The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-03-27
COLUMBIA PERSONALS

MISS Carolyn Swain spent the
week end with friends at Peace
College, Raleigh.
Mrs. Milton May of Winterville
spent the week end with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Brick
house.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. w. Blalock, Jr.,
of Wake Forest were week end
guests of Mrs. Blalock's mother,
Mrs. c. Earl Cohoon.
Mrs. E. J. Brickhouse, Mrs. J.
S. Howett and Mrs. r. i. Spruill
of Columbia and Mrs. C. N. Day.
export, ST., of Creswell, attended
the annual N. C. Conference of
Woman's Society of Christian
Service, held in Rocky Mount this
week.
J. C. Meekins spent Thursday
in Raleigh.
Mrs. Ruth Bruner of Norfolk
spent the week end with her moth
er, Mrs. w. H. Harrell, and her
children, Gwen and Mickey Bru-
ner.
Mrs. Sterling Brickhouse, Mrs.
W. T. Beasley, Mrs. G. B. Cooper
and Mrs. w. L. jackson spent
Monday in Elizabeth City.
Mrs. A. N. Bateman takes over
the duties as kitchen manager and
dietician at the Columbia Hospital
beginning April /.
Rev. Earl Meekins has spent
much time in Elizabeth City this
week with his mother, Mrs. Mollie
Meekins, who is very ill.
Early Hopkins left March % to
report for duty again at st. Paul,
| Minnesota.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. R. B.
Jordan, Jr., of Mt. Gilead, daugh-
ter, Irene Eugenia, on March 9,
weight 5 lbs. ozs. Mrs. Jordan
was the former Irene Pritchett,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. C. w.
Pritchett, of Columbia Route Two.
Mr. .and Mrs. Sterling Alexand-
er spent Thursday in Newport
News, Va, visiting Mrs. Mary Eliz-
abeth Hackney.
Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Alexand-
er of Norfolk and Mrs. Mary Eliz-
abeth Hackney of Newport News,
Va, spent the week end with Mrs.
j. E. Alexander.
Jack Everton of the U. S. Air
Force is home for a few days with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. R.
Everton.
Miss Pat Cohoon, student at U.
N. c., is spending spring. holidays
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lem. A. Cohoon.
The music contest which is being
put on in this district by the N. C.
Federation of Women's Clubs, will
be held in Plymouth on Saturday,
March % at 80 pm. at the Plym-
outh High School auditorium. En-
trants from the Columbia Wo-
mans Club and Junior Woman's
Club of Columbia are Miss Pat
Everton and Miss Peggy Roughton.
Winner of said contest will be Civ
en- a 500 scholarship.
Mr.. and Mrs. Iredell Hassell and
family who have been living in
Norfolk for the past year, have
moved back to Columbia.
Miss Annie Lee Howell, Mrs.
r. L. Newcomb, and Miss Eliza
beth Wilson of Rocky Mount were
Sunday guests of Miss Jessie
Flythe
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Page of
Chapel Hill spent the week end
with Mrs. Pages sister, Mrs. T.
X. VERIFY.
Mrs. C. P. Mccormick and Mrs.
T. X. VERIFY visited their niece,
Mrs. Martin Simpson, Jr., Saturday
in Elizabeth City.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. w. Blalock of
Wake Forest, Miss Gail Cohoon,
and Mrs. C. Earl Cohoon, spent
Sunday at Mays Head.
Miss Rebecca Ball returned Sun
day from Cleveland, Ohio, where
she attended the wedding of her
college roommate.
Mrs. F. E. Cohoon, Mrs. Ida
Spruill, Mrs. W. A. Williams, and
Mrs. John P. Alexander spent
Thursday in Raleigh.
Mrs c. P. Mccormick of Nor
folk is visiting her sister, Mrs. T.
K. VERIFY, and her brothers, Paul
and Phil Spruill.
Rev. William Billy Liverman,
son of the late Buck Liverman of
Tyrrell County, was in town over
the week end, and held services at
the Columbia Methodist Church on
Sunday evening, March %.
Mrs. j. c. Meekins has returned
from Camden where she has been
visiting her daughter and son-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Clay Fere-
bee. She brought her grandson,
Harry Ferebee, home with her.
Bobbie Everton, student of U.