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THURSDAY, JULY H 1040
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE CUNTON^S. C
FACE THREE
The Woman’s Page
SOCIETY EVENTS,
CLUB AND CHURCH NEWS OF INTEREST
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ms. snmoN kntebtains
BUDGE CLIJB AT LUNCH
Mrs. Goyne L. Simpson was host
ess to members of her bridge club
on Tuesday morning.
Bowls of roses and mixed summer
flowers prettily adorned the home
lor the occasion. A number of in
teresting games wer« enjojred at the
two tables and at noon the hostess
served a two course lunc^n.
yiBlTOB ENTEBTAINED
WITH PICNIC 8UPPEB
On Ffiday evening Mrs. T. P. Ow
ens was hostess to a number of
friends at a picnic supper at Horse
shoe falls, with her ni^. Miss Doro
thy Vau|^ of Washington, Oa., as
honor guest. Weiners were roaked
and served with a picnic supper.
Watermelon was enjoyed later in the
evening.
FOBMEK CLDITON BO¥ TO
WED CHICAGO GOL
Invitations have been received
here to the forthcoming marriige of
Miss Marjories Patter, of dtteago, and
James Rainey Hitt, formerly of Clin
ton, now of Chicago. The wedding is
to be solemnized on the second of
August at the First Presbyterian
church of Chicago. j prayer and gave as a sdripture read-
Miss Potter is the daughter of Mrs. j ing the 78th Psalm in keeping with
Cora Potter and the late Carl Ver- the Independence theme. Mrs. J. B.
non Potter, of Chicago. Mr. Hitt is!Dailey contributed to the.program,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hitt, * reading a prayer-hymn. After a
^ort business session ^he meeting
was adjourned.
AUZIUAET HEARS REPORT
or DELBGATBS TO MONTREAT
On Monday atcamoob the auxiliary
of the First Prerit>yterian church held
the regular monthly meeting. \
Circle No. 5, Mrs.,. John Holland
Hunter, chairman, had charge of the
program for the afternoon,'with Mrs.
Bothwell Graham as director. 'Ibe
topic of the program was “Moral Im
plications of the M<mroe Doctrine,’*
and an interesting article <m the siil^
ject was read by Mrs. W. M. Walker.
Mrs. S. Gary Dillard gave the Bible
stody. Reports were heard on the
Mcmtreat conference to which Mrs.
Earl Workman, Mrs. J. W. Copeland,
Sr., and Mrs. A. V. Martin were dele
gates.
METHODIST AUXILIARY
IN REGULAR SESSION
The Auxiliary of Broad Street
Methodist church met on Monday af
decorated throughout with colorful
summer flowers. _
A musical program was rendered,
consisting of piano solos by Misses
Jean Coleman and Caroline Keith,
vocal solos by Miss Christine Boaz-
man and Mrs. Barry MacAdams, and
a reading by Miss Mary Frances
Coleman.
. Miss Workman’s chair was marked
with a graceful )bow of tulle, centered
with a rosette of silver ribbon, white
sweet peas, and fern, pinned with a
“wishbone.”
A two-course luncheon was served
by the hocteases, assisted by Misses
Jean and Helm Coleman, Josie and
Frances Boazman, Irene and Eliza
beth Keith. *
The hostesses presented the honor
guest a pair of crystal candlesticks. |
Out-of-town guests included Miss
es Mildred and Carrie Belle Work
man, Miss Mary Pauline Lawson and
Mrs. L. T. Lawson, of Clinton, Miss
Ruth Senn and Mrs. Bill Smith of
Newberry.
With The Press
The Duty of Congress ' .
It is, says The Manufacturers Rec
ord, the immediate duty of the Amer
ican congress to reconsider the sug
gestion by Senator Harry F. Byrd
that unnecessary expenses be cut.
