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i; • /: / / / / I , • PoflC Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C WEST ClINTON PERSONAE AND SOCIAL NEWS ■niS. JOE CAMPBELL. Correspondent and Neal Harvey, Mrs. Ella Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Word visited i Mrs. Wilbur Carter of Spartanburg, Hdr. Word's brother. Jim Word, and j were Sunday guests of Mrs. Carter’s Mrs. Word in Laurens Sunday. ! daughter, Mrs. George Cunningham, Mrs. J. J. Smith and daughter. ICunningham. TJan. visited relatives in Greer Sun-l Mr. and Mrs. Ott Thomas and chil- jjay ’ I dren visited Mr. and Mrs. Gene Nor- W.lbur and William Wier. Win-jris in Fountain Inn Sunday, fred Norris, Charles Trammell and' Miss Myrtle Trammell and James and Tlenrietta Ammons visited Mk. R. L. .Nelson in Lanford Station Sun- { day. • ’ Mr. and Mrs. E. D. McCullough and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Godfrey in Greenwood Sun-^ day. , W. M. S. Meeting The Woman’s Missionary society met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Ursula Blakely. AROUND THE TOWN I IncidentSf^Jfiusoal and Ordinary,, Gathered On Our Rounds. MRS. JAMES G. M0NROE of Latta and MRS. HARRIS COVING- The meeting was opened by thel’^®^ Bennettsville, the fonner Talmarigo Sanders attended the car-Brown visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas I president, and a song. “How Firm races in Spartanluirg Saturday. |Brown m Hart\^ell, Ga.. Sunday. |Foundation,’’ wj^ sung. Mrs. R. D-'tUeJ O known Mr ind Mr^ David Word, Mr.! Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGinnis j Hughes read the scripture. The de-‘ . _ _ —with a prayer DR. A. E. SPENCR BE6INS FIFTIETH YEAR AT PRESBYTRIAN C0UE6E (From HomceMBiuc Edition of The Btae fiHoehiiig, Cotlefe Stodents’ Puhlleation). and Ml. .1- F- Weir .and Misses No-iVisitM relaUves in Spartanburg Sun- vot'onal wm v ra Oan.u.,, aSd Mario Weir teere visi- day. [byJUrs. Ralph Riddle. tors in Columbia Sunday. Je.ss Campbell has returned home Th® roll was called and minutes of previous meeting were read. Report of the sick was given, and cards sent to them. 'The meeting was turned over to the program leader, Mrs. R. D. Hughes, with Mrs. Riddle, Mrs. Oak- , by their Clinton friends as “The Blake ly TNyins,’’ had birtodays November the 13th. Mr. and Mrs, Monroe, their son, and Mr. and Mrs. Cdbing- ton spent the past Sunday with the twins’ parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jotm T. Blakely, ahd enjoyed a family gath ering as well as a pre-holiday dinner. Mr. and Mr.s. C. O. Owens. Mrs. after spending a week in Bath. 11. \V. .Simmon.':. Mr. and Mrs. James | jyjj. Mrs. Garland Centell, Creswell and family, and Mr. and ^jj.s. Elsie Alexander and Miss Flor- Mrs. .lamus Crain visited Elijah Powell of Cateechee, visited Woolbnght. who is seriou.«:ly ill at his brother, R. C. Powell, and n GENE WILKES, seven year old home in Abbex ille Sunday. kfis. Powell the past week-end. .!son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Wilkes, Mr and Mrs. W. F. Smith of Sa- j^r. and Mrs. George Slice andj*^^’ proudly displaying the space luda. were Sunday guests of Mrs. |children of Newberry, spent Sunday by the shedding of his first two J J . Smith. Keith Mr. and Mrs. Ben Woodard. ^ subject wasjj^^jj (lower ones) during the week. Rev. R .D. Hughes attended the: j g Graham of Easley, and Baptist State convention in Cglum-lRp^, j g Willlis of Greenville, vis- .. oyster supj^ was Mrv^ by bia the pafet week. jited C. C. Abbott Thursday. hostess, assisted by Mrs. G. G. Rev. C. R. Anderson. W. R. Thom- He’s signed every diploma issued by the college 'except 15; he’s seen every building on the campus erect ed; he’s had a dormitory named for him; and he’s now beginning his fif tieth year at