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Tallahassee Democrat from Tallahassee, Florida • Page 9

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11 Bethel Women i Thursday, February 28, 1957 Plan Supper 'School Directors Meef Bethel Method's 70 Kinsmen Attend Dame Flora MacLeod Honored Af Banquet By ARTHUR KENNERLY Quincy Highway, Women of 1 Church, New i will sponsor I Saturday at a chicken supper 6 p.m at the 4 i -A church. Plates will cast $1 for adults and 50 cents for children. Gail Croy Gets be given to each private school director who is a member of th Leon County Private School Association, Mrs. Vance also reported on a pre-school meeting she attended in Gainesville last weekend. Topic for the March meeting ot the association will be insuranct For private schools.

Leon County Private School i A-ssociation met Tuesday evening in the committee hearing room of the Industrial Commission and heard Mrs. Earl Vance discuss the report from Dr. Joseph on the inspection of private schools in Tallahassee. The group voted to pay annual dues and membership cards will A spry little woman with a sharp Scottish accent and an even sharper wit, Dame. Flora MacLeod, chief of the i Nursing Cap 7- yi MacLeod clan of Scotland, kept a crowd of about 70 of her North Florida and South Georgia, kinsmen entertained last night at a banquet honoring her visit to Tallahassee.

Miss Gail Croy, daughter of vr; Lov- I I fHtr. and Mrs. George p. Cr0y Tallahassee. 7 a rt vi Dame MacLeod's Tallahassee! I probably the most active when visit is part of a United States it coihM tQ keeping up with their goodwill tour she is making as at; I -f 3 1 i countrymen and goings-on Dunvegan Castle.

Her title "Dame" is the fe male counterpart of English 1 her 1 nursing cap rom the Gor-t cl Keller school of nursing on Friday in Tampa. She Is presl- I if i 1 nobility's "Sir" for men. It is a sort of 'order of knighthood for women. Dame Flora said the word "clan" means family and that "Mac" means son. The Clan MacLeod is trying "dent of the Miss Croy freshman class, and is beginning her second se MmrwrrmnnnH wt-it irtriti nt nwi mMtiiii.

ster at the school, in Tampa to start "active societies "at their widespread family in Florida and the Tallahassee area MacLeods hope to begin very soon the ac-1 tales llu nothing talieA the place I General Hospital. bead of one of the largest of old Scottish families. Miss Martha MacLeod of Thomasville, assisted Dame MacLeod in attempting to organize a Clan MacLeod Society In Tallahassee. C. B.

MacLeod of Tallahassee was named president of the email nucleus clan group organized at the banquet held In Dame MacLeod's honor last night at the Hotel Duval. Came Flora is 80 years old and lives at the old clan home, Dunvegan Castle, on the Isle of Skye, a mountainous and rugged Island which ts part of the Hebrides Inlands off the western coast of MTssSTartha MacLeod, who is chairman of the southeastern area clan society, showed colored film slides of the Isle of Skye MACLEODS GATHER HERE MacLeods in this area gathered for dinner last night at the Duval Hotel to honor Dame Flora MacLeod, clan leader from Scotland who is making a tour of the I'nited States. Left to right are Mrs. C. B.

of Tallahassee, hostess for last night's event, Miss Martha MacLeod of Thomasville, chairman of the southeast area clan of the MacLeod Society of America; Dame Flora and C. B. icLeod of Tallahassee. (Democrat Photo.) tive organization of the MacLeods. Today Dame Flora is in i Thomasville, Ga and this week-j end she will go to Jacksonville.

i i i While in the city she appeared VWmOSa Vl TClC For Daytime, Silk And Softness tew JliTivals on a TV program and was en- tertained with a round of re- cepKons. NEW YORK (NEA) Big news i Miss Martha MacLeod of Thomasville is a niece of Dame Flora and visited her in Scotland last summer. Miss MacLeod as a southeastern head of the clan will be a guiding hand in the organization of a Tallahassee MacLeod Clan Society. nd Dunvegan Castle while Dame Flora told anecdotes, stories of heroism and romance, tales of superstition and history of the Macleod family and its growth. i A woman who speaks her opinion, Dame Flora revealed a son of Mr.

and Mrs. Mays E. Davis, (Jean Gail Peebles), Rt. 5, Box 495. He was born Feb.

24 in Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces. He is the firt grandchild of Mr. and Mrs, A. C. Peebles.

Donald Leroy White is the first son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Holds Workshop Yesterday's meeting of Mimosa Garden Circle was a flower arranging workshop with informal judging by Mrs. Pope Baird, Mrs, Earl Carter and Mrs. Tom The group met with Mrs.

