE MIL
LER. ANN SHIELDS. SALLY
MORRIS. ROSALIND STAL^ '
JEAN REED, JOSEPHINE GAR
RETT. MILDRED TAYLOR. BET
TY JEAN MOORE. JUDY NICH
OLS. ELIZABETH FRANKUM.
and KAY BURGESS
Also EDWIN COLE. WALTER
HALL. EDDIE JOE ELLIOTT.
SAMMY WHITE. GORDON DAR
NELL. SONNY GILLESPIE. ROY
fuller, bill brand on.
STEVE CRAWFORD. NOVIS DA
VIS JOAH JOHNSON, JR . EL
MER TAYLOR, GENE BATES.
RAY SIMMS. GORDON BATES,
EUGENE DOCKERY. BILLY
rAY RAMSEY. EDWIN HEN
DR1X TOMMY GENTRY. BOB
? BOLING. BILL THOMPSON,
and the host and guest of honor
For refreshments, cokes, sand
wiches. cake and assorted cookies
were served. Everyone had a
grand time, but they were sorry to
see Don Green leave.
HERE FROM MeCALLIE
GORDON DARNELL and SON
NY GILLESPIE, both former stu
dents of Murphy are home for the
holidays. Gordon la going to Mc
OalMe Military Academy In Chat
tanooga . Sonny U going to Ten
tessee Military Institute in sweet
water, Term. . . .
We hare a whole bunch *
dents heme tnm Cnllewfcee
.re Margaret Akin.
Jack Deckery. and Barbara Pan
land.
v Uicrrq
Christmas
The value of our friendships is ap
preciated more and more as we
go further and further on our busi
ness journey. To our old friends
and new acquaintances we extend
our since rest wishes for a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Dcrsey's Jewelry
AND
Sports Shop
A Andrews, N. C.
SOCIET Y
Mrs. Maunev Has
Mrs. Tom Mauney entertained
Thursday night with an informal
Christmas party at her home
The home was decorated with ,
silver and ^lue. with an angel in j
the window, with stars, candles I
and snow. The mantel was banked '
with silvered pine cones, "and'
hedge berries, with candelabra
holding white candles.
Invited guests were, the Rev.
and Mrs. R. Delbert Byrum. Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Davidson. Mrs. Don
Withe rspoon. Miss Josephine
Christmas Party
Heighway, Mr and Mrs H. G. El
kins, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fuller,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coleman, Dr.
and Mrs. Gaorge Dyer, and Mr.
and Mrs. H. Bueck ,*
Refreshments in the Christmas
motif were served.
Mrs. Oma Kinkerton and daugh
ters of Chattanooga, Tcnn., will
arrive Wednesday to spend Christ
mas with Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Wilson and other relatives.
May the world rejoice again, in
Peace on Earth Good will to Men.
Timber Products Company
rrietidship ... a precioua poaaeaaion
tke year 'round ii eipecially appreciated
at Ckriatmaatime. To our many loyal
friend* we wiak a Very Merry Ckriatmaa ^
and a New Year filled witk kappinea*.
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