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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE; CLINTON, S. C
Page Three
the WOMAN’S PAGE
SOCIETY Evens, aUB AND church news
OF INTEREST . TELEPHONE 74 OR 258
W.C.T.U. Meets With
Mrs. T. L. W. Bailey
The Woman’* Christian Temper
ance union met on Monday afternoon
at the home Of Mrs. T. L. W. Bailey.
Selections were read by several
members from the Union Signal, na
tional W.C.T.U. magazine. At the
conclusion of a general discussion, a
business session was held.
and Mrs. John Warren Finney, Sr.,
is a graduate Of Clinton high school
and attended the University of South
Carolina. He has recently been ac
cepted for naval service and left
Monday for training at Bainbridge',
Md. _
Buffet Supper, Costume
Forty Given By Lions
JOHNSON. It is a lovely Arabic
hand-woven rug and pillow top
which Sgt. Johnson had wrapped in
a copy of The Chronicle and packed
in a wooden box to insure safe de
livery. Mrs. Johnson is also making
an interesting scrapbook of clippings
about and small articles collected by
her son.
Friends of HENRY M. YOUNG,
The' annual Lions club party for; JR., will be interested to know of his
wives and friends of the members promotion to corporal. Cpl. Young is
little folk sank “HaW Birthday.” was given on Friday evening at the serving with an observation squad-
ice cream, cake and candies were armory. ,ron in North Africa and his most re
served. Mrs. W. O. Derrick and Mrs. A delightful supper was served | cent letter, written on March 17, teR-
David Pitts assisted Mrs. Pitts in en-1 buffet style and dancing was enjoyed; advancement, was received
tertaining and serving. A number of {during the evening. The guests camej here in twelve days.
games were enjoyed and pictures in costume, which afforded much: ♦
amusement. Mrs. R. G. Watson and j A. I. MASON, manager of the Lau-
B. Hubert Boyd were awarded prizes rens theatres, was reelected a mem
ber of the board of directors of The
atre Owners of North and South Car-
made of the group.
Auxiliary Boord
To Meet Monday
The executive board meeting of the
Woman’s Auxiliary of the First Pres
byterian church will be held at the
church on Monday afternoon, April 5,
Miss Bailey Hostess
To 'Idle Moments' Club
On last Wednesday afternoon Miss at four o’clock.
Ruth Bailey delightfully entertained
members of the “Idle Moments” club; LutHeronS Conduct
at her home. { kA’ • Cm. J r*
Flowering almond and snowdrops MlSSIOn jtUOy V^OUTSC
graced the receiving rooms where the — ’
club members enjoyed informal con
versation. During the afternoon, salad
and sweet courses were served with-, noon,
hot tea.
/
The Missionary society of St.
John’s Lutheran church held a mis
sion study class last Monday after-
Kelly Dixon
Celebrates Birthday
Kelly Dixon, son of Captain and
Mr*. Brewer Dixon, celebrated his
tenth birthday Friday afternoon with
a party. ^ *.
Guests included Kelly’s fourth
grade classmates. A number of amus
ing games entertained the young folk
on the lawn. Later in the afternoon
weiners were roasted over an open
fire and served with cold drinks and
other dainties.
Popular Bride-Elect .
Honored With Party
A charming compliment was paid
Miss Mary Howze Dillard, bride-
elect, on Saturday evening when Mrs.
George H. Ellis and Mrs. Dill Ellis
entertained at bridge in her honor.
Gladioli, snapdragons and daffo
dils formed a beautiful spring setting
for the enjoyable affair. After a num
ber of interesting progressions Mrs.
J. F. Jacobs and Mrs. Ned S. Hays
were presented score prizes. Miss
Dillard was remembered with a gift
of linen. A number of guests were
invited for refreshments after cards.
Fellowship Group
Enjoys Picnic
The Fellowship group of the First
Presbyterian church Young People’s
association enjoyed a picnic at Horse
shoe falls on Friday evening. Mrs. L.
B. Dillard, Rev. and Mrs. J. K. Rob
erts, Miss Thelma Hicklin and Ber
nard H. Boyd chaperoned the group
on the outing.
The following new officers have
been elected for the organization:
President, Miss Betty Hunter.
Vice-President, James McCown.
Secretary, Frank McDonald. -
Social chairmen, Miss Virginia
"Dillard and Bill King.
Pianist, Dean Owens.
Billy Pitts Celebrates
Fourth Birthday
Billy Pitts, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Pitts, celebrated his fourthI ▲■■vilistm
birthday Monday afternoon with a | *' 1 ® rnwe " Auxiliary
party, inviting a number of little ■ Officers Installed
friends. | installation services for officers for
Handsome vases of gladioli were i the coming year of the Auxiliary of
used in the hall and bowls of jonquils Thom we 11 Memorial church were
adorned the living room. Centering held on Sunday afternoon in the par-
the dining table was a prettily dec-. lor of the Turner building.
“On This Foundation” was the
topic of the study booklet. Mrs. J.
