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The Iter. Lauren Sharpe offi
? ,: elated at the double-rtiqg cere
t8* bride is die daiufbter of
b>. Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Earl
i BeU. The bridegroom is the
m eon of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
?. Stroud also of Kenansvllle.
^Mrs. Laorwi Sharpe, organ^
. nuptial music. Mlss'oonn* Sue
. Eawards, vocalist, rendered
'?Whither Thou Goest" and
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a formal
gown of delnstered satin with
, pearl braiding on Alencon lace
""'Hng the extend
ing down the center front of
the drees. The skirt of a
. belle-shape and soft pleats fell
from hips to floor-length. Her
fingertip veil of imported Fr
: end) silk illusion was attached
?. to a Queen's Crown of bri
,t dal braid and pearls. She car
ried a cascade bouquet of white
roses and fugi mums centered
with a Cattleya white orchid.
Mrs. Thomas Murphy of Pi
nk Hill served her sister as
Matron of Honor. Serving as br
idesmaids were Mrs. woodrow
Lewis Smith, sister of die br
ide; Mrs. Jimmy Wayne Stroud;
Mrs. Raw Bell, all of Kenans
vllle ana Mrs. Johnny Strick
land of Durham. They wore
dresses styled with Moss Gr
t- eon bodice s and Nile Green
?, A-line skirts accented with a
?* Moss Green bow and strear
;? mers in the beck. Their head
" pieces were tiaras of pearls
?? with shoulder length silk lllus
?? ion veils. They carried nose
gays of daisies with Moss Gr
V een streamers.
g Miss Lisa Ann Stroud of
? New Bern daughter of the
groom, and Miss Teres a Smith,
} niece of the bride, served as
flower girls. They were dressed
like the bridesmaids. Master
'Pirick Bell, nephew of the
.* bride, served as ring bearer.
& Mr. Jimmy Wayne Stroud
^ served his brother as best man.
5 Ushers were: Ray Bell, brother
of the bride; Tnomas Murphy
T of Pink Hill. Woodrow Lewis
Smith and Donald Murphy of
KenjnsvUle. Mr. Gerry Murphy
*? of Pink Hill nephew of thebr
?i ide served as a Junior Usher.
For her daughter's wedding
*?? Mrs. Bell chose an aqua cr
ji epe dress with a lace bodice
? and sleeves with matching ac
% cessortes. Her corsage was
t composed of a white orchid.
The bridegroom's mother
^ wore m aqna dress accented
with lace with matching access
T ories. A white orchid formed
her corsage.
/ Mrs. Stroud is a graduate
"C of Hanna Hank's School of Co
^smetalogy.
The bridegroom is a gra
duate of James Kenan High
School and is a linotyper with
??? The Sun journal in New Bern.
? The couple received guests
C; In the vestibule, after which
they left for a bridal trip to 1
V Fla. Upon their return Mr. 1
?v- and Mrs. Stroud will be at
. home in New Bern. '
Miss Yvonne Patterson pre- 1
; sided at the Register and Mrs.
!' AJ. Jenkins, Jr. of Warsaw
directed the wedding. 1
? after-rehearsal party '
Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Bell
?.' ,
>? t.?-T
were hosts to an alter- rehear
sal party on Saturday evening
following the Stroud-Bell re
hearsal at the Baptist Church.
The home, ensuite for the
occasion, was made most at
tractive with all white bridal
arrangements of white snap
dragons, carnations, mums,
and greenery.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bell gr
eeted the guest and invited them
into the dining room where
Mrs. Charles Andrews poured
punch from an attractive bri
dal table overlaid with a lovely
lace cloth. A five branch sil
ver candeleabra with white bu
rning tapers and all pink flo
wers centered the table. Miss
Yvonne Patterson served the
beaut i fullv decorated
three tiered bridal cake after
the bride and groom cut the
first slice.
Mints and nuts were served
buffet. Silver appointments co
mpleted the table setting.
Goodbyes were said to Mr.
and Mrs. Bell. The guests were
Invited into the gilt room by
Mrs. Thomas Murphy and Mrs.
W.L. Smith.
BRIDE'S MAID LUNCHEON
Mrs. Ray Bell was hostess
on Saturday, August 16, honor
ing her sistec-ip-UwirMiss Kay
Bell bride-elect orEarl Fred
erick Stroud. Her guests in
cluded Patricia Murphy, Carole
Smith, Joam Stroud, Agnes St
rickland, Teres a Smith and Lis a
Stroud. Her son, Patrick was
also present and the bride's
mother Mrs. Elmore Bell. She
was assisted in the serving my
her mother Mrs. L.S. Whittle
of Goldsboro.
The menu consisted of Can
talope and blueberry balls, bar
:on wrapped chicken with rice
dressing, green beans, hot ro
lls, apricot salad and iced tea
with individual lemon pies for
dessert.
