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Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Flem
ming of South Norfolk spent
Saturday with Mr. Flemming’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. V.
Flemming.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Tay
lor and Mrs. Humphries of
Kinston spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Eure.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hofler, Jr.,
and children of Windsor spent
Sunday with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Cowper, and
Mrs. J. L. Hofler, Sr.
After spending 10 days with
his parents, John R. Eure, M.
M. M. 2/c, left Sunday for Holly
wood, Florida.
Miss Frances Newsome spent
the weekend with her father in
Winton.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Parker
and family of Norfolk visited
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Parker a few
days last week.
Miss Mable Baines of Ports
mouth spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Baines.
Mrs. Edward Weeks is visit
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Riddick.
Carlton Worrell, U. S. Navy,
left Thursday for overseas duty.
Mr. and Mrs. Gurney P.
Hood of Raleigh spent Thanks
giving with their son and daugh
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robin
Hood.
Miss Virginia Speers of West
Jefferson is visiting Mr. and
Mrs. P. L. Hofler.
Mrs. C. M. Lawrence, Mrs. C.
C. Walters and Mary Ann Hofler
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Stephens at.Bevern.
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Hofler,
Mrs. O. C. Turner, Misses Vir
ginia Speer and Hasseltine
Hofler visited in Manteo Sun
day.
Mrs. Margaret Lawrence of
Suffolk, Mrs. Etta Hayes and
Miss Eva Hayes visited Mrs. F.
W. Blanchard Wednesday.
Charlie Parker, Jr., is spend
ing this week with his uncle, R.
M, Parker in Norfolk.
Mrs. Elizabeth Crouse spent
the weekend with her mother,
Mrs. Olivia Hobbs and aunt,
Mrs. Charles Johnson at Hert
ford.
WSCS Officers Of
Kittrell's Elected
Gates.—The W.S.C.S. of Kit
trell’s Church met with Mrs.
J. S. Umphette Wednesday, No
vember 15. Mrs. E. O. Parker
assisted by Mrs. J. E. Carroll
and Mrs. Clyde Burton, was in
charge of the service.
The program entitled, “The
Work of Deaconness in a Strange
Land”, was presented by Mrs.
C. V. Cross, Mrs. D. A. Willey
and Mrs. C. T. Derby.
The nominating committee
brought in th=' new slate of of
ficers for 1945, which are as
follows:
President, Mrs. D. A. Willey;
vice president, Mrs. C. T. Der
by; recording secretary, Mrs. R.
E. Miller; corresponding secre
tary, Mrs. Clyde Burton; treas
urer, Mrs. J. S. Umphlette; sec
retary of Christian Social Rela
tions and Local Church Activi
ties, Mrs. C. V. Cross; secretary
of spiritual life, Mrs. D. A. Wil
ley; secretary of supplies, Mrs.
Thomas Parker; secretary of
missionary education, Mrs. C. A.
Guthrie; secretary of youth work,
Mrs. C. V. Cross; secretary of
student work, Mrs. M. T. Har
rell; secretary of literature and
publication, Mrs. G. L. Gatling.
A gift from the society was
presented to Mrs. T. J. White
head by Mrs. C. V. Cross.
A social hour followed the bus
ines session and refreshments
were served by Mrs. Umphette.
T. A. Vaughan and Carolyn Gatling
United in Ceremony at Gatesville
The marriage of Miss Carolyn
Wilson Gatling, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. D. Gatling of Gates,
to Thomas Arthur Vaughan, Jr.,
son of Mrs. Mary Jones Vaughan
of Franklin, Va., and the late
Mr. Vaughan, was solemnized
November 18 in St. Mary’s Epis
copal Church, Gatesville. The
ceremony wias performed by the
Rev. John Hare Bonner.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a wedding
gown of white faille taffeta fash
ioned with a deep yoke of mar
quisette outlined with bands of
shirred taffeta, long sleeves tap
ered to points over the hands,
basque bodice with the fullness
of the gathered skirt forming a
wide round train. Her fingertip
veil fell from a Juliet cap of
pearls. She canned a bouquet of
bridal roses.
Her matron of honor, Mrs. J.
