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Thursday, October 6, 1955 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE * Item* of Interest From ... West Clinton MRS. JOHN MATE, Correspondent and Represent*tire Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Ficklin and' children visited Mr. and Mrs. La mar Ficklin in Greenwood Sun day. BM2 Paul Arnold of Norfolk, Va., is spending a 13-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Arnold. f Mr. and Mrs. Gene Floyd at- h tended the homecoming of the Joanna Baptist church Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Craine visited Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Craine in Greenville Saturday. Pfc. Richard Dunaway of Fort Benning, Ga., visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Dunaway, re cently. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Dunaway attended the funeral of Walter Lawson in Union Sunday. Mrs. John Hedspeth and Shir ley and Nancy Hughes visited Mr. and Mrs. Bud Carr in Aiken during the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ivester, Mrs. John Hedspeth and Mrs. Elsie Cannon visited in Carnes- ville, Ga., Monday. Joy Bridwell, Martha (Robinson and Alice Bentley spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Oxner. Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Thome of Chesnee, visited Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Trammell Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Trammell and children visited Mrs. Sadie Mabry in Union Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Braswell, Mr. and Mrs. Truman Owens at tended the World Series games in New York last week. Mr. and Mrs. Grange Camp- k bell and son, Terry, visited Mrs. Charlie Garrett, who is ill, in Spartanburg Sunday. Mr .and Mrs. Paul Glenn and children of Greenville, visited Mrs. J. H. Seay and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Seay last week. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Terry and daughters, Mrs. Elmer Queen, Hugh Cunningham, Marguerite Cunningham and Mr. and Mrs. James Craine visited at Chimney Rock, N. C., recently. Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Harmon and children of Johnston, visit ed Mr. and Mrs. William Cannon and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Ward Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. James Thornton and daughter. Bob Suger and Ed Garrett of Anderson and Clem- son, visited Mr. and Mrs. Char- ♦ lie. Barker Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Osborne and daughter of Whitmire, and Frank Hughes of Spartanburg, visited i Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Ridings and daughters of Atlanta, Ga., visited Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rid ings during the week-end. Mrs. H. A. Adams and Cecil Adams visited in Augusta, Ga., Saturday. Charles Kinard attended the Carolina-Navy football game in Columbia Saturday. William Patterson has returned to Kingsville, Texas, after spend ing a 17-day leave with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Patterson. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tinsley and son visited Mr. and Mrs. Larry Boozer and Mr. and Mrs. John Boozer in Newberry. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Ted Boozer in Columbia During the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Brissie and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Royce Smith and son of Ware Shoals, visited Mrs. J. H. Seay and fam ily recently. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Trammell and children visited relatives in Spartanburg last week-end. Mrs. Jim Tinsley, Mrs. Pearl Patterson and Williarh Patterson visited Mrs. Selma Boulware in Union last week. Mrs. Boulware returned home with them for a visit. Mrs. John Maye, Betty and Cynthia Grady of Union, visited in Enoree and Greenville Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Watts and family have moved into their new home on North Broad street and are now operating Watts’ Grocery. ♦ — Birth Announcements Crowell Mr. and Mrs. William Crowell announce the arrival of a son, William H. Crowell, Jr., October 2 at Spartanburg General hos pital. Mrs. Crowell is the for mer Miss Louise Deadwyler. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cannon announce the birth of a son, Jef frey Ray, on Sept. 25 at Hays hospital. Mrs. Cannon is the former Miss Geraldine Barbery. With The Sick Mrs. L. W. Butler is a patient at Hays hospital where she is un dergoing treatment. Mrs. Harold Crowe continues to improve at her home? Mrs. Cecil Wooten has return ed home after undergoing treat ment at Hays hospital. Bill Medlock of Spartanburg, brother of Mrs. William Cannon, is seriously ill at the Veterans hospital in Columbia. Mrs. Josie Boiler has' been ill at her home. Friends of Ernest Lark will be sorry to hear he is a patient at the Laurens hospital. Essie Powell and Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell, all of Greer. From here were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hughes, and children, Mr. and Mrs. Luke Fuller nad Gail. A bountiful dinner was served after which Mrs. Center was presented mnay gifts. Shower Given A lovely shower was given for Mrs. Bill Snelgrove Friday after noon at the Community building. The rooms were decorated with flower arrangements. Several interesting games were played under the direction of Mrs. Eland Harris of Aiken. Re freshments of sandwiches, con gealed salad, cookies, fruit cake and punch were served, Mrs. Snelgrove received many useful gifts which were opened and passed to the guests. A num ber of out of town guests attend ed. Hostesses were the ladies from the cloth room. Choral Club Rahoarsals Regular Clinton and Lydia Choral club rehearsals will be held at 7:30 each Thursday eve ning at the Clinton Community building. Blue Bird. Camp Fir* Horison Group Schedule Schedules for the time of all Blue Bird, Camp Fire and Horiz on meetings will be posted reg ularly on the bulletin boards of the schools which the members attend. Fellowship Club Maeting A meeting of the Young Peo ple’s Fellowship club was held Sunday afternoon with 12 mem bers present Myron Myers led in several songs, after which a trumpet solo and a sword drill were given. Bill Guest gave an interesting sermonette and later the meeting was dismissed. ■ ■" Mrs. Bertha H. Thompson Mrs. Bertha Hunt Thompson, 78, died suddenly Sunday morn ing at the home of her sister, Mrs. S. W. Orr, at 111 Elizabeth St., Chester, following a brief illness. Mrs. Thompson was a native of Franklin county, Ga., but had made her home in Joanna and Clinton for 25 years. For the past year she had resided with her niece, Mrs. Allen Power, of this city. She was twice married, first toi the late John N. Hunt. Surviving this union are one son. G. W. Hunt of Greenville; apd one granddaughter. Her second marriage was to G. W Thompson, who died sev eral years ago. Also surivhring are five sisters. Mrs. Roxie Moore of Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Maude Davis of Lau rens, Mrs. Paul Lewis of Whit mire, Mrs. Sadie Quinton of this city .and Mrs Nina Orr of Ches ter. Funeral services were con ducted Monday at 4:00 p. m„ at Joanna Pentecostal Holiness church by the Rev Ben Jones. Burial was in Rosemont ceme tery. Birthdays and Wadding Anniversaries Joan Cannon will have a birth day October 9. Mrs. Ada Center had a birth day September 28. Judy Bouknight had a birth day October 1. ^ Mrs. R. L. Adams had a birth day October 2. Joan Cannon will celebrate a birthday October 8. Edward Bigbee has a birthday October 11. Mrs. Annie Mae Caughman will celebrate a birthday Oct. 26. Mrs. Margaret Hedspeth has a birthday October 14. Sandra Bigbee, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bigbee, will have a birthday October 21. Mr. and Mrs. Manley Penland will celebrate their wedding an niversary October 13. Hubert Leopard had a birthday September 29. Mrs. R. L. Adams celebrated a birthday October 3. Birthday Dinner Given A birthday dinner was given in honor of Mrs. Ada Center at her home Sunday. Those attending from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Lee Holtzclaw, Jr., and family, Mrs. Greenwood Woman Killed By Husband; Was Employed Here Greenwood, Sept 24—Fufteral services were conducted Sunday at 3:00 p. m. at Tranquil Metho dist church for Mrs. Minnie Riley Klugh, who was beaten to death with a crowbar near here Fri day. ^ Henry B. Klugh, about 60, hus band of the dead woman, was be ing held in Greenwood county jail pending an inquest. The crowbar, about 30 inches long, was found about eight feet from Mrs. Klugh’s body in the backyard of the Klugh residence on the Abbeville highway yester day. Klugh told officers he struck his wife with the crowbar after she struck at him. They had just gone to the Klugh residence from Clinton where Mrs. Klugh was employed at Whitten Village. Klugh told Sheriff J. Calvin White that his wife had written him to come to Clinton for her. Sheriff White said the couple; had been married twice. They were married in 1919, divorced in January of this year ai*l remar ried in April. Klugh has twice been tried for murder, once in AbbeviHe county in 1923 and in Greenwood coun ty in 1933. The Abbeville trial was a senational affair involving the ambush shooting of William Foster of Anderson at his home near the Greenwood - Abbeville county line. 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