David Harriss' Entertain Sunday
With Cocktail-Luncheon At Club
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Mr and Mrs. David S. Harriss
charmingly entertained a number
of their friends at a cocktail' buf
fet luncheon Sunday at the Cape
Fear ciub, Second and Chestnut
streets, from 12:30 until 3 o’clock.
The upper floor of the club was
brilliantly decorated with southern
sm:lax. numerous poinsettias, and
red candles.
Mrs. Harriss chose for her party
modish frock of black crepe
* ith touches of lime green and a
cho ilder corsage of purple orchids.
m the dining room the long ban
ket table was covered with a
beautiful maderia cloth and had
a -enter arrangement of poinset
tias with two five-branch silver
candelabra bolding burning red
taDers. Large silver trays con
taining a varied assortment of
luncheon delicacies completed the
nretty picture.
Around one hundred guests were
present.
INDICTED •
i GRETNA, La., Dec. 29—(U.R) —
L ,jrs Irene Connolly, 29, today was
1 indicted for murder in connection
1 with the death by suffocation of
I her two small children a week ago
■ tonight. Police revealed that Mrs.
I Co^noilv had made a fourth at
r tempt to take her own life in the
jail here._
Nancy Byrd Green,
Author's Daughter,
Weds In California
Miss Nancy Byrd Green, daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Green
of Chapel Hill and Santa Monica,
California, and Samuel Owen Corn
well, Midshipman, USNR, SOn of
Professor and Mrs. Oliver K. Corn
well, of Chapel Hill, were married
on the afternoon of Christmas Day
in the patio garden of the bride’s
parents in Santa Monica, Califor
nia. The Rev. Kenneth Worthing
ton Cary was the officiating min
ister. The processional and reces
sional wedding music was played
by Mrs. Nancy Kendall-Robinson,
former piano teacher of the bride.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore the wedding gown
of her maternal grandmother, Mrs.
George W. Lay, and the veil worn
by her grandmother and also by
her mother. The gown, of ivory
corded silk was fashioned in the
style of the period with long fluted
leg-o-mutton sleeves, high collar
and flaring skirt extended into a
train. She carried an old-fashioned
bridal bouquet of cream roses,
sweetpeas and gardpnias. Her ivory
tulle veil was caught with orange
blossoms;
The bridesmaids, Miss Betsy
Green and Miss Janet Green, sis
ters of the bride, wore identical
replicas of the bridal gown, car
ried out in pale sea-blue taffeta.
They carried bouquets of pink ca
mellias and sweetpeas.
The bride, preceded by the
bridesmaids, came down the outer
stairs into the patio garden where
the ceremony took place against
a bank of pine and Victorian box,
decorated with white candles and
tall vases of white chrysanthe
mums.
j? oltowing the wedding, the small
group of relatives and intimate
| friends gathered in the poinsettia
; decorated studio of the bride’s
father for the cutting of the bride’s
cake. Then the couple left for a
short trip to Idyllwild and Palm
Springs. For traveling the bride
wore a hyacinth blue suit with
black accessories, a black hat
trimmed with white fur banding
and the gardenia corsage from her
wedding bouquet.
Mrs. Cornwell is a graduate of
the University of North Carolina
and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
The bridegroom also graduated
from, the University where he was
a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He
was in training in the Medical
Corps, USNR, at Chapel Hill and
at the Cornell Medical School. He
has recently been discharged from
the Naval Reserve.
The couple will make their home
in New York City where Mr. Corn
well will finish his training at Cor
nell Medical school.
Miss Emerson,
Bride - Elect,
Entertained
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Bellamy en
tertained Sunday afternoon at their
home, 611 Market street, at cock
tails honoring Miss Jane Parsley
Emerson, who marriage to Wil
liam Rankin Bruce will take place
here on Saturday evening, January
12.
Guests were invited for 6:30
o’clock and included around 60
friends of the honoree.
We’ve picked a four-leaf clover and we’re passing it
on to you! It’s 1946 — a petal for every season, and
every season promising us good
luck, good fortune and good
times. We’ve all been through
a lot together, and now we can
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look forward to sharing in fu
ture years which will endow us
all with the things we must de
sire and require. HAPPY NEW YEAR
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With the war behind us and
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wishes for the
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Festive New Year's Eve Breakfast
Given At Surf Club At Wrightsville
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The New Year was officially wel
comed in a big way last evening
when several hundred Surf club
members and their guests over the
holidays gathered at the attractive
clubhouse located on the Northern
Extension at Wrightsville Beach,
to usher in “Mr. 1946.” The up
per lounges of the club were gayly
decorated for the occasion with
festoons of native smilax, holly
wreaths and berries and a large
log fired burned in the open fire
place lending a cozy atmosphere
to the festive scene.
“Breakfast” was served buffet
style later in the evening to ap
proximately several hundred
guests.
Among those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond H. Holland,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Little, Mr. and
Mrs. David S. Harriss, Dr. and
Mrs. James F. Robertson, Dr. and
Mrs. Paul Bolin, Dr. John Arthur,
Mrs. P. A. Albright, Miss Juliette
Robertson, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Winborne, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. B.
Purnell Eggleston, Jr., Mrs. Jack
Balch, Mrs. Joe Dunn, John Wood,
Miss Ann LaPorte, Miss Charlotte
Sprunt, Miss Elizabeth Hardwicke,
Tommy Hines, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Emerson, Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Browne Ruffin, Miss Ann Palmer,
of Gibson Island, Md.; James
Sprunt, John N. Alexius, Jr., Miss
Jane Emerson, Major Roddy Kid
der, Lieut. Walter Storm, Mr. and
Mrs. John Robert Anthony Beat
ty, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hoop
er, Mrs. David H. Scott, Miss
Louise Hooper, Herbert M. Wilson,
Jr., Joe W. Hooper, Jr., Miss Julia
Tatum Bridger, of Bladenboro.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Curtis, Mrs.
