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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C„ Feb. 5, 1970—1-B
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Short Stories
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BY MRS. W. J. HOGAN
Correspondent-Representative
Dial 697-6949
BY LENNART PEARSON
Head Librarian
Presbyterian College
Seventeen Lost Stores. By W. S o m e r se t
Maugham. 273 pages. Doubleday. 1969.
Corky’s Brother. By Jay Neugeboren. 261
pages. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1969.
In his memior, The Summing UP (1938),
Somerset Maugham tells a little about how he
looked at the short story.
I wanted to write strries that proceeded,
tightly knit, from the exposition to the con
clusion. I saw the short story or spiritual, to
which by the elimination of everything that
was not essential to its elucidation a dramatic
unity could be given. I have no fear of what
is technically known as ‘the point’. In short.
I prefer to end my short stories with a full
stop rather than a straggle of dots.
The seventeen “lost’ stories in this collection
w T ere written between 1898 and 1908 when
Maugham was a young man and just starting out
on his literary career.
The settings vary’—English parsonages, Span
ish castles, the French countryside—and the char
acters are drawn from a world which vanished in
1914. At the same time, the themes are perennial:
the dissolving of illusions, love as understood by
flirts and cads, the erosion of local customs by
hyj ocrisy. Pleasant reading from a master story
teller—“stories with a full stop.”
The collection of thirteen short stories called
Corky’s Brother could hardly be more different.
Their author is credited by the blurb-writer with
catching successfully “the wild, grim sub-culture of
our urban ghettos”. For two of these stores the
description is apt “Luther,” the slum-child who is
tragically unable to respond to his teacher, and
“The Campaigr. of Hector Rodriguez.” whose po
litical strategy in winning the vice-presidency of
Junior High School No. •>} involves the successful
organization of retardates and Puerto-Rican stu
dents into a voting bloc.
The collection includes six “Brooklyn Stories"
held together by a common narrator Howie, whose
adolescent understanding of his neighborhood is
both wonderfuly knowing and wonderfully naive.
“Wild” and “grim”, however, as a description of
Howie’s world, is unfair. Far from being brutish,
it had warmth, humor, neighliorliness. imagina-
tirn. and even a certain gross charm.
“Elijah," for example, is a delightful story
about the Hebrew school’s secret weapon for field
day exercises. And only a manager like Louie
Hirshfield would insist on starting the ball games
of the P. S. 92 “Zodiacs' by cranking up the vic
toria for the national anthem in the middle of Pros
pect Park. Howie’s world, I suspect, eXi&ted about
twenty years ago. and these excellent “Brooklyn
stories” represent more than anything the author’s
recollections of the way things used to be.
Several other fine stories, including one
alx>ut a murderous fight in an auto factory, round
out the lot.
Mrs. J. F. Lowman and Mr.
and Mrs. Danny Bonslay visited
Mrs. J. J. Lowman inWhitrock
and Mr. and Mrs. Hank Chapman
in Chapin on Sunday.
Mrs. Gerry Davis and
daughters, Judy and Jeannie of
Camden were Friday overnight
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Buford
Lowery.
Sunday guests of Mrs. Mary
Oxner were Mrs. Hilda Montjoy
of Greenville, and Mrs. Emma
Kake Davis and daughter, Vi
vian of Cross Hill.
Mrs. Annie Wood of Newberry
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Boyce.
‘On Sunday afternoon, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Brannon and Crystal
visited Mr. and Mrs. James
Haymes in Ninety-Six.
Mrs. R. W. Shipp enjoyed the
weekend in Spartanburg with re
latives.
Mrs. T. R. Chalk, Kenneth
Chalk and son, Eric, and A/lc
and Mrs. Bruce Chalk of Shaw
AFB visited the former’s sis
ter, Mrs. Forest Howell in Union,
<>n Sunday. Airman and Mrs.
Chalk, who were here for the
weekend also spent part of it with
Mr. and Mrs. Junior Tucker.
Mrs. Eudean Bishop, Mr. and
Mrs. Dickie Trotter and child
ren, joined by Mrs. Ronnie Sim
mons of Clinton, spent the week
end at M>rtle Beach with A/lc
and Mrs. Jamie Bishop.
Mrs. Carrie Belle Boyce ar
rived last Saturday to spend a few
days with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Furr
in Clinton and other relatives in
Joanna.
WOMAN’S CLUB
On Thursday (tonight) Feb. 5
at 7:30 at the Joanna Club House
the Joanna Woman's Club will
hold their regular monthly meet
ing. They will have their annual
Valentine party and all members
are urged to come.
GUEST SPEAKER
Rev. Paul McCarn of Bel-
m nt was guest speaker at the
Faith Tabernacle on Sunday
morning. He and his wife were
guests of Rev. and Mrs. John
Martin. Saturday guests of the
Martins were Rev. and Mrs.
