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Twelve Debutantes
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Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. R. E.
Ferguson. .Ti’. Thov are lark rou. left to right:
Kathv Ron knight. Marih'n Fr\ t'ele. Maw Wham.
Melissa Turner. Lee Davis- front row Sara Lynn
Wvsor. Reckv Oksn. Ann Fllis. Rita Johnson, Su
san Jacks, and Sharon Plaxiio.
(PHOTO BY WILLIAM SHIELDS)
Twelve debutantes were Intro
duced at a tea last Saturday af
ternoon, the first of a number of
social activities to be climaxed
at a formal Cotillion Club debu
tante ball December 30 at the
Mary Musgrove Hotel,
Members of the debutante com
mittee entertained with the tea
at the home of Mrs. R, E. Fer
guson Jr.
Thf Jollowing debutantes were
introduced A) guests invited to
call at 4 o’clock:
Miss Sarah Lynn Wysor,
daughter of Mrs. Robert Edward
Wysor, III, and the late Mr. Wy
sor, a student at Coker College,
majoring in elementary educa
tion.
Miss Mary Louise Wham,
whose parents are Mr. and Mrs.
James Mellette Wham of Mount-
ville. She attends Coker College
and is a physical education ma
jor.
Miss Melissa Barnes Turner,
an English major at Salem Col
lege. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Michael Tur
ner.
Miss Sharon Louise Plaxico,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Plaxico, whose major is special
education at Columbia College.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olin
Cannon Johnson, Miss Rita John
son is a math major at Salem
College.
Women's World
Mrs. Bannister Takes Honors
At" Rock Hill, Region 15 ofA-
merican Hemerocallis Society,
many interested members and
especially hybridigers entered
specimens in horticultural dis
play.
The Garden Clubs entered ar
rangements in artistic division.
This was displayed in the Rock
Hill Mall.
Mrs. Roly Bannister won the
blue ribbon, champion ribbon and
American Hererocallis Society
Tosette (a special award), and a
silver salad service for the best
scape of “Frances Fay,” a love
ly melon daylily, that has been
on American Hemerocallis Popu
larity poll since it was intro
duced. “Rare China” also won a
second award.
Mrs. Bannister enjoys this
hobby, since she has retired
from teaching. She expressed the
desire to more interest in the day •
lily taken by garden clubs.
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McPherson-Wilkes
tfr. and Mrs. Lester Terry of
Haijjlet, N.C. announce the en
gagement and forthcoming mar
riage of their daughter, Peggy
McPherson to Mr. Eugene Harry
Wilfes III, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene HarryWllkes, Jr. of Clin
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Both are students at Columbia
Commercial College, Columbia.
The wedding is planned for June
26 at 8 p.m. at the First As
sembly of GodChurch, Columbia.
No formal invitations will be
sent but friends and relatives of
the couple are invited to attend.
Bright printed sheets turn
up all over the house, nowa
days. For instance, sheets
backed with plain plastic
linings make ideal shower
curtains. Most cotton percale
sheets in decorator prints
come with coordinated terry
cloth towels, so give your
bedroom a new decor look
with matched shower curtain
and towels.
Debutante Tea
The Debutante Committee of
the Clinton Cotillion Club honored
the 12 debutantes who will be
presented formally in December
at a tea last Saturday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. R. E. Fer
guson, Jr.
Receiving guests in the living
room were the debutantes and
their mothers. Arrangements of
roses, gardenias and magnolias
were used throughout the house
and on the porch were hydran
geas and summer daisies.
In the receiving line were Miss
Kathy L^e Bouknight, Mrs. Harry
Alton Bouknight, Miss Rebecca
Crisp, Mrs. Carol BrysonCrisp,
Miss Lee Young Davis, Mrs.
Washington Watts Davis, Miss
Antoinette Dillard Ellis, Mrs.
Dillard Baynard Ellis, Miss
Marilyn McRae Fryfogle, Mrs.
