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Club Parties Set,
People In The News
Legionnaires, their wives
and other quests will dance
ro the music of Tiny Jackson
jnd his orchestra Saturday
I light from 9 p.m. until mid-j
; light at the Legion Hell.
I Featured soloist will bej
f 3eckey Huntley. Miss Hunt-1
ay and Mr. Jackson also sing!
duets and novelty numbers, j
liny Jackson and his orchestra rave appeared on the:
Danny Thomas Show, the Lynchburg All Star Revue and the'
NBC March of Dimes Show. They have appeared at Myrtle
Beach AFB, the Ocean Terrace Hotel at Wrightsville Beach,
Presbyterian Junior college at Maxton and Davidson col
lege, Long Beach Pavillion at Long Beach, Erskine college at
Due West, S. C. Carolina Hotel at Pinehurst, and numerous
other schools and clubs covering a wide area.
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About This N' That
M>\ and Mrs. Herbert Dover announce the marriage of
their daughter, Sandra Ann, to Floyd Allen Bridges, son of
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Bridges of near Tryon. The wedding took
place Thursday evening at 8 o’clock in Gaffney, South Ca
rolina.
The bride attended Kings Mountain high school and
the bridegroom attended the Tryon schools. Both are em
ployed at Shannon Limited in Kings Mountain.
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Jimmy Payseur, son ot Mr.
and Mrs. Baxter Payseur,
celebrated his third birthday
October 13th. A birthday
party was held Saturday af
ternoon at the Payseur home.
A decorated birthday cake
was centerpiece for the ta
ble in the basement, which
was decorated with colorful
balloons and crepe paper.
The cake was cut and served
with ice cream and punch.
Relatives of the Payseurs
from Kings Mountain and
Charlotte ancJ a few young
friends of the guest-of-honor
were present.
I oung rayseur is me grandson of Mr. and Mrs. A. b.
Prince and the late Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Payseur of Kings
Mountain.
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A fall fashion show will highlight Wednesday's bridge
luncheon at the Country Club.
Twelve models will set the stage for the festivities and
will appear in fall and winter clothing from Belle's, Fulton's,
McGinnis' and Plonk's Department stores.
Bridge play will get underway at 10 a.m., followed by
the noon luncheon and fashion show. Reservations are re
quested by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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Barbecue will be served from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. Fri
day at the club. Billed as a "before the football game" par
ty, homemade barbecue plates will be available at $1.25.
Reservations for supper are also requested.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Payne spent the weekend in Cullo
whee where they visited their son, Ernie, a sophomore at
Western Carolina college. The Paynes also attended home
coming festivities Saturday.
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Visitinq Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Prince on Thursday was
their son-in-law, Tommy Alston, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., his
mother, Mrs. T. H. Alston, and his sister, Mrs. Francis Cath
ie, of Atlanta, Ga. Thev were returning from the funeral of
Tommy's father in Washington, D. C. Joining them at the
Prince residence were Mrs. Baxter Payseur and son, Jimmy.
★ * * *
Mrs. Arthur Sprouse has been discharged from the
local hospital and is recuperating nicely at her home follow
ing injuries she sustained in an accident several weeks ago.
Mrs. Sprouse was hospitalized about two weeks.
* * * *
Mrs. Ben Poston and Mrs. Renn Drum of the Shelby
Daily Star, Mrs. Rush Ffamrick, Jr. of the Cleveland Times,
Miss Elizabeth Stewart of the Kings Mountain Fferald and
Mrs. C. William Biqqerstaff of the Forest City Courier at
tended a meeting of North Carolina Press Women in States
ville Saturday night and Sunday. This was the annual fail
meeting of the organization.
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Bridal Parties Held
Mrs. Clyde Graves was hostess at a lingerie shower on
Thursday evening at her home in Belmont paying compli
ment to Miss Betty Carolyn Huqqins of Belmont, whose
wedding to SP 4 Lawrence R. Hilliard of Ft. Benning, Ga.
and Kings Mountain will be an event of late fall.
A linen cloth with a punch bowl and silver candelabra
decorated the bride's table. Bridal cakes and punch were
served to guests from Kings Mountain, Mount Holly Gas
tonia, Stanley and Belmont.
