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THURSDAY, DEC 23, Wil
TOlff PRESS AND Tllfi liidllLANDi MACONlAI
PAQE THREE
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
and
COMINGS AND GOINGS
MRS. LESTER S. CONLEY, PHONE 104
HUDSON-WALL
Of interest to many Franklin
people is the marriage of Mrs.
Kathleen Petty Hudson, formerly
of Franklin, daughter of Mrs.
James Petty, of High Point,. Ito Dr.
Herbert William Wall, of Los An
geles, Cal., last Friday evening in
Dallas, Texas.
v The ceremony, was solemnized in
the morning at the home of Dr.
George Truett, Baptist minister, in
Dallas. Only a few close friends
were present.
The bride wore a black silk suit
and a black silk hat with a small
veil. Over this costume , she wore a
man-tailored topcoat of black
needle-point wool bound in velvet.
Her shoulder corsage was of or
chids. Mrs. Wall is the daughter of
Mrs. Petty and the late Mr. Petty,
pioneer manufacturer of High Point.
She is an alumna of Meredith col
lege, Raleigh, and is a member of
the Ray street school faculty in
High Point. She has travelled ex
tensively in this country and
abroad. , , '
Dr. Wall, a native of Ontario,
Canada, has ken a resident of
Lo,s Angeles for a number of years.
He is widely known in the field of
medicine and surgery. He attended
Western university in Canada where
he received his M.D. degree and
later did post-graduate work in
Chicago, 111., St. Louis, Mo., and
New York City. During the World
War Dr. Wall was qualified on the
He has since served on the staffs
of such hospitals ' as Cedars of
Lebanon, St. Vincents, Queen of
the Angeles, and the California hos
pital of Los Angeles. He is a mem
ber of the Hollywood academy of
Medicine, the California State Med
ical society, the American Medical
association, the. Rotary club and the
Breakfast club of Los Angeles.
LORENZ-PORTER WEDDING
- TO OCCUR DECEMBER 30
Miss Ellen Jane Lorenz, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl K. Lo
renz of Dayton, Ohio, and James
Bryson Porter of Franklin, have
selected December 30 as the date of
their wedding. The ceremony, which
will be quietly solemnized in the
presence of relatives and a few
close friends, will take place at
7:30 o'clock in the evening at the
home of the bride in Diayton. A
large group of guests has been in
vited to an informal reception fol
lowing the wedding, and which is
being given for the 'bridal couple
and to meet Mr. Porter's mother,
Mrs. Thomas W. Porter of "Hall
in the Pines," Franklin, his sister,
Miss Lane Porter, and his brother-
Living properly is one of
the fine arts. So is the
judicious spending of
money This applies as
truthfully to arranging
funerals as to everyday
transactions.
Some families may have
mistakenly believed that
they could not afford our
services. But it is a fact
that our confidentially
arranged prices never ex
ceed the amounts charged
for publicized offers.
Consulting us about funeral
.matters brings mental peace
to those who dread costs be
yond their means.
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in-law and sister," the Rev. and
Mrs. Robert Jerome of Wilming
ton, N. C, and his brother, Thomas
W. Porter, Jr., of Nashville, Tenn.
Attending Mr. Porter as best
man will be his brother, Thomas
W. Porter, and the bride will be
attended by her sister, Mrs. Robert
Zehring of Orange, N. J.
The Rev., and Mrs. Jerome ar
rived in Franklin Monday night
and left with Mrs. Porter and
Miss Lane Porter Wednesday for
Dayton.
MASHBURN-ROGERS
It is announced that Miss Grace
Masbburn and Jesse Rogers- were
quietly married in Clayton, Ga., on
Wednesday, December' 21. The
couple were accompanied to Clay
ton by the bride's mother.
The bride wore a costume of blue
with white accessories. n
The groom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Will Rogers, of Otto, and the
bride is the daughter of Mrs. E. A.
Mashburn, of Franklin.
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers will make
their home at Otto.-
RAY-CLARK
Mr. and Mr.s. John Ray, of
West's Mill, announce the marriage
of their daughter, Katherine, to
Mr. Clyde Clark, son of D. L.
Clark, of West's Mill, on Sunday,
December 25, at 9:30 A. M.
in.. t -J
ine ceremony was pcriormci ...
LUC picscuv-t KJL a 1CW IW41IIV3 auu
friends at the Presbyterian manse
in Franklin, with the Rev. Mr,
Flanagan officiating. Mrs. Harry
Higgins provided the wedding
music and during the speaking of
the vows played Schubert's "Sere
nade" very softly.
Mrs. Clark graduated in the 1937
class from the Franklin high school
and is at present taking a business
course in ' Franklin.
Mr. Clark is employed at the
Franklin Mineral t Products cor
poration and they will make their
home here after the first of Jan
uary. Mr. and Mrs. Clark left imme
diately after the ceremony for a
wedding trip to Florida.
