The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 19, 1938, Image 3
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^ SOaETY EVENTS.
■ AND CHURCH NEWS OF INTEREST
Telephone 258
JOINT HOSTESSES HONOR
MR. AND MRS. DAVIS
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. McMillian and
Mr. and Mrs, Taylor Martin enter
tained in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence Davis on Tuesday evening at
John T. Young’s spring, near here,
Itrict committee woman, gave an inter-
jesting talk on the work of the auxil
iary, and Mrs. Fred Medlock, of Lau
rens, and Mrs. Sitgreaves, president
of the Laurens unit, also made talks.
After the singing of “The Star
Spangled Banner,” Mrs. Heath Cojie-
About eighty guests were invitpd i land delighted the group with a pi-
for the occasion, and after a picnic * sno solo. The meeting was closed with
supper, dancing was enjoyed.
HI-Y CLUB GIVES
DANCE AT CLUB
Members of the Hi-Y club enter
tained a number of friends with a so
cial at Lakeside country club on Fri-*EASTERN STARS
a metlley of World war songs played
by Miss Sybil Burdette.
After the program a social hour
was enjoyed. Punch, sandwiches and
cookies tvere served.
day evening.
Major and Mrs. F. C. Harding
chaperoned the young folk. During
the evening dancing was enjoyed, and
punch and'cookies served.
YOUNG CHURCH GROUP
GOES ON OUTING
On last Wednesday evening the In
termediate Christian Endeavor of the
First Presbyterian church enjoyed a
hay ride to Yarborough’s mill. The
group was chaperontnl by Mrs. R. E.
Sadler and Mrs. D. Jr BfiniTjif.'
A delicious. picnic lunch was en
joyed by the young people.
TO MEET FRIDAY
'The James B. Parrott chapter
Eastern Star will hold their regular
meeting’Friday evening at 8:00 in the
Masonic Temple.
.All members are urgcnl to be pres
ent as delegates will be^lected to the
Grand chapter meeting in Charleston
June 21-22-23.
MRS. K. C. ADAIR
HOSTESS TO CLUB
Last Thursday morning Mrs. R.
Adair delightfully entertained
members of her bridge club.
ORPHAN.AGE TE.ACHERS
HONORED WITH DINNER
Dr. and Mrs. L. R. Lynn delight-
'fully entertained the teachers of the
I orphanage schools ^oii “Monday~ eve-
, ning at dinner.
I A low' bowl of larkspur centered the
prettily appointtnl table. Dinner in
I delicious courses was served.
C.
'METHODIST AUXILIARY
HOLDS MEETING
The Woman's .Auxiliaiv of Broad
Tho home was ^rt.stically decorat- ,Meth,Kiist c-hur,h hel.l their
eJ i>',th arranKements o glad.ol. and ,3^
larkspur, «h.ch made a lovely sett,or I,
for the occas.oa. After several mter- „,i,h the siny-
estmy progressions the hostess serve,! Almighty King,”
^ , by the entire group, after which Mrs.
j R. F. Copeland gave the devotional.
'The program was concludinl with
a liolicious
noon.
two-course luncheon
PRESBYTERIAN AUXILIARIES
HAVE “.MIS.SIONS” PROGRA.M
program was
sentence prayers by the memb<>rs.
The ladies «f the J'irst Pteshyte-uj.,;,, AND WILLIAM JACOIIS
nan church held their B'^hday
pmy at the auxiliary meeting at I On Friday evening Hugh ami
th^hurch on .Momlay afWmoon. Hyi,|i,„, entertainml about
The ladies of Thornwell Memorial | i„,„,„i„i„„ party
auxiliary i«wc invit^ guests ott this|,,„^| Pan-Hellenic finals,
iwcasion. The devrtional was W by „3, .beaitifully
Mrs Gary Ihllard, after which Hr. d,.,^rate.l with spring flowers. In the
A E. Spencer ^ve an interesting
Ulk on Home Missions. An offer-„ handsome lace cloth and cent-
mg was taken for home missions.
was lighted by the girls as they told
of the courage, faith, rejoicing, stead
fastness that characterized Southern
Baptist women through fifty .years.
