J. K. Barrow left by plane Tues
day for Atlanta to arrange lumber
contracts with the Government for
his company, the Barrow Manu
facturing Co. of Ahoskie. While on
this trip he will stop in St. Peters
burg, Fla., to visit an old friend,
D. G. Bland, for a weH. before re
^ turning to Zebulon about April 15.
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S/Sgt. Henry Kitchings spent
the weekend with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Kitchings. S/Sgt
Kitchings recently returned from
a six-months tour of duty with the
Air Force in Lansthul, Germany.
*
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Horton and
son and Mrs. Coye Fuller spent
last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Maylon Fuller of Wake Forest.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Watson and
four children of New Bern' were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. C.
M. Watson and Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Finch.
•
Bernice Bunn was in Norfolk
three days of last week on a busi
ness trip.
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The Rev. and Mrs. Paul Carruth
of Durham were Saturday stop
over guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Wade.
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Mrs. I. D. Gill was an overnight
guest of her sister, Mrs. R. W. Daw
son and Mr. Dawson of Goldsbor^
Monday.
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St. Simon’s Island, Ga., is con
sidered one of the most beautiful
vacation spots in the United States.
Mrs. Carsey Tippett and son, Lee,
left for the Island this week for a
visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Med
lin and daughter. Mrs. Tippett
and her son will vacation with her
brother for a week.
*
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Sawyer spent
Sunday in Aurelian Springs with
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Crawley. Mrs.
Sawyer’s niece, Junie, is still very
ill.
*
Bobby Sawyer was taken to
Duke Hospital Tuesday for a thor
ough physical check-up.
•
Mrs. John Horton will spend the
Easter holidays in Cincinnati with
her son and his family, Mr. and
Mrs. Bobby Horton. Mrs. Horton
leaves Friday from the Raleigh
Durham Air Terminal for the trip.
*
Mrs. John Kemp and Mrs. A. R.
House will leave Friday for Pe
tersburg, Va. Mrs. Kemp will be
the houseguest of Mr. and Mrs.
James Rosenstock and Mrs. House
will be the houseguest of her bro
ther and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
William T. Dunford, for two
weeks.
•
Mrs. Ruric Gill, Jr. returned to
her home Tuesday after under
going an appendectomy last Thurs
day at Rex Hospital.
*
Mrs. Claude Daniel left for her
home in Greenwich, Conn., last
Thursday after visiting relatives
in Zebulon for two weeks.
*
Dr. Charles E. Flowers vaca
tioned at his home here last week.
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W. L. Simpson is convalescing
splendidly at his home after a se
rious illness.
•
Miss Betsy Simpson of Thomas
ville Baptist Orphanage will spend
the Easter holidays with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Simpson.
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Stuart Hudson, son of Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Crafton Hudson,
celebrated his first birthday on
Saturday, March 29.
Smithfieldian Fetes
Bride Elect With Tea
Honoring Miss Dean Richardson,
of Wendell who will become the
bride of Vidor M. Pace in April,
Mrs. R. S. Fleming entertained at
tea Saturday afternoon, March 22,
at the home of Mrs. R. S. Fleming.
Miss Richardson, a niece of Mrs.
R. S. Fleming, was presented a cor
sage of pink carnations.
Guests included friends of Miss
Richardson from Wendell, Zebu
Ion and Middlesex.
Greeting the guests was Mrs.
Oliver Fleming. Mrs. R. S. Flem
ing introduced the guests to the re
ceiving line composed of Mrs.
Percy Richardson, Miss Richardson
and Mrs. C. B. Pace of near Wen
dell.
Mrs. W. H. Sanders directed
guests to the dining room where a
pink and white color scheme was
used as in the living room. The
mantel carried out the bridal
theme by a bride doll’s apipearance
with flower arrangement. The din
ing table, covered by a lacy, hand
made crocheted cloth over pink
satin, was centered with an ar
rangement of pink and white car
nations with fern and flanked by
pink candles in crystal candelabra.
