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Show I- , LAVETTA STUART WINS , LODGE HONORS S - Miss Lavetta Stuart, popular and well known clerk at the local post-office, post-office, was rurprised, banqueted and honored by her fellow lodge mem- i bers Thursday evening. ,:' Miss Stuart was met at the post- office during the afternoon by Mrs. ; - Frank Mead of 24 Carr Fork and in--vited to dinner. The invitation was i accepted and as soon as the office closed Miss Stuart hastened to Carr Fork. She has not been there long ;-. before practically the entire member- 1 ship 'of Ruth Rekekah Lodge No. 7 dropped in, with arms full of ban- k quet delicaaies and shouted "Kur- , prise on Lavetta!" Five hundred was , " palyed, prize winners being Mrs. '.. - Warning, Mrs, Murl Stuart and Mrs. ' Ewing. A delightful luncheon was served 14 and it was at about this time that ' Miss Stuart's heart was gladdened to ', overflowing by her fraternal sisters f who presented her with a badge of honor out of appreciation of the splendid work .done by her during four successive terms as noble grand of the lodge at a' time when the mem-...m mem-...m bership was at a low ebb and hard , . work was required to keep the or ganization from going under. The gift was a beautiful emblematic gold , pin, the presentation speech .being ' delivered by Mrs. Meade, the present noble grand. - Guests present were: Mesdames, Frank Meade, George West, Thomas Nerdin, Hattie Lotts, Murl Stuart, Jane Jackson, Joe Warning, A. F. Tremelling, Viola Long, Murrell Ben- i- nett, J. L. Ewing and Miss Lavetta Stuart. |