Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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2 LYDIA HOBBY SHOW?The ? very successful in December and al lone Wallace, instructor for the g MKmO\ LAST OF THE FRUIT?Above 6,000 bags of fruit which were di to all employees and members of Downs, Lydia Outside Overseer an \A7^11 > p":- -- f w?w ?? unu.t auu L*iiis nun nui NEWS ITEM? First Spinning By Ruth Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Quinton Jones visited relatives in Tennessee during the Christmas holidays. Cpl. James Harvey from Missouri spent a 20-day leave with his family and mother. TV/T A 1 r r iviis. .f\ima narvey. Cpl. Jesse Frank Harvey and family from California spent a few days with his mother, Mrs. Alma Harvey. He has now gone to Alaska. Mrs. C. R. Fulmer visited her mother. Mrs. Lillie Belle Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Cook and son, Robert, visited in Canton and Asheville, N. C. during the Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Lewis and baby and Ernest O'Shields visited the J. B. or>nieids during the Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. O'Shields and son. Jimmio, and Ernest O'Shields visited Charlie O'Shields in Columbia Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Pridmore spent Christmas in Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. Lizzie Hawkins spent Christmas holidays with her son. Harold Hawkins. in Seneca. T J5lj I '1 ' & I innual Hobby Show presented by :tracted a large number of people t( roup, shows some of the guests th >%gi ( is shown the last of more then cirikitf a J L.. Pll.l. T 1! _ o ?uu icu uy ^uiuun-L.yuid 1*1 US their families. Shown are Glei d Helper Sam William with Mrs. fstetler. 5 AT LVDIA Pvt. Ernest Lock, brother of Bernice Bailey, spent a few days at home with his mother. He has been stationed in Italy. James Woody, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Woody, spent a weekend at home. Mr. and Mrs. Mason Coleman observed their second annivorcarv ber 22. Mr. and Mrs. Bon Fowler visited Mr. and Mrs. Mason Coleman for a weekend. Mrs. Sue Banks, Mrs. Loree Belton and Myitis McGee spent Christmas in Florida. Mrs. Clifford Alexander had as her guests Mr. and Mrs. Russell Owensby and daughter, Bonrve Mae, from Asheville, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Ellison observed their seventh wedding anniversary in December. Birthdays: Lawrence Estes. eight year old January 4 . . . Jimmie Dean, eight year old January 1 . . . J immy O'Shields. January 7 . . Micky O'Shields. January H . . . Mrs. Wilma Coleman, December 20 and Ransom Coleman December 19. Mr. Harley Moore and sons, Jimmy and Mike, spent a Sunday with the C. R. Grif HE CLOTHMAKEI K. K M/y B % the Lydia Mills Hobby Club was o inspect the exhibits. Above Mrs. e results of their work. The Safe, Old Fashioned Way You've no doubt heard the story of the old timer who said he would always use a mule for his hauling, never even riding in an automobile because his mule would never go fast enough to get nun nun. 11 may De a llllie safer, bat we can't stick with all the old methods forever. We simply must train ourselves to observe all safety rules and make progress. We should never stick in a rut but always improve ourselves and still learn enough about our modern machinery to keep ourselves safe. So don't ever pattern yourself after the man with the mule. Accept all the new methods and modern ways. Just use care in handling them so that you'll not only remain safe yourself but help others as well. fins. Jimmy is stationed in California. SN Jimmy Hairston arrived home from Pearl Harbor for a thirty day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hairston. This is Jimmy's first time home in 33 months. A2C Bennie Johnson of Altus, Okla. spent a 15 day leave \v 11 h hisparents. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Johnson. Myra and Kathy Snelgrove ?nd Susan Terry. Wahanka Campfire Girls at Clinton Mills, are shown caroling December 21st as their leaders, Mrs. Odell Freemen and Mrs. Bill Snelgrove look on. \ NEWS FRO/ First Weaving. No. 2 By Grace Wooten We've started a brand new New Year and we hope it will be the happiest and most prosperous year for everyone that we've ever known. Let's all try to make it a real SAFE year. We of Weaving No. 2, First Shift, are really proud nf rnir cafol" of Hi" past year and I know you will forgive our bragging a little bit. (You have good reason, too, so you're excused.? Editor's Note.) Our last lost time accident occurred December 17, 1953. That gives us a little over a year without a single lost time accident, or 171,982 man hours of safe working as of this writing. Wish we could have the barbecue contest by departments. We sincerely hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas holidays as much as we know Mrs. Ola Meadors did. She spent the holidays visiting her son, A3C Harold Meadors, who is stationed at Pine Castle Air Base, Orlando, Florida. Cpl. and Mrs. Vcstus Wehnnt and small daughter. Ginger, visited Mrs. Wehunt's mother, Mrs. Inabell Hooper, for the Christmas holidays, and when Cpl. Wehunt returned to Fort Knox, Kentucky, he left behind Mrs. Billie Wehunt and Ginger to await his discharge January 24 when he will return and they will make their home in Clinton. He will then finish bis education at Presbyterian College. Chief Boatswain L. E. wood, ol Key West, Fla., spent about two weeks recently with his mother, Mrs. Ora Wood. The Clyde Putnams visited the J. L. Chanevs in Enoree recently. Mrs. Ursula Blakely visited her granddaughter. Miss Fave Ellen Blakely, who is a patient in General Hospital. Spartanbu rg. Mrs. Ora Wood. J. D. Williams. Jack and Miss Lee Ellen Williams of Laurens and Mrs. Florence Moore, of Augusta, visited Mr. William's sisters. Miss Margaret Williams and Mrs. Annette Thomas, in Birmingham, Ala., during the Christmas holidays. Mrs. Freeman Lanford and Mrs. Willie Norris and children visited Mrs. Norris' daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Danny Foot in Greenville. Mrs. A. H. Hughes, of Spartanburg. Mr. and Mrs. Coke Adair and son. of Greenwood, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hughes and daughter, of Blacksburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hughes of Ft. Orde. California, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hughes during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kinard and son visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Griffin in Florence and Mr. and Mrs. James Arnold in Hemingway during the Christmas holidays. Mrs. Mell Huey visited in Greenwood recently. JANUARY IS. 195S A CLINTON Mrs. J. W. Fowler and daughters spent Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Bishop in Laurens. Mr. Fowler and son spent Christmas with his father in La Grange, Georgia. SJC John Loo Simmons, son of Mrs. Estelle Roland, joined the Navy last July and now is stationed in Hong Kong, China. The A. (J. Galloways had all their children home for Christmas except Tommy and Bobbv Joe. It didn't seem right for those two not to be there, because this is the first time they have not all gotten home for Christmas together. The A. A. Barkers had three children missing this Christmas. Dot. Arthur and Teenv did not get here. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Oxner and Mr. and Mis. C. W. Wooten spent the Sunday after Christmas with Rev. and Mrs. George James of Duncan. We've had a great deal of sickness lately, too. Pat Henderson and Jimmy Kinard have been ill. At the time of this writing, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Lanford were ill. Mr. Lanford was a patient at Hays hospital. Mrs. Alta Riser has been a patient at Hays also. We wish all of them a speedy recovery. Mrs. Louise Barker and Robert L. Creech were united in marriage January 1 in ^ Laurens by the Probate Judge. In the birthday department we have a birthday for Mrs. Billie Dee Wehunt, January 21 . . . her mother, Mrs. Inabell Hooper. January 4 . . . Harry Lanford, February 10 . . Jerry Wilkie is 14 and James Lyda 13 on January 8 . . . Mrs. Colie Blease, January 16 . . . Little Roddy McAllister. four January 6 and Joyce Creswell, sweet 16 January 5. iNote ol Thanks We would like to express our deepest appreciation to people of our community for being so wonderful to us during William's absence from work due to illness. We thank each and everyone of you so very much. No. 2 Spinning, Second By Lois Harmon Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rearden visited their children during the Christmas holi(Cont'd. on Page (i) Jackie Louise is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Hughey of t Lydia Weaving. She celebrates her first birthday January 23.