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Welcome
Neighbor!
M. S. M.
“If from cherished child
hood scenes
Fate and fortune have
brought you here,
And your heart still home
ward leans;
Remember — New friends
with time grow dear.
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.”
From Atlanta, which gets near
er “next door” every day, come
Mr. and Mrs. Bill W. Byron
and children, Steven 12, Mark
11, Cathy 10, Jimmy 6 and little
Ellen, 6 months, to make their
home on Fairview Road near
Almon.
Mrs. Byron, a native Miss
ourian, reared in Oregon, doesn’t
find too much time from her first
labor of love, “homemaking”.
However, she usually finds time
for Girl Scouting, church acti
vities, and enjoys spectator
sports. Mr. Byron, an A T and T
supervisor, is a native of Blacks
burg, S. C. He is an avid out
doors man, who likes fishing,
hunting, gardening, family re
creation and sports, especially
baseball. In fact, until their
move to Newton County, he was
manager of a Little League Team.
The Byrons are being extended
a warm welcome in the St.
Augustine Mission of which they
are members; school, civic and
social groups of Newton County.
We cherish the new ideas, skills,
talents and personalities of our
newcomers, who are valued ad
ditions to the community which
they have chosen to make their
home; and which they will contri
bute toward making an even better
place to live.
Miss Yarbrough, Bride-Elect,
Honored At Duo Os Showers
Miss Lenetta Yarbrough, June
bride-elect, was honored last
Monday with a kitchen shower in
Milledgeville, given by former
classmates, and on Friday even
ing she was honored with a lin
gerie shower at the home of the
J. E. Robinsons on Linwood
Drive, when Mrs. Robinson and
her daughter, Betsy, were hosts.
The attractive Robinson home
was beautifully decorated for the
occasion with arrangements of
spring garden flowers in shades
of pink and white. TTie gift
table, piled high with the many
beautifully wrapped gifts, was
overlaid with a white linen cloth.
Mrs. Robinson, in green linen,
greeted the friends and former
schoolmates of the honoree in
the foyer. Miss Robinson, hi
yellow waffle pique, led the group
in an enjoyable bridal quiz and
several contests.
For the occasion Miss Yar
brough chose an azalea pink linen
model complimented by a pink
tea rose corsage presented to
her by the hostesses.
The highlight of the evening
was the opening of the beautiful
and useful gifts of lingerie pre
sented to the honoree and dis
playing them to the approximate
ly 25 friends included in the guest
Miss Nancy Roma Spears Is
Trothed To Hugh R. Wilbur
Mrs. Joshua Baker Spears,
Jr. of Mansfield announces the
engagement of her daughter, Nan
cy Roma Spears, to Hugh Rich
ard Wilbur, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Clayton Wilbur of Taun
ton, Massachusetts. Miss Spears
is the daughter of the late J. B.
Spears, Jr. of Mansfield.
Miss Spears is the granddaugh
ter of Mrs. J. B. Spears, Sr. and
the late Mr. Spears of Mansfield
and N. R. Henderson and the late
Mrs. Henderson of Douglasville.
The bride elect was graduated
from Newton County High school
in 1964. She attended Stetson
University in DeLand, Florida
where she was a member of
Pi Beta Phi Sorority. She will
receive her BBA Degree in Per
sonnel Management from the Un
iversity of Georgia on June 8.
Mr. Wilbur is the grandson of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Jo
seph Heckle of Southborough, Ma
ssachusetts and Mrs. Clayton S.
Wilbur and the late Mr. Wilbur
of Taunton, Massachusetts.
Mr. Wilbur was graduated from
Taunton High School in 1961 and
graduated from Wentworth Insti-
The Hopewell A. R. Presby
terian Church formed the set
ting on Sunday afternoon, May
12, for the candlelight, double
ring marriage ceremony uniting
Carolyn “Polly” Veal Lunsford,
the daughter of Mrs. E. A. Veal
and the late Mr. Veal, and Au
brey Waites Harvey, the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Harvey. The impressive service
was conducted by the pastor of
the bride, Rev. Harold Lyda, pas
tor of the Porterdale Methodist
Church, and the groom’s pastor,
Rev. Wayne Dickson of Hopewell
Presbyterian Church.
A program of nuptial select
ions prior to and during the ser
vice was rendered by Mrs. Wayne
Dickson, which included Handel’s
“Largo”, “Pilgrims chorus,”
Wagner; “Serenade,” Liszt;
“Liebestraum”, Liszt; “O Per
fect Love”, Barnby and “The
Evening Prayer” by Handel.
The couple took their vows
before an altar arrangement of
two, seven branched candelabra
and Oregon fern at the floor
level, a pulpit arrangement of
identical twin baskets of white
gladiolus, mums, stock , baby
breath and emerald fern and a
background of arched candelabra
of burning white tapers and fern
balls. To perfect the scene the
windows of the church were de
corated with sunburst arrange
ments of Oregon fern intersper
sed with shasta daisies and the
pews were marked with white sa
tin bows tied with Oregon fern
and shasta daisies.
