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•i.' THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1940 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, & C. PAGE THREE > . < The Woman’s Page SOCIETT EVENTS, CLUB AND CHDBCB NEWS OF INTESEST ■Miphoa* 74 w 2S8x annovncembnt The Woman’! Chriatlan Temper ance will meet Friday, Ausuit 16, at S:30, with Mrs. R. W. Johnaon. ]«EWLTWfa>8 HONORED WITH DINNER PARTY Mr. and Mrs. James Hitt of Chi cago, who were recently married, were honored on Friday evmiing when Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Johnson and Garrard Johnscm entertained with a delightful dinner party. For the occasion the home was decorated throughout with arrange ments of summer flowers in pretty combinations. Places were laid tor eight at the daintily-appointed table and a three-course dinner was served. BOSS ADDT HOSTESS TO Y. W. A. GROUP Miss Oranna Addy was hostess on last Tuesday evening to members of the Young Womena association of the First Baptist church. “We Build For Tomorrow” was the rapgeji byJMiwf Ida Peoji, js8h Mliti es" Annie Iiee Jackson, Velma Ruth Smith, Eleanor Copeland ami Lillian S^ieake taking part.^ At the concluskm* of the program Sjc hostess served ice cream and cake. as best man. Little Frank McCravy, dressed in a vdiite satin suit, brought in the rings in a silver basket The flower girls, Mias Calls Ann Bolei) of Oiarlotte, a niece of the bride-> groom, wore a dainty frock of pink taffeta and carried a basket of rose petals. I An informal reception followed the rites. Before coming to Laurens more than a year ago to bec<mie a county health worker, Mrs. Bolen had held a similar position In Greenwood. Doctor Bolen is a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bolen, Sr., or Charlotte, and is manager of chiropractic of fices here. vision of William and Mary at Rich mond, Va. Mr. Hitt is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hitt of this city, and a grad uate of Clinton hi^ s^ool. He at tended ClemstHi .college and the Richmond division of William and Mary. Tte young couple will make their home in Cl^ago adiere^lr. Hitt is engaged in business. OROVE8-HULL RITES SfHXMNDaSD HERE In a quiet ceremcmy marked by aid, of Columbia, visited her par ents Mr. and Mrs. John D. Dominick, a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cauthen and son, Virgil, of Greenville, also spent Sunday with their paroits, and grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Milam of Lees- bui^, Fla., who have been spending the past month in Brevard, N. C., were week-end 1 guests of the for mer’s sister, Mrs. John T. Little, enroute to Washington, D. C., for a week’s stay. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. i Harmon will be interested to know beauty and solemnity and witnessed;they moved during the past week to by <mly close relatives and a few friends, Mrs. Cora Elizabeth Meyer Groves, of Greenwood, and Boyd Hull of Rock Hill, were married in Laurens. Mr. jHarmoo has accepted a position as band director and teaser in the Laurens schools, the fame position he held in the Clin- Clinton Saturday aftem<KHi at four;ton schools the past three years o’clock. The ceremony was perform ed by Rev. C. Bynum Betts, pastor of the Associate Reformed Pmbyf Mrs. W. A. Moorhead, Miss Mary Bailey Owens, and Cwly Nabors spent the week-end in Georgetown LOVELY TEA GIVEN FOR VISITING BRIDE A lovely siunmer event was the tea which Mrs. Eugene Hitt and Miss Pearl Hitt gave <« Wednesday, Aug ust seventh, in honor of Mrs. James Rainey Hitt, of Chicago, who was married in Chicago the second of or was decorated"with white- floor-bas- CXI-H08TB88E8 AT CIRCLE MEETING Mrs. Ryland F. Sumerel and Mrs. Hugh Ray were co-hostesses at tha home of the former on Monday eve ning to members ctf the Business Women’s circle of the First Baptist church. The living room of the home was prettily adorned with a variety of mixed siunmer flowers. “How Firm A Foundation” was ttie subject of the program for the evening. Mrs. James McCombs, lead er of the program, was assisted by Mrs. Sumerel, Mrs. W. A. Buchanan, Mrs. W. H. Roberts, and Mrs. W. C. Bond. At the conclusimi of the program the hostesses served sandwiches and punch. JOINT HOSTS ANp_H08TE88ES ENTERTAIN CHOIR MEMBERS Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Ck^er and Mr. and Mrs. John B. Goatry entertain ed members of the choir of Broad Street Methodist church at dinner on Saturday evening. There wwe seventeen guests including Rev. L.P. McGee, pastor of the diurch, Mrs. McGee, the wives, hiuhands or friends of^th^ choir members. