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Social and Personal News
Os Interest to Summerville ami Vicinity
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hemphill and
Miss Betty Hemphill are spending
this week at Blue Ridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright Wheeler are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Carlton
Wheeler in Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. T. S. Houston and daughters!
of Chattanooga spent the week-end 1
with Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bagley.
Mr. and Mrs. Dandy Hollis of
Edenburg, Texas, visited Mrs. D. P.
Henly last Thursday night. Mr.
Hollis is a native of Chattooga
county, but left here 40 years ago to
make 1 * his home in Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Pres-on Britton and
daughter of Chattanooga were;
guests Sunday of Mrs. D. P. Henly.
Mrs. Nannie Wheeler was called
to Atlanta Monday on account of
the serious accident of her grand
son, Russell Wheeler, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Duke Espy and son
of Gadsden, Ala., were visiting rela
tives here Sunday.
Miss Mildred Fowler entertained'
at a steak supper Monday night at
Dr. Hair’s cabin, in honor of Miss
Lyra Mae Godwin. The supper was
enjoyed by six couples.
Mrs. Edmond Baker is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Carl Russell, and Mr.
Russell in Manchester, Ga.
Miss Madeline Warmock returned
to her home in Washington, D. C.,
after, a two weeks visit in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Fowler. Miss
Mildred Fowler returned with her
for a week’s visit.
Mrs. Seab Johnson attended the
funeral of her niece, Mrs. J. W.
Smitli, last week.
Robert Harlow, Jr., of Atlanta
spent the week-end here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Har
low. He returned to Atlanta Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Dodd and
daughter of Chattanooga were the
guests of Mrs. Nannie Wheeler Sun
day.
Sims and Jimmie Hawkins, sons
of Mr. and Mrs. James Hawkins,
have recuperated from tonsil opera
tions.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Broom enter
tained with a family dinner Sunday
in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Broom, who will leave this week for
Jacksonville, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Baker and
daughter of LaFayette, Miss Ovelle
Thomas of Atlanta and Irwin
Thomas of Camp Stewart were
week-end guests of their parents,
Mr, and Mrs. R. S. Thomas.
Mrs. Paul Weems entertained the
Stitch and Chatter Club Wednes
day afternoon.
Mrs. Harry McGinnis and daugh
ter have returned from a visit with
relatives in Gordo, Ala.
Mrs. J. R. Burgess and children 1
are visiting relatives in Ft. Valley.-
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Russell of Man- |
Chester announce the birth of a
daughter Thursday, June 19. She
has been named Eddie Baker Rus
sell. Mrs. Russell, will be remem
bered here as Miss Eddie Baker.
Miss Sara Glenn of Atlanta spent
the week-end here with her par
ents.
Mrs. C. S. Fowler, Miss Mildred
Fowler, Mrs. W. A. Warmock and
Madeline Warmock attended the
wedding of Biss Charlotte Fowler
and Charlie White at the First
Christian church in Chattanooga.
Mrs. M. W. Beck and daughters,
Margaret and Carolyn, left Monday
for their home in Havre de Grace, '
Maryland. They were the guests
of Mrs. Beck’s father, A. J. Parker,
of Trion.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright Wheeler and
their sister, Mrs. Minnie Stephen
son, of Monticello are guests of .
Major and Mrs. Carlton Wheeler at
their home in Detroit this week.
The state defense corps is organ
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units in Summerville, Trion, and
Lyerly. Support them in every way
you can.
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MISS JEWELL WEST AND
MR. HARF I ELI) ARE WEI)
The marriage of Miss Jewell West
and Mr. L. H. (Bill) Barfield was
I solemnized Saturday evening, June
i 21, at 7:3 o’clock at Rossville, Ga.
j Mrs. Barfield is the only daugh
ter of Mrs. Flora West and the late
R. L. West of Trion. She is a grad
uate of the Trion High school and
the American Technical Society, of
Chicago.
Mr. Barfield is the son of Mr.
, and Mrs. M. L. Barfield of LaFay
ette. Both are connected with the
Trion Company.
The bride wore a lovely combina
tion dress suit of navy blue and
white, with white accessories. Her
corsage was.of gardenias and white'
rosebuds. Miss Charlsie Cox, the)
' bride’s only attendant, was dressed;
in biege with brown accessories. Her
, corsage was red carnations.
