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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C M November 28, 1968—15 News of Joanna By MRS. W. J. HOGAN Corrwpondcnt-Representat < ve Dial 697-6949 Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Niver were Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Niver, Miss Margaret Rose Niver, Jimmy Smith and Billy DeYoung of Greenville. On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Niver and Charles attended the football game in Clemson. Before ' returning home they visited Mrs. Niver's mother, Mrs. A. N. Prichard who is a patient at the Oconee Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moon and family visited the latters mo ther, Mrs. Lorena Nix in Green ville on Saturday. STG2 and Mrs. Preston White, Jr. spent the weekend here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. White Sr., and on Monday they left for his new station in Key West, Fla. Sunday guests of the Whites were Mrs. Louise Berry and Mrs. Mike Rollins of Greenville. ATTEND FUNERAL Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Simmons and daughter Annette Adams at tended the funeral of Ivan Frank lin Tiller in Antreville, S.C. on Friday. He is a nephew of Mrs. Simmons. Donna Brannon is spending the Thanksgiving holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Bran non. She is a student at Win- throp. Mrs. D. V. Wright Jr. and Mrs. Linda Turner and daughter Karen were last Tuesday visitors in Greenville. D. V. Wright, Sr. who lives on the Whitmire high way near Bonds Crossroad, is spending several days with Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Wright, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Prater spent Sunday in Anderson with Mr. and Mrs. John Long. HONORED ON BIRTHDAY Mr. and Mrs. Perry Swygert honored their son, Terry with a birthday dinner onSunday at their home on the Whitmire Road ir Joanna. Guests for the occasion were Mrs. Hermie Wood ofNew- berry, Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Swy gert, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gard ner, Tina and Jay, and Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Gardner. Mrs. T. by Mrs. J were visitors Saturday. McGowan, joined Columbia RECEIVED DISCHARGE S/Sgt Tommy Frarier re ceived his discharge from the Air Force on Oct 30 at Altus AFB in Oklahoma. He was in the ser vice for seven years. He and his wife, the former Reithie Winton of Paris, Texas is presently mak their home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Frazier. Last Sunday guests of Mrs. Janet Reeder were Mrs. A. R. Freeman and children and Mrs. Grace Prater of Greenwood. Charles Davenport and son Chucky attended the Clemson football game last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brooks of Easley were guests, last Sun day of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Mur phy. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Boyce and Ronnie and Mrs. R. E. Boyce and Mrs. Chessie Windham of Lynchburg spent the weekend here with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Boyce, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Boyce and Mr. and Mrs. Marion Boyce. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Boyce and Mr. and Mrs. Morris Johnson were Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Boyce and Amy of Martinsville. Va. JOANNA WOMAN’S CLUB On Saturday the Woman’s Club enjoyed a trip to “Rich’s" in Atlanta, Ga. They left by char tered bus early on Saturday. They were Mrs. Kathleen League, Martha Thompson, Bert Couch, Dixie Caugham, Willie O’Dell, Olie Abrams, Karie Abrams, and Ruby Kay. Also enjoying the trip were J. C. Thomas, J. B. Wilder, Ruth Robinson, Modeen Brazil, Margaret White, Joyce Smith, Gladys Nabors, Vodie Adair, Mary Boyce, Roberta Templeton, Helen Bozard, Annie Hall and three women from Shriners Hos pital in Greenville. BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES Francine Tucker celebrated her birthday on Nov. 22. On Thursday, Nov. 28, R. C. Franklin and Mattie Stroud will celebrate birthdays. Carolyn Brown, Danny Arro- wood, George Wright Simpson and Gertrude Flow will celebrate birthdays on Nov. 29. The lastday of the month brings a birthday to Jimmie Sexton, Don Shealy, Rachael Ann Simpson, Terry South, Betty Stroud and Herbert Cockrell. Birthday greetings on Dec. 1st go to Becky Simmons, and Bill Gresham. On the same day Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Cockrell will observe a wedding anniversary. Happy birthday on Dec. 2 to