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local affairs; Mrs. Dora Hardin Phillips is spending some time visiting her son in Forest City. Sylvia Tolliver has returned to her home in Eliza bethton, Tenn., from a visit with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Adams an nounce the birth of a daughter, at Watauga Hospital on June 14.1 Mrs. Joe Steve nsoh, of Alex-| andria, Virginia, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Filmore Bingham, who has been sick for sometime. Mrs. Earl Blackburn is a patient at Charlotte Memorial Hospital. where she is taking a course of treatments. Jane Rivers returned Thursday from Washington. D. C. where she had spent two weeks visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rivers. Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Williams of Camp Yonahlossee on June 2, a son, who was nam ed Perry Nicholson Williams. Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Gragg and family of Greensboro, were visitors with relatives here last week. Mr. Stuart Greene and sisters. Lola and Joan Reba. of Laxon made a business trip to Gettys burg. Pa., last week. Miss Sylvia Greer of Winston Salem is spending a few days visiting with relatives and friends in the community. Mrs. J. C. Sherwoo i ? ?' Bristol. Va., and Mrs. Inez Elh? of Wash ington, D. C. were guests last week of their sister, Mrs. A. J. Payne. Major J. H. Thomas who has been a patient at a Naval hospital in Key West, Fla., hus returned to his home at 214 Cherry Park. Hasscltine Hofler of Gatesville, N. C. will spend some time in the home of Mrs. Margaret Hughes and will attend the summer ses sions of Appalachian high school. Mrs. T. M. Gre^r, of the local welfare board, is taking a six weeks' course in public welfare work at the University of North Caiolina, Chapel Hill. Mrs. Willard Beach left Sunday for York. S. C., where she was called to the bedside of a sister. She will be away for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Smith and daughters, Tharon and Linda, of Macon, Ga., visited at the home of Mrs. Smith's parents, Dr. and Mrs. R. K. Bingham recently. Mrs. A. R. Sherman of Wilkes boro, spent the past two weeks visiting at the homes of Misses Sallie and Lelia Ray and Dr. and Mrs. R. K. Bingham. Mrs. W. B. Thomas and daught er, Patsy, arc spending the sum mer in Boone, while Mr. Thomas is at Chapel Hill doing graduate work at the University. Miss Martha Jane Quails has returned from a Statesville hospital, where she went for an emergency appendectomy Mon day of last week. She is recover ing normally. Rev. Grady Minton and family are moving from Vilas to Bluff City, Tenn., where Rev. Mr. Min i ton has been called to the past orate of the Chincapin Grove! Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Edmisten at tended the funeral of Mr. Robert H. Sheffield in Elizabethton,, Tenn., last Sunday. Mr. Sheffield was a cousin of Mrs. Edmisten. Mr. and Mrs. George Elmore and children of Raleigh are' spending several weeks with Mrs.! Elmore's parents, Mr. and Mrs.! W. H. Smith. Mrs. Ella Baker and little daughter, Barbra of Granite Falls, were dinner guests last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Greene on Boone Route 2. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Wilson and Eunice Wilson of Cleveland, Ohio, have been visiting with Mr. Ray Wilson of Silverstone. They were visitors in Boone Sat urday. Miss Wanda Hodges, and Miss Ann Wilcox who are residing in Norfolk, Va., have returned from Madison. Wis., where they visit ed at the home of Miss Hodges aunt, Mrs. R. L. Maltba and Mr. Maltba. Miss Cleo Greene is spending her vacation at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde R. Greene. Miss Greene will gradu ate from the Davis Hospital School of Nursing, | Statesville, September 4th. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Suddreth of Lenoir, Route 4, spent last week visitfng with Mrs. Sud dreth's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Jones of Boone, Route 2., and other relatives and friends in the county. . Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert S. Taylor of Valle Crucis and Raleigh an nounce the birth of twin sons in Raleigh on June twenty-second, who have been named Richard Smith and David Gilbert. Mrs. Taylor is the former Miss Margaret Greene of Raleigh Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Payne and son, Frank, Jr., left Satur. ?pyHf?fKMyrtle Besch- s- C. to at tk convention of n=?5^k- u e and Trust Com pany, which will be held at the S53*to ??"J re??nedd W H" Smith have WMks l.h fh spending several XES. to%aylSe8AlaFraank^ 8nd attended^ nt* ln DlIrh'am. The? at which time R commencement. Degree of Doctor "of* Phi u" from the University Ph'lsosophy. ihl we?*-end with relatives tn but mT? Mr' Dav* returned Baltimore Couple Married Here si :m MB. AND MRS. MARION D. CAVER Mrs. Deloris Liselie Boyce Weds Marion D. Caver Mrs. Effie Martin Wentz of Baltimore, Md., announces the marriage of her daughter. Mrs Deloris Lisette Boyce, to Marion D. Caver, also of Baltimore, on Sunday, June 8, at 4:30 p. m. The marriage was solemnized in the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. A. A. Greene, of Deep Gap, with the Rev. W. G. Bond, of the First Baptist Church of Boone, offici ating. using the double ringj ceremony. The bride wore a dress of pale, blue crepe with white accessories. Her corsage was of white gar denias. The maid of honor. Miss Lavila Martin, sister of the the bride, wore pink crepe styled identical to that of the bride. Her corsage was white rosebuds. Paul Miller of Deep Gap, acted as best man. The house was beautifully decorated with fern and purple rhodbdendron. Immediately after the recep tion. Mr. and Mrs. Caver left for a wedding trip to Atlantic City. N. J., after which they will be, at home in Baltimore. Mr. Caver| is employed as head of the ac counting department of the Cello Wax Company there. Married Saturday MRS. GWYN J. KILBY ? Photo by Palmer Blair Miss Mary Lillian Wilcox is Bride o{ Gwyn Jones Kilby Miss Mary Lillian Wilcox,( daughter of of Mr. and Mrs. D L. Wilcox of Boone, was married Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock to Gwyn Jones Kilby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kilby. of North! Wilkesboro. The ceremony was performed at the First Baptist Church of Boone, with Dr. J. C. Canipe, former pastor, and Dr.j W. G. Bond, pastor, officiating, i Mrs. Edward Stroupe of Clover,' IS. C., sister of the bride, organ- J ist, gave a program of wedding! music. Her selections were "Traumeri" and "Ave Marie",' | played prior to the ceremony, and, '"Claire de Lune" while the vows were spoken. Miss Jean Wilcox of Boone, sang "Through the! Years" and "Because."' Pastel) flowers, interlaced with fern and spirea foliage were used to deco-j rate the church. The bride, who was given in! marriage by her father, wore an I afternoon frock of white crepel [with white accessories. She car ried a white Bible fbpped with1 (white orchids and showered withi satin streamers and lily-of-the ivalley. She wore a string of pearls, the gift of the bridegroom. Miss Nancy Jean Wilcox, younger sister of the bride, was maid of honor. She wore a dress lof peach crepe with peach and white accessories. She carried a! nosegay of sweet peas and del-] phinium. Miss Julia Meade Grey of I Greensboro, and Miss Ruby Dare| Edwards of North Wilkesboro, | were bridesmaids. They wore1 dresses of pastel shades of greenj 'and blue and carried nosegays^ 'corresponding with those of the! maid of honor. Their accessories were white. Ushers were Charles Sink. Jr.,| Ward Kenerly and Lomax Kilby [of North Wilkesboro, and Edward Stroup of Clover, S. C. Immediately after the cere Irriony the- young couple left for a short wedding trip. After their return they will be at home in iNorth Wilkesboro. Mrs. Kilby was educated at Ap salachian State Teachers College and for the past year has taught n North Wilkesboro. The bridegroom was educated n the schools of North Wilkes joro, and has been recently dis charged from the armed forces ifter serving four years. -Howard's