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^Social ^rctiuitieS Events may be eallPtl in to Mrs. T. C Coleman. Jr.. Phone 2018-W

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Miss Grag. Daughter Of Former Resident, Becomes Engaged Mr and Mrs. Walter M. Gray, of Baltirr :re. Md . have announc ed the engagement of their daughter Idalee. to William K R. Harden Jr., .son f Mr and Mrs. William E. R. Harden, also of Baltimore Miss Gray, granddaughter of the late Mr and Mrs. Thomas A. Gray, of Farmville, is a graduate of the University of Maryland where sdie was a member of Alpha Omicron Phi. Her fiance, who also attended the University and was a member of Kappa Alpha s rial fraternity, is serving in the U. S. Air Force The bride's father was a resi dent of Farmville for many years, with his parents the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Gray.

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Miss Eloise Hanes Tendered Farewell Party Recently Miss Eloise Hanes, bride-elect, was honored at a farewell party given by the office personnel of the Virginia Electric and Power Companv on Friday night. Jan. 23. at the cabin of E H. Paul son. near Prospect. Approximately twenty - five guests were present and Miss Hanes was presented with a cor sage upon arrival. The group en joyed square dancing after which the honoree was presented with a gift from the employees. Mrs. Marie Elliott, who has re cently accepted employment in the VEPCO Office, was welcomed into the group at this time Attend 'Capital Peace Sessions Mrs. Grace C Gordon. Mr. and Mrs. R. B Craw*ford. of Farmville and Mrs J R Sheffield, of Vic toria. attended the Woman’s Forum on National Security whicli was held in Washington. D. C . last Tuesday and Wednes day. The forum was a conference of ten women's organizations includ ing the American Legion Auxilia ry Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. Shef field were delegates. Announce Birth Mr and Mr, August 1! Klocke. Jr., of Crewe, announce the birth of a daughter. Martha Jean Klocke. rn Sunday. Jan 25. a* Southside Community Hospital Mr Klocke is associated with tire Department of Internal Revenue m the Farmville Office Birth Announced Mr. and Mr Oscar Borum. o; Green Bav. announce the birth of a s:n. William Douglas Borum. on Thursday. Jan. 29 at Southside Community Hospital Mrs B :rum is the former Mis, Nannie Mac Snow, daughter of Mr and Mrs. I.. A. Snow, of Farmville.

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Miss Harwood, Mr. Copland Wed In Richmond The marriaee of Miss Elizabeth Gordon Harw o,l. daughters of Mr and Mrs Wallace S. Harwoid, of Richmond, to Albert Ruffin Copland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al bert George Copland, of Wcya noke. took place at 4:30 n. in.. Faturday at. Grace Covenmt Pres byterian Church The Rev Dr Paul Tudor J lies and the Rev Oscar Eddleton, of Wes! uer. of ficiated. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a ro<- u of satin and lace and a veil of Italian lace. She carried a spray of fnvdenias Miss Marietta Plaekwell Barnes v.a.s maid of honor, and Mrs Arthur Blakeslee. HI. cousin of the bride, was matron ol hon'r Other attendants were Mils Mary Copland, si ter of the bridegr iom. Mrs I ewis Lunsford. Mbs Eliza beth Ann Bearer, of Pittsburgh. Pa., and Mbs Helen MacLean Ag new. of Hieh Point. N. C.. cousin of the bride Miss Ann Harwood, sister of the bride, was junior bridesmaid

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.Ml’, copiamt was ms s n s oesc man. Groomsmen were Stuart FI. Tomkins. Jr.. George Fi. Carter. ■Tr.. Wallace K Harw -od. Jr., bro ther of the bride, George Copland, brother of the groom, and Saun ders Ruffin. Lyon Tyler. Richard Saunders and Harrison Saunders, cousins of the bridegroom. The bride is the neice of Mr. and Mrs. John FI Harwood, of Farmville Miss Myrtle Kirtley, Cpl. Willie V. Scott Marry at Abilene The marriage of Miss Myrtle M. Kirtley and Cpl. Willie V Scott was solemnized at 3 p. m . Fri day. Jan 2. at the parsonage of Abilene Methodist Church. The Rev. n. R Jenkins, pastor per formed the ceremony Mrs Scott is the daoghte? of Mrs. O V Kirtley. of Ml. PI le ant. and Cpl. Scott is tl.e son of Mrs. Katherine Scott, of M. a rim and tIre late Willie Scott. Bo.h Mr. and Mrs. Scot: art graduates of Worsham Hi>h School Cpl. Scott is stationed at Cam]) Pickett and Mr.- Scot' is empl<1 ‘d b.v the Vir inia I < le phone and TeL-rtaph Company ;n Farmv.lli Coheee Hoard Meets The Hill Tlie Mid-Winter meeting o: the Board of Trustees :f Hampden Sydney College was held Satur day. Jan. 31, at Hampden Sydncy. I'hose present were Dr. Frank S. Johns Lew is Lar is. Lewis. Chewnmg. Horace Grey. Robert Biennaman. all from Richmond: Justice A C. Buchanan, of Taze well; Dr William Pugh of Lynch burg : R T Hubard, of Bucking ham A F Patton, of Danville. Grattan Lindsey, of Roanoke, and J William Duuningt n, of Farm \ ille.

