Louisburg Woman's Club
Meets In Rocky Mounl
^ Twelve members attended
the Louisburg Woman's Club
meeting Wednesday night at
Buck Overton's in Rocky
Mount, N. C.
Following a delicious din
r ner, the business session was
held. The President. Mrs.
Wayne Alston, congratulated
the members on their hard
work on the Christmas float
and displayed the first prize
award won by this project.
Mrs. Wallace Tippett re
ported that a meeting for
planning a Clothing ' Closet
was held Monday, December
15. The public is encouraged
to save all good used clothing,
especially for children. These
clothes should be in good
repair and clean if possible.
The. members are very enthu
siastic about opening this ser
vice very soon. It is the hope
. of many concerned citizens;;
throughout the county that
these clothes will help keep
children in school and meet
many needs.
Mrs. James Johnson, mem
bership chairman, submitted
ten new members for appro
val. They will be installed at
the January meeting.
The club members voted
to change club year to Janu
ary through December. The
following officers will begin
two year terms in January:
President -Mrs. Wayne Alston;
1st Vice- President-Mrs- Wil
son Clay;- 2nd
Vice-President -Mrs. Jerry
Frazier; Recording Secretary -
Mrs. Graham Burnette; Cor
responding Secretary -Mrs.
Ned Lloyd; Treasurer-Mrs.
James R. Hill; Parliamen
tarian-Mrs. Earl Carter; Chap
lain-Mrs. Charlie Tharring
ton.
The club members will
visit Brent"" rtttfl Rpti Hrnw
on Christmas Eve.
The members presented
beautiful silver tray to the
President". Mrs. Alston, in ap
preciation for her dedicated
service the past few months.
Gay gifts were exchanged, by
the members with njuch mer
ry making.
Teams
Have Party
Youngsville -? A Christmas
Party was held in the school
cafeteria Friday night. De
cember 19, for members of
the girls and boy's basketball
teams, their coaches, cheer
leaders, managers, local offi
cials and high school teachers.
The party was held after the
Vance County ball game
' Hosts and hostesses for the
t>arty were Mr. and Mrs. Mar
vin Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. W.
R. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Epp
Catlett. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey
Wiggins, and Mr. and Mrs.
Rayford Rogers.
Yuletide decorations,
music, dancing, candelight
and holiday refreshments,
plus the big win over the
Vance County teaiju aH^orn- .
bined to make for an unusual
ly gala party ^and celebration.
Co-Captains Vickie Rogers
and Harriett Pearce. on behalf
of the girl's team, presented
Coach Kay Phillips with a
Christmas gift. Boy's team
co-captains. Rodney Roberts
and Morris Catlett, gave
Coach Larry Lindsey a gift
from the team.
A red tablecloth on the
serving table featured silver
candelabra having red tapers,
entwined with holly. A holly
tree flanked with red tapers
in silver holders were ? renter .
of interest on another table *
All tables held lighted tapers.
Tray Favors Ready To Go
Youngsville -? Youngsville Woman's Club Crafts Chairman
Mrs. N. A. Brown and Club President Mrs. Ben Hudson are
shown leaving the Community House to take tray favors to a
rest home. The Santa Claus and Snowmen favors wtfre^iftade.
by club members and Junior Girl Scouts.
Justice 4-H Club Is
Tht Most Outstanding
Justice VH CfUb was de
flated the most outstanding
4-H Club in Franklin County
during 1969. An attractive
plaque was presented to the
club during county council
meeting on Tuesday night.
Mr. C. T. Dean, Jr.. County
Extension Chairman, made
the presentation. Mrs. George
Kelly Harris and Mrs. Jane
Langley are the 411 Leaders
of the club.
They won the award by
having the largest number of
their club members participa
ting in county, district and
state activities during 1969. A
total of 57 record honks were
.completed, irparttcipafed on
fthe County and .District Ac
tivity Day program capturing
two scholarships to North
Carolina 4 tl Congress.
Because of her outstanding
long time record in Home;,
Management. Myra Harris, in
addition to a scholarship to
North Carolina 4-H Congress,
was given a free trip to High
Point1. North Carolina, to tour
and observe developments in
furniture designs. Sandra Har
ris. also a member of Justice
Club, modeled her attractive
dress in the State Dress ReVue
during North Orolina 4-H
Congress.
The club also erected wel
come signs on their corrv
m"nl'y _h""nri?'X lirMt .
veral tours and other ac
tivities were participated in
during the year.
