The Robesonian from Lumberton, North Carolina • Page 2

2--Tho Robesonian, Tuesday, December 17, 1957 Women i Activities MALOM Assist Family $Tbe Janic Hargrove W.C.T.U. a nieetinf? held Tucsuay aftor- ijoon at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Little, decided to help a Vriecdy family at Christmas, and to contribute several baskets of fruit to patients ill in bed. Mrs. Floyd Hayes, president, 'presided over the meeting, which was opened with devotional Vducted by Mrs.

I. P. Britt. and prayer led by Mrs. M.

Brown, ilrs. Katie Walker was wel- as a new member. Ten attended the meeting. Dr. And Mrs.

Hugh MacAllister Entertain At Christmas. Party Arthur Williams Member FAIRMONT Arthur Williams selected as the Exten- Member of. the Month by department of the First Bap- Sunday School in Fairmont. Mr. Williams is eighty-f i ijfears of age, but he lives alone North Fairmont.

All of his chil- i'oren" live away from Fairmont. Williams enjoys reading the and visit-ed monthly'by; 1 Ben A. Oliver of the -which the Home Life Maga- for Mr. Williams. FREE Poiitsettas With each S10.00 retail order shrubbery or plants from now until Christmas.

'Visit our nursery and Green- houses for your clant needs." Closed on Sundays. PEACOCK'S Floral Nursery PARKTON, N. C. Pre-Christmas SPECIAL r.r ON COLD SAVAVES-- $12.50 PERMANENT PERMANENT 8.50 PERMANENT 6.50 PERMANENT 5.00 Lumberton Beauty Shop 9-3184 The spacious home of Dr. and Mrs.

Hugh Alexander MacAllister on Riverside Drive was the scene for a lovely Chvislmas party on Friday evening when they entertained at an open house. Flood lights on wrought iron stands illuminated the driveway up to the front door, which bore 1 a sprayed geld olive branch from Florida, decorated with clusters of gold leaves against a background of green. Guests were greeted in the hall, where Christmas greens a burning candles were used, by Dr. and Mrs. Oliver Benson, who invited them into the den.

Here Mrs. John J. Hood and Mrs. Carl Olson received. The quaint Dutch dry sink in this room presented a charming arrangement of china choir boys holding lighted candles.

At She entrance to the dining room Mr. and Mrs. John Rhodes Barnes received. This room, with its white walls and oaken beams, set the decoration motif of white and antique gold. The long trestle table was covered with a handsome cloth of French organdy and lace over antique satin.

On each, end of the table were cutglass punch bowls. The centerpiece was an antique gold double Italian figurine of gold cherubs holding cutglass hurricane lamps. Entwined among the che- rUbs were gold grapes and leaves EI lid pale pink carnations. Match- ins? arrangements were used with the twin serves candlesticks hunt board on each side of fruit 'on a cutglass bowl under an oil painting of fruit. Guests served themselves to- ham biscuits', chicken salad sand- jwiches, cheese ball and' cheese Christmas ribbon sand- "wiches, riive and cheese sand- 'wiches, and nuts.

Punch, was poured by Misses Jean MacAllis- Olivia Cooper, Martha Adams, Sarah Hamilton. At a smaller auxiliary table, which vvas also overlaid with an organdy and lace cloth and which was centered With a large Chinese white brasa holding 3. lighted shrine candle, Mrs. Preston Douglas and Mrs. Alma Blackmcai served coffee with cakes iced in white and gay green Christmas bells and white and green mints.

The white brick corner fireplace blazed With an open log fire which reflected on the carved metal sconces spilling over i grapes at one end of the mantel. In the center was a lighted colonial coach lantern and at the other end was an Italian figurine holding bunches of grapes. The buffet held a nine-branched silver candelabra with lighted tapers. Mr. and Mrs.

