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Elizabeth Stewart, Editor
Phone 167
Mrs. B. N. Barnes
Study Club Hostess
Members of the Study club met
Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. S. A. Mauney with Mrs. B.
N. Barnes as hostess.
Mrs. Barnes, program chair
man, introduced Mrs. Aubrey
? Mauney who showed colored
slides of her recent trip to Mex
ico and told the history of Mex
ico. Souvenirs of Mexico were
paSsed among club members.
Mrs. M. H. Biser, club presi
dent, presided over the business
session. The rOll call was read
and the treasurer's report given.
Members voted to make a con
tribution to the Library Fund
drive.
Mixed spring flowers and ar
rangements of Easter lilies were
used throughout the home in de
coration, and the hostess was
assisted in passing a salad cour
se with coffee and a sweet cour
se.
Miss Margaret Stem and Mrs.
J. P. Swain, Jr., were visitors at
the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Ware spent
Easter Sunday with their daugh
ter, Miss Phyllis Ware at M^rs
Hill. They attended the Innaugur
al stervice at the new Mars Hill
Baptist church. Miss Ware is a
senior at Mars Hill College. J. C.
Keller and Miss Jane Wilson ac
companied them.
Open Gate Garden Club
Held Meeting Wednesday
Opfcn Gate Garden club mem
bers met last Wednesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. P. R.
McCurdy with Mrs. B. T. Wright
as co-hostess.
Arrangements were brought by
four of the members, Mrs. Eu
gene Roberts, Mrs. Packard Elli
ott, Mrs. Gordon Weekliey, and
Mrs. B. T. Wright Mr*. Turner,
of Dallas, Judged the exhibitions
and gave suggestions for im
provements in making flower ar
rangements.
During the business session,
plans were completed for a cake
and pie sale to be* conductcd by
the garden club at the building
formerly occupied by Rainwater
Furniture Co., Saturday morning
beginning at 8:30.
Cakes, pies, cookies, and other
swteets will be sold. Mrs. Claud
Hambright, club president, pre
sided over, the business session.
Mrs. Maude B. Foy of Kinston,
who has been visiting In the
.home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Kln
cald, was a visitor at the meeting.
A social hoUr was enjoyed fol
lowing the mete ting and the hos
tesses passed a salad plate with
dessert and tea. -
Billy Ramseur, 10-year-old son
of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Ro. nseur, is
recuperating at his home from a
case of measles.
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Social Calendar.
Thursday:
2:45 ? Ace at Clubs meets at
the homte of Mrs, Howard
Jackson. /
7:00? M a r g r a c e Girls club
meets at ti.e Margrace
vyoman's club house.
7:30 ? Phebean class, First Bap
tist church, meets at the
home of Mrs. Howard
Ware.
7:30 ? Gleaners class, First Bap
tist church, meets at the
home of Mrs. Bill Laugh
ter.
Y:30 ? American Legion Auxili
ary meets at the home of
Mrs. Paul Mauney with
Mrs. C. H. Moss and Mrs.
? A. S. Lynch as co-hostess
es.
7:30 ? Town and Country Gar
den club meets at the
home of Mrs. J. H. Arth
ur.
Friday:
7:00 ? Woman's club Husband's
Night banquet at the Wo
man's club house.
7:30--"-E c s t e r n Star chapter
birthday party at Ma
sonic Dining Hall.
7:30? Margrace Woman's club
mteets at the Margrace
club house. .
Saturday:
8:00 ? Mrs. Gould Hamrick will
entertain at her home on
Linwood Drive compli
menting Ml8? Helen Pen
son, bride-elect
Monday:
2: 45? Duplicate Bridge club
meets at the home of
Mrs. C.. D. Blanton.
5:00 ? Mission Study at Resur
rection Lutheran church.
7:30 ? American Home Depart
ment' of the Woman's
club meets* at the Wo
man's club house.
7. JO ? Park Grace school PTA
meets at the school audi
torium. Installation ser
vice. , .
8:00 ? King and Queen of clubs
meets at the homte of Mr.
and Mrs. Johnny Kerns.