E. M. Dewey, Miss Edwina Dewey,
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Marks, Mr. and
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G. Smith, of Washington, D. C.;
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Voros, Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Sprunt, J. B. Rice,
Mr. and Mrs. Garland F. Palmer,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Wilson, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Irving Corbett, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert M. Williams, Dr.
and Mrs. R. Bryant Hare, Mr. and
Mrs. Allen H. Whitehead, Dr. and
Mrs. John T. Hoggard, L. P. Hin
ton, Miss Fannie Crow, Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Cantwell, Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Paterson, W. H. Howard, Mr. and
Mrs. Haskell Rhett, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Parmele, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Nash, Dr. and Mrs. W. S.
Dosher, Mr. and Mrs. Rober!
Strange, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. White,
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac B. Grainger,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Wil
letts, Mr. and Mrs. S. Leslie Mar
bury, Dr. and Mrs. B. R. Mor
rison, Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Brough
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Penton',
Mr. and Mrs. George Steams, Dr,
Donald B. Koonce, Mr. and Mrs.
Moseley Fonvielle.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Rehder,
Capt. Billy Rheder, Miss Regina
Bischoff, of Charleston, S. C.:
Lieut. Stanley Rehder, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard B. Gwathmey, Mr.
and Mrs. Lenox G. Cooper, Ma
jor and Mrs. John Clayton Smith,
W. G. Broadfoot, Mrs. Winston
Broadfoot, Pvt. and Mrs. Bryan
Broadfoot, Mr. and Mrs. Emsley
Lgney, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P.
Bolles, of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs.
Boyden Sparkes, Comdr. C. Earle
Dickinson, Mrs. Joe Eagles, Jr.,
Fred Eagles, Mr. and Mrs. Mich
ael C. Brown, Mrs. James Carr,
Mrs. Ben Willis, Mr. and Mrs. L.
F. Ormond and guests. Mr. and
Mrs. Alan A. Marshall and guests,
M^ and Mrs. T. D. Love and
guests, Mrs. Lee Spence and
guests, Mr. and Mrs. L. Paul
Campbell and guests, Dr. and Mrs.
David B. Solan and guests, Miss
Elizabeth Bridgers and guests
William I. Corbett and party, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Holmes Davis anc
party, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Kendall
and guests, Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
Moore and guests, Mr. Champ
Clark and guests, Fred Poisson
and guests, Mr. and Mrs. P. Nich
ols and party, Mr. pnd Mrs,
Thomas H. Wright and party, Dr,
and Mrs. Watts Farthing and
guest, Mr. and Mrs. Walker Tay
lor and guests, Henry J. MacMil
land andg uests, Charles Peschai
land and guests, Charles Peschau
and guest, Murray James anc
guest. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Crow
and party, Frank Harriss, Miss
Carrie Harriss, Miss Essie Har
riss, Miss Margaret Harriss, Mrs.
Philip W. Delano, Col. and Mrs
Royce S. McClelland, Williarr
Bozeman and others.
Informal Party
Given By Jones
And Creekmores
Mr. and Mrs. C. David Jones
with their son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver M.
Creekmore, delightfully entertain,
ed a few friends informally on
Saturday, from 5 to 7 o’clock at
their home, 210 Ann street.
The hosts and hostesses receiv
ed their guests in the prettily
decorated living room, and in the
dining room, Mrs. T. F. Smith
presided at the punch bowl.
The dining room table was at
tractively arranged with red gladi
oli and white chrysanthemums
in a silver bowl flanked by foui
silver candlesticks holding rec
candles.
Tempting refreshments wen
served to around 50 guests wh<
called during the cocktail hours
During a total eclipse of the sun
the sun is virtually blacked out be
cause tire moon, which comes be
tween the earth and the sun, ha;
no atmosphere to bend the sun’
rays.
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Bride - Elect
Of Week, Will
Be Feted Today
Miss Virginia Toot will entertaii
this afternoon at her home on Soutl
Fourth street, at a tea in honor o
Miss Alice Borden Moore, whos
marriage will be an event of th
latter part of this week.
Guests will include around thirt;
friends of the bride-elect and hav
been invited to call between th
hours of 4:30 to 6 o’clock.
Olympia Tarantello
Weds T. J. Garner, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Tarantello c
New York, N. Y., announce th
marriage of their daughter, Olyrr
pia, to Turnie J. Garner, Jr., c
Wilmington.
The wedding was solemnized o
Saturday, December 29, by Di
Sankey Lee Blanton, pastor of th
First Baptist church.
Mr. Garner has recently bee
discharged from the U. S. Nav
after serving 30 months; 13 month
of this was with the submarin
fleet in the Pacific.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
BIRTH ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Jagger,
1603 Ann street, announce the birth
of a son, Enoch Marshall Jagger,
Jr., December 30, at Marion Sprunt
annex.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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in whom we have complete confidence
and who have complete confidence in
us.
We believe the merchandise you buy at
Todd's gives full satisfaction, that it is
exactly what you expected to get for
the money you spent.
We like to think that our service
pleases . . . that you receive equal
courtesy and attention, whether you
buy a small table, a dinette suite, or a
full house of furniture, that this is your
friendly furniture store.
We feel ihai Ihe size of your purchase
is secondary to your coming here io
make your purchase. This is Ihe bone
and sinew of our exisience.
We think of this store as part of the
community. To serve cheerfully, to
profit reasonably, to feel that every
thing delivered "to your home from
ours" creates mutual good will... these
are the ideals on which we are trying
to build our business.
"Mutual Confidence" is more than a
phrase with us—it is part of our busi
ness policy.
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