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MRS. JAMES ROSCOE GRIGG
(Karen Joyce Peavcy)
MRS. BILLY ANTHONY WILSON
(Linda Darlene Welch)
MRS. JVEL PHILANDER QVINN
(Janice La Verne Byers)
Church Weddings Unite Griggs, Wilsons, Philander Quinns
Miss Karon Joyce -P<>iavey anid
James Koscoo Grigg wc^rc united
in marriage Saturday, Dec. 6, at
East Gold Street Wesleyan chur
ch.
The 'Rev. Edwin Chriscoe heard
■the exchange of vows.
A program of wedding music
was presented by Miss Brenda
Biddix, organist, ani^ Mrs, Archie
Chapman, vocal soloist.
The hride is the daughter of
^Irs. F-Volyn Cox Peavey of 7170
Midj)ines and the 'late 'IIert)oi’t
ilvl. Peavey. She is a senior at
Kings .Mountain high schend,
where she is completing a course
in Cf>smetology.
Son of .Mrs. Corrio Grigg of
Kings Mountain Rt. 3, the bride
groom is a igraduato of Biu<rns
high school. Employed by Morri
son Construction Co. -before en
tering ‘the U. S. Army, he has
just returned from a year’s tour
q^duty in Vietnam. Holding the
of specialist four, he is sta
rt'd alt Fort Knox, Ky.
'riu' bride, -given in marriage
by her uncle, Elmer fl. Norwood,
woi’e a -formal gown of white vel
vet. The empire bodice, styled
with slit neckline, was centered
with a row of buttons. A satin
bow encrusted with pearls accent
ed the waistline. Pearls also ac
cented the hemline and chapel
Ingth 'train. Her cathdciral-length
mantilla v'eil was caught to a
cluster of rose petals tram! with
pearli^. Sh<‘ carried a cascade of
while pompoms and pink carna
tions with stephanotis.
Mrs. Tommy Clary of Kings
Mountain, her sister’s matron of
Jiowor, wore a floor-length dress
of green and white velvet. Green
ruffles finished -the neckline and
long full sleeves of the white
emj)irc brnlice. Her tulle veil was
attarhed to a green velvet bow.
She (\arried a white fur muff top-
pe.i with pink and white carna
tions.
-Bridesmaids were Miss Janice
Wilson and Miss Loudse Rippy
of Kings Mountain and Miss Ech-
ol Awrs of Grover. They wore
red and white dresses styled like
that of the honor attendant and
carried muffs of pink and ix>d
carnations.
Miniature bride and bride
groom were Tammy Johnson
and Toney Martin of Kings
Mountain. Flower tg'irl and ring
bearer w'cre Karen Goforth and
Scott Grigg, also of Kings Moun
tain.
Eugene Grigg of Winston-Sal
em was his brother’s best man.
Ushers weie Larry Crocker of
Grover and Tommy Clary and
Toney Peavcy of Kings Moun
tain.
After a trip to Florida, the
couple is at home in Kings Moun
tain.
Girl Scouts
Win Awards,
Merit Badges
Girl Scout Cadette Troop 4
meets on Thursday at the First
Rcesbyterian church.
The following girls received
merit badges and awards at Court
of Awards la.st week.
Cheryl Barrett — Horsewoman
and Plant Kingdom (Trees) Badg
es.
Becky Blanton — Homemaker
Badge and 5 Year pin.
Ann Culberson — Family Liv
ing Badge.
Beverly Lynch — 5 year pin.
Ann Leach — 5 year pin.
Vickie Maddox — Animal King
dom (Birds) and Swimmer Badges.
Pam Martin — 5 year pin.
Pam Nicholson — 5 year pin.
Ashley Plonk — Chef, Hiker,
and Swimmmer Badges.
Karen Trout — Swimmer Badge.
Tina Whitiker — 5 year pin.
Recently the troop held a Bake
Sale with proceeds of $-11.33 go
ing to “Operation Santa Claas.”
