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Fleming-Stallings
Reunion Held
Fellowship, food and fun
were enjoyed by 110 family
members attending the
Fleming-Stallings reunion
held July 31 at the Colonial
Heights (Va.) Community
Building.
Descendants of Mrs. Myrtle
Fleming of Norlina and
the late Sol B. Fleming
came from Waynesville,
Cary, Henderson, Warrenton
and Norlina to join their
Virginia kin from Fairfax,
Richmond, Chester, Petersburg,
Prince George, Hopewell
and Colonial Heights.
Other relatives from Fayetteville
and Columbia, S. C.
were in attendance.
Family pictures were
taken and a program of
music, singing and awards
were enjoyed. The blessing
was given by Wallace
Stallings of Norlina.
The reunion ended with a
short business meeting and
plans were made for next
year's reunion when Mrs.
Myrtle Stallings Fleming,
her 16 children, 52 grandchildren
and 14 great-grandchildren
hope to reunite.
AA Circle Meets
At Wilson Home
The Annie Armstrong Circle
Number Two of Wise
Baptist Church met August
2 in the home of Mrs.
Mildred Wilson with Mrs.
Robert Rogers presiding.
Mrs. Louise White led in
the opening prayer and Mrs.
Lois Hawks was in charge uf
the program and closed with
a prayer.
Delicious refreshments
were served to the 19
members present.
The September meeting
will be held in the home of
Mrs. Elizabeth Collier.
Rooker Family Holds Reunion
Decendants of Henry
Foote Rooker and Alice
Edwards Rooker held their
fourth annual family reunion
Sunday at the Norlina
Woman's Club House.
Nine of the couple's ten
children were able to attend.
They were William H.
Rooker of Monroe, Bessie
Rooker Hicks of Norlina,
Tommy Rooker of Norlina,
Annie Rooker Tilghman of
Snow Hill, Clifton Rooker of
Norlina, Randolph Rooker
of Durham, John Edward
Rooker of Norlina, Foote
Rooker of Norlina and
Gladys Rooker Phillips of
Southampton, Mass. Ruth
Rooker Johnson of Show
Low, Arizona was unable to
attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie B. M
the engagement and appn
daughter, Peggy Joyce, to J;
of Mr. and Mrs. James W
wedding is planned for Sep
Gardner's Baptist Church,
invited.
jseley of Norlina announce
caching marriage of their
imes Randell Williams, son
. Williams of Macon. The
:ember 11 at 3:00 p. m. at
Friends and relatives are
COME SEE !!
Fall Merchandise
Beginning To Arrive
Suits and Separates
HENDERSON MALL
Homemade brunswick
stew, a covered dish lunch
and good fellowship were
enjoyed by 105 members of
the family. The biessing was
given by William H. Rooker.
Family pictures were
taken of all nine families
and a prize was awarded to
John Edward Rooker for
having the largest familythree
chidren and seven
grandchildren.
Four generations were
represented at the reunion,
and gag gifts were presented
to each of the nine
children. A plastic airplane
was given to Gladys Phillips
for her trip back to Massachusetts.
Art work and crafts made
by many family members
were displayed. Helen Rooker
made a cake representing
the house in which all ten
children were reared.
Littleton Area News
Miss Chris Greenspan and
Cheryl and Caren Greenspan
of Wheaton, Md. spent
last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles W. Fugitt Mr. and
Mrs. Fugitt accompanied
them to Richmond, Va.,
Saturday where they joined
their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Greenspan and
returned to their home. Mr.
and Mrs. Fugitt visited her
brother, Ray McLawhorn
and Mrs. McLawhorn. Their
son, Charles W. Fugitt, Jr.,
and Miss Debbie Doyle of
Wheaton, Md. spent Saturday
night with his parents
and accompanied them to
Richmond where they attended
a cook-out on the
lawn of Mr. and Mrs.
McLawhorn.
Mrs. Thomas I. Pepper
and Mrs. A. P. Farmer
spent Wednesday night with
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Riggan
in Raleigh. Mrs. Farmer's
other daughter, Mrs. Charley
Thomas, her granddaughter,
Mrs. Keith Bushy
and daughter, Corinna of
Camarillo, Calif., arrived
Wednesday night and accompanied
Mrs. Pepper and
Mrs. Farmer home Thursday
to visit with her mother
for some time.
Jim Collier is a patient in
McGuire's Hospital in Richmond,
Va. Mrs. Collier is
staying with Mr. and Mrs.
Jones in Richmond while
Mr. Collier is a patient.
