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Evening star., 1948-12-05
Parent.Teacher
AcfiUifieS

Will SIlTlStLlhS JuSt dIOullu tile
corner we have so many things tc
remember and do so a reminder tc
Parent-Teacher members:
The shower contributions - two
weeks before Christmas which
makes the deadline December IL
Send only new or used toys in clean
and excellent condition. Mrs. Charles
McGogney ID chairman and Emery
School is headquarters. December
10 and II marks the last perform
ances Of the Children's Theater In
Roosevelt High School, Thirteenth
and Allison streets NV. "Alice In
Wonderland" is the play, Friday
8:15 pm, Saturday 2:30 pm. Tick
cts, $1.20, so cents and 80 cents, in
cluding tax.
Parent-Teacher members are be-
ing asked by the tuberculosis Asso-
citation to assist in the sale Of Christ
mas seals at booths throughout the
city.
Kramer Junior High PTA meet
ing December 7. 8 pm. There will
be music by the school orchestra
under the direction of Mrs. Lulu
Dorsey. The major choral group
will sing, directed by Mrs. Lillian
Brosseau, supervisor of music in the
school. Mrs. Brosseau and Miss
Bertha Buckley, art supervisor, will
give short talks on "the value OF
art and music in junior high
schools"
Members are asked to bring socks
for a sock shower" to be sent to
Student Aid. There will be speaker
from the Community Chest.
Kimball Elementary PTA meeting
Thursday, at pm. Subject for dis
cussion: "Children's Reading
Panel discussion leader, Mrs. Jacque-
line Mullen, teacher in Kimball
School. Participants, Miss Con-
stance Stone, librarian, and Mrs
Helen Wilson, parent.
Congress Heights Study Group will
meet Thursday at 7:45 pm. How
to Be Happy With Our Children
will be discussed by Mrs. Mildred
Kilinski, executive director Of the
Family Service Association.
Brookland PTA meeting, Thurs
day at ! pm. After the business
meeting the members will listen to
Christmas music sung by the school
children.
John Burroughs PTA meets
Thursday at Ills pm. There will
be a community sing followed by a
children's round table discussion on
Books for Children" A display OF
books for Christmas giving will be
sent by the District Of Columbia
Public Library.
Francis Scott Key PTA will hold
a card party Friday at 8 pm. at the
Palisades Field House, Dana and
Sherrier place NV, Admission, So
cents. For information call Woodley
1904. A ping pong tournament will
be the high light OF the evening
The event has been arranged by the
Parent-Teacher Association Ways
and Means Committee.
Bancroft PTA will meet Tuesday.
A special committee has prepared
a program and display of books for
children for Christmas giving. Mrs.
Marcus Mensh is chairman and will
give the talk on books.
The recent city-wide demonstra-
ton of the Visual-Audio method OF
teaching has aroused the interest OF
the Stanton PTA. In order to in
itiate this method Of teaching at the
school the PTA is planning q dance
and card party Friday, 9 to II pm,
in the school. There will be an
orchestra and refreshments. The
funds raised will be used to pur-
chase a strip film protector and film
for use in the school.
Evening star., 1948-12-05

ciation has planned q Christmas
party for pm. Tuesday in the
Pythian Temple, 1912 Ninth street
NV, and the Park View Business
Association will meet at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow in the City Bank, 360s
Georgia avenue NV.
Evening star., 1948-12-05
Civic Calendar
Grant Will Discuss
lond Use Problem

