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Thursday, July 23, 1953
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Page Three
The WOMAN’S PAGE
Events, Club and Church News
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Bridge Luncheon
Thursday For Visitors
Thursday Mrs. Caldwell Hender
son entertained at her home with
a bridge luncheon inviting a num
ber of out-of-town visitors here.
Roses and zinnias made a pretty
background for the morning games
after which a two-course luncheon
was served. Top honors were made
by Mrs. Michael Turner.
Out-of-town guests were Mrs.
Dan Roberts of Carthage, N. C.,
Mrs. Clyde Murchison, Jr., of An
derson, Mrs. Harry Phillips, Jr., of
Spartanburg and Mrs. John Wil
liam King of Summerville, Ga.
Seated Tea Fetes
Miss Juanita Asbill
Miss Juanita Asbill whose mar
riage to James R. Neely will be an
event of August 2, was honored
with a seated tea on Wednesday by
Miss Sara Elizabeth Workman at
her home near here.
The receiving rooms of the home
were decorated with summer flow
ers featuring gladioli and zinnias,
carrying out a pink and green
motif.
Mrs, Brunson Asbill, mother of
bride-elect and about fifteen young
friends were invited for the occa
sion.
Favors of miniature corsages
were pinned on as the guests ar
rived and the honoree was present
ed a corsage to wear.
Appropriate contests were en
joyed after which a salad course
with punch, salted nuts and mints
was served.
The honor guest was presented
pieces of crystal in her chosen pat
tern. x
Mrs. Hugh Bonds Workman and
Mrs. Richard Buford assisted in en
tertaining.
Newberry Luncheon
For Bride-Elect
Miss Juanita Asbill, of this city,
was complimented with a lovely
luncheon given at the Wallace Home
in Newberry on Wednesday, July 15.
.Hostesses were Miss Nell Fuller of
Clinton and Charlotte, N. C., and lit
tle Miss Susan Blalock of Newberry.
Miss Asbill is to be married to,James
nnftAugust.
of afternoon games. As a back
ground for cards bouquets of roses
and zinnias were placed at vantage
points in the hostess' home.
Two tables were in play with
high and second score awafds go-;
ing to Mrs. Irby S. Hipp and Mrs.!
J. B. Arnold, a club visitor. Later
the hostess served salad and sweet,
courses with tea.
Mrs. Ben Hammett was hostess
to members of her Thursday clubj
recently assembling players for
two tables.
Prior to the games a frozen sweet
course was enjoyed on the porch.
Mrs. Nortnan Sloan was winner of
the progressions enjoyed during
the afternoon.
Entertaining members of the
Wednesday club and additional
guests Mrs. Robert Black w#s host-;
ess for seven tables of bridge the
past week at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jacobs.
Zinnias and roses were prettily)
arranged with other summer flow-!
ers for decoration in the card
rooms. ,
Mrs. Jasper Rowland, Mrs. Nor
man Sloan and Mrs. W. G. King,
Jr., won score prizes for the pro
gressions. When cards were laid
aside salad and sweet Courses
were served.
friends and relatives.
_ The church was decorated with
palms, basket arrangements of white
gladioli and white lighted candles in
floor candelabra.
Miss Helen Millender, accompan
ist, and Mrs. Guy Wannamaker, so
loist, rendered a program of appro
priate wedding music.
The ushers were John Watts Da
vis of this city, and William Hey
ward Millender of St. Matthews.
Thomas M. Sease, Jr., brother of
the bridegroom, was best man.
Miss Lois Nelson, of Columbia,
maid of honor and only attendant,
wore a strapless dress of aqua nylon
net and lace over taffeta. The fitted
bodice of lace was fashioned with a
sweetheart neckline gathered softly
in front and trimmed with nylon
net. The full gathered skirt of net
was enhanced by an apronette of
lace that fell in points on each side.
She also wore a matching stole of
lace, braided bandeau, and a single
strand of pearls, gift of the bride.
She carried a bouquet of bed roses.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and was lovely in a
floor length dress of Chantilly lace
and nylon net over satin. The fitted
bodice of Chantilly lace opened
down the back with tiny covered ,
buttons and enhanced a yoke of il
lusion with a high round neckline
embroidered with tiny seed pearls.
The sleeves ended in calla lily points
over the wrists. The double skirt of
nylon net was gathered very full and
was trimmed with two wide inserts
of lace extending from the bodice to
the hemline. Her fingertip veil of
imported illusion was trimmed with
Chantilly lace .and fell from a Juliet
cap of lace embroidered with tiny
seed pearls. She carried a white Bi
ble topped with a white purple-
throated orchid and showered with. *
streamers.
Folowing the ceremony a receiving
(continued on page six)
Union Bride-Elect
Is Honored Here
Mrs. W. A. Davis, Jr., entertained
Mrs. Hazel Cooksey Owens, bride-
elect of Union, at the Clinton com-
PHOTO BY SHIELDS
Miss Julia Pratt Taylor Becomes Bride of
Rev. Ernest Cushman In Church Rites
In an impressive ceremony at 5:30
munity house Thursday evening, 0 . clock Jul 17th in the First Pres .
