THE S ALE MIT
Personals
March 14. IQS7
Martha Fitchett and Margaret
Thomas will go to Washington
and Lee this weekend to the Sprmg
house party. A softball game wi
provide afternoon entertainment
followed by a Gypsy and Hobo
party Saturday night. Margare
will date Ellis Crosby and Newton
Ray will escort Martha.
Diane Knotts will date Jim Byrd
this weekend. They expect to at
tend the ROTC dance at ECTC m
Greenville.
Catherine Post
Catherine Post Will Marry
James R. Connelly In Late June
Mrs. James Francis Post of Wilmington announces the engagement
of her daughter, Catherine, to Mr. James Rector Connelly, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. Lester Connelly of Morganton. A June wedding is planned.
Catherine, a sophomore at Salem, has been active on the business staff
of the Sights and Insights. She was elected a member of the May
Court last fall.
Cacky played on the class hockey
team. both her freshman and so
phomore years. She was a mem
ber of the basketball team her
freshman year. Cacky planned at
first to major in piano, but she has
recently changed to a sociology-
economics major.
Jim is a Kappa Alpha at the
University of North Carolina and
graduates in June. His major is
business.
Girls at Salem who will be
bridesmaids are Betty McGlaughon,
a sophomore from Kingsport, Tenn.
and Lou Davis, a senior from Mor
ganton.
Dance To Use
Dixie” Theme
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Campus Shots
March breezes blowing us right
toward June . . . Joan Rutherford,
Sid Fryer and Marion Watson
sailing high with their new engage
ment rings . . . Flossie Cole con
fined to the infirmary with measles
. . . Jean Shope’s long distance
calls from Davidson . . . Men work
ing in the swimming pool . . .
Elsie’s red roses . . . New paint in
the Stee Gee room . . . Mr. Spen
cer’s red socks . . . Sara and Euber
in white uniforms and hair nets . . .
Music recitals . . . Juniors holding
their breaths during chapel pro
grams . . . Margie playing Cho
pin’s “Ballade” . . . Strong being
proud of Frances Williams, “Miss
Charm of ’52” . . . Lou Fike’s little
sister taking Clewell by storm . . .
New blazers getting that worn
look . . . Sophomores’ term paper
blues . . . Seniors’ ealendars grow
ing thiner . . . Elections every day
. . . shopping tours to Greensboro
. . . Salem girls at Bowman Gray
dances . . . The disappearing pra
lines . . . Miss Biggers exhausted
. . . Lola’s auntish look . . . Six
weeks test jitters . . . Lorrie’s past
weekend . . . Mabel Taylor hum
ming “September Song” . . . only
a month ’till Easter . . . May Day
committee meetings . . . Surprise
birthday parties in Clewell.
A seven piece combo from Win
ston-Salem Teacher’s College will
play for Gingham Tavern Saturday
night from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
in the Day Student Center.
The decorations and program
have been planned to carry out a
Dixieland theme.
Gingham Tavern, with its red
checked table cloths and candles
dripping over old beer bottles, has
grown to be traditional at Salem.
Admission will be 75 cents a
couple and 50 cents stag.
The dance is informal. Daisy
Chonis, president of the sponsor
ing Home Economics Club, urges
everyone to attend and says that
any informal dress is appropriate.
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Carolyn Harris plans to pick
up some friends from Womans
College on the way to Rocky
Mount this week-end. They
have planned a spagetti supper
party for Saturday night.
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Marian Lewis is leaving Friday
for Knoxville, Tennessee with
Charles Avera and his mother. The
three will visit Will Avera and his
wife, formerly Joan Kenyon, class
of ’51.
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Gingham Tavern will be the cam
pus entertainment center Saturday
night. Bonnie Hall will be there
with Hal Stewart. Bowman Gray
will be well represented Saturday
night. Ruthie Derrick plans to date
Bob Clark, while Sally Reiland
will be escorted by Millage New
ton. Tommy Massey, also a Bow
man Gray student, is to go with
Sue Jones. Davidsonian Ralph
Hall will date Sara Sue Tisdale.
