Dixon-Myers Invitations
Issued This Week
Invitations reading as follows
were received this week:
Mr. and A/ rx.
Rulph Alexander Dickson
request the honour of your
presence ot the marriage of
their daughter
Myra Sue
to
Mr. Winfred Earle Myers
Tuesday evening, the sixteenth
of June
at eight o'clock
First Presbyterum Church
Gastonia, North Carolina ;
Enclosed card read:
Reception
immediately following the
ceremony
tijir, Carolina Avenue
Jack And Jill Kindergarten
Presented Closing Exercises
Mrs. Coman Falls presented the
pupils of the Jack and Jill Kin
dergarten in their spring com
mencement exercises Wednesday
afternoon at West School. The
children were dressed in white.
The program was opened with
the class singing "Father We
Thank Thee" then praying the
"Lord's Prayer".
This, was followed with motion
songs and the class repeating the
23rd Psalm. Each one gave a
short reading. ,
The girls sang the Brownie
song and the boys the Cub Scout
song. Tap dancing, baton twirl
ing and acrobatic stunts added
a splendid variety to the pro
gram.
The commencement exercise
was given before a packed house.
Friends camp from Charlotte and
Gastonia.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Arthur left
Wednesday for Durham, where
they will bp accompanyed home
by Miss Shirley Arthur, student
at Duke University.
Local Girls To Be Presented
In Debutante Ball In Shelby
Plans have been completed for
the eighth annual Sub-Debutante
Ball sponsored by the Junior
Charity League of Shelby to be
hejd June 6th at 8:30 p. m. at the
Community Center in Shelby.
Seventy-two girls of high
school senior age from Western
North Carolina and South Caro
lina will be presented and music
will be furnished by Ziggy Hurt
witz and his orchestra of Char
lotte. ,
A leader and two attendants
will be chosen by a secret com
mittee. Announcement will be
made at rehearsal of figure on
Friday afternoon, June 5th.
A Registration Tea will be giv
en for debutantes and their mo
thers on Friday, June 5th from
1 p. m. until 5 p. m. Rehearsals
will be held at the Community
Center from, three until five
o'clock. At seven-thirty a supper
dance will be given for the debu
tantes and their escorts at the
Cleveland Country Club. .
The public Is cordially invited
to attend the Ball to dance and
spectate. Proceeds will go to the
League's General Charity Fund.
The Ball is an affair of great
beauty and dignity.
Girls to be presented this year
from Kings Mountain and their
escorts are: Miss Shirley Houser,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Houser, escorts: Ben Hudson,
Charles Mauney; Miss Cornelia
Ware, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
S. Howard Ware, escorts: Jim
Kimmell, Ollie Harris; Miss Joan
Caveny, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John C. Cavney, escorts: Harold
Glass, Jimmy Caveny; Miss Shir
ley June Falls, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver Falls, escorts:
Darrell Austin, Sonny McDaniel;
Miss Marcelene Spake, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Spake, es
corts: Gene Bryant and Bill Ruth.
Mrs. R. L. Trowler of Norfolk,
Va. is on a visit to her parents.
Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Norman,
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Social Calendar
Thursday :
2:45? Ace of Clubs meets with
Mrs. Howard Jackson.
7:30- La Fete Rook Club meets
with Mrs. J. G. Darra
cott.
8:00 -Mrs. G. E. Bridges is en
tertaining her bridge
club.
8:00 ? Monthly bridge game at
Country Club for mem-,
bers.
Friday.
Afternoon ? : Miss Mary Fran
ces Mauney and Gary
DeVeney, mascots of the
Senjor Class, are enter
taining with a swimming
party and supper at Glen
brook.
8:00? Hi-Lo Bridge Club meets
with Mrs. D. F. Hard, Jr.
at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Keete'r.
Saturday.
10 until 12 ? Mesdames W. E.
Blakely, N. F. McGlll, J.
to. Mercer and Miss
Leone Patterson are en
tertaining with a Coca
Cola party at the home
of Mrs. Blakely.
3 until 5 ? Mrs. J. R. DeLoatch,
Mrs. Wyan Washburn,
and Miss Marie Davis
are honoring Miss Jean
Davis and Miss Betty
Kendrlck at tea at the
DeLoatch residence.