“There is a ^crisis and it is prepos
terous to continue dawdling with ex
travagant schemes that have not ’
ported that its bureau of yards and
docks, which deals with shore es
tablishments, made the heaviest con
tract awards in history, during the
fiscal year ended June 30, outstrip
ping the World war fiscal year of
lion dollar defense program. The
army had ordered 552 light .tanks
with 1940 funds and has on hand
492 light and medium tanks and'
combat cars built within the last four
years.
The new order, representing the
1918, the previous high mark, by
nearly 500 per cent. j biggest single purchase of this na-
The 1940 contracts for naval bases,! ture in peacetime history, went to
docks, buildings and other estab-1 the American Car and Foundry com-
lishments amounted to $288,830,883,
compared with $89,092,725 in 1918
work^ except to give Jobs to hang-land $44,509,273 in 1939, the previous' week.
.. peace time record
“There is a limit to the ability of
pany of Berwick, Pa., on the basis
of bids opened at Rock Island, III.,
even the richest country in the world
to pay the huge sums that are being
voted and keep up with all the wild
spending that has been going on. It
is a safe bet that half the bureaus in
Washington could be thrown out with
their tens of thousands of employes
and the country would be better off,
even without counting the vast
The tanks, weighing aboutvl2 tons,
J ^ ^ ! will be equipped with four machine
The 627 tanks ordered by the army i 30 caliber, one machine gun
today were the first to be purchased I of 45 caliber and one 37-millimeter
with funds from the new multi-bil-1 anti^nk gun.
Miss Workman was honored with a
surprise shower Wednesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. S. S. Arant.
Mrs. Arant was hostess to the regu
lar meeting of'the Vaughnsville home
demonstration club, and invited Miss
of the cRib, to be present. The presi-s
Workman, who is a former member
dent, Mrs. J. P. Boozer, called the
meeting to order. Mrs. L. E. Werts
temoon for the regular monthly ses-i, ... ^
Sion- with the president, Mrs. John I!®** ^ devotiimal. a short bus-
o nrMirfin* incss session, Ml'S. J. H. Austln and
G. Barden, presiding.
Circle number tiuree, with Mrs.
iluhSCtJPitts,^clMirncu!il..^^ chaige
of the devotionaL MuUc include
a h3rmn soltly played by Mrs. E. C.
McDaniel and the singing of “Ameri
ca.” Mrs. Raymond Pitts offered
of this efty.
MRS. BAILEY HOSTESS
TO W. C: T. U. GROUP
IBAILEY-ADAMS
Mrs. T, L. W. Bailey was hostess on j INVITATTON8 ISSUED
Friday afternoon to members of the
Woman’s Christian Temperance
union.
The devotional was led by Mrs. L.
S. Henderson. Mrs. Lowry M. Wilson
was leader of a program on “Follow
ChrisV In Loyalty To Government,”
with Mrs. L. V. Pinson, Mrs. R. F.
Adair and Mrs. R. W.. Johnson taking
part. The meeting was presided ov4r
by Mrs. Johnson, president of the
organization.
BRIDGE CLUB ENTERTAINED
BY MRS. R. G. ADAIR
Mrs. R. C. Adair entertained her
bridge club on Thursday with an af
ternoon party^.
Two “lables were arranged for
bridge in a setting of colorful zinnias.
When scores were counted, Mrs.
Goyne L. Simpson was found to be
winner of high score prize. Later in
the afternoon the hostess served re
freshments.
Of social interest here arc the fol
lowing wedding invitations which
have been issued:
Mrs. William Cyrus Bailey
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter
Florence Jacobs
to
Mr. John Buchanan Adams .
on Saturday evening, the third of
August
at half after eight o’clock
Saint Paul’s Church
Augusta, Georgia
The bride-elect, who was born in
Clinton, is a daughter of the late
William Cyrus Bailey. She is a grand
daughter of W. J. Bailey of this city,
and the late 'Mrs. Florence Jacobs
Bailey.
test, and also had the members to
amount of money that would be'
savedJ.’ ' |
The saying of these things is jus
tified. The country has President
Roosevelt’s own word for it that
reckless spending by the federal gov
ernment is the road to the poorhouse.
