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THIRTY-SECOND BIRTHDAY
"’The Joyful Voices", a nine-voice Singinq cjroup
from Gardner-Vv'ebb college, wi!l present a program of
folk singing and entertainment at Monday night's 32nd
annual anniversary banquet of the Junior Woman s
club.
Dinner will be served to members, their husbands
and guests at 7 p.m. at the Woman's club. Members
should make dinner reservations by Saturday with Miss
Peggy Ross, program chairman and co-hostess for the
anniversary party.
Reg Alexandei^ Gardner-Webb student trom Kings
Mountain and son of Postmaster Charles Alexander
and Mrs. Alexander, Is a member of the group and w_JI
introduce the group.
ITS A GIRL
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Ross of Gastonia announce
the arrival of a daughter, Donna Elaine, March 13th.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Ross of
Kings Mountain and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Tidwell of
Belmont.
BRIDAL PATH NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Robert V/. Hurlbut have issued In
vitations to friends to attend the April 12th v/edding
Aof their daughter, Deborah Louise, and Jesse Wlli^'-d
^Martin, Jr., to be held at 4 p.m. In First Baptist church,
Mr. and Mrs. David Lamar Parks have issued In
vitations to friends to attend the April 13th wedding
of their daughter, Catherine Annette, and William
Henry McElwee, III, to be held at half after seven
o’clock In Wilkesboro Methodist church.
The prospective bridegroom is grandson of Mrs.
J. O. Plonk, Sr. of Kings Mountain and the late Mr.
Plonk. A church reception will follow.
Sgt; Wayne Dellinger flew from Okinawa during
the weekend to attend the wedding Sunday of his
sister. Miss Juanita Dellinger and John (Butch) V'an
Dyke. Jr. The wedding took place Sunday at 4 p.rn.
in Faith Baptist church.
Lisa Carol Stacey,
daughter of Mr. c^nd
Mrs. Jerry Stacey, cele
brated her first birthday
Friday, March 22.
A family party was
held at the Stacey ho|ne
and Lisa's decorated
birthday cake was cut
and served with party
refreshments.
Lisa's father is station
ed aboard the U.S. F/n-
vy Carrier Bon Homrpe
off the coast of Viet
nam. ^
- Grandparents of Lisa
are Mr. and Mrs. M. G,
Carpenter and Mr. and Mrs. J. B, Stacey, all of Kings
Mountain,
MRS. JOHN DAVID VAN DYKE, JR.
fJiumitit Diilimjei'j
MISS LINDA MrKAY
(BndcEIef-t of Jon Harlin SioternH)
MISS rilY/J.IS MOREHEAD
(Ih nf M. Canolh
Sunday Nuptials Unite Van Dykes; Couples Set Wedding Dates
Faith Baptist cliurcii provided
{he setting Smiday at 4 p.m. fnr
the wedding of Miss .Juanita
linger and John David V'an Dyko.
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Vows of liu' double-ring cok*-
mony were pli‘dgc‘d bidoro Ih**
U(*\ . W. T. I.u< kadoo, niinislor of
the fluirch.
Miss Sandra Rayfiold was or
ganist for the program of tradi
tional music and Mrs. Lawrence
Putnam was .soprano soloist. Mrs.
Putnam sang "Whither Thou
CJocst; before the c(‘remonj and
"Wedtling Prayer” as the couple
kiK'lt for the benediction on a
while satin kiic<*liiig bendi.
The altar of the church was
banked by palms and two bas
kets of white glads interspersed
by wrought • iron candelabra
holding cathedral tapers.
Thomas F. D(*llinger e.scorted
his daughter to the altar and
gave her in marriage. The bride's
grwn was a formal design of
white p<»au de soie designed
along empire lines with low,
round neckline, self-fabric bias
trim and bow under the bustline.
Long, pointed sleeves were en
hanced by buttons and loops. The
detachable train, highlighted by
wide trim of .Mencon lace, was
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Mr. and .Mr.s. Jerome A. .Mc
Kay of 2661 Woodette Drive,
Dunedin, Kla. formerly of Pitts
burg, Pa., announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Linda, to
Jon Harlin Stoterau. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ilarlin E. .Stoterau of
Kings Mountain.
