Mrs. John Price Gives
Dessert Bridge For
Bridge Club Members
Jackson—M.s. John Pi ice en
tertained her bridge club at a
dessert bridge Thursday night,
Summer flowers were used
throughout the home. Each table
was centered with four indivi
dual carnation corsages for each
of the players and in the cen
ter of these flowers was placed
a candle.
High score prize was awarded
ίο Mrs. Leroy Vaughan. Low
score prize was won by Mrs.
Rives Taylor. Guest prize was
received by Mrs. P. A. Lewis.
Soft drinks were served dur
ing the playing and an ice
ι course enjoyed later on.
Guests present were Mrs.
Vaughan, Mrs. J. F. Beaman,
Mrs. Glenn Fleetwood, Mis.
Taylor. Mrs. Horace Brit ton. Mrs.
• Jim Spivev, Mrs. R. P. Rawlings,
Mrs. Jack Grant. Mrs. Will Buf
faloe, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Sidney
Hughson nad Mrs. G. B. Bpr
nett.
Miss Jane Dickie
Honors House Guest
At Informal Party
Woodland—Miss Jane Dickie
entertained informally at he r
home honoring her house guest.
Miss Betty Gray Whit ten of Rich
mond Tuesday afternoon.
Guest included the honoree.
Miss Sarah Bazemore. Miss Rose
Taylor, Miss Mary Ann Reece,
Miss Nancy Ray Parker, Miss ι
Mary Frances Peele and Miss
Mary Ellen Carter.
Small business action is urged
to end wage, price spiral.
Recent Bride Honored
By Sister At Bridge
Party In Oxford
[ Enfield—Mrs. John C. Wil
liams entertained at bridge hon
oring her sister, Mrs. A. C. Ni
; chois, a recent bride, at thi
1 Williams home in Oxford Wed
nesday.
! Upon arrival, Mrs. Williams
presented Mrs. Nichols a cor
i sage of red roses.
j The home was attractively de
; corated throughout with ar·
I rangements of gladioli.
At the close of the game, high
score was won by Mrs. A. C.
Nichols, and floating prize was
, won by Mrs. Sigmer Finch. Jr.
The hostess presented the hon·
oree with a gift. Mrs. -Sigmer
ι Finch and Mis. Tommie Mul
( 1ms, recent brides, were also re
membered with gifts.
Those present were Mrs. A. C.
Nichols, the honoree, and Mrs.
Fred Wiggins, Mrs. Mullins,
Mrs. Sigmer Finch. Jr., Mrs. R.
R. Herring, Mrs. Sigmer Finch,
Sr., Mrs. J. K. Bryan, Mrs. H.
B. Bryan, Mrs. Ben Averett.
Mrs. Alfred McFarland, Mrs.
Amos Clement, Mrs. Jack Shaw,
Mrs. G. D. Gholson, Sr., Mrs. D.
K. Walker. Mrs. R. W. Winston,
Mrs. W. A. Mitchiner, Mrs. Ed
Pace, Mrs. Melvin Currin, Mrs.
Jerry Harris. Mrs. E. G. Peo
ples, Mrs. Jerry Osgood, Mrs.
Francis Finch, and Mrs. H. N.
Marriott.
Λ.Τ„ „1. T-> J
Table" Club"Holds
Last Season Meeting
Scotland Neck — The Round
Table Club held its last meeting
of the season the past Friday
afternoon with Mrs. H. H. Hy
man as hostess at her home.
Colorful summer flowers were
used in the spacious living room
and throughout the lower floor.
Upon arrival Mrs. Hyman serv
ed a sweet course to the mem
bers present.
As this was a business meet- J
ing the officers were elected for j
the coming year and the pro- !
?ram committee appointed. Mrs. :
J. D. Edwards, Sr., who for
riany years has been a member.
;endered her resignation due to
soor health. The Club reluctantly
accepted her resignation and j
Λ-ted her an honorary member. :
Mrs. R. A. Phillips and Mrs. j
fames Riddick, both of whom
îari been substitute members !
his year, were elected to fill the j
wo vacancies.
Members present were Mrs. :
C. Josev Sr., Mrs. W. W. Kit- !
•hin, Mrs. A. C. Livermon, Mrs. j
ienry T. Clark. Mrs. I. II. Kit- I
•hin Sr., Mr?. N. A. Rid·:!»·'- and!
^Trs. W. E. Goode.
Cost of operating Nebraska's ι
chools h .s increased 98 per ;
ent in rural communities and
6 per cent in cities during the
a.st ten years.
4-H Members Attend
Camp Near Manteo
iMiiield—During the λ ο:
June 28 through July 3, mem
I bers from the 4H Clubs in Ilali
1 fax and Dare Counties attend
ed camp near Manteo, N. C.t at
an abandoned Naval Air Station.
