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FACE SIX THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1949
Lumberton Zone
Social And Personal News Of
FAIRMONT
Ilirs. Billy Whitted, Editor Phone 6002
WMS Officers Birthday Dinner
Are Installed For C. M. Oliver
An installation service for the
new officers as the Women’s Mis
sionary Society of the First Bap
tist Church of Fairmont was held
Wednesday afternoon at t h e
church. Mrs. A. A. Fowler pre
sented the devotional which
charged members as well as new
officers with their personal re
sponsibility as Christians.
Mrs. Raymond L. Pittman, re
tiring president, presded.
It Was reported that six duffel
bags of clothing and a number of
boxes of food have already been
sent to. needy persons on our for
eign field, yet there remain six
more duffel bags to be filled for
this purpose. Mrs. C. P. McGirt
gave a stewardship report; Mrs.
B. Iff. Littlefield reported on Y. W.
A. activities, and Mrs. John Mus-
sellwhite outlined community mis-
sidn'work for the month.
The new officers installed were:
President, Mrs. Fulton O. Floyd,
1st vice-president; Mrs. R. L. Pitt-
man; 2nd vice-president, Mrs. P.
P. Smith; 3rd vice-president, Mrs.
Wilton Barden; Recording secre
tary, Mrs. H. Craven Pittman;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. F.
HAdPittman; Pianist, Mrs. Clyde
Williams; Mission study chair
man, Mrs. Jack Mitchell; Steward
ship chairman, Mrs. C. P. McGirt;
Community Missions, Mrs. John
Musselwhite; Standard of Excel
lence, Mrs. A. R. Pittman; pub
licity-chairman, Mrs. S. Edgar
Fennegan.
Rehearsal
Dinner
Mr.--and Mrs. Spencer Scott en
tertained at their »home Friday
evening, Sept. 30, at a rehearsal
dinner honoring Miss Jacqueline
Rogers and Jimmie Scott of Fair
Bluff, who were married the fol
lowing Saturday.
Auxiliary tables were placed in
the spacious Scott living room
and,.numerous arrangements of
fall'-flowers were used in decorat
ing the home. A color scheme of
yellow and white was observed.
A- three course dinner was serv
ed the following guests: Misses
Barbara Norris, Evalyn Waddell,
Carolyn Gay, Rebecca Dickson,
Florence Fairfax Frances Helms,
and Frankie Davis, Hubert Rog
ers, Jr., Seth Lippard, Thomas
Koonce Dr. and Mrs. G. D. Elliott,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Turner, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Scott, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Scott,’ Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Elmore and
infant son, Frank, Jr., of Bladen
boro spent Sunday here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Lit
tlefield.
Miss Jean Bullard and Miss
Meredith Tunnell moved this week
into the Jake Shockett garage
apartment. -
North 41 Drive In
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. David L. Huff were Dr. and
Mrs. H. L. Griffin of Ashbore, Mr.
and Mrs. Billy Lamb of Lumber-
ton, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Grif
fin, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Hall and
daughter, Cindy, Miss Florence
Griffin, all of Fairmont.
Approximately 100 guests at
tended the birthday dinner given
by the sons and daughters of C.
M. Oliver, honoring him on his
73rd birthday at his home on the
Lake View road. The mid-day
picnic dinner was served on the
back lawn.
The large number attending
were from Whiteville, Tabor City,
Chadbourn, Lumberton, Fayette
ville, Fairmont, Dillon, S. C., and
Lake View, S. C., and included
each son and daughter, each
grand child, and each brother and
sister of the guest of honor. Mr.
Olivers sons and daughter include:
J. M. Oliver, Lovill Oliver, and
James Oliver of Fairmont; Wilton
Oliver, Chadbourn; Sam Oliver,
Loris, S. C.; and Mrs. Lena Mae
Hamilton, of the home.
