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March Meeting of Starrsville Garden
Club Held Wednesday Afternoon
The March meeting of 'the
Starrsville Garden Club was held
on ^Wednesday afternoon. March
20, at the club house.
Early spring flowers brightened
the club ropm for the occasion,
Mrs. G. S. Allen, president, pre
sided over the business meeting.
A motion was made and carried
to give a year's subscription to
“Better Homes and Gardens,” to
the member making the most im
provemont in her yard this year,
A committee composed of Mrs. J.
H. Anderson. Mrs. C. C. Epps and
Mrs. W. H. Corley were apopinted
to inspect the yards now', and
again in the summer.
The following program was pre-
Woman's Missionary Society of Shiloh
Methodist Church Holds Meeting
The Woman’s Missionary So-
1 ciety of Shiloh Methodist Church
■ met Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. T. C. Tuck.
i The meeting called to order
I was
by the president, Mrs. A. L. Sher
wood. The opening prayer was
jj led by Mrs. G called .C. Knowles. with twelve The
j roll was then visitors present.
members and two
\ The minutes of last meeting were
: read and approved.
The president presided over the
I business session. Old and new
business was discussed.
The devotional was conducted
by Mrs. J. J. Neely. The scrip-
Mrs. S. J. M or cock Named President of
Covington and Oxford Wesleyan Alumnae
The Wesleyan Alumnae Club
of Covington and Oxford met on
Saturday, March 23rd, at the home
of Mrs. S. J. Morcock. Mrs. A. M.
Roan, of Atlanta, Georgia, Second
Vice President of the Wesleyan
Alumnae Association, was guest
speaker for the occasion. Plans for
the annual dormitory day at Wes
leyan, to be held on April 13th
were discussed. High School sen
iors and prospective Wesleyan stu
dent are to be entertained for the
day at the college. The Club will
ponsor a car from Covington with
i representation from the High
school.
The officers for the coming year
were elected with Mrs. S. J. Mor
coek as president, Miss Evelyn
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Devotional, Thankful Thoughts.
“My Garden,’’ Mrs. C. U. Skinner;
“Garden Queries,” Mrs. L. O.
Piper and Mrs. L. H. Cook; “Cher
ry Romance,” Mrs. Pearl Harwell
An interesting feature of the
program was an. Easter contest
with Mrs. W. L. Barber
the prize.
Mrs. L. H. Cook’s arrangement
of pink and blue hyacinths in a
lovely w'hite container won the
prize for exhibits, and Mrs. R. D.
Dorsey wmn honorable mention
with a vase of jonquils and w'hite
flow'ering pear.
During the social hour, a de
licious salad course was served by
[ ture was found in Cor. 15:1-23,
followed by prayer by Mrs. J. T.
Owens. The Bible questions
were then asked.
The program for the afternoon
was under the direction of Mrs.
J. T. Owens, the subject for March
being “Living Creatively.” > Two
members were on the program.
The meet.ng was then dismissed
with meditation. During the social
half-hour, delicious refreshments
were served by the hostess,
The April meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. G. C.
Knowles.
, Sewell, Secretary, and Mrs. War
ren Stillwell, High School Repre
sentative.
Among the Wesleyan Alumnae
I from Oxford are MeSdames H. S.
Allen, Walter R. Branham, E. J.
Brown, W. W. Carroll, A. C.
shankle, H. Stone, E. W. Strzoier,
Misses Lynn Branham, Elizabeth
p a j n e, Evelyn Sewell and Belle
Lovett. The alumnae of Coving
ton include Mesdames R. P.
Campbell, George R. Cochran, R.
J. Griffin, Earl Smith, L. L. Moore,
S. J. Morcock, E. L. Stephenson,
W. E. Stillwell, T. A. Rape, S. A.
Ginn, Misses Anna Pauline Ander
j ! son, Evelyn Estes and Myrtle Es
tes.
Mrs. Godfrey Trammell Hostess at
Luncheon in Honor Miss Caroline Candler
Another lovely party feting
Miss Caroline Candler, whose
marriage to Lowry Hunt takes
I place this evening (Thursday) in
Madison, was the luncheon given
j Wednesday by Mrs. Godfrey
j Trammell at her home on Con
yers Street.