Mai. Gen. U. s. Grant III, chair
man Of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, will dis
cuss the problem of District land
used for recreation at meeting OF
the Progressive Citizens Association
of Georgetown tomorrow night.
Other speakers in an unusually
busy civic week will include Benja-
min Striner, president of the Fed
Grafton OF Businessmen's Associa-
tions, who will address the Colum-
bia Heights group Tuesday. and
Clifford H. Newell, former president
of the Federation of Citizens As
sociations, who will outline his plan
for property protection before the
Takoma ID. CO. group tomorrow
night.
Members of the Southwest Citi-
zens' Association, at o meeting to-
morrow night, will discuss prospects
for a new stadium in the area and
make final plans for q Southwest
Christmas party.
Other features among the Is
meetings this week will be an in
formal expose of gamblers devices
by DR.. Ernest Blanche, chief of
logistics for the Army general stan,
before the Manor Park group to-
morrow, and q demonstration of
hypnotism at meeting OF the
Brightwood Citizens Association
Friday night.
The Association of Oldest Inhab-
itants will celebrate its 83rd ami
versary with banquet at $500 Six
teenth street tomorrow at Z pm.
The schedule follows:
Monday.
Bellevue-213 Boyer road S.W., 3
pm.
Dupont Circle-Mayfower Hotel,
4:30 pm.
Forest Hills-Murch School, Thir-
ty-sixth and Ellicott streets NV, 3
pm.
Kenilworth Kenilworth Recrea-
ton Center, Kenilworth avenue and
Ord street NE, 8 pm.
Manor Park-Whittier School,
Fifth and Sheridan streets NV, 8
pm.
Michigan Park Bunker Hill
School, Fourteenth street and Mich
igan avenue NE, 8 pm.
Minnesota Center - B n n n 6
School, Minnesota avenue and Ben
ming road NE, 8 pm.
National Gateway-Avalon
Heights Church of Christ, Twenty
eighth and Douglas streets NE, 8
pm.
Oldest Inhabitants -2600 SIX
teenth street NV, 7 pm.
Progressive Of Georgetown-Christ
Church Parish Hall, Thirty first and
o streets NV, 8 pm.
Southwest-Southw Branch Ii
brary, Seventh and H streets S.W., 8
pm.
Stanton Park - Peabody School,
Fifth and C streets NE, SPIN.
Takoma ID. C0-Takoma School,
Piney Branch road and Dahlia street
NV, 8 pm.
Tuesday.
Columbia Heights-C olum b 1 a
Heights Christian Church Hall, 1435
Park road NV, pm.
Hampshire Heights Barnard
School, Fourth and Decatur streets
NV, 8 pm.
Macarthur Boulevard - Palisades
Field House. Dana and Sherrier
places NV, 8:15 pm.
Metropolis View " Noyes School,
Tenth and Franklin streets NE,
pm.
Southeast Council-Anacostia HigM
School, Sixteenth and r streets Sc,
pm.
Wednesday.
North Randle Communicative
ball School, Minnesota avenue and
Ely place Sc, 8 pm.
North Washington Council-No.- 8
Police Precinct, Nicholson between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
NV, 8 pm.
Rhode Island Avenue-2004 Rhode
Island avenue NE 8 pm.
Thursday.
Congress Heights - Congress
Heights School, Nichols avenue and
Fifth street Sc, 8 pm.
Northeast-Edmond School, Ninth
and D streets NE, 8 pm.
Southeast -Hine Junior High
School, Seventh and c streets Sc,
pm.
Friday.
Brightwood Paul Junior High
School, Eighth and Oglethorpe
streets NV, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1948-12-05
Safety Circus Talks
By Dick Mansfield

: Inspector Dick Mansfield, director
of The Stars school safety program
and former chief of the Metropoli-
tan Police Departments Detective
Bureau, Is giving a series OF chalk
talks on safety to pupils Of District,
Maryland and Virginia schools.
The Safety Circus" cartoon talks
are sponsored by The Star. IN co.
operation with the District Board
of Education and school authorities
in nearby Maryland and Virginia.
Talks are scheduled this week at
the following Prince Georges Coun-
ty schools:
Monday, IL am, Fairmont Aeights.
II am. Bia,denss%rs rod Wedanesso1 !so
ssy' ! ~ AGreenbelt Center; Ii am. Green.
belt North End. Friday, IL a.n' River
dale.
Sugar production in Queensland
Evening star., 1948-12-05
Prise Contribution
By AIon DessoH, Is
SidwsII Friends School

have stamp collection which like very much also prize col
the collection which like the best proa-
interesting certainly the most colorfu It consists OF
travel literature
anything possibly into such interesting
Evening star., 1948-12-05
Dunbar Student Tells of Visit
To Periodical Reading Room
Prise Contribution
By Shirley Herbert, Is
Dunbar High School

Recently two and climbed the marble steps OF ne
Library of and some dectons o
friendly the periodical reading room
is long the basement OF the library IN are
and rows of world arranged on
lifted the racks and
Evening star., 1948-12-05

In more than two centuries OF
Spanish rule (l540 to 1750), Bolivian
mines produced gold valued at ST.
600 .OOO, 900.
Evening star., 1948-12-05
NV Best Friends
Prise Contribution
By Dorothy E. lneIee, Is

