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Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Rose and sons and Mrs.
Peete Rose spent some
time this past week in
Williamsburg, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Macon
Short of Oxford visited
Mr. and Mrs. R. G.
Norwood recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Dame of Richmond,
Va., were overnight
guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Walker recently.
Among other festivities,
Mr. and Mrs. Dame
hosted a cake and ice
cream party in honor of
Mrs. Walker's birthday.
John and Pam Allen
were among 30 couples
who boarded the
"Stewbird" Sunday for
a cruise up the Cape
Fear River from
Carolina Beach to the
Wilmington Hilton.
They went ashore at the
Hilton for an evening of
dining and entertain
ment at Gabriels after
which they returned
home by boat.
Mr. and Mrs. Doug
Draffin and Pat spent
the weekend with the W.
L. Nonemans in
Edenton. Miss Melissa
Draffin returned home
with her parents after
spending some time
with the Nonemans.
ram, jonn ana
Heather Allen spent the
week in Georgia visiting
John's grandmother, his
father and his sister.
While there, they visited
Six Flags Over Georgia
and attended two
Atlanta Braves games.
John Perkinson of
Raleigh and Bill and
Susan Perkinson of Cary
spent the weekend with
Mrs. Gladys Perkinson.
' Mr. and Mrs. Julius
Brauer, Samuel and
; Eric of Washington
«spent the weekend with
1 Mrs. Paul Brauer.
I Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Deyton visited Mrs.
; Brauer over the
weekend.
David, Lorraine and
Sharon Perkinson of
«Cary spent Monday
: night with Mrs. Gladys
i Perkinson.
I The Rev. and Mrs.
I Jim Hebel of Ft. Laud
ierdale, Fla., were
jweekend guests of Mr.
•and Mrs. Peete Rose.
{The Rev. Mr. Hebel is a
) former pastor of Zion
•United Methodist
i Church.
! Mr. and Mrs. William
-Farrow and Mrs. Robert
Miller of Lexington, Va.
visited Mr. and Mrs.
Roger Norwood on
Saturday.
Mrs. Dwight Scotten
of Richmond, Va., spent
several days last week
With Mrs. Martha
Praffln.
; Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Wiggins spent Tuesday
in Durham.
Mrs. Mildred Wilson
nd Mrs. Lucille
Satterwhite spent
several days last week
at Carolina Beach with
Pam, John and Heather
Allen.
Albert Tucker of
Florida and other points
and Thaxton Parker of
Henderson visited
Roger Norwood on
Monday. Mr. Norwood
accompanied them to
Palmer Springs, Va.,
where they visited other
classmates and friends.
Visiting in the home of
Mrs. Arthur Moseley re
cently were Mrs. Lucy
S. Morris of Nassau,
Del., Mrs. Frances S.
Carter of Georgetown,
Del., J. T. Baull of
Lewis, Del., Mrs. John
Stevenson, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Carter and
daughter, Tracy, of
Richmond, Va., Mr. and
Mrs. Bobby Moseley
and daughter, Nichole,
of Kittrell, Mr. and Mrs.
L. T. Coleman of
Hopewell, Va., Mr. and
Mrs. Ned Coleman of
Gaston Lake, Mr. and
Mrs. Eddie Moseley,
Mrs. Ann Norvell, Mrs.
Helen Burton, Mrs.
Alice Collier, Mrs. Edith
Collier, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Harris of
Norlina, Mr. and Mrs.
Ronnie Moseley of
Warren Plains and Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Baker
of Winston-Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Buster
Dishmon of LaCrosse
Va. were hosts to^e'
guests at a dinner for
their grandson,
Norwood Dishmon
Baker, on Sunday. The
occasion was his sev
enth birthday. Guests
who attended from
Norhna were his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs O
R: Baker and his
friends, Dale Harper
and little Miss Anna
Roope.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Sonny" Goodbar of
Durham visited Mr. and
Mrs. Roger Norwood on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Strickland of Woodbine,
Ga» are spending
several days at the
home of Mrs. Jennie
Hundley.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Bissette, Shelley and
kfnne of Bailey and
AUen Hawks of Green
vJIe spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. L. A
Hawks.
Charlie Kober and son
5m u dau«hter of
Hillsboro visited friends
in Norlina on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Egerton and Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Jordan
spent the weekend at
Topsail.
Mrs. Sara Everett of
Norfolk, Va., is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. M. V
Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. John E.
Macon and Catherine
of Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mrs. Betty S. Walker of Norlina announces the
engagement of her daughter, Deborah Jean, to
William Rodgers Walker. Parents of the
prospective groom are Mr. and Mrs. Melvin J.
Bowes of Kittrell.
The wedding is planned for August 21 at 2 p. m. at
Zion Methodist Church in Oine. All friends and
relatives are invited to attend.
spent the past two weeks
with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Donald S.
Wimbrow. The Macons,
the Wimbrows and Mr.
and Mrs. Donald S.
Wimbrow, II and sons,
Tickie and Mikie, of
Norlina, Mr. and Mrs.
Mikel Wimbrow of
Greenville, S. C., Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Steele,
Tamara and Robbie and
Miss Celeste Parker of
Ahoskie and Miss Sophie
Jerard of Lyon, France
sent some four days at
Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Mrs. Sudie Coleman
spent the past week with
her daughter and family
in Kinston. Tuesday
they spent the day at
White Lake. They had
lunch with old friends,
formerly of Knightdale,
now residing at White
Lake. They enjoyed
reminiscing of old
friends from
Knightdale.
