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RECENTLY MARRIED
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G. M. S/c ALLEN AND MRS. ALLEN
ALLEN-MODE WED DING VOWS ARE
TAKEN AT UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
Miss Lydia Mode, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John McClure Mode,
of this city, became the bride of
Bounner's Mate 3'c Billy Franklin
• Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jamee
Allen, also of Shelby in a quiet
| ceremony performed Tuesday aft
ernoon at three o'clock at Union
Baptist church. Only members of
the families and a few close
lrlends attended.
Rev. A. M. Kiser heard the dou
ble ring ceremony at the altar
adorned with three floor candela
bra holding tapers and two bas
kets of white gladioli and greenery*.
Prior to the ceremony the candles
were lighted by S 3 c Haywood
Shuford. nephew of the bride. 1
Miss Rachel Spangler, pianist,
played "The World Is Waiting for
the Sunrise," "Ah, Sweet Mystery
of Life," "Always” and "iiebes
straume” prior to the ceremony
and accompanied Miss Mildred
Crowder, soprano soloist, who sang
*1 Love You Truly" and "Because."
The traditional wedding marches
were used, and "Indian Love Call”
w-as plaved during the vows.
ENTERED TOGETHER
The bride and bridegroom en
tered the church together. She was
wearing a lovely dress of pale blue
crepe with white accessories and
an orchid corsage.
The bride's mother chose navy
blue crepe with blue and white
accessories, while the bridegroom's
mother wore a sheer print with
black accessories. Both had should
er corsages of white carnations.
Ushers were Gordon Mode,
brother of the bride, and Camp
bell Roberts.
f Immediately following the cere
mony the bride’s parents enter
tained at a small reception at
their home.
Pink and white gladioli were
Used in the home and the lace
oovered dining table held a cen
terpiece of white blossoms on eith
er side of which were lighted
white tapers. A lovely three-tiered
wedding cake were served by Mrs.
Punch, decorated sandwiches, and
wedding cake were served by Mrs.
Raymond Greene, sister of the
bride, and Mrs. A. Play Carpen
ter.
The bride is a graduate of Lat
timore high school and the Evans
school of commerce, Gastonia. She
Ls now bookkeeper for the Caro
lina Dairy.
The bridegroom, who Is stationed
in the Atlantic. Is speeding a 30
day leave in the States. He is a
graduate of Number Three high
school and has been in service
thre and a half years.
Mrs. Allen will continue to make
her home with her parents while
her husband is in service.
CALENDAR
MONDAY
3:30 p. m.—General meet of
W. M. S., First Baptist church,
held at church. Royal Ambas
sadors in charge of program.
3:30 p. m.—Sunbeams of First
Baptist church meet at church.
6:45 p. m—Swan Anderson
circle of First Baptist church
have picnic. Members meet at
church.
Woman’s auxiliary circles of
Presbyterian church meet as
follows:
4:00 p. m.—No. 2 with Mrs.
Richard Riviere.
No. 3 with Mrs. Joe Piner.
5:00 p. m.—No. 1 with Mrs.
Frank Love for picnic.
6:30 p. m.—No. 4 with Mrs.
Harvey White for picnic.
8:00 p. m.—Business women’s
circle meets at church.
SUPPER GUESTS
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Lutz of Bel
wood had as their dinner guests
Tuesday Rev. J. D. Sheppard, Mrs.
Sheppard and daughter, Sonja, of
Shelby, and Rev. C. E. Lutz, Mrs.
Lutz and children of Salisbury.
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Five Tables In Play
At Country Club Tea
Five tables were in play yes
terday afternoon when Mrs. Tom
Cornwell, Jr., and Mrs. Alfred Esk
ridge were hostess to members of
the women’s division of Cleveland
Springs Country ciub at their Fri
day bridge tea.
Prior to play cooling refreshment
plates of fruit punch, sandwiches,
cake and cheese straws were pass
ed.
