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I Thursday, January 3, 1957 > THE CLINTON CHRONICLE +**+*+—+*****—++0+4 •+++++++++*+++++++++*++++++++++++4 LYDIA MILLS MRS. CLYDE TRAMMELL, Correspondent, RepresentatWe TELEPHONE IMS *********++**+**+*++*+*+*+*+*+***+**++**+*+*+***+*+*+***+******** Mrs. J. T- Whitmore and Danny visited Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Eva Rhodes, in Woodruff. Sgt. and Mrs. Derby Atkinson, recently returned from Germany, and now of LawrenceviUe, Ga., were visitors of h* s Mhde and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. G, Atkin son, during the Christmas sea son. Mr. ahd Mrs. L. H. Fowler and Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs. ' Harry Rhodes and Norma, of Green wood, were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Corley. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Davenport and Mr. and Mrs. William Daven port of, Easley, visiteeMhe for mer’s sister, Mrs. Minnie Harvey, on Sunday. Miss Betty Campbell spent the holidays with Mr. and Mrs! 'Wat- son Campbell in Fountain' Inn. While away she visited relatves in Greenville and Kings Moun tain, N. C. Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Hardee, Jr., and children spent a few days over he holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hardee, Sr, and Mr. and Mrs. Jul ius Ward in Conway. Mrs. Joe Tharp and Miss Jo Anne Tharp, of Atlanta, Ga., were weekend guests of Mrs. Fred Fred Hanna and other friends in the community and in Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon Todd, of New Jersey, were holiday guests of the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Todd. On Christmas Day Mr. and Mrs. Wil ey Harper and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Harden and son, of Greenwood, Mr. and Mrs. ' Joe Todd and family, of Clinton, wer e dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Todd. Miss Beverly Webb and Steve Webb spent a few days with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Webb, in Camden during the holidays. Miss Pat duller was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Stockman in Newberry several days the past week. Visiting the H. M. Dallas family during the Christmas holidays were: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dal las and son, James Clifford, of Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. Gene Dallas, of Chester; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wilkerson and daughter, of Ware Shoals. Mr. and Mrs. David Coker and son spent the Christmas holidays with Mrs. Coker’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Smith in Greer. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walker and family were recent visitors of his sister, Miss Effie Walker, in Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Weathers, of Laurens, visited Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Moore Christmas eve ning. Mrs. Sybil Barnes and children, of Camden, visited Mr and tars. Wayne Templeton during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Atkinsoni and Rondel were recent guests of their parents and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P 'Hayes, Scott- dale, Ga. Mrs. Maggie Lominack has re turned to her home in Camden after a visit with her grandchil dren, Mr and Mrs. Ralph Black- well. Miss Beverly Kingsmor e . ana Melvin West, of Union, visited the former’s sister, Mrs. Hugh Dallas and Mr. Dallas Christmas Day. Theodore Jackson, Earl Greg ory and Raymond Kuykendall accompanied A2c Ray Jackson tu Myrtle Beach on December 25 following a leave with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Jackson. James Bailey and Rock. J. D. Hairston, Jimmy Hairston, Mar ion Hiers and son attended the Gator Bowl game in Jacksonville, Fla., Saturda.y Mr. and Mrs George Fleming and Ray, of Wake Forest, N. C , were guests of Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Hardee, Jr., Sunday eve ning. Mr. Fleming oreached for Rev. Hardee at the Lydia BaptisT church evening worship hour. Mr. Fleming returned to Wake Forest on Monday and Mrs. Fleming and Ray are spending the week here with Mrs. Hardee and- sons. Rev. Hardee has also* returned to Wake Forest following the holidays at home. Both young men are stu dents at the Southeastern Theo logical Seminary in Wake Forest. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Roach and family, of Seneca, were holi day visitors of her mother, Mrs. J. W. Fuller. Mrs. J. H. Seay and Miss Fero- line Seay were dinner guests of their daughter and sister, Mrs. Clyde Trammell, and Mr. Tram mell on Christmas Dayr- In the afternoon the Trammell family, Mrs. Seay and Mss Seay, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Seay and children, of Clinton, joined the Seay fam ily for their annual Christmas get-together at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Glenn in Green ville. Thirty-seven members of the family were present. Sgt. and Mrs. Coy O’Shields and son, of Fort Campbell, Ky, spent the holidays with her moth er Mrs. Stella McLendon, and other relatives. Mr. a/»d Mrs. G. B. Bridges, of Welford, visited Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Jacksort on Christmas Eve. Mr. and Mrs. Quinton Jones were visitors with relatives in Kingsport, Tenn., over the holi days. • ‘ Mr and Mrs. J. L. Hilley and Mrs. Ella Satterfield, of Newber ry, and Mrs. Henry Outz, of Co lumbia, spent Christmas Day with the former’s daughter. Mrs. Lewis Bass, and Mr. Bass Mr. and Mrs. Homer Sharpe and son, of Lake City, Tenn.. Mr. and Mrs. Festus Harris, of Flor ence, visited Mr. and Mrs. Mel vin Satterfield, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Harris and other rleatives during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walker and family visited Mr and Mrs. J W Weathers in Laurens Sun day. Mr and Mrs. H. O. Smith and Junior Wilbbnks attended funeral services for James Smith in Cal houn Falls Sunday. Jim Lanford, of Clemson col lege, visited his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wigley Mon day. . Mr and Mrs. Tommy Moore and sons spent the Christmas week-end wiht her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C Dickson, in Cow- pens. Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Hughey and family visited relatives in Spar tanburg Sunday. Mrs. Eva Rhoden, of Woodruff, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Whitmore, of Greenville, visited the J. T. Whit mores during the holidays. ’ Carol Parrish, of Aiken, spent the holidays with her grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Parrish and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Williams. Spending Christmas Day with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bodie were: Mr. and 'Mrs. Jimmy Berry and Mike, of Laurens; Mr. and Mrs J. M. Berry, Sr. of Fork Shoals; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Patterson, of Clinton; apd Mrs. I. S. Parker, of Charlotte, N- C. Mrs. Parker spent two weeks with her broth er and sister-in-law, Mr. aha Mrs? Bodie. v Mrs. E. C. Burdette, Mrs. E. C. Taylor, Jr., and Mrs. Clyde Tram mell attended the Woodruff chap ter OES annual inspection in Woodruff Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Crisp and son spent Christmas with her mother Mrs. Ethel Price, in Buf falo. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seegars and Mike, of Pensacola, Fla., vis ited Mrs. Seegars’ sister, Mrs. Martin Wilbanks, and Mr. Wil banks during the past week Bill Murphy, of Enoree, visited Mr. and Mr^. Floyd Emory Sun day. Msises Betty Lau Parrsh and Ruth Butler enjoyed Christmas dinner jwith Mr, 1 and Mrs. Robert Wilson and sond in Wattsville. S-Sgt Bim Willard, formerly of the Navy, has now enlisted in the Air Force arid !s stationed at Shaw AFB, Sumter, Captain and Mrs James Drake and daughter, Connie, of Hono lulu, T H., left December 26 for Alexandria, La., following two weeks visit with his mother, Mrs H W Williams, and Mr. Wil liams. Mrs: Howard Moore returnea home this week after visiting A3c Moore in Amarillo. Texas, for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs Frank Moore and daughters visited his mother. Mrs. S. E. Green, in Greenville, and his sister, Mrs. Charles War- dell, and Mr. Wardell in Dun can during the holidays., Bennie Owens, of Center, Ala , visited during the holidays with his uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs Frank Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Bailey and family and Mis's Joanna Wigley were visitors of Mrs B T Bagiev in Goodwater. Ala., during last week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Denver Mattison and sons, of