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m V: Thursdoy, August 27,1942 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Page Three TheWOMAN'S PAGE SOCIETY EVHTS, CLUB AND CHURCH NEWS OfMIOESI.. TELEPHONE 74 OR 258 Y O'Daniel-Alexander Announcement Mr. and Mrs. Alexander O'Daniel of this city, announce the marriafe of their daughter, Rachel, to Li. G. Eugene McGrew of New Cumberland, Pa. a , and Sumter, S. C., at Camden, August 17, 1942. Mary Lou Cummings Has Birthday Party Little Mary Lou Cummings, daugh ter of Colonel and Mrs, A. H. Cum mings, celebrated her fifth birthday with a party at her home. About fifteen guests were invited and af ter games the birthday cake was cut and served with ice creftm. Picnic Supper At Happy Acres On Monday .evening members of the Sara Glenn circle and invited guests enjoyed a picnic supper at Happy Ants. After a bountiful sprewi, games and conversation were enjoyed. About forty-five were pres ent for the occasion. Church Groups In , Joint Meeting - A joint meeting of the Circles and Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian church was held Monday evening at 8 o’clock at the church. The meeting was in charge of the Business Wfctnan’s circle, with Mrs. Grady Chandler, chairman. Several members of the circle took part on the program. The devotional was giv en by Mrs. A. M. Copeland. Gombrell-Crisp Announcement * Mrs. J. A. Page, of Honea Path, announces the engagement of her daughter, Ada L. GaxnbreU, to the Rev. William Ellis Crisp, of Mount- ville and Denver, Colo. The wedding will be solemnized in Iliff chapel, Denver, in early September. Miss Gambrell has been a num ber of the local high school faculty for the past few years and has .a number of friends here who will he interested in the announcement of her approaching .marriage. . Mr. Crisp is also pleasantly known here where he formerly resided. Kiwonians Enjoy Bountiful Picnic Clinton Kiwanians, their families wedding anniversary Aug- 15 was the birthday of [orton. W. P. Jacobs had a birthday the 18th. Peggy Sprufit of Columbia, have a birthday Sunday, August was learning to count English money, and that he liked the country fine. Lumpkin’s pocketbook, switch key and gas rationing book, then fled a mile across a field. Fountain Inn, Laurens and Green- Mil. Shands Suffers Broken Hip In* Fall Mrs. W. H. Shands, of this city, is _ iirTi i a patient in the General hospital in and a number” ^HnWted frie^ds"^ Gr *«n vil te suffering^ from a broken Joyed their annual picnic last Xhurs-1the ^me^orher day evening on the orphanage cam-1J!? t cSL thSZ pus. Tables were arranged on the, d ® u 8 hter ' T * Carson, where grounds near the office building and;®^* wa * vkihBg* bountifully loaded with good things I She was rushed to the hospital to eat, each family bringing a basket where the fracture was set and she The invocation was offend by Rev. b now improving as satisfactorily as J. H. Kohler, a member of the club, might be expected* after which President Hairy Wilkes [ Mrs. Shands is admired and loved and Dr. L. R. Lynn, president of the by many friends who will regret to The Chronicle office had a visit from Jade H. Davis, Sr., accompan- j yiiie officers, governor’s officers and bdJ&W. little pandson, JACKIE,; citizen, immediately launched*? hunt on Tuesday morning, and little Jack; for Mrs Lumpkin*, assailant and he mid ids daddywas •tStatenldand.j WM SSroandcs^ New York, and he hadn’t seen himltured. # • Moody w “ 9 uoted “ bHing offi- a baby sister at home whom he liked, ctn be had struck and robbed a JoL and who “just loved chewing jMrr Lumpkin because she had ro- * um - •' {marked she was going to stop at a LT. MILDRED YOUNG, gradual, " rUin b ° t * 1 ** “"“vUte-^d con- nurse of Columbia'hospital, Colum bia, has enlisted in the army and re ported Monday, Aug. 17, to Fort Jackson for duty. Lt. Young is ai daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Young of near here, and graduated from Clinton high school. She has been' doing private duty since her hospital j graduation. She was accompanied to. Columbia by her mother and Miss Moselle Campbell for the day. (FeUdeal eluded that if she was going to do that, she was carrying at least $10. So, he said, he decided to test his “theory.” The youth had thrown Mrs. Lump kin’s pocketbook into the brush but the posse members recovered $59.25 in cash and a check for $85 contained in a purse inside the pocketbook. All the other articles were likewise re covered. Mrs. Lumpkin*, after recovering from the blow, was able to continue her trip to Greenville. 