Mrs. R. H. Rogers was winner of
high score prize, and Mrs. Char
les Padgett won second high.
Only club visitor was Mrs. R. P.
Dicks of Rockingham, guest of
her daughter, Mrs. George Blan
ton, Jr.
Lovely bowls of gladioli and mari
golds decorated the club lounge.
r ersonals
Mrs. James Lockwood and son,
Charles, have returned to their
home in the Lafayette apartments
after spending the past six weeks
in Atlanta, Ga., visiting fields.
Mrs. Joe Moore and little daugh
ter, Nancy Jo, of Kings road will
spend the week-end in Rock Hill,
S. C., with Mrs. R. J. Brown.
Miss Jane Cooke is visiting Miss
Anice Miller, student at A. S. T. C.
summer school, Boone.
Mrs. S. P. Parker and little
daughter, Cynthia, of Macon, Ga.,
formerly of this city, will arrive
tomorrow to visit Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey White, Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
McBrayer and other friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Putnam ac
companied Mrs. Mackie B. Ham
rick of Boiling Springs to Char
leston, S. C., to see her husband
who is a patient at Stark general
hospital. They returned home yes
terday. He is being transferred to
Lawson general hospital, Atlanta,
Ga.
Miss Mary S. Clark is spending
the week-end in Charlotte with
Miss Evelyn Stapleton.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Laidlaw have
gone to Florence, S. C., for a visit
with relatives.
R. L. Creech will leave tomorrow
for Brunswick, Ga., to spend a
week with his daughter, Mrs. Ben
Hartman, and Mr. Hartman.
Major and Mrs. Frank Love, Jr.,
left today for San Antonio, Texas,
where Major Love has been as
signed following a 30-day leave.
He has been serving with the
eighth air force in England.
Miss Martha Ann Mauney ac
companied Rev. H. N. McDairmid,
and daughter, Mary Elizabeth, of
Greenville, N. C„ to Montreat yes
terday to spend a week. The Rev.
Mr. McDairmid is a former pastor
of Shelby Presbyterian church.
Mrs. George D. Washburn and
daughters, Bettie and Carolyn, are
spending a vacation at Crescent
Beach, S. C.
Miss Beverly Clark will leave
this afternoon fort Hartwell, Ga.,
to spend several days with friends
and relatives.
Mrs. R. P. Dicks of Rockingham
is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
George Blanton, jr., at her home
on North Lafayette street.
Yates Williams, Floyd Williams,
and Plato Champion will leave for
New York Monday to spend about
a week buying for the Double
Shoals store.
M. L. Spake, jr., has returned
home after spending a week in
New York City.
T/Sgt. and Mrs. Edsel Howell
are spending the week-end with
his mother, Mrs. Miriam R. Howell
before leaving tomorrow for Lock
bourne Army air base, Columbus,
Ohio, where they are stationed.
They will all be the dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Hamrick of
Fallston tomorrow.
Informal Party For
Lt. (jg) Hamrick
Mrs. Felix Hamrick and Miss
Marietta Hamrick of Boiling
Springs entertained at thte for
mer’s home Thursday morning at
an informal drop-in party in hon
or of Lt. (Jg) Edith Holland Ham
rick of Boiling Springs and Jack
sonville, Fla., bride-elect of this
month. Lt. (Jg) Hamrick’s mar
riage to Lt. John David Bridgers
of Greenville, N. C„ and Jackson
ville, Fla., will take place August
27 at Cecil Field in Jacksonville.
The Hamrick home was decorat
ed with lovely summer flowers.
During the morning iced drinks,
salted nuts and decorated sand
wiches were served. (Lt. (Jg) Ham
rick was presented with a gift of
linen.
Guests were invited to call be
tween ten and eleven o’clock.
LAWNDALE ITEMS
Miss Merry 1 Ford Whisnant,
student at W. C. U. N. C., Greens
boro, who is spending the summer
vacation with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Durham Whisnant, will
have as her house guest this week
end her college roommate, Miss
Nina Trogdon, of Asheboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Whisnant
of Lincolnton are spending a few
days with Mr. and Mrs. M. O.