Tuesday:
3:00 ? C o n t r a c t Bridge club
meets at the home of
Mrs. H. M. Heavner.
' Wednesday :
10:30? Brunch at Kings Moun
tain Country club for flo
wer show Judges.
2-6 and 8-10 ? Spring flower
show of the Kings Moun
tain Garden club at the
Woman's club.
2: 00 ? Wednesday A f t e r n oon
Bridge club meets at the
horfie of Mrs. O. W.
Myers.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Patterson
and family visited during the
weekend in the homte of Mr. Pat
terson's sister, Miss Martha Pat
terson and Mrs. J. S. Chandler in
Fayetteville. Billy Patterson,
young son of Mr. and Mrs. Pat
terson, became 111 and was con
fined to bed with a case of mea
sles. Mr. Pattterson returned to
Kings Mountain on Monday.
We Close .At I P. M. Saturdays
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Wright-McSwain
Vows Solemnized
Miss Louise Ellen Wright and
Luther R. McSwain, Jr., both pf
Kings Mountain, were united in
marriage in a simple service at
the David's Baptist church parso
nage last Wednesday, April 14, at
six o'clock.
Vows of the double - ring ser
vice were heard by The Reverend
C. W. Walker, pastor of David's
Baptist church, and The Reverend
J. J. Thornburg, pastor of Patter
son Grove Baptist church.
For her wedding, the bride wore
a navy blue suit with navy acces
sories and a shoulder corsage of
red rosebuds.
Mrs. Wright, the bride's mother,
wore a light blue dress with black
accessories and Mrs. McSwain,
mother of the bridegroom, was
dressed in navy blue with pink I
accessories. Miss Betty Hovis of
Charlotte, Mrs. J. J. Thornburg,
and members of the two families
attended the ceremony.
The bride, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Travis Wright, is a graduate
of Bethware high school and is
employed in Charlotte by South
ern Bell Telephone Company.
Ths bridegroom, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Luther R. McSwain, Sr., was
graduated from Bethware high
school and is a student at Lenoir
Rhyne college, In Hickory.
Kathy Louise Hullender
Honored On Birthday
Kathy Louise Hullender cele
brated her first birthday anni
versary last Wednesday, April 14,
at the home of her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs; Jack Hullender.
She is the daughter of Sgt. and
Mrs. James L. Hullender of Chey
enne, Wyoming, who visited here
until yesterday in the Hullender
home.
Party games were directed
throughout the afternoon and re
freshments consisting of ice
cream and cake were served.
Guests attending the party in
cluded Richard and Vickie White,
Pat and Janice Murphy, Robbie
Moss, "Ren" and Christy Hullen
der, and . Barry Walker.
Gifts were presented to the
honoree.
Stella Austin Auxiliary
Met At Church Tuesday
Members of the Stella Austin
Girls' Auxiliary of FirsTT&aptist
church met at the church Tues
day afternoon for their regular
meeting.
Miss Blenda Huneycutt, Direc
tor of Music and Promotion at
First Baptist church, met with
the group in the absence of the
GA leader, Mrs* Howard Ware.
During the business session,
the group discussed plans for a
softball team for the summer
and completed plans for a pro
gram they are to .present at the
general meeting of the Woman's
Missionary Union next month.
A social hour followed the
meeting, and the hostess was
assisted in serving light refresh
ments.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Smith of
Mount Holly announce the birth
of a daughter, Marcla Anne, Sat
urday, April 10. Mrs. Smith is the
former Miss Betty Bell, former
resident of Kings Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beam,
route 1, Grover, announce the
birth of a son, Tuesday, April 13,
Shelby hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wortham,
route 3, announce the birth of a
son, Wednesday, April 14, Kings
Mountain hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hurdt An
nounce the birth of a son, Sun
day, April 18,' Kings Mountain
hospital.
? Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Black an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Wednesday, Apni 21, Kings Moun
tain hospital.
PERSONALS
Miss May Plonk suffered a
broken arm In a fall at he?- home
last Tuesday.
