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(Mayvle Diane Robei'ts) Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Humes Houston. Jr., wed Sunday, are on a wedding trip to the Western North Carolina mountains after which they will be at home in Fayetteville, Miss Mayvle Diane Roberts be- caime Mr. Hjuston’s bride in a 4 p.m. ceremony in First Baptist church. Rev. Robert Mann, min ister of the church, officiated, us ing tile double-ring service Mrs. F. R McCurdy was or ganist for the program of tradi tional music and B. S. Peeler, Jr. was vocal soloist. —■ The choir ioft of the sanctuary was decorated with palms and seven-branch candelabra holding Calhtdral tapers. Two brass tree candelabra, interspersed with fern, were arran.gcd with mums and iglads at either side of the "liltaT and a basket of glads and white mums was in the center, A satin-covered prayer -bench com pleted the setting. Organ prograiim included: “Panis Angelicas” by Franck; “Clair de Lune” by Debussy; Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Mans De siring” and “Sheep May Safely Braze”; “I Love Thee” by Grieg; ‘Liebestraum” by Listz; “To A Wild Rose” by McDowell; ‘Trau- merei” by Schumann; “Ro mance” by Rubenstein; Handel’s “Arioso” “Ave Verum” by Mo zart, and the traditional marches. Mr. Peeler sang “Our Wedding Day” and “0 Promise Me” be fore the ceremony and "Wedding Prayer” as the benediction. Eugene Ross Roberts escorted his daughter to the altar and gave her in marriaige. The bride’s formal gown of candlelight peau de sole was made and designed by her mother. The fitted bodice was enhanced by appliques of Alencon lace medallions and pearls, and appliques were re peated on the detachable aisle- wide train which swept from bouffant draped folds from the sides and back of the .skirt Her four-tier veil of illusion was at tached to a double lace crown sparked with pearls. She carried a white lace-covered Bible, gift of the YWA's exf First Baptist churclr,! topped by a bouquet of white rose^and-stephamotis cen tered by a white orchid nestled in pink sweetheart roses and net puffs. Miss 'Linda Roberts attended her sister as maid of honor and bridesmaids were Mrs. John Warlick, Mrs. Jerry Adams, Mrs. Tony Wells, Mrs. Bud Bumgard- ner, all of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Tommy Thomas of Gainesville, Ga. and Mrs. Guy Flint of Boone. All the attendants wore long gowns of moss green silk peau de sole featuring scoop neck lines, elbow sleeves and dome skirts accented by streamers ex tending from the back of the neckline to the hemlines. Their matching headpieces were satin roses with flirtation veils at tached and they wore matchireg satin slippers. They wore white shortie gloves, gifts of the bride, and carried crescent bouquets of rubrum lilies and English ivy tied with moss green ribbon. Yvette Roberts, niece of the bride, was flower girl Her dress of white organza over polished cotton was trimmed with white and green agplltnues around the neckline' and accented by"a greens ■■ velvet sash She carried a white basket of rubrum lilies and pink sweetheart roses. Best man for the bridegrooim was his father. The list of ushers included Kenneth Roberts of Kings Mountain and David Rob erts of Charlotte, brothers of the bride; Turk Falls, Eddie Ross and Gene Tignor, all of Kings Mountain;. Arthur Allen, Jr. of Charlotte; Jim Reid of Aberdeen and Guy Flint of Boone. Glenn Roberts, brother of the bride, was acolyte and lit the candles used on the prayer bench for the candle ceremony. After exchanging their vows, the brid al pair lit a single taper in the center of the prayer bench and knelt lor the benediction. Craig Roberts, nephew of the bride, was ringbearer. Participating in the wedding as honorary attendants were Miss Peggy Plonk of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Tony Goins of ii II •I Jackie Merrill, Charles Andrew Set Wedding Date Mrs. Fiances I lord Petty of Kings .Mountain has announced the engagement of h('r daughter, Jacquelyn Lee Merrill, to Charles Pie.ton Andrew, son of Mrs. Katherine S. Andrew of Char- lotte and the late I. N- . Andrew. ” * Both tile bride-elect and, or.is- ' pective bridegroom are of Char lotte. Miss Merrill is daughter of Mrs. Petty and the late J. B. .Merrill. The bride-elect was graduated from Kings Mountain high school and attended the Univers ity of North Carolina at Green.s- boro. She is a secretary in the offices of Henry E. Bryant Com pany, realtors, in Charlotte. The prospective bridegroom w'as educated at Pllon college, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Maryland and the University of Oklahoma. He is associated with the- prom-at i^s department-- oT WSOC in Charlotte. The coiiph' will be married October 1 in Kings Mountain’s First Baptist church. •* 'y ■ ilii MISS JACQUELYN LEE MERRILL (bride-elect vf Charles Preston Andn ir/ Boone, Miss Charlene Hord of Hickory. Miss Shirley Donndly of Raleigh, and Miss Kay Newton of High Point, all former class mates of the bride. Miss Rita Phifer and Miss Pat- tie Howard kept a guest register in the church vestibule. The bride’s mother was gown ed in pink lace with matching