; While there the members, with
i their leaders and councelors,
! visited the Wright Memorial,
j Nags Head and Fort Raleigh.
They were also present for the
opening performance of "The
Lost Colony."
Those who attended the camp
1 from Enfield were Dan Moss, L.
• W. Locke, Joe Burt. D. S. Moss,
Harold Tippette, Wayne Bose
1 man, Johnny Burt. Emily Bill
iids and Ralph Rives.
Mrs. Robert Ivey
Entertains Junior
P-^ntract Bridge Club
; i^nneia—Mrs. itooert ivey en
j tertained the Junior Contract
! Bridge Club at her home recent
ly.
I Floral arrangements of mixed
! summer flowers were used
throughout the home.
At the close of the game, high
score prize was won by Mrs.
R. W. Baugham and second high
, by Mrs. Max Meyer.
Mrs. Ivey served an ice course
: to the following: Mrs. Collins
ι Cuthrell, Mrs. Leon Madrev,
j Mrs. R. W. Baugham. Mrs. D.
B. Barnes, Mrs. W. B. Burch
ette, Mrs. Henry Cuthrell, Mrs.
T. E. Marshall, Mrs. Otto Meyer,
Mrs. Max Meyer, Mrs. Harold
Burrows, Mrs. J. Q. Hofler a"d
Miss Mable Powell.
Conway Business
Woman's Circle M -ts
In Warren Home
Conway—The Business Worn-!
an's Circle of Conway Baptist
Church met Tuesday night in the :
home of Mrs. Jay Warren.
The home was decorated with j
cut flowers.
Mrs. Gilmer Ricks conducted j
the program. Assisting her were !
Mrs. Ethridge Woodard, Mrs. j
Bunard De Loatche. Mrs. Ken
neth Woodard and Mrs. Jen
nings Johnson.
Peach short-cake and cold |
drinks were served.
Those present ν ere Mrs. C. J.
Waston, Mrs. W. E. Long, Mrs.
Harry Jenkins, Mrs. Lee Brit
tic. Mrs. Julian Liverman, Mrs.
Charlie De Loatche. Mrs. Bun
ard De Loatche. Mrs. Ricks,
Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Wilson Brid-j
gers, Mrs. Randolph Burgress.
Mrs. Wardele Maddrey, Mrs. C. j
W. Vann, Mrs. Edward James, '
Miss Blancie Davis and Miss*'
^ rothy Frances.
Fertilization is the key to suc
cessful alfalfa production. The
less fertile the soil the more
commercial fertilizers must be
appi:· 1 tn get a goM v.pl'i.
{Woodland Area
Farmers Enter
Corn Contest
Woodland—Eight farmers ir
; the Woodland area have entered
'the 1948 Northampton County
! corn contest.
They include Fred Jenkins
; and Ronald Chappell of Pote
casi; S. P. McDaniel, Mason
: Beale, Thomas Rose, Perry Lea
Collier and Thomas Vick of
i Woodland and W. T. Brown of
George.
Three Conway Hostesses
Entertain At Rook
Honoring Mrs. Woodard
Conway—Mrs. D. A. Woodard·
Jr., and Mrs. Κ. E. Woodard en
tertained at six tables of rook
honoring Mrs. Inwood Woodard
at a linen shower last Thursday
night.
The home was decorated with
cut flowers.
High score was won by Mrs. C.
K. De Loatche. Low score was
presented to Mrs. Quinton Fut
rell. Bingo was won by Mrs. C.
J. Waston. The honoree receiv
ed many beautiful and useful
presents.
Refreshments of ice cream and
cake were served.
uuesis present were Mrs. £.. l,.
Smith, Mrs. James Martin, Mrs.
Marion Lassiter, Mrs. Wayland
Long. Mrs. Harry Jenkins. Mrs.
Lee Brittle, Mrs. Jay Warren.
Mrs. Dick Collier, Mrs. Eth
ridge Woodard. Mrs. Edward
James, Mrs. Robert Morris, Mrs.
J. C. Davis, Mrs. Quinton Fut
rell, Mrs. Wilson Bridgers, Mrs.
Waston, Mrs. Randolph Bridgers,
Mrs. Charlie De Loatche, Mrs.
Bunard De Loatche, Mrs. Wil
liam Johnson, Miss Mantie
White. Miss Blannie Davis. Miss
Onita Woodard and Miss Dor
othy Frances.
Mrs. T. J. Taylor
Entertains Bridge Club
At Home Wed. Nite :
Mrs. T. J. Taylor entei tamed
her bridge club at her home
last Wednesday night.
