Junior Woman's Ctub ts To Meet Wed'day
The final Spring meeting of Ox
ford Junior Womans Club is to be
ieldat8p.m. Wednesday m the
:iub house. Mrs. A. F. Cozart. p!*es
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ident. announced Monday.
Mrs. Cozart said department
heads wouid make their annua! re
ports and delegates to the State
Federation meeting also will make
report. A social hour is to follow
the business meeting.
Mrs. Carrott Hostess
At Hancock St. Home
! Mrs. C A. Carroll and the mem
' bers of her family entertained Sun
day at the Carroll home on Han
cock street for nephews of Mrs, Car
rel! and their families and others.
Dinner was served picnic style in
the garden.
Those attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Furgurson and son. Carl.
Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Furgurson.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Furgurson and
three children, all of Danville. Va.,
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Furgurson of
High Point: Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Furgurson of Durham; Mr. and
Mrs. George Royster of Virgilina.
Va.. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Carroll. Ma
ria and J. B.. Jr., and E. B. Gibbs
of Shelby.
Misses Hilda. Charlotte and Vir
ginia Carroll assisted in serving and
entertaining.
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Hilda Carroll
To Wed Mr. Gibbs
The engagement of Miss Hilda
Carrot) of this city and Ernest B
Gibbs of Oxford and Sheiby is be
ing announced today by Mrs C A
Carrot), mother of the bride-to-be
The wedding is planned for sum
mer. Miss Carrot! is a member of
a prominent Oxford family and Mr.
Gibbs is the son of Harrison Ai
berta Gibbs and the tate Mrs. Gibo.
of Marion. He is a bridge con
tractor. operating as Gibbs Con
struction Company, of which he is
genera! manager. Headquarters are
in Shelby.
The format announcement of the
engagement reads as follows: "Mrs.
Charles Arey Carroll announces the
engagement of her daughter. Hilda
Theresa, to !C!r. Ernest Button
Gibbs, of Shelby. The wedding is
to take place in the summer
Etizabeth Gibson
Entertains Ctub
Miss Elizabeth Gibson enter
tained the members of her ciub on
Tuesday afternoon at Hotei Oxford
where members assembied in the
Hunt room for a program of in
terest.
Mrs. Joe A. Watkins, president,
presided and gave the welcome to!
the visitors. Bags of mountain bai- j
isam were presented to each mem-!
ber and guests as a souvenior of the}
program.
The Mountains of North Caro
lina" was the topic of the program
presented by Mrs. R. G. Lanier. She
discussed the peopie. customs, lan
guage. foods and flowers of the
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed proposals will be received
by the Oxford City Board of Edu
cation at Oxford. N. C.. in the of
fice of the Superintendent up to
2:00 p. m„ May 29. 1951. and im
mediately thereafter publicly open
ed and read, for the furnishing of
labor, material, and equipment en
tering into the construction of the
Addition to Oxford Graded School.
Oxford. N. C. Complete plans,
specifications and contract docu
ments will be open for inspection
in the office of the Architect and
in the office of the Superintendent,
or may be obtained by those quali
fied and who will make a bid.
upon deposit of twenty-five dollars
<225.00) in cash or certified check
for General, ten dollars ($10,001 in
cash or certified check for plumb
ing. heating, or electrical plans and
specifications. The full deposit will
be returned only to those submit
ting a bona fide proposal and pro
vided plans and specifications are
returned to the Architect in good
condition within' fi^e d^ys (^tgr,
the date set foi* receiving bids*'
The work will require all labor,
materials and equipment necessary
for the construction of a one-story
building containing eight class
rooms, a library, boiler room, of
fices. toilets, storage spaces, cafe
teria, kitchen. etc. Walls shall be
of brick and concrete masonry
units: floors generally of asphalt
tile over concrete; roof decks of
precast concrete slabs supported on
steel and concrete joists; finished
roofs shall be built-up. over rigid
insulation. Necessary plumbing,
heating and electrical equipment
and fixtures wili be included; sep
arate proposals will be received for
General. Plumbing, Heating and
Electrical work.
