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December Meeting Wesleyan Service
Guild Hears Committee Reports
The December meeting of the
Wesleyan Service Guild was held
•t the First Methodist Church on
December 5. The meeting was
called to order by the president,
Mrs. Mel Waggoner,
Mrs. Paul Adams led the devo- -
tional. The group sang, “Oh,
Come All Ye Faithful,’’ after
which Mrs. Adams gave a spiri
tual Christmas message.
The officers and committee
ehairmen gave their reports. A
poll was taken as to which class i
of our January mission study
each member would attend. '
Mrs. Kenneth Johnson urged that;
we consider seriously our com
mitment to Christ in keeping with
Commitment Sunday, which w e
•bserved in our church on Dec. 4.
Mrs. Homer Sharp gave a re i
port, on a visit made by her and I
other ladies to the Ethel Harpst
Home in Cedartown recently. Tills ■
Episcopal Churchwomen To Give Silver
Tea Friday Home of Mrs. L.J. Moore
The Episcopal Churchwomen
of the Church of the Good
Shepherd are giving a Silver
Tea at the home of Mrs. L. J.
Moore at Holly Spring Farms
on Friday, December 16th,
from 4 to 6 p. m.
The home decorations will
feature special Christmas flo
wer arrangements which will
be made individually by mem
bers of the Guild. These will
be sold to raise additional
funds.
The table will be laid with
a gray satin tea cloth and de
corated with pink carnations
and snapdragons. A lovely En
glish epergne, resting on an old
English Plateau, will be the
center piece.
Those serving will be Mes
dames Frank Miller, Moody
Summers, Sr., Leon Cohen,
Wendell Crowe, and P. W.
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Women's Division of the Church.
Mrs. Edna Miller was congratulat
ed on a fine job of securing many
subscriptions to our Methodist
Mission Magazine.
Mr. and Mrs. John Pound
were in charge of the program
which consisted of Chris tmas
songs. Mrs. Pound sung some
selections and Christmas Carols
were sung in unison. Mrs. Henry
Rogers dismissed the meeting
with a prayer.
Our visitors for the evening were
Mrs. T A. Goins, Mrs. Grady
Lively, Mrs. Casey and Mrs.
Grady Smith.
Delicious refreshments were
served from a beautifully decorat
ed table, carrying out the Christ
mas theme. The hostesses for the
meeting were Mrs. Mel Waggoner,
Mrs. Edna Miller and Mrs. Ruth
Taylor.
The receiving line will con
sist of the Reverend and Mrs.
Gordon H. Mann, Mrs. R. E.
Budd, Mrs. John Fuller, Mrs.
C. C. King. Jr., Mrs. Harry
Faulkner, Mrs. Charles Starl
ing and Mrs. Channing Cope.
A delightful musical program
under the direction of Mrs. Al
cie Penick will be rendered by
soloists Mrs. Robert Fowler,
Mrs. Hugh McDonald, Mrs.
Lee Stephenson, and Miss Pa
tricia McGuire with accompani
ments by Mrs. Walter MeGahee.
Proceeds from the tea will be
used by the Guild for chari
table purposes. The public is
invited, both men and women.
Miss Brenda Brooks of Agnes
Scott College, Decatur, arrives
home today (Thursday), to
spend the Christmas holidays
with her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Brooks and brother.
Miss Yancey, Recent Bride, Was Honor
Guest At Shower At Ramsey Home
Miss Jean Yancey, whose marr-|
iage to James Jenkins Jr. took
place on Sunday at the County
Line Baptist Church, was the
honor guest on Tuesday at a
kitchen shower at the home of
Mrs. C. D. Ramsey Jr, on Floyd
Street.
The arrangement on the table
beside the “honor guest's chair”
was a wedding bouquet of w h i t e |
carnations and valley lilies, in;
front of which was arranged a
miniature wedding scene.
A lovely arrangement of red
roses in a pewter tea pot com
pleted the decorations in the living
room. The dining table held a
silver and crystal epergne with
a buxom arrangement of white
stock, carnations and glads. The
honor guest was presented a car
nation corsage as she arrived.
Each guest, contributed a recipe
to the recipe box given the bride,
including one on “How To Pre
serve A Husband.”
Mrs. Harry Reynolds was the!
American Legion And Auxiliary Held
Joint Christmas Party, Monday Night
Members of the American
Legion Auxiliary held their an
nual joint Christmas party at
the Legion Home cm Monday
night, December 12.
A delicious dinner was serv
ed to Legionnaires and their
wives, Auxiliary members and
guests.