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Coker was attractive with colorfffl summer flowers for ttie occasion. Dinner was served buffet style from the prettily appointed tM>le which was center^ with a silver bowl of crepe myrtle. terian church, former Ropk Hill res-[ with the former’s daughter, Mrs. ident and life-long frimd of thCLj Julian Bolick, and Mr. Bolick. Miss- bridegroom. County Farm Women Winner Of Bhie Ribbon jimin, Mountville. Mrs. Harold Wallace, supervisor of the NYA home for girls in Clin ton, was made state chairman of mu-> sic and recreation. The OWENS REUNION Laurens County Council ofj The Owens family reunion was Farm Women was one of six suchlhejd at the home of Mr. and Mrs. county organizations in the state winning blue ribbons for outstand ing work during the past year at the summer short course at Win- throp college recently. Miss Jennie Coleman, home demonstration agent, has sinnounced. Farm council delegates from this county. Miss Coleman said, were Mrs. Earl Workman of Cllntoa, and Mrs. H. L. Williamson of Namie, voting delegates; Miss Lidie Sloan, Oak Grove; Mrs. Earl Blakely, Trin ity Ridge; Mrs. M. T. Poole, Lmig Branch; Mrs. S. B. Goodman, Mount- Mrs. Hull is the daughter of the late E. M. Meyer and Mrs. Mayer of Asheyille, N. C., formerly of St. Geoiga Yor seven years Mrs. Hull has been head of the dramatic de partment of Lander college. Green wood. She was educated at Columbia university, N. Y., and is a graduate of Columbia college, Columbia. Mrs. Hull is a young woman of unusual charm and beauty. On the occasion of her marriage, she was attired in a becoming aqua marine ensemble wiili' white iiLteswrUa aiRl 'maUihlgg es Annette Moorhead and Gracelviile; Mrs. Beatrice Sloan, Clinton; Martin, who had visited there the I and Mrs. Kenneth Haselden, Mus- past week, accompanied them home, grove. Girl club delegates were nam- Mr. and Mrs, J. Paul Todd visited led as Misses Rebecca Wood, Poplar the former’s mother, Mrs. Irene Todd, yesterday enroute from Rock Springs; Opal Copeland, Brewerton; Elizabeth Workman, NYA club; Mar- Roy L. Harris, near Clinton, Sunday, August 4, witn about 7S present. Those present incliided the families of C. A. Owens of near Clintcm, J.C. Owens of Cross AnchorMrs. Essie Owens Littlefield of near Spartan burg, and Mrs. Bessie Owens Harris of near Clinton. They are descend ants of ffie late John A. Owens and Nancy Oxner Owens of Cross An chor. At noon a picnic dinner was served. The group voted to make the reunion an annual affair. Hill to Atlanta where they will make! ion Milam, Mountville; Rose God-1 their home. Mr. Todd has accepted ajfrey, Brewerton; Rachel Teague,! or'ptnk rosebuds and ott^r summer flowers. In the dining room the color scheme of green and white was used. The dining table was lovely with a handsome lace cloth on which was placed for a center piece a crystal bowl of graduated white asters and lace fern. At each end of the table tall white candles in ciystal hold ers were burning. Roses and candles were used on the buffet. Meeting the guests on the porch were Mrs. Frank Miller and Mrs. Clifton Adair. In addition to the hostesses and hondree, the receiving line was composed of Mrs. H. L. Baldwin, a recent bride, Mrs. Floyd E. Hitt, Mrs. W. D. Armstrong of Gray Cotut, and Miss Annie Ruth Abercrombie of Atlanta, house guest of Miss Hitt. Mrs. R. P. Chapman and Mrs. A. D. Connor, Jr. of Barnwell, invited the guests into the dining room where block cream and green-iced cake was served by Misses Elizabeth Copeland, Martha Davidson, Patricia Giles, and Mrs. Fred Oxley. Mrs. J. M. Adair also assisted with the serving. Miss Betty Jean Armstremg of Gray Court, passed green and s^te flower mints. 'Mrs. R. W. Johnson invited the guests into the hall where Misses Harriett Davis and Louise McCrary served iced punch. Mrs. J. A. Bailey -~Mr.~fftilHr the-son of taeiate-J. j. Hull, for 2S yiliansaitor “iM prietor of the Rock Hill Herald, and Mrs. Susan Elizabeth Hull of Rock Hill ,and brother of Mrs. Edna Hull Love of ClinUm, and Orin Hull of Rock HiU. Mr. Hull formerly made his home in Rock Hill, but for the past several years, has been associ ated with Oscar G. Smith and Son, hank engravers and stationers, of Baltimore, Md. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Hull left on a wedding trip to the mountains of Virginia, and upon their return will make thei( hrane in Greenwood. teaching position in a junior high school of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Tillman Lott! and children, Mrs. H. Ben Lot, Will-I ard, Jimmie, Jack and Bums Lott ofj BlackviUej, were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lloyd Adair, near ■Kem!'