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4 I * — ,t> The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable GHtr (Kluttan A , It You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News olume LIV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January IS, 1953 Number 3 WEST CLINTON SOCIAL AND PffiSONAL NEWS MRS. GRADY SMITH. Correspondent and Representative—Telephone 422R Mr. and Mrs. Claud Mullis of Charlotte, N. C. are spending several weeks with Mr. and 'Mrs. Jessie Samples. Miss Kay Medlock was the week end guest of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. George Addy in Newberry. Mrs. J. W. Dilleshaw of Calhoun Falls is spending several weeks with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hamerick. Mrs. J. J. Smith and Nan were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Royce Smith in Ware Shoals. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Arnold and Mrs. Mildred Kinard visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Griffin in Florence recently. Mr. and Mrs. Loy Whitsel and Mrs. J. C. Whitsel of Hull, Ga., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whitsel. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cannon and Mr. and Mrs. Bardy Campbell visited Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Cannon in Rock Hill recently. Misses Joyce Creswell and Joan Cannon who were visiting the Buddy Cannon’s returned home with them. Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Braswell and Gary visited Mrs. Braswell’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Thompson in Whitmire Sunday. Mr. Marion Purcell and sons of Conswell, Ga., visited Mrs. J. H. Hedgespath and other relatives Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pitts, Mrs. Bes sie Floyd, Mrs. George Senn of New- bett-y spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Reeder. Mrs. Keith McGee and son of Woodruff were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. McGee. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McAibee ot Enoree spent the week-end with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Hampton. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Turner and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Pete Porter in Laurens recently. Mr. and Mrs. James Dunaway vis ited Mr. and Mrs. Manley Faulkner at Aiken Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Maxie Blakely and children of. Spartanburg visite4 the former’s mother, Mrs. Ursula Blake ly and Miss Sara Blakely Sunday. Hubert Leopard and daughters visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Leopard near Saluda Sun- ■day visiting his mother, Mrs. J. H. Har vey and sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Price. Attend McGee Funeral Those from out of town attending the funeral of Mrs. Virgie McGee Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. 'Hiomas' Miller, Willie Reid of Salisbury, N. C., Rev. and Mrs. Marshall Raby and sons, Carl and Paul, of Canton, N. C., Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Parhan, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Raby, of Waynesville, N. C., Mr. and Mrs. A. G. McNeese and daughter -of Greensboro, N. C., Mrs. Wm. Roland of Bryson City, N. C., J. N. Compton, Mrs-Xjill:^ Mae Brazil, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Foster, of Greenville, Mr and Mrs. A. G. Hembree, Mrs. Joanna Hembree, Mrs. Annie Hembree, Hen ry Dempster, and Mrs. Ilia Mathews, all of Charlotte, N. C., Walter and daughter of Burnettsville, N. C., Mr. and Mrs. Thad Taylor and son Ar thur, Mr. and Mrs. Benny Spires and sons, Walter, Don and Belvin of Laurens, Mr. and Mrs. Melton Wood of Gray Court, Mrs. Peggy Hembree of Washington, D. C., Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Moore, of Mountville and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bean of Wattsville. Birthdays and Anniversaries Sherwood Tinsley will celebrate his birthday tomorrow. Mrs. E. C. Longshore was 72 years old on January 9. Bardy Campbell will have a birth day Jan. 19. Bobby Thomas and Dorsey Turner celebrated their birthday January 3. Lewis Butler observed a birthday January 10. iFreida Foster was six years old Jan. 15 and Tony Foster was one December 30. Mrs. J. B. Cole and Mrs. Faye El len Lowry and James Dunaway cele brated their birthdays Monday. Mrs. Maggie Hampton is ill at her home. Friends of H. L. Black will be glad to know he is repuperating at home after an appendectomy. Miss Mary Ellen Cannon is ill at her home. Sorry to report Mrs. J. H. Sparks is ill at her home. Card Of Thanks May we take this means to show our appreciation and. to say thank you to our friends and neighbors