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Mr. and Mrs. C.
Wayne Baisey of Union
Level, Va.. wtre dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Ron Baker, Norwood
and Beth on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Dame of Richmond,
Va., visited Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Walker on
Sunday. Mr. Walker
recently returned home
from Duke Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Coleman spent Sunday
in Virginia Beach, Va.
with their children, Mr.
and Mrs. Danny Piacentino
and Holt
Coleman. While there
they attended a bridal
shower for Miss Nancy
Hardy, bride-elect of
Holt Coleman.
Mrs. Ruth Perkinson
of Paschall and Mr. and
Mrs. Allie Stegall of Epsom
visited their sister,
Mrs. Florence Stevenson,
in Community
Memorial Hospital in
South Hill, Va. on Sunday.
Mrs. Lillian Morris
and Mrs. Lois Liverman
of Roanoke Rapids
visited M. A. Lyles on
Monday.
Mrs. Brenda Vaughan
underwent surgery at
Wake Memorial
Hospital last week.
The family of Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Choplin attended
their home
church, Sulphur Sprngs
Baptist Church, or Sunday.
After the service,
the family had lunch at
The Rafters in Warrenton.
The fellowship was
enjoyed by all.
Miss Kim Severance
and friend of Reidsville
were dinner guests of
her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth
Severance, recently.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Flippin of Colonial
Heights, Va., visited
Mrs. Myrtle Fleming on
Thursday and Friday of
last week. Mrs. Fleming
visited her daughter,
Mrs. Earl Haddock in
Cary on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tony
Egerton and Joey spent
the weekend in Knightdale
with Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Freeman.
Mrs. Ruby Warren
and Mrs. Mabel Powell
of Portsmouth, Va.,
visited their mother,
Mrs. Sarah Thompson,
and other relatives in
our area over the
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Draffin, Beth and
Chuck, of Raleigh
visited Mrs. Martha
Draffin on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Goodbar of Durham
visited Mr. and Mrs. R.
G. Norwood on Sunday
afternoon.
David Severance of
the Citadel spent
several days last week
with his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Severance.
Mr. and Mrs. Buck
Wiggins, Stacy and Ben,
of Raleigh spent Monday
with Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Wiggins. Mr.
Wiggins has returned
home from Veterans
Hospital in Durham.
Drewry Ladies
Club Gathers
Mrs. Annie Wilson and
Mrs. Frances Curtis entertained
the Drewry
Ladies Club on Feb. 22
in the home of Mrs.
Wilson.
Refreshments were
served to the 14 members
and one guest as
the ladies enjoyed a
period ol fellowship.
Mrs. Curtis, club
president, called the
meeting to order.
Mrs. Jessie McAuslin
offered the devotional
reading from Mark 8.
She also gave an inspirational
reading
from the "Upper Room"
followed by prayer.
Mrs. Wilson read the
minutes of the last
meeting and Mrs. Gene
Weston gave the treasurer's
report.
The group made plans
for a trip to Raleigh to
attend the Home and
Garden Show and Mrs.
Wilson presented the
program on taxes and
laws. She also read a list
of old laws from many
years past that are still
on the books today.
Some were comical and
others were serious.
The ladies were asked
to bring pennies to the
meeting to be used in a
game, all money was
placed in the club
treasury.
Mrs. Elizabeth
Richards won the door
prize.
Early Food
Popcorn was popular for
food and decoration among
the Indians in San Salvador
when Columbus landed.
George W. Hardy and Ms. Elizabeth J. Hardy anounce
the engagement of their daughter, Nany
Carol, to Marvin Holt Coleman, Jr. Coleman is tk
son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Holt Coleman, Sr. {
Norlina and the grandson of Mrs. Sudie Coleman (
Norlina and Mrs. Huth Perkinson of Paschall. Th
wedding will take place March 24 at 2 p. m. a
Jerusalem Methodist Church in Paschall. Relative
and friends are cordially invited to attend.
Couple Planning
Vows Exchange
Mrs. Ada Carter of
Norlina and Howitt Carter
of Wise announce the
approaching marriage
of their daughter, Nancy
Rose, to Dennis Moton
Paschall, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Paschall of
Norlina. The wedding
will take place on May 5
at 2 p. m. at Norlina
United Methodist
Church. No invitations
will be sent, but friends
and relatives are invited
to attend.
Birth Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn E.
Woolard of Norlina announce
the birth of a
son, David Glenn, on
March 6 in Maria
Parham Hospital in
Henderson. The infant
weighed eight pounds,
eight ounces.
Maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. B.
W. Garska of Raleigh.
Paternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Woolard of Washington,
N.C.
Revival Slated
At Church Here
Gospel Baptist
Church, on U. S. 158 east
in Norlina, will hold
revival services beginning
Sunday, March 18
at 7:00 p. m. and continuing
through to
Friday, March 23.
Services will be held
at 7:00 p.m. nightly.
Guest evangelist for
the revival will be the
Rev. Lewis Zachary, a
successful pastor now in
full-time evangelism.
Nursery and special
music will be provided
each night. Pastor Gary
M. Roy cordially invites
the public to attend this
week of special services.
The public is invited to
attend the special services.
The Rev. Gary M. Roy
is pastor.
Traveling Soil
The rich soil in the Mississippi
River Delta is lifted from
a drainage area over all oi
parts of 31 states and two
Canadian provinces.
Arts Festivals Aired
At Women's Meeting
By LILLIAN JULIAN
The Norlina Woman's
Club met March 7 at 8 p.
m. at the clubhouse with
Mrs. Margaret Brame
and Mrs. Alice Stultz as
hostesses.
Mrs. Lillian Kilian,
president, presided and
welcomed two guests,
Mrs. W. S. Hicks, Jr.
and E. L. Perry, mayor
of Norlina.
The devotion was led
by Mrs. Mildred
Grissom, who paraphrased
the sixth part of
the Woman's Club
Collect, "Teach us to put
into action our better
impulses." Mrs.
Margaret Anne Brame
led the Pledge of
Allegiance to the flag.
Mrs. Brame then
reported that at the Arts
Festival which had been
held in Oxford, Feb. 25,
she had received a red
ribbon in the Crafts
Division for her covered
cheese box, and that
Mrs. Lillian Kilian had
received a red ribbon
for a sonnet entitled,
"Mary Speaks."
The president noted
that the North Carolina
States Arts Festival will
be held in WinstonSalem
on March 24, and
that the North Carolina
State Meeting will be
held in Raleigh, April 30May
3 at which time
Mrs. Betty Weathers of
the Youngsville Woman's
Club, District 14,
will be installed as state
president. Members
were urged to attend.
Mrs. Ree Robertson,
chairperson of the Conservation
Department
—Beautification Division,
presented Mayor
Perry who commented
on a project in his ad
ministration to improve
the appearance of
Nor Una. He then pointed
out several areas which
could be greatly enhanced
by landscaping
and planting of shrubs
and flowers, particularly
the section from
which the old Seaboard
Airline Roadroad
Airline Railroad station
is now being removed.
He also stated that he
hoped civic clubs and
various businesses, as
well as individuals, will
also become interested
and will volunteer their
resources and time to
this project.
The members and
guests then enjoyed a
fellowship hour as the
hostesses served refreshments.
The next monthly
meeting will be April 3.
The program will be
given by the Home Life
Department and the
hostesses will be Mrs.
Mae Shearin and Mrs.
Mamie Weaver.
Paynters Have
Birth Of Son
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie
Leon Paynter announce
the birth of a son, Shawn
Harvey, on March 5 at
Maria Parham Hospital
in Henderson.
The infant weighed 6
pounds, 12 ounces.
Mrs. Paynter is the
former Kathie Lynn
Haubold of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Maternal grandparents
are the Rev. and
Mrs. Hank Haubold of
Walnut Cove. Paternal
grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey L.
Paynter of Norlina.
Mr. and Mrs. James Mills of Baskerville, V3. announce
the engagement of their daughter, Sharon
Yvonne Kyger, to Jeffery Scott King, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe E. King of Paschall. An April wedding is
planned.
Women Gather In Ranes Home
The United Methodist
Women of Drewry met
Thursday night in the
home of Alice Ranes.
In the absence of the
president, the meeting
was called to order by
the vice president,
Frances Curtis.
Mrs. Ranes gave the
devotion and Elaine
Mitchell had the
program.
Mrs. Ranes served
delicious refreshments
to the 10 members
present.
The next meeting will
be held at the home of
Mrs. Florence Pernell.
from HISTORY'S SCRARBOOK
DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS
March 15, 1849—Cholera epidemic began in New York
City.
March 16, 1871—Delaware enacted first state fertilizer
law.
March 17, 1966—Missing H-Uomb found in waters off
Spain.
March 18, 1965—First space walk made by Alexei
Leonov.
March 19, 1952—Stassen defeated Eisenhower in New
Hampshire Republican primary.