Garden Club
Members Get
Fresh Start
Summer vacation
came to an end, and
membera of the Town 'N
Country Garden Club
met in the home of Mrs.
Cora Hawkins, hostess,
for a "Fresh Start."
Mrs. Sophese Hawkins,
president, presided.
Hie highlight of the
meeting was the reports
of Mrs. Sophese
Hawkins and Mrs. Annie
Mae Alston, delegates
attending the 47th An
nual Convention of the
Federation of Garden
Clubs of N. C., which
met at the Royal Villa in
Raleigh, August 1-3.
They reported that the
opening of the Garden
Gate, the hospitality
hour, business session,
workshop on "Inexpen
sive Ways to Cook and
Decorate," annual
banquet and memorial
service were impres
sive. The memorial
service remembered
more than 20 members
who had died since the
1961 convention. Mrs.
Virginia Levister, 1981
president was one sadly
missed.
In the business
session, initial plans
were made for 1982-83.
The president appointed
the following com
mittees: horticulture,
Mrs. Elizabeth Ward;
conservation, Mrs. Cora
Hawkins; beautifica
tion, Mrs. Georgia
Exum; scrapbook, Mrs.
Mary Powell; yearbook,
Mrs. Gertrude Hawk
ins; and projects, Mrs.
Annie M. Alston.
Hostesses listed for
the year were: October,
Mrs. Mary Jordan;
November, Mrs. Annie
Mae Alston; December,
Bin. Elizabeth Brown;
January, Mrs. Sallie
Brown; February, Mrs.
Georgia Exum; March,
Mrs. Gertrude Hawk
ins; April, Mrs. Sophese
Hawkins; May, Mrs.
Mary Powell; and June,
Mrs. Elizabeth Ward.
During the social
period the hostess, Mrs.
Cora Hawkins, served a
delightful repast and a
choice of drinks.
Cards Of Thanks
Trooper W. C. Palmer
of the N. C. Highway
Patrol would like to ex
press his appreciation to
the county's govern
ment and also the
citizens of the county for
their loyal support
during his temporary
absence from the patrol.
I would like to thank
all my friends and rela
tives for the phone calls,
cards, visits, prayers
and all other acts of
kindness extended
during my stay in the
Halifax Memorial Hos
pital in Roanoke Rapids
and since my return
home.
NATHANIEL
ROBERTSON
We wish to thank all of
our many relatives and
friends in Warren and
surrounding counties for
their love, concern and
acts of kind
shown our mother,
Louise HL Nau, during
the years of her illness.
Also, many thanks for
everything that was
done for us during our
THE NAU FAMILY
I would like to thank
for the many
ixtwirlftil to
me and my family while
I was a patient in Com
munity Memorial
Hospital, South Hill,
Va., and since my
May God bless each of
B.
ARTHUR MQSELfcV