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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. 31069, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1970
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MISS MARTHA FRANCIS HOLLAND
Holland-Cox
Engagement Told
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mauld
in Holland of Perry, an
nounce the engagement of
their daugter, Marta Fran
ces, to Mr. Cader Benonia
Cox 111, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Cader Benonia Cox, Jr. of
Camilla.
Miss Holland is the grand
daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Truman Edwin Nelson
of Meansville, and the late
Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Harold
Holland of Byron. She will
receive a B. S. degree in
Elementary Education from
the University of Georgia
in June, where she is a mem
ber of Phi Mu and the Phi
Delta Theta Sweetheart
Court.
Mr. Cox is a student in
Business Administration at
The University of Georgia
where he is active in cam
pus activities; serving on the
Baptist Youth Honor Teacher
Members of the Young
Peoples’ Department of the
First Baptist Church honored
their new Sunday School tea
cher, Mrs. Leon Green with an
informal get together Tuesday
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MISS GENEVIEVE LANAE BEASLEY
Miss Beasley Sets
Plans For Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Hermit Beas
ley of Route 1, Perry, an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter, Genevieve
Lanae, to Philip Wayne Wil
lard, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse James Willard of 1204
Jewel Drive, Perry.
Miss Beasley attended Per
ry High School and is em
ployed at Howard Johnson’s
Freshmen Men’s Council, as
Freshmen Leadership Coun
selor, and on the Student
Senate. He is a member of
the University Leadership
Board and served as presi
dent of the University Union
for 1969 70. He is a member
of Phi Eta Sigma, Omicon
Delta Kappa, Beta Gamma
Sigma, Biftad, X Club, and
the Phi Delta Theta social
fraternity. He received the
Hamilton McWhorter Award
for excellent in academic
and extra-curricular activi
ties for 1968-69.
He is the grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Underwood
Cochran, and of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Benonia Cox of
Camilla.
The wedding will be July
25 at the First Baptist
Church of Perry.
night.
The party was held at the
home of Mrs. Charles Martin,
department chairman, with
Mrs. Alton Ellis, Jr. assis
ting. Twenty,one girls were
invited.
in Perry.
Mr. Willard is an employ
ee of Blue Bird Body Com
pany, Fort Valley, and is
also attending Middle Geor
gia College.
A small family wedding is
planned for early summer at
Houston Lake Baptist
Church near Perry, the cere
mony to be performed by
Rev. J. J. Morrow.
Vesta Club
Holds Meeting
The Vesta Club held its
regular meeting at Security
Federal, Mrs. M.D. Brockie,
president, presiding. Neely
Houser read from a “Memory
Booklet’’ an expression of
the club’s thoughts and ap
preciation for Joyce Evans,
past president, who is mov
ing to Columbus. The booklet
was written by Mrs. Houser
and presented to Joyce. All
the members will truly miss
Joyce and all she has meant
to the club.
Mrs. Maggie Dorsett gave
some interesting facts on nu
trition and Mrs. Helen Sasser
showed slides along with the
talk.
A surprise shower of small
gifts from the members were
given to Joyce during the
refreshments.
Hostesses for the meeting
were Joyce Evans and Doris
Taylor.
Mrs. Smith Sets
Piano Recital
Mrs. Hoke Smith presented
her beginning and second year
piano students in a recital
Sat., May 23 at her home on
Washington Ave. Those who
participated were Debbie Car
ter, Teresa and Karen Casey,
Patti Langston, Ann Arnall,
Glynell Ellis, Debra Grimes,
Valerie Beckham, Camille
Buice, Evelyn Anne Adams,
and Kathryn Richards.
Perryans In
Unadilla Recital
Mrs. J.H. Beddingfield will
present her pupils in a recital
Thursday night May 28 at 8:00
in the Unadilla United Metho
dist Church. Some of her
pupils from Perry who will be
playing are:
Julie McKinley, Lisa
Boone, Bonnie Locke, Jody
Watts, David Edleson, Betsy
Tyson, Beth Sewell, Vicki
Shingler, Hazel Sprouse,
Chuck Kezar, Peggy Bembry,
and Debbie Rider.
DEBORAH PARKINSON
Miss Parkinson
Sets Recital
For Sunday
Miss Deborah Parkinson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Don Parkinson, will give a
piano recital in the Fellowship
Hall of the Perry United Me
thodist Church at 4:30 o’clock
on Sunday afternoon, May 31.
Miss Parkinson, a pupil of
Mrs. R. Hoke Smith, is a
member of the Senior Class of
Perry High School. She will
continue the study of music at
Converse College, Spartan
burg, S. C. in September.
The public is invited to
attend the recital.
Susan Smith
Gives Recital
Miss Susan Smith, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Smith,
Jr. delighted a host of friends
and neighbors by presenting a
piano recital at the home of
her parents near Perry on
Sunday afternoon, May 24.
