News Of And For The Women
PAGE SIX
DEADLINE, MONDAY — 4:00 P. M.
The Transylvania Times
DIAL 883-4250
Thursday, February 10, 1972
APRIL WEDDING — Mr. and Mrs. John
H. Watson, of Brevard, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Patricia Ann, to Bill W. Parris,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Parris, of Sylva.
The bride-elect is a graduate of Brevard Senior
High School and is presently studying radiologic
technology at C. J. Harris Hospital in Sylva, and
will graduate in June, 1972. The groom - elect
attended Sylva Webster, Sylva, and is now serv
ing in the United States Marine Corps and is
stationed at Camp Lejeune. The wedding is plan
ned for April 15th, 1972.
The Brevard Music Lovers
Club will have its Annual
Valentine Benefit Bridge at
First United Methodist
Church Fellowship Hall on
Thursday, February 10, at
8:00 p.m. “You are invited to
bring your friends and play/'
say the officers.
The admission will be $1.25
per person. All proceeds will
go to the Scholarship Fund.
Persons wishing to contribute
to the Scholarship Fund may
do so by contacting Mrs.
Harry P. Mooney, 104 Pine
Street, Brevard.
Tickets will be sold at the
door and prizes will be
awarded.
Reservations can be made
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man.
Glen Cannon
Ladies Play
Bridge, 16th
Glen Cannon Ladies will
play bridge on Wednesday,
February 16th. Rolls and cof
fee will be served at 10:00
o’clock in the morning and
play will begin promptly at
10:30 o’clock.
Scores will be collected at
1:00 o’clock in the after
noon and this month there
will be no luncheon served.
Anyone interested who is
not presently on the calling
list should call Mrs. William
Huters, general chairman for
details.
Co-hostesses for the day
are Mrs. Randall Lankford
and Mrs. Paul Schlunz.
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The Book and Plate Club
met Feb. 1st at the home of
Mrs. W. D. Thomason, Jr.,
on Dogwood Drive. The pro
gram consisted of a book re
view of J. Douglass Wallop,
THE GOOD LIFE given by
Mrs. Dana Harris. The re
viewer brieflv outlined the
main events in the life of the
Washington born author, told
of his early writing experi
ences at high school and the
University of Missouri: his
various positions with UP and
NBC; his marriage to Lucille
Fletcher of radio thriller.
“Sorry, Wrong Number”
fame. Author Wallop’s most
famous novel is THE YEAR
THE YANKEES LOST THE
PENNANT, later made into
a successful play entitled
“Damn Yankee.”
Mrs. Harris gave a short
account of part of the plot
of THE GOOD LIFE. She
said that for Albert Miller,
nearing the half century
mark in age, life was an
“untidy blur”. He had all the
earmarks of our affluent so
ciety — a handsome house
complete with a substantial
mortgage, two expensive
cars (not yet paid for), in
surance premiums, and taxes.
An industrial consultant
and trouble shooter, Albert
had a solid background of
accounting personnel man
agement, ta:; law. lirdit and
air. noise and silence. Be
sides, he could fix anything
around his house and was
proud of being able to man
age his own business without
outside aid. However, it seem
ed that everyone else had
taken shelter under the vari
ous agencies and he felt f
himself one of a breed of i
man who was outmoded —
done for. What Albert want
ed was “use of the good life
without ownership” He half
heard at boring cocktail pa
ties the wives of the wealthy
complaining of the shortage
of domestic help.
Then he had the “Great
Idea”. He would convert all
his wordly goods into cash.
He and his wife would hire
out as a live-in-couple. Per
suading Jane took a bit of
doing until, by a shady trick,
he convinced her that his
doctor told him he had hypo
tension. When she asked
what tha was, he said, “sort
of pickling of the scalp — a
tread mill syndrome”, heir
one child, a daughter in col
lege, would be no problem.
Miller knew. She was too
modern to strongly object to
whatever her parents wanted
to do.
An advertisement run in
DAR Chapter
Will Meet
Members of the Waight
still Avery chapter of the
DAR will please note the
change in the February meet
ing place.
They will meet with Miss
Mary Scott, and Mrs. J. O.
Davidson will give the pro
gram on American History.
the newspapers resulted in
297 replies. The wealthy peo
ple living on large estates in
the Tidewater district of Vir
ginia desperately needed do
mestic help. The Millers
eliminated all replies down
to five. Renting a nondescript
Avis Ford, re-naming himself
Albert Bagby, he arrived at
Rear Guard the magnificent
waterside estate of retired
millionaire J. K. Dutton.
The Dutton’s received Al
bert so cordially that he felt
as if he were doing them a
favor by considering being
their servants. Eventually ar
rangements were made. Jane,
who was writing the his
tory of her father’s life (they
did not tell the Dutton’s this),
was not to do any housework
until during the afternoons.