Upon her arrival the honoree
yas presented a white carna
tion corsage.
A yellow and green motif
vas carried out in the decor
ations throughout the Bell home.
The Dining Room table was
centered with a silver candl
eabra epergne which held an
arrangement of yellow rose,
mixed with mums and fern,
softened with net and flanked by
four burning yellow tapers.
Luncheon At
Roto Hill Cafe
Mrs. Percy Blanton, Mrs.
Robert A. Ban ton and Mrs.
Bob Lawson were Joint hoste
sses on Thursdqr, Aug 15, at
1 o'clock luncheon honoring
Miss Zelle Pollock Brinson of
Kenansvllle bride-elect of Eu
fene Jackson of Hillsborough
i.C.
The menu consisted of Ba
ked Ham, Green beans, po
tato salad, spiced apples, rolls,
and iced tea with lime sher
bert and cookies for dessert.
The bride's table was centered
with an arrangement of pink
and white flowers softened with
fern. The gift of the hostesses
to the honoree was a silver
candle snuffer.
Their guests included; Mrs.
Edna E. Brinson, Mrs. Florrie
M. Jackson, Mrs. Nannie P.
Brinson, Mrs. Sadie Williams,
Mrs. Leona Brinson, Mrs^Pl
ato Thigpen, Mrs. Irene Miner,
Mrs. Alma Brinson, Mrs.Kfacy
Brinson, also Miss Frances St
roud and little Miss Cynthia
Lawson.
Tea Towel Shower
For Bride Elect
Mrs. Davis N. Brinson, Mrs.
Wiley T. Booth and Mrs. Ja
mes BTanton were hostesses on
last Thursday night at 8 o*
clock to a Tea Towel Shower
honoring Miss Zelle Pollock
Brinson daughter of Mr. aid
Mrs. Woodrow Brinson whose
wedding took place here in die
local Baptist Church on Satur
day afternoon, August 17th,
The unique affair was held
in the home of Mrs. Davis N.
Brinson. Their guests, all me
mbers of the family were: Mrs.
Although it is presently only
midsummer, for ramy students
their senior Year of high sch
ool is fast approaching. Col
lege plans have al realty been
established by some or these
students, but m?y others re
main undecided about their pur
suits upon graduation. College
plans should begin early, aid no
male high school senior sh
ould overlook consideration of
one of the Navy's finest col
lege training officer candidate
programs - the Regular Naval
Reserve Officers Training Co
rps (NROTC) - in deciding upon
his college plans.
The Regular NROTC is apro
gratflPPfehed to train career
officers for the Navy and Ma
rine Corps. The program in
cludes payment by the Navy of
Tuition, educational fees, text
books, uniforms, and provides
a $50 monthly subsistence al
lowance to its members for
four years. Selected candida
- ?
Ueaths
?fx Ralph Vick
RICHMOND, Va. ? Fun
eral services for Ralph Vick,
62, formerly of Warsaw. N.C.
who died Sunday in the Med
ical College of Virginia Hospi
tal were conducted Wednesday
at 11 aon. in Plnecrest Ceme
tery in Warsaw by the Rev.
Charles H ins on.
Surviving are one daugh
ter, Mrs. Marshall Harry
of Crews. Va.; one son, Ra- j
lph Vick, Jr., of Richmond; j
two brothers Alton Vick of New i
Bern and Travis Vick of Gol- ;
dsboro; one sister, Mrs. Gra- '
ham Wilkerson of Crews; two
grandchildren.
John I. Durham
WALLACE ? Funeral
services for John Issac Dur
ban, 66, who died Thursday
from injuries sustained in'an .
autimobile accident, were con- ;
ducted Saturday at 2:30 pjn.
at the Wall ace Baptist Church, '
of which he was a member, j
by Dr. Olin T. Binkley. Bur- j
ial was in the Burgaw City I
Cemetery in Burgaw
Surviving are one son. Dr. j
John L Durham, Jr. of Wake
Forest; one sister, Mrs. LQ- .
lian Talley of Reidsville; three ?
brothers, Paul Durham of Re- .
idsviile, David Durham of Bur- i
gaw pad Walter Durhamof'L'aar
renceville, Va.; one grandchild.
He was a native of Rocking
ham County and made his home
in Wallace for the past several
years. He wps the owner and 1
Eva B. Hughes, Mrs. Alma Br- ;
ins on, Mrs. Edna E. Brinson, j
Mrs. Barbara Blanton,
Mrs Annie Mae Blanton, Mrs. j
Leona Brinson and Mrs.Nannie J
P. Brinson.
Each guest was asked to br- j
ing a tea towl for the honoree $
also a favorite recipe. Ayel- I
low and green color note was i
emphasized in the floral decor. |
For refreshments the hos- ,i
tesses served lime sherbet |
and pineapple parf ait with co- i
okies aid crackers. Their sp- .3
ecial gift to the bride-elect I
was a set of linen tea towels, j
tes are enlisted In the U.8.
