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PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Sept. 30, 1971 Miss Sarah Lindemann Blank enship of Cape Girardeau, Mo., became the bride of Edmund Massey Pickett of McComb in a ceremony at 8 p.m., Sept. 18 in the First Presbyterian Church of Cape Girardeau! The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Dale Minton Blank enship of Cape Girardeau and granddaughter of Mrs. Sarah Wallace. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Edward Pickett of McComb. Dr. Edwin Brasington officiat ed at the candlelight ceremony and Mrs. David Strand, orga nist, presented a program of nuptial music and accompanied Mrs. John Hoffman, soloist, as she sang “0, Perfect Love.” The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a formal gown of silk candlelight organ za with bishop sleeves caped with reembroidered Alencon lace encrusted with pearls and crystals. A panel of imported lace extended down the front of the dress and into the bord er of the chapel length train. A multiple organza Dior bow encrusted with jewels held her cathedral veil of French illu sion and she carried a colonial bouquet of white roses, stepha- notis and baby’s breath and her great-grandmother’s wed ding handkerchief. Miss Beth Blankenship, serv ed her sister as maid of honor and bridesmaids were Sharon Ridings, Cape Girardeau, Mar cia Esker, New Orleans, La., and Kathy Company, Clarks- dale. Their formal length gowns were of cerise georgette with wide satin corselettes interlac ed in front. The bodices had deep scooped necklines and mo dified bishop sleeves. They wore cerise satin bows in their hair and carried multi-colored nose gays accented with pink. Wilbur E. Pickett served his son as best man and grooms men were Jimmy Hayman and Paul Dykes, both of McComb, Rick Blankenship and Scott Blakenship, both of Dexter, Mo. Mrs. Blankenship chose for her daughter’s wedding a mint green crepe dress with jewel ed collar and cuffs and Mrs. Pickett wore pink crepe. A reception followed at Cape Girardeau Country Club. Mrs. Ronald Edwards, Vienna, Va., sister of the bridegroom, pre sided at the guest register and Mrs. Gary Scheidt, Louisville, Ky., Miss Ann Erlbacher and Miss Libby Campbell, Cape Gi rardeau and Miss Susan Au stin. Cleveland, assisted in serv ing the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Pickett were hosts at a rehearsal din ner at the Ramada Inn the evening prior to the wedding 1 with members of the wedding party and out-of-town guests at tending. The couple will make their home in Memphis, Tenn., where the bride will attend Univer sity of Tennesse School of Phy sical Therapy and the bride groom will attend Southern Col lege of Optometry. Among those attending from McComb were Mr. and Mrs. Bennie C. Hayman, Miss Lea Hayman and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam J. Pickett of Yazoo City also attended. Dr. and Mrs. H. D. Riding and Miss Sharon Ridings of 6 Sylvan Lane entertained the out-of-town guests and the wed ding party at a brunch Satur day morning. «■ Bottorf- McCaughrin rites be Oct. 16 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boftorf of New Bern, North Carolina, announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Sally Swain, to Mr. James Cathcart McCaughrin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. McCaughrin of this city. The wedding will be solemniz ed on October 16 at four o’clock at A v e 1 e i g h Presbyterian Church. A reception will be held in Kaufmann Hall at Newberry College immediately following the ceremony. Friends and relatives of both families are cordially invited to attend. No invitations are being sent in Newberry. College women meeting set The Newberry College Wo men’s League will conduct its annual meeting at 11 a.m. Sa turday, Oct. 9, in the Wiles Chapel on the campus, accord ing to Mrs. Gerald Paysinger of Newberry, the Club’s presi dent; the date coincides with the College’s annual Parent’s Day. The meeting will be high lighted by an address by Dr. Fredric B. Irvin, the College’s new president. An election of officers is also planned for the group's business meeting. The League has done many things which were greatly need ed and which were not (and could not) be provided for in the annual budget of the College. Projects recently completed by the League include the rede coration of Smeltzer Hall, the office and the living area of the Dean of Women in the faculty lounge in the Classroom Build ing, the sacristy, the Chap lain’s study and the lounge in Wiles Chapel; the equipping of the radio room in Wiles Cha pel, which students use to broad cast The Newberry College Hour; and the risers for the Little Theatre. The remodeling and redeco rating of the Kaufmann Hall Dining Room was adopted as a two-year project for 1970-1972. The work was completed in 1970; the League has paid $3,- 000 toward the remodeling and redecorating and plans to raise an additional $3,800 in 1971 to pay for the remainder of the project. A luncheon is planned for 1 p.m. in the Kaufmann Hall Lounge following the business meeting; reservations should be sent to Mrs. Sadie Crooks, New berry’s acting dean of women, or any club officer by Oct. 2. 3rd “Clean Air” poster contest for Junior age The Area Six Branch Office of the S.C. Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Associa tion is sponsoring the third An nual ‘‘Clean Air” poster con test for Junior High School age students. The following coun ties will be participating in Area Six competition: Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, and Sa luda The poster contest will depict what clean air means, what air pollution can do, or the causes of air pollution. Prizes of a $25 Savings Bond (1st place) and a $10 Gift Certificate (2nd place) will be awarded to the poster winners. The local winners wil be entered in the state contest with the prizes of a $50 Savings Bond (1st place) and a $25 Sav ings Bond (2nd place). W. Harold Koon, Program Director for the SC TB-RD As sociation Area Six Branch Of fice, states “Americans are awakening to environmental concerns; evidence is every where: increased bicycle sales among our adult population, cans and bottles are being sav ed for recycling, and citizen groups are pressing for tough er industrial pollution regula tions. By involving our area school students in the ‘Clean Air Poster Contest’ we hope to make them more aware of the conservation of the air we breathe and the problems of Respiratory Disease which are often times a result of air pol lution.” Literacy group plans workshop Newberrians will receive an opportunity to do something about the adult illiteracy pro blem next week. - The Newberry College Lite racy Association under the di rection of Chaplain Harry We ber will conduct a series of three workshops at 7 p.m. Oct. 4, 5, and 6, in the Classroom Building on the campus to train persons interested in teaching adults how to read. “The three 3-hour tutor train ing workshops are designed,” Chaplain Weber said, “to pre pare persons to teach adult il literates how tn read using the ‘Each One Teach One’ System created by Frank Laubach. Campus training teams led by Chaplain Weber and four New berry College students Pat Dug- gins, Greenville, Tenn. senior; Nancy Shealy, Prosperity, S. C. junior; Francis Koon, Pomaria sophomore; and Pat Shealy, Jacksonville, Fla. sophomore will conduct the tutor training sessions. The Newberry College train ing program is under the au spices of the South Carolina Literacy Association (SCLA). Chaplain Weber noted that en rollment in volunteer tutoring under the direction of SCLA has increased to 1,300 from 650 last year. He added that during 1970-1971, 3,500 adult illiterates were aided by the SCLA and the State’s Adult Basic Educa tion Program. Figures released by Weber indicated that the number of persons aided by volunteer Lau bach “Each One Teach One” tutors had increased from 65 in 1967-68, to 250 in 1968-69, to 650 in 1969-70 and to 1,300 in 1970-71. He estimated that there are 230,000 adult illite rates in South Carolina. Graveside rites for Stepp infant Brian Hawkins Stepp, infant son of Joseph and June Hawk ins Stepp of Prosperity, died Wednesday night at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Besides his parents, he is sur vived by his paternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stepp, Sr. of Pageland. Graveside services were held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church Ceme tery, Prosperity, conducted by Rev. Ralph Rhyne. yourself That could C arpenter* s