McCOY FAMILY HAS
CHRISTMAS REUNION
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McCoy en
joyed a happy Christmas at their
home at Gneiss, having with them
for the , first time in a number of
years all their children and grand
children. The children and their families
were: Mr. and Mrs. H. Sloan Rick
man and two children, of Fitzger
ald, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Harper and small son, of Newton;
Erne&t McCoy, of Love Lock, Nev. ;
Mr. and Mrs. William McCoy, of
Waynesville, and Roy, Merious and
George McCoy, of Gneiss.
T. E. L; CLASS TO MEET
WiTH MRS. STILES
The T. E; L. class of the Frank
lin Baptist church will meet on
Tuesday evening, January 3, at 3
o'clock for the regular monthly
business meeting at the home of
Mrs. Manson Stiles, 'with Mrs. D.
W. Nichols, ' Jr., as joint hostess.
All members are urged to attend.
BIRTHDAY PARTY-FOR
MISS ANN WRIGHT
Mrs. W. T. Wright entertained
with a party ' at' 'her; home on West
Main street- Wednesday afternoon
from 3 to 5 o'clock -honoring her
daughter, little Miss Ann Wright,
on her eighth birthday.
The house decorations-carried out
the Yuletide motif. The dining room
table was centered with v a huge
birthday cake bearing eight candles.
Placeoards ; were candleholders also
bearing pink candles. Individual
cakes with pink decorations were
served with pink ice cream.
The honoree was : the recipient of
many lovely gifts.
Those enjoying : the afternoon
with the honoree were1 Nancy Calp
loway, Mildred Dalton, Patsy Air
len, Ann Cabe, Elizabeth 'Phillips
and Percy Wright. 1
MRS. HIGGINS' PUPILS j
GIVE RECITAL AT COWEE j
Mrs. Harry1 Higgins presented her
piano pupils in a ' recital "at the
Cqwee school ''-Wedwesday 1 : fall ter
noon, December 21, prior to 1 the
ChrlitmM program jlvtn by tht
school,
Pupils taking ' part in the recital
were Ruth West, Zena Pearl Rick
man, Freda Potts, Dorothy Leather
erman, Helen Gibson, Wilburn Reid
and Roy Rickman.
A( Christmas pageant was dram
atized by the children , in Mrs.
Moss's room and a Mother Goose
play was put on by the children
in Mrs. Neal's room. (
The auditorium was beautifully
decorated with evergreens and after
the program Santa Claus appeared
at the huge Christmas tree to give
each child a package, candy and
oranges. Parents iand visitors pres
ent were also 'treated to candy and
fruit.
Immediately after Santa finished
his task, school closed for the
Christmas holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hege, of
Winston-Sal-em, are visiting Mrs.
Hege's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.
W. Justice, at their home on
Franklin Route 4.
Mrs. Fannie Allen and two chil
dren, Logan and Laura Belle, Miss
Kate Shope, and Mrs. Lester S.
Conley and daughter, Audrey, .spent
Thursday in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wilkie and
two children, of Skyland; Mr. and
Mrs. T; C. Ensley, of Asheville;
Mrs. Ensley, of Balsam; Mrs. B.
C. Naylor, of Asheville, and Miss
Flora Wilkie, of Marshall, were vis
iting their mother, Mrs. W. G.
Wilkie, during the Christmas holi
days. Hugh Johnston, of Atlanta, spent
Christmas Day with his mother,
Mrs. T. J. Johnston.
"Mrs. J. W. C. Johnston's children
. and grandchildren spent Christmas
with her: Mr. and Mrs. John A.
I "
johnson and son of Charlotte; Mr.
and Mrs. W. Cantey Johnson and
son, of Madison;. Mr. and Mr,?.
Blackburn W. Johnson, and daugh
ter, of Asheville; Francis B. John
son, of Kansas City, Kan. ; William
S. Johnson, of Chapel Hill, and
Richard R. Johnson, of Charleston,
S. C. .
. Miss Bess Cunningham, who is
teaching school near Smithfield, L
spending the Christmas holidays
with her sister; Mrs. J, T. Siler.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Harper and
sori7:Bflly, of "Newton, spent thtJ
xuietme noyaays wun Mrs. narp
er's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
McCoy, at their home at Gneiss.
Rev. and Mrs. I. L. Roberts and
children have returned from Reids
ville, where they spent a week
visiting relatives and friends.
Miss Evelyne Mozeley, of Reids
ville, came in Sunday for a visit
with her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Mozeley, at their home
at Otto, and A, J. West and Mrs,
West at their home at West's Mill.
. Miss Prudence Darnell, of At
lanta, spent the first of the week
visiting her sister, Mrs. Hunter Cal
loway and Mr. Calloway, at thei.
home on Bonny Crest.