Gladioli were used effectively
throughout the home.
When the scores were added,
after several progressions of j
bridge. Mrs. Dick Taylor was
presented a lovely gift of anti-1
que china as winner of high
score.
During the evening iced drinks
were served by the hostess.
Homemade peach ice cream,
cookies and nuts were enjoyed at
the refreshment period.
Those making up the tables
were Mrs. D. E. Bennett and
her house guest, Mrs. Myrtle
Blake of Greensboro, Mrs. Tay
lor, Mrs. John Dunn. Mrs. C. D.
Liske, Mrs. T. R. Wilson, Mrs. ι
W. G. Collier, Mrs. Roderick
Meikle, Mrs. R. A. Daniel, Mrs.
WWyche Land, Mrs. Clayton
Hurley and Mrs. Houston Fuller.
Local Teacher To Wed
Thomas W. Greene In
August Ceremony
warrenton — τ ne engagement
of Miss Dorothy Elizabeth Del
bridge, daughter of Mrs. William
Delbridge and the late Mr. Del
bridge of Norlina. is announc
ed this week by her mother.
Miss Delbridge will wed Tho
mas William Greene, son of Mrs.
Arthur Wesley Greene and the
late Mr. Greene of Ahoskie, in
August.
The bride-elect graduated
from Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina
and has taught in the Roanoke
Rapids schools for the past few
years.
Mr. Greene was graduated
from the University of North
Carolina and is in business in
Koanoke Rapids.
Rrauer-Newton
sagement Announced
Warrenton--Mrs. Walter Brau
er of Ridgeway announces the
engagement of her daughter,
Cornelia Bertha, to Maury Clai
borne Newton Jr., son of Dr. and
Mrs. N. C. Newton of Narrows.
Va. The wedding will take place
in August.
Mrs. R. J. Jones
Entertains Card Cl"b
Warrenton—Mrs. R. J. Jones
entertained the Senior Thursday
Card Club this week.
Mrs. G. H. Macon and Mrs.
J. B. Boune won top score
prizes.
Extra guests were Mrs. How
ard Hartzell, Mrs. J. B. Boyce,
Mrs. L. H. Gook, Mrs. W. A.
Graham and Miss Nora King.
Ceramic tiles, used in many
modern churches, were found 011
the walls and floors of the ex
cavated palace of Amenhotep
IV, the shrine to the Sun God
in Egypt 2,400 years ago.
I
BIRTH?
j Mr. and Mrs. Garr> Β. Han
! lenbeek of Bound Brook, Ν. J.,
! announce the birth of a daugh
ter. Elizabeth Mason, July 11.
Mrs. Hanlenbeek is the former
ι Miss Susie S. Mohorn of Wei·
I don.
Mr, and Mrs. William Esmond
I Carter of Weldon announce th3
j birth of a son, William Es
mond Jr., July 8 at Park View
Hospital in Rocky Mount. Mr„.
Carter is the former Miss Gwen
dolyn McClung of Roanoke Rap
ids.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Parrish
of Wise announce the birth of p.
daughter in the Hunter Clinic
July 15. Mrs. Parrish is the for
mer Miss Lannie Lee Harris of
Wise.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ellington '
of Franklinton announce the !
birth of a daughter in the Hunt
er Clinic July 14. Mrs. Ellington
is the former Miss Ruby Mac
Dement of Louisburg.
Mr. and Mrs. John Turner
Martyn of Alexandria· Va., an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Ann Henderson, in Alexandria
July 9. Mrs. Martyn is the ior
mer Miss Katherine Scoggin of
Warrenton.
jAurelian Springs!
Mrs. S. C. Crawley and Mrs. '
Spurgeon Marks spent the week
end with their sister, Mrs. Hat- !
tie Hoffler in Enfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Crawley
Miss Bobby White and Justis
Wilcox spent the week end of
July 10th at Atlantic Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Shaw and .
family were guests of Mr. and !
Mrs. S. C. Crawley Thursday.
Mrs. Cornelia Avcock visited '
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P.
F. Harris Sunday. 1
Linwood Warren spent last I
week end in Greensboro. ■
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Copper c
and Mrs. Cynthia Stansbury of j I
Richmond were guests of Mr. I c
and Mrs. J. R. Liles Sunday. I
Mrs. Ruth Warren and daugh- I
ter, Ruth, and Mrs. W.R. War-'
ren visited friends at Spring Hill J
and Tillery Sunday. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Liles1
and daughter Peggy of Greens
boro spent last week with Mr. J.
R. Liles, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cook of
Raleigh visited Mr. and Mrs.
Johnnie Cook last week end.
Mrs. Leona Smith of Roanoke
Rapids was the guest of Mrs.
