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Mrs. James Terry Smith
Vows Spoken June 7
For Chapman-Smith
The LaGrange College
Chapel was the setting of the
June seventh wedding of Miss
Claire Chapman, daughter of
Mr and Mrs. William A.
Chapman of Perry and James
Terry Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter W. Smith of
Phenix City, Alabama.
The double ring ceremony
was performed by Dr David I
Maglee. The beautiful New
England style ceremony in
cluded communion taken by
Miss Patti Dayton
Feted With Showers
On June 11, a miscellaneous
shower was held in honor of
Miss Patti Dayton, bride elect
of Mr. Chris Hobson, at (he
home of Mrs. Paul Griffin.
Assisting Mrs Griffin were
Mrs C.C. Pierce, Jr., and
Mrs. Martha Morris. The
bride’s color scheme of green
and yellow was carried out in
the decorations and refresh
ments. A delicious salad
course was served to the thirty
guests who attended. The
hostesses presented Miss
I
Miss Debra Kay King
King-McCarty
Engagement Told
Mrs. Edna King of Mon
tezuma, Georgia, announces
the engagement of her
daughter. Debra Kay King, to
James Wright McCarty, son of
Mr and Mrs. W.S. McCarty,
Sr., of Perry, Georgia.
The wedding is set for
all members of the wedding
party. Traditional music was
provided by Miss Margaret
Banks, organist.
The brother of the groom,
Mr Floyd Smith of Somoa,
was the best man.
Miss Lane Chapman, sister
of the bride, was the maid of
honor. She wore a blue floral
print of crepe de chine,
featuring a smocked bodice
and empire waist. She carried
a nosegay of yellow car
Dayton with a cut glass cream
and sugar.
Miss Dayton was honored
with a linen shower on
Thursday night, June 13. Mrs.
Allen Whipple, Mrs. John
Berry and Miss Susan Kay
were hostesses. Lovely roses
decorated the living room
where the fifteen guests
gathered. After the hostesses
presented Miss Dayton with a
bathroom ensemble a
delightful salad course was
served.
August 11, 1974. at the Cedar
Valley Baptist Church in
Montezuma, Georgia, at 2:00
PM
No invitations will be sent,
All friends and relatives are
invited to attend.
nations.
The bride was given in
marriage by her father. She
wore a gown of silk organza
which featured a V shaped
neckline and an empire waist.
The skirt was draped to form a
train which flowed from the
waist. Her chapel length veil
of illusion was accented by a
pearl headpiece. Her bouquet
was a nosegay of white car
nations and yellow orchids.
For her daughter’s wedding,
the mother of the bride chose a
beige ensemble. A corsage of
yellow orchids completed her
attire. Mrs. Smith, mother of
the groom, chose a long
sleeved aqua dress. She wore
a corsage of white orchids.
A wedding breakfast, given
by the bride’s parents,
followed the ceremony in the
reception room of the
Pacemaker Inn, in LaGrange.
The candlelit bouffet was
attended by all guests and
members of the wedding
party.
For traveling, the bride
chose a green and white pants
suit, and lifted an orchid from
her bridal bouquet. After a
North Carolina honeymoon,
the couple will reside in
LaGrange.
Bride-Elect
Parties Honor
Miss Whitehurst
Miss Marian Whitehurst
bride elect ol Clifton Eugem
Alhon, Jr., was honorei
Thursday, June 8 at a lun
cheon with Mrs. Francis Num
and Mrs, Robert McNeil
hostesses. The Nunn home or
Evergreen Street formed tin
setting for the lovely party
Covers were laid for eight
Miss Whitehurst was
presented a hand painter
trivet by the hostesses.
Mr. and Mrs. Seabic
Hickson and Mr. and Mrs
Larry Walker entertained for
Miss Whitehurst and Mr
Athon at a patio party or
Saturday, June 8. The patio ol
the Hickson's home wai
beautifully decorated in tht
wedding color scheme oi
apricot and yellow. Tin
engaged couple was presented
a hibachi grill. Fourteer
friends of the couple attended
Mrs. Betty Roper and her
daughters, Mrs. Jimmj
Dorsett and Miss Beverly
Roper, were hostesses for a
sewing notions party or
Tuesday. June 11. at Mrs
Dorselt’s home in Country
Club Estates. Fifteen of Miss
Whitehurst’s friends joined
Politics On
Pilot Club
Agenda
Mrs. Faye Tharpe,
Chairman of the Projects
Division of the Pilot Club of
Perry will introduce Mr. Steve
Dugan at the club’s program
meeting on June 25th at 7:30 at
the New Perry Hotel.
Mr. Dugan is research
coordinator for US Third
District Rep. Jack Brinkley
and maintains an office in
Warner Robins.
Born in McCall, S.C. Dugan
spent most of his school years
in Newnan and Fort Valley
graduating from Ft. Valley
High School in 1968. He is a
very witty and humorous
speechmaker.
Join the Pilot Club for a
delightful evening of political
iun. The club will also have a
white elephant auction at this
meeting.
