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7. ■ " • V- y ■ Page Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, May 10, 1945 BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES NOTED NEWS OF .. . MEN IN Wounded In Action The Chronicle Extends Greetings To Those Whose Birthdays and Anniversaries Occur This Week. — » GEORGE S. SIMPSON, technician I fifth gradQ, son of Mrs. .L. L. Simp- | son and the late Mr. Simpson, re- ^ cently started his fifth year of over- ,seas service while in combat against the Japanese on Luzon Island in the ; birthday of Mrs.: Philippines. A radioman with the | division headquarters now in action' SOCIETY . (Contniued from page three) [covered buttons. The full skirt had 'an over-lay of marquisette very full inducted in the army shortly after graduation, taking his basic training a,t Camp Wheeler, Ga, later transfer ring to Camp Custer, Mich. The couple left immediately for a wedding trip. For traveling the bride wore a three-piece black and white Mrs. Mildred Kinghom, Miss Sybil Moore, Miss Sarah Petty, and Tom Moore, all of Ware Shoals. NOTICE TO MUSIC CLUB MEMBERS The president of the Clinton Music-s and reaching out^to a full .. pur#le orchidJrom her bridal b6u- train in the back. Her veil of silk net „ - ... . .. wool suit with black accessories and c i U b asks all members Who plan to go to Spartanburg on May J7 to no- May 13 is the John T.| Little. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Ray have a in the Caraballo mountains, Corpofal wedding anniversary May 15. i Simpson is operator of one of the Mr. and Mrs. Posey W. Copeland; unit hadio sets that keeps continuous; will observe their wedding anniver- commun * ca ^ on b e tween the ground, sarv Mav If. ; forces and the artillery liaison | T-, . ■ . ... _ . • planes, as well as a means of remote! Mrs \\. D. Adair has a birthday; £ ontrol commumcations from hea d- ; ‘ quarters command post to any ele- Charles ‘E. Burnett, petty officer men t 0 f (jie division artillery, firs-t class i>t the navy, will celebrate; Qpj Simpson is experienced ifi-~ a birthday Tuesday, the 15th. i t bis kind of work, having served Anita Sue Ellison, daughter of with the 25th Division on Guedal- Mr. and Mrs. James F. Ellison, will,canal, and worked as a liaison oper- be three years old May 12. ator with the - Australian navy| Mrs. Brunson Asbilll is celebrating throughout the British Solomon Is-1 a birthday today (lands',‘ including the battle of Vella : J. V Edwards celebrated a birth-‘V aVel,a / n the Cen i ra } Sol0n ?a?f' dav M iv 4 Joining the army in February, 1941, i Tomorrow's anniversaries include^P 1 - Simpson initially served at an; Mr and M - J F Benj unin Mr and coast P ort of embarkation until! lean forces in Germany on April Mr7 Alex Henry Mr and Mr ' n«n ' sent overseas in itfarch. Arriving in " ^^apT^and Mrs W G King Jr s *8 ne< ^ Schofield, Barracks where; ment. They were advised that.de- ot t7< citv and San Antonio Texas'* s erved with the 8th Field Artillery | tails as to his condition would be will ob-erw their wedding anniver. . ... . , -u’ v M iv 15 Hawaiian forces were reorganized, ‘capt'and Mrs. Sloan Todd of this^P 1 - Simpson became a member of uty. u .11 observe a wedding anni-! his P resent organization. He is now, versary May 15. Capt. Todd is serv ing with the armed, forces overseas. M:.-s Margaret Hollis celebrated a birthday Mav 8. with diamond studded headpleqe' lister 8 ° v fy Raymond Pitts (telephone and decorated with lillies of the val-l to thc Sroomspost at Fort Custer. lN o-72) by Saturday, the 12th. in or- hey, was also full length. She carried j d re , , an arm bouquet of orchids showered g athered at th . ho •_ _ f th _ h rid p’ s with valley lillies and swansonia. J^rentr 1 th h * th b d ! Her only ornament was a diamond- j p ' studded neckpiece, a gift of the town guests were Mr. and „— — ———- i maid of honor. ' ^ ; Mrs. W. H. MacMurray, Sr., Mr. and (housewives for fats. Those making • Mrs. Victor Bowman, of Macon, , ^ Irs - Wilbur MacMurray, and Lester; such collections may leave them at Ga., sister of the bride, was matron i barter of Swannanoa and Asheville, j Copeland’s Market, where they are of honor. She wore a. dress of pastel N - c * Mrs - Allie Carpenter of Swan-[picked up every two weeks at 4c per blue satin with net overlay, and car-! 