A color scheme of yellow and
blue was used in the decorations,
with jonquils and blue hyacinths
predominating in the floral ar
rangements. The beautifully ap
pointed table held a most unique
and attractive centerpiece of a
large bride’s hat filled with spring
Dr. Edgar Long, of Erskin College ,
Spoke Monday at Meeting of Book Club
An outstanding social event of
the week was the meeting of the
Book Club on Monday afternoon,
at which time Mrs. O. W. Porter
entertained at her home on Con
yers street, members of the club
and a large number of invited
guests.
Myriads of spring flowers
brightened the spacious rooms for
the occasion, featurnig effective
arrangements of Easter lilies, jon
quils and hyacinths.
Mrs. Porter presented Dr. Edgar
Long, the guest speaker. Dr.
Long, head of the English depart
ment at Erskine college, Due West,
S. C., made a brilliant address on
“Changes in the study of litera
ture.” As a background of his
talk, Dr. Long gave an interesting
account of the life and works of
William L. Phelps and his influ
ence on literature.
Following Dr. Long’s address,
Marriage of Miss Dorothy Hoke and
Ernest Everi tt Benn ett of Interest
A marriage centering the inter
est of a host of friends is that of
Miss Dorothy Florence Hoke, of
Atlanta, formerly of Covington,
and Ernest Everitt Bennett, of At
lanta
The wedding was solemnized
Friday rnaay evening evening, March lviaicn 22 zz, at ai the
home of Rev. W H. Reed, pastor
of Sylvan Hills Baptist church,
who performed the impressive
ring ceiemony.
The bride and groom were at
tended by two close friends, Miss
Mildred Gorman and Mr. Loyd
Graham, both of Atlanta. Others
present were Mr. and Mrs. Rufus
S. Hoke, Jr., Mrs. A. A. Williams,
Miss LaFaye Williams and Mrs.
V. E. Bouchillon.
The bride was very attractive in
a navy blue ensemble with acces
sories to match. ■ Her shoulder
Miss Caroine Candler, Bride-Elect I
Luncheon Tuesday _ .
Entertained at on
Profusions of Easter lilies, jon
quils, narcissus, and iris formed a
setting of spring loveliness at the
luncheon on Tuesday, at which
Mrs. Jack Porter and Mrs. O. W.
Porter entertianed in honor of
Miss Caroline Candler, bride
elect. The affair took place at
the home of Mrs. O. W. Porter, on
Conyers street.
Throughout the beautiful co
| 1 ionial home were lilies, artistic and arrange- center
ments of Easter
ing the luncheon table was a
silver basket filled with
Miss Elizabeth Stillwell Given Party
In Celebration of Birthday Anniversary
Miss Elizabeth Stillwell, a stu
dent at Wesleyan, who is spending
spring vacation with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Stillwell, was
honored at a buffet supper last
Friday evening, given in celebra
tion of her birthday anniversary
by her sister, Miss Adelaide Still
well. Miss Stillwell was assist
ed in entertaining by her mother.
The table in the dining room
I was overlaid with a white lace
cloth and centered with a lovely
Baptist W. M. S. of Mansfield Holds
Meeting at Home of Mrs. C. E. Roquemore
The regular monthly meeting of
the First Baptist W. M .S. at Mans
field was held Monday afternoon,
March 18th, in the home of Mrs.
i C. E. Roquemore, with 16 mem
bers present. Mrs. Spears, the
president, had charge of the bus
| iness. Mrs. Lily Greer and Mrs.
Ella Lunsford gave the devotion
al. After the business we had a
! very interesting program, under
Barbara Harris Given Easter Egg Hunt
In Celebration of Sixth Birthday
Little Miss Barbara Harris,
lovely young daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Harris, celebrated her
j sixth birthday anniversary with
an Easter Egg hunt, given by her
mother, on Tuesday afternoon,
J March 19th, at her home on Davis
i street.
Spring flowers in pastel shades
! were used throughout the house,
carrying out the Easter
The yellow and white embossed
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flowers in shades of blue and yel
low'. A miniature bride’s hat filled
with mints marked the honoree’s
marked "thf pia^ef o^the oS
guests.
