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JifORE ABOUT
BRIDSES-McREE
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MORE ABOUT
BARRETT-LAWINS
(Coyiiinuvd fn/m Page One)
ci««led of Dulcet satin and im
ported Alencon lace. The empire
bodice featured a ‘baleau neck
line finished with a stand-up
collar anii underscored with a
yoke of lace inserts encrusted in
pearls anid crystals. Garlands of
ibeaded lace defined the raised
waist. 'Full bishop sleeves had
inserts of beaded lace ending
in deep cuffs at the wrist.
The A-line skirl was lavishly
appliquei with beaded lace
motifs. Her detachable lace-trim
med iWalteau train caught to a
bow at the waist and spreaki
Chapel length. 'Her full length
formal veil of imported English
(tulle was caught to a camelot
cap of lace /floi'ets with pear!
clusters. She carried a cascade
bouQiuet of white rotse.s and pink
miniature roses.
Miss Janet Sue Bridges attend
ed her sister as mald-of-honor.
Bridesmailds were Miss Linda
Joyce iWllliams of Virginia
iBeach^ Va.. Mrs. Karen McRee
Spake, the groom’s cousin, of
Maiden, Mrs. Donna Eaker
Mauney, Miss Mary Jo IHord,
Miss L>*nne Elizabeth IBridges,
(the bride’s cousin, emd 'Miss Joy
Leigh Bridges^ the bride’s sister,
all of 'Kings Mountain.
All the attendants wore floor-
length 'gowns of primrose pink
crepe. The skipt.s were softly (ga
thered to an empire waistline
outlined in matching lace. The
bodice featured princess seaming
with a lowered round neckline
and short eel-in sleeves. They
wore matching headdresses and
slippers and carried nosegays of
rod miniature roses showered
with pink net and ribbon stream
ers. I
The father of the brillegroom,
David Alexander McRec, served
as his son’s best man.
Groomsmen included Ross Ar
thur Niinisto of Chagrin Falls,
Ohio; Gary Lee Lavinder df De
catur, Ga.; David Herbert Mc
Ree, the groom’s brother; John
Edwdn Moose, 'George Bruce
Spake, all of Maiden; and Don
Forrest BriJges, the bride’s bro
ther of Kings Mountain.
The bride’s mother wore a
dress of pink crepe with match
ing slippers and hat. Her corsage
was pink roses.
The bridegroom’s mother
chose an ice blue dress of silk
and worsted with an appliqued
front panel. She w’ore matching
hat and slippers and a corsage
of pink roses.
Tbe maternal (grandmother of
the bride wore a turquoise dress,
a matching hat, and black ac
cessories. Her paternal grandmo
ther chose a light blue wool knit
dress and white hat and acces
sories. The maternal grandmo
ther of the groom w’ore a winter
white knit dress anid matching
accessories.
The three grandmothers wore
corsages of pink camaitions.
Following the ceremony the
bride’s parents entertained the
wedding guests at a reception in
the church fellowship hall whore
the wedding colors of pink and
white were beautHfuJly carried
out in Idecorative details and I'e-
freshments. Relatives and family
friends assisted in receiving and
entertaining. Miss Vickie Joan
Thtmer kept the register.
After the reception the bride
and groom left for a wedding
trip to Georgia. The bride chose
an aqua wool knit 'dress and
white wool coat for travelling.
When they return the couple will
be at home at 74S Slh St. N. E.,
Hickory, N. C.
IBRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cleophas
Bridges of Kings Mountain are
pswents of the bride. She is the
granddg-vghter of Mrs. Glee Ac
tor Bridges and the late Mr.
Bridges, former mayor of Kings
Mountain, and of .Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Marcus Franklin of Hickory.
She is a graduate of Kings
Mountain high school where she
was May Queen her senior
She is a December graduate of
iLenoir Rhyne college. Hickory,
N. C. A member of Sigma Kap
pa sorority, she was named to
the 1970 edition of "Who’s Who
In American iColle^es and Univer-
Bities’’ and was recently nomina
ted for a Wood’^ow Wilson Fel
lowship. She has accepted a
teaching position in Alexander
County for a second semester.
The bril’e'nro^m ks the son df
Mr. 'and Mrs. Dav; 1 Alexander
MCRee of Maiden. He is the
grandson of Mrs. Herbert Jen
kins and 'the late Mr. Jenkins,
and of the late Mr. and Mrs. Da
vid P. McRee of Maiden. A gra j-
uate of Maiden high .school, he
received All-conference honors
In baseball, basketball, and foot
ball. He will graduate from
oir Rhyne in June. While at Len
oir Rhyne he has actively par
ticipated in the athletic program
of the college, receiving honor
able mention to the 1970 All- A-
merlcan Football Team, all-con
ference, all-state, and all-district
honors in footbaH. He is c. rrert-
ly serving as the president of
Stulient Government Assoc
iation, and he was also named
to the 1970 edition of 'Who’s
Who”
Miss Barbara King atlemied
the bride as maid of honor and
Mrs. Elaine ITenson was matron
of honor. Brid<‘smaid.s wore Miss
Biencla Ford, Miss Gail Lawing,
Miss Arlene Johnson anl:i Mrs.
