The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-03
Lumberton Set
Engaged In Variety
OF Holiday Parties

Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Stedmar
and John Branch Stedman enter
tanned at a buffet supper at thei1
home Friday evening in compli'
ment to Captain and Mrs. j. Ear
Carpenter, Jr., who were recently
married at Shaw Field, Sumter,
S. c., where the bridegroom is
stationed. Mrs. Carpenter was be-
fore marriage Miss Lois Wells
of Columbia. Missouri. Mrs. J. E.
Carpenter, Sr., and Miss Vickie
Stedman assisted in serving.
Others who have entertained for
Mrs. Carpenter are Mrs. Henry A.
McKinnon, who gave an informal
tea at her home, and Mrs. E. K.
Butler, who was hostess at a din.
ner party.
Several parties have been giver
honoring Mrs. Donald R. Fuller.
who a Mrs. Marilyn Wissler Full
Ter Of Chillicotho, Ohio, before hel
recent marriage. Mrs. S. F. Cald
we'll and her daughter, Miss Mary
Elizabeth, were hostesses at 9
dessert bridge at their home Mon
day evening, when the honore'
was presented silver and Mrs
Knox M. Barnes, a bride, wa
remembered with a gift.
Mrs. Henry A. McKinnon ant
Mrs. Charles Best Fuller enter
tanned at a luncheon for Mrs. Full
Ter at the Pine Room. Covers Wer'
laid for 38.
Mrs. Bruce B. Stephens was hos
tess at a coffee hour at her apart
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Kay Kittrel
entertained at a formal reception
at their home on East Fifth Stree
on Christmas evening in obser
vance of their 25th wedding ami
versary. Mrs. Kittrell was befor'
marriage on December Is, 1872
Miss Sara Lucretia Cannon o
Greenville. The couple have fou.
daughters. Miss Media Kittrell o
Miami, Fla, Mrs. E. M. Scroggin
of Charlotte, Mrs. T. c. Hill o
Tampa. Fla. and Miss Teeny Kit
trell of Lumberton, all Of whom
were persent for the reception.
Honoring Mrs Herbert T. Appen
teller, the former Miss Margare
Little, whose marriage Of last Sep
TENDER % was announced few
days ago, four hostesses gave
bridge shower at the home of Mis-!
Jackie Oliver on Christmas eve
Hostesses were Misses Oliver, Lou
Use Stacy, Mary johnson Stephen!
and Kitty Edens, former school
mates of the bride, who is a sopho'
more at Wake Forest College. Mrs
H. A. Oliver assisted in serving
High score prize was awarded Miss
Elizabeth Lee and low Miss Annie
Hood Hughes Of Selma.
Among parties Cor the college
set at home for the holidays were
a dinner party at which Robert
A. Mcintyre, Jr., of the UNC
graduate school was host at the
Pine Room and a progressive din
ner party given at the homes Of
Misses Minta Mcintyre and Vir-
ginia Best and Robert Mcintyre,
Jr.
A performance Of vocal and In
strumental music by Raymond
Brown and Lawrence Redman,
talented Lumberton musicians who
are continuing their studies at Pea
body Conservatory of Music, was
presented before some IS members
and guests of the Lumberton Music
Club at the home of Mrs. John
c. Fuller. Mrs. J. c. Hutto pre-
sided in the absence of the presi-
dent, Mrs. Henry Kass. Miss Ruth
Turner was program leader, and
assisting hosts and hostess were
Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Hodges and
Ellis E. Page. MI. Brown has a
baritone voice, Mr.. Redmond is a
pianist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira G. Prevatte
Of Buie announce the engagement
of their daughter, Christine, of
Buie and Lumberton, to John Paul
Robertson, Jr., son OF MI. and Mrs.
J. P. Robertson of Rowland. The
wedding will take place in the
spring.
Miss Noveline Mattox, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mattox of
Rockingham, and William Stanley
Of Lumberton. son of Mrs. J. H.
Stanley and the late Mr.. Stanley,
were united in marriage at the
home of the officiating minister,
DR.. J. Glenn Blackburn, on Deem
Der "a. The bridegroom served for
tbrao voorc in tho pauxy yooe4 ~