The servants’ quarters over
the throe car garage were
luxurious. The entire es
tate was impressive and the
Millers fell in love with it.
Albert wound up his affairs,
traded his Buick and Thun
derbird for a self-effacing
Ford, sold his handsome home
for the full asking price, got
rid of his business to his very
efficient senior secretary,
told friends that he and Jane
were going to travel — es
pecially in Australia. The
reviewer said that was the
setti”g. The remainder of
♦he three hundred and thir
teen pages having to do
with events, attitudes, prob
lems between the Millers and
the Duttons, she left to the
reader. This fast moving nar
rative with hilarious and
sometimes sad spots had a
very unusual climax, she
added.
Mrs. Harris pointed out
some of the sociological as
pects in the novel: the lack
of class consciousness of the
Bagby’s daughter and the
Dutton’s young nephew; the
very obvious way the elder
Dutton looked down on his
employees; the status sym
bol of having domestic help
at all; the loneliness of some
wealthy retirees with the
consequent result that final
ly in the novel the only real
friends the Dutons had were
the live-in-couple. She con
cluded the report by quoting
a professional reviewer to the
effect that Wallop’s THE
GOOD LIFE is "sardonic, rib
tickling humor at its best—
a comic fable for our time”.
At the business session,
the president, Mrs. David
Kirk, cordially welcomed in
to club membership Mrs.
Earle Hall, a former mem
ber. Mrs. C. Edward Roy and
Mrs. Glenn Winston remind
ed the club members of the
District Fine Arts Division
to be held on the Brevard
College campus with a lunch
eon at the college cafeteria
on March 11th. Further in
formation will be given later.
A delightful social hour
was enjoyed by the members.
The March meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs.
George Spicer, 103 Morning
side Drive. Mrs. Patrick Bo
han will have the program on
“Saving the Land.”
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(Beta Ifcho Chapter
Bees \Jlefnam BHidt
The February meeting oi
the Brevard Beta Rho Chap
ter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha
International was held Febru
ary 1, 1972, at the lovely
home of Mrs. Martha Jaye
Johnson on Montview Circle.
- The usual routine of the
meeting was slightly altered
and since all the sisters came
dressed “wrong-side out”,
Mrs. Nancy Glazener, Presi
dent, then reversed parlia
mentary procedure, and the
meeting was conducted end
to beginning.
Mrs. Cookie Barnes, Educa
tional Director, then intro
duced Mrs. Richard Keir
stead. a former executive as
sistant to the A.I.D. mission
in Vietnam during the early
1960’s.
Mrs. Keirstead gave a pre
sentation of slides taken by
her and Mr. Keirstead who
was in the Public Health pro
gram of A.I.D. in Vietnam.
The slides were a collection
of the different peoples, cul
tures and beauty of the coun
try before the war.
The membership was de
lighted and astounded by the
presentation and would like
to thank Mr. and Mrs. Keir
stead for their time in giving
the membership the oppor
tunity to see the beauty of
the country that has caused
such heated and mixed feel
ings in America.
Mrs. Glazener then called
for the various reports from
the committee chairmen—in
reverse order.
Mrs. Martha Jaye Johnson,
Chairman of the Welfare
Committee fcave the sisters a
progress renor* on the Beta
Rho-sponsored Jack and Jill
Day Care Center and recruit
ed help in cleaning the Cen
ter during the month of Feb
ruary. The membership is
now in the process of helping
a family all year and many of
the sisters brought clothing,
: Lamb V Creek
Club Meets
The Lamb’s Creek Home
makers Club met on the 25th
of January at 1:00 with Mrs.
Rube Morgan. Eight members
and one visitor were present
The meeting opened by
singing “This Is My Father’s
World” followed by the de
votion given by Mrs. J. D.
Pyatt.
Mrs. Allen Vaughn presid
ed over the meeting in the
absence of Mrs. Ed. Sentelle.
the president.
Miss Jean Childers gave an
interesting program on Re
silient Flooring. There is
resilient flooring for every
use, taste and budget. Home
makers continue to choose
this type of flooring because
of their beauty in design and
color, practicality, long wear,
easy care and economy.
Types of resilient floors
are asphalt tile, vinly-asbes
tos tile, homegenous vinyl
tile, sheet vinyl, cushioned
vinyl, rotovinyl and linoleum.
Mrs. Rufus Guffee and Mrs.
Frank Tinsley gave commit
tee reports on Plants and
Shrubs and Growing Fruits
and Vegetables.
Mrs. Ann Brown was elect
ed vice president, and the
new officers will be installed
at the meeting next month.
The February meeting will
be held in the home of Mrs.
J. D. Pyatt.
tooa, etc. 10 ine meeting.
Mrs. Johnson then gave the
sisters the age and sizes of
the children and adults in
volved so 'L the clothing
brought could be utilised by
them.