Bill Amos, student at Bowman
Gray School of Medicine, Wln
ston-Salem, visited during the |
weekend in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. M. C. Amos. j
Susan Amos of Charlotte vis
ited her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. C. Amos, here several
days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Looney are
attending a two-day Stanley
convention in session at the Ho
tel Barrlnget in Charlotte.
The condition of Sylvia Morris,
who Is .receiving treatment for
spinal meningitis at Kings Moun
tain hospital, was reported "im
proved" Wednesday by her pa- j
rents, Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Morris.
Rev. and Mrs. P. D. Patrick
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Paul]
Patrick and three children in
Charleston, S, C. They will return
to their home here the latter part
of the week.
Miss Ramona Allen, student at
Lees-McRae college, Banner Elk,
spent Easter holidays with her
partents, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Al
len. Miss Alien came home last
Wednesday and returned to t
school on Tuesday. .
Mr. and Mrs. David Earl Allen
of Four-Oaks, S. C., visited during J
the weekencTTh the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Hunter Allen. They wtere
enroute to their home in Four- 1
Oaks after a vacation spent in |
Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Looney, Jr.,
of Newport News, Va., Kenneth |
Looney and Miss Connie Bum
gardner, of Lee College, Cleve
land, Tenn., Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt
Tanner and son of Aiken, S. C.,
and Mrs. Hilda Johnson and
son, Douglas, of Charlotte, were
guests during the weekend in
the home of Mr* and Mrs. G. C.
Looney.
Garden Club Discussed
Final Plans For Show
Members of the Kings Moun
tain Garden club completed final
plans for theil: spring flower
show to be given Wednesday, In
meeting at the home of Mrs. Ver
non P. Crosby last week.
Themte of the flower show is
"Flowers Light the World."
Mrs. J. E. Herndon, program ,
-chairman, presented a program j
on' "Organic Gardening." Each
member displayed a one-flower
arrangement and ribbons were
won by Mrs. George Hotfser, Mrs.
W. L. Prtessly, and Mrs. H. R.
Nelsler.
During the business session,
members voted to make a club
contribution to the Library Fund
drive and other business was dis
cussed. Mrs. H. C. Mayes, club
president, presided.
During the social hour that fol
lowted the meeting, Mrs. Crosby
Aiea Geologists j
Inspect Foote
Geologists from all the South
eastern United States visited
Kings Mountain Saturday as the
enji point of their annual con
vention to inspect Foote Mineral
Company's spoduraene mining
operation. , ,
Approximately 100 geologist
, visited the plant.
The annual convention of the
Southeastern Section, Geological
Society of America, convened for
technical sessions at the Univer
sity of South Carolina on Friday
and adjourned on Saturday for
field trips to points of geologic
interest, ending here.
T. L. Kesler and W. E. Dill, of
the Foote staff, and Mrs Kesler,
attended the meeting at Colum
tela..
Egg production on North Caro
lina farms during 1953 totaled
1.337 billion, a new record high
and 3 per cent above the previous
high of 1952.
was assisted in serving a salad
plate with sandwiches and t^a.
Ed Tutor Attended
Charlotte Meeting
Ed Tutor, manager of Joy and
Dixie Thteatres here, has just re
turned from a two day showman
ship meeting in Charlotte, North
Carolina.
I He previewed two pictures,
"The French Line," starring Jane
Russell, and "Carnival Story",
starring Steve Cochran and An
ne Baxter. These two pictures
have been dated for use in the Joy
Theatre in the next few weeks.
He also reported that no final
decision was reached concerning
cinemascope for the Jpy Theatre
after discussion with E. G. Stell
ings, president of the theatre
chain. f
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Easter Weather
Ideal For Area
Kings Mountain citizens en
Joyed a pleasant Easter weekend,
as the traditional Easter "cold
spfeH'' abated Sunday and warm
sunshiny weather continued on
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Easter Monday.
Majority of 'King* Mountain
retail firms closed for the tradi
tional Easter Monday holiday,
and schools resumed Tuesday
morning after their long week
end cessation.
Easter finery was in evidence
at all public places, and church
services attracted large crowds.
Merchants, particularly in the
apparel field, reported brisk
weekend business. '
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