Wednesday, Mrs.
Beatrice Rouse of
Southern Springs gave a
surprise dinner at the
Carde home. Steak,
gravy, rice, squash,
corn, potatoes, pickles,
sliced tomatoes and
cheese cake with straw
berries were served and
enjoyed by candlelight.
Mark Carde, 12-year-old
grandson of Mrs.
Coleman returned
thanks.
Thursday they visited
Guardian Care Nursing
home, Mrs. Margaret
Pipkins and other
friends of the Carde
family.
Mrs. 0. T. Hicks cele
brated her birthday
over the weekend and
had as her guests Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Person of
Richmond, Va.
Roger Kammerer of
Greenville and Rick
Raines of Ahoskie,
students at East
Carolina University,
spent the weekend with
Mark and Kathy Powell
of Norlina. They had
dinner with Don Joyner
of Henderson on
Saturday.
Weekend guests of
Mrs. Ann Norvell were
Mr. apd Mrs. Haoy P.
Norvell oL^ikevUW and
daughter; Elizabeth,
and three great-grand
children, Crystal, B. J.,
and Chris, Mr. and Mrs.
Stevie Norvell of
MacDill AFB, Fla., Mr.
and Mrs. Richard P.
Ivey and children, Faith
and Richard, Jr. of
Shelby, and Mr. and
Mrs. John F. Perkinson
of Oxford.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
Eagan, Jr. and family of
Cairo, Egypt visited
Mr. and Mrs. T. A.
White of Wise last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Myrick and Michael of
Petersburg, Va. were
supper guests of Mrs.
Dolly Tucker on Sunday
evening. Others visiting
Mrs. Tucker on Sunday
were Mrs. Nellie
Mulchi, Mrs. Ann
Mulchi, Mrs. Eddie
Moseley, Mrs. Peggy M.
WU^ra^Mrs^Jeanne
j ii< vairen Record, Warrento
Yancey Kin Have
Family Reunion
Descendants of
William Daniel Yancey
gathered recently on the
lawn of the "Sarah-Lee
Farm" in Norlina, now
owned by Rob H. and
Marie H. Yancey, for
their fifth annual family
reunion.
T. Everett Yancey of
Waverly, Va. who is
actively involved in
tracing the family
lineage, welcomed
everyone and returned
thanks. A bountiful
covered dish lunch was
served at half past noon
to relatives and friends
from North Carolina
and Virginia.
Decendants in
attendance were:
(grandchildren), Mr.
and Mrs. Alton Overby
of Raleigh, Mrs. Annie
0. McCabe of Morehead
City, Miss Selma
Norwood of Durham,
Malvern Norwood of
Henderson, John Y.
Norwood of Hamlet, Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Stovall
and Frank 0. King of
Bullock, Miss Sadie Lee
Yancey of Warrenton,
Mr. and Mrs. T. Everett
Yancey of Waverly, Va.,
Mr, and Mrs. O. H.
Yancey of Norlina, Mr.
and Mrs. Rob H. Yancey
of Richmond, Va., Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Smiley
of Whitakers and Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey
Buchanan of
Clarksville, Va.
Great - grandchildren
present were Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Williams
of Greensboro, Mr. and
Mrs. John Yancey Nor
wood, Jr. of Madi
son Heights, Va., Brent
Yancey and Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Swanson of
Richmond, Va., and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert F.
McCoy, Jr. of Salem,
Va.
A great - great -
grandchild, Melissa
Norwood of Madison
Heights, Va., was
present.
Guests included Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth
Wilson of Petersburg,
Va. and Mrs. Kathryn
Royster of Bullock.
After lunch the family
and friends enjoyed a
period of fellowship and
recalling past events in
the history of the family.
Family Reunion
Some 67 descendants
of the late Henry Foote
Rooker and Alice Ed
wards Rooker gathered
at Palmer's Point on
Sunday for their ninth
annual family reunion.
Of the 10 children born
to Mr. and Mrs. Rooker,
six were present for the
reunion.
The oldest family
member attending the
reunion was William
Henry Rooker; the
youngest was little Miss
Amy Marie Rooker,
granddaughter of >lr.
and Mrs. John Edward
Rooker.
William H. Rooker of
Monroe and Randolph
Rooker of Durham
traveled the farthest to
attend the reunion.
A covered dish lunch
and an afternoon of
swimming, fun and
fellowship was enjoyed
by all.
Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Page Perkinson, Jr. of
Greensboro announce
the birth of a son,
Thomas Manning on
July 28 at Wesley Long
Hospital. The couple
also has a daughter,
Julie Page. Mrs.
Perkinson is the former
Debra Manning of
Bethel.
M. Bolton and Jimmy
McAuslan.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Durant Overby, Jr. of'
Norlina announce the engagement of their daugh
ter, Donna Lynn, to Durward Thomas Abbott, son of
Mrs. Dorothy Fisher and the late James Elmore
Abbott of Henderson.
The wedding is planned for September 18.
Long ago, when a man deposited money with the Bank of
England, the amount was registered on a tally stick,;
which was then split in two. The customer kept one
half-called a stock-and thus became a stockholder
in the bank.