*****
Ann Mixon is traveling to
Duke this week-end. She and
her date. Sigma Chi Don Mit
chell will be clad in sheets at
the party Saturday night to
portray “Arabian Nights.”
*****
Edna Wilkerson and jean Pat
ton are planning to go to Jean s
home in Bluefield, W. Va. this
week-end. The major activities of
the week-end will be sleeping and
eating.
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Mabel Taylor is to visit her
fiance, Skeet Hesmer, today in
Chapel Hill. Skeet is leaving to
morrow for Florida to practice with
the baseball team.
Mr*. Jack Thomas Wilson
Beth Coursey Has Evening
Wedding In Charlotte
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All the Pierrette members will
be on campus this weekend.
They began repainting all the
sets last Wednesday night be
fore the play’s opening next
Tuesday night. Lola Dawson
says she has but one wish—
that Pierrette elections had
been last week.
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Marion Watson and her fiance.
Bill Acker, left Wednesday for a
long weekend at home in Fayette
ville.
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Dee Allen is going home before
traveling to Wofford College in
Spartenburg, S. C. She will date
PIKA Vernon Harwell for the
“Dream Girl” formal.
Miss Beth Coursey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Coursey
of Charlotte, became the bride of
Jack Thomas Wilson of Pilot
Mountain in an impressive cere
mony held last Friday night in the
First Methodist Church of Char
lotte. Jack is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Wilson.
The altar and choir loft were
banked with California wood-
wa-rdia, palms and Florida lace
ferns which provided a background
for seven branched candelabra.
Green and white satin ribbons
marked pews for special guests.
Tuttle Conducts Ceremony
The ceremony was conducted by
the Rev. Lee Tuttle, and the bride
was given in marriage by her
father. William Wilson, brother
of the groom, was best man.
Ushers included Joe Neisler, Wil
liam Herdon and Henry House of
Davidson College; Frank Badgett
of Pilot Mountain, John Plank of
Kings Mountain and J. T. Coursey,
Jr. of Salisbury. Wedding music
was presented by Kitty Faucette of
Salem and Raleigh and Miss Patsy
Carthcart of Charlotte, organist.
The bride was lovely in a gown
of white satin with a yoke of
Chantilly lace beaded in seed pearls.
The full skirt ended in a scalloped
aisle-wide train. She wore a finger
tip veil of bridal illusions attached
to a Juliet cap of Chantilly lace
and seed pearls. Her bouquet was
a semi-cascade of white bridal
Salemites Add New Fashions To Wardrobes As
March Winds Announce Advent Of Spring
Seniors To Hear Wac
Major Laura M. Klein, W. A. C.
recruiting officer for North Caro
lina, will be at Salem March 17 to
talk to seniors who are interested
in becoming commissioned officers
in the W. A. C. regular army.
By Carolyn Harris
March winds, April showers and
artificial flowers—Spring is on the
way and the new fashions are ap
pearing. Mademoiselle and Vogue
are featuring the latest styles while
Salem’s creations are producing
the reality.
The brides are now completing
their trousseaus, while the less for
tunate ones are adding the finish
ing touches to their spring en
sembles. Shopping sprees can be
fun but when those “Dah-ling you
look simply devasting” originals are
brought back to the dorm, one
sometimes looks simply devastated.
But there is a style for all—the
tall, skinny, short, fat and me
diocre. And the closet space is
decreasing.
Hat* Tipped Forward
Following the line of Madem
oiselle’s hats, Kitty Burrus has her
battleship grey and pink straw
shell. Kitty wears her chapeau
tipped to the front with the black
velvet streamers falling to the hair
line in the back.
Lou Davis will be in vogue when
she appears in her candy pink.
shantung party dress worn over a
full crinoline. The dress is simply
styled, buttoning down the front
with a hugged neck. Her shoes
will be dyed to match.
