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Perdue-Smith
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Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Perdue of this
city, announce the martiafe of their
dauchter, Gladys Aline, to Stewart
Ral^ Smith of Laurens, (m Psbru-
ary 23 at the nome of Rev. J. Virgil
Long in Pruperity, in the presence
of a few close friends and relatives.
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Announcement
Mrs. George McDoweU Davis of
Laurens, formerly of this city, an
nounces the engagement of her
daughter, Nancy Beverley, to Lieu
tenant James Robert Barbour 'of
Hamlet, N. C., and Columbia. The
wedding will take place April 5 at
the First Baptist church in Laurens.
ing the name of some q>ring flowers.
In the absence of Mias Coleman,
County Home Dcmoastrati<m agent,
Mrs. Sam Comptcm, a local leader,
gave a very Interesting talk on
“Gardening.”
After a business meeting refresh
ments were served by the hostesses,
Mrs. Compton and Mrs. John Holtz-
claw.
Mi»^Gory Dillord
nostess To Auxiliary
Tuesday afternoon the March
meeting of the American Legion
Auxiliary was held at the home of
Mrs. Gary Dillard with a large num
ber of monbers attending.
At the business session the group
decided (o present a United States
flag and staff to local Boy Scouts
for use in the hut near the armory.
Lillian Dillard and Myra Adair
pleased the audience with musical
selections.
Later in the afternoon the guests
were invited into the dining room.
Colorful spring flowers centered the
prettily appointed tea table. The
hostess and assistant hostesses, Mrs.
R. E. Sadler and Mrs. W. T. Mar
tin of Goldvllle, served sandwiches,
tea and cookies.
Miss Poole Is
Bride of L. L King '
Of cordial interest to friends and
relatives is the marriage of Miss Ida
Poole of this city,, and Lumas' Lamar
King of Kinard.
The vows were spoken Friday eve-
day afternoon at Hotel Clinton. in Newberry at the home bt
Mrs. T. P. Townsend of Laurens, i Rev. C. ^A. Cakote, the officiating
gave an interesting review of Archi-l®ini®ier. For her marriage the bride
bald Rutledge’s new book, “Home By was becomingly attired in a navy
the River.”
A salad course in which the St.
Study Club Meets
With Mrs. Jacobs
Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Wm. P.
Jacobs entertained the Study club.
Spring flowers prettily adorned the
livi^ room.
An interesting synopsis of the life
of the late president Theodore Roose
velt was given by Mrs. Marshall
Brown. Mrs. George W. Taylor gave
interesting family sketches on the
Roosevelts.
The hostess served sandwiches,
fruit cake and tea for refreshments.
Miss Ethel Langston
Entertains Book Club
Miss Ethel Langston delightfully
entertained members of the Little
Book club of Laurens, on last Tues-
Patrick’s day motif was cleverly car
ried out was served late in the af
ternoon.
Mrs. G. W. Hollingsworth was a
special guest for the occisiem.
W.C.T.U. Members
Hold Reaular Meet
Mrs. L. M. Wilson was hostess on
Friday afternoon to members of the
Woman’s Christian T«nperance un
ion for the regular monthly meet-^ members of the Odds and Ends Book
ing, with Mrs. R. W. Johnson in
charge of the program.
The devotional was given by Mrs.
Wilson, after udiich reports by Mis.
Johnson and Mrs. L. Ross Lynn were
heard on the district meeting in
Greenville on March 8. Putting the
temperance topic before school chil
dren was discussed and plans n^ade
to send a girl to the W.C.T.U. sum
mer camp at Cheraw.
Long Branch Club
Holds Regular Meet
msemble.
Mhs. King is the dauiditer of Mr.
and Mrs. M. C. Poole of this city, and
is cashier at Scott’s store.
Mr..and Mrs. King have returned
frtxn a wedding trip to Atlanta and
are making their home near Kinard,
where the groom holds a position
with Brock’s store.
Odds And Ends Club
Entertained At Supper
For the regular monthly meeting
Methodist Society Holds
Bible Study Meet
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Woman’s Society of Christian
Service of Broad Street Methodist
church on Monday aftembon a Bible'
study on the boede, “Jesus and Social
Redemption,” wa* heard.
Devotional and prayer were given
by the pastor. Rev. L. P. McGee, af
ter which he spoke interestingly on
a diapter from the study book.
During a biuiness meeting the
group voted to send a cash contribu-'
tion to Chinese war victims for med- j
ical supplies. Announcement was
made of the annual state meeting of!
the society at Washington Street'
Methodist church in Columbia on
Jjdarch 28 and 27.
Mrs. Todd Entertains
Friends At Dinner
The home of Mrs. Huber^ Todd
wa.<i the scene of an attractive party
on Monday evening when she enter
tained a number of friends at dinner.
The receiving rooms were prettily
decorated with bouquets of spring
flowers. An interesting feature of the
party was the St. Patrick’s day mo-
i tif which was charmingly carried out
' in decorations, table appointments
'and entertaimrient. Places for twelve
'guests were marked with green and
white place cards. 'The hostess was
assisted in the courtesies of enter
taining by her mother-in-law, Mrs.
Irene Todd. After dinner contests
and games following the chosen
theme for the evening, were en
joyed.
Mrs. Todd’s guests were: Mrs. R.
