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Magazine Orangeburg, S.C., Sunday, December 25, 1994, Page 5C (Pile (Iftmea anft democrat Engagements i it. it' i 4 if 5 J' v. tt i "veil i i Miss Anne Jeannette Flintom Miss Mary Corinne Dixon Miss Eleanor Randolph Smoak Miss Susan Leigh Raney IO 1 Thalian Club presents four debutantes at annual celebration Miss Ansley Gramling Belcher The wedding is planned for March 4, 1995, at First Presbyterian Church in Orangeburg. i IBM Thomas Benjamin Gue Lindsay Rebecca Stovall; Melissa Johnston; Clinton Peterson; Marie Bardin Summers; Bates Nelson Felder; Albert Sidney Smoke Gressette; Ashley Ann Varn; Thomas Douglas Furches III; Brandy Summers Culp; Joshua Ness Funderburk; Scovill Wanna-maker Currin Sadie Lynn McElhone; John Andrew Delaney; Rebecca Leigh Graziano; Richard Elwood Lackey; Tiffany Marie Tatum; Daniel Lawrence Smoak; Ellen Mewborne Shuler; Amy Pearl Morris; Wayman Wright Henry; Aubrey Rendleman Cribbs; and Danny Marshall Bonds Jr. Other guests attending were Elizabeth Howie Whithead; Andrea Jennie Wyrosdick; Ginger Elizabeth Cox; Robert Jeffrey Self; Mr.

and Mrs. Donald Keith Groce; Katherine Augusta Smoak; Anne Harvin Smoak; Dorothy McQueen Davis; Alec Taylor Brown Davis; Harris Be-niamin Davis Lisa Karen Farlow; Herbert Weathersbee Bradley III; James Chesley Hunter III; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Clyde McComb III; Em-ilie Wannamaker Ziegler; Elizabeth Lambert McLeod; Cameron Grant Boggs; Melissa Hutson Moise; Alec Boyd McLeod III; and John Hugh McMaster Mims. Also attending the gala were Judge and Mrs.

Andrew Jackson Hydrick Mr. and Mrs. Eric William Ruschky; Mr. and Mrs. Spencer McGill Player; Dr.

George Peter Hoffman; Mr. and Mrs. James Pattillo Creighton; Mrs. Jack Frank Johnson Ms. Gloria Hall Mitchell; and Albert Holmes Stier Jr.

Co-chairmen of the 1994 Thalian Ball were Dr. and Mrs. Randolph Duncan Smoak Jr. and Dr. and Mrs.

Julian Spencer Dixon III. Committee chairmen were Dr. and Mrs. James Henning Brunson Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Rhame Horger; Mr. and Mrs. Harris Benjamin Davis; Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Elmore Smith; Mr.

and Mrs. Edgar Cason McGee; Mr. and Mrs. Alec Boyd McLeod Mr. and Mrs.

Richard Scott Nickel; and Dr. and Mrs. Jack Frank Johnson Jr. Also assisting in planning the 1994 ball were Mr. and Mrs.

William Moultrie Brailsford; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Weathersbee Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Richard Culler Horger; Mr.

and Mrs. James Chesley Hunter Dr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton Sandel; Mrs. Raymond William Sifly Mr.

and Mrs. James Deaver Traywick; Mr. and Mrs. James McAlpin Albergotti Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Radcliffe Sims Mr.and Mrs. John Robson Hibbits; Mr. and Mrs. Keith Allen Hewitt; and Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Radcliffe Sims. The 66th annual Thalian Debutante Ball was held Monday, Dec. 19, at the Country Club of Orangeburg. Two daughters, a granddaughter and a niece were presented to members and guests. Greeting guests in the ballroom were Marion Felder Moore, president of the Thalian Club, and Mrs.

Marion Felder Moore. Also welcoming guests were the mothers and sponsors of the debutantes. Daughters presented were Eleanor Randolph Smoak, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Randolph Duncan Smoak escorted by Creg Garrison Bradley; and Mary Corinne Dixon, daughter of Dr.

and Mrs. Julian Spencer Dixon III, escorted by Andrew Hydrick Hunter. The granddaughter presented was Susan Leigh Raney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wesley Raney and granddaughter of Dr.

and Mrs. Hugh Elmore Smith, escorted by Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Scott Justice. The niece presented was Anne Jeannette Flintom, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

John Woods Flintom sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Alec Boyd McLeod, escorted by Edward Kennedy Turberville. The debutantes carried arm bouquets of long-stemmed American Beauty red roses clutched with a satin bow and streamers. They entered the ballroom through lighted, ivy topiary trees in handthrown Italian pottery raised on pedestals.