$anta Claus i? here!
His pack i*
brimming with gifts of joy and laughter . . . gifts of happy hours
. . . gifts of friendship and good will. We would like to add our
warmest thanks to you, our valued customers, for
your kind patronage. From jolly old St. Nick and us, Merry Christmas.
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Deaths And Funerals
I
. ' EMMlTf J. HOUSE
Rocky Mount -? Emmitt
Jasper House. 67, an em
ployee of Seaboard Coastline
Railroad, died Saturday. Fun
eral was held at 2 p.m. Mon
day at the Johnson Funeral
Home by the Revs. W. H. Ray
and Marvin Dorsey. Burial
followed in the House family
cem^ltry in Franklin County.
Surviving: his wife, Mrs
Esther Wood House, a son. J.
W. House* of Rocky Mount;
two daughters. Mrs. Myrtle
?Coggins and Mrs. J. L. Dozier,
Jr., of Rocky Mount; a bro
ther, Clinton House of Louis
burg; two sisters, Mrs. Lillie
Collins of Louisburg and Mrs.
Dollie Leonard of.Castalia. ?
JACK A "BRANCH
Franklihton - Jack A.
Branch, 50, died Saturday.
Graveside services were held
at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Fair
Franklin Mem.
Hospital Notes
The following were pa
tients in the hospital Tuesday
morning:
PATIENTS ~ Susan Tem
perence Alston, Louisburg;
Dorothy Dunston Black
mond, Louisburg; Linda Wil
liams Bragg. Franklinton;
Shelly Tennyson Brown,
Ijouisburg; Beani^*" Leonard
Burnette. Louisburg; Gala
Peoples Cash. Louisburg;
John Scott Catlette, Louis
burg; Donald Davis. Louis
burg; James Gray Debnam,
Kranklinton: Charlie Parker
Die keraon, Louisburg, James
Graham Dickerson, Louis
burg; t"y H|? Unnaril
Dunn, Henderson; Pearl Hight
Edwards, Louisburg; .David
Lee Faulkner. Rolesville;
Ruth Moore Kisheif, Spring
Hope; Lene Levister Fogg,
Louisburg; Eugene G. Fostsr,
Louisburg; Mattie F. Fuller,
Louisburg; Gladys Pernell
Griffin, Louisburg; Martha
Soloman Hicks, Louisburg;
Lafette Tabron High, Louis
burg; Frank Bennett Hight,
Franklinton; Maggie McGee
Horton, Louisburg; Mike Hor
ton, Louisburg; Katie Leo
nard House, Louisburg; Lula
Bullock Johnson, Louisburg;
Hattie Carnell Jones, Zebu
Ion; Lois Grady Jourttigan,
Henderson; Staley Claude
Journigan, Henderson; Nettie
M. Lineberry. Louisburg;
June Clifton McGuire, Louis
burg; Willie Lee M^ssenburg,
Louisburg; Nobe D. Medlin,
Louisburg; Vickie E. Nichol
son. Louisburg; Jackie Bar
tholomew Parrish, Louisburg;
Lcmie Eugene Parrish, Hen
derson; David Earl Patton,
Bunn; Ida Marie Pergerson,
Rocky Mount; Charlie B. P?r?
ry, Louisburg; Maggie Viola
fteddy, Frankllnton; Etta Pri
vette, Louisburg; Henry Perry
Privette, Voungsville; Dolly
M. Jeffreys Quails, Louisburg;
Gladys Richardson. Macon;
Dennis Simmons Robbins,
Kranklinton; Pe?rl West Rob
bins. Louisburg; Frank Ro
gers Rose. Sr., Louisburg;
Teresa Holt Ruffin, Louis
burg Edwin Spencer Strick
land, Frankllnton; Ruby
Snead. Frankllnton; Jeffrey
Wade Strickland, Louisburg;
George Ray Tant, Zebulon;
Percy William Tant, Louis
burg; William Haywood
White, Louisburg; Willard
Thomas Winborne, Louis
burg.
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view Cemetery by the Rev.
Earl Richardson.
Surviving: his wife. Mrs.
Elizabeth Branch of Smith
field; a daughter. Patricia
Branch of Smithfield; six
sons. Rickie. Larrv^ Freddie
and Ronald of Smithfield,
Glenn of Henderson and
Jackie Branch of Raleigh: his
mother. Mrs. Lucy Barker of
Franklinton; two brothers,
Leon of Durham and Sam
Barker of Franklinton: a sis
ter, Mrs. Geneva Hall of
Smithfield; two grand
children.