accessories and a purple orchid shoulder corsage. Mrs. Houston, mother of the bridegroom, chose green lace with matching accessories and an orchid shoulder corsage Mis. T. A. Hambright, Sr. of Continued On Page 5 Miss Roberts Luncheon Honoree Mrs. John Warlick, Miss Pat tie Howard and Miss Sara Hen dricks entertained Saturday at a 1 o’clock luncheon at Holiday inn, Gastonia, honoring Miss Di ane Roberts, bride-elect. The 19 guest.s were served a three-cour.se luncheon from a U- shaped table spread with white linen and centered by an arrange ment of yellow and white daisies and white snapdragons Miss Roberts was given a cor sage of white gladmelias which slie pinned to the soulder of her navy and white dress. The host esses also gave her a gift of sil ver in her selected pattern. MISS VIVIAN GAIL FLETCHER (bride-elect of Ronald Dewitt Maples) (3 , . .t<‘l Thursday, August 18, 1966 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD Page 3 Vivian Fletcher, Ronald Maples To Wed Sept. 3 Mr. and Mrs Buddy C, F'letch- er have announced the engage- memt of their daughter, Vivian Gail, to Ronald Dewitt Maples, son of .Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ma ples. Both families are of Kings Mountain. The wedding will take place .September 3rd at 7 p.m. in Grace Methodist church. No formal wedding invitations are beirig issued but all friends and rela tives of the couple are invited to attend. Both the bride-elect and pros- pi'ctive bridegroom are 1966 graduates of Kings Mountain high school. The bride-to-be i.s imployed by Kings Mountain Drug Co. Mr. Maples is employed by Foote Mineral Company. Mr. and .Mrs. Ralph Stewart and Ernest iMajdes vvere called to Houston, 'I’exas Sunda.y due to the serious injury of their five- .vear-old nephew who was struck by an automobile there .Sunday afternoon. The injured boy is son of Mrs. .Stewart’s and Mr. Maple’s sister. Luncheon Honors, ^ Miss Roberts ’ ' Mrs. S. R. Suber entertained Friday at Kings Mountain Coun try Club at a 12:30 bi'idesmaids luncheon honoring Miss Diane Roberts, whose wedding to .Sam my Hou.ston took place Sunday. A three-course luncheon was served to 16 guests from a table overlaid with white linen and centered by a mass arrangement of all-white summer flow'ers. The hostess gave Miss Roberts a white shoulder corsage and a gift of china in her chosen pat tern. Miss Roberts took the oc casion to present white shortie gloves to her bridal attendants and gifts to Mrs. I. C. Davis, who directed the wcjdding; Mrs F. R. McCurdy, organist; and Mis.ses Pattie Howard ancl Rita Phifer wlio kept the register. In acidition to Miss Roberts, her mother. Mrs. Eugene Rob erts, and the bridegroom-elect’s mother, Mrs. Humes Houston, .guests were Miss Linda Roberts, Mrs. Dan Kiser, Mrs. Tony ■Wells, Mrs. Bud Bumgardner, Mrs. Guy Flynt, Mrs. John War lick. Mrs. Jerry Adams, Mrs. F. R McCurdy, Mrs. I. C. Davis, Miss Annie B. Roberts, and Misses Rita Phifer and Pattie Hioward. Party Honors Bride-Elect; Miss Mercer In Europe; Family Celebrations Are Held ' f'i Mm - ggpilliii ..'.JJJ.'",'; . f % ■III! . Peggy Mercer of Kings Mountain recently, visited Radio Free Europe in Munich, Germany and watched actual program transmission being sent across the Iron Curtain. RFE, a privately sponsored American network, broadcasts daily in the native languages to Rumania, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia. Its wide variety of programs covers news, sports, music and commentaries. Millions of East Europeans living under communist rule depend upon the daily broadcasts of Radio Free Europe to tell them what is happening in the world. Since its first broadcast on July 4, 1950, Radio Free Europe has been a free radio, an opposition press and a source of information for the people of East Europe. ♦ ♦ » * Comings And Goings Mr. and Mrs. Andy Huffstetler and daughter, Miss Andrea Huffstetler, ana Mrs. Huffstetler's brother, William Kale, have returned from a week's vacation in Laughton, Oklahoma. In Oklahoma the Kings Mountain visitors attended the rodeo and parade held In connection with the rodeo in ad dition to other festivities. * * * * Robert Munson, son of Mrs. Helen L. Munson of 917 Sharon Drive, has been accepted to the graduate school of George Williams College, Downers Grove, Illinois. Mr. Munson receved a Bachelor of Arts degree In Sp- clology from St. Olaf College. He will begin graduate study in Group Work at George Williams, which specializes in educating men and women for careers In pbblic and private youth and community service organizations. Miss Dianne McDaniel, whose wedding to Dale Hollifield takes place this evening in Bethlehem Bap tist church, was honored last Thursday evening at a bridal party given by her two aunts, Mrs. Charlie Go forth and Mrs. Owen Sell ers at the Goforth home. The 24 guests showered Miss McDaniel with miscel laneous household gifts. A bride's bouquet and white candles provided cen tral decoration for the re freshment table. Party re freshments were served. Gifts of the bride-to-be were placed in a cart and were presented by Scott Goforth, cousin of the bride-elect, who carried a white satin