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I ^ * THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable ©bp (Eltntmt If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LI Clinton, S. C., Thursday, February 16, 1950 Number 7 WEST CLINTON SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS "VKN. JOE CAMPBELL. Correspondent und Representative end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Trammell. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cousins and ^■sgon of Newberry, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. David Cook. 1 if W. C. Wallenzine spent the week end with his father, J. H. Wallenzine, near Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Holtzclaw and daughter of Greer, Mr. and Mrs. Crayton Van Patton of Duncan, were recent visitors of ,Mrs. Ada Center. Mr. bnd Mrs. S. B. Snelgrove visit ed Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wood in New berry Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Ivester and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bailey near Gray Court Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Ivey and children of Laurens, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Patterson Sunday. Palmer Howard of Utica, N. Y., spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Terry. Mrs. Debbie Snelgrove of Saluda, spent the week with her son, S. B. Snelgrove and Mrs. Snelgrove. They Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Johnston of Crawford, Ga., Miss Mildred Hall of Royston, Ga., spent the week-end with Mr. and~Mrs. J. E. Ingram. Miss Hall remained for a longer visit. Mrs. Leila Smith spent several days recently with Mrs. Ida Griffin, who is a patient in a Columbia hos pital. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Toms visited relatives in Shelby, N. C., Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. David Word and Sue and Miss Marie Weir were visi tors in Spartanburg Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Weir and Farmers Made County Pasture Tour Yesterday Birth Announcements Ammons M^. and Mrs. W. E. Ammons of Lebanon, Pa., announce the birth of a son, William E.. Jr., on Feb. 8 at a hospital in that city. Mrs. Ammons is the former Miss Betty Stalnecker of Lebanon. Mr. Ammons is the son of Mrs. W. H. Ammons of this city. TUcker Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tucker are receiving congratulations upon the ^ arrival of a daughter, Cynthia Anne, Johnnie of Greenville, visited Mr. on 7 at Hays hospital. Mre- .. t ^j ss s ara h and Mrs. J. F. Weir Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Galloway had as their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey of Spartanburg. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Timms oi accompanied her home on Sunday, i Pendleton, spen^ Sunday with Mr. Mr. and Mrs. John Word visited' and Mrs. C. W. Barker. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Reed in Whitmire I Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sparks visited Tucker is the former White. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Boyette were called to Leeksville, N. C., on Tues day on account of the death of Mr. Boyette’s brother, H. A. Boyette. Waters King of Nashville, Tenn., spent several days recently with Mr. and Mrs. Henry King.s Mrs. E. S. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wright attended the funeral of Estelle Collins, niece of Mrs. Wright, in Pickens Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Glenn and son of Greenville, spent several days re cently with Mrs. J. H. Seay. . J. A. Boyette of Carthage, N. C., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Boy ette. Mrs. Clyde Tinsley of Belton, spent relatives in Pacolet and Union the past week-end. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Arnold visited Miss Billie Arnold in Columbia and Miss Doris Arnold in Florence Sun day. Mrs. Oscar Kinard spent Sunday with Mr. Kinard at the Veteran’s hospital in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bouknight and sons pf Greenville, Mr. and Mrs. Hall King and children of Glendale, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bragg, H. P. Bragg and granddaughter, Mr. and Mrs. ; Fred Bragg of Joanna, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bragg, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bragg and son of near Clinton, visited Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bouknight Sunday.' Friends of Paul Arnold will be at Tuesday with her sister, Mrs. Wood- interested to know he has reenlisted row Wilson, and Mrs. Fern Hardman. Mrs. J. C. Heath and daughter, Mrs. Royce Smith and children of in the navy and is stationed Charleston for the present. Arthur and Tom Stevens of Cross Ware Shoals, visited Mrs. J. H. Seay Keys, Mrs. J^ L. Prince and son of Saturday. , Laurens, visited Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Trammell Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Spurlock and M rs. M arcelle' Barker and Carroll. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Wooten spent the week-end with Rev. and Mrs. George James in Tucapau. Bobby and Jimmy Wooten and > visited their grandmother, who is Charles Oxner spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. David Cook in Greer. seriously ill in Inman, Saturday. Miss Gerry Trammell of Winthrop college, Rock Hill, spent the week- Birthdays and Wedding Anniversaries Lewis Wallenzine was 15 years old February 14. Mrs. R. S. Hudson will celebrate a birthday February 25. - Barbara Brazil has a birthday Saturday. Among The Sick • Friends of Mrs. R. T. Trammell are glad to know she is now recuperating at her home and wish for her a speedy recovery. Among those ill with measles are: Carolyn Dunaway, Roger Dunaway, Joan Burgess, Jimmy Quinton, Wil liam, Furman and* Brenda Camp bell, Barbara Jean Simmons, David Cook, Roberta McGinnis, Melba and Earline Woody. 4 , C. Bragg is improving after suf fering from injuries received in a fall. Mrs. L. C. Heaton, Sr., has been ill the past eek. Men’s Bible Class Organized The Men’s Bible class of Calvary Baptist church with J. C. Lowe as teacher, is going forward with the program of the church. With the help of the pastor, Rev. J. W. Spillers, the class was recent ly organized and holds monthly meetings. The following are serving as officers: J. G. Holtzclaw, presi dent; J. C. Cannon, vice-president; Joe Campbell, secretary; Leo Heath- erly, treasurer. Membership, social, program, finance and welcome com mittees were appointed. On Tuesday, Feb. 7, the men in vited their wives to a supper which was served in the basement of the church. Interest in the class can be judged by the 86 who were present. L. H. Bagwell, chairman of the board of deacons, took pictures of the group seated at the tables. After supper Rev. James Mitchell of Joanna, guest speaker, was introduced by A. W. Ridings, and made a talk on ‘‘The Detour Signs in the Road of Life." President Holtzclaw presided over the business session. Mrs. Arthur Howard made a response to the wel come address. The meeting closed with prayer. Ep>vorth League Rally at Bailey Memorial Church The bi-monthly Epworth League rally of the third district in South Carolina of the Southern Methodist South Carolina Conference will con vene in Bailey Memorial Southern Methodist church Friday evening, Feb. 17, at 8 o’clock. Delegations from all leagues in the district will attend and it is expected that over 200 will enroll or register. The program is being sponsored by the Bailey Memorial Epworth League. The special, features in clude special chorus numbers by the Mo rri s Chapel league at Poma- ria, and the league at Bailey church; special music from Presbyterian col lege, and the showing of a moving picture, having to do with “Christian Stewardship, entitled, “Beyond Our Own.” A social hour of Christian fellowship will be enjoyed in the basement of the church at the close of the program, with the ladies of the church serving refreshments. As previously announced, the state tour of winter pastures for Laurens county was. made yesterday. During the day the schedule called for ob servation of 32 farms with winter grazing ranging^in ’size from-approx imately one acre for a family cow to as high as 175 acres for a com mercial livestock farm._The farms visited were marked by numbers and a printed sheet of information ex plaining the grazing was furnished those on the tour. A large crowd from this county and other parts -of the state went on the trip. Last year 325 persons participated in the two-day tour of the county. The program yesterday morning be gan at 9:30 at the farm of Furman Thomason of the Trinity Ridge com munity. At one o’clock there was a program and barbecue dinner at the Laurens armory. LOSSES HER AUNT Mrs. Maggie F. Childs, 79, died at her home in St. Petersburg, Fla. on January 31 where she had made her home the past 35 y&ars. She is sur-” vived by two grand daughters and a number 'of nephews and nieces in cluding Mrs. £. A. Richardson of this city, a member of the orphanage staff. of Edd, Amos, Otis, Buford, Dewey, Johnny and J. B. Gilmer. For the best in fresh vegetables, quality meats and nationally advertised brands of groceries, come to WALKERtS COMMU NITY MARKET. Remember, too. we offer free delivery service. Walker’s Community Market “The Paper Everybody Reads” Read The Chronide-Your Neighbor Does UUTTUU $1 A WOK PATS rot m * J i >v i;i. 1: i* \ “A Credit To All South Carolina” ^ UiC Robert R. Gilmer Passes Robert R. Gilmer, 65, died at his home on Beauregard street early ^Ibhday^mbrhThgafffrseCe'raT' yeSfs" of declining health. He was a native of Anderson coun ty but had made his home in Clinton for 14 years. He attended the Church of God. He was a son of the late Pinkney R. and Ophelia Mattox Gilmer. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie Mae Gilmer; three sons and three daughters, E. E. Gilmer of Nor folk, Va., A. W. and L. R. Gilmer, both of Clinton; Mrs. Elvia O. Fort ner, Miss Dorothy Gilmer and Miss Madge Gilmer, all of Clinton; three grandchildren; three brothers and one sister, J. W. Gilmer, E. E. Gilmer, Grady Gilmer and Mrs. B. F. Hughes all of ]Honea Path. Funeral services were held Tues day at 2:30 at the Church of God on Elizabeth street with the Rev. R. H. Gause in charge, assisted by the Rev. Fred Rowe. Interment followed in Honea Path. . Pallbearers were Paul, Roy, Wil liam, Olin and Serai Gilmer and B. H. 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