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t / Page Eight 1^ THE CLINTON CHRONICLE^/CLtNTON, S. C / 'CITIZEN OF THE YEAR' —' —^ —^ WEST aiNTON PfliSONA AND SOCIAI VIRS. JOE CAMPBELL. Correspondent LNEWS T^iufsdoy, April 3, 1941 Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Penland and] Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Dunaway 'daughter, Lois, spent Sunday with land daughter, Catherine, Mrs. Bet^ Mrs. Penland’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawson ahd Pvt. George Lawson of W. M. Boyter in Gastonia, N. C. Fort Jackson, spent Sunday with Mr. Claud Smith of Fort Bragg, N. C.,'and Mrs. Bob Lawson in ReidviUe. Laurens Scions Vote Regulation lotefesf Charges Verna Lee King, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Summers, and Mr. and Mrs. Eu- Mrs. Eva Bolt and grandson, Ted, of Laurens, visited Mr. and Mrs. gene Madden and children of Gold- Theodore Queen Sunday, ville, were Sunday guests of Mr.j Mr. and Mrs. John May and chil- and Mrs. Henry King. I Mrs. Pearl Hughes of Pacolet, spent the week-end with Mr. and 'Mrs. E. C. Bramlett. dren visited Mrs. May’s parents, Mr. The Laurens county house delega* tion voted with successful majorities last week in turning bade efforts both to revise and to defeat a bill regulating interest and service charg es on loans of less than $50. The house passed the bill and sent it to the senate. A motion to commit the bill to the judiciary committee for revision was James P. Sloan all voted against committing the measure. Another motion, to continue the bill until next year! (and thus kiU it for this year), likewise was (fefeated, 85. to 10. Again the Laurens delega tion voted unanimously, against the mqtipn to continue. College Quartet* On Deboting Trip and Mrs. C. P. Grady in Whitmire: defeated, 60 to 43. Representatives the past week-end. j Walter L. Martin, C. L. Milam and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McCloud and A debate team from the college composed of John Weldon of Bish- opville, Tticker Irvin of Washington, Ga., Bobby Schwanebeck of Savan nah, Ga., and Tench Owens of this city, left yesterday for Alabama Col lege for Women at Mcmtevallo to participate in the province tourna ment of Pi Kappa. Delta, ATTEND CHUBCH MEET ' Mrs. John G. Barden, president of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of &eed Street Methodist church, and the circle chaiimen, Mrs. Ralph Blakely, Mrs. Sidney Rumph, Mrs. W, H. Simpson and Mrs. B. H. Henry, attended the annual state meeting of the society at l^ashington Street Methodist church in Cdlu^ia op last Thursday. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CBRONICLB ‘^The Paper Everybody Reads’* Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Elledge and fgnjjjy Lockhart, spent the week- i children, and Mr. and Mrs. their daughter and son-in- Peace visited Mr. and Mrs. Grady Mrs. Odell Gregory. Holtzclaw in Williamston the past] . . , , n- w ck 'nd I Vivian Mobley of Greenwood, j " Mr^^Sudie Blackwell of Gaffney., th^e week-end guest of Miss' visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. Braswell. ; i L. F. Jackson and Mr. Gulledge r I R. E. FERGl’SON Richard E. Ferguson, prominent | 1 is Barbt'ry. j Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kinard and spent the week-end in Augusta. ’Frank Sheely of Newberry,-visited^ Miss Leona Mahaffey of Fort Mill, IMr. and Mrs. W. H. Caughman re- is spending several months with h.