Creek Home Club beets' With Mrs. Norris On Thursday, June 19, mem >ers of the Howard's Creek Club vere delightfully entertained by Urs. Clint Norris at her home. The meeting was called to or ler by the president. Mrs. Grace riardin. A song was sung, the collect repeated, and a prayer by Wrs. Hamby. The business period was brief, ifter which the meeting was urned over to Mrs. Hamby. The lesson on canning and the dis cussions proved very helpful and was enjoyed by all. At the close of the meeting a delightful social hour was enjoy ed^ Mrs. Norris served a delici ous, party plate to the members a ndfc guests preseent. The next meeting will be the annual picnic, and all members are asked to meet at the home of Mrs. Judd Barnes on July 17 at 12:30. Each member will be notified as to what she will bring. Recent Bride MRS. HOWARD HONEYCUTT Min Huffri#* it Bride of Mr. Howard Honeycutt Monticello Christian Church, near Greensboro, was the scene of the wedding May 24, at 7:00 o'clock in the evening, of Miss Miss Marian Lucille Huffries, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Brooks Huffries. and Howard Honeycutt, only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Honeycutt of Boone. R?v. Mack Welch, pastor, offici ated, with Rev. Q. V. Crouse, pastor of Friendship Methodist Church. Attending the couple were Miss Jean Stanfield, maid ol honor; Wallace E. Oxiner, Char leston, S. C., best man; Miss Jac queline Dwiggins, Greensboro, Mrs. Selina Henson Honeycutt oi Boone, sister of the bridegroom, Miss- Jerry Caldwell of North Wilkesboro, and Miss Iris Brende, bridesmaids; Shirley Anne Huf frieSj eight-year-old sister of the bride, was ring-bearer, a n d Pete Coffey, Crate Teague and Cotton Pinick, all of Boone, and Donald Trexler were ushers. Miss Jane Hopkins, Reidsville, Mrs. H. C. Stamper and Howard Lambeth rendered the wedding music. The church was arrang ed in green and white, dominated by a kneeling bench and a flow jr arch lighted by tall, tapering :andles. After the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Stanfield. parents of ;he maid of honor, gave a recep ;ion at their home where approx mately 200 guests were present. The bride, escorted by her fath ;r, wore a gown of white slipper satin made with leg-o'-mutton ileeves, high neckline, and a wide skirt with circular train, -ler fingertip veil was bound to i seed pearl crown and she car ied a white orchid on a prayer >ook showered with valley lilies md baby's breath. Her only or lament was a string of pearls, a lift of the bridegroom. The attendants were gowned in lastel shades of satin and carried lladioli in mixed colors. The naid of honor wore blue and the >ridesmaids yellow, green, pink ind orchid. The junior attend int wore a long white satin frock vith a halo ruffle for her ruffle or her hair and carried the two ings on a white satin pillow. The iride's mother was jn seafoam repe with black and ' white acc essories. The bridegroom's moth :r wore grey with pink acces ories. Both wore white orchids. For travel, the bride wore an iqua-marine suit and white ac essories. After spending a week in Charleston, S. C., Mr. and Mrs. loneycutt are at home in Greens joro, where he has recently been lamed electrical inspector for Guilford county. Mrs. Honeycutt was graduated :rom Monticello high school and :ompleted the one-year commer :ila course at Appalachian Col ege, Boone, of which the bride groom is also an alumnus. Mr. honeycutt served jn the navy two years, with duty in the South Pacific. Bride and Groom MR. AND MRS. WM S. NEEL ? Photo by Palmer Blair Mill Preston Is Bride .of William S. Neel I In a ceremony of charm and simplicity, Miss Lillian Agnes ! Preston of Boone and Detroit, i ftlich., became the bride of Wil liam Stewart Neel of Moores ville, at the Fir^t Methodist I Church in Boone, June 19, at I 10:30 o'clock. Dr. John G. Barden heard the vows before a lovely green and , white setting. Tall baskets of ; white gladioli graced each side) of the arch. Spruce and hemlock . were used in the background, ; while two