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TTwraday, November 10, 1955 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE PagtSerM * Society... (Continued from page three) by her uncle, J. Aldine Blakely, wore « gown of Chantilly lace and nylon tulle over satin with tiny covered buttons down the bade of the fitted bodice of lace. The long sleeves tapered to points over the wrists and the rounded decollette neckline was outlined in scallops of seed pearls. Hie very full skirt of lace was in redingote effect over tulle. The scalloped lace over skirt fell into a chapel train. Her fingertip veil of illusion was at tached to a Juliet cap of lace which was edged with seed pearls. She carried a white pray er book topped with a white or chid and tuberoses. For her daughter’s wedding Mrs. Speake chose a floor-length dress of Dior blue chiffon trim med with lace and a lavender wine-throated orchid. The groom’s mother wore a floor-lnegth gown of champagne taffeta trimmed with brown vel vet and a brown orchid. Following the rites a reception was held for the wedding guests at the home of the bride’s moth er on Walnut street. Mrs. G. A. Burton and Mrs. Fuller Moates greeted the guests who were pre sented to the receiving line com posed of the bride and groom, their parents, and the wedding party. Mrs. James Monroe directed the guests into the gift room where Mrs. W. C. Adams, Mrs. Ed McMeekin and Miss Iona Blakely entertained. Miss Becky Speake presided over the bride’s register. Mrs. Craig Russell invited the guests into the dining room where decorated cakes and mints carrying out a green and white motif were served with coffee, poured by Mrs. John Speake and Mrs. W. K. Weirick. Miss Flor ence Blakely served cake and al so assisting in the dining room were Miss Frances Winn and Mrs. Henry Burton. Mrs. Ralph Wilbanks bade the guests good bye. A mantel arrangement of ros es, dahlias and sasanqua in white and lavender-pink adorned the living room. The bride’s table, with a white organdy cover over Work Pants $2.50 to $4.95 By Fly, N & W, Headlight SNAG PROOF—$6.95 L B. DILLARD green, held a lovely centerpiece fashioned of pom poms, and chrysanthemums with white sat in ribbons extending to silver candlesticks holding white light ed tapers. On either end of the server were the wedding cake and a similar floral arrangement with a five-branched silver can delabra holding white lighted ta pers. During the evening the couple left for thier wedding trip, the bride wearing a brown tweed suit with brown skin shoes and bag, matching hat and gloves, and the orchid from her prayer book. Mrs. Skenes attended the Clinton schools and received her BA. degree from Columbia col lege in June of this year. She took part in many campus ac tivities, being a member of the French club, Kappa Delta Epsi lon sorority, the Columbia staff and the Block C club. ^ Lt. Skenes attended the Co lumbia schools and was graduat ed in 1934 from the University of South Carolina with a B.S. de gree. He was a member of Sig ma Chi social fraternity. Air Force TOTC, having received his commission upon graduation. Since which time he has been taking flight training, receiving his wings November 1. Upon their return from a wed ding trip they will go to Fort Worth, Texas, where he will be stationed. Out of town guests here for the rites were Mrs. Oswald Cope land, Sr., Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Metz, Mrs. V. M. Hun ter, Mr. and Mrs. Burney Kinard, Jr., Lt. Woody Randall, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Littlejohn, Mrs. Margaret Dehart, Mrs. Rudolph Box, Miss Marie Box, Miss Mary Lynn Huckabee, Mrs. W. E. Brock, Mrs. D. M. Winter, Mrs. A. D. Sutton, Miss Kay Sutton, Mrs B F Crosby, Columbia; Mrs. Loy Y. Johnson, Miss Leon Cros by, Union; Mrs. J. W. Speake, Mrs. Craig Russell, John Russell, Spartanburg; Miss Frances Winn, Atlanta; Mrs. W. C. Ad ams, Mrs. O. N. Maxwell, Mrs. W. K. Weirick, Macon, Ga.; Miss Florence Blakely, Durham, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. James Monroe, Lib- bie Monroe, Latta; Mr. and Mrs. Ed McMeekin, Becky and Eliza beth, Great