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News Events In and Around Bethune Both u no. Mtircli 13 The regular | monthly church night was held In thu : cabin Monday evening with the chftirman, C. It. Mitchell, in charge. Mlsa Louise Ortmaii, rocrettlion chairman. ] aa UHual, wan ready with fun and relaxation for all. It A Newsome j made a splendid talk on "Stewardship" Mayonnaiao chicken, based apples and coffee were served by circle number three. Four cottage prayer meetings are j hold In the homes of different meinbbrs each evening in jireparation of the two weeks evangelistic services to he hold by the Itev. F. 11. Morse, March 16 to 30. The last auxiliary mooting of fhe church year was held In the Presbyterian log cabin Tuesday afternoon Mrs. F. K. Morse lead the worship period Miss Stella Bethune, president, gave a resume of the year's work and urged the members to still greater service in the ensuing year . Heports of all the officers were read and filed A map. of both hemispheres wuh drawn, centered by a cross with the motto "lioyo in Action" inscribed, ' As each officer gave her report she pinned a red heart on one of tin* continents At the close of the service Itev F. It. Morse installed the newly , elec ted oiffcers as follows: Mrs. It K. | McCuskll), vice president; Mrs Mar- i garet Marlon, treasurer; Mr C C. Pate, secretary; Mrs. M (i King, seeretay of Home Missions and Miss Mary MeKlnnon. secretary of religious education. Circles num/hers one and throe serves! fruit punch and caramel Cake at the close of the meeting Circle number two received the greatest number of credits during the year and were honor guests. Mr. and Mrs. Juno Triiesdell, Mr and Mrs J F King and Miss Stella Bethune visited tlie Memorial Hospital In Charlotte Sunday, where the Itev. J. M. Forbis, a former pastor In Bethune, is critically III. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. CJurdner are receiving congratulations from their friends over the arrival of a daughter Marcvh 8. Mrs Kva Morgan and Mr. and Mrs. Van Morgan visiles! relatives in Monroe Sunday. Mrs. Sallle Hobcrtson has returred from a visit to her sister-in-law, M:ss Mary Thomas, who Is critically ill at her home in the Clyde section Mr. and Mrs. T. H Bethune and son. Tom Jr., of Hartsville were Sunday guests here. Mr. and Mrs. Lylos Cannon, of Ches lerfltdd. viuit(><1 friends hero Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. (ircgK King. of Charlcstifh. visited his parents Tucnday. Mr and Mr* C M Mitchell spent Sunday In Spartanburg with Mr. Mitchell's mother. who la ill. Misses Helen Snoll, Virginia Hollo way and I^twson Hrannon worn gu-'sts of fit**itdh In Itock HIM Sunday. Sunday Mr and Mrs Hugh Witherspoon of Mayesvllle visited Mrs WithiTHpoon's father, J> T. Yarbrough, who I* III Kilo lids aiid relatives of J. M (My hui n will ho Kind to know thai he has returned home after spending several weeks In the Camden hospital where he was a patient* Mr. and Mrs. J M. Clyburn have moved In the home of Mr. (Myhtii n's sister. Mrs. Is>uJ*o Kelley. Mrs Hurohrking And little daughter. Palsy, have returned homo after a two week's slay with Mrs. King's mother In Hlshopville. Miss Mary lam Spearman spent the week end in Columbia with iter par* eats. Miss ladla Hodge was the week ?. ml guest of her parents In Sumter. The annual heauty show, kiddy parade and talent contest was presented Friday evening In the high school auditorium to a large crowd III the kiddy paratVo little Martha Jane Mitchell was awarded the loving cup with Hobby Mays winning second place. In the talent ootfiest. little six years old Maxlo Jewel McLaughlin, who sang "I l#ove You Truly", won the, flrsL place with Margaret Hraswell. tap dancr. winning second place The [ senior beauty show was won by Miss Floy Mae Anderson with Miss Marj raret Haley as sec.ond. The Junior beauties were Miss Hetty Humm lid first with Kiitherlne Cole winning second place Mr. and Mrs Alvin Clyburn and child, of AIooIh. spent Monday night with Mr Clylmrn's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J M Clyburn Mr Clyburn leaves Wednesday for Alabama, where he will he stationed as a commissioned officer. Mr and Mrs. James Smith and children, of McCormlck. were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs. B. W. Host. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Fmina Smith who has been on an extended visit to her daughter. Mrs. Best Other guests in the Best home were Mr. Shealy and daughter. Miss Kiitherlne. of Mauldin. The regular monthly meeting of the W. M. U. of the Hap flat church met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Hob1 Waters. The circles of the Methodist church met Tuesday afternoon at the following homes: Mrs. James King, Mrs I James Baker and Mrs. Jennings Watford. The CI. A's and the Sunbeams gave a most interesting program on tithing in the Baptist church Sunday morning. Mrs. June Truesdell is spending a few days In Bonnettsville with her parents. About twenty young people from here tit tended the Young Peoples I'iiion which met in Kershaw Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs S. B. Padgett visited their son in Kingsireo Sunday. Miss A1>\yy MeBeofl, of Charleston,! visited friends hero tills week. Mr. and Mrs. Furman Cobb, of Columbia. were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Yarbrough. - 1 1 1 1 11 == ELIMINATION CONTE8T FOR KERSHAW HIGH SCHOOLS Kershaw. March 13?The elimlna tloM contest In expression and declamation for thu Kershaw High School pupils will be held In the high school auditorium Tuesday uveuiug. Mutch is. at X o'clock There are six girlH in the expression contest, Elsie Starlitis. H? tty Shcrrlll Gardner, Suzanne. Iliai kinon Mildred Fletcher, Zelma Whitley and Mary ls>u Nelson. In the declamation contest Everotte >111oii and feci I Creoi h will speak. The winner In the ^IiIh contest will speak in the high school auditolriuin it Great Falls Tuesday night, April 1. at x o't look. Schools front the Itiwer division of district four will have contestants In this contest. The four hest speakers in the contest tit Great. Falls will compete against the four' heat contestants from the upper division of district four on Friday evening. April 4. at X p m In the Itlchburg high school!auditorium. Tint winner of the declamation con- j test on March IX will represent Kershaw in the lower division declumaI'Jon contest of district four In the high school auditorium at Great Kails, April 4 at X p m. Then winners lit this contest will compete against the winners of the upper division of district four at -the Chester high school auditorium April X at X p. m. Those girls and hoys and 'their .coach, Miss Howell, deserve and enjoy the appreciation of the entire high school student body and the patrons of the school. The public is cordially invited to attend the elimination contest There will he no admission charge. Of the SO.000,000 motor vehicles produced in the United States since llntO, 37 per cent, or 29,600,000. were still licensed and In operation last year. O III To Compote at Whitmire Kershaw, March 13 "-Realizing the Importance of public speaking Kershaw High School ia sending six of itu . uiplls along with one of the high school teachers to the annual speech cllnc held at Whitmire High School, Friday, Murch 14. Glee Club at Kerehaw Kershaw, March 13 - The Furman rnlverslty Glee Club sponsored bydhe Kershaw Lions Club appeared in the high school auditorium Tuesday night. March 11. before an enthusiastic audience. The program consisted of glee club numbers, piano solos, and u comic opera in one act, "Trial By Jury", by (iiibort and Sullivan. The education Committee of tho Lions Club wishes to use this medium to express its appreciation to memI hers of the Lions Club for tho hosI pitality shown these boys in the glee club. Also on behalf of the Lions Club tho Education Committee wishes to thank the citizens of Kershaw for their line spirit of cooperation lu accommodating members of tho gleu club. - ?. Hog Shipment Next Tuesday 'I he UeXt shipment Of hogs by the Kershaw County Farmers Exchange w|ll be made from the Seaboard leading pens on Tuesday, March IX, " between the horn's of 8:30 A. M. and 12:00 noon. Kemenvber tho date and time of tho loading and bring your top hogs for the shipment, says W. C. McCarley, County Agent. Mrs. John Mackin I To Be 91 on Saturday Mrs .I'-hn Mackin, mother of Father Thomas .1 MacKin, pastor of St Francis Du Sales Catholic church, will be 91 ytMirs old Saturday at the home of, her son. 2S09 Wheat street. Her husband's birthday falls on t March 12. hut both will be celebrated , on the one day, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Mackin came, to Columbia about three years ago from Waulegan. 