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Thursday, December 23, 1943 -T THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Page Five OPA Denies Gas Be Frozen, Coupons Reduced Atlanta, Dec. 20. —Office of Price Administration officials here tonight denied persistent rumors that the sale ofvSMMoline was to be “frown" or that the values of gasoline ration ing coupons were to be altered in the immediate future. is no foundation to these rumors,'’ Bernard Johnson, regional gasoline rationing officer said. “OPA hag no present intention of freezing gasoline sale* nor of changing the values of gasoline coupons." He said that due to the rumors, gasoline stocks in several southeast ern areas have been reduced tremen-* dously over'the week-end as motor ists indulged in buying splurges. MAGAZINM Two-year subscriptions to Satur day Evening Pest $5.0®, or Ladles’ Home Journal SS.Mk Only rsaewam to Cosmopolitan or Good Housekeeping aeeepted. WEEK END TRIPS.. VISITORS.. ILLNESS KIEFS...ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW Hems of Interest Concerning Clinton Residents of Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga., will Johnson orf Fort Jackson, Columbia, spend the week-fend with the for- will also visit the former’s father, mer’s mother, Mrs. T. J. Blalock, and W. E. Johnson, and the latter’s par- the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. ents, Mr. and Mrs. Von Hollen, dur- H. Von Hollen. Lt. and Mrs. Eugene ing the holidays. -— , JAMES W. CALDWELL ::Your Magazine Man” FOR YOUR LOVED ONES A Complete Selection of —CORSAGES —CUT FLOWERS —BRIGHT BLOOMING POTTED PUNTS Wherever You Are . . Wherever They Are . . . Send Flowers By Wire Across Country In A Flash! The Perfect Christmas Gift That Always Arrives. Eastside Greenhouse Phone 2105 ffpupumsa the St. George school faculty, is at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Simpson, for the Christmas season. Miss Ruby Tolbert of Rockingham, N. C., is spending the holidays with her nieces, Mrs. George R. Blalock, f Mrs. Jack H. Davis, n Jr., and Miss I Agnes Mimng. Friends of Mrs. J. Will Milam will • to know s be glad she is improving Lt. Bothwell Graham, medical corps, left this week for the naval training station, Geneva, N.Y., where he has been assigned to duty, after spending a leave with his parents, Professor and Mrs. Bothwell Gra ham. Major and Mrs. William B. Blake ly and son, Bill, of Camp Mackall, Southern Pines, N. C., Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Arrington and sons of Green ville, spent the week-end with their)after an illness mofter aftd grandmothM, Mr,. R. F. MrJ John w Fin „ e)r Hiaxe y. 'Tuesday to spend Christmas with* Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Evans and chll- Aviation Student Finney at Wiscon- dren and Mrs. Wingard of Lexington, sin State Teachers college, Milwau- were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. kee, Wis. Raymond Pitts. J Friends df Kirk Milam will be glad Mrs. Paul H. Burroughs and j to know he is improving satisfactor- daughter, Miss Ann Burroughs ,of|iiy from an operation at Hays hos- Laconia, N. H., are spending the, pital Christma, hoUday, with their par- u e Hall o( R bi ? Fi ' ld ’ ° a - s >* nl week-end with R. Frank Adatr. and other relatives: his mother, .Mrs. C. H. Hall. u r< ♦ ' Pvt. Heath Copeland of Daniel Maxwell Bros. & Kinard E. H. WILKES, Manager Clinton—Two Stores—Laurens U» Urn Huumu We Am PigMing Per” Mrs. Ellisor Adams of Newberry, spent the week-end with her mother, Mris. W. J. Duncan, and sister, Mrs. Nene D. Workman. Friends of Mrs. E. R. Knox will be glad to know she is improving satis factorily from a broken arm injury received in a fall Friday. Harwood Nelson of Charleston, spent the week-end here with his family. Miss Vivian Parks Adair of Lang ley Field, Va. r arrived yesterday to spend a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Adair. „ Miss Miriam Donnan is the guest of friends for a house party at Paw ley’s Island. She will also spend sev eral days in Charleston with hex brother Joe H. Donnan who will ac