The girls have been selling
calendars to raise money for the
troop.
Leaders for the troop are Mrs.
J. D. Barrett and Mrs. Charles E.
Dixon.
Dastside Baptist church provid
ed the sotting Sunday afternoon
for a 4 p.m. exchange of vows
uniting .Mis.s Linda Darlene
Welch and Billy Anthony Wilson
in marriage.
The Rev. Harry D. Vance, min-
inister of the church, heard the
couple pledge vows O'! the double
ring ceremony.
Mrs. Evelyn Chambers was or
ganist end Mrs. Wayne Ashe was
vocalist for the program of nup
tial music. Mrs. Ashe sang “With
er Thou Goest’’ bolorc the cere
mony and “Wedding Prayer” as
the benediction.
The altar of the church was
arranged with white candelabm
holding cathedral tapers inter
spersed with arrangements of
while mums.
Donald Welch escorted his
daughter to the altar and gave
her in marriage. The bride’s for
mal wedding gown was made
and designed by her aunt, Mrs.
Patsy Welch Black. Fashioned of
white bridal satin, and peau do
soie, the gown had a wedding
ring collar with Chantilly lace
on the long traditional sleeves,
down the front panel of the
' floor-length skirt and highlight
ing the formal-length aisle-wide
train. Her fingertip veil of silk
bridal illu.sion was hold by a
petal hoadpicce and she carried
a white orchid atop a white lace-
tm’ered Bible.
Miss Joy Welch attended her
niece as maid of honor and
bridesmaids were Mrs. Jimmy
Black, aunt of the bride, and Miss
Ik'hbiG Blanton.
The three attendants wore for
mal-length gowns of ChrLslmas
rod satin and peau de soie de
signed like that of the bride with
sJicer long sleeves. Tliey wore
matching hcaddre.^ses arwl slip
pers and carried two white mums.
The bridegroom’s fatlier was
best man.
Donald W'’elch, Jr. u.shercd with
Steven Wilson.
The bride’s mother was gown
ed in a pink dress with match
ing coat, matching accessories
and a shoulder corsage of \vhite
carnations.
The bridegroom’s mother chose
« navy blue dress with matching
^ accessories and a coisagc of white
' carnations.
Mrs. Barr>" Stroupe kept a gue.st
register in the vestibule of the
church whore the bridal party
formed a receiving line to greet
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Miss Janice LaVorno Byers bt'-
came the bride of Special 1st-four
Juel Philander Quinn, Saturday
in a 6 o’clock ceremony at the
home of Reveren<j and Mrs. R.
D. Lucas, 456 IBrookwood Circle.
The vows were heard by the
Reverend R. D. Lucas, pastor of
First Baptist church, Lawndale.
Mtufiic was provided by Mrs. Jet-
tie Mae Lucas.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Babe
Ruth Byers of 462 BrookwcxKl
Circle, the bride is a graduate of
Kings Mountain high school.
She is employed by Sadie Cotton
Mill, Inc.
The bridegroom, whose parents
live in Gastonia, was graduated
from Ashley high s. hool, Gas
tonia, and is now siatione.i at
Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
The bride, given in marriage
by her (father, worc a floor-length
dress of white taffeta and white
brotade. The white bodice fea
tured long tapered sleeves closed
at the wrist with buttons and
loops. She carried a white Bible
covered with a white orchid,
white carnations, tulle and satin
streamers.
Miss Mavis Ann B.N-ors, sister
of the bride, was bridesmaid.
She wort* a high waistod^ under
lined flcMM'-len'jth <ii'<‘ss of blue
taffeta. Tile high ncwkline with
long set-in sleeves, closed at the
wrist with buttons and loops.
She carried a oascaJe of while
and pink carnations.
Best man was Pedro McNeil.
Usher, Allen C. B.vers. brother of
the bride. The couple will be at
home in Gastonia, N. C.
A rofoption was given by the
brides aunt, Mrs. David Gardm*!*.
