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A/ivJiS. yKEDERlCK ELI FINGER III
(Janice Lee Fox)
MRS. MELVIN STjiNLEY WHITLEY
(Mary Jo Hord)
.MtZa. Mi(JtiAt/L NEAL IlO'ruiil^^H
(Vickie Jo Johnsonbauyh)
MRS. WAYNE SEXTON
(Sheila Lynn Conner)
C hurch Weddings Unite Rick Fingers, Stan Whitleys, Mike Hutchins, Wayne Sextons
Miss Janice Lee Fox became
the bride of Frederick Eli FinjiCr,
511 Saturday afternoon in a 4
Ii.m. wedding in Brushy tork
Baptist church in Vilas.
The couple pledged vows in the
double-ring ceremony ibeff)»e the
iRev. Vance Edwards, minister of
the churcih.
Mrs. James Aldridge of Boone
was organist f<jr the program of
trailitionai music.
The altar of the church was
ananged with white mums, pink
roses, baby's breath and snap-
diagons.
Elmer IWendall Fox escorted
i his daughter to the altar and
gave her in marriage. The bride s
wedding gown was a formal em-
ipirewais'ted design of lace fea
turing a lace hodice. She wore a
i formal-length mantilla over a
■ Juliet cap and tarried a hout|uet
^ ^^f pink roses, white daises, and
^Khite ’baby's Ibreath.
Miss Barbara Helen 'Baird of
Vilas attended the bride as maid
of honor and bridesmaids were
'Miss Betty Louise ’Shull of Sugar
Grove and .Mrs. Bobby Dancy of
I
Norma King,
John Pe+tus
Give Plans
Miss Norma Claudette King,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Norman King, has completed
plans for her marriage to John
Fredrick Pettus, son of iMr. and
Mrs. John D. Kell Pettus of Gas
tonia, and announces them today.
The wetlding will lake place
Saturday ovenirtg at 7:30 in Sec
ond Baptist church with the Rev.
Eugene Land to officiate at the
double-ring c*ei-omonyT
Mrs. L. E. Ilinnant will bo or
ganist for the program of nuptial
music and Rev. Jerry Laughter
(Will be vocal soloist.
The bride-elect will be given
in marriage by her father. Best
nian for the prosi>ective tbride-
gn^'in will ‘be his father.
LMiss Joyce Ann King will at
tend her sister as maid of honor
an i bridesmaids will include Miss
^anda Faye McAbee of Kings
fountain, Miss Doris Susan Web
ster of Charlotte and Miss Sally
Jane Crump, Miss Betty Mae
Crump and Miss Hazel Lee
Crump of Drakes Branch, Va.,
cousins of the hrideolect.
Flower girls will he Traoy f-.c-
Ann Bolin of Kiivj:s Mountain,
cousin of the bride-elect, and An
drea IMichello Grant of Gastonia.
Groomsmen will include Ken-
n(‘th Eugene McAbee of Kings
Mountain, Jack Douglas King
and Bruce Wayne King of Kings
Mountain, brothers of the bride-
elect, Joseph Wayne King of
Kings Mountain, eousin of the
bride-elect, and Michael IRitch
Pettus, of Gastonia, brother d!
.the prospective ibridegroom.
Miss Cheryl McAbee of Kings
iMountain will keep a guest reg
ister in the vestibule of the church
where the '■ridal party will form
a receiving line greet wedding
gue'^ts after tl>o ceremony.
Mrs. C. M. Lankford will direct
the wedding.
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Bridal attcmdnnt.s will be feted
at a bridesmaids breakfast Fri
day at 11 a m. at the home of
th-rt l>ridf»-to-be*s nunt. Mrs. H.
T. Hannah, in Gastonia.
The hridegroom-to-'t'o wiM host
a hachetor's dinner t-Hday e\’''n-
in" at 7 in Dixie Village Cafe
teria.
Following their wedding re-
^^enrsal on Fridav e\oning. Miss
^King and Mr. pettus will be en-
^Terfained at a eakeeuttin«? in the
fellow'.ship hak of Second IBaptist
church. y
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Winston Salem.
