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THi CANTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. 1 C.
WEST aiNION KRSOML AND SOCIAL NEWS
MRS. JOE CAMPBELX,. Correspondent
Mr, and Mrs. L. C., Ficklin of
Ninety-Six,, visited Mr. Ficklin’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Ficklin, the
past week-end.
Ben Campbell spent the week-end
in Salem, Va., with his brother,
Walker Campbell.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Johnson and
children of Goldville, were Sunday
guests of Mrs. Johnson’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. F, Campbell.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Garrett of Laur
ens, were the guests of Mrs. Gar
rett’s sister, Mrs. John Word and
Mr. Word, Saturday.
Miss Betty Ru^h Ruble of Gold-
Mr. and Mrs. George Sparks and
children of Kinard, are visiting Mr.
Sparks’ mother, Mrs. W. A. Goddard.
M. A. Milam and sons, M. A., Jr.,
Wyman, Charles Hughes, Rufus Sul
livan, J. W. Fowler, Willie B. Quin
ton, Marion Shaw, E. B. Davis, Bud
Owens, Ralph Riddle, Ralph Spiers,
attend^ . the Gr^nwood singing
Mrs. Walter Gregory. Roll called
and minutes read by the secretary,
Mrs. Victor Mattox. All business
attended to, the hostess served re
freshments.
Birthdays and Wedding
, Anniversaries
Lamar Ficklin had a birthday Jan.
24.
Helen Tucker was two years old
February 2.
Monday, Feb. 3, was the eighth
birthday of Joyce Harris.
Lindy Harris celebrated his thir-
convention at the Baptist church in j teenth bir|hday January 80.
Ninety-Six Sunday. i Mrs. Ozie Mae McKi^ick will ob-
Mrs. L. W. King is visiting' her' serve her birthday February 0.
mother, Mrs. Rebecca Ferkuson, who' February 2 was the burthday of
[Jack Fuller.
'Thornton Curry observed his
is ill in Rock Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennie Green of
Columbia, visited friends here Sun-
ville, spent the week-end with her'<^®y-
grandmother, Mrs. J. J. Smith. [ Miss Ruby Patterson, Homer Ed
wards and Earl Patterson of Fort
Feb. 4.
Thursdoy, Februory 6,1941
ginning promptly at 11:00 a. m.
Quartets and trios from South
Greenwood, Toccola quartet of Hon-
ea Path, the Roberts trio of La-
France, the Pack quartet of this city,
and the Stiunps quartet of Augusta,
and several others are expected to
be prewnt. The pubDc is cordial^
invited.
E. B. DAVIS. Pres.
Demonstrattaa Clid> Abets
The West Clinton Home Doncm-
stration club held its regular month
ly meeting fh the club room with a
large attendance.
The president, ^Ira. lone Wallace,
called the meeting to order. Mrs. R.
T. Trammell was in charge of the
devotional and read the 116th Psalm,
s.
closing with prayer. “God Bless
America” was sung, led by Mrs. Da
vid Word, and the salute to the flag
was given by Miss Mae, Madden.
The roll was called and minutes
of the last meeting were read by the
secretary, Mrs. T. B. Cranford.
'Miss Madden gave an interesting
talk on cRiaenship. Miss Jennie E.
Coleman, Hmne Demonstratiem agent
of Laurens coimty, was present and
gave an interesting talk on “helps”
for opr club. _
The topic for the month, “Broiler
Production and Dressing Poultry for
Maiicet,” Was discussed by Mrs. Joe
Terry, local leader.
The recreation period was led by
Mrs. Word.
The hostesses, Mrs. Terry and Mrs.
Joe Campbell served refreshments.
Among The Sick
Friends of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
will be glad to know she is improv
ing after being ill two. weeks.
Mrs. M. T. Ficklin is iU.
Mrs. W. R. Anderson continues ill.
Mrs. B. S. Rawls has the flu.
' Linton Mann, small soh of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Mann, is ill on
Davis street
IViends'of Mrs. J. C. Meadors are
sorry to learn she is ill at her home
on Gordon street
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birthday Tuesda;
Guyneta Lanfbrd, small daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Lanford, was!
one year old Feb. 5.