umbrella and announced news of the shower. Miss McDaniel wore a pink linen dress and was given a white gladmellia corsage from the hostesses. ♦ * * ♦ Major and Mrs. Maynard Snow of Omaha, Nebraska, spent Saturday here with Mrs. Snow's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mauney. The Snows came to Cullowhee on Satur day to accompany their son, Dick, home. Dick Snow had been attending classes at Western Carolina college this summer. Mrs. Snow Is the former Alice Betty Mauney. * * * ♦ ' . ' Weekend visitors of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Prince were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Prince and family of Gainesville, Ga. Joining them for a Sunday family dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ledford and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. William Prince and daughters of Charlotte and Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Pay- seur and son, Jimmy. Sunday evening visitors were Mrs. Prince's sisters, Mrs. N. O. McDowell of Orlando, Fla. and Miss Madie Dunn of Charlotte. Also Mr. and Mrs. N. O. McDowell, Jr. and daughter of Smyrna Beach, Fla. in i/i ili Lisa Roxanne Cline, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cline of Myrtle Beach AFB, S. C., celebrated her fifth birthday July 26th. Lisa's maternal grandmo ther, Mrs. Luther Bennett, returned home this week after spending a week with the Clines, going especially for Lisa's birthday party at tended by six children and Lisa's two-year-old sister, Sharon Lachelle. A decorated.' birthday cake was served with other party refreshments. Lisa's father is now sta- tioned In Viet Nam. Kings Mountain grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bennett and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cline. * * * * ■ cele- It's A Boy Mr. and Mrs. John Davenport have announced adop tion of a baby son, James Robert Davenport, Tuesday, Au gust 9. Mrs. Davenport Is the former Mildred Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Wood Jaskson. \ - K ' Couple Set Wedding Date - Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. McGraw of Charlotte an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Brenda Yvonne, to John Alton Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Stewart of Kings Mountain. The wedding will take.place October 22 at 7 p.m. at Charlotte's Independence Hill Baptist church. Miss McGraw graduated from Appalachian State Teacher's college with B.S. In home economics and did her student'teaching at Kings Mountain high school last year. She will teach Introduction to Vocations at Central Cabar rus high school in Concord in September. The prospective bridegroom attended Appalachian State Teacher's college and graduated from Gaston Tech nical Institute with degree in civil engineering technology. He Is employed by the North Carolina State Highway Commission in Charlotte. A member of the North Carolina Air National Guard, he will complete four nnonths duty in Texas in September. . * * * * Mrs. George Allen, Jr. and her two children, Steven and Tina^i^jL^arfiye in Kings Mountain Thursday or Friday from Long Tsland',“New York. The Allens are moving to Kings Mountain and will live temporarily with Mrs. Allen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Stowe on East King street. . A family birthday bratlon Friday honored the two-year-old daughter and one-year-old grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Odrey H. Ernst of 804 Third street. The party was given by Mr. and Mrs. Ernst and their daughter and son-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Seism of Waco road. Toni Christine Ernst was two-years-old August 8th. Darin Bruce Seism, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Seism, celebrated his first birth day August 16th. Twenty children were present for party fun and refreshments. Mrs. David Roof and Mrs. Gloria Spic er assisted the hosts In serv ing and entertaining. Two birthday cakes were decorated in pink, yellow and blue and provided central decoration for the refreshment table. Toni Ernst is granddaugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dotson of Cliffside and Mrs. Fred Ernst of George town, Ohio. Paternal grandparents of Darin Seism are Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Seism of Pat terson Grove community. m .'T * ♦ ♦ ♦ Attending the wedding Saturday afternoon In Gas tonia's First Methodist church of Miss Sara Scott Dunn and Joe Edward Sparks were Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Payseur and son, Jimmy, and A. B. Prince. Attending with them were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Prince, Jesse, Becky and Debbie Prince, of Gainesville, Ga. The bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Millard Dunn, Jr. of Gastonia. Mr. Dunn is a brother of Mrs. A. B. Prince of Kings Mountain. The group also attended the Tfeceptlon at the cHbecK* Flower girl in the wedding was Miss Amanda Ledford, of Charlotte, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Prince and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ledford.
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