The bride’s mother wore a lovely;
dress suit of navy blue and white.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Jenkins were
also, present at the wedding.
The bride and groom plan to spend
their honeymoon in New York City
where they will visit friends and
relatives. On their return they will
make their home in Trion.
Mr. and Mrs. Brownie Allen ’and
children of Detroit are vacation
guests of Mrs. Allen’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. G. Toles, in Lyerly.
LUNCHEON FOR
BRIDES-TO-BE
Mrs. G. L. McCartha and Mrs. W.
E, Reid entertained Friday at a de
lightful bridge luncheon at the
home of the former, honoring two
popular bride-elects, Misses Martha
Rackley and Jean Agnew.
The table was artistically decorat
ed with an attractive flower ar
rangement of snapdragons and dai
sies. The bridal motif was carried
cut in the place cards.
Lovely corsages marked the places
of the honorees. Each was pre
sented a lovely piece of linen.
Those invited were Misses Ag
new, Rackley, Hazel Wilson, Anne
Bell, Kathryn Bell; Mesdames Wil
liam K. Gresham, H. C. Hardin and
J. A. Agnew.
Miss Cheek
Entertains
Among the interesting parties
complimenting the two popular
bride-elects, Misses Jean Agnew and
Martha Rackley, was the lovely
luncheon given Saturday by Miss
Eloise Cheek at Riegeldale Tavern.
A miniature bridal party was the
center decoration of the table with
lovely flower arrangements of pink
roses, snapdragons and shasta dai
sies on either end.
The place card for each guest was
a wishbone with valley lilies except
for the bride-elects, their’s being a
tiny bride’s bouquet.
The honorees were presented a
piece of silver, each, of her choice
and pattern.
The guests included Misses Ag
new, Rackley, Sarah Brinson. Sardfh
Agnew, Mesdames Willis James and
Eugene Rackley.
Mesdames Hall and Kennedy
To Entertain Garden Club
Mis. F. W. Hall and Mrs. John
Knox Kennedy will be joint host
esses to the Garden Club Frida)
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Riegel
dale Tavern.
I Dr. E< E. Chambers ;
Veterinarian
Day Time, Riegeldale Farm.
Ph<»ne 12
Night, Trion Inn Phone 100 W
Trion, Georgia
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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, JUNE: 26, 1941
Eloise Cheek Wedded
To John D. Bankson
I The marriage of Miss Eloise Cheek,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
; N. Cheek, to John D. Bankson of
Trion was an important event of
! Sunday evening, taking place at
8:30 at the First Presbyterian
church, Summerville'; Ga.
The Rev. T. H. Makin of Triop,
pastor of the Trion First Presby
terian church, officated, using the
Ring ceremony, following a beauti
ful musical program presented by
Mrs. James R. Jackson, pianist, Mrs. !
H. D. Brown, violinist, and Miss Am- 1
nie Pitts, soloist.
Ferns, palms and ivy formed the
beautiful background for floor bas
kets artistically arranged with ma l -
nolias and Queen Anne’s lace. Tall
candelabra holding white lighted
tapers and tied with white satin
ribbon were arranged beautiifuily;
I and gave all an air of exquisite sim-
I plicity.
I Mr. knaFr Bankson of Rome,
j brother of the bridegroom, was best 1
j man, and, Private Irwin Thomas of i
! Camp Stewart, and Frank Agnew j
iof Rome served as ushers and |
groomsmen respectively.
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Brinson of
Miami, Fla., was maid of honor and
wore pink dotted Swiss made with
off-the-shoulder neckline, short
puffed sleeves and fitted bodice.
I'he skirt being designed in three
tiers with shirred bands of self ma-,
terial, was very full. She also wore
elbow length mittens of the same
material. A short veil of pink tulle
finished with a coronet of blu
rosebuds was worn and she carried:
a colonial nosegay of garden flow-,
ers tied with blue satin ribbon.
Miss Sara Agnes of Trion, th:
bridesmaid, wore blue dotted Swiss 1
fashioned like the maid of honor,
her blue veil having rosebuds. She
also carried a Colonial nosegay of!
garden flowers tied with pink satin;
ribbon.
Little Joanna Pittman and Jane
Lowry were the dainty and sweet 1
little flower girls. The r dresses
and mittens were of blue dotted;
swiss and fashioned exactly like;
the bride’s attendants. They wore
pink rosebuds in their hair and;
carried rose petals in white baskets
tied with blue tulle.
