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John Perkinson of
Raleigh spent several
days last week with his
mother, Mrs. Gladys
Perkinson. David
Perkinson and family of
Cary spent Sunday with
Mrs. Perkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Weaver, Jason and Mat
thew of Greensboro and
Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Weaver, Crystal and
Leslie of Rocky Mount
visited Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Weaver over the week
end.
Mrs. Joe Egerton
spent Sunday in Raleigh
with her mother, Mrs.
Betsy Pace.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald
S. Wimbrow spent the
weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Mikel Wimbrow
and Mik in Greenville,
S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Strickland of Woodbine,
Ga., are spending
several days this week
with Mrs. A. J.Hundley.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Wilkins of Garner
visited Mrs. Vincent
Allen and Gwen on Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. R.
Baker spent Sunday af
ternoon in LaCrosse,
Va. with Mr. and Mrs.
Buster Dishmon and
family.
Miss Melissa Draffin
spent the past week with
Dr. and Mrs. Stan
Jenkins and family in
Ahoskie.
Mrs. Mary Eliza Byrd
and Mrs. Ann Miller
Gray of Henderson
spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. R. G.
Norwood.
Weekend guests of
Mrs. J. Van King and
Mrs. Lucille Newman
were Miss Clarice
Newman of Richmond,
Va., Mrs. Claude
Newman, Jr. of Falls
Church, Va. and Mrs.
Gladys Huddleston of
Springfield, Va.
Church Women
Have Gathering
The United Methodist
Women of Drewry met
in the home of Mollie
Paschall for their an
nual picnic recently.
As family and friends
gathered on the lawn for
supper and friendship,
Frank Wrenn, III read a
poem on Friendship.
Mollie Paschall gave a
brief history of the
UMW, a society that
was organized in July
1940.
The group paused to
remember the 13 mem
bers who have died.
Thirty-seven mem
bers and friends were
present.
The next meeting will
be at the lake home of
Jean Wester.
Using a pressure can
ner to can food saves
energy as well as
money. The kitchen
stays cooler, so air con
ditioning is less costly.
Yacht Chairs
$29.95
Assorted Colors
Wanrenton
Furniture
Exchange, Inc.
Shirley Edwards of Warrenton announces the
engagement of her daughter, Cynthia, of Norlina to
Ray W. Clary, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Clary of
I^awrenceville, Va. The wedding will take place
July 30 at 2 p. m. at the Wise-Paschall Ruritan
Clubhouse in Wise. Friends and relatives are
cordially invited to attend. A reception will be held
immediately following the ceremony.
Junior Church Program
Slated At Gospel Baptist
Gospel Baptist
Church of Norlina is
organizing a junior
church program as an
extension of the minis
try of the church to
children between the
ages of six and 12. The
program will be held
during the 11 a. m.
Sunday morning wor
Former Pastor,
Wife Featured
The Rev. Curtis
Campbell, former
pastor of Norlina United
Methodist Church, and
his wife, Debbie, will be
featured in leading roles
in "The Fantasticks"
slated for four perform
ances at Joseph Mont
fort Ampitheater in
Halifax.
The play, directed by
Charlie-John Smith of
Henderson, is being
sponsored by the
Halifax Historic Associ
ation.
Performances are
scheduled for July 27
and 28 and August 3 and
4, beginning at 8:30 each
night.
Admission is $4 for
adults and $2.50 for
children.
Drewry Bridge
Members Meet
The Drewry Bridge
Club met at the home of
Mrs. Roger K. Fleming
recently.
Those playing were
Mrs. Roger K. Fleming,
Mrs. Ellis E. Fleming,
Mrs. C. B. Carter, Jr.,
Mrs. Edmund W. White,
Mrs. W. H. Fletcher,
Mrs. Bill Ellington,
Mrs. Frank Edwards,
and Mrs. Sidney Flem
ing, Jr.
After several pro
gressions of bridge,
high score went to Mrs.
Edmund W. White;
second high score went
to Mrs. W. H. Fltcher,
and bingo to Mrs. Bill
Ellington.
The surprise hand
was won by Mrs. Ellis
Fleming.
A delicious cherry
cake and drink was
served to the guests.
ship service in the
church fellowship hall.
Glenn Hunt of Dur
ham, who recently
relocated to Norlina,
will be the children's
pastor. Hunt is a gradu
ate of the Institute of
Biblical Studies, a divi
sion of Liberty Baptist
College in Lynchburg,
Va. He has had exten
sive training in the
Children's Ministries
Department of Thomas
Road Baptist Church in
Lynchburg.