Mrs. A. J. liarvey of Buffalo, vis-'r'aiierson oi r ortj jvjrs pern Hardman observed her
ited Mrs. Ella Harvey the past week-1 guests ^f ^Mr. ^nd Mrs. i January 31.
end.
Miss Dorothy Barker is spending i
several days with her sister, Mrs.
Joe Word, and Mr. Word in Green
wo<^d.
Rev. R. D. Hughes occupied the!
Brevard Patterson Sunday. j , Yesterday, Feb. 5, was the birth-
Walter King has returned to Camp'day of Mrs. W. E. Powell and Mrs.
Aubry after spending the week-end'M. A. Milam.
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hen-j Monday, Jan. 3 was the birthday
ry King. ■ of Ralph Samples.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Samples gave A. N. Penland had a birthday Sat-
5, was Dewey
pulpit Hermitage Baptist church a birthdap dinner Sunday honoring; Feb. L
in Camden Sunday for the evening five of their sons, Dewey, Ralph, i Yesterday Feb.
service. Marshall, Jonas and Carol Samples. | Samples’ birthday.
Mr. .and Mrs. L. E. ii^rris and Mrs. Floyce Bell and son, Teddy,, February 3 was the birthday of
children, an(i Mr. and Mrs. E. L. and Mrs. J. S. Oldham visited Mrs.Samples.
Harris and son, Alex, visited Mr. Roy .Streetman near Commerce, Ga., ■ Tuesday, Feb. 4, was the 16th
and Mrs. Homer Douglas near Gray, the past week-end. Ibirhtday of Miss Edith Wright.
Court Sunday.,. , ^ | Mrs. Joe Terry and Miss Mae . S^r^f^ayi ^eb. 2, was the birthday
Mrs. Mattie'•Stockman . and sons, i Madden, local leaders of the homejP^ Miss Hazel Dunaway,
Rhctt and Ray, visited her daughter, demonstration club, attended the! January 30 was the birthday of
Mrs. Lloyd Watkins, in Laurens Sun- county meeting of the H. D. C. i Cannon.
day. I Mr, and Mrs. Henry King andl Little Mary Ellen Cannon cele-
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Windsor and'Chesley King, and Mr. and Mrs. T. brates^her birthday taday, Feb. 6.
children, Mildred and Doris, and Mr. .h. McGinnis visited Fort Jackson
and Mrs. Harry Foster and children and Camp Aubry Sunday,
visited Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lindlerj Robert Wilburn of Fort Jackson,
in Whitmire Sunday. spent the week-end with his par-
Otto Center of Fort Jackson, vis- ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wilburn,
iled his mother, Mrs. Ada Center,! Mrs. C. O. Owens visited Mrs. E.
the past week-end. ' B. Davis near Clinton Sunday.
Charles, Alvin and Houston Tram-
Birthday Party
On Friday evehing Charles Gallo
way of this city was delightfully en
tertained when he was given a birth
day party by Miss Margie .Flow at
her home in G(ildville. Those pres-
Mr. aild Mrs. Fred Rodelspergerj were: Misses Margaret Hughes,
mell were visitors in Greenville Sun- 3nd sons of Union, were the vveek-j Flow,-Messrs. Fred Camp'
day. end guests of Mrs. Alice Kinard. | James Burnett. Refresh-
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Rawls attended George Thatt of Fort Jackson, vis-i^®*^^® were enjoyed by all.
a birthdiiy dinner given in honor of jfed Mr. and Mrs. Odell Gregory! ^
B. L. Rawls on Musgrove street. Sun- Saturday i Announcement
day. I Mrs. Walter Graham of Whitimire,' . The Community Singing Conven-
Mrs. L. C. Elledge and daughters, visited her aunt, Mrs. John Word, will be held Sunday, Feb, 9 at
Dora and Idell, of Greenville, were Friday. Pentacostal Holiness church be-
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. C '
E. Elledge.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Riser and fam-|and Spartanburg Saturday
ily visited Mrs. Riser’s mother, Mrs.
