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TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Forty-Second Year
June 5, 1902 McCORMICK. S. <... THUB SDAY, MAY 4, 1944
Number 47
Mr. L. M. Loveless
Promoted To Avia
tion Metalsmith 2<
Chicken Salad
Supper Tonight At
Community House
The Senior Class of the Mc
Cormick Methodist Church will
have a chicken salad supper at
the Community House, Thursday,
May 4, 1944, for the benefit of the, the late Mrs. Eula Mae Mc-
Sunday School of the Methodist | Mahan Loveless, of the Buf
Church.
50c per plate for one and all.
The public is cordially invited.
7 to 9 n. :n.
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T. E. L. Class Meets
Word has been received hers
♦hat Mr. Lawrence M. Loveless,
son cf Mr. James W. Loveless and
The T. E. L. Class of the Mc
Cormick Baptist Church was de-
lightly entertained Wednesday af
ternoon of last week at the home
of Mrs. W. M. Strom with Mrs. R.
BL Talbert, Mrs. C: K. Epting,
Mrs. N. G. Rankin, Mrs. P. C.
Dorn, Jr., Mrs. P. C. Dorn and
Mrs. Robert A. Dukes, assisting.
Mrs. James Cherry of De la
Howe led the devotional, paying
a beautiful tribute to “Mothers”.
Members of the Dorcas class were
special guests and each of these
mothers was given a beautiful
corsage, as was Miss Patricia
Evans who sang “Mother Mc-
Crea,” and Mrs. Cherry. The busi
ness session was conducted by the
class president, Mr. H. N. Cole
man, and Mrs. J. M. Dorn direct
ed the recreation.
A chicken salad course was
served with' Russian tea. There
were 40 present.
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Card Of Thanks
falo community, has recently been
promoted to the rank of aviation
metalsmith 2-c, in the U. S. Navy.
He is now stationed somewhere
outside the continental United
States.
Buffalo Grange To
Meet May 8th
The Buffalo Grange will meet
Monday night. May 8th, at 8:4b
at the Buffalo school house.
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Price Facts
We wish to express our grateful
and, heartfelt appreciation for
the many kindnesses shown us at
the time of the death of our hus
band and father, David M. Ward-
law. We shall treasure in our
The maximum price for live
fryers, sold at retail is now forty
(.40) cents per pound.
The maximum retail price of
snap beans is nineteen (.19) cents
per pound.
The maximum retail price of
lemons, all sizes, is thirteen (.13)
cents per pound.
Apples, bananas, oranges, grape
fruit and lemons can no longer
be sold by the dozen, but must
now be sold by the pound.
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Card Of Thanks
County Democratic
Convention Held
Monday Morning
sympathy.'
Mr?. David M. WardUw
And Children.
We wish to thank our friends
and neighbors for all the loving
kindness that was shown us dur
ing the saddest and most trying
hour of our lives—the death of
our son and brother. We pray
hearts these deeds of love and th^t God’s richest blessing may
rest up on each of you.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fleming,
And Family.
THEATRE
McCOKMICK, S. G
FRIDAY und SATURDAY
MAY 5th and 6th, 7:15 P. M. and 9 P. M.
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Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M.
ROY ROGERS-SMILEY BURNETTE
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SILVER SPURS”
Also
CHAPTER ONE
“ADVENTURES OF THE FLYING CADETS*’
and
SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS
Matinee Saturday 3:30 P. M. Adults 24c
. MONDAY and TUESDAY
MAY 8th and 9th, 7:15 P. M. and 9:25 P. M.
JOAN LESLIE—GEO. MURPHY
STAGE CAST
The McCormick County Demo
cratic Convention met at eleven
o’clock a. m. May 1st
Chairman Buzhardt called the
mee'insr to o'.dor an3 Rev. J
Clarde Evar«; eponed with prayer.
The following officers we™ e-
lected.
J. Fred Buzhardt, re-elected
County Chairman,
J. O. Patterson, re-elected Sec
retary,
H. C. Brown, elected State Exec
utive Committeeman.
Delegates to the State Conven
tion, one-half vote each:
J. F. Buzhardt,
L. L. Hester,
H. C. Brown,
W. B. Quarles,
J. L. Bracknell,
J. P. Brunson,
J. O. Patterson,
W. M. Freeland.
Alternates:
J. L. Caudle,
R. N. Edmunds,
W. T. Strom,
P. R. Brown.
H. C. Brown offers the following
motion:
That the present enrollment
books be used, new names added
where necessary and the books
purged after the closing date.
This motion was unanimously a-
dopted.
J. L. Bracknell offers the fol
lowing motion:
That the convention go on rec
ord as favoring only one cam
paign meeting this year and dis
courage the habit of a house to
house canvass. This motion was
adopted.
After the Convention adjourned
the County Executive Committee
met, fees were fixed for candi
dates for the different offices.
All offices were placed in the pri
mary.
Date for filing pledges and pay
ing entrance fees was fixed to
open at 12 o’clock noon, May 1st
and close at 12 o’clock noon May
16th, 1944.
The campaign meeting will be
held at the county court house on
a date to be announced later.
