The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 17, 1949, Image 7
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1949
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Page Seven
Woman's World
Paint and Paper Will Revamp
Old Furniture Into New Pieces
SOCIETY'
(Contniuod from page three)
red carnations and bearing 64 small
lighted candles. On either side were
two tall red candles in silver candle!
sticks. Flowering quince and red
candles were used at vantage points
in the dining room.
The guests were invited into the 1
dining room where a salad course,;
with birthday cake and coffee were
seryed buffet style.
Miss Ray was remembered with*
a corsage of red carnations and
many oth< i lovely and useful gifts. ou ^ some 0 f these pieces to see how
About twenty-five friends^ enjoyed they Gan b e mad( , to fit the interior?
,Miss Min- Surprising, delightful things can
Rj Crlla Mat
\/f ANY of us have tucked aw^y
old pieces of furniture into the
attic or relegated odds and ends to
the basement. "Now. if the house
needs its face lifted, why not bring
this happy occasion with
nie.
be applied to restyle odd pieces of
furniture into something quite
modern. A friend of mine recently
picked up some old cabinets at a
second hand shop She stained the
tops and sides light, while the
Buffet Supper
Enjoyable Affair
Mrs. C. M. Bailey and Mrs. W. L.
Marshall, Jr., entertained employees! drawer fronts were stained dark,
of Lydia Mills store and their guests 1 leaving the knobs light. Three old
at supper on Thursday evening, j cabinets were converted into mod-
Supper was served buffet style; ern looking storage cabinets for the
from the beautifully appointed din-! living room.
, ing table which was adorned with 1 Beds, chairs, chests and tables
tall silver candelabra holding light-i ad can be made over very much
ed red tapers and red carnations.! the same way clothes are, changing
Guests found their places at small' lines or adding new color. You may
tables centered with floral arrange-! have practically a gold mine in
ments. In the sun parlor jonquils' your home now simply by checking
were combined with other spring attic or basement for castaways,
flowers for decoration and else-; M
where white camellias with red ta-i
pers in silver holders and red car-* Attractive Bookcase
nations were used. Dated china cabinets are not
Assisting in entertaining were used in many homes today, but the
Mrs. Wm. B. Owens and Miss Nan-, junk man does not need to claim
cy Owens who directed a number (them if you make them over into
of novel and amusing games and bookcases or a small closet,
contests following the Valentine If you want to use as a bookcase
theme with prizes awarded the win-! either in the living room, den or
ncrS- j bedroom, remove the glass front
j off the china cabinet, replace the
i side panels with plywood, cut off
1 the legs, leaving about two inches,
i and add decorative molding to the
Entertains Friends
With Valentine Party
Saturday evening Miss Frances
Lee Pitts entertained a number of
friends at her home with a Valen
tine party.
An arrangement of red carna
tions and fern adorned the living
room mantel and elsewhere in the |
home flowering * quince added a ,
colorful setting for the occasion.
Each guest was given a Valentine,
souvenier hat. During the evening j
games and contests were enjoyed,!
after which the hostess, assisted by
her mother, Mrs. Ethel R. Pitts,
served a salad course with coffee.
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Riddle, of
Greenville, and Thomas R. Brady,
of Atlanta, Ga. were out-of-town
guests for the party.
Brighten old cbmn with decals . ..
Church Group Honors
Mrs. Wysor With Tea
top. Sand the cabinet thoroughly
and apply two coats of paint to
I make an attractive bookcase.
If you wanf to make a storage
• chest for youngsters out of the china
cabinet, pry out the glass front and
; replace with plywood panels cov-
. . i ered with wallpaper. The shelves
Entertaining informally at tea on should be removed and ^
Friday afternoon the Intermediate uched to one side of the ches , , or
Department of the First Presbyter- st p Ur p„ ses , A wooden clothes
ian Ghorch Sunday School honored , e whjch m , h , b( , „ broom
Mrs. Robert E. Wysor who is re-' hand , |s se , across the , 0( , ha
tiring as superintendent of the de- |cabjnet A mirror with a shel( ba .
