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s ■ Buckingham News Homeward Trek of Holiday Guests Brings Christmas Season To End

Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Jones and - family have return'd to their home, at Reedsville, N. C.. after having spent the Christmas holi days with Mr. Jones' father, the Rev. W. R. .Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Rowlett Bruce And Betty Rowlett, • spent Christmas at "Fleetwell." Newton. Va.. in King and Queen county.. They re turned home Saturday. Mrs. Efli^ Webb left Wednes day of last week to spend an in definite stay with her sister and brother-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Knox Jones, at Rawlings, Va. Misses Page Crute and Ann Shepherd of RPI. Richmond, are spending the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. John Crute. Also guest in the same home at Christmas was Mrs. Carrington Burgess, of Charlottesville. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Throckmor ton and family were visitors Sun day in the home Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hughes, of Ontario, Va.

Christmas Guests Mr. and Sirs. James DunneVant had as their guests Christmas Day Mr. and Mrs. Newsom, of Empor ia. Miss Betty Ruth Dunnavant returned with them to visit at Emporia. Norfolk and Halifax. She is expected home Tuesday. Her aunt. Mrs. Cera Moss returned with her to spend the New Year's holidays. Mrs. Herman Springer and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Springer. Jr., left Sunday for Carbondalo. 111., to spend the week with Mrs. Spring . er's daughter and son-in-law. Dr. and Mrs. Leon S. Minklef. En route. they were overnight guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs'. Howard Molloham m West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wenger and family, of Franklin were guests this past week end in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Springer. Mrs. Gordon Quinn, of Amherst . was a guest of Mrs. Ivanhoe Mor gan on Tuesday if this week. Visit '. ors in the same hoiru for the week are Karl.vn and Fred Wenger, of Franklin. Va. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Agee. Jr , and family and Allen Shepherd were among thoe who had dinner Christmas day in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stone, at Scot tsviile. Holiday Visitors Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fitzgerald, of Lynchburg, spent Christinas day day with Mrs. Mag Griggs Miss Appling Moss of Rich mond is spending the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. G. M Rogers. Gordon Elcan,. of Curdsyilli . was a guest Christmas day of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lacy. Guests during the Christmas holidays of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thompson were Mr. and Mrs. Irv mg Smith and daughter. Diana, of Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs R. E. Bingham and "Kir and Mrs. Alex Gobble, of Appomattox. Miss Christine Thompson spent several days last week visiting relatives in Appomattox.

New Pastor Due The Rev and Mrs Kenneth L. Baines and family, of Bruno. Minn., are expected io arrive here sonrtime about January I to take up his duties as pastor of Ma.vs ville Presbyterian Church. Rev. and Mrs. Otis Prudden and family are spending this week in Alabama. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Word, of Richmond, are receiv.ng congrat ulations on the birth of a son Kenneth Niel. on December 8. Mrs. Word is the former Miss Aiend Poe. Miss Bertha Poe spent several days this week in Richmond visit ing her sister and brother-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Word. Misses Minnie and Estell Wood were visitors in Richmond on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mead ows and son. of Washington. Mr and Mrs. Hunter Spencer and daughter, of Richmond, and Mr. and Mrs F. A. Ward and family were visitors :n the home of Mr and Mrs. John Wood during the holidays. Xmas Dinner l’urt> Dinner guests on Christinas rtaj ill the home of Ml'S. Turkic Wood were Mr. and Mrs. Dud Col-man and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wood, of Richmond. Mrs. Edna Guthrie, of Char lottesville. and Dr. and Mi.. Ed gar Haynesworth and family, of Lynchburg, were guests ot Mr. and Mbs.. John Spencer for the holi diiys. Mrs. Harold Schwartz was a business visitor in Richmond on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Edd c Shepherd and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, at Palmyra. Va., Sun day. Charles Spencer was a dinner guest on Sunday night ol Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Spencer, in Eanmtllr Robert Barrel!, ol New Orleans, Charles Barrel!, of Bowling Green. Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs. Herben Barrett, of Cliarloltcsullc, visited tlieir mot her. Mrs ('■ M. Barrel] for the holidlrj's. Birth A nniMiiurd Mr. and Mrs. Jim Baird, Jr., are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter Sunday night in the Farmville hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith. of South Hill, and Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert, Tomlin, of Texas, visited dur ing the Christmas holidays in the