Presbyterian college. That’s versatile Dr. Almon EdWin Spencer, professor of French and Greek, vice-president and treasurer,! and twice president of the college. ! He came to Presbyterian college in’ Jun^ 1891, as professor of Greek andi French. TTie ncrae of the college, i which was originally Clinton college,' and Dr. Spencer have been insepar-| able since 1891 and he ranks today! citizens of Clinton are lavish in their praise of his work. He is a past presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce, of the Kiwanis clubi and commander of the Knights of Pythias. He is an jin point of years of service as thej dean of the faculty. He’s modest in his claim to his ASHBY (SK?ET) GALLOWAY M enn [Hooper. The next meeting will be ai^*^ of Goldvlll^ av md Victor Lawson attended the n f 7. r / earlier on account of Christmas! «««s^ themselves into a pair of as, and \ icior i^awson aiitnaea uiv Fannie, of Augusta, Ga., spent the . ... . . j, ... „ .new shoes. In a recent advertiae- Southern I^ethodi.st rally at, the ber sister. Mrs. Claude ’ .. Mnnrfav niirht-*"®"** James Pitts, genVs fumish- raany titles. Quietly and faithfully he Shandon church in Columbia on Sun-j^-gjig^^ine and Mr. Wallenzine. <iay- . I Mrs. Clara Clapton of Gastonia, Mr.*:. Mattie Stockman and family'j.. visiting her sister. Miss Elizabeth and Mrs. Ruby Watkins visited Mr. ^ and Mrs. W allace Stockman in Pros- Mrs. Elarle Ballcw and son, Ken- pr-nty Sunday. ^ j neth, of Greer, Misses Christine Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Davis and son. ij^j^g^. Edith Rowland of Belton, Frankie, visited Mrs. Davis parents, j ^ Patterson and daugh- Mr. and Mrs luda Sunday. W. M. Turner, in Sa- ter, Marie, of Ninety-Six, were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Betty Jean Rushlon, formerly of^ciaude Wallenzine. Greenwood, is now making her home, Charlie Barbery is home visiting with her uncle, E. B. Davis and Mrs.jbjs j^ents, Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Bar- Davis; Mr. and oery Mrs. B. R. West and I Lamar Stone of Asheville, N. C., Joe Terry the second Monday nightsems in December store, .offerd a pair of Wol- ' verines to the man guessing the num ber of hours required for ^ pair of work shoes to thaw from the middle of a cake of ice. Both Mr. Galloway Birthdays and Anniversaries Saturday, Nov. 16, was the birth Word Wdliam Campbell and Marion,actual time was exactly 51 hAirs Strickland 49 j^inuies Today, Thursday,- is the birthday of Miss Nora Cannon and Miss Ed-. ^ ' Friends of MR. and MRS. RALPH HOLCOMBE will be Interested to Saturday, Nov. 23, is Evelyn Big- bee’s tenth birthday and Davis Wind- sorV eleveiiUi. " Little Jimmie Hughes was one On Boyd Hughes of Spartunburg. visited aunt, Mrs. Mitt Milam, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hughes Sunday.Milam. i Lawrence Barbery Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ballew Find | ^j.g Hazel Waters and daughter, Nov. 13.^ children and Mr. and Mr.s. D. W. Venie King of Simpson-i Bagwell and childi'en sjjent the viUe, spent the week-end with Mrs. week-end with relatives in Anderson. Leopard. Mrs. Berry Tramn^ll and sons, j ]vij.g jvoy Galloway and Henry. Vernon and Dewey, visited jpbiidren of Piedmont, were week-end her mother, Mr.s. W. H. Bagwell ^j.g q q Hooper. Mwres Sunday. ■ A. H. Hughes, Boyd Hughes and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Matthews of jg g West and Herbert Hughes vis- Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Homer.j^j-g Boyd Hughes, who is a pa- Jacks, and Mr atKl Mrs. Clarence ^be Sta.te hospital, Sunday. Wellord of Goldville. spent the! i^j.g q ^ Abbott and week-end with Mr. and Mrs. C. L^^biidren, Tommy and Jean, and Bet- Blea.se. „ , r,, Anne Campbell visited Mrs. Rosa Kittle guest. Mr. arid