All contractors are hereby noti
fied that they must have proper
licenses under the State laws gov
erning their respective trades.
Genera! Contractors are notified
that "An Act to Regulate the Prac
tice of General Contracting rati
fied by the General Assembly ef
North Carolina on March 10. 192?
and as subsequently amende^
i Public Laws of 1949 ratified May
23rd i wili be observed in receiving
and awarding genera] contracts.
Plumbing and Heating Contract
tors are notified that Public Laws
of 1931. Chapter 52 as amended
by Public Laws of 1993. Chapter 5t.
witi be observed in receiving and
awarding piumbing and heating
contracts.
Eiectrical Contractors are noti
fied that provisions of Chapter ! .
Pubiic Laws of 1937. will be ob
served in receiving and awarding
contracts for all electrical work in
stalled in the project.
Each proposal shall be accom
panied by a cash deposit or a cer
tified check drawn on some bank
or trust company, Insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corpo
ration. of an amount equal to npt
less than 5'i of the proposal or in
lieu thereof a bidder may offer a
certified check of 2% of the Md
plus a bid bond of 3% of the Md.
said deposit to be retained by &e
Owner as liquidated damages in
event of failure of the successful
bidder to execute the contract
within ten days after the award, V
to gtve satisfactory surety as tv- ,
quired by )aw. (Pub!ic Laws 19V ;
Section t. Chapter 400. Geu
Statutes of North Carolina. 19
C. 143. Art. !. S. 129. as ante
by Public Laws of 1949.) Ch
shali be made payable to C
Credle. Superintendent.
Performance Bond will be
quired for one hundred
' 100"; i of the contract price.
Payments will be made on
basis of eighty-five percent
of monthly estimates and
payment made upon comph
and acceptance of the work.
No bid may be withdrawn
the scheduled closing time for j
receipt of bids for a period of !
days.
The Owner reserve the right to
reject any or all bids and to *#ve
informalities. !
Signed: Oxford City Board ^
Education. Oxford. N. C. "
Credle. Superintendent.
Geo. Watts Carr. Architect,^
Corcoran Street, Durham,
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ists into North Caroiina annually, j
So long as America lasts, the
picneek will live on in spirit." Mrs.
Lanler concluded.
Refreshments in two courses were !
served during the social hour which '
concluded the meeting. Special
guests were Mrs. W. J. Long. Mrs.
T. G. Stem. Jr.. Mrs. Ewing Smith.
Mrs. J. R. Wood. Sr., and Mrs. A
H. Taylor.
Pfc. and Mrs. Newton
Feted with Dinner
Three friends joined Saturday
evening in entertaining with a buf
fet supper honoring Pfc. and Mrs.
Howard A. Newton at the home oi
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Buchanan on
Club Drive.
Hostesses for the occasion were l
Mrs. Charles Jones. Jr., of Wilson.
Dtss Dorothy Strother and Miss
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Mr and Mrs. Newton and Mr. and
Mrs. Grady Dickerson greeted the
guests and assisted them in finding
their pieces at card tabies prepared
for 23 guests.
Spring flowers and candies deco
rated the tables. Each of the la
dies received a nosegay of Spring
flowers and each nf the gentlemen
received a rosebud.
Guests included Me. and Mrs.
Newton. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. New
ton. Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Dick
erson of Henderson. Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Brummitt, Mr. and Mrs. R.
C. Culton. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wil
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and Mrs. Forest Newton of Wash
ington. D C. Miss Shirley Sharpe
of Winston-Satem, Albert Parham,
Horace Wright, and Charles F.
Jones. Jr., of Wilson.
CAM? OF THANKS
I wish to express my sincere
thanks to my many /rtends who re
membered me with their cards,
flowers and visits during my recent
stay at GranViile Hospital.
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