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Mr. and Mrs. D. Fuller Spaulding announce the engage ment of their daughter, Barbara, to Mr. Roland Harris Hayes, son oj Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hayes of WiHston-Salem. The wed ding is planned for Augu.st 19. NEWS AND VIEWS By MRS. DORIS GLASS Telephone 6-0509 1400--B Newland Road VISITORS IN OBR CITY Seaman 1-C Harold W. Alex ander is spending a short leave with his wile, the former Nonie Selena Murphy, and his two (2) lovely daughters Joyce Veronica and Glorious Jeannette. Seaman Alexander is current ly stationed at the Naval Base at Annapolis, Maryland, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elihue Alex ander. **••• Mr. and Mrs. Andy Walker are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Walker at their home on 129 North Johnston Street. The guests are residents of West Palm Beach, Florida. ***** Thomas Truesdale gave a luncheon recently at the home of Mr. and Mq^ EUbert Johnson, 340 South Cherry Street, in hon or of his mother, Mrs. Ossie Truesdale and Josephine Patter^ son, granddaughter of Mrs. Truesdale from Boston, Mass. ***** CLUB PARTY The Delmanettes Social Club gave a party at the home of Mr. and Mrsr & Trenton Mtnray. Officers of thp club are; Mrs. Gladys Cassell, president; Miss Marcelle Murray, vice-president; Mrs. Ethel Anderson, secretary and Mrs. Ruth Murray, treasur- Attending the party were: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. J. Cassell, Mr. and Mrs. E. T, Murray, Mr. and Mrs. James Polk, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Walker, Misses Marcelle Mur ray, Laura Anderson, Mrs. Eve lyn Harmon, Perry Minmis, John Willie Holley, and Charles A. Alexander. Mrs. Colelle Davis is a mem ber of the summer school faculty at State A. and M. College in Orangeburg, S. C. ***** Miss Annie Westbrooks from Fayetteville is spending the sum mer with her sister. Miss A. Westbrooks. ***** Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rucker, Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Clark, and Master Sergeant Delmon A. Hucker from Lynchburg, Va. .and Forest, Va. were the recent houseguests of Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Faulkner. The Rucker’a are the parents of Mrs. Faulk ner and Master Sergeant Rucker^ the brother, has just returned ^rom'Oerniaiiy and will be sta^ tion at Camp Kilmer, N. J. *«**« JOHNSON FAMILY REUNION HELD The reunion of the Johnson family was held on July 5th at the home of Mr. and Mrs. WiUle Johnson, Route 3, Brandon, Miss issippi. A delicious chicken din ner was served on the lawn buf fet style. Attending were: Mrs. Maggie J. Adams, Charlotte, N. C.; Isiah and Shack- Johnson of Hatties burg, Mississippi; Mr. and Mrs James Johnson and family; James Johnson, Mrs. Hattie Lee JohnsonBell and family; Misa Shirley Ann Johnson, all oij Chicago, 111.; Mrs. Julia Johnson Greene, Mrs. Mary Champion, Mrs. Bessie G. Ransom, Mr and Mrs. Alonza McDonald fron> Jackson, Miss; Mr. and Mrs. Cor- nelius Walker and family; Mrs. Rosie Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Sim on Burton, Mr. and Mrs. Walker Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. John Bry ant and family; Tommie Walker, John Henry Purry, all from Brandon, Mississippi; Mr. and Mrs. Anglos Dillon and family, Pearson, Mississippi. Also Mr. and Mrs. George Reed, Robert Bowling, Miss Jannie Mae Hoard all from Fannin, Mississippi; Albert Reed, In dianapolis, Ind; Mr. and Mrsi Charles Carr and Mrs. Annie Wright of Jackson, Miss. SUMMER ACTIVITIES A six weeks Music Worksi^op for band students was h^d June 8th to Jiily 16th at the West Charlotte High School. In a class of oner" hundred and four stu dents, under the direction of Johnny Holloway, thirteen were| pi^moted to the Mgh school) senior band and the remainder to the Intermediate and Junior bands. , Participants in the workshop were students from Biddleville, Fairview and West Charlotte high schools. Louis Renwich an4 L. A. Paige were also directors. Mrs. Katherine N. Bowser, ac companied by her son Newkirk Nelson Bowser, is attending Summer School at the Universi ty of Indiana. ***** Mrs. Mable Stoney Holmes is working on her Ph. D. at the University of North Carolina. ***** Mrs. Sarah S. Kelly is vaca tion in New York City. ***** ^ Mrs. Mamie Sullivan left for