Monday.
3:00? Circle 5 of the Presby
terian Church meets with
Mrs. E. A. Harrill.
8:00? First Presbyterian Circle
3 meets at home of Mrs.
S. R. Suber, with Mrs.
Humes Houston hostess..
First Presbyttrian Cir
cle 5 meets with Mrs.
Jack Arnette.
First Presbyterian cir
cle 6 meets with Mrs.
Louis Sherrer.
Tuesday.
3:30^-Home Arts Club meets
with Mrs. W. L..Pressly.
8:00 Joint meeting of the
Junior Woman's Club
and Woman's Club at
the club hause. Out-of
town speaker.
Wednesday:
3:30 -D. A. R. meets with Mrs.
F. R. Summers.
3:30 until 5:30 ? Mrs. Paul
McGinnis and Mrs. John
Caveny are honoring
Mrs. Donald McGinnis
and Mrs. Bill McGinnis,
entertaining at the Wo
man's Glub.
<V:00 The Open Gate Garden
Club will have a dinner
party at the Country
Club.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson
announce the birth of a son, Tues
day, May 19, Kings Mountain
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blalock
announce the birth of a son Wed
nesday, May 20, Kings Mountain
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. James Gaultney,
route 1, announce the birth of a
son on Wednesday, May 20, Gar
rison General hospital. Gastonia.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hicks, Jr.,
of Greenville, S. C.. announce the
birth of a son, Michael Burris,
Friday. May 15, Donaldson Air
Base hospital. Mrs. Hicks was
the former Miss Joan Keeter,
granddaughter of Mrs. C. W.
Richardson.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stallings an
nounce the birth of a son. George
Robert, Sunday, May 24, Kings
Mountain hospital.
PERSONALS
James Moss, ministerial stu
dent, will leave Sunday for Thom
asville. Ga wl.ere he will serve
two churches as summer supply
pastor. He spent a week with
his parents, Mr. ami Mrs. M. B
Moss.
? O? ?
Miss Mary Fanny White, daug
hter of Mrs. Ab. White and the
late Mr. White, was a member
of the graduating class.
Mrs. G.- H. Armstrong of Mt.
Gilead spent several days last
week with her daughter. Miss
Hazel Armstrong.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Lankford
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Vern
Cuberson in Greensboro over the
weekend. -
Jimmie Moore of Thomasville
was a spend-the-day guest Sun
day of Mr. and Mrs. Bun Go
forth.
A. K. Winget of Albemarle is
spending the week with his
daughter, Mtsl W. L. Mauney
and Mr. Maimey.
SN Leroy Bolin and SN Bob
Moore, stationed with the navy
In San Diego, Calkf., are spend
ing a leave with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Bolin and
Mrs. Cleve Moore.
Mrs. Frances Godfrey and
daughter, Sheila, returned re
cently from Soromervllle, Mass.,
where they, visited Mr. and Mn>
George Ctcerano and FN Howard
K. Godfrey, who was stationed ?if
the Boston Naval Yard. Godfrey
is now at sea aboard the destroy
er US8 Cotton on a world tour.
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MRS. GEORQE DEE SitlTH
Miss Jeannine Meacham Wed Saturday
To Ensign George D. Smith In Lexington
First Baptist Church o f
Lexington, N. C. was the
scene of a beautiful wedding on
Saturday afternoon, May 23,
when Miss Jeannine Rose Meaeh
am. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard M. Meacham of Lexing
ton, became the bride of Ensign
George Dee Smith, United States
Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. George
F. Smith of Winston-Salem.
The Rev. J. Roy Clifford, pas
tor of the bride, officiated at the
double ring ceremony.
The vows were spoken in a
candlelight setting, with lighted
tapers in the church windows and
in seven-branched candelabra 'on
the pulpit, which was banked
with palms and floor baskets of
fern, white gladioli, snapdragon
and calla lilies. i
Mrs. Rabb Leonard, organist,
played a medley of wedding mu
sic and accompanied Jake Ayers
as he sang "One Alone" and
"Through the Years," "Clair de
Lune" was played softly during
the ceremony.