Hunt and his wife,
Arlene, operate a va
riety of puppets which
they will incorporate
into the children's pro
gram to teach Bible
truths, stories and
songs.
The beginning date
for the program will be
announced at a later
date.
Adult Camp Held
By Vaughan Pair
Adult camp for 11 Ex
panded Foods and
Nutrition Education
Program Homemakers
was conducted by Mrs.
Edith Clark, EFNEP
aide and her daughter,
Miss Betsy Clark, on the
lawn of her home in
Vaughan on July 5 from
2-4:30 p. m.
Mrs. Clark taught a
food lesson on "Nutri
ents" and the role they
play in the quest of good
health. Miss Betsy Clark
was in charge of recre
ation. Songs, games and
relay races pertaining
to food were enjoyed by
the group.
Miss Emily Ballinger,
home economics agent
and EFNEP supervisor,
attended and discussed
the possibility of the
group forming an Ex
tension Homemakers
Club.
Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Gene Langley of
Roanoke Rapids an
nounce the birth of a
son, Morris Gene, Jr.,
on July 16 in Halifax Me
morial Hospital in
Roanoke Rapids. Mrs.
Langley is the former
Wanda Carter of
Roanoke Rapids.
Littleton
Ng.ys Items
Mrs. Bonney Hale ac
companied her sister
and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. David Ben
ton, of Columbia, S. C. to
visit their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Ben
ton, in Columbia, Mo.
From there they spent
some time in Colorado
Springs, Col. with Ben
ton's sister, Mrs. David
Burns, Miss Nadine
Benton in Tulsa, Okla.
and Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Benton in Brownsville,
Texas. They left here
July 1 and returned on
July 10.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Salmon, Sr. visited her
mother, Mrs. J. A.
Myrick, and Grover
Paynter in Warren
Plaza Rest Home near
Warrenton Thursday
and were supper guests
of their daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey L. Paynter, and
family in Norlina.
Miss Virginia Bailey
of Concord visited Mrs.
Gladys Stansbury and
Mary Lou Young Friday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Salmon, Sr. visited and
had dinner with Mrs.
Sue Salmon Sunday in
LaCrosse, Va. Mr. and
Mrs. Francis
Swineburger and Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Salin
skia of LaCrosse were
also guests of Mrs.
Salmon. Mr. and Mrs.
Salmon also visited
their daughter and son
in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Paynter, in
Norlina before return
ing home.
Mr. and Mrs. Macon
Moore, Jr. accompanied
their daughter, Mrs.
Robert Tudor to the
Raleigh-Durham Air
port Monday where she
left by plane for her
home in South Haven,
Miss., after having
spent sometime here
with her parents.
Mrs. Ethel Herbert
and Mrs. Jack Carlisle
if Whitakers were Sun
lay visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. Macon Moore, Jr.
and Miss Fannie Moore.
Mrs. Rosalie Shearin
and granddaughter,
Priscilla Shearin were
Friday visitors of her
mother, Mrs. J. A.
Myrick in Warren Plaza
Rest home near Warren
ton.
Mrs. Stuart West
visited her mother, Mrs.
Viola Etheridge Wed
nesday at the Guardian
Care Nursing Center in
Louisburg.
Miss Bobbie Stanley
of LawrenceviUe, Va.
was a visitor Monday of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Delbridge and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe D. Pope.
Mrs. Justis West, Mrs.
Rosemond West, Mrs.
Bernice N. West and
Mrs. Claude P. Pike and
Mrs. Charlotte Moseley
of Vaughan returned
Saturday night after
touring the Hershey
Factory and Dutch
Country in Penn.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Critcher of Portsmouth,
Va. spent several days
here last week with her
mother, Mrs. Luther
Aycock, Sr. and atten
ded the funeral of Mrs.
Critcher's brother, Gor
don Aycock, at Corinth
United Methodist
Church Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
Little, Jr. and
daughters, Wendy and
Nlkki, Mr. and Mrs.
James Allen and
children, Amy and Jay,
Mr. and Mr*. Greg
Wa raprasent many fin* Insurance
companies, but we era Independent
Agaott, who, first of all, are obligated
to our policy-holders. Whenever you
want a quote or have any queetlona
regarding Inaurance, call ua.
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Miss Lowry Weds Carl Spragins
Berea Baptist Church
in Pembroke was the
setting for the wedding
of Miss Frieda Noreen
Lowry and Carl Wallace
Spragins of Smithfield
on Saturday, July 2, at 5
p. m. The Rev. Tony
Brewington officiated at
the double-ring cere
mony.