Sgt. Baker presented a film
in keeping with the Legion’s
"Back To God Movement”, af
ter which the Sunset Trio sang
several selections which were
enjoyed by everyone.
Dr. and Mrs. James Purcell Are Hosts
To Bridge Club Members And Husbands
The attractive home of t h e
James Purcells on Legion Drive
was the scene on Monday even
ing of one of the holidays sea
son’s delightful social events,
which assembled members of
Mrs. Purcell’s bridge club, and
their husbands for a covered
dish dinner, followed by bridge.
The Christmas motif was
keynoted throughout the rooms
thrown ensemble for the oc
casion. A hugh wreath of holly
overhanging the living room
mantel, was effectively focused
with a green spotlight; and a
small cleverly contrived Christ
mas tree of burfordi holly
sprigs with berries introduced
the Yuletide theme. A tradition
al Christmas tree, complete
with lights and glitter balls,
was the focal point of the so
larium, and a gold Christmas
wreath, spotlighted above the
mantel, was used to advantage.
A gay Christmas cloth of
white linen, with red border
and colorful sprays of holly
covered the buffet table. The
centerpiece was composed of
gilded foliage and green car
nations, interspersed with red
and green Hurricane Christmas
Candles.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
winner of the prize in a kitchen
utensil guessing game.
The bride was the recipient of
many gifts for her kitchen.
Delightful refreshments were
served to the following invited
guests: Mrs Robert T. Anderson
of Decatur. Mrs. J. S. Pike of
Conyers, Mrs. B. L. Satterfield,
Mrs. J. C. Payne, Mrs. Bryant
Yancey. Miss Donna Steadham,
Miss Glenda Yancey, Mrs. James
Jenkins. Miss Bonnie Jo Stubbs,
all of Porterdale, Mrs. Dewey
Cason of Oxford, Mrs. Ruby Rae
Jones of Newborn, and Mrs. John
C. Burton Jr., Mrs. Roy Stead
ham, Mrs. H. H. Reynolds, Mrs.
W. W. Woodward, Misses Ann
and Faye Woodward, Mrs. R. B.
Yancey, Mrs. Ray Moore, Mrs.
Henry Mills, Miss Quntess Wells,
Mrs. Lanier Parish, Mrs. Ray
Steadham, Mrs. Julius Laseter,
Mrs. Douglas Yancey, Mrs. Doyle
Bailey, Mrs. Thurman Stapp and
Mr«. A. L. Smith.
Mrs. Kathryn Greer, Auxili
ary President, led members and
guests in singing Christmas
Carols after which games and
dancing were enjoyed by all.
Mrs. Greer and C. T. Bo
hanan, Legion Commander,
welcomed the guests and
thanked the various commit
tees who worked to make it
such a success.
Included in the guest list
were county officials and their
wives and two members of the
McDonough Legion Post.
In the rounds of bridge fol
lowing the delicious dinner, La
mar Callaway and Thomas
Greer won high and low score
men’s prizes, respectively; and
for the ladies, Mrs. Thomas
Greer won top score, and Mrs.
James Hutchins, won consola
tion prize recipient.
Enjoying the festive occasion
were: Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Cal
laway, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Cal
laway, Mr. and Mrs. Spence
Ramsey and Mr. and Mrs. Tho
mas Greer, club guests; and
the following members and
their husbands: Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Banks, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Gainer, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mea
dors, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. John
son, Mr. and Mrs. James Hut
chins, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Bellaires, Mr. and Mrs. John
Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hoff
man and Dr. and Mrs. Tommy
Crews.
Hi-Y Club Makes
Christmas Plans
The Hi-Y Club of Newton
County High School held its regu
lar monthly meeting on Wednes
day, November 30. Dickie George,
president, presided. Cha p
lain Steve Allen chose the Christ
mas story for his devotional.
During the business session the
club voted to send Christmas gifts
to patients in the Mental Hospi
tals at Milledgeville and Grace
wood. The boys also decided to
purchase 1000 church bulletins and
to distribute them for various
churches in the county to use dur
ing State YMCA Week in January.
The club will have a committee
to help the Rotary Club with
the packaging and delivering of
Empty Stocking Fund materials.
Jack Edwards will go to the
Youth Assembly as House
Message Clerk and Dickie
George and Virgil Costley will
represent the club as delegates.
Guest speaker for the meeting
was Mr. Eddie Najjar, counselor
of the school, who discussed with
the boys the making of applica
tions for entrance into the various
colleges of the surrounding area.
Jack Edwards closed the meet
ing with prayer.
gBIRTHSf
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Capes
announce the birth of a girl,
Sheryl Lynn, bom on Decem
ber 8 at Newton County Hos
pital. The maternal grandpa
rents are Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Potts and the paternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Les
ter Capes.
