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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1940 THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN PAGE THREE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES and COMINGS AND GOINGS MRS. LESTER S. CONLEY, PHONE 104 KINSLAND-RUSSELL Mr. and Mrs. A. Li. Kinsland oi Franklin, Route 4, announce the wedding o'$ their daughter, Miss Evelyn Kinsland, to Mr. Austin Russell of Aquone and1 Andrews. The wedding took place in Gaines ville, Ga., on Saturday, August 17, with the Rev. H. H. Humphries officiating. .The bride is a graduate - of Franklin high school, and received her B. S. Degree from Western Carolina Teachers college the past June. ,.She is now employed in the Macon county schools. Mr. Russell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Russell .of Aquone. He received his education at Andrews high school and in Rock Hill, S. C. The couple left immediately far a wedding trip through Atlanta, and other points of interest. They plan to" be at home with the groom's parents at present. DAVES-PARR1SH Mr. Joseph A. Daves iof Frank lin Route 3, announces the mar riage of his, daughter, Lola Mae Daves to Gilmer E. Parrish of West's Mill. The wedding took place in Clayton, Ga., June 30. Mrs. Parrish is the daughter of Mr. Joseph A. Daves and the late Mrs. Elizabeth Daves, of Franklin Route 3. She is a very popular young lady among the young folks ,of her community. Mr. Parrish ' is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Parrish of West's Mill, He Is a well known citizen and a prominent young farmer of this section. The bride was attired, in a be coming powder blue crepe dress with white accessories.. Miss Thelma Daves, sister of the bride, Miss Hettie Welch and Harold Nelson were the only atten dants of the bride and bridegroom. Mr. and Mrs. Parrish are mak ing their home with the groom's parents at present. MISS CAROL TESSIER HONORED BY SHOWER Miss Betty Rogers entertained with a shower, at ther home on Tuesday afternoon as a courtesy to Miss Carol Tessier, whose en gagement was recently announced to Kenneth Primus, of Nez Perce, Idaho. Mists Tessier left Friday with her aunt, Miss Eleanor Sloan for Nez Gerce, where the wedding is scheduled to take place within the next few days,, The Rogers home was decorated with quantities of summer flow ers. The dining room table was overlaid with lace cloth and had for a centerpiece a bowl of yellow flowers, with brass . candlesticks and yellow candles. In naming the articles the bride's trousseau from the letters of the bride's name, miss Margie McBride, of New Orleans, La., was -winner of the prize. ' The honoree received many at tractive gifts. The guests included Lillian and Dorothy Jones, Ruth Higgins, Lee ida Beshears, Ruby Calloway, Ada Belle Sherrill, Jean Moore, Vir ginia Tessier, Dorothy Sloan, Mrs. Moodrow Reeves, Frances and Bea trice Davenport, of Boston, Mass., Frances Rchardson, of Macon, Ga., Mrs. Lowell Stevens, of Candler, Mary Johnston, of Florida, and Margie McBride, of New Orleans, La. CONLEY FAMILY GET-TO-CETHER HELD SUNDAY An informal family get-together was held on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mns. James P. Conley on Franklin Route 1, when only the children and their immediate families and a few close friends were present for the affair. All of Mr. and Mrs. Conley's children with their families were present except three of the grand children, making a total of 40, The children and families includ ed Mr. and Mrs. John Vinson, of Otto; Mr. and Mrs. George Con ley, of Franklin Route 1; Mr. and Mrs. Turner Vinson, of Clayton, N.'C. ; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Conley, of Culkasaja; Mr. and Mns. Charlie Conley, of Mosheim, Tenn.; Mr. JOIN Our Burial Association Today! LARGEST AND STRONG EST IN WESTERN N. C FULL TIME EM BALM ER and Mrs. Harold Moore of Frank lin Route 1 ; and J. P. Conley, of Franklin Route U Others attend ing were Mr.' and Mrs. George Wallace, Mrs. Frank Callowayand Mrs. Lester Con ley. : ; " . Mrs. Jess Oliver, of Atlanta, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lon Camp bell. Miss Nora Leach, who underwent an operation at an Asheville hos pital last week, is reported to be doing nicely. " Mr. and Mrs. William M. Wilson of Charleston, S,. C, visited their sister, Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hawkins have: taken an apartment in the Flanagan home. Mr. Hawkins will teach in the Franklin high school. Miss Blair Salter, of Jackson ville, Fla., was the week-end guest of Mrs. Pearl Hunter, at the home of Mr. and Mns. M. L. Dowdle. Mr. and Mrs. John Davenport and two daughters, Frances and Beatrice, have returned to their home in Boston, Mass.; after spending the summer with Mrs. Davenport's sister, Mrs. L. H. Page and Mr. Page on Rogers Hill. Mrs. Lowell Stevens and ,soh, have returned to their home in Candler, after spending . several days' here visiting, relatives and friends. Verlin Bradley, of Winsfon Salem, . is spending several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bradley, at Etna. Misses Leeida Beshears and Frances Richardson spent the week-end in Candler the guests of Miss Edith Rutherford. Solonien Maloof, of Bryson City, visited Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ashear Tuesday. J. E. Lancaster, of Henderson ville, was among the business vis itors here this week. , Miss Lois Fouts has returned to her work in Washington, D., C, after spending a week with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. W. T- Fouts on Franklin . Route 3, and with her brother, Meritt Fouts, who has been critically, ill in Angel hospital. He is reported to tie improving. Mr, and Mrs, J. D. Franks and son, Morris, are spending several weeks in Farmington, N. W. Bobby Arthur, son of Mr. and Mrs.. Hayne Arthur, , of' Franklin Route 1, who recently enlisted in the United States navy,, is station ed at Norfolk, Va. Miss Ruth Hightower has re turned, to her home in Union, S. C, after spending a week visiting her cousin. Miss Jarvis Ledford on lot la street. Mrs. Frank W. Mathews, of At lanta, Ga., came in Monday to be gin her school work in the Frank lin high school Thursday. Mrs. Mathews was the former Miss Kathryn Porter. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Higdon, who have been (spending the past three months in Oxford, Miss, where Mr. Higdon has been em ployed by the United States Forest Service, have returned to their home at Cullasaja. Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Hoyt and children, Philip, Jr., and Pat ricia, have moved from Clarksville, Ga., to Franklin and will live in the Case house on Bidwell street. Mr. and Mrs. Turner. Vinson and three children returned to their borne in Clayton, N. C, after a visit to Mrs. Conley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Conley, Frank lin Route 1. On their return they were accompanied by Mrs. Frank Calloway, who will spend several weeks there. . Mr. and Mrs. Jess Raby and two children, of Indian Head, Md, are spending several days with 'Mr. Raby's mother, Mrs. C. A. Raby, at Etna and Mrs. Raby's relatives on Iolla and Franklin. L. ' B. Angel, of Haines City, Fla., is visiting his parents, Mr, and Mrs. T. W. Angel. Sr. Rev. and Mrs. Stuart Dohre, of Port Lavaca, Texas, are visiting Mrs. Rohre's mother, Mrs. John Hall, on Bidwell street. Mr. and Mrs. Louin Berry and son,; John,' who spent a few days visiting relatives and friends in Macon county, left Monday for their home in Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. and Mr.s. Charlie Conley and three children have returned to their home in Mosheim, Tenn., after a visit with Mr. Conley's par ents, Mr, and Mrs. J. P. Conley on Franklin Route 1, and Mrs. Conley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Garner on Franklin Route 1. Mrs. John Wells, of Cornelia, Ga., visited friends here last week. Mr. and Mrs. ; Tom Roane and Miss May McDowell, of Clayton, Ga., were here on business Satur day and visiting friends. Walter T. Green, Jr, of Cool eemee, is spending several days visiting his brother, Allen J, Green at Dixie Hall. Mrs. Robert L. Poindexter has returned to her home on Franklin Route 3, after a visit with her son, R. L, Poindexter, Jr, and Mrs. Poindexter and ber daughter, Mr. Julius H. Curtis Passes Sunday Funeral services for Julius H. Curtis, 68, were held at the As bury Methodist church at Otto on Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Rev. J. C. Swaim, pastor, was in charge of the services. Inter ment was in the church cemetery. Mr. Curtis, a life-long resident of Macon county, was born on March 30, 1872. He was the son of the late Washington and Nan nie Sanders Curtis. . He was a member . of the Asbury ; Methodist church. Mr. Curtis was a well known farmer. He died at his home in Smith Bridge township south of Franklin, on Sunday evening about 7 o'clock, The pallbearers included James Henson, Bascom H. Seagle, Wil liam Seagle, Floyd Thompson, El mond Brown and Charlie Ledford. Surviving are the widow, the for mer Miss Mary Keener, and eight children, Mrs. Ora Reynolds and Mrs. Nina Cunningham, of Dillard, Ga.,JRoute 1; and Mrs. Kate Keen er, of Clayton, Ga.; five sons, Prince, Wilson, Charlie, Frank, and Edward Curtis, all of Dillard, Ga;, Route 1; three sisters; Mrs. ' Anna Howard and Miss Ella Curtis, of Dillard, Ga., Route 1, and Mrs. Tim . Sprinkles, of Dial, Ga., and 21 grandchildren. Clifton Swafford and Mr. Swaf fcord in Charlotte. Mrs. Pearl Hunter, who has been spending 'the summer with her son, Charles, in Columbus, Ga., has returned to Franklin. She .was accompanied by Charles, who vis ited here during the week-end.. : Mr. and Mrs. Claude Garland, of Atlanta, spent Saturday visiting Mr; Garland's uncle, Mack Franks and Mr.s. Franks. . , ' Mrs. 