Sidney Lanier
Book Club Meets
Mrs. J. P. Brown was a gracious
hostess to members of the Sidney
Lanier Book Club at her home on
Tuesday afternoon of this week.
Mrs. B. E. Littlefield presided
over the brief business meeting
which was opened with the club
hymn, led by Mrs. Clyde Williams,
and the club collect which was
said in unison. During the com
ing year the club will present a
series of programs on various hob
bies and the speaker at this time,
Mrs. J. P. Brown, chose as the
subject of her paper, “Flowers —
the Gardens and Plants of the
Bible, From Eden to Gethsemane.”
In this interesting paper the au
thor pointed out to the listeners
hat the Bible is a book of gardens;
the trees, plants, herbs, spices, and
flowers of biblical days are still
the same now as they were then
and this is one link between those
long ago times and the present
day world. In conclusion Mrs.
Brown gave a reading of the
poem, “Whoever Makes A. Gar
den.”
After the exchange of books the
guests were invited into the din
ing room for refreshments. Mold
ed ices in the forms of rosse and
lilies were served and members
were reminded that these were the
two outstanding flowers of the
Bible. At one end of the dining
table, which was covered with a
handsome imported cutwork
cloth, Mrs. E. C. Huffines poured
coffee while Mrs. Daniel Lane cut
and served the delicious cake.
Members present at this time
were Miss Agnes Ashley, Miss
Sarah Davidson and Mesdames A.
A. Fowler, C. A. Floyd, Fulton O.
Floyd, Furman Floyd, V. G. Gran
tham, E. C. Huffines, C. A. Thomp-
sen, Paul Thompson, Clyde Wil
liams, C. B. Stafford, W. O. Jones,
Daniel Lane, B. E. Littlefield, and
Jack Mitchell.
Mrs. Lewis Is
Meeting Here
The Lumberton Zone meeting of
the Methodist W. S. C. S. was
held last Wednesday morning in,
Trinity Methodist Church, Fair
mont, with Mrs. W. E. Glenn of
Elizabethtown, retiring zone lead
er, presiding. The meeting which
was held from 10:00 until 12:30
was followed by a luncheon in the
church basement, at which time
the members of the local W. S.
C. S. were hostesses.
Principal speaker for the morn
ing was Mrs. H. O. Lineburger of
Raleigh, conference secretary,
whose lecture dealt with the dif
ferent phases of advance in the
W. S. C. S.
During the business session Mrs.
E. C. Huffines of Fairmont was
elected zone leader and Mrs. M.
S. Huston was elected zone secre
tary. Reports from all the socie
ties were also heard at this time.
Approximately ninety people
were in attendance.
American Home
Department Meets
The American Home depart
ment of the Fairmont Womans
Club met last Friday evening at
the home of Mrs. M. D. Smith,
with Mrs. Ralph McDaniel and
Mrs. W. A. Jenkins as associate
hostesses. Mrs. Carl Pittman, the
new chairman, presided over the
routine business session after
which Mrs. Elwood Meares, pro
gram chairman, gave an interest
ing lecture on the subject of grow
ing roses. In conclusion Mrs. A.
A. Fowler spoke to the group on
pointers for gardeners during the
coming month.
After the meeting a social hour
was enjoyed by the sixteen mem
bers present and the hostesses
served homemade pound cake,
spiced crab apples, and iced drinks
to their guests. Those in attend
ance were Mesdames Nettie Davis,
Ewing Bristow, Willis Fisher, A.
A. Fowler, Bruce Grismley, J. H.
McCollum Elwood Meares, Frank
Mitchell, Carl Pittman, S. J.
Smith, Charles Webster and
Misses Dinabel Floyd and Jessie
Mitchell.
John R. Miller
Circle Meeting
The John R. Miller Circle of the
First Baptist Church met on
Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. Charles V. Floyd and Miss
Ophelia Floyd with sixteen mem
bers present.. During the busi
ness session Miss Dinabel Floyd
presided and it was reported that
a duffel bag of clothing and atten
dollar box of food had been do
nated during the past month to
the overseas needy cause.