* * * *
Mrs. J. C. Boyles and Mrs. Lloyd Mitchell were host
esses Oct. 13th at a drop-in shower at the former's home in
High Point honoring Miss Betty Carolyn Huggins, bride
elect. Miss Huggins was presented a corsage of white pom
pons and a decorator lamp.
The refreshment table, done in green and white, was
overlaid with white lace over green and held a centerpiece
of white china bells filled with gypsophilia, snapdragons and
pom pons. A floor candelabra was used behind the serving
table as background decoration. \
Social Calendar
Thursday:
7:30—American Legion Auxi
liary at the home of Mrs. 3. E.
I Rhea. Mrs. Ben Long, co-hostess,
i Friday:
| 5:30-7:30- “Before the foot
1 hall game’’ barbecue supper at
the Country Club.
Saturday:
9:00 - 12 Legion Dance lor
members, their wives and guests, j
Monday:
7:30—Women of the Church at;
First Presbyterian church.
Wednesday:
7:30 a.m. Credit Women’s
Breakfast club at Gastonia Elks !
j club.
I 10 a.m. - 12:00 -Bridge-lunch- i
! eon and fashion show at the j
j Kings Mountain Country Club, j
| Garden Club
j Met Thursday
Mrs. George Moss led a pro-!
gram on “Soil Analysis and Pre- i
paration” at Thursday night's
| Town and Country Garden club
meeting at the home of Mrs. E
| W. Griffin.
- Members opened the meeting
l with the Club Collect and Mrs.
| Jack Arnette, president, presided.
Plans were made for partieipa
! tion in the Woman’s club floral
: fair October 10th in Kings Moun
I tain and in a Christmas Design
•School to bo sponsored in Gasto
nia by Carolina Florist. Three
members were named delegates
to the district garden club meet
ing in Charlotte October 18th.
Arrangements for the month
featured autumn arrangements
and were judged.
At refreshment time Mrs.
Griffin was assisted in serving a
salad plate with accessories.
Ministers Wives
Held Meeting
Ministers Wives of the Kings
Mountain Baptist Association
held the initial meeting of the
fall Thursday afternoon at the
Stroud Poad home of Mrs. A. B.
j Wood in Shelby. Sharing hostess
duties with Mrs. Wood were Mrs.
Ernest Arnold and Mrs. Frank
Malone.
The meeting was opened with
j a fellowship period on the patio
1 where a picnic table was made
festive with a colorful arrange
: ment of mixed fruits, vegetables
| and fall foliage. Party refresh
ments were served.
'Mrs. Zeb Moss, Baptist mis
sionary on furlough in Shelby,
; spoke informally about her work
in Northern Rhodesia, emphasiz
ing the cultural and social cus
toms of the people.
The 31 members present in
cluded seven new members, Mrs.
Moss, Mrs. Cline Borders, Mrs. G.
W. Dowd, Mrs. 'Max Spurgin,
Mrs. W. P. Biggerstaff, Mrs.
George W. Julian and Mrs. Rich
ard Plyler. Mrs. Plyler and 'Mrs.
Julian are from Kings Mountain.
Women Golfers
In Tournament
Five Kings Mountain women
golfers were among winners in
the group of 60 participating in
the Foothills League Golf Asso
ciation Tournament Friday at
Cleveland Springs Country club
in Shelby.
The winners included:
IMrs. Margaret Ward, Class A,
low putts.
Mrs. Margie McDaniel, Class
B, low net.
Mrs. Lib Mayes and Mrs. Mar
garet Stoterau tied for low net
in Class C.
Mrs. Libby Blanton, low gross,
Class D.
Other members from Kings
Mountain Country Club partici
pating were Mrs. Lynn Mauney,
Mrs. Ann Withers, Mrs. Ann
Pouchak, Mrs. Katherine Noisier,
Mrs. Fran Hedden and Mrs. Hel
en Munson.
Mrs. James Ronald Martin
Miss Myra Gail Gamble, Ronald Martin
Wed Sunday In Church Rites At Shelby
Miss Myra Gail Gamble of
Shelby and James Ronald Mar
tin of Kings Mountain were wed
Sunday in a 4:30 p.m. wedding
in Webb Chapel of Shelby’s First
Baptist church
Rev. Fred C. Crisp heard the
exchange of pledges, .using the
double-ring service.
Mrs. E. T. Bailey was organist
for the program of nuptial music
and Yl.tes Pearson was vocalist.