Herschel Haney conducted callers'to the i i HEDGPETH PHAMACY, Inc. iTH '-CHESTNUT STREETS RE 9-3281 RE 9-3282 BETTER DRUG STORE We Are In Business for Your Health three Registered FhanBMlite to fill Twtr Well Trained CMmeitotaai CoapleUi fountain Service Tree Dellmy Service City RED I VARIOUS FABRICS Bed CORDUROY, GABARDINE, CUPIONI, DACRON NYLON BLENDS in tweed weave checks, BROADCLOTH, HINGHAM. TAFFETA also red PBINT in DAZZLE CLOTH, FRUIT-OF-THE-LOOM, DRIP- DR1, red and white stripe FLANNELETTE. 43" wide. 39c to 98c yard FOR PARTY DRESSES Brocaded Taffeta $1.29 yard in pink, black yellow Nylon Dotted Swiss 79c yard 111 pink, blue orchid Black Velveteen $1.98 yard Pillow Case Prints 39c yard Christmas Aprons To Cut Out Reg.

Price 69c Now 59c DRESS LENGTHS FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS Blankett $2.98 Apron Lengths 29c apiece Ginghams, wash wear Prints, plain Broadcloth, Prints, Printed cotton Satin 39cyd. 3 yds. $1.00 TEXTILE FABRIC SHOP 312 E. THIRD STREET LUMBERTON room, where guests could meet those doctors and their wives who have, recently moved to Lumberton. These were Dr.

and Mrs. Jack Mohr, Dr. and Mrs. Bob Andrews, Dr. and Mrs.

Howard Sti'awcuttsr, and Dr. and Mrs. Jahn Lawrence. In this room Christmas greens und candles were effectively used. The matching Chinese brass candlestick centered the large round coffee table, and an heirloom German Christmas tre in gold and white held burning and stood on the piano.

Goodbyes were said by Mrs. H. D. Goode at the door to the side porch. A large spruce Christmas tree here was -decorated with white lights, and copper pots holding red berries and greenery also de corated the porch.

Approximately two hund guests, many from Maxton, Red Springs, Whiteville, and other neighboring towns, called between the hours of eight and ten. Mormax Club Ladies Night MAXTON A delightful affair of the holiday season was the annual "Ladies' Night" banquet of the Mormax club, held in the V.FAV; building at Midway on Thursday evening. The Christmas motif was beautifully observed in the decorations and appointments. The long tables Were centered with arrangements of Christmas evergreens and tinsel balls, and lighted by tall red tapers. The program opened with invocation by Rev.

E. E. Edmond, followed by the delicious dinner of tomato cocktail, roast turkey and ham, dressing and gravy, green beans, cranberry sauce, rice, pickles, celery, hot rolls, coffee and dessert of pound cake and ice cream. Welcome to the Ladies was brought by Wm. A.

Johnson, and T. A. Nofthcutt gave the gracious response. Dr. Morris L.

HUsted, pastor of St. John's Methodist church Of Durham, the guest entertainer, proved to be most versatile, stifyittg his audience With his feats Of magic, music and art. The ladles, found gifts of sweater chains at their places as favors. The enjoyable evening was closed by the ReV. Joseph Walker, who pronounced the benediction.

A vote of thanks was given the entertainment committee composed of Rev. Max Eller, F. E. James, S. Steed, R.

W. Misenheimer, T. W. Watson, and L. P.

Morris. Mrs. Robt. Burns Is Club Hostess MAXTON Mrs. Robert Burns gave a very practical and interesting talk on Christmas Decorating, showing four lovely and easy to make arrangements, at meeting of the Maxton Garden club Wednesday afternoon at the home.

Of Mrs. C. A. Hasty. Mrs.

J. C. Whitlock was co-hostess. Lovely Christmas decorations were used in the home. Following Mrs.

Burns' talk four lUcky members of the club each received an arrangement as a prize. They were Mrs. A. McKinnon, Mrs. Lulher a i Mrs.