The bride-elect is -a 1963 grad
uate of Chartiers Valley high
school, Pittsburg, Pa., and is
employed at First National Bank
of Clearwater, Fla.
The prospective bridegroom is
a 1963 graduate of Kings Moun
tain iiigh .school and is a veteran
of four and one-half years s<‘rv’-
ice in the Marine Corps, receiv
ing his discharge Ailli the rank
of sergoanl. A veician of tin*
Vietnam campaign, la* ic.^-iNcil
the Vietnam campaign medal,
the V'ieinam servici* mcd.il, iht*
presidential unit citation, tiie
Armed Forces e.xpedilion medal.
th(‘ national defc*nse medal, the
N’a\y unit commendation medil,
two purple hearts, the jump unit
medal and pistol mark'^man and
rifle expert awards. lie is em
ployed by Reserve Life Insurance
Company of Clearvsatcr.
The wedding will Ih* an c‘v«‘nt
of June 22 in Christ Piesl)\ ierian
church of Largo, Florida.
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tended Kings Mountain Itigh
scho<d and is now t'mploye-i as a
licsel mechanic for Akcr.s Motor
Lines in Charlotte.
'The wedding is planned for
iv,-idr-clect is a gi-a:in:ite of April 11th in .Sandy Run Baptist
higli schotii and .Slielby chureh in Mooresboro.
y (Vllc^c. She is cmj)he ed Tlie pro.speclive bridegroom is
ara'.s Hail in .’^helhy. the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. O.
' pi ospccti\l)ridegr(ioin at- Carroll of Kings Mountain.
Miss Dellinger, John Van Dyke, Jr.
Feted After-Rehearsal Saturday Night
Miss .Juanita Dellinger and
Jolm David V.an Dyke. Jr. cut
their wedding cake at an after-
r(*heai‘s.Ti parly Satuiday evening
in i1k‘ fellowship hail of Kings
.Mountain ILudist cluircb-
Hosts for the party were Mr.
and Mrs. 'Fhomas F. Dellinger,
parents of the bride-elect: Mr.
and Mr.s. John D. Van Dyke. Sr.,
p-rrents of the hridegroom-to-be:
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hul-
lend-T.
Ml'S. Jack Huilender, .Mrs. Ro.ss
.Morris, aunt of the brid<'-ehM‘t.
and Horace* De)lin.ger. aunt
e>f {he iirirb'-elc. t, also assislni in
<ir-- :V< cTend lining.
'PJ:- hrido-elcct wore a y<‘llow
eircss with matching slip
pers.
Wedding colois of yoHow and
white* wene cairiod e)ut in elei'or-
alive fletails. The bride’s table,
(•ove‘?’4*d with yedlow satin over-
laiel Willi yelle)w nylon tulle and
ku’e, was cauglit up in the cen
ter with a Ixmepiei of yellow and
white flowers and white weeding
bells. A silver candelabrum of
white candles, white mums, white
snaiwlragons and baby’s breath
cemtored the table. Tho while and
yelleiw thre*e tiered weeding cake
was cut and served from one end
of the table. A punch service was
at the opposite end. The cake was
scr\ed with punch, \ellow mints
and nuts.
Wliite candles. f<*rn and ar-
rangememts of yellow mums dec-
orattni the fellowship hall.
No Opposition Because I’m A Woman
Ml'S. Harper Says After Month Campaign
Thursday, March 28, 1968
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Mr.s. Charhs 1). Dfanton, Jr. REl\ CARL J. STEWART. JR.
Churchwomen Meet
Thursday, Friday
David Oliver, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. David
Oliver, Sr., celebrated
his second birthday Mon
day, March 25th.
A family party was
held at the home of his
palernal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Oli
ver. David's decorated
birthday, cake was cut
and served with party
refreshments.
Maternal grandpar
ents of David are Mr.
and Mrs. George Clary.
Other member of the
family Is David's sister,
Sonya Ellrobeth.