July 16.
Mrs. Joel Miller greeted the
guests at the entrance and pinned
on white bags of rice. Each guest
was also given a card, tied with
green ribbons and asked to write a
byterian church, Miss Julia Pratt
Taylor became the bride of the Rev.
Ernest deSable Cushman, Jr. The
bride is the daughter of Mrs.
George Taylor and the late Dr. Tay
denias, surrounded by lillies of the
valley and outlined with scallops
Of tulle.
Mrs. Burt Copley of Aiken, >sis-
te of the bride, was matron of hon
or. Bridesmaids were Mrs. Dan
Roberts of Carthage, N. C., another
sister of the bride and Miss Jocelyn
wish for the bride. When complet- l 0 r of this city, and the bridegroom' Hill of Pensacola, Fla. All three
ed, they were pinned to a white i s the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
satin horseshoe and presented the
guest of honor who was also given
a lovely corsage of yellow rosebuds
by the hostess.
The drawing room of the com
munity house was lovely in a pro
fusion of mixed summer flowers.
Games and contests were enjoyed
with prizes being won by Mrs. J. H.
Riley, Mrs. J. K. Haselden and
Miss Tomi Owen. _ ,
TSiel. sparihns Hihihg- jotwv
-eae-
D. Cushman of Chattanooga, Tenn
Dn G. Aiken Taylor of Burling
ton, N. C., the brother of the bride,
officiated at the double ring cere
mony.
Mrs. J. Ferdinand Jacobs pre
sented the wedding music.
Given in marriage by Dr. Samuel
S. Wiley, pastor of the Lookout
wore French organdy over pastel
shades of taffeta and carried bou-|
quets of majestic daisies in pastel
colors matching their costumes.
The bridegroom was attended by
his father as best man. The grooms
men were the Rev. J. C. Rowan of
Quincy, Fla., Dr. Charles Carson
and Wm. H. Gilbert of Chattanooga,
Tenn., and Nat Hughes of Mem-
Mountain Presbyterian church, the, phis, Tenn.
bride wore, a full- length- gown—of-r The Ceremony was followed by
white nyTdh lace over taffeta, made i a reception in the church parlors.
and Miss Fuller and Susan will
be a bridesmaid and flower girl, re
spectively, in the wedding.
The luncheon table was beautiful
ly appointed. It was overlaid with a
handsome white cloth of imported
linen cut work, and was centered
with an arrangement of white asters,
calla lilies and lavender heather.
The honoree’s place was marked
with a corsage of white carnations.
Dainty place cards in a bridal motif
and miniature corsages of white as
ters marked the places of the guests.
Miss Sara Elizabeth Workman, of
this city, another bride-elect of Aug
ust, was also given a corsage of
white carnations.
After the lunch, which was served
in three couases, the hostesses pre-
ented a gift of silver in her chosen
pattern to Miss Asbill. Miss Work
man was remembered with a gift of
crystal in her wedding pattern.
Miss Asbill’s mother, Mrs. Brun
son Asbill, of this city, was included
among the guests.
Bridge Club
Meetings This Week
The Tuesday bridge club was en
tertained this week at the home of
Mrs. Goyne Simpson for a number
ried out the green and white bridal j with a chapel train. The capped | For hen-wedding-irip M»r-£ttsh*+ -
wnue onaai | wi
motif.-The table was covered in sleeves and small Peter Pan col- man wore a tan orlon
green linen, overlaid with white lar were embroidered with pearlsiwith-white accessories.
organdy. The center arrangement
was a crystal bowl of gladioli,
flanked by white burning tapers in
crystal holders. Ivy was effectively
used against the green and white
background, forming a lovely, airy
pattern of the green and white mo
tif in detail.
Punch was poured by Mrs. Edgar
Taylor, Jr., and refreshments of
party sandwiches, pickles, olives
and individual iced cakes were
served buffet style.
Mrs. Davis was also assisted in
entertaining by Mrs. Leonard Bish
op and Mrs. Joe Land.
The hostess' gift to the bride-
elect was a piece of china in her
chosen pattern.
Gagne-Gibson Rites
At Arlington, Va.
In a ceremony of beauty and dig
nity, the wedding of Miss Lorraine
Gagne and Sfc. Brainard Wilson Gih-
son, Jr., took place at the North Post
chapel at Fort Myer, Arlington, Va.,
on Saturday afternoon, June 13. *
The impressive double ring cere
mony was read by the Rev. Father
John H. Kinniry, a Fort Myer chap-
and small lace covered buttons ex
tended to the waist. Her two-tiered
finger tip veil of illusion was at
tached to a cap edged in lace. Her
bouquet was centered with gar-
ensemble
Mr. and Mrs. Cushman will make
their home* in South Pittsburg,
Tenn., where Mr. Cushman is pas
tor of the South Pittsburg parish
of the Methodist church.
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lain, while the nuptial music, the
traditional wedding march and “Ave
Maria,” were rendered by the chapel
organist. Miss Curry.
