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7 I / "H / Page Eight March 10th Marked 75th Anniversary of Telephone Invention Saturday, March 10, marked the T&th birthday of one of the greatest inventions if all times—the tele phone. Alexander Graham Bell obtained a ! v j s jt e( i relatives in Ware Shoals patent on his telephone while it was! Sunday carrying only scattered words and not quite intelligible speech. One For the Week . . . LYDIA MILLS NEWS MRS. PERRY SUMEREL, Correspondent and Representative Mrs. Clyde Trammell and children Mrs. Louise Taylor, Mrs. Avia u Taylor, Hildridge and Carl Taylor evening a week after the patent was . Qf TLfton> Ga ( and Mrs Mable Tuck . ; issued, he ma e re y • 1 th J er and Loree orf Clinton, visited Mr., transmitter. As he completed the, and ^ Tom Banks Monday I connection, he upset a jar of butter} (Miss Sybil Dobbins s pent the acid. ‘Mr. Watson,” he exclaimed.! week-end in Cross Anchor with Mr. “Come here, I want you!” , T . 0 In a moment, Thomas A ^ V ^ d j ^Mr and Mrs. Perry Sumerel visit- burst into the room-on^the_th.rd; ed the tormcr , s paren , Si Mr and floor o! a boarding house at 5 Exeter, sumerel in Laurens Sunday. Flare.. Boston-shouting Mr Bell, Mrs Curtls Had(Jen and I heard every word you said, d>s-j [amjly o( 0unl . ani and Mrs Jua . tjnctly ‘ i nita Coker and Jackie of Startex, 35.000.000 Bell Telephones The incident took place March 10, 1£76, over the only telephone line in the world. But when March 10, ]951, rolls around, more than 35 mil lion Bell telephones will be carrying an average of 140 million two-way conversations a day, with calls being made not only from homes and of fices, but from automobiles, railroad cars, locomotives, yachts, harbor crafts, ships ..at sea and airplanes. were week-end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Bailey, Jr., andj family visited the latter’s father, W. E. McGinnis, in Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. George Parker in Belton Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Gunter of Spartanburg, were week-end guests, of Mr. and Mrs. Ithiel Harvey. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Longshore of Telephones operated by independent!^ oanna, v ' s ^ e ^,^ r * anc * ^ rS ' ^ tnki in Longshore Sunday. torrvpames increase the total in America to 43,000,000 and building the calling rate up to about 170,- 000.000 conversations a day. The service that has been develop ed since the first telephone talked in 1876, has transferred the whole pat-! Mr. and Mrs. Claude Willard and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Willard visited Mrs. Frank Billings near Ware Shoals Sunday. Mrs. Sara Snyder is visiting in Johnson Cnty, Tenn., this week. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hawkins and tern o! living in the United States , Spartanburg, vis- and to some exten the world a d M H Abercrom- large. For countless millions of| u .^ Americans, in cities and on farms, telephone service has become indis pensable in hour-to-hour daily liv ing. It helps in business, in the ad ministration of government, in minor emergencies and great ones, and in maintaining family and community y ties. Local Telephone Service • C1 ‘ nt0 " ' eI tP h0 " e ser r c ,7 family and Mrs. J. W. Fuller vis- ,s provided by the Southern Bellj*,^ in u .„. lmln „„ r Sun . Telephone company. John C. Freeman, District Manager i w , ~ , , , .. V. ... .. ® Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Donald and for the company, said that the great-! , _ _ „ _ j , ’ v. u son and G. G. Conwell visited rela- bie Sunday. Mrs. Bessie Burnett of Laurens, visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy Burnett Friday. Miss Carolyn Kanning of Laurens, visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy Burnett I Patsy Fuller visited -friends in Westminster Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Roach and _ mily and Mrs. J. W. Fuller vis ited relatives in Westminster Sun- i day. est period of progress has been in tives in Anderson Saturday. the postwar years. There is a total -, . c . _ , , ■ . + . of 1,od4 telephones in service in the ^ _ ,, . _ c -i v.tv today as compared with 727 in Cu / Tod<t ,n T C “? na f a ,! u " day - 194o,- Mr Freeman said. ' , Sp Y r8 , eon Todd , °‘ the “ a Charleston, visited Mr. and Mrs. S. J Todd the past week-end. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Parrish, Jr.,: and Carol find Mr. and Mrs. H. W.' Williams visited in Greenville Sat-! urday. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hooper of 1 Greenville, Charlie Brown and fam-1 I ily and Mr. and Mrs. Bud Davis I 1 oi Clinton,’ visited Mr. and Mrs. Ike' Six-Inch Sermon By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER Jesus Asserts His Authority Mark 11: 11, 15-19; 12: 28-31 Memory Selection: Isaiah 56:7 The day of the Triumphal Entry Jones Sunday. Jesus showed and asserted his au- pv t . Harold Austin and Pvt. Billy I thority in religion. He had entered DeShields of Fort Jackson, were into Jerusalem amid the glad acclaim w eek-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. of the multitude that went with him Leslie Austin and Mrs. Pauline from Bethany. And he at once went Lawson and family, into the temple, atacked that strong-! pf c . Tracy Coker of the Marines, hold of special privilege, and swept: i s visiting Mr. and “Mrs. R. G. Cok- the sanctuary clean. He overthrew the tablt-s of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves and, with a whip of cords, drove the an-| Birthday Party For Little Boy imals and their owners out of the 1 Roger Whitmire was honored with sacred place. a party on his &th birthday at his Jesus also asserted his authority: home on Peachtree street with about in the interpretation of the law of: twenty-'four guests enjoying the oc- God. It is written that the common' casion. people heard him gladly because he Barbara Whitmire and Ernestine taught them as One having author- Parrish assisted in entertaining and ity, and not as the scribes who taught serving refreshments. er and his sister, Mrs. Babbie John son. by rote. On the occasion of which the lesson text tells Jesus was asked a/bout the -great commandment in the law, and he at once laid down the Law of Love Roger received many gifts. Party Honors Two On Birthdays A combined birthday dinner hon oring Joe H. Finney on his 72nd In this he summed up the Ten birthday and Bobby Burkhalter on Commandments, all moral law, in his 19th birthday was held in Whit- the one command to love. He who loves his fellows will certainly not work them ill Paul writes that love is the “fulfilling of the law” because love worketh not ill to a neighbor. So Jesus brings a new thought, to men concerning law. It is directed mire Sunday. Those attending the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Rhodes, Mrs .Owen Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Finney, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Finney and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Welch of Whitmire; Mr. and 'Mrs. Homer Burkhalter otf Green- not primarily against what a man wood, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Burk- ought not to do but against leaving halter, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Burk- undone the good thing. Let us strive halter and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene to come into the true fulfillment of, Burkhalter and son of Clinton, the law by loving our fellows and A bountiful dinner was enjoyed serving them. Lobster or crabmeat makes a good main dish salad if it’s served with a tasty dressing. To salted, soured cream, add chili sauce, chopped green pepper and chopped red pimiento. Fine dish for a ladies’ luncheon, or as a shower refreshment uses a slice of avocado on a piece of thin toast. Over this pour Welsh rarebit. Garnish with ripe olives and water cress. Tomato soup can look like some th ing out of a picture book if you garnish it with salted whipped cream, and over that sprinkle some crisp, crumbled bacon. You can be prepared for second and tiiircl helpings when you serve these sandw^hes to the youngsters: spread -white bread with strawberry jam or preserves. Top with another slice of bread and dip in egg-milk mixture, as for French toast. Fry until golden brown. Chicken salad stuffed into bel lowed out crusty rolls make a per fect salad sandwich. So do chopped egg and shrimp with watercress, and so do sliced cucumber and deviled eggs. B you don’t use all the syrup tram tart red <*erriea in the pies by everyone. With The Sick Terry Fuller has mumps, i Bill Nelson has been ill at his home the past few days. J. W. Pearson has been ill the past, | few days. Sherry Armstrong has been ill for a few days. Leo Tucker is a patient at the Veteran’s hospital in Columbia. Birthdays and Anniversaries Roger Whitmire celebrated his birthday March 7. . Mr. and Mrs. Earl Armstrong celebrated their twenty-ninth wed ding anniversary March 11. you make, sweeten it and add the same amount of red currant jelly, melt and cool. Use for serving over Ice cream. Small baking powder biscuits are lovely for the spring luncheons, es pecially when you’re dressed them up a bit with crumbled bacon mixed in the dough, and then sprinkle the tops with grated Amer lean cheese before baking. Spring is the time for colorful foods, so be lavish with them and add gaiety to the table. (Make a ring mold of tomato aspic in which you have placed, at the bottom of the mold, six to eight dev iled eggs. Unmold, and place a tossed green salad in the middle. THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, March 15, 1951 i Dixie-Hone Invites You to Attend... - m One year ago last March, Dixie Thrifty joined the Dixie-Home family and began her 7-point customer service program, Th#9ft 7 points: QUALITY. COURTESVi THRIFTY; PRICES, CLEAN STORES, VARIETY. FRESHNESS, and CONVENIENCE are the principles of Dixie-Home’s service. Come in this week and celebrate and save during Dixie Thrifty’s 1st Anniversary Sale! 8-Oz. Pkg. 5c With 12-Oz. Pkg. Refl. Price Post Toasties. a Plcgs. Try'The New Teety Fish Reclpee—Alaeka Lb. Can Real Fresh Fruit Taete—Dixie-Home 46-Oz. Can Libby’s Rich In Flavor and Vitamins 46-Oz. Can Nationally Advertised Maxwell House Lb. Bag Chum Salmon... G’fruit Juice... Tomato Juice.. 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