P^ment. j * * neath it may be attached inside the
The church parlors were decorat- door The ol(J , als0 are removed
ed witn spring flowers and a bou
quet of snapdragons centered the Remake Old Beds
beautifully appointed tea table. As- By Removing Molding
sorted heart shaped sandwiches The (rend , urniture |s loward
cookies and punch were served and |KS fuss as we|| as jm )e c ,
a number of musical selections en-; ef |ines F mo ldings can be cut
joyed. About thirty five guests of[ h , h hcadbl , ards s can be cut
members of the. department and
their parents were present for the
occasion.
Mrs. Wysor was presented a gift
in appreciation of her services and
loyalty. Mrs. John T. Young, suc
ceeds Mrs* Wysor in the supervision
of the department.
Give cabinets new paint.
Study Club Meets
With Mrs. Taylor
Wednesday afternoon Mrs. George
W. Taylor entertained the Study
club at her home on Woodrow street.
Arrangements of calendula and
fern were attractive in the living
room.
Continuing the year’s program on
American Folklore and Legends,! down. You may make a quilted
Mrs. C. B. Betts discussed Indian' headboard for the bed out of chintz
Folklore in an interesting manner, or taffeta depending upon the style
and showed colorful styles of bead- of the bedroom furnishings, or you
work and baskets. i might even like to pad or paper the
Later in the afternoon a salad headboard,
course was served. .
Miss Margaret Kent Bell of Staun
ton, Va., who is visiting her sister,
Mrs. R. E. Wysor, was a guest.
Exchange Club Gives
Annual Ladies Night
The Clinton Exchange club mem
bers entertained their wives and
friends at the annual ladies night
banquet on Monday evening in the
dining hall of Presbyterian college,
A Valentine setting was effective,
with red hearts used in decoration
and as borders for the tables. At
intervals along the tables were old.
fashioned nosegays fashioned of red
carnations on a red heart and white
lace flanked by lighted tapers.
Ninety one guests enjoyed the fol
lowing program:
.America.
Invocation—Rev. James C. Dickert.
Toastmaster— Robert B. (Bob)
Hellams
Saxophone Soloist—Leroy Skin
ner; simmie Kirven, ^ Pianist.
Marimba Soloist — Miss Gloria
Owens; Miss Luva McDonald, Ac
companist.
Vacol Soloist—Mrs. Ed Sadler;
Mrs. L. S. McMillan, Accomp^nisL
Favors.
Final^. . . “Let*'Me Call You
Sweetheart.”
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As far as the first presenta
tion of collections can predict,
here’s one of the success stories
of the coming season. It’s
showing up over and over in
many different fabrics, particu
larly satin and taffeta. The
deep, deep cuffs, standing col
lar and generous inverted pleats
in the front are all earmarks of
the new style. These in eom-
bination with the smartness of
line make for a style that’s
pleasanUy Battering.
A stenciled decorative design
of several colors is used for
this soft rose on a blue-haze
background, highlighted with
yellow and white. A one-coat
paint can be applied easily by
any homemaker to achieve this
effect in brightening rooms or
in making a large room seem
smaller.
High footboards can be cut down, ' *
leaving a five or six inch panel j
which may or may not be covered
to match the headboard. It’s a good
idea to redowel the footboard be
fore putting the bed together again. ,
After you have removed fussy |
pieces from an old bed, instead of
covering it, you might prefer to *—
paint it a bright warm color like j .
green, blue, pink or yellow. Use a »
simple but attractive spread. p
If the room is rather plain with
cream walls and dotted swiss cur
tains, make a w’allpaper border of
a small floral print around the win
dows to add color to the bedroom.
If you have used Ivallpaper on the
headboard of the remodeled bed,
this should be used as the fraifle
around the window, too.
Brighten Wooden Chairs
By Painting, Padding
What about these old kitchen or
porch chairs you have relegated to
the attic. Couldn’t they be used if
you trim off the ornate knobs and
other bric-a-brac?
The chair can be painted a gay
color to match the kitchen, and you '
can relieve the solid color paint by
adding some gay trimming with
decals or stencils.