Kenneth Evans Fryfogle, Miss
Susan Jane Jacks, Mrs. James
Rutledge Jacks, Miss Rita Ann
Johnson, Mrs. Olin CannonJohn-
son, Miss Sharon Louise Plaxi
co, Mrs. Tom Plaxico, Miss Me
lissa Barnes Turner, Mrs. Ro
bert Michael Turner, Miss Mary
Louise Wham, Mrs, James Mel
lette Wham and Miss Sarah Lynn
Wysor and Mrs. Robert Edward
Wysor III.
Absent were Miss Kathryn lone
Arnold and her mother, Mrs. John
Bailey Arnold.
Assisting with entertaining
during the afternoon were mem
bers of the debutante commit
tee and several Cotillion Club
members. They were Mrs. Edwin
King, Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Ben
jamin Ivey, Miss Carlisle Neeley,
Mrs. Judson Davis, Mrs. Daniel
Orr, Mrs. Robert Cox, Mrs.
James VonHollen, Mrs. Rufus
Sadler, Mrs. Francis Blalock,
Mrs. Ferd Jacobs, Jr., Mrs. Wil
liam Jacobs, and Mrs. James L.
Walker.
Also helping with arrange
ments for the tea were Mrs.
James Macdonald, Mrs. Neeley
and Mrs. Robert M. Vance.
Miss Douglass Weds
Mr. Ronald Marse
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the birth of a son, Kenton Roy,
Jr., on June 8 at the Johns Hop
kins Hospital in Baltimore. Mrs.
Holden is the former Patricia
Chisholm, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Chisholm of Clin
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Miss Carol Louise Douglass
became the bride of Ronald Edgar
Marse at 8 p.m.Saturday, June 21
in the Whitmire United Methodist
Church.
The Rev. James H. Nates offi
ciated.
The bride is the daughter of
Mrs. George Allard Douglass and
the late Mr. Douglass, and the
bridegroom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Edgar Marse of
Clinton.
The bride given in marriage by
her brother, Allard Tribble
Douglass, was lovely in a full
length candlelight gown fashioned
of silk organza and alencon lace
with a Victorian neckline. The
cathedral length train was en
hanced by a border of lace. Her
veil was a cathedral length man
tilla of illusion and lace.
Mrs. Robert W. Taylor, Jr.
(cousin of the bride) of Greens
boro, N.C. and Mrs. Little Berry
Jeter, FV of Santuc served as
matrons of honor. Bridal attend
ants were Miss Mildred Suber of
Whitmire, Miss Miriam Youngi-
ner (cousin of the bride) oflrmo,
Mrs. Boyden L. Brown of Tay
lors, Miss Pam Giltner and Mrs.
M. Gay Suber of Columbia. The
attendants wore dresses of shell
pink chiffon with short cap
sleeves of chiffon ruffles.
Lucy Youninger of Irmo was
flower girl, and Robert Suber of
Columbia was ring bearer.
Mr. Marse was his son’s best
man. Usher-groomsmen were
Mac Dawkins (cousin of the
groom) of Newberry, Keith
Cauley of Clinton, Larry Edwards
of High Point, N.C., Francis
Douglass of Washington, D. C.,
and Dr. George Douglass of Char
leston, cousins of the bride and
Walter Douglass, brother of the
bride, of Whitmire.
Steven and Richard O’Sheal
of Columbia were acolytes.
Professor Darr Wise of New
berry College, organist, and Lt.
Clay Hipp of Williamsburg, Va.,
soloist, provided the music.
The bride, a 1967 graduate of
Newberry College, taught in
Union, S. C.
The groom, also a graduate of
Newberry College, was band di
rector at Easley High School in
Easley.
After a trip to Nassau the
couple will live in Atlanta, Ga.
where both will teach.
Following the ceremony a re
ception was held in the Fellow
ship Hall of the church.
The Douglass-Marse wedding
party and out of town guests were
entertained in Clinton following
the rehearsal by Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Marse and Mr. and Mrs. James
E. Marse.
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Miss Susan Jane Jacks, whose
parents are Mr. and Mrs. James
Rutledge Jacks, attends Winthrop
College where she is majoring in
special education.