Miss Smith, a senior at
Perry High School and a music
pupil of Mrs. R. Hoke Smith
chose a number of favorite
selections, much to the delight
of those in attendance.
Delicious refreshments
were served.
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MBS MITZI LEE MILLS
Miss Mills Plans
August Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. James Rus
sell Mills of Perry, formerly
of Mobile, Ala., announce
the engagement of their
daughter, Mitzi Lee, to Al
bert Byron Dukes Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. James M.
Bentley of Macon.
The bride-elect is a native
of Mobile and the grand
daughter of Mrs. Stella Mills
and Mr. and Mrs. George
Reddoch of Mobile. She is a
1968 graduate of Perry High
School. She attended Middle
Georgia College and Georgia
Southern College where she
was a member of the Phi
Mu Sorority.
' FOR THE FAMILY^'
ITEM: Gaps around house
windows and doors, and in such
areas as where porches join
outside walls, admit wood rotting
moisture and damaging insects.
It takes little time and effort to
fill these gaps, using a squeeze
caulking compound available in
a collapsible metal tube.
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ITEM: Vanilla is the most pop-
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Buckner-Griffin
Engagement Told
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R.
Buckner announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Brenda,
to Ronnie Griffin, son of Mr.
and Mrs, Neal Bunting, Jr. of
Perry.
Miss Buckner is a graduate
of Perry High School and is
The prospective bride
groom is the grandson of the
late Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Smith and Mr. and Mrs. W.
G. Dukes of Washington
County, Ga. Mr. Dukes is
a 1968 graduate of Lanier
High School in Macon,
where he was a member of
the Alpha Kappa Omega
Fraternity. He is presently
attending Middle Georgia
College and will graduate in
June. He plans to further
his education at Valdosta
State College.
The Wedding is set for
August 30 at the First Bap
tist Church in Perry.
ular of the extracts and is pre
pared from vanilla beans that
come principally from Madagas
car, Mexico, the East and West
Indies.
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ITSM: Although not necessary
in interior wall painting, sanding
is a “must” among the list of
preparations in refinishing furni
ture. Sanding not only smooths a
rough surface, but creates a
microscopically “toothed” sur
face which insures firm adhesion
of paint.
employed by Blue Bird Body
Co. in Ft. Valley.
Mr. Griffin is also a gradu
ate of Perry High School and
is employed by Milton Beck
ham Construction Co. in Perry.
The wedding date has
been set for July 10.
Book Club
Hears Review
On 'Topaz’
The Wednesday Afternoon
Book Club held its May meet
ing lust week at the home of
* president, Mrs. S. A. Nunn,
who had us her co-hostess
Mrs. T. D. Mason.
Fiction by prominent auth
ors mode up the program pre
sented by Mrs. Hugh Lawson.
“Topaz”, a novel of espionage
and mystery, in which Leon
Uris told a story of people
by skillfully weaving creative
fiction and historical facts,
was reviewed by Mrs. M.M.
Dean in an interesting and
preceptive way.
Mrs. Nunn reviewed “New
Moon Rising” the second of a
trilogy in which Kugenia
Price is writing the story of
St. Simons through three
generations of the Gould thin
ly. This delightful review in
cluded an account of a mem
ber of this family who is an
acquaintance of Mrs. Nunn.
On a recent visit to the island
Mrs. W.E. Marshall heard Mrs.
Marion Connor review the
book, and met and chatted with
its author and Miss Joyce
Blackburn.
The business meeting was
highlighted by plans for
1970-71. These officers and
committees will begin the
second year of a two-year
term in Sept.; president, Mrs.
S.A. Nunn; vice-pres. Mrs.
C.K. Radebaugh; secty-troas.
Mrs. D.M. Ryle; librarian, Mrs.
G.F. Nunn; historian, Mrs.
J.B. Calhoun; book comm.,
Mesdames E.P. Staples, J.L.
Beavers, and Radebaugh; pro
gram comm., Mesdames W.K.
Whipple and Lawson; and year
book comm,, Mesdames Mar
shall and Middlcbrooks.
Shower Honors
Miss Griffin
A miscellaneous bridal
shower was given for Miss
Sharon Griffin, by Mrs. Alvin
Gibson and her daughter Miss
Bonnie Gibson, at their home
last Thursday evening.
The rooms used for enter
taining featured a yellow and
green color scheme, carried
out in attractive detail with
beautiful arrangements of pale
yellow snapdragons, and
1 orange mums.
1 The honoree; her mother,
r Mrs. Phillips Griffin; and the
i groom’s mother, Mrs, Warren
Lee, were given white cama
’ tion corsages.
Miss Griffin’s gift from her
hostesses was an interesting
and unique scrapbook in which
each guest had decorated a
page in an original theme.
Her shower of pretty and use
ful gifts were artistically ar
t ranged on a low table in the
living room.
