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* ~.'v ^ ■ I X,. 2:>i, I > . r \ r THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable She (Elintmt V“ ! If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the New* Volume XLVIII Clinton, S. C., Thursday, March 25, 1948 Number 13 LOCAL TELEPHONE OFFICE HANDLES 6,700 CALLS DAILY lis and daughter of South Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Seay and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rhoads were dinner guests at Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bra- Price in Edgefield, zil Sunday. j Rev. and Mrs. X with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Windsor. dectomy at Hays hospital Monday. 4 Mrs. Jennie Price is spending sev- Friends of Mrs. Will Hampton are oral weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest sorry to know she has been ill the j past two weeks. Spillers had Jack Spillers has been ill this W. Sunrise Service Above is pictured the interior “work room” of the locol Southern Bell Telephone company office which has recently been enlarged. The Clinton exchange now has 1,040 telephones, Whitmire 410. There are 22 operators employed in the office to handle local and long distance calls, with a maximum number of nine operators on duty at one time. The average local calls handled per dsy is 6,200, the average daily number of long distance caiu 500. Clinton is the long distance center for handling long distance calls for Clinton, Whitmire, Goldville, and Laurens. W. W. Stover, of Greenville, is manager of the local office. Miss Josephine Neighbors is service representa tive, Mrs. Louie Thomley, chief operator. Seated at the switchboard when the picture was made were: Miss Mary Padgett, Miss Doris Rhodes, Mrs. Doris Benjamin, Mrs. Margaret Crouch, Mrs. Mary Brentnell, Mrs. Jennie Lee Wallace, Miss Martha Graham. Miss Alliene Copeland, Mrs. Margaret Burns. Standing is Mrs. Thomley, Miss Josephine Neighbors, and C. O. Barbare, plant, employee. Seated is Mr. Stover, the manager. WEST aiNTOM SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS MBS. JOE CAMPBELL, Correspondent and Representative Mrs. Mary Frances Amerson of Greenwood, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Knox the past week. - Miss Elizabeth^ Butler-ot _ Chester, was also the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Knox. Miss Patsy Webb spent the week end with her grandfather, Robert Smith, in Newberry. Mr* and. Mrs. .Arthur Sanders .and j Seay. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Beckham Sunday. •Mrs. J. C. Heath and.children, Mr. and Mrs. Royce Smith and children of Ware Shoals, Mrs. Sloan Souther land and children of Greenville, and Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Hunt and grand daughter of near Clintoji, were Sun day guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. son, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Sanders vis ited Mr. and Mrs. W. D| Hale in John Smith and daughter of Wood- Spartanburg Sunday, ruff, spent the week-end with hi;. | an( j ^j rs •yyjj.j Jennings, Jr., of sister, Mrs. Ada Center. | Newberry, and Mrs. Jack Griffin and Mrs. Ida R. Ellerbe of Latta, spent i daughter of Ware Shoals, spent the several days recently with Rev, and week-end with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mrs. O. H. Crawford. Braswell. Mrs. J. D. Word spent Sunday ^i rs Melvin Huey and son, Mrs. with her mother, Mrs. E. M. Reed, in Ray Bragg and sont Mrs _ Cecil Woot _ Mr. and Mrs. Ed Spearman and daughter of Ninety-Six, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bauk- night. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Gunter and son, of Goldville, Mu*; and Mrs. Harold Copeland, Mr. and Mrs. Houston Ei- Mr. and Mrs. O. W. McGee and as their guests Monday evening Rev. week, children attended the birthday!dinner and Mrs. M. A. Martin’of Simpson- given in hortor of Mrs.‘H. M. Murphy ! ville. in Clover Sunday. • ' There will be a sunrise service at Mr. and Mrs. Richard. Watts - ' and With The Sick ? Calvary Baptist church Sunday children, M rs * Richard Foster and Mrs. Thomas R. Knox is recuperat- morning, March 28. The service wiil Mrs. S. C. Foster visited S-Sgt. Foster ing at her home following an appen-' (Continued on page two) at Oliver . hospital in Augusta, Ga., i — | Sunday. .' * ' Mr. and Mrs. Sammie' Snelgrove and children of Charleston, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Snelgrove. <• Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood of Greenwood, spent the week-end with Mrs. Ora Wood. James Simmorts, Flo, who recently returned from China, is spending a 30-day leave with his mother, Mrs. H. W. Simmfrhs. He will return to Coronado, Calif. Mrs. Thomas Chandler and son of Lake City, are spending the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. 1 A. Milam, Sr. Little Sandra Meadors of Wash- intgon, D. C., is visiting her grand-! parents, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Guest,) at Cross Hill, and her aunt and uncle,’ Mr. and (Mrs. M. A. Milam, Sr., of this city. Mr. an d Mrs. Wm. Cannon, Robert Cannon, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Walker spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. 1 Jesse Harmon in Saluda. Harold Middleton of Piedmont, spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hall and fam ily of Crawford, Ga., spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. In gram. Mrs. J. O. Bolton and children of Union, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sparks last week. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Howell, Mrs. Bertie Chandler, Mrs. J. C. Holland .and. daughters .nf Spartanburg. Mi , and Mrs. W. O. Weir and son of Greenville, Mr. and Mrs. William Wier and Mr. and Mrs. David Word and Sue were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F* Wier. Sgt. and Mrs. Edgar Brazil and son of Columbia, spent the week-end i 'ftc, ne&C & MOV*/ Those frantic wig-wag signals might interest the neighbors—or catrh the eve of a wily wolf. But if you seek, sound, experienced medical counsel, go directly —and promptly—to your Doctor. Or, if an emergency should arise, ask him to come and call on you at home. . And when you have his prescription, we hope you will bring it to this "Relia ble Prescription Pharmacy for careful compounding with pure, potent drugs. -- ~ —> ,J- BISHOP-WALKER PHARMACY “The Rexall Store” Greenville. Mr. and Mrs J. J. Smith and daughter visited rela tives in Greer Sunday. W. C. Williams and Tommie Turner visited Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Williams in Laurens Sunday. Rev. J. W. Spillers and k. P. Harris attended the Laurens Associational Sunday School meeting at the First Baptist church Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Patterson and children spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. John Patterson in Fort Mill. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Burton, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jackson and son of Greenwood, were week-end guests of (Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Walienzine. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Holtzclaw, Jr., and children, Lee Holtzclaw, Sr., and (Mrs. Essie Powell of Greer, spent Sunday with Mrs. Ada 'Center. Sgt. Marvin Holtzclaw of Fort Bragg, N. C.,‘spent several days re cently with his mother,, Mrs. Bessie Holtzcla\f/. Mrs. J. R. Branson and son spent; en, Mrs. W. E. Braswell, Mrs. Jack Mrsv TQriffrn and daughter, Mrs. Wirt Jennings were visitors in Spartan burg Sunday. Mrs. R. M. Sullivan, Mrs. Bill Snelgrove and daughters and Mrs. Willie B. Quinton were visitors in Greenville Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Madden of Spartanburg, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. M: Bauknight. . Mr. and Mrs. W. R. -Thofnas, Mrs. Murray Adams, Mrs. Johnnie Mason visited Mr. Hawkins who is seriously ill in Spartanburg, Monday. Mrs. H. R. Smith and Miss Ruth Lowery spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Forrest McIntosh in Ninety- Six. Mr. and Mrs. Millard Price and daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lewis in Edgefield Sunday.. F. B. Bayne of Greenville, 1 spent Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. J. W. Spillers, and Rev. Spillers. , Mr. and Mrs| Henry King and fam ily visited Mr. and Mrs. Tom Morgan Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Nabors. Mrs. O. R. Rollins spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Rollins in Rockingham, N. C. > Mrs. Fannie Casey of Laurens, is spending the week with her daughter, Mrs. A. J. Satterfield, and Mr. Satte’r- field. at Lake Murray Sunday. Mrs. David Owens spent the week end in Greenwood. Rev. J. W. Spillers, R. P. Harris, and J. B. Patterson were visitors in Spartanburg Thursday on a business trip. Mrs. W. M. Lovette and children and Sam Glenn of Rock Hill, visited /ft Stiaf Btot at Wffltw Run! !— Kaiser-Frazer Introduces Four New 1948 Models • The mt KAtSttt • the IHt KtUSttt Cm<M • the mt mittt • the m$ fMZttt MtWHhmtt AT NO INCREASE IN PRICE! While Other New Car Prices Are Advancing &&* ClauSSeiu Famous POUND and LAYER Cakes ® \ LIGHT-RICH FME-TEXTURED »\ FULL-FLAVORED V E R G JHuHdnut YEARS Of " HERE’S WHY Kaiser-Frazer can make this announcement while other new car prices spiral upward. Kaiser-Frazer controls its own supply of many basic raw materials . .. has its own engine plant, foundry and steel mill. Materials from these sources funnel into new and modern Willow Run — the largest automobile manufacturing plant in the world under one roof. * ■ a _ _ Unfinished steel goes in one end of this great plant and comes out a quality automobile, ready to be 4 driven away. All this is accom- ^ plished in a matter of hours, and with the economy of Kaiser- Frazer straight-line production. This ia fin achievement of men who are injecting new methods and ideas into an old industry. In the new 1948 Kaiser, Frazer, , Kaiser Custom, and Frazer Man hattan you get all the features that others have attempted to copy since Kaiser- Frazer design was introduced in 1947, So far no one has been able to more than approximate the graceful exterior body lines. No one has come near matching the roadability ... the ride resulting from seats cradled between the front and rear wheels, such wide seats with both elbow and shoulder room. And none have the style features, the wide .choice of colors and fabrics. You get all this plus the many refinements made possible by years-ahead engi neering and design. And, of course, all 1948 Kaiser or Frazer 'cars have the new Goodyear 21- pound jhresaure Super-Cushion tires th^t make bumps somethin J you-see but never feel. » WHertvtr you drive, wherever you go, 'round the corner, down the itreet, there it a Kaiter- Frazer dealer ready to nerve you with genuine factory parte and approved tertnee. Enjoy a ride today in»AmeriaVs newest new cars —the 1948 tars . - -'-N . -• that have not gone up in pace! E. Carolina Ave. IVe invite You to SEE, DRIVE and COMPARE Them, Today! C. W. COOPER AUTO SALES Clinton, S. C.