The tabic was co\x'ie<i with a
b<Mgo lace table 'cloth. A
pieco of white and yellow daisies
with the three tier \ve<l ling cake,
crystal punch bowl and candela
bra decorated the table.
Sims Family
To California
M/S.gt. and Mrs. Jack Sims and
sons, Curli.s, Gregory. Michael
Dale and Venson, of Beaufort, S.
C., spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Sims, enroute to
Santa .\na, California, where
they will be stationed two yeans.
Young Ven.son Sims, who has
sj>ent some time with his pator-
Vial grandparents and who was
attending school here, returned to
California with his parents.
One ounce of wood pulp from
a Southern pin^^ trqe contains
a Southern pine tree contains
dividual wood fibers, reports the
Southern Forest Institute.
^hrisfmas Tea At Arthur Home Saturday
onphaslzed Traditional Holiday Theme
Thursday, December 17. 1970 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
SECTION B
Mrs. J. H. Arthur and her dau-
ghler, Mrs. George iB. Thomas-
sr>n, entertained together Salur-
<!ay aftornexm at a beautifully-
apixiinttHl Christmas tea at the
Arthur home on 'Bdgiemont Drive.
Over 3(K) gue.sts from Kings
Mountain and neighboring cities
called between 2:30 and 5:30 p.
m.
'Mrs. .Arthur took the occasion
to honor her neighbor, Miss To
Bridges, D(K*emb(}r bride-elect,
who received with her mother,
Mrs. J. C. Bridges, and the two
iKwtesses. Mis.s Bridges was pre
sented a gardenia shoulder cor
sage and a gift.
Mrs. Arthur greeted arriving
collers and Mrs. Thomasson in
troduced guests to the bride-to-
be and her mother. Mrs. Bob
Southwell invited guests to the
dining room where Mrs. Carl
Mayes presided at the silver tea
service and Mrs. W. C. Ballew,
Mrs. N. H. Reed, Mrs, Clyde Kern.s
and Mrs. Joe Nei.sler, Jr. assisted
in receiving and entertaining. Al
so assisting in entertainin|; was
Mrs. Winston Miller of Burling
ton, daughter of Mrs. Arthur.
Goodbyes wore said to Mr.s.
Iton.s.
color note of traditional
^Wistmas green and red was fea-
V tured in decorative details and
refreshments. Christmas trees
were used throughout the beauti
ful Arthur home with the large
family tree in the living room
sparkling with elet'tric candles in
crystal prisms. Miniature trees on
the mantel also sparkled with
lights were decorated with red
birds.
The refreshment table, overlaid
with imported lace and linen
cloth, held a silver candelabrum
of red taplTs as central high
light. Hot cranberry pdnch was
served from a silver service at
one end of the table and coffee
was served from a silver service
at the opposite end of the table.
Chicken salad in pastry shells,
moatbalsl, cheese straws, nutty
fingers, date rolls, Christmas star,
tree, and boll-shaped cookies,
mints and nuts, fancy decorated
sandwiches and tiny fruit cakes
were also served from silver plat
ters.
On the buffet in the dining
roam a conversation piece was a
green CTiiristmas tree tiered with
red candles which reflected in the
mirror.
A gold - dojcoratod Chri.stma.s
tree was on the door in the hall
and in the entrance was a tiered
Christmas tree aglow with gold
buttMlics and hails with an an
gel at the top. The gold and green
theme was emphasized in the en
trance while the traditional
Christmas tree theme in red and
green reflected the holiday mood
throughout other receiving rooms.
SOCIAL
CALENDAR
Thursday:
7:00 - Rohearsal for flhe wed
ding of Miss Patricia Ann Mc
Daniel an'vl Mark EKvyn Hughes
in Antioch Baptist church, Gro
ver.
Friday:
7:30 — The wedding of Miss
Patricia Ann McDaniel and Mark
Elwyn Hughoa in Antioch Bap
tist church of Grover, ireception
follo'wnng in the churcJi fellow
ship hall.