company her home on Sunday. Miss Natalie Farmer of South Bos ton, Va., is the guest for a few days of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Lynn. Professor and Mrs. Bothwell Gra ham and Mrs. William B. Wade will spend Christmas day in Newberry with Mrs. Graham’s mother, ’Mrs. W. S. Bean, and sister, Mrs. D. W. A. Neville. Mr and Mrs. S. E. Evans and chil dren of Lexington, will arrive to morrow to spend a few days with Mrs. Evans’ mother, Mrs. J. M. Pitts. Mrs. W. J. Duncan is visiting her Owens, Jeon Graham, Evelyn Ham- brother, Willi.am Scott, and family 1 ilton and Esther Baker, students at irTWhitmire. |Morftreat Normal, Montreat, N. C., Captain and Mrs. C. R. Workman! have returned to Thornwell for the of Orlanda, Fla., are spending- the holidays. holidays with the former’s father,! Friends of Dr. John G. Barden C. R. Workman, and the latter’s par-‘will regret to know he has been ill ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Reed Todd. at his home for the*past few days. Field, Augusta, Ga„ spent tfie week-1 end here with MrsT Copeland. Mrs. A. A. Ramage, Jr., returned' Tuesday from Sioux City, Iowa, after'S spending some time with Sgt. Ram age. Mrs. J. C. Pace will leave today to spend the-holidays with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. McCormick, in Orangeburg. Mrs. W. M. Hughes will spend Christmas in Honea Path with her parents, Mr and Mrs. C. A. Reeves. - Friends of Mr. and Mrs. John H. West will sympathize with them in the death of the former’s brother, Gaines H. West, which occurred Monday in St. Cloud, Fla. Miss Betty Jean Idol of Thornwell orphanage, is spending the holidays with relatives in Florence. Friends of W. H. Simpson will be glad to know he is improving after an illness at his home this week. Miss Dorothy Latimer of Camp Van Dorn, Centreville, Miss., is visit ing her sister, Mrs. Roy Gasque, Mr. asque and other relatives in Ware hoals during the holidays. Miss Thelma Hicklin will leave to morrow to spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira K. Hicklin, in Richburg. f * , Misses Mildred Higgins, Thelma ■*(*- Friends of J. Austin Chandler will be Interested krfcnow he is now con- the hardware depart- ing the holidays with her sister, Mrs nected with ment of Blakely Brothers Seed store. Mrs. John D. Yarborough has re turned to her home here after a sev eral weeks visit with relatives in Columbia. Mrs. Dillard Boland of Columbus, Ga., is spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Work man. Miss Marion Leake, member of the Bennettsville school faculty, is spend V. P. Adair and Mr. Adair. Mrs. R. E. Wysor, Misses Elizabeth and Mary Kent Wysor are spending several days with the former’s sister, Mrs. John B. Ricketts, in Greenville. Friends of W. C. Shealy will be glad to know he is able to be out after a week’s illness. Mrs. Ryan McCrary of Reading, J. E. Shaw, student at the Uplver-ipa., is spending a few days with sity of South Carolina, Columbia, is Capt. McCrary’s mother, Mrs. R. J M spending the holidays with his moth- McCrary, enroute to Panama City,: er, Mrs. H. W. Steer, and Mr. Steer. Fla., to visit her mother. Miss Frances Sheely, member ofj- Miss Pearl Hitt of Washington, D. 1 the Loris school faculty, arrived yes-1 C., Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Armstrong terday to visit her parents, Mr. and j and family of Gray Court, Mr. and Mrs. Olin H. Sheely, Sr., during the Christmas vacation. Mrs. Cecil Page of Spartanburg, was the guest Sunday of Mr. and' Eugene Hitt. Mrs. Rhett P. Adair. , Col. A. H. Cummings of Camp Mr. and Mrs, B. C. Preslar will! Roberts. Calif., will arrive Saturday' spend Christmas as the guest of I to spend a few days here with his ,Mrs. Floyd Hitt and son, Bobby,"of Spartanburg, will spend the week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. friends in Prosperity. Friends of T. R. Buzhardt will be family. Friends of Mrs. Hugh Eargle will glad to know he is improving after: be glad to know she is recuperating being ill the past few days. , at the home of her parents, Mr. and! Cpl. Henry Young returned