Falls; Mrs. W. E. Baker, Jr., Miss Martha Lee Mc- Fadden, Alcolu; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burton, Greenville. Revival Underway At Sloan St. Church Evangelist Harry Guy is con ducting a revival at the Church of God of Prophecy on Sloan street this week, it is announced by Rev. P. A. Beasley, pastor. Ser vices are held each evening at 7 o’clock. Guy will review his life story at 3 o’clock Sunday after- I noon. Guy is said to be a night club performer, ex-convict, a former prize fighter and dope addict. Biiih Announcements GAMBRELL Mr. and Mrs. Merle H. Gam- brell, formerly of this city, an nounce the birth of a son, Ste ven CarrtrtIv*on Novmeber 2 at the Whitmire Medical Center. Mrs. Gambrell is the former Miss Nell Smith of Woodruff. \ FALLAW Mr. and Mrs. Hurk Lynn Fal- law announce the birth of a daughter, Rebecca Lynne, on No vember 2 in Alameda, Calif. Mrs. Fallaw is the former Miss Ge neva Williams of Corpus Christi, Texas. Little Rebecca’s grand parents are Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Fallaw of this city. Area PTA Workshops Be Held Nor. 14-16-18 Mrs. Ellen Dell Bieler, who is on the field staff of the National ers, will conduct three work- Congress of Parents and Teach- shops in the state during Novem ber giving instruction in council work. Many PTA members all over the state will remember Mrs. Bieler’s visit in February at dis trict meetings and will be en- thusisatic about the opportunity to see and hear her again. It is a real privilege for PTA members to learn more about the work. Dates and places of meetings are: November 14 — Spartanburg, Park Hill school. November 16—Columbia, Main Street Methodist church. November 18 — Charleston, St. Andrews Parish school. The one-day sessions will be real workshops, since several days instruction must be crowd ed into a few hours. Instruction will begin promptly, taking a brief period for lunch. Registra tion will begin at 9:30 a. m.; in- ttruction a tl0:00 o’clock; a break for lunch; dismissal at 3:00 p. m. Tests Efficiency Local G. O. C. J. C. THOMAS ONLY *1?£L ,«» $ 59? 5 The local post of the Ground day in an observation period Observer Corps took part Sun- known as “Sky Train 8’’ from 9:00 a. m. until 9:00 p. m. with 18 i members participating. Monday afternoon Mrs. Leila N. Johnson, supervisor of the Clinton post, received a call from the Columbia Air Defense Center to inform her that the Air Force sent out a special plane on Sun day to test the efficiency of the posts, and Clinton and Winns- boro were the only posts that spotted the plane and reported to the Columbia center. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rice were on duty at the time the plane was spotted. Mrs. Johnson stated more vol unteers are needed and those in terested are asked to write her at Box 152. The local post is sponsored by by the B&PW club of which Mrs. Johnson is also a member. State Agencies Need Better Public Relations, Says Senator Wilson State agencies and employees need better public relations, said Senator Ralph T Wilson, of Laur ens county, in addressing the Laurens county unit of the South Carolina State Employees’ asso- IF YOU DON'T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON'T GET TUT NEWS ciation at its semi-annual meeting here on November 1. In his talk before 125 members of the association. Senator Wilson stressed three points: the impor tance of the employees’ ability to work together amiably, strong loy alty on the part of the employee to his employer, and keeping the public better informed on the work done in the various state de partments. He x used Whitten Vil- lage, Clinton, as an example of a state agency which functions with out general public knowledge or appreciation of its afrr*, efforts and needs. A better informed pub lic, he added, itfouki repsond to the need for salaries commensu rate with others being paid throughout tha state, and would be in a better position to appre ciate the added expenses and re sponsibilities of all state agen cies. The meeting was held at the American Legion building. Mrs. Julia A. Littlefield, president of tha