All the attendants wore pink
floral empire gowns with match
ing picture hats and carried bou
quets of pink daisies.
(Martin Raymond West, III of
Washington, D.C. was best man
for the bridegroom.
James William fMueller of
Ridgewood, New Jersey ushered
with Larry Maxwell iMatthewg of
Raleigh.
The bride’s parents entertained
after the coremony at a beauti
fully-appointed reception at
'Boone’s Holiday Inn.
'BRIDE AND BRIDEJGlROOM
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wendall
Fox of Vilas, N. C. are parents
of the bride who is a graduate
of Appalachian State University
with a Master’s degree in health
and physiial education.
'fhe bridegroom is the son of
iMr. and Mi«. Pred ‘E. Finger, J;'.
and grandson of Mi's. Fred E.
iFinger, Sr. of Kings Mountain,
lie is a graduate ctf the University
of North Carolina with a Bache
lor’s degree in chemistry and will
enter Vanderbilt Medical School
an Nashville, Tennessee. ,
The newlyweds iwill be at home
in Nashville, Tennessee.
■REHEARSAL DINNER
The foridegroom’s parents en
tertained P'riday evening at a re
hearsal dinner honoring the bride-
elcct and bridegroom-to-be and
members of the wedding party.
Dinner was served at Alpine
Restaurant in iBoone. ’
The bride-elect and prospective
bridegropm took the occasion to
present their gifts to bridesmaids
and groomsmen.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Stanley
Whitley, who were wed Saturday,
are on their wedding trip and
aiUerwards will toe at home in
Ithaca, 'New York, where the
bridegroom is a Woodrow Wilson
Fellow at Cornel University.
Miss Mary Jo Hord became Mr.
Whitley’s bride in an eight o’clock
candlelight wedding in Kings
Mounatin Baptist church.
The Rev. James iM. Wilder, min
ister of the church, heard the
couple exchange vows of the
double-ring ceremony.
(Mrs. J. C. Bridges was organ
ist for a program of sacred music
prior to and during the ceremony.
Magnolia blossoms and Smilax
banked.the altar and white tapers
in numerous wrought-iron can
delabra enhanced the setting.
Dr. David Fletcher Hord es
corted his daughter to the altar
and gave her in marriage. The
bride’s wedding gown was a for
mal design of French voile and
Val lace posed over faille. The
raised bodice was shirred with
inserts of lace and styled with
a Mandarin collar of lace. Brief
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First Presbyterian church pro
vided the setting Sunday, August
6th, .or a 2:30 p.m. wedding unit
ing 'Miss Vickie Jo Johnsonbaugh
and Michael Neal Hutchins.
Dr. Paul Ausly, asslsled by Rev.
John Frazier, officiated, using
the double-ring ceremony.
Mrs. Darrell Austin was organ
ist for the program of nuptial
hmsic.’
Organ prelude included “Ariso*’
by Handel. “l*heme from Summer
of 42” by Lc.‘grand; “One Hand,
One Ilearr’ by Bernstein; “Theme
from Love Story” by Lai; “Suite
Gothkiuc” by Eolhemann; “The
Bells” by Russell; “O Perfect
Love” (by Barnby; “O Lord Most
Holy” by Gounod and “My
Heart Ever Faithful” by Bach.
The altar of the church was
arranged with candles and white
flowers.
Paul M. Johnsonbaugh escorted
his daughter to the altar and
gave her in marriage.
The bride’s wedding gown was
a formal design oi.' white silk or
ganza trimmed in Venise lace and
enhanced by full, bishop sleeves
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SECfnON B THE KINGS
Conner -Ti
MOUNTAIN, N. C.
Thursday; August 17, J972
Temple Baptist church provided
the setting Saturday evening for
a 7 p.m. wedding uniting .Miss
Shelia Lynn Conner and Wayne
Sexton in marriage.
The Rev. 'Frank Shirley, min
ister of the church, heard the
couple exchange vows of the
double-ring ceremony.