Miss Marilyn McRae Fryfogle
is attendingConverse College and
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Evans Fryfogle.
A French major at Converse
College, Miss Antoinette Dillard
Ellis is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Dillard Baynard Ellis of
Dillon.
Miss Lee Young Davis whose
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Wash
ington Watts Davis, attends Co
ker College.
Miss Rebecca Crisp, a biology
major at Tift College, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Bryson Crisp of Mountville.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Alton Bouknight, Miss Ka
thy Lee Bouknight is majoring in
special education at Columbia
College.
Miss Kathryn lone Arnold,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Bailey Arnold, is a history ma
jor at the College of William and
Mary.
Mrs. Charles Edwin King is
chairman of this year’s debutante
ball. She is assisted by Mrs.
Reese Henry Young.
Heading other ball committees
are Mrs. Judson Augustus Davis,
debutantes’ supervision; Mrs.
William Plumer Jacobs, III, trea
surer, assisted by Mrs. James
Ferdinand Jacobs, Jr.; Mrs.
James Robert Cox, invitations;
Mrs. James Von Hollen, figure;
Mrs. Calhoun Folk Gault refresh
ments; Mrs. Daniel Edwin Orr,
decorations; Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Malcolm Shields, lighting
and photography; Mrs. Gerhard
John Lehn, floor; Mrs. Benjamin
Franklin Ivey Jr., party calen
dar; Mrs. Hervey Francis Bla
lock, tea; and Mrs. WoodfinCar-
lisle Neeley and Mrs. James Lu
cas Walker, publicity.
Mrs. Harrill Host
Newcomers Club
The Newcomers Club held its
regular monthly meeting Tuesday
night, June 17 at 8 p.m., at the
Parish House, Calvert Avenue.
Ten member^ were present and
two newcomers joined the club.
Plans were finalized for the
monthly party which the club
plans to give for Cottage 26-A
at Whitten Village, to be held this
month, on Monday night June 23.
This is the club’s service pro
ject. After this month, the party
will be given the first Monday
night of each month.
The nominating committee
presented its new slate of offi
cers for the next six-months
term, which was unanimously ac
cepted. The new officers will be
installed at the August meeting
which will be a dinner meeting.
After our business meeting
was concluded, the entire group
went on a tour of the C. W. An
derson Hosiery Company on the
Joanna Highway conducted by Mr.
James Waller, vice president.
This was a most interesting tour
during which time were shown
through the entire plant and saw
the many processes hosiery
goes through before it is pack
aged and shipped to suppliers.
Mrs. Willie Harrill was our
hostess at this meeting.
Miss Tucker Marries
Airman Bruce Chalk
The marriage of Miss Ginger
Gayle Tucker and Airman First
Class Bruce Wayne Chalk was
solemnized on June 22 at4 o’clock
at the Joanna Pentecostal Holi
ness Church, Joanna. Rev. Floyd
Brewer officiated. A reception
was given at the Joanna Club
House.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Henry Tuck
er, Jr. of 405 Marion Street,
Joanna and the groom is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ray
Chalk of 607 Magnolia Street,
Joanna. Both are graduates of
Clinton High School.
For her wedding, the bride
chose a gown of white silk or
ganza. Chantilly lace formed the
sleeves and bodice, which was
designed with a Victorian neck
line. Small clusters of sequins
and pearls outlined the Empire
waist. The chapel length veil was
appliqued with Chantilly lace mo
tifs. She was given in marriage
by her father.
ed by sleeves of Venise lace and
satin ribbons. The back fea
tured a satin panel with a match
ing bow.
Bridesmaids were Rebecca
Lynn Willington, Miss Jessie
Carmen Owens, Miss Laura
Waits, of Joanna and Miss Myra
Kay Prince of Whitmire. Each
wore a yellow crepe gown of de
sign similar to that of the honor
attendant. Flower girl, Miss Don
na Lynn Hunnicut, of Joanna, wore
yellow lace.
