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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 New Providence, N, J,
come Mr, and Mrs, Elliott W,
Roth and children, Kathy 7, Billy
6, Linda 3, and Martha 6 months,
to make their future home at
6118 Flat Rock Trail,
Mrs, Roth, a Chatham, N, J,
native, finds the care of four
youngsters leave little leisure
time; but enjoys sewing and cook=
ing as her favorite labors oflove
in homemaking, Mr,Roth, native
of Union, N, J,, is manager of
the C, R, Bard Service Center,
He likes bowling as a hobby; and
has enjoyed working with Rescue
Squads in former residences,
The Roths are of the Methodist
denomination,
Mr, and Mrs, James T, Strawn
and daughter, Miss Cinday
Strawn, have recently arrived
from Decatur, at their home on
Spring Road near Salem Camp
Ground, Their move was the
materialization of long range
plans to make their home in New=
ton County; and we believe the
friendliness of Newton Countians
will make them feel that they
truly have ‘‘Well-Come®’ into
our midst,
Mrs, Strawn, a Dothan, Ala,
native, names gardening, sewing
and experimental or creative
cooking as her most interesting
hobbies, Miss Strawn is pur=
suing a business career in At=-
lanta, where she is with Kemper
Insurance Company, Mr,Strawn,
who has actually just ¢“returned
home?’, since he is a native of
Newton County, is head of main=
tenance of Rich’s at Greenbriar
Shopping Center, He likes any
kind of building and woodwork,
In fact he is remodeling their
home, on a ‘‘do-it-yourself’’ sc=
ale; and also shares his wife’s
interest in gardening, The Str
awns are members of Jehovah’s
Witnesses.
A cordial welcome is extended
these new families in the chure
ches of their choice, their neigh=-
borhoods, and in the various
social, school, civic and cultural
phases of Newton County, to which
they are now valued additions,
Meiss McCollum, Mr. Hunl
e Mavied A c%/('myafw/p/
Miss Linda Gail McCollum,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
Clifford L. Pack of Kingsport,
Tennessee and James Johncie
Hunt, the son of Mr, and Mrs,
J. G, Hunt of Washington Street,
Covington, were united in marr=-
jage at the Lynn Garden Baptist
Church in Kingsport by the Rev,
Gerald R, Begley.
The altar of the church was
decorated with basket arrange=-
ments of white gladiolus and fern
with an arch of 16 ranched
candelabra and two seven bran=
ched candelabra of white burn=-
ing tapers. A kneeling bench,
white aisle cloth and white satin
bows marking the family pews
perfected the scene,
A program of nuptial selection
was rendered by Mrs, Frances
Mooney, organist, and Mrs, Ann
Bacon, who served as soloist.
Wayne Hunt, brother of the
groom, served as best man with
usher-groomsmen being Phil St
one, Tim Hopkins, Larry Savage
and Reggie Hunt,
Mrs, Barbara Hunt, sister-in
law of the groom served as mat
ron of honor, She wore a mint
green Empire floor length crepe
gown featuring an attached train
in the back., The high rise waist
was trimmed with white rose=
buds on green velvet ribbon, Her
short veil was attached to a mint
green crepe bow and she carried
a bouquet of shasta daisies, Br=
idesmaids, dressed identical to
the matron of honor, were Miss
Janice McCollum, sister of the
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Miss Flovenson MWeds M.
Deonnés In Venice, Forvida
Miss Linda-Rose Stevenson,
the daughter of Dr. Richard V.
Stevenson of Lexington, Kentucky
and Mrs. Daisy R, Stevenson of
Venice, Florida, was united in
marriage on Sunday evening, Au=-
gust 3, to William Michael Den=-
nis, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Dennis of Mansfield. The
double ring candlelight service
was performed by Rev. Robert
Spencer, at Calvary Reformed
Church in Venice.
The altar was decorated with
two white standing baskets of wh=
ite gladiolus, mums and pome
pons with two smaller baskets
at either side. Flanking these
were candelabra with white tap
ers and centering the altar a whi
te prayer bench. Perfecting the
scene were white satinbows mar
king the family pews.
Robert Clinton Verus of Ft.
Lauderdale rendered a program
of pre-nuptial selections withthe
traditional wedding marches and
throughout the service playedthe
Theme from Romeo and Juliet.