IXmnis Huffstetler was organ
ist and Mrs. Martha Jackson was
vocalist for the program of nup
tial music. Mrs. Jaedtson sang
“Always” before the ceremony
and “Whither Thou Goest” for
the benediction.
The altar of the church was
banked with palms and lightCMl
by cathedral candles in WTought-
iron candelabra. Altar baskets
hold arrangements oX white mums
an.d white gladioli.
Johnny W. Conner escorted his
daughter to the altar and gave
her in marriage. The bride's wed
ding gown w'as a formal design
of Venetian lace over sata peau
designed along em-pire lines with
Ijoil sleeves and full skirt en
hanced by a Chapel train. Ho;
veil of matching lace w'as attach
ed to a headpiece of satir .ro^
and soe.i |x*arls and she c:vr!OT
a nosegay of Garza mums. '
Mrs. Mike Noiwood, aunt of .t^e
bride, was matron of honor and
'bridesmaids were Mrs. David
Myers. 'Miss Sandy Conner an<1
CMiss Gina Conner^ all sistfers:>Df
the bride, 'and Miss Freida S^-
ton, sister of the bridegroom.-^*
All the attendants w’ore formal
gowns of orchid lace atid^saia-
peau featuring orchid tibd-
iies end sata-peaii skitto: .'fThe
dresses were designed along em
. PuiUies Held
Wilson of Valdese.
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A1 Franklin Brackett,
Jr. was five years old
Tuesday, July 25th.
Frank celebrated his
birthday with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin
Brackett, Sr., at Disney
World in Florida where
they spent a vacation.
The twin sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Johnny Conner,
celebrated their first
birthday Sunday, August
13th.
Johnny is pictured at
left in the photograph a-
bove and Donnie is pictur
ed at right. They are nam
ed for their oarents, Mrs.
Conner is the former Don
nie Vee Cooke.
Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Ervin Conner
and Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Cooke of Kings Moun
tain. The twins' great
grandmother is Mrs. P. E.
Young Brackett is
grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie C. Wood of Kings [
Mountain.
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IT'S A GIRL
Sgt. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Bridges of Hill Air Force
Base, Ogden, Utah, announce the arrival of their first
child, a daughter, Rebecca Louanne, Saturday, July 22,
St. Benedicts hospital, Ogden, Utah. The baby weighed
seven pounds, two ounces.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Bridges
and Mr. and Mrs. George N. Carroll, Sr., all of Kings
Mountoin. Great-grandmothers are Mrs. Cerrie H.
Weaver and Mrs. Ruth Bridges of Kings Mountain.
The baby's mother is the former Cathy Carroll of
Kings Mountain.
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Neal Ross Anthony
celebrated his fourth
birthday with a party last
Saturday afternoon at his
home in the Oak Grove
Community.
A Disney-Land Theme
was used featuring post
ers, cut-outs of Mickey
Mouse, Goofy. Pluto and
Donald Duck along with
Balloons and streamers.
Each child was given a
"Happy Birthday Bag"
containing play money
which they spent In differ
ent rooms featuring a Dis
ney - Land Story Room;
Mickey-Mouse Ball Throw; Balloon Busting Contest;
and other games. They were presented prizes to put
in their take home bag from each event. Each child
was given a Mickey Mouse Balloon to take home.
After Neal blew out the candles on his two-tier
Disney Character Cake, it was served with home-made
ice cream and punch. The table was decorated with a
Disney-Print Cloth and Mickey Mouse plates^ cups and
napkins were used.
Those helping Neal celebrate were: Timmy Blddix,
Jody Sellers, Myra Fisher. Paul and Anita Ware, Jimmy
Dellinger, Haydon Evans, Lisa Wright, Terry Conner.
Kelly Eubanks, Robert, David and Sara Camp, Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Smith, Mrs. Jack Eaker and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Anthony,
William Anthony Day,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
my Day, has celebrated
his second birthday.
Tony's grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Day
of Andrews, N. C., Mrs.
Grace Broome of Kings
Mountain and Tom
Broome of Union, South
Carol ina.
