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5 V K . # ^’'v • --Vs ■-^If m 1! • ■i Thursdoy, December 26,1940 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C Roge Three TheWOA^AN’S PAGE SOaCIY EYINTS, UUB AND CHUKH NEWS ON THEIR WEDDING DAY — 50 YEARS LATER OF INTEREST . TELEPHONE 74 OR 258 MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL —The Society Editor Each chfld was remembered with favors of colorful balloons and bas kets of Christmas candies. All wish ed Henry a happy birthday and pre sented him with attractive gifts. Young Group Enjoys Forty At Club Choruses Serenade Homes With Christmas Carols Thursday evening Myra Adair and Joy Godfrey entertained with a love ly Christmas party at Lakeside coun try club. For the occasion the club rooms were festive with decorations of ever greens and colored lights. Proms and dancing were features of the evening’s entertainment. Delicious punch, cookies and candy were served. Assisting the hostesses in enter taining were their mothers, Mrs. R. C. Adair and Mrs. Ansel Godfrey, also Mrs. John T. Young, Misses Inez Young and Louise Coe. The guest list included about fifty young people of this city and Laur- •e|i8. Girls at the NYA home were joined by the chorus from the CCC camp on Thursday evening for a Christ mas party and singing of old fash ioned carols. A beautifully decorated Christmas tree adorned the living room of the home where other symbols of the season were effectively used. Misses Carrie Bell Stoddard and Ame Dix on were winners of first prize in a musicals-contest and second award was presented to Miss Vivian Mor gan and William Howell. Third prize was won by Miss -Mildred Thohihill and Henry Barnette. Sou venirs, were Christmas bells to be worn, as bouttoiners. Fruits, nuts and candies were served as refresh ments and later the group serenaded homes with Christmas carols. Ftscher-Crooks Rites Solemnized Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Fischer of New berry, annoimce the marriage of their daughter, Katherine Evelyn, to Rob ert Moore 'Crooks of this city. The marriage was^lemnized here Thurs day evening, December 19, at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. J. LeGrande Mayer. Mrs. Crooks is a graduate of New berry college of the class of 1989. Since h«r graduation she has been instructor of music in the Joaima school at Goldville. Mr. Crooks is a graduate of New berry college..of the class of 193S and of the school of pharmacy of tire University of South Carolina in the class of 1937. He is connected with Young's Pharmacy of this city, as idiarmacist. The young couple will make their .home in Clintoiii Miss Norris Is Honored In Newberry Newberry, Dec. 23. —One of the outstanding parties of the week was the lovely tea on Thursday afternoon given bsrMirs. Ralph Baker at her home on Main street in honor of Miss Ruby Norris, who will be a Christ mas bride. LiHle Boy Celebrotes Birthday With Forty On Thursday aftemocm m Henry Qj ChaikHi^’' celebra- tioD of the third birthday of her son, Grady Chandler, Jr., Mrs. ^^hfVfted ^ twant^-Hve Uttle lolk for • party. The home was festive with a bril liantly lighted Christmas tree, San ta, reindeer and snow scenes, ever green with red berries. T^ red U^MTs were burning on the mantels. The hostess was assisted in enter taining her guests with games by Mrs. Zkigar Copeland, Mrs. Fred W. Oxley' and Mrs. Tom Cooper. Lat er * in the afternoon refredunehti of ice cream and cookies were served. Greeting the guests at the door were Mrs. Hope B. Wilson and Mrs. Dtmcan Johnson, Sr., Miss Mary Glenn Chambers introduced the guests to the receiving line in the music room. Besides the. hostess and guest of honor, the receiving line was compos^ of Bftees Carrie Lee, Ola and Leila Norris and Mrs. John Norris. Mrs. Fred C. Gilbert assist ed the hostess in the drawing room, while Mrs. Henry L. Parr and Mrs. R. Derrill Smith, Jr., entertained in the sun parlor. Mrs. Azille Parr Patrick assisted in the dining room. Pouring tea at the appointed table were Mrs. J. W. Carson and Mrs. William Wise. Helping serve Rus sian tea and cookin were Miisses Edith Poole, Betty Baker, Derrill Smith and Rebecca Gilbert. Misses Dorothy and Grace French passed green and white mints, and Miss Mary Baker presrated the departing guests with mkuabire corsages of lilies of the valley. A number of‘Mias Nmrris* Clinton friends were guests for the deli^t- ful occasion. BIERRT CHRISTMAS! We are pleaaed with the pro- ^ gress made during the past year —sales have been-well in ex cess of quotas set at the begin ning. So please -accept our hearty thanks, and may every circle of your home, throughout the coming year, be bright with love and happiness for 1941. FRONTIS JEWELRY STORE mml GIFT