Pal's Parties Go On
Seem To Get Gaudier
, .VP F\L?b
Lnuton luixOiMu
F p. (Ml'> in" III the
F' up to the last
r a party almost e^pry j
, nute, from oreak-1
r and the guest list
Lr an exclusive blue-stock- j
jlft, :,i as indiscriminate 5.
L . ftti . W bite House is j
L 'he for the "Official
L ill out fuil-dn
Ret and long kid gloves the
Kfthe fir<t lime in 10 years, j
I I are troub-I
lied prices still are high. I
I" < i riuent Job
L ire silting uneasy at the
[ f having the rug pulled j
Leer them in the big over- I
fconrel out. But almost every
L Washington will go to a
L aay time, at any place and j
Lr of anyone or anything,
Lj 3 Dior gown or a pet
(or for that matter, in honor
Lr.e \ Waggish Washington
L,t proved the last a year)
ben ho invited 150 people, j
?f whom he didn't know to
k honoring the Hon. Titus
Igore than 200 showed up, I
|?ne ever met the guest of j
iff even inquired for him.
?Dates- did not exist. I often
attended parties in World War II
where guests didn't even know who
was host. ? 1
Mrs. Caroline Hagner Shaw, so
cial arbiter, and others predict that
more "polite" social life will flour
ish this season under the Eisen
howers. "This is partly because of
the President's overwhelming
friendliness and his appreciation
of form acquired in the high mili
tary posts he has held and as Pres
ident of Columbia University."
Mrs. Shaw tells me. "And Mrs.
Eisenhower, who has shared his
career, is herself a naturally gay
person with an instinct for tact
and consideration."
The White House has announc
ed a minimum of six 8 p.m din
ners and five 9 "p.m. receptions.
The horseshoe table in the State
Dining Room will be set first for
the Cabinet, Nov. 3, then later for
the Supreme Court, and the Speak
er. plus two separate feasts for
diplomatic envoys representing
some 75 foreign countries, and one
for the vice-president.
Highlighting the receptions will
be the colorful event for the dip
lomats Nov. 10, when full dress
uniforms and decorations will be
the order. Biggest of these fetes,
however, will be the affair for the i
Army, Navy and Air Force Feb. 2
and the jumbo reception for offi
cials of civilian agencies.
The army buys more than 24 mil
! lion pounds of salt a year to supply
both itself and the air force..
Sequoia National Park in Cali
fornia encompasses some 38G.56C
acres.
NOT MUCH LEFT of this 1952 DeSoto, which
went 200 feet down * steep embankment at
White Oak. Harold Hunter, owner of the car,
had parked the car, and the brakes failed to hold,
and the vehicle started to roll. It stopped roll
ing 200 feet down the rocky bank. Hunter is from
i a
White Oak, but has been working In Virginia.
The car is termed a complete loss, and is shown n
with Elford Sutton, wrecker operator, who spent t!
four hours getting the wrecked car back on the d
road. e
(Mountaineer Photo). v
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Carnival Makes
$300 For Fines
Creek School
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By MRS. SAM FERGUSON
Community Reporter
I
The Halloween carnival w
termed a great success at the Fir
Creek school last week. Approxi
mately $300 was made with a large
crowd in attendance.
Jesse Haynes and his son-in-law,
Humphrey Haney, from Woods
town, N. J., are visiting relatives
in this section.
J, David Rathbone, Jr., recently
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. N. Rathbone, on Fines Creek.
Rathbone has completed his basic
training at Fort Jackson. S. C.. and
reported to a camp in Virginia,
where he will be stationed until
being sent to Germany.
Mrs. J. L. Mooney had had as
her guests for Sunday dinner, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Mooney and family,
Mr. Gerald Mooney and Vaughn
McCracken.
Mrs. Joe Mooney is visiting her
parents in Virginia. She plans to
return home the latter part of this
week.
A joint birthday dinner was ob
served by Aunt Sarah Rathbone,
03 years old. and Aunt Carrie
Rathbone, 78 years did, at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John Rathbone,
last Sunday. About 75 friends and
relative* w*r?^>resent. *? r
The children and grandchildren
present were: Mrs. Cyntha Davis,
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Davis and sons
from Clyde. Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Rathbone and 'children. Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Rathbone and son from
Fines Creek, Mrs. Sam Ledford
and children, Mrs. Rowe Ledford
and son from White Oak. Mr. and
Mrs. Faraday Rathbone and sons
from Clyde, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Price
of Center Pigeon, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Price from Spartanburg, S.
C., Mrs. R. C. James, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Ferguson and son. Wayne.
Mr. and Mrs. Waldo E. Green and
daughter, Phyllis, from Powatan,
Va., made a short visit to Fines
Creek Saturday, visiting Mr.
Green's mother, Mrs. Ida Green.
Sain Ferguson aecompanied them
here after visiting relatives In that
section.
On Sunday, October 23, Mr. and
Mrs. Dee Witt Moore and family
.attended the all-day gathering for
English War Brides at the home of
Mrs. Graham Ivey, of Candler, Rt.
1. Mrs. Moore is formerly from
Trowbridge, England.
The next party will be held, on
November 29 at the home of Mrs.
Doris Campbell of Candler, Rt. 3.
We are hoping that all English girls
in this section will be able to
attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy llarkins and
small daughters, together with Mr.
and Mrs. Reeves Hipps, visited Mr.
and Mrs. F. C. Green, Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Carpenter and Mr. and Mrs.