■ During the business session reports
were heard from circle meetings and
committees. '
Mrs. Braxton Dutton gave an in
teresting report of the associational
meeting held In Laurens last "week.
The Bailey Circle was hostess at a
most delgihtful social hour and re
freshments w'ere served.
LOVELY PARTY GIVEN FOR
JUNE BRIDE-ELECT
Mrs. G. A. Burton recently enter
tained with an informal party honor
ing Miss Elizabeth Blakely, a June
bride-elect.
The living room was artistically
decorated with roses and pansies. In
the dining room a profusion of dai
sies were attractively arranged.
About twenty former classmates
and sorority sisters of Miss Blakely
wei'e invited for the occasion.
Bingo was enjoyed during the af
ternoon and prizes aw'anled the w’in-
ners. The prizes were kitchen uten
sils and were presented the bride-
elect.
Mrs. Burton, assisted by Mrs. M. I*
Robertson and Iona Blakely,
served a delicious salad and sweet
course buffet style.
FAMILY GATHERINtTAT
HOME OF MRS. LOFTIS
A delightful affair on .Mothor’.s day
wa.s the family gathering at the 'home
of Mrs. S. B. Lofiis on Carolina ave
nue^ J^hirty-two relative.^ of the Hug
gins family, of whteh Mr^I>oftis is
a memlxT, were ])re.sent to enjoy the
day. The chief attmetion was a boun
tiful dinner served buffet style at
noon.
Those enjoying the <lay were Mrs.
R. L. Spivey and <laughter, Adelaide,
of .Asheville; Mr. and .Mrs. VV. S. Mc
Coy and daughter, Thelma, of West
Asheville; Homer H. Huggins of
Swannanoa; Mrs. Nora Phillips and
daughters, .Samh and F’ay, of I>an-
drum; LiH)n Phillips of Greer; Mr.
and Mrs. .A.. L. Huggirts and children,
l>aurens, .A. L., Jr., Dewey, Norwell
and Joan, of l.andrum; Mr. and Mrs.
James Crooke and children, Develle,
A,tlie7 Hugh, l>ura Kate and Pauline,
of Woo<lruff; Mrs. A. L Putnam and
son, Billy, of Ixaurens; .Mr. and Mrs.
S. B. ijoftis an<l children, Nelle,
.Mary ami Frank, of Clinton.
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Child Safety Measures For the Summer
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I Keep your child’s wfety education were injunyl rising bicycles which
fresh in his mind during the summer came into collision with automobiles,
ntonths, urges Wilbur S. Smith, traf- as wer ?ix others between the mgea
j fic engineer of the South Carolina of 15 aiJ 24.
state highway department.
ot/ a car.
/6. If you walk on a highway, obey
the state regulation by walking
against traffic, so you can see on
coming cars. • ^
If the child is a school patrolmah^
he should be encouraged to remember
his safety training, and to use his
influence with other children to avoid
hazards.
During recent years the safety
Exposure to accidents is twice as
With summer just around the cor- great, to children during summer
ner, every child is going to spend J months. Parents can assume respon-
most of his time out in the open | sibility for keeping the accident rate „ ,
plying. See that his play is safe, j down hy training children to avoid {work of .schools and various organi-
Motor ,vehicle accidents, according j accident risks, and by seeing that the zations ha.s brought about good re-
to Awident Facts 1937,” issued by i child has a safe place to play. suits in the case of child accident're-
the National Safety council, caused j Six simiJe rules should be observed duction, much grt'ateh results than
18 per cent of all deaths for children by every child: ! have been gained in adult work
up to four years old, 38 per cent ofj 1. Do not play in the street or'
the fatalities from five to 14 years,
and 52 jier cent of those of young
adults from 15 to 24 years.
During the first three months of
1938,' I'eports.to the South Carolina
state highway department show that
16 children under the age of 14 years
highway.
, 2. If playing such games as base
ball, do not pl^ too near a thorough
fare.,,, ,ln , t1|b{ excitement of playing,
ydu might dash in front of an oncom
ing vehicle to recover a ball.
3. Ride your bicycle safely. Obey
wore killed when struck by automo-1 traffic rules as if you were driving
biles, and 12 were injured. One pe-la car. Do not weave in and out of
destrian between the ages of 16 and
24 was killed, and eight injured.
