University of South Carolina Libraries
V 4* Page Twp THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Thursday, March 23, 1944 BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES NOTED The Chronicle Extends Greetings To Those Whose Birthdays and Anniversaries Occur This Week. AROUND THE TOWN Incidents, Unusual and Ordinary, Gathered On Our Rounds. Maximum prices Set For Solid Fuels A. R. P. Youth To Me^t Here April 2 Babies Neglected, Survey Indicates Kiwanians To Have Musical Program _Maxjmum prices for solid fuels in | Laurens and Newberry counties sold i and delivered by dealers have been i set by the office of price administra- LT. JOHN SLOAN who is with the tion, regional office,' Atlanta, the 1b- Army Air Coips, has arrived safely, ca j board' announces Prints arp as! TECH. SGT. L. E. BIG&EE, who has been stationed in Orlando, Fla., with the air corps, has been trans listed: 1 J ternoon and evening of April 2. High volatile bituminous coals: ra lly is expected to bring to- Egg and block, lump or chunk coal:' ® et ^ ei a ^ ollt ‘5 delegates from the Mr and Wlin ine ai ‘ corps, nas oeen irans- t:iuun. cuc«i. . ; 7, : ° the faculty of Joanna schools, Gold- and Miss, faired to Camp Stewart Ga. MWJta. $9 55; 1.000 lbs.’$5.03; 500 X. R p. chirches"o< Laurens, Spar-'the article added. greatest vil,e ' wi " render a musical program. Newberry Cpl. Haul Benjamin, bq,tn or wnom * arc m fnreian service, had birthdays Lejeunne, N. C., and has been^trans- «erv 1C es. the 21st ferred to Cherry Point, N. (T^ 7 Kf^th Adair had a birthday l7ues- overseas cay, March 21. Today's birthdays include .Miss Virginia Henry, daughter of Mr. and Byrd McMillian of Washington, D. C., DAVIS. V. PITTS, pharmacists ‘os $2.64. i tanburg, Greenville and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. S/Me- mate second class, of the navy, now Stoker coal: 2,000 lbs. $9.15; L000 count j es Million. [on duty with the Marines, has com- lbs_ $4.83; 500 lbs. $2.54. | The j heme for the i ns p irationa i Lt.. Pauline Benjamin, ANC, and P le !! d n ;V foui ; ^nths course at the Hfi ^ 1 ^" s rn ar ^ aIs0 . s . ei , U P f ° r ' service is “That I Might'Know Him.’* Cpl. Paul Benjamin. bq,th of whom Field Medjcal Service School, Camp dealers concerning special sales ^and Business will include reports of t xr ^ j - ^rv.cei | ^ during the church year i r*nmincr voor m' u k , which closes March 31 and election McMillan Finney, pharmacists mate Friends of W. DENNY PITTS, of ot officers for the new church y ear - third class, anA Mrs^ Finney are ob-, The Navy.. son ot Mrs. Nannie A. | mf d f , an Y ^?. ia hU h r 2fIlT .tJl. serving their first wedding anniver- Pitts, will be interested to know that, where h h k ! sary today. he has been promoted to seaman first ^ actlve P art Jimmy basque, son of Mr: and Mrs. class.- He is aboard a Landing Ship Roy Casque, was five years old the Tank somewhere in the Pacific. 21st SGT. HOVEY REID serving with! Mrs. Marion Nabors will observe a'a medical corps has arrived safelyl birthday Saturday. j overseas, according to word received) Mr and Mrs. Harry League have a by Mrs. Reid, vedding anniversary the 25th. £ T CLYDE S. SMITH. JR., for-' »,ugene Galloway. «i Jacksonville. mer iy of this citv. recently arrived l a., lo: nierly a: :h;> city, celebrated ,t biithtiay Suiulay ' ... StatT Set. Rober! B Holland ob-, ; • \ t'O a bn thiiay March 17. Kelly Dixon ot Talladega, Ala., ! v. ho in.nit lus home here last year, v 1’ celebrate a birthday the 26th Hoh: ,e : Mi According to announcement by; Washington, March 19. — Warning) The Kiwanis club will meet M;iss Ann Townsend of Greenville, i tha t in our haste to destroy the ene-| night at 7.30 a { Hotel Clinton leader of the Central District Young' m y “we may destroy ourselves,” a PeoplJs Christian union, the spring 1 Woman ’s Home Companion survey rally of this organization will be held 1 released tonight reported an “appall- with the Associate Reformed Presby- j in 8 neglect and mistreatment of in- Prices are as! terian church of this city on the af- : fants” in families of war workers a nd to- service men. Social workers report that infant neglect cases are increasing twice as The Music and Good Fellowship committee, with Julian Bolick as chairman, will have charge of the program. Miss Annette Moorhead, student at Coker college, Hartsville, and Miss Kitt Ferguson, member of the faculty of Joann^ schools, Gold in campus activities. NEW TESTAMENTS — A gift that will be prized by the relative Id service. Chronicle Pub. Co. article added.