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Clinton, 8. C M Thnraday, March IS, 1965 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE News « Weddings Meetings Tdephonc 889-9541 Social Events — —»TRvWrMffli Portrait HANNAH ELIZABETH HAMILTON ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mrs. William Arthur Hamilton Sr., announces the encase ment of her daughter, Hannah Elisabeth, and David Roland Beaty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Francis Beaty. The wed ding will take place April 24 at Leesville Southern Methodist, Church in Clinton. The bride-elect’s father is the late William Arthur Hamilton of Clinton. Luncheon Fetes April Bride A luncheon was given last Saturday for Miss Marie Weir, April bride-elect, at the home of Mrs. Cecil Wilson by Mrs. Ray Pitts, Mrs. Jack Pitts and Miss Gladys’ Wilson. A buffet luncheon was served front a table centered with an arrangement of pink snapdrag ons and white mums. Placed at intervals along the table were white lace wedding bells holding a white mum in each and tied with pink ribbon. Place cards were decorated with a white mum nad pink net. Miss Weir was presented with a corsage and a piece of her chosen crystal by the hostesses. Miss Wier Entertained By Friends Miss Marie Weir, April bride- elect, was honored with a mis cellaneous shower in the recrea tion room of Bailey Memorial Methodist Church last Saturday night. Hostesses were Mrs. Betty Snelgrove, Mrs. Pat Tucker, Mrs. A1 Lancaster, Miss Peggy Dunaway and Mrs. Marvin Stewart. Invited to attend were 62 rela tives and friends of the bride- to-be, many from out of town, who showered her with appro priate gifts. Games were played and light refreshments were served by the hostesses. Mrs. Miller Hostess To Auxiliary The American Legion Auxili. ary met with Mrs. Frank Miller Tuesday night at her home on South Broad Street. Mrs. B. F. Wingard, com munity service chairman, in troduced the guest speaker, Mrs. Robert Johnson, who spoke on one phase of commun ity service, mental health. She also told about the guidance center foc^ students at Presby terian College. Hostesses for the meeting were Mrs. Wyman Shealy, Mrs. Henry Young, Mrs. Joe McGee, Mrs. W. H. Simpson and Mrs. Miller. Garden Clubs To Hear Guest From Columbia A joint meeting of the Clinton garden clubs, sponsorde by the garden clubs, sponsored by the held at 3:30 p. m. March22 at Hodges Hall, Broad Street Methodist Church. Mrs. Howard J. Lester of Columbia, will speak on flower arranging. She is a national ac. credited flower judge and an accredited landscape design critic. Hostesses for the meeting are Mrs. Henderson Pitts, chair man, and Mrs. Agatha Shealy, Yellow Jassamine club; Mrs. J. O. Ray and Mrs. Stuart San ford, Iris club; Mrs. George Watts Copeland and Mfss Ruth Bailey, Carolina Wren club. Presbytery Women To Meet Sunday The women of Fourth District, S. C. Presbytery, will hold their annual conference at the First Presbytrian dhurch, Clinton, on March 21. Mrs. frank Ashley of Newber ry, District Chairman, will pre- , side at the meeting which will begin with registration at 2 p.m. The program which will begin at 2:30 p.m., wll include a devo tional by Rev. Alfred Bixler, pastor of the Church. Mrs. Wil liam Ellison wll present the 1966 Birthday Objective. Following the program, workshops will be conducted in all phases of the women’s work. The meeting will close with a fellowship hour. District 4 is composed of churches in Newberry, Laurens and Abbeville counties. Mrs. J. K. Waits of Joanna, is Presby- terial President. Abstract Flower Arranging To Be Talked In Laurens * Mrs. J. M. Rattray of Colum. bia, flower lecturer and arrang er, will demonstrate unusual ab stract flower arrangements at the Laurens High School at 3:30 p. m., March 30. The program, open to the general public, is be ing sponsored by the Laurens Camellia Garden Club, and is al so a general meeting of the Council of Laurens Garden Clubs. Mrs. Rattray has been inter ested in the unusual art form of transforming the most insignifi cant items into conversation pieces. She has lectured through out the state and has also done radio and television programs on