By his own statements to the people
of the United States, the president
should be supporting Senator Byrd’s!
efforts to follow a sane course. Sena
tor Byrd is on the platform that Mr
Roosevelt said he stood on.
Congre^ hu chosen to shirk Its
plain duty for the reaton that so;
many members of the two chambers!
Miss Lucy Arant conducted a con-4of the congress are interested ini
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write'-^artr-favorite “m?ipee - wWc'hrtMyrolkR,-These men are protecting
were bound into a booklet and pre
sented the bride-elect. 1
Mrs. Barry MacAdams sang “I
keeping constituents on the Merai
their political fences. Their ruling
ssion is to be reelected. Senator
yrd has been pleading in vain be-
Love You Truly To the strains of {cause of the formidable machine
the wedding march little Jo Epting! composed Of persons on federal pay-
entered, dressed as a bride and car-'rolls.
rying a large “bouquet” which shej It is of vital importance that the
pre^nted Miss Workman. The “bou-i United States should prepare. It is
quet” i»oved to be many lovety and I unfortunate that under the leader-
useful gifts.
Late in the afternoon the hostess
served a delightful salad plate with
iced tea.
AROUND TOWN
BELL-RAY WEDDING
SOLEMNIZED SATURDAY
Miss Martha Bell and John-Maxey
Ray were quietly united in marriage
Saturday evening at the home of Rev.
METHODIST CONGREGATION j j. h.. Kyzar, pastor of the First Bap-
ENJOY8 PICNIC YESTERDAY jtist church in Laurens.
Members of Broad Street Metho-{ The bride is the daughter of Mr.
dist church and a number of invited and Mrs. W. E. Bell of Renno, and is
friends enjoyed a pienje yesterday a graduate of Clinton high school,
afternoon at Horseshoe falls on the she holds a bookkeeping position
Saw MISS FLORENCE ADAIR
getting her first airplane ride Sun
day afternoon at Barksdale field, be-
twMn Clinton and Laurens and re
marking that she wasn’t afraid and
it was very smooth riding except for
the take-off and landing. MISS VEL
MA PUGH also had a new experi
ence the past week. She took a trip
to Charleston and Folly Beach, get
ting her first glimpse of the ocean.
MR. and MRS. SAM RAYSOR and
ship of President Roosevelt funds
which should have-been invested in
national secxirity have Been scattered
to the four winds on projects the fed
eral government ought never to have
supported. Sp>ent dollars cannot be
recalled, but wild spending can be
stopped< Again there is Mr. Roase-
velFs own call to the American peo
ple to stop the spending by electing
him.—The News and Courier.
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Let By Army
Washington, July 15.—The army
awarded a contract today for $11,-
000,000 worth of light tanks to bring
little daughter. NANCY, are neweom-1
ers to Clinton, having moved from mechanized stream
FRONT CMINET
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Musgrove road near here. The picnic
was planned by tbc Wesley club un
der the^ direction of the president,
John B. Gentry, with Julian Coleman
. as chairman of the committee on ar
rangements.
The group gathered at the church
for the pleas^t outing and motored
to the falls where supper was served
late in the afternoon.
Y. W. A. GROUP MEETS
WITH MRS. LONG
Members of the Young Women’s
association of the First Baptist church
met on last Tuesday evening with
Mrs. W. N. Long.
The scripture reading was given by
..Miss JButh. Smith. Miss-Yelma .Pugh
had charge of an interesting program
on “Life Across the Equator.” She
was assisted by Misses Clara Poole,
Frances Jones, . .Mary Lou Johnson
with Pitts Service Station and Coal
company of this city.
The groom' is the son of Mrs. I. O.
Ray of this city, and the late Mr.
Ray. He is a graduate of Clinton hi^
school and is connected with the
Country Market.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Ray are popular
members of the younger set and have
many friends here who wish them
much happiness. After a wedding
trip to the mountains of North Caro-
hna and INnaeaaee, they will make
their home with Mrs. I. B. Copeland
on Ferguson street.