and to the Clinton police department for every deed of kindness shown us during the illness and death of our wife and stepmother, Mrs. Virgie McGee and also to the Woman’s Mis sionary .Society for the meals served and the lovely floral tributes were greatly appreciated. Doc.. L. McGee. ^ Mrs. Paul Quinton. Mrs. Benny Spires. ’ W. O. McGee. Card Of Thanks We wish to express our thanks to our friends and neighbors for their many deeds of kindness and to Dr. Sullivan and Dr. Rhames for their many kind deeds and for the lovely floral tributes at the death of our niece, Deborah Ann Price. Mr. and Mrs. George Price. Home Mission Meets The Home Mission of the Pente costal Holiness Church held their regular meeting Tuesday night, Jan. 6 at the home of Mrs. Melvin Cres well. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. H. W. Simmons after singing a hymn and were led and followed by prayer by Rev. J. A. Williams. An interesting program by Mrs. Viola Smith on missions was given after which the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Blanche Creswell, served refresh ments. Mrs. Dock L. McGee Passes Funeral services for Mrs. A. Vir ginia McGee, 68, wife of Dock L. McGee, who died Friday, were con ducted a t 1:30 p. m., Sunday at D. E. Waller, J. Warren Craine, and members of the Men’s Bible class of Calvary Baptist church. Mrs. McGee’s passing followed several years of declining health and a short hospital illness, She was a native of Mecklenburg County, N. C., but had made her home here for 18 years. She was a daughter of the late R. J. and Joanna Starnes Dempster. She was a member of True Light church. Surviving are her husband; three step-children, Mrs. B. H. Spires, Laurens; Mrs. Paul Quinton and W. O. McGee of this city; four sis ters, Mrs. S. B. Tye, Mrs. A. G. Neese, both of Greensboro, N. C.; Mrs. A. G. Hemby, Charlotte, and Mrs. W. S. Crowell, Newell, N. C.; one brother, H. W., Charlotte. New Driver Tags To Go On Sale March 1 Rickey Wilson and Mrs. Fred •Shelton celebrated" their btrthdaysl Calvary Baptist- chtmdt by-tbe *Rev.- yesterday. With The Sick Mrs. Argo Ivester recently under went an appendectomy at Hays hos pital. Miss Caroline Davis is a patient at Hays hospital after an appendect- S. A. Owens of Gaffney and D. L. Owens and sons of Laurens visited Mrs. D. L. Owens Sunday. Mrs. Florencei Splawn was the week-end guest of Misses Clara and Ailowee Nelson in Enoree. Miss Sylvene Rice spent the week end with her grandmother, Mrs. H. H. Bennett near Laurens.* Miss Mary Ellen Cannon was the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Carr in Aiken. Mrs. Ray Fowler and children have returned to their home in Au gusta, Ga., after several weeks visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. - James Dunaway. Mr. and Mrs. Washington Leopard and daughters of Ninety Six visited Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Leopard Sun day. R. T. Trammell and Mrs. Grady Smith visited Mr. and Mrs. Bill Shealy in Greenville Tuesday. Neal Harvey of Philadelphia is omy. J. W. Spillers. Burial followed in True Light church cemetery near Charlotte, N. C. Pallbearers were J. C. Lowe, H. L. Cunningham, Tom Brown, Ar thur Howard, Belvin Spires, Roy Trammell and Grady Smith. The honorary escort was com- posed of DrT GeoT“ R.~ Bfa lock, Dr. March 1 the South Carolina High way Department will begin the mammoth task of issuing drivers’ li censes to approximately 800,000 mot orists for the four-year period end ing in 1957, Chief Commissioner! Claude R. McMillan announced yes-1 terday. Applications for renewals will be 1 made by mail to the central office of the Department in Columbia and in person to specified full-time driver! examining offices of the Department throughout the state. Time will be saved and needless correspondence avoided, if motorists will apply in person direct to these offices. The current licensing period ends June 30 and persons failing to renew their licenses before that time will be required to take a driving test the same as new applicants. The price of a paper-type license suitable for carrying in a billfold will again be 50 cents, and a metal license 60 cents. All the above listed j offices are eqfluipped to issue either type license. (For the remainder of the present license period no metal the sup ply of the mefal on which part of the information was impr Tainted by the manufacturers has been exhausted.) OFFICE SUPPLIES Completo line, nil the little Item needed for the office. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. PhelneYi A Beautiful Rug in Gorgeous Colors Woolshire ALL WOOL-FACED RUG FULL ROOM SIZK 9 ft. x 12 ft. 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