The program was led by! Mrs.
Sam Floyd who was assisted by
Miss Jessie Mitchell and Mrs.
Bruce Grimsley. During the so
cial hour the hostesses served a
salad course to their guests. Pres
ent were Misses Dinabel Floyd,
Lois Hayes, Jessie Ashley, and
Jessie Mitchell, and Mesdames
Ewing Bristow, Lucy Campbell,
Sam Floyd, Bruce Grimsley, Net
tie Davis, Carl Pittman, Byrd,
Van Johnson, Esther Ames, and
Elwood Meares.
Bridge Hostess
Wives of the new men faculty
members of the Fairmont school
were special guests when Mrs.
Hansard Lewis entertained mem
bers of her bridge club at a card
party at the Lewis home or Wed
nesday evening of last week. Upon
arrival the guests were served a
delicious dessert course by the
hostess after which several pro
gressions of bridge followed. Guest
high scorer for the evening was
Mrs. John R. Prince while club
high scorer was Mrs. Clifton Pitt
man. Traveling prize was award
ed Mrs. Rembert Williams. Each
of the four auxiliary tables were
centered with lovely miniature
nosegays during the dessert course
after which each of the hc»ior
guests werp presented with cor
sages taken from these arrange
ments.
Honor guests were Mesdames
Rowe Henry, Robert Lowdermilk,
William Johnson, and William
Brown. Members and other club
visitors present were Mesdames
Ed Hodges, Clifton Pittman, For
est Pittman, Rembert Williams,
Ellis Page, McAdoo Bullock, C. R.
Atkihsci4, John R. Prince, Van
Beach, Cameron West and J. W.
Gaddy.
Young Couples
Club Entertained
Members of the Young Couple’s
Bridge Club were graciously en
tertained on Tuesday evening of
last week by Mr. and Mrs. Spen
cer Scott. Fall flowers were at
tractively arranged throughput the
Scott home. High score award
went to Mrs. A. D. Lewis, Jr., and
consolation prize was won by Mrs.
Herman Campbell. During the
play of cards the hostess served
iced drinks with ham biscuits to
her guests and later in the evening
a dessert course consisting of
strawberry short cake and coffee
was enjoyed.
Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Campbell, Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs.
Garren Purvis, Dr. and Mrs. P. C.
Purvis, Mr. and Mrs. Cameron
West, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wal
lace, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Oliver,
and Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Roberts
Taylor.
Golden Circle
Class Meeting
The Golden Circle Class of the
I First Baptist Church met on
Tuesday evening of last week at
the home of Mrs. A. A. Fowler.
Mrs. Jimmy Riddle presided over
the business session at which time
new officers were elected and are
as follows: President, Mrs. War
ren Barnes; vice president, Mrs.
J. C. McAdams; secretary, Mrs.
Odell Turner; treasurer, Mrs. Ver-
.non Smith; publicity chairman,
Mrs. Tommy L. Jones.
The devotional for the evening
was presented by Mrs. A. A. Fow
ler and Miss Doris Morgan gave
a short narration. A social hour
followed tne meeting at which
time a refreshment course was
served. Present were Mesdames
Arman Jenkins, Vernon Smith, W.
H. Brown, Jimmy Riddle, Hoke
Leggette, J. C. McAdams, Tommy
L. Jones, and one visitor, Miss
Doris Morgan.
Mrs. Wallace Floyd spent Sun
day with relatives in Maxton.
Birth
Announcement
Major and Mrs. Hugh William
son of Seoul, Korea, have an
nounced the birth of a 7 1-2 lb.
son, Charles McNeill Williamson,
on October 10th. Mrs. Williamson
is the former Miss Frances Mc
Neill of Fairmont, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Hector McNeill.