By Dorothy {. IngIee, 10
Anaeostia High School
Books are, friends
In work and pleasure;
Books are keys
To wisdom's treasure;
Books live forever,
And even then
Their knowledge never
Seems to end.
Evening star., 1948-12-05
DAV Activities
Meetings this week:
Federal Chapter, Monday.
Rea Chapter, Thursday.
Ny~AtV ~--sk-V

All Of the meetings will be held at
170l Eighteenth street NV, at pm.
Evening star., 1948-12-05

Sugar production in Queensland
Australia, Is Q So, ,o0o, 900 . year in
dustry.
Evening star., 1948-12-05

December II, at the National Air
port. Table reservations may be
obtained by calling William Beers
Shepherd 4747; William Bergman
Glebe 1900, or Jack Murphy, District
27O0.
The American Legion will hold Its
Thirty-First Annual National Con-
vention from August 20 to September
/, inclusive at Philadelphia, Pa. This
was decided at melting OF the Ma
tional Executive Committee-held at
National Headquarters in 1ndianap-
oils. Ind, after bids from New YORK
City and Miami, Fla, were rejected
Meetings this week:
Monday - National Guard OIL
Honor, Department of Commerce
Post, Legion Club; Stephen P. NC
Groarty Post, Ambassador Hotel.
Tuesday-Vincent B. Costello Post
Legion Club; Second Division. New
Colonial Hotel.
Wednesday-Police and Fire Post
Department of Labor Post, U. g
McAlexander Post, Legion CLUB;
Kenneth H. Nash Post, 224 D street
Sc; Potomac Post, Palisades Field
house; Barry Post, st. Aloysiu'
Hall; Fort Dupont Post, Seventy
forth street NE; Thad Dulin Post
luncheon, noon, Burlington Hotel.
Thursday-Forty and Eight, Hol
lleran- Murray Post, Legion Club
James E. Walker Post, Banneke
Center, $500 Georgia avenue NV.
Fort Totten Post, The Ship.
Friday-Government Printing Or
flee Post, Department of Agriculture
Post, Civil Service Post. Legion Club
Columbia Post, 1924 Georgia avenu
NV; Clark v. Polling Post, 1872
Sixteenth street NV.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-08
Hawn's c'nurf
Lila Hauge, Reporter


Mrs. Nels Rydstrom is leaving
for Tacoma to visit her daughter
and son-in-law, MIR. and Mrs. Ar
thur Durham. q.
Nv. and Mrs. w. j. Keck Were
In Umatilla Sunday afternoon.
ronna Albers of Spokane, sis
ter IF Mrs. Heartburg. is a guest
at the Franz Heartburg home.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. CARPENTER
were fishing on the Columbia riy-
er Sunday. Mr.. CARPENTER great
ly SURPRISED the people in Hawn's
court by BRINGING in 42-inch long
sturgeon, weighing all of Is lbs.
Mr.. end Mrs. Arthur jackson
an dadughter Sharon, were in
Ysbirna Sunday. -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Koivisto
and Deanna were guests at the
Nels Rydstrom home Saturday
evening. SIS re
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Shelter were
guests at the w. J. Keck home on
Friday night. 8
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Evans have
moved to the North Richland
trailer camp. ~
Mr.. and Mrs Virgil swalle and
Charles and Virgil Jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Allan Faleide were guests
at the Manter Hauge home Sunday
evening. :.
Gerald Christian and his mo-
Their Mrs. Christian are visiting
the Floyd Whitehead home. The
guests are from Walla Walla.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Crosse and
son Gary, and Mr.. and Mrs. James
Armstrong and son Jay visited
Mrs. w. O. Hawn Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ethan Brown, Kar-
en- and Sandra were callers at the
Nels Rydstrom home Saturday
evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Karl Hall and
daughter Ida Mae, were in Pros
ser Sunday afternoon. l
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dvorak
and son Lloyd were visitors at the
Bob Sage home over the weekend.
Lloyd will stay with the Sages
until Wednesday.
There were quite q few errors
in last weeks paper column of
Hawn's Court news. Here are the
corrections:
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Koivisto
and daughter Diana have moved
TO the NORTH Richland Camp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Graham
were guests at the Thomas A.
Graham trailer home at the first
of week. They are from Klamath
Falls, Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Damico and
daughter Loretta Of Moses Lake,
were visitors at the Wayne Koi-
visto home Easter Sunday. They
were entertained at "The Farm
for dinner.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-08
We Need A Name
BY THURsA KIMBRoUGH