Four children under the age of 14
traffic.
4. I>o not “hitch” ritles.
5. l>o not rkie on the running board
Sinc^ 1928 child accident fatalities
have diHrreased J8 per cent, as com
pared with a 91 per cent increase in
a<lult deaths from motor vehicle acci-
(lent.s.
In spite of this decrease, accident
statistics s'how that children are by
far the worst class of drivers. Seven
teen per cent of all drivers involved
in fatal accidents for the first three
months of 1938 in South Carolina
were minors.
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After the program a delightful social
FOLKS
YOU KNOW
ered with a low
mixe<l flowers.
bowl filled with
Delicious refresh-
hour enjoyeil liurine which punch ,,„,h,.ichci., cookie* and cof-
and oandwiche* were aervod.
BOWERS-RAY WEDDING
aSOLEMNIZED SUNDAY
STUDY CLUB MEETS
_ I WITH MRS. ADAIR
Miss Ruby Bowere and Du<H«y Rjiy^ Wednesday afternoon Mrs. R. C.
were quiet y united in marriage
Woods, Sundoy, May 15, at'^^
the Preabytenan manse. The ring, 'attractively
ceremony was used. 1 decorated the rooms.
The bride was hands^ely attired „ p- j;turgcH)n was program
in a navy ensemble with British £q,j. afternoon and gave
accessories Mre. Ray 18 the attractive ^ interestingly the history of a
<taughter of Mrs. Emma Johnson of' America.
Kinards, and for several yeare has absorbing sketches
been connected wRh the CUnton ..^he I>romise<l Land,” by Mary
Beauty shop.
The gr^m is a son of Mrs. Magpe. program delicious punch,
Ray of this city and holds a position
were served.
with Royal Cleaners. ^
After a short wedding trip to the MISS .MIIxDREI) HOOTEN
mountains of North Carolina, the TO WED IN EARLY SUM.MER
couple are making their home with! Of intere.st here and elsewhere, is
Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Copeland on Fer-,the announcement of the engagement
guson street. i of Miss Mildred Hooten, daughter of
the Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Hooten of
ANNOUNCEMENT IMRTY FOR 'Greenwood, and Charlton David Keen,
MISS CELIA LATI.MER Atlanta. The wedding wlil be a
On Thursday evening a lovely par-| ,^j^ gu^j^er.
ty was given by Misses Maipret and | bride-elect was born in Clin-
Catherine Blakely at their home, an-, .spent her childhood days
nouncing the engagement and ap-^ father is a former pastor
preaching i^rria^ of Miss Celia Associate Reformed Presbyte-
Latimer to Roy Gasque. Irian church of this city.
A profusion .of sweet peas and jg ^ of Ag-
.Mrs. Joe Bcaudrot and Mrs. Eugene
Pratt of Grecnwo<xl, spent We<ines-
day w’ith their mother, Mrs. Mary
Prather.
Sergeant R. A. Knox, formerly of
Presbyterian college, now stationed
at Riverside Military aca<lemy, in
Gainesville, Ga., was the week-end
guest of .Sergeant and Mrs. Sterlin
A’oung.
TO GIVE SENIOR PRIZE
J. B. Fronti.s, local jeweler, an
nounces that the usual prize he
awaixis annually to a high school
graduate will be repeate<l this week.
The name of the senior upon which
the hand of the clock stops at t%e
end of the week will be given the
prize. -u
Do You Value
Your Draperies
%
and
Blankets?
Then rfusTYhein only
experienced hands. We will
dry clean them with a
guarantee of results. Of
course, we call and deliver.
H^utiful
Dry Cleaning:
ROYAL
CLEANERS
INCORPORATED
Phone 77
peas and
roeee was effectively used in decora
tions, and guests for the occasion
were members of the Odds and Ends
Book club.
The announcement was made in
quite a unique manner .wRJi a small
card printed as follows:
“June 16 will be a season
For then we’ll have the wedding
of Celia and Roy.”
The hostesses served delicious salad
and sweet courses.
AUXILIARIES HOLD
MEET AT ARMORY
t a smal
dT joy.
