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Mrs. S. B. Rivers o
Norlina is visiting with he
son and family, the Loyi
Rivers, of Norwalk, Conn,
until September.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Weaver
joined their son and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Weaver, in Greensboro and
went to the mountains for
the weekend.
Ira Weaver, F. M
Egerton, Kenneth Severance
and the Rev. Elton
Cooke went to Rocky Mount
recently t:> the rites of
Masons where Walter Weaver
received the third degree
during the ceremony.
Mrs. Richard Swink and
daughter, Jessica, spent
several days last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Will Hicks.
TO MEET
The Zion United Methodist
Women will meet Monday,
August 8. at 8 p. m. at the
home of Mrs. Boyd Mayfield.
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! Methodist Circle
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Members Gather
Circle No. 3 of the Norlina
United Methodist Church
met at the home of Mrs.
Fred Newsome in Wise on
Monday night with Mrs.
Charles Barker as co-hostess.
Mrs. Clayton Taylor opened
the meeting with prayer
and Mrs. James Knight
gave the program using
excerpts from Henry David
Thoreau.
During the routine business
session, plans were
made for a brunswick stew
sale at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Faulk as a
money-making project for
the church.
The meeting closed with
the benediction. Refreshments
were served to the 11
members and two guests
present.
Yard, Bake Sale
Planned At Wise
The Ladies Auxiliary of
the Wise Fire Department
will sponsor an "Early
Bird" yard and bake sale at
the Wise firehouse on
Saturday, August 6 from 9 a.
m. until 2 p. m. There will be
bargains galore so come
early and support this
worthy cause, an auxiliary
spokesman said.
Limited
CB radio conversations
are supposed to be limited to
a maximum of 5 minutes,
the Federal Communications
Commission said.
Senior Social Club
Members Share Fun
By G. ELTON COOKE
On Thursday, July 28, the
NorLina Senior Social Club
met at the Norlina Baptist
Church. Sixty-one members
and guests were present.
Mrs. Joyce Mabry, club
president, gave a devotional,
and officiated. Five door
prizes were drawn.
Mrs. Mabry read letters of
thanks from the Durham
Methodist Retirement
Home and from the Durham
Walk and Talk Club and the
Rev. Millard Warren for the
club's band program.
Several weeks ago, the
Norlina Senior Social Club
Band went to Durham to
entertain two retirement
groups. The theme and
costume motif was that of
Hee Haw. Featured as the
Hee Haw reporter was Mrs.
Joyce Mabry; as Junior
Samples was Oscar Baker
accompanied by Lulu, or
Mrs. Martha Draffin.
Grandpa Jones was impersonated
by B. A. Thaxton,
who was assisted by Mrs.
Ellen Moseley as Ramona.
They gave their recipe for
the day.
The fiur gossips were
Mrs. Estelle Hicks, Mrs.
Sudie Coleman, Mrs. Edith
Comer and Mrs. L. R.
Harris. Each of these
routines were interludes
between each selection the
band played.
The Alley Cat Parade accompanied
by Mrs. Gladys
Perkinson featured four
Warren County cats with
ribbons on their tails, and
their trainers were Mrs.
Louise Haithcock, Mrs.
Helen Whitmore, Mrs.
Ophelia Pearce, and Mrs.
Sue Felts.
Following their parade,
the Indian maiden, Red
Wing, did her dance,
assisted by Mrs. Virginia
Perkinson and Mrs. Bessie
Bartholomew on the harmonicas
and Mrs. Hazel
Norwood on the guitar. Mrs.
Gladys Perkinson, Mrs.
Emma Hicks and the Rev.
Mr. Cooke helped with the
words.
The last routine was the
presentation of Warren
County's Biggest Chicken,
Big Millard, played by Mrs.
Ophelia Pearce. She was
chained and led by Bozo,
Mrs. Mollie Haithcock, and
accompanied by Ozzie (Mrs.
Louise Haithcock) and Harriet.
The final selection was
' Y'all Come," an invitation
to the audiences to come
visit Norlina.
Mrs. Mabry read letters of
appreciation from the two
groups the band entertained.
She also shared invitations
from several other
senior citizen clubs and
homes, and plans to fulfill
the engagements were
made for September or
during cooler weather.
The meeting Thursdaywas
interspersed with
hymns and the birthday
celebrants were recognized
and serenaded.
Slides of the trip to
Washington, D. C., were
enjoyed by all.
The Rev. Robert Rogers
of the Wise Baptist Church,
assisted by his wife, entertained
the group by exposing
all the men's feet for a
group of select judges to
identify. Mrs. Estelle Hicks
won an award. Mrs. Lucille
Jordan was a cohort in the
amusing scheme.
Mrs. Ora Moore was
hostess. Mrs. Mamie Weaver
and Mrs. Mae Shearin
assisted. The refreshments
were bountiful and very
tasty.
The next meeting will be a
picnic. It will be at Kerr
Lake, Kimball's Point, in
the first shelter at 3 p. m.
Games will be played,
featuring The Family Feud,
based upon a survey taken
Thursday from the 61
present. Dinner will be
picnic style at about 5 p. m.
