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Items of Interest Concerning CKnton Residents
Mrs. Elliaor Adams, of Decatur,
Ala., is spending the week with
her mother, Mrs. W. J. Duncan.
John GUfillian, of Rome, Ga.,
is the guest this week of Mr. and
t Mrs. Rj. E. Ferguson and is at
tending the Textile Exposition in
Greenville.
Mrs. C. A. Reeves, of Honea
Path, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
W. M. Hughes and Mr. Hughes.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. King and
daughters, Carol and Susan, of
Moultrie, Ga., Mr. and Mrs. Alan
Draughan^and children, Mary
Baldwin and Steve, of Chatham,
Va., spent the week-end with
Mrs. King’s and Mrs. Draughan’s
mother, Mrs. W. C. Baldwin. Mr.
Draughan who is coach at Har
grave Military School, accom-
»' panied his team to Camden
where they played Camden Mili
tary Academy.
Miss Hazel Boland of Green
ville, spent the week-end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Boland.
TVe folkwing local inembers
of Beta Sigma Phi were guests of
the Laurens chapter on Tuesday
evening of last week for a chick
en barbecue supper: Mrs. Irvin
Shook, Mrs. Ed Byrd, Misses Dot
and Mary Frances Pinson, Becky
Speake, Betty Skinner, Mrs.
Joe Land, Jr., and Mrs. Ed
Pease.
Miss Madeline Cassanova of
Columbia, spent several days last
week with Mrs. M. Cassanova
and other relatives.
Lt. Gilbert Blakely of the Ma
rine Corps, Juantico, Va., spent
the, week-end with his mother,
Mrs. J. B. Speake.
Lt. Nell Buchanan returned
Tuesday to Mountain Home, Air
Force Base, Idaho, after spend
ing a month’s leave with her
mother, Mrs. W. A. Buchanan.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Reynolds,
Jr., and son, DeLeon, 3rd, of
Washington, Ga., spent Sunday
with Mrs. Reynolds’ mother,
Mrs. P. B. Adair.
Miss Inez Tucker and Mrs. F.
M. Stutts are guests this week
of Mrs. Alice Braddock in Jack
sonville, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Wilder and
daughter, Sara Louise, Miss Bes
sie Osborne and Mrs. W. A. Mc
Kee of McCormick, were guests
Sunday of Mrs. J. B. ilder.
John Robert Lynn of Detroit,
Mich., is visiting his father, W.
L. Lynn.
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Midway Drive-In
THEATRE
THURSDAY OCTOBER 7
First Run
“MAKE HASTE TO LIVE”
With Steven McNaUy—Dorothy McGuire
2 Shorts—“ROYAL MOUNTIES”—“SURF BOARD”
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
First Run
OCTOBER 8-9
Also “PROWLER OF THE EVERGLADES”
Short—“WRECK OF THE HESPERNS”
SUN.-MON.-TUES. OCTOBER 10-11-12
First Run—Technicolor
There Is Love and Suspense When You See
“CARNIVAL STORY”
With Anne Baxter—Steve Cochran
2 Shorts—“FISH TALES”—“HEY RUBE”
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY OCTOBER 18-14
“DEVIL’S CANYON”
Technicolor—Virginia Mayo—Dale Robertson
Stephen McNally—Arthur Hunnkutt
2 Shorts—“AQUA CHAMPS”—“FOUL WEATHER”
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Turner and
daughter, Susanne, of Decaitur,
Ga., spent the week-end witn
the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. G. Dillard.
Miss Catherine Eichelberger of
Agnes Scott college, Decatur,
Ga., spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Eich-
elberger.
Lt Henry Burton of Fort
Bragg, N. C., visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Burtan, over
the week-end.
Miss Peggy Mclnvaille of Win-
throp college, Rook Hill, spent
the week-end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Mclnvaille.
Mrs. Callie Gault and daugh
ters. Joy Godfrey and Emmie
An, of North Augusta, spent sev
eral days last week with Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Godfrey.
Seaman Wallace Boyce and
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Boyce vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mc
lnvaille in Aiken Friday.
Miss Miriam Templeton of
Winthrop college, spent the
week-end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Templeton. She
had as her guest Miss Ann Culp,
also of Winthrop.
Davis Young of Columbia
Seminary, Decatur, Ga., visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
Young, over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ferguson
have returned from attending
the World Series in New York
and spending several days in
Boston, Mass.
