Sunday, November 23,1941
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Quests of City Manager and
Mrs. Percy Bloxam are Mr. and
Mrs. lan Bloxam, their son and
daughter-in-law, of Kinston, who
arrived Thursday to spend
Thanksgiving,
Mr. and Mrs. Sanders Me
Whortor have as their guests
Misses Emily Hutchinson and
Mary Fielder, of Huntington, W.
Va.
Mrs. Helen Clay, of Oxford,
spent several days here with
Miss Margaret Williams.
In Raleigh for the Thanksgiv
ing week-end is Miss Ernistine
Grafton, regional librarian.
Miss Mildred Slaughter, who
his for sometime been a patient
at Community hospital for
treatment for injuries received
in a fall, has returned to her
home. Miss Slaughter is much
improved.
In Chapel Hill Thursday for
the Carolina-Virginia game were
Mr. and Mrs. Laurie Garrett and
Mr. and Mrs. Evard L. James.
Mrs. Mary Massey, of Camp
Jackson, Columbia, S C., has re
turned to her home after a visit
with her father, Mr. Worley, clerk
at Hotel Roxboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle Brooks,
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Stephens
and Mrs. Rujth Stephens spent
Thanksgiving in Crewe, Va.,
with Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton
Walker. Miss Helen Walker re
turned with them for a visit.
Miss Mary Louise Harris,
daughter of Lieut. Gov. and Mrs.
R. L Harris, was on Friday night
honored at a birthday party giv
en at Hotel Roxboro. After the
party Miss Harris and her guests
attended the Bachelors’ club
dance.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Garrett and
family have moved to their new
residence.
V. A. Thomas has returned to
this City from New Bern, where
he attended funeral services for
his mother, Mrs. Gaskins, who
died in New Bern Wednesday.
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Merritt-Horton Wedding Impressive
Ceremony In Greenville Church
Greenville.—The marriage of
Miss Mary Jamison Merritt, of
Greenville, and Joseph Loyd
Horton, Jr., of Farmville, was
solemnized in a formal wedding
ceremony at 8:30 o’clock Wed
nesday evening, November 19, at
Jarvis Memorial Methodist
Church. The Rev. Thomas M.
Grant officiated. The marriage,
attended by a large assemblage
of relatives and friends, united
prominent North Carolina fam
ilies, and is of state-wide inter
est.
Palms and cibodium ferns
were arranged as a chancel
background for large floor bas
kets of white chrysanthemums
and tall standards of cathedral
candles. The all-white wedding
ceremony was preformed in the
soft glow of candlelight.
Prior to the ceremony, Mrs.
George Hadley, organist, played
a program of nuptial music, in
cluding “Indian Love Call,”
Friml, “Ave Maria,” Schubert,
“Still As The Night,” Bohn, and
Schubert’s “Serenade.” Mrs. J.
Knott Proctor, soprano, sang
“Until,” Sandersen, Elbert C.
Holmes, of Farmville, baritone,
sang “At Dawning,” Cadman, and
Mr. Holmes and his brother, John
D. Holmes, of Farmville, render
ed “The Want Os You,” Vander
pool, as a duet. The traditional
wedding marches were used.
Dfuring the deremony “Libes
traum,” Liszt, was softly played
and Lutkin’s “The Lord Bless
You and Keep You” was sung as
a benediction.
Marvin V. Horton, of Farm
ville, attended his nephew as
best man. Groomsmen were R.
O. Lang, Jr., J. Y. Monk, Jr., R.
T. Monk, T. Eli Joyner, Jr., Car
roll Oglesby and James Matthew
Gibbs, of Farmville, Garrett
Stanfield and Alton Barrett.
Mrs. David Mosier attended as
dame of honor and Miss Jane
Garrett as maid of honor. They
wore gowns of blush white satin,
styled with bodices and with
heart-shaped neckline and leg-o
mutton sleeves. The full gather
ed skirts flowed into slight
trains. Their veils of bridal il
lusion fell to the shoulders.
The bridesmaids were Miss
Gene Horton, of Farmville, sis
ter of the bridegroom, Miss Har
riett Loyd, Mrs. Gene Harring
ton, of Washington, Miss Grace
Clair Taylor, of Beaufort, Mrs.
William T. Taylor, of Warrenton,
and Miss Frances Spilman. They
wore dresses identical to those of
the dame of honor and the maid
of honor, and all of the attend
ants carried a single lighted
candle in a bouquet of deep red
roses, designed as a holder, tied
with white satin ribbon and
showered with valley lilies.
