CLUB BRIEFS Brierwood Ladies Plan Trip To Bald Head Brierwood Ladies Club will hold its last meeting of the 1993-94 sea son May 9. Member Lou Culp has arranged a day-trip to Bald Head Island for the meeting. The group will leave Brierwood early to catch the 10 a.m. ferry. After lunch on the island, new officers will be installed. Any female Brierwood resident wishing reservations or information about car-pooling should contact Lou Culp. Jr. Yard Sal le Shallotte Junior Woman's Gub will hold its annual fundraising yard sale Saturday, May 7, from 7:30 a.m. until noon at the Vendor's Fair on Main Street, Shallotte. The club is a nonprofit organiza tion; all proceeds of the sale will go to local and state causes. Artists To Meet The Waterway Art Association will meet Wednesday. May 18 at the O ^ D L IS P4-*: ? autuwt iitaui i uw vjidtiuti. Members are being asked to make a special effort to be there, as final arrangements for the Memorial Day weekend art show will be discussed, said spokesman Shirley Campbell. The group will gather at 12:30 p.m. for a shared-time lunch {bring your own); the business discussion wiii begin ai i :30 p.m. New members are welcome. For more information, call Chance Scrantom at 579-2218. AARP To Meet Calabash AARP Chapter 3640 will meet May 5 at 7 p.m. in the Calabash tire house on Persimmon Road. The program will feature Michael Sidelinger, a certified public accoun tant who will speak about gift and estate taxes and the state's intangi bles tax. A business meeting will follow, and refreshments will be served. Guests are welcome, said Tony Santino, publicity chairman. WAVES To Meet The Azalea Anchors, Unit 102 of WAVES Nssicnal. will hold :t= next meeting at the Battleship USS North Carolina grounds May 14 at noon. Family and friends of members and prospective members are invit ed. Membership is open to all for mer, retired and active women of the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps. NARFEToMeet The Brunswick County Chapter of the National Association of STAW PHOTO XT IYNN CARLSON Good Publicist Mary Benes is honored with a gift , a plant and a helium bal loon by the Veterans nf Fnrriom Wars Auxiliary district for her efforts as auxiliarists ' publicity chairman for Host 7288 in Calabash. Benes has handled the group's publicity since 1987. Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) wiii hoiu its monihiy meeting on Tuesday, May 10, at noon at the Sand Fiddler Restaurant, Southport. Guest speaker will be Albert Elrod of Edward D. Jones and Co., who will discuss individual retire ment account maturity And lat-uv ing investments. All members arc being urged to attend, said James H. Bryant chap ter spokesman. NARFE meetings are open to the public; membership is available to all federal retirees and federal employees with at least five years of service. Certificates were presented April 27 to graduates of a Speechcraft communications short course con ducted by the Coast Toasters dui? of Skslloits Recognized were Peggy H. Stanley, Sloane Realty; Greg Clark, Wheat First Securities; Daphne Yar 1/ rough. The Brunswick Hospital; and Michael Royal, Brunswick Community College Smsi: Business Center. Speechcrafters Jimmy Johnson, Brunswick County Water Depart ment; Olaf "Bud" Thorsen, N.C. iuveniic Cuuii Cuuiisciui|j Scivicc, and Janette Brown, Lower Cape Fear Hospice, were unable to partic ipate in the graduation dinner pro gram held at Brunswick Community College Fellow Speechcrafters and Toast masters voted Yarbrough "Best Speaker" and Royal "Most Improv ed Speaker." Soeechcraft is a enndemarinn of Toastmasters international selt paced Communications A Leader ship Program. Over eight weeks par ticipants heard educational talks re lated to communications, gave re hearsed and impromptu speeches, evaluations and introductions, and assumed various meeting roles. Each was assigned a club mentor to answer questions and provide one on-one support. Coast Toasters Toastmasters Club meets Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. at the South Brunswick Islands Chamber of Commerce office. Visi tors are welcome. For more in formation contact President Don Eg gert, 754-5082. Beoutifiers' Lunch Hrtiden FUsw-h fVwj'ifka!!?" Club will hold its final meeting at a luncheon May 11 at noon at Lockwood Folly Clubhouse. New officers, to be installed for the 1994-95 season, are Myra Burke, president; Janet Shafor, first vicc picsiuciii, Betty Arnold, scccud vice president: and Charlotte Pringle, secretary/treasurer. Cost of the luncheon is So. For reservations or information, call Myra Burke at 842-2750. VFW Honors W_|. wOH iniWiS The Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliansts Post 7288 in Calabash will host an awards dinner for com munity volunteers on Sunday, May 15, at 2 