We are. still nameless! The
young people treat the matter blu,
lightly. One young man suggest.
ed "Oakie Acres" The teen-agers
offered Mud Flat" and Skunk
Hollow" 1t seems to be up to the
older folks to suggest serious
dignified name.
l.. B. Baker of Gideon Court,
mas moved to Navy Homes, Pasco.
Eugene Cole was one of the stu
dents elected from the High school
to see the Freedom Train in Wal
la Walla, March 80. Two school
bus loads went down from Kenne-
WICK. Gene said they, waited an
hour and half before getting on
the train. 1t took twenty minutes
to go through the 3 coaches. He
was most interested In the various
flags and the different types of
handwriting. He is Justly proud
of the souvenirs he brought back.
MIR. and Mrs. Jesse Lande made
a trip to Walla Walla Wednesday
in that brand new Chew. @'1
Have you seen Earl Covington,s
flowers? Daffodils, hyacinths and
crocus are blooming now. He
started this hobby several years
aeo-result of a stay in the hospi-
tai. He'd never cared for for
flowers, but during his illness a
friend brought him bouquets, con-
sequently, the Covingtons have
blossoms at their place spring
fall. Z =.
Mrs. w. E. Cole, who has been
in Ill health nearly a year, is
gradually improving. We hope
she will soon be her cheerful self |!
again. s..
April First was twice import
ant 70 the Ernest Sherrys. They
had owned the store two years on
that day. Twas also the eighth
birthday of their granddaughter,
Betty Ann Lande. They celebrat-
ed with family party that eve
ming.
ANY time you care to listen you
can near hammers pounding from
some direction.
w. B. Paulson's home on the
hill is nearing completion. Il
So. is Stats place at the west
end of Macarthur street. 4
Dewey Owens has most of the
siding up. .
Earl Arnold is building. /
Clevton Pock's house is almost
finished.
Hazens and Reynolds are MAX
ing additions to their homes. II
Newest business concern In the
neighborhood is the Anchor Inn. Il
1t is located on the river bank
with a beautiful view of the old
Columbia. Lovely view, good food
and friendly people makes a nice
combination. Mr.. and Mrs. W. L.
Duncan. Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Cham
ey are living in the Lewis Rileyl
house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Riley have
moved to Richland.
Harold Haines and Vern limbo
den are building garage on the
highway just west of Pete Fetter.
They said they have lot to do
yet-but they hope to open In the
next month or so.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-04-08
DIESEL output Up 60es

The ration of steam locomotive
production to that of deisel-elec-
trio types is Sinking sharply.
One manufacturer alone reports
that diesel-electrics accounted for
for IS per cent Of its production IN
1947. a rise of 60 per cent over
1916.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-03

Scotland Neck-Miss Geneva
Louise Walston, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Moses Thomas Walls
ton, and Needham Irwin Hyman,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Needham
Marion Hyman of Palmyra,
were married last Sunday after
noon in a quiet ceremony at the
home of the bride witnessed
only by members of the two ia
miles.
The Rev. w. E. Goode, retired
pastor of the Scotland Neck Bap-
fist Church, performed the
double-ring ceremony.
The rites were solemnized in
the living room of the Walston
home before an improvised altar
of greenery and candelabra. Au
tumn flowers, candles and green
cry were used throughout
the room.
Mrs. w. E. Goode was pianist
and Mrs. Dallas Moore was So
loist.
The couple entered the room
together after the candles had
been lighted by Connie Priest of
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-03
HOSPITAL NEWS

Those admitted into the Roa-
noke Rapids Hospital Friday
were: First floor-Jimmie Gar
ner, James R Cd w ell, Lucy
James, Edna Foote's, Ora Harris.
Second floor-Mrs. H. B. Long,
Mrs. B. T. Hancock, Mr.. Marvin
Cooke.
Third floor Mrs. Henry Ed
wards, Mrs. j. H. Hunt, Mrs. S.
B. Bobbitt, Mrs. Deurt Fay,
Mrs. Geraldine Cooper,
= Those dismissed yesterday
were; first floor, Dora Grant
and Bessie Williams.
Second floor-Mr. Andrew Ed
wards, Ray Pair, Mr.. Fred Neal
Third floor Mrs. Charlotte
Newsome and baby; Mrs. Eve
Ign BrasWell and baby; Mrs. c
E. Meadows and baby; Mrs. j
N. Snider and baby; Mrs. W.
bert Warren and baby; MS. j
H. Shearin and baby.
On first floor was born baby
girl, Cain.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-03
Wednesday Club
Is Entertained
BY Mrs. Kemp