PILOT IS one of the five
international classified civic
service organizations for
professional women. Its basic
principles are FRIENDSHIP
AND SERVICE. Organized in
1921 in Macon, Georgia and
named for the intrepid river
Itoat pilots, the organization
now has over 17,500 members
in more than 550 clubs located
in the United States (including
Hawaii), Bermuda, Canada,
England, France, and Japan.
The major objective of all
Pilot Clubs is to promote
active participation in any
activity which will improve
the civic, social, industrial,
and commercial welfare of the
community.
THE PILOT CLUB OF
FERRY is a member of this
prestigious oranization,
having been chartered on
March 27, 1971.
Business
Women
Meet Here
The Perry Business
Women’s Club held their
regular meeting June 13 at
Ochlahatchee Club House with
thirty one members and one
visitor attending.
The tables were decorated
with spring flowers and small
Hags in observance of Flag
Day.
Mr. Paul C. Warner
presented a series of slides of
I long Kong and gave a very
interesting talk on this sub
ject.
Hostesses for the evening
were Mrs. Marlene Thomas,
Mrs. Cheryl Green, Mrs.
Shelby Lane, and Mrs. Mary
McCormick. Mrs. Mary Ann
Norris and Mrs. Eris Sat
terfield were the program
sponsors.
her lor this unusual party. She
• was presented a sewing
i basket.
On Saturday, June 15, Mrs.
i Earl Marshall and her
daughter, Mrs, Don Cioban,
i were hostesses for a Coke
> Party at the Marshall home on
Keith Drive. Blue and yellow
flower arrangements
; decorated the home and an
1 arrangement of roses and
Queen Anne's lace was used as
■ a centerpiece lor the dining
table from which the guests
were served. Miss Whitehurst
was presented a set of silver
napkin rings by the hostesses.
Twenty five people attended.
Miss Whitehurst and Mr.
Athon were guests of honor at
5 a Luau on Saturday, June 15.
Mr and Mrs. Walter Gray, Jr.
i and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Gray
were hosts for this delightful
occasion. A Hawaiian theme
was used in the table
decoration with fruit as the
centerpiece and palm leaves
covering the tables. Ten
Iriends of the honorees were
present. A hanging basket of
tern was the gift from the
hosts.
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Mrs. Howard Loris Spann
Dorsett-Spann United
In Marriage June Ist
Tne Tharpe Memorial
Baptist Church was the setting
lor the impressive double ring
ceremony uniting in marriage
Miss Sara Frances Dorsett
and Howard Loris Spann on
June 1, 1974, at four o’clock in
(he afternoon.
Parents of the couple are
Mr. and Mrs, Marvin Kemp
Dorsett of Byron and Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Walter Spann of
Warner Robins.
The Rev. Mervin H. Watford
performed the ceremony for
which Reginald Gattie,
organist, presented a program
of wedding music and ac
companied Vickie Gattie as
she sang.
The sanctuary of the church
was decorated with tree
candlelabra holding yellow
( tapers in hurricane globes.
Palms banked the choir loft
and altar rail. Two
arrangements of white
gladioli and yellow
chrysanthemums in Grecian
urns were placed at each side
to complete the wedding
setting. The family pews were
marked with yellow tapers in
hurricane globes.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride was lovely in
her gown of organza with a
transparent yoke trimmed
with sequined chantilace.
Styled on empire lines
featuring long sheer sleeves
and a chapel length train, the
gown was accented with
chantilace. A long veil of
illusion in a cathedral length
flowed radiantly behind the
bride. She carried a bouquet
centered with white orchids
surrounded with white rose
buds, ivy, and stephanotis.
Attending the bride as maid
of honor was Miss Melinda
Poole of Perry. Mrs. Nancy
Hodges of Warner Robins was
matron of honor.
The bridesmaids were Miss
Ruth Griffis of Homerville,
Miss Emily Odum, Miss Sara
Miller and Miss Jeanette
Burton ot Waycross, and Miss
Denise Sledge of Decatur.
The attendants were
gowned alike in full length
yellow, green, and white floral
dresses with empire
waistlines and round
necklines. They wore natural
color straw hats with wide
brims trimmed with same
material as dresses. They
carried white lace baskets
tilled with yellow daisies.
Little Miss April Dorsett,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Dorsett of Perry, was
flower girl. Her dress was of
yellow dotted swiss, fashioned
with a high waistline, full skirt
and a sash of appliqued
daisies. She carried a white
basket of yellow daisies.
Howard W. Spann, father of
the groom, served as best
man. The usher groomsmen
were Kemp Dorsett of
Waycross, Ralph Dorsett of
Birmingham, Ala., Jimmy
Dorsett of Perry, brothers of
the bride; Stephen Spann of
Warner Robins, brother of the
groom; Jerry Tolbert of
Birmingham, Ala.; Randy
Thompson and Dale Stewart
of Warner Robins.
The mother of the bride
wore an aqua crepe gown with
matching accessories and a
white orchid corsage. The
groom's mother chose a pink
knit gown and a white orchid
corsage.