Mrs. Loftis Is
Club Hostess
Mrs. Leo Loftis was a gracious
hostess on Tuesday evening of last
week when she entertained mem
bers of her bridge club at dinner
and cards. Numerous arrange
ments of fall flowers were attrac
tively arranged throughout the
home.
After several progressions of
bridge Mrs. Ross Ashley was de
clared high scorer for the evening.
Those enjoying this delightful af
fair were Mesdames Paul Thomp
son, Willie Broox Webster, Buck
Blue, Iola Ashley, V. G. Gran
tham, Van Floyd, Ross Ashley,
Ea:1 Fisher, and Wright O. Jones.
Mrs. J. M. Bullock
Is Complimented
Miss Myra Lewis and Mrs. Olene
Lewis entertained in honor of
Mrs. J. M. Bullock, bride of Sep
tember 30th, at the Bullock’s home
near Barnesville. Miss Myra
Lewis greeted visitors at the door
and invited them in to see the
numerous lovely wedding presents
which were attractively arranged
in a group in the living room.
Callers then were directed to the
dining room where iced drinks,
sandwiches, and cookies were
served by Mrs. Olene Lewis, Miss
Mary Hannah Lewis, and Mrs.
Floyd Currie.
Approximately fifty guests call
ed during the hours from seven
until ten o’clock in the evening.
Fine Arts Group
To Meet Tonight
The Fine Arts Department of
the Fairmont Woman s Club will
meet Thursday night (tonight) at
7:45 at the home of Mrs. Yates
Floyd. All members are urged to
be present.
79th Birthday
E. T. Ayers celebrated hjs 79th
birthday anniversary at his home
near Nichols last Sunday at a
family reunion dinner.
Present t this time were four
of his six daughters with thgir
families.
Those present included Mr.
and Mrs. T. M. Butler Loris; Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Stewart and chil
dren, Billy, Sandy and Jane,
Nichols; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Rog
ers and children, Katherine Ann,
Eddie and Margaret, Fairmont;
and Mrs.' R. J. Campbell and
daughters, Mary Frances and
Katharine, of the home.
W. P. Andrews of Charlotte vis
ited here with his sisters, Miss
Katie Andrews and Mrs. Belle
Ward, Monday.
The J. H. McCollum family is
moving this week into their new
home which was formerly owned
by Dr. W. H. Nelson.
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YWA Meeting
The Young Women’s Auxiliary
of the First Baptist Church was
entertained Tuesday evening by
Mrs. P. R. Floyd, Jr., assistant
counselor, at her home.
Upon arrival the young people
enjoyed a wiener roast on the
lawn. Later they were invited in
to the den for a period of tele
vision, after which they assembled
in the living room for the meet
ing of the chapter.
In conducting the business meet
ing, Mrs. Glenn Russell, Jr., presi
dent, appointed a nominating com
mittee including Misses Daphne
Maftin, Mickie Jernigan, and Ann
Troy Mitchell.
She appointed Misses Faith
Fennegan and Marie Russell as
program committee to plan and
compile the year books to be pre
sented next month. It was voted
to hold all meetings in homes, the
time of meeting to be changed to
the first and third Monday nights
of each month. Mrs. Hugh G. Col
lins was welcomed as the incom
ing counselor. Mrs. B. E. Little
field, who for a number of years
has served as counselor, gave the
quarterly report.
Following the devotional led by
Miss Faith Fennegan, a program
on “Paganism” was presented by
Miss Anri Troy Mitchell, assisted
by Misses Mickie Jernigan and
Marian Baker.
The 18 members and three vis
itors present were: Misses Marie
Russell, Nell Potter, Daphne Mar
tin, Faith Fennegan, Ann Troy
Mitchell, Bobby and Lucille Shep
herd, Mickie Jernigan, Velma Tur
beville, Peggy Alford, Jane Mc
Cormick, Elease Clark, Aileen
Britt and Marian Baker; Mrs.
Glenn Russell, Jr., Mrs. Hugh G.