Colin English. Russell Road. Co-hostesses' were" Mrs. William Haynie and Mrs. David Arrangements of dogwood, tabor and formosa azaleas were in the entrance hall and on the living room mantel.

Mrs. Tom Bixler, chairman, in daytime dresses for spring is silk coupled with a softened look even in sheath styles. The stark sheath is out and in its place ts the pegged or pleated skirt. Coming is the wider skirt, usually handled with some pleating and propped over its own petticoat or stiffened lining. Lightweight silk is used for cocoon capes that are hiplength and that turn a spring dress into a cos-tume.

In longer lengths and in lightweight flannels and worsteds, money can't bvy .775 you'll find in THE PRICELESS LOOK Mr. and Mrs. Morris Gene N.igel (Julie Anne Panzek), 522 E. Park have named their first child Lou Anne Nagel. She was bom Feb.

25 In Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces. William Lavelle Burnette Jr. is the first child for Mr. and Mrs. William Lavelle Burnette (Mary F.

Nylic. He was born Feb. 25 in Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and weighed 6 pounds. Mr. and Mrs.

S. H. Albritton (La vera Newman), Rt. 4, Box 66. have named their new son Brett Kendall Albritton.

He was born Feb. 25 in Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces. Othe children in the fam The MacLeods' originated about 1,000 years ago and the ancestral home is more than 700 years old. The MacLeods since about the year 1200 have spread throughout the world. In the U.S.

there are Clan MacLeod Societies in all parts of the country, with tight districts and eight vice-chairmen of" the clan groups heading the organizations. gense of humor that kept her clansmen chuckling. She wore for the special banquet last night the dress and hunting tartans of" the MacLeods blue, green, yellow and black with red stripes. She explained that the MacLeod clan is not the largest of the Scotch families -(the. Campbells and MacDonalds are larger) but that the MacLeods are Madison Couple Feted At Parties White (Carol Quinn), 912 Wads-worth St.

He "was born Feb, 24 in Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces. His big sister is Susan, 2. Sharon Kay Thompson Is the first child for Mr. and Mrs. Bar-tow Thompson Jr.

(Virgie Buzbee) of Waukeenah. She was born Feb. 24 in Tallahassee Memorial Hos-pital and weighed 7 pounds 6'i ounces. Mr. and Mrs.

J. F. Rabitaille (Gwen 2, Bax 388B, are the parents of a new daughter, Mary Sheila Rabitaille. She was born Feb. 23 in Tallahassee Me- by Socovj 2995 SACONY itMwtt HARPER'S BAZAAR.

McC ALL'S MADISON Miss Marilyn IFVEL BOX ily are Gloria, 5, and Keith, 3. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Richardson (JoAnn McClure), 618 N. Duval have named their first child Vickie Helene Richardson.

She was born Feb. 24 in Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and weighed 6 pounds 10! i ounces. C'arlion Aaron Davis is the new Bridge of Gainesville and Lees- i burg, and LaDel Brothers, who i will be married Mar, 8, in Gain- er-ville were honored Saturday i evening when Mr. and Mrs. V.

i M. Folsom and Mr. and Mrs, Ben S. Waring entertained at the Folsom home. I Miss Emma Jeanne Folsom assisted in entertaining.

i The home of Mr. and Mrs. W. the cape makes an ensemble of the sheath. Most of the capes keeping company with spring dresses srs narrow rather than full types.

Tucy divide honors with the waist-length jacket as topping for slim dresses. Pleating is an enormously popular skirt treatment. Knife-pleating (suggesting the 1930's) is for slim skirts while full skirts get soft, impressed pleats, Linen-like silks head off the fabric list for daytime wear. Next come the silk shantungs and silk tweeds, chiffons, crepes and printed surahs. The lightweight trend extends to woolens and includes chiffon-weight flannels and worsteds.

Navy and gray are fop spring dress color followed by beige, a whols range of violets, muted blues end greens. I SECOND I MAGNETIC Washington Letter morial Hospital and weighed 8 pounds 53-i ounces. Her brother is Joe 27 months. Mr. and Mrs.

Envin J. Stinne-ford (Helene Barber), 401 Perkins have named their new son Mark Stephen Stinneford. He was born Feb. 23 in Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, Other children in the family, are Jackie, 4,. Sharon, 3, and Mike, 10 months.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Miller of Brownsville, Texas are the par 'yr 1 STAINLESS 1 E. McCain was the setting Sat- urday morning for a coffee giv-1 rn by Mrs.

McCain and her i daughter-in-law, Mrs. Joe Scan- i i Ion McCain of Perry, honoring I Miss Bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mickler, You cant pin a price tag on lattt.

For instance, th took aehie4 in this new Sacony suit. The silhouette is explicitly 1957: tranquilly tailored, lightly bloosed in back, the akirt slerxJer. Tbe new fabric is a richly nubbed Acrilan-silk blend. By ANNETTE DAVIS (For Jane Eads) WASHINGTON Seven-year- Mr. and Mrs.