Sallie Gamble, in Waterloo Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Galloway vis
ited Mrs. Galloway’s mother, Mrs.
Josephine Lanford, in Greenville
Sunday. —
Mrs. Annie Dilleshaw of Calhoun
Wilbur and William Weir and Tal-
madge Sanders visited in Tucapau
SHANDS RETIRED
Connie Brock and Jessie James ofiQw P A I tXkliXkl k\l
Whitmire, visited Walter Davis, who! QJ j, L, KAIL AY
has been ill at the home of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jason Davis. Mrs. j
Walter Davis returned home with!
them. - b
Rev. S. G. Driggers occupied the! P‘'®ssing their regret in being unable |
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Falls, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.'pulpit of Calvary Baptist* church^® present.
J. R. Hamrick, and Mr. Hamrick. Sunday in the absence of Rev. R.! The announcement of Mr. Roge~s;
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Oakley of d. Hughes. j that Olin H. Sheely had be^n ap-1
Lydia, were Sunday guests of Mrs., Misses Lois and Annie Lawson of pointed by the company as Mr.j
Oakley’s sister, Mrs. C. H. Roland, Cross Anchor, visited Mr. and Mrs. Shands’ successor brought forth an
.and Mr. Roland. Ashmore Dunaway Sunday. enthusiastic response from the au-
Mr. and Mrs.^ Lonnie Duffie of j Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wingo of Co-jdience. Mr. Sheely thanked the man-
Newberry, and Mr. and Mrs. Avie lumbia, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Davis, I agement and pledged his untiring
Sanders of Prosperity, were visitorsj Mrs. Will Pittman of Great Falls, and! efforts to serve the public to the best
of Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell. "{Mr. and Mrs. Estes Campbell and'of his ability. ,
B. O. Campbell visited friends in small daughter, Brenda Lee, were! Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Elliott of
Union Thursday. 'Sunday guests pf Mr. and Mrs. N,|Greenwood, were specml guests and
Romaine Barker of the CCC camp | w. Bigham near Clinton. I were invited to stand for recognition,
near Goldville, spent the week-end | Mr. and Mrs. Vance Wright and Mr. Elliott was retired as Greenwood
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Misses Ha Wright and Edna King i agent in November after completing
Barker. ' visfted Mrs. Wright’s brother, Ed 141 years service with the company.
Mrs. Lillie Kernells visited her .w^ks, who is ill in Columbi^i.
^n, Lee Kernells, and Mrs. Kernells,! Dr. and Mrs. Robert Duckett and
in Woodruff Sunday. 'daughter of Whitmire, visited Miss
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Word of Green-^ Rachel Whitmire Sunday. '
wood, were .the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Attaway and
Mrs. Word’s mother, Mrs. A. A. I children visited Mr. and Mrs. Ran-
Barker. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph som Rauton in Greenville the past
Barker and Mr. and Mrs. Marcell
Barker accompanied them to their
home Sunday.
week-end.
The program closed with the sing
ing of “Should Auld Acquaintance
Be Forgot,” led by John Holland
Hunter with Mrs. William Brooks
Owens as accompanist.
Members of Family Present
Members of the Shands family
present for the occasion were: Mr.
Gray
Funeral Home
Clinton. S. C.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
...and...
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Ambulance Service
Phones 41 and .399-J
L. RUSSELL GRAY and
V. PARKS ADAIR. Gen. Mgre.
Bobbie Hamrick received a broken ^ and Mrs. T. P. P. Carson and daugh-
jarm when he fell last Sunday after- ter, Jane, of Greenville, Dr. and Mrs.
'noon, 'G. C. Albright and daughter, Louise,
j Mrs. Ethel Mason, Mrs. Mattie and Mrs. G. C. Albright, Sr., of
i Sumerel and Miss Sarah Mason of Greenville, Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Al-
! Thomasville, N. C., were Sunday bright of Montgomery, Ala., Mr. and
I guests of Mr, and Mrs. Brooks Duna- Mrs. J. A, Middleton of Dublin, Ga.,
I way. Ic. H. Albright of Rock Hill, Dr. and
j Mrs. Ernest Hamilton of Green- j Mrs. 41. L. Coe and daughter, Louise,
[ wood, is visiting her sister, ' of Columbia.
