Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DECEMBER. 1964 B^^5LJBt/^Mitt! [||| tIri*M U 11[jC^I 1st Shift By ? Kate Riddle We wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year and hope Santa Claus will be good to you and be good to yourself and be safe in all things you do. We take this means of thanking the management for the vacation pay and the vacation and the nice gifts we all had the pleasure of selecting ourselves. If all were like me it was hard to select one as they were all so nice and dseful. We all appreciate them so very much. We also appreciate all the many nice things you give all through the year and may you have a very Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year. At this writing Claude Kernells is a patient at Self Memorial Hospital in Greenwood. Claude we wish you a very speedy recovery and hope you will soon be back on the job. Little Robin Lowerv had his tonsils out December 11. Robin we hope you will be well by Christmas so you can talk to Santa Claus. Robin is the son of Billy and Fay Lowery. Mrs. John Hedspeth and son, Leon, spent a vacation with her son, Mr. and Mrs. A ff T TT 1 ^ iviaxie juu xieuspum, 111 rvdiisas. Happy Anniversary io: Mr. and Mrs. Jones Wallenzine ? December 21 Mr. and Mrs. Billy Lowery ? January 13 WEAVING NO. 1 2nd Shift By ? Syble McCall Hello and happy holiday everyone. I guess by now everyone has about all their Christmas shopping done, unlnoo trnii orn 1 il/n mo T nni'Oi' lUOd > uu CliC imt lilt X I IV- > v_ I get finished until the very i ' r iC IV ri Terry Louise Medlock celebrated a birthday November 17. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Medlock. last minute. Anyway everyone in No. 1 is so busy they didn't have much news for us this month. Mrs. Ralph Alexander is in RailPv Memorial Wr,cr.iiol where she is recovering from major surgery. We sincerely hope she is doing fine and will get to come home real soon. Mr. and Mrs. Heyward McCall and daughters, Ermie and Kim, and Mr. Darrell Hampton visited their other daughter, Lee. for open house in her dorm at Winthrop College last Sunday. Mrs. Inez Turner's father, Mr. Berton Phillips, will celebrate his 70th birthday December 28. Teresa Dickson will have a birthday December 29. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Dickson. Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Turner will celebrate their anniversary December 22. Well that's all for this mnnth T snrelv Vinno ovorirnnr, * -V v,v-vu,lt has a very merry Christmas. WEAVING NO. 3 1st Shift By ? Inez & Grace Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas. I'm sure we can speak for every employee in Weaving No. 3. when we say "Thank you" to Mr. Vance and the others responsible for the wonderful gifts this year from the mill company. I'm sure these have added a lot to each family's Christmas joy. May we wish "a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year" to Mr. vance and his family and also to the management of Clinton Cotton Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hardy and sons of Clemson spent a recent week end with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gibbs. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Campbell were recent Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Lawson. Mr. and Mrs. Obe Thornton jf i?i/F.."'.' .#. " ?.'/? * WfXjM-iV*t*l? :i r ? w.\ Virginia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Harris, observed a birthday November 17. THE CLOTHMAKER and JoAnn visited Mr. and Mrs. Ben Johnson in Greenwood. Ashmore D u n a w a y has moved to town after all these years in the country. His wife was visiting in Florida and when she come home she discovered she wasn't living in the country any more. But Ashmore says she's very happy about her new home (he probably knew she would be or he wouldn't have made a move like that, reckon?). They are living now on West Main Street between Bagwell's washerteria and the car wash. Mrs. Jerry Wilkie and children of Dallas. Texas are visiting Mrs. Missouri Wilkie. Jerry is joining them for the Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred McNinch, Mr. John H. McNinch and Miss Sara Nell McNinch visited Mrs. Annie McNinch and her daughter, Sara, in Donalds recently. Alfred McNinch and son, Johnny, and Mr. and Mrs. William McNinch and family attended the Shrine Bowl football game in Charlotte (and got wet). In the 28 years that this game has been held this was the first time it had rained during a game, they said. Guess there must be a first time for everything. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kennedy spent a week end in Spartanburg with Mr. and Mrs. David Gregory and son, David Earle. Roy said that grandson had to sleep with his grandpa. I'll bet he had a lot of encouragement from grandpa, don't you? Joseph Daniel Lynch, III arrived November 18 and guess who is grandpa now! None other than Joe Burns. Mother is the former Miss Judy Burns. Congratulations parents and grandparents. A big welcome to Margaret Townsend, Terry Brewington and Johnny Dunawav, newenmprs to tho firct cViift Miss Margaret Lawrence is a patient at Bailey Memorial Hospital. We wish for her a speedy recovery. At the time of this writing arrangements are being made to enter Harold Burgess in Greenville General Hospital for surgery. We hope by the time you read this that operation will be over and he will be on the road to recovery. Your reporter. Grace and Cecil visited Cecil's brother. Tom Wooten. who is victim of a heart attack in Allen Bennett Memorial Hospital in Greer. At a recent football game between Laurens and Clinton Junior Varsity, Chuck Glenn of Laurens received a compound fracture of the left leg. Suggestions were made to remove the boy from the field and continue the game. Duo to the extent of the injury the officials working the ball game, Jimmy Braswell, Truman Owens, Sam Owens and Edgar Ballew, had asked the boy's father not to let anyone move the boy until a doctor arrived. The boy was taken to Self Memorial Hospital and the officials sent the boy flowers. The boy's parents appreciated the concern of the boy and wrote these officials the following letter which we feel is a tribute to the boys who were in charge and that ^ parents will be interested to 0 know that the player's welfare is the first concern of s those who coach. a Open Letter to 3 Football Officials c You gentlemen were very j. kind to consider "Chuck" with the flowers you sent. He is very greateful to all of you for this thoughtfulness. Also, ^ on behalf of Mary Helen and myself we want to thank each of you for this very kind deed, * and also for the way you con- * ducted the situation under c the unfortunate circumstances that prevailed due to not being able to continue the a game promptly. "Chuck" is progressing fine t and looking forward to com- s ing home; we hope this weekend. s I'm sure this wonderful r jesture you have made will always be a bright and respected memory by him Thanks again on behalf of myself and my entire family. Yours trulv. Jeter Glenn Birthdays Mike Campbell ? Sweet 16 ? December 22 Wavne Butler ? 17 ? December 24 Billy Butler ? 15 ? December 5 David Fowler ? 5 years old ? December 5 ( Bobbv Wooten ? December L 13 * L Verle Barker Putnam ? ? XT 1 A iNovemDer zd Buddy Robertson ? December 25 Terry Campbell ? January 17 Wedding Anniversaries Mr. and Mrs. Dave Lawson ? November 21 Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Quinn ? December 12 Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wooten ? December 23 Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Meadors ? December 24 Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Webb ? December 24 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adams? December 28 c Ever notice how dogs win 1 friends and influence people 1 without reading books? i 0 ; -V ^ \ - V ' r John Carroll Jennings, Jr. is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Newell Brewinglon. John seems to be waiting for grandfather to pick him up. j 3 TRUE FACTS GOVERNMENT WELFARE: Giving you the shirt ff your own back. POLITICIAN: A man who hakes your hand in the fall? nd your faith by spring. POLITICAL CANDIDATE: man who is folksy, friendly, ind fair ? and who knows his pponent is a rascal at heart. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: ^.ny married woman. MODERATE: A person vho holds the same views as ou do ? regardless of how xtreme they are. PROSPERITY: Something he business men create for he politicians to take the redit for. MIDDLE AGE: When that morning after" begins to last 11 day. OPTIMIST: One who hinks he can taper off from moking. TRUE OPTIMIST: One who pends his last dollar to buy a nonev belt. FLATTERY: Telling the unci person wnai ne aireaav hinks of himself. MERRY^ ^pHRISTMAS Keeping Christmas This year, let us "keep" Christmas. not spend it. Let is "keep" its influence with is all year round. Let us keep" its customs and tradiions that strengthen our amilv ties and bind us closer o our friends and all manwind. Let us "keep" Christmas n our hearts so that we may )e kept in hope for . . Peace >n earth and good will toward nen." To "keep" Christmas, it is lecessarv that we keep our;elves and our families safe, ^.et us "keep" our SAFETY AWARENESS with us at all imes and remember that here are extra hazards at i.ome and on the highways luring the Holiday Season. 5o. we must keep a sharp ookout for them. We Must De careful that spirits do not nterfere with our Holiday ipirit. This will make a Merry Christmas for all. '' K If J** Tim is the handsome son of Mr. ind Mrs. William Roach.