Social And Personal News Of
FAIRMONT
Mrs. Billy W hitted, Editor
Phone 6002
Intermission Party
Migs Zelma Grantham and John
Grantham entertained Friday at
an intermission party during the
Fairmont Tobacco Market’s 50th
anniversary dance.
Mixed flowers were used in ar-
Methodist Guild
The women
Guild met on
this week at
Gerald Jones
•Floyd as joint
of the Methodist
Monday evening of
the home of Mrs.
with Mrs. Wallace
hostess. The. presL
Wednesday
Bridge Party
Mrs. Wallace Floyd and Mrs.
Eazaoeth Floyd Mitchell entertain
ed graciously at, the home of the
former on Wednesday afternoon or
last week at a lovely dessert bridge.
Ine attractive living room of the
Floyd home, where tables were
placed for play, was decorated with
numerous unique arrangements of
fall flowers. Noticed by all were the
original numbers and score pads in
use at each table.
Upon arrival the guests were ser
ved a delicious salad course with
nutty fingers and fruit punch, and
^ later in the afternoon iced drinks
with cheese waters were enjoyed.
At the conclusion of cards Mrs.
Willis Fisher was declared high
score award winner and Mrs. A. D.
Lewis as second high. Traveling
prize went to Mrs. Leo Loftis.
The guest list included Mesdames
Carl DeVane, James Hayes, Willis
Fisher, B. E. Littlefield, A. A. Fow
ler, Rowe Henry, P. R. Floyd, Jr.,
Leo Loftis, Wilton Lewis, Willard
Pittman, Ellis Page, Spencer Scott,
Bass-Gibson
Vows Spoken
rangements
where the
infoimally.
A buffet
the dining
throughout
guests were
supper was
room and
the rooms
received
served I:
goodbyes
were said to Me. and Mrs. C. E.
Grantham, parents of the
hostess.
Young Women’s
Auxiliary Meets
host
and
The Young Women’s auxiliary of 1
the First Baptist church was en
tertained at a regular meeting
Monday evening at the home or
Mrs. B. E. Littlefield, YW|A coun
selor.
Misses Margaret Perry and Marie
Russell were ip charge of the pro
gram. Miss Shirley Floyd reported
on the Methodist Youth Fellowship
conference -at Wrightsville; Mrs.
Myra Lewis reviewed the Presby
terian Youth Conference held re
cently at Flora Macdonald college;
and Miss Doris Morgan reported!
on the Baptist Youth Assembly I
held last month at Fruitland. The]
dent, Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell, had
charge of the business session, at
which time quarterly reports were
heard; Following the business
meeting the devotional program
was ably presented by Mrs. James
Ashley and Mrs. Wiley Taylor.
A sandwich course with cookies,
mints, and lime ice were enjoyed
during the social hour by the fol
lowing guests: Mesdames Oscar
Floyd, Martha Floyd Rusher, Bruce
Thompson, Argus Grimsley, Lyn
wood Floyd, Dan Floyd, Wiley Tay
lor, E. C. Huffines, James Ashley,
Elizabeth Mitchell, Spencer Scott,
Mary Frances Joyner, Paul Mishoe,
and Misses Nettie Ruth Floyd and
Lillian Faulk-
CAKE
SALE
The
mont
Ladies Auxiliary of the Fair-
Presbyterian church will
have a cake sale on Saturday
morning, September 3, beginning at
9:30. The sale will be held at the
office formerly occupied by Green’s
Fuel Company.
Starting with this Saturday, the
auxiliary will hold sales every
Saturday until further notice.
program closed with a group
er..
Following the program, a
pray-
short
meet-
marriage of Miss Frances
The
Golden Circle
Members of the Wednesday
eve-
Adoo Bullock, and Mrs. Ellis
Page.
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the
its
First
Mon ¬
The Loretta Circle of the
Baptist Church will meet on
Mrs.
love-
Iced
were
mon Jenkins, A. D. Lewis, Billy
Whitted, and Miss Sarah Floyd.
ments at the close of the
Ing.
The J. R. Prince family left on
Monday for Spartanburg where
they were called due to the death
of Mrs. Prince’s grandmother, Mrs.
Carwell.
business session was conducted by
Mrs. Glenn Russell, Jr., president.
