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Neighbor!
M. S. M. '
“If from cherished childhood
scenes i
Fate and fortune have hrought |
you here, '
And your heart still homewardi
leans;
Remember—New friends with |
A time grow dear. !
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Your joys, your sorrows are of |
ours a part,
So. help us to know you that
we may share
This experience of Life, with
open heart: [
Welcome Neighbor! We're glad
you are here.”
Rev. and Mrs. Leon Burger
of Jackson Highway are as
suming their duties with the|
Newton County Methodist Cir- |
cuit, where he is assistant past- |
or at Lovejoy, Red Oak and]
Gaithers Methodist Churches.
Rev. Burger, a native of
Greenville, Tennessee, received |
his BS degree from Tennessee |
Wesleyan College in Athens,l
Tenn. Prior to moving to Cov- |
ington his first charge was at’
Cleveland Parish, after which|
he served a station church at|
Lebanon. In his spare time he |
says he enjoys hunting and |
fishing. |
Mrs. Burger is a native of |
Cleveland, Tennessee and al
graduate of Bradley Hig'nl
School in Cleveland. Prior to
moving here she was employed
at J. C. Penny Company in
Cleveland. As her hobby she
enjoys sewing, which not only
gives her recreation, but is also
profitable in many ways.
Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Bruyere |
are making their home in Por-l
terdale where he is pastor of}|
Julia A. Porter Memorial|
Methodist Church. Prior to as
suming his duties here he was
in Augusta, where he organiz
ed and started a new church
in a newly constructed resi
dential area.
Rev. Bruyere was born in|
Madison, Wisconsin, but movedl
to Milwaukee at the age of|
three, which is also the m‘iginal}
home of Mrs. Bruyere. He at- |
tended Anderson College and |
Theological Seminary in An-|
derson, Indiana, where he com- |
pleted three years of college|
work in two, after which due|
to his health, he completed his |
education through correspond-'
ence courses.
The Bruyere's have five]|
children, three of which are|
still making their home in%
Augusta. They are David, the
eldest son, who is a member ofl
the Augusta City Fire Depart
‘ment; Donna, a secretary and]
bookkeeper for Sinclair Bulk
Plant and Bonnie, who is an*
IBM operator with the Ga. RR
Bank. |
The two children at home are ;
Andrea, 14, who will be aj|
freshman at Newton County
High School this fall. A foot-*
ball player, he is already
Wedding Vows Spoken by Miss Wood,
Mr. Smith in July Nuptial Event
Mr. and Mrs. Don Julian
Wood of Covington announce
the marriage of their daughter,
Martha Janelle, to David
Ernest Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Smith of Covington.
The wedding took place on July
12
The bride and groom are
both graduates of Newton
County High School in the
class of 1961. They are members
of the Junior Class at the Uni
versity of Georgia, Athens,
where he is a pre-medical stud
ent, a member of the X Club
and president of Alpha Tau
Omega Fraternity. Mrs. Smith
is majoring in English Liter
ature and is a member of
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.
The bride’s maternal grand
mother is Mrs. E. S. Benson of
Buford and her paternal grand
mother is Mrs. Claud Wood of
Monticello and Covington.
The groom’s maternal grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Pace of Eastman and his pater
nal grandparents are Mr. and
Miss Shirley Louise Norton Becomes
Bride of Virell Y. C. Eady. Ir. |
| Miss Shirley Louise Norton,
| daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Bryan Norton of Jack
sonville, Florida, and Virgil
Young Cook Eady, Jr., son of
Dr. and Mrs. Virgil Young
Cook Eady of Oxford, were
united. in marriage on Satur
day evening August 3, in St.
Mark's Episcopal Church in
Jacksonville, The Reverend
Mr. Harry Vail Wappler offi
ciated at the double ring cere
mony. |
White gladiolus, chrysan
themums, and pompons were
used as altar flowers and eight
seven branched candelabra of
burning tapers lighted the
chancel of the church. White
satin ribbons and mums mark
ed the family pews and a white
runner stretched the entire
center aisle of the church.
Robert L. Hutchinson, Jr.,, &
friend of the bride, furnished
the organ music and Mrs. Bruce
Herrington, sister of the groom,
sang “O Perfect Love” before
the service and the “Lord's
Prayer” as a part of the ser
vice.
The procession was led by
Powell Cason, Jr. as crucifer
ancgJames Bartlett and John
Traver as acolytes.
Dr. Eady served as best man
‘for his son. Usher-groomsmen
included Bruce Herrington, Ox
ford, brother -in -law of the
groom; Charles Bryan Norton,
{Jr., Durham, N.C. and David
| Norton, Jacksonville, brothers
‘of the bride; Dr. Leonard Turn
er, Atlanta, and Joe Bates,
Blackville, S. C.