— ’^^'TYRhds of - WalWf BT Young Barksdale-Namie; and Sarah Ben- W. J. BENJAMIN SERVICE STATION Standard Products Cara Washed aad Graaaad Tear Baaiaeae Appreciated ofr< > lA. PEOPLE YOU KNOW N.~Ca, formerhr of .IhBf city, will regm to know he is a pa tient at Martin’s hospital in Mullins, suffering an arm injury received Friday while working m Mullins. Miss Lula and Frank Young, Mr. and Kirs. Rex Young and Miss Mildred Young visited Mr. Young Sunday. TEMPLETON REUNION Thf "twelfth annual reunion of the Templeton clan will be held at Cur ry’s lake, near Gray Court, on Sun day, August 18, and all Templetons, descendants and in-laws are urged' to be there and bring the customary well-filled baskets. An interesting program is being planned and if you have guests vis iting you on this date bring them along and let's have a grand reunion again tois year. Mrs. L. C. Lockman, Sec.-Treas. SARA GLENN CIRCLE HAS REGULAR MEET The Sara Glenn ride of Broad Street Methodist chbrch met on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. .Ray Pitts on North Adair street. Misses Dorothy Adair and Helen Hollingsworth were assistant hcMt- esses. A lovely arrangement of pink ros es and bowls of pastel-tinted sweet peas were used about the living room. After the devotional, an interest ing program on the Jewish race and the Christian attitude toward them was given by Mrs. John G. Barden. for the evfning were Mrs. Francis West, Mrs. Clifton Adair and Mrs. Clyde S. Lankford. During a social hour sandwiches, cookies and an iced drink were enjoyed. ERVIN-IIOLEN tlTES EVENT AT LAURENS Laurens, Aug. 10.—A wedding of wide social interest was solemnized Saturday afternoon when Miss Jen' For the event toe Imide wore her wedding dresi with a round corsage of pink rosebuds and baby’s breath. Out-of-town guests who called were Mrs. C. D. Nance of Cross Hill, Mrs. Everett Martin and Mrs. W. E. Knight of Gray Court, Mrs. 'Marian Hamm, Mrs. Mack Lee Brown, and Mrs. L. H. Poag of Goldville, and Mrs. D. M. Vaughn of Kinard. POTTER-HITT WEDDING AT CHICAGO In th6 beautiful McWilliams Me morial chapel of the First Presby terian church of Chicago, 111., on August the second at six-thirty o’clock. Miss Marjorie Potter became the bride of James Rainey Hitt. Dr. Thomas Wallis Rainey of Lexing ton, Ky., assisted by Dr. Harold L. Bowman, pastor of the church, offi ciated at the impressiW Hhg" mony The chapel was decorated in bridal Contributing articles to the program g^rewr and-v^it^ Large floor^ baskets of white gladioli and delphinium and candelabra of gleaming candles were placed on each side of the altar. The background was of palms. While the guests were assembling and during the ceremony an appro priate recital of nuptial music was given by Dr. I. Prosser at the organ. The bride was given in marriage by her cousin, Walter K. Eberly of Chicago. Her only sister, Mrs. Rob- Miss Sara Lee Pack is the guest of friends in Spartanburg and Dana, N. C Mr. and Mrs. Charlie L. Winn and children of Bell Aire, Md., are visit ing the forma’s brother, Carlton F. Winn, and family. Hugh Denson has accepted an of fice position with the C-W-S Guano company of ffiis city. Ernest Hill of Louisiana, and J. W. Hill of Elberton, Ga., were visitors kcre Fridays Miss Wylodine Caldwell has re turned to her hmne in Spartanburg after spending two we^ with Miss Sara Lee Pack. Mr. and Kirs. B. E. Starnes of Au burn, Ala., I are visiting Miss Mary Starnes of this city, and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Starnes of Cross Anchor. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Steer attended the funeral of Mnf. J. P. Cothran yesterday in Greenwood. Mrs. S. P, Babb and children, Vir ginia Lee and James Wright, of Charlotte, N. C., spent a few days this week with Mrs. Babb’s mother, Mrs. J. L. Wright, and sister, Miss Sara Zee Wrif^t. Friends of Lawrence Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hall, will be in terested to know he has accei4*<^ * position in the chemical laboratories of the Union bleachery in Greenville. Hiiira MafgaffSTand Zelehe -Cald- well of Greenville, and Mrs. J. N. Cheek and son, Joe, of Atlanta, were guests during the. past week^of. pr. Imd Mrs. R. W. Johnson. Miss Emma Steer of Pasadena, California, spent a few days last week with her brother, R. A. Steer, RAINED OUT AT MILL The speaking engagement of coun ty candidates scheduled for Tuesday night at Clinton Cotton Mills, was postponed because of heavy rains. The meeting will be held