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Thunday, J«i» 23,1942 mm THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. — Pogc Three SOCIEIY EVENTS, CLUB AND CHURCH NEWS Of MEREST ,.. TELEPHONE 74 OR 258 and Hubert Adair. Mr. and Mrs. Margie Mills Celebrates Birthday With Party Margie Mills, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kaj Mills, was hostess to a number of little friends on Saturday, the occasion of her fifth birthday. The little folk were entertained with amusing games and presented souvenirs of the party. During the afternoon they were invited into the home where « handsome birthday cake with five gleaming candles was cut and served with ice cream. Visitor Honored With Informal Party Mias Barbara Williamson of Lan caster, who is visiting her aunts, Mrs. Leila M. Johnson and Miss Annie Lou Norman, was honored by Mrs. Johnson on Friday afternoon when she invited a few friends $o play croquet. . • ~ v After the games dainty refresh ments were served the guests who r in addition to the honor guest, were: Lillian Dillard, Joy Godfrey, Ferdie Jacobs, John Pitts, IH, and David Tribble. ^ Younger Set Enjovs Party At Happy Acres Miss Joy Godfrey delightfully en tertained op last Thursday evening with a party at the Lions clubhouse at Happy Acres. About thirty-five young people, in cluding the hostess’ friends here, Miss Barbara Williamson of Lancas ter, and Miss Margie Smith of Ki- nards, enjoyed proms and dancing. During the evening punch, cookies and candies were served. Assisting the hostess were Mrs. John T. Young and Mrs. A. B. Godfrey. For the occasion the lodge was at tractively decorated with colorful summer flowers. ■ 1 1 m - Local Relatives Attend Marchant-Burdette Rites A number of local relatives of the groom attended the marriage of Miss Mary Merchant and Edward Kenneth Burdette, Jr., lieutenant in the army of the United States, which was sol emnized at Buncombe Street Metho dist church in Greenville on Satur day evening. They were also guests at the re ception given immediately following the ceremony at die home of the bride’s mother on Augusta street. The bride is the only daughter of Mrs. Martin Luther Merchant and the late Mr. Marchant. Her mother before marriage was Miss Kathleen Morrah. The bride holds a prominent;Martha Ann, Jimmy and Charles place in society, and has been member of several organization, among which is the Spinsters. She was educated in the Greenville city schools and at Furman university. The bridegroom is the son of Mr, MOUND THE TOWM Incidents, Unusual and Ordinary, Gathered On Our Rounds. Three Clinton girls, MISSES HAR RIETT DAVIS, DOROTHY HORTON and FRANCES MILAM, were Includ ed in the class of young ladies re- Lewis A. Barrow of Columbia, were; preMlve ceremony at the General week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.. Hospital School of Nursing, Spartan- Pitts and were in Greenville for the b urg> on Friday evening. pany A, Reception Center, Fort Jack- son, was published in the SoCoSan Piper, at State Park, S. C.: Dear Dilly: If it surprises you any more to find me in the army than it does me, I’ll be surprised. You and Boots and the other boys had better hide under the bed, for the government needs men worse than we thought And here I am Private SN 34123627, in for the duration and six months after. Se- ..arM in Ml ricusly, Tm highly pleased to get in ceiviy their nurse s caps » «i taa, _ it , g Uncle Sam’s worry if he has made a mistake. I was sworn In on May 14th and marched over here to rites. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bur dette, Sr., and York Burdette were also guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pitts af ter attending the wedding and re turned to their home in Charleston Tuesday. -« m Mrs. Addison Bridge Hostess . Mrs. To mAddison delightfully en tertained members of her bridge club on last Thursday afternoon. . High score was won by Mrs. Wil liam Brooks Owens and she was presented defense stamps as a prize. After the games the hostess served delicious light refreshments. — 1 » . Presbyterian Circles, Auxiliary Meet A Joint meeting of the circles and auxiliary of the First Presbyterian church was held Monday afternoon at four o’clock at the church. Mrs. John Spratt was in charge of the devotional and gave an interest ing talk on ‘’Forgiveness.’