John Erskine Adams, Joanna,
served as best man. Ushers were
Michael Wayne Long, Joanna and
Jimmy and Mike Sanders, Clin
ton. Senior ushers were Kenneth
Chalk, Joanna, William F.
Prince, Richmond, Va. and
Thomas Earl Prince of Clinton.
Acolyte was Rodney Chalk.Ring-
bearer was Master Richard Earl
Owens, Joanna.
Music was provided by Mrs.
Steve Murphey, organist and El
don Tucker, soloist.
Miss Rita Annette Tucker of After a wedding trip to Myrtle
Joanna, sister of the bride, was Beach the couple will reside at^
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Miss Blair Blackwell, Mr. Cooper Wed
Miss Elizabeth Blair Black-
well became the bride of Mr.
Charles Douglas Cooper in a
double ring ceremony at 8 o’clock
Tuesday, June 24 at the Christ
Church Episcopal in Greenville.
A reception was given by the
bride’s parents at the Woman’s
Club.
The bride is the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Gordon Williams Black-
well of 68 Kensington Road,
Greenville. The groom is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Asa Coop
er of 330 Popular Street, Clin
ton.
Rev. Thomas H. Carson offi
ciated. Organist was Robert J.
Powell Greenville and Larry
Cook, trumpeter, was soloist.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father wotc her
mother’s formal wedding gown of
candlelight slipper satin, with
hand run re-embroidered Alecon
lace yoke, styled with a pendant
neckline and long sleeves. The
princess style dress was trim
med from neckline to hemline
with tiny satin buttons, and car
ried a cathedral train. She wore
a pin of seed pearls and dia
monds worn by her mother and
grandmother at their weddings.
Her Brussels lace veil was chapel
length. The bride’s bouquet like
that of her mother was a cas
cade of gardenias and white
sweetheart roses on a white
Bible, each streamer holding a
white rose.
Matron of honor, Mrs. William
Daniel Yarborough, Jr. of Alex
andria, Va. sister of the bride.
The Empire bodice of her aqua
silk formal was trimmed with
tiny pearl buttons down the front,
and the portrait neckline was
trimmed with ivory Venice lace.
Lace also trimmed the short
sleeves. The A-line skirt was
designed with back fullness. The
headpiece of matching double
bows with pearl tips, held a short
tiered veil. Other bridesmaids
were gowned like the honor at
tendant. All carried nosegays
of pastel summer flowers edged
in off-white lace with stream
ers to match.
Attendants were Mrs. Gordon
L. Blackwell, sister-in-law of the
bride of Raleigh, N.C.; Mrs. Ran
dolph W. Blackwell sister-in-
law of the bride, of Greenville;
Miss Mary Carter Loth ofStau-
ton, Va.; Miss Susan Derrick of
Marion; Miss Sarah Stapleton and
Mrs. Brooks Styles of Tallahas
see, Fla. and Mrs. David Riley
of Richmond, Va., cousin of the
bride. Junior bridesmaid was
Miss Rebecca Cooper, sister of
the groom s of Clinton.
Mr. Cooper served his son as
best man. Ushers were Frances
Cooper, James Cooper, brothers
of the gro >m of Clinton; Chris
tian D. Beukema of Liberty; Sid
ney Broadus Cooper Jr. of Co
lumbia; Francis Marion Caldwell
of Blackstock; Gordon L. Black-
well, Raleigh, brother of the
jr i ,;n; Randolph W. Blackwell of
Greenville, brother of the bride,
and William Daniel Yarborough
Jr of Alexandria, Va. Senior
usher was O. Perry Earle Jr. of
Greenville.
Acolytes were Michael Blanck,
Raymond Ramage Jr. and Doug
las Webster.
Mrs. Cooper is a 1968 grad
uate of Converse College where
she distinguished herself in win
ning the Mary Mildred Sullivan A-
ward, and in Who’s Who In A-
merican Colleges and Universi
ties. The groom attended the
Citadel where he was a mem
ber of the tennis team, National
Political Science society, and
Pi Sigma Alpha, before Joining
the Marine Corp.
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