SHOPPE Norris-Morgon Wedding none marriage of irgi Ho The marriage of Miss Ruby Norris to William Lee Morgan, of Bethune and Pickens, is to take iBace at five- thirty o’clock Thursday afternoon, Deoember 26, in the Central MeOio- dist church of Newberry. The bride- elect wUl be given in merriege by her brother, John Norris. Ifrs. H<^ Wilson, organist, is to play the we^ ding music. Rev. H. O. Chambers, pastor of the bride-elect, will offici ate at the ceremony. Miss Norris is the *attraotive dangh- ter of Mrs. J(^ Thompson Norris and the late Mr. Norris. She is a graduate of Hewkarrji cblkste, and for ffie pari several years has been a member of the Florida Street school faculty. Miss Leila Norris of Newberry and Columbia is to be her sister’s maid of honor and only attendant. Lee Morgan is the son of Mrs. Wil liam Morgan of Bethune. He is a bridge e(|gineer with the Barnwell MERRY CHRISTMAS In keeping wHli the sptrU ef Chriatmaa •or appreclattaii and graUtude la ear we to ex- an^ It has been friendship and good win that ■ible for na the anooees of this . . We serve yon well la 1941. h^a to ooatlaae to And so—at tl^ thne we cordially extend^ to ygu aar wMi that thk Chrkthiaa iMy he fall ta Peaee aad CoatentaMni—that the New ■aaMh. Havplnem aad Prosperity. with IS ef SMITH’S PHARMACY «Tbe RMudl Mere'* L.I.BI8HOr W. 1899 — MR. AND MRS. BLUFORD BEE BLAKELY . — 1940 Construction company of Columbia, and at the present time is making his home in Pickens. Forbis Morgan of Bethune, will serve as best man fbr his brother. The ushers in the Norris-Morgan wedding are Houseal Norris, brother of the bride-elect; David Stoddard of Sumter, Arthur McCarroll and John Neal McLauren, both of Columbia. formed the central decoration for the i Following the ceremony a recep tion is to be given at'the WaBaee Home by Mr. and Mrs. Houseal Nor ris. After the rehearsal on Christmas night, John Norzis will cnSertaiB for the wedding party at the, Newberry hotel. A number of Miss Norris^ Clinton friends will attend the wedding. . lace-covered table. I The bride graduated from Thorn- , well high ^hool and has taken two and a half years tra^ining in the Bap- I tist hospital, Columbia, where she I has made a splendid record. The groom is manager of a Home Store in Columbia, where the couple will make thefr home. BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES NOTED The Chronicle Extends Greetings To Those Whose Birthdays and Anniveraaries Occur This Week. Blakelys Celebrote 50th Anniversory At Home Near Here In celebration of thdir fiftieth wedding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Bluford Bee Blakely entertained at a reception at their hospitable aoun- try home near Clinton on Wednes day evening, December 18. The receiving rooms were dec orated with yellow snapdragon, gladioU, yellow roses, statice and ebryaanthaoQums. Out of town guests who attended the wedding included: Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Salter, Mr. ana Mrs. Hampton Jackson, Frmik Salter, Miss Chris tine Cullum, James Allen Salter, all of Johnston; Jinimy Whitesides and Miss Elaine Summer of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Lee Taylor, Miss Marinel Taylor, Miss Alice Bagwell of Drayton; Miss Annie Bagwell of Greenville; Ross M. Lynn, Rome, Ga., Allen Guerard, Greenwo<^, and Miss Elizabeth Lynn, Tallahassee, Fla. Other guests were Mrs. B. S. Pinson and Mrs. Lynn of this city. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Blakely, Sr., celebrated their golden wedding an niversary Wednesday, December 18. Mrs. J. E. Benjamin has a birth day December 27. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Horton ob served their wedding anniversary the 24th. December 23 was the birthday of Mrs. M. C. Poole. Lynn Cooper, Jr., will celebrate his birthday Saturday, December 28. December 27 is the wedding anni versary of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. MISTLETOE—A LEGEND { Thcx« is great fascination in niyths ’ and lefa^. Readers of all a|^ find it intresting to trace the origin of ; some familiar tree, flower or cust(nn lowed in the churches f(Mr a long time. Mistletoe was found in abundance in America by the first settlers. Shand.s and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Reeves. P. F. Cauley had a birthday Tues day, December 24. Jackie Franks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Wallace Franks, Was four years old the 24th, Miss Frances Speake has a birth day the 28th. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Holland will observe a wedding anniversary De cember 28. Miss Ida Poole will observe her birthday Sunday, December 29. December ^25 anniversaries include Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Owens, Mr. and Mrs. Claude R. Trammell, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack H.'Davis, Jr. EJecember 28 is the birthday of Mrs. Dennis Sowers and R. L. Plaxico. The guests were greeted at the door by Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Blake ly and Mr. and Mrs. Downes Monroe. Mrs. Bill Chiriudm of Burlingtra, Vt, introduced them to the receiv ing line .wfaidk was composed of the “bride and groom,” Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Blakely and Mias Mattie Blakely. Fkom here ttey were invited into the dining room by. Mr. and Mrs. O. Rodley Bell of Lancaster and Mr. and' Afrs. T. R. Bethuhe of Hartsville. At a' beautifully appointed lace- couerad tahk, gewtetud ky a ■howl of yellow and fern flanked by tall yellow tapers in crystal holders. Mrs. C. A. Fewer ef Laursns, and Mrs. Bessie Godfrey of this city, cut cake and yellow and white block ice cream. A chicken salad course with tea was served by Misses Omega Monroe, Elizabeth Bell, Evelyn and Martha Ramage, Janie Glenn and Betty Blakely. Mints were passed by little Misses Ann Blakely and Margaret Ramage. Others assisting were Major W. R. Blakely of Fort McClellan, Ala., Mrs. Walter Ramage, Mrs. Don Boyd, Mrs. Pluss Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Eargle. Mr. and Mrs. Grier Blakely of Ral eigh, N. C., presided at the bride^’s register that was used at the silver wedding anniversary 25 years ago, and Mr. and Mrs. David Blakely of Gastemia, N. C., pinned on favors of tiny gold bells and bade the guests good-bye. The many useful and handsome gifts attested the high esteem in which this couple is held. Of this union there are eight children, all of whom were present on this oc- casion. About 150 guests called during the evening. back to pagan times. Of timely istle- tercri is an old legend about mis toe. We love to decorate our homes with mistletoe at Christmas, but the idea is not a Christian one, it goes back to the ceremonials of the Dru ids, who weire pagan. In the winter they bad a custom of keeping green things indoore as a refuge for the spirits of the wood, who might other wise have been cast out by the sever ities of cold and spow. Thus mistle toe was cut by a white-robed priest with a golden sickle, and was not al lowed to touch the ground, a white c4etk4wliig held fbr it to fall on. Two white bulls were then slain beneath the oak where it had grown, and the twigs which had fallen were distrib uted among the people, who placed them over their doors, or made them I into rings, bracelets or other oma- ! ments which were worn to keep off evil. It was also considered a reme dy against fits, witches, poison, con sumption and the like. I There is also another old belief that it was a tree instead of a para site until its wood .was used for the I cross of Christ, thus shrinking it to iu present proportions. The old monks used to call it “wood of the cross” and swallow chips of it, or water in which it had been steep^. . Mistletoe is supposed to be harm less because it does ^ not touch the earth, and that is why people hang it in their houses in the season of gladness, and kiss one another as they pass beneath it, for it brings hap piness. safety and good fortune so long ^6 it is not beneath our feet. * Because of its association with these pagan traditions it was not al- Bogwell-Soltor Morriage Of Interest Here A wedding of interest to many res idents of the state took place on Sun day afternoon at the home of Dr. and Mrs. L. Ross Lynn, when Miss Rhoda Bagwell of Coliunbia, was married to Jamell Salter, also of Columbia. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Lynn before a lovely altar of fen and candelabra arranged in front of the living room fireplace. The bride was given in marriage by her udcle Kirk Taylor of Drayton. The groom had as his best man his broth er, Frank Salter, of Johnston. The bride was becomingly attired in a powder bhic traveHhg dress with navy accessories. Before the marriage B. S. Pinson sang “Soul ef My Soul,’* He was ac companied by Miss Lues |dcDonald, who played softly tkrou^out the en tire ceremony. An infernal reception followed the ceremony at time the guests aaianibled in the^dihiig.xoem-rrikeee a beenttfiri: two-tieretf* wedding cake, BEST WISHES .for. A MERRY CHRISTMAS w.glld g... HAPPY, PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR DELL'S BEAUTY SALON At this stage of the journey we would like to pause a moment and exchange a word of good cheer with our friends and customers who drink the "good drink" in the "big bottle." So to you who hove helped to moke the post year a happy one we ex tend our best wishes for o Merry Christ mas and 0 Happy New Year. Plus le State Tax HARTNESS BOTTLING WORKS SPARTANBURG, S. C. \ .■> '/■ ‘j ■■