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Mrs. M. B. McNeill Entertains Her Club The members of the Sena Sou si club and some extra guests were entertained Thursday eve ning by Mrs. M. B. McNeill at aer home on Ninth street. An ice course preceded the game of J ridge played at two tables. High and second high score prizes were won by Mrs. Boyd Stout rod Mrs. R. H. Shell. Miss Lucille Casey, bride-elect of September, and honor guest Df the club received from the hostess a corsage and silver in her pattern. I lo Holman Bible Class In Meeting Mrs. Pearl Yates and Mrs. Coley Parker entertained the members of the Ila Holman Bible class of the Wilkesboro Baptist church at the Yates home Wed aesday afternoon, having ten members and two visitors pres ent. Mrs. R. . L Wellborn, who was in charge of the program, led the devotions using as her theme, The Christian Home. Mrs. Nan Hoyle made a talk on the same thought, and others taking part on the program were Mes dames Elmer Dancy, P. J. Mit chell, Carl Bullis, and T. M. Fos wt Mrs. Wellborn conducted the*&(L3ines8 session, and during the social hour the hostesses 3erved refreshments. Ex Libris Club Met - With Mrs. Ford r"kx Libris club members were Entertained Friday afternoon by Mrs. James Ford at her home on F Street. For the program Mrs. Ford gave a sketch • of the life of William Faulkner, a southern writer from Mississippi, and read one of his short stories. Mrs. Darwin Smithey, president of club, presided for a short business session.. At the close of the afternoon the hostess lervted a salad course with sweets. Hatton-McCoy Invitations Issued Invitations of much interest raid reading as follows hare been received here': "Mr. and Mrs. Prank Ewen Hatton request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Hel en Virginia, to Mr. Joseph Ben nett McCoy, Jr., on Saturday, the thirtieth of July, at half after four o'clock, Bethany Methodist Church, Bethany, Pennsylvania." Cards inclosed "Reception im mediately following the cere mony Bethany Women's club. Please reply, Beachlake, Penn sylvania.'' ' . / • • ' J Miss Betty Lou Foster Speaks Vows With William F. Ga<$dy The First Baptist church was setting Saturday afternoon, July 16, for the 'wedding of Miss Betty Lou Foster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Foster, of North Wilkesboro, and William Frederick Gaddy, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gaddy, also of this city. Dr. John T. Way land, pastor of the bride, heard the vows at four o'clock using the double ring ceremony. The altar was banked with ferns, floor baskets of white gladioli and baby chrysanthe mums, and lighted by white can dles in seven-branched candle labra. Mrs. Robert Davis, organist, prior to the ceremony hour ren dered a program of nuptial mus ic which included "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life," "Always," and "Liebestraum," Mrs. Wake Clark Bang "Because" and "Through the Years," and as a benediction Rev. Dean Minton sang ."The Lord's Prayer." The traditional wedding marches were .used for the processional and recessional, and as the vows were spoken the organist sounded muted notes of ''O Perfect Love". Given In marriage by her fa ther, the bfide was attended by Miss, Geraldine Gaddy, sister of the groom, as maid of honor; Miss Betty Jean McNeill and Miss A.gnes Reynolds as bridesmaids. Best man(«for the groom was his brother, Jack Gaddy, and the ushetrs were LeRoy Lane, At lanta, Ga., Jack Strader, Gene Foster, and BiHBHer. The bride's dress of white em bossed organza was made with cap slevees and a full floor^ length skirt. She wore elbow length mitts and a strand of pearls, which were worn by her mother on her wedding day. Her fingertip length yell of illusion fell from a crown of orange >blos soms, and she carried a bouquet of white roses, centered with an orchid, and showered with val ley lillles. The maid of honor was dress ed in ice blue organdy made with a very full skirt and a ruf fled V neckline. She carried a nosegay of pink baby chrysan themums and wore a crown of the same flowers in her hair. The bridesmaids dresses wers cf pink organdy fashioned after the maid of honor's dress, as 3 their nosegays and headdresses were of lavender baby chrysan themums. Mrs. Foster, mother of the bride, wore a powder blue crepe street-length drees -with nary ac cessories and a corsage of pink rosebuds. Mrs. Gaddy, mother of the groom, chose a nary dress and white accessories. Her cor sage was of white rosebuds. Following the ceremony the bridal-couple left for a wedding trip to polnfc In Virginia, and upon their return they will be at home at 411 Eighth Street, North Wilkeeboro. For travel the bride changed to a yellow Hand macher suit with matching hat. brown and white accessories, and pinned at her shoulder the or chid from her bouquet. The bride Is a graduate of the North Wllkesboro high school. The groom, a • graduate of Georgia Military Academy, at College Park, Ga., holds a po sition with the Gaddy Mbtor Company In North Wllkesboro. The Oake-Cntttng Party On FHday evening following the rehearsal Mrs. Ray Barnes, aunt of the bride, Mr. fiarnes, and the bride's parents entertain ed at a cake-cutting party at the Barnes home on E street honor ing the bridal couple and mem bers of their wedding party. In the dining room the decorations and appointments emphasized the bridal note, and elsewhere about the home mixed flowers were used. The three-tiered wedding cake, topped with a miniature bride and groom, white flowers and gleaming white candles dec orated the dining table covered with a white cloth. After the bride and groom cut the first piece of cake Mrs. Cleve Beshears cut and served the remainder. Mrs. Cecil Hayes presided at the punch bowl and assisting with the serving were Miss Janett McGrady, of Greens boro, and Mrs. John Crawford. o Kentucky 31 fescue is proving to be popular among Wilkes county farmers, several of whom are producing seed as a cash crop. Soil Conservation In Wilkes J. E. Smith, of the Clingman community, is now growing alfal fa and lespedesa hay and cprn that will go near the one hundred bushel mark on land that he says would not "sprout peas" when he started using conservation measures a few years ago. Zeb Beehears, of Summit, says that the farmers of his neighbor hood have doubled yields on their farms in the past ten years. Mr. Beshears says that this has been done by adding needed fer tilisers and lime and rotating grass and legumes with the row crops.. He says that from his own experience he has found that there is still a shortage of potash in many cases. The personnel of the Trl Creek Soil Conservation District was In Raleigh last Thundajr and Friday, June 23 and 24, studying conservation practices and good pasture improvement displayed by the State Experimental farms of the State College of Agricul ture. ; : ■ How Are Your Floors? FREE B8TIMATBB ON Inlaid Linoleum Asphalt & Rubber Tilt or Wall Linoleum WILKESBORO, N. C
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