^r I cently. * sister, Mrs. Brevard Patterson. . ,, , . I Mrs. E. S. Wright and son, Mil- ^ ]^j.g ggj^j Owens and son, Clinton business man, was named as; ford, and grandchildren visited her ^Miss Ruth Vassey, and Mr, "the citizen of the year” at a meet-' parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Smithlgf^^j j^j.g Charlie MeJunkin of Spar ing of the Lions club Friday evening ' in Woodruff Sunday. - |tanburg, were Sunday guests of Mr. at Hotel Clinton. April 11 was set as[ Friends of J. L. Mattox are gladjto Mrs. Arthur Davis. the date on which Mr. Ferguson will i know’ he is able to return to his work! ^rs. Paul Maynard has returned be invited to be a“gUest Of the club I after being ill five weeks. home here after spending at which time he will be publicly j Mrs. Joe Terry and Mrs. David with Mrs. Charlie Davis honored and presented a specially- Word attended the local leaders Fernandina, Fla. prepared plaque stating the high val-inieeting of the Home Demonstration; ^jj.g g g Evans of Spar- ue of the service he has rendered and-clnb in Laurens on Tuesday. | tanbur'g, visited Mr. and Mrs. L. E. is rendering the community. | Miss Cornelia May, of New York g^g^^g recently. , Mr. Ferguson, who is president ofl^ity. spent the week-end with herj ^ g Hughes, L. A. Hall, Grange the Industrial Supply ' company, is brolher-in-law, Mr. and ' Campbell, D. W. Bagwell. S. B. Snell, one of the most prominent and sue- Shepard. *0. E. Ell^ge, J. H. Barbery, Willie cessful business men in Clinton. He Evelyn Eubanks spent lastig Quinton, C. W. Wooten, Hamp- is public-spirited; to a high degree, jton Gregory, Walter Spiers,^ Colie being always ready to lead or assist! .¥[• Gregory, Lawrence Campbell, R. L. any movement for the city’s inter- 1 Blease, E. C. Vincent, A. G, Gallo- est. I ' taway and children visited in Spar- ^-ay, Charles Dunaway, C. L. Bras- Mr. Ferguson is a native “cTf East tanburg Sunday.^ iwell, Mann Sanders, Joe Campbell, Orange, N. J.. and is a graduate of . Waters and d^ghter, Holtzclaw, Clarence Oakley, J. Stevens Tech, Hoboken. N. J. In 1914 Cannon, D. G. Jackson and R. L. he came to Ware Shoals and served' ^‘'*'^8bter, Mrs. Kay Burrell, Sunday. Yarborough attended the Safety as superintendent of the Ware Shgals! Jason Davis of Whitmire, sj^nt Whitmire Friday evening. Manufacturing company until 192Q,h’’^ parents, Mr.: q q Ledbetter and! when he accepted a simi4ar posifidh I | children, Thurman Stevenson and at Lydia Mills here. In 1927 he or-l Jack Anderson- and children, j^jg Stevenson of Greenwood, ganized and became president of the | .tot’1Stevenson Industrial Supply company of this ufi . city. Jones spent the week-end with friends in Bamberg.- Mr. Ferguson is active in the civic Mrs. D. M Dye of Gran- and church life of the city, being an ^f'llle, visited the formers sisters elder in the First Presbyterian j Mrs. Jack Anderson and Mrs. David churc h, member and past president! the past week-end. Tracy Snow and Frank Elgis of Belton, spent the week-end with friends and relatives. Miss Mildred McGee, Paul Quin ton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dunaway of the Kiw’anis club, and member of the Chamber of commerce. He is an honorary member of the national en gineering fraternity, Tau’ Beta Pi. Mr. Ferguson is also president of Blue Ridge Council Boy Scouts of America, composed of scout leaders of seven counties in the Piedmont area of South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Seders and gj^^^ little daughter, Peggy Jo., and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Q. Tucker .a visited relatives in Spartanjai^rg Sun day. Rev. and Mrs. R. D. Hughes and Miss Hazel Dunaway visited relatives in Greenville Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Stevenson and children were visitors in Lockhart 84 MEN ARE SENT TO ARMY BY DRAFT BOARDS IN COUNTY little daughter, Peggy, ancl Mrs. j g^j^^jgy Ralph Riddle and niece. Miss An-1 Mrs. Sadie Quinton, Mr. and Mrs. nell Whitlock, were visitors m Spar tanburg Saturday. Miss Myra Cooper of Greenville, is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. M. Evans. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Ivester have moved to Elizabeth street. Waters King of Camp Aubrey, Is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry King. Mrs. Virginia Gossett and children South Carolina will ha\^e furnished, 2,826 white selectees and 1,515 Ne-; spending two weeks with Mrs. i groes at the Fort Jackson induction j P^^rl Wyatt in Spartanburg. Willie B, Quinton, Mr. and Mrs. Al len Powers, and Paul Quinton at tended the funeral of Mrs. Estelle Strickland near Ware^Shoals. W. D. Sizemore visited relatives in Abbeville recently. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wier, Mr. and Mrs. David Word and Miss Marie Wier were visitors in Tucapau Sun day. station during the first seven calls under the selective service system, it was announced yesterday by Lt. Wil liam N. Cork, assistant state direc tor. ^ i Demonstration Club Meets Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E Ivester - ^he Home Demonstration club spent the week-end with Mr. and|jjgjjj April meeting at the com- Mrs. Reed Cape in Greenville. imunity hall at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs Thomas Ballew and, ^he meeting was called to order children and M^. Janie Lesley were j president, Mrs. lone Wallace. Laurens county’s two b o a r d s i visitors at the Buzzard s Roost park | ^j.g Dgyi^j Word led the devotional. through April 18 will have provid' 84 men for service in the first sev ^ c-.. A ! BoB call was answered by mem- - - —- home from Camp Stewart, Ljgj.g gp^jj^g calls, divided: Laurens 23 white, 15iCa., this week-end were Ray Can-, previous meeting Negro; Clinton 21 white, 25 Negro. BBl Jackson, Arthur Sanders,, ^gj.g j.ggjj gjjjj business matters at- The county’s quota for the first year^^-''Barvey,.-Alvin Traminfill, jQeug,p^j^^^^ Terry, Jr., Talmadge Sanders, Wil- j Topic ft is 92. It was announced at the same time that army physicians have rejected 23.5 per cent of the first four state calls which included 3,274 men, both white and Negro. Topic ftw the meeting was “Clean Holtzctew Frank g^^ discussion was Mattox, Melvin Seay Paul Hunt, jg^ Mrs. Joe Terry, the local SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE ’The Favorite Paper In Clinton Home# Mrs.'J, A. Davis.' Charles Galloway and Edward Big bee. Mrs. Mary Blakely has returned to her home in Laurens after sp>end- ing two weeks with her dau^ter. leader. The picture study, “Flower Girl In Holland,” was led by Miss Helen Connolly. The recreation pe riod, w^jn. charge of Mrs. Joe Terry.. ■The hostesses, Mrs. Wallace and Mrs. Grady Arnold, ser/ed refresh ments. SEE^ TODAY for Steak Supper ^ Mrs. J, H. Cranford and Mrs,, Fred Burnett entertained a group of young i people at the home of Mrs. Cranford I on Saturday evening, March 22, with I a steak supper honoring J. H. Cran- j ford, Jr., and Harvey Foster, who I were at home for the week-end from Camp Stewart, Ga. Places were laid for six guests and the hostesses served a delightful hot supper. Automobile Loans £ If You Are Going To Buy A New Car “On Time” Here Is the Best Way To Do It First, learn from your dealer the trade-in value of your old car. You should have enough cash of your own to complete a one-third down payment. We will lend you the remaining two-thirds of the pur chase price so that you can paj^ cash for yonr ear. Yon should, of course, have a regular inctHue that will enable you to repay the loan in reasonable monthly instalhnents. You will save money and get better service and pro* tection than you can get elsewhere. Verify this by mak ing comparisems. S. W. Sumerel Phone 80 Jacobs Bnilding Clinton, S. C.' Birthdays and Wedding Anniversaries Clark Meadors will observe his birthday Saturday, April 5. April 1 was the birthday of Miss Janette Woodward. March 28 was the 33rd wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cannon. Charles Marvin Malpass was five years old on March 27. Alvin Trammell of Camp Stewart, and Mrs. J. H. 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