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'RIDAY, MAY 27, 1949 THB NEWBERRY SUN i PAGE FIVE Of wide interest was the wedding of Miss Reba Haw kins of Prosperity and Lendon Earle Weisner of Laurens and Clemson College. The cere mony was performed by the Rev. C. E. Seastrunk, pastor of the bride in the St. Lukes Lu theran Church, Friday evening, May 13th, at 7:30. The double ring ceremony was used. Mrs. C. E. Seastrunk, organ ist, presented a program of wedding music. She played “Traumeri” by Schumann; “To a Wild Rose” by MacDowell, and during the performance, “O Perfect Love” was softly rendered. The Wedding March from “Lohengrin” was used as the processional and the march from a “Mid-Summers Night Dream” for the recessional. The church was effectively decorated with a lovely back ground of white madonna lilies and white gladioli and fern, in terspersed with arches of burn ing tapers. Arrangements of other greenery was also used throughout forming a lovely setting around th e altar. Only a few close friends and relatives were present. The bride had as her maid- of-honor and only attendant. Miss Minnie Kinard of Prosper ity. She was attired in a love ly navy ensemble, with v/hite bag, shoes, gloves and a very attractive open, white, lace hat. Bonny Ray Stockman of Prosperity, who is the groom’s rommate at Clemson College, sered as best man. The bride and groom enter ed the church together. She was very beautiful in her two piece white spring suit, with pink silk blouse and lace ja bot, white shoes and bag to match, pink gloves and a very lovely off-face white straw hat and veiling. Her only ornament was a set of her mother’s dia mond ear-bobs. Her costume was completed with a shoulder corsage of white orchids. The bride’s mother, Mrs. George Hawkins, was attired in a black suit with blue ac cessories and a shoulder cor sage of carnations. After the ceremony, the oung couple received congratu lations from those present. Mrs. Weisner is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hawkins of Prosperity. She graduated from the Pros perity High School and is now attending Newberry College. She is a member of the LSA, YWCA, Day Students Club, the Newberry College Singers, and has been very prominent among many other campus ac tivities. She has had the hon or of attending the Queen in the May Day festivities, on of the most outstanding features of the College each spring. She is a major in the field of Ed ucation. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lendon Earle Weis ner, Sr. of Laurens and Clem son. There he is a major in the field of Electrical Engin eering. He is a very outstand ing cadet in the EE Corps, Ad vanced ROTC. After a short wedding trip, the bride will reside with her parents, and continue her studies at Newberry College. Upon Mr Weisner’s graduation in August, the young couple are planing to go to New Jer sey, where he is to be employ ed by an EE Company. Has Fishing Party The members of the Senior Luther League of Grace church and their guests enjoyed a fishing party Wednesday after noon and evening at Adams Camp. A bountiful picnic sup per was served. The group had good luck in fishing. Weiner Roast for JHA The FFA members of the Prosperity High School enter tained the members of the JHA with a weiner roast last Wed nesday evening on the school campus. IMiss Edith Dill and H. B. Hendrix were chaperones. On Saturday evening Miss Nellie Ruth Wicker entertain ed the members of the Luther League of St. Paul at her home in Prosperity. A number of games were played. Delicious refreshments were served after the games. Surprise Birthday Dinner Mrs. Minnie Kibler was given a surprise birthday dinner Sun day by her children and their families, Mrs. T. J. Kinard, Al vin Kibler and Everette Kib ler of Prosperity, and Mrs. T. L. Milstead of Newberry. When Mrs. Kibler came from church the group gathered at Mrs. T. J. Kinard’s and a table in the back yard was laden with food. Miss Dorothy Shealy and Bon ny Ray Stockman were also present. Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phone 719 — Nig-ht 6212 RERUN BLOCKADE Contrariness is most expensive — think of the money Uncle Sam has spent to keep the Berlin Air Lift in operation. We do not work at cross purposes with our cus tomers. Everything is done to Aiake their trans actions with our agency pleasant. Visit us today for an auto loan. PURCELLS “YOUR PRIVATE BANKER" Phone 197 ^CHEVROLET THE BEST PLACE FOR Buick & Chevrolet Service is Davis Motor Company 1515-1517 Main Street FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE Sales-Service With or without experience; character, integrity, and reputation of more importance to us. Position permanent, no seasons, no lay-offs. Company larg est in field: now in 25fn year; product selling near ly as many as all others combined. Forty-two men, starting green, earning more week-after-week stead ily than