home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Da vis. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Burgess, of Fredericksburg, visited Mrs. Ce cil Wright, last Sunday. G. O. Davis, of Richmond, also visited Mr. and Mrs. Wright last week end. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mur nhv and family vis’ted Mrs. Wright on Christmas day. Arvonia Col. and Mrs. Stanley Jeffrey and children, of Baltimore, Md.. recently spent a few days with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. T. Stanley Jeffrey. Mr. and Mrs. Melville Johns and daughters attended the Johns’ family dinner, Dec. 26. in the home of his mother, Mrs. Monroe Johns, of Farmville. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Curtis, : of Lee Hall, were Christmas holi day guests of Mrs. J. M. Hannah. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Spessard had as their recent guests, Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn Woodcock, of Salisbury. Md. Ohio Visitor Mrs. Evans, of Ohio, is spend ing some time with her daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Joel M. LeSueur. The friends of Billy Baldwin, who is critically ill in a hospital hope that he will soon be on the road to recovery. Mrs. R. S. Pierce has returned home after making an extended visit with her son and daughter in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Pierce, of Brevard. N. C. Mrs. Cora Evans, of Richmond, stient. Christmas holidays with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Boggs. Dinner Guests Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Barbee, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Foulkes. of Richmond, and Miss Martha Foulkes. of Charlottesville, were dinner guests of Mrs. W. W. Foulkes. Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. T. 11. Ford spent several days in Richmond, last week, visiting Mr. and Mrs. Nor man Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Jeffrey re cently motored to Lexington and Staunton to visit Mr. and Mrs. Wellford Jeffrey and son, Mr. and Mrs. Wellford Jeffrey are receiv ing congratulations on the birth of a son. Robert Wellford Jef frey. Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Clarke, of Portsmouth, were holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. LeSueur. Mr. Clarke returned to Ports mouth leaving Mrs. Clarke here for a short visit. While here, she

Holiday News Items of Chestnut Grove

Capt. and Mrs. T. N. Saul spent Christmas Day with Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Moore Jr., at Appo mattox. Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Leitner. of Vera, and Miss Carolyn Hedge peth, of Portsmouth, visited Mr and Mrs. E. D. Senger. Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs. J. W. Jennings and Virginia. Mrs Harvard Cary and Bill, of Charlotte Court House, were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs. R. L. Harris. Friday. Dinner guests Christmas Day . of Miss Nannie and Frank Beas ley were Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Motcley and children, of Burke ville. Mr. and Mrs. Odelle Kirby. Mrs. Weldon Simpson. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Senger. Ronald and Johnny Beasley, of Farmville. Mr. and Mrs. W H. Beasley and Re becca. and Mr. and Mrs. K. M Beasley and sons. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Flippen of Richmond, spent the Christ mas holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Senger. Othei dinner guests Thursday were Mr and Mrs. E. D. Senger and son and Mr. and Mrs. H F. Harrii and children. :

• Richmond Guests Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Forbes anc Miss Margaret Haley, of Rich mond. were guests of Mr. and Mrs :C. T. Forbes. Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Morris anc 'sons spent Friday with Mrs. J ,N. Walden, in Farmville. S-Sgt. and Mrs. D. S. Allen anc Linda, of Pensacola. Fla . arrivec has also spent sometime with Mr and Mrs. Erie Jones, of Carters ville. j Mrs. Owen Williams had ac dinner guests. Christmas day. Mr and Mrs. O. P. Williams. Jr., and Mrs. G. P. Williams and Reginald of Richmond. Reginald William.' also called on Palmer White, ol Gold Hill. Mrs. Owen F Williams anc Bobby and Anne were dinnei guests last Friday of Mr. and Mi s A Rolfe Smith, of Gold Hill Other guests in the same home were Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Dawsor and children, of Schuyler, and Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Smith. Jr. and children, of Wealthia. Mrs. W. L. Powers and Mis; Elva Powers, of Caiet. visited Mrs. Owen J. Williams, last Fri day. S’ck With Flu D. P. Morgan Vas confined tc his home for several days Iasi week with the flu. Holiday guests of the Rev. anc Mrs. H. Ward Shannon were there sons, Preston, of Chicago and Paul, of Waynesboro. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Swartz, ol Harrisburg. Pa., and Mrs. Lucy Leedv. of Richmond, were holiday guests of Miss Nellie Jeffrey.

Aeus About Xeir Canton RFl) afe Correspondent Urges Readers To Take A New Year s Thought From Emerson

Christmas has come and gone, and another New Year is here. We are indeed grateful for the many blessings that have been ours in 1952. as a nation, as individuals. May we resolve to make the most of our opportunities in 1953, to be gin to really live. All too often we wait for a future that never comes. As the poet has expressed it. "We are always getting ready to'live, but never living”—Ralph Waldo Emerson. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pearcy, of Montgomery. W. Va.. spent the Christmas holidays with their parents here Peggy Shupe, of Tazewell, spent the past week end in the C W. Cave home. Mrs. Maude A. Putney has been ill at her home, but we are happy to report she is improving visit ’*arents Mrs. A. I). de Bettencourt and son. Alex, recently visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I Wliceley. in Washington. D. C Her three yoqng sons returned with her after spending several weeks with their grandparents. Sat. Maynard Johnson, of Shep pards Air Force Base. Wichita Falls. Texas, is visiting his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. G. W.. John son. Paul Cave left for Tazewell, last Sunday, where lie hopes to secure work until spring training in baseball begins. I.. M. Phillips, of Richmond was a guest of his brother and sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. J. R Phillips. Christmas Dnv. Christmas Guests Mr. and Mrs. Earl T Smith and small son. Earl. Jr., of Beach, ‘pent Christmas Day with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. Ligon Clarke. S-Sgt. Earl Davidson, of Ran dolph Air Force Base, San An t nio, Texas, has received his honorable discharge after serving nearly four years in the service of his country. He is visiting his parents.Mr. and Mrs. J. I David son . Hazel Martin alicj W B An derson were Richmond visitors over the week end. Visit In Home Mr and Mrs. Justus Reynolds. Mr and Mrs. Mac World and son. Billy, of Richmond. Mrs. Perkins Oliver and son. Thttmas Perkins, of Bybee. and Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Oliver and daughter of Scotts ville, were guests in the home of M r s. Florence Oliver during Christmas. Bobby Iz’e Johnson, of Rich mond. visited Ins parents, Mr and