Kerry Riser, Ruby Lewis and J. Clifton Lollis. Johnny Nabors and Howard Brewington will celebrate birth days on Dec. 3. CHAIN LINK FENCE PRICED RIGHT TO SAVE YOU MONEY ALL HEIGHTS — QUALITY MATERIAL CALL FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE — RANK FINANCING — DIXIE FENCE, Inc. RESIDENTIAL or COMMERCIAL BOX 434 K ***** Charleston WORLD CHITLIN CAPITAL Von Hollen Heads Bankers' Group James Von Hollen of Clinton has been elected chairman of Group 4 of the South Carolina Bankers Association. Von Hollen is vice president of M. S. Bailey andSon, Bankers, in Clinton. He was elected out of of six groups meetings held throughout the state. Counties in the six groups correspond to the state’s six congressional dis tricts. Von Hollen also will serve on the association’s Executive Council during his term of of fice (1969-70). BULL SALE - The allbreed bull sale has been scheduled for January 29. The sale will be held at the fairground in Orangeburg. All bulls must grade 12 or over and have clear pedigree. These consigning bulls must file a $20 entry fee. OFFICE SUPPLIES THE CHRONICLE FARMS and FOLKS BY HAROLD ROGERS Assistant Extension Editor CLEMSON - Anothe; ft’ “national weeks” slid across the calendar the past few days -- and like so many of the others it brought hardly a ripple of sound or shadow of light to this busy, busy land. It should have. It had a massive message for all people. It was annual Farm-City Week, Nov. 22- 28. It’s on the calendar each year to call attention to the interde- pendance of farm and city as two vital segments of our economy. The emphasis is on the con tinuing role of agriculture in the growth of this nation. This year, the people driving the Farm-City Week wagon offered impressive new evidence of the cost-price squeeze which is riding a hard hammarlock on the farmers. Salley Stages 'Chitlin Strut' BY JACK L. TRULUCK Salley, S.C. - Salley’s third annual “Chitlin Strut" will be held November 30 and if success of its first two “struts" is to be used as a yardstick, the town will be rocking again. Pasadena has its Rose Bowl Parade and New Orleans its Mardl Gras, but on a compara tive basis, nothing like the at tendance at Salley’s Chitlin Strut The first year it attracted 1,500 outsiders and last year 3,500. This year -- since word has gotten around -- there’s no telling how many people will come. Chitlins, as all chitlin lovers know, are made from hog intes tines. Salley’s Chitlin Strut and a country music show started af ter Mayor Jack Able looked at the town’s old Christmas lights and decided drastic steps had to be taken to spruce the place up. The town’s population of 400 people is not conducive to an overloaded city treasury, Ma yor Able said. The mayor called Disc Jockey “Friendly" Ben Dekle in Colum bia for a suggestion for raising money for the town’s lights. De kle, “The Palmetto Philosopher' declared he had always favored a Chitlin Strut, but had never found anybody with guts enough to put one on. In this way Mayor Able fell heir to the idea. Able declared at the outset he did not wish to hog all the credit for putting it on. He almost got it anyway. Few people wanted any connec tion at all with a Chitlin Strut. “Even now everybody in town’s not all sold on the idea, but the first year hardly anybody wanted any credit for it* The mayor and two or three others per sisted, however, and with the aid of free musicians got the Strut cooking. <s 0 V Ox DARRELL WHITORL Darrell Whitael, eon of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Whitael, won the Open Hairstyl ing Contest of Stevanelh Beauty Collegtin Laurens Monday night. Dar rell, the 1968-69 All-American Student Hairstyling Champion, is a senior at Clinton High School and a student of Stevanella Beauty College, too. His lovely model is Mrs. Carole Johnson of Cedar Street, Clinton. Second place winner was Mrs. Jerry (Hanna) Hendrix of Clinton. Third place winner was Mrs. Jerry (Margaret) McCullough of Whitmire. STEVANELLA BEAUTY COLLEGE Xuo» 109 Jones Street Laurens, S. C. Behind Dr. Crow’s Office fo» Word got around a little bit, and to the Mayor and everybody else’s surprise, 1550 outsiders showed up for chitlins. The 200- pound supply ran out quickly. Last year 500 pounds were bought and a lot of town people assisted. But even with all the help, there still are detractors. Some contend the aroma from boiling chitlin pots will cause the leaves to wither and die and the soy bean and cotton crops to wilt in the fields. Another said he thought it was the worst thing that could