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Social Activities—Women’s Interest
SUMMERVILLE
The staff of The Summer
ville News held its annual
Christmas party at B’s Round
Table Monday evening with 34
present.
They enjoyed a meal of
turkey and dressing, ham and
all the trimmings.
They reported a wonderful
evening.
♦ ♦ ♦
Over 100 employees and
their husbands or wives
attended the annual Piggly
Wiggly Christmas party for the
Summerville, Trion, Lyerly and
Menlo stores on Monday eve
ning at Chattooga County
Memorial Home.
An exchange of gifts was
held, a delightful covered-dish
meal enjoyed along with good
fellowship.
Entertainment was provided
by Peck Spivey and Will Hair
Jr. who gave an interesting
magic show.
♦ ♦ ♦
Mrs. Fred Fowler of Knox
ville was the overnight guest
Monday of Mrs. J. O. Meadows
Sr.
Mrs. Fowler was en route
home after a visit with her son
and family, Dr. and Mrs. Paul
Fowler, Paul Jr. and John, of
Jackson, Miss.
Dr. Fowler is a teacher at
the Reformed Presbyterian
Seminary at Jackson and will
be remembered here as a
former pastor with Chattooga
County Presbyterian Ministries.
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The Adult Choir of the First
Baptist Church will present
their Christmas cantata “The
Messiah Has Come” by Claude
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ning, Dec. 18.
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“The Manger Story,” a live
outdoor nativity program,
including drama, music and
scripture will be held at 7:30
each evening Dec. 19, 20, 22
and 23 at Summerville First
Baptist Church.
♦ * *
A gala Christmas party is
planned for employees of the
courthouse and sheriff’s office.
The date has not been
officially set, but is expected
to be at noon either the 22nd
or 23rd of December.
Refreshments will be served,
and around 26 persons have
drawn names for an exchange
of gifts.
A beautiful cedar Christmas
tree that touches the ceiling
has been set up in the lobby of
the Courthouse and is deco
rated with tinsel, icicles, Christ
mas balls, candy canes, etc.
♦ * *
Mrs. Pam Echols was
honored with a shower
Monday evening at the fellow
ship hall of Summerville
Presbyterian Church.
Hostesses were Mesdames
Hugh Bell Tucker, Drucilla
Maples and Mary Jones.
Around 35 ladies were
present.
Mrs. Echols received many
nice gifts.
Refreshments consisted of
party cakes, nuts, mints, cheese
straws and punch.
A color scheme of yellow
and green was carried out.
♦ * *
The Rev. Bob Easley and
Miss Pat Humphreys will be
married at 7 p.m. on Christmas
Day at Calvary Baptist Church.
The wedding will be com
bined with the evening worship
service and will be performed
by Dr. Percy Ray of Myrtle,
Miss.
The public is invited.
A reception will follow.
* * *
Around 100 persons
attended open house at the
United Methodist Church and
parsonage Sunday between the
hours of 3 and 5 p.m.
Guests were greeted by the
Rev. Harold D. Vaughn and
Mrs. Vaughn, Mrs. Linda
Archer, president of the Young
Women’s Guild, and Mrs. F. H.
Boney, president of the United
Methodist Women.
The UMW had charge of
open house and worked all
year, bimonthly, on the 74
Christmons for the beautiful
tree that was presented at the
morning worship. There were
24 different symbols.
Decorations for the
parsonage were of live pine,
holly and red candles.
Refreshments were served.
* * *
“The Night of Miracles” is
the title of the cantata that will
be presented at the Sunday
morning worship hour at the
United Methodist Church.
There will be 19 participants.
* * ♦
Mrs. Chunnia Williams has
returned from spending two
weeks in Charlotte, N. C.,
visiting her son and his wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Murdock.
Mrs. Murdock is recovering
from recent surgery.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. John Gorman
and Mrs. Barbara Sizemore
were in Rome Monday.
♦ ♦ ♦
The Rev. Talmadge Barnes
has resigned as pastor of the
South Summerville Baptist
Church with his last service
being Dec. 25.