The bride entered with her fath- -
er, Mr. Charles Cheek, by whom she;
was given in marriage. Her beauty
and loveliness were accented in her:
gown of white net, the bodice close
ly fitting w r as embroidered with
sequin and featured a sweetheart
neckline and full length sleeves,
the skirt being quite full, fell into
deeper and longer folds in back l
formed the train. Her veiil of illu-I
sion was finger-tip length and was
finished with a crownless corone l
embroidered with seed pearls and
orange blossoms. Her flowers were
a bouquet of lilies showered with
swansonia and valiey lilies. She
rried a handpainted. handkerchief
which held lovely sentiment qf the
family.
Mrs. Charles Cheek, mother of
the bride, wore a delphinium blue.
repe dress with lace yoke and
trim. Her corsage was of talisman
roses and petit blue asters. Her hat
was of a corresponding shade
trimmed with tiny blue flowers.
Mrs. John T. Bankson, mother of
the groom, wore powder blue crepe
with white accessories and her cor
sage was pink rosebuds with swan- .
sonia. Miss Mary Emma Bankson,
only sister of the groom, was at
tired in alice blue. Her costume
was completed with a corsage of
pink carnations.
Following a short wedding trip
Mr. Bankson and his bride will
make their home in Summerville
temporarily. The bride traveled in
an ensemble of brown and white
marquisette with matching acces-
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sories, her corsage was talisman
roses and valley lilies.
Mrs. Bankson won. fame and hon
or in popularity and beauty con
tests here. Among the most out
standing was the “Drums of Dixie
Celebration” held in Chattancog;
in 1933 where she was chosen as
Miss Summerville. Again in 1940
she represented our town as “Spirit
of Summerville” in “The Great
Lakes of the South” Celebration.
During this celebration Mrs. Bank
son had the honor of being select-
I ed out of 65 Spirits to represent one
of the five most outstanding girls
. at the celebration being taken from
12 states. She has been, connected
with the Montgomery Knitting
! Mill’s efficient office force since
1934.
Her paternal grandparents are!
Olivia Chandler Cheek of Madison
County, Ga., the late William Cheek;
and her maternal grandparents
; were the late Ella Perkins Hill and;
the late William Fielding Hll of
Taliferro county.
Mr. Banksen is the grandson on
; his maternal side of the late Mr.
land Mrs. Sam Denton of Cherokee 1
County, Ala., and grandson of the
late Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bankson on|
iiiis paternal side. He is connected!
with the Trion Co., serving as man-j
ager of the Auto Supplies and
Sporting Goods Department.
MISS JEAN AGNEW,
ERIDE-ELECT,
IS HONORED
Mrs. J. Ethridge Lawrence of
Chattanooga and her mother. Mrs.
O. L. Cleckler, of Menlo entertained
at a luncheon Wednesday at the
Coffee Shop in Chattanooga, in
honor of Miss Jean Agnew of Trion. 1
, Miss Agnew will become the bride
o.i i. -am p. Singleton o. Atlanta,
Frida., evening, July 4, at the Sum
merville Presbyterian church.
Mr;:. Lawrence, violinist, wiil play
for the wedding, and her mother,
Mrs. Cleckler,- will accompany her.
A gift of pottery was presented:
the honoree.
Others present at the luncheon!
were: Miss Sara Agnew, sister of the!
bride-to-be, who will be maid of
honor in her sister’s wedding, and
Mrs. John Agnew, mother o. the
bride-to-be, both of Trion, Miss Lu
c.le Agnew, cousin of the honoree;
Miss Jean Wyatt and Mrs. C. A.
Wyatt, all of Menlo, and Mrs. H.
D. Biown of Summerville.
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about 1 per cent of a normal crop.
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Miss Jean Agnew
Will Be Honored
Mesdames Lawrence, Cleckler
' To Fete Bride-Elect and
Out-of-Town Group
A group of out-of-town visitors
1 will be feted today at the Coffee
' Shop when Mrs. J. Ethridge Law
: rence of this city and her mother,
’ Mrs. O. L. Cleckler, of Menlo, Ga.,
’; will entertain at luncheon in honor
j of Miss Jean Agnew, of Trion, Ga.,
' bride-elect.