James Cason of Greenville. 4
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the Joanna Church of God. The
services begin at 7:15 nightly
through Sunday night, Feb. 8.
The visiting evangelist is Rev.
Boyd King of Spartanburg. There
will be special singing at each
service. The pastor, Rev. Harry
Kemp extends an invitation to
everyone.
BIRTHS
PREWITT
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Prewitt
of Centerville, Ohio announce the
birth of a son, Ross Lawrence,
on Jan. 27. She is the former
Sandra Kinard. They have another
son, Gary Lane.
EAVES
Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Eaves
of Joanna announce the birth of
a daughter, Trina Ann on Jan.
24. Mrs. Eaves is the former
Brenda Black.
MOORE
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moore of
Clinton announce the birth of a
son, Richard We’sley on Sunday,
Jan. 25. They have two other
sons, James and Michael. She is
the fgjiper Mary Nell Petty of
Joanna.
BIRTHDAYS,
ANNIVERSARIES
Today, Feb. 5 Kimberly Clark,
will celebrate a birthday.
On Feb. 6, Eugenia Gunter,
Mrs. Jo Vaughan, Troy Lewes
and Bernice Kinard will cele
brate birthday.
Feb. 7 brings a birthday to
Michael Eugene Morris, “Pap”
Henderson, and AnnSimpson, and
a wedding anniversary to Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Jenkins and Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Derrick.
Janet Gail Bryant, Paulette
Edmunds, and Norman Holt will
celebrate a birthday on Feb. 8.
Furman Dominick,ShikeSimp-
son and LeonardCrowder will ce
lebrate a birthday on Feb. 9,
and Mr. and Mrs. James Dom
inick a wedding anniversary.
Many happy returns of the day
on Feb. 10 to Ernest Smith, Paul
Mode,. Susie Sanford, Geneva
Gentry and Macie Brown.
Birthday celebrants on Feb. 11
will be R. A. Bridfes, Mrs. W.
D. Beckom and Barbara Prater.
Clinton Students
Join Converse
Service Project
Two Clinton students have
joined over 100 other Converse
College students who are con
tributing their resources and
energy to the betterment of so
ciety.
The students are Miss Nancy
Hollis, junior, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas F. Hollis, S.
Jones St. and Miss Mary Vance,
freshman, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert M. Vance, S. Broad
St.
Miss Hollis and Miss Vance
are working with the children of
the School for the Handicapped
teaching them to swim with Miss
Hollis serving as chairman of
the group.
They are participating in the
Community Service Project of the
Student Christian Association
which places students several
days a week in worthwhile agen
cies such as the School for the
Handicapped, Bethlehem Center,
Presbyterian Bible Mission and
the School for the Deaf and Blind
at Cedar Springs.
The most important commodity
contributed by the Converse stu
dents in these agencies is indi
vidual attention in constructive
play with the children. Spartan
burg agencies are canvassed
twice each year to determine
their needs for the Student Chris
tian Association volunteers.
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DISTRICT 56
Week of February 9-13
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biscuits, butter, pear.
WEDNESDAY - Milk, fish, spi
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tar sauce or tomato catsup, bis
cuits, butter, and oatmeal-raisin
cookie.
THURSDAY - Milk chickenpie
(eggs, peas, carrots), sliced to
matoes, corn, biscuits, butter,
and strawberry,cake.
FRIDAY - Milk, hot dog, chili,
(ground beef, tomato catsup), on
ions, cole slaw (cabbage, car- :
rots), mustard, french fried po-
tatoas, buns, butter and peaches.
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Allen Addresses
Area TB Meeting
The annual membership
meeting of the Tuberculosis and
Health Association of Area Six
was held Tuesday, Jan. 27, at
Self Memorial Hospital Dining
Room in Greenwood with 72 mem
bers and guests present.
Rev. Neil E. Turesdell, pre
sident, recognized represen
tatives from Abbeville, Green
wood, Laurens, McCormick,
Newberry, and Saluda counties at
the meeting.
Guest speaker for the evening
was Herman F. Allen, Execu
tive Director of the South Caro
lina TB-RD Association, who
spoke on “Hopes and Aspirations
for the Future of TB-RD Asso
ciations".
Rev. Turesdell also announced
that contributions to the Christ
mas Seal Campaign in Area Six
have reached $31,810.80.
Census Tests
Are Scheduled
Testing for crew leaders and
enumerators for the 1970 Census
of population and housing will be
gin in Laurens County on Feb.
11, according to District Manager,
B. W. Crouch Jr.
Those who have already ap
plied, either by phone or mail
need only wiat for notice of time
and place for the test.
Anyone interested in working
in the census who has not al
ready made application may
write: Census, Greenville, S. C.
Please include your name, ad
dress, zip code and telephone
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