Anderson, visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore dur ing the week-end Mr. and Mrs. H W. Williams were visitors of her parents, Mr and Mrs. W. W Ball, of Hender sonville, N. C, who are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bailey in ^Pied- mont on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. G. C Parrish, and Carol, of Aiken, Mr. and Mr^. Perry Parrish enjoyed Christmas supper with Mr and Mrs G C: Parrish, Sr. - Mrs. G. Larson and Mrs. Don ald Amsler, of North Charleston, visited the formers daughter, Mrs. Austin Wilkes, and Rev. Wilkes during the past week. Miss Lucy Johnson, of Green wood, spent a few days last week with her brother-in-law and sis ter, Rev. and Mrs Roseoe Bryan. ( Inter medial* GA's To Meet The Intermediate Girls’ Aux iliary of thp Lydia Baptist church will meet Monday evening at the hofne of Mrs. Cecil McLendon. Church Society To Meet Tuesday The Lydia Methodist church Womans Society of Christian Ser vice will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs E W Mitchell. Birth Announcement Brown Mr and Mrs Clayton Brown an nounce the birth of a daughter on December 31 at Hays hospital Mrs Brown is the former Miss Ruby Medlin, of Clinton. ^ YWA's Meet Tuesday The Young Womans Auxiliary of Lydia Baptist church will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Ruth Trammell at 7:00 p m • . Church Circle To Meet The Kathleen Walker circle of the Lydia Baptist church Wom an’s Missionary Society will meet with Mrs. F. L. Thornburg Wed nesday at, 1 p. m. — Supper Guests of Pastor and Wife The Ladies’ Auxiliary with their families, of the Pentecostal Holiness church in Chappells, were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs Martin Wilbanks on Thurs day night Mr Wilbanks preaches at the Chappells church Thoe enjoying this occasion were Rev and Mrs. J. W Wil liams. Mr and Mrs Ralph Wil liam; and children, Nancy, Betty and Joyce Gilliam. Mrs. J Pat ton, Mrs. Bertha McNuer and Polly, Mrs. L. McMahon ancJ^Eth- elene. and Mary Thoinas, Mr and Mrs H O Smith, of Lydia. New Yeer'i Eve Party A teen-age New Years’ Eve party was held at the Lydia com munity building Monday evening, with Misses Linda and Peggy Willard, Joanne and Peggy Wig ley, Faye Bailey and LaDon Mc- Cravy as hostesses. A large grbup of young folk en joyed games and contests, with the traditional balloons, horns and other noise makers on hand for the 12 o’clock celebration Party refreshments were serv ed bv the hostesses Sympathy Extended The community extends deep est sympathy to the family of Fate Fuller, Sr., in his death on Sunday morning. With The Sick 1 Claude Gilstrap is recuperating at home .following a stay at the General hospital ir» Greenville. Mrs. Martin Wilbanks is a pa- i tient at Blalock clinic. Walter Campbell is 3 patient in a Columbia hospital. Mike, Joe and Mia Johnson 1 have chicken pox. Otis ta^rtin is recuperating at j home following surgery at Hays j hospital. tl ^ Birthdays and Anniversaries Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Satterfield celebrated their, wedding anni versary' December 23. Frank Walker will ’ celebrate his birthday January 6 J B. Neal observed his birth day January 2 A2c Jimmy O’Shields will bb- | serve his birthday January 7 Miss Mickie O’Shields will : celebrate her birthday January 8 j Jimmy Dean was ten years old January 1. Mrjf and Mrs. Boyd Wilkes ob served their 14th wedding an niversary January 2 Mr and Mrs. Frank Goss are celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary today Vouna Culpepper will be nine years old January 5 Miss Sue Hamilton will cele brate her birthday January 7 Joe Todd will observe his birth day January 10 Wanda Gay Crawford will cele brate her birthday ^January 0 Fate Fuller, Sr., Pa*»*« Fate Fuller, Sr . 