W. R. Harvey of Walnut Cove,
North Carolina served as his
brother’s best man with usher
groomsmen being Frank Harvey,
T. B. Harvey, Clyde Castleberry,
and George D. Smith. Tommy
Castleberry lighted the candles
prior to the service.
Little Miss Holly Caryl Luns
ford served as her mother’s jun
ior bridesmaid and only attend
ant. She wore a light blue peau
de sole with matching blue over
lay bodice of Chantilly lace. With
this she wore matching shoes and
a headpiece matching her dress
to which was attached a brief
veil. She carried a nosegay of
list, with one out of town guest,
Miss Patricia Hill of Decatur.
A delicious salad dessert
course with punch and toasted
pecans was served the group
during a social period of remin
iscences and merryment in re
telling happy incidents of former
school years.
On Monday Miss Yarbrough,
accompanied by her mother, Mrs.
M. T. Yarbrough; her future
husband’s mother, Mrs. A. L.
Miller, Jr.; Misses Beverly Hin
ton, Betsy Robinson and Becky
Dyer, motored to Milledgeville
where Miss Yarbrough was
honored with a kitchen shower.
Hostesses for this enjoyable
occasion were former class
mates at Georgia College at Mill
edgeville, Misses Bonnie Hop
kins and Eulalia Brown.
Kindergarten
Graduation
The Little Red School House
Kindergarten Class of 1968 will
have their graduation exercises
on Thursday, May 30, from 7:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Newton
County High School Auditorium.
The program will be entitled
“The Magic Cookie Bush.’’
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tute of Technology in 1963, and
will receive his BBA Degree in
Marketing from the University of
Georgia on June 8. He is a mem
ber of Pi Sigma Epsilon, profess
ional marketing fraternity and
Lambda Chi Alpha Social Fra
ternity.
The wedding will be August
10 at the Mansfield Methodist
Church.
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Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Waites Harvey
white carnations with white satin
streamers.
The bride, given in marriage
by her uncle, J. L. Rye, was
lovely in her street length em
pire wedding dress of imported
champagne Japanese crepe. The
bodice was fashioned of hand
reembroidered lace which fea
tured long sleeves and a lace
scalloped round neckline. She
wore matching champagne shoes
and a headpiece fashioned from
the same material as her dress,
to which was attached a short
veil of illusion. As her only je
welry she wore a single strand
of pearls, a gift of the groom.
She carried a cascade bridal
bouquet of yellow sweetheart
roses centered with a white
orchid and fashioned on a white
Bible.
Mrs. Veal chose for her dau
ghter’s wedding a light blue two
piece dacron and cotton ensemble
with which she wore black acces
sories and a white carnation cor
sage.
Alexis McDonald To Wed
Charles Woodward In June
Mr. and Mrs. Rabun McDonald
of Covington announce the engag
ement of their daughter, Leita
Alexis, to Charles Nathan Wood
ward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
bur Woodward also of Covington.
The bride-elect is the grand
daughter of Mrs. Sam William
son and the late Mr. Sam Will
iamson of Jackson and the late
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McDonald
of Covington.
Miss McDonald will graduate
from Newton County High School
in June.
Mr. Woodward is the grand
son of Mrs. E. W. Barnett and
the late Mr. Barnett of McDon
ough and the late Mr. and Mrs.
Nathan Woodward also of Mc-
Donough.
The future bridegroom grad
uated from Newton County High
School and is presently employed
with the City of Covington.
Buffet Supper A t Coggin’s Home
Feted Shaw-Coggin Wedding Party
A delightful climax of pre
nuptial social events given in
honor of Miss Kay Shaw and her
fiance, Steve Coggin, and their
wedding attendants, was the buf
fet supper at which the groom’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Cog
gin, were hosts at their country
home near Alcovy on Friday
evening, following the wedding
rehearsal.
The buffet table, overlaid with
a pink cutwork cloth, featured
as its centerpiece a crystal con
tainer holding an arrangement of
pink sweetheart roses, flanked
on either side by silver eper
gnettes of pink rosebuds and lilies
of the valley with single pink
tapers.
The lovely home was artisti
cally decorated for the occa
sion with arrangements of pink
and white roses. Small tables for
seating the guests were overlaid
with pink covers and held small
centerpieces of pink rosebuds.
The following reception was
held in the educational building
of Hopewell Church with the
bride’s book being kept by Mrs.
Dorothy Gazaway at a small table
covered with white satin and
overlaid with blue net. A small
arrangement of blue tinted glad
iolus, fujji mums and baby breath
was placed at one side.