Tony's great-grandper-
enfs are John Cloninger
of Kings Mountain, Mr.
and Mrs. L. D. Broome of
Blacksburg. S, C.. Mr. and
Mrs, Harley Grant of An
drews, N. C. and Mrs.
Ora Day cf NantaheJa.
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Amanda Michele Ham-
brlghf, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gary C. fdam-
brlght, celebrated her
first birthday August
I (th.
A family birthday par
ty was held at the Ham-
bright home and Aman
da's Raggedy Ann deco
rated cake was cut and
served with party refresh
ments.
Amanda is Grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Childers and Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Hambright
of Kings Mountain and
gredt-gr*andaughter of Mrs.
Mrs.
J. W. Skinner and
jocie Hambright of Kings Mountain.
Amanda’s mother Is the former Mary Childers.
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piro lines and worn with match
ing slippers and headdresses.
They carried boutiuets of orchid
mums.
'Douglas Sexton was best man
for the bridegroom.
Ricky Childers, Bart Gcoige,
.Mike Hutchins and Doug'as Ware
ushered.
The bride s mother was gown
ed in grey and navy polyester
with matching accessories.
The bridegroom’s mother chose
blue polyester with black acces
sories.
Miss Avis Owens kept a guest
register in the vestibule of the
church.
Theibride’s aunt and uncle, Mr.
and Mrs. Espy Cooke, entertain-
^ed after the ctn'emony at a beau-
.tifully-appfhnted ret'option in the
church fellowship hall.
A (jolor note of pink was featur
ed in decorative details and in
I’efres'hments. The bride's table,
highlight o; decoration, was n‘-
laid with a white cloth caught up
with pink Ixavs and decorated
with a three-tier pink and white
^wedding cake and piVik and white
candles and flowers. Pink punch
was ser\ed from a punch service
at one end of the table. Mrs. Ed
die Carroll and Miss Patsy Wil
son serve<l the cake and punch.
^ iAfter a wedding tiip to Myr-
Beach, S.C. the ne\v!>'wed« wiH
‘.b^.’at home in Valley Haven
Park in Kings Mountain.
, CtflisoAown wedding guests in-
cligied iMrs. 'Ray Hice and child
ren, Patty, Dennis and Harold,
of Lakeland. Fla., and Mr. and
Mrs. William W'arren of Shelby.
BRIDE AND ■BRIDEGRCX>M
Mr. and Mi*s. Johnny W. Con
ner of Kings 'Mountain are par?
ents of the bride. A rising senior
at Kings Mountain high schooL
she is employe<l by Cato’s Stores.
The l.ridegroom is the son of
Mrs. Kay Sexton of Kings Moun
tain nnd Marion Sexton of Besse
mer City. A 1070 graduate of
Kings 'ATountain high school, he
attended Gaston Technical Insti
tute and is employed by IMetro-
n ’ ' aoricaiion Machine Com
pany 11 Bessemer City.
SOCIAL
CALENDAR
Frida I/.*
11:00 Bridesmaids breakfast
at the home a: Mrs. H. T. Han-
nali for Miss Norma King and
memliei's of her bridal party.
7:(K) Bacheloi*s dinner at Dixie
Village Cafeteria for men of the
King-Pettus wedding parly. John
Pettus, host.
Saturday:
7:30 Reheai'sal for the King-
Pettus wedding in Second Baptist
church.
7:00 - 9 p. m. -!Mr. and Mrs.
Odell Benton will ol^servo their
25th wedding anniversary at a
reception at their home on Gro
ver road. Hosts; Mr. and .Mrs.
Gary Benton.
8:30 Reheai'sal party honor-
ng Miss Norma King and John
^ttus in the fellovving hall of
-econd Baptist church. Hosts, Mr.
and Mrs. Norman King, assist
ed by aunts and uncles of the
bride-elect.
Sunday:
3:30- The wedding of Miss
Norma Claudette King and John
Fredrick Pettus in Second Bap
tist church.
Thursday: ^
12:09—The wedding of Miss
Karen P^li/abtdh Cansk'r and
Henry Adolphus London, 11, in.
Clemmons Pres-byterian church,
rcc<'ption in the fellowship hail
of Uuv church* , .