Naval Reserve and are appoin
ted midshipmen upon en
rollment in college. The Col
lege majors which a candidate
may undertake are many, and
only a few nontechnical profes
sional majors are prohibited.
During the Summers between
college years, midshipmen par
ticipate in st-sea training per
iods which provide practical
experience in naval operations
and from which they receive
many varied and rewarding ex
periences. Upon graduation,
midshipmen may be commis
sioned as Ensigns in the U.S.
Navy, or as Second Lieutenant
in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Investigate this program now
by requesting a 1969 Regular
MR PTC Bulletin of Information
from any U.S. Navy Recruit
ing Station or from the Chief
oT Naval Personnel (Pers B
6411), Department of the Navy,
Washington, D.C. 20370.
Total gross sales o f Tar
Heel tobacco amounted to 789,
261,707 pounds In 1967. The
total for the other four states
was 528,271,226 pounds. Geo
rgia sold 197,222.568 pounds,
South Carolina 161,659.411, Vi
rginia 142,166,404, and Florida
27.223,843.
The rates reflect an average
support of 61,6 cents a pound
about 3 per cent above 1967.
operator of Model Laundry and
Cleaners In Wallace for many
years. He was a member of
H? Wooton of .to World..
The Wilson Tobacco Market
will open for sales Monday,
August 86. This will be the
beginning of the 79 th season
for WU*an as an auction tobacco
The twenty tobacco auction
warehouses on the Wilson Mar
ket have been repaired through
out for the marketing of the 1968
tobacco crop. Sales will be
conducted in fifteen of these
warehouses during die 1968
sales season; five of the
sales houses have been leased
to buying companies for their
Interim storage, of green to
bacco bought on the Wilson Ma
rket. The operators of these
warehouses feel that this is a
worthwile service to the far
mers. buying companies, md
Wilson as a Tobacco Market.
The Wllsofi Tobacco Market,
established 1890, has grown
from a one-set market with no
processing facilities to a five
Price supports on untied to
bacco will b e available th
roughout the entire marketing
seasea on all auction markets.
Price support on tied tobacco
will be made available at 3
cents per pound higher than for
untied tobacco, grade for grade,
throughout the marketing
season in South Carolina, No
rth Carolina and Virginia.
North Carolina burley
tobacco growers are hopeful
last year s strong market will
prevail again this marketing
season. ,? .
facilities include plants capable
of processing up to 85,000,000
during any one year; facili
ties In way of storage houses
to take care o( 160,000,00 0
pounds of tobacco for future
delivery to manufacturers,
of which Wilson has none; fa
cilities to ship unlimited amount
of green tobacco purchased by
comapnies who ship this tobacco
to their manufacturing area for
processing and storage; sales
warehouses as good or better
than the average tobacco mar
ket, capable of flooring tobacco
that, without the restrictions
of the past several seasons, J
could sell 2 1/2 to 3 million
pounds of tobacco dally, which
means that without these res
trictions the Market could sell
during an average season some
100.000.000 to 150,000,000
I pounds of tobacco as against
I the 65 to 75 million pounds
sold each season for the many
seasons in the past.
Again in 1968 die Market will
operate with five sets of buyers,
11 warehouse firms, and 10 buy -
'ins companies. The hours of
sales will be 5 hours per day
four days per week to start
with, Market to open, August
26th.
For the first time untied, pre
I sheeted tobacco will be sold
I throughout entire season, with
price supported. Tied tobacco
will be price supported through
out era ire season. Pre-sheetlng
. .
farm In the staidard afceet,
90 x 96. with proper MesHft
c at Ion. Thetobacco will remain
In these sheets until the pro
cessor has packed It for aMM
age. The warehouse will exch
ange sheets. with farmer at
warehouses; com-pantes will
exchange sheets with"
panies wUlexchangesheet**lth'
warehouses. The maadinuiii
weight per sheet Is 300 pounds
A simple weighing plan on the
farm will be a great help in
keeping the maximum weight
to the 300 pound limit. Sales
of warehouses will be on basis
of 76,000 pounds per hour or
basket count not to exceed 500
per hour.
In accordance with the rec
ommendation of U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, N.C.
Department of ^rlculture, md
the Flue-Cured Tobacco Mar- *
keting Commute, the ware
house firms on the Wilson To
bacco Market will book tobacco
during die 1968 season. If
all parties will cooperate in
this endeavor. It will eliminate
much of the waiting in line to
floor tobacco.
Again in 1968 the warehouse
men, buying companies, and the
entire personnel of the tobacco
Industry of Wilson pledge their
continued efforts to provide a
marketing place for tfi e farmer
to market his tobacco.
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