* Mrs. J. W. Copeland and Mrs. J." W. Leake also c<mtributed to the program. Re ports from Mrs. John W. Little and Mrs. Hugh Holman, who attended the Woman’s Auxiliary conference in Montreat recently were given. Mrs. Speake Honored With Lovely Party Lakeside Country club was th': scene of a lovely party on Friday morning when Mrs. R. S. Truluck and Mrs. H. M. Young entertained Jointly honoring Mrs. J. B. Speake, who was recently married. Six tables were arranged for bridge and other games in a pretty floral setting featuring phlox and zinnias. Prizes were won by Mrs. Felder Smith of Laurens, and Mrs. T. C. Johnson, Sr., and the hostesses also presented the honoree with a gift of pottery. After the games a salad plate, cookies and,, tea were served. Mrs. James Moore Of York, who was visiting her mother, Mrs. T. J. Blalock, was a guest for the party. The caps were placed on the 20 student nurses by the director of the school at the completion of their three months probation training. The exercises were attended by Mr, and Mrs. John D. Davis and Mrs. Milton the Reception Center. I took a typing test and made 65 words per minute, so they “pulled my card,” as the expression goes, to stay here for the maximum period for which they can keep a “casual' BRIEFS.. ABOUt PEOPIE YOU KNOW Week-End Trips *. Visitors A. Milam, parents of Misses Davis the Reception Center, alTmnd 30 and Milam ’ 1 days. At present Lm typing in head quarters, copying extracts from army SERGEANT ROSWELL K. POR TER, son of Mrs. W. S. Porter of this city, has been promoted to staff ser geant at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. Sgt. Porter has been on duty at Barksdale field for a year in the avi ation cadet examining board. Before becoming a soldier he was a school teacher at Starke Military academy, Montgomery, Ala. NED HALL and MORRIS CRUMP, students at the Civilian Pilot's Train ing school, very cheerfully lost their shirttaBs yesterday morning. This bit of horseplay is performed upon all students who solo and return safely to earth. They are very happy to part with a bit of their apparek but the nicest thing is the signature en dorsing their student pilot’s certifi cate. Mrs. Charles Hollis received a let ter from her son, CHARLES, who is at present stationed with the 18th Air base, Wheeler field Hololulu, saying that he had been promoted to corporal and was manager of the government commissary there, Friends will be interested to learn his former title of “Little” Charles is no longer a suitable cognomen, at least not after attaining 190 lbs., his present weight. CPL. EDWIN C. STEWART, of Fort Hancock, N. J., has recently completed an instructor’s course in chemical warfare with a 99 rating, the highest mark in his regiment and higher than his superior officers. CpL Stewart is a son of Mrs. Lila C. Stewart of this city. ■ ■ PVT. H. M. YOUNG of the 122nd Observation squadron, formerly of Keesler Field, Miss., has been trans ferred to the Winston-Salem, N. C., airport. A picture of Pvt. Young ap peared in a copy of last Sunday’s i Winston-Salem Sun, which showed him attending a Saturday night party Prom Party At Club For Younger Set Interesting among social affairs qf given by the Y.W.CA. the younger set was the party given by Mrs. R. S. Truluck for a num ber of out-of-town visitors on Mon day evening at Lakeside country club. Honor guests were Mrs. Tru- luck’s nieces and nephews Eleanor, circulars for distribution to officers who should have the information therein, etc. Frequently I have noth ing to do, and that explains how I happen to be typing you a letter on government time. For three days last week I varied the monotony by preparing a series of 14 cartoon “murals” to decorate the walls of the Reception Center recreation halL I developed the ideas and painted them in black on sheets of beaverboard, and a boy named Feran (who was a display mam and lettering artist for a big Charleston department store until three weeks ago) brushed in the color and let tered in any captions. After they were done I heard an announcement over the inter-departmental commu nications system, “If anyone knows ‘McLees Feran’ tell him to report to the Records building.” Feran had signed the drawings with our Joint names with no hyphen, and ever since then people have been asking me if my name was also Feran. Any way, what was desired was informa tion for a publicity story which the public relations department wanted to send out concerning the drawings, and Monday the post photographer came over and took our picture pos- mg in front of one of them. The story > will appear in army Journals, etc.,! probably next week. Pass this letter to the boys—they might like to know something about the life of a “Jeep” as they call us casuals. and was able to leave the hospital a few days ago. 2,066,873 Are On Unde Sam's Payroll Washington, July 20. — The gov ernment’s civilian payroll contained . 