Punch was poured by Mrs. Pearl
Wall of Wendell and Mrs. J. P.
Rogers, Sr. Assisting in serving
were Mrs. James Talton, Mrs. JJ.
A. Campbell, Mrs. R. A. Smith,
Mrs. Bradford Hendersotn, Mrs.
Cecil Henderson, Miss Annie Lee
Creech and Miss Vara Massengill.
Miss Sally Ellen Fleming of Tar
boro and Miss Rebecca Talton
served nuts and mints.
Mrs. J. E. Mullen directed guests
to the den where a white antique
umbrella Ailed with pink camellia
petals was tied to a hanging light
by pink bow and ribbon. There
were pink camellias and jonquils
used throughout.
Music was rendered during the
afternoon by Miss Mary Lillie Tal
ton and Mrs. Bruce Wilkins.
Goodbyes were said to Miss Bet
ty Jean Wall of Wendell.
Cards of Thanks
Dear Friends: May I express
my humble thanks for your pray
ers, visits, cards, flowers and gifts
expressing your love for me and
my family during my sojourn in
the hospital. I am filled with deep
emotion and humble gratitude to
God and to each and every one.
God bless you all. W. H. Winstead.
•
May I take this way of thanking
each and every one for every pray
er, visit, cards, flowers, gifts and
expressions of friendship that
meant so much to me during my
stay in the hospital and convales
sence at home. Again I say sin
cerely, thank you all.
W. L. Simpson
Friendly Nine Tops
Off Evening With
Luscious Chess Pie
When the Friendly Nine Bridge
Club and guests were entertained
last Thursday night by Mrs. H. C.
Wade at her home on Gannon Ave
nue, the hostess used spring flow
ers in quite attractive arrange
ments for decoration.
The play, which occurred in the
drawing room, had the following
members: Mrs. Norman Screws,
Mrs. Raleigh Alford, Mrs. Arm
strong Cannady, Mrs. Wilson Bras
well and Mrs. Frederick Chamblee.
Coming as guests were Mrs. Helen
Gregory, Mrs. Lois Wall and Miss
Mary Lacy Palmer.
Mrs. Chamblee was presented
high score prize, with low going
to Mrs. Cannady. Guest high was
awarded to Miss Palmer.
At the close of the three progres
sions, the hostess served chicken
salad sandwiches, pickle, chess pies
latticed with whipped cream and
coffee.
Mrs. Gill Serves
Chicken Salad
In Cream Puffs
A refreshment course of con
gealed fruit salad, cream puffs
filled with chicken salad and cof
fee was served when Mrs. I. D.
Gill entertained the Wednesday
Afternoon Bridge Club at her home
on North Street last week.
The playing rooms were delici
ously decorated with home-grown
hyacinths and buttercups done in
very striking arrangements.
Club members whisting delight
edly were Mrs. Robert D. Massey,
Mrs. Fred Page, Mrs. Wallace
Chamblee, Mrs. Helen Gregory,
Mrs. Ben Thomas, Mrs. W. C. Cam
pen, Mrs. G. S. Barbee, Mrs. Fos
ter Finch, Mrs. L. M. Massey and
Miss Mary L. Palmer.
Coming as guests were Mrs.
George Morgan, Mrs. L. E. Long,
Miss i Ruby Dawson and Mrs.
Claude Daniel of Greenwich,
Conn.
Upon tallying the score pads,
Mrs. Robert D. Massey was pre
sented high score prize for club,
with low going to Mrs. Chamblee.
Mrs. Morgan was awarded guest
high score prize, and Mrs. Daniel
was remembered with a gift.
Club Plays Before
An Open Fire On
Dreary, Rainy Day
The members of the Wednesday
Afternoon Club played bridge be
fore an open fire on a rainy after
noon, March 19, when Mrs. A. R.
House entertained the club.
The hostess’ home was quite
strikingly decorated with arrange
ments of spring flowers in the liv
ing and dining rooms.