Saturday:
6:30 - 8:30—^Freo Christmas din
ner for Legionnaires at the .Amer
ican Legion building followed by
a Mortgage Burning Ceremony
and a dance at 9 p.m.
7:00—Rehearsal for the Murphy-
Fryer wedding in First Bjiptist
church of Stanley.
8:00—'Mr. and Mrs. F. Milton
Fryer are entertaining at their
home at 408 Downing Drive at an
after-rehearsal supper honoring
their son, Gregory Milton Fryer,
and his fiancee, Sandra Ann Mur
phy.
Sunday:
3:00—The wedding of Miss San
dra Ann Murphy and Gregory
Milton Fryer in First BaptLst
church of Stanley, reception fol
lowing in the fellow'ship hall of
the church,
Ivl iss McDaniel,
Mark Hughes
Give Plans
iMiss Patricia Ann McDaniel,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Henry McDaniel of Grover,
has completc'd i)lans for her mar
riage to Mark Elwyn Hughes,
son of Mr. anil Mi*s. Sidney Jack-
son Hughes of Kings Mountain,
and announces them today.
' The wedding will lake place
Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. in
Grover’i? Antioch Baptist cluifch.
Rev. Wayne Tuttle, minister of
the chui'ch, will bo assisted by
Rev. Forman McDaniel, uncle of
the bride-elect, in officiating at
the double-ring (eromony.
'^lio bride-el(vt will bt? given in
marriage by her father. Best
man for the prospective 'bride
groom will be his ifathor.
Miss Peggy McDantel will at-
ten'.l her sister as maid of honor
and bridesmaids will be Mis9S
.Beth 'Hughes, sister of the bridc-
croom-elect, and Miss Linda
Smith, cousin of the bride-elect.
John Lewis Hughes, uncle of
the bridegroom-to-be, and Eddie
McDaniel^ uncle of the brMeelect,
will iL'shor.
Miss Janet Smith of Grover,
cousin of the bride-elect, w'ill keep
a guest register in the vestibule
of the church.
The brido elect’s parents will
entertain after the •ceremony at
a reception in the church fellow-
'Ship hallf
55 Students
To Career Day
In Charlotte
Fifty-five students from the
Health Careers club and the Fu
ture Teachers Chapter of Kings
Mountain high school attended
Careers Day in Mental Retarda
tion held at the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte Thurs
day, December 10th.
This event was sponsored by
the North Carolina Council on
Mental Health, the North Caro
lina Association for Retarded
Children, and U.N.C.-Charlotte to
acquaint young people with the
need for workers in tliis field as
well as opportunities for employ
ment in the field.
The morning session featured a
film “.A World the Right Size”,
followtxi by an informative and
challenging talk by Dr. Alanson
Himan from the mental health
clinic at Winston-Salem. A ques
tion and answer period followed.
The afternoon .session featured
two study sessions strt'ssuig ca
reer in and training for working
with the mentally retarded, con
ducted by .sptHdallsts in their
fields.
Mrs.. Glenda O’Shiclds, Miss
Helen Logan, and Robert Leftwich
acwinpanied the group to Char
lotte.
Recent Bride
Is Feted
At Shower
Mrs. Eric Redmond, re('rn1
bride, was honored Suntia>' afl<’r-
n(H)n at a briiial shower given by
!Mrs. Thomas Rtvlmond.
Fifty guests calk'd during the
afternoon and presi'nied the
bride a sliower of liousehold
gifts.
The honojt'o wore a blue crepe
dross with black aci'ossories and
a corsage of white, tvirnations,
gift Crom the hostess.
Christmas red air.l gnvn dec'rir-
ations were used throughout the
home. Miss Ecrnic<' Redmond
and .Mis.s Jan Alexander assisting
in starving decorated cake.s and
COfft'O.
The newlyweds are residing <m
York roa.i.
Mrs. Arrowood
VisHs Moores
Mr.s. Madge H. Arrowood .spent
the weekend in Rlack^hurg. S. C.
with Mr. and Mrs. Dever Moore.