any previous job or business. Applicant must have car, under 45, references. If you are ambitious and in earnest, write fully to Electrolux Corp’n, 1921 Blossom St., Columbia 5, S. C. for in terview promptly. You will have a chance to earn profits your first week. Folk-May er Miss Betty Dunn Mayer be came the bride of Daniel Paul Folk, II, at 7:30 p.m., May 13, in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, Newberry. Rev. Paul Sherrill, pastor of the bride, officiated, using the double-ring ceremony. Claude McCain, Denmark, or ganist, furnished a program of nuptial music. Mrs. H. C. Mc Cain, of Denmark, soprano, was vocalist. Ushers were Smith G. Mat thews, Douglas Wilburn Monts, J, C. Gregg, and Athen R. Mor ris, Jr. Circles Hold Joint Meeting The Circles of the Women’s Missionary Society of Grace Church met together Friday afternoon. Mrs. James Lee Counts, president, presided. The officers and secretaries gave their yearly reports. Officers elected were: President, Mrs. J. A. Singley; 1st Vice President, Mrs. C. Mower Singley; 2nd Vice Presi dent, Mrs. Allen Bedenbaugh; Recording Secretary, Mrs. H. E. Counts; Corresponding Sec retary, Mrs. W. B. Ackerman; Statistical Secrtary, Mrs. L. A. Black; Treasurer, Mrs. W. A. Ballentine. Of Personal Interest Mrs. Joe Spotts and her daughter, Frances Ann, came home Saturday from the New berry Hospital. She is with her mother, Mrs. A. B. Hunt. Mrs. W!. G. (Billy) Dawkins and her little daughter, return ed home Thursday from the Newberry Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Dawkins make their home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dawkins. Clyde Wise is a patient in the Columbia Hospital. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Singley were their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Dunlap of Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. W, L. Mills spent Wednesday in Florence with their son, Dr. Leslie Mills and family and report that their little grandson, Billy Mills, who has been ill, is bet ter. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jefferies of Blythewood were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ray Dawkins. Sunday guests of Mrs. A. B. Hunt were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Riley of Union and Mrs. Tula Vines of Newberry. Mrs Sam Beam of Newberry spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. O. W. Amick. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harris and their son, Mrs. Violet Aaron and her son, Billy of Laurens, were weekend guests of Mrs. Ada Bedenbaugh and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Bedenbaugh. Mrs. W. D. Stone and ‘ her son, Don of Quantico, Va., are visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. K. Wheeler. Mrs. Joe Webster of Colum bia spent th e weekend with her mother, Mrs. B. T. Gibson and Mr. Gibson. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Counts were in Colubia Sunday to visit their daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alexander. Mr. Alexander left Sunday for Washington, D. C., where he will become press relations officer for Senator Olin D. Johnson. Mrs. Alex ander will join her husband in Washington the middle of June. Groomsmen were Spruce Mc Cain, Byron K. Miller, and Ted Neeley of Denmark, and David C. Sojourner of St. George. Samuel Arthur Neeley of Denmark was the best man. The bridesmaids wer e Misses Verna Kohn, Marilyn White- ner and Martha Lommick of Newberry, and Miss Mary El eanor Wiggins of Estill. Miss Joan Dominick was maid of honor and Mrs. J. C. Gregg was matron of honor. They wore short-sleeved dresses of white organza over blue taffeta with blue sashes. Their dresses were made with bouffant skirts sweetheart neckline, and yokes of white embroidery'. They wore lace mitts and carried nosegays of blue daises and delphiniums, white and pink carnations, and pink roses bor dered with blue tulle ruffles and tied with matching blue satin ribbon. In their hair they wore circlets of the same com binations of flowers. The bride, given in marriage by her father George L. Mayer wore a gown of white import ed organdy, designed with a fitted bodice and portrait neck line of appliqued Swiss em broidery, which ended in a full skirt and long courtly train. She wore matching mitts and a double veil of bri dal illusion, fingertip length, which fell from a coronet of seed pearls. She carried a chaste bouquet of white car nations, centered with an or chid. The bride’s mother wore a gown of blue with white mitts and a corsage of white carnai- tions. The groom’s mother wore a dress of old rose with white gloves and a corsage of white carnations. Immediately after the cere mony, a receptpion was held at the home of the bride’s par ents on Summer street. Re ceiving were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Smith, Mr. and Mlrs. Jack Chappell, Misses Nancy Pad