Steve Costner. Donna Gail Bar-
rol.i was flower girl.
All the alitendants wore formal
gowns of holiday re<j velveteen
featuring high waistlines and
Georgette sleeves.
A detachable train of velveteen
and Georgette was cauffht to a
bfjw at th waistline. They wore
matching headdiesses and slip
pers and carrieU boucfuets of r^
carnations and holly tied with
white velvet ribbon.
David J. Law’ing was best
man.
Ushers included 'Eddie Spen
cer, Dale Lawing, iMike Winders,
Don 'Barrett and Lelanld Meach*
am.
Dale Chambers was ringbear-
er.
Th(» bride’s mother wa» (gown
ed in pale pink bonde<l crepe
with lace bodice and long, lace
sleeves. She wore pink accessor
ies and a shoulder corsage of
white carnations tipped in pink.
The biidegroom’s mother
chose a dress of baby blue poly
ester trimmed in navy with navy
accessories and a shoulder 'cor
sage of white carnations tipped
in light blue.
The bride’s parents entertain
ed after the ceremony at a beau
tifully appointed reception in the
church fellowship hall. Overlaid
with ivory lace over satin, the
table was arranged with white
taper.s an*d flowers and appoint
ments w'ere in silver. The wed
ding cake was cut and served
from one end of the table. Punch
W3S served from a silver service
at the opposite end of the t-^b’e.
Ml'S. Glenda Ivey, Mrs. Emily
Ware, Mrs. Norma Barrett, Mrs.
Sara George, Mrs. Clara Ro&s,
Mrs. Bertie Hatsoe, Mrs. Eddie
Spencer an'f Miss Susan King
assisted in details of entertain
ing.
' Mrs. Glenda Ivey presided at
the bride’s register.
For a wedding trip the bride
chose a red velveteen dress with
long sleeves anM high collar. She
lifted the bouquet from her
bride’s Bible.
The newl\wcds have returned
from a trip to Callaway Gar
dens, Ga. and are residing with
the bride’s mother at 313 Gantt
street.
'BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM
The br?:!e is the daughter of
Mrs. Biddie Barrett of Kings
Mountain and the late Charlie V.
‘Barrett. She is a gx’aduate of
King# ^ouTKtain 'high sebool and
SouUiern ‘Business college ahd
is effIploy>ed imrthe offices of Ox
ford Knitting Mills.
The bridegroom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Davild J. Lawing
of Kings Mountain. He is la grad
uate of Kings Mountain high
school and is a student at Gas
ton college. He is employed at
Oxiiord Knitting Mills.
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GEISSLER-STYERS
(Continued from Pagi'^ O^ie)
Gave Me You” prior to tlie cere
mony, and during the ceremony
he sang ”0 God Of l/)ve”.
The organist played "The
Palms” while candles were being
lighten by Andy Geisslor, brother
of the groom, and Joe Drane,
David Drane, and Douglas Drane
all of Savannah, Georgia, cousins
of the bride.
The bride was escorted to the
altar by ht'r father who gave hesr
in marriage, and then presided
over the exchange of vows. Miss
Styers wore a fonm; ’. gown of
white peau de sole, made over
empire lines, with scooped neck
line, long fitted -sleeves coming to
a petal point over the hands. The
front panel of the skirt was
straight, the sides and back were
gathered to form fullness in the
back. The detachaible train wdfi
mony Rev. and Mrs. Styers were
hosts at a reception in tlie fel
lowship hall of the church. The
long reception table was covered
with a floor length cloth of white
net over satin. Table deroratlons
were arrangements of gold pom
mums, holly, and green Christ
mas ornaiments used with lighted
tapers in silver and crystal can
delabra. The three tiered we'd'ding
cake was the cfecopative heigh-
light of the table. It was lavLshly
decorated in a lacy effect and
oadi tier was decxirated with
hojly, carrying out the motif of
the wedding. At either end o£
the table were the Groom’s cake
and the crystal punch bowl.
Reception a.ssistants were Mi.ss
, Geni Silvoy and Miss Christie
Maier both of Oklahoma City;
Miss Bernadette Klimkoskl of
Hurrah; Miss Valery Bro\vn and
Miss Sherry Brown both of New-
alla, Okla. They wore corsages of
gold pom mum.s and holly with
tiny green Christmius balls,
matching the table decorations.
eajcli wore corsages of white tea-1
lhoit>d mroat ions.