LeGrande Mayer, who had charge of
the program, was assisted by Mrs. J.
H. Baxter, Mrs. R. N. BlackweMer,
Mrs. R. W. Boland, Mrs, W. O. Der
rick, Mrs. L. W. Rawl and Mrs. A. J.
Merchant, each discussing a chapter
on “Evangelical Witness In South
America.”
U. D. C. To Help Fold
Surgical Dressings
Members of the Stephen D. Lee
chapter, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, are asked by the offi
cers to come to the Red Cross room
in the city library building Friday
afternoon to help fold surgical dress
ings. The room is open from two un
til five o’clock.
At five o'clock members will go to
the home of Mrs. Henry M. Young to
holds a business session and social
hour.
Miss Helen King
Bride of Cpl. King
Mrs. Lewis W. King of this city,
announces the marriage of her
daughter, Helen Vemell, to Corporal
Rufus William King of this city and
Camp Shelby Miss., on Friday, March
19.
The rites were performed in Hat
tiesburg, Miss., by the Rev. B. H.
Baker, in the presence of a few close
friends.
The bride was becomingly attired
in a spring suit of aqua with match
ing accessories. Mrs. King, the young
est daughter of Mrs. Harriett Fergu
son King and the late Lewis W. King,
is a graduate of Clinton high school
and Perry business school.
Cpl. King is the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Edward King of this city,
and received his education in the
Clinton schools. At present he is sta
tioned with a field artillery unit at
Camp Shelby.
Their friends will be interested to
know Mrs. King will continue to
make her home here with her sister,
Mrs. Claude R. Trammell, and Mr.
Trammell.
for the best costumes and imperson
ations of the characters they repre
sented. Defense stamps were given j olina, Inc., at a meeting held in Char-
the ladies rather than the usual fa- lotte Monday,
vors, in keeping with the patriotic
motif of the party. Decorations were
in red, white and blue, with attrac
tive floral arrangements of
tions and iris used.
Friends and relatives here of J. C.
COPELAND, prominent Columbia
earns- merchant, will be interested to learn
that on last Sunday he was ordained
and installed as an elder in the Shan
Presbyterian church of that city.
)r a number of years he had served
number of years has belonged to our
appreciated family of readers and
told us sometime ago that THE
CHRONICLE is still his “ffvosite
newspaper.”
Birth Announcements
CENTURY CLUB TO MEET
The Century club will meet Tues
day afternoon, April 6, at + o'clock
at the home of Mrs. A. E. Spencer.
RATTEREE
Major and Mrs. Milton K. Ratteree
of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., formerly of this
city, announce the birth of a daugh
ter, Frances Milton, on March 28.
Mrs. Ratteree is the former Miss
Frances Farrell. <
NEIGHBORS
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Neighbors of
Chicopee, Ga., announce the birth of
a daughter, Nancy Elizabeth, March
24. Mrs. Neighbors is the former Miss!
Marion Copeland of this city. Mr.
Neighbors is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Neighbors, also of this city.
KINARDS BOY IS
REPORTED MISSING
LAUNDRY
NOTICE ,
Laundry Bundles not ac
cepted for less than . . .
. 30c
BUCHANAN’S
Phone 28
CHILDREN’S
COLDS
AROUND THE TOWN
Incidents, Unusual and
OrHinorv Gathered On i 80 " of the late Mr - ^ Mrs - J-Camel in a
uramory, oarnerea wn Copeland pioneer citiiens of this day.
Private Marion E. Wicker, Route l tj
Kinards, with his mother Mrs. Mary
the church as a member of the di-iy. Wicker, listed as his closest kin,
i aconate. ^ was reported missing in action in
Mr. Copeland is a “Chnton boy,” a North Africa by the wpr department
list of 814 names released Tues-
Our Rounds.
FIRST LT. WILLIAM S. HORNE
community. He and another “Clinton |
boy,” Tom Watts, are associated in MUSIC CLUB TO MEET
'the mercantile, business under the
was a member of the class graduating well known Arm name of Copeland
last week from the Service and Sup-1 company. Mr. Copeland for a long
ply course at Edgewood Arsenal, Md.
The course of six weeks duration is
designed to give chemical warfare
officers basic instruction in chemi
cal warfare, operation and functions
of service companies training in re
pairing and maintenance of material,
and in all phases of rhemical war-.,
fare supply. Lt. Horne has been sent
with several other officers for an
experiment in Panama. Mrs. Home
and small son, Billy, are with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Adair.
The Music club will meet Wednes
day afternoon, April 7, at 4 o’tlock!
at the home of Mrs. Heath Copeland, i
from
of colds—coughing, phlegm, irrita
tion, clogged upper air pnasngri—
nib throat, chest, and rack with
Vicks VapoRub. Its poultkr-and-
vapor action brings relief without
dosing.
ALSO, SOU MEAD
COLO “sniffles ",
melt a
of Va L
hot water. Then
have the child
breathe in the
steaming vapors.
