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SOCIETY
NEW NUMBER
Call Summerville 018-50
to report local news.
Mrs. Bethel (Nelle Kellett)
Stanfield has returned from At
lanta where she completed a
course in Floral Artistry and de
signing at Harper’s Floral School.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cumming,
of Windsor, Ontario, Canada,
will arrive next week to be the
holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Carlton Wheeler at their h®me
on LaHoosage, Lookout Moun
tain. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler will
entertain at dinner, on Friday
evening, honoring their Ca
nadian visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Thomas and
children, of Senatobia, Miss.,
spent several days last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fowler Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Perkins and
daughter, Lou Ann, were lunch
eon guests Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Graham.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Underwood,
of LaFayette, Ga., visited Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Wilson Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. J. M. Mitchell and Mrs. J.
B. Burkhalter left Monday for
Wichita Falls, Texas, for a visit
with Mrs. Mitchell’s daughter,
Mrs. Elmer Carver. Enroute they
will visit Bellengrath Gardens in
Mobile, Ala., Hot Springs, Ark.
and points of interest in Okla
homa. Little Kay Carver will re
turn with her grandmother for
a visit.
Miss Jean Parker, Mrs. Irene
Harville and P. H. Spivy, of
Kingsport, Tenn., were guests
Saturday night of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Chappelear.
Mrs. W. H. Clark had as guests
for the week-end her children,
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Gibson, of
Opelika, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Clark, of Birmingham,
Ala., and Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Clark, of Trion. A birthday din
ner was enjoyed Sunday, cele
brating Mrs. Clark’s birthday an
niversary.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Graham
had as dinner guests Friday eve
ning the Rev. and Mrs. H. R.
Foster, Ina and Betty Foster and
Mrs. Ina Hill. .
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wilson had
as their dinner guests Sunday
Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Lunsford.
Misses Mittie Dodd, Ruby
O'Rear and Mrs. M. B. Eubanks
were spend-the-day guests Sun
day of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Campbell at “Camelrest Gar
dens.” Hundreds of different
varieties o? daffodils, narcissus
and flowering shrubs were in full
bloom.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parker
had as dinner guests Sunday,
Miss Jean Parker, Mrs. Irene
Harville and P. H. Spivy, of
Kingsport. Tenn.; Misses Joyce
Groce, Madelyn and Jo Ann
Parker, Doris Mahan, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Parker. Buddy and Lar
ry and Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Chappelear.
Mrs. Trezevant Crabtree will
represent the Chattooga Garden
Club at the state convention in
Augusta on March 26-28. Mrs. J.
B. Woodard is the alternate dele
gate.
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Across Street from
Kayo Station
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Flower Shop
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OPENING SATURDAY, MARCH 28
Each adult visiting our shop open
ing day will be presented a floret
corsage.
Mrs. Bethel (Nelle Kellett) Stanfield
H. L. Williams, of York, Ala.,
spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Fowler. Mrs. Wil
liams, who had been the house
guest of her sister for the past
week, returned home with her
husband.
Mrs. Alice Wright, who came
from Florida last week, is at
home with Mrs. Charlie Harlow
on Martin Street. Mrs. Wright
will assume her duties as li
brarian of the Chattooga Library
on April Ist.
At a meeting of the women of
the Presbyterian Church last
Monday afternoon the new offi
cers elected for the church year
were: Mrs. John Bankson, Presi
dent; Mrs. William Martin, Vice
President; Mrs. John Paul Jones,
Secretary; Circle Chairmen, Mrs.
Hugh Goodwin, Mrs. Jim McGin
nis and Miss Florence Powell.
Miss Omie Wiley conducted a
cooking class in the kitchen of
the First Baptist Church last
Thursday afternoon. Members of
the other churches were invited
to attend. Miss Elizabeth Jack
son was hostess for the after
noon.
Mrs. Trezevant Crabtree is
spending a few days at Bonnie
Oaks in Chattanooga.
Mrs. Duke Espy and Mrs. Ed
mund Baker were in Rome Tues
day to attend the Woman’s Mis
sionary Union Conference.
Little Miss Sally Rogers, of
Rome, is spending the week with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Whisnant at “Roads End”.
Rev. and Mrs. Bob Mowrey,
Roy Davis, Mrs. Ella Cordell, Miss
Elizabeth Jackson and Miss
Annie Pitts were among those
from Summerville going up to
Chattanooga last week to hear
Billy Graham.
Miss Frances Adams, of Wood
land, Ga., has accepted a posi
tion of Home Economist for the
Summerville District of the
Georgia Power Co. and will be at
home with Mrs. Graves Myers on
Allen Street.