Laurens the past week. They are oc
cupying one of the Hays apartments
on Woodrow street, MR. and MRS.
I. B. WEBBER and small -daughter,
SANDRA, formerly of Laurens, are
also occupying <me of the Hays-
Woodrow apartments. Both Mr. Ray-
sor and Mr. Webber are connected
with the OCC camp near Goldville.
MR. and MRS. fi. F. WINGARDI
an^ daughter, BA^IE JEAN, werej
members of a family gathering Sun
day at the Pruitt house in Starr for
a dinner honoring Mrs. Wingard’s
mother, Mrs. Effie Wasson, of the
Hickory Tavern section of this coun
ty, on her birthday. The Pruitt house
is famous for serving enormous quan
tities and a great variety of food.
Some member of the family com
mented that if they hadn’t served so
many salads and, other food before
dinner he could have eaten more.
MISS MARY LOU JOHNSON is
the latest.bicsMle fan. She has a new
blue “job” which comes in very
handy to scoot back and forth to
work on, and no careless driver is
divisions and have a few hun
dred left for other purposes.
At the same'time, the navy re-
A MAZING new
Fhiico Photo-Elec
tric lUdio-Phonograph
reproduces records
through reSectioos of a
Floating Jewel on 1
Photo - Electric CelH
Only Pbilco has it'
Ma^ ocher phonograph
featuiea, including Au
tomatic Record Changer
And, the new 1941
Hulco radio inventions
Mr $139.95
fhiU0 H0mt KtffJing Unit
000UM0 *s 0pt*omd H/mpmtmt
aaaderWe txtrm ett.
EASY TBUMS ★
MAXWELL BROS. & KINARD
CLINTON -- TWO STORES — LAURENS
DRESSES
^^JREDUCED!^^
ERVIN-BOLEN ANNOUNCEMENT
AT LAURENS DINNER PARTY
The following- from The- Laurens ^he—stope-at-every stofr sign:
i Advertiser will be read here with
interest where the brkte-elect is
well known:
The engagement -of Miss Jmuiie
wd Miss Smito. Miss Araie Leei pi^^ Ervin to Dr. R. C. Bolen wag
announced at a surprise dinner party
given by Mrs. Frank McCravy Mon-
iday evening at her home on WeM
Jackson gave an informative Com
parison of the North and South
American continents.
At the conclusion of the program
a ‘ social ■■ hour "wis "enjoyed," during
which the hostess served ice cream.
CLINTON BRIDE-ELECT
honoeed in LAUEENS
the month, shared honors with Mrs.
Fred Bishop and Mrs. J. B. Copeland,
recent brides, at a lovely party given
by Miss Louise Cleveland in Laurens
Thursday afternoon. ;
Four tables were arranged for
bridge in the living room against a
pretty background of gladioli and
roses. Guests included friends of the
honorees from both Clinton and Lau
rens.
After cards the hostess was assist
ed by Miss Sara Dmfroh and Mra.
John K. Taylor in servkic a salad
course wito mx Iced drink.
Miss Clevelan<l presented the honor
guests with gi^ as remembrances
of the occasion.
Main stn«t, The marriage is.to take
place in August.
The guests included close friends
of the couple. The announcement was
cleverly made by little Frank Mc-
. Cravy,-son of the hostess, who im-
Miss £^nma Little, bnde-elect of* personated a town crier. After he
We have reduced our summer dresses to prices that will move
them quickly. You still have plenty of time to wear them. They are
new summer dresses, too.
ONE RACK CREPES AND SHEERS,
DRESSES
TRken from our highest irko niiiRe.
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MISS AGATHA BAILEY of this*
city, and MISS RUTH BROWN of
Anderson, were chaperones for a
house party of the following young
people in Saluda, N. C., from Wed
nesday until Sunday of the past
week: MISSES KATHERINE GRA
HAM, RACHEL VAUGHN, MARY
ELLEN ADAMS of Cross Hill, ELIZ-
NOW
$3.SO
Cotton is for the first wad
ding anniversary; wood, the
fifth; tin, the tenth; and china,
the tweniietH.