The following members were
present for the whisting: Mrs. G.
S. Barbee, Mrs. F. E. Bunn, Mrs.
W. C. Campen, Mrs. J. F. Coltrane,
Mrs. M. B. Chamblee, Mrs. E. C.
Daniel, Mrs. S. G. Flowers, Mrs.
John Horton, Mrs. B. H. Johnson,
Mrs. John Kemp, Mrs. E. H. Moser,
and Mrs. C. V. Whitley. Mrs.
Claude Daniel of Greenwich,
Conn., was a guest.
Refreshments consisted of tuna
salad on lettuce, deviled eggs,
cream cheese, nut and olive sand
wich, toasted pecans, individual
lemon pies topped with pompons
of whipped cream and coffee.
Cocktail Sausages
Forked At Club
Mrs. Carsey Tippett was hos
tess to the Diamond Bridge Club
at her home on Arendell Avenue
last Thursday. Arrangements of
mixed spring flowers were used
for decoration. ,
Club members playing were
Mrs. Bernice Bunn, Mrs. Pat Far
mer, Mrs. George Tucker, Mrs.
Douglas Finch, Mrs. Norman
Screws, Mrs. Charles Flowers,
Mrs. Frank Kannon and Mrs.
Howard Beck.
High score prize for exceedingly
excellent playing was awarded to
Mrs. Screws. Mrs. Bunn was pre
sented low, and Mrs. Farmer was
the recipient of floating.
After the three progressions, the
members relaxed over refresh
ments of fudge nut pie, rabbit
shaped pimiento cheese sand
wiches, cocktail sausages, and cof
fee.
Dottie Privette Honor
Student At WF
Miss Dottie Privette is one of
22 students in the sophomore class
at Wake Forest College who made
a quality point ratio last semester
greater than 2.6.
Officials at the college consider
such a ratio of this sort as being
superior.
Miss Privette plans to take a de
gree in music from the Baptist
college.
Public Invitations
The public is cordially invited
to attend the wedding of Miss
Chris Shearin and Howard Neal
Phelps on Saturday, April 5, at
4 o’clock in the Zebulon Baptist
Church.
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The public is cordially invited to
attend the wedding of Miss Linda
Mitchell and Harold Narron on
Saturday, April 5, at 8 o’clock in
the Hopkins Chapel Baptist
Church.
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Mr. and Mrs. Percy Daniel Rich
ardson request the honor of your
presence at the marriage of their
daughter, Elizabeth Dean, to Mr.
Victor Mangum Pace on Sunday,
April sixth, nineteen hundred and
fifty-eight, five o’clock in the af
ternoon, Wendell Baptist Church,
Wendell, North Carolina.
Goddaughter Tapped
To Honor Society
Miss Eldora Allen Jones, daugh
ter of Mrs. Melvin F. Britt of Wen
dell and the late Russell Parker
Jones of Wakefield, and grand
daughter of Mrs. Helen Jones of
Wakefield was tapped into the Na
tional Junior College Commercial
Honor Society, Alpha Pi Epsilon,
at Peace College, Raleigh, on Wed
nesday, March 26, 1958.
Membership in the local chapter
is limited to students who are in
the upper scholastic ten per cent
of the regularly enrolled student
body of the College Division and
who meet the other requirements
for admission to the Society. This
Honor Society is a non-secret or
ganization. Its object is to promote
scholarship and to develop char
acter and cultivate fellowship
among the students of both sexes
of the Junior Colleges of the
United States.
Miss Jones has also made the
Dean’s List and Honor Roll for
both the fall and winter quarters.
First Dinner Party
Quite An Event
A first dinner party is always
an exciting affair in the life of a
young lady. And it was for Coo
Chamblee.
Coo was entertained last Friday
night by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Chamblee of North
Wakefield Street. The occasion was
to honor their daughter on her
ninth birthday.