The groom’s father served as
best man with usher-groomsmen
being Frank ILazenby, Macon;
Jody Webb, Mansfield and Pat
rick Miller of Kingsport, Ten=-
nessee and Atlanta,
Miss Inez Stevenson, younger
sister of the bride served as maid
of honor with bridesmaids being
Miss Kathy Dennis of Mansfield,
sister of the groom; Miss Nor=
ma Owen, Macon, formerly of
Venice and Miss Mary lois Ste
roud of Woodruff, South Caro
liflac
Attendants were dressed iden
tical in chiffon over taffeta for=-
mal dresses with scoop necklines
and empire waists vdthg.lfl slee~
ves of chiffon ending in banded
cuffs of flower appliques, Simi
lar bands of flower %g ques_
were at the waists wi la!(%f)‘w
of avocado green with streamers
at center front. They wore a
flat chiffon bow with illusion tulle
on their heads and carriedacas=
cade bouquet of miniature varie=-
gated pink carnations with pale
pink and green streamers, The
maid of honor’s dress was inde=-
licate pink with the bridesmaids
dresses being mint green.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore an organza
wedding dress appliqued with Al
encon lace, seed pearls and cry=-
stals on the empire waist and
long puff sleeves which ended in
shirt cuffs trimmed with Alencon
appliques. Her matching watteau
train was bordered with matching
lace appliques and her elbow len
gth veil of illusion tulle wascau
ght to a pillbox hat trimmed
with seed pearls and crystals.
she carried a cascade bouquet of
stephanotis and pink sweetheart
roses fashioned onafamily pray=-
er book with white and pale pink
streamers. o
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her daughter’s wedding a fitted
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dress of imported dusty rose lace
over taffeta with front and back
inserts, full length sleeves and
jewel neckline, With this she
wore matching accessories anda
corsage of variegated pink minia
ture carnations.
Mrs. Dennis, mother of the
groom, selected for her son’s
wedding a bone sleeveless fitted
A-line dress of crepe with mat
ching lace coat and accessories.
Complimenting her outfit was a
corsage of yellow miniaturecar
nations.
Miss sherry Chamberlinof Sa=-
rasota was in charge of the
bride’s book at the following re
ception, held in the Fellowship
Hall of the church,
The bride’s table was covered
with pink tulle over white and
centered with a four tiered wed=-
ding cake decorated with pink
rosebuds and topped with the tra
ditional miniature bride and gr=
oom. Surrounding the base of the
cake were pink miniature carna
tions, Silver candelabra with pink
and white burning tapers and the
bride’s bouquet perfected the sc
ene,
The refreshment table was co
vered with a pink and white floral
centerpiece with a silver coffee
service, silver punch bowl and
silver candelabra with pink and
white tapers. Perfecting the ap
pointments here were silver
trays of canapes, mints and nuts.
Serving at these tables were
Mrs. Robert Clinton Vorus, Ft.
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Luncheon Honors
Out-Of-Town Guests
At Fla. Wedding
Mr, and Mrs, Ray D, Michaels
were hosts at a luncheon buffet
at their home, 1440 Sea Gull
Drive, St. Petersburg, Florida,
in honor of their daughter Janie,
and her groom-to-be, Michael
Budd of Oxford, on August 2,
The reception rooms were thr
own ensemble for the occasion,
Arrangements of mums, stock
and white gladiolus were used
to advantage on the buffet tables,
and accented the yellow and white
color scheme,
In addition to the wedding party
and out-of-town guests, Mr, and
Mrs., James Lemen Budd, and
Mrs, James Verner Budd of St.
Petersburg were guests,
Mrs. Michaels was assisted
in entertaining by her daughter,
Mrs, Frank Kelley, of Atlanta,
and her sister, Mrs, Harold
Poike of Detroit, Michigan.
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Miss Fincher
Feted At
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Linen Shower
Miss Robbie Ann Fincher, Au=
gust bride-elect, was honored on
Wednesday, July 30, with a linen
shower at the home of Mrs, J,
W, Rutledge on Forest Drive,
with Mrs, Jeffrey Hinton as co
hostess for the occasion,
To greet her 25 friends attend=
ing Miss Fincher was attractively
dressed in a yellow shift fashion=
ed with long sleeves and round
neckline, Complimenting her out
fit was a daisy corsage, present=
ed to her by the hostesses.
Following several interesting
bridal games the honoree opened
her beautifully wrapped packe
ages, which were placedona tab
le covered with white linen and
centered with a large doll com=
pletely attired in a wedding out=
fit,
The refreshment tabie was co=
vered with a yellow linen cloth
and centered with a crystal can=
delabra entwined with ivy and
daisies, The crystal punch bowl
was embedded inivy interspersed
with daisies and to further carry
out the color scheme of yellow
and green decorations on the
petits fours and mints were in
these colors, Completing the
appointments were appropriate
napkins, fruit balls, cookies and
nuts,
Hunt-Robinson
Wedding Vows
Mr. and Mrs. James Edward
Robinson announce the marriage
of their daughter Elizabeth Gregg
to Wesley Jones Hunt, son of Mr.
and Mrs., Donald Eugene Hunt.