031103 , Mrs^ Ethel M. Rogers of [pound plus two red points to the _j _ i i i Knnwi*’ groom’s post at Fort Custer. ,^0^72) by Saturday, the 12th, in or- After the wedding, close friends d e r that proper information may be sent to the Spartanburg club. GREASE WANTED The government s is still begging ried a large nosegay of multi-colored Knoxville, T$nn., Mrs. Davies M Thomason, Misses Louise Stribling and Nell Curry, and Albert Stribling, ^ all of Laurens, Mrs. Gary Martin and Spartanburg, was maid of honor. Her \ Miss Emily Martin of Spartanburg, 1 dress was of yellow satin with over- Miss Helen Smoak, Miss Beth Clink- J lay of yellow net made with long 1 sca l es » Miss Thelma Timmerman, flowers tied with long flowing satin ribbon. Miss Banna Raster Martin, of pound. fitted bodice and full skirt and full short sleeves. Her flowers were mul AUXILIARY TO MEET The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clpck at the home of Mrs. George Watts Copeland on N. Adair street. TECH. CPL. LEWIS C. HOR TON, son of Mr and Mrs. J. W. Horton of near Clinton, was,. , wounded in action with the Amer- | ,0 ?. ed nosegay jnd tied with long satin yellow' r^bon ti-colored made into a huge old-fash- £j on uvcjsccib IH xuaiui. g-mivins m 19. according to word received by Hawaii late that month, he was as- 1 his parents from the war depart- I regiment. In October, 1941, when the; forwarded later. Cpl. Horton was serving with the 22nd Infantry, a Mr. serve 18. Nannette Loftis, petite sister of the i bride, w'as flower girl. She was! ! dressed as a miniature bride in white; taffeta and net veil with headpiece! | decorated with ping rosebuds. She 1 | Carried a ribbon-trimmed white bas- i ket filled with multi-colored flowers. | , The senior bridesmaids were Miss ; Marion Smith of this city, arrcUMts^' Betty Jane MacMurray, of Queens I 1 college, sister of the groom. Junior | bridesmaids were Miss Thelma Me- | Coy of West Asheville, and Miss; Julia Ann Carter. They wore dresses i . ! of pastel pink taffeta with overlay i and Mrs. P. A. Lopez will ob- 1 __ __ A ■ ! . * 'of pink net, made with long fitted] a wedding anniversary May PFC. JOCOB K. SEASE, of Gold-, The state board of health will send bodices and full skirts and short! jville, has reported to the Camp-Da- the mobile X-ray unit from State|sleeves. They carried old-fashioned' vis convalescent hospital and redis- p a rk to Clinton on Thursday, May | nosegays FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, May 11 and 12 entitled to wear the American De fense ribbon with one star, the Asi atic-Pacific Theater ribbon with three stars, the unit of Patch’s Seventh army, j w hen w ounded. He has served over j three years in the army, with 16 l months overseas duty. Bettv Joan Sumerel celebrated Conduct medal. r^faTd^ecZ Mobile X-Roy Unit Here On May 17 ■ . . . „ „ , .. . , _ of multi-colored flowers! ntnbution center ot the AAb person- 17, it is stated by Mrs. Pliney T. tied with long ribbon streamers in! nel distribution command. Pfc. Sease Whitlock, executive secretary of the! harmonizing colors, entered the army in October, 1942, Laurens County Tuberculosis asso-; The groom’s brother, Pfc. McCain -r^nd is assigned to duty with the ciation. The unit will be located at j MacMurray, of the army medical; Mrs. Lizzie .M. Scott. 57. wnfe of guard squadron. j the health center on Musgrove street! corps, Duke university, Durham, N. | Noah H. Scott, died Tuesday at her ~ . anc i will be open from 9:30 to 12 C. was best men. Last Rites Today For Mrs. Lizzie Scott home on Ferguson street after sev LT. JAMES M. TERRELL, w>ho eral years of declinmg health. She ^ as been stationed at Madison Wis., was a native of Texas, but had made recently been transferred to her home in Clinton-for 15 years. She Kobins F .* eld * (ja :’ where he is sta- |a nd known contacts with active cas-; groomsman, uncle of the groom. o'clock. X-rays are to be made of any sus picious cases, referred by physicians, MARY BOLAN" PHM : MF until Feature Begins: The groomsmen were Frank Lof-! Friday . 