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Club Calendar Farmville Woman's Club — Luncheon meeting. Wednesday. Feb. 4, at 12:110 o'clock at Long wood House. Guest speaker Mrs. R Richard Sweitzer. vice-presi dent of the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs. Hostesses- Mrs. Richard Cralle. Mrs. J. H Whit field and Mrs. H. V Lancaster. Miss Simpson Wins Camp Post Miss I ucille Simpson, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W L. Simp son. of Rice, has been appointed Chief of Discharge Secti n in the Personnel Division of the U. S. Army Hospital at Camp Pickett. Miss Simpson, a civilian em pl' vee of the Army, is a graduate of Farmville High School.

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Mr. and Mrs. Syanor c. New man and Mrs. Anne S. Newman left Thursday for West Palm Beach, ^'la.. where they will be guests at Miramar Inn. Their de parture. planned for last week, was delayed an account of attacks of influenza. • • • Dr Beverly Ruffin, librarian at Longwood College, spent the week end in Williamsburg, where she attended a conference of librari ans. • • * — 1 Mrs. Mattie Leigh Walker has leturned to her home in States- : ville. N. C.. after spending some time here as the guest of Mrs. L I Scott Martin, and Mrs. Anne S. Newman. • » • Mrs R. Richard Schweitzer. ■ ice-president of the Virginia j . Federation of Women' - Clubs, of j Norfolk, will be a guest. Wednes day. of Mr. and Mrs. C W i Glenn Mrs Schweitzer will speak at a Wednesday afternoon lunch- j eon of the Farmville Woman's Club. * * • Mi>s Elizabeth Burger is spend ne several days in New York City and attending a conference of the Tinted States Hrwtroy Association • it M: Robert Burger and son. Bobby left Sunday to spend a week tn Bovdt n. Va . as guests i of her parents. Mr and Mrs H. 11 Thompson. • • • Dr and Mis. W Wilson Tuvin: ; attended the annual Virginia - ' Str.'e Vet*” uiaiv Medical mcGiii ill Richmond las* week. • • * Mr and Mi Hampton S Owen !r and daughter. Kin. men: the •mst week end in Altavista wit:: Mr Owen's parents. Mr. and Mr. H S Owen * * • Mr and Mr. Frederick Real and family, of Washington, D C spent the past week end with Mr Reid's parents. Mr. and M: Ma ! con Reid. • * • Miss Virginia M-Rae romied Sunday after spending ti.< past ‘week end in Richmond with her •ranriparents. Dr. and M. ■ Don ald Richardson • * • M’ws Bettv overcash. Rich mond. spent the past week end with her parents. Mr. and Mr. H B. Overcash.

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Community Church Women Leaders

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FARMVILLE COUNCIL OF CHURCH WOMEN officers for 1953 confer during a recent meeting of the Board of Managers in the Student Lounge of Longwood College Flans for the ensuing year were mapped. The officers are left to right: Miss (arrie Diingan. vice-president, Mrs. B. T. Taylor, treasurer: Mrs. E. W. Iloupe, president, and Mrs. H. V Lancaster, secretary. Mrs. A T Gray is the retiring president. ^

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Stale Officer Will Speak At Woman's Club Luncheon