Invited guests included only
members of the wedding party ■
Miss Candler, Mrs. S. C. Candler,
Miss Frances Candler, Mrs.
Teague, Mrs. Thompson, of Pa
ducah, Ky.. Miss Ann Suttles. Mrs.
Tom Fickett, Atlanta, Miss Mary
Palmer, Jasper, Ala., Miss Annice
Wismer and Mrs. Floyd Newton
of Madison.
Miss Harriet Porter, charming
daughter of the hostess, who is a
student at Erskine college, gave a
delightful reading, “Patrons of
the Arts.”
At the conclusion of the meet
ing, the hostess entertained at a
reception. Assisting were Miss
Harriet Porter, Miss Eleanor Todd,
of Due West, S. C., and sister of
the hostess, and Mrs. Jack Porter.
Presiding at the tea table were
Mrs. T. C. Swann and Mrs. E. E.
Callaway.
Green burning tapers in beau
tiful antique candelabra, cast a
soft glow over the beautifully ap
pointed tea table which featured
a color motif of yellow, green and
white. The centerpiece was a
mixed arrangement of iris, nar
cissus and jonquils in a silver
container.
About 40 guests attended this
delightful occasion.
corsage was of pink roses and
white sweet peas. j
After a short wedding trip they
w ri be at home to their friends
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slster ... ’ M Y* v F Bouch RnUf .hiilon “ lon > and and
W as § graduated a from Covington
High chool . She is the youngest
daU g k t er of Mrs. Rufus S. Hoke,
Sr > and the late Mr- H oke. she
has res i ded j n Atlanta for the past
4 years, where she has been em
ployed.
Mr. Bennett is the son of Mrs.
W. A. Bennett and the late Mr. |
Bennett, of Atlanta, where he has
resided for several years.
Among the guests were Mr. i
and Mrs. Rufus S. Hoke, Jr., Mr.
A. A. Williams, Miss LaFaye Wil
| Hams and Mrs. V. E. Bouchillon.
yellow dutch iris, white narcissus
and jonquils. White tapers in sil
ver candelabra flanked the cen
terpiece. Marking the guests’
places were attractive yellow mint
baskets.
Guests included members of the
wedding party, who, beside the
I honor guest were Mrs. S. C. Cand
I Ier, Miss Frances Candler, Mrs.
Teague, Miss Thompson, of Pa
\ ducah, Ky., Miss Ann Suttles,
Mrs. Tom Fickett, Atlanta; Miss
I Mary Palmer, Jasper, Ala., and
Miss Anice Wismer.
arrangement of spring flowers in
a crystal holder and on either side
yellow tapers burned in crystal
candelabra. The beautiful em
bossed birthday cake with yellow
birthday candles completed the
table decorations. Following the
supper, dancing was enjoyed.
Guests included Miss Stillwell,
Misses Sara Cook, Jean Stillwell,
Eula Callaway, Lucy Cline and
Messrs. Lloyd Harris, Cecil Jones,
Buddy Bishop, N. T. Rich and
Herbert Abercrombie.
the leadership of Mrs. Spears. H
Those ^ taking . , . part . the „
on program
were Mrs. Earnest Merck, Mrs.
Earnest Hays, Jr., Mrs. Bledsoe
and Mrs. Kitchens. Two new mem- j
bers were added to our roll, Mrs.
Earnest Merk and Mrs. W. D. Har
ris. During the social hour
hostess served coffee and dough
nuts.
birthday cake, with six tiny green
candles forme d the centerpiece for
the table. Refreshment also car
ried out a color scheme of yellow I
and white, and Easter baskets of j
the same shades were given as I
favors. Following the egg hunt, j
which took place on the lawn, sev-:
eral interesting" games and con- j
tests were enjoyed indoors.
Guests present were Woody
Mr8. J. L. Callaway
Club at Luncheon on Thursday
An interesting event of last week
was the bridge-luncheon given
Thursday by Mrs. J. L. Callaway
at her home on Emory street, com
plimenting members of her bridge
club.