Mr s G. W. Johnson, during tht holidays. Mrs. Otto P. Grose and son Bobby, of Richmond, are visitin? her parents. Mr. and Mrs. \Y R Pearcy. Cuts Off Pincers Friends of Tom Henry Hudgins were grieved to learn of his mis fortune. He lost several finger; m an accident with a wood saw. ; Mrs. Algie Martin, of Rich J nr'nd. is visiting her mother, Mrs , Mary F. Davis. Mr. and Mrs J. E. Riddle lef' last week to spend the remaindei of the winter ii^ Florida. Mr. and Mrs. F. Blevens, ol Jonestown, have been visiting a the J. I. Davidson and J. O. Bick ford homes. Charlie and Everctte B. Mahon Jr. and George Bannister, ol Richmond, and R. bert Carring ton. of Florida, were in the neigh borhood hunting last week. York town Guests Mr. and Mrs. Richard Goode of Yorktown. were recent guests of Mrs. Maude A Putney and Mrs Betty O. Bryant Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Johnson ! and son. of Richmond, visited ! relatives here, last week. Mrs. Marjorie P. Smith, ol Newport News, spent Christmas with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. Norman Putney. J hn W Stinson, of Richmond, visited relatives here, last week. Mrs. T I,. Hudgins had the mis fortune' to fall and break Her ; ankle. Dec. 23. She was hospital ized one night. She would like to take this opportunity to thank her many neighb rs and friends for their kind deeds and expres sions of sympathy.

NEWMAN CHEVROLET SALES CO Second & South Streets FAKMVILLE. VA.

I here December 19. to spend some ime with her parents. Mr. and Mj-s. A. J. Talbert. Pvt. Melvin O'Brien, who had -een stationed in Georgia, spent his furlough in his home here : f aring the Christmas holidays. ! S. E. Morris killed a 17-pound j turkey cn December 24. | R L. Morgan and Charles and J. L. Harris were dinner guests [ of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Harris on I Friday. Visitors in the afternoon j were Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jennings land Virginia and Mrs. Harward I Cary and Bill, of Charlotte Court ; House. _ j O. L. Pope and Lester Pope.

of Jetersville. called on Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Senger on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Perkins and sens and Mrs. T. M. Lowe, of Farmville, spent Saturday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Re pass. R W. Senger. of Farmville. called on Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Har ris. Thursday evening. Dinner Guests Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Leitner, of Vera, and Miss Carolyn Hedge peth. of Portsmouth, were dinner buests of Mr. and Mrs. C. If. Mor ris. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs B. B. Harris and sons of Richmond, were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Har ris. Friday night. Jack and Car roll Harris were overnight guests

in the same home. Supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Harris. Thursday evening, were Miss Ruby Mams, of Parm ville. and Mr. and Mrs. H F. Har ris and children. ,! Mrs. C. T Forbes and Missel Beulah and Audren Forbes visited Iieonard Bryant, at Appomattox. Friday afternoon. F H. Chernault killed a seven point buck on Friday, weighing 132 pounds Frank Douglas Sheppard Jr., of Farmville. is spending the holi days with Mr. and Mrs. C H. Morris. ' F H Chernault and Mrs. Cenia Shelf n were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Harris. Friday. Mr. and Mrs.1 E. R Repass and

Mrs. Ralph Repass and Joan Card visited Mr and Mrs. H. F. Harris. Saturday night. Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. H F Harris. Sunday, were Mr. and Mrs Robert Lee O'Brien and children, of Prospect, and Mrs. Cema Shelton and Jerelene Shel ton. of Crewe and Cullen. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hickman, of Lynchburg, and \V. L O'Brien, of Prospect, vvejsr dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. I,. Harris Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Ottie Pillow, of Keysville. and Mrs. Ethel Harris, of Phenis, visited in the same home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs H. F Harris and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dunkum, at Alpha, Sun day night.

It I Harris spent Christmas Day with his father, J. M. Harris, at Phrnix. Mr Harris had been confined to his bed for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. B B Harris, of Richmond, were overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Harris, Fri day. Mr. and Mrs. H F Harris and children called at the home of Mr. and Mrs F Cl. Lynn and Mr. and Mrs. R W. Womack, in F.'.rmville, Monday night. Mr and Mrs Fred Barton and family, of Burkeville. spent Sat urday with Mr. and Mrs. W. T Cook. Mrs. R L Harris and Anne spent Monday with Mrs. J. J , Chernault. at Vera.

AFTER - CHRISTMAS

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