Ε. B. Shearin Sunday.
Mrs. C. L. Kelly Jr. spent the
week end with her father Mr. I
E. D. Tippett in Ringwood. i
Mr. and Mrs. J. Β. Ay
cock of Roanoke Rapids visit-1
ed friends nad relatives in this !
section Sunday.
Miss Emily Wilson of Shelby,
N. C. is visiting her brother,
Mr. D. L. Wilson.
Mrs. Ν. H. Chichester and dau
ghter, Clyde, spent the week end
with Mrs. Albert Stallings in Roa
noke Rapids.
Mrs. C. L. Kelly is a patient
in Roanoke Rapids Hospital.
Jackson
Mrs. Perry Bryant and daugh
ter, Betty Jo, of Lasker spent
the day with Mrs. Jim Spivey
Wednesday.
George Tyler, Jr., and Everret
Norton left last Sunday to attend
Camp Sea Gull,New Bern, for
a month.
Miss Francis Vinson of Con
way spenta few days with Marie
Vann last week.
Mrs. Jim Spivey and son,
Billy, and Mrs. P. H. Jameson
and sons, Herbert, and Ross
spent Tuesday in Roanoke Rap-.
ids.
Dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. ι
J. B. Grant Wednesday were j
Mrs. Harvey Vinson and daugh- ;
ter, Ernestine, of Menola, Miss ,
Francis Wagner of Pittsboro, j
Mrs. Leroy Grant and son, Hay
es, of Rich Square Mrs. Edna I
Robinson, and grandson, Billy,
of Raleigh, Mrs. Norman Harroll
and Mrs. John Darden, Sr., both
of Branchville, Va.
Researchers have established
the fact that color possesses
energy to make us feel warm, cr !
cold, happy or depressed.
I
HALIFAX
I MRS. J. MILTON REM)
S Correspondent
Betty Kaye Harris and Jimmie
Harris have returned home af
ter attending a week's camp at
Black Mountain.
Mrs. Hugh Pittman and fam
ily spent Sunday at Cherry Point
as guest of First Lt. Charles
Coppedage and his family. They
were accompanied home by
Nancy Pittman who spent the
week with the Coppedages.
ivirs. Raymond Millikin is a
patient at McPherson Hospital
in Durham, where she is under
going treatment for a sinus in
fection.
Mr. C. W. Kreamer is spend
ing the week at Seaside, N. C.,
the Baptist Assembly Grounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dickens,
Glenn Dickens, Seward Dickens
Sr. and Miss Helen Dickens left
rhursday for New York.
Mr. and M-s. Julian Shaw and
son have returned home fatcr
a trip to the mountains of west
ern North Carolina.
senator s nui swells
Donations To Harvard
BOSTON (U.P.)— An $89,000
ïift bv U. S. Senato Leverett
5altonstall was among the total
>f $6,371 800 donated to Harvard
Jniversity during the past year
Saltonstall's gift, setting up a
rund in memory of his son,
3eter Brooks Saltonstall, who
vas killed on Guam, will be
ised to provide Harvard schol
irships for students from the
ar Pacific. It also will finance
«search designed to raise liv
ng standards in the Hawaiian
slands, Australia and New Zea
and.
Warrenton
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Coleman
ntertnined at dinner at Hotel
lorlina Thursday night in honor
f her niece, Mrs. Aliéné Phelps
iorecn of New York, house
uest of Mr. and Mrs. Jacques
'helps
' Romance Revived After
Lapse Of 50 Year
AUBURN, Ν. Y. (U.P.)-A ro
mance, interrupted by a lovers'
quarrel 50 years ago, has been
climaxed in marriage.
The bride/ Mrs. Bertha Swain,
formerly of Auburn, flew the At
lantic to England to marry E. R.
Swain, her sweetheart of a half
century ago.
The couple had been engaged
when they were in service to
gether as housemaid and butler
but there was a misunderstand
ing. They parted and the girl
came to the United States, re
latives here said.
Some time ago Swain, twice a
widower, met a brother of his
j early love and a letter of re
union followed.
Engine Runs Over Boy
Who gets Up Unhurt _
NORWICH, Ν Y. (U.P.)—Mrs.
Michael Quattrochi looked help
lessly on as a railroad switch
engine passed over her son.
Then, she and other witnesses
stared in amazement.
Two-year-old Michael, Jr.,
got up from the tracks uninjured
and toddled back to his mother
The child, who apparently had
left his own back yard to visit
his grandparents living across
the tracks, tumbled between the
rails as the engine came alcng
Wooden Leggers Dance
CHICAGO (U.P.)—A "Wooden ^
Leg Ball" was held here. The
dancers were amputee veterans.
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