Mr. and Mrs. William
Stapleford of Durham and
Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Jones of
Rocky Mount recently visit
W1WUI»t> A VVVUklJ ▼ to 1 V
ed Mrs. Henry A. House and
Mrs. Horace Palmer and
Mrs. Grace Schlichter. Miss
Sadie Vinson and Mrs. Ruth
Sharpe of Wilson were
Saturday visitors of Mrs.
House, Mrs. Palmer and
Mrs. Schlichter.
Mrs. Jesse M. Perkinson
and daughter, Miss Emma
Lou Perkinson, recently
visited Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Perkinson in Richmond,
Va., and Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Harris in Colonial Heights,
Va., and Mr. and Mrs.
Grover Edwards in Portsmouth,
Va. Mr. and Mrs.
Clifton Perkinson of Waycross,
Ga., were visitors of
Mrs. Perkinson during last
week. Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Lowe of Siler City spent the
weekend with her sister,
Mrs. Perkinson.
Mrs. Raymond G. Harris
was a Friday visitor of Mrs.
Annie Gill in Henderson.
Mrs. Lizzie S. Camp and
Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler of
Roanoke Rapids and Mrs.
Gordon Allen of Henderson
were Saturday visitors of
Mrs. Gladys Stansbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Chesley
Stokes of Smithfield and Mr.
and Mrs. Danny West of
Newport News, Va., spent
the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Stuart West. Mrs. West
and Mrs. Stokes visited their
mother, Mrs. Viola Etheridge
in Guardian Care
Nursing Home in Louisburg
Saturday and she returned
with them and spent the
day. Jeffrey West of
Newport News, Va., spent
last week with his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs.
Stuart West.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Dickens, Mrs. Nick B.
Mustian, Mrs. Clifton Crawley
were among those of this
area who toured Hawaii last
week.
Mrs. Wayne Gibson and
children of Charlotte spent
several days last week in the
home of Mrs. Clifton
Crawley.
Mrs. Clinton W. Egerton,
Jr., arrived home Tuesday
after having visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. A.
|/biviiw, *m. aiiu m i a. 11. n.
Hobbs in Athens, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Sykes
and house guests, Captain
and Mrs. Macon Jones and
children, Ray and Michael
Ernest of the Panama
Canal, were in Rocky Mount
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Young
and children, David and
Belinda, of Newport News,
Va., were weekend visitors
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Willie N. Young.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Moore of Sanford are now
making their home with her
grandmother, Mrs. Bonnie
Wilson.
Softball Team
Wins All Its Games
The Norlina ladies soft ball
church team, sponsored by
Zion-Jerusalem churches,
has Just concluded an
undefeated season in ita
third year of competition.
Next on the agenda for the
club is an all-star game
scheduled August 27 at the
Middleburg School. Gametime
is 3 p. m. when the club
will face a team composed
of league all-stars.
During its initial year of
play, the team was coached
by Clint Heee. Norlina High
School principal, winning
second place in the Cullom
Baptist Association Softball
League. The following year,
under the management of
Hubie Stegall, the club took
first place.
This year's squad is
coached by Jim Hebel,
pastor of the Zion-Jerusalem
Charge; Arthur Holt
King and Wayne Paynter.
Members of the team and
their husbands were honored
by Ben Lloyd of Norlina
at a cfcqkout at Palmer
Point on Saturday. Coaches
will have a pig picking at the
home of Arthur Holt King on
September 3 for team
members and their families.
Members of the squad
include Maurine King,
Nancy Paynter, Emily Perkinson,
Debbie Parham,
Teresa Wimbrow, Peggy
Newell, Donna Paynter,
Mary Lou Lewis, Ellen
Stegall, Melba Barker,
Debbie Tarleton and Phyllis
Newsom.
Mrs. Holtzman
Honored As 4-H
Club Leader
Mrs. Chris Holtzman of
Ridgeway has been honored
as one of North Carolina's
outstanding volunteer 4-H
leaders for 1977.
She was one of 14 persons
from across the state who
were presented plaques at a
special luncheon during the
1977 North Carolina 4-H
Congress itf Raleigh.
Making the presentation
was Dr. George Hyatt, Jr.,
director of the North
Carolina Agricultural Extension
Service.
Dr. Hyatt told the audience
that 12,000 volunteer
leaders were working with
extension agents in conducting
the 4-H program in
North Carolina.
MRS. ERNEST S. HOLZWORTH
Miss Egerton And
Mr. Holzworth Wed
Miss Barbara Cameron
Egerton and Ernest S.
Holzworth were united in
marriage on Sunday, Aug. 7,
at four o'clock in the
Littleton Methodist Church.
The Rev. Clarence R.
Breedin, Jr., officiated at
the double-ring ceremony.