The following resolution endors
ing the Hon. B. B. Hare for re-
election to congress was adopted.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS. Hon. Butler B. Hare
has ably - represented the Third
District, South Carolina, in .the
Congress of the United States for
a number cf years, and,
WHEREAS. Mr. Hare has been
an active leader in legislation
which will lead to the building of
Clarks Hill Dam, the outstanding
power project of the Southeast
and.
WHEREAS, Mr. Hare has suc
cessfully worked to prevent thf
Cpl. L. S. Strom Com
missioned Second
Lieutenant In Army
Fort Benning, Ga., April 25.—
(Special) — Lawrence S. Strom of
McCormick, S. C., was commis
sioned a second lieutenant in the
Army of the United States today
upon successful completion of the
Officer Candidate Course at The
Infantry School at Fort Benning.
Lt. Strom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Strom of McCormick,
3. C.
The new lieutenant was induct
ed into the Army on August 3,
1943, and served with the Infan
try before going to Officer Candi
date School four months ago. He
held the rank of corporal before
being commissioned.
The new officer is a graduate of
McCormick High, McCormick, S.
C., and Clemson at Clemson, S.
C., where he was prominent in
academic and extra-curricular ac
tivities.
At the Infantry School, world’s
largest institution of its kind, the
local officer took a four months’
course to fit him for his new re
sponsibilities. The course covers
the technique of handling all the
varied modern infantry weapons
and the tactics of leading small
infantry units in combat. At the
same time he is taught such di
verse, yet necessary, subjects as
military lav/, mess management
and administration, and is con
stantly impressed with the enor
mous responsibility of an officer
in time cf war.
The men who attend Officer
Candidate School are recent In
fantry ROTC graduates of colleges
all over the country. Others in
clude the best privates, corporals
and sergeants from regular Army
outfits, selected by their superiors
for outstanding intelligence and
qualities of leadership. During the
course even the mildly incapable
are weeded out, so that the men
who graduate with commissions
are Americans finest soldiers, fully
qualified to be the leaders in our
rapidly growing Army.
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McCormick School
News
BEAUTY CONTEST SUCCESS
The annual beauty contest was
held last Thursday night and it
was a grand success. Miss Bertha
Mae Harris was crowned “Miss
McCormick County” and “Queen
of McCormick High” for the third
successive year, while Misses Jo
Smith and Willie Ethel Brown
won second and third places, re
spectively. Cliff Fleming, Jr., was
crowned “King of McCormick
High” with Belton Harmon run
ning second and Herman Jennings
integration of the races in the I hird. Betty Jane Deason and
United States Employment Office j Charlie Sanders were crowned
n the District of Columbia, and i “Queen and King of the Gram-
si all times, worked against j mar School:
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Also
SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS
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ADMISSION: Adults, 30 cents; Children tip to 12,
12 cents; Children 12 to 15, 18 cents, including tax.
he encroachment of the
Government upon States’ rights
and.
WHEREAS, we feel that Mi-
Hare is one of the most able rep
resentatives in the National House
of Representatives, now, there-
ore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Mc
Cormick County Democratic Con
vention in regular session assem
bled:
1. That Mr. Hare be commended
for his hard work and faithful
service, not only for the Third
District, but for our County as a
whole, especially in respect to the
matters mentioned above;
2. That this convention go on
record as endorsing Mr. Hare for
re-election to Congress to repre
sent our District;
3. That a copy of this resolution
be mailed to Mr. Hare and to all
the newspapers covering the Third
Congressional District.
DONE AND RATIFIED this the
1st day of May, 1944.
J. Fred Buzhardt,
Chairman.
ATTEST:
. J. O. Patterson,
Secretary.
icr.
In the “Kiddie Parade” the win-
were Claude Gary Dorn,
first place; Patricia Crouch, sec-
?nd place; and Alvin Kelley,
third place.
Fcr entertainment, a mock
beauty contest was presented in
which many high school boys took
part. Among the hilarious-look
ing contestants, Gary Brown was
voted the “prettiest” boy on the
stage.
The grammar school also helped
in the entertainment. Their glee
club rendered several songs, and
Miss Patricia Evans, the fourth
grade teacher, sang “San Fer
nando Valley” and “When They
Ask About You.”
COMING SOON!
“For Pete’s Sake” is to be pre
sented by the senior class May 19.
We have begun practising and
we’ll guarantee a full evening of
fun and laughter.
JUNIORS AND SENIORS
ATTEND METING
The juniors and seniors attend
ed the county council meeting at
the Hollywood theatre Tuesday.
The theme was “Nutrition” and a
Walt Disney comedy was shown
before we came back to the school
for lunch.
SORROW
We are all sorry to hear of the
death of Christine Fleming’s
brother, Keith, who was badly
burned in an explosion of the en
gine on a Seaboard train, where
he was working. He died in the
York County Hospital • Friday
night. He was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Fleming of McCormick
County. Christine is in the
seventh grade.
PREPARATIONS FOR BANQUET
The junior girls are making and
selling sandwiches every day to
their fellow students in order to
raise money for their junior-se
nior banquet. Judging from the
crowd gathered around the sand
wich booth every first recess, we
think these girls are doing a
“rushing” business.
