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Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Flippin of Colonial
Heights, Va., visited
Mrs. Myrtle Fleming on
Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Boswell and daughter of
South Hill, Va. visited
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Nor
wood on Sunday. They
enjoyed an afternoon of
music as Miss Boswell
sang, accompanied at
the organ by her
mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Pearson and Mrs. Fritz
Knapp of Richmond,
Va., spent the weekend
with Mrs. O.T. Hicks.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Weaver, Jason and Mat
thew of Greensboro
spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Hicks and Mr. and Mrs.
Ira Weaver.
Buck Wiggins, Stacy
and Ben, of Raleigh
visited Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Wiggins and at
tended homecoming at
the Norlina United
Methodist Church on
Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Dowell
Taylor Hinson and
daughter, Elizabeth, of
Jacksonville spent the
weekend with her
family, the Clayton
Taylors.
Thomas Harp of
Newport News, Va.,
spent the weekend with
his mother, Mrs. Onnie
Harp.
Mrs. Dot Perry and
Mrs. Leola Baker spent
Monday in Durham.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Draff in, Beth and Chuck
of Raleigh visited Mrs.
Martha Draff in on Sun
day and attended home
coming at Norlina
United Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Ann Spence of
Warrenton and Mrs.
Myrtle Fleming of
Norlina attended the
wedding of Mrs.
Fleming's grandson,
Jerry Gettings, to Miss
Cindy L. Stover at Ivey
Memorial Methodist
Church in Chester, Va.
on Sunday. Gettings is
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Gettings of
Chester.
Big Wine Maker
Italy, the size of Arizona,
is the world's leading wine
producer, according to Na
tional Geographic. It pro
duces 2 billion gallons a year,
five times U.S. production.
MRS. CHARLES PERRY ELLINGTON, III
Miss Curtis Marries
Charles Ellington, III
Miss Wendy Anne
Curtis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Churchwell
Brown Curtis, Jr. of
Manson and Charles
Perrv Ellington. III. son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Perry Ellington, Jr.,
also of Manson were
united in marriage
Saturday in a double
ring ceremony at Mount
Auburn United Church
of Christ in Manson.
The bride is the grand
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Washington
Tucker of Palmer
Springs, Va. and Mrs.
Churchwell Brown Cur
tis of Manson. The
groom is the grandson of
Mrs. Richard Duke
Buchan of Henderson
and Charles Perry
Ellington of Manson.
The Rev. Lowell
Smoot, pastor of the
church, officiated.
A program of nuptial
music was presented by
Charles Gaston Currin
of Chapel Hill, organist,
and Martha Faith
McLellan of Winston
Salem, soloist.
Mrs. Aubrey Newton
Blanks, aunt of the
groom, of Raleigh and
Mrs. Joseph Duke
Mabry, Jr., of Hender
son served as directors.
Mrs. Palmer Wood
King, Jr., of Norlina
presided at the guest
register.
The bride, escorted by
her father, was given in
marriage by her par
ents. She wore a formal
gown of silk organza in
ivory enhanced with
Alencon and Venice
lace. The sheer yoke
was English net with a
motif of matching lace
below the neckline and
covering the bodice in
front and back. The
Watteau train of English
net flowed into a chapel
length train. The
shoulder-length veil had
a Juliet cap covered
with Brussels lace with
a design of matching
lace below the cap. Wide
borders of Brussels lace
bordered the hem.
Miss Edith Rose Cur
tis of Raleigh was her
sister's maid of honor.
Bridesmaids were Mrs.
William Glenn Cole
man, III, sister of the
bride, of Inez, Mrs. Clif
ton Randall Curtis,
sister-in-law of the
bride, and Miss Allison
Stuart White of Chapel
Hill.
Miss Mary Randall
Curtis, niece of the
bride, was the flower
girl.
The groom's father
served as best man.
Groomsmen were
Richard Mark Elling
ton of Chapel Hill and
Alan Nicholas Ellington,
brothers of the groom,
Clifton Randall Curtis,
brother of the bride,
Marshall Alton Fleming
of Chapel Hill and Scott
Reavis Phillips of Win
ston-Salem.
Master Trenton
Grissom, cousin of the
groom, was the ring
bearer.
The bride graduated
from Norlina High
School, Peace College
and the University of
North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. She is em
ployed with Arista Infor
mation Systems, Inc. in
Winston-Salem.
The groom graduated
from Norlina High
School and the Univer
sity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. He is
currently attending
Bowman Gray School of
Medicine at Wake
Forest University.
After a wedding trip to
Bermuda, the couple
will reside in Winston
Salem.
Reception
A reception was host
ed by the bride's parents
at their home.
Mrs. Bobby Link
Melton, aunt of the
bride, poured punch. Af
ter the cutting of the
traditional first slice,
Mrs. Richard Duke
Buchan, Jr., aunt of the
groom, served the wed
ding cake.
Upon the departure of
the couple, guests were
presented rice from a
basket designed by the
bride's grandmother,
Mrs. Churchwell Brown
Curtis.
After-Rehearsal Dinner
The Ellington-Curtis
wedding party was en
tertained at an after
rehearsal dinner May 25
given by the parents of
the groom and Mrs.
