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Hollingsworth - Large Vows Spoken In Home Ceremony Rocky Mount, Dec. 25— At five - thirty Christmas afternoon the marriage of Miss Norma Doris Large and Harry DeWitt Hollingsworth of Ahos kie, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Hollingsworth of Goldsboro, was solemnized at the home of the bride’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. H. Lee Large, on Sycamore street in the presence of mem bers of the families and a few friends. j^^The ceremony, marked with "'fci^nity and simplicity, was per formed before an improvised al- j tar in the living room with John Bonner, priest in charge of St. Thomas’ Episcopal church in Ahoskie, officiating at the double ring ritual. Baskets of white chysanthe 'mums were arranged in front of a mass of ferns and floor can delabra bearing white candles at the improvised altar. Before the vows wece spoken a program of wedding music was ^ presented by Mrs. Thomas B. Suiter, pianist. Included in the s e 1 e c tions were “Meditation.” from Thais, Chopin’s Prelude, opus 28, “Humoresque” and “O ] Perfect Love” which was played! during the ceremony. The tra ditional wedding marches.. were, j used for the processional and, recessional. The bride entered the living room with her father by whom she was given in marriage. Her t dress was of white taffeta fash ioned with long sleeves and a full skirt. A ruffle of pleating of' the same material outlined "the sleeves at the hand and'the heart shaped neck, and a row of small covered buttons extended from the neckline to the waist. She wore a halo of orange blossoms from which fell a fingertip length veil of illusion and she carried an orchid on a~ prayer book. Her only ornament was a strand of pearls, a gift of the -bridegroom. Miss Janet Large, maid of honor, was her sister’s only at tendant. She wore a dress of pale blue marquisette embroid ered with white flowers styled . '^n princess lines with a gathered Qjfr^irt and short full sleeves. Her halo was of matching blue net and she carried a nosegay of oink roses showered with rib bons. Dr. J. B. Brown of Ahoskie at tended the bridegroom as best man. Immediately following the wedding a buffet supper was given by Dr. and Mrs. Large honoring the bridal party, rela tives and out-of-town guests. Assisting in serving were Mrs. W. L. Guthrie, Mrs. John B. Exum and Mrs. I. E. Ready, and Mrs. J. T. Tyree received guests at the front door. For the occasion Mrs. Large was wearing a black crepe dress with a small black hat and a corsage of gardenias. Mrs. Hol lingsworth chose for her son’s wedding a blue crepe dress and a cerise hat trimmed in a veil and' her cosage was also of gar denias. Mrs. Hollingsworth was at tired in an ivory colored wool dress with which she wore a black Chesterfield coat and small hat when she and Mr..Hollings worth left after the buffet sup per for a wedding trip in North Carolina. After her graduation from the Rocky Mount high school the bride graduated from Saint Mary’s school in Raleigh and aer from the Woman’s college the University of North'Caro lina. For the past year and a half she has been a member of the high school faculty in Ahos .. kie. Mr. Hollingsworth is a grad uate of the Goldsboro high school and also the University of North Carolina.. He is editor of The Hertford County Herald in Ahoskie where the couple will make their- residence. Included in the out-of-town guests who were here for the Cates County ROLL of HONOR i._1_^ KILLED Ensign O. C. Turner of Gatesville. - Lt. Harry Matthews of Drum Hill. Carlyle Spivey of Hobbs ville. Cpl. Fred D. Matthews, native of Drum Hill. William Powell, Jr., Negro, killed at Pearl Harbor. wedding were the bridegroom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Hollingsworth, his sister, Miss Carolyn Hollingsworth, and his grandmother, Mrs» L. O. Hol lingsworth, Sr., all of Goldsboro; Miss Nancy Jernigan of Ahoskie; Miss Edith Martin of Red Oak and Ahoskie; William f'armeV of Greensboro, Mrs. B. A. High, Miss Elizabeth Powell, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Owen and Mrs. Mil lard Garbett, all of Richmond, Virginia. Mrs. High, Miss Powell and Mf$r Owen are aunts of the bride and Mrs. Garbett is the bride’s cousin. Winton Club Holds Meeting The regular monthly meet ing of the Winton Womans Club was held on December 17, at the- Community Building, with Mrs. John A. Shaw, president, presiding. The building was decorated with a. lighted Christmas tree, holly and pine. The business meeting was dispensed with, and. the program was turned over to- Mrs. John Richard Jor dan, who played and led the club in singing Christmas Car ols. A Christmas reading was presented by Miss Gwendolyn P. HaWks. Mrs. Shaw closed the meeting with a wish that next Christmas be a brighter, happier Christmas for all, and that the families of those present might again be united at Christmas tide. Mrs. Shaw played Santa Claus at the club tree. The hostesses for the evening, Mrs. T. D. Northcott, Mrs. Kate Griffin, Mrs. Willie Hill, and Mrs. Helene Jordan served re freshments to the club members and visitors present. The meet ing adjourned to meet again January 7, 1944. Increase Oilseed Order Number 4 has been amended by the War Food Administrator to permit an in crease in the original 700,000 tons of farmers’ stock peanuts for cleaning and shelling to take care of the tonnage of No. 2 shelled peanuts which may be author ized by the Commodity Credit Corporation for crushing for oil. CCC has offered contracts to crushers to purchase for the ac count of CCC No. 2 shelled pea nuts from shelters; the purpose of such contracts being to permit the crushing of an inferior grade of peanuts in order that better grades may be channeled to the edible trade, E. M. Johnson, man ager of the GPC said. KEEP ON WAR BONDS DO YOU NEED PAINTERS! If you want painting re liably done, call us. No job too small or too large. We Recommend That You Use SAMPSON’S PAINTS -Jj HARRELL, LANGSTON, S HARRELL — PAINT ERS Phone 156 or 241 Winton, N. C. When you've played hard • .. pause and When you're tired and thirsty, there's noth ing so refreshing as an ice-cold bottle of Coca-Cola. You can taste its quality and feel the happy after-sense of complete refresh ment it always brings. So when you pause throughout the day, make it the pause that refreshes with ice-cold Coca-Cola. rin YOU TASTE ITS QUALITY BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY SUFFOLK COCA-COLA BOTTLING WORKS L. H. 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Gates County Index (Gatesville, N.C.)
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