'Douglas Nichols spent Fri day in Atlanta with her husband, who is working in the Regional office of the United States Forest service. Mr. and Mrs. Miller Mathews, of Fort Valley, Ga., are spending several days visiting Mr. and Mrs. James M. Carpenter and . Mrs. Moody Bolick and daughter, Miss Myrtle Bolick. Mis Myna Slagle, of the Car- htoogechaye community, is spending a week in Webster visiting rela tives and friends. Dr. and Mrs. Clifton Baker and Mr. and Mrs: Joe Baker and son, of Florida; were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Rimmer laist week. R. M. Ledford has returned to his home on Iotla street, after spending several days visiting his daughter, Mrs. K. R. Helton and Sgt.. Helton in Clemson, S. C, and relatives in Union,. S, C, On his return he was accompanied by Mr.- and Mrs. Helton who spent the week-end here visiting. Mrs. Howard Wilkie, of near Asheville, who was recently in jured when hit by an automobile and had to have her right leg amputated, was reported to be get ting along very, nicely. Mrs. W. Blackburn Wilson and Miss Fanny B. Wilson of Washing ton, D. C' mother and sister, of Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson, who have been visiting here, left Sunday afternoon to return to Washing ton. Miss Wilson is an assistant attorney to the attorney general in the Department of Justice. Mrs. Mack Franks is improving from a recent operation at Angel Clinic. Mrs. Harry M. Straine, who spent the" summer with. Mrs. Straine's sister, Mrs. A. L. Ramsey and Mr. Ramsey on Iotla and other relatives in Macon county, returned to their home in Sacre mento, Calif. -"R. F. Henry, who is a patient in Angel Clinic, is reported to be seriously ill. Mr. and Mrs. John Hurst and daughter. Miss Annie Hurst, of Detroit, Mich., are visiting relatives and friends at West's Mill and other .sections of Macon county. Mr. and Mrs. William Elmore and son, Glenn, who have been visiting Mr. Elmore's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. a. Elmore at West's Mill for the past two weeks, left Monday for Durham where Mr. and Mrs. Elmore have employ ment.. Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Bolick, of Washington,-D. C, and Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Seller., of Franklin Route 4, who were visiting in Washington, D. C, and Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Sellers, of Franklin Route 4, who were visiting in Washington, were injured in am automobile accident last week when the car in which they were riding colided with another can Mr. and Mrs.'. Bolick and Mr. Sellers re ceived several cuts and bruises and some broken bones, while Mrs. Sel lers escaped with only slight bruises. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Setser and small daughter, Suzanne, of Knoxville, Tenn., are house guests of Mrs. Furman Angel, Sr., this week. Mr. Setser U connected with the Tennessee Valley Authority. William. Katenbrink. of Austin, Texas, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Katen brink and family and Mrs. Lucy Evans of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs.- Johan Crawford of Atlanta are visiting Mrs. Myra Allman at her home on the Geor gia road this week. Mrs. W. H. Nollman and daugh ters, Catherine and Betty Jane, who have a summer home in High land! ipent Thursday In Franklin, Grand Matron Pays Visit To Local Eastern Star Mrs. Leola M. Byerly, worthy grand matron, and John L. Orr, worthy grand patron of the grand chapter of North . Carolina, Order of the Eastern Star, made their official visit to Nequassa Chapter No. 43 at a special meeting in the Masonic Hall, on Monday night, August 19. Mrs. Pauline Love, worthy ma tron of Nequ-aissa Chapter, presided. Most instructive and interesting lectures given by both Mrs. Byerly and Mr. Orr were enjoyed by all. Other out-of-town guests attend ing were Airs. Nancy Orr, Mrs. Simon Sigiriond, Mrs. ! Frank Frye, Mrs. Ora Daugherty and Mrs. Amy Morgan, all, of Bryson City. Brother Of Mrs. M. D. Billings Dies In Accident The following clipping from a Porterville, Calif., newspaper, has been received by Mrs. M. D. Bill ings, giving details of her broth er's death there in an automobile accident : "John D. Clark, 71, who was in jured in an automobile crash yes terday at the intersection of Sun nyside avenue and the state high way, died about 7 o'clock last eve ning at the Porterville hospital without regaining consciousness. It was found that his skull was frac tured, his leg broken and that he had received other injuries. Jt was not expected he would live when he was taken to the hospital in the fire department ambulance. "A native of Tennessee, Mr. Clark had been a resident of the Rockford district for the past 11 years. He was a retired farmer. The following children survive : Walter E. Clark of Porterville,' Mrs. Harry Gunning of Takonna Park, Md., and Richard S. 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