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PerMnaU
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stone and
Mr and Yrs. W. F. McClain, of
Honea Path, S. C., are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Wagoner.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Edwards
visited Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Gen
try in Statesville last Wednes
day and Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Cheek
have returned home, after spend
ing sometime in St. Augustine,
Florida. They also visited their
daughter, Mrs. George McKin
ley in Waynesville.
Mrs. Lilian Bott returned here
last week, after spending several
weeks in Charlotte, Shelby and
Statesville.
Mrs. James McD. Wagoner
spent the week end with her
daughters, Mrs. R. L. Hickerson
and Mrs. Bill Johnson in Greens
boro.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bell are
visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs.
M. A. Goodman.
Mrs. Ruth J. Choate spent the
week end in Greensboro.
D. D. Martin was a week end
guest at the home of Mr. and
Mrs*. A. O. Joines.
Mrs. U. K. bmith, or rarm
ville, who has been visiting her;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Wag
oner, left Sunday for Lenpir,
where She will visit before re
turning home. • V'
Misses Irene Richardson and
'Eva Edwards, students at Mars
Hill College, spent the week and
with their families here.
Mrs. Gene Irwin' left today for
Winston-Salem, where she will
join her husband who returned
to-the states last week from over
seas’ duty in the Pacific.
Edwin Duncan, Jr., student at
ASTC, Boone, spent the week
end at his home here.
Misses Mary Alice Landreth,
of Newburn, Va., and Nada Ban
dreth, student at Radford Col
lege, spent the week end with
friends in Sparta.
Mrs. Dema Bledsoe has moved
to her home in North Sparta, aft
er visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Vance Blevins in Maryland for
several months.
Miss June Cox, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Cox, of Piney
Creek, returned to Washington,
D. C., Sunday, to resume her
work with the, War Dept. ,n Sh^
has spent the past three months
here with her parents. :
Miss Emogene Choate spent
Monday and Tuesday in Greens
boro with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Choate
and Amos Wagoner, Jr., spent
Sunday in High Point
Miss Ann Deeds, of Cincinnati,
Ohio, is spending two weeks with
her aunt, Miss Jeane Hawthorne.
H. D. Clubs Hold
Good Meetings
TURKEY KNOB
Turkey Knob H. D. club met
with Mrs. Fred Osborne on
March 8 and an election of offi
cers was held with the fol
lowing being elected for the com
ing year: Mrs. Fred Osborne,
president; Mrs. Nannie Williams,
Vice-president; Mrs. McDale
Kennedy, song leader; Mrs. Bays
Parsons, secretary and treasurer;
and Mrs. Clarence Kennedy, news
reporter. Club dues and Jane S.
McKimmon Loan Fund were paid
after which Mrs. Wagoner gave
a demonstration on Baked Cream
Omelet and Light As A Feather
Gingerbread. The next meeting
will be on April 12 at 2 p. m.
with Mrs. C. L. Hash.
PINE FORK
Pine Fork H. D. club met with
Mrs. Elmer Osborne on March 11.
After the regular business ses
sion, Mrs. Wagoner gave a dem
onstration on “How to Serve
Meals.”
\,, LAUREL SPRINGS
Laurel Springs H. D. club met
wjjgh' Mrs. Eugene Shepherd on
'MSrch 12 at 2 p. m. The meeting
was carried out in the regular
way with Mrs. Wagoner giving
a demonstration on “How to
March 13, Mrs. Swanson
vires hostess to the New Hope
H. D. club. Officers of the year
were elected and a- demonstra
tion on “Blood Building Foods.”
Mrs. Paul Swanson was elected
song leader with the president
being Mrs. Dan Jones, Mrs.
Greek Hill, vice-president, Mrs.
Clarence Cox, secretary and
treasurer, and news reporter,
Mrs. Luna Weaver.
BLEDSOE CREEK
Bledsoe Creek H. D. club met
on March 14 at the home of Mrs.
Arol Choate. Mrs. Carl Douglas
was elected president, Mrs.