Pots of paper white, greenery and white roses were used to highlight the remainder of the ballroom. Sons of Thalian members attending their first ball were Clifton Prid-gen Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Benjamin Davis, grandson of the late Mrs. Dorothy Smoak Brown and Alec Taylor Brown, charter members, escorting Rebecca Elizabeth Adams; Andrew Hydrick Hunter, son of Mr.

and Mrs. James Chesley Hunter escorting Mary Corinne Dixon; Jack Frank Johnson III, son of Dr. and Mrs. Jack Frank Johnson escorting Alison Laurel Palmer; and Creg Garrison Bradley, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Herbert Weathersbee Bradley escorting Eleanor Randolph Smoak. Invited as guests of the Thalian Club were Stewart Smith Culler, Catherine Moorer Brunson and William Clarence Ziegler III, the debutante daughters and son of the 1993 Ball. The traditional debutante figure, directed by Mrs. Jack Frank Johnson and Mrs. Keith Allen Hewitt, was led by Eleanor Randolph Smoak, followed by other debutantes and sons.

At the conclusion of the figure, general dancing began. Later in the evening, a buffet dinner was served. Invited guests were Meredeth Grace Babb; Jonathan Kyle Hewett; Emily Ruth Culler; Barry Joseph Jenkins; Clare Phillips Walsh; Miss Virginia N. Weathers Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.

Inc. The wedding is planned for March 25, 1995, at Bethel United Methodist Church in Charleston. Belcher-Babb Mr. and Mrs. Joe Julian Belcher of Orangeburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Ansley Gramling Belcher of Spartanburg, to Philip Jerue Babb of Spartanburg, son of Mrs.

Phyllis Buchheit DeLapp of Spartanburg and the late N. Jerue Babb. Miss Belcher is a 1988 graduate of Presbyterian College in Clinton, and a 1991 graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, N.J., with a master's of divinity degree. She is employed by First Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg as an associate pastor. Babb is a graduate Virginia Episcopal School and the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

He is self-employed as president of Racing Concepts Inc andJ.T.I. Weathers-Harden Dr. E. Arden Weathers of Orangeburg and Mrs. Virginia B.

Dangerfield of Goose Creek announce the engagement of their daughter, Virginia N. Weathers of Mount Pleasant, to Henry C. Harden III of Mount Pleasant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C.

Harden Jr. of Mount Pleasant. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Hilda C. Berry of Holly Hill; and Mr.

and Mrs. Parker R. Weathers of Bowman. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of Mrs. Marianne S.

Harden of Mount Pleasant. Miss Weathers attended the University of South Carolina in Columbia and is employed by Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. Inc. Harden is a graduate of Trident Technical College in Charleston and is employed by Ferguson-Smoak Michael Ferguson of Cope and Dixie Kemmerlin of Orangeburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Cynthia Adelle Ferguson of Cope, to Jeffrey Dwayne Smoak of Orangeburg, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Owen Smoak of Orangeburg. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Monroe Bacot of Orangeburg; and Mr.

and Mrs. Spang Ferguson of Cope. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of Hazel J. DuBose of North and the late J. Cullen DuBose; and Grover P.

Smoak of Orangeburg and the late Nellie R. Smoak of Orangeburg. Miss Ferguson is a 1993 graduate of Edisto High School in Cordova and is employed by Yarbor-ough, Hutto and Jackson. Smoak attended Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School and is em- Glover-Ott Mr. and Mrs.

William Hinton Glover of Orangeburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbara Ann Glover of Orangeburg, to Rodney Gary Ott of Orangeburg, son of Mrs. Eugene Dwight Ott of Orangeburg and the late Mr. Ott. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.

George Richard O'Cain of Orangeburg; and Mrs. William Morgan Glover of Orangeburg and the late Mr. Glover. The bridegroom-elect is the grandson of Mrs. Henry Issac Kizer of Branch ville and the late Mr.

Kizer; and the late Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd D. Ott. Miss Glover is a 1984 graduate of Willington Academy and a 1988 graduate of the University of South Carolina in Columbia, with a bachelor's degree in nursing.

She is employed by The Regional Medical Center as a registered luirsG. Ott is a 1984 graduate of Willington Academy and a 1989 graduate of Clemson University in wsam 1 11 1 1, tS A The Time and Democrat will publish photographs and information for 50th class reunions. News items should be typed and can be submitted by mail or in person. They cannot be taken over the telephone, and should include a telephone number of a person who can be reached for more information. Everyone must be identified in the photographs.

If you have any questions, please contact The Times and Democrat. Morehead presented at annual Tarantella Ball One debutante was presented Friday, Dec. 23, at the 47th annual Tarantella Ball at the Florence Country Club. Anne Meree Morehead, daughter of the Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur Eugene Morehead III, is a sophomore at Wofford College in Spartanburg. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eugene Morehead Jr. of Florence and Mrs.

Benjamin Franklin Dempsey Sr. of Orangeburg and the late Mr. Dempsey. Her escorts were her brother, Arthur Eugene Morehead TV, a second-year student at the University of South Carolina School of Law, and Theodore John McGee Jr. of Atlanta, a junior at Wofford College.