5 institution, welcomed the large gath ering. Lemonade had been prepared at the orphanage kitchen fqr the oc casion. Later /a number of the Kiwanians’' children enjoyed a dip in the nearby swimming pool. * Mrs. Pitts Hostess Tu Book Club Mrs. Guy Pitts was hostess to the Actaean Book chib on Friday after noon. Lovely floral decorations of marigolds and zinnias formed a back-, ground for two tables where rook was played. After cards, the hostess, assisted by Mrs. E. W. Ferguson, served salad and sweet courses to the following guests: Mrs. T. D. Copeland, Mrs. Homer Todd, Miss Sallie Wright, Miss Etta Lee of Greensboro, N. C., Mrs. D. W. Mason, Mrs. M. J. McFadden of Goldville, and Mrs. L. B. Dillard. Copelond-Clayton Rites Solemnized Of interest to friends and relatives here is the announcement by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Copeland of near Laurens, of die marriage of their daughter, Aurelia, to Cpl. Solomon Garren Clayton of Laurens, on July 31. The ceremony took place in Ridgeland. The bride, is an alumna of Lime stone and Winthrop colleges and has been prominent in the work of the young people Of the First Presbyte rian church of Laurens, having serv ed as president of the local organi zation. She is a granddaughter of Guy L. Copeland of this city. * CpL Clayton, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Clayton, is now stationed at the learn of her accident, and unite in wishing for her a speedy recovery. , AROUND THE TOWN Incidents, Unusual and Ordinary, Gathered On Our Rounds. C. L. VAUGHN, agriculture teach er at Clinton high school, accom panied by his soot Owens, and five of his pupils, members of the F. F. A. (Future Farmers of America)., re turned yesterday from Camp Tamas- see, near Walhalla, after spending several days there on a camping trip. Friends of LEWIS SCRUGGS, for mer P. C. student, will be interested to know he has enlisted in the navy and will report the latter part of the week at Norfolk, Va., for duty. He was formerly connected with Jacobs Press here. Mr. Scruggs is spending the week in McCormick with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scruggs. He is a brother of Mrs. Rembert Tru- luck and a nephew of Mrs. Henry Young of this city. Word has been, 1 received from BILLY PITTS, who enlisted in the air corps and was called for duty last week, that he has arrived at Kelly field, San Antonio, Texas. f * ——— The nutrition program sponsored by the WPA, and under the super vision of Mrs. T. Lane Monroe, re ports that from a five-acre vegetable garden, about two thousand cans of butter beans, tomatoes, beets, etc., Sincerely yours... • To serve jrou sincerely is oar f first consideration, lb that end, we employ only skilled regis* tertd pharmacists, and provide them every facility to concen trate on their exacting tasks. We stock oar shelves with the new est specialties, as well as many rare and costly drags, not found in the average pharmacy; Thus we are enabled to fulfill oar pledge: “Every prescription compounded precisely as yoor Doctor directs.” Oar rapid turn over assures fresh, potent stocks; Yet, with all these advantages, it costs no more—oken less—so have a preeaription filled here; Smith’s Pharmacy “The Rexall Store” N Phene 181 R F U A 81 f • Kern County airport, Bakerseld, Cal.' have been canned in the kitchen at Florida Street school this summer. The food is used during the school year to prepare hot lunches for the children at small cost. BIRTHDAYS AW ANNIVERSARIES NOTED The Chronicle Extends Greetings To These Whose