Mr. Pearson sang “Whither Thou
Goest” and “Oh Love That Will
Not (Let Me Go ’ before the cere
mony and “The Lord’s Prayer”
as the benediction.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a formal
gown of peau de soie styled with
scoop neckline end elbow-length
sleeves. The modified bell skirt
had a 'band of crystal beads at
the waistline, a narrow band of
beading down the front and a
chapel train. Her bouffant illu
sion veil was draped from a tiny
crown of see dpearls and crystals
and she carried a white prayer
book topped with a cascade ’bou
quet of gardenias and stephano
tis. ...L
Miss Rachel Smith attended
the bride as maid of honor and
bridesmaids were Miss Becky
Padgett, cousin of the bride, and
Miss Kathi 'Martin, sister of the
groom. Junior bridesmaids were
Terri Lee Martin, sister of the
groom, and Regina Padgett, cou
sin of the bride.
The attendants wore dresses
of avocada green satin with bell
skirts featuring sashes from the
back of the shoulders. Their
headpieces were matching pill
boxes dropped with veils and
they carried clusters of autumn
bronze chrysanthemums with
brief cascades of yellow and
bronze pom pons tied with am
ber-toned satin ribbon.
Mr. Martin was best man for
his son and ushers were Olan
Padgett of Shelby, uncle of the
bride, Steve Henderson, Chal
mers Johnson and Leonard Bar
nett, all of Kings Mountain.
For her daughter’s wedding
Mrs. Gamble wore a sheath dress
of royal blue crepe with match
ing hat and a corsage of white
phalaenopsis orchids.
The bridegroom’s mother chose
brown crepe with matching hat
and a corsage of bronze cymbid
Local Clubwomen Completing Plans
For District Meeting, Tour Oct. 28
Clubwomen of North Carolina,
and especially nearby counties,
have been invited to join the wo
men of District Four at the
Kings Mountain Woman’s Cluibj
building, 108 E. Mountain Street, |
oil October 28 at 2 p.m. for a
post-District Meeting tour of the
, Kings Mountain Battleground.
Mrs. Aubrey Maimey, past presi
dent of the North Carolina Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs, Inc.,
said the trip will include the
short ride to the battleground, a
visit to the museum, slide-lecture,
and a visit to the monument in
honor of the Mountain Men and
their patriot leaders. These men
fought in the hour-long battle on
October 7, 1780 to secure the
land from the oncoming British
forces under Colonel Patrick
Ferguson. They will also visit
Ferguson’s grave where the cus
tomary procedure is to add a
rock to the grave.
The tour will emphasize the
Federation Theme, “Our Heri
tage”, and will follow the District
Meeting at Central Methodist
church. The Kings Mountain
clubs will welcome the clubwo
men from the 21 other clubs with
hostess presidents dressed in Eli
zabethan English ball gowns re
miniscent of the Revolutionary
period. Four pages will be dress
ed as the mountain women of
1788.
During the luncheon Mr*. Bar
e*ra Allan, Junior Clubwoman,
will present “Barbara Alle&i” i
and “Oh, Who's Goin’ to Shoe
Your Pretty Little Foot?" North j
Carolina ballads of the period. j
Battleground brochures de- j
scribing points of interest at the j
historic site and a papier-mache j
replica of the Battleground mon- j
ument will highlight the decora
tive theme of the day. The speak-:
ers’ table will feature a minature:
battlefield portrayed with red- j
coats, mountain soldiers and
horses; dolls dressed by the Jun- j
ior High School girls will repre
sent fine ladies and mountain I
women; and place cards will car-1
ry through the theme of the Ter- j
centenary. Name barges are rep
licas of the monument. One area
of the dining room will be domi
nated by a scene typical of a
1780 home, including a manne
quin dressed as a Revolutionary
belle, surrounded by furniture
and household articles of the per
iod.
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney is presi
dent of the Woman’s Club and
Mrs. Bill Jonas is president of
the Junior Woman’s Club. Mrs.
James Caliendo of Stanley, presi- j
dent of District Four, will pre- j
side at the morning and luncheon
sessions. Mrs. James M. Harper,
Jr. of Southport, President of
NCFWC. and Mrs. A. G. Hutton
of Wilmington, Junior Director,
are keynote speakers for the
meeting.
iums.
BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harold
Gamble of Shel'by are parents of
the bride who is a graduate of
Shelby high school and the
School of Practical Nursing of
Cleveland Memorial hospital. She
is employed at Kings Mountain
hospital.
The bridegroom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Marvin Mar
tin of Kings Mountain. A grad
uate of Kings Mountain high
school, he is employed by Wix,
Inc. of Gastonia.
After a trip to Tennessee the
newlyweds wiil be at home in
Kings Mountain.
Teacher Directory
Is Being Prepared
A directory of certified piano
teachers in North Carolina is be
ing prepared for release Decem
ber 1.
Teachers must file for the ba
sic certificate in order for their
names to be in the directory. This
will permit a candidate with pro
per preparation but with no ex
perience to receive certification
on the basi3 of preparation.
Announcement of the direc
tory preparation was made by
Miss Louise Wetmore of Lincoln
ton, district chairman of the pi
ano certification program.
Couple Honored
After Rehearsal
Miss Gail Gamble and Ronald
Martin, whose wedding took place
Sunday, were honored Saturday
night after their wedding re
hearsal at a cake cutting held in
the Ladies Parlor at First Bap
tist church of Shelby.
Hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Olan
Padgett, Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell
Smith and Mr. avid Mrs. Robert |
Padgett, Jr., aunts and uncles ofj
the bride.
The bride's table, overlaid with
white linen over green, was cen
tered with a silver candelabrum
holding burnt orange candles and
epergnettes filled with baker
fern and bronze and yellow j
mums. A crystal punch bowl, its j
base wreathed with fern and
mums, was on one end of the t<a-1
hie and on the oposite end was a ]
three-tier square wedding cake,
iced in green and white and top
ped with wedding bells.
Mrs. Smith a.id Mrs. Olan Pad- j
gett cut and served the wedding
cake and Mrs. IX D. Ham bright
poured punch. Mrs. Robert Pad- j
gett, Jr. served nuts and mints.
Miss Gamble and Mr. Martin]
took the occasion to present their
gifts to their wedding attendants, j
Clubwomen Announce
Music Contest Date
Mrs. John luclc of Winston-Sa
lem has released the dates for
the music contests of the Fine
Arts Department of the North
Carolina Federation of Women’s
Clubs, Inc.
The high school seniors will
compete in the state contest on
March 14th at 1:30 p.'m. at Sa
lem College in Winston-Salem,
selections to be of a classical na
ture and time of performance
not to exceed five minutes. Cate
gories include vocal for boys, vo
cal for girls, piano, strings, dind
orchestral instrument.
District winners who partici
pate in the state contest will
have been chosen prior to Febru
ary 24th from the local winners
of contests which must be sche
duled by local clubs prior to Feb
ruary 10th. High school seniors
interested in local and district
competition should contact the
local Woman’s Club or Junior
Woman’s Club for information
regarding time and place. Top
state prizes include $100 each to
the winners in each of the cate
gories.
Mrs. Iuele has made available
to the clubs of N. C. informa
tion on Hymns - or - the • Month,
support of the N. C. Symphony,
civic concerts, choral groups, mu
sic contests, and composition com
tests for clubwomen, as well as
programming ideas for local club
meetings. She said in speaking of
the NCFWC Music program for
the year, "We have a wide range
of programs. Music is for every1
one—let’s all sing together.”
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ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED--Mr. and Mrfi. Thomas tingle
Kesler of Kings Mountain announce the engagement of their daugh
ter, Susan Ann, to George Zell Porter, sow of Mr. and Mrs. {.loud
Judson Porter of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The wedding will take
place at Thanksgiving. §
Miss Goins Weds
Roger DeWnger
Miss Janice Diane Goins be
came the bride of William Roger
Dellinger Friday evening in a
ceremony performed fin York,
South Carolina,
Probate Judge W. R. Douglas
heard the couple exchange vows
in the presence of Mr. and Mrs.
Bud Barnette, Miss Martha
Ernst and Miss Karen Goins.
For her marriage the bride
wore a blue dress with matching
accessories.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce (Dutch)
Goins are parents of the bride
who is a graduate of Kings
Mountain high school. She is em
ployed by Shannon Limited, Inc.
The bridegroom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Burgin Dellinger of
Kings Mountain. He attended
Bethvvare high school and is now
employed by Minette Mills, in
Grover.
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route two, Bessemer City.
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