The guests gathered for the af
fair at 5:30 p.m. Shortly after ar
riving, the guests were invited in
to the dining room by the honoree
for the dinner party consisting of
a meal of chicken salad, french
fried potatoes, pickle, carrot strips,
hot rolls and jello topped with
whipped cream in party designs.
At the conclusion of the dinner,
the honoree had set before her
a beautiful angel food birthday
cake decorated with luscious pink
and white mounds of icing. This
cake was cut by the honoree and
served to her guests.
The dining table was covered
with a white antique lace cloth
and centered with an arrangement
of daffodils in a low crystal
bowl. Floating around the base of
the daffodil arrangement were
pastel-colored camellias.
After the dinner party was over,
Coo and her guests, Susan Pippin,
Faye Finch, Jennifer Smith, Linda
and Donna Kimball, Jane Hinton
and Ruth Ann Croom, all dressed
in smart party gowns, pulled off
their shoes and bopiped in their
sock feet.
Stork Shower Honors
Mrs. .Billy Marshall
Mrs. Billy Gene Marshall of
Wake Forest and Zebulon was giv
en a stork shower by her mother
in-law, Mrs. Ernestine Marshall,
Thursday night, March 20.
The occasion was held in the
home of Mrs. Luther B. Saunders,
Sr., with Mrs. Ada Mitchell and
Mrs. Luther B. Saunders, Jr., co
hostesses.
The Saunders residence was
thrown ensuite and arrangements
of spring flowers were used
throughout for decorations.
Mrs. Marshall greeted the guests
on arrival and introduced them
to the receiving line composed of
the mother-to-be and her cousins,
Peggy and Annie Mae Keith of
Wake Forest.
During the evening stork games
of naming the baby, scramble,
molding a baby, guessing the num
ber of marbles in a jar and bingo
were played. Prizes were awarded
to the winners.
After the party games, the
guests were invited into the dining
room for refreshments. The ta
ble was covered with a white cut
work linen cloth and centered with
an assymetrical arrangement of
jonqils. Pastel party plates set
off a beautiful cut glass punch
bowl.
Refreshments consisted of Ha
waiian fruit punch, coffee, assort
ed cookies, pickle, potato chips,
pastel mints, nuts and chicken sal
ad sandwiches.
Following the refreshment hour,
the guests assembled in the liv
ing room for the opening of the
beautiful and useful gifts. The
living room was beautifully deco
rated with floral arrangements on
the piano, a large stork dressed
in pink and blue finery, flanked
with narcissus, snapdragons,
mums, daffodils, pink and white
carnations interspersed with plu
mosus.
The mother-to-be was dressed
in a gray and black dress trimmed
in white. She was presented a pink
and blue corsage with a miniature
stork by her mother-in-law. Mrs.
Ernestine Marshall was gowned in
a navy blue and white linen dress
and wore a pastel carnation cor
sage. Mrs. Ellen B. Morris, grand
mother-in-law of Mrs. Marshall,
wore a black dress. Mrs. Morris,
who has 16 grandchildren, is ea
gerly looking forward to her only
great-grandchild which is due to
arrive early in May.
Mrs. Earnestine Marshall said
goodbyes to the eighteen guests
who attended. She issued thanks
to the persons who were at the
shower and the ones who sent
gifts.
Wakelon Menu
MONDAY: Easter holiday
TUESDAY: Tuna fish salad on
lettuce, green peas, buttered pota
toes, grapefruit sections, hot bis
cuits, butter, milk.
WEDNESDAY: Italian spaghetti,
slaw, potato sticks, canned peaches,
peanut butter cookies, bread, milk.
THURSDAY: Baked turkey with
gravy and dressing, string beans,
candied yams, celery strips, bread,
butter, milk.
FRIDAY: Vegetable beef soup,
toasted cheese sandwich, carrot
strips, ice cream, crackers, milk.
Nine out of 10 woods fires are man-caused
and therefore preventable. Help keep our
state green.
Fewer forest Fires mean more dollars