R. D. Groom and Mrs. G. F.

Kirkpatrick. During the social hour the hostesses served fruit cake, cookies, nuts and coffee. Miss Lena Fontaine of Wythe a ville, was a special guest. Club Meetings In Fairmont This P. M.

FAIRMONT The Junior club will meet Tuesday evening, Dec. 17 at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Charlie Taylor. Mrs. J.

H. McCallum with associate hostesses Mmes. L. G. Stanfield, A.

A. Fowler, and Wallace Floyd and Misses Dinabel Floyd and Sarah Maude Pittrnan, will be hostesses to members of the Fairmont Woman's club at 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening, Dec. 17 at the McCollum home. The Fairmont Garden Club will meet Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 37, at 3:30 at the home of Mrs.

Carlton Floyd. Mrs. J. Hayes will be program leader. The Spade Hoe a club will have a short meeting at the home of Mrs.

Warren Wallace at 3 o'clock en Thursday December 19. The club members will then go as a group to "Holiday Open 'til 9 Tonight and ever nite 'til Christmas MISS JO ANN BARNES, bride-elect of December 29. is shown second from left at a tea yiven on Sunday afternoon by three hostesses, at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Inman. Standing at extreme left is Mrs.

Velenia Thompson, one of the hostesses, and at the back of Miss" Barnes is her mother, Mrs. Alton Barnes, next toJjer is Mrs. Inntan, and at extreme right IB Mrs. Eskel Tyson, the other two hostesses. (Staff Photo By Bill Norment).

Fields-Ford Vows Pledged Oakdale Church FAIRMONT Oak Dale Baptist church was the scene for the wedding of Miss Catherine Ford of Fairmont, Rt. 1, and Emery Elmon- Fields of Evergreen, which was solemnized on Sunday, December 8. The Rev. A. P.

Stephens of officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ford and the briflegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Emerson Fields of Evergreen. Music was presented by Miss SaHie MUnroe of Clarkton, pianist, and Miss Norma Dale Bass of Fairmont, and Miss Joan Carter of Wilmington, vocalists. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a formal length gown of white lace and net over taffeta. Her waist- length two-tier veil of illusion was attached to a bandeau of reed pearls and nylon net. She carried a white prayer book with a white orchid.

Mrs. Houston Page was. matron of honor, she wore a floor-length dress of white net with tinted sequins over taffeta and carried a nosegay of fed and white carnations with silver ribbon. Bridesmaids were Miss Lucile Paul of Lumberton, Miss Frandes-Ann Lewis'of High Point college, High Point, and Miss Coralie Spivey of Fairmont, cousins of the bride, Miss Mary Cooke and Miss Molly Ivey of Fairmont, and Mrs. ElOnor Bass of Tnomasvilte.

They wore floor- length dresses of white net over taffeta, trimmed with tinted sequins, and carried nosegays of red carnations with silver. Little Miss Janice Smith was flower girl. She wore a long white ruffled net over taffeta and carried a tiny nosegay of red carnations. Honorary bridesmaids Miss Margaret McQueen of Raeford, a cousin of the bride, Miss G1 a Cox, Miss Gwendolyn Johnson, Miss Beth Atkinson, and Miss Myna Lyn Ivey of Fairmont. Dewitt Clark of Elizabeth town, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, was best man.

Ushefs were George Lacy Ford, brother of the bride, Jobie Williamson, Hubert Kissam, Joe Kissam, and Terry Shaw of Evergreen, and Fred Priest of Elizabethtown. The bride's mother wore a navy blue dress with white accessories with a pink corsage. The bridegroom's mother wore a rose dress with accessories and a white corsage. Guests' were from Charlotte. a i Springs, Raeford, Buie, a i mont, and Lake View and Wedgefield, S.

C. For going away the bride wore a two-piece navy suit with rose accessories, and the orchid from her corsage. Mrs. Fields attended Fairmont High school and Flora Macdonald college, Red Springs. Mr.