yester- Mrs. J. Reed Todd, after being a pa-, day to Camp Claiborne, La., after | tient at the local hospital, spending a 15-day furlough with his; Dr. Dillard Jacobs and Dr. Thorn- parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Young, well Jacobs of Atlanta, Ga., are Friends of T. L. Cooper will be guests during the. holidays of Mr. and glad to know he is improving after Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, being ill the past week. ( Lt. W. S. Home of Edgewood Ar- P. ' iHi yi i- ’ si_ Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hollancf and son, George, and Mrs. George R. Hol land will spend Christmas with the latter’s daughter, Mrs. Joe Hagins, and Mr. Hagins in Abbeville. tj !, Mrs. H. J. Baber of Columbia, was a visitor here Monday. friends of C. C. Giles will be glad to "know he is able to be out again after a recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Putnam left yesterday to spend Christmas with theft daughter, Mrs. J. R. McTeer, Mr. McTeer and children in Aiken. Cpl. Grady Glymph, who is on ma neuvers in Tennessee, spent the week-ehd with Mrs. Glymph and small son. E. C. Goff of Columbia, spent the past week on vacation here with Mrs. Goff. Friends of Miss Alma McKee will be glad to know she is improving at her home, where she has been ill for (he past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson will spend Sunday in Mount Holly, N. C. t with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Wells. Mrs. Eugene Avery left yesterday to spend several days in Augusta, I Ga., with Mr. Avery. They will re turn here to spend Christmas with Mrs. Avery’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Irby S. Hipp. Mrs. Nene D. Workman left Tues day to visit her son, Davis, in Evans ville, Ind. Miss Frances Taylor, student at Mary Baldwin college, Staunton, Va., and Miss Julia Taylor, student at Flora Macdonald college, Red Springs, N. C., are spending the holi days with their mother, Mrs. George W. Taylor. Miss Frances Simpson, member of senal, Md., is spending the holidays here with Mrs Home and son, Billy. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Don DuBois will regret to know their small daughter, Nancy Katherine, is ill at their home, Friends of Mrs. A. W. Brabham Will be glad to know she is improv ing at her home where she has been ill this week. Captain and Mrs. Francis Blalock INSURANCE Fire • Tornado - Automo bile - Surety Bonds - AD Forms of Property Insurance. SOUND PROTECTION AT LOWEST COST. REAL ESTATE B. H. BOYD Clinton, S. C. Have Your ANTI-FREEZE CHECKED We Have Plenty On Hand JOE'S ESSO SERVICE Standard Oil Products Phone 128 This may be a differenf Christmas from many that have gbne before . . . but it will be a Merry Christmas just the same. To the folks at home and our dear ones in other lands . . . here’s our sincere greeting and may this *Yuletide mark the beginning of a new era wherein the doctrines of Christmas . . . (peace on earth - 1 —good will toward men), will come true and our loved ones re- . . S turn home. WE ARE MOST APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR^ GOOD-WILL AND PATRONAGE IN THE . PAST. Wc sincerely trust that we may con tinue to enjoy the same amicable asso- ■ i ciations throughout the years to come. M. S. Bailey & Son Bankers Wm. J. Bailey, President R. C. Adair, Cashier G. L. Simpson, Teller « R. G. Watson, Bookkeeper Mrs. A. W. Brabham, Mrs. Donald DuBois The pleasant custom of stop ping in our business activities to extend Season's Greetings to our (fiends makes this season of the year a happy one. Christmas can always be a happy time if we but make it so. It is the time to think of the pleasant things of life, of loved ones and friends, of the finer things in a world that strives for Peace. When we wish you u Merry American Christmas we are only expressing a wish that is upper- most in our thoughts at this time. It is our sincere hope that you will spend an enjoyable Yuletide this year and for many more years to come. ■r 4 r // ^i\W \ LJ J * \V I I- 1 f i “A Credit To AD South Carolina” B. C. PRESLAR, me