The bride entered the church
with her brother, Robert Connor
Merritt, by whom she was given
in marriage. Her stately blonde
beauty was accentuated by the
all-white setting. Her bridal
gown, a lovely creation of white
Duchesse satin, was in the bod
ice mode with a full skirt, which
extended into a court train. The
gown was fashioned with a heart
shaped neckline and a standing
collar of Chantilly lace, and the
bodice was trimmed in the back
! with tiny satin covered buttons.
The leg-o-mutton sleeves were
fitted from the elbow and taper
|ed to a point over the hands.
! Her veil of Chantilly lace cas
. caded from a bandeau of orange
i blossoms and extended to the
lend of her train. She carried a
j formal bouquet of Easter lilies
| and white orchids tied with wide
! white satin ribbon.
Mrs. Merritt, mother of the
bride, was dressed in white sheer
I crepe. Mrs. Joseph Loyd Horton,
mother of the bridegroom, wore
| a dress of olive green crepe trim
med with gold sequins. They
j both chose corsages of orchids.
Reception
I Following the wedding, Mrs.
i Robert Connor Merritt, mother
' of the bride, entertained at a re
j ception at her home on East
Fifth street.
j The guests were greeted at the
j entrance by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Garrett and Mrs. Ficklen.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ficklen
introduced the receiving line
composed !of Mrs. Mlcrritt, her
son, Robert Connor Merritt, Mrs.
Joseph Loyd Horton, mother of
the bridegroom, Marvin V. Hor
| ton, the bridal couple and mem
berss of the wedding party. The
drawing room was decorated
with handsome red roses. Yellow
and white chrysanthemums were 1
also used in jprofusion in tJhe
home with white roses predom
inating in the white floral ar
rangements of the dining room.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown re
ceived in the hall. Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Ruffin directed the way to 1
the library, where Mr. and Mrs.
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J. Knott Proctor received and
punch was served by Dr. and
Mrs. Paul Fitzgerald. Assisting
here were Miss Jean Blount, Miss
Emmy Lou Scales, Miss Anna
Belle Boyd and Miss Jean
Hodges.
Dr. and Mrs. S. M. Crisp pre
sided over the guest book.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Monk, Jr.,
were at the door of the dining
room, where refreshments car
1, rying the tradtional colors and
bridal motifs were served by
Mrs. Louise Stewart Ficklen,
Mrs. Charlie Bissette and Mrs.
Robert Arthur. Mrs. Mamie Mer
ritt, of Roxboro, grandmother of
the bride, and Mrs. J. H. Blount
served ices from the dining room
table, which was covered with
an imported cloth and centered
with an exquisite arrangement
of bride’s .roses in a silver bowl,
flanked by white candles in sil
ver holders.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Scales re
ceived at the stair leading to
the gift room, where Mrs.
Charles O. Horne and Miss Sue
Merritt received.
Goodbyes were said to Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Batchelor.
Wedding Trip ■
After the reception, the bridal
couple left for a motor trip to
New York and to Carrollton,
Kentucky, where the bridegroom
will be associated with the R. M.
Barker Tobacco Co., during the
tobacco season. Upon their re
turn to North Carolina in the
spring they wilj be at home in
Greenville.
For traveling the bride wore a
blue fox coat over a black crepe
dress with a pink lace yoke, cut
circular and trimmed with pearl
beads. Her hat was a black felt
model with a wide brim, and ac
cessories were black suede. Her
corsage was of orchids taken
from her bridal bouquet.
Mrs. Horton is the only daugh
ter of Mrs. Robert Connor Mer
ritt, and the late Robert Connor
Merritt, former vice president of
the E. B. Ficklen Tobacco Co.
She finished the Greenville high
school, attend St. Mary’s School,
Raleigh, and completed her ed
ucation at Greensboro College
For Women, Greensboro.
Mr. Horton is the only son of
Mrs. Joseph Loyd Horton, of
Farmville, and the late Joseph
I Loyd Horton, a Judge of the Su
perior Court of North Carolina,
j He received his education at Dar
lington School, Rome, Ga., and
at the University of North Caro
lina, where he was a member of
the Phi Delta Theta, national
fraternity. For the past four
years Mr. Horton has been con
nected with' the Person-Garrett
Tobacco Co., of Greenville.
Prior to the rehearsal Tuesday
evening, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Gar
rett and Miss Jane Garrett were
hosts at a lovely buffet dinner.
The ices carried the heart motif
and was served with the tiered
bridal cake, which formed a cen
terpiece for the beautifully ap
pointed bride’s table.