Flowering pear, hyacinths and
jonquils brightened the rooms for
the occasion and the individual
tables at which luncheon was serv-
Marriage of Miss Daisy Garden and
Mr. George B. Myers Is Solemnized
The announcement is made this
week of the marriage of Miss Dai
S y Garden to Mr. George B. Myers
which was solemnized on Satur
day, March 23rd, at the home of
Rev. G. T. Pittman in Porterdale.
Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Ellington, Jr., Celebrate
First Wedding Anniversary with Party
An interesting event of last
Thursday evening was the party
given at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
V. C. Ellington, Jr., to celebrate
their first wedding anniversary.
Yellow and w'hite flowers were
used throughout the house and the
table decorations in the dining
room carried out the same color
scheme with yellow candles in
crystal holders, a three-tiered yel
low and white cake, with one yel-
Bridge Party on Friday Afternoon
Among Interesting Social Events
Mrs. J. L. Callaway delightfully
entertained a number of friends at
a bridge party on last Friday af
ternoon at her home on Emory
street,
Quantities of spring flowers in
mixed shades were effectively ar- ’
Mansfield Beta Club Members Attend
Convention Held in Atlanta March 15
By Elizabeth Lawrence
Eleven of Mansfield’s sixteen
Beta Club members attended the
^ nda Lunsford. Secretary and
r Treasurer Elizabeth Lawrence,
and Lu dy Jackson were in the
vanguard a of those registering Fri
day ’ J01n€d Saturday by
Dorothy Hays, Amye Harwell, Sy
Thonaas ’ Charlotte Roquemore,
Jack r Hays, Charles Elliott,
p harlcc ’
damS ’ R ° bert Stanton .
and Marvin Evans, sponsor.
With never a dull moment from
the time the twelve of us were
ushered into Room 533 of the
Piedmont—much to the bellhop’s
amazement that such a feat as
.twelve baggage-laden conveners
cou ld disbundle themselves in a
s ; n gle room—we, nevertheless,
soon had everything going — in
eluding the telephone, ice water,
electric fan, radiator, and both
elevators. The “raio’ ’on the wall
proved to be a unifier connected
with the registrar's desk in the
l0 bby and wa * used °niy in case
of . fire, the information clerk
ex
plained, so that the alarm could
be made to all rooms at once.
All meetings, forums, the ban
quet, and dance were held in the
Dinkier Room of the Ansley. Dr.
Cocking, Dean of the University
of Georgia School of Education, in
the first meeting Saturday ad
dressed over six hundred members
of the Beta Kappa Clubs of Geor
gia, speaking on “Morale—or Es
prit de Corps.” He stressed the im
portance of doing common things
uncommonly well.
We next journeyed to Rich’s
and tried out the escalators. We
liked the elevators better though!
We ate lunch at the Malba Cafe
treia. Dorothy Hays ordered “some
of that,” the contents of which re
main a mystery.
“Too Many Husbands” at the
Rialto, claimed most of us while
Anita and Elizabeth preferred “Re
becca.” Then to a business meet
ing at the Ansley where new of
ficers were named.
Following a brief shopping tour
the girls began “touching up” for
the banquet and dance while the
boys rode in the elevators and vis
ited the WGST broadcasting sta
tion atop the Forsyth Building.
Sybil Thomas mistook the laun
dry chute for the fire alarm lock
er and wouldn’t let Charlotte
Roquemore slide therein.
Over eight hundred attended the
banquet at which Mr. Ramsey
s erv f d aS toastmaster in Mark
Smith’s e u , place. , Dr. John Hams,
na tional secretary and treasurer,
presented the achievement cup to
the Athens Chapter. Second prizes
were given to Campbell Baxley.
Waycross, and Mary Persons High
Schools.
Ob * y IT S TRRE
Nobody knows what a boy is worth.
4 And For Is a every boy the that world man used in must an to wait honored be. to see, place,
So let’s help the Boy Scouts in their effort
to make better boys become better men.
Peoples Drug Store
A. H. David, Prop. “The Rexall Store” Covington
ed, were graced with dainty as -
rangements of lavender crocus.
Mrs. S. A. Ginn received the
award for high score.