Those who are planning to
attend the Moore-Caulkins wed
ding at the Presbyterian Church
on Lookout Mountain tomorrow
evening are: Mr. and Mrs. John
D. Taylor, Miss Mary Thompson,
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Whisnant
Jr. and sons, and Mr. and Mrs.
David Rogers and daughter, Har
riet Henson. Harriet will be a
junior bridesmaid.
Friends of F. W. Broome will
be glad he is doing as well as
can be expected following sur
gery at St. Joseph's Hospital in
Atlanta Monday.
Mrs. J. W. McCollum is spend
ing the week with her daughter,
Mrs. Rowland Ransom, and Mr.
Ransom at their home on Allen
Street.
Mrs. Henry MpWhorter is re
covering at the Chattooga Hos
pital where she underwent sur
gery Monday.
Mrs. Carl Wilson, Mrs. Wyatt
Ransom, Mrs. Rowland Ransom
and son, David, were in Chatta
nooga Tuesday.
Rev. and Mrs. Foster
Honored Last Night
The Women of the Presbyter
ian Church honored Rev. and
Mrs. Harry Foster with a tea last
evening at the Chattooga Li
brary. It was beautifully deco
rated for the occasion and music
was furnished by Dale Stone of
Rome.
In the receiving line were the
president of the Women of the
j Church, Mrs. C. C. Fink: Rev.
and Mrs. Foster and Mrs. Foster’s
: mother, Mrs. Ina Hill.
Punch, sandwiches and cookies
| were served by a bevy of young
i girls of the church.
ANNUAL GUEST ARTIST LUNCHEON
HELD BY SUMMERVILLE MUSIC CLUB
The Annual Guest Artist
Luncheon of the Summerville
Music Study Club was held
March 21 at the Rieeldale Tav
ern, with guests from Chatta
nooga participating in the fes
tive occasion. The main dining
room and luncheon tables were
gayly decorated with Dutch Iris
and yellow snapdragons, club
colors, and miniature harps of
gold on each side of the main ar
rangements. Each place setting
had an individual nosegay of
violets on gold lace mats.
After a delightful luncheon a
musical program was presented
by three Chattanooga artists,
70lh Annual Session
W. M. 11. Is Held
The seventieth annual session
of the W. M. U. Auxiliary to the
Georgia Baptist Convention
opened at Shorter College, Rome,
Ga., on Monday night,. March
16, at 8 o’clock in the college
chapel with Mrs. J. T. Alford,
President Georgia B. W. M. U.
presiding.
Two large floor arrangements
of white flowers were on either
side of the platform.
Miss Betty Hobgood played the
prelude, call to worship and
opening hymn on the pipe or
gan. Dr. Charles W. Burts led
the devotional.
Mrs. Alford presented Mrs.
Rabun Wood, Chairman B. W. C.
Federation who began the or
ganization work of the conven
tion. Delegates and guests were
welcomed by Miss Mabel Thomp
son, of Rome, and Miss Harriett
Smith, of Dalton. After another
hymn, Mr. Ben Shanklin, voice
instructor at Shorter sang, “I
Trust in God.” A business ses
sion and election of B. W. C.
Federation Officers followed. Mr.
Shanklin sang beautifully “The
Stranger of Galilee.”
Mrs. C. D. Creasman, Steward
ship Director Southern W. M. U.
gave an inspiring message on the
theme. A Green Light Says Go
Forward. The session closed with
prayer.
The theme for these confer
ences was “Love . . . demands.”
On Tuesday morning a session
was held in the Rome City Au-
Miss Fuller Given
Pre-Nuptial Parties
The beautiful country home of
Mrs. Claude Baker in Shinbone
Valley was the scene recently of a
kitchen shower for Miss Edna
Fuller, a bride-elect.
Mrs. Baker, Mrs. James E.
Cavin, Mrs. Zane Ham and Mrs.
W. B. Young were hostesses.
The guests were greeted at the
door and presented corsages
made of boxwood and useful
miniature kitchen cutlery tied
with red checked bows.
Interesting kitchen utensil
games were played. Mrs. Charlie
Wyatt at the piano played
“Songs of Love” as a guessing
game while Miss Frances Adams
sang the clues to each song.
In the dining room which was
decorated with rose and white
flowers, delicious refreshments
, of hot spiced punch, sandwiches
and cookies were served buffet
style.
Miss Fuller, who was dressed
in off white cotton worn with
blue and pink flowers, was pre
sented with kitchen ware that
had been arranged on a table in
the living room around a life
sized doll. The doll having been
made of kitchen utensils dressed
in tea towels. Thirty guests en
joyed the lovely occasion.
On Thursday evening, March
19, Mrs. Emmett Clarkson and
Mrs. J. D. Hill entertained at the
attractive country home of Mrs.