Reeves Douglas, vice-president;
Mrs. R. D. Richardson, sgcre|$ry
and treasurer, Mrs. Champ Dun
can, song leader and Mrs. Arol
Choate, news reporter. A dem
onstration on “Blood Building
Foods” was given by Mrs. Wag
oner.
BLEVINS CROSS ROADS
NEW HOPE
Blevins Cross Roads club met
This Week’s
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Nichols - Phipps
Vows Are Spoken
Sparta Couple Married In
Quiet Ceremony With Eld.
G. M. Tedder Officiating
Mrs. Mexa Reeves Phipps, of
Sparta, daughter of Mrs. A. F.
Reeves and the late Mr. Reeves,
became the bride of Robert L.
Nichols, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Smith Nichols, also of Sparta, in
a quiet but impressive Ceremony
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
June Tompkins here, March 13,
at 6:30 p. m.
The vows were spoken in the
living room in the presence of
immediate relatives and friends
of the families. Elder G. M. Ted
der, uncle of the groom, officia
ted, using the ring ceremony.
The couple were attended by
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Nichols,
brother and sister-in-law of the
groom. Mrs. Nichols wore a suit
of grey wool with black acces
sories.
The bride chose for her nup
tials a grey pin stripe wool suit
with black accessories. Her hat
was a small black straw, featur
ing a veil. At her shoulder she
placed a corsage of red rose buds.
Immediately after the ceremo
ny, the couple left for a short
honeymoon in Virginia, Tennes
see and Western North Carolina.
They will be at home in Sparta.
Mrs. Nichols, well-known
throughout the county, has been
clerk of the Alleghany county
selective service board since De
cember, 1942. Prior to'that time
she served as secretary to ■ her'
father, who was clerk of cburt
for a number of years. A mem
ber of the Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club, she is also
a member of the Sparta Woman’s
club and the Wesleyan Guild of
the Methodist church.
Mr. Nichols, a candidate for
sheriff in the Democratic pri
mary, 'returned several months
ago from 42 months in military
service, nine months of which
were spent in the Pacific area. He
is commander of American Le
gion Post 96 of Alleghany county.
OSBORNE—RECTOR
A quiet wedding took place at
the home of Elder and Mrs. S. G.
Caudill on March 20, when Miss
Rosa Rector, of Whitehead, be
came the bride of B. F. Osborne,
of Laurel Springs.
The bride is the daughter of
Thomas Rector, of Sparta.
The couple expect to move to
Mr. Osborne’s home at Laurel
Springs in the near future.
MAXWELL RITES ARE
HELD AT COX’S GROVE
Funeral service for Mrs. Frank
Maxwell, 69, colored, was con
ducted on Sunday afternoon at
Cox’s Grove church in Ashe
county with Rev. Emmett Brown
in charge. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Maxwell died at her home
in Alleghany county on March
15, following a long illness.
Surviving are her husband and
two sons.
March 16 at 7 p. m. at the home
of Mrs. Haswell Rector. After
the demonstration, which was a
special demonstration given by
Isom Wagoner, who refinished a
chair and Johnny Rhudy Crouse,
who demonstrated the upholster
ing of a chair, the meeting was
carried out in the usual way.
Rocky Ridge club will meet on
March 25 at 2 p. m. with Mrs. An
na Cox.
Sparta H. D. club will meet
March 28 at 2 p. m. with Mrs. A.
O. Joines.
NOTICE
Effective March 1, 1946, we
have leased the Colvard Service
Station and Shell Cafe to Joe E.
Doughton.
After this date, we will not be
responsible (or any debts, made
for these firms.
Colvard Oil Company
R. W. Colvard
3-21-4t
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our thanks
to our many friends for their
kindness and sympathy during
the illness and death of our'hus
band juid father; also for the
maty floral tributes. We also
wish tp thank all blood donors.
MW. Letcher Duncan and
. atomy.
&
WANT AM
FRANCE CLOSES SPANISH BORDER . . . Economic sanctions
against Generalissimo Franco of Spain were invoked by the French
government with an order closing the 260-mile frontier. The
French cabinet charged the situation in Spain is a danger threaten
ing international security.