Laurens county unit of the Eknployees’ association, presided. Grope Vine Pruning Demonstration To Be Held Next Mondoy Farmers and land owners of the area served by the Clinton high school are invited to attend at 11 a. m. next Monday a pruning dem onstration at Bolt Bros, grape vineyard on highway 252, four miles west of Laurens. This is a county-wide meeting for farmers already having vineyards and for persons interested in a relatively new cash crop developing in the county. E. L. Love, of Spartanburg, who is developing the grape industry in this section of the country, will conduct the pruning demonstra tion. WOMAN’S CLUB MEET The Woman’s club of Clinton Mills will meet at the Commun ity house Tuesday, November 15, at 7:30. Pupils of Mrs. A. B. Blakely will present a Thanks giving program. Subscribe To THE CHRONICLE PHONE 7% Mrs. N. A. Shouse, Of Whitmire, Dies Mrs. Isabel V. Chase Shouse, 50, wife of Newman A. Shouse, died Saturday afternoon at Blalock clinic after several months of de clining health. She was a native of Columbia but haft made her home near Whitmire most of her life. She was a member of the Whit mire Presbyterian Church. She wsa a daughter of Mrs. Bessie Riser Chase and the late Colton Chase. She is survived by her husband, one son and one daughter, E. T. Shouse of Whitmire and Mrs. S. A. Pitts Jr. of Clinton; her mother, George Chase of Flor ida and one sister, Mrs. H. D. Amos of Charlotte, N. C., and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the 'First Presbyterian church of WhirUnire by the Rev. W. H. Dendy and Dr. W. Reed Turner. Interment was in Rosemont ceme tery, Clinton. Pallbearers were deacons of the Prwtoyterian church of Whitmire. Display Winning Arrangement At Belks A dried line arrangement by Mrs. Gary Holcombe which won a blue ribbon at the Laurens county fair, is exhibited this week in the Garden Center in the gift department at Belk’s. Next week a Thanksgiving table will be on display at the center. Laurens Ready- Mix Concrete Eeaaamleal and Caaveuient Phone 2710 Night Ph. 24506—Day Ph. 2710 LAURENS, S. C. SEPTIC TANK CLEANING BY SPECIAL MACHINE Reasonable Rates PHONE 880.W, CLINTON 200 FREE GARDENIAS To the First 200 Ladies Who Visit Our New Store Your friendly new ladies’ and children’s wear store in CLINTON, S. C 107 BROAD STREET (Building Formerly Occupied by Moore's Shoe Store) GRAND OPENING Thurs., Nov. 17 8:30 a. m 4 Come In and Register for a Free Dress WONDER THE BIG MOVE IS TO THE BIG Jarman Oxfords The latest Styles S8.95 to $14.95 L B. DILLARD 16Too«pMM, I Kntm, m o • e • roru* W rwrKAf • owp Ctofco of Mtenul Awl for ttf $1.00 tmn, fkb > Mt b tno, giozod I Mwar Heta* • Icood wm! . M »-■--* ■*-«-- ft ■— r O* oavoo noros, • rrww 8 Cop*, t SwMon. Imp “CM *T1IADC-MAK1I or OWCIOA LT». J. C. THOMAS, “It** Tun* That Counts” CLINTON JOANNA TURKEY SHOOT! I P.M. Bill’s Place on Providence Road, 2 miles West of Clin ton near Jack’s Dairy. Good Clean Fun Public Invited BRING YOUR LONG SHOOTING SHOT GUNS Can’t Oat Rid off Yaw Cold? Than try 686, the wkte-ecdvky med icine, for frented effectiveneee all aymptoow of ed kimd* at colde. 666 combinee 4 potent, widely- mecribed drawl end three positive dramatic results in a setter of hour*. Its miiiiUr"* therapy cover* the i at ad add symptoms. 666 No er 066 Cold The dazzling new Montclair hardtop coupe (above) ia pace-aetter for a whole new tioet of low-silhouette hardtop#, available in all ■erics to fit any budget. Brilliant new Plo-Tone color etyling. Interiors in •mart, luxurioua vinyl# and nylons. Now 225 horsepower—with a great new safety-surge V-8. This is no ordinary V-8. There’s a big difference in its high horsepower. More of it is usable. Feel it for yourself. Zoom away! Response is reflex-fast. Climb! There’s no strain, no hesitation. Pass! See how the big M shaves off vital seconds. You ride velvet-smooth, train-steady, and arrow-true. Mercury’s length, breadth and weight—plus new improved ball-joint front suspension (exclusive in its Held) make all your driving easier, more restful. Be sure and see £ P| Q EROURV ^Or 1956 BALDWIN MOTOR CO. North Brood St. — Clinton. S. C.