Or if you want to use the chair on
the porch or dinette, pad the back
and seat, and finish off with a gay
flowered or solid color fabric.
Chairs also can be stained if you
want to use them in some other
room in the home. Remove the old
paint with varnish remover.
It’s Easy to Convert
Chests and Tables
• Have you a small table that once
was used in the kitchen? There are
two good possibilities for using this.
One is to cover the table complete
ly and make a dressing table of it I
for the bathroom, bedroom or
dressing room. You can cover the |
mirror framfe with the same type
of material as the skirt of the table.
An old piano bench or discarded
box can be padded to make the seat
for the table. This, too, is covered
in the same material used for the
skirt.
Another possibility for using the
table is to place it in a hall. *
A niche in the hall could be
used for the table, which is refin- p
ished as necessary. You can use _
a figure of some kind on the table, j
• few books or a lamp if light is ;P
needed. A mirror can be used above 1 p
the table, if desired, or an attrac- _
tive arrangement of pictures could "
be placed there. ;■
Shabby chests take on new bright- p
ness if they are covered with a _
floral print wallpaper. These are "
good to use in bedrooms as night B
tables, especially if they are the p
small, two or three drawer type. _
Chests also can be papered, cov- ,
ered or even painted to match or B
harmonize with closets. The legs p
can be trimmed down completely
or at least cut down to a height m
more convenient if they are to be H
used in the closet. Ip
Long storage chests also can be . _
brought out of hiding and either P
refinished or painted, papered or
covered in some way to make them
harmonize with the room.
A cedar chest, for example, may
fit nicely into a den against a row
of windows. When refinished with
the top padded and covered nicely,
these will give two or three extra
seats to the room as well as a stor
age chest for toys, clothing, furs,
pillows, extra blankets or linens.’
No, this Is not an upside-down pto+nze «f biBimy clouds; It’s a doseap of the foam stirred op by the
sea and “riding the surf,’* aa it were, along the rente of the proposed 57-mile toil road to be laid down
narrow Currituck Beach on the coast of North Carolina from Virginia Beach to US 158 just nnrta -*
Nags Head—turning point for US fl.
W ITHIN a year from now —18
months at the outside—a new
sportsman's and vacationer's para
dise will open up along a 57-mile toil
road to be laid down narrow Curri
tuck beach on the coast of North
Carolina—one of America’s most
varied oceanic wildernesses.
The proposed $1,500,000 seaside
highway, planned by a group of
North Carolina and Virginia inves
tors, will connect Virginia Beach
with US 158 just north of Nags Head
—turning point for US 17.
A veritable land of romance,
mystery and recreation, Curri
tuck sound is considered the best
duck-hunting area cn the Atlan
tic flyway and the fresh-water
flshin? (for lar^e-mouth bass) is
equally aa good.
The beach presents a never-ending
panorama of wildlife, including
geese, ducks and the rare American
bald eagle as well as muskrats, grey
foxes, an occasional mink and now
and then aa otter or two.
Hard by 183-foot Currituck Light
(locally called Whaieshead, after the
barchane nearby, la Fake Gape, a
land projection wirfah tod many an
unwary mariner to myat-s tb for
Cape Henry and as tarn too soon
for a landtag—only to find himself
and his crew shipwrecked.
North of CaroBa lies Wash woods,
where the forest once marched right
down to the surf.
Southward, the route takes the
traveler to Fort Ralrigh with its
summertime Lost Colony near
Kitty Hawk, site of the Wri'ht
Brothers’ hi t< r!c (ind l!i<ht and
’• first wireless experl-
The beach narrows to a few feet
In some places; toward Duck, at the
southern terminus. It spreads out
into a magnificent forest of water
oaks, bays, pines, holly, y&upon, dog
wood and other species. The north
ern end has wind-beaten shrubs and
a few pines and cedars and much
sea oats and beach grass. A refor
estation project for pines and cedars
Is underway.
Sportsmen will encounter big-
game territory &( Manns Harbor,
Stumpy Point and Englehard—an
area over-run with bear, deer and
by waterfowl, squirrel and other
game.
It is estimated that a minimum of
a million persons a year will traverse
the road. •
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