Mrs. G. C. High of High Point,
N. C., spent the week-end with
her sister, Mrs. D. A. Yarbor
ough and Mr. Yarborough. Miss
Mary Turner who has been
spending some time here with
her sister, Mrs. Yarborough, re
lumed home with Mrs. High.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hollings
worth spent several days last
week in Chapel Hill, N. C., where
the former attended a meeting of
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
veterans.
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Mar
shall, Jr., and daughter, Miss
Kathryn Marshall, spent the
week-end in Charlotte, N. C.,
with the former’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James C. Marshall.
Mrs. Metta Stone is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. C. J. Bauknight,
and son, Sam Stone and their fam
ilies in Charleston.
Mrs. N. W. McDaniel has re T
turned from a several months visit
in Asheville with her daughter,
Mrs. W. P. Coker, and in Fayette
ville, N. C., with her, son, O. T.
McDaniel and their families, and
also a stay at Crystal Lake, N. C.
Mrs. Coker and do ugh ter, Jo Anne
accompanied her mother home for
the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mimnaugh
left Sunday for a ten day trip to
New York. While away they will
be guests several days of the lat-
teV’s sister, Mrs. B. F. Blackwell
and Mr. Blackwell at Garden
City, Long Island. Mrs. J. D. With
erspoon, of Laurens, mother of
Mrs. Mimnaugh, is with the Mim-
naugh’s children while they are
away.
Mrs. Inez Pruitt and Mrs. Frank
Cauley attended a reception given
Sunday afternoon in Whitmire by
the Biographical club for Miss
Rankin Suber.
Mrs. Buist Anderson and Mrs.
W. C. Anderson, Sr., of Greenville,
were guests over the week-end of
Mrs. B. M. Anderson, Sr., and Mrs.
Agnes Kern.
Dr. and Mrs. George C. Bellin-
grath have returned from a several
days business trip to Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Ed Wills, of Spartanburg,
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Tribble during the week
end.
Mrs. Elizabeth N. Sullivan, of
Columbia, is visiting her son and
daughter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. E.
N. Sullivan.
Mrs. R. E. Sadler left this week
for an extended visit with her
daughter, Miss Virginia Sadler,
in New York.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Chapman
attended the National reunion of
the Wildcats Veterans association
in Rock Hill Saturday and Sun
day. Mr. Chapman served in the
318th Field' Artillery, Battery E,
01st Division.
Mrs. James gV Jeans, of Lyman,
visited friends here Tuesday.
Mrs. Commander Porter- .and
two daughters, formerly of the
Isle of Palms, will join Mr. Porter
here Friday and they will occupy
a residence on Ce^ar Street. Mr.
Porter is a member of the Presby
terian college faculty in the mathe
matics department.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Shields, ac
companied by friends from Green
ville, spent the week-end in High
lands, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Copeland
and daughter, Mary L<ynn, left last
week for Orangeburg where Mr.
Copeland has accepted a position
with Goodyear Service store.
Robert F. Black is o’n business
trip to Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. Kay F. Mills is spending
the week with relatives in Fort
Mill.
, Friends of Mrs. Emmie Wingard
of Lexington, will regret to know
she is ill at the home of her son
and daughter-in-law, -Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Wingard.
Joe Pierce Nelson
Posses In Rock Hill
Rock Hill, Oct. 4—Joe Pierce
Nelson, M, died at his home on
Johnston St. Monday morning aft
er an illness of several months.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the chapel
of Bass funeral home by the Rev.
T. S. Haggal and the Rev. J. C.
Cammaok, Jr. Interment followed
in Liberty Springs Presbyterian
church cemetery near Cross Hill.
Mr. Nelson was born and reared
in Laurens county, the son of the
j late Andy and Lelia Watts Nelson.
'He came to Rock Hill nine years
ago and operated the Dixie laun
dry with his brother. He was a
member of West End Baptist
church and Woodmen of the
World.
Besides his wife he is survived
by two brothers, Watts Nelson,
Clinton, and B. G. Nelson, Rock
Hill; eight sisters, Mrs. W. T.
Whatley, Mrs. J. R. Whatley, Mr*.
W. W. Hendrix, all of Greenwood;
Mrs. A. M. Young, Mrs. C. F.
Smith and Mrs. Edward Ray, this
city; Mrs. C. W. Thomas, Char
lotte, N. C., and Mrs. W. Q. Pend-
ley, Atlanta, Ga.