^Whilfe the greatest baby boom in the nation’s history is in full swing, mothers are destroying the normal pattern of family life by going to work in war plants, it said. Eight million women, a substantial] ■percentage being mothers, are be-; lieved to have started vtork since 1940. AIR CORPS STATIONERY, genuine engraved, attractively boxed. Chronicle Publishing Co., Phone 74. WANTED Ladies to work in the after noons and on week-ends. Apply Manager— 94 in Sardinia, according to word re ceived by TfTs aunt, and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Young. I A Busy Time THEODORE TODD and BROWN TODD/sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Todd of near here, who volunteered Holland’, ot the navy, son ,f or / erv i ( . e in Navy shortly after md Mr>. T. .Irby Holland. Pearl Harbor, have been together on v. .11 ob.'t i ve a birthday, Saturday. the same ship since they entered the Mi- (». \\ Addy- celebrated a service. Th^v are now somewhere birthday on March 10; her grandsop/i n England. Both were home for a. a German flag to their pareD.*r as a souvenir. WE CAN HELP MAKE IT EASY AND PLEASANT FOR YOU.... IN YOUR FARMING, YOUR CLEANING, YOUR PAINTING, ETC. ■'Sunii jy ' Bobo, o: f Spartanburg, hfid . bm tiulay on tht ■ 20th: James Addy XV ill l ■t It'bi ate Ms on March 26,* iind Mrs Algie Bobo i >f Spartanburg, for- Yorlv ' of this city, will celebrate her's vn th e 28th. L:. Carroll C. Brannon, ‘serving .th the armed f orces in the southj- v .C>t Pacific, and a former resident . f thi s city, had a- -birthday March 15. Mrs. Selma Adair received the • pu/ple heart” which had been awarded her son, PFC. DARRELL FRANKS, recently for wounds re- \ ceived during the Sicilian campaign. Darrell was hurt when he jumped with his paratrooper outfit and was a hospital patient for some time. He is now .stationed in England, and haS| been overseas for a year. Pfc. Franks was in the invasion of Sicily and P.-T.A. To Sponsor Egg Hunt, The Pdrent-Teacher association Ital . v ancl h . as k een stationed in Ire pon-or an egg hunt Friday, land a-ml^North Africa since he left 7. at four o'clock at the First, tiie States. In the box with the Purple Heart 1 will be 10c each. Prizes are ' ver< ? some handkerchiefs from Ire land which he sent his mother. - April Presbyterian church. Tick t y be awarded for finding golden *-dgs and the largest number of eggs. I e cream, and ifomemade candy will Ue sold. Children of the community are in- \ .ted to attend the hunt. In last week's issue of Time maga zine a picture appeared of COM MANDER D. J. BRIMM* JR., “chauf- fering” King and Queen Langlan,; rulers of Majuro Island in the Mar-; ENGRAVED Calling Cards for arm? ’ Shalls< which the American forces and navy officers. An ideal, usefu* have recently acquired, in an Ameri-, gift, for father, husband, brother or! can Wp. Before the 'jeep ride the friend. Ask to see samples. Chronicle nav y men § ave a party for the royal Publishing Co. Phone 74. Your soldier or. sailor relative or riend will ap preciate one of these Sterling Silver Identifica tion-Bracelets. Beautifully, strongly made. $3.95 up ‘ Engraved Free family. J Commander Brimm is-a son of Dr. D. J. Brimm of this city. He is com- | mander of Acorn 20 Seabees and has! 1600 men in his group. Planes* tanks, 1 ships, jeeps and horses are all used! in his outfit. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Pack have re ceived a message from their son, JOHN WILLIAM PACK, seaman 1 first class, stating he has arrived in the States after 28 months of sendee in the south Pacific. He is stationed in Bremerton. Washington, and ex pects to arrive home about April 1 for a visit. Emil Ludwig, nationally known j biographer and lecturer, was a recent' visitor at Winthrop college. After ad-! dressing the student body he was in- 1 terviewed for The Johnsonian. JEAN LAYTON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs/ H. C. Layton of this city, with Mary Neal of Florence, had the distinction of making the interview and their picture appeared in the college pub- ' lication. Jean is. studying journalism and is outstanding in many, college) activities. J.C.THOMAS * J € WG LG R • WATCHMAKER A FAU MIGHT COST-you 11.000 if you should fracture a leg or suffer some other serious injury. Would you have to pay hospital, doc tor and other bills out of income or savings? See us about Accident Insurance. S. W. SUMEREL, Agent Jacobs