N. C. licpn‘scnlati\c ('arl J.
Stewart, Jr. of (iasionia will
make the principal address «t
the 62nl annual meeting of
Women of Kings Mountain Prc*s-
bylcry Tlvursd.iy and Friday at
Lim-olnton I’r<*sbytcrian church.
Mr. Stewart will speak at the
Thursday evening session, wdiich
iH'gins with registrjition at 6,
'followed by dinner at 6:30. and
at the Fri<lay morning se.ssion
which o{u ns at 10.
'J'heme of the meeting is "Aieiit
of Kci’oncilialion Who Mo?".
Mrs. (.'harlf’s D. Blanton, Jr. of
Kings Mountain, president, will
preside at both sessions. Mrs.
Britt Armfield of Oreensbor*).
president of the N. C. Synodical,
will install the new officers at
the closing .session on Frkiay
morning. A performance by the
Presbyterian Home Band tol
lowing luncheon on Friday wdll
close tho meeting.
The annual birtliday objective
is earmarkt'd for Prcsltyterian
Homo for the Aged at High
Point. Mrs. Paul Maunoy, presi
dent of Women of the Chureh of
Fiisl Presbyterian cliurcli. Kings
Moun'.ain, and a ftirmcr trustee
of the Home, will pres<‘nt tho
offening objoelivo at the Friday
morn.ing se.^sion. Rev. James
.'Ian;i, pastor of Dixon Presby-
IcrDit (liurclt. Kings Mountain,
will g;v(» the invocation at the
oponing session at 7:30 Thursday.
Over 500 women representing
Art c!ur. elies are exj^ected to at
tend. Cleveland County churches
are First nntl Dix' n. Kings
Mountain. Shiloh in <'iro\''r. and
Jtiii.i Knox and Shelby Pieshy-
torian in Shelby.
Area officers of Woi'''n of
Prer.bytery are Mrs. I'lnvon,
I"e.sideni: Klizai)et’i S!(*-
wart ol Kings >t(mntain. corres
ponding secret a: y: Mrs. P. A.
Francis of Gixwcr, Central dis-
{Coniinuvd on Pojo 2)
AIN HERALD
SOCIAL
CALENDAR
Thnr.sdag:
7:30 Public Affairs Group at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. S.
Morrison, Edgemont Drive.
Saturday:
9:00-12 p.rn.-Ameri(‘an Le.gion
dance for meml)ers, their wives
and giK*sts at the American Le
gion Hall.
Stinday:
6:30 Covered dish supprr at
Central Methodist chureh in the
fellowship hall.
Monday:
3:()0 Circle 1 offVntra’ ^^eleh•
odist church in the iiiuroh fel
lowship hall.
3:30 Circle of First Presby
terian eliureh at the lionu* of
Mrs. L. W. Painter. 107 (’l('\e-
lani averuK*.
7:00 Thirty-second anniver
sary baiKpict of the Junior Wom
an's club at the Woman's club.
Miss Peggy Ross ani Miss Eli
zabeth Ste .vart, hostesses.
7:30 Circle 1 of First Presby
terian church at the home of
Mrs. D. H. Houser, 20S North
Piedmont avenue.
7:30 Circle 2 of First Presby
terian chureh at the home of Mrs.
L. P. Stowe, 300 East King street.
7:30 Circle 3 of First Presby
terian church at the home af
M s. Rod Houser. S13 East Rid,;e
street.
7:30 Circle 4 of First Presby
terian church in the Ladies Bible
Classroom of the church. Mrs.
Sam VVTir, hostess.
Tuesday:
9:30 a.m. Circle 2 of Central
.Methodist chureh at the home of
>lis. J. R. Davis. East Mountain
street.
\Vrdne.'<day:
10 a.m. Circle 6 of First Pres-
bvterinn chureh at the homo of
Mrs. James Rollins, Cleveland
avenue, Grover.
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Owens of
Hendersonville visited Sunday
afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
George T. Slowarl and family.
Section B
Mrs. Stewart
Honored Saturday
At Party-Shower
Mrs. Ryoka Stewart, newcomer
to the city fr(.>m T«»k>o. Japan,
was honor guest at a party-show
er Salurd.iy evening at the honn*
of Mrs. Clarence L. Jolly. Sr. on
Fulton v<>‘td.