The couple has been extensive-
Continued on back page
Bachelors’ Club
Dance Enjoyed
Friday Evening
First dance of the winter sea
son of the recently organized
Bachelors’ club of Roxboro was
held Friday night at the Ameri
can Legion hut, Chub Lake
street, where twenty members
and their guests assembled to
enjoy hot and sweet music by
the “Bull City Night-hawks,” a
Durham Negro orchestra.
FTesent for the affair were a
number of out-of-town guests,
together with members of the
younger social set in Roxboro.
Plans are now being made for a
Christmas week dance, details of
which will be announced soon, j
Officers of the club are: presi
dent, Carr Moore Bullock; vice
president, Robert Whitten; sec-'
retary, Curtis Long, and treasur-'
er, E. T. Wrenn.
Other members are Bill Daven
port, W. C. Whitt, Donald Car
ver, Bill Murphy, Shank Bum
pass, Ben Thaxton, Jr., Roger V.
Massey, Red Day, W. C. Bullock, I
Jr., Buddy Clayton, Guy Gard- j
ner, Craige Harrington, Bubberj
Winstead, Bill Micheals, Bill
Clay and James Bradsher. j
Guests were: Miss Mary Swain j
and Thomas Swain, Henderson;;
Stephen Dickens, Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Allgood, Lois Yar
boro, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Whitten,
Jr., Harry Mintz, Miss Katherine
Oaks and Billy Mitchell, Dan
ville, Va.; Miss Doris Baynes,
Burlington; Hurst B. Hatch, Ra
leigh. Clarence Oakley, L. M.
Carlton, Jr., Miss Barbara Blox-!
am, Miss Wilma Pittard, Oxford;
E. G. Thompson, Colman
King, Mr. and Mrs. James
Brooks, Miss Margaret Hartman,
Miss Lois Wilson, Miss Rosebud
Mottley, Danville, Va.; Earl.
Buckner and Thomas J. ShawJ
Jr., and Misses Mary Fielder and
Emily Hutchinsosn, of Hunting
ton, W. Va. j
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Miss Chapman
Weds Mr. Ketchum
On Thanksgiving
St. Mark’s Episcopal church
was the scene of the Thanksgiv
ing wedding Thursday at 10
o’clock of Miss Katharine Vir
ginia Chapman, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Forrer Chap
man, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and
Lieut. John Sherman Ketchum,
of Greensboro and Ft. Mon
mouth, N. J., son of Mrs. Charles
M. Ketchum, of Greensboro. The
bride’s uncle, Rev. James Jeffries
Chapman, of Gordonsville, of
ficiated, assisted by Rev. Rufus
J. Womble, pastor of St. Mark’s.
The bride was escorted by her
father but otherwise unattended.
Mr. Ketchum was attended by
Lawrence Newark, of Baltimore,
Md., who was best man. For her
vows the bride wore a Venetian
blue woolen suit, the hip length
coat trimmed in dyed squirrel.
Feather tips in matching blue
were on the tiny black hat and
all other accessories, except
white gloves, were black. She
carried a prayer book, one her
mother had carried as a bride,
bound in white topped with a
spray of flowers.
She also carried a 75-year-old
Battenburg lace handkerchief
given her by her namesake aunt,
of Greensboro, who in turn had
received it from her namesake
aunt. Both the bride’s rings were
originally the bridegroom’s moth
er’s, who had received the en
gagement ring from her mother,
Mrs. John Sherman, of lowa.
Miss Katherine Cooper, of Ra
leigh, who was at Woman’s col
lege with the bride, played an
organ prelude from McDowell’s
“Woodland Sketches.” The bridal
party entered to the strains of
the traditional “Lohengrin” mu
sic.
Lieutenant Ketchum, after a
week-end trip, will retutrn to Ft.
Monmouth while his bride will
finish out the term at Roxboro
high school, joining him in Jan-
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souri, where he expects to be
transferred the first of the year.
Among the wedding guests
were Misses Elizabeth and Mary
Chapman, of Pittsburgh, sisters
of the bride. In the party from
Greensboro were Miss Katharine
Chapman, Mrs. L. H. Redmond,
Miss Louise Oliver and Miss Ma
rie Wells, the latter of Rocky
Mount, and a student at Woman’s
college.
The bride made her home in
Greensboro with her aunt at 840
West Market street while she
was •at Woman’s college, where
she received her degree in June.
Lieutenant Ketchum has spent
much of his life here, where his
mother divides her residence
with Eau Gallie, Fla. He is the
only son of Mrs. Ketchum and
the late Mr. Ketchum, who was
for many years secretary of the
Greensboro chamber of com
merce.
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