For her going away costume,
the bride chase a wheat beige
drt'ss with a neck scarf of f(*rn
green and gold, and wheat beige
accessories. She wore the wliite
orchid lifted froon her Bible.
For her daughter’s wedding.
Mns. Styers wore a dre.ss of light
green with beige acx?e.ssories. Tiie
groom’s mother 'woro winter
white with l ine -u’le.ssories, i}u\\
Mrs. Myers, the bride’s grand
mother, wore fern green velvet
with dyed to match acc(‘ssopies.
She wwo a white carnation cor-
.sage. She made tlie gowns of all
the attendants in the winkling of
her granddughter, and also the
beautiful wedding gown, doing
most of the stitching completely
by hand. The designs for the
gowns, and the decorations for
the church and reception were
desigiunl by the bride’s mother.
Miss Hullender
Student Teacher
Sandra .Kay Hullender, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mi's. Douglas Hul
lender of Route 1, Dallas, is now
doing student iteachin'^. at Clay
Elementary School in Gastonia.
The AppaJiachian State Univer
sity senior will devote approxi
mately twelve weeks to student
teaching the fourth grade umler
the supervision of Mrs. Shirley
Brown.
! ITso vegetable oils instead of
■ fat hack and help your Jieart, ad-
vist'a* the North Carolina Heart
.Association,
As part of the student t<>aeh-
Ing program, the Api^alactiian
student usually lives In the com
munity near tlie school and Pai*
tilripates in community actlvltle.s
as well as in school activities.
The stmlent devot4'» full time in
the seh<x>l and gradiually tak<’s
over the /full teaibing load, al
ways under the supervision of
the suiiervLsing teacher and the
principal.
Miss Hullender 'gi'aduated
from Kings Mountain high
school In 1967,
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In 1969, the annual employ
ment gain was 2.0 million, whicli
e.xcecxied the average annual In-
creast's r<?eorded during the
1961-68 period of sustained econ
omic e.vpanslon. This increase
raised the Nation’s total employ
ment to 77.9 million.
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fastened to the dress at the waiat
Hand clipped lace roaes and
leaves were appliqued around the
neckline, down tlie front panel
of the skirt, and around ChewaJ^l
line, and were re-emlbroidereW
with seed peairls. The cathedral
trciin was ten feet long. It was
scallop>od around the edges, and
hand clipped roses and leaves of
lace were aippllqued in each seal-:
lop and on the train, and were]
heavily embroidered wi-th seed!
pearls. The train was edged with j
a two inch wide ruffle of la'ce.!
Her triple tiered, fingertip length ,
iv'cil of illusion fell from a head- I
piece of white velvet holly and |
seed peairls. She carried a Bible i
covered with lace, topped with a
white orchid nestled in holly and
stephanotis, and showered with |
white satin streamers. She also |
carried a white Irish linen and j
lace handkerchief which belonged I
to her late Great-Grandmother, j
Matron of Honor was Mrs. 1
Floyd H. Styers, Jr. of Choctaw,
sister-ih-law of the bride. She j
wore a formal gown of gold, satin
peau de soie, fashioned over em
pire lines, with scoop neckline,
bell sleeves, and the skirt was
straight in front with fullness at
sides and In back created by
gathers at the waist. The back
featured a large bow at the
waist. In her hair she wore a veil
of matching gold tulle attached
to a crown of green velvet holly
leaves. She wore dyed to match
gold gloves and slippers, and she
carried a bouquet of holly trim
med with ribbon streamers in
fern green to match the dresses
of the other attendants.
iBridesmalds were Miss Debbie
Geissler, sister of the giroom, and
Miss Jacquita Sparks of Nicoma
Park, Okla. They wore dresses of
fern green satin peau de sola
made Identical to the honor at
tendant, their veils were fern
green, and their gloves and slip
pers were dyed to match theSri
gowns. They carried bouquets of
holly trimmed with gold rfebon
to match the honor attendants
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GLADDENS
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flanked by wnTte candles in
golden candle holders.
The refreshment table, covered
with white linen cloth, centered
with an arrangement of yellosv
Shasta-Daisies, held the silver
service for coffee and Russian
Tea, silver trays with miniature
ham biscuits, wedding cake
squares and dainty sandwiches,
nuts, and mints.
A third table, overlaid with
white, held a second arrange
ment of yellow Shasta-Daisies
and a Bride and Groom wedding
arrangement.