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Bertha Harris was ad
mitted to the Columbia Hospital
Tuesday where she will undergo
an operation. We wish for her a
speedy recovery. In her absence,
Mrs. Harvey Sanders will teach
the sixth grade.
CITIZENSHIP ROLL
5th Six Weeks
11TH GRADE—
Katherine Schumpert,
Guynell Dunlap,
Helen Fooshe,
Bertha Mae Harris,
Betty Seigler,
Frances New,
Jo Smith,
Thomas Culbreath,
Bedola Campbell.
10TH GRADE—
Janette Cheatham,
Billy Freeland,
Belton Harmon,
Bruce Jaynes,
Daniel New,
Barbara Owings,
Pauline Henderson.
9TH GRADE—
Gary Brown,
Richard Culbreath,
Bobby Dukes,
Claude Huguley,
Lois Edwards.
8TH GRADE—
Marion Davis,
Bobby Huguley,
Virginia Smith,
Anne Link.
7TH GRADE—
Johnelle Caudle, ?
Garfield Bowick,
Bill Creighton.
6TH GRADE—
Irma Joan Connor,
Frances Ann Dansby,
Janet Caudle, l
Raymond Brock,
Betty Jane Deason, ?
Anne Sanders, £
Bob Sanders, . ; 1 ^
Leonard Dorn, y
Bobby Edmunds.
5TH GRADE—
Douglass Britt,
Phyllis Chamberlain,
Ken Dowtin,
Betty Frances Edwards,
Julia Holloway,
Pat Parks.
4TH GRADE—
Joan Bonnette,
Mary Ann Cosey,
Jimmie Franklin,
Ruth Jaynes,
Billie Jaynes,
Connie McAbse,
Charlie Sanders,
Jimmie Smith,
David V/ardlaw,
Betty Anne Campbell.
3RD GRADE—
Effie Neal Banks,
Christine Dillashaw,
Jean Henderson,
Jan Parks.
Joyce Walker,
Rose Weldon,
Helen Whitten,
Hobson Langley.
2ND GRADE—
Georgia Britt,
Sue Campbell,
Dorothy Dillashaw,
Kathryn Dorn,
Bobby Faulkner,
Martha Rogers,
Harvey Sanders,
Sara Will Talbert,
John Edwards,
Billy LaGroon,
Shirley Holloway.
1ST GRADE—
Peggy Bowick,
James Goff,
Lena Mae Loveless,
Faye Parks,
Billie Sharpton,
Thomas Young.
The faculty wishes to acknowl
edge the following students who
have come close to making the
citizenship roll this period. These
students have reached about six.
of the eight points by which good
citizens are judged in our school-
We hope that their names will
appear on the actual citizenship
roll next month. They are:
Doris Lee Floyd,
Mary Louise Seigler,
Hal Dowtin.
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Carl Henry Strom, ;
Johnny LeRoy,
Archie Ferqueron, j
Robert Hanvey.
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George Bonnette,
Tommy Gable,
Edwin Rice,
Katie Bell Willis,
Hazel Kelley.
Dewey Jennings,
Virginia Seigler.
Albert Campbell,
Thurmond Brown,
Billy Creswell.
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The Situation
Demands Extra
Gardening Effort
Clemson, Apr. 29.—Citing Presi
dent Roosevelt’s recent statement
that food still remains the first
essential in winning the war and
that Victory gardens are of direct
benefit in helping to relieve man
power, transportation, and living
costs as well as the food problem
itself, A. E. Schilletter, Clemson
extension horticulturist, urges all
gardeners, town and country, not
to let unfavorable weather pre
vent an all-out effort to have-
plenty of good gardens this year-
The situation as to canned veg
etables and fruits shows the real
need for home production of these-
products, Schilletter says. Data
furnished by Chester Bowles, OPA..
administratcr, show that—
“On the basis of anticipated
production in 1944, it is estimated
the civilian supply of canned
fruits and vegetables will be about
200 million standard cases com
pared with 242 million in 1943 r
247 million in 1942; 321 million ii*
1941 and a 5-year average of 285
million for the 1937-44 period.
Military and governmental needs
for 1944 are estimated at 149 mil
lion cases compared to 86 million
cases in 1943, an increase of near
ly 70 per cent. The only way to
keep point values from rising
sharply next summer is to pro
duce and can more food. I hope
every person with a plot of
ground will have a patch of vege
tables.”
There is still time in South
Carolina, Schilletter advises, to
prepare and plant spring and
summer gardens with expectation
of success and then there is am
ple time to plan for bigger and
better fall and winter gardens.
there is help if needed in
the form of printed information
and in the form of farm and
heme agents and other agricul
tural workers.
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“High consumption levels for
dairy products may be expected
after the war. This will be due
argely to the fine and effective-
nutrition program of our govern
ment, and the boys coming home-
with a firmer conviction than ev
er concerning the worth of dairy
products.”—Merrill Maughan, Am
erican Dairy Products Institute.
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“The Nazis and Japanese have
butchered men and women in a
campaign ‘ of organized terror.