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SWEEPSTAKES HONORS . Mrs. C. M. Angel took sweepstakes honors in the Searcy Council of Garde11 Clubs flower show, one of her blue ribbon winners being this arrangement called " Sum. mer's Last Gift." Mrs. Angel won the show's creativity award for a dlsplav named ~ " Lengthening Shadows." i-1. fo.-1:> DISTINCTIVE EXHIBIT • Mrs. J . E. Pryor's dried exhibit called " Ove r the Mffdows and Through the Woods'' stands on show as the winner of the Award of Pistlndlon during the Fall Festival of Flow.n last wffk at the First United Methodist Church. The Festival was the SNrcv Council of Garden Clubs' annua l show. . . . honored at 80 Gala was the moocl, warm were the wishes, com– plimentary were the ex– pressions and $131,466 was I the net result of the 80th birthday party com• siimenting Dr. George S. Benson lasl night at the American Heritage cafeteria. About 425 well-wishers from acre& the country pekl $80 a plate ror the dinner, and a member of the cvllege's Boe.rd of Trustees matched the arnowtt raised, the total golng toward building costs of the $2.6 million, 3400-seat George S.. Benson auditorium now under dONtruction on the campus. The hall was decorated In keeping witb two major 'facets of Benson's life - AT EIGHTY - Dr, 1 Americanism and Barding George $. Benson, a College. A large floral drawing of the Benson arrangement In red, white auditorium behind and blue, accented with h i m , a c c e P t s American flags, was congratulations at his prepared by Mrs. Corinne 80th birthday party I Har.t for the speaker's table. last night at the A portrait of the honoree by Heritage Cafeteria on artist Lee Watts of Searcy the Harding ~mpus. was on display and patriotic About 425 attended ti\• banners together with $80,a-plate dinner Harding's oolors of black wfllch netted $131.466 and gold were in for the auditoriumnttl(I predominance. At the back \__. • _ ~- ~ of the podium were artists renderings of the proposed auditorium and a line drawing composite depicting Dr. Benson's life painted by Jerry Palmer. Over 200 attend flower show Special guests for the party included several family members. Mrs. Ruth Crowder and Mrs. Lois McEuen. the .honorees' daughters, and their families ; Mrs. Bertha Hayes. sist.er of Dr. Benson, Mr. Hlu'es and their son Don; and Mrs. .Joe Hacker, a niece, attended. More than 200 visitors from Searcy and several from surroWl.ding areas and states attended the Searcy Council of Garden Clubs Flower Show at the Fnt United M~thodist Church last week to view the bor– ticulture and artistic exhibits which centered around the theme Fall Festival of Flowers. The C.1overdale Garden Club with Mrs. C. C. Vandiver and Mrs. Fred Jewell were in I charge of the mow. l An easel bearing a placard and mounds of fallen leaves marked the entrance to the fellowship hall where the I .show waa staged. An additional exhibit 1n the hall was a display of a dozen heirloom quilts In floral pattems, presenting a wide variety of designs. The quilt exhibit was planned by Mrs. Ray Muncy. Guests registered at a table overlaid With fioral linen. A vase of roses was ~d with the registration book. Mns. J . c. James and Mrs. GraftA>n Thomas were in charge of the tea table. A Japanese obi laid in folds formed a center runner on thetable. At the center was a brass swan holding bl~– tiersweet mums. Four brass candlesticks holding candles in earth tones fonned a square. Brass trays of cookies were ~d on the table. Alternating at pour ing p.mcb from a crystal and brass oowl were club presidents, Mr. V. M. Morgan, Mrs. Adam Melton, Mrs. Nelle Blair, Mrs. Dewey Wright, Mrs. Jamea Millet. and Mrs. Wayne Kellar. The table ap• pointments were provided through the courtesy of Keith James, owner of Dauphlnes In LiHle Rock. Judges for the show, representatives of the Ark81$s Council of Al> credited Judges, were Mn. Bill Dial, Mrs. W. S. Miller, Mrs. Donald Dugan, Mrs. Earle Flower, Mrs. W. H. Wells Jr. and Mrs. Ron Davis, all of Little Rock. They were guests of the Council at a luncheon at Bill's with Mrs. C. L. Ganus as hostess. Mrs. Kellar, Council presiden t, expressed ap– Jnciat1on to the Cloverdalo Club for cbairi.og the fall snow and all members of Greenkeepers, B,ed Bud, Lambert Terrace and Searcyclub&, wboa&&Stedin an-anging for the produc– tion. Dr. J . E. Pryor, academic BENSON on.!_~• 2 \ (C4\ pc~(.~J WILLIAM JOSEPM MATTOX, M.D. Mattox returns/ to practice here William Joseph Matto%, M. D., who practiced medicine in Searcy from 1962 to 1989, has returned to the city to join the staff at Searcy Medical Center, P. A., in the area of family practice. The physician was reared in Searcy, where he at– tended Harding Academy and Harding College before enteringUniversity of Arkansas School of Medicine 1n littleRock. After his graduation In 1959, he interned In New Orleans at the United States Public Health Ser– vice Hospital and later did residency traJnlng two years at the USPHS hospital in Galveston. Since 1969 he has p:acticed in Boulder, Colorado and ~n, Nor1h Qlrollna. Dr. Matto][ and his wife, Kathy, t•==~ son, Ryan Joseph. They residea .. ,i,.---=---- e wt' • •