Wm. Cannon.
G. C. Goss of Augusta, Ga., visited
his sister, Mrs, J. W. Glenn, Tues
day.
Sketch of Retiring Agent
William Hale Shands was born on
a farm near Clinton on Jan. 17, 1871.
His father was Dr. W. A; Shands, ai
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Mr. and Mrs. Lester Smith and practicing physician in this commu-
j children visited Mr. and Mrs. Fern nity for many years who died in
1 Hardman Saturday. 11915 and served as mayor of Clin-
I Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Byrd of Union, ton for 20 years. His mother was
visited Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Cranford' Eveline Pitts Shands.
Tuesday. | His father was one of the promot-
1 Mr, and Mrs. Odis Sizemore were 1 ers in building what was known then
I Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.|as the Georgia, Carolina & North-
' D. Sizemore. ern railroad, now the Georgia di-
} Mr. and Mrs. Julian Clamp and!vision of the Seaboard Air Line. He
j^Mr, and Mrs. Bud Gray of Ander- was on the directorate and was in
son, were Sunday guests of Mr, and
(Mrs. Ruble Strange.
Mrs. Florence Ervin and daughters,
jGaynelle and Mrs. Ralph Saville,
j spent the week-end in Greenvillle
(With relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Odell Gregory visit-
charge of the rights of way from
Chesterrto Savannah, Ga. Beginning
on April 20, 1890, the young son as
sisted his father in having deeds re
corded Jn the several counties in
whLch the road was located. On Aug
ust 10th rails were being laid at
ed Mrs. Gregory’s parents, Mr. and; Whitmire under Uie supervision of
Mrs. McCloud in Lockhart, and : Capt. J, A. Dodson. TTie young 19-
Mrs, Kate Gregory in Chester, Sun-1 year-old operator was given employ-
day.
'’^Mrs, Elizabeth Threatt is spending
the week with her sister, Mrs. Odell
I Gregory.
ment in the superintendent’»^ car
which followed the rail forces. When
the crew reached Cross Hill the man
agement contracted for the laying
D. E. Tribble Co.
FUNEllAL DIRECTORS
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Day Phone
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Night PhoMS
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Roy Coolie and Alford Barbery of oi rails from that point on to At-
Fort Benning, spent the week-end i Capt. Dodson abandoned his
with their parents. 'supervision and told the young lad
• he could either accompany him to
' Births Atlanta where fae would establish a
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cannon an-j permanent office, or else remain at
nounce the birth of a son, Michael Cross Hill for a lew months and then
Everett, on Feb- 3,
Mrs. Cannon is the former Miss
Eloise Purcell of Toccoa, Oa.
Mr. and Mrs. Maxie Blakely of
Spartanburg, annoimce the birth of
a daughter, Janice Maxine, on Jan.
23 at the General hospitaL
Mrs. Blakely is the former Miss
Eltie Boyd of Spartanburg. Mr.
Blakely is the son of Mrs. Ursula
Blakely of this city.
Society Meets
The Mission socie^ of the Penta-
costal diurch met with Mrs. H. W.
Simmons on Pitts street Monday eve
ning at seven o’clsck. Mrs. James
Creswell presided over the meeting
in the sbeence of tiieir presidsnL
return to Clinton as agent, since the
position would become vacant. Mr.
Shands remained at Cross Hill until
December 3rd of the same year when
he was tranferred back here and
held the office without interruptkm
until bis retiranent last Friday. Sev
eral tipics when unsought promotion
offers came to him in reo^ltion of
his ability and record, he turned
ttiem down, preferring, as he said,
to rffDSin in his native Clinton with
hii own people.
• Mr. Shands, in 1893, married Miss
Texas a Albright, a member of one
ol the oomnnmity's fine pioneer f^-
itiea. They have two daughters, Mrs.
R.' L. Cm oi Cohuhtda, and Mrs.
T.' P. P. CsrsoD of OteoBvillt.
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