Norpaan Mayo, of Kinston, wore
a gown of pink brocade taffeta
with net skirt. Her head gear
was of net. She carried an arm
bouquet of orchid chrysanthe
mums.
The mother of the bride wore
a dress of aquatone crepe, and
her flowers were a corsage of
pink roses. The groom’s mother
was dressed in grey crepe with
sequin trimming; her flowers
were a corsage of pink roses.
J. B. Johnson of Franklin was
best man. The ushers were L.
R. Edwards and Marion Whit
field, also of Franklin.
Miss Clarine Gatling was mis
tress of ceremonies. The wedding
music was rendered by Mrs. G.
L. Gatling. Just before the cere
mony Mr. William John Hayes
sang The Twenty-third Psalm.
Immediately after the cere
mony, there was a reception at
the home of the bride’s parents.
Later Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan left
for a northern wedding trip. The
bride wore for traveling a green
suit with black accessories and
a corsage of yellow roses.
Zion WSCS Names
Mrs. J. W. Hudgins
The W. S. C. S. of Zion Metho
dist Church recently held its Nov
ember meeting and elected the
following officers for the com
ing year:
President, Mrs. J. W. Hudgins,
Sr.; vice president, Mrs. J. P. H.
Blanchard; recording secretary,
Mrs. Georgia Brown; assistant
secretary, Mrs. Darlie Bunch;
treasurer, Mrs. Rob Brown; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Earle
Blanchard; superintendent of
children’s work, Mrs. W. M. Spi
vey; mission study leader, Mrs.
J. W. Hudgins, Jr.; spiritual life
leader, Mrs. W. E. Brown; local
treasurer, Mrs. W. A. Brown;
parsonage committee, Mrs. O. L.
Brown, chairman, Mrs. Earle
Blanchard and Miss Alice Spivey.
The meeting was held in the
home of Mrs. Georgia Brown.
Twelve members and two visitors
were present.
'the meeting was presided over
by Mrs. J. W. Hudgins, Sr., pre
sident. “Deaconess Work’’ was
discussed by Mrs. W. M. Spivey
and Mrs. J. W. Hudgins, Jr.
PughHintonHome
After 31 Months
Chief Warrant Officer Pugh
Hinton and his wife and daugh
ter, Floanne, of Phoebus, are
visiting Mr. Hinton’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hinton, in
Gatesville.
Mr. Hinton who has been in
the Marshall Islands, is home
for the first time in 31 months.
After a furlough, he will report
to Pearl Harbor for further as
signment.
WAC DECORATED.— Corp.
Grace Sharkey of Philadelphia,
stationed with the WACs in
England, has been awarded the
Soldier’s Medal for saving the
lives of the crew of a Libera
tor bomber which crashed and
burned. She saved the crew
seconds before an explosion
blew the plane to bits.
Cotton Ginning
’Way Under 1943
Census report shows that
2,086 bales of cotton were gin
ned in Gates county from the
crop of 1944 prior to November
14, according to A. C. Mat
thews, special agent of the De
partment of Commerce.
This figure compares with
3,047 bales ginned in the coun
ty over the same period from the
crop of 1943, Mr. Matthews said.
BIRTHS
Mr .and Mrs. Wallace Rid
dick announce the birth of a
daughter, Elizabeth Hope, born
November 5.
Alice Wiggins In
CollegeWho’sWho
Miss Alice Wiggins, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wiggins
of Sunbury who will receive
her A. B. degree from East Caro
lina Teacher’s College in De
cember, is among those students
who will be listed in the 1944
’45 issue of Who’s Who Among
Students In American Universi
ties and Colleges. The book will
be released in April.
The purpose of Who’s Who is
to serve as an incentive for stu
dents to gef the most out of their
college careers, as a means of
compensation to students for
what they have already done
and as a standard of measure
ment for students.
Alice has been a member of
the Emerson Society, Y. W. C.
A., home economics club. Dur
ing her sophomore and Junior
years, she was treasurer and re
porter for the home economics
club, chairman of the Emerson
Inter-Society Committee, mar
shal, Emerson Society, college
marshal, member Wilson Hall
house committee, associate edi
tor of the Tecoan (college an
nual). During the summer of
’43 she was secretary of the
woman’s judiciary and during
the summer of ’44, president of
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Alice was a member of the
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