On the following Sunday he
will be occupying the pulpit at
Sherwood Forest Baptist
Church in Rome.
Around 30 voices will be
heard in the cantata “The
Carol of Christmas” being pre
sented at 10:50 a.m. at South
Summerville Baptist Church.
A Christmas program and
story by the young people will
be presented at 7:30 Sunday
night.
♦ * ♦
Mrs. George Morton spent
Saturday in Smyrna with her
daughter, Mrs. George Head.
* * *
Mrs. Maxine Talton of
Atlanta spent Sunday with
Mrs. B. E. Neal. Mrs. Neal’s
son, Fred, of Cedartown was
her guest Tuesday.
♦ ♦ *
Evans Scoggins, Marshal
Timberlake and Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Smith attended the Area
5, Southeastern Region of Boy
Scouts of America’s annual
meeting held at Callaway Inn,
Callaway Gardens, Pine
Mountain Friday and Saturday.
Approximately 500 persons
were present from all over
Georgia, northern Florida, and
western South Carolina.
Elmo Ellis, vice president
and general manager of WSB
Radio was the speaker at the
recognition dinner held Friday
evening.
A “Wonderful World of
Scouting” breakfast was held
on Saturday with the speaker
being Elmer W. Lucky, director
of Support Services, Area 5,
Boy Scouts.
Mrs. Travis Johns of
LaGrange provided music for
the Saturday luncheon meet
ing. Dr. Delmer H. Wilson,
national director for the Boy
Scouts of America, of New
Brunswick, N. J., was the
speaker.
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The Summerville Presby
terian Men of the Church met
Tuesday evening at the church
with Earl Parris in charge of
the program.
* * *
A “Christmas Celebration”,
a reproduction of one of Oral
Roberts’ programs, is the topic
of the Joy Gift program and
cantata at the Summerville
Presbyterian Church Sunday
evening.
A covered-dish supper will
be held at 6:30 in the fellow
ship hall with secular music by
the choir. The program of
religious music will be held in
the sanctuary of the church.
» * *
Mr. and Mrs. Will Hair and
family hosted the family
reunion of Mrs. Hair’s mother,
Mrs. E. L. Clarke, (the Dent
family) at their home on
Virginia Drive recently.
Thirty-nine persons were
present for this joyous family
occasion.
A sumptuous covered-dish
dinner was enjoyed.
* * ♦
Open house was held
Thursday night at Summerville
Junior High School with a
good crowd in attendance.
A number of the home
economics children made
refreshments under the
direction of Mrs. Martha
Thomas. Also members of the
student council and Beta Club
helped with the refreshments.
* * *
The Summerville Christian
School Christmas program will
be held at 7:30 p.m. tonight
(Thursday) at Calvary Baptist
Church.
The public is invited. There
is no admission charge.
A preview was performed
on Wednesday evening at
South Summerville Baptist
Church.
The program includes a
family scene when a family
learns what Christmas really is
and a cantata entitled “A Night
to Remember” by Joe E.
Parks.
The entire program will last
about one hour.
Participants in the play
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Keith-Chesnut Marriage
Solemnized On Nov. 24
Miss Carol Louise Keith and
James Eldon Chesnut were
united in marriage Thursday,
Nov. 24 at Yellow Creek
Baptist Church in Leesburg,
Ala.
The Rev. Jimmy Weaver
performed the double-ring
candlelight ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of
the Rev. and Mrs. Roger Keith
of Cloudland. The bridegroom
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Eldon A. Chesnut of Leesburg.
Pre-nuptial music was per
formed by Doyle Harding.
Guests were registered as
they entered the church by
Miss Renae Lokey, cousin of
the groom.
Miss Laura Chesnut, sister
of the bridegroom, attended
the bride as maid of honor. She
wore a floor-length dress of
pastel blue. Miss Kathy Barnes
was bridesmaid. Miss Mary
Jane Chesnut, sister of the
groom, served as junior brides
maid. They wore floor-length
printed dresses with capelets.