Clarkson on Fruit Orchard Road
as a compliment to Miss Fuller
and George Nixon, of Rome,
whose marriage will be an event
of Easter Sunday.
Those enjoying the delicious
steak dinner, besides the hosts
and honorees were Miss Frances
Adams, Mrs. Graves Myers, little
Marianne Clarkson and Jimmy
Hill.
On the evening of March 20th
Mrs. Graves Myers entertained
for Miss Fuller, George Nixon, of
Rome, and Miss Frances Adams,
who has recently come to Sum
merville to live.
Those invited were Miss Ruth
Fuller. Mrs. John Allen Justice.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Morgan Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baker and
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Hardeman.
Mr., Mrs. Sturdivant
To Tour Europe
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sturdi
vant will sail from Now York on
April Bth aboard the liner
Saturia. They will land at Por
tugal, going from there to Spain. I
Greece. Italy. Switzerland and
then to England. From England,
they will sail on the Queen Eliza-'
beth for home about the first of,
June.
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Mrs. Lucien Owen, piano; Mrs.
M. B. Harris, ‘Cello and Mrs.
Ethridge Lawrence, violin. The
trio gave as their first selection
Cecile Chaminade’s Opus 34
from the Second Trio, followed
by Grieg’s Norwegian Dance No.
2; “The Bells” by Debussy; Cal
laerts’ “Trio Opus 16 and from
Mendelssohn “Allegro Mod
erato”, “Trio in D Minor” and
“Andante Con Moto Tranquillo.”
Following the musical Mrs. J.
R. Burgess gave an interesting
review of the Music Club maga
zine.
The program and decorations
were planned by Mrs. H. D.
Brown and Mrs. C. A. Wyatt,
ditorlum which had been paint
ed recently.
The platform railing and base
of the speaker’s stand were
banked with magnolia leaves
and pine. Floor size containers
of white gladioli were on either
side of the speaker’s stand. A
large picture of the world in
space with the theme “Love . . .
demands” and a large cross
in sparkling silver formed the
back-drop curtain.
Miss Betty Hobgood was ac
companist for the conference.
This morning’s program consist
ed of:
1. Prelude.
2. Call to Worship.
3. Hymn—“ Christ for the
Whole Wide World.”
4. Scripture—Mrs. G. O. Smith.
5. Prayer.
6. Greetings: Dr. Forrest La
nier, Pastor Rome First Baptist
Church; Mrs. W. T. Ledbetter,
President W. M. S. Rome First
Baptist Church; Mrs. C. E.
Smith, Supt. Floyd County W. M.
U. Association; Mrs. U. W. Mal
colm, Vice-President Northwest
Division..
7. Announcements.
8. Minutes.
9. Report of Camp Pinnacle
Advisory Board—Mrs. C. H.
Whetstone.
10. Report of Publicity Chair
man—Mrs. O. E. Harvley.
11. Solo—“ The Ninety and
Nine”—Mrs. W. H. Moody.
12. “Love Demands Our Wit
ness Through Home Missions”—
Rev. Paul Rogosin, Pastor Slavic
Baptist Church, Hollywood, Calif.
13. Hymn—“ When I Survey the
Wondrous Cross.”
14. “When I Survey the Won
drous Cross”—Mrs. J. T. Alford.
15. Benediction—Rev. U. W.
Malcolm.
Tuesday afternoon's session
was held in Shorter Chapel at 2
o’clock with Mrs. Alford presid
ing. Tuesday afternoon’s pro
gram included:
1. Prelude.
2. Call to Worship.
3. Hymn—“ Jesus Calls Us.”
4. Scripture—Mrs. H. G. Mil
ler.
5. Prayer.
6. Greetings—Dr. Charles W.
Burts.
7. Solo—“ The Lord is My
Light”—Miss Janice Kimsey, a
Shorter student.
8. Appointment of Committees.
9. Election of 1954 Nominating
Committee.
10. Report of State Workers.
11. Recommnedations of Ex
ecutive Board.
12. “Our Church Studying Mis
sions”—Miss Mary Christian.
13. Announcements.
Conferences: Stewardship —
Mrs. W. H. Moody. Community
Missions—Mrs. T. E. Turner.
Mission Study—Mrs. H. L. Win
gate, Miss Margaret Marchman.
Mrs. Homer Littleton, mission
aries to Africa and Miss Mary
Christian spoke at the confer
ence.
At 4:30 the Shorter College
Alumnae Tea honoring all mem
bers of the W. M. U. was held in
the Eunomian and Polymnian
Halls. In the receiving line were
Mrs. Barton. Dr. and Mrs. Burts,
several W. M. U. officers includ
ing Miss Bar»h Stephens and
Miss Hilda Beggs. Floral ar
rangements featured white stock
and iris.