French Heels Popular
For her walk down the Chams
Elysees in June, Martha Fitchett
will wear her French-styled heels
of grey flannel and navy kid. Also
fitting for your European trip are
nylon dresses which are light as
well as easy to launder.
Taffetas are good this spring.
Julia Timberlake is wearing a
black and white quilted, checked
one. Her jacket with three-quarter
length sleeves is worn over a fitted
bodice with a boat neckline.
From Bitting back to Madem
oiselle and the Easter Parade
where the coat ensembles, the silky
suit and the coat dress lead the
parade. Navy is still popular, with
biege the coming color. Tan and
tortoise kid wear well as accessor
ies with brightly painted beads and
earrings adding the touch of color.
Cotton bathing suits are perfect
for Bermuda, Florida the Carolina
coast or back yard sun bathing.
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This year there are dresses
match your bathing suit.
The Bride’s Book is another
popular magazine of the season.
Nylon tommie coats of baby pink
and blue are being included in the
trousseaus. Beth Wilson had both
blue and pink packed in her bag.
Her blue butcher boy tommie coat
was of nylon jersey. The yoke
was inserted with delicate lace
with this same lace around the
neck and finishing the puffed
sleeves.
flowers centered with a white or
chid.
Attendants to the bride wore be
coming dresses of pale pink net
and carried bouquets of red car
nations with satin leaves. Miss
Mary Frances Coker of Charlotte
was maid of honor, and Mrs. John
Thomas Coursey Jr., of Salisbury
was matron of honor. Bridesmaids
were Misses Emily Warden, Daisy
Chonis, Marion Watson and Sally
S e n t e r of Salem. Patricia Ann
Ellison, cousin of the bride, and
Doris Ann Wilson, sister of the
bridegroom, were junior brides
maids.
After the ceremony, wedding
guests attended a reception held m
the social hall of the church. On
the bride’s table was an elaborately
decorated wedding cake and ar
rangements of white snapdragons,
gladioli and greenery. White
candles were used at each end.
For traveling the bride wore a
suit of mauve and navy with navy
accessories and the orchid from
her bouquet. After the wedding
trip Beth will return to Salem
where she will graduate in
Jack has already received orders
to go overseas.
Entertained At Coffee
Beth was entertained at a de
lightful coffee in the practice
house Wednesday night before tier
wedding by Misses Marion Wa -
son, Lil Sprinkle, Ann Sprinkle,
Betty Parks and Daisy Chonis.
Guests, were greeted at the do
by the hokesses and invited
the dining room for ,
The table was covered by a
tablecloth and decorated wi
elaborate wedding cake an
tapers. Coffee, nuts, ,
white mints and individua
ding cakes were served.
The bride wore a becomings -
blue suit with a bolero jac ^
a corsage of white
Honored With Dessert B«d ^
Flossie Cole and Emi y
were hostesses at » desse
on Monday night, Marc ,
ing Beth. The party was ^
the home of Mr. and M
Donahoo.
Guests were
For that something old and bor
rowed Ann Sprinkle is wearing her
great grandmother’s wedding shoes.
The satin shoes, tinged with age,
are pilgrim style. Inserted in the
large buckle are puffs of lace. The
heels resemble the French heel and
the toes are pointed.
The magazines are filled with the
latest fashions. The connoisseurs
have imported everything from
Paris but the Eiffel Tower. But
go easy, girls, the straws, crinolines,
shantungs and cottons are pretty
in May, but just remember those
bills that will be coming your way.
seated at sffla«
..- ® ® ^ ^ L, of white
tables with center piec
carnations. Table clot s
kins covered with we ^
carried out the bridal
delicious dessert o „pfve(l.
short-cake and coffee wa |
The byide wore a brown^
suit with a pink blouse a
sage of orchids. ., _ and
The guests enpyed br
bingo during the evem
score bridge prize pje
Sally Senter, and consol t
by Daisy Chonis. B ^ BiH
went to Marion ^atso
Donahoo. Gifts of , jjost-
presented to the bride by
esses.