The bride's grandmother,
Mrs. C.L, Sledge, wore a pink
knit dress with a matching full
length coat and a cymbidium
orchid corsage. Mrs. A.D.
Kelly, Sr., of Albany, great
aunt of the bride, wore a pink
dress and a cymbidium orchid
corsage.
RECEPTION
Following the wedding
ceremony, the reception was
held in the church fellowship
hall.
Mrs. Arthur White, Jr., and
Mrs. Howard Brown greeted
the guests and invited them to
register in the bride’s book
presided over by Miss Lisa
Torbet of Brunswick.
The bride’s table was
covered with a white cloth and
overlaid with green net which
was held at each corner with
bells and ribbon. In the center
was the four tiered wedding
cake topped with a bell filled
with daisies and daisies
embossing the sides of the
cake. Punch was served from
a silver punch bowl. Mrs,
Kemp Dorsett and Mrs.
Jimmy Dorsett cut and served
the wedding cake. Miss
Rhonda Ruff, Miss Teresa
Price, Miss Kim Poole and
Mrs. Margaret Tolbert
assisted in serving.
Immediately following the
reception the couple left on a
wedding trip to Florida. For
traveling, the bride wore a
white dress with navy and red
trimming, red accessories and
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the orchid lilted from her
bouquet.
Mr. and Mrs. Spann will
reside at the Shenandoah
Apartments in Warner
Robins.
Out-of-Town Guests
Out of town guests at the
wedding included Mrs. John
Grubb and Mrs. Bruce Ben
nett of Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs.
Philip Sledge and Denise of
Decatur; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles R. Vaughn, Miss
Charlotte Dickert, Mrs. Hazel
Bacon, Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Barllette, Jonathon and
Walter Bartlette, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Bell, Sherrie and
Brian Bell, Mr. and Mrs. D.K.
Nolan, Mr. and Mrs. Julian
Tanner, Mr. and Mrs. W.R.
Dorsett and Judy, Mr. and
Mrs. L.B. Wiley and Lisa,
Mrs. James Price, Mrs. Janie
Price of Macon; Mrs. Chester
Perranton of Hallendale, Fla.;
Judge Asa D. Kelly, Jr., and
Mrs. Asa Kelly, Sr., of
Albany; Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn
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Tolbert of Birmingham, Ala.;.
William, Mark and Mike
Dorsett and Steve Pope of
Waycross; Mina Smith of
Newnan; Mrs. Jeanette;
Cadwallader and Mrs. Ber-;
nice Tharpe of Macon; Mrs.;
Mervin Watford, Lettie Joe;
and John Mark Watford of Ft
Valley; Mr. and Mrs. RobCe
Price of Dublin; Mr. and Mrs.
Emory Ellis and Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Hux of Savannah; Mr.
and Mrs. Rabun Grumpier and
Felicia of Milan; Mrs. Ken
neth Chestnut of Fayetteville,
N.C.
Parties
Miss Dorsett was en
tertained at a series of parties
before her wedding on June 1.
Mrs. Joyce Foluedore was
hostess at a miscellaneous
shower on May 2. Mrs. Nancy
Hodges and Mrs. Fannie
Grooms entertained on May 17
at Mrs. Grooms’ home at a ■
miscellaneous shower in Miss;
Dorsett’s honor.
The home of Mrs. Arthur
White, Jr., was the scene of a
shower-tea on May 18. En
tertaining with Mrs. White
were Mrs. Dupree Deut, Mrs.
Jane Napier, Mrs, Jimmy
Harmon and Mrs. Buren
Johnson. Friends of the
honoree called between the
ll ours of four and six o’clock.^
Mrs. Otis Gunn and IVEf,'.'
Howard Brown were hostesses'
for a breakfast at the New-
Perry Hotel at 10 A.M. May 18.- ’
Eighteen friends of the bride
elect were in attendance.
On May 25, Mrs. Cohen
Walker was hostess for a
luncheon for Miss Dorsett at
the New Perry Hotel. Covers
were laid for twelve friends of
the honoree.
Mrs. Faye Tharpe, Mrs.
Leonard Lokey and Mrs. Earl
Lacey were hostesses for an
old-fashioned picnic on May 25
honoring the bride-elect.
Mrs. Jimmy Dorsett, Mrs.
Kemp Dorsett and Mrs. M.C-%
Sledge were hostesses for th<?
bridesmaids’ luncheon on May
31 at Mrs. Jimmy Dorsett’s
home in Country Club Estates.
Beautiful green, yellow and
white place cards and napkins
to match marked the places
for the guests. Arrangements
of spring flowers decorated
the luncheon tables. The
hostesses presented Miss
Dorsett a bowl of lead crystal
and she in turn presented her
attendants with sterling silver
engraved luggage name’
plates.
Mr. and Mrs. Spann en
tertained for their son and his
fiance at a rehearsal dinner at
the New Perry Ho‘4&'
preceding the rehearsal at the
church Friday evening.
Covers were laid for thirty
lour members of the wedding
party and out of town guests.
The dining tables were
beautifully decorated with
candlelabra holding yellow
tapers and arrangements of
chrysanthemums and
snapdragons.