The program for Tuesday
night was highly interesting be
cause it contained a panel dis
cussion by missionaries home on
furlough. They spoke of the
great needs in the fields where
they work. This program was:
1. Prelude.
2. Call to Worship.
3. Hymn—" The Kingdom is
Coming."
4. Scripture—Mrs. S. H. Kemp.
Divisional Vice-President from
the West Central Group.
5. Prayer.
6. Report on Margaret Fund—
MYs. Lee Roy Smith from Augus
ta and Miss Ettie Jeanne John-
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7. Anthem—“ Lovely Appear”
by the Canton First Baptist
Choir.
Introduction of Missionaries
by Mrs. Alford.
9 “Loving Witness Through W.
M. U. on the Fields”—Mission
ary panel led by Miss Hilda
Beggs; Rev. R. Elton Johnson,
■ Brazil; Miss Bonnie Jean Ray,
Hawaii; Miss Margaret March
man, Nigeria; Mrs. H. R. Little
ton, Gold Coast; Miss Margaret
Collins, Philippines; Miss Helen
Meredith, Colombia; Mrs. Paul
Porter, Brazil.
10. “Mine Eyes Have Seen the
Glory”—Plantation Melody by
the Male Corus, Rome First Bap
tist Church.
11. Choral Benediction.
Wednesday morning’s program
follows:
1. Prelude.
2. Call to Worship.
3. Hymn—“ The Morning Light
is Breaking.”
4. Scripture—Mrs. S. D. Katz,
' North Central Divisional Vice
i President.
6. Minutes.
7. Report of Benevolence—Mrs.
Peter Kittles, Chairman of Bene
volence; Dr. E. A. Verdery, Chap
lain Georgia Baptist Hospital;
Mr. John C. Warr, Supt. Georgia
Baptist Children’s Home.
8. “Love Demands Our Witness
Through State Missions” — Dr.
James W. Merritt.
9. Announcements.
10. Report of W. M. U. Train
ing School—Mrs. David Boyd,
Miss Margaret Marchman, Miss
Bonnie Jean Ray.
11. Offertory—Violin Solo, Mrs.
Ivan A. Hoge, Jr.
12. Solo — “There is a Green
Hill Far Away”—Mr. Ben Sank
lin.
13. “Love Demands Our Wit
ness Afar”—Rev. H. R. Littleton.
14. Benediction.
Wednesday afternoon the fol
lowing program was given in the
City Auditorium:
1. Prelude.
2. Call to Worship.
3. Hymn—“ Hail to Brightness.”
4. Scripture.
5. Prayer.
6. Sunbeam Presentation un
der direction of Mrs. W. R.
James.
7. Reports of Committees.
8. Election of Officers.
9. Prayer of Dedication — Dr.
Forrest Lanier.
10. Minutes.
11. Memorial Service—Mrs. P.
F. Martin; Miss Mary Ragland
from Chattooga County was
named with the group here
12. Solo—“I Walked Today
Where Jesus Walked ’—Mr. Don
Whatley.
13. “Love Demands My All”—
Mrs. C. D. Creasman.
14. Benediction.
On Wednesday night we
l heard:
1. Prelude.
2. Call to Worship.
3. Hymn—" We’ve a Story to
Tell.”
4. Scripture—Mrs. H. G. Jar
; rard, Northeast Divisional Vice-
President.
5. Prayer.
6. Announcements.
7. Octette—selected, Truett-
McConnell Junior College.
8. Fortieth Anniversary Pag
eant—Girls' Auxiliary, Marietta
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Harry Eugene McGinnis
Christened Sunday
Harry Eugene, the infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry McGinnis,
was christened at the morning
service of the Presbyterian
Church Sunday. The Rev. H. R.
Foster conducted the service.
NORTHSIDE
CHURCH OF CHRIST
SUNDAY:
Bible study, 10 a.m.; preaching
and worship service, 11 a.m.;
preaching, 7:30 p.m. Don Mc-
Whorter, minister.
Tuesday: Bible study, 7:30 p.m.,
James E. Laird, teacher.
Listen to “Herald of Truth”
each Sunday at 1 p.m. over sta
tion WLAQ, Rome.
First Baptist Church.
9. Anthem—“Go to Dark
Gethemane”—Rome First Bap
tist Chancel Choir.
10. “Love Demands My Life”—
Rev. Glendon McCullough.
11. Choral Benediction.
Members of the Business
Woman’s Circles enjoyed a ban
quet on Monday night and W. M.
U. Training School graduates
were banquet guests on Tuesday
night.
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Thursday, March 26, 1953
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