2 :51, 4:51, 7:51, 9:51. tis, junior groomsman, ‘brother of the bride, and Wilbur MacMurray, senior The bride’s mother, Mrs. S. B.; Loftis, wore a formal dress of rose' crepe with silver clasps. Her corsage; was of pink carnations showered j with blue lillies. was a member of the Baptist church, : tione ^ with an air corps unit. 'es, and patients who have received The deceased is survived by her • • u [treatment at State Park. _ husband, four sons and two daugh-i LT. EUGENE PINSON is in a hos-j Appointments must be made, as ter'-- F C B F LG Noah Scott pita in Aus tralia with a broken on iy twenty can be taken during the Mrs. James Scott. Mrs. Coleman wrist and expects to ret urn to his; m oming, Mrs. Whitlock states. The Cauble. al>o one sister and three outfit m the Phlll PPines in about an- clinic is made possible by the local The groom’s mother, Mrs. W. H. brothers. Mrs. Mollie Smith, E F.. other month, according to a message Tuberculosis association and county MacMurray, Sr., of Swannanoa, N. N. F.. and H W. Knight. received by his mother this week, health department. ( ; C.. wore a formal dress of blue and Funeral services will be held this This is the first news from Lt. Pinson ; white crepe and a corsage of har- (Thursday) afternoon at 5 o’clock at ‘ n a b° u t thiee months. iSHorifTs FoTCGS monizing flowers. Bailey Memorial Methodist church, c I * Cl I ^ rs - J- A - Coleman and Mrs. W. S.| with Re\ D C. Gregory in charge 11 lends of STAFF SGT. J. C. ED- j66KldQ blayCT , McCoy of West Asheville, aunt of the; Interment will be in Rosemont ceme- will be interested to Jearn ♦ bride, were in charge of the bride’s tery. Saturday: 2:33, 4:15, 5:57, 7:39, 9:21. “SWING IT” and NEWS. 9c-35c MONDAY AND TUESDAY, May 14 and 15 WiMjed Victosuf FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, May 11 and 12 Rough Riding Justice CHARLES STARRETT and BET TY JANE GRAHAM display real ac tion in this Western drama. Suspense and • thrills to keep you excited throughout the entire picture. »• Feature Begins: Friday: 2:00, 4:23, 6:46, 8:09, 10:32. Saturday: 1:30, 3:53, 6:16, 8:39. The Marit Of the Whistler Melodrama with thrills, excitement and mystery. With RICHARD DIX, JANIS CARTER. PORTER HALL and JOHN CALVERT. . * Feature Begins: Friday: 2:58, 5:21, 7:44, 9:07. Saturday: 2:28, 4:51, 7:14, 9:37. Manhunt On Mystery Island, Chap. 8 9c and 30c 10 A. M. Show SATURDAY. MONDAY AND TUESDAY, May 14 and 15 Under Western Skies J. W. Dunklin Passes At Laurens Home Croft where he is stationed. Mrs. Ed- f or Lewis Wiley, 24, wanted for the I wards and little son, Tony, are mak- si a yj n g 0 { Robert Godfrey, who was There are no star names in »e Featuring ODRISCOLL, Sheriff’s forces are on the lookout 1 book at the door. Mrs. Coleman wore cast and no single b er °es. PVT. LON; N q^jt rf.rrv jr LEO rARRTT - a formal blue and white satin dress, McCALLISTER, SGT. EDMOND lq a nd LEONERBOL her flowers being a nosegay of car-. O’BRIEN, SGT. GEORGE REEVES, Laurens. May 6. — J. W. Dunklin, ing their home here with Sgt. Ed- |C i u bbed to death Sunday, April 29,'nations.' Mrs. McCoy wore a formal 7pl LEE J COBB and CPL AT .AN wards parents while he is in service. a t his home in J’acks township. A cor-! dress of black lace and a corsage of orner’s jury which sat at an inquest! red carnations CHARLES (CHOCOLATE) BUR-[charged Wiley with the crime. 18. hardware merchant and business NE T TE ' P ett y off ‘cer first class of the Wiley and Godfrey were half-1 arrangements, wore a black formal man of Laurens, died Sunday eve- navy ' arrived home last week for a brothers, both Negroes. About $25 in dress' and fuchsia-colored waist cor ning following several years of de- 30 ' day leave with his parents, Mr. ! mone y an d some clothing was re-; s age. eiiWing health. and ^ rs ’ Fred Burnett > after 19 ported missing .from the Godfrey The bride is the second daughter Re was a native of Laurens conn- rnonths in the Southw-est Pacific. He premises. Wiley, who had been seen 1 