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Vice-president of the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs. R. Richard Schweitzer, Nor folk. will lie guest speaker at a Farmville Woman's Club lunch eon. Wednesday. The luncheon will be held at 12:30 p. m., at Ixmgwood H use. Former treasurer of the Vir ginia Federation of Women's Clubs and chairman of the fede ration's resolutions committee. Mrs. Schweitzer will discuss "Sacrifice Or Chaos.'' concerning the clubwoman's part in public affairs. _ The guest speaker was born m Chicago and received m >st of her education in that city In 1923, she , married and moved to Cincinnati. She and her family came to Nor folk m 1920 Serves Clubs Mrs .Schweitzer is a member oi o women's clubs — Woman’s Club ol Norfolk and the rt sjiighth Club si.- a.i - he\d num ero is offices in the Fortnight];, Club, including the picsidency She has served as chat man o! ■: in committees of the Nor folk Woman's Club, including that if the finance and budget com mittee. and at one time she was treasurer of the club. She has a No been president of the S:\th Dis trict of the Vin'inla Federation of Women's Clubs The speaker ha-, also been active m local and state P-TA and Red Cross Work. She was a No i mem ber of the organizing t-roups of the Norfolk Forum and tie- Nor folk Community Couni•:! Associa tion. She organized tlie I nrch mont Community Council and p

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serving that group as secretary now. Manages Farm Mr. Schweitzer was recognized nationally as an authority on underground water development. He was president of the Layne Atlantic Company, and ins wife was secretary-treasurer until Ins death several years ago. Mrs. Schweitzer's present busi ness is a 500-cow dairy herd farm, near Norfolk. Mrs. Schweitzer has one son. Richard, a student m the haw School m the University of Vir ginia. Mrs Emmett Elliott has return ed to her h> me at Hampden-Syd nry after spending several days o! the past week with her parents Mr and Mrs. Hugh Westbrook, in Franklin. • * • Dr and Mrs Henry M.ts-c\ and familyj of College Park. Me!., are g::c>t,s at this time of Dr Massey's mother. Mrs J B. Massey • • » Mr and Mrs. Alfred Price will attend 'he State Farm Equipment Meeting to be held at the Hotel Roanoke this week. * * * Mrs. Gordon Young, of Clift n Force, spent the past week end with her father. T W Bi .ce

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Carter Lindsey, of the Univer sity of Virginia, spent the past week end with his mother, Mrs. j Virginia Lindsey • • • Capt and Mrs. William Kidder, who have been occupying an apartment in the H jadley home on Madison Street, will move this week to Blackstone. • * * Dr. and Mis. W. W. Taylor and daughter Spent the past week end in Richmond as guests of Mrs. Taylor's parents • * * Mr and Mis James Reid and son Jimmy, spent the past week t nd with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Farrier. Jr., and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Reid. * * • Dr. W. J Svdnor will be among those from FarmvUle attendin', the Post Graduate Clinic at the Medical College in Richmond on M :nday and Tuesday of this week. * < « R. It Patilett is spending sev eral days at his home on High Street at this; time. * * * Members of the Farmvilie Jun ; r Woman's Club will hold a Rake Sale Saturday. Pcb. at Star Cleaners from 10 to 1 o'clock. * * * Mr . William J Gills. Jr., chair men of the W;r s and Means com mittee of the Club, and her com mittee are in charge of this sale, proceeds from which will be used for the civic and charitable work of the club.

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Mrs. George Rodgers spent sev eral days of the past week in Lynchburg with her brother-in law and sister. Mr and Mr B P. Caufield. « * * Mr. anti Mrs. Janies Wloodu.i!! of Richmond, visited their daugh ter-in-law, Mrs. Oscar Borum. o. Green Bay. who is a patient at Southsirie Community Hospital. during the past \yeek end. * * * Mr. and Mrs M S Allen of Delhigh. N. Y. visited Mrs Al len's sister, Mrs. R H Duggei 'last week while en route to l-’l r lda t:> spend some time * * * Mrs. J. A. Armistead and Miss Frances Armistead visited Mr-. J. A Armistead Jr. and Mis. Armistead. in South Hill during the past week * * * ‘ Dick Noel has returned to his home in Charlotte. N C . after . spending tlie past week end with : his mother. Mrs George Rodger-, and Mr. Rodgers. A Mexican automobile quota j limits U. S. manufacturers.

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Rice Homemakers Contribute Money i o .March ot Himes , Mrmbvi «i !':i» it Club met Tuesday. Jan. JO. for their reyulat mrei.n„ ... i w.. u* Mrs. Edward Frans Mrs Marian Baldwin' vave all interstmg demonstration on a.ass etclnna. A itenerom c.on;, .bum n was made to Mate!. lb n Delicious lTfrt served by the ho te ■ M< aiders w i »e next meeting. i m;s nwr. STIWART6RANCER ^HHjameVseasonS FKl -S.\T. “Plymouth • ■ Adventure" && j-f— 'ey, - * jfZ'C/rrficjzo.i 7ku>./-•

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