Fields' attended Evergreen High school and Carolina college in Charlotte. He holds a position as accountant for the Sampson- Bladen Pure Oil Company in Elizabethtown. After a wedding trip to the mountains, the couple will be at home in Elizabethtown. CAKE CUTTING After the rehearsal on Saturday night Mrs. Stacy Watson and Mrs.

Van Buren Arnette entertained with a cake cutting in the Educational department of the church, SHOWERS Other social courtesies for the bride-elect Included a miscellaneous shower given by Mrs. Alton Cook at her home in Lake View, S. and a bridal shower given by Mrs. Gaston Lewis and Mrs. John Paul at the home of Mrs.

Lewis in Pembroke. TO ATTEND THRiB SON'S WEDDING FAIRMONT Mr. and Mrs. Fred Griffin expect to leav next Saturday mdrning for Madison whore their son, Silas Steve Grif. fin of Ashevllle, is to be married to Misi Geraldine Brown of Madison at 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon December 22 in the Presbyterian church in Madison.

Mi-, and MM. Griffin plan to rt- turn on tiM following day. Three Hostesses Honor Bride- Elect At Lovely Afternoon Tea Mrs; Lloyd Inman, Mrs. Eskel Tyson and Mrs. Velenia Thompson were hostesses at a lovely tea at the home of Mrs.

Inman, 502 East 18th street, on Sunday afternoon from three "to five o'clock honoring Miss Jo Ann Barnes, whose wedding to Billy Franklin will be an event Of Sunday, December 29. Guests were met at the front door by Miss Katrina Jenkins of Fairmont, who presented them to the receiving line in which were Mrs. Inman, Mrs. Thompson, the bride-elect, who wore a beige dress of embroidered satin and a corsage of red carnations, and her mother, Mrs. Alton: Barnes.

At the end of the receiving line was Mrs. Eskel Tyson, invited gu-asts into the dining room. From a beautifully-appoint table Mrs. Madeline Harrelson poured Russian tea, and assisting in serving ham biscuits, assorted decorated cookies, crysta- fruit and hors 'd'ouvres ware Miss Linda Barnes, Miss Sylvia Britt, and 'Mrs. Byron Tedder.

Mrs. Marguerite Stone presided at the register. The house was beautifully decorated in the Christmas motif in which a color scheme of red and green was used. On the living room mantel were large red candles nestled in red Christ a balls, holly and spruce. The.

coffee table held a larger arrangement of a huge red candle in a nest of Christmas balls, holly and spruce, matching the mantel arrangement. The dining table was covered with a handsome red cloth. At one end of the table Was a five- branched candelabra holding lighted tapers tied With white narcissus, red carnations' and wide red satin ribbon bows. From the candelabra southern srnilax interspersed with red carnations, extended toward the punch bowl on the opposite end of the table. All table appointments were in silver.

Double silver candlesticks holdng white lighted tapers tied with red carnations and red satin bows were at either end of the buffet, and southern smilax and fern were used between the length of the buffet. The decorations were arranged by Mrs. Mallory Moore of Georgetown, S. sister of Mrs. Velenia Thompson.

Approximately fifty guests called during the appointed hours. Mrs. Agnes Page Is Hostess At Party For School Personnel RED SPRINGS Mrs. Agnes Page of Red Springs, supervis-or of St. Pauls and Maxton schools, held a "drop-in" party, Sunday the hours of four and 7:30 o'clock.

than 120 people called during the affair. Invitations were extended to the faculties of the St. Pauls, Maxton, Red Springs, and Fairmont units and to other school personnel in the county. The yard was decorated with a manger scene, a choir and a raised Santa Claus and his reindeer were used, heading for the chimney. The front door was covered with green plastic on which was placed silver mesh, and a key of styrofoam.

At entrance there was a lighted lantern. Guests were greeted by Mrs. Page, who was assisted by her mother, Mrs. A. C.