B. W. Gibson, Sr., of New Zion,
was his son’s best man, and the ush
ers were: J. W. Williamson, Jr., Lt.
J. G., of Norfolk, Va., and Sgt. Rob
ert Hamilton of Fort Myer and Long
Island, N. Y.
Miss Margaret Cristantello, of Ro
chester, N. Y., and Arlington, was
maid of honor. She wore a street,
length dress of aqua silk shantung
with matching picture hat and car
ried a basket of yellow flowers fash
ioned after those of the bride.
The bride, who was'given in mar
riage by her father Leon J. Gagne, of
Pittsfield, Mass., chose for her wed
ding dress one of cream silk shan
tung of street length, with picture
hat of straw and silk shantung, el
bow length net gloves, and carried a
basket containing bridal bouquet
with orchid center.
For her daughter’s wedding, Mrs.
Gagne wore a pink and lace trim
inen suit with whte accessories and
wore a white orchid. Mrs. Gibson,
the bridegroom’s mother, chose a
dress of navy silk voile with white
accessories knd wore a purple orchid
corsage.
Following the ceremony a recep
tion was held at Greenbrier St., Apt.
7, Arlington.
Mrs. Gibosn is from Pittsfield,
Mass., and was graduated from Pitts
field high school, attended Berkshire
Business college and is employed in
the passport and identification divis
ion of the navy department in Ar
lington.
Sgt. Gibson is a graduate of Sa
lem high school, New Zion, and the
University of South Carolina. In con
sequence of his service at the front in
Korea, he was returned to Fort Myer
as a member of the Korean color
guard for the Presidential inaugural
parade in January.
Mr. and Mrs. Gibson are making
their home in Arlington, Va.
The groom’s mother before mar
riage was Miss Alliene Hipp of this
city. He is a nephew of Mrs. W. C.
Shealy, Irby S. Hipp, and Mac B.
Hipp of this city.
Moore’s Cloth Shop
Summer Specials!
—
Pure Silk Prints, yd $1.39
79c Everglazed Kriskay, yd. ... 49c
89c Bemberg and Voiles, yd. ... 59c
79c Pedal Lace and Frost
Organdies, yd 69c
SPECIAL TABLE at-
36c yd.
S3.50 Upholstery, yd $2.98
Assorted Colors
S3.50 Upholstery, yd $2.00
In Short Lengths
$1.98 Drapery Goods, yd $1.59
$1.49 Barkdoth, yd.,
tng table which was graced with
a wedding *ring arrangement of
gladioli in keping with the bridal
motif. Places were laid for the
guests at small tables centered with
bouquets of pink and white chry-.
santhemums. Elsewhere in the home
summer flowers added attractive
ness.
Miss Virginia Neville of Green
ville assisted the hostesses in the
courtesies of entertaining.
July Meeting Of
Presbyterian Women
The July meeting of the Women
of the Church of the First Presby
terian church was held on Monday
afternoon with the vice-president,
Mrs. John T. Young, presiding.
Following the opening hymn
Mrs. L. S. McMillian gave the de
votional reading scripture from 2nd
Chronicles and prayer. A business
session was held. Mrs. Robert S.
Owens gave as the aftemdon’s pro
gram the Bible study for the month
from Mark.
Joint Hostesses
Entertain At Bridge
Mrs. James P. Sloan and Mrs.
William D. Adair entertained Mrs.
Sloan’s club members and addition
al guests with parties the past
week.
Thursday afternoon six ttfbles \
were in play with Mrs. Frank
Ramage and Mrs. Robert M. Vance
winning high and second honors.
Club prize went to Mrs. Henderson
Pitts. During the games cold
drinks and nuts were enjoyed and
later a salad, course was served
with tea and cake.
Guests were invited for five
tables Friday morning at 10:30. At
noon following several progressions
luncheon was served. When scores
were counted Mrs. Heath Copeland
and Mrs. Robert Hamer were pre
sented prizes.
For the occasions gladioli, zin
nias and roses weye r prettily ar
ranged in the den, dlmng and liv
ing rooms.
48 In. Wide—Colors: Wine, Green, Chartreuse
NYLONS-79c and $1.19
Moore’s Cloth Shop
Clinton, S. C.
Luncheon Given
Wanndmaker Sease
Rites At St. Matthews
For Bridal Party ! West Bethel Methodist church
I Honoring Miss Julia Taylor and ®' St T Matthew* w M the scene at
Rev. Ernest D. Cushman, Jr., Mrs. j 8 ; 30 - Jul y ^ of ; he wedding
John Spratt, Mrs. Keith Fleisch- ° f *Jiss Mai T ^ Wannamaker,
man, and Mrs. John S. Glover en- | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Galphin
tertained at luncheon on Friday, at David Wannamaker, and John Ralph
the Spratt home. Guests included son 0 * Mrs. Thomas Murl
members of the wedding party and Sease. of this city, and the late Mr.
out-of-town visitors here for the Sease. The double ring ceremony
rites.
* Luncheon was served buffet style
from the beautifully appointed din-
The
was performed by the Rev. M. L.
Banks, former pastor of the bride, in
the presence of a large number of
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