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} THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, December 2ft, 19ft8 silectomy at Hays Hospital on Thursday. She is at home on Acad emy Street recuperating. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Frank Lyda. Clayton Bdmonds recently under went an appendectomy at Hays Hos pital and is recuperating nicely. H. A. Adams is ill at his home on Elizabeth Street. Moose Lodge Members Are Santa Claus Helpers 'I h - 'h anniversary of “Operation Santa Claus" collecting and repairing toys which will be distributed on iinds mer”. ers of the Clinton lodge Loyal Order of Moose Christmas Eve. From left to right, they are Fred Lowery, tont.iiu..i-: ; .< nnnuai task of making Christmas more J. E. Braswell, Jr., Mason Coleman, J. C. Estes, Gholdie merr., . r more than lot) needy children. Pictured above Simmons, C. \V. Wooten, and J. J. Owens.—Photo by Dan are ui the members who participated in the work of Yarborough. CLASS ENJOYS CHRISTMAS DINNER Forty-two guests enjoyed a Christ mas dinner, consisting of members and friends of the Men's Boyd- Blakely class of Broad Street Meth odist Church at the Community Building on Friday of last week ; at 8 p. m. Tiie members were led with pray er by Rev. J P. Roquemore. pas ! tor of Bailey Street Methodist Church The dinner was beautifully arrang ed and consisted of turkey and all the trimmings. Favors were given of gilm packages wrapped in lovely (Christmas packages. Rev. Joel Can- | ;;on dismissed the class with prayer. I . Joanna H6s Top Safety Record Joanna — Employees of Joanna Cotton Mills Co. completed a mil lion consecutive man hours with out a list-time accident on Dec. 5. In 1953 the mill’s record was 885,8f>8 hours and in June this year it was 934,000 accident-free hours. Items of Interest From . . West Clinton MK>. C. v. LLLKDLL. lurresipondent and Representative PHONE 17M Mr and Mrs. Cecil Wooten and 1. Cross Hiil. She will visit other Mr and Mrs R C. Oxner enjoyed relatives in Greenwood also, a.Christmas dinner with, the form-j yjr. and Mis. James Bagwell and er s parents. Rev and Mrs. George M r . and Mrs Walt Smith and sou. James of Rt 1. Duncan, on Sun- Terry, enjoyed wrestling in Spar day tanburg on Saturday night. Patrolman and Mrs. Charles Ox- . Ntjvses fcvelyn Slfn ,. Dessle Webb ner of Aiken, spent Monday with an<j Bett Lou Nt< , u , ldon and Mr the laders parents, Mr and Mrs. and ^ McLendon and R C. Oxner of near Clinton. family are spending a week with Mrs R C Oxner visited her relatives in Qcorgia and Florida nophew. Buddy De’Vall of Green- hutx . rt u and ^ an0 MfS y.lle General Hospital on Saturday. c|lfton Heaton VIsited rt . lative , nt ,, r Lancaster. She scrvi*d a nice salai Charles Leatherwood. a'hletic direc- plate with cheese niblets and pimen tor of Clinton Mills. to cheese sandwiches and saltines, spice cake, coffee or tea The home CALVARY GA’S ENJOY PARTY was lovely with the many Chrisi- The G. A.’s of Calvary enjoyed a mas decorations and the taole was party Friday afternoon at the so- Patrolmen To Be On Duty During Holiday Season All highway patrolmen in the Clinton area will be on duty during the Christmas holiday period. Chief Highway Commissioner Claude R. McMillan has stated. Patrolmen have been instructed to put forth every effort to make trav el as safe as possible, remaining constantly alert for violations dur ing this period. "The Christmas season is sui^pfo ed to be a happy one, not marred by traffic accidents.” said Mr. McMil lan. X “In order to prevent highway deaths and injuries during the hob- day season, every motorist and" pe destrian must be on the alert at all times Highway patrolmen will make every effort to see that traffic laws are obeyed.” Mr McMillan said A. R. P. Church Open For Prayer From tWo until five* o’clock Christmas afternoon the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church will be open for prayer and meditation with organ music. Members of the congregation and any others who desire are invited for prayer and meditation. Bragg To Head Local Masons Fred D. Brlgg, Jr., was elected and installed as Worshipful Master of Campbell Lodge No. 44, A. F. M.. at a regular meeting December 16, 1958. Other officers elected and in stalled are Edgar C. Taylor, Jr., senior warden; Robert E. Elmore, junior warden; LeanQin D. Jones. treasurer; V. Parks Adair, secre tary; Epps B. Davis, senior deacon; John T. Gallman, junior deacon; J. D. Bass, Sr., and David Word. Jr„ stewards; W. I. BaUey. tiler, and Durwood Murdock, chaplin. COURT HOUSE CLOSED The Court House in Laurens will be closed all day December 24, 25 and 26 for the Christmas holidays covered with w-hite with pink rib bon streamers. Tho members ex changed gifts and each secret sis ter of the year was know n. A family was remembered whose home had been destroyed by fire > recently Each one brought some ar ticles of clothing or household items for them. Mrs. Cox dismissed her class with prayer. rial hall. 