The bride’s table was covered
with white satin with blue net
overlay. Centering the table was
the four tiered wedding cake be
autifully decorated in light blue
and topped with a miniature bride
and groom. At the corners of the
table were nosegays of blue
shasta daisies with single candle
sticks holding blue burning tap
ers.
The punch table, decorated
similar to the bride’s table held
a silver punch bowl at one end
with candelabra of blue tapers.
The refreshment table, also cov
ered in white satin and blue net,
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A June wedding is planned.
Mrs. Jim Knight and Lanelie
Coggin assisted the hosts in en
tertaining.
In addition to the bridal pair
the guest list included Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin Christian, Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmy Coggin and daughter
Marty, Mr. and Mrs. Theron
Hays, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Doster,
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Lassiter,
Rev. and Mrs. John Lindsey,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Long, Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Ivey, Mr. and
Mrs. Bernys Shaw, Charles Mc-
Lendon, James Knight, James
Hunt, Miss Gail McCollum, Mrs.
Marcus Coody, Mrs. Howard
Coggin, Mrs. Billy Shaw and dau
ghter Robin, Misses Carlyn Mal
oy, Joan Templin, Brenda West
moreland, Sherrill Crowell,
Betty Evans, Deedy Shaw, Bar
bara Turk, Sandy Brown and Ter
esa Ledford.
The bride and groom elect
chose this time to present their
wedding attendants with gifts in
memory of the occasion.
Mrs. Crenshaw Is
Bridge-Luncheon
Hostess To Club
Among events highlighting the
current social scene was the
bridge-luncheon on Wednesday,
at which Mrs. Thomas Crenshaw
entertained members of her club,
at the Crenshaw home on Salem
Road.
A Flemisharrangementnagold
container lent floral interest in
the foyer. White gladiolus and
chrysanthemums were artistic
ally combined in a white ceramic
urn, on a living room end table.
The buffet table from which the
delicious luncheon was served,
held a centerpiece of roses and
magnolia foliage in permanent
specimens. Small tables for
seating guests, were overlaid
with white linen.
In the rounds of bridge which
preceded the luncheon, Mrs.
Blake Armstrong was high sco
rer; and Mrs. Terry Avery was
consolation prize recipient. Oth
er players included Mrs. Bill
Hoffman, a club guest; and the
following club members: Mes
dames Donald Briscoe, Grady
Coleman, Frank Vincoli, Roger
Mclntosh and John Maloney.
Mrs. Thomas, Recent Bride, Feted
At Tea Shower By Salem Hostesses
The Fellowship Hall of Salem
Methodist Church formed the set
ting on Saturday afternoon for one
of the community’s interesting
social events, when Mrs. Charles
David Cook, a recent bride, was
the central figure at a tea-shower
tendered in her honor by a group
of Salem hostesses. Joining as
the afternoon’s hostesses were
Mesdames Doyle Bailey, Grier
Holifield, J. T. Jaynes, Roy
Moore, Leonard Standard, W. E.
Standard, Charles Thomas, and
Miss Mary Alice Miller.
Pink and white were employed
in the color scheme of the spac
ious setting. Mrs. Doyle Bailey
kept the guest book at a table
overlaid with white linen, which
featured an arrangement of pink
rosebuds in a crystal vase.
Receiving with the honoree,
who wore a whip cream costume
in gray with collar and cuffs
of white lace ruffles, compli
mented by a white carnation cor
sage presented by her hostesses,
were her mother, Mrs. Hoyt
Bailey; Mesdames Moore, Jay-
Wedding Breakfast
At Crowell Home
Honors Miss Shaw
PORTERDALE-Mrs. Bill Sul
livan shared with Mrs. B. C.
Crowell and Miss Sherrill Cro
well in honoring Miss Molly Kay
Shaw with a breakfast at their
lovely country home on her wed
ding day, May 18.
Covers were laid at individual
tables seating four guests with
wicker mats and brownstone chi
na executing a rustic theme.
Miniature bun baskets held dai
sy bouquets and each guest’s
place was marked with a daisy
corsage.
The dining room table was ov
erlaid with yellow linen and had
a central arrangement of yellow
and white daisies posed effective
ly in wicker. A luscious fruit
bowl effected a delectable and at
tractive conversation piece.
Guests in addition to the hon
oree were Mrs. W. C. Ivey,Mrs.
M. B. Shaw, Mrs. James LaPrade
Coggin, Mrs. William Shaw, Miss
Brenda Westmoreland, Miss
Sandy Brown, Miss Joan Tam
plin, Miss Carlyn Maloy, Miss
Diane Shaw, Mrs. Marcus Coo
dy, Miss Betty Evans, and Miss
Barbara Turk.
Parents Honored
On Mother’s Day
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Davis will
remember May 12, 1968 for two
significant reasons. All of their
four children joined them for the
worship service at the Julia A.