of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Loftis of this BAXTER are back on the screen for Mrs. C. E. Galloway, in charge of this Picture of young America. .mere a son o he spent his entire life. He bas'seen action on Bougainville, Ra- with Godfrey, according to testimony ; city. She attended the Clinton public f the late Dr Irby and t)5aul l s l ands> and was stationed in a t the inquest, has not been seen; schools and graduated from Presby- ‘r. , , J .. . the Admiralty erouo orior to re-‘cir>n«» the nrimA q nnr\ rrt i n d t » tPrian poIIpctp Inct TVTav Af 4 V* the Admiralty group prior to re turning to the States. At the end of c. W. Wier. H.itiV* Montgomery Dunklin. Ijoth of ."annrauy group prior iu re-'singe the crime, according to Sheriff: terian college last May. At the time prominent families of the state. ... , , ... . . „ . Mr.\Dunklin had been in the hard- 7^, ^ h f report u Bu ^ k ? r Hill, Ind., at the naval air base. Pet- He waVa membe7pf the First7leth- odist church, where he had served a an officer for a number of years. ware l\u.-iness in Laurens since 1897. i ^ ; Prospects Bright For ation machinist’s mate. FRED BUR- Grain Crop Cannon NETT, JR., seaman second class,; , » / SuiMvVirs are lu^^nfe, Mrs. Zelene who left a b° ut two weeks ago fori The prospects for a good small Gray DUnklm: one son. James G. sea duty in the PaG ‘bc, missed his:g ra in cr0 p in Laurens county are of her marriage she was teaching in | the Ware Shoals schools. The groom is the eldest son of Mr Feature begins 2:00, 4:25, 7:00, 9:25. NEWS. 9c and 35c 10 A. M. Show MONDAY. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, May 16 and 17 This Man's Navy WALLACE BEERY is heading the Feature begins 3:07, 5:10, 8:07 and 10:10. “let’s go Wishing, TEE DAFFY” and NEWS. ” “DRAF- 9c-30c ■ WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, May 16 and 17 The Mummy's Curse Two Egyption mummies are re stored to life. LON CHANEY as the sinister mummy that terrorizes a modern countryside. Others in the cast are VIRGINIA CHRISTINE, and Mrs. W. H. MacMurray, Sr., of cast in this picture that is reall y up PETE COE KAY HARDING dfist Swannanoa. N. C. He attended Mars his alley and yours too. Service Hill college and was graduated from Presbyterian college in 1943. He was Dunkin. i.V the army; one sister, Mrs. \V L. GraW-of Miami. Fla.; one niece, Mrs. T. j\ Blackwell of l^nion; one nephew. \Y L Gray. Jr.; and one great-neph-ew. W. L. Gray, III. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock at Kennedy mortuary. Rev A. C. Holler officiated, and interment followed in i the Laurens \city cemetery Wiggins To Conduct Services For Methodists A series of (revival services will be held at Brc^ad Street Methodist church the week of June 24-29, it was announced by the pastor. Rev. J. H. Kohler 1 Rev. L. E. Wiggins, superintendent! of the Anderson dis trict, and a former pastor of the church here, will have charge of the services. brother by several days. bright this year, according to County i SGT. H. M. (BUDDY) YOUNG, JR., has been assigned to duty at Foster Field, Texas. Sgt. Young re turned ifrom overseas in January. Gray Funeral Home Clinton. S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS .and... EMBALMERS AMBULANCE SERVICE Phones 41 and 399-J -v L. RUSSELL GRAY and V. PARKS ADAIR. Gen. Mgrs. CAPT. AIKEN TAYLOR and PFC. JAMES T. BOONE of this city, vet eran doughboys of the 142nd Infan try regiment with the 6th Army group in Germany, experiencing some of their hardest combat in more than 350 days of battle, re cently broke through the Moder line at Oberhoffen, captured Wissenbourg and slashed their way through strong Siegfried line defenses, his group has seen action in Italy, France and Ger many. Agent C. B. Cannon However, Mr. Cannon pointed out, there will be the grave problem of gathering the crop. He urged farm ers to make their arrangements with gombine operators at once so that they will be able to arrange their schedule when the time comes. “It will require the full cooperation of every grain harvester to save this year's crop,” he said. Five Negroes Go For Induction, 13 Examined The local selective service