Parents of the bride are
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Egerton,
Jr., of Littleton and parents
of the groom are Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest S. Holzworth of
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Vows were spoken before
an altar on which an open
Bible was used. Cathedral
tapers were used in spiral
candelabrum tied with
green and white daisies.
Mrs. Marvin Newsom,
organist, played traditional
wedding selections and
four chimes prior to the
ceremony.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a
gown of organza trimmed in
Venice lace. She wore a
full-length veil of Belgium
lace and carried a clutch
bouquet of daisies centered
with an orchid.
Mrs. Robert M. Rogers, of
Pisgah Forest, sister of the
bride, was matron of honor.
Bridesmaids were Miss
Pam Broughton of Durham,
Miss Wanda Gray of
Warrenton, Mrs. Ann Phyllis
of Havelock and Mrs.
Betsy Holzworth of Pittsburgh,
roommate of the
bride through college and
the bride's sister-in-law.
Richard K. Holzworth, of
Pittsburgh, brother of the
groom, was best man.
Ushers were Gregg Lewandowski
of Greenville, Dimitro
Kulik of Pittsburgh and
Chris and Jon Holzworth of
Pittsburgh, brother of the
bridegroom.
Mrs. N. A. Hobbs of
Athens, Ga., maternal
grandmother of the bride
and Mrs. Clinton Egerton of
Norlina, her paternal grandmother,
were both present
for the wedding.
Reception
Immediately following the
ceremony the parents of the
bride entertained at a
reception in the yard of their
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Newsom
introduced the guests to the
receiving line and Mrs. Fred
Owen presided at the guest
register.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Pope
said the goodbyes to the 150
guests present.
The wedding was directed
by Mrs. George Harland
Alston and Mrs. C. W.
Egerton, III.
Lakeside Dinner
A lakeside dinner honoring
Barbara Egerton and
Ernest Holzworth was given
for the out-of-town guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Newsom. Hosts for
the occasion were Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Alston, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilton Browning,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E.
Pope, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Marvin Newsom and Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Newsom.
Luncheon
The bridesmaids luncheon
was given by Mrs. F. L.
Owen, Jr., and Mrs. H. A.
Guidry.
Brunch
A brunch for the out-oftown
guests was given by
Mr. and Mrs. Jack May of
Raleigh, aunt and uncle of
the bride, at the home of
Mrs. Andrew J. May in
Littleton.
Rehearsal Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Holzworth, parents of the
groom, entertained at a
rehearsal dinner in the Rib
Room at the Howard
Johnson Motor Inn in
Roanoke Rapids. The menu
included steak, lobster and
champagne.
KOI-K LOOK-UUT
Contest To Be
Held At Fair
By EMILY BALLINGER
Home Extension Agent
Are you interested in
showing off your "chefmanship"
at North Carolina
State Fair while competing
for prizes in the North
Carolina Pork Cook-Out
Champ Contest?
Deadline for entering the
N. C. Pork Cook-Out Champ
Contest, sponsored by the N.
C. Pork Producers Association
with the cooperation of
the N. C. Department of
Agriculture is Sept. 9. Any
male older than 12 and a
resident of North Carolina is
eligible to participate in the
contest. Winners will be
selected on the basis of
judgment of quality in
pork-cut selected imaginative
use of pork, excellence
of preparation, and appetite
appeal.
Contestants must furnish
their own meat, fuel, grill
and utensils and may enter
one or more original
recipes. Each recipe must
be accompanied by an
official entry blank.
From the recipe entries
submitted, at least 10
contestants will be selected
to compete in the state
cook-out Oct. 16 at the N. C.
State Fair.
Copies of the Pork
Cook-Out entry blanks are
available from the Home
Economics Extension
Agent's Office in the Warren
County Agricultural Building.
Now is the time to send
in • your recipe entry.
Remember the deadline for
entry is Sept. 9, 1977.
Hospital Patients
Patients in Warren General
Hospital on Tuesday at
5 p. m. were listed as
follows:
Romie Lyles, Lena Rivers,
Martha Futrell, Roy
Gupton, David Ayscue,
James Hall, Juran Wilkins,
Mary Newsome, Hilah Falkner,
Margaret Blaylock
Eugene Taylor, Eugene
Powell, George Alston, Jr.,
Geneva Davis, Geneva Paschall,
Mary Myrick, Katie
Marks, Arthur Stevenson,
John Shearin, George Jenkins,
Joe Hendricks, Joe
Jones.
Airport traffic controllers
in Australia earn an
average of $19,700 a year.
WE SUPPORT
the Crippled
Children's Hospital
We urge you to eat fish
with the Shriners on
Wed., Aug. 17.
Bill and Dot Perry
MIDWAY GRILL