Miss Agnew will become the bride
of William P. Singleton of Atlanta
Friday evening, July 4th, at the
Presbyterian church in Summer
ville.
Mrs. Lawrence, violinist, will play
for the wedding, and her mother,
Mrs. Cleckler, will accompany her.
A gift of pottery will be presented
; the honoree.
Others present at the luncheon
i will include Miss Sara Agnew, sister
of the bride-to-be, who will be maid
!of honor in her sister’s wedding,
J and Mrs. John Agnew, mother of
; the bride-to-be, both of Trion; Miss
; Lucile Agnew, cousin of the hon
; oree; Miss Mildred McVZhorter, Miss
Jean Wyatt and Mrs. C. A. Wyatt,
l all of Menlo, and Mrs. H. D. Brown
i of Summerville, Ga.—Chattanooga
1 Times.
ROWLAND WHEELER
HURT IN FALL
Rowland Wheeler, Jr., son'of Mr.
and Mrs. Rowland Wheeler of At
lanta, former residents of Summer
wile, narrowly escaped death in a
severe fall near his home Monday.
He toppled 30 feet into a dry sewer
and fractured his skull when he
attempted to hide within a canvas
screen around ah uncapped sewer
manhole on the lawn of the Clark
Howell home, where his parents re
side. Shouts of his playmates
: brought werkmen, who hauled the
: little boy out and rushed him to
Grady hospital where doctors said
his condition was serious, but not
1 dangerous.
He was covered with scratches re
ceived when he crashed against the
rough bottom of the dry sewer.
Officials of the housing project
■ said his fall was the first accident
I to any of the 1,000 children who
have resided in the Clark Howell
Homes since the opening last No
vember.
There are approximately two mil
lion American farm families en
oyin, electric service—nearly three
limes as many as had it in 1935.
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DuPONT-GLASS
Miss Marianna Rhett duPont,
I daugnter oi Mr. and Mrs. Francis I.
duPont of Wilmington, Delaware,
j and New York City, became the
; bride of Lieutenant Powell Glass,
1 Jr., United States Marine Corps, son
lof Mr. and Mrs. Powell Glass of
s Lynchburg, in ancient St. Phillip’s
3 Episcopal church, Charleston, S. C.,
‘ recently.
’ The ceremony was performed by
’ the rector, Rev. Merritt Williams.
r The marriage, originally planned
’ for September, took place at this
time because of sailing orders re
s; ceived by the groom.
1 1 The bride and her four attend-
2 ants, Miss Madge McCardy of
-, Charleston, Mrs. Taliesin Davies of
: Wilmington, sister of the bride; Miss
r Alicia Rhett or Charleston, and Miss
/Jane McCardy of Charleston, wore
. white summer dresses and white
j hats.
1 The bride carried white oleander
blossoms, and her maids, small bou
' quets of yellow roses, blue delphin
. ium and white oleander.
Lieut. Nicholia Stephenson was
’ best man, and the groomsmen were
Emil duPont, brother of the bride;
5 Lieut. Charles Sedgwick Tracy and
’ Lieut. Elliott Wilson, of the Seventh
5 Marines.
’ After the ceremony the wedding
1 g, g it; were entertained at the
L , home of Mrs. Edmund Rhett, aunt
j ci the bride, and later in the even
; ing at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J.
Harold Bowen.
Mi. and Mrs. Powell Glass, Mr.
and Mrs. Francis I. duPont, Mrs.
• Edmund duPont, Talieisin Davies
and Edward Mayberry were out-of
town guests, for the wedding.
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BRIDGE PARTY
COMPLIMENTS
\ BRIDE-ELECTS
The lovely home of Mr. and Mrs.
: N. B. Murphy was the scene of a
bridge party Wednesday at which
’ Mrs. Murphy and Miss Ethel Sim-
3 mons entertained, complimenting
} Misses Martha Rackley and Jean
1: Agnew.
; The., living rooms were beautiful
-1 ly decorated with arrangements of
- summer flowers. Upon the arrival
i the honorees were presented with
lovely corsages. The tallies were
t; small colorful fans.
ti The honor guests were presented
3 1 with attractive vases. Mrs. Carleen
1 Bell won the cut prize.
-i A delicious salad and ice course
I was served.
About forty guests were present.
According to the 1940 census, 23,-
‘ 690,000 acres of the 37.670,000 acres
5 : oi land in Georgia are classed as
■ farm land.