board on May 2 sent five Negroes to Fort Jackson, Columbia, for induction into ^ Tr _ I „ | _ . , the armed services. At the same time PVT RUFUS J. CANNON, son of 13 Negroes were sent to Fort Jack-j John B. Cannon of South Chntdn, s0n j or p re -induction physical exgim- who is attached to the Ninth Tacti-1 inatinn „ cal Air Command in Germany, aids in installing field communications in newly established headquarterss of the command which is a component of the Ninth Air Force. Through Can non and other members of the sig nal section, this headquarters is able i at all times to keep in close contact with the ground forces whose drives ; the fighter bombers have spearhead- ' ed since D-Day. Operating in Ger- i many, the meh continue to follow [close in the stfeps of the army with 1 whom they cooperate. Birth Announcements GLOVER Mr. and Mrs. John Sobey Glover,* of Sbo Paulo, Brazil, announce the birth of a son, John Neville, on Mon day, May 7. Mrs. Glover is the for mer Miss Frances Spratt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Spratt of this city. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for their kind ex pressions of sympathy during the illness and death of our brother, Charlie Tayloi;. Also for the lovely floral offerings. —The Taylor Family. comedy-drama which is made to or der to his mannerisms, Beery really swings in for his fans.' Also in the cast is TOM DRAKE, JAMES GLEASON, JAN CLAYTON, SE LENA ROYLE and NOAH BEERY, SR. Feature begins 2:13, 4:04, 5:55, 7:46 and 9:37. 9c and 35c 10 A. M. Show WEDNESDAY. Feature begins 2:00, 4:26, 5:52, 9:18. Shadows of “ BUSTER CRABBE and AL ST. JOHN give you excitement, thrills and true western action. Feature begins 3:02, 5:28, 7:54 and 10:20. Black Arrow, Chap. 5 9c and 30c IF . . . you want to sell to get the most money for your c§r—• IF ... . you want to buy to get the most car for your money— See , Giles Chevrolet Co. Sales — Service Phone 26 Legion Post Planning Baseball Team Copeland-Davidson American Le gion post of this city -is planning to have a baseball team this summer, it is announced by C. E. (Chick) Gallo way, post athletic officer. The team expects to play similar teams from Spartanburg, Greenville and others in this vicinity. In the meantime, Galloway sug gests that several teams from this community and area be organized and begin practice so that the best talent can be selected for the Legion team. Galloway hopes that teams from Clinton, ' Goldville, Lydia, Clinton Mill, Thornwell orphanage, Laurens, Watts Mill, Laurens Mill, Cross Hill may be organized and get under way at once with practice. ination. They were: For Induction Willie Bee Boskel, Newberry. Robert Leake, Jr., Clinton. Cordell Sullivan, Laurens. R. H. Dawkins, Princeton. X. W. Hudgens, Laurens. For Examination Steve Logan, Rt. 2, Clinton. Larry Lillian Bonds, Laurens. Claude Watts, Mountville. Lee Roy Jones, RFD, Clinton. Jimmie Allen, Laurens. F. G. Williams, Arlington, Va. Clyde Davis, Asheville, N. C. Grover Cunningham, Waterloo. Robert Lee Fair, Columbia. L. C. Ligon, Waterloo. ^ Roosevelt Wilson, Jr., Goldville. Gary Johnny Lewis, Ware Shoals. Rockyfellow Suber, Jr., Rt. 3, Cllntqn. CARD OF THANKS We wish to take this means to publicly thank our many friends and' neighbors for the countless courte-j sies and sweet attention extended tO| us and our dear sister, Sybil Bur dette, thru her long illness and pass ing. May Heaven reward you. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Burdette. Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Burdette. Pierre Burdette. Florrie Burdette. — — ,— f Subscribe To THE CHRONICLE ' Your Neighbor Does R U-AWAPE ? CAN rtV OCTTE.R THAN HOST BiRO\ mowtvtr, rr is not a biro—it IS A MAMMAL /r i/soAUV ma**s ay tht clam CW tr% IT HEAD DOW/WHOO W#/i£ AYSr/zVO. + S OM You’ll find gifts that your Moth er will appreciate at McGEE’S DRUG STORE. For Mother’s Day gifts of the better class make your selection from our complete stock of gift merchandisct We have many lovely things. 4(i fives DrioSiok R H Me OEf , PROP. PHONt I CLINTON,S.C. FLOWERS! 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