Alleghany Man Is
Wed In Maryland
Vows Are Exchanged In Bap
tist Church Of Elkton, Md.
In Impressive Ceremony
In a three o’clock ceremony
Wednesday afternoon,' March 6,
Miss Velva Seal, daughter of O.
W. Seal, of Charlestown, West
Virginia, became the bride of
Roland F. Andrews, of. Havre de
Grace, Maryland, son of Mrs.
Blaine Andrews, of Sparta, in
the Baptist church of Elkton,
Md., with the Rev. R. J. Sturgill,
officiating.
/' The altar of the church was
decorated with green palms and
lighted with white tapers in ec
clesiastical holders. Two large
baskets of American beauty ros
2S were placed on either side oi
the chancel.
Mrs. R. J. Sturgill and Mrs.
ft.nne Kraebel, vocalist, present
2d nuptial music for the cere
mony. Organ selections includ
2d, “Serenade” and “I Love You
rruly.” “To A Wild Rose” was
played during the exchange of
vows and the traditional wed
ding marches were used as the
processional and recessional.
Mrs. Sturgill sang, “I Love You
rruly.” , .
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her brother, Harold
Seal, of Charlestown, W. Va.,
wore a dress of navy blue with
white trim, a black half hat and
Jther accessories of black and
white.
The bride was attended by her
iister-in-law, Mrs. Bernice Cra
ven, of Havre de Grace, Md., as
natron of honor. Mrs. Craven
wore a white gown and carried
Mrs. Watson, 33,
Buried On Wed.
m_
Formnr County Woman Was
k*... e. i.i Automobile Ac
cijcat In Maryland
Funeral service for Mrs. Esther
Watson 33, was conducted yes
terday morning at Union Primi
tive Baptist church with Elds.
Walter Evans and Coy Walker,
officiating. Interment followed
a bouquet of red roses tied with
matching ribbon.
The groom was attended by
Clifton A. Craven, of Havre de
Grace, and ushers were Vernon
Andrews, Ray Seal and Sgt.
Raymond Biller.
The bride's mother wore black
with a corsage of gardenias.
Mrs. Andrews is a graduate of
Charleston high school and Mr.
Andrews has recently returned
from two years in ^combat serv
ice in the European theater of
operations with the U. S. Navy.
He was graduated from Naval
Carpenter’s School in Provi
dence, Rhode Island. Following
his release from service he re
turned temporarily t« his work
at Aberdeen Proving Ground,
Maryland.
Following a wedding trip to
Philadelphia, the couple are mak
ing their home at Aberdeen, Md.
Miss Shepherd
To Wed Lt. Smith
Mrs. Charles B. Shepherd, rf
Scottville, announces the
ment of her daughter, Nancy
Flake, to Lt. Claude J. Smith,
son of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Smith,
of Piney Creek. The wcdding. is
planned for early spring.
Miss Shepherd attended Sptcr
ta high school and "is now em
ployed in West Jefferson. ^
Lt. Smith, who recently re
turned from 42 months in ‘China
and India, is spending a 45-day
furlough with his parents. Xipaa
termination of his leave, he will
report to Fort Monmouth, H. X,
for reassignment
in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Watson was. killed soct
1 denly in an auomobile accident
I near Darlington, McL, on March
16. Formerly of Alleghany, she
..ad made her home in Maryla**d
for several years.
Surviving, are,: her husband,
Bledsbe Watson and five chil
dren in addition to her parents
Mr! and Mrs. Donley Anderson,
of the Wolf Branch community.
One child remains in the hospi
tal in Maryland as a result of
the same automobile accident in
which Mrs/ Watson was killed.
Auction Sale
I will offer for sale on March 29 at2:00 P. M., at the
John Toliver Farm near Piney Creek:1 ib
33 acres good land; 2 horses; 2 good, young cows, 5 year
old Jersey, one with calf 13 days old;,,2 yearlings; gaad
wagon, mowing machine, hay rake, disc harrow, 3 plows,
blacksmith tools, post drill, some corn, some wlieaL
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