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Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Ray of Smithfield were
weekend guests of their
daughter and son-inlaw,
Mr. and Mrs. Marty
Allen, at their home
onRidgecrestDr.
Mrs. J. E. Adams
spent last week with the
T. V. Adams family.
Mrs. Helen Franklin
visited relatives in
Rowland last week.
Mrs. W. Duke Jones
was a weekend guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Husted in Lexington.
Col. and Mrs. J. E.
Adams of Ft. Walton
Beach, Fla. were recent
visitors of Col. Adams'
mother, Mrs. J. E.
Adams, Sr. They left
Thursday for Hartsville,
S. C. to spend Christmas
with tht;ir son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. James E.
Adams, III.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Banzet spent several
days last week in
Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff D.
Palmer of Falls Church,
Va., have moved into
the house on Church
Street formerly occupied
by the late Nancy
Moseley Bullock.
Mrs. Don Loposay,
Kimberly, Karen, and
Jarrod of Sanford spent
the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. John Boyd
Fleming, Boyd and
Tommy.
Tommy Fleming of
Appalachian State
University is spending
the holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Boyd Fleming.
Garden Club Meets
In Daeke Home
Little Garden Club
met recently in the
home of Mrs. Gus
Daeke, hostess.
After partaking of a
Colonial Lodge
Party Is Given
Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Ormsby gave a party for
the residents of Colonial
Lodge last Friday
evening.
The lobby, stairway
and dining room of
Colonial Lodge were
decorated in traditional
Christmas motif with
greenery, and music
was provided before
dinner by Mrs. Claude
Pepper on the piano and
Miss Michelle Finch of
Greensboro on the flute.
Christmas carols and
popular Christmas
music were played and
there was a Christmas
tree for the residents
and gifts for all.
Announce Birth
Mr. and Mrs. David
Brantley of Augusta,
Ga. announce the birth
of their son, David
Willis, on Dec. 12 at St.
Joseph's Hospital,
Augusta, Ga.
The infant weighed
nine pounds, 1 ounce.
The grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Horton
Brantley of Norlina.
"colonial feast," and
viewing the home
decorated with natural
arrangements, a
Christmas musical was
presented by Rosa
Fleming, Nellie Gardner,
Janet Coleman and
Melody Parker.
Mrs. Nellie Gardner
then gave a demonstration
on doing
colonial arrangement,
using fruit and natural
materials.
Mrs. Fleming chaired
a short business session,
and then read "A Gardener's
Night Before
Christmas" and a
Christmas prayer.
As members left, the
hostess presented each
one with a snowman
favor.
Local Episcopal
Services Listed
Episcopal church services
for the Christmas
season were announced
this week by the Rev.
Dr. G. R. Selby, rector
of Emmanuel Episcopal
Church in Warrenton.
Dr. Selby said
Christmas Eve services
will be held at All Saints
Episcopal Church at
7:30 p. m. and will consist
of Holy Communion
and carols.
Christmas Eve services
at Emmanuel
Episcopal Church will
begin at 11 p. m. and will
consist of Holy Communion
and carols.
Emmanuel services
on Christihas Day will
begin at 11 a. m. and will
consist of Holy Communion
and sermon.
On the Sunday after
Christmas, known as St.
Stephen's Day, members
of the congregation
of Emmanuel will have
morning prayer and
sermon beginning at 11
a.m.
Littleton News
Mrs. Ellen Moeeley
and Mrs. Owen G.
Shearin visited Mrs.
Gladys Stansbury Sunday.
Mrs. Luther Bobbitt of
Bear Swamp community
and Mrs.
Warren of Bowers Road
were visitors of Misses
Mamie and Josephine
Stansbury recently.
Mike Ferrell of
Roanoke Rapids visited
his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd C.
Salmon, Sr., on Monday.
Miss Robin West of
N.C. State University in
Raleigh spent the
weekend with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Justis West. Mr. and
Mrs. West accompanied
her back to Raleigh
Sunday.
Mrs. Stuart West
visited her mother, Mrs.
Viola Etheridge, in
Guardian Care Nursing
Home in Louisburg on
Wednesday.
Danny Long visited
his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. O.C. Long during
last week in Edenton.
Miss Bobbie Stansbury
of Lawrenceville,
Va. visited Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Delbridge on
Friday.
Mrs. Albert Williams
and mother, Mrs.
Thomas Edward
Shearin, of Whitakers
were Friday visitors of
Misses Mamie and
Josephine Stansbury.