2,066,873 names at the end of May, Mrs. T. J. McAllister and Mrs. Jim an increase of 95.904 or 4.87 per cent Moore of Laurens, were guests of f in a month, the civil service commis- Mrs. T. L. Cooper on Thursday. sion announced today. Mrs. Wallace Franks and daughter, j Together the war and navy depart- Jackie, spent the past week at Wild- ments accounted for 77.43 per pent of wood park. the increase. Pyt, Darrell Franks of the First, Civilian employment in the Wash- Parachute Training regiment. Camp ington metropolitan area totaled Welters, Texas, has been transferred 256,457 at the end of May, an in to Fort Benning, Ga. {crease of 8,357 or 3.37 per cent over Miss Margaret Blakely returned the previous month. yesterday from Try on, N. C., where she taught a Bible school the past WX.T.U. TO MEET week. * The Woman’s Christian Temper- S. A. Pitts, Jr., Scott Dawkins, and &nc * union will meet Monday after- Mac B. HIpp, Jr., spent the week- noon at four o’click with Mrs. Frank end in Asheville, N. C. | P. Cauley at her home on Florida Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Arrington and street, sons, Billy and Bobby, of Greenville, spent the week-end with Mrs. Ar rington’s mother, Mrs. R. F. Blakely. Mrs. Harry League spent yesterday in Switzer with her mother, Mrs. R. M. Turner. Friends of Dr. and Mrs. John G. Barden will sympathize with them in the death of Dr. Barden’s brother, | Howard L. Barden, of New Bern, I N. C., yesterday. Dr. Barden left im-1 mediately to attend the funeral. G. P. Roberts spent several days last week in Charlotte, N. C., with; his daughter, Mrs. Bill Lufler, who 1 was a patient at Charlotte Memorial' hospital. Friends of Mrs. Lufler will be glad to know she is improving 1 HANGERS ARE SCARCE . .. fine to se required for effort ers aa received with jt Cleaning. Dent Forget - V « . BUCHANAN'S Birth Announcements a Kinney of Sumter, and another vis itor, Nancy Reep of Spartanburg. Bright summer-flowers added # at tractiveness to the spacious club rooms for the occasion. Proms were enjoyed throughout the evening by and Mrs. Edward Kenneth Burdette about thirty boys and girls and re- of Charleston, and received his edu- j freshments of punch and wafers cation in the Charleston xity schools {were served, and Clemson college. He is now lo- Wilson-Hough Rites Of Interest Here cated at Fort Benning, Ga. Local people attending the wed ding were Misses Florrie and Sybil Burdette, Pierre Burdette, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert J. Pitts, Rhett P. Adair, Misses Madeline and Dorothy Adair •And suds-a-mighty, what you’re mia»> ing if you haven’t tried baby-gentle Swafi for everything! It lathate. up grand in hardest kater! More real soap for yoqr money than aay leading toilet r your money i ip. Get’Swan NIWI SWAN FLOATING SOAS "WHJL, I tWANI” The following announcement is of cordial social interest here to rela tives and friends of the bride: Bennetfe Earle Wilson, Sr., of Spar tanburg, announces the marriage of his daughter, Willis Mae, to Joseph Shelton Hough of Inman, on Satur day, July the eighteenth, nineteen hundred and forty-two. The bride is a native of Clinton and since her graduat(pn from Er- skine college has taught in schools of the state. She was a member of the Inman school faculty for the past year. Mrs. Hough is the sister of Mrs. C. E. Nichols of thij city, and has many friends here where she former-' ly lived. Mr. Hough, a graduate of Clemson college, teaches agriculture in the InmavAchool. Copeland-Todd Rites At dewberry Mrs. Oswald Owens Copeland, of Newberry, announces the marriage of her daughter, Jean Blakely, to Marcus Wilton J’odd, Jr., U. S. army air corps cadet, of Newberry and El lington Field, Texas, Friday, July 17. The wedding took place at the Pres byterian manse with their pastor, Rev. C. A. Calcote, (Officiating, using the ring ceremony. Only members of the immediate families were present The bride, a striking brunette, was becomingly attired In navy sheer with white accessories and wearing a tailored corsage of sweetheart roses and tuberoses. Her only ornament was a platinum and diamond pin which was her father’s wedding gift to her mother. Mrs. Todd comesf from a family long identified with the public inter ests of this section of the state. Her mother is the formerV*Us Gertrude Hipp of this city, find late Oswald Owens formerly of Qinton, prominent man of Newberry. Mr»/^ddd attended Shorter college at Rome, Ga., and also Newberry col lege. Aviation Cadet Todd is- the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Wilton Todd, Sr., of Nswbsny and Charlotte,' N. C. His la the formas Mi^ Maty MISS FRANCES LEE PITTS is the proud possessor of a scrap book autographed by Miss Juanita Red mond, heroine of Bataan, who is a friend of Frances Lee and her moth er, Mrs. Ethel Pitts. They attended several of the parties and receptions given for Miss Redmond during her visit in Columbia. Frances Lee reports it was a wonderful experience to hear from Miss Redmond’s own lips the story of Bataan and the heroism of the soldiers. The following letter ^written by ROBERT McLEES, who is with Com- Wingate of Charlotte. His father is an executive of the Kendall company at Newberry and is prominently con nected with social and civic organi zations. The groom attended Carlisle Mili tary school at Bamberg, and The Citadel at Charleston. After a short wedding trip Cadet Todd returned to Ellington field for advanced training. Mrs. Todd will follow him within a few weeks. 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