All members are encouraged
to come. The date is
Thursday, August 18.
Last week the band had a
picnic at the home of Mrs.
Joyce Mabry. For all the
practice sessions, and for
the several performances it
presented, they treated
themselves to a special
picnic dinner, all bringing
something to add to the
menu. All of the band
members but about three
were present, and some
brought family members.
The game. "Heavy,
Heavy, Hangs Over Thy
Forehead" was played,
requiring Mrs. Cornelia
Wiggens to get on her knees
to propose to Oscar Baker,
Mrs. Ora Moore to hopscotch,
Mrs. Ophelia Pearce
to crow and Oscar Baker to
talk to a ceramic mule.
Food and fellowship were
great.
Circle Meets In
Scotten Home
Circle No. 2 of the United
Methodist Women met Monday
night at the home of
Mrs. Dwight Scotten with
Mrs. W. H. Perkinson as
co-hostess. Mrs. Scotten
gave the devotional message.
Mrs. George Read gave
the program, "I Believe in
Life." Mrs. W. S. Hicks
presided over the business
session.
Delicious refreshments of
punch and party dainties
were served to the 11
members and one guest.
The September meeting
will be at the home of Mr>.
A. J. Hundley.
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David Van Baren, soa of Mr. aad Mra. Jtha Vaa Barea
of the Warrenton-Norlina Road, canght thii five poaad
bass Monday while fishing in Mnstiaa's Pond. The
12-year-old youngster was fishing in the compaay of his
nine-year-old brother, John, when the catch was made.
Norlina Public Housing Eyed
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town at no further cost.
There are so many ways
that trained personnel can
save a town money or find
new sources of revenue, that
his company is willing to
make this guarantee, based
on its experiences with other
small towns, Swearingen
said. His company, he said,
has just signed a contract
with. Snow Hill in Green
County, and at present is'
working at Louisburg and
Wake Forest.
The commissioners told
Swearingen that they would
like to check with other
towns before entering into a
contract, and that following
such investigation they
would contact him for
further study.
Roy Futrell of the Water
Department, told the commissioners
that one of the
town's pumps was pumping
sand and would need a
strainer. After being told
that the strainer and its
placement would cost (500,
and a little grumbling at the
unpleasant news, the commissioners
authorized Futrell
to have the strainer
installed.
The town authorized
Leary Paint Company to
inspect, weld, paint and
otherwise take necessary
steps to see that the interior
of the Norlina water tank is
in good condition, at a cost
of $1800. The tank is under a
ten-year warranty with the
provision that any necessary
repairs be made on the
tank interior each three
years.
The commissioners expressed
some concern over
New Car Transfer trucks
traveling over Division
Street since their trucks
hauling new cars, at the rate
of 24 trucks a day, can not
pass under the 401 underpass.
If was suggested that
the company be written a
letter, explaining the difficulty
and asking that the
company re-route its truck
so as not to pass through
Norlina.
Hospital Patients
Patients in Warren General
Hospital on Tuesday at
5 p. m. were listed as
follows:
Ellis Fleming, Roy Gupton,
Prince Burwell, Joe
Jones, Leon Paynter, Rosetta
Richardson, Lenwood
Bullock, Samuel Alston,
Darlene Mills, Mary
Myrick, Lena Bullock, Walter
Hawkins, George Jenkins,
Maggie Perry, Helen
Pitchford.
Nau Family Keumon
Draws German Kin
Six family members from
West Germany were on
hand in Warren County last
weekend as members of the
Nau family from across the
United States gathered for a
family reunion.
The family, prominent in
the Lutheran Church, has
provided several ministers
to the church. One family
member, Dr. Henry Nau,
was the first missionary of
his church to India.
The reunion was organized
by the Rev. John Henry
Nau, oldest of four Nau
brothers who migrated to
America. He is a resident of
Wisconsin. Conrad, the
youngest brothe and last to
arrive in this country, lives
in the Ridgeway Community
with his wife, Louise.
The Rev. David Dudley,
pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran
Church in Ridgeway,
said the reunion began
Saturday afternoon with
registration and refreshments,
and an opening
devotional by the Rev. Paul
Reuter of Conover. During
the afternoon an introductory
session was held.
Ladies of St. Paul's
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Church served the evening
meal Saturday. On Sunday a
service was held at St.
Paul's during which the
Rev. John S. Nau of Hattiesburg,
Miss., spoke on a topic
of "Roots and Wings." He
delivered the sermon in both
English and German which
reminded those attending of
the unity of Christianity.
At least 105 family
members attended a buffet
luncheon at Henderson's
Holiday Inn Sunday where
German guests showed film
of Marburg and Wiesbaden
on the Rhine River, where
they make their homes.
They also pictured current
day German lite.
From Ridgewty the visaing
Germans made their
way to New York by way of
Williamsburg and Jamestown,
Va., ai.d Washington,
D. C.
Elders Are Banned
Except for staff members,
no person over 18 years of
age is permitted to enter
Miami Beach's new $2.6
million Space Age Youth
Center. It is strictly for teenagers.
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