Building—Phone 80 , CLINTON, S. C. ♦ MISS CAROLYN HOBSON, daugh- I tec*, of Mr. and Mrs. Pat H. Hobson Of this city, has been elected secre tary of the boarding student council .at^jueens colllege. Charlotte, for the ! COUNTY LAGGING FAR BEHIND IN RED CROSS DRIVE A total of $12,163.71 had &en re ported. yesterday as raised in the , Amencah ‘Red Cross V^ar Fund quota of $28,500, it was announced from headquarters office in Laurens. This indicated that less than- half of the quota has been subscribed. - Several rural communities had ex ceeded their quota, according to the , figures given out. Laurens city, exclusive of the in dustrial areas, had gone over the top by turning in $6,515.85 on a quota i of $j*000. I Cyn toy city, exclusive of the in- ! dustTWareas here and in Goldville, 1 had reported $3,872.88 against a ; quota of $5,000. I ! , Communities reported through yes- ] terday were: Bailey $ 68.05 | Brewerton t 83.25 Gray Court 377.50 Hickory Tavern 121.54 Laurens City 6,515.85 Laurens Colored 41.00 New Prospect 38.60 Ora y ... 73.40 Trinity Ridge 77. 130.00 Warrior Creek 96.00 Youngs i . 105.50 Eden : *.... 66.00 Shady Grove 30.50 Oak Grove ..j. 36.00 Clinton 3,872.88 Clinton Colored 34.64 / ¥-.7 / r u V / SUPS See us for your SEEDS, PLANTS and SPRAY MA TERIAL. We have an extensive stock and can supply whatever you need. ~ SEED CORN—LESPEDEZA—COTTON SEED Repair Your Machinery! Repair four old Planters, Distributors and Turn Plows—very few new ones will be available this spring. We Have the Full Cole Line — and Repairs Walking Cultivators, Drag Harrows, Dixie Boy Plow's, Oliver B. C. 13-10 and Goober’s Long Climbing Plows. Plow Stocks, Handles and Parts. j • s' V V Lv. 'V m > > A BEST PRICES IN TOWN ON FEEDS —STARTING MASH . —LAYING MASH —GROWING MASH , —SCRATCH FEED. —HOG FEED s —DOGT FEED —DAIRY FEED —SWEET FEED —FEED OATS • fi m M.-l Check This List For Your Needs! % Back Bnds — Plow Lines Garden Rakes — Cotton Hoes Manure Forks — Bush Hooks Post Hole Diggers Horseshoes — Collar Pads Shovels — Hame Strings Trace Chains — Horse Collars Bridle Bits — Spading Forks Sand Screen Wire Field Tool Handles — Guns Mail Boxes, Porch and Rural Blind Hinge Set — Axes Hoes — Shovels — Scoops Aluminum Paint Sash Cord antF^Pulleys Mattocks — Picks — Spades Roofing Cement Garden Hose Potato Hooks Pokers — Tongs — Shovels Stove Pipe — Elbows' — Dampers Heavy Water Hose Paint and Varnish Remover Barn and Roof Paint Awning and Canvas Paint Trash Burning Heaters Portable Grates, 18” and 24” Galvanized Smooth Wire Heavy Milk Cans Wooden Pails „ Leather Horse Collars Locksets — Butts — Hinges Egg Baskets Flexible JSIass Wire Roll Roofing — Screen Wire Log and Well Chain^ Lanterns — Roofing Cotton Rope — Xcut Saws Pressure Canners Ironing Boards and Pads Mops — Floor Brushes Feed and Water Troughs Braided Electric Wire Weatherstrip — Putty Liquid or Paste Floor Wax Shellc Substitutes Masonry Waterproof Paint Step and Extension Ladders Wallpaper Cleaner t Cabinet Hardware. Tie Out Chains — Hammers Asphalt Shingles Hardware Cloth — Lanterns Window Glass—Grass Shears Hand Saws — Garbage Cans Plumbing Supplies Metal Feeders and Water Fountains Garden Plows 05 WE HAVE THE MANY THINGS YOU NEED Steel Wool — Dry Mops Wet Mops — Furniture Polish Old English Wax . Glass Cleaner — Brooms Galvanized Buckets Wallpaper Cleaner Scratch Remover Venetian Blind Brushes V^all Brushes—Paint Cleaner Garbage Cans Wool Dusters—Scrub Brushes Floor Paint — Wallpaper Floor Varnish Get Your Garden Started Now! We Have Complete Stock Garden, Lawn and Farm Tools Spade Forks, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 R akes 85c* $1.00, $1.25 Potato Hooks $1.25 Small Tools .. . . .. 15c, 25c, 35c Manure Forks ... $1.25 and $1.35 Post Hole Diggers $2.25 Pruning Shears .... $1.00 to $2.75 Sherwin-Williams PAINTS NONE BETTER ANYWHERE! Including the Famous KEMTONE Miracle Wall Finish $2.98 Gallon One gallon does average room! HAVILAND CHINA In the lovely Apple Blossom Delaware Pattern . Will Contribute Immensely To A ‘ Well-Appointed Table . . . ' . Delight Your Guests! CUT CRYSTAL STEMWARE In the beautiful Romance and Oradea Patterns , $1.00 Piece Lea Cut — 35c Piece IRONING BOARDS Sturdy — Well Finished $3.75 IRONING BOARD COVERS $1.29 and $1.75 SPRAYERS $4.95 and $5.95 Hand Models: 25c, 50c, $100 Geo. A. Copeland Serving This Community Since Horse and Buggy Days — 1891 . . Phone 61 STEP LADDERS Metal Reinforced, All Sizes $3.50 up Son CLINTON, S. C. 0 r /. I •