Mrs. R. L. Blease. accom- Qaines in Hodges Sunday. ' was thirteen Birthday Parties Saturday afternoon Mrs. know they left the past week for . Jlonolulu. Mr. Holcombe~a -graduate of Presbyterian college, is a first lieu tenant in the army air corps. Mrs. Holcombe is the former Miss Joyce Pitts, daughter of Mrs. Irene Pitts of this city, and they have resided in Union for the past year, Mr. and Mrs. Holcombe tyere accompanied to Charleston by Mrs. Pitts, Mrs. Min- goes about his work and has proved himself to be a man of force and I character -and purpose. A supreme faith in this institution coupled with! a willingness to sacrifice personal af- i fairs, hgs been a marked character-! istic of Dr. Spencer. j His accomplishments during his 73- years, for he was bom December 14,! 1867, are many. He was a ment>er of the D. K. E. fraternity while ai student at Centre college froln which j he was graduated with a B. A. degree in 1888; he wa^ elected president of Presbyterian college in 1897 and served the institution in this capaci ty until 1964. DEAN OF COLLEGE Thornton Meadors gave a party in nie C. Adair, Miss Marion Pitts, and honor of “her son, Harold, who was-Mrs. O. T. .Lawing of Greer. On the celebrating his seventh birthday. (fifteenth they sailed for San.Fran- Games were played and later in the afternoon refreshments werie served by the hostess. • Little horns and candy were given as souvenirs. Harold received gifts from each cisco for a few days stay before com pleting the journey to Honolulu. elder in the First Presbjrterian church of Clinton, clerk of the ses- 'sion, and teacher of the men’s Bible Dr. Spencer haA served as ehaw-j-class. man of th# faculty, as secretary of| Through years of celebrations for the faculty, as treasurer of the board * other members of the faculty, the of trustees, and as vice-president of {language professor* has remained the college. In 1897 lie receiv^ the quietly in the background. But to all degree of master of arts from Centre w'ho know, Dr. Spencer’s accomplish- collge and in 1914 his alma mater jments are exceeded by none; the conferred upon him the honorary de-' dean of the faculty and . a . dean gree of doctor of laws. j among South Carolina educators by He is exceedingly modest as he re-(virtue of fifty years of educational lates his civic accomplishments, but‘work. n t, c jvraines in noages aunaay. panied by Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Sam-1 Estell Williams of Atlanta,, On Saturday night, Nov. 16, Mrs. pies of Goldville. i^nt the week-end Qa-., was the w'eek-end guest of Mrs. Earl Braswell gave a surprise party with relatives in Saluda. — ‘Ruby Sanders. honoring her husband’s Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Ealy attended' , , , „ , « , I Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lokey visited the funeral of Robert Bartley m (jaughter and son-in-law, Mr. Newberry Sunday. land Mrs. Paul Dean, in Greenwood Rev. R. D. Hughes filled the pui"Isunday, pit of Rev. C. C. Vaughn of Gold-|' j h. Barbery and son,^Char- ville at the Sunday evening Services, visited friends at Fork Shoals Mrs. Joe Terry and son. Joe, Jr., visited her sister, Mrs. Paul Moore,! Mrs. A. L. Lokey and son, at Moncks Comer the pa.st wcel^end. qj Gaffney, and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Evans of Spar- Montie Davis of Marion, N, C., tanburg, visited Mr. and Mrs: L. M.^-isited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bvan.s Sunday. 