E. P. Sanders and Mr. and Mrs, J. P.

Morrow entertained Friday evening at the Mickler home complimenting Miss Bridge and Mr. Brothers, i I old Barbara Anne Eisenhower stole the show from her famous grandmother at a combination art exhibit and symphony con stk Willi, SKIN HELP In the Interests of a beautiful skin, keep some containers of water about the house during winter weather. These will keep the air moist and keep your skin from drying out. ents of a daughter, Sandra Joy Miller, She was born Feb. 19 and weighed 7 pounds 13 'a ounces.

Her brother is and her mother is the daughter of- Mrs. James Monson of Tallahassee. cert. Blonde, blue-eyed Barbara, "doorway to fashion" Lakeland Woman Is Elected Mrs. David Cathcart of Lakeland was elected president of the southeastern jurisdiction of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church at the annual meeting in Knoxville, Tenn.

this week. The new president is a graduate daughter of Major and Mrs. John Eisenhower, was one of 16 young ladies who posed beside their portraits while 3,800 school children passed In review. The exhibit of pictures, painted by local artist Mrs. Jewel D.

Grantham, who specializes in children's portraits, preceded a concert for young people by the National Symphony Orchestra. 11,,,. .1 iawmiTiwnni-Mfi raraut 50c DOWN NO CARRYING CHARGE of Florida State University. 7 iVf The Knoxville meeting was at- vhlte and 5nlte gloves as In the picture. Occa-; tended by representatives of 42fi, 706 WSCS members in nine south I sionally she leaned over to whis You Are Cordially Invited To Our formal opening today, thursday, feb.

28, from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. and continuing Friday and Saturday, (closed thurs. until 3 p.m.) eastern states and Cuba. SOAK TENSION AWAY If tension has played hob with your sleep, it's time for some peace and quiet and a few lux-uroius, relaxing baths.

Soak the tension away and catch up on I your sleep. 116 East Jefferson St- HOUSE and GARDEN CENTER THURSDAY" FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OUR BIG 6th ANNUAL F9 r3 k-1 ia? Si per to Patricia and Julie Nixon. daughters of Vice President and! Mrs. Richard Nixon, whose portraits al.co were on review. Mrs, Dwight D.

Eisenhower, with her mother, Mrs, John Doud, and daughter-in-law, Mrs. John Eisenhower, arrived ahead of the students to look at the paintings and meet the young "Not only are the portraits lovely," admired the First Lady, "but the models are all good looking, too." Both Mrs, Nixon and Mrs. John Eisenhower had carefully combed their daughters hair before allowing them to take their seats in the spotlight. Almost none of the children recojmizrd Barbara Ann Eisenhower or the Nixon children as they walked by the portraits. But Kathy McKinnell, an alert fifth-crader.

spotting Barbara, leaned over the rope and askd, "How do you like being Ike Eisenhower's granddaughter?" Barbara replied "It's OK. He's very nice." According- to the portraitist, Barbara is something of a painter herself. During her sittings, Mrs. Grantham said, Barbara showed her two pictures she had painted to eive to President Eisenhower. One was of Humnty Dumpty.

the other showfd the Eisenhowers in the family car setting out on a trip. Barbara Is in the second grad Bt St. Agnes Eniscopal School In Alexandria, where her teacher says she is a "very good student." Last year she was known to her classmates as Ann but this vear has asked them to call her Barbara. ff-v A kifi FINE PLANTS TO BRIGHTEN UP YOUR YARD Aialea Priccj Effective Thru March 9fh Otherj Thru March 2nd 2-YEAR OLD AZALEA PLANTS 3-YEAR OLD AZALEA PLANTS 1.00 In Full Bloom 5 for In Full Bloom $1 REG. 35c AZALEA reg.

75c 3 rur I 15c each $12.00 per 100 PLANTS 15 Varieties 1 25 OFF All Brassware Ceramic Containers and Gift Items Ya mmmm i BEDDING or CUT FLOWER PLANTS 50c flat VI rf FREE FREE! FREE! Register for 6-FT. CAMELIA BUSH to be given away March 9th to some lucky person. You need not be present to win. 12" BOX WOOD PLANTS $15.00 a 100 Collins ALL SALES CASH Free Drinks! COMPANY DESSERT Fold cru.h?d pineapple (drained) into soft vanilla ice cream; place In freezing compartment of refrigerator until ice cream is firm and serve for a company dessert. Tt'RKEY ROASTING A five-to-eight pound ready-to-cook, sight turkey will ned 3'i to hours roasting time if the oven temperature Is low i (325 degrees).

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