Birthdays and Anatvereariei Occur This Week. i^Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R. Blakely havep^wedding anniversary Aug. 24. ■ Jdfs. Lumas Lake has a birthday August 26. ^August 23 birthdays include Mrs. Sary Dillard and Miss Lily Yarbor ough. and Mrs. L. M. Wilson will ir wedding anniversary the Stutts will celebrate a birth- August 23 and his son, Richard, has his the 25th. LL-kticf Mrs. Francis Blalock ob wedding FRED WHITEHEART, of Greens boro, N. C., reported to Camp Wheel er, Ga., the past week for active army duty. He is a former P. C. stu dent. Mrs. Whiteheart is the former Miss Mickey Roberts, and is with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. Paul Roberts. ■■■■♦■ ■ ■■ Friends of FRED OXLEY will be interested to know he has enlisted In the air corps, and la studying at the Palmetto Air school in Spartanburg, and upon completion of the course will become an instructor. Mr. Oxley i was one of the first students of the! Civilian Pilot’s Training school here. He was manager of Oxley’s Whole sale company of this city. Mrs. Bothwell Graham has receiv ed a cable from her son, Lt BOTH WELL GRAHAM, that he was “well and somewhere in the Pacific.” Lt Graham was a popular young Clin ton physician before his enlistment in the navy, and has many friends who will learn with interest that he has arrived safely. COPE BLACKWELL, JR., son of Mr. and Mrs. Copeland Blackwell, who has been working at the Green ville airport this summer, is at home for a few days before leavmg on the 31st for Charleston, where he will enter the freshman class at The Citadel Mrs. R, W. Wade has received a message from her son. Bill, that his new address is PVT. W. B. WADE, AT.T.C. 628, Barracks 1426, Madi-, son, Wisconsin. Bill was formerly stationed at Keesler Field, Miss. Word has been received from LT. JAMES F. DAVIS that he has been transferred to Camp Gruber, Okla homa. Mrs. Davis is living at Musco gee, about twenty miles from camp. BRIEFS.. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Week-End Trips .. Visitors MISS JEAN COPELAND, of New berry, daughter of Mrs. Gertrude Hipp Copeland, a Clinton girl, was recently married to Aviation Cadet Marcus W. Todd, sftident bombadier of Newberry. Mrs. Todd’s friends and relatives hue will be interested to know that Cadet Todd has reported at the Air Force Advanced Flying School at Albukuerque, New Mexico, where he will complete the advanced phases of his^course of training and anniversary receive the wings of an aerial bom bardier and be commissioned as sec- of Mr. and ond lieutenant in the air forces, their August 23. JgjHro Holland, son O. HoUand, will be eight ;r*«cly for active duty. August 24. | _ _ . • , omorrow is the wedding anniver-l Tb® Seaboard Railway’s freight sary of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cooper, depot has taken on a new appear ance during the past week, having been painted completely inside and out. The newly painted building, to- retty adjoin- Anderson of Woodruff, lighter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. An derson, Jr M formerly of Clinton, will celebrate her sixth birthday August f«ther with the very pretty 24 ing flower garden which Agent O. H. 7 Grady Chandler observed a birth- ’ Sheely has planted and which has toy Monday, August 17. [Quito a variety of flowers in bloom /Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chandler Will * 4 this time, helps make the city more attractive to visitors and pass engers on the trains passing through. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Thomas had as their guests for the week-end the latter’s sister, Mrs. J. M. Holliday and children, Milton and Jean, of Charlotte, N. C. Mr. Thomas’ brother, Perpr, of Charlotte and Raleigh, N. C., is spending the week with them. Lt. and Mrs. Kenneth Bickers vis ited Mrs. Bickers’ mother, Mrs. George M. Davis, during the week end enroute to Pine Camp, N. Y., where Lt. Bipkers is stationed. Mrs. Lula Davidson and Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Boland, Jr., moved yes terday into Mrs. Davidson’s home on Musgrove street. Miss Katherine DeLorme of Sum ter, is the guest this week of Miss 'Jean Layton. Mrs. R. W. Wade was the week end guest of Major and Mrs. J. A. Cheatham in Spaftanburg. Mrs. Dave W. Copeland and daughter, Miss Elizabeth Copeland, spent the week-end in Laurens with the former's sister, Miss Ida Bram- lett. Lt. Pat H. Hobson, Jr., of Camp Blanding, Fla., spent several days leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pat H. Hobson, Sr., the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge Adair of Rock Hill, and Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Bozard of Gaffney, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Henry. D. M. McNAULL, who has a num ber of friends here, was in the city a few days ago enroute to Columbia for a abort visit to his mother. Yes terday he left for the officers’ air force technical training center at St. Petersburg, Fla., where he has enter ed the army as a first lieutenant. Lieut. McNaull is a graduate of the Thorn we 11 orphanage high school and Presbyterian college, and received his master’s degree in physical educa tion at Peabody college at Nashville, Tenrv. He taught the past year in the Darlington School for Boys at Rome, Ga. ^ ~ J. B. COPELAND, manager of the City Ice company, Laurens, received orders to report Saturday for duty at Camp Tison, Term., as a lieutenant in the 1 reserve corps. Lieut Copeland .is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cope land of Greenville, former residents of this city. Friends of CADET C. W. WIER, JR., son of Sheriff and Mrs. C. W. Wier, formerly of this city, will be interested to learn that he has fin ished his primary training at Garner Field, Texas, and has been trans ferred to Randolph Field for basic training with the air corps. Mrs. J. B. Johnson received a letter from her son, J. B. JOHNSON,- say ing he had landed somewhere in England, and upon arrival was met by British Red Crocs girls who served them tea apd cookies. He said he YOUTH IS HELD AFTER LAURENS HIGHWAY THEFT Laurens, Aug. 17. —Mrs. Mary H. Lumpkin, of 2222 Terrace Way, Co lumbia, was held up, struck in the face and robbed by a 16-year-old hitch-hiker who fled from Mrs. Lumpkin’s car with her pocketbook but was captured later near here Monday. The youth was identified as Ar thur Moody of Greenville and offi cers said he had been confined in the state industrial school for boys until a few weeks ago. He was being held tonight in the Laurens county jail here. . Mrs. Lumpkin, enroute* to Green ville from Laurens, said she had picked up the boy near Fountain Inn after noting he was well dressed and had a good appearance. On the Laurens-Greenville high way, between Gray Court and Foun tain Inn, however, police said, the youth suddenly strode her a stun ning blow in the face, reached over and pushed on the brake, seized Mrs. ' RAY and Mrs. Dudley Ray announce the birth of a -son, Charles Robert, August 13, at Hays'hospital J. Herman Pawer * ' . i - CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION AS • . ./ . • '".'J! County Commissioner Six years experience has given him the necessary training for efficient service. ^ Has cooperated heartily .with Supervisors and Com missioners. Has looked after financial interest of the County and has served every section without partiality. Your vote of confidence will be appreciated and his re-election will be a request for a . . . Safe, Business Administration No More Hangers! The manufacture of metal coat hangers stopped two months ago by government order. This means that ... We Are Unable To Se cure Additional Hang ers for the Duration. It further means that we must have the cooperation of our customers by returning your supply. \ Please Put Out a Hang er With Every Garment ... if you desire your clothes returned in first-class condition. * * * * * * * « And remember — it’s care that counts in conserva tion. So don’t neglet your clothes. Bring or send them to us for fine quality work. 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