The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 20, 1950, Image 2
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, April 20, 1950 t *
Some Recollections
Of 'Anniversary' Days
ReminLsomsM of Prosbytorian
Sunday School Celebrations fn
the Ixmje A)to.
h What Anniversary Meant
Vhat Araiiversary meant to me
think, on Thursd’ay, and immediate- the great day had come. Those who
Iv began to meet cousins, whom I remember those delightful occasions
hid never seen, and 6t course, the will recall that it was a proverb
t riic of cmnvef.sation—was—the An- among us that it
niversary. Anniversary Day.
woman’s division, student council, of
Erskine college, Due West.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
never rained' on 1 Mrs. W. B., Tribble and is a rising
But this partic- j senior. Miss Tribble and Miss Sara
On Sunday v. e went to Hurricane ular occasion, fn the midst of the (Wallace, secretary of the organiza-
for church. Country folks go to exercises we heard thunder in the tion, will represent Erskine at the
church for the social aspect as w-ell as distance a^d the sky was heavily : annual convention of Southern In-
the sermon and I love them for this, overcast with storm clouds. I re-; tercollegiate Associations of Student
So we lingered long in the church member that my father summoned I Governments at Alabama college,
yard, visiting with this group Tind me and gave me orders to goto the Montevallo, Ala.., April 20-22.
that group. Niola and Lillie Young Orphanage and collect all of tPt» um- ♦
saw to it that I was introduced to brellas that I could find and carry 1 '*- - ^ ■ •
all the young people and many of and bring them to the church im-
I ran to the Home of
1 fear I can never make you see.
The Anniversary that came in May the olde r ones ‘ as well and the one mediately.
y _ State High School
Tennis Meet Here
! Again This Year
I “What did Sallie wear to Anniver- arrived at the front door, proud and! The South Carolina boys’ singles
who could, and couldn't 1 sary ?>* and finally “Miss Lola were b. catnless trom Ynv fea^ I found it and doubles Interscholastic Tennis
' you here for Anniversary"" • ^ with on - m u, U >«ld rt
j .■las r? w..> irr.T>ors:bie for me to ieria n conege again mis opring, Ain
About that Director Walter A. Johnson has
Was our Sunday, school’s greatest 0 f conversation was Anniver- Peace wnere th "big’’ girls filled my
day. sary. “I saw you at the Anniver- arms with umbrellas and then I hur-
For weeks and weeks our songs did “Did you enjoy Anniversary,” -.eu back to tne church. When I
ring
3v those
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sm S- ' you here for Anniversary?" ->--ut . net. with an - *••■»** **— i. . . ... _ . . -
But at last came that eventful day: —j ^ cu-ious and a, time it was impossible for me to tenan_college again this Spring, Ath-
^hd off we marched so happy and _J* r ;ii „; open the door myself.
gay
At first I was curious and as time
went on I was just plain provoked. tne do;:)r my^c
^ 1 - , ,, . . ♦ • t H oro n ^ ti t i ^ r/ ,
u •*!. > t ^ a Here I was. fresh trom college, w
Each one w.Ui their very best fr.end in my chMp val.se .no
iW joy and happmess there wM-no ^ , hen , nwo-sum
.. ..... , ' or “over-night bag) and knowing
Now there was one little girl .. . . . •
, , . that I knew -everything, especu.i.,
v\ hose hair rM wouldn t, wouldn t ,,. i . .. ,. . ” „ f .
J history, which was my favor..c
curl
But curl-papers for a time remedied
that
<o she could v. ear her new leghorn
hat,
Her dress wa.- starched and very new
So were her .winy little shoes, too.
After the songs and the picnic dinner
Vhich left no one a single bit thin-
~ ner.