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
Duo Os Parties At Anderson Home Adds
Sparkle To Yuletide Social Scene
Among delightful contribu
tions to the Yuletide festivities
. of the current social calendar,
was a duo of parties at which
Mrs. James Anderson enter
; tained friends on Friday and
■ Monday afternoons, at her
home in Starrsville.
Attractive potted house plants
and colorful dried arrangements
were used at vantage points in
the living room. The dining ta
ble centerpiece consisted of a
brass epergne with a center ar
rangement of green glitter balls,
balls, holding six gold candles.
A tasty sweet course was
! served with coffee, prior to the
games on both afternoons.
On Friday Mrs. Charles Bur
nett was top scorer, with Mrs.
C. W. Crawford as runner-up,
Mansfield Parent-Teacher Association
En joys Music Appreciation Program
The Mansfield Parent-Teacher
Association met Thursday e v e n
ing December 8 at the Mansfield
Baptist Church with the president,
Mrs. Harvey Kitchens, presiding.
After calling for the room vote,
won by the third grade, Mrs.
Kitchens dispensed with further
business for a program in music
appreciation, under the direction
of Mrs. J. B. Spears Jr.
The program presented was as
follows: Scripture, Priscilla Pros
ser; Appreciation of Sacred
Music, read by Ellen Sams;
“America the Beautiful”, played
by Sandra Brown; Two numbers
by Mr. Rigney's band class;
“Silent Night”, sung by the audi
ence and accompanied by Nancy
Harper at the piano.
Brenda Marks played “0 Little
Town of Bethlehem”; Melinda
Hays, “Church Organ”; Nancy
Mrs. Leon Cohen Was Hostess To
Covington Book Club Members, Mon.
The Covington Book Club
met Monday afternoon, De
cember 12, at the home of Mrs.
Leon Cohen. Mrs. Donald Ste
phenson, president, presided
and welcomed Miss Mary
Thacker, club guest for the af
ternoon.
The minutes were read and
approved. Mrs. Stephenson pre
sented Mrs. N. S. Turner, who
was in charge of the program.
“Recent Trends in the Tha
tre’’ was the topic chosen. Prior
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and Mrs. John Porter as conso
lation prize recipient. Other
players included: Mesdames
Moody Summers, Donald Bris
coe. Gray Hinton, Walker
Campbell, John Fuller. Sam
Gainer, Rucker Ginn, J. W.
Morgan, and Miss Mary Thack
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Mrs. Earle Carter was high
scorer in Monday’s games, with
Mrs. Charles Ewing scoring se
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siter receiving consolation
prize. Others participating in
the games were: Mesdames
Milton McLaney, Warren Kirk
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Intosh, Greeley Ellis. Matt
Klem, Jim Pound, and Frank
Stone.
Kitchens. “Bells Ring Out”; Eddie
Hays, “Snow Man”; Jan Hitch
cock. “Away In A Manger”; Jody
Webb presented a reading, “The
Night Before Christmas”. A solo.
“Why Can’t Every Day Be Christ
mas”, by Mary Ann Hays and
accompanied by Margaret Benton
at the piano: A reading. “The
Night After Christmas”, by Mar
garet Benton; “Christmas Bells
Are Ringing”, and "Jingle Bells,”
rendered by the entire class on
the bells and ending with “W e
Wish You A Merry Christmas.”
The program was delightful and
much enjoyed by the large num
ber present.
The next meeting will be held
January 5, in the Mansfield School
cafetorium. All members are
urged to be present and support
the PTA.
to describing the present day
theatre, Mrs. Turner reviewed
the book, “The Dramatic Story
of the Theatre”, which traced
the history of the theatre from
primitive times to the present
day. Her interesting and de
scrip ti v e presentation was
thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Delicious refreshments were
served during the social hour.
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Shower at Home of Mrs. Bob Goins
Among parties honoring Mrs.,
Larry Parnell, a recent bride, was
a kitchen shower given on Decem
ber 3 by Mrs. Leonard Davis and
Mrs. Bob Goins, at the home of
Mrs. Goins on Floyd Street.
As guests arrived they were
served punch. A crystal punch
bowl surrounded by ivy and lilies
of the valley and a miniature bride
and groom completed the table’s
appointments.
The guests enjoyed Bride
Bingo and several bridal contests
prior to the opening of the many
useful gifts.
The dining table, overlaid with
a white damask cloth, had as its
central decoration an arrange
ment of white mums and yellow
snapdragons in a milk glass com
pote. Silver candleholders held
burning tapers and silver co m
potes held party mints in green
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