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4 \ ' J. 1 Thursday, June 3,1948 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE i. Page Sever* HIS FAVORITE Short-Short Slonj ly P a p l nta J/. ^J\nou’(eS SOCIETY (Gontniued from pngt three) rpHE clock on the south side of the A court house struck eight as Jane Ending thrust the key in the lock of the office door. She stepped In side, and the metal LOANS AND REAL ESTATE sign jutting out from the building across the walk swung with the early morning breeze in creaking approval of her prompt ness. She always reached the of- i > 4 Sue hovered over Bill every min ute she could get away from her work. flee before her boss, and the general atmosphere took on a sparkle of ef ficiency as she swept through, re moving covers from typewriter and adding machine and giving the files a brisk swish with the feather duster she kept hidden from view in an empty file drawer. Regardless of her mood the Initial routine that marked the beginning of another work day was never broken. These simple things were done automatically while her mind went on in its preferred channels, which, on this particular warm spring morning, were far from pleas ant In spite of Jane Emling’s effici ency, there were times, like now. when correspondence especially piled up and there was nothing else to do but call in extra help. The neces sity of assistrnce at times was not of particular concern to Jane. She didn't feel that it^ reflected ‘in the least on her capability. Heavy months demanded assistance in any business. But the fact that Bill Enright, her boss, insisted upon calling in Sue Cartee every time they got in a pinch in preference to some of the other half dozen girls they had on their “extra” list who were just as competent as Sue was caus ing Jane to have mild distemper. Jane wasn’t altogether blind to Bill’s reason'tor calling in Sue Car ter. Sue was as pretty as a picture. little and dark, and vivacious. The fact that jshe was a widow, Jane thought, incited Bill to pursuit. Men, the queeif creatures, preferred widows to the avalanche of single girls around them. And Jane didn’t feel that she based her conviction on the fact that she was single," twenty and no| bad looking with her hair like honey, grey eyes, a tip-tilted nose and had been working for Bill En right going on seven months now without a glimmer of notice from him. Too many men married widows in Carbondaie. Everybody’d said "when she went to work there, ’’Watch out that you don't pass from secretary to the role of Mrs. Bill Enright." The door opened -an^ Bill came in. * Morning,” he greeted. • ; -W v ■ Jane didn’t look up from her desk. “ ’Morning,” she returned — The office was filled with the smell of good shaving lotion. After a moment Jane went to his office door and announced, “We need someone to help out today." Bill looked at her and nodded. “Call ” “ Spe Cartee,” Jane said for him and turned to the telephone, full of disgust. She had to wait several minutes before Sue answered her call, and then her voice sounded sleepy. Prob ably sleeps until noon, Jane thought, wondering how she’d be able to stand Sue through the day. What ever Bill saw in Sue was beyond her. Sue certainly wasn’t the type for BUI. “I was In the midst of the most glorious dream!” Sue bubbled, when she came in, and yawned daintily. “You were wicked to break into it.” She rushed right into BUl’s office, repeating about the glorious dream. Bill chuckled, and there foUowed minutes, it seemed to Jane, of low conversation and laughter — about the glorious dream, of course. She couldn’t hear, but she knew. She made unusual noise with the files to show them that she wasn’t listening. It was a miserable day for Jane. Sue hovered over Bill every minute she could get aw ? ay from her work, and at noon Bill took her out to lunch. The following day was to be the big quarterly convention at Wayne City. Jane wondered if Bill would take Sue with him as he had the last time to take "notes.” Then he’d said, “There really should be some one In the office . . . . ” As if he were trying to apologize for not of fering to take her along! After Sue left, Bill asked Jane, “Think you could go along tomor row, Jane? Sue can’t go. She’s leaving for Dexter tonight. We can close the office for one day.” Jane’s heart thumped up in her throat, mostly from anger at his nerve for asking her to pinch-hit . .. “You could get one of the other girls,” she said. “I suppose I could, but I said the office eould be closed one day," he said, and be sounded emphatic. “I’ll come by for you at eight." He didn’t wait to talk further, but left the office and Jane stood in the middle of the Soot, staring after him with infuriated tears glinting over the steel of her eyes. The nerve of him! When Bill stopped by her house the next morning, Jane got in by him in silence. They rode in si lence several blocks, Until Jane saw Sue Cartee going along the street a distance from them. Her pent-up anger got the better of her. “I thought you said Sue Cartee was leaving for Dexter last night,” she said. "That isn’t her ghost.” “W—ell, hardly,” Bill chuckled. He looked around at Jane. "Jane, for Pete’s sake,” he said then, "quit chucking Sue Cartee down ^my throat. That’s all you’ve done for months. Everytime we need extra help at the office you don’t give me a chance to pick out somebody else, you up and say, ‘Sue Cartee.’ Then you have her down there around my neck." j, “But—well, I thought ” “That’s what I knew,” Bill Inter rupted her stammering. “So I made up the tale about the Dexter trip. You’ve been so wrapped up about Sue and me that you’ve .bdeome the coldest person around the office I ever saw. Jane—I’d like terribly to get acquainted.” His hand reached for hers, and Jane didn’t pull it away. "All right. Bill Enright,” she dim- plecT “We’ll see what we can do about, it.” L$tyle from the dining table laden with assorted sandwiches, fancy wa fers, punch and other p^rty daihlies. A hand-made tea cloth was used and ored after dinner caf^ee cups whicii appointments featured a minia- were given- each of the ladies as a | t ure bride and an arrangement of favor. * . . | gardenias. The buffet was banked A delightful barbecued chicken with magnolias and on the serving supper was served buffet style un-! table were hydrangeas, der the direction of L. V. Powell. ' Miss Baldwin was presented a cor- ThidMollowing program was given, sage of sweetpeas. About twenty after which dancing was enjoyed guests enjoyed the occasion, with Luke Chaney and his orchestra Assisting in serving and entertain- furriishingsmusic: ) ing were Mrs. Guy Copeland, Mrs. America. Invocation—P3 Jacobs. Dinner. ; Frank Miller and M;ss Mona Blakely. Pupils In Recital On Thursday evening at" Broad Street Methodist church, Mrs. James Toastmaster—Tom Addison, retir--}^^* PreSCHtS ing president. Introduction of guests. Presbyterian college quartet, f “The Hoedown Boys.” Prizes Were drawn by the Udies P resen t ec i her piano pupils in | from a “wishing well.” i recital. Hydrangeas, Admiral Byrd i The committee on arrangements I daisies and Queen Anne's lace made headed by “Peck” Cornwall, includ- a pretty setting for the musical, ed: Mrs. Cornwall, Mr. and Mrs. C.! Snapdragons and Queen Anne's lace W. Copeland, Mr. and Mrs. Gary were arranged in the church parlors Lehn, Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Adaif, Mr. 1 ^ he u re quests were invited for re- and Mrs. James Addison. Mrs. Geo. : fre ? me , nts ’ Hubert Puts Miss- d r,i, i ,, w w, , , , e&JCaxolyp and Ann Pitts assisted in R. Blalock, Mrs. Heath Copeland and serv ing punch and cookies. * rs ' ' ingar^. following program ,,was ren- ^ dered: Carry Me Back To Old Virginny (Bland)—Geneva Adair. Coppeha—waltz (Delibes)—Wiley 1 r, , | Davis. | Miss Polly Baldwin, popular bride- Duet—Coming Round the Mountain i elect, was paid a charming comul^^-Thompson)—Wiley Davis and Jack- | ment Monday afterrrmn woen Miss ie Pitts. ! Peggy Copeland was hostess for a 1 The Little Singer (Lake)—Ftor- I seated tea. ^ icnceWinn. ! A lovely mixed bouerfft had been ,, Ducl ; Ha . rrv £ a ™ er arranged for the mantel and a botvl: Ann B ' ,l,ck and Hore, ’ ce |Of roses adorned the piano. Indians (Dilbro)—Dawn Camp'ball. Refreshments werfe served buffet> The Quilting Bee (Hinkle)—Mar- Miss Polly Baldwin Entertained At Tea T— : ^ 1 garet Ann Bolick. Waves of the Danube (Ivanovici) —Susan Bums To Celia (Thompson)—Edna Mar- I tilt; / Duet, The Band Played.On (Ward) .Susan Burns and Edna Martian- Waltz of the Toys (Baumont)— Sara Pitts. ’ ' Duet, Rendezvous (Aletter)—Sara ! and Jackie Pitts. An Indian War Scout (Rodgers) — I Nell Timmerman. Happy Farmer (Shuman). Genelle I Corley. Tommie's New Drym (Preston)—- 'Phil Roddy. Witches In the Wmi -(Adam'S')- Leanna Young. A Gay Promenade (Frost)—Ann Johnson. 1 The Radio Boys—March (Rulfe)—t Tommie Davis. Theme from Liebestraume,.. No. 3 (Liszt)—Joan Ray. Ivy (Renk)—Jane Ray. i Recollections of Johan Strauss (Thompson)—Deborah Dixon. 1 Carnival Dances (Chauncey) — Myrtie Ann Haupfear. .! “Narcissus (Nevin)- Shirley Asbiil. i Balloons (Arlen) — Mary Ann Copeland. Bagpipes (Weybright); Boy Scouts ( on Parade (Martin)*- Bruce Walker, i- Spinning Song (Ellmenreich) — Richard Lukstat. Hungarian Rhapsody No II (Liszt) Maudie Young. .-Trio — Marche des Avaiteurs OLe Pfe—Maudie and Leanna Young and Mrs. Pitts. Dark Eyes- ttTenda) — Dorothy J Carr. i 5th Nocturne (Leybachj--Barbara Workman., / Duo, Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tschai- kowsky) — Patsy Fowler and Mrs. Pitts. Prelude Op. 28, No. 15 (Chopin^— M irie JFraser Duet, Hung i irt i i> No. II (Liszt) Barbara Workman and Pat- j sy Fowler. . Minuet (Paderewski) — Dorothy Haupfear. ATHLETES FOOT GERM KILL IT* FOR 35c.' i IN' ONE HOI R. I If not pleased, your money back Ask •any druggist for this STRONG fun gicide, TE-OL. Made with 90% al cohol, it PENETRATES Reaches and kills MORE germs ON CONTACT.* Today at McGee’s Drug Store SI BSCRIBE TO THE C HRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” Notice of ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS The luiuren.H county group of Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Tuesday evening at 8:30 over Sumerel's store in Lau rens. 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