seven-branched can . delabra shed a soft light. The bride and groom entered , the church unattended. Ushers ?were Robert Howard and Robert , Cavin of Mooresville. [ Miss Clara Rutledge of Lenoir, , o r g a n i s t, and Miss Virginia . Wary of Boone, soloist, present . ed a prograrp of wedding music [ before the ceremony. Miss Wary [ sang "The Sweetest Story Ever Told" and read Elizabeth Bar rett Browning's "How Do I Love Thee" to the accompaniment ot | "I Love You Truly. The wed ; ding march from Lohengrin was used for the processional and during the service "To a Wild Rose" by MacDowell, was played. Mendelssohn's march was used for the processional. The bride wore a two-piece original model of ice blue satin fashioned with a bustle back. Her hat was a Lilly Dache straw of navy blue and her other ac cessories were navy. She carried a bouquet of sweetheart roses and baby's breath with satin streamers. She wore a gold bracelet, an heirloom of the groom's mother, and a string of pearls, a gift of the groom. Mrs. Hopkins, grandmother of ' the bride, wore a grey printed sheer dress with black accessories and a corsage of Talisman roses. Mrs. Neel, mother of the groom. , was dressed in white with a corsage of red roses. Following the wedding break fast the couple left on an ex tended honeymoon to Niagra Falls and points west. For travel the bride changed to a Palm Beach suit with which she wore black accessories. At the shoulder she wore a corsage of pink roses taken from her bouquet. Mrs. Neel is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jamison Preston of Detroit, Mich., the granddaughter of Mrs. Lillian Hopkins of Boone, where the bride has made her home for a number of years. She receivedj her education in the Detroit city schools, Appalachian high school, and was graduated from Appa lachian State Teachers College in! 1946. For the past year she has! been sueprvisor of public school music in the Mooresville schools.! Mr. Neel. only child of Mrs. Sam Neel and the late S. S. Neel of Mooresville, graduated from Central school in Mooresville and from the University of Northl Carolina in 1943. After three years in the navy as a lieutenant| An Appreciation We desire to thank the voters of Boone for their confidence in having elected us as Mayor and members of the Town Board of Aldermen, respectively, at the elec tion held last week. We appreciate the support of each voter in this con nection, and wish to state that we will do all in our power to give a sasisfactory stewardship, and to promote the progress of our splendid community. ? We solicit the full co-operation of the people in our efforts. o GORDON H. WINKLER GUY HUNT, COUNCILL COOKE, GRADY MORETZ (j g.), he returned to the uni- ' versity where he is now a law 1 student. Wadding Breakfast i After the wedding Mrs. Lillian 1 iopkins, grandmother of the bride, entertained the wedding t party and out-of-town guests at t a breakfast at the home of Mrs. Joe C. Cooke on Main street. Re ceiving with the bride and groom f were Mrs. Hopkins and Mrs. Sam * Neel, mother of the groom. . White gladioli were arranged ' in the living room and formed a ? beautiful centerpiece for the din- J ing table where breakfast was J served buffet style. Serving were ? Mrs. Roy Johnson, Mrs. John ^ Barden and Mrs. Francis DVvight. ? Mrs. E. A. Dobbin presided at the * register. ^ Out-of-town guests for the J wedding were: Mrs. W. H. Wiley, * grandmother of the groom, Mr. ( and Mrs. J. D. Wallace of Char- . [lotto; Mrs. W. M. Neel, grand- ! mother ol the groom, Mr. and f Mrs. C. W. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cavin, Mr. Robert Howard, Mrs. Fern Tharpe Triv ette, Charles Trivette and Mrs. Sam Neel. Mooresville; Rev. and , Mrs. Htigh A. Dobin, Mr. and , Mrs. E. A. Dobbin of Lenoir; Mr. . and Mrs. Joe Pearson and Mrs. i Ruby Johnson of North Wilkes boro; Mayor and Mrs. Grover Robbins, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Bux ton of Blowing Rock; Mr. and Mrs. James Miller and Mr. and Mrs. W .S. Miller of Todd. Cake Cutting Wednesday evening following the Preston-Neel wedding rehear sal, Mrs. Lillian Hopkins enter tained at a cake cutting at her home on Howard street. Candlelight was used through out the house, which was deco rated with roses, mache orange, and greens. In the center of the dining room was a giant bouquet of greens and orange blossoms showered with white ribbon. In the center of the table, which was covered by a handsome lace cloth, was a three-tiered wedding cake topped by a miniature bride and groom. Miss Preston and Mr. Neel cut the first piece ol cake, after which Mrs. John Bar jden served the guests. Punch was poured by Mrs. Francis Dwight and mints were served by Katherine Ann Dwight. About fifty guests were pres ent. Cool Sprinqs Club Holds Meeting Tuesday The Cool Spring's Home De monstration Club met at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday, June 17th at the home of Mrs. Henry Michael. The officers are Mrs. Victor Farthing, president; Mrs. Lee Ward, vice-president: Mrs. Perry Watson, secretary-treasurer. The demonstration was on can ning and we had a good discus sion. ( J The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Lee Ward. Y0NAHL0SSEE THEATRE Blowing Rock, N. C. Dial 3071 ? Presents ? A Week of Fine Entertainment THURSDAY Handsome CORNEL WILDE Luscious MAUREEN O'HARA ? in ? ' ' Homestretch" (In Technicolor) FRIDAY FRED MacMURRAY PAULETTE GODDARD ? in ? "Suddenly It'* Spring" (An Excellent Comedy Drama on the Romantic Sida) SATURDAY The Flaming Drama of Roar ing Young Kansas is "Trail Street" ? with ? Randolph Scott. Ann* Jeffreys SUNDAY "Song of S<;heherazadf" In Beautiful Technicolor ** ?'with ? ttfUAP QPNLEVY YVONNE DE CARLO MONDAY The Lovable Hardy Family Reunited in "Love Laughs At Andy Hardy" ? with ? Mickey Rooney ? Lewis Stone TUESDAY "The Locl&t" ? with ? LAROINE DAY BRIAN AHERNE WEDNESDAY CL^UDETTE COLBERT and WALTER PIDCEON ? in-O 0 "Secret Heart" rax HmIi Hit* v ' sarty In Montana ' * * ' ? A Tar Heel picnic was held at 'iegla Hot Springs, Twin Bridget dontana on June 15 th. Watauga couty was well re iresented as well as other couiv ies in the state. Those attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Cox. and amily, Mr. and Mrs. Max Nye, ' Jr. and Mrs. Carl Wagner. Mr. nd Mrs. Robert Poe. Mr. and Irs. Don Corroll. and family. Mr. nd Mrs. Virgil Triolett, Carson :ox, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Brown. Jr. and Mrs. Gwyn Brown, and amily. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil imith, and family, Mr. and Mrs. tonda Brown. Vern Greefie, J. t. Gentry. Mr. and Mrs. Jim >avis, and son, Carrol Brandnold. 'loyd Poe, Coy Brown, and amily, and Ambrose Brown. The group sang "The North "arolina Hills". ? Although they lave learned to love Montana hey have a warm place in their learts for their native state. (Other society notes on page 8) Archaeologists believe horses vere domesticated in Babylonia ibout 3,500 B. C. APPALACHIAN WEDNESDAY "DECOY" ? with ? Jeano Gillie ? Edward N orris THURSDAY-FRIDAY IheSeaofGiw Features at 2:00. 4:25, 7:00. 9:25 SATURDAY 11 O'CLOCK NEW LASSIE HIT1 "Courage of Lassie"! Terrific :n Technicolor! Also Serial SATURDAY 7 O'CLOCK "DICK TRACY VS. CUEBALL" ? witli ? MORGAN CONWAY ANN JEFFREYS Also Comedy and Sport MONDAY-TUESDAY Please note only 3 shows each day for this picture ? at 2:35 - 5:18 - 8:00 o'Clock Attend the 5 o'clock show if possible 1TR0NL POWER GENF TlfRNfY I0HN PAW Innt BAXTER Chiton WEBB Heibeit MARSHALL Do rt /If/ aiot I ?. ? ? ? ?? A SOMllStV M AUCM A V : The l<(izoKs?(/i>( Adult Entertainment WEDNESDAY HUMPHREY BOG ART BARBARA STANWYCK ALEXIS SMITH in Warner's "THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS" ? Also ? LATE FOX NEWS Pastime Theatre Saturday 2:15. 4:00. 7:15. 9:00 "BILLY THE KID [ OUTLAWED" And look what's Addad! J PARDON MY TERROR Com?dy QUIET PLEASE. Cartoon THRILLS OF MUSIC ? and ? Chapter No. 5 "SON OF ZORO" THRILL AND CHILL with tarzan ?At? The Appalachian THE 4TH OF JULY
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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