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    1. [SCSPARTA] Spartanburg Heral 1932 cont..
    2. 1932 ANNIVERSARY OF WEDDING TO BE CELEBRATED MONDAY Dec.24- MR. and MRS. J.T. GENTRY will ride down the streets of Spartanburg to reanact the wedding that took place in the Gowansville section of Greenville Co. on Dec.25, 1882. The Southside Baptist church celebration will culminate in a wedding ceremony to which all friends are invited and the solemn, happy rites the couple heard five decades ago will be said again in the past tense by the Rev. J.L. VIPERMAN..... JOHN THERON GENTRY was born April 10, 1860 in the Walnut Grove section of Spartanburg county. MARY JANE AIKEN GENTRY was born July 27, 1860 in the Gowansville section. After the wedding they lived in Gowensville five years, moving to Holly Springs where they remained three years. They moved to Fairforest and there they resided for 27 years, removing to Spartanburg in 1917. In this city have since remained. Nine children, 32 grand-children and 4 g-grandchildren live to call them blessed. The children are; MRS. J.A. KELLER, Sptbg., MRS. C.B. PRINCE, Landrum, MRS. T.WILSON, Raleigh, MRS. M.M. ALEXANDER, Fairforest, MRS. J.F. DRAKE, Sptbg., FRED L. GENTRY, Sptbg., W.O. GENTRY, Daytona Beach, and JACK L. GENTRY, Sptbg. These sons and daughters, speak interestingly in tribute to their parents..... After the ceremony a reception will be held in the basement of the church where friends may greet the couple.... ----- MARRIAGES LICENSE RECORDED -December - BEN FOX, 21 , Drayton and MARY MILDRED CORRELL, 20, Inman. - MILNER BRADLEY WILSON JR., 29, and MARGARET NASH, 29, both of Sptbg. - JAMES KING, 18 and GEORGIA ROGERS, 17, both of Drayton. - JOHN JUNIOR LYNCH, 23 and AGNES PEELER, 20, both of Harris, N.C. - THOMAS G. EDWARDS, 22 Lyman and RACHEL LYNCH, 21 Rutherfordton, N.C. - JOHNNIE FLOYD, 21 and CARRIE MAY SWIFT, 18, both of Cross Anchor. - JESSE HALL, 19 and BERNICE COLLINS, 18, both of Sptbg. - RICHARD THOMPSON, 60 and LUCY DAWKINS, 58, both of Sptbg. - WILLIAM DEWRIGHT DILL, 23 and PHOEBE MISSOURI CARVER, 18, both of Balfour, N.C. - ERNEST THOMPSON, 26 Sptbg. and CORA LEE EARLES, 21, Chesnee. - BEAUFORT PACE, 21 and ALTIE GOSNELL, 21 , both of Landrum. - JAMES ALFRED WALKER, 24, and PAULINE ALICE KUYKENDALL, 18, both of Tryon, N.C. - SAM JUSTICE, 25 Una and DESSIE PHILLIPS, 24, Saxon. - JOHN SCRUGGS, 55 and MARGARET McARTHUR, 21 both of Sptbg. - WM. OSBORNE ALLISON, 32, Sptbg. and RUTH SANDERS, 28, Sptbg. - JOHN BLEASE CLAYTON, 21, Greer and ANNIE MAY TINSLEY, 20, Inman. - BUFORD HAYES, 21 and BELL MATHEWS, 22 ,both of Sptbg. - J.H.S. PEARSON, 36, Sptbg. AND etta riddle, 32, East Sptbg. ----- HONOR ROLL Dec.17- CANNONS CAMPGROUND SCHOOL 7th grade- HUGH LARK, SARAH HUGHES, CLAYTON COOKSEY, MAMIE COOKSEY, OPAL GARRETT, EDNA ARTHUR. 5th grade- CHARLES ARTHUR, H.B. FITZGERALD, AGNES WEST. 4th grade- HELEN GOSSETT and CHESTER STEPHENS. 3rd grade- BOBBIE ARTHUR, JACK ARTHUR, JOE ARTHUR, HERBERT LINDER, JULIEN SCOTT. 2nd grade- CREOLE ARTHUR, VIRGINIA LYLES, BETTIE JOE COOKSEY, RAYMOND WEST. 1st grade- NELL GOSSETT, SAM SCOTT, JOE FITZGERALD, LILLIE MAE GRIFFIN. -- GRAMLIN HIGH SCHOOL; 11 th grade- CORINNE FISHER, RUBY HALL, ANNIE LOU LOFTIS, ANNIE LEE MARTIN, VIVIAN MILLER, RUTH STONE. 10th grade- BARNEY BLACKWELL, RALPH HARLING, ANNIE BELLE LAUGHTER, ELLIOT MAHAFFEY, CHARLIE SPAKES, MARY STONE, EVA LOU TURPIN. 9th grade- LUCILE BALLENGER, GLADYS BISHOP, JOYCE BISHOP, HILDA COTHRAN, GLENN FOSTER, LYDA PRICE, FRANK HECTOR. 8th grade- FLOREE VEHORN. ----- BECKER'S BAKERY- Chocalate Eclairs, 3 for 10cents. Boston Cream Cake-...19 cents. Hot rolls twice daily. ----- Free post- Don't sell, share ! nancie

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