The bride chose Mrs. Nat
Long of Atlanta as her matron
of honor. Mrs. Long wore a
street length, sieeveless sheath
of turquois silk organza over
matching taffeta with a bouf
fant overskirt of organza. She
wore matching shoes and a
pillbox ecrown and veil of the
same material as the dress. She
carried a crescent shaped bou
quet of white Jack Frost Roses
and variegated dracena leaves.
The bridesmaids were Miss
Carolynn Washbon of Miami,
cousin of the bride; Miss Alice
{ Grant, Miss Virginia Kirkland,
| Miss Mildred Campbell, all of
'practicing with the team in
preparation for the fall sche
ldule. Besides football, he en
joys golf, which his father also
lenjoys and they have many
| competitive games in this sport.
The youngest child Michel, will
be seven on December 12, and
{ will be in the second grade at
| Porterdale.
Rev. Bruyere also enjoys
reading and studying fire fight
ing techniques and for 27 years
has served as a volunteer fire
fighter. Since coming to Por
terdale, he has joined this!
group to assist them in any
way he can. With his church
work, assisting with the fire,
department, Chaplain at the
local hospital and visiting, he
still finds time to accompany
his son to play golf.
Mrs. Bruyere says she is hav-
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The voung couple will live in
| Athens and continue theln
studies at the University this
fall. Their address after the
first of September will be 193
i Dearing Street, Athens,
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Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Eady, Jr, ;
Atlanta. They were gowned
identical to the matron of hon
or.
Little Miss Ann Eastmoore,
Dunwoody, Georgia, cousin of
the bride, was the flower girl.
Her dress was of white organdy
with a sash and small crown to
match the outfits of the honor
' Miss Charlene Hicks, Frank J. Gwin |
l Plan September Wedding in Covington
| The First Presbyterian Church
|in Covington will form the set
| ting for the marriage of Miss
;Charlene Hicks, daughter of Mr.
| and Mrs. Dewey King Hicks, Jr.,
“Lo Frank Jerald Gwin, son of Mr.
‘and Mrs. Frank Gwin of Oxford
| on Sunday, September Bth at 3:30
'o'clock in the afternoon. The Rev.
|W. Lamar Hicks, uncle of the
| bride, and the Rev. Thomas
’White will perform the double
‘ring ceremony.
| Mrs. E. W. Exley, organist, and
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|ing a rather hard time in ad
| justing to the idea of being
away from her three older
children, but with her church
work, looking after the child
ren here and Mr. Bruyere's
father, A. J. Bruyere Sr., of
| Milwaukee, who is making his
home with them, she stays
rather busy. She says if she has
a hobby it is nursing and sew
ing and she is already schedu
led to assist at the local hospi
tal having secured her license
as a practical nurse at the Mill
| edgeville State Hospital.
Dessert-Bridge
Enjoyed Tuesday
At Ramsey Home
Mrs. C. D. Ramsey Jr. enter
tained with a dessert bridge
at her home on Floyd Street
Tuesday afternoon. Colorful
garden flowers were used in
attractive arrangements
throughout the home.
High score winner for the
afternocn was Mrs. E. G. Lassi
ter with Mrs. Sam Gainer re
ceiving low’ score prize. Miss
Evalina Beckworth of Lumber
ton, North Carolina was pre
sented with a guest prize.
Others enjoying the after
{ noon were Mrs. Martin Goode,
| Mrs. S. J. Morcock, Mrs. Jack
| Meadors, Mrs. Tom Freeman
land Miss Sarah Mobley,
attendants. She carried a white
basket of white roses and small
pompons.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her father and look
ed very regal in her floor
length gown of white peau de
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[Mrs. D. G. Stephenson, soloist.§
| will render a program of nuptial |
| music. |
i Frank Gwin will serve as hisl
| son’s best man. Usher groomsmen |
Ewill include Robert, Jr. Michael
*and Gary Budd, cousins of the
| groom, and Johnny Hicks, bro-|
| ther of the bride. ’
| Mrs. Gary L. Savage was cho-!
|sen as her sister’'s matron ofg
{honor. The other attendants will |
| be Misses Margaret Rape, Merie
| Paden and JoAnn Gwin, aunt of
| the groom. Miss Karen Dearing, |
]cousin of the groom, and Miss!
|Betsy Hood, cousin of the bride, |
| will serve as flower girls. |
The bride will be given in mar
riage by her father, Dewey King
Hicks, Jr. |
Following the ceremony a re-|
| ception, given by the bride’s pa- |
| rents, will be held in the Fellow- |
| ship Hall. Miss Miriam Gardner |
!will keep the bride's book. Assist- |
| ing at the reception will be Miss |
IKay Kemp, Marian Collier, Jan- |
|ice Sinquefield, and Sylvia Sloane,
{all of Pelham and classmates of
[the bride; and Misses Elizabeth |
Greer, Gail Robinson, Day Mor-;
cock and Sandy Hicks, cousin of!
the bride from Decatur. !