gett, Doris Dominick, Christine Folk, Jo Hartzog of Denmark, Jeanine Eppting, Mrs. Voight Epting, Mrs. Tommy Folk, Mrs. E. M. Lipscomb, Mrs. Guy Whitener, Misses Faye Murray and Claire Chappell. Later in the evening, the cou ple left for a wedding trip, af ter which they will make their home in McCormick. For trav eling, the bride wore a green suit with white accessories. Her corsage was the orchid from her wedding bouquet. Mrs. Folk is the only daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. May er of Newberry. She attended Newberry high school, and at the time of her marriage, was a sophomore at Newberry Col lege. Mr. Folk is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Rudolph Folk of Denmark. He is a gradu ate of Denmark high school and completed three years at Clemson college. He attended Newberry college last semes ter. He now holds a position as engineer for Clark-Hill in McCormick. Prior to her marriage May 13th, Miss Betty Mayer was en tertained at a number of par ties. On April 23, Mrs. J. C. Gregg and Mrs. E. M. Lipscomb were hostesses at a bridge par ty and linen shower. On April 27, Miss Verna Kohn gave a bridge party at her home on Johnstone street. On April 30, Miss Mary Eleanor Wiggins en tertained with a bridge party. On April 26, Mrs. James Nev- ils of Blackville entertained her Tuesday bridge club and We hav& £ AMERICA’S GREATEST WATCH VALUE! 2/^m^L 0 ULOVA1 y W. E. TURNER Prim include federal Tax AMBROSE S. KIBLER Ambrose Counts Sipe Kib ler, 33, died early Sunday morning in Macon, Ga. Mr. Kibler was injured in an au tomobile accident Monday night and had been in a critical con dition since then. He was born and reared in the St. Phillips section of New berry County and was the son of Mrs. Nettie Banks Kibler and the late Kemper A. Kibler. He graduated from Newberry College in 1933 and taught school at Midway, Stony Hill and Huger. For the past eight years he had made his home in Macon. He was chief engineer for radio station WNEX in Macon until his death. Funeral services were held at 3:30 o’clock Monday after noon at the graveside in St. Phillip’s Lutheran Church cem etery at Newberry, the Rev. Kleckley and the Rev. C. H. Stucke conducting. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Shealy Kibler and three children, Shelby Jean, Kemper and Ronald Kibler, all of Macon. Also surviving - are his mo ther, Mrs. Nettie Banks Kibler; two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Lomi- nick, Jr., of Newberry and Mrs. Roy T. Shealy of Camp Gordon, Ga., and a number of aunis and unck 3. honored Miss Ann Martin, bride-elect, and Miss Mayer. Miss Marilyn Whitener enter tained with a bridge party for Miss Mayer on May 3. On May 5, Miss Martha Lominick en tertained with a bridge party and kitchen shower. Mrs. Wal ter Summer honored Miss May er with a luncheon at her home on Main street on May 10. Misses Joan and Doris Dominick entertained with a bridge party on May 10. On May 12, Miss Mayer entertain ed her bridesmaids with a lun cheon at the Wiseman hotel. Mrs. Voight Epting, aunt of the bride-elect, was hostess to the wedding party at a rehearsal party at Riverside club on May 12 following the rehearsal. The bride’* parents gave a luncheon for the out-of-town guests at the Wiseman hotel on May 13. MRS. MAUDE PRATHER Mrs. Maude Mary Prather, 61 died early Sunday morning at a Columbia hospital after a long illness. « She was born and reared in the Cedar Shoals section of Laurens County and was the daughter of the late Martin and Mrs. Allen Huckabee. Her husband Tiny Le e Prather, died 18 years ago. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the Cedar Shoals Church with the Rev. B. R. Nichols and the Rev. Robert Edwards conducting. Interment follow ed in the church cemetery. She is survived by the fol lowing children: Hurson Lee Prather and Clarence Martin Prather, both of Cross Anchor, Frank B. Prather of Whitmire, Mrs. Charlie Stevenson of An derson, Mrs. Anna Fair of Gaff ney, James Wlendell of Spar tanburg, Warley Larking Pra ther of Enoree. Also the fol lowing brother, Claude Hucka bee of Duncan and half-bro thers Belon Huckabee and Olin Huckabee, both of Whitmire, Martin Huckabee of Calhoun Falls, Horace Huckabee of Woodruff and four grandchil dren. Improved corn culture ex tends to the coast. County Agent McCord of Georgetown has over 40 farmers entered in their 3-acre corn growing con test. vou* .<*// SAVINGS ' Q INSURED $£^♦5000. w Allow voiir saving* to earn a better return /or you ••• with « I! LET’S TALK IT OVER I Newberry Federal Savings and Loan Association M 1*4*. DRIVER CAN SEE II FEET « 1*4*. DRIVER CAN SEE 24 FEET CLOSER TO FRONT OF CAR CLOSER TO REAR OF CAR IN MIRROR 1948 194* 1949 1948 Chevrolet’s new Leader-Line Styling makes it possible to give you Panoramic Visibility-a fuller, freer, safer view of the road Look ahead! 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