51, died sud- j denly Sunday morning at his 1 home near Clinton. He was a na tive of Laurens county, and was a son of the late Jesse and Sarah WLntlock Fuller He was a member of Bellview Baptist church For a number of years , he worked as a weaver in the Lydia Cotton Mills Mr. Fuller was married twice. His first marriage was to Eva Dell Garrett, who died in 1953 Surviving by this union are three sons. Fate Fuller, Jr, of the home; James E. Fuller, U. S. Air Force. California; and Grady D. Fuller, U. S. Navy. Washington and one daughter. Mrs. Paul Ward, of Clinton. His second marriage wsa to Mrs Mozelle Richards. Surviving by this un ion are one son. F Edward Full- ler. and one daughter, Melda D L Page Seven Fuller both of the home; also two stepsons, Johnny Myers, U S Army. Fort Jackson; and Chairles Myers of Louisberg, Va ; and two grandchildren.' He is also sur vived by four brothers, J I. Full er, of Charlotte, N C ; Ben T Fuller, of Clinton; W S Fuller, of California; and Jefferson Fuller, of Columbia, and three sisters, Miss Maude Fuller and Mrs. J S Nlavy, both of Startex. and' Mis- Sarah Fuller, of Greenville- Funeral services were coduct ed Wednesday afternoon at 2 30 ♦.♦♦.♦♦A »>»-♦ e.ee.e *.» ♦.» *.♦ *«*•*» • eeeeeeee.^e •••••*># •«># *#%***»***%#•# *« ** • ♦ ••******#«#«****W*«*e*«*eW***«*«*«*«#• •« #« e«eeeeWeeee'ee'ee'eeVeWe• *«*•*«#ee«** K > - $. o’clock at Bellview Baptist church by the_ Rev Ralph Stan ley and the Rev Stanley Hardee. Interment was in Roeemont cem etery TO ATTEND MEETING IN COLUMBIA C E Galloway will attend a meeting of the Equitable Life As surance Society which is being held in Columbia tomorrow and Saturday. Subscribe To THE CHRONICLE I H % i: g s •V :: # ♦ :: eV 3 :: 3 1 The time to start saving is now . . . the place to save is here, where interest, compounded regularly, helps your savings grow faster. And rememlter, steady saving brings the beat results. Make every payday.your time to save . . . you’ll always be glad you did. Bank of C* ‘ Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 2% Interest Paid On Savinas Accounts Semi-Annually :::::::: / ~~ Annual Statement 7 LAURENS FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION December 31.1956 RESOURCES First Mortgage Loans $5,463,128.19 Loans on Savings Accounts 22,821.35 Property Improvement Loans. 99,616.96 Properties Sold on Contract 30,488.44 Real Estate Owned 989.65 Stock, Federal Home Loan Bank.. 110,000.00 U. S. Government Bonds 100,000.00 Cash on Hand and in Banks 390,783.80 Office Building (less depreciation). 203,688.49 Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment, and Improvements to Leased Property, (less Depreciation) . 73,532.34 Other Assets — 211,70 TOTAL ASSETS $6,495,260.92 f'-i ’ » ■ L1ABBILIT1ES Savings Accounts . .$5,395,682.30 Advances, Federal Home Loan Bank : 720,000.00 Construction Loans in Process... 3,871.45 Interest Collected in Advance 16,154.77 Other Liabilities 9,580.67 Specific Reserves — 1,500.00 Reserve—S. C. Franchise Tax — 3,625.26 Reserves and Undivided Profits... 344,846.47 - TOTAL LIABILITIES 56,495,260.92 SAVINGS INSURED UP TO 510,000 BY THE FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION $149,790.12 Paid in Dividends in 1956 /* ■> . ’ i Growth In Resources ~ „ June 30,1948 $197,498.45 December 31, 1950. .$1,907,055.67 December 31, 1952 $3,648,591.45 December 31, 1954.......... $5,33$,339.56 December 31,1956-$6,495,260.92 ^122?. ;mmr* lKuRENS COUNTY’S LARGEST SAVINGS INSTITUTION CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE - 3% PER ANNUM \ \ We invite our friends and customers to use the following new services: Save By Mail We pay postage both ways, and you can now save with us without any expense or trouble. Requests for information on sav ing by mail will be promptly answered. Night^ Depository You will find a convenient after hours letter drop at the front of our building. Reach under the drop for an envelope, enclose your pass book and money, raise the slot marked "Envelopes," and drop it in. Your pass book will be promptly posted and moiled to you. Drive-Up Window The Drive-up Window is becoming more popular every day. Save time by using the window on the West side of the building. t Car Parking At the rear of our building you will find ample parking, and if is free to our cus tomers—use it. • v t 1 Safe Deposit Boxes For os little os $3.30 per yeor, you con hove a safe deposit box in the strongest and most modern vault in Laurens. In surance policies, deeds, and other valu ables should be kept in a vault. Money Orders Laurens Federal money orders are ac cepted everywhere. We issue them with out any fee being chargedCond in any amount. Travelers Cheques We are selling agents for both American Express and National City Bank travelers checks. They can be cashed anywhere but only by the owner. Let us explain the advantage of converting cash into trav elers checks. If lost or stolen, they ore promptly redeemed