Misses Molly-and Rachael Slagle,
Miss Dorothy Blumenthal, John
Slagle and - Willard ; Pendergrass
left Monday for Atlanta, where
they will spend this week visiting
relatives and friends. .
Mr. and Mrs. P. P.'Saugerty, of
Covington, Va., are spending this
week with Mrs. Saugerty'S sister,
Mrs. Carl Greene and Mr. Greene,
at their home on Greene street.
M,r. Saugerty is editor of .The Vir
ginian, a daily newspaper published
at Covington, and paid (The Press
a pleasant call while in Franklin.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Higdon and
children,' 'Mr. -and Mrs. Phillip S.
Hoyt and two children and Mr. and
Mrs. John Hoyt, all of Clarkesville,
Ga.,- were the dinner guests of Mr.
and Mr,s. Lyman Higdon Christmas
evening. , ;
-Manson L. - Stiles, who is work
ing in Atlanta, spent the week
end at his home on Bidwell street.
George M. Johnson left Friday
for Fayetteville where he spent the
Yuletide holidays with relatives and
friends.
George Slagle, who is working
in Virginia, came in last week for
a visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Slagle.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stewart
and' Mrs. "A. C. Stewart left Wed
nesday morning for Lake Helen,
FlaMr. and Mrs. Stewart- will rer
torn to' their home on Cullasaja the
latter' part of this week while Mrs.
C.jA;: Stewart will remain in Flor
ida" for a v month - with her sister,
Mrs." J. V. Moore.
11 Wayne Higdon, who is working
wjth the forest service in Paris,
Ark.,' came in last week for a visit
with his wife and other relatives in
I Macon county.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarinet Horilty
and son, Jimmy, are spending a
couple of weeks in Dawson, Ga.,
with Mr. Horsley'Sj parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Horsley. t
John Ansel has returned from
Walhalla, S. C, where he spent
Christmas with relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reid and
children, of Murphy, spent the
week-end with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Reid, Sr., at their
home on Franklin Route 4, and
Mrs. A. S. Sole&bee at her home
on Franklin Route 3.
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Phillips and
daughter, of Clinton, Tenn., spent
the week-end with Mrs. Phillips'
mother, Mrs. A. S. Solesbee, at
her home on Franklin Route' 3.
Bill Penland, of Akron, Ohio, is
here for a visit with his parents,
Mh and Mrs, Lex Penland, at
their home on Bonny Crest.
George H. Sloan, Jr., Billy and
Harriett Kinnebrew, of Birming
ham, Ala., spent the Christmas
holidays with their sister, Mrs.
Phil McCollum and Mr. McCollum.
Miss .Vallie West, of Raleigh,
daughter of W. J. West of West's
Mill, is a patient in Angel hos
pital. Charles Penland has returned to
his work in Winston-Salem, after
spending the week-end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lex Pen
land, at their home on Bonny
Crest.
; Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Southerland
have returned to their home in
Winston-Salem after, spending sev
eral days with Mrs. Southerland's
father, Carl S. Slagle, who is a
,atient in Angel hospital and with
Mrs. Slagle, at her home on Car
toogechaye. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Fouts' and
family, of Kipling, came in Satur
day for a - visit with Mr. Fouts'
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ham Fouts,
at their home in the Iotla section.
Mrs. Lily Henry, who has been
spending several weeks in iKissimee,
Fla., came in last week for a visit
with her sister, Mrs. Joseph Ash
ear and Mr. Ashear, at their home
on Palmer street.
Prof, and Mrs: J. R. Wells and
son are spending several days in
Murphy visiting relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Callahan
spent Sunday with their son, T. H.
Callahan " and family in Bryson
City.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Matlock
and Miss Louise Calloway, of
vVinston-Salem, spent the week
end with Mr. Matlock's parents,
.Ir. and Mrs. J. B. Matlock, at
West's Mill, and Mrs, Matlock's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mor
rison, at Etna. '
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robert
Patton, of Wadesboro, are visiting
dr. Patton's father, R. A.' Patton,
at his home on Harrison avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Hoilman,
of Winston-Salem, spent the week
end with Mr. Hoilman's mother,
.vlrs. Tim Hoilman, in Franklin.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Brown, Mrs.
I. O. Cozad and Miss Margaret
Cozad spent Friday in Asheville.
Miss Helen Patton, of Durham,
:s here for a visit with her father,
Robert A. Patton, at his home on
Harrison avenue.
John Archer is spending several
days with' his family, who are vis
iting relatives and friends in Knox
ville, Tenn.
Mrs. Bertha Ann Tompkins, reg
istered nurse of Leesburg, Fla.,
was elected president of the 14th
District Nurses association of Flor
ida for the year 1939. Mrs. Tomp
kins was before her marriage Miss
Bertha Ann Southard, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Southard, of
Franklin Route 1. She received
her training at Grady hospital in
Atlanta.
