News & Society Items
, -Mrs. Mary Hawkins of
>•> Shelby is a guest of Miss
Zenobia Lancaster.
Guests of Mrs. W. A. Graham
are Mrs. R. D. Mead of Lynch
burg, Va., Mr. and Mrs. S. T.
Thome of Greensoro, Mr. and
Mrs. George Harvin of
Burnside, Mr and Mrs. Wnght
Tisdale of Greensboro. They
are en route to the Outer
Banks.
Vincent Allen has returned
after undergoing plastic sur
gery at, Durham County
General Hospital.
Master Reggie West of
Williamsburg. Va.. was the
guest of his grandparents. Mr.
and Mrs. Buddy Loyd, and
other relatives recently.
Mrs. Buddy Loyd was a guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry West
and family for several weeks.
Misses Vickie and Wendy Loyd.
Mrs. Phillis Harmon and
children were overnight guests
of the West family on Friday
and Mrs. Loyd returned home
with them.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Howard,
Beth and Jeff and Roselourdes
Majia visited relatives in
Arlington. V'a.. during the
weekend and toured Washing
ton, D. C. and other sites.
Mrs. Mildred Shearin and
Mrs. Lonnie Cox of Warrenton
and Calvin Motley of Lynch
burg, Va., visited Mr and Mrs.
Larry King in Richmond, Va.,
over the weekend.
Calvin Motley visited Mrs.
Mildred Shearin here on
Friday.
Mrs. Mildred Steed, Mrs.
Helen Mabry, Mrs. Marie
Andrews and Mrs. Mary Louise
Limer visited relatives in
Arlington and McLean. Va.. for
several days last week.
Approaching Marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard
Williams and Mr. and Mrs. W.
D. Martin, Jr.. invited their
friends and relatives to the
wedding of their children,
Sheila Lynn Williams to David
Michael Martin on Sunday,
April 17, at 3 p. m. at the Macon
Methodist Church.
The Dutch were the first to
t settle Long Island.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Angus Ray of Smithfield, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Amy Carol, to Irvin Marion
Allen of Windsor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Marcus Allen of
W'arrenton.
Miss Ray is a 1975 graduate of Peace College in Raleigh and
will receive a B. A. degree in Piano Pedogogy in May from East
Carolina University where she is a member of Phi Kappa Phi
honor society and Sigma Alpha Tota music fraternity.
Mr. Allen is a 1974 graduate of East Carolina University
where he was a member of Pi Lambda Phi social fraternity. He
received a B. S. degree in Geology and is employed by Bertie
County as a soil scientist.
The wedding will take place at 4 p. m. Sunday, June 12, at the
First Presbytrian Church in Smithfield.
Library Is Transformed
Into Medieval Courtroom
By EDWINA ROOKER
The John Graham library
w.as transformed into a
medieval courtroom Wednes
day of last week when students
from Mr. Robert Marlin's
World History class presented
an Anglo-Saxon courtroom
drama.
The purpose of the play,
written by student Ricky
O'Neal, was to give an example
of a petit or trial jury tria
which includes the following
principles of the Anglo-Saxor
judicial system: the right o]
trial by jury, the right of tria
by one's peers and the theory ol
innocence until guilt is proven
In the play the defendant
Larry Alston, accused o!
stealing a watermelon, was
found guilty by a jury of his
peers.
Dressed appropriately ir
medieval costumes were the
following participants: Judge
Leroy Bullock, Sheriff Rick}
Lynch, Bailiff Joe Swenson
Defense Attorney Elaine Tun
stall, and Prosecuting Attorney
T. T. Clayton.
Witnesses included Philli]
Davis, Tony Fields, Juanit
Hawkins. Joseph Reid, Joyc
Taylor, Milo Alston, Elro;
Bullock, Wendy Kearney am
Annette Taylor; Connie Valer
tine was the jury foreman.
Among the special guests a
the play was Dr. Betty Levj
associate professor of educatio
at East Carolina University.
At School
Denise Cheek of Warrenton
has been enrolled for thi
summer's annual session o
basketball school at Campbel
College.
Sugar sells for 29 cents ii
Italy.
Easter
Services
All Saints
Ail Saints Episcopal Church
will keep Easter at 8 o'clock
this Sunday morning. The
Vicar, the Rev. Robert W.
Orvis, will preside at the Holy
Communion service.
Emmanuel
The Easter Day service at
Emmanuel Episcopal Church is
set for 11 o'clock this Sunday
morning. Special music and
familiar hymns will be used in
the Holy Communion with the
Rector, the Rev. Robert W.
Orvis, as celebrant.
Mrs. Samuel H. Massey, Jr.,
organist, will play Knapp's,
"Open the Gates of the Temple"
as a prelude, and Grieg's,
'Triumphal March," as post
lude. Mrs. Charles W. Davis,
choir director, will sing a
soprano solo. The choir and
congregation will join in singing
seasonal hymns and carols.
Maundy Thursday will be
observed with an evening Holy
Communion at 7:30 p. m. Good
Friday, April 8, will feature a
service of prayer and medita
tion from 2 to 3 o'clock.
Sulphur Springs
Sulphur Springs Baptist
Church will change the time of
services for April 10. Morning
worship will be at 9 a. m.
followed by Sunday school at 10
a. m.
This change will only be for
Easter Sunday.
Revival services will begin
April 17 with the morning
service and continue through
Friday night, April 22. The
public is invited to attend.
Holiness Church
Opportunities for worship at
the Warrenton Pentecostal
Holiness Church are announced
as follows by the Rev. Robert J.
Forehand:
Sunday, April 10, 11 a. m.,
Easter Services; 7 p. m.,
evening worship. An Easter
offering will be taken during
Sunday school.
Wednesday. April 13, Study
group on 17th Chapter of
Revelation; Family Night
rifffW. for.every.age)^ V J
Sunrise Service
The Macon Baptist Church
will observe Easter with a
Sunrise Service at 7 a. m. on
Sunday at the Macon Fire
house.
Following the service, the
) men of the church will cook
i breakfast with each family
providing eggs, bacon or
' sausage. The ladies of the
I church will bring biscuits.
Members of the community
are invited to attend the
t service.
Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hunter
West announce the birth of a
. daughter, Pamela Ann, on
5 March 26, in a Williamsburg,
Va., Community Hospital. Mrs.
I West is the former Deborah
Ann Lloyd of Warrenton. Mr.
West is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
1 Stuart West of Littleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy L. King of Areola announce the
engagement of their daughter, Carolyn Lynn King, to L. Clint
Greer, son of Mrs. Patsy Greer McCoy of Warrenton and
Charles L. Greer of Wakefield, Pa.
A July wedding is planned.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde B. Hicks of Rt. 6, Henderson, announce
the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter,
Deborah Lynn, to Tommy Wayne Stegall of Warrenton. The
prospective groom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stegall of
Rt. 1, Warrenton.
The World Of Books
In The Warren County Memorial Library
"Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library....Aa one
surveys the mighty array of sages, saints, historians, scientists,
poets and philosophers whose treasurers one will never be able
to admire—still less enjoy—the brief tenure of our existence
here dominates the mind and spirit."—Winston Churchill.
Please visit your library and survey its mighty array. It'a
yours; it's free; use it!
NEW BOOKS: "Music Is My Mistress." Duke Ellington; "The
New Golf For Women," Coyne; "Bloomingdale's Book Of Enter
taining," 'The Rockefellers," Collier, (paperback) and three
new books for the Children's Room.
We will be closed for Easter, April 9, 10 and 11.
OVERDUE BOOKS: Please return all overdue books.