Washington, D. C. to visit her son, Charles C. Beatty. *«**• Tha Zeta Phi Beta Sorority held its last summer meeting at the home of Miss Ediola Alex ander. An enjoyable social hour was preceded by the regular business meeting in which plans for the Fall were prepared. Mrs. Ophelia Gray was a din- Mr guest at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Adams recently. Miss Grace McCauley, visiting Coanselor for Charlotte City Schools, has just returned from an extensive motor trip to Wash* Calvert i m CALvurr outiujng ca •A1.T1MUL Mft. LOVttmU, K« Calvert RESERVE . I $2-30 PINT $3-65 4\5 QT CALVERT DISTILLERS CORPORATION NSW YORK cmr Blended Whlakey 86.8 proof, 69% grain nratnl tpiriu MISS HARRIETT AMEY, medical social worker at Duke Hospital, represented the hos pital and the State Department of Health at a special institute at Columbia University for two days this week. The insti tute was conducted by the New York School of Social Re search at Colombia, and Miss Amey participated in panel discussions of case work with unmarried mothers and with public relations of social work. Miss Amey is an alumna of North Carolina College. ington, D. C., Cleveland, De troit, Pittsburg and Windsor, Canada, Miss C. Jeanette Bowser is spending the summer as an in structor of children from the ages of 6 to 14 at the Double Oaks playground. Miss Bowser is a Junior at Howard University. ***** George T. Butler, Jr. is re ceiving military training at the ROTC summer camp at Fori) Mead, Maryland. Butler is a sen ior at Howard University where he is majoring in Orchestration. ***** Miss Millie Ann Murphy, a re cent graduate of the School of Music at Howard University is spending the summer with her parents Mr. and Mrs. John M. Murphy and visiting friends in neighboring cities. ***** Miss Jacqueline Butler, a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Honorary Music So ciety has been an instructor at| the Beckwith School of Musia Summer School. Miss Butler is a senior at Howard University. The Charlotte Branch NAACP will sponsor a program and in fernal recreation for Miss Iva McCarter director of the Bethle hem Center on South Caldwell Street. Miss McCarter has been assigned to the position of di rector of Peek Children’s Home, Polo, 111. She has t>een with the Bethlehem Center in Charlotte since 1944. ***•• Mrs. Torea Hall Pittman, Field - Serretary—of- Northern California area visited the State Office of the NAACP in Char lotte on Thursday, July 16. She was accompanied by Charles Mc Clain, Field Secretary of North Carolina State Conference NA ACP Branches. Mrs. Pittmai) was in the State observing acti vities of the North Carolina Conference. Oaklawn Community Center News BY MISS RUBY MELTON The annual picnic of the Oak lawn Communtty Center and Bible Story Hour was held Thursday, July 9th at Campbells Lake, in Cheraw, S. C. Mrs. Anita Stroud, sponsor of thq picnic, is a volunteer worker all the Oaklawn Center, For tiiir- teen years she has conducted the Bible Story Hour every Thurs day evening. The first class was organized at her house in Fair view Homes. The class was so large that the follwing meeting were held in the library of the Fairview Homes. Later the Oak lawn Center was built and the Bible Club has been meeting in the center^ anel has become one of the outstanding features of the program activities connect ed with the center. Mrs. Stroud, with help from her club girls, prepared sand wiches and made punch for all present and especially the under privileged children. Ice Cream was served to all. The cliildren enjoyed swimming, boating, horse shoe pitching, volley ball and music. Three buses were donated by L. A. Love from the Queen City Bus Co., W. H. Hunt er donated one bus from the Transit Bus Company to trans- port the children to the picnic. Three hundred and seventy six persons enjoyed the services of these buses. Thanks to everyone who was responsible for the girls and boys of this community enjoying a day of fun. The scholarship Club of the Oaklawn Center held their firstj informal party July 10th at th^ center. Fifty guests were present to enjoy an evening of music and games. The Club gi^ wore blue dresses and corsages of pink carnations. Lime ice was served. Members of the club are: Anniq L. McDowell, Geraldine Houser^ Vivian Houser, Hazel Dotson, Marion Mansell, Ruby