The bride is the
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Vincent Lowry of
Pembroke. Parents of
the groom are Mr. and
Mrs. Elmo Wallace
Spragins of Littleton.
Mrs. Cathy Thomas of
Pembroke, organist and
pianist, Dr. Curt
Locklear, Jr. of Pem
broke, soloist, and Ms.
Gena Johnson of Fayet
teville, trumpeter,
presented a program of
Wilson and children,
Timothy and Ashley,
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Salmon, Miss Michelle
Isles and Brigitte Banks
of Macon left Saturday
for a vacation at Myrtle
Beach, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart
Moretz of Atlanta, Ga.
and Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Scheals of
Athens, Ga., arrived in
the area Saturday to
visit relatives and at
tend the Shearin-Boone
reunion Sunday at Sat
terwhite Point on Kerr
Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin
Harris attended the 57th
annual family reunion of
the late Thomas and
Pattie Hamm Harris at
Grove Hill Sunday and
were supper guests of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Harris in Areola. Their
son, Bonney Harris of
Knightdale, and
daughter and her son,
Mrs. Howard Oreshack
and Craig, of Raleigh
joined them at the
reunion and supper.
Mrs. Fred Majors
visited her mother, Mrs.
Susie Poythress in
Halifax Memorial
Hospital in Roanoke
Rapids Monday.
wedding music.
The bride was escor
ted by her father and
given in marriage by
her parents. I
She wore a formal
gown of silk Venise lace
and ivory satin
fashioned with a fitted
bodice accented with a
Victorian neckline, fit
ted sleeves with tiny
satin buttons and a cir
cular cut skirt bordered
with Venise lace. Tiny
satin buttons down the
back complemented the
chapel-length train.
The matching finger
tip veil was of ivory silk
illusion with Venise lace
edging.
Suzanne Lowry of
Hope Mills, sister of the
bride, was maid of
honor. Bridesmaids
were Mrs. Michael
Thomas of Vass, Mrs.
Ellard Steen of Pem
broke, Jan Marie
Lowery of Chapel Hill,
and Robin Boyle of
Piscataway, N. J.
Junior bridesmaid
was Melissa Tolar of
Louisville, Ky. Jill Tolar
of Louisville, Ky. was
the flower girl and Chad
Hawks of Greensboro
was ring bearer.
The groom's father
was the best man.
Ushers were Dale
Spragins, brother of the
groom, of Upper Marl
boro, Md.; Doug
Spragins, cousin of the
groom, of Littleton; Er
nest (Ernie) Vincent
Lowry, Jr., brother of
the bride, of Pembroke,
and Walter Gray Pike of
Raleigh.
The bride is a
graduate of Pembroke
Senior High School,
East Carolina Univer
sity School of Nursing,
and East Carolina
University Family
Nurse Practitioner
Program.
The groom is a
graduate of Littleton
High School and Elon
College. He is employed
by Johnston County as a
teacher and coach at
MRS. CARL WALLACE SPRAGINS
Smithf ield-Selma Senior
High School.
Following a Carib
bean cruise, the couple
will reside in Smithfield.
Reception
A reception was held
in the church fellowship
hall immediately follow
ing the ceremony.
Guests were directed
into the hall by Mrs.
Earl Ransom of Pem
broke and Mrs. Hardy
H. Bell of Pembroke.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Ransom assisted in
receiving throughout
the social hall. Mrs.
Calvin Tidwell presided
at the registry table
which held the bride's
book.
The wedding cake was
served by Mrs. James
Brewington of Pem
broke and Mrs. Richard
Regan of Wake Forest.
Mrs. Wayne Hawks of
Greensboro and Mrs.
Harold Braddy Locklear
of Rowland assisted in
serving and pouring
punch. Assisting with
receiving of wedding
gifts were Mrs. Na
thaniel Tolar of Louis
ville, Ky., Mrs. Hugh J.
Boyle of Piscataway, N.
J. and Mrs. Sue Lowery
of Pembroke.
Rehearsal Dinner Party
On Friday evening a
rehearsal dinner party
was held on the back
lawn at the home of the
bride's parents. Bar
becue was cooked by
Hardy H. Bell of Pem
broke.
Following the dinner,
the out-of-town guests
and friends were enter
tained with an indoor
pool party at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. Martin
L. Brooks of Pembroke.
Mrs. Don Strickland of
Chapel Hill assisted her
parents in hosting the
party.