Miss Robinson attended Clem~
son University, Clemson, S. C.
and Mr. Hunt attends the Univer
sity of Georgia.
Miss Sheila Erving, Doug Dooley
Married In Houston Ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Zackery Taylor
Erving of Clermont announce the
marriage of their daughter, sheila
Felicia, to Jack Douglas Dooley,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
D. Dooley of Covingtone
The wedding took place July 11,
at the Harmony Wedding Chapel
in Houston, Texas,
Mrs. Dooley is the graddaugh
ter of Mrs. Claire Erving and the
late Mr. Hubert Erving of Cler
mont,
Mr, Dooley is the grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W, Laseter
of Covington.
Following their wedding Mr.
and Mrs. Dooley left for ahoney=
moon trip to Mexico and points
of interest in Texas. They are
now making their home in At=
lanta,
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Woman’s Club
Plans Trip To
Atlanta In Sept.
All members of the Porter=-
dale Woman’s Club who did not
take the annual trip to Florida
and are interested in the Atlanta
Trip coming up September 20 are
urged to attend the August 18
meeting as final plans will have
been completed and presented to
the club at this time.
Also, eligibility of some of
the members will be determined
by their attendance of the Au=-
gust and September meetings,
stated Mrs. Callle Owens, Trip
Chairman.
Adams Reunion
Memorable Event
At Mansfield
The Mansfield Community
House was the setting on Sun
day, August 3rd for the reunion
of third, fourth and fifth gene
ration descendants of John Jeff=-
erson and Emma Marks Adams
who reared a large family on
their farm near Mansfield dur=
ing the last half of the 19th cen~
tury, Five of their sons, J, Os=
car, John J,, Edward H,, Em~
mett W, and Horace M, were
residents of Mansfield communi=-
ty for most of their lives and all
of their childrenwere bornthere,
It was fitting that Mansfield
should be chosen for this event
which is held each year on the
first Sunday in August,
Enjoying this day, high-light=-
ed by good food, conversation
and the taking of group pictures
were Mr, and Mrs, Marvin Ad
ams, Mr, and Mrs, Eugene Ad
ams, Mr, and Mrs, Emmett Ad
ams and daughter, Mr, and Mrs,
George Cross and daughter, Mr,
and Mrs, Robert Adams, Mr,.and
Mrs, Harold Adams, Miss Meg
Adams, Mrs, Ed Adams and dau=
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Candlelight Nedding Unites
Miss Michaels, M. PBudd
The Chapel of The Pasadena
Community United Methodist Ch=
urch of St. Petersburg, Florida,
formed the setting on Saturday
evening, August second, for ime
pressive candle light wedding
service uniting Miss Janie Mi=
chaels, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray D. Michaels, and Michael
Alan Budd, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert M. Budd, Sr. of Oxford.
The Reverend Richard D, Bing=
ham, Associate Pastor of the
Church, performed the ceremony
before an altar arrangement of
white gladiolus, white crysanthe=-
mums, pompons and fujji mums,
and stock interlaced with plumo=-
sus fern. Large pedestal arrane
gements of the same white flow=
ers flanked either side of the
altar, with a background of light
ed cathedral candles. Triple
pedestals of lighted tapers on
either side completed the backe
ground for the wedding party with
medallion arrangements of white
stock, gladiolus, and mammoth
mums, forming the center of in
terest at the base of the candel
abras.
Among the selections rendered
by-the organist in a program of
nuptial music preceding the ser
vice were: ¢l lLove Thee’”, by
Grieg; ‘“Entreat Me Not To Leave
Thee,” and ‘Oh, Perfect Love’.
At the conclusion of the cere=-
mony, as the couple knelt at the
altar, the organist played ¢/The
Lord Bless You and Keep You®,
as a benediction, concluded with
the seven-fold Amen.
* Mr. Robert M, Budd, Sr., fa
ther of the groom, served as best
man, with ushers being, Robert
M. Budd, Jr.,, Winston Salem,
North Carolina; Joseph D, Budd,
Libertyville, Mlinois, brothers of
the groom, and Thomas Michaels,
brother of the bride.