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? I/ BY VIVIAN BROWN J
Shine up your best broom and !
get set /or a midnight ride with .
goblins, ghosts and goons. Hal-1
lowe'en is an eerie time for witches
and their pals.
If your crowd doesn't have a
party but once a year, Hallowe'en
Is the time. It lends itself to en
chanting decorations inside and
out. And the autumn chill makes
food taste better.
Plan spook-to-spook hookup by '
getting the outside decked out in
haunted house fashion. Black
crepe paper may be put over the
windows so that the entrance looks
pretty grim, and when the guests
enter the house a horrible clang
ing of bells might ensue. (Borrow
a fire bell or ship's "captain's bell
from a friendly neighbor.)
Engage the services of local
small fry to assist you on the out
door scene. The kids adore scar
ing their elders on a night like
this, so let them participate to
their heart's content. Dressed in
appropriate masks and or sheets
and costumes kids may hide be
hind rocks, barn, garage, house or
up irt-|J?e trets. Tareati-types may
sit in trees which must be passed
by on the way to the house and
unroll sheet-ghosts, witches or gob
lins to brine shivers to the spines
of the guests. '*
At the gate two pumpkins may
glower in eerie contentment. If
gate posts are flat, pumpkins may
rest on them. Otherwise put your
pumpkins on long poles, about the
weight of broom sticks and put
them in the ground. To keep a big
heavy pumpkin from sliding down
the pole, put wooden pegs or nails
around the pole directly under the
pumpkin.
If you live in a house with a
roomy cellar, you can really scare
your guests skinny. Make the cel
lar the partv entrance, keeping it
dark?and full of surprises. Stretch
a piece of twine across the cellar
and hang cold spaghetti from it ?
just low enough so it brushes
across the forehead and face. Oth
er ideas may be scared up, depend
ing on your little helpers.
In the corner of the cellar, for
instance, a kid may stand on a step
ladder which has been draped with
a sheet or black witche's robe. If
he wears the proper mask and
there is another. JUd to flashlight
the witch's face at the right mo
ment, your giant witch will get
Charles B. MeCracken Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Maggie James and small
nephew, Charles Stanley, returned
to Statesville Tuesday after spend
ing 10 days with her niece, Mrs.
Mark Ferguson.
4any Capital Hostesses
?ut Away Own China And
Silver For Big Parties
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By JANE EADS
WASHINGTON ? Most of the
nbassies and some of the more
ary private hostesses put awa>
teir fine silver, china, linen and
lassware when entertaining. The
_
te party off to a screaming start I
i the house.
By the time your guests get up-1
tairs they will be all set for fun
, real old-fashioned Hallowe'en1
arty can't be beaten.. So why not
ave bobbin' for apples, apples on '
string and fortunes in a cake? .
The apples rather than the cake
tay contain the fortunes. Let
hese be intriguing with such pre
ictions as "a certain senior has
yes only for you" or "before the,
teek is out you will meet your'
ate." Unless you have a separate
ontainer of apples for boys and
[iris, the fortunes should apply to
ither.
Hang apples in the doorway,
iffering prizes for those who can
lite into a swinging apple sus
>ended by string without using
heir hands.
town's biggest catering concerns
furnish everything ironi chairs to
nut dishes, along with food, chefs,
butlers, dish-washers, car-callers,
check room girls and some times
the liquor.
Avignon Freres cater from 600
to BOO parties a month and help
numerous embassies put on their
big shindigs. Right now they're
in a dither of preparations for the
October Revolution celebration,
always held in November, at the
Russian Embassy. The USSR will
supply caviar and vodka for the
1.500 to 2,000 guests expected. The
caterers will supply the candies,
fancy cakes, pastries and canapes
probably hams and turkeys and
salads, waiters at $10.50 apiece for
four hours, pantry boys, dishwash
ers at $7, apiece.
Hubert's used to Ho a lot of em
bassy business, but now they say
they prefer putting on parties for
business people.
"It's a lot less trouble." a spokes
man told me. "These embassy peo
ple are used to having hordes of
slaves working for them back
home, and they think our men are
the same. They'd work them all
night on the four-hour deal if they
Nurses Sponsoring
Workshop At Their
November Meeting
The North Carolina League fw
Noising is sponsoring a work
shop Novembk. r 12 and 13. at the *
Buncombe County Me dual Li
brary. Victoria Hospital, Aihevllle
The sessions begin promptly at 9
a.m. and all interested registered
nurses are cordially invited to*at
tend.
could '*
The Hubert's man says most of
their glassware got lost when they
handled the Russian parties. The
Soviets get to drinking toasts,
throw the glasses against the fire
place?an old Russian custom.
"We put on a party recently at
a military installation and lost 13
demitasse <poons," the spokesman
said. "They must have been tak
en as souvenirs. They cost 35 cents
apiece. And at a seated dinner we
lost seven napkins at 45 cents
apiece.
This year caterers charge around
$12 per 100 for hot canapes. $100
for cold. Assorted fancy cakes
come to $4.50 a hundred. Turkeys
run $2 a pound cooked weight, sug
ar-cured hams $2 a pound, too.
lobster newburg is $3 a gallon and
shrimps in sauce $4. Hubert's re
cently put on a dinner for 2tl0 that
cost the host $9.50 a plate. Includ
ing equipment and service.
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