flower arranging. In the new ly-released book, “Abstract Flower Arrangement,” .by Anna Cyphers, Mrs. Rattray has two pictures. Tickets, at $1.00 each, are available at the door. March Meeting Of Presbyterian Women Held The Women of the First Pres byterian Church met last Mon day, in the chapel. Mrs. George H. Brockenbrough gave a brief devotional after the opening hymn, and Mrs. George Taylor led the group in prayer. After the business meeting, Mrs. C. W. Copeland presented the speaker, The Rev. Alfred Bixler, whose subject was “The Chall enging Task of the Church”. Mr. Bixler chose as his text part of the third chapter of Revelation, expressing concern for the leth argy in the church today, where there is no real commitment to the call of Christ. He pointed out that a large percentage of individuals today have no personal religious dis cipline rin their lives and their faith has become shallow. He expressed concern for the in difference to God and for degen erating morals in the world to day. In closing, Mr. Bixler chal lenged the group to rededicate themselves, to pray and witness for Christ, urging that we have a genuine concern for the spirit ual welfare of others. SARA JEAN BLACKMON BlackmontRevis Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Creighton Blackmon of Mountville, announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Jean, to Dohnie Ray Revis, son of Mrs. Floyd M. Revis of Clinton and the late Mr. Revis. Miss Blackmon is a senior at the University of South Caro lina, where she will receive her B. A. degree in English in May. Mr. Revis is also a senior at the University and will receive his B. S. degree from the School of Pharmacy in May. The wedding will take place in June at Lisbon Presbyterian Church, Mountville. alter graduation. In addiiton to academic suc cess. this young lady also has made her mark as an athlete. She ranks among the better women tennis players in the state. Miss Nichols is a versatile performer, with high standards oi excellence in each endeavor, and one of whom both PC and Clinton are juslty proud. Church Women To Meet Sunday The Presbyterian Women of the Churches of District Four will hold their annual meeting at 2 p. m. Sunday, March 21, at the First Pres b-y t e r i a n Church. Attendance trom fif teen churches in the District is expected. Mrs. Frank Ashley of Ave- leigh Church, Newberry, is dis trict chairman, and will preside over the meeting. The Rev. Al fred Bixler will give the devo tional and speak on the sub ject of “The Living Word In Our Relationship With Others.” After the devotional eight work shops will be conducted by leaders of the Women of the Church of South Carolina Pres bytery. The meeting will be conclud ed with a fellowship hour in the recreation room of the church. Mrs. Hamilton Has Card Club Mrs. A. R. Hamilton entertain ed her bridge club March 9 at her home on Calvert Avenue. Arrangements of camellias were used and during the after noon a salad course was served to members and additional guests^ Mrs. R. E. Ferguson, Jr., was winner of the high score prize. Births IMP x ¥^' 1 Iris Garden Club To Meet The Iris Garden club will meet at 3:30 p. m., March 24 with Mrs. Arthur Benjamin Mrs. Odyss Young is co-hostess. New officers for the coming year will be installed, and all members are urged to bring an arrangement of fresh flowers. Gwen Hitt Does Directed Teaching Gwen Faye Hitt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hitt, Clin ton, is currently doing her ob servation and directed teaching at Marshall Elementary School in Belton. Miss Hitt, a senior at Erskine College, is a 1961 graduate of Clinton High School. ♦ Miss Nancy Douglas Stump Miss Nancy Stump Named May Queen At Vardell Hall v Miss Stump, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex B. Stump of 102 East Calhoun Street, has re cently been elected May Queen of Vardell Hall, Red Springs, N. C. Miss Stump is a twelfth grade student in the prepara tory division at the school. The May Day celebration is to be held during the afternoon of Sautrday, May 1, on the camps in Red Springs. Camp Fire Girls Visit Slate House; Have Supper As part of Birthday Week cele bration more