Sunday Layman's Day
At Baptist Church
Sunday, October 10, has been
designated as layman’s day by the
Southern Baptist association and
the First Baptist church of this
city will join in the observance
with an appropriate program.
Several layman will help to
conduct the services to which all
members and visitors are cordially
invited.
Maid Of Cotton
Contest Here
Monday Night
The Laurens Count Maid of
Cotton contest, sponsored by Beta
Sigma Phi chapters of Clinton and
I Laurens, will be held Monday eve
ning at 8 o’clock at Hotel Mary
Musgrove.
Music will be furnished by Luke
Chaney and his Trio of Lourens
and a varied program of enter-
taiwwent will be given. Refresh
ments will be served during the
evening.
The following have contributed
to the expenses of. the contest;
Clinton Cotton Mills, Lydia Cot
ton Mills, M. S. Bailey and Son,
Bankers, Bank of Clinton, Watts
Mill, Laurens Cotton Mill, Laurens
Class Works, (Laurens Hosiery
Mill, Palmetto Bank of Lourens,
Joanna Cotton Mills.
Anyone interested in participat
ing in the contest is requested to
contact Miss Becky Speake for an
application blank.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
35,592 Polio Cases
Reported In U. S.
During 1953
Washington, Oct. 2—The Pub
lic Health Service reported Fri
day there were 36,592 cases of
polio over the nation in 1953.
Up to last Saturday this year’s
total was 26,347 cases, subject to
later revision, as compared with
26,444 for the corresponding pe
riod of last year.
The figure, from the Public
Health Service’s summary of fin-
XAY—
"I Saw It In THE CHRONICLE”
DEATH TAKES NO VACATION
Did you know that tomorrow morning: approximate
ly 269 people will not hear the alarm clock because they
wiD be killed in some accident today?
Here’s how these 269 people will be killed:
48 in miscellaneous pubHc accidents
41 at their jobs
79 in their homes
104 in automobile accidents
In addition to this 26,300 people will be injured in
disabling accidents.
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al 1963 statistics on notifiable
diseases, compare with the year
record of 57,879 set in 1992.
In 1953 there were 22.5 polio
cases per 100,000 population com
pared with a rate of 37 2 per cent
in 1952. The estimated death
rate in 1953, based on a 10 per
cent sample, was 1.1 as compared
with a final rate of 2 in 1952.
Cases of psittacosis, or parrot
fever, reached a record of 169
last year and already this year
has topped by a total of 104
through Sept. 25.
Four cases of smallpox were
reported from as many states last
year, and the summary said that
if recommended criteria had
been used for verification of the
diagnosis ‘some of the four
cases would not qualify as con-
finned cases.” In 1952 there
were 21 cases.
A total of 106,925 tuberculosis
cases were reproted last year, a|
drop of 2.7 per cent from the 10,.
837 listed the preceding year.
A continued downward trend
in venereal disease reports wag
noted for last year but the ser
vice cautioned that decreased
case-finding efforts are reflected
in the figures.
Syphillis cases totaled 150,080,
compared with 169,196 the year
before, and there were 246,311
cases of gonorrhea, compared
With 253,839.
TOPPER STORE
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EGGS
Doz.
35c
Lb.
Kraft
Qt
Fryer*
47c
Cooking Oil
59c
Deviled
. Each
* Lb.
Crab
..... 23c
Rib Stew
19c
Fillet •*
Lb.
Boneless
Lb.
Salt Mackerel ..
49c
Stew
49c
BLUE PLATE
BLUE PLATE
Mayonnaise
piai29c
COFFEE
u.L09
NBC Oyster
Lb.
Large Heads
Bach
Crackers
■o
... 31c
Lettuce
16c
Margold
Lb.
Fresh
Lb.
Margarine
.... 21c
Tomatoes ..
15c
Regular
10 Lb.
Fresh
4 Ears
Potatoes
...39c
Com
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MULLET FISH
Lb.
25c
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Five Men Make
Five Mistakes
One man struck a match to see if the gaso
line tank was empty.
IT WASNT!
One man patted a strange bulldog
head to see if it was affectionate
FT WASNT!
the
One man speeded up to see if he could beat
the train to the crossing.
HE COULDNT!
One man touched an electric wire to
it was charged.
IT WAS!
if
One man cut out his advertising to see if he
could save money.
HE COULDNT!
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