Richard Duke Buchan,
grandmother of the
groom at Norlina
Woman's Club on
Friday evening.
After-Rehearsal Party
The prospective bride
and groom were enter
tained May 25 at an af
ter-rehearsal party and
dance at Henderson
Point on Kerr Lake.
Hosts were Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Aycock,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
D. Buchan, Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Buchanan,
Mrs. Anne H. Fleming,
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis
Fleming, Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall Fleming, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson
Fleming, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hinton, Mrs.
Edith Mabry, Mr. and
Mrs. Millard Paschall,
Jr., Miss Anne Spain,
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Stainback, Mr. and Mrs.
William B. Wilson.
Bridesmaids
Luncheon
Mrs. Aubrey Newton
Blanks of Raleigh and
Mrs. A1 Grissom of Hen
derson, aunts of the
groom, entertained Miss
Curtis and her attend
ants at a bridesmaids
buffet luncheon in the
Blank's home on May
19.
Cookout
On Sunday, April 29,
Miss Curtis and Mr.
Ellington were feted
with a cookout at the
home of the bride's
parents. Upon arrival
Ellington was presented
with a boutonniere and
Miss Curtis with an
original corsage of
spring flowers designed
by Mrs. Dawn Coleman,
sisterNrf the bride-elect.
A buffet dinner of
barbecued chicken was
served. Miss Edith Cur
tis, Edward T. Hurdle,
Mr. and Mrs. Randy
Curtis, and Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Coleman, III
were hosts for the oc
casion.
Miser llaneoua Showers
On Sunday, April 15,
Mission Group Gathers
The Lola Sue Mission
Action Group of Norlina
Baptist Church met
Monday morning in the
home of Mrs. Lottie
Nance.
In the absence of Mrs.
Sadie Mustian, Mrs.
Nita Fuller presided.
She called the meeting
to order with scripture
from Colossians follow
ed with prayer.
Minutes were read
and it was noted that
nine members and one
visitor, Mrs. Harriet
Faulkner, general
director of Woman's
Missionary Society,
were present.
The sick and cheer
report was given by
chairwoman, Miss Ber
tha Bishop. She reported
on those remembered on
Easter and also cards
sent during the month.
On Saturday, June 2,
the Cullom Association
al Prayer Retreat will
Miss Curtis was honored
with a miscellaneous
shower at the fellowship
hall of Brookston
Presbyterian Church.
The women of the chur
The women of the
church served as
hostesses.
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On Wednesday, May
2, Miss Curtis was feted
with a miscellaneous
shower at the home of
Mrs. Edward D.
Colhoun, IV, in Winston
Salem. Hostesses were
co-workers of the bride
elect.
Bar Shower
On Saturday, April 7,
the prospective bride
and groom were
honored with a Mexican
Bar Shower by Scott
Phillips and Allison
White at Ms. White's
home in Chapel Hill.
be held at the home of
Mrs. S. Oi Potter on
Gaston Lake. The group
was asked to make a
special effort to attend.
Members voted to
change the hour of the
meeting during the
summer from 10 a. m. to
3 p. m. The Mission Ac
tion project for May was
to send articles to be
used for the Child Care
Center in Henderson.
Mrs. Jeanette Shearin
was appointed chair
man of this committee.
Mrs. Gracie Floyd
presented the program,
"How to Cope in Time
of Depression." The
calendar of prayer was
given at the close of the
program and Miss
Bishop led the prayer
for the missionaries
having birthdays.
During the social
hour, Mrs. Nance serv
ed delicious refresh
ments in keeping with
the Memorial Day
theme.
Baptist Circle
Has Gathering
The Annie Armstrong
Circle of Norlina Baptist
Church met in Littleton
with Mrs. Sarah
Parham on Monday
night.
Mrs. Forest Setzer
called the meeting to
order.
Mrs. Ira Weaver lead
the opening prayer and
Mrs. Setzer read scrip
ture from the book of
Hebrews.
The program chair
man, Mrs. Ann Mulchi,
introduced Mrs. Mary
Pat McGhee of Warren
ton who presented an in
teresting program Qn
Commitments. The
Norlina High Grads
Have 51 st Meeting
By SADIE YANCEY
Nor Una High School
graduates of the Class of
1933 met in the home of
Mrs. Martha Huff, May
25 at 6 p. m. for reunion
marking the 51st an
niversary of their
graduation.
The class was served
a delicious buffet meal.
The table was lovely
with a handsome white
linen cutwork tablecloth
with a centerpiece of
roses grown by the
husband of one of the
class members.
program closed with all
praying in unison.
Mrs. Parham served
cold drinks, cake and
other party dainties to
the 10 members and one
visitor.
The group will meet
with Mrs. Mae Shearin
on June 25.
Before the meal, a
member of the class
who now lives in
Georgia called and
talked with each mem
ber present.
Many were absent due
to illness or other con
flicts.
After the meal, bingo
was enjoyed with Mrs.
Edith Rooker winning
the prize for the most
games won and Jake
Tanner the runner-up.
The group enjoyed a
pleasant social hour and
plans to meet again next
y».ar at the same place
and time barring ob
stacles.
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Will Close
June 1
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Thanks,
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President Of Walker Drug Co.