The hostess served tasty refresh-
Gibson of Fairmont, to Mil-
Bass, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bass of Orrum, was an
of Saturday, August 27th.
was attractively decorated with ar-
^ rangements of asters. Upon arrival
he guests were served banana splits
day evering of next week at 8:00
at the home of Mrs. P. C. Purvis.
During the social hour
Cochrane entertained with a
ly medley of' Irish ballads,
drinks, sandwiches, and cakes
dining room .of the Pittman home I Mrs. Bass has attended the Fair-
. , , , , ■ mont schools while Mr. Bass is a
Miss Kathleen Spivey of Wilming
ton and Miss Bessie Spivey of
Whiteville were weekend guests in
the. home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
The Golden Circle Class of
First Baptist Church held
graduate of the Orrum High School
and now holds a position with
Planter’s Warehouse. The couple
are making their home at Orrum
for the present.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly of Wil
mington spent the past weekend
with the J. R. Inmin' family. » | Ashley.
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Wayland Lennon, Wright O. Jones, „
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I James
ton H.
Joseph
event
Mrs. Pittman Feted
By Bridge Club
ning bridge club met last week at
the home of Mrs. Forest Pittman,
at which time they honored one of
the members, Mrs. Willard Pitt
man, with a shower pf lovely and
ueful gifts. The living room and
by the hostess and later in the
evening icd drinks with potato
chips were served.
High scorer for the evening was
Mrs. Rembert Williams and winner
of the traveling prize was Mrs.
Hansard Lewis.
Those present were Mrs. Willard
Pittman, Mrs. Clifton Pittman, Mrs.
Ed Hodges, Mrs. Hansard Lewis,
Mrs. Rembert Williams, Mrs. Mc-
Loretta Circle
Meets Monday
J
Mrs. S. A. Lee and daughter,
Betty, of Raleigh were guests last
week in the home of Mrs. Alice
Brice and were accompanied home
on Friday by Mrs. Brice for the
weekend.
Dick Atherton and Miss “Toot
sie” Milligan of Spartanburg spent
the past weekend here with his par ¬
The ceremony, which was perform
ed in Dillon, S. C., by-Rev. W. E.
Allen of Dillon, took place at 3
o’clock in the afternoon. The bride,
who was unattended, wore a strik
ing dress of lavender crepe with
which she used white accessories,
pinning a corsage of white rose
buds at her shoulder. Mr. Bass had
as his best man, James Gibson, Jr.,
of Fairmont, a brother of the bride.
Hardin-Bullock
Engagement
monthly meeting at the home of
Mrs. Horace Sutton on Monday
evening. Mrs. James Riddle had
charge of the business meeting
after, which Mrs. Paul Cochrane
gave the devotional program.
served by the hostess to the follow
ing: Mrs. A. A. Fowler, teacher,
Mrs. Hoke Leggett, Mrs. Marvin
Faulk, Jr., Mrs. Warren Barnes,
Mrs. Dan Cauldr, and Mrs. Jams
Riddl.
Mrs Floyd W. Currie of Rowland I
has announced the engagement of
her daughter, Miss Molly Geraldine !
Hardin, to John Meridith Bullock,:
son of Mrs. Arthur Bullock and the
late Mr. Bullock of Fairmont. The
wedding will take place September
17th at 5:00 p. m. at Bethesda
Methodist Church, Barnesville.
The Cameron Wests returned to
their Fairmont home last Saturday-
after spending the summer months
in Chapel Hill where he took post
graduate work at the University of
North Carolina.
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THE RED SPRINGS CITIZEN
THURSDAY, SEPT. 1, 1949
RED SPRINGS, N. C.
PAGE Ent
It will soon be back-to-school time . .
back to reading, writing and ’rithmetic
And, speaking of ’rithmetic, you
can
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and battery and
ADD to the looks of your boys
and
girls and SUBTRACT from the
cost
and
by getting their school clothes
name is Sparks.
am
shoes from Harry Weinstein.
guy
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in Germany
of a
how
A German was a guest.
Frenchman who asked him
I am an electrician, and I
charged with battery.”
Judge: "Officer, put this
in a dry cell.” 1
is your name,
what are you
Charles Frink, formerly of Chad
bourn, is manager of the new Car. j
olina Department store in Fair-
mont.
the judge.