'there were 10 present for the oc casion. Gifts were exchanged and refreshments were served. Mrs. Dessie Hedgepeth is G. A. leader of this group He underwent surgery recently. Saluda on Saturda). Mr and Mrs Jack Wilson and! Mr aid Mrs. M W. Adam* will family, of Pendleton, visited Mr. enjoy Christmas dinner with rela- and Mrs W E Braswell this week- tives at tKe Colonial style “Old •' n d ‘Adams'* home in Elberton, Ga., on Sgt. and Mrs Chester Perritt. of Thursday The home is four gen Charleston, and Mr and Mrs. Clyde orations old and is still occupied bv Croy and Ricky and Bobby Britt, of irvember>, of the family Greenville left Sunday for a few M r . UlK j Mr*. Dessie Adams, Mr days visit wi h reUives in Geor- aIKj Mr*. eu, s Brewtngton. of near ^ [Ware Shoa's, visited Mr and Mrs. Mrs John ie Mason visited Mrs h A Adams on Sunday L t. EUtxige. oi Cross Hill, on Sat- yjr a nd Mrs. George Brock and urday A.so visiting tier were her Terry were Sunday visitors of Mr daughters. Mrs W V. Storey and land Mrs Roy Blackwell and sons Lucille HoiLctaw, ot Grcenvjlle. Mrs. Fr?d Hall, of Chester. Mrs. Rose Prather, of Whitmire, and Mrs Lucille Smith, of Chester, were Fri- .1DEL S CLASS ENJOYS CLASS MEETING AND PARTY The Fidclis Class of Calvary Bap BLUE BIRD PARTIES! CLINTON MILL The Clinton Mill community Tu lip and Rose group of Bluebirds en joyed a Christinas party together Wednesday evening at 3 p. m. at the Community Building. the children toured the Commu nity Building, reviewing all the love ly l Christmas decorations Games were enjoyed. Refreshments were served con-, sisting of pink and white decorated cup cakes. Pepsi Colas, pop corfl. peppermint candy and bubble gum as favors 'there were 17 piesent for tne party. Mrs Violet King and Thelma Elledge presented each lit tle girl with a set of hair barretts as gifts and the little girls earned I the pictures they had made pre viously home to their mothers as then gifts ELIZABETH STREET CHURCH OF GOD CHRLSTMAS PARTY The Church of God oti Elizabeth Street presented a Christmas play titled "The Tongue Tied Spirit” at 7:30 p. m. Monday. There were 5 main characters. Performers were Misses Josephine Brewer and Elizabeth Cole, Sue Mae Gregory, Albert Cothran and Vernon Anderson, Judy Laney was soloist and pianinst and Myrtle Fos ter director Rev J B Cole is pas tor of Lhe church. They also enjoyed their Christmas tree with the exchanging of gifts and distributing fruit to the mem bers GREETINGS! I would like to wish for all my I subscribers and their families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy,; Prosperous New Year! May God' bless each one w ith health and hap-1 piness. day visitors of Mr. and Mrs C. A. list Church held their monthly class Elledge and family. meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p. m at Mr. and Mrs C. A Elledge and the home of Mrs Joel Cox on Pitts boys spent Monday with Mr. and Street She is teacher of the clas- Mrs C E. Elledge, of Cross Hill There were eleven members pres- Mr and Mrs Clyde Croy visited ent and three guests, two former Mr and Mrs. Clyde Britt in Green- members of the class. Doris Os vtlle on Saturday borne, and Thelma Elledge, and Mr and Mrs C E. Elledge, of Mrs. A. D Lancaster. Cross Hill, visited Mk. end Mks. 1 The program was opened with C A Elledge and family on Tues prayer by Mrs Alvin Trammell lay Mrs. Joe Meadors was in charge of Sgt and Mrs Chester Perritt, of the devotional reading Mrs. Keith Charleston, are visiting relatives in McGee* was director of the recrea- Gree-nville and Mr. and Mrs Clyde lion program with a game and she Croy and family for a fe*w days. read a Christmas poern to the meiu- Mi.ns Martha Nell Holtzclaw, of bers. and recned a comedy act for Columbia Hospital, is spending them A business session was held Christmas holidays with he*r mother also. Mrs Lucille Holtzclaw and grand Rcfri-d me-M^ vve*re se*rved 1) mother Mrs. L. C Khedge. of Rt j Mrs. Cox and assis ing hostess. Mr» CHRLSTMAS PARTY AT MERCER SILAS SCHOOL A day long Christmas party was held at the M S Bailey School on Fnday from 8 a. m to 6 p. m. The cafeteria was decorated in lovely Christmas decorations