The bride, given In marriage by
her father, wore a ballerina leng
th gown of nylon tulle, featuring
a crystal pleated nylon tulle yoke
curving above a satin bodice trim
med with Venise lace. Her elbow
nylon mitts were trimmed with
the same lace. Her two-tiered veil
of illusion was attached to a be
coming Juliet cap of organdy
trimmed with pearls. She carried
a white Bible adorned with a
white orchid.
Mrs. Donald L. Bishop, sister
of the bride, was her matorn of
honor and only attendant. She
wore a ballerina dress of blue
organdy over taffeta, styled like
the bride's, with ojrgandy head
dress and matching mitts. Her
nosegay was an orchid surround
ed by feathered pink carnations.
The bridegroom had his father
as best man and ushers were Don
Bishop of Lexington, brother-in
law of the bride, arid Charles
Brunt, Robert Thomason and G.
C. Parnell, all of Winston-Salem.
The bride's mother wore a
Parker "21" and "51" Pens $5J?
Pearls farem $1.25
Call Unks and Tie Pins . . . ! from $1.50
Billfolds Ir m $2.50
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Identification Bracelets . . . from $3.95
Key Chains from $2.75
Princess Rings. #
Dinner Rings from $24.75
Cig&ietie listen
Ronson from $5i0.
Gibson
Zippo .........
Nationally Advertised Watches
Elgin $33.75Waltham . . $29.75
Hamilton $57.75
New Elgin Bracelet Watch
$49.75 and $59^0
dress of mauve silk chiffon with
nylon lace yoke and an orchid
corsage. The bridegroom's mo
ther wore a dress of blue crepe
with lace packet and an orchid
corsage.
For travel to Virginia Beach by
car, the bride changed to a navy
blue suit with white accessories.
She pinned her wedding orchid
at her shoulder.
After June 1, the couple will
make their home at Pascagouia,
Miss., where Ensign Smith will
be stationed for Naval duty.
The bride is a graduate of Ap
palachian State Teachers College.
For the past two vears she has
taught at Bethware high school
In Cleveland County.
Ensign Smith is a graduate of
the University of North Carolina.
He has been stationed with the
U. S. Navy at Little Creek, Va.
Cake Cutting
After the rehearsal on Friday
evening an informal cake cutting
Was held at the home of the
bride's parents. The bridal table
was covered with a hand-embroid
ered linen cloth and centered with
a tiered cake topped with a minia
ture bride and groom. Silver can
dle holders with white tapers
were placed at either end.
FVuit punch, mints and nuts
were served with the wedding
cake. Miss Sarah Cranford of . Al
bemarle completed serving the
c.vi-e, and others assisting were
Miss Elizabeth Collette, of Gas
tonla and Miss Jessie Giles of
Fayetteville. *.
W. M. S. Of Second Baptist
Met Monday Night, May 18
Woman's Missionary Society of
the Second Baptist church held
their May meeting on Monday
night, May 18. The meeting was
opened with the group singing
"To the Work" and the "Woman's
Hymn". Mrs. Emmie Benfield
led the opening prayer. Mrs. Mc
Abee gave the devofional.
Mrs. Ilia Fipps spoke on "Chris
tian Education". Others taking
part on the program were Mrs.
Minnie Wright and Mrs. Henry
Carroll. This was followed with
the song, "A Charge to Keep I
Have". Mrs. Minnie Wright and
Mrs. Burton closed the meeting
with prayer. Nine members were
present.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim White, Miss
Viola White and Miss "Ducky!*
Jenkins attended the graduating
exercises In Gibsonville Monday
night.
Mrs. Amos Dean Entertains
Contract Bridge Club
Mrs. Amos Dean was hostess
on Tuesday afternoon to mem
bers of the Contract Bridge Club
and two additional guests, Mrs.
Jacob Mauney and Mrs. Brtfce
Thorburn.
Summer flowers "with special
emphasis on roses, snapdragons
and larkspur were used to create
a festive air in the home. After
several progressions, Mrs. Dean
served a salad and sweet cours
with tea.
High score prize for the after
nodn was. won by Mrs. Hal Plonk
with Mrs, George Mauney runner
up and receiving second high a
ward.
Tommy Falls of Fort Jackson
was a guest over the weekend of
his grandmother, Mrs. A. P. Falls
and other relatives.
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