Out-of-town guests included
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mauney, Gaff
ney, 3. C., Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Helms, Charlotte, N. C., Mr. and
Mrs. Fclmer Hord, Gastonia, N.
C., Mrs. Virgie Allmon, Clover, S.
C., Mrs. Pearl Sikes, Gastonia, N.
C., Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Putnam
and children, Charlotte, N. C.,
Mrs. Elizabeth Hart, Mooresvillc,
N. C., Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cole,
Shelby, Mrs. Lena Dumas, Sara
and 'Amelia, Shelby, Mrs. Grace
Huffstetler, Flint, Mich., Dr. Mar
tha Plonk, Cornwallis, Oregon.
Grandchildren of the couple at
tending were: Mr. and Mrs. Mich
ael McAbee, Goodrich, Mich.;
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Johnston,
New Egypt, N. J.; Douglas MoA-
boe, Grand Blanc, Mich,; Miss
Annette Dixon, Durham, N. C;
Gary Falls, Glen Burnie, Md.;
MLsses Rita and Clarice Dixon,
Charlotte; Harold Dixon, Char
lotte; Jimmy and Jerry Jernigan,
Matthews,; LuAnn, Davkl, Patri
cia, and Linda Fisher, Raleigh,
and Gerald Gladden, Kings Moun
tain.
Mrs. Gladden, the honoree,
wore a beige lace dress and a
corsage of yellow rosebuds. Mr.
Gladden was also presented a
yellow rosebud for his lapel.
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Disabled veterans are being
trained to serve other veterans
under a joint Veterans Adminis
tration/Disabled American Vet
erans- program. Their DAV pay
IS supplemented 'by educational
allowances from VA.
Ne-^v re^ibiiitatlon treatment
technique to promote self-confi
dence in long-term mental pa
tient* will be used throughout
VA'e ftoapltaj system. Based on
siitnUafted social systems^ the
t^gvem has been proven suev
ce»fui in five ywrs off tests
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
has stated that employer expen
ditures for pay supplements a-
mounted to 25.1 percent of basic
wages and salaries In prlvoite in-
thistry and 24.3 percent in ■the
Federal Government dtiring
1366.
gown.
Little Miss Maretfta Mackley of
Harrah was flower girl. She wore
a dress of forn green satin peau
de soie which featured a scoop
neckline, bell sleeves, and a short,
bouffant skirt poised over crino-
lin and net pettycoat. She wore
white lace trimmed gloves and
socks, and white slippers. Her
headpiece matched that of the
other attendants, her veil being
fern green to match her dress. I
She carried a white basket filled
with holly and trimmed with
gold ribbon. She dropped flower
petals In the path of the bride.
Little Terry Mackley carried
the rings on a heart shaped pil
low edged with a two-inch lace
ruflrie and trimmed with vall^'
lilies and satin ribbon.
Train bearers were Kevin Geiss
ler, cousin of the groom, and Dav
id Miller both of Harrah. The
ring bearer and the train bearers
wore black long pants, black bow
ties, and white long sleeve .shirts,
and vests of gold peau de soie.
On tJheSr vests tfiay wore sprigs
of hoHy.
Mr. Geissler had as his best
man, Floyd H. Styers, Jr. brother
of the bride. Groomsmen were
Jerry Fish o< Harrah, and David
Becker of WeMston. Okla. Ushers
were Tommy Dlrane of Savannah,
Ga., cousin of the bride; Rorniie
Peace of Jones, Okla.; Bobby
Drew and (Michael Nowakngkis,
both ot Harrah.
Mrs. Ronald Mixon of Okla
homa City, Okla. fU'esided at the
guest register.
The bride is the daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. Floyd H. Styers, Sr.
of Harrah, Oklahoma where Rev.
Styers pastors Che Church of the
Naaorene. They are natives of
Kings Mountain. Vickie was the
first baby born in the Kings
Mountain hospital upon Its com
pletion, on April 2. 1961. She is «
graduate of Harrah high sdiool,
and she attended Bethany Naaa-
rene college in Bethany, C^a.
She is now employed at the First
National Bank in Oklahoma City.
She received many awards and
honors during high school and
college for outstanding achieve
ments in music and drama. He*
maternal grandparents are Mrs.
Clarence G. Myers, of Harrah. |
formerly of Kings Mountain, and i
the late Mr. Myers. Her maternal
great grandmother was the late:
Mrs. Betty Myers, of Kings Moun- j
tain. Her paternal grandparents I
lire Mrs. l^e J. Harlow of Kings
Mountain, and John F. Styers.
also of Kings Mountain.
Mr. Geissler is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leroy Geissler of Har
rah. He is a graduate of Harrah
high schood and is cmtpioyod by
the Medical Research Foundation
of CMtlahoma Qty.
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