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Amelia News and Socjial Events —-i-1 Chff ies Hr'mans Announce Birth Of Son, William Champe, March 12

The new Amelia Home I Demon s' atirn club met Mondai’ in the heme economics house at! Amelia I’ "h School Mr. and Mis. Charles A Holman. Ill, a»-e receiving c"neratulations on the birth of a son. WilliamjChampe, on March 12, at Johnston-W( Ills Hos ’ pital. Mr. and M s. F J. Rudfjrshausen spent last week end in Haddonfield, N. J.. where they went to !see their new granddaughter. Kathryn Ellen, daughter of Mr. and MrJ. C. G. Rudershausen. M's James de Krafft. Miss Law rence Baugham. Miss Mary Helen Hutcheson and Mrs. Garland Hutch eson went to Richmond last Monday to hear the Norwegian Choir Boys concert. Methodists. Episcopalians Study Members of-+fcc Methodist WSCS and the EpiseSfia! Woman's Auxili ary held a study session ait Jeters ville Methodist church Tuesday. Mrs. C. Garland Hutcheson, of Amelia taught the group on "Mis

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sion: U S.A." Ladies of the host chu-ch served refreshments. M s. E. H. Burke entertained her bridge club March 13. Mrs. T. E. O'Rorke has returned to her home in Laurel. Md.. after seve-al weeks’ visit with Miss Mary Sheppa’d. She will go to Williams burg, where she will be w'ith her son and his family. Captain O'Rorke is in the ROTC program at William and Mary. Miss Betsy Stark arrived Thurs day from North Carolina Woman's College at Greensboro for a visit with he- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stark.

.Mrs. Jones Recovers Mrs. R H Jones, who was taken to Johnston-Willis Hospital Thurs day with pneumonia, is recovering. The local Ruritan club held its annual ladies night Thursday at a dinner served by Jetersville Metho dist church WSCS in Trinity Church basement. J. Barrye Wall, editor of the Farmville Herald, was guest speaker. Mrs C. Garland Hutcheson spent Tt.rrsday with her father-in-law, Joseph Hutcheson, in South Hill, where he is a hospital patient. Mr. Hutcheson's daughter. Mrs. James Monroe Osborn, of Smithfield. N. C., spent Thursday night in Amelia with Mr. and Mrs. C. Garland Hutcheson. Miss Alice Hardy, who is teaching in Sanford. N. C., this winter, is spending this week here with her sister, Miss Rebie Hardy. Sam Davenport returned Friday after being a patient for several weeks at Stuart Circle Hospital. Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Rucker re turned last week from visiting then sons at Arlington and Fredericks burg. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Morris, and child:en. of Hopewell, spent the week end with his mother, Mrs. Bernard Morris. / Miss Lawrence Baugham was in Richmond Friday and Saturday to visit Mrs. Charles W Kernan. Luncheon Held Miss Laura Allen, Miss Selina Hmdle, the Mesdames H. Otis Mar shall. A. A. Johns and James Ander son were entertained at luncheon Wednesday by M s. Howard Gor don. M;ss Hindle s sister, in Rich mond Other guests were Mrs. Clif ton Wingo. M’s. Herbert Goodman and Miss Soplve Goodman, of Cum berland. and Miss Bessie Mottley. of Richmond, formerly of Amelia. Mrs Josephine Osborne reopened her beauty shop Friday. It was closed when the county bought the building where it was located. She is now in the Marshall building, where Perdue's Paiht Shop was lo cated some years ago. M’ss Frances Evans, of Peters- ■ burg, spent the week end at home J. Gordon Dickerson and John L. Smith, of the Union Bank and Trust Company, were in Richmond Satur day for the annual bank conference Club Meetings Scheduled Beaver Pond-Earls Home Demon st.ation club will meet March 26 at 2 p.m with Mrs. Jack Hite: Rennie Memorial, March 28 at 1:30 p.m. with Mrs. C. C. Bishop: Deatonville. March 28 at 7:30 p.m. and hold open house to interest more people in home demonstration work. All women in the area have been in vited to attend. Mrs. R. R. Price will be hostess. March 2!), from 11 30 a m. to 1:30 p.m.. 4-H club leaders, busmoss and civic repre sentatives will meet at Buddy's Place to plan for the six-county parade and a float for Amelia county. The parade will take place do May 11. Mr. and Mrs. James Allen, and family, spent Sunday- in Norfolk.

McCraw Receives Highway Promotion E. L McCraw has assumed his new duties as assistant resident engineer at Appomattox. His pro motion was recently announced by District Engineer J. H. Phillips. McCraw was serving as high way construction inspector at Dillwyn prior to taking the new position. He is a career man with tlie highway department. He

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7 L. F. GARRIS, of Farmville. caught these two carp under the train bridge on the Appomattox river. They weighed 231 a and 22' lbs. respective'y. The Farmville fisherman used dough for bait and hauled them in by hand.

Ransons MisslCynthia Patteson. ot West hampton College In Richmond, and H. R Patteson. of Richmond Pro fessional Institute in Richmond, were home over the week end. W. R Flowers, of Lynchburg, visited his sons, Wallace and Cleve land Flowers, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Patteson. Pat, Mike and Linda, of Richmond, spent Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. T. E. Pat teson. L. W. Patteson, Jr., and family, of Charlottesville, spent the week end with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. V/'. Patteson. The building of Mr and Mrs. Julian Maxey's new home on Route 20 is progressing nicely. The three brothers. Bobby, Herbert and Julian, will have homes on adjoining farms, all three almost in sight of each other. Sharon Business Women's circle gave a stork shower for Mrs. Bobby Maxey Saturday in the church rec reation room. Mrs. Clara Maxey and M;s Julia Baber are on the sick list. started as a survey party roadman in October 1937. and now lias taken the position of assistant re sident engineer.

Nation’s Oldest Twins Celebrate 93rd Birthday Nat and BUI Roberts, twins of Buckingham and Albemarle Coun ties, are again celebrating a birth day and this time it is 93 years. Although they a>e separated by tu’les. they are with each other in spirit on this occasion. William Smithten Roberts, who lives near Scottsville, is with his son. Earl Roberts, in Charlottesville recover ing from a broken leg and h.p, while his twin brother. Nathaniel Marvin Roberts, is at his home in Buckingham County near Diilwyn, and is planning to grow his usual crop of tobacco. They were born in Nelson County. March 13. li$64. Now one is in Buck ingham and the other in Albemarle. The three counties have a claim on them as the oldest twins in “these parts” and probably in the United States. Together they total 186 years. Their mother lived to be 91 years old and their grandmother lived to be 100.

Mt. Zion to Hold School of Missions A school of missions will be held at Mt. Zion Baptist, church March 24 and 25 at 7:30 p.m. for the entire membership of the church. Monday evening following the school, a social hour will be held and re freshments will be served Visitors will be welcome.

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