Mrs. Frank Kelly, Atlanta, sis
ter of the bride as matron of
honor, Miss Debbie Kirby, Atlanta
and Mrs. Gary Blount, brides
maids, wore identical dresses of
floorlength chiffon in copen blue,
the throat-line and wrist-length
sleeves being accented with white
chiffon ruching, with matching
blue pumps. Their costumes
were complimented by whimsey
designs of matching blue venet
ian lace and tulle. Their flow=-
ers were yellow sweetheart ros
es in medallion arrangements of
stephanotis, and matching satin
streamers,
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a victorian
model of venetian lace and silk
organza, in bridal white, feat
uring ahighbodice and long sleev=
es of the organza, over=laid with
M. and Mis. Tom Pales
Observe 50th Anniversary
The Fellowship Hall of the
First United Methodist Church
formed the appropriate setting
on Sunday afternoon, August 3,
for the Golden Wedding Anniver=
sary celebration of Mr, and Mrs,
Thomas Milton Bates, with their
five daughters serving as host
esses for the happy occasion,
Mrs, Bates was attractively
dressed for the occasion in a
silver green silk Shantung A=
line shift with self material flo
ral designs outlined in chiffon
and embroidered with rhine=-
stones, With this she wore
matching green accessories and
a yellow throated cymbidium or
chid with gold ribbons,
Greeting guests with theirpar=
ents were Mrs, Walter Day,
wearing an A-line yellow em=-
broidered dress with matching
accessories; Mrs, K, J, Harris
of Tallulah Falls, wearing a pink
cotton lace over satin; Mrs, Ver=
non Watson of Carthage, North
Carolina in a blue embroidered
cotton; Mrs, Gene Marks of
Mansfield, wearing a blue A-line
satin and Mrs, Billy Ray of New
Orleans, Louisiana wearing an
antique white crepe with lace
trim, They all wore matching
accessories and orchid corsages
complimenting their dresses,
A small table in the entry hall
of the church was covered with
white linen and held a mass ar
rangement of mammoth yellow
mums,
The guest registry table was
covered with yellow linen over=
laid with vellow net caught at the
corners with gold ribbon bows.
Decorating the table was a gold
pbud vase with yellow rosebuds
and fern and the anniversary
book, Presiding at this table
were the couple’s granddaugh-
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the venetian lace, the full, floor
length skirt ending in a Chapel
train. The veil of illusion tulle
was caught to her hair with a
matching lace coronet, the entire
length of the Cathedral train be
ing embellished with small me
dallions of the lace. Her flow=
ers were a cascade of yellow
sweetheart roses with phalaenop
sis orchids. She carried out the
tradition of something old, new,
borrowed and blue, and a lucky
sixpence in her shoe.
Mrs. Michaels chose for her
daughter’s wedding a slender
sheath-style model in pastel sea
green, peau-de-soie with match
ing pumps. Her shoulder cor
sage was of white phalaenopsis
Miss Hopkins, Bride-Elect, Is
Honored At Miscellaneous Shower
Miss Harriet Hopkins, bride=-
elect of Fred Harwell, Jr., was
honored with a miscellaneous
bridal shower on July 28, at the
home of Mrs, B, H, Martin, Jr,,
in Lithonia with Miss Ann Martin
as cohostess,
For this occasion Miss Hop=
kins wore a yellow and white plaid
dress with matching yellow vest
and a corsage presented to her by
the hostesses,
A unique way of presenting the
gifts proved most enjoyable as
the honoree followed clues found
in balloons to receive her gifts,
which were hidden around the
ters Misses Teena and Vickie
Ray of New Orleans, wearing
identical blue linen dresses with
lace trim and white head bands;
Mandy Marks, in a pink and blue
A-line floral print with lacetrim
and Mrs, Herbert Corley, Jr,,
a niece of the couple, wearing
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For her son’s wedding, Mrs.
Budd chose a sheath-style design
in appleblossom pink peau-de
soie. Panels of matching Chan
tilly lace were appliqued on the
bodice and skirt. With this she
wore matching pumps and a
shoulder corsage of phalaenopsis
orchids.
The couple were honored at a
reception given by the bride’s
parents at the Seminole Lake
Country Club.
Refreshment tables cover=
ed with white satin floor-length
covers were placed at intervals
around the reception room. Are
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home, Interesting and original
games were enjoyed by the group
prior to Miss Hopkins opening
her attractively wrapped gifts
from the 30 friends attending,
The refreshment table was
covered with a white cutwork
cloth and the color scheme of
green and white was carried out
in the decorated mints and can=
dlesticks with tapers, Lime
sherbert punch served from a
cutglass punch bowl and petits
fours decorated appropriatelyal
ong with nuts and date balls
perfected the appointments,
a blue A-line dress, ‘r'hey each
wore white carnation corsages,
The round anniversary table
was covered with yellow satin
overlaid with yellow net with
gold ribbon bows, The open
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