MRS. R. N. G UPTON
Funeral services for Mrs.
Elizabeth Smith Gupton, 85,
of Rt. 2. Louisburg. widow of
R. N. Gupton, who died Fri
day. were held Sunday at 3
p.m. at the home by the Rev.
Kenneth Hunneycutt. Burial
followed in the family ceme
tery.
Surviving: a daughter. Ir
ma Gupton of the home: a
son, Bruce Gupton of Green
sboro; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie
Lee Jones of Castalia and
Mrs. Pattie Lou Dodd of
'Castro Valley, Calif.; a half
brother, Sherwood Smith of
Rocky Mount; a grandchild.
MRS. MINNIE S. PLEASANTS
Mrs. Minnie Strickland
Pleasants, 84, died Sunday.
Funeral was held at 3 p.m.
Monday, at White Funeral
Home by the Revs. Norwood
Jones and George" Blount.
Burial followed at Oakwood
Cemetery.
Surviving: her husband, W.
Myron Pleasants; a daughter,
Virginia Pleasants of Louis
burg; a sister, Mrs. Mary S.
Foster of Henderson.
SAM B. FAULKNER
Sam Bryant Faulkner, 57,
of Rt. 3, Louisburg, a retired
farmer, died Saturday. Fun
eral was held at 2 p.m. Sun
day at Alert Holiness Church,
by the Rev. Elmer Morring.
Burial followed in the Pernell
family cemetery.
Surviving: his wife, Mrs.
Jessie Lee Faulkner; two
sons, David G. of Henderson
and Bryant C. Faulkner of
Louisburg; a sister, Mrs. R. J,
Smith of Louisburg; a bro
ther, William Faulkner of
Louisburg; 10 grandchildren.
?*
Wrong Guess
"How come you left your
girl's house so early last
night."*
"Well, we're sitting on the
sofa, side by side, talking of
this and that, when all of a
sudden she reaches over and
turns off the lights. Well I
guess I can take a hint."
Episcopal S S.
Has Christmas Program
Members of St. Paul's
Episcopal Sunday School,
their parents, teachers, and
friends assembled Sunday
afternoon at 4:30 in the
church for the Christmas pro
gram.
Supt. W. J. Stiearin wel
comed everyone, tailed atten
tion to the tree decorated
with Chrismons made by tW
children and made announce
^ments of the events of the
program. * ?
A film oh the birth of
Jesus was showniby Mr. Fred
Johnson.
To the parish house then
they went' and were led in the
singing of Christmas carols by
Josephine Medliri, Becky
Medlin and Betty Sue Rad
ford. accompanied by Mrs.
Herbert Scoggin at the piano.
Supt Shearin distributed
gifts of Bible story books and
church note paper along with
bags of confectioneries to
members of the Sunday
School.
A table covered with a
Christmas cloth was laden
with white gifts which the
members had brought to pre
sent to a needy family.
The' refreshment table,
covered with a white cloth,
was centered with a silver
Christmas tree bearing tiny
colored balls and placed on a
silver tray filled with Christ
i , 1 - ;
mas balls. Red lighted tapers
flanked the- tree. Mist Ade
laide Johnsion presided at the
punch bowl placed at one end
of the table. Trays of cookies,
pizza wheels, potato chips
and mints completed the
table decorations.
Mrs. Collin McKinne. Mrs.
C. Willie Strother. Miss Eliza
beth Johnson, all Sunday
School teachers. Supt. Shea
rin and Rev. Frank E. Pulley
charge of the celebra
The 1970 look will be a
combination of the mini dress
with the midi or maxi coat.
Most^ designers show cos
tumes ranging from fiie
inches above the knee to
floor length.
Costumes for day and
spoil will.be mostly straight,
simple. fairiy loose yet show
ing the body. For daytime
wear the popular shirtwaist,
shirt and simple suit are
classic.
Fabrics will play an impor
tant part in men's fashions.
The no-iron, weather and
crease-poof finishes, as well
as vinyls will be seen in male
fashions.
Fashion
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For
God so
loved the world,
that he gaVe his only
begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.
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May the essence
of Christmas
once again fill
your heart and
home with peace
and lasting
, ' serenity.
To ail our
faithful and
steadfast pa
trons, we wish -
the very best
at the holiday
season.
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THE MURPHYHOUSE
WE WILL BE CLOSED DECEMBER 26th AND 26th