Collins, Mrs. E. E. Littlefield and
Mrs. P. R. Floyd, Jr.
Birth Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Davis have
announced the birth of a six
pound son, Archie Ray, at their
home in Fairmont on Saturday,
Oct. 8th. Mrs. Davis is the for
mer Miss Cathleen Purdy of
Petersburg, Va.
Birth Announcement
Mr. arid Mrs. Harry Mitchell
have announced the birth of a
son on Tuesday morning, Oct. 11,
at Pittman Hospital, Fayetteville.
Mrs. Mitchell is the former Miss
Florence Lester of Raeford.
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Birth Announcement
Mr. ahd Mrs. Charles D. Web
ster of Columbia, S. C., have an
nounced the birth of a daughter,
Jennifer Elizabeth, on September
16th, at Columbia Hospital, Colum
bia, S. C.
The new arrival weighed in at
five pounds and twelve and a half
ounces. Mrs. Webster is the for
mer Miss Jeannette Ashley of
Fairmont.
L. I Campbell and Wallace
Floyd were weekend visitors at
Carolina Beach.
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assessed for the year 1948 and remaining due and unpaid in amounts
shown below, the cost and penalties to be added to said amounts, the
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No. Description Amount
102—Johnson Ashley, Lot Cottage St $ 73.54
106—J. B. Ashley, Jr., Lot Morro Ave SB ™
124—Kenneth Barnhill, Lot Pittman St 9100
303—W. T. Harrell, Lot Pine St - 26 - 01
317—M. S. Huston, Lot Trinity & N. Main 166.06
324—R. C. Inman, Lot Pittman 36.65
341—Rev. Joel Johnson, Lot Thompson 50.22
354—D. A. Jones, Lot Jackson Ave 9 - 0 °
373—Henry Lewis, Lot N. Main 23.58
408—Mrs. D. B. Moore and Johnson Ashley, Lot Cottage St 40.50
422—S. R. McDaniel, Lot N. Main ••■• 39.60
425—Mrs. C. S. McKenzie, Lot Walnut • 25.20
442—Wm. E. Page 75.70
503—L. C. Stephens, Lot Jenkins - 28.29
537—E. R. Walters, Lot Jackson Ave 19.00
INDIANS
569—Pearl Hammond, Gertrude 34.30
576—Weldon Locklear, Gertrude 6.93
590—Odis Hunt 9 46
591—Isabel Oxendine 7.20
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601—Ester Arnett Est., Lot N. Fairmont 4.50
603—R. T. Alston & Graham Floyd, Center St 72.00
613—Barny Bethea, Old Field 6.85
621—Florence Bluat, N. Fairmont 3.60
630—E. D. Buie, Old Field 4.50
639—Horace Bradshaw, Center St 36.00
692—David Green, Old Field 5.40
699—Calvin Hagins, N. Fairmont 40.78
700—Grift Hagins, Old Field 20.89
706—Ann Harley Est., Old Field 4.50
710—Arthur Hill, Old Field 4.50
711—Dock Hill, Old Field 38.34
714—Weyman Hines, Old Field 5.40
Henry Howell, N. Fairmont 8.20
725—J. H. Isley, Old Field 16.83
745—Geo. Ladson, N. Fairmont 5.50
759—Hester Mercer, N. Fairmont 9.00
790—Lela McDonald, Old Field 12.06
795—Mrs. Wm. McKAY, N. Fairmont 12.60
796—James McLean, Old Field 5.50
821—Wallace Parson, N. Fairmont 6.40
824—Maggie Peppers, Old Field . 6.12
832—Paul Pittman, Old Field 7.30
841—Ariah Powell, Old Field 20.35
854—Willie & Carolina Russell, Old Field 4.86
878—Furman Taylor, Old Field 10.00
900—Edmund Weston, Old Field 5.40
901—Ester Evelyn Williams, N. Fairmont 7.20
908—Ruben Worley, Old Field 4.03
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