The Wednesday Club enjoyed
a delightful evening of bridge
with Mrs. Frank Kemp on Wed
nesday of this week.
Mixed flowers in lovely ar
engagements added much beauty
to the occasion.
Bridge was played from eight
until ten thirty.
The winner of high score Mrs.
T. J. Afford was presented an
attractive prize.
A salad plate was enjoyed at
refreshment time.
The club members and guests
enjoying the hospitality of Mrs.
Kemp we're: Mrs. Frank Will
Jams, Mrs. T. J. Afford, Mrs.
Dick Taylor, Mrs. Howard
PPruden, Mrs. Loftin Moody,
Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs. Pendle-
ton Grizzard, Mrs. Heath LIE e
Mrs. John Lupton, Mrs. o. Grit
fin, Mrs. Fannie Hayes and Miss
Lillian Lee.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-03
Troop Fifteen
OF Girl Scouts
Has Meeting

Troop is of the local Girl
Scouts met Thursday for their
first meeting of the year and
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. c. Langford at their home.
The girls went to the Lang
ford home in a taxi and were
entertained with a talk by Mr.
Langford, who showed them his
paintings. The subject was OF in
terest to the troop because they
had been studying for an arr
badge last year before vaca
ton.
Mrs. Langford served straw
berry shortcake to the girls TO-
refreshments.
Enjoying the meeting were
Mrs. John T. Gilbert, troop Leaf
er, Mary Citing, Barbara Speight
Mary Thompson, Ira Sullivan
Edna Spivey and Betty Wilson
new member of the troop.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-03
Mrs. Dickie Fetes
Contract Club

Woodland-Mrs. J. w Dickie
was hostess to the Contract
Bridge Club at her home Satur-
day night.
Bridge and bingo were played
and winners were Mrs. w. D.
Holloman, high for bridge; Mrs.
R. M. Brown, second high, and
Mrs. D. H. Brown, consolation.
Mrs. J. P. Brown won the bingo
prize.
Mrs. Dickie served a dessert
course at refreshment time.
The house was decorated with
arrangements of autumn flowers.
Players were: Mesdames W.
E. Whisnant, w. H. S. Burgwyn,
W. J. Griffin, D. H. Brown, l. T.
Blanchard, R M. Griffin, j. P.
Brown, Frank Holloman, Mar
guerite Bazemore, w. D. Hollo-
man, and J. H. Grimes.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-03
Miss Geneva Walston Becomes
Bride OF Needham l. LYMAN

Portsmouth, Va, and j h n
Henry Walston. The bride wore
a navy gabardine suit with red
trim, an off-the-face navy hat
with a veil and a corsage of
red roses.
Both the mother of the bride
and bridegroom wore black
crepe dresses. Mrs. Walston's
corsage was of white roses and
Mrs. Hyman's corsage was of
red roses.
The bride is a graduate o f
Scotland Neck High School and
the bridegroom is a graduate of
Oak City High School, after
which he attended N. c. State
College, He served three years
in the army in World War II and
since his return he has been farm
ing with his father at Palmyra,
where the couple will make their
home after a wedding trip to I'M
rounced points.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-03
JACKSON

Those attending Sunday din
ner at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Carver, were Mr.. and Mrs
William johnson of Conway, Mr..
and Mrs. R. H. Boyce and child
rem, Patsy and Johnnie, 10 Ann
and Bobby Hall all of Norfolk,
Va, and Mr.. and Mrs. F. D.
Carver and daughter, Gloria, OF
jackson.
Miss Louise Sykes has return
ed to her work in New York
City after visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Sykes, for
several days.
Mr., and Mrs. Ray Bryant spent
the weekend in Murfreesboro,
visiting Mrs. Byrant's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Joyner.
Mrs. l.. c. Grant, Mrs. A {
Gay, Mrs. E. B. Grant, Mrs
D. L Taylor and Mrs. ]. B
Litchfield were in Raleigh or
Thursday.
Miss Jane Lewis has returned
to college.
Miss Mary Blair Bowers ha!
left to attend Duke Universit,
this year. She will be a juinor
Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Barrow
Jr., and family of Weldon wer,
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs
L. c. Barrow, Sr.
Miss Sarah Grant of Murfrees
boro spent the past weekend il
the home of her sister, Mrs
George Tyler.
Margaret Norfleet spent thu
weekend in Henderson as thu
guest of Gene Rose.
Mr., and Mrs. Marvin L. Lassi
ter of Weldon were the week
end guests of Mrs. Hettie Lassi
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Dixon Wis
tied friends in Enfield Sunday
Mrs. P. M. Fleetwood has re
Gently returned from New Jer
sey, where she visited some O
her family.
Mrs. Harry Mangum of Raj
eigh visited in the home of Mrs
]. ]. Buffaloe over the week
end.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-03
Christine Aston Weds
Aubrey Taylor in Weldon
Weldon-Miss Christine Aston

