The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1959-11-27
RECEPTION
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state and the nation were among
the guests, and were represented
through letters of appreciation to
Mrs. Gardner for her role in the
life of her times. Representative
Harold d. Cooley, Dean of the N.
&c. Congressional Delegation, cited
Fluctuations, among which were
greetings from former President
Truman, Mrs. Roosevelt, Speaker
Sam Rayburn, Senators Sam J.
Erwin, Jr., and B. Everett Jordan,
and Representatives Herbert C.
Bonner, L. H. Fountain, Graham
A. Barden, Carl T. Durham, Alton
Lennon, A. Paul Kitchin, Charles
Raper Jonas, Basil L. Whitener,
and David NJ. Hall. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cooley made a special trip to
Washington for the occasion.
Mrs. Luther Hodges, North Caro-.
lina's First Lady, also came to
Washington to pay tribute to the
former First Lady dinner honoree.
She personally delivered Governor
Hodges message to Mrs. Gardner,
which said in part: "Miss Fay, you
are one of our all-time favorites
not only because of your illus
trious husband and the great serv-
ice he rendered to North Carolina
which he loved so much, but you
are one of our favorites because
of the kind of life you have lived
and the kind of person you still
are. You have been cheerful
amidst adversely. You have been
courageous when others were cow
ering. You have been beautiful
when others were careless"
Another former First Lady Mrs.
j. M. Broughton came to Washing
ton to do homage. Others up from
the state included the Adjutant
General and Mrs. Capus M. Way
nick, State Treasurer Edwin Gill,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Mayne Albright
their daughter Snowden of Ra-
leigh. Mrs. C. w. Tillett, former
Vice Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee came from
Charlotte; Mrs. ]. D. Lineberger,
from Shelby, Miss Coma Harris of
Charlotte.
The dinner program featured a
story-and-song cavalcade of his
tory, covering the period of Mrs.
Gardner's life. Mrs. Gardner her.
self furnished the highlights of the
evening in "reminiscences, as her
granddaughter and daughters-in
law modelled her graduation dress
from the Lucy Cobb School for
Girls in Athens, Georgia in 1905;
her wedding gown of 1907; her
inaugural gown of 1929; an "origi-
nal" acquired for a visit in the
home of the richest-girl-in-the-
world in 1888; and the gown she
wore at the White House dinner
!; when President Truman asked the
) late Governor to represent the
United States at the Court of St.
James's.
! Four generations of the Gardner
family We're represented on this
: occasion: Mrs. Gardner; her daugh-
ter Margaret Love (Mrs. N. E.
Burgess); Mrs. Burgess daughter
Barbara Mrs. ]. Donald Reilly
and Mrs. Reilly's four-year-old
} daughter Susan, who presented a
|; nosegay to her great-grandmother
: Other Gardner family members
were Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Webb
Gardner, of Washington, and Mrs.
o. Max Gardner, ,Jr., of Shelby.
! The facilities of the Clubhouse
were taxed to capacity by dinner
) attendance. Many who sought res
!; ervations were unable to obtain
: them. Mrs. May Thompson Evans,
program chairman, said she had
seriously considered the suggestion
"to move this intimate, fire-side,
family gathering to the Armory"
:, The North Carolinians who
sponsored the affair for Mrs. Gard
ner and who had one or more
tables of guests were Mrs. Elmer
F. Andrews, just returned from a
textile meeting in Boston; Mrs.
Cornelius Bretsch princess Emma
!, Tousson) whose husband is origi-
nally from Raleigh; Mrs. Thur
mond Chatham of Washington;
Mrs. Evans of High Point; Mrs.
John S. Graham of Winston Salem;
J; Mrs. Fred Morrison of Spencer
: and Laurinburg; Mrs. Charles s.
Murphy (Kate Graham of Dur
ham) who is now in residence at
| Annapolis, Md; Miss Mae Oliver
of Sanford, Mrs. w. Kerr Scott
Haw River; Mrs. Robert G. SeakS
(Liz Terry of Lexington), Mrs
Daniel M. Shewbrooks of Warsaw
who had assisting her as chairman
of hostesses, DIR. Jean Erwin OF
Morganton. Also sponsoring the