Mrs. Nannie Inscoe is
now home with her
daughter, Mrs. Pitt, after
having spent two
weeks in Guardian Care
Rest Home in Roanoke
Rapids.
Mrs. L.E. Morris is in
Halifax Memorial
Hospital with a heart attack.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Irons of Chapel Hill are
spending some time
with her mother, Mrs.
Nannie Inscoe, and Mrs.
Hazel Pitt.
Mr. and Mrs. J.E.
Threewitts, Mr. and
Mrs. Ricky Miller and
son, Eric, of
Chesapeake, Va. and
Mrs. John Saunders of
Emporia, Va. spent the
weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Threewitts.
Mr. and Mrs. Vinson
from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK
DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS
December 23, 1728—Treaty of Berlin signed between
Russia and Germany.
December 24,1905—Howard Hughes, billionaire entrepreneur
and man of mystery, born Houston.
December 25, 1750—Benjamin Franklin writes his
brother John describing how he was nearly
electrocuted trying to kill a turkey with electricity.
December 26,1917—Federal government takes over the
operation of all railroads for duration of World War I.
December 27, 1927—Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's
Show Boat, one of the most successful musical
comedies of all time, opens on Broadway in New York
City.
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Carter and children,
Nicole and Matthew, of
Goldsboro are spending
the week of Christmas
with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Three witts
and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wyatt Carter.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Pitt, III and daughter,
Sarah, spent the
weekend with his
mother and grandmother,
Mrs. Pitt and
Mrs. Nannie Inscoe.
Fred Scott of Raleigh
spent Saturday night
with his mother, Mrs.
Dorothy Pegram. Also,
Miss Donna Norman of
Raleigh was a guest.
Mrs. Clayton Melling
is a patient in Halifax
Memorial Hospital in
Roanoke Rapids.
Miss Mary Lou Young
spent this week with her
aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Pendergrass,
in Warrenton.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse J.
Jenkins visited their son
and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Jenkins and infant
daughter, Sarah, over
the weekend.
Littleton Kin
Announce Births
. Mr. and Mrs. James
Stephen Jenkins of
Wilmington announce
the birth of a daughter,
Sarah Anne, on December
14 in New Hanover
Memorial Hospital in
Wilmington.
The infant's maternal
grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Murray Munns
of Wilmington.
Her paternal grandparents
are Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse J. Jenkins of
Littleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Randy
Pike of Roanoke Rapids
announce the twrtfeirf a
daughters Biiiabeth
Dianna, on December 1
in Halifax Memorial
Hospital.
Mrs. Pike is the former
Cynthia Carter of
Roanoke Rapids.
Pike is a native of Littleton.
Retiring
Lawmaker
Is Honored
Congressman L. H.
Fountain was honored
recently by The North
Carolina Democratic
Club of Washington, O.
C.
At the gala reception,
which was held on
Capitol Hill in the
Merchant Marine Committee
Blue Room,
Congressman Fountain
was praised by a
number of spokesmen
for his 30 years of outstanding
service to the
people of North Carolina's
Second District,
the state and the nation.
Bob Canavan, president
of the club,
presented Congressman
Fountain with a
lovely pictorial book of
Washington on behalf of
The North Carolina
Democratic Club.
In attendance at the
reception - which drew
the largest crowd in
years - were several
prominent North Carolinians
and others from
government and from
the private sector.
Congressman Charlie
Whitley of North Carolina
and Congressman
Jack Brooks, chairman
of the important House
Committee Government
Operations, spoke
in praise of Congressman
Fountain's distinguished
career of public
service.
Among other dignitaries
attending the
event were Rep. Walter
Jones and Rep. Ike
Andrews of North Carolina,
former Congressmen
Horace Kornegay
and Dave Henderson,
and Congressmen-elect
Tim Valentine and
Robin Britt.
In his remarks, Congressman
Fountain
thanked the club and
went on to discuss some
of the highlights of his
career as well as liis
hopes for the future of
North Carolina and the
nation.
Cards Of Thanks
I would like to thai*
•11 my friends and
relatives for the calls,
cards, visits and flower*
received while I was a
patient In Durham
County General
Hospital.
JOHN M.ROSS, JR.
We, the family of Ger
trude Caulder, would
like to tbw* ths staff of
Warren Oanaral
Dr.
all the church, their
membera, and many
mends for toe ctJuS,
flowers, and many acta
of kindness during the
illness and passing of
our beloved wife and
mother.