Mrs. Keitha Reddick. Vice
President, and member of the
Nominating Committed gave
the proposed slate of officers
of Beta Rho for the 1972-1973
year. The voting for this
slate of officers as well as
for the chapter’s “Girl of the
Year” will be held at the
March meeting.
Mrs. Glazener then asked
for any old or new business
and then announced that
three of the members of the
chapter will go inactive as of
the February meeting.
The social for the month of
February which has been ten
tatively scheduled for Febru
ary 19. 1972. will be announc
ed later by the social chair
man.
The meeting was adjourned
with the “Opening Ritual”
and the prize for the “worst”
dressed was awarded to Mrs.
Peggy Nissen for her indes
cribable costume.
Mrs. Johnson and the other
hostesses then served re
freshments and “secret pal”
gifts were exchanged. The
phantom failed to attend the
February meeting.
Brevard Music
Lovers Club
Holds Meeting
The Brevard Music Lovers
Club met at the home of Mrs.
Leon Lea on Deerwoode Lane
January 24th.
Mrs. Nat Townsend was co
hostess.
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Mrs. Nelson Adams,-1 Bro-:->
gram Leader, explained the
Sonata “Allegro Form” and
the Sonata Cycle as a whole.
Mrs. John Storrs played
Beethoven’s Sonata in F
Minor, Opus 2, Number 1.
Mrs. Henry McDonald, Jr.,
played Moxart’s Sonata No. 10
B Flat Major. Miss Jenny Mc
Donald, guest pianist and
pupil of Mrs. Louise Miller,
played Mozart’s Sonata No. 2
G-Major — First Movement,
Allegro.
Plans for the Benefit
Bridge on February 10th were
discussed and Mrs. James S.
Lewis, III, was welcomed as
a new member.
The next meeting will be
held Monday, February 28th
in Mrs. Louise Miller’s Studio
at Brevard College.
Bridge Winners
Are Announced
Winners at the regular
Tuesday evening duplicate
bridge game were the fol
lowing pairs:
1 - Miss Mary Sue Thorne
and Robert N. Hill
2 - Mrs. M. F. Johnson and
Dr. George B. Dysart
3 - Don Watson and Den
nis Brown of Brevard Col
lege__
When yon think of prescrip
tions, think of VARNER’S, adv.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED — Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Lee Hogsed, of Brevard, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Veva Darlene, to
Ray Gaither Hvder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaither
George Hvder, of Edneyville. The bride-elect is a
graduate of Brevard Senior High School and Blan
ton’s Business College, Asheville. She is employed
by Du Pont. The groom-elect is a graduate of Ed
neyville High School, attended Brevard Junior Col
lege and Western Carolina University. He served
four years in the United States Air Force and is
presently employed by Du Pont. The wedding is
planned for May 6th, 1972.
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River church was the place
of meeting for the Delta
Kappa Gamma Society, Alpha
Lambda Chapter on Saturday,
February 9th.
At 1:30 p.m., Mrs. Ena Kate
Sigmon, president, held an
Executive Board meeting.
Several items of importance
were reviewed by the board.
A social hour proceded the
business session of the regu
lar meeting. Hostesses were
Mrs. Margaret Kilstrom,
chairman, Mrs. Sallie Mc
Ginnis Mrs. Grace Munro,
Miss Bobbie Jean Nicholson
and Mrs. Maye Winget.
Mrs. Sigmon presided over
and conducted the business of
the chapter. Mrs. Mittie Cald
well, who resides in Brevard,
was welcomed into the chap
ter as a transfer member
from Concord. Mrs. Sue Davis,
Chairman of the nominating
committee, presented a slate
of officers for the 1972-1974
bienium.
Officers elected were Presi
dent, Mrs. Margaret King;
First Vice-president, Mrs.
Maye Winget; Second Vice
president, Mrs. Mary Steven
son; Recording Secretary,
Miss Mary Ann Leslie; and
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs.
Hazel Asburn. f.
Mrs. Sigmon announced
that new officers would be in*
stalled at the March meeting
and that new members would
be initiated at the banquet
meeting in May. She, also,
urged as many as possible to
attend the State Convention
of The Delta Kappa Gamma
Society, Eta State, in Greens
boro, April 7, 8 and 9th.
Mrs. Grace Munro, program
Chairman, introduced the pro
gram. Mrs. Mary Stevenson,
Chairman of the Committee
on Personal Growth and
services, and her Committee
presented a program, values
in action called, “Ever On
ward and Upward Bound.”
The following questions
were explored by the commit
tee: Are we adjusting to
change? Are we intellectual
ly flexible and emotionally
secure? Are we accepting re
sponsibility for moral and
spiritual growth? And do we
consider change a challenge
or a dilemma?
Members presenting infor
mation and comments regard
ing the questions were Mrs.
Geneva Farrior, Mrs. Annie
Nesbitt, Mrs. Catherine Min
ors and Mrs. Ethen Huggins.
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