at the same place next Monday night. RUBBER STAMPS An Sisea ~ Qteck Service CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. WE NOW HAVE THE GRUEN, BULOVA AND ELGIN WATCHES Fitan $24.75 Up EASY TERMS HAMILTON'S BROAD STREET . CLINTON, S. G. Credit To AB Sooth OunUrntT nie Faye Ervin of Lexington, N. C., 1 Miller of Chicago, was her bride of <naid of honor. The best man was and Laurens, became the Dr R. C. Bolen, formerly of Char lotte, now of this city. The double ring ceremony, which took place at the home of Mrs. Frank E. McCravy, 748 West Main street, ■ was performed by the bride’s father, the Rev. JL O. Ervin of Lexinfton, . N. C. The wedding music was given by . Mrs. John K. Taylor. The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Paul R. Ervin of Charlotte. She wore an exquisite gown of blue mousseline de sole and carried a bouqxiet of roaes and del phinium. Her only attendant, who was her sister, Miss Evelyn Ervin of Char- , lotte, was attired in pink mouaseline de sole, and her flowers were pink gladioli and delphinium. The bridegroom was attended by his brother, J. C. Bolen, of Charlotte, Unusual Gifts For The Bride SEE OUB REGULAB AUGUST SPBCULS. A Vlait Will ConviiK* Yoa. PRONTIS JEWELRY STORE u4 GIFT SHOPPE Robert W. Miller. David Ewald of Cynthia, Ky., was usher. The bride’s dress was of white mousseline de sole, the skirt aiding in a short graceful train. She ^wore a finger-tip veil with a heart-shaped halo of finely-pleated tulle. Her bou-' qOet was of white rosebuds, t>aby’s- al breath, and lilies of the valley. Lace mits completed the bridal outfit. Mrs. Miller’s dress was a duplicate of the bride’s, except for the color, adiich was ciel blue. Her 'bouquet was of pink roaebjids. Imme^tely following the cere mony a reception was held at the home of the bride. The receiving line was (NMnpooed of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Carl Vernon Potter, the bridal cowle and Mr. and Mrs. Miller. home was lovely in its deco ration of gladioli and mixed flowers. A salad course followed by a sweet course was sarved. Mrs. Albert Kirby granchnother of the bride, Mrs. Fred R. Charles, and Mrs. Mather B. Kel^ assisted in entertaining the guesto. During the reception the bride ‘and bridegroom left for Clinton to visit Mr. Hitt’s parents. Fot traveling the bride chose a blue ensemble of alpaee with matdi- ing turban. Her accessories were white, and she wore a corsage of white roaebuda. Mrs. Hitt is the daughter of Mrs. Carl Vernon Potter and the late Mr. Potter. She received her education at the American Academy of Arts in Chicago, and at the RlHunond Di- and Mrs. Steer Miss Jane Little is the guest of Miss Hannah Lou Dargan in Green ville. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Heustess and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Finney, Sr., left Tuesday for a week’s, vacation stay at the Heustess’s cottage at Bear Wallow, near Chimney Rock, N. C. Kenneth Craig of Gastonia, N. C., is visiting Bobby Owens. Friends of Mrs. J. L. Wright will be sorry to know she has been a pa tient at the Newberry hospital since Monday. of this ctiy, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Ab rams, Mr. and Mrs. George Neal of Spartanburg, were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Steer. W. D. Copeland, Dr. D. J. Woods, and Dr. L. Ross Lynn attended the Presbyterian laymen’s convention in Montreat, N. C., Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Holland and family of Jackson, Miss., and E. H. Holland of Beaufort visited relatives here during the week. Mrs. B. B. Houslepr and son, Boyd Boozer, of Dahlonega, Ga., and Miss Sara l^eely of Wards, visited their sister and aunt, Mrs. T M. Sease, and Mr. Saase test week. Claude Sli|^ and daughter, Miss Sue, and son, Bob, of Greenwood, visited Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Burton, and Mrs Henry Burton last Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Rounds and 4Bughter, Miss Georgia Rounds, left Sunday for their home in Tampa, Fla., after a week’s visit to the for mer’s mother, Mrs. C. L. Rounds. Mr. and Mrs. Lofton D. Sullivan of Roanoke, Va., are visiting the lat ter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Roberts, here, and the former’s par- rats in Laurens, this week. Mrs. Vemu Crapps and son, Ron- PAUSE Ice-cold Coca-Cola has a fitesh, clean tingling taste that s(>eaks of purity and quality. It leaves you with a de- lightfuUy refreshed feeling that is always so welcome... so satisfying. lt*s a happy ending to thirst. 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