Memorial Methodist Church In
which they were reared from
childhood, to recognize Mother’s
Day and in celebration of their
parents’ sixty-first wedding ann
iversary. Mrs. Frances White
sell placed flowers in the sanct
uary.
A delightful alfresco meal was
shared at their home on Poplar
Street with Mrs. T. L. Pinkerton,
Mrs. Davis’ sister, of Atlanta,
and Mrs. Cornelia Gaston Knox
of Newnan, as special guests of
the family.
Family members present
were; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis,
Salem Community; Mr. and Mrs.
Truman Davis, Decatur; Mrs.
Frances Whitesell, Porterdale;
Mrs. Ruth Davis Smith, Miss
Susan Smith, Ricky Smith, Macon;
Mr, and Mrs. Royce Davis and
family, Lisa and Marcia, Con
yers; Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Davis
and daughters, Joy and Donna.
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PORTERDAL E-Sacredness
and beauty characterized the ma
rriage service uniting Miss Molly
Kay Shaw, daughter of Mr. and
M rs. Marlon Bernys Shaw of Por
terdale, and Ronald Steven Cog
gin, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
LaPrade Coggin of Covington, on
Saturday, May 18, at the Julia
A. Porter Memorial Methodist
Church.
Emerald fern trees formed the
backdrop for the altar arrange
ment and were interspersed am
ong four seven branched candela
bra flanking an aU white central
basket of gladiolus, mums, and
stock. On the sanctuary floor
at either side of the chancel
were candelabra trees whose bla
zing tapers lent warmth to the
setting, further perfected by pew
markers of white satin bows and
fern fronds.
The young couple took their
vows from the Rev. John Lind
sey, pastor of the First Meth
odsit Church of Forsyth and a
former pastor of the bride, in a
beautiful four o’clock double ring
ceremony.
Johnny Farmer rendered an
appropriate program of nuptial
selections. He accompanied Ch
arles McClendon who sang “Al
dlrah” as the grandmothers were
being seated, and “More” imme
diately prior to the service.
Jimmy Coggin was his bro
ther’s best man with usher
groomsmen being Douglas Dos
ter, James Hunt, Melvin Chris
tian, Theron Hayes, and a bro
ther-ln-law, Bobby Lassiter.
Mrs. Marcus Coody flew in
from Wichita Falls, Texas to
be her sister’s matron of honor.
Bridesmaids were Miss Sherr
ill CroweU and Miss Carlyn Ma
loy of Porterdale; Miss Brenda
nes, and Charles H. Cook, mo
ther of the groom.
The tea table, overlaid with
white linen, was centered with
a milk glass container of white
chrysanthemums and pink glad
ioli, with fern tips. The crys
tal punch bowl, trays of dainty
assorted cookies, and compotes
of toasted nuts and mints com
pleted the attractive appoint
ments. Mesdames Leonard
Standard, Grier Holifield and
W. E. Standard alternated in
serving punch.
Miss Mary Alice Miller and
Mrs. Charles Thomas were host
esses at the gift table, where
the many useful shower gifts
were displayed to advantage. Pink
and white interwoven streamers
cascaded from a pink ceiling
high pouff, on the wall before
which the table was posed, to the
table, where colorful gift wrap
ping bows formed corner
rosettes which lent additional
charm and color.
Some thirty friends of the hon
oree called between the tea’s
hours of two until four o’clock.
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Mr. and Mrs. Steve Coggin
Westmoreland, Fort Valley; Miss
Sandy Brown, Elberton; Miss
Joan Tamplln, Macon. Miss Di
ane Shaw was a junior brides
maid for her sister.
Each wore blue crepe floor
length gowns with beading ap
plique encircling the elbow slee
ves and accentuating the empire
waistline. A flowing panel in back
extended the entire skirt length
from the round neckline. Clus
ters of buds, velvet foliage, and
pearls with brief veils comple
mented their matching blue
Miss Canady Morgan, Jimmy Taylor
To Wed At Social Circle, June 8
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton,
formerly of Covington, announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Canady Morgan to Jimmy Taylor,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Tay
lor of Covington.
The bride-elect Is a senior at
Newton County High school.
The future-bridegroom atten
ded Newton County High School.
Mr. Taylor is now employed at
Woodman Company in Decatur.
The wedding will be June 8
at 6:30 at Willow Springs Bap
tist Church of Social Circle.
All friends and relatives of the
couple are cordially invited to
attend.
pumps. Their bouquets were of
yellow Ester Reed daisies, and
satin streamers were yellow.
Miss Robin Shaw and Miss
Marty Coggin, nieces of the bride
and groom, respectively, wore
white floor length dotted Swiss
dresses with eye-catching blue
velvet bows on the bodice as they
scattered rose petals for the
bride’s arrival.
Ascending the aisle on the
arm of her father, the happy
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