After their wedding trip, the|
| couple will make their home in
| Savannah.
! On Saturday night after the
| rehearsal, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
| Gwin will entertain the wedding |
| party. |
| A number of pre-nuptial parties |
Eare being planned for the bride. |
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BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. James C.
Plunkett of Almon announce
the birth of a son, Stephen
Carl, born August 3rd at New=-
ton County Hospital. The ma
{ternal grandparents are Mr.
iand Mrs. James H. Plunkett of
Magnet.
Mrs. Stan Jenner
Honored at Shower
' Thursday Evening
| Mrs. Stan Jenner, recent
bride, was honored Thursday
night with a miscellaneous
shower at the home of Mrs.
Herbert Moss with Mrs, Char
les Piper and Mrs. Travis
Johnson as cohostess.
A color scheme of pink and
white was carried out in the
decorations with arrangements
of summer flowers in shades of
pink used throughout the home.‘
The table where the beautifully |
decorated packages were placed
was overlaid with a white linen
cloth., ‘
The refreshment table, over
laid with white linen, was
topped with a pink net cloth
with pink bows and streamersl
around the edge of the net. An
arrangement of pink carnations
in a white container centered
the table from which daintyl
decorated cake squares iced in
white with pink rosebuds,
' sandwiches, mints and nutsi
were served, .
In the games conducted by[
Mrs. Jerry McElroy, Mrs. |
Lamar Lunsford was the win- |
ner of the prize which was
presented the honoree. Twenty
six friends of the honoree were |
present. l
Mrs. Jenner wore an attrac- |
tive light pink nylon cotton|
which featured an embroider
ed front panel, pink accessories |
{and a white carnation corsage.
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Martin Goodes
Were Hosts at
Bridge Party
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Goode
‘entertained members of her
bridge club and their husbands
last Friday night at their home
on Legion Drive with an en
joyable couples bridge party.
The home was very attractive-‘
'ly decorated for the occasion
with arrangements of lavenderl
‘and purple asters. |
:High Boore for she ladiesl
was won by Mrs. Spence Ram- |
sey with Spence Ramsey win-l
ning high score prize for the
men. Consolation prize for the‘
ladies was won by Mrs. W. S,
Cook Jr. with S. J. Morcock |
winning consolation for the |
men. i
Those enjoying the occasion |
were: Mr. and Mrs. Spence
Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs. C. D.|
Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs. Donald |
Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. W. |
S. Cook Jr., Miss Sara Mobley,
S. J. Morcock and as a guest
of the club, Miss Sara White |
Callaway. i
Delicious refreshments were
served by the hosts at the con- |
clusion of the games. ’
Covington Chapter 337 Order of
the Eastern Star, will meet at
the Masonic Hall tonight (Thurs
day), August 8, at 8 p. m. All
members are urged to be pre-|
sent, :
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The Myrtle Combs Circle of
the First Baptist Church will
meet at the home of Mrs. E. W.
Allen on Monday afternoon, |
August 12th at 3:30. Mrs. Will |
Heard will be co-hostess. l
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Mrs. W. W. Crowe
Entertains With
Bridge Luncheon
Mrs. Wendell W. Crowe was |
a gracious hostess on Wednes
day, July 31, when she enter
tained with a bridge luncheon
at her home on Church Street.
Arrangements of roses and |
tuberoses were used attx'active-l
ly for the occasion. The dimngl
room table, where guests were |
seated for the delicious lunch- |
eon, held as the central ar-I
rangement a bowl of mixed |
garden flowers.
In the afternoon’s bridge
games Mrs. C. D. Ramsey Jr.
was high scorer with Mrs. W. S.
Cook Jr. receiving the low|
score prize. Others enjoying the;
occasion were Mrs. S. A. Ginn, |
Mrs. Godfrey Trammell, Mrs. |
Fleming Touchstone, Mrs. C. C. |
Jarrard, Mrs. A. H. David andl
Miss Dorothy Lee. )
Lester - Needham Wedding Vows
Spoken Friday at Zion Baptist Church
r} Miss Sandra Ann Lester,
| daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Walker Lester of Covington
'{and Ronald Forrest Needham,
‘| son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil For
ilrest Needham of Jonesboro,
|were united in marriage on
\|Friday‘ August 2, at Zion Bap
| tist Church. Rev. Olin Moon,
| retired pastor and uncle of the
| groom, performed the double
| ring ceremony.
| The background of the altar
‘| before which the young couple
| took their vows was banked
| with potted palms and fern be
| fore which were placed two
‘| large white baskets of white
| gladiolus and fern. Candelabra
"with burning white tapers
formed an arch below which
‘| the ceremony was performed.
| Johnny Farmer rendered a
program of nuptial music prior
ito and during the service with
{Mrs. Lamar George, soloist,
lsinging “O Promise Me", “I
" Love You Truly”, and as part
| of the ceremony as the couple
knelt on the prayer bench,
“The Lord's Prayer”.