Judge: "What
occupation, and
charged with?”
Prisoner: "My
A man was arrested for assault;
1H hnDomr .,„.i brought before!
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ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Ather-ij-hey distinguished
ton.
between an optimist and a pessi-
mist.
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Littlefield, | “ Its ver y simple,” the German
Jr., and Mrs. A. A. Fowler were| fey^ “The optimists are learn-
Florence shoppers Saturday. j ihg English, the pessimists Rus-
Isian.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Hughes and)
Small boy writing answers on
Mrs. D. J. Hughes of Tabor City]
and Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Barnes ofiap anatomy test:
Wilson were Sunday evening din- "Your legs is what
AT r AT r d WilliP.I
if you ain’t
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Willie; got two pretty good ones you
Broox Webster. I can’t get to first base, and neither
Mrs. J. H. McCollum, Miss Glo
ria McCollum, and Herbie McCol
lum returned last Friday from a
week’s stay with friends in Reids
ville.
Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Carter during the past weekend
were Mrs. J. R. Carter and
Earl, of Portsmouth, Va.
Broadus Edgar Littlefield,
son,
Jr.,
will leave Thursday for Gastonia
where has has accepted a teaching
position in the Gastonia High
School. Mrs. Littlefield
young daughter are also
Thursday but before
can your sister.”
Sadie:
married/’
Jerry:
“So they eloped and got
"And her mother — has
she forgiven them?”
Sadie: “I don’t think so. She’s
gone to live with them.”
A very short man married a
widow who was much taller than
he and much larger,
after the wedding
friends noticed his
Friend: "What’s
A few weeks
one of his
glum look.
the matter?
and their
leaving on
moving to
Isn’t your wife
Man:
Friend:
Gastonia they plan to visit withikeeper
relatives in Inman, S.
short while.
C., for a
Mrs. E. W. Floyd, Mrs. Martha
Floyd Rusher and daughter, Mar
tha Jane. Mrs. Cecil Webster- of
Batesburg,' Miss Nettie Ruth Floyd
Man:
world.”
Friend:
ter?”
“Man:
if people
and Miss Ellen Rose Floyd spenti™e
several days last week at Wrights-; _
Ville Beach. Misses Ellen Rose and’
Nettie Ruth Floyd spent the latter
part of the week in Wilmington on
business. J
Mrs. Cecil Webster of Batesburg
returned to her home Friday after
a short visit with her mother, Mrs.
E. W. Floyd.
Rudolph Floyd visited with his
sister, Mrs. Al Ward, in Wilming
ton Sunday.
VETERANS'
CORNER
After August 27 veterans
World War II will be able to
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would only stop calling
me ‘the widows mite.’”
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of
get
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dividend on National Service Life
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offices, veterans organizations and
offices of the Veterans Adminis
tration throughout the country.
The Government Printing Office
has been at work turning out a
huge volume of 70,000,000 of these
application forms. August 29 is the
first date they could be made avail
able.
All World War II veterans who
had National Service Life Insur-
ance before January 1, 1948 and
held it in force for three months 1
or longer are eligible to receive
NEW STORE!
or longer
a special
whether it
ent time.
According to VA the application
form is so simple that" any veteran
should be able to fill it out with
out assistance. It has three sec
tions. One pf them, which contains
instructions, is to be kept by the
veteran for his records. The other
two are to be mailed to VA. If the
veteran does not know his insur
ance number, he should not delay
mailing the application and should
not write to VA for the number. If
the rest of the application is filled
in, VA will supply the
number.
Q—My son, a veteran
time service, is drawing
tion for a service-connected disabil
ity due to spinal cord injury which
has paralyzed his legs,
titled to Federal aid to
specially designed home
chair living?
A—A veteran of war
time service with a permanent to-
tal disability due to service-con
nected spinal cord injury such as
you mention may qualify for Fed
eral aid to acquire a home.
Q—My father was dependent on
I my brother who passed away while
I hospitalized by Veterans Adminis-
I tration. Is my father entitled to
■ death compensation?
I A—Your father may qualify for;
i compensation if your brother’s:
I death was due to service. Compeh-
i sation for a parent is $48.00 per
i month.
! Q—What will I have to do to
have the amount of my National
I Service Life Insurance policy re-
'duced?
A—You will have to submit to
VA a written request stating your
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