Shehan and little daughter, Kay.
Miss Ema Whisnant is spending
ten days in Cincinnati, Ohio, visit
ing her brother.
HOME ON LEAVE
Chief Ph. M. Burwell T. Bridges,
patient at the Naval hospital,
Bethesda, Md., is spending a
leave with his sister, Mrs. Charles
Stockton of Lattimore.
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—BIRTHS—
To Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Richards,
jr., Lawndale,- a daughter, bom
August 1 at Shelby hospital.
To Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
White, Lattimore, a son born Aug.
2 at Shelby hospital.
To Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Patter
son, Kings Mountain, a daughter,
born August 3 at Shelby hospital.
HAVE TONSILLECTOMIES
Warren and Jeannette Shiver,
children of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett
Shiver of Kings Mountain, under
went tonsillectomies this morning
at Shelby hospital. They are re
covering nicely.
MRS. HYATT HAS
NO RECOLLECTION
OF KILLING BABY
GREENSBORO, Aug. 4. — (A*)—
The trial of Mrs. Cynthia Grace
Hyatt, charged with murder in con
nection with the death of her 14
month-old son, Tommy, who was
thrown into an abandoned well last
April,' moved into its fourth day
today.
The 24-year-old Trinidad native
wife of a recently discharged
Greensboro soldier, took the stand
last night and testified that she
had no recollection of throwing the
boy into the well. She said she
remembers only awaking from a nap
to find the baby’s crib empty and
then notifying the police that he
had been kidnapped.
Earlier in the day, several defense
witnesses, her brothers, Ronald and
Noel Oecastro of Port fo Spain, Tri
nidad, and her husband, Arthur J.
Hyatt of Greensboro, among them,
testified that hey believed Mrs. Hyatt
was not mentally capable of deter
mining right from wrong last April
when the boy was killed.
They told of ■ her fainting spells
a_ 1 other occasions when she was
subject to laughing -nd crying
spells.
Joseph Y. Queen
On His Woy Home
Sgt. Joseph Y. Queen, who has
been in Europe 18 months, is now
at a staging area there awaiting
transportation to the States to
spend a furlough with his mother,
Mrs. R. C. Hicks, here. He has
been with Co. K, 120th infantry,
30th division, in Normandy and
Germany and has amassed 86
points by the army point system.
Lots In A Name
MUNICH. — (/P)— Denazifica
tion of German names of places
has brought some strange new
signs to streets and squares of
old Bavaria.
Citizens of Georgenmund in
stead of walking down Adolf
Hitlerstrasse now promenade on
Oklahomanstrasse. In Schwa
bach the Horst YVesselstrasse is
now Texasstrasse.
Carl Clifford Hughes
Gets Bronze Star
Word has been received here
that T-5 Carl Clifford Hughes,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hughes
of Jackson street, had been a
warded the Bronze Star medal for
meritorious service in France,
Belgium, Luxembourg and Ger
many from July, 1944, until May,
1945. “As S-2 clerk, he has dem
onstrated technical skill, efficien
cy, resourcefulness and devotion
to duty, contributing materially
to the smooth operation of his
section,” the citation read.
Lonus Valentine Back
After Overseas Duty
Pfc. Lonus E. Valentine, sr., has
returned to the States after nine
months of service in Europe and
is spending 30 days -with his wife
and two sons on Bowman street.
He holds the good conduct medal,
the combat infantryman’s badge,
and three campaign stars.
Lt. John Schenck, 3d
At Camp Blanding, Fla.
Lt. John Schenck, 3d, who re
cently reported to Miami, Fla., for
reassignment following a 30-day
leave and convalescent period at
Welch General hospital, Daytona
Beach, Fla., has been assigned to
Camp Blanding, Fla. He and Mrs.
Schenck are making their home in
St. Augustine.