The Tarantella honored two sons of members who attended the ball for the first time: Michael Alexander Chase, son of Mrs. Michael Dean Johnson and the late Simons Lucas Chase and the grandson of Mrs. Maitland Sout-ter Chase a charter member of the Tarantella, and the late Mr. Miss Cynthia Adelle Ferguson ployed by American Koyo Bearing Manufacturing Corp. The wedding is planned for June 24, 1995, at First Church of the Nazarene.

'RJDAL REGISTRY it- 'Una Brides registered at Belk Hudson receive: Free gift for registering. Free gift wrap. Table Top Plan available subject to credit approval. Miss Anne Meree Morehead Chase. He is a sophomore at the College of Charleston.

Robert Elliott Tallevast is the son of Mrs. Mary Matthews Tallevast and William DeKalb Tallevast TV and resides in Florence. Euel Durwood Jones II was master of ceremonies. Officers of the Tarantella are Mrs. John Marshall Barnwell Chapman, president; Mrs.

Euel Durwood Jones II, vice president; Mrs. James Paul Barnes secretary; and Mrs. John Edward Moss, treasurer. 1 0 discount if you wish to complete registered patterns. Credit on gift exchanges registered on Belk's Bridal Computer, six month limit Dec.

24 Dec. 28 Dec. 30 Dec. 31 Rita Blair Darren Inabinette Sandra Avinger Michael Bloom Amy C. Canaday Bill Clegg Michelle Jones Tony Kinsey Tonya Barnwell Thomas Thomas Julie Sloop Patrick Latta Gloria H.

McCreary Henry Broxton, Jr. Regina Huber McRae William Alton Metts AnnJanette Goodwin Brendan M. Brodie Colette A. Jones James Evans Births Jan. 14 Jan.

28 and Mike Black of Augusta, Ga. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Dean Martin of Orangeburg. Mrs.

Martin is the former Candy Hope Black. Miss Barbara Ann Glover Clemson, with a bachelor's degree in parks, recreation and tourism. He is employed by Alaglass Incorporated of St. Matthews as an independent sales representative. The wedding is planned for 6 p.m.

March 18, 1995, at First Baptist Church in Orangeburg. Tammy Crystal Johnson Timothy Ray Rushman Robin S. Overstreet Joey D. Bell Jill Crider Lindsey McDonald Belinda Scott Alex O. Stroman Nancy Lynn Dufford Lewis Tyler Sumner Susan Edwards Marvin Bonnette Janice Laverne King Kevin Winningham Heather Melissa Cox Jeffrey Scott Butler Sherry Lynn Williamson William Early Moseley Harolyn Jean Hooper David Rickebaker Stephanie Nickole Player Willie F.

Johnson III (T ripp) Sharon Yvonne Bozard Michael Jennings Smoak April Loraine Bair Terry Lee Martin Melody Murphy Chas Haynes Barbara Ann Glover Rodney Gary Ott Pinkie Blume William B. Fairey Evelyn Lipscomb Wayne Wagner Wanda Glover Malvin Harmon Elizabeth Welch Phillip E. Towles Tracy Gray Christopher Sandifer Ruth Anne Reeves Michael O'Cain Amy June Pender Richard William Thomas Heather Dougherty Bradley Blank Jade Tinea Brownlee William Toledo Pernell Djaris Douglas Anthony Golston Lori Fanning Allan Knight Lisa Rast Mark T. Cotton Tina Wright Robert Hemby Amy Nesbeth Weeks Albert Dwayne Metts Karen Yvette Robinson Christopher Alden Davis Feb. 11 Feb.

18 Feb. 25 March 4 March 11 March 12 March 18 April 1 April 8 April 29 May 6 May 13 May 27 June 3 June 10 June 17 August 5 August 12 Karylin Nicole Berry Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Berry of Cordova announce the birth of their daughter, Karylin Nicole Berry, born Dec.

6 at The Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg. She weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces, and was welcomed home by her brother Karl David Klippenstein, 3- Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. James F. Russell of Cordova; maternal great-grandparents are the late Mr.

and Mrs. Carl S. Irick of Orangeburg. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.

Wallace F. Berry of Orangeburg; paternal great-grandfather is Mervin Russell of Bamberg. Mrs. Berry is the former Anne Russell of Cordova Christopher Lee Martin Mr. and Mrs.

Harold Dennis Martin of Orangeburg announce the birth of their son, Christopher Lee Martin, born Dec. 2 at The Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg. He weighed 7 pounds, 8-12 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Ms. Fay U.

Black of Orangeburg 'warn- 1 1 mammim The Times and Democrat will print announcement of your baby's birth. The announcement should include the parents' and baby's names, when and where the baby was born, and the grandparents' names. The baby's weight and the names and ages of any brothers and sisters can also be included. A telephone number and address of the parents must be included with the announcement The baby's given name will be used in the headline. The deadline for submitting birth announcements is noon Wednesday.

The announcements will be printed on Sunday as space is available. The deadline for club news, reunion notices and social news for Sunday's newspaper is noon Wednesday. "Garden City events" is published Sunday. News items should be typed and can be submitted by mail or in person. They cannot be taken over the telephone.

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