Weldon-Miss Christine Aston
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. l..
Aston of Weldon, and Aubrey
Taylor, son of Mrs. R<.h H.
Taylor of Richmond, Va, and
the late Claud A. Taylor of Cul
pepper, Va, were. united in MARI
iage at four o'clock on Saturday,
October 2. The vows were spok-
en- in the Weldon Methodist
Church.
The Reverand Ben H. Houston
pastor of the bride, officiated in
the double ring ceremony.
A program of pre-nuptial mus
ic was provided by Mrs. Mar
cusa Garriss, organist, and Mrs
Sterling B. Pierce was soloist.
The bridegroom had as his
best man his brother, Horace H.
Taylor, of Richmond, Va. Usher
were Enroll F. Taylor of Rich
bridegroom, and William Robin
mond, also a brother of the
son of Shippers, Va, "a cousin
of the bride.
The bride was given in MARI
iage by her father. She wore a
street-length dress of blue velvet
with an attractive matching hat.
She carried a bouquet of bride S
roses, conferred with a white Or
child.
Miss Mabel Aston of Lilling
ton was her sisters maid of hon
or. She wore a wine crepe dress
and a corsage of talisman roses.
Mrs. Aston, mother of the
bride, was dressed in grey crepe
and wore a corsage of pink roses
The bride-groom's mother,
Mrs. Taylor, wore a copes blue
dress with a corsage of sweet.
heart roses.
Immediately after the cere.
mony, the brides parents enter
tanned at small informal recep
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-03
Country Club
Dance Is Set
For Friday

A dance honoring the winners
in the recent golf tournament
will be held at the Roanoke Rap
ids country club, Friday Octo
Der 9th.
The dance will be informal
and will last from 10:00P. M.
to 100 A. M.
An orchestra will play for
the dance.
G, A. Berkstresser, president
of the club will present the a.
wards to the winners of the golf
tournament at HOO P. M.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-03
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Rogers Celebrate
Their Silver Wedding Anniversary

Jackson-Mr. and Mrs. II. b.
Rogers celebrated their twenty
fifth wedding anniversary with
a dinner in their home on
Sunday, September, 10.
Those present for the celebra-
ton included Mrs. j. w. Wick
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Wick and
daughter, Carol, of Newsomes,
Va; Mr.. and Mrs. Burbage Ro-
gers and daughter, Kathryn, Of
Raleigh; Herbert Rogers, Mr..
and Mrs. T. M. Clay and daugh-
ter, Bonnie, and J. R. Alternately,
all of Richmond, Va; Mr.. and
Mrs. J. L. Floyd and G. M. Aber.
nathy of Lawrenceville, Va; Ell
zabeth Weaver of Hopewell, Va,
and Mrs. James Buffaloe and
daughter, Carolina. of Seaboard
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-03

ton at their home. After which
the neWlyweds left for an un-
announced places on their wed
ding trip For travelling the bride
wore a two-piece wool suit of
grey with black accessories and
the white orchid from her bridal
bouquet.
After October Is, Mr.. and Mrs.
Taylor will be at home at 23O8
Stuart Avenue in Richmond, Va.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-03
Town Talk

Mrs. Howard Long of Sea-
board, sister-in-law of Mrs. T. M
Bullock, is patient in the Roa
noke Rapids Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Staley Gle
ments of Richmond, Va, spent
the weekend here with Mrs. Gle
ments' parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
P. w. Ray. They attended the
Rosemary Baptist Church Home
coming Day exercises on Sunday
October 3.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-03

Although it is officially Kear
ney, Neb., the town is said to
have been named after Gen.
Stephen Watts Kearny.