'J. T. Lokey, Sunday. J. F. Wier was a visitor in Spar- Sunday ahemoon Mrs. Earl Bras- tanburg Saturday „ , ,1 well, Mrs. Ida Gregory, Mrs. Mar- Mr. and Mrs. Leo Heutherly andj^^g Dover, Leonard Dover, Miss MR. and HRS. HUBERT OWENS are the proud possessors of 9 new home on Musgrove street. The resi dence is almost completed and will be ready for occupancy in about a week. MR. and MRS. W. C. MILAM are building an attractive home on, „ ... Adair street. Work is welli Mr. and ^^s. Ralpk SeviUe, Mr. [ underway on a residence for MR. and i and Mrs. Carl Attaway, Leonard Dover, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bras well, Mr. and Mrs. Buford Gregory, and Mr. and Mr^. J. E. Braswell Jr., ahd Grady Canfield remembered Mr. Braswell with many useful gifts. The hostess, assisted by Mrs. Ida Gregory, and Leonard Dover, served refreshments. MRS. L. S. HENDERSON on Wood- row street just off East Carolina avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Benjamin have a new five-rxxMn home on Flor ida street almost ready for occu pancy. 1921—1)40 Hugh L £iclielberger . NEW YORK LIFE MAN 19 Years Experience Professional faisurance Infonnati<»i Furnished Free Member — TVi N^tionat Aaeodalion of I4le UtMlerwriterB. daughter, Doris, visited Mr. and (Lucille Braswell and Among the Skk Mrs. R. T. Trammell has been ill with flu the past week. Mrs Sunday. Mr. and Richard Blackmon in Lanca.ster_ ggyjjjg gj^^j little daughter visited Mrs. Ralph CLINTON HI RIPS Mrs. Norris of (Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Martin in Whit-! HONEA PATH, 19-0 Boyd ,io »^^jmire. Greenville, spent the week-end with. Miss Nellie Brazil spent the week- Mr and Mrs Roy Tremmell. with her sister, Mrs. D. L. Gun- Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Windsor and^gj., in Goldville The film shown last Monday eve ning at Florida Street school by the Southern Bell Telephone Company, sponsored by the Chamber of Com merce, contained tips on the iise of the teleirfione vriiich every uair of this instrument should know and practice. We were convinced after viewing the film that the value of telephone service is greatly unappre ciated. Many faults ip the use of children visited Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lindler in Whitmiire Sunday. Mrs. H. S. Carter and Mr. Clinton high school’s Red Devils j this public servant, faults of which flashed a brilliant running and pass- most users are guilty, were humor ously brou^t out. W. J. BENJAMIN SERVICE STATION Standard Products Cars Washed an# Greased Year Bosineu .Appreciate# ing attack to defeat the Honea Path I Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Willis, Mr. and | Stingarees in Honea Path Friday af- .(Mrs. J. E. Willis of Lancaster, visited. temoon, 19 to 6. Clinton scored two Mrs. L. T. Curry Sunday. | touchdowns in the first quarter, with I Mrs. Frank Schumpert and chil-(Captain Charles Burnett as thei idren of Newberry, visited Mrs. Pal-j spearhead of the attack. Burnett! ;mer Howard last week-end. (passed to Shaw for the third touch-! j Mr .and Mrs. Tom Brown, JEunesjdown in the second period. Painter, and Henry Brown visited] Clinton made 11 first downs to^ relatives in Hartwell, Ga., Sunday. (Honea Path’s three and outclassed! W. J. Morris and Venard Patterson [attended the .funeral. of. Mrs. Mattie [Reynolds in Balfour, N. C., Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Harvey, Nellie the losers in all departments. Rhodes and Smith w«re outstand-i ing in Clinton’s line play while John son starred for Honea Path. We Fkiaaoe AUTOMOBILES — • — S. w. SUMERE iac«b8 BttUdififr Notice to The Peblie! Beginning Mondnj, November Wth, the City Clerk’s office doors will open for the transaction of public busi ness at 9 A. M. and dose at 4 P. H. !‘ * This change found necessary in order to allaw time behind closed doMs lor posting, clearing and 1^ ancing records just as the banks found it necessary ; to do. In order that the business of the ci^ can'be. more easily and satisfactorily handled, your hea^y cooperation is earnestly requested. D. C. HfUSTfSS, — CUrit C TftawMr. U I