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Mrs. Gordon Hendry honored at stork shower September 23 Mrs. Gordon Hendry of Braselton was honored at a baby shower at The Ark of First Baptist Church in Washington on Sunday afternoon, September 23. Hostesses were Mrs. Hendry's sister, Lynsey Walters, and aunt, Mrs. Dawn Matthews of Washington. As guests entered The Ark, they were greeted by the hostesses who stood beside a pink stork draped in pink tulle netting. The gift table was covered in a pink cloth and a pink shimmer overlay with a pink Bible and Cross centerpiece along with a gold framed baby shower invitation. The refreshment table was also decorated in pink with a pink shimmer overlay and centered with three framed pictures. The center picture was of the prospective parents on their wedding The other two featured each prospective parent in his or her infancy. Cake squares were served on a tiered crystal platter along with nuts, mints, fresh vegetables, sautéed wieners and punch. Guests were seated at tables that held centerpieces of fresh cut pink roses, gypsophila, mixed greenery, and attached pink balloons that stated "It's a Girl" that also floated all along the ceiling with ribbon streamers. A large banner that proclaimed "It's a Girl" was hung on the center wall and guests signed a guest book where they also wrote down notes to the mother-to-be and baby. Mrs. Hendry, the former Amanda Walters, was presented a corsage of pink and white sweetheart roses, gypsophila, pink and white sateen ribbon and assorted baby trinkets. She was seated in an antique rocking chair that had belonged to and been constructed by her late greatgrandfather, Jerry Teasley. The chair, which held a large pink bow and ribbon, had been refinished and was given as a gift to her by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bailey. A special gift given to Mrs. Hendry by her mother was a crocheted afghan in which she herself was brought home from the hospital as an infant. In keeping with family tradition a white handmade baby bonnet made and given to her by her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Martin Bagwell, was another special gift. Her grandmother also made the one Mrs. Hendry wore home from the hospital as a newborn and then later carried on her wedding day.
Special guests celebrating the occasion included the prospective maternal grandmother, Mrs. Bruce Bailey of Washington, and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Pat Hendry of Consett County Durham Great Britain and Flowery Branch; also Mrs. Hendry's step-mother, Mrs. James Walters, along with Mrs. Elliott Paul, both of Elberton; prospective great-grandmothers, Mrs. Martin Bagwell of Kings Mountain, N. C., and Mrs. Bob Walters of Elberton; and great-grandmother, Mrs. Walter Bagwell of Elberton.
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