Major Matthews With
Hospital Overseas
Major R. S. Matthews, husband
of the former Miss Jessie Hoyle |
of this city, is now serving over-1
seas with the 304th General hos
pital on Tinian island. He was
formerly stationed in Columbia, S.
C., and Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Mat
thews and two daughters are mak
ing their home in Columbia while
he is on overseas duty.
Kings Mountain Man
Home From Europe
S-Sgt. William Wells of Kings
Mountain is spending a furlough
there with his wife and his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wells,
after almost a year in combat in
the European theatre where he
was twice wounded. Sgt. Wells
wears the good conduct medal, the
combat infantryman’s badge, the
Purple Heart with one star and
three major stars on his ribbon.
Only 22 years of age, he has 96
points and expects to be discharg
ed when he reports to Camp But
ner after his furlough.
Mrs. Hugh Wells Calls
Husband's Parents Here
Mrs. Hugh Wells has telephoned
her husband’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Wells, that she has
arrived back in the States aboard,
the Queen Mary and is now visit
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
DeFabeo, in Newark, N. J., for
several weeks. She is awaiting
definite word from Sgt. Wells as
to whether he will return to the
States or not before coming to
Shelby for a visit.
Forest City Man
Gets Bronze Star
Word from Fifth army head
quarters in Italy has revealed that
Sgt. George T. Hawkins, jr., of
Forest City has been awarded the
Bronze Star medal for meritorious
service in combat in Italy. He
served as an anti-tank gunner
with the 87th Mountain infantry
regiment, 10th Mountain division.
He is a son of Mrs. Ola Hawkins
of Forest City.
James L. Peeler
Has Furlough
Pfc. James L. Peeler recently
spent a 15-day furlough with his
wife and par&^.s, Mr. and Mrs. D.
F. Raines. He will report back
to Lemoore, Calif., where his wife,
the former Miss Lucille White, has
been visiting him. She plans to
remain here with her parents for
awhile.
J. V. Hamrick Awarded
Bronze Star In Italy
S-Sgt. J. V. Hamrick, who lives
on route 3, Shelby, has been a
warded the Bronze Star medalfor
heroic achievement in action with
the Fifth army in Italy, head
quarters there has announced.
Sgt. Hamrick served with the not
ed 363rd infantry of the 91st
“Powder River’’ division;
Sgt. Collett White
Awarded Bronze Star
Word has been received here
that 1st Sgt. Collett White, hus
band of Mrs. Doris White of Lat
timore, has been awarded the
Bronze Star medal for meritorious
service in combat in central Ger
many where he is with a field ar
tillery battalion. Since going over
seas, Sgt. White has amassed 81
points under the army point sys
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Marvin Barrett Now
At Augusta Hospital
Word has been received from
Oliver General hospital in Augus- j
ta, Ga., that Marvin A. Barrett •
of route one, Shelby, now a pa-,
tient there, has been promoted to j
the rank of private first class. Pfc. j
Barrett is receiving medical treat- j
ment at the hospital.
Hal Borders At Air
Field In Nebraska
Pfc. Hal Borders, son of D. Full
er Borders of Shelby, has been
assigned to the Alliance army air'
field at Alliance, Nebraska, to as
sist in the job of redeploying troop
carrier units from the European
theatre to the Pacific.
Jeff Connor Home After
28 Months In Italy
Sgt. Jeff Connor has returned
to Shelby on a thirty-day furlough
and is sp nding the time with his
mother, Mrs. May Wells Conner, on
North Washington street. He has
spent four years in service, 28
months in the ground air force in
Italy. He arrived from overseas last
week on the Argentina.
EVANGELISTIC MEET
TOCCOA, Ga. —(A5)— The 25th
annual convention of the National
Laymen’s Evangelistic Association,
embracing eight states, will be held
at Lake Louise conference grounds
Aug. 23-26.
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made from a Florida weed, knows
as ramie, originally imported iron
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