than 300 Camp Fire, Girls, with their leaders and other volunteers, motored to Columbia Saturday, March 13, to visit the State House. Members from each of the four levels, Blue Birds, Camp Fire, Junior Hi Camp Fire and Horizons, were received and ad dressed briefly by Governor Donald Russell in his office. The Governor then received and greeted each member. Favors and- brochures on the State House,, our State and history of our state were presented each girl. The guided tour of the State House included the library, sen- TEMPLETON Mr. and Mrs. CUsby Porter (Sandy) Templeton announce the birth of a daughter, Lyim Ray, on March 13 at Bailey Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Templeton is the former Miss Myra Pitts of Clin ton. DILLINGHAM Mr. and Mrs. Dick Dillingham of Greenville announce the birth of a son, Grady Richard, Jr., March 12 at Bailey Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Dillingham is the former Miss Dolores Brookshire of Clinton. NICHOLS S-Sgt. and Mrs. James H. Ni chols of Lee’s Summit, Mo., an nounce the birth of a daughter, Patricia Lee, on March 8 at the Richards-Gebaur AFB Hospital. Mrs. Nichols is the forma: Karen Lee Maxwell of Greenwood, Mo. Sgt. Nichols is a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Nichols of this city. He is attached to the Severe Weather Warning Station at Kan sas City, Mo. They also have a daughter, Susan, 18 months old. ate chambers and hall of repre sentatives. Members of the Clinton Coun cil of Camp Fire Girls will at tend the church of their choice in full dress costume and will be recognized by their pastors Sunday, March 21. This is the 55th aniversary of Camp Fire Girls. * » • . Camp Fire Girls of Kadoka District entertained their pa rents with their annual covered dish supper at 7:30 p. m., March 9, in the Presbyterian College dining hall. The D e c o n d a Camp Fire group, with Mrs. Ed Perry as leader, sang the welcome. Ralph Tedards gave the invoca tion. Camp Fire flags were used in the floral arrangements on each of the tables and an arrange ment depicted the Camp Fire (|jnblem of cross fire and logs was used on the piano. Following dinner, Ernest Ouzts and friend, Eddie, entertained .the group. Mrs. George Dailey and Mrs. Erskine - Jacks were co-chairmen for the supper. Assisting were Mrs. William Weir, Mrs. Cally Gault and Mrs. Ralph Tedards. JUST ARRIVED Gifts for All Occasions From The Latest Gift Showings! American Made— Also Imports! ' . *■ *• Beautiful - Unusual A Large Variety Of Inexpensive Gift Items — Suitable For Prizes Or Gifts For Anyone! CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO GARY STREET Amelia Nidiols^ Named Officer Of College Association Amelia Nichols of Clinton is the newly elected secretary of the Student Christian Associa tion at Presbyterian College, adding another laurel to her outstanding career here. The only co-ed among the new officers, she was named to the SCA position in recent cam pus - wide elections to select leaders for the coming year. Jim Stanford of Decatur, Ga., was chosen president; Phil 01- mert of Bishopville, vice-presi- dent; and Bob Herloug of Man— ning, treasurer. The Student Christian Associ ation serves as the central point of student religious life. In addition to sponsoring the annual Religious Emphasis Week program, the organiza tion publishes the student hand book and assists with freshman orientation, intramural athlete ics and other campus activities. Amelia, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Nichols, of 302 Hickory Street, and a graduate of Clinton High School, is com pleting her junior year at Pres byterian College. She entered PC as at Founder’s Scholar in 1962, with a special scholar ship grant for academic achievement, and she has been a consistent member of the Dean’s List since that time. Last spring, she won the White- law Scholarship award, which had just been created by the PC Alumni Association as an annual $600 grant to recognize outstanding achievement and promise of future usefulness in a member of the rsing junior class. She also was named to the Sophomore Academic Hon or Society. 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