Entertaining vith Mr^i. Jolly
were Mrs. .Stt A art'> sistei-in-law,
Miss Elizabeth Slewai'l, an i Mi.-.
Kenneth ('ioningei. Mrs. .Si(>\vni.
her husband. S Sgt. Herman SK*-
w’arl, and tiu ir fonr-mo lih.s-olil
so:i, Hoh(M t Brent, are >0; 1; nve
from scrvix'(' iliUy and will r.'port
to Andr-'ws AlTl in Wasiii’agton,
D. C. April :-th.
Receiving with tho hi‘>tcs^i*s
and Ivinoree was M^s. .George
Stew.nt. mot)i(*r-bi-iaw of the
guest-of-honor. >Ti>. r’'*u! J. Bcant,
.Mrs. James Harris <‘f Charlotte
ami Miss Katliy .*-lew:irt also as
sisted in details of enter! lining.
Guests who 4-:dl(d from 7 until
9 p.m. shc'.vered the honorce
with misci'llaneous hous(*hold
gifts.
Tiie refreshment table, high
light of decoration, was overlaid
with laee over while and lielj a
(nndclabrum of wliiie tapers and
pink camcdlias. IMnk punch was
served from a punch bowl at om*
<'nd of the table. Cookies and nuts
wen* served with tin* punch.
Arr.ingcmenis of camellias and
yellow’ and while mums dororat-
od the den whi'i’e gifts Avcia* ai’-
ranged on tables spread with
white linen cloths.
CJiK'sts included relatives and
Dixon community neighbors of
Sgt. Stc'wart.
Mrs. Grady A. Rhea has re
turned home after a three month's
visit in Don das. G.i. with her
dauglTer. Mrs. Ji'iinings II(*n.son,
Mr. Henson and family.
The Hensons and Mrs iHiea
also visited Mrs. Rhea’s grand
daughter and other relaii\es in
Chicago, Illinois.
sorn n *Oirr Mrs. Margaret
HaiiH'r. the lirst worn:*-! (‘an<li
date for Id. Gcwenioi- of Xortli
saif} thbs week that,
<luri’'g iier fi’-t month on the
campaign trai!. sh<* has encoun-
tcicd no npi)usition that appoars
to bi' based upon the fact \hat
she is a woman.
"-Gti.ingcly ciKtugh.” she sud,
"some of my most substantial
s'. pr'ut has come from men.”
■‘Th(*ri- aiipcars to !)(» mon* in-
Uni'st in the thin.-s 1 stand for
a’ul wl; t I jiroi)o.-:(i should lie
• ’ a''Oui them.” site explained.
■•WiuMi I tell those [ meet that
I am g’catly inten'sled in educa-
t’on, they want to know where I
would pr<>p-»se to get the money
with which to raise teacher pay,
and if I would favor an incroasie
in ta.xos.”
"My answt'r to the pair of
questions is that I <lo not favor
an increa.se in ta.xos. I believe
that the* tax base for the State
of North Carolina will support
any projected demands without
!h(‘ necessity for new ta.xos.”
"I’sually someone comes up
with the qu<*stion of how do I
fic'l about tlu* responsibility of
appointing committees for the
Sl.aie Senate. I tell thenn that I
would he in the lx‘st positifjn pos
sible to make committw assign
ments. Ix'LVuise I will not have
made a single commitment prior
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YOl'NCf PEOPLE GIVE PLAY A group of tpatng iH-onlc tnnn
Oak Vu ir Daptis* rhurrh pre.scnted the }day, "Annie Atiustrong,
Daiaihter of I)isiiuy'\ as the mis,<ii>n program of the ehurt'h
reeentlu. AfouV’ Ar>ustron'j iru.s fiaoider of the laone mission
m.ort iiieut in Atniriea. From hft /o right, Mrs. Curtis Pumiy,
wife of the tainisft r: Mrs. Roberta Eaker, Judy Childers, Jidin-
uie i'althrcn, Jarkie Mttialf. Linda Wills, Sharon Timms and
Ronnie Uriggs. (Photo by Jaekie Mctealf)