For anniversaries — and any
other occasion — give a gift of
beautiful jewelry. For ^hs of
true value and economy —ttiat
endure long after the happy oc
casion — look over our dazzling
assortment
J.B.FRONTIS
Jewelry uM GUIs
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ABETH ANDERSON of Dillon, AL
ICE GAINES of Greenwood, and
BILL WADE, THAD JOHNSON,
TOM PLAXICO, DILL ELLIS and
JIMMY SLOAN.
had rung a bell calling the guests to
dinner, he turned over a placard
which he wore around his neck, re
vealing the inscription, Ervin-Bolen,
August 1940. .
The table was centered witK a
lovely tiered bride’s cake topped with
a miniature bride and groom. Sur^
rounding the cake and outlining the
reflector were phik roaebuds and
snapdragons. The side decorations
were attractive arrangements of
mixed garden flowera. A dcUcknis
course dinner was served.
Miss Ervin is the daughter of the
Rev. and Mrs. J. O. Ervin, of Lex
ington, N. C. For the past year and a
half she haa held the position of tu-
bercutosia woriccr for Laurens coun
ty. In conjunction wito her position
in Laurens, last year iRie did similar
work in Greenwood and thia year
haa Union eosn^y in her tenttoiy.
Dr. Bokn ii~lfi« ioiTof Ifr. and
Mrs. R. C. Bolen, of Charloite, N. C.
He is the.Laurens managmr of the L.
B. Sims CaUropractic offices.
1088 WOmOIAN HONORED
WITH LOVELY PART1B8
Miss Mary den Workman, popu
lar bride-elect, was ccmpli^nted
with two tovely parties in Chappells
last Wednesday.
Wednesday morning. Misses Fran
ces Webb and Lillie Mae Woidonan
gave n hmche<m for Mias Wbrkman,
inviting a ntonbar of her cloae frimids
in Chappells and members of her
wedding party. The Webb hosic was
ONE RACK OF CHIFFONS AND CREPES
ORES S E S
$1.50
Reduced for quick sejUinR.
NOW vr::...
“JINKY” SADLER reports a iine
but busy time keeping house while
mother, MRS. R. E. SADLER, is
vacationing at Ocean Drive beach.
Overheard friends and nei^bors
congratulating MRS. FRANK F.
FOWLER on her beautiful gladioli
in the yard of her home on Calhoun
street. This is Mrs. Fowler’s first
flower garden and she was very
anxious to return from a recent trip
to Alabama to see if they were really
bkxming.
PEOPLE
YOUKNOW
Mrs. L. C. Williams and son, Lin,
of Mnepn, Oa., are visiting her
ter, T«rirR.T. DudIap.1ma m. Dim-
lap thia week.
Mrs. Nene D. Workman returned
Mcmday from Boone, N. C., where
she att^ided a six weeks’ summer
school at Appalachian State Teach
ers* college.
Mrs. W. C. Chancier and Mrs. Free
man Thompaon of Childersberg, Ala.,
and C. A. Workman of Marion, N. C.,
are visiting T. R. Workman and
daughter, Miss Irene Wbrkmam
Miss Sara Zee Wright reutrned to
her home here Tuesday after spend
ing a tow days at Myrtle Beach with
her sister, Mrs. 8. P. Babb and
dau^ter, Virginia, of C^hartotte.
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ONE RACK VOILES, SHEERS; CREPES
DRESSES
$1.00
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A food assortment.
NOW
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ONE RACK VOILES, CREPES, CHAMBRAYS
DRESSES
Good styles nod esinrs.
NOW
$1.50
■s—
VXTONB, CBAMBaATS, SSBBSUCKBRS. SPUN RAYONS
DRESSES, priced to dear.
Reduced to
$1.15
PENNEY’S