L. Plaxico, Mrs. E. B. Sloan, Mrs.
W. B Tribble, Mrs. John T. Young,
Mrs. A B. Blakely, Jr., Mrs. C. B.
Betts, Mrs. Hugh Eargle, Mrs. George
Watts Copeland, Misses Nannie
Young Tribble, Margaret and Kath
erine Blakely and Mrs Frank Martin,
Jr., of Laurens.
Military Ball, KA Dance
Feature Week-End Events
The annual military ball and pa
rade sponsored by the Reserve Offi
cers’ 'iS^ining corps of Presbyterian
college began Friday evening at 7
o’clock with the traditional “moon
light parade” and review on Jcrfin-
son field.
At ten (^ciock the ball began at
the armoryiwith music by the Col-j
lege “N” orraestra of Newberry. 'Hie!
armory was festive in its attractive!
patriotic decorations of red, white i
and blue. Miss Frances Farrell, Ju-j
nior co-ed, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., was'
battalion sponsor for C^det Colonel
Milbum K. Ratteree, and led the stu-j
dent section of the sabre figure. The^
sabre arch was formed by freshmen'
and sophomore ROTC students and
all Jimior and senior military men.
with their dates, passed through and
presented favors to their dates.
Mrs. Roy Ga.sque, will-be two years
old tomorrow, the 21st. *
Keith Adair will observe a birth
day tomorrow.
March 25 birthdays include Miss
Miriam Coleman and Holmes Hol
land.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry League will
celebrate their wedding anniversary
Tuesday, March 25. * '
Qyrd McMillian, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. S. Mc^dilUan, has a
birthday Sunday, March 23. j-
Sam Cassanova observed a birth
day the 17th.
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As a climax of Kappa Alpha fra
ternity homecoming event on Satur
day evening, the alumni of Beta Pi
chapter fet^ their active brothers
with a formal ball at tjie armory
from 8:30 until twelve. Miss Lou
Gilland of Kingstree, was sponsor
for George Paul, president of the
organization.
BIRTHDAYS AND
ANNIVERSARIES NOTED
’The Chronicle Extends Greetings
To Those Whose Birthdays and
Anniversaries Occur This Week.
Mrs. James Dominick has a birth
day today.
Mrs. W. D. Franks will observe a
birthday Wednesday, March 26.
C C. Brannon celebrated a birth
day Saturday, March 15.
Virginia Henry, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Henry, has a birthday
the 23rd.
Jimmy Gasque, son of Mr. and
Dr. M. J. McFadden
has re-opened his den
tal office in the Chron
icle Building, on South
Brood Street.
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club were ent«:toined on Tuesday at
toe home of Mrs. E. B.' Sloan, with
Miss Lily^Yarb^ui^ as joint host
Arrangements of jonquils and oth
er spring flowers decorated the
rooms of the home. A delicious sup
per was served buffet style to the
members and several additional
guests. The lace-covered table was
' prettily centered with a bouquet of
jonquils. The hostesses remembered
Miss Alice Gaines, bride-elect, with
a green crystal basket.
Miss Copeland Again
The Long Branch Home Demon
stration club held its monthly meet
ing at the school house Monday at- HoodS EoStem StOf
temoon with fifteen members pres
ent.
After the devotional which was I
conducted by the president, Mrs. Joe
Poole, the roll was answ^:^ by giv-
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The James B. Parrott chapter, Or
der of the Eastern Star met on Fri
day evening and elected by ballot the
following officers for the coming
year:
Miss Elizabeth Copeland, re-elect
ed worthy matnm. _
L. E. Cason, worthy patron.
Mrs. C. C. Giles, associate matron.
R. L. Plaxico, associate patron.
Mrs. R. P. Chapman, secretary.
F. M. Boland, treasurer.
Mrs. Sel^ B. Adair, conductress.
Miss Christina Sowers, associate
conductress.
Installation services will be held
in April. Other officers of the or
ganization are to be appointed later.
Missionary Society
Elects New Officers
At the March meeting of the Mis
sionary society of the Associate Re
form^ Presbyterian church the fol
lowing officers were elected to serve
for the coming year:
President, Mrs. Hubert Todd.
Vice-President, Mrs, J. Reed Todd.
Secretary-treasurer, 'Mrs. R. L.
Plaxico.
Mrs. J. Reed Todd is toe retiring
president.^
Mrs. A. B. Blakely, Jr., was pro
gram leader for the afternoon and
was assisted by Miss' Nannie Young
Tribble, Mrs. C. Bsmum Betts, Mrs.
Plaxico and Mrs. J. Reed Todd in
presenting interesting articles on the
topic, “Stewardship.”
Gaines-Slogn Rites
To Be In Summer
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edwin Gaines
of Greenwood, announce toe en
gagement of* their daughter, Alice
Catherine, to James Park Sloan of
this city, toe •marriage to take place
in toe summer. ’
The above announcement will be
rwived her^i with cordial interest
by friends of the young couple,
v.'lfias Gaines is a graduate of Win-
throp irollege and for toe past six
yean haa been a member of the
Clinton ld|h school faculty in the
departme^ of French.
Mr. SloiB Is toe eon of Mrs. £. B.
Sloan end the late Mr. Sloan. UntH
toe first of the year he waa a mem
ber of the local high school faculty,
reri^mg the poeltion in January to
entor upon hla dtdies aa a member of
the Leurena county legtalatlve <Me-
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