Her dress was rumpled and not so
' neat *—
And those shoes began to hurt her
Down on the churc.Vsteps she calmly
nmg and a :o r of tiiunder which; Netters begin swinging their rack-
,eemed . me ,o he only five or ten ets in championship competition on
.t»v D.„.d tl.creto by my im- April 26, with the meet continuing
...i. -_:igcr tic.n both rain and through April 29. Action is set for
electricity, l beat on the- door with Presbyterian’s alUweather courts,
the handies of all of the umbreilas which are rated among the best in
tnat I could apply successfully and the South.
when that seemed to do no good, I The state intercollegiate tourna-
appued more and more force, vigor rnent held here annually will follow
torical date I had ever known, but and determination to the job. In the high school tourney the next
none of these fitted into this mid- fact, I made a big noise. week.
die of May date. How humiliated I Then, suddenly, the door opened Johnson said the meet is open to
felt that some great event had taken and therb appeared an immense man: all schools belonging to the South
place and I didn’t know about it. looking down at me—one of the offi- Carolina high school league. Each k
cers of the church. His tones were school may enter as many as four
to not more than
team and two singles
admitted that Tnornwell, I never thought that you Players.
study, and I didn't know what they
were talking about—“Anniversary.’’
For tvyo nights I wrestled over this
question and thought of every his-
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The second morning when I came
downstairs
".nd when I
kitchen I blushingly
i morning when I C3me uic (.uunu. nns iuucs
I swallowed my pride of reproach and his face was players, limited
found Cuz Lizzie in the v ery solemn as ' he said: “Well, r 0 ? 6 double teai
I did not know what "Anniversary” wculd-Thm thing like that.’’
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sat
Took off her shoes
-took off her hat,
was. I think she was a little surjiris- Thoroughly humiliated and, as I!
ed at my ignorance for surely peo- thought, permanently disgraced, I |
Then carefree and happy she started P, !e U P in Anderson county must crept inside and sat on the back seat 1
home ‘ ' 1 \ • have heard of this big day—people with my arms full of umbrellas.
No longer with- her friends* did she in Newberry. LaurenS, Spartanburg And the worst part of the whole
and Union had been coming here for incident was that the thunder ceased, j
With shoes in one hand, hat in the this event—-lo, these many years. the clouds went away and my um-‘
other — * Imagine my feeling of relief, as brellas were not needed! So, cha- 1
And how her family looked—O vvc11 as m y restore d s ^ lf-esteem when 8 ri ned and discouraged, I had to
brother! , she explained that it was the anni- carry theon laboriously back home,
HENRI ETTA LEE. versary of the founding of the Pres- comforted neither by praise, nor
^ byterian Sunday school and that per- sense of successful service performed.
haps I was not supposed to know, i I have remembered this incident
A few days later I was back home over a period of more than six dcc-
in Anderson county and was delight- ades but this is the first time I have
fully telling mv sDfpr that Gonsin pi-pr tnkL-it-to anyone
Lizzie had invited me to visit her —DR. THORNWELL JACOBS,
But there was a time, fi.tv pears nex t j/jay and to be sure to be there. Atlanta, Ga.
' vnen ' lL1 d no mean-ng a. all, f or Anniversary. I had the satisfac-
ltd '. of hearing my sister. Ada, say: M\SS Tribble ffeods
■H B r»?tBE TO THK CHRONICLE
“The Paper Everybody Reads”
Mrs. Copeland IVritt^.
Anniversary* How many happy
memories that word holds for me
now.
perplexity or
except, mayb
Non.
It was in early June, 1899
“What on earth is Anniversary?
It was a great day lor Clinton and I
everybody enjoyed it.
—MRS J. I. COPELAND,
Orlando, Fla.
Writes of Early Celebrations
Our Sunday school Anniversary is
Margaret Johnson, my Grandfather associated in my mind with one of
Dalrymple’s sister, who lived with those small events which, neverthe-
Cousin Lizzie Young at Youngs Cross less, produce an immense Impress-
Roads. ion upon small children.
I arrived at Cousin Lizzie's, I It was over sixty years ago and
I had
lust graduate.! irom Winihrop col-
i’ge. and I was on my way home up
f. Anderson county. Motner hid
written to me to come by Clinton,
and spend a lew days. 4 We had not
men heard of week-ends) with* Aunt
Erskine Student Council
Miss Louise Tribble, of this city,
has been elected president of the
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