Guests were Mrs. S. A. Ginn.
Mrs. E. B. Rogers. Mrs. Moody
Summers, Mrs. J. R. Sams, Mrs.
George Cochran. Mrs. R .M. Tuck,
Mrs. W. C. MeGahee and Miss
Julia Aiken.
Miss Garden is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Garden, of
Rocky Plains. They have many
friends throughout the county,
who wish them much happiness.
low candle, dainty sandwiches,
mints, olives and cookies on a lace
covered table.
Among those celebrating the oc
casion with the host and hostess
were; Misses Nanelle Stanton,
Dorothy Jeffares, Marcia Fisher
and Messrs. Robert Mize, A. T.
Jeffares, Jr., and Lewis Fisher,
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Turner, Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Hollingsworth and
Mr. and Mrs. Julian F. Patterson.
ranged throughout the house.
Mrs. B. C. Chapman was present
ed with high score award, The
hostess served a salad course at
the individual tables at the con
elusion of the game,
Twelve guests were present.
The twele - piece orchestra of
Newberry Cpllege (S.C.) rendered
dance music from 9 to 12 o’clock
and we danced until the last strain
of the encore finale told us that
’twas time to return to Mansfield.
At the dance we not only col
lected many treasured autographs
but really became acquainted with
what other Betas do. Robert Stan
ton met, approved of, and hopes to
see again a certain Mary Brown,
of Dowsin High. Sybil Thomas did
the light fantastic with a Tech
High “swell dancer.”
We reached home at 3:30 A. M.
Sunday. The best time we’ve ever
had! Will stay longer next year.
We wish to thank the people of
Mansfield who helped make such
a trip posible. We’ll never forget
it.
BIRTHDAYS
March 28.
VIRGINIA HAMMOND
W. PAUL CALLAHAN
March 29.
VIRGIL HAMMONDS
RAY SUMMEROUR
March 30.
MARY BARKER
March 31.
CHARLES HAMMOND
April 1.
SARAH RUTH THOMPSON
JIMMIE BONNER
April 2.
LUKE LASSITER
April 3.
ANNIE GEORGE COFIELD
MRS. CHARLIE WRIGHT
MARY ALICE STEWART
JAMES FRANKLIN HARVEY
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PERSONALS -S»
Miss Christine Callahar. spent
last week-end in Conyers as the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
j White.
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Mrs. Jacob Haas returned Sun
day to her home, after an illness
at Emory University hospital.
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Mrs. J. Goldstein, of Washing
ton, D. C., is the guest of her son
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Haas, for two weeks.
Mrs. Jules Jay Roskin, of To
ledo, Ohio, left Monday after a
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Haas.
Mrs. R. P. Campbell and young
son, William Kent, returned Wed
nesday from Emory University
hospital.
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Dr. and Mrs. T. U. Smith re
turned Tuesday from Jacksonville,
Fla., where they spent the Easter
holidays with their son and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Cal
laway.
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daughter of Mrs. J. O. Bradshaw,
who is a student at Montreat Col-
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PROGRAM WEEK APRIL 1st
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Wednesday
Warren William in
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STRIKES"
Also “Men of Muscle” and
“Screen Snapshots”
ADMISSION, lOr and 2 Sc
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Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane in
"BROTHER RAT
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Saturday
Richard Arlen and Andy Devine in
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Last Chapter—“The Spider’s Web”
Comedy—“Scrappily Married”
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Dean's list during the entire ..7™
Mrs. H. B. Robertson, { c<
lanta, Tuesday 0 7'™
spent in the ®
visiting friends. „
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Miss Julia Porter few*
Sunday to Chapel Hill. \ r W
resume her studies at •;>
University, after spci. an; 7. ®
vacation w'ith her ’ ,t.m
Mrs. O. W. Porter. m
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Mrs. H. S. Randall, Rev. ' s be« j
Emory, and Miss Ethel Belch.
w'ere attending among the those annual from CoviagJJd »
the North Georgia Missions
Association. ives ? t
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Miss Pauline Jarman returns- an ?
Tuesday to her home in Marie®?
after a visit with Mrs. ! ess
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