Williams, Gloria Williams, Bobbie J. Gunter, Barliara Fraizer, Bar bara Wilson, Bernice Sloan, Marion Richardson, Ametta Nelson, Alice Tinsley and Chris tian Sloan. The advisors arq Mrs. Beulah McDowell and Mrs.. Ruth Chiles. The Mecklenburg Covmty Girl Scouts have completed 8 days 'of camping. The camp period was held daily at Camp Oak lo cated eight miles from Charlotte, in the Berryhill section. Eighty- five girls were registered in day camp. Activities included swim ming at Double Oaks pool, crafts, nature hikes, first aid, out door coolung, folk dancing and singing. Scout leaders whoi so graciously gava tbeix servie«>», as volunteers were Madames Sarah Stroud, Jane Carter, Ce-^ celia Mercer, Estelle Muse, Al bania Gunter, Jennie Funder- burke, and Lillian Alexander,, Misses: Wilma Long, Romania Ford, Dorothy Seigle, Barbara Cureton, Mable Haynes, and T. J. Harshaw. Miss. Aurelia Lis ton was camp director, and Miss. Ruby J. Melton assistant direc- SATTJRDAY, JTTLY 25. 1953 THE CAROLINA TIMS PACg Wfl CUTTING WEDDING CAKE AT RECEPTION. Shown left to right : Miss Helen Mar shall, the groom and bride, Mr. and Mrs. Sherrill Roland, and Miss Sarah Ann Roland. Miss Frances Fields Is Married To Sherrill Roland In Impressive Ceremony At Mt. Zion Bapt. Church ASHEVILLE Miss Frances Fields, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fields, Sr. of Asheville, was married to Sherrill Roland, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Roland of Mars Hill^ at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday July 12 at Mount Zion Baptist Church The Rev. J. W. White con ducted the ceremony. A progran> of wedding music was presented by Miss Ollie M. Reynolds, or ganist, and Mrs, "Ruby Fields, soloist, and sister-in-law of the bride. The front of the church was decorated with baskets of a mix ture of pink and yellow gladioli. Given by rter father, the bride wore a ballerina length gown of sky blue lace over taffeta. Her headdress was a blue finger tip veil attached to a small white bridal satin cap. She wore matching blue pumps. The bride Carried a bouquet of white car-' nations. Miss Helen Marshall, maid oil honor, wore a pink ballerina length dress and matching pink pumps. She carried a bouquet of gladioli and sweetpea. Bridesmaids were Miss Emma, Marshall and Miss Sarah Anr^ Roland, sister of the groom. Miss Marshall and Miss Roland wore yellow . ballerina length dresses of nylon net over taffeta. Their dresses were fashioned in identical design to that of the maid of honor. They, too, wore matching pumps and carried bouquets of gladioli and sweet pea. The bride’s mother wore a sheer navy dress with navy accessories and her flowers were pink carnations. The bride groom’s mother wore a navy dress with white accessories. Following the ceremony a re ception was held at the home of the bride’s parents. Assisting in serving were Mrs. Viola Proc tor, Mrs. Eva Norris, Miss Gen eva Coliington, Mrs. Alberta Fields, and Mrs. JameS' Mitchell. Dresses were designed and made by Mrs, Annie Cox. Out of town guests included: Mrs. Margaret Payne, Tryon, Mrs. Alfred Payne, Tryon, Mrs. Mamie Prince, Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs, Lena Roland, Burns ville. Mr, and Mrs. Roland are graduates of Stephens-Lee High School, Mr, Roland is employed at the Biltmore Auto Court. Mrs. Rolan{d attended Stewart’s School of Beauty Culture and is employed at Mean’s Beauty Salon. Five Graduates Of Beckwith School Of Music Receive Scholarships CHARLOTTE Five 1953 graduates of the Beckwith School of Music in Charlotte, have received col lege scholarships to study mu sic in various parts of the country. All were pupils of Mrs. Margaret DeMond Beck with, President, Marva Lou Laster was vaie- dictorian of her high school class. She is also a H. S, Diplo ma winner in piano from the National Guild of Piano Teach ers with highest ratings in their auditions for 3 years. She was awarded a Delta Sigma Theta Sorority scholarship to Oberlin. Reba Estelle Adam, another Guild H, S, Diploma winner, earned a 4 year music scholar ship from Baldwin-Wallace Col lege, Berea, Ohio, Reba also won a total of S625,00 as tiie best performer in the Oippga Psi Phi local and regional t me. North and Sontn -r Please Uirt-. Lo Eight) ECHO SPRtNS tor. 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