with pretty uiDe arrangements Santa was present to talk to the little children He was silting in a big easy chair with a big beautiful lighted tree in the background. Each employee and their depen dents received personal written in vitations fpr the parties and bags of fruits. Refreshments consisting of pop corn, candies, cookies, coffee and punch were served. Tne Christinas program was un der the direction of Mrs. Eva Land community recreation director, an. 1 Flying high are our hopes for your happiness during the Holi day season. But deeply rooted is our appreciation of your patron age and good will in the past year. We shall look forward to the op portunity of continuing to serve you throughout the new year. BIRTHDAY CALENDAR Happy birthday on Christmas day to Mrs. Jack Wilson, of Pendleton today She is a former resident of Clinton and has many friends here who wish her a happy birthday also. Lurline Woody celebrates a birth day today. Dec 25. Janice Davenport celebrates a birthday Friday, Dec. 26. Gholdie Simmons celebrates a birthday Saturday. Dec. 27. Miss Grace Ficklin observes a birthday Dec 28. Harold Coker celebrates a birth day on Sunday. Dec. 28. Joyce Ann Todd observed a birth day Tuesday, Dec. 23 Lena Gilliam celebrates a birth day Saturday. Dec. 27. Freda Satterfield celebrates a birthday Dec 28 Mrs. William Cannon celebrates a oirthday Sunday Dec. 28 whi.e on a vacation wi h her daughter tr, Miami. Fla All her frie.ids wisii her a real happy birthday. Dennis (Tot) Fallaw observes a birthday Monday, Dee 29 Gene Woodward celebrates a birthday Dec. 29 Burton Phillips observes a birth day Dec. 29. Mrs Nfodie Painter celebrated a birthday Dec 28 Kimberly June Sto.ey observes a birthday Tuesday. Dec. 39. Anne Meadors celebrates a birth day -Wednesday, Dec. 31. i II. A Adam* observes his 79th birthday Dee. 30 Winn-Dixie Food Stores CLINTON, s. c. \\ EDDING ANNIVERSARIES Mr. and Mrs. Sam Owens cele brate a wedding anniversary Thurs day, Dec. 25 Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Adams will celebrate their 53rd wedding anni versary Dec. 25. Mr. and Mrs David Sioray cele brate a wedding anniversary on Christmas eve, Dec. 24. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Leopard observes a wedding anniversary De- ; comber 24. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Burns celebrate 1 a wedding anniversary Dec 24. i Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adams ob- , serve a wedding anniversary Sun day, Dec. 28. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Trammell cele ' brate a wedding anniversary Mon- :day, Dec. 29. Mr and Mrs. Melvin Creswell celebrated a wedding anniversary ! Dec 20. Mr. and Mrs Cecil Wooten cele- I brated a wedding anniversary Tues- tday, Dec. 23. • • k • . To all our friends T + <» we extend * • our best wishes for a wonderful Christmas, one filled with good cheer and many pleasant surprises. .< % • V^5*! ? MOORE’S STYLE SHOP “Or the Square” fonwing with all of the high happiness anJ bountiful blessings of the Day. May the-yioys of this Christmas he remembered very happily through many a long year to came. Bank of Clinton Accounts Insured UP TO $10,000 By an Agency of the U. S. Government Dividend Will Be Paid December 31 RATE: 3V2 PER CENT Per Annum. Compound Semi-Annually Phone 2776 I^urens. S. C. Palmetto Building Loan Assodation H. Douglas Gray (’has. F. Fleming R. B. Roper James H. Wasson OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS L. C. Barksdale, Pres. E. D. Easterby, Vice-Pres. S. If. Leaman, Sec.-Tress. W. C. Barksdale Henry M. FarLs T. P. Townsend Everett J. Poole We've Reached Another Milestone of Progress Assets now over $1,000,000! Palmetto Building and Loan Association is proud to announce that its assets as of November 30, 1958, totalled $1,092,318.80, reflected a sub stantial growth since the association, now in its 39th year, became Fed erally insured as of July 1, 1958, just five months ago. For enabling us to show this healthy picture of growth, for your confidence in us and friendly goodwill toward us, we say “thank you.” If you are not al ready one of our savers, we invite you to open an account soon—any amount, large or small, will be accepted to start your savings program and entitle you to share in dividends paid twice a year, current dividend rate 3V2 per cent per annum. And, if you are planning to build or re model your home, stop in and discuss with us your plans and monetary needs. We can provide you with a home loan at low rates and on terms to suit you. WITH THE SICK | Dianne Lyda • loo-