The attendants carried long
stemmed pink roses.
The flower-girl was Miss
Tonya Woods, cousin of the
bride. She was dressed similar
to the maid of honor. She
carried a white wicker basket
of pink rose petals.
The father of the groom
served as best man. Larry
Chesnut, brother of the groom,
and Randy Higgins were usher
groomsmen. Brian Keith,
brother of the bride, was ring
bearer.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a tradi
tional wedding gown of white
Quinna over taffeta. Re
embroidered lace accented the
fitted bodice and encircled the
neckline. Patterned lace came
to a point on the long sleeves
and bordered a front panel of a
full A-lined skirt. Re-
include these characters:
Father, Steve Cummings;
Mother, Nita Wooten, Daugh
ter, Patty Thompson; Sons,
Len Himes, Kevin Farmer;
Uncle Ted, Steve Whaley;
Joseph, Robert Maples; Mary,
Gwen Meadows; Wisemen, Ken
Deck, Gene Martin, Alan
Bryant; Shepherds, Doug
Gilreath, Charlie Reeves, Grant
Burkhalter, Warren Stephens
and Art Locklear.
The choir is composed of
Jerry Brown, Mike Cochran,
Christy Dotson, Mike Driver,
Andy Himes, Renae
Humphreys, Bonnie Kendrick,
Suzanne Kellett, Glenda
Lively, Gwen Meadows.
Also, Scotty Mitchell, Brian
Roberts, Angie Veatch, Jamie
Wagner, Misty Woods. Pianist is
Mrs. Kathy Norton; choir
director, Mike Padgett; school
director, Miss Judy England;
assistant, Miss Pat Humphreys;
4th and sth grade teacher.
embroidered lace edged the
hemline and the full chapel
length train. Her fingertip veil,
finished in lace, was attached
to a Juliet crown covered with
seed pearls. The bride wore a
diamond pendant, a gift of the
groom. She carried a bouquet
of white roses and baby’s
breath.
The bride’s mother wore a
geranium coral gown with
matching accessories. The
mother of the groom chose a
multi-color print with compli
mentary accessories. Each wore
a white orchid corsage.
The grandmothers of the
bride, Mrs. Alfred Woods and
Mrs. Windell Keith, and the
grandmothers of the groom,
Mrs. M. H. Gwin and Mrs. L. E.
Chesnut, wore corsages of
white carnations. The four
grandfathers wore white
carnation boutonnieres.
Mrs. John Stubbs directed
the wedding.
RECEPTION
The bride’s parents enter
tained after the wedding with a
reception at the Farmers and
Merchants Bank in Leesburg.
The bride’s table featured a
three-tiered wedding cake
decorated with wedding bells
and pastel pink roses. The table
was centered with an arrange
ment of mums, pink roses and
baby’s-breath. Fruit punch
along with mints and nuts were
served to the,guests. Chocolate
cake and candies were served at
the groom’s table.
Those serving were: Misses
Kathy, Vickie and Ellen Pruitt,
Mrs. Hubert Pruitt and Mrs.
Hershell Pruitt.
Rice bags were distributed
by the bride’s cousin, Miss
Melissa Woods.
After a trip to the North
Georgia Mountains, the couple
will make their home in Cloud
land.
The wedding rehearsal was
held at Yellow Creek Church
on Tuesday night, Nov. 22.
Following the rehearsal, Mr.
and Mrs. Chesnut were hosts of
refreshments.
* * *
SHOWERS
A tea was given by relatives
and friends of the groom at the
Farmers and Merchants Bank
in Leesburg, Oct. 2.
* * *
Miss Kathy Pruitt, Mrs.
Hubert Pruitt and Mrs. Tommy
Woods hosted a miscellaneous
shower at the fellowship hall of
Beersheba Presbyterian Church
on Oct. 29.
* * •
Many nice gifts were
received at a lingerie shower
given by a number of friends at
the Chattooga High School on
Nov. 8.
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