► “sniffles’
a spoonful
apoRub in
VS-85
orated birthday cake with four
gleaming candles. White and green
The retiring president. Miss Clyde
Smith, presided and the annual re
streamers were suspended from the ports of the cause secretaries were
chandeliei^and attached to the ends,'heard. Mrs. L. Ross Lynn led in
which reftfched the table, were souve-1 prayer. Dr. Lynn, the pastor, installed
nirs for the guests.
Billy bfew out the candles as the
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When you bring your
Doctor’s prescription
to the Rexsll Drug
Store, you can be sure
that it will be filled ex*
acriy as he has speci
fied. Skilled, graduate
pharmacists are the
only ones permitted
to do the compound
ing. A careful dpcfc of
all raw drugs assures
pure, fresh materials at
all timet.
Our rigid double-
check system guaran
tees accuracy. The next
rime, bring your pre
scription to the Rexsll
Drug Store.
Smith's Pharmacy
Tho Rexsll Drag Stan
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the following newly-elected officers:
President, Mrs. T. H. Newkirk.
Vice-president, Mrs. D. E. Mat
thews.
Secretary, Mrs. B. S. Pinson.
Historian, Mrs. Lynn.
Treasurer, Mrs. F. M. Stutts.
Pastor’s Aid, Miss Helen Porter,
i Secretaries of causes:
i Foreign Missions, Mrs. W. W. Har
ris,
Assembly’s Home Missions, Mrs.
'Joe Hough.
Christian Education and Ministe
rial Relief, Mrs. Ansel Smith
1 Religious Education, Miss Frances
Leonard.
S. and P. Home Missions, Mrs
Robert D. Lynn.
Spiritual Life, Miss Julia Porter.
Literature, Mrs. James Bradley.
1 Christian Social Service, Mrs. Bes
sie E. Godfrey.
’ Social Activities, Miss Clyde Smith.
Chairman Edith DeWese Lynn cir
cle, Mrs. Matthews,
i Chairman Ella Riddell circle, Mrs.
j Joe Hough.
Jockson-Finney Rites
Take Place March 23
! Of cordial social interest is the an
nouncement of the marriage of Miss
Emily Elizabeth Jackson and William
McMillan Finney on Tuesday eve
ning, March 23. ' r ,
The rites were performed At Main
Street Methodist church in Green
wood by the pastor Rev. Fritz C.
Beach.
The bride is the attractive only
(taughter of Mr. and Mrs. Weldon T.
Jackson and a popular member of
the younger set. She received her ed
ucation in the Clinton schools and
Lander college. Mrs. Finney holds a
stenographic position with M. S. Bai
ley & Son, Bankers.
, Mr. Finney, the younger son of Mr.
MISS ANNE KEITH of this city, was
recently elected dormitory president
of Cooper dormitory at Limestone
college, and will serve on the hall
council as well as student council 1
and have supervision over dormitory
life of the students in Her residence
hall. Miss Keith is majoring in Eng
lish at Limestone where she is a
member of the sophomore class.
Escorting the group of new cadets
arriving Monday niight at Presbyte
rian college was LT. LEWIS G.,
HECKLE, a graduate of Presbyterian i
college in 1939, and a former editor of :
the Blue Stocking. Lt Heckle will:
be remembered pleasantly here by aj
number of friends. He is now sta-j
tioned in Miami, Fla. Lt Heckle |
visited Sgt. and Mrs. Sterlin Young
while here.
Another souvenir added to the col
lection of Mrs. C. C. Brannon from
her husband, Lt. Brannon in Aus
tralia, is a fountain pen that came
from the Buna campaign in New
Guinea which was captured at the
time of the battle. The Japanese
are noted for being great copycats,
but I don’t think they used their
heads in manufacturing pens. She
writes, in order to All the pen one,
must remove the pen point and pour'
in the ink. Then the opposite end
is unscrewed and a plunger pushed
before the ink starts feeding. Lt.
Brannon also sent interesting pictures
of the natives in New Guinea and na
tive animals and birds.
AVIATION CADET EUGENE B.
SLOAN, son of Mrs. E. B. Sloan of|
this city, entered the Army Air
Forces Pre-Flight school (Navigator),
at Selman Field, Mortroe, La. Ca
det Sloan was formerly in training
at Nashville, Tenn.
MISS NANCY YOUNG is the
proud possessor of three lovely hand
kerchiefs of pure white Irish linen,
received this week from England.
DR. WILLIAM HUGH HALL, who'
was recently graduated from the
South Carolina Medical college,}
Charleston, spent the week-end with 1
his mother, Mrs. E. H. Hall, after
completing the state board examina
tion in Columbia. Friends and rela-;
tives here of Dr. Hall will be inter-;
ested to know he was president of
his class and was among those se-i
lected to serve their internship at;
Roper hospital, Charleston.
MRS. T. C. JOHNSON on Tuesday
received a prized souvenir of Africa
from her son, SGT. WILLIAM W.
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