Mrs. Robert Cansler and son,
Rogers, of Pisgah Forest, spent the
week-end with Mrs, Cansler's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Myers
at their home on Franklin Route 3.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter West and
daughter,, of Asheville, spent the
holidays with Mrs. West's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Franklin, at
their home on Franklin Route 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Sloan Rickman
and two children, Edwin and Ruby,
Fitzgerald, Ga., are visiting Mr.
Rickman'S father, John E. Rickman,
at his home in Franklin, and Mrs.
Rickman's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. ftfcCoy, at their home tat
Gneiss.
Miss Ruby Hall of Atlanta, spent
several days here with her mother,
Mrs. John Hall, at her home on
Bidwell street.
Miss Timoxena Sloan, of Atlanta,
is spending several days with her
mother, Mrs. J. S. Sloan, at her
home in East Franklin.
Mr. and Mm. W. B. Ktiltr tnd
small ion, Billy, of Salisbury, spent
the week-end here with Mrs, Kes
ltr's. parents,- Mr. and Mrs, T. W.
Angel, Sr.
Miss Ruth McCollum, of Atlanta,
Ga., has been spending sevenal days
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. B. McCollum, at their
home on Palmer street.
Miss Hazel Everett, beautician
in Pearl's Beauty Shop, who under
went an operation for the removal
of her appendix at Angel hospital
Friday, is reported to be doing very
nicely.
Miss Helen Seay, of Newark, N.
J., arrived Friday for a visit with
her mother, Mrs. C. A. Setser, and
Mr. Setser, at. their home on the
Georgia road, and her sister, Mrs.
Derakl Ashe, and Mr. Ashe, at
their home on Harrison avenue.
Mrs. Jack O. Werner and daugh
ter, Doris, left Friday for Green
ville, S. C, where they will visit
relatives and friends.
Verlin Bradley, and sister, Miss
Grace Bradley, of Winston-Salem,
came in last Thursday to spend a
week with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Bradley, at their home
at Etna.
Sgt. and Mrs.. K. R.. Helton, of
Clemson, S. C, are here for a visit
with Mrs. Helton's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. Led ford, at their home
on Iotla street.
Hospital News
Sam Greenwood, of Gainesville,
Ga., suffered severe lacerations of
the face and head in an automo
bile wreck at Clayton Christmas
night. He was able to return to
his home after a two-day stay at
Angel hospital.
Miss Hazel Everett, beauty oper
ator of Franklin, underwent an
operation for appendicitis Decemb
er 23. Her condition is satisfactory.
Master Leon Carpenter under
went a mastoid operation Decem
ber 21. He is the son of Zeb Car
penter, Prentiss.
Dan Moore, of Franklin Route 3,
was operated on for acute appen
dicitis December 7.
Carl Slagle, who has been ser
iously ill in the hospital following
an operation for ruptured appendix,
is now greatly improved. '
Mrs. Oscar Bryant, of Franklin,
underwent a serious operation
Tuesday morning. Her condition is
still serious.
Master George Crawford, of
Fnanklin Route 4, underwent ah
operation for ruptured appendix
December 22. He is recovering.
Miss Peggy Dalrymple, of Ral
eigh, formerly of Franklin, under
went a mastoid operation Decem
ber 24. Her condition, is serious.
Miss Jane Dalrymple, of Raleigh,
formerly of Franklin, is a patient
in the hospital suffering with
pneumonia.
H. H. Plemmons, county sanitary
officer of Franklin, underwent a
serious operation December 26.
Miss Vallie We"st, of Raleigh,
underwent a major operation De
cember 26. Her condition is good.
Mrs. W. R. Watts, Gneiss, under
went an operation December 27,
and is recovering.
Baby Wayne Stewart, son of
Harley Stewart, of Cullasaja, und
erwent a major operation Decem
ber 27. His condition is serious,.
D. G. Stewart, of Franklin, is a
patient under medical treatment at
the hospital.
Pamphlet Issued On
Hour, Wage Law
The wage and hour division of
the department of labor has made
arrangements through the national
emergency council to furnish a
pamphlet to every person . interest
ed in an explanation of the fair
labor standards act of 1938, gener
ally known as the wage and hour
law.
Send your request to the state
director of the national emergency
council for Virginia and North Car
olina, 1022 American Building,
Richmond, Va., and the pamphlet
will be forwarded to you immediate
ly. Every person who is employed
will benefit by reading this booklet.
CABBAGE PROFITS
From 1.1 acre of land, E. F.
Chappell of the Balm section,
Avery county, .sold 40.300 pounds
of cabbage for $328.95. Deducting
expenses amounting to $58.86, Mr.
Chappell cleared $270.09 net from
his venture. Much of the good
yield he ascribes to plowing under
crimson clover last spring before
setting the cabbage plants.