p.m. at the post. The VFW will also be looking for donations for the red poppies made by disabled veterans to be distrib uted for Memorial Day. On May 20 and 21 the group will distribute pop pies in Shallotte and Calaba&h. Funds raised will go to needy veter ans and their families. The auxiliarists' next meeting wi!! be Mcsdsy, M*y 16, zi 7 p w Officers will meet at 6. Seniors 7o Mecf Holden Beach Senior Citizens will meet Monday, May 9. at 7 p.m in the Lockwood Folly Community Building. The Shallotte Middle School Bell Ringers will be the group's guests. New members and visitors are WCIUHUC, MM afHIUBUMU muuiw H. Noblett. Birthdays And Anniversaries Thursday, May 5 Cheryl Henry, Sheila Jester, Cameron David Moser, Sydney Ellen Parks, Priscilla Gupton, Jen nifer Siwmv, Ine Furr Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Tuggle. Friday, May 6 Leila Simmons, Melody Lugo, Meredith Stanley. Brad Siss!sts?y. Terry Hooks, Alex Willard; ~'immy & Marie Hewett and Dennis and Rose Pitts. l!3 lUdfloiir [Shady Oak Florist rcl Delivery A Wire Service 1-800-352-5375 (910)579-6715 Hwy. 179 (Between Sunset ft Ocean Isle) Happy 2nd Birthday Drake Kendte Day May 1st Saturday, May 7 Erin Thornton. Delores While, Billy Street, Freddy Dickerson, Cory Aaron McLamb, Ginger Mill ion rv-iorrs White, Terri M. Dur ham, Robert Causey, Wanda Kin law, Jonathon Stroupe, Lisa Tuggle; Steve and Sabrina Parrish. Sunday, May 8 Hubert Sritan. Rainuna Parker. Paula Fox; Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Can. Monday, May 9 Madison Felton, Justin Davis, Carolyn Sweatt, Ashley Hardy, Colin Lewis, Tun Gibble, Justin Davis; Clayton and Sarah Robinson. '(today, May Id Tti i j Aimiimiii, Asoicy Duncan, Pamela Detric, Cameron Marshall Dillard, Rhiannon Landesberg; Jeff and Lisa Mintz, Bill and Priscilla Shoemaker. Wedaeaday, May II Betty Ward, Crystal Atkinson, Alex Phelps, Tracey James, Fred Mintz Jr., Tootie Todd, Jacqueline Allie McDowell. /? J/ * / /I *?rw / xi / Dresses for... ? Mother of the bride or groom ?Prom -Pageant ? Special occasion ?After 5 ? Casuai unci uiebsv ? ? \ x cusuai unu ui?J?>y /.v sportsweor j ^ Designer tuxedo L rental S Mon.-Fri. 10-6. Sat. 10-5 Main St., Homlngwoy, SC SUSAN usSS C/ufa Issues Library Challenge Hold 'en Beach Women Is Club is challenging other area organizations to join them in helping Supply Elementary Schoot stock its media center shelves with hardback books suitable for elementary school age children. Club member Gail Beck (left) and President Mary Simmons recently presented a club check for $250 to Media Specialist Laura DeStefano. Looking on are at right are students Rachel Beck, Blake Stone and Stephanie Brown, whose mothers and/or grandmothers belong to the club. The check represents profits from craft sales at the 1993 N.C. Festival By The Sea. A ihird cookbook is Ac club's next fundraising event. Local Births Are Announced Milliken Lhonda and Danny Milliken of Supply have announced the birth of a daughter, Jactyn Danielle Milli ken, at 12.-07 a.m. April 23 at The Brunswick Hospital. She weighed 8 pounds and was To .Merry May 2 1 Christine Stout of Ash has an nounced the forthcoming mar riage of her daughter, Wendy Lee, to Richard Ellis Callen dar. sou of Mr. and Mrs. Arth ur E. Callendar Jr. of Shal lotte. The ceremony will be held May 21 at 3 pjn. in Trinity Pentecostal Free \YH1 Baptist Church. Friends and relatives of the couple are invit ed. 21 inches long. She joins a sister. Linda Kay Miiiiken. Grandparents are Linda and Eddie McCall of Shallotte, Jackie and James Shelly of Supply and L.C. Miiiiken of Wilmington. Great-grand parents are Eva and Isaac Ward of Supply, Thelma Mc C?i! of Sha!k?tte snd Sidney Rhodes of Supply. Atkinson Shira and Glenn Atkinson of Lanvaie Road, Leiand. have an nour.ccd the birth of a daughter. Cora Lee Atkinson, at 4:23 p.m. April 7*7 at T"K^ Rnjncurirjr Hognital She weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20 inches long. Grandparents are Larry McElwain and Victoria Myers of Leiand and Charlotte Daughtry of Cairo. Ga. Burroughs Mark and Lynn Burroughs of Gregory Road, Supply, have an nruiruWI rh^ hirth of a Hatjohlfr Melissa Lynn, at 2:41 p.m. April 26 at The Brunswick Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds. Grandparents arc Joyce Grimsiey of Wilmington and Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Burroughs of Edenton. Great-grandparents are Carrie Grimsiey of Wilmington, Mae TVndall of Edenton and Mr and Mrs. E.O. Burroughs of Norfolk, Va. Chavis Mr. and Mrs. James Edward Chavis Jr. of South port have an nounced the birth of a daughter, Kasandra Marie Chavis, at 11:25 a.m. April 26 a! The Brunswick Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20 inches long. 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