Mrs. John Taylor, Jr. and daugh
ter. Suzanne, of O'canside. Calif.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Jac k Kee and
son. Monty, of Lattimore, were
also guests of the Moore.s.
Mrs. Taylor has been in Clove-
land (’ounty visiting relatives the
past .soventl weeks, called home
due to the illne.ss and death of
her paternal grandmother. Mrs.
Taylor is niece of Mrs. Arrowood
and Mrs. Moorei
Christmas Season
Parties Underway
Christmas parties are In full swing In the Kings
Mountain area.
American Legion Post 155 will sponsor a free din
ner dance tor Legionnaires and their wives Saturday
from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. at the American Legion build
ing. At 9 p.m. a Mortgage Burning ceremony will be
held marking the final payment on the $42,500. addi
tion. A drawing for a 23-inch color television set will be
held and door prizes will be awarded. Dancing will be
irom 9 p.m. until midnight with music by "The Brand
ed Men."
Paul Jackson and Allen Myers both think that they
will win the television set but they’ll sure be surprised
when the true winner Is announced.
Kings Mountain Country club members held their
annual Christmas dance last Saturday evening.
Mrs. J. H. Arthur and her daughter, Mrs. George
B. Thomasson, were hostesses Saturday afternoon at a
Christmas tea attended by over 200 friends from this
and neighboring cities at the Arthur home on Edge-
mont Drive.
Donna Blackburn cele
brated her fifth birthday
Sunday. December 13th,
with a party attended by
25 of her friends at Beth
lehem fellowship center.
Donna's birthday cake
was topped with a Santa
'Claus and decorated In
the Christmas season mo
tif. The cake was cut and
served with party re
freshments.
Daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Blackburn, 'Don
na is granddaughter of
Mrs. Ada Yates arid Mrs.
R. R. Blackburn. Donna's * ;
mother Is the former Peggy Yates.
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Jama Lynne Hawkins, |P^' ;
daughter of Mr. aTid Mrs.
James Hawkins. Jr,, of
Pearson Avenue, Gaston
ia. celebrated her first
birthday November 26th.
A decorated birthday
cake was cut and served
with party refreshments.
Jama Is granddaughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James
Cable of Kings Mountain
and Mr. and Mrs. James
Hawkins, Sr. of Gastonia.
Jama's mother Is the
former Phyllis Cable of
Kings Mountain.
Karen Mllessa Arm- ;
strong, daughter of Mr. !
and Mrs. Carl B. Arm
strong of 23-B Willow
Drive in Sumter, S. C.,
celebrated her first birth- I -iC ^
day Tuesday, December
15th.
A birthday party was
held Saturday at the
home of Mrs. Roger Hat- »
field and Karen's decorat
ed birthday cake was cut ^
and served with party re- ^
freshments.
Karen Is granddaughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Wright of Kings Moun- *■
tain and Mrs. Brooks Armstrong of Columbia, S. C.
Karen's mother Is the former Carolyn Wright of Kings
Mountain.
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Pamela Jo Morrow,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Morrow, Bethlehem
Road, was five years old
Friday, December 4th.
A party was held Dec
ember 6th with 20 friends
and family attending. The
birthday cake, decorated
In pink and white with
five snow men made from
marshmallows was used
for the candles. Party
hats and candy favors
were distributed.
Pam’s grandparents are
Mrs. Ada Yates of Kings
Mountain and Mr. and
Mrs. John Morrow of Gastonia. Pam’s mother is the
former Jo Ann Yates.
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Mrs. Charles A. Nelsler was hostess for the Christ
mas meeting of the Kings Mountain Garden club on
Wednesday.
After refreshment time, the club viewed two
Christmas table settings which were displayed by Mrs.
Vernon Crosby for Team 1 and Mrs. John Cheshire for
Team 2. On display also were the many miniature tray
decorations brought and made by the members for use
at the hospital during the holiday season.
Mrs. Phillip Padgett conducted a program on
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