happen to a South Carolina Town since Sherman’s March to the sea. Despite all this, it’s suc- cussful. “We are preparing for a lot of visitors this year," Able said. “Some people favor snails and some like grasshoppers and rat tlesnake meal. None of these are in the class of chitlins," he said. “You haven’t tasted a delicacy until you’ve tasted chitlins." How do chitlins smell when they are cooking? “It’s best to bile chitlins out in the back yard, cause sometimes they smell lak something dat oughten to be et when they fust start to bile," an expert says. Some people believe they never smell like something “fit to et' Proceeds from this year’s Chitlin Strut will go toward a new fire truck. Salley’s volunteer fire department now usesa!929Buick it got from South Carolina’s State Hospital. “It runs, that’s about all that can be said a- bout it," Able said. The Strut begins at 4 p.m. and continues until 7:30 or 8:00 p.m. Square dancing follows at the schoolhouse gymnasium. “Baked sweet potatoes go well with chitlins," Able said. Bar becued chicken or pork is served people who don’t want chitlins. Preparing chitlins is an art in itself. You boil them for at least six hours in a pot with just enough water to keep them from sticking. Then you dump them in to a mixture of meal and salt and pepper and fry them in a pot of Wesson oil. After that you have a rare delicacy for some people or on offense against tastes and cul ture for some others, depending on their respective outlooks on chitlins. Chitlins have given the Town of Salley a togetherness not known in many other places. “The first year we had to beg people to help. Last year they came and offered to help us. About 20 women in the community assist ed in the cooking of barbecue and chicken." Able declared. Mayor Able also sees another possibility for promotion of chit lins. “Our strut comes two days after Thanksgiving," he said. “This could offer a welcome re lief to everybody who is tired of turkey. “Think of it,” he adds. “If Indians had brought chitlins to the Pilgrims, the entire na tion might be having chitlins for Thanksgiving, and we’d be having a Turkey Strut.” But Mayor Able hedged when asked how chitlins taste. Then sheepishly, he admitted, “I don’t know, I don’t eat them." SCHOOL LUNCH MENU! The figures show the percent age of profit shrinkingbecause of escalating production expenses. The data were presented from the national smorgasbord of sta tistics, and it’s difficult to localize the information here in South Carolina, but the figures and what they represent are very real for the Palmetto State far mers. These were some of the facts of life presented by the Farm- City Week people: -- In 1946 farmers had realized gross farm income from — STARTS FRIDAY all sources of $29.5 btllfc*. By 1967, this figure had cllmfrk! to $49.1 billion, up more thaa -- In the same period, however, net farm income fell by $800 million. -- Reason for the out-of- oalance figures was that in 1947, U.S. farmers spent $14.5 billion for production expenses. In 1967, this figure was $34.8 billion, a rise of $20.3 billion in 21 years. -- Because production ex penses are rising faster than gross farm income, net income is the smallest ever, percentage wise. -- In 1932, at the bottom of the Great Depression, net farm income was 30percentof the rea lized gross income. Before and during World War II it was over 50 percent. In 1967, this dropped to 29 percent, the smallest per centage ever. These are the basic factors in that cost-price squeeze which is holding the hammarlock and mak ing today’s farmer live hard. The swine producer in Colle ton County knows about it. The cotton farmer of Lee County, the poultry producer in Pickens County, the truck farmer in Charleston, the tobacco grower of Florence, the dairymen of Chester, they know about it, too. And so do the rest of the state’s farmers, regardless of where they are or what they grow. Closed Thanks giving Day District 56 Week of December 1 - 5 MONDAY - Milk, fish fillets with tartar sauce, green pepper rings, fresh black-eyed peas, whipped potatoes, cornbread squares, butter, peanut butter cookies. TUESDAY - Milk, hamburgers with cheese, sliced tomatoes, let tuce, potato sticks, hamburger guns, butter apple pie. WEDNESDAY - Milk, southern fried chicken, strawberries in jello with topping, rice with gra vy, english peas, hot biscuit, but ter. THURSDAY - Milk, vegetable soup with beef, sandwiches, car rot stix, cornbread squares, but ter, chilled peaches. 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