Don Bagley of Jonesboro,
served as best man with usher
groomsmen being Bobby Moon
|of Loganville, brother-in-law
of the bride and Jerry Lester,
Conyers, brother of the bride.
Mrs. Bobby Moon, Logan
ville, sister of the bride, served
as matron of honor and the
bride's only attendant. She
wore a street length pink chif
| son fashioned with round neck
|line, fitted bodice and full skirt,
' with which she wore a pink
| lace short overjacket fashion
ed with three-quarter tight fit
| ting sleeves. She wore white
‘laccessories and carried a nose
'(gay of. deep pink carnations
' | shading into pale pink rose
| buds which had as the outline
| white carnations.
| The bride, given in marriage
| by her father, was lovely in
|a waltz length white embroid
ered lace over satin. The tight
fitting bodice was fashioned
with a round neckline and
tight fitting three =~ quarter
' Church Service Marks Christening
Os Little Laurie Kay Anderson
| Laurie Kay Anderson, three
| month old daughter of Mr. and
'Mrs‘ James O. Anderson, was
{ christened in an impressive
| ceremony which preceded the
Sunday Morning Worship Ser
vice at Starrsville Methodist
Church. The Rev. Jimmy Thur
‘man, Jr., pastor, used an en
| graved brass compote, gift of
(the infant's paternal grand
mother, in the sacred rites.
White pompon chrysanthe
mums and fern tips composed
the elongated altar arrange
'ment in a white container,
Miss Barbara Daniel Becomes Bride of
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Miss Barbara Gayle Daniel,
daughter of Mrs. Howard A.
| Daniel and the late Mr. Daniel
| of Dawson, became the bride of
'Lieutenant Henry Harris Fitz
patrick, son of Mr. and Mrs.
[H. H. Fitzpatrick Sr. of Cov
lington. on July 27, at the Bat
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to a circlet of white roses. She
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which was flanked by brass
candelabra holding white cand
les.
The baby wore a handmade,
heirloom Christening robe of
French batiste, embellished
with dainty sprays of embro
idery and lace, which belongs
to her maternal great-aunt,
Mrs. L. A. Patrick, and has
been worn in the christening of
many infants of the Greer
family, through the years.
Among those attending the
lservice were the baby’'s mater
nal grandmother, Mrs. Fred
Harold R. Davis officiated at
!the double ring ceremony.
| Miss Elizabeth Fitzpatrick,
| sister of the groom, served as
| maid of honor and the only at
tendant for the bride. She wore
pink polyester trimmed in
matching pink lace, fashioned
;with a fitted bodice and full
| skirt. The high yoke neckline
ed and blue with the six pense
| in her shoe, was also carried
out.
| Mrs. Lester selected a biue
| lace dress fashioned with a
square neckline and full skirt,
for her daughter’'s wedding,
With this she wore white ace
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| Mr. and Mrs. Gene Blair of
. Oxford announce the birth of a
| daughter, Allison Elizabeth,
[ born on July 28th at Newton
| County Hospital. The little girl
| 'weighed 7 lbs. 8 ozs. The ma=
| ternal grandparents are Mr,
| and Mrs. Wilbur Woodward of
| .
V[Covmgton and paternal grand
‘| mother is Mrs. W. W. Blair
| of Cornelia.
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| ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry An=
| derson; and her brothers and
| sister, Jim, Ren and Anne An
' derson.
' was trimmed in pink lace. She
wore a small white flowered
bandeau trimmed in pears and
a white carnation corsage. £
3 Lt. Fitzpatrick's father serv=
~ed as best man and his only
attendant. .
The bride was lovely in a
beige silk chantung three piece
~ suit with which she wore a
miniature white nylon hat
¢ fashioned of flowers and leaves
~trimmed in pearls and short
’beige veil: Her corsage was
fashioned of white orchids.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick, mother of
the groom, wore a pink ems=
broidered linen sheath with a
pink hat and white accessories.
Her corsage was of white care=
nations.
The bride was graduated
Cum Laude from North Geor
gia College, Dahlonega, where
she was president of the Busi=
ness Administration Club, Alfa
Company Sweetheart, chosen
to Who's Who in American
Colleges and Universities and
member of the Honors List.
The bridegroom was a Dis~
tinguished Military Graduate
from North Georgia College,
Dahlonega, commanding Offi
cer of E Company, member of
Sigma Thela Fraternity, Dean’s
List and was first honor grad
uate in the Business Admini
stration Department. He was
commissioned 2nd Lt. in the:
Regular Army and is present=.
ly attending Armor School at
Fort Knox, Kentucky. :