Miss Susanne Lee won the
prize in a “dressing the bride”
contest; and a flower naming
r contest prize went to Miss
r Elise Rogers.
The hostesses were assis
ted by Miss Wanda Dennard in
entertaining the twenty atten
ding.
Stork Shower
Honors Ladies
Mrs. Cathy Stanley and
Mrs. Sandra Albritten were
the honored guests at a love
ly surprise stork sower
last Tuesday evening at the
home of Mrs. Karen Smith.
The honorees were greet
ed at the door by the hos
tesses; Renate Adams, Cher
ry Locke, Karen Smith, Gail
Allen and Marcia Nobles and
were presented a corsage of
yellow mums. The entire
theme was carried out in
yellow and white with a
stork centerpiece and match
ing table decorations. The
presents were presented in
high chairs which were gifts
from the hostesses.
Twenty - five friends and
relatives enjoyed this de
lightful event.
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MRS. ROBERT KELLY SIMPSON
Davis-Simpson
Rites Solemnized
Miss' Harriet Jeanne Davis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Louie E, Davis of Perry, be
came the bride of Robert
Kelly Simpson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fletcher Kelly
Simpson of Perry, on Satur
day afternoon, May 16 at 5
o’clock at the Perry United
Methodist Church.
The bride is the grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter W. Gray, Sr. of Perry
and the late Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Davis Sr. of Perry.
The groom is the grandson
of Mrs. Bobbie Justice and
the late Mr. Justice of Col
quitt and Mr. and Mrs. John
Fletcher Simpson of Cairo.
Nuptial music was render
ed by Mrs. Norinc S. Jones,
organist.
Dr. Leonard H. Cochran,
pastor of the church, per
formed the double ring cere
mony before an altar back
ground of green palms with
a center arched candelabrum
with lighted white tapers.
Flanking the candelabrum
were baskets of while and
pink gladioli.
Serving as the groom’s
best man was his father and
ushers were Ken Simpson,
brother of the groom, and
Ted Fallin of Perry.
The bride chose for her
only attendant, Miss Bar
bara Bentz of Perry, who
wore a floor length dress
of green chiffon featuring
a bodice of white lace. She
carried a nosegay bouquet
of yellow daisies.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride was lovely
in a gown she made of white
Capistrano featuring long
sleeves and a flowing train
of Alencon lace. Her should
er length veil of illusion
was attached to a tiara of
pearls and she carried a
while orchid on a lace-cov
ered white Bible.
Mrs. Davis chose for her
daughter’s wedding a pastel
blue knit dress with match
ing accessories and corsage
of pink carnations .
The mother of the groom
wore a pink linen dress with
matching accessories and
corsage of white carnations.
The groom’s grandmother,
Mrs. Justice, wore beige knit
with matching accessories.
Following the ceremony
the couple was honored with
a reception given by Mrs.
C. O. Davis, aunt of the
bride, and Mrs. H. E. Trot
ter at the home of the
bride’s parents.
The pink, green and white
color scheme was carried
out in the decorations and
refreshments. Receiving a t
the door was Miss Mary Eth
el Simpson, sister of the
groom. i
White net over taffeta co
vered the bride’s table which
was centered with a three
tiered white wedding cake
embossed with pink rose
buds and a dainty ceramic
bride-and-groom placed on
the top layer. Two silver
candelabra with lighted
green candles flanked the
cake which was served by
Miss Betsy Edwards of Per
ry.
The refreshment table,
overlaid with a handmade
linen and lace cloth held a
silver bowl arrangement of
pink and white carnations
and candelabra with burning
green candles. From a cry
stal bowl punch was served
by Misses Allison Trotter
and Linda Fallin.
Miss Lee Gray, cousin of
the bride, kept the brides’
book at an appointed table
adorned with candlestick ar
rangement of pink rosebuds.
Assisting the hostesses in
entertaining and serving
were Mrs. W. W. Boler and
Mrs. W. S. Gray, aunts of
the bride, and Mrs. Aubrey
Fallin.
For her travelling ensem
ble the bride chose a yellow
linen coat dress with match
ing accessories and a white
orchid corsage. After a short
wedding trip in south Geor
gia the couple resumed their
studies at Valdosta State
College.
Out of town guests were:
Mrs. R. A. Campbell, Miss
Kay Campbell and Walter
Campbell of Groveland, Fla.;
Miss Wanda Griffin of Ha
zlehurst; Miss Nan Chapman
of Macon; Miss Marguerite
Griffin of Newton; Monty
Ferrell and Leslie Connell
of Cairo; Butch Gaskins and
Lowell Abel of Nashville.
On Friday evening the
groom’s parents were hosts
at a researsal dinner in the
garden room of the New
Perry Hotel.
The table was centered
with a candelabrum arrange
ment of coral roses.
Covers were laid for ten.