111., where they had lived for 30 years. Before that they had lived In Chicago and Kvanston. Ill, Her parents were among the pioneer settlers In the Random I>ake region of Wisconsin, where she was born. Site easily recalls the presence of Indians in and about the family homestead. At the present Mrs. Mackin Is suffering from an attack of bronchitis, but up for the birthday celebration.?Columbia Record. TUBERCULOSIS WORKERS INVITED TO COLUMBIA Invitations to attend the mate-wide meeting to be held at the Wade Hampton Hotel In Columbia on Mapch INtl^ have gone out to u number of the KerVhaw county tuberculosis association's most loyal Hoard members. The mooting will ho a three day session, beginning on the 17th with Tiiesday'a program prepared especially for lay won't era Mr*. Florence Hretd, adviaer on Christmas Seal Sale; Miss Jpssamlne Whitney, statistician and Frederick I) Hopkins, executive secretary. all from the National tuberculosis association will present topics of unusual interest. It is expected that several people from Camden and Kershaw county will go to Columbia on the 18th with Miss Marie Thomas, who aervoa the local Tuhet culosls Association as tuberculosis nurse and executive secretary. FORMER STUDENT-TEACNERS INVITED COLUMBIA J$jfi<$HEON Greenville, Mch. 11?Former students of the Woman's college now teaching in Kershaw county are invltf\d to the annual Purman alumnaelumnl luncheon to be held this year ul 1 o'clock In the crystal room of Columbia hotel on March 20. according to 'announcement made today by Mis* Eula Barton, corresponding secretary of the alumnae association. The program for the luncheon, which is always held during the State Teacher's convention, will be informal, making it (mssible for the graduates to renew college friendships anc^ discuss matters of common Interest to these in the teaching profession. In advance of the luncheon tickets may ho reserved at the college and will bo available in the lobby on the day of the gathering. CONFEDERATE GRAY FOR DEFENSE UNITS Columbia, March 3?South Carolina's home defense units, the creation of which is provided in a measure now Imfore the general assembly will be clothed in uniforms as "near true Confederate gray as can be obtained," Adjutant General James C. I.kr/ier said today. Plans call for purchase of about 2,000 uniforms for these men, who would substitute for the federalized national guard in case of an emergency. I>ozler said the uniforms -would probably be of cotton. He expressed the hope that the cloth could be made In a South Carolina mill. PROGRAM The following is the program of the | Kerfhaw Baptist, Association which will hold It a spring session Al) ' noy Baptist church, Wednesday March 19, 1941, beginning at 10:30: Oovotional by Hev. B. A. Davis "Healing and the Hospital," by iUv, R. t.Oorbett. of Columbia; "Evangelism," by Dev. D. M. Rivers, <?f t.a?[ , caster; adjournment for dinner 1 1:30 p. m.?Devotional by Rev. i< Wood; "Home Missions" by p. j' W. Beagle; "God's Acre," by Pi. \y S. Brooke; final adjournment. Radio Broadcast Shift After March 29. most stations will be found on new positions on all radio dials. For some stations, the shifts will be slight. For a very few stations there will he no change of position at all. Hut certain stations wllll liav| to make wide Jumps half way across the dial. On push-button radios the buttons will have to be reset for all the stations that are moved and oven dial radios may have tQ be aligned to operate at their best oiv the new change, says Joe Machado, as Is quoted from "Radio and Television Today". William H. Rhodus Dead William Harvln Rhodus died Wednesday, March 5, at his home in the I Hermitage Mill village. He had lived here for the past twenty years, belay a textllo worker. Mr. Rhodus, 66 'years of age. was born in Manning. Funeral services were held Thursday, March 6. at the Hermitage I'ap1 tist church at 4 o'clock, conducted by Rev. B. ^ Broome and Rev. W. H. BrftwoT. 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