IS
nes Scott college, Decatur, Ga., from
which she received an A. B. degree.
While there she was prominent in
Y. M. C. A. and International Rela
tions club work. She was a member
of the Blackfriars, dramatic organi
zation. Miss Hooten later attended
Emory university, where she received
a degree in library science. Since
graduation she has been librarian at
St. Johns hi^ school, Darlington.
Her only sister is Miss Julia Hooten,
of Greenwood.
Miss Hooten’s maternal grandpar-
^ on *1... ®nts were the late Mr. and Mrs. Bur-
On-TuM^y .ftemcon «t 4:30,^, , j L<mi.viile. Cl Her
An«ncM Legion aiijnli.ry w., g^mlparenU were Mr. and
to the Uuren* auxiliary unit, at the,5;,^, g p j, McDonough, Ga.
^ lA ^ 4' M*"- Keen i^^e son of Mr. and
Mr*. B. O. Whitten, pre.ident of Marianna, Fla. He
TEAMS TO PLAY HERE
4
According to an announcement by
Chick Galloway, Due West high
school is 8che<luled to play Epworth
Orphanage of Columbia, in class C
baseball at the college on Monday,
May 23, at 3 p. m. Admission will ^
10 and 25 cents.
the auxiliary, welcomed the Laurens
guests, and Mw. Raymond Pitts pre
sided over the meeting. Mrs. B. R.
Fuller, chaplain, opened Uiy meeting
with prayer.
H. F. Harris sang two solos, ac-
attended the University of Florida
and the Georgia School of Technolo
gy, graduating with honors from the
latter. He is vice-president of Groves-
Keen, Jnc., weJl-l^own Southern ad
vertising agency.
companied at the piano by Miss Sybil
Burdette, after which a memorial i BAPTIST AUXILIARY
service for World war veterans wasIfjoLDS MEETING
held.
Mrs. G. M. Percival, of Union, dis-
. GIVE . . .
your young graduate a smart
modern watch . . . well guar
antee satisfaction.
Drop in . . . today!
FRONTIS
JEWEIJIY STORE
and GIFT SHOPPE
On Monday afternoon the Woman’s
Auxiliary of the First Baptist church
met at the church.
An unusually interesting program
was rendered by the Junior Girls
Auxiliary, with Mrs. C. W. Hallman
in charge. The topic for study was
Japan.
Appropriate scripture quotations
were recited by the girls. Mrs. Hall
man discussed^ the problems that Ja
pan faces today. “Japan Fifty
Years Ago” was. discussed in dia
logue form by Margaret Simpson
'and Kathryn Dicus.
A large birthday cake bearing Hve
tall white candles, each candle rep
resenting ten years of W. M. U. work
GIFTS
FOR THE GRADUATE
The Graduate should be re
membered with a gift—and ea-
pecially one from Galknray’a.
And such lovely cards to accom
pany that gift Visiting Cards,
Stationery — for the fortunate
one to write his thanks.
Let ns make some sngfco-
tions that will hdp yon please
the graduate.
Don’t forget the young lady
will want to look her prettiest
for the occasion. See our selec
tion of Evening Dresses—chif
fons and cottons—to say noth
ing of the work of our bsautid-
ans in our beauty shop.
GALLOWArS
Hotel
Coffee Shop
SUNDAY MENU
12 to 2:30 V
Fried Chicken or Roast Lamb
With Mint Sauce.
Hearts of Celery or Tomato
Salad.
' ' .Macaroni An Gratin'
Cream Whip Potatoes or Rice
With Giblet Gravy.
Fresh String Beans, English
Peas, or Spinach.
Home-made Rolls or Muffins.
Green Apple Pie or lee Crmiiir
Iced Tea or Coffee.
Wedding Invitations
AND
Announcements
We invite you to inspect our attractive line of
samples in varied sizes and engravings, and all
of the finest workmanship by America’s leading
engravers. You will be interested in their high
quality and remarkably low prices. .
ENGRAVED VISITING CARDS
Offered for the Graduates at special prices—
an ideal and appropriate gift
If interested in Engraving of any kind it will
be a pleasure for us to take care of yotir require
ments. .
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