Edens. The daughter, Patricia Page, presided at Vhe register in the hall. Goodbyes wer said to -Mrs. Willard Pittman and Mrs. Van Beach, both of Fairmont.

During the afternoon Miss Elizabeth Blue of Parkton played Christmas music. In the living room stood a ceiling high Christmas tree; on the mantle was a model' of Santa Claus and his reindeer of styro- foam. Candles and crystal balls Lumberton Has Travel Agent Mrs. J. D.

Dickson McLean has recently been appointed agent in Lumberton for the travel department of the First National Bank of Myrtle Beach, Through Mrs. McLean such facilities as air reservations, steamer and sightseeing arrangements, car hire, 'foreign car purchases, conduct tours, independent, pre-arranged travel, group travel, convent i travel, honeymoon travel, prepaid travel for relatives and friends from abroad, air charters, etc. becomes available. Through the travel department, Mrs. McLean will be representing such operators as American Express, Marsh Tours, Brownell, Ask Mr.

Foster, and all others in the United States or abroad. The manager of the travel department, Carlos Vejarano, a native of Madrid, Spain, spent many years with T.W.A. and B.O.A.C. and will be working directly wi'th Mrs. McLean.

The travel department also had a community service which provides color, sound films; lectures for church, club, or plant. It also gives free advice and assistance for organizing dances and parties with the travel The establishment of a travel department by bank is nothing new. Such banks as The First National City Bank of New York, The Bank of America, Wnchovia, and Tho and Southern Bank have had these dopanments for sometime. were placed upon the coffee table. Poinsettias were used to complete the Christmas motif.

A lighted Christmas tree hung over the mantle of the dining room and -reindeer and candles were Used on the'TV. Poinsettias had greenery were also used. The table, from which coffee, fruit cake, nuts, and mints were served, was covered by a dark green cloth. Centering the refreshment table was a five-branched candelabrum of silver with epergnettes, flanked by crystal balls and silver berries. Streamers from the center extended to the edges, ending in tiny corsages of pink.

Serving were Mrs. Frances Weaver and Mrs. Neil Watson, both of Red Springs. Calling from St. Pauls were Marion Bird, superintendent of schools, and Mrs.

Bird; P. D. Ostwlt, priincipal, and Mrs. Ostwalt; Dr. C.

McEachern, chairman of the board of education, and Mrs. McEachern; and other board members and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. G. S.

Kinlaw, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Underwood, Mr. and Mrs. A.

G. Walter Dudley, superintendent of Red Springs schcols, and Mrs. Dudley, and Wade Mobley, principal, and Mrs. Mobley also attended. Present also from Red Springs were Mrs.

Mary Connoly and Miss Alice Cherry, in charge of practice teachers at Flora Macdonald college. Calling from Maxton were David M. Singley, superintendent of schools, and Mrs. Singley. Decorating Contest In St.

Pauls 23rd ST. PAULS Entrants in the Christmas Decorating contest for December 23rd, are requested to contact the chairman of her chosen division by Wednesday, Dec. ISth. The four divisions are as follows Division I--Interiors, Mrs. L.

Hubbard, chairman; Division Mrs. T. A. a chairman; Division in--Doorways and entrances, Mrs. L.

J. Moore, chairman; Division IV--Store Windows, Mrs, N. E. Drum, chairman. The community house will be decorated by the Cardinal Garden club, comprised of Juniors members.

BIRTHS --Mr. and Mrs. Luther E. Sanderson, Rt. 4, Lumberton, a son Dec.

15. --Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Locklear, Pembroke, a daughter, Dec. 15.

--Mr. and Mrs. Birtir Oxendine, Pembroke, a son, Dec. 15. --Mr.

and Mrs. Francis Furry, Lumberton, a son, Dec. 15, --Mr. and Mrs. Myrl Leon Miller, Red Springs, a son, Deo.

15. --Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Holmes, Lumberton, a daughter, Dec. 15.

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