The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-03-13
GOODMAN NEWS

4 IIOAisC ~ 1880
in the parental home on Friday.
DR.. and Mrs. r. w. Tyer of Jack
son were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Cowsert.
Charles Daniel came up from Fort
Banding, Fla. and is spending his
ten days leave with his mother. Mrs.
Lee Daniel.
Among those from out of town
who attended the funeral of the
late T. G. Mabry, were Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. c. Mcdaniel, and DR.. and Mrs.
j. w, Bailey of Kosciusko, Mrs
Lee Hutchinson, and Mrs. lack
Hutchinson of Durant; Mrs. Hattie
Rhodes, Mrs. A. l.. Chapman, Mr..
and Mrs. Sheldon Knight of Jack
son; Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Batson of
Gulfport, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Tit
sche of Sardis; DR.. and Mrs. o..
l. Meyers of Admission, Ala, Carl
Mabry of New Orleans.
Mr. and Mrs. Adlai Donald and
Mrs. Thomas Perry motored to the
Sanitorium Saturday to see Mr..
Perry.
Rev. G. C. Gregory was unable,
on account Of a bad cold, to preach
at the Methodist Church on Sun
/ day.
Mrs. John Davis is in Greenville
this week, where she was called by
the illness Of her mother.
Misses Sara and Selby Stafford
spent the week end with Miss Evelyn
Stafford at Belhaven.
Mrs. A. A. Derrick and Mrs. l. U.
Donald motored to Canton, Tuesday,
to have dental work done.
The Baptist Training Union, inter
mediate and senior departments,
were entertained on Friday evening
in the home of Mrs. ID. J.. Ford.
After a number of amusing games
and contests. refreshments .of sand
wiches, cookies and cocoa were serv-
ed. Those present we're: Virginia
Wilkes, Jean Hightower, Ouida Boy
cite, Claudine Wilkes, Frances Bar
nette, Fred Gardner, Roy Mcdaniel,
Billy Young, Clinton Cummins and
Herman Teal.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Ellis of Lex
ington attended the funeral Of Mr..
T. G. Mabry on Sunday.
One of the loveliest affairs of
the season was the luncheon given
on Saturday honoring Mrs. Hugh
Cowsert. The hospitable home of
Mrs. w. l.. Harmon was thrown
open for the occasion, with Mrs.
Marion Ousley, and Miss Blanche
Sparkman as co-hostesses with Mrs.
Harmon. The luncheon was served
buffet style, each table being de-
corated with miniature brides, as
favors. The lovely lace covered
dining room table was lighted with
pink and white tapers and a most
delicious hot lunch was served by
Mrs. Harmon, Miss S%parkman, and
Mrs. Ousley, assisted by Mrs. Will
liam Ellis of Lexington who poured
coffee. In the center of the table
was the brides cake, decorated in
pink and white. This was cut, and
quite a little amusement was oc-
c~asioned by the articles drawn from
the slices Of cake, and the accom-
paning fortunes" After luncheon,
the guests enjoyed a number OF
games of bridge, and six hundred
The honoree was presented with a
charming gift in the shape of a glass
cake %container, of hob nail pattern.
Those who were presented were
Mrs. ]. T. Shelton, Mrs. Earl Skel-
ton, Mrs. H. B. Powers, Mrs ]. E.
Eakip, Mrs. Hugh Cowsert, Mrs. B.
F. Houston, Mrs. Bertha Cowsert,
Mrs. Selby Stafford, Mrs. l. U. Dom
aid, Mrs. Paul Hand, Mrs. John
Killebrew, Mrs. Dave Ford, Mrs. Carl
Hansen, Mrs. w. R. Ellis, and Mrs
William Ellis of Lexington, Miss
Santa Hollum, Miss Dorothy Maui
din, Mrs. Stanley Allen Mrs. J., D.
Neaves, Mrs. Robert Neblett, Mrs.
Hugh Albin, Mrs. w. T. Mcdaniel.
Mrs. Dave Gulledge and Mrs. Leila
! Moody.
President and Mrs. Ras Branch
are receiving congratulations of
their many friends on the birth
of their second daughter, little
Betty Nell, who arrived at the Com
munity Hospital in Lexington, Mon
day morning.
Mrs. Ida Henderson came home
this week after a stay of several
months in the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles Murray in Water
Valley.