Society and Personal
Miss Helen Sossamon
Given Pranuptial Party
Miss Helen Sossamon, bride
elect of Elmer Neill, was honored
at a miscellaneous shower on the
evening of October 2nd at the
home of Dr. Patsy McGuire with
Mrs. Pearle Bryson and Dr. Nor
acella Wilson as joint hostesses.
Bingo was played and as each
person bingoed she presented Miss
Sossamon with the gift she had
brought for the shower; for the
person who bingoed a second time
there were extra gifts from the
hostesses. Each guest present bin
goed at some time during the
evening.
Following the games the hos
tesses served an ice cream course.
The honor guest's ice was frozen
in the form of a bride and groom.
The other ices were molded in the
shapes of lovebirds, wedding bells,
and wedding slippers. The cakes
had the initials of the bride and
bride-groom elects iced on them,
carrying out the color scheme of
yellow and blue.
Miss Sossamon was also given
gifts at several of the home dem
onstration club meetings. The Bal
sam club had special refreshments
and gave her a gift. The Beta
club, the Cope Creek club, the
county Council of Home Demon
stration clubs, and the Wesleyan
Service Guild presented -her with
pieces of silver in her chosen pat
tern at their last meetings.
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Carrie Rhodes Circle
Meets With Mrs. Jones
On Monday evening the Carrie
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Rhodes circle of the Methodist
church met for the October meet
ing with Mrs. W. L. Jones, the
president, Mrs. Raymond Stovall,
conducting the business session.
Mrs. Frank P. Crawford brought
the devotional and Mrs. Dick Wil
son, program chairman, presented
N. R. Beacham, who spoke on "The
Gospel for Our Generation."
Mrs. Dennis Bark^ley was in
charge of the recreation period.
Mrs. W. H. Crawford and Dr. Pat
sy McGuire won the prizes in the
two contests.
Mrs. Jones served a sweet
course.
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Twentieth Century Club
Meets With Mrs. Tompkins
On Thursday afternoon of last
week Mrs. Dan Tompkins was
hostess for the October meeting of
the Twentieth Century club. The
president, Mrs. R. U. Sutton, con
ducted the business session.
Mrs. Tompkins then presented
N. R. Beacham, band director at
Sylva High school, who spoke on
the band. He told of how a child
is developed educationally, cultur
ally, ^nd physically through the
band activities. He also explain
ed each instrument, its construc
tion, its tone, and its place in the
band.
Four boys beloning to the band
then played several numbers in
cluding America, the Beautiful,
Whispering Hope, and others.
Mrs. Tompkins served delicibus
refreshments during the social
hour.
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Charlotte Terrell Has
Birthday Party
On Wednesday, October 1,
Charlotte Anne Terrell celebrated
her third birthday anniversary by
inviting a group of friends to a
party at her home in Addie. The
guests arrived at 2|:30 o'clock and
played games for an hour before
Mr. Terrell served birthday cake,
ice cream and mints. Then Char
lotte opened the many gifts she
had received.
The guests were Joel and Mary
Paige Newton, Billy and Peggy
Jones, Larry McDuffie, Wanda
Jones, Doyle Bryson, Forrest Bry
son, Susan Mull, Judy Murmillo,
Carl Jones, Joe McClure. Nancy
Bryson, Brenda Henson, Rebecca
Blanton, Lydia Belle and Dewey
Bryson, Ginger Springer, Nancy
Bryson, Lawrence, Sarah Belle
and Jimmy Fisher, Delia Mae and
Kenneth Lowe, Maxine and Clara
Belle Greene, Carrol Henson, and
Becky Crawford.
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Gaynelle Murray Circle
Has Regular Meet
The Gaynelle Murray Circle
met for its regular monthly meet
ing on Monday evening with Mrs.
Roscoe Poteet with 18 members
present. Mrs. Jesse Buchanan
presided during which the busi
ness was transacted. Mrs. Roy
Reed of the Scott's Creek Wo
man's Missionary Society was
guest speaker for the ^meeting. |
She spoke on Youth in Connection
with the Church.
Mrs. Mtke, Strong was present j
and presented some very urgent I
needs of the local hospital and the
members voted to make a donation I
of $10.00 to help with the expenses !
of buying these things.
Mrs. Poteet served a sweet course
to her guests.
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Maureen Cope Celebrates
Fourth Birthday
Mrs. Grayson Cope entertained
at her home Saturday afternoon,
honoring her daughter, Maureen,
on her fourth birthday anniver
sary. Several games were played
on the lawn. Two contests were
held with Kenneth Cope winning
both prizes.
Mrs. Cope then invited the
little guests into the dinningroom.
They formed a line and marched
into the diningroom singing "Hap
py Birthday to , Maureen". The
table, covered with a lace cloth,
had the birthday cake for a center
piece. The children were served
icecream, cup cakes, lemonade and
peanuts.
The young folks then went in
to the livingroom to see Maureen
open her gifts.
The children invited for the oc
casion were Elizabeth Pettit, Cath
erine Hair, Donna Hennessee,
Linda Padgett, Jane Hicks Rector,
Eddie Baldridge. Kenneth Cope,
Donna Gail Bass, Rhonda Jane
Watson, Verna Kaye Popplewell,
Judy Campbell, Tina Lou Cogdill,
Sammy Cogdill, Forrest Bryson,
Dianna Brown, Tommy Wise,
Tommy Jones, Jessica Buchanan,
Roddy Dillard, Billy DeHart, Mac
Bryson, Peggy Case, Jerry Cox,
Ann Potts, Herbert Schulman,
Susan Lessing, Ann Davis, Betty
Cope, Joanne Wilson, John David
Stovall, Mike Owens, Judy1
Thomas, Keith Campbell, Jennie
McGuire, Henry Lee Walker,
Mary Jo Green, Michael Nichol
son, Joanne Bradley, and Sandra
Cowan.
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Baptist Training Unions
To Have Mass Meeting
A mass meeting of the Baptist
Training Unions of the Tuckasei
gee Baptist association will be held
at the Scott's Creek ? Baptist
church on Monday evening at 7
o'clock.
After a short business session
Rev. Lamb, pastor of the Bryson
City Baptist church, will address
the group. It is urged that each
church in the association send
representatives from their local
unions to this meeting.
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Sylva Library To Be
Open On Saturday
Mrs. Mae Stallcup, librarian,
states that for a few weeks the
library will be open on Saturday
afternoon from 12.30 to 4:30
stead of on Monday as has been in
the past. This is being tried to see
if more people will be served by
this arrangement. If it proves not,
the old schedule will be resumed
at a later date.
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CarrtD Fire Girls Meet
With Sheila Kirchberg
The re??;la: meeting of the
Camp Fire girls was held Tuesday
evening wifh S :eila Ann Kirch
berg, 19 members and two guard
ians, Mrs. J. E. Buckner and Mrs.
YV. H. Cr: wford, present.
After a short business session,
Leah Sutton, Patsy Buckner, and
Gail Webber had the pragram.
They told of different phases of
the life at Camp Toccoa, summer
camp for Camp Fire girls.
The meeting will be held on the
2nd and 4th Tuesdays, the next
meeting to be with Lipda Moody.
Mrs. Kirchberg served the group
cookies and Coca-Colas.
PERSONALS
Miss Helen Sossamon, .who has
served as home demonstration
agent for Jack-on county for the
last year, left last Thursday for her
home at Midland, N. C. where she
will be married to Elmer Neill on
October 24.
Misses Stella Mae and Mary Sue
Revis of Whittier Ht. 2 have en
rolled in Blanton's Business Col
lege, Asheville.
Mrs. Fred Edwards of Bluefield,
Va. spent the week-end with her
brothers, Walter and Garland
Jones, in Sylva and her sister,
Mrs. G. T. Hampton, at Cullowhee.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kirk were
in Atlanta Saturday to attend the
wedcjing of Dr. J. E. Smith of
Fitzgerald, Ga. and Miss Anne
Roberts of Dalton. Ga. They also
attended the wedding breakfast at
the Atlanta-Biltmore Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. David Flintom and
a friend, Mrs. Williams of Charles
ton, S. C. spent the week-end with
Mrs. Flintom's brothers, Dean W.
E. Bird and family at Cullowhee,
J. M. Bird and Mrs. Bird in Sylva,
and H. G. Bird and Mrs. Bird of
Whittier. They left Sunday for j
Asheville to visit her sister, Mrs.
Woodfin McLaughlin and family.
Mrs. C. C. Garrison, and two
children, Marvin and Hazel Ann,
will leave about December 1st for
California to make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cooke, of
Spencer, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Cunningham over
the week-end.
Mrs. Ray Cogdill and daughter,
Jean, and Mrs. R. U. Sutton and
daughters, Rachael and Leah, were
guests over the week-end of Mrs.
Sutton's sisters, Mrs. W. C. Whit
ley in Atlanta and Mrs. J. B. Payne
in Decatur, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Stallcup
spent a few days last week in
Charlotte with Mr. and Mrs. B. B.
Blanton. They went down to at
tend annual conference of the
Western North Carolina confer
ence. Mrs. Stallcup was delegate
from the Whittier church.
I Mrs. Ruth Newton and Miss
Dorothy Mull have returned from
Charleston and Myrtle Beach, S.
C., where they attended the dem
onstration of the Supersonic Per
manent-Wave machine.
Mrs. Dave Bumgarner and Miss
Levia Taylor returned to their
home in Dillsboro Wednesday after
visiting Mrs. Bumagrner's daugh
ter at Wilmington. They also vis
ited Carolina Beach while away.
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis and daugh
ter, Ann, spent the week-end in
ii^toitlier with her sister, Mrs. S. R.
Roane. - " " ' - -,
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Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Overholser and
two" children of Charlottesville,
Va. were guests the first of the
week of Rev. and Mrs. W. Q.
Grigg.
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