Cline baptism
Kailey Marie Cline will be baptized today, Jan. 13, at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Salisbury. Pastor Gary Coble will officiate for the service.
Kailey is wearing a solid white Victorian length gown with eyelet trim and ruffled short sleeves with a matching eyelet bonnet. She is also wearing the ring her grandfather Alfred Price and her brother Jace Cline wore on their baptismal days and a silver bangle bracelet given to her by her mother and father, Douglas and Kendal Cline.
A rose bud vase will be placed on the altar in her honor. Karla Price, Kailey’s aunt and Wade Lackey, friend of the family, are her baptismal sponsors.
A celebration luncheon will be held at her parents’ home following the service.
Kailey’s grandparents are Alfred and Rickie Price and Wayne and Jaudon Cline of Salisbury. Great-grandparents are Ethel Peeler of Faith and Bettie Thomas of Lakeland, Fla.
Granite Quarry reunion
The Granite Quarry High School class of 1948 held its 59th reunion on Nov. 3, 2007, in the fellowship hall of Shiloh Reformed Church in Faith.
There was a lot of reminiscing during the social hour prior to a luncheon catered by Debbie Suggs. Red and white roses and class colors red and white were used for decorations. Token gifts were placed on the tables for each member and guests.
John “Buddy” Foster welcomed all present, gave the invocation and spoke of many fond memories from the past and how things had changed over the years. Doris Peacock Cline gave a memorial in remembrance of all deceased classmates by reading a poem entitled “Miss Me, But Let Me Go.” Names were then read from a special plaque.
Everyone enjoyed listening to and guessing names of recorded songs from the 1940s and 1950s. Buddy Foster won the prize for remembering the most tunes.
Prizes were also given to the classmates who had the most children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Group pictures were made and given to each classmate.
Local classmates and guests attending were Perry and Norma Adams, Harry and Gerry Basinger, Wentworth and Hilda Barger Beck, Billy Frank and Mat Brady, Phillip and Essie Brown, Clyde and Ann Corn Petrea, Bill and Doris Peacock Cline, Lillian Eagle Harwell, Glenn “Pud” and Rose McCombs Holshouser, Herman Kepley, Robert and Faye Cauble Kesler, Betty Morgan, Elberta Privett and sister Gertha, Mary Elizabeth Waller Stoner, Mary Frances Oddie Wells, Glenn Wilson, Bobby Wilhelm.Out-of-town classmates were John “Buddy” and Treva Foster of Sherrills Ford, Glenn and Martha Webb of Stoneville and Frances Caley Thompson of Charleston, S.C.
The planning committee was Billy Frank Brady, Doris Cline, Buddy Foster and Rose Holshouser. This committee will plan the 60th reunion for 2008.
PGT Toastmasters
Goldmine Toastmasters sponsored a new club, PGT (People Growing Together) which was chartered in December.
People Growing Together meets 3-4 p.m. Tuesdays in Salisbury and is open to the public.
For more information, Contact Stacy Smith at ssmith2@pgtindustries.com or call 704-638-6000 ext. 30006.
In each of Goldmine Toastmasters five meetings in December, members voted for the best in categories of prepared speeches, speech evaluation and impromptu responses to random questions presented as “Table Topics.”
Those honored for Best Speeches were Brian Woolf (twice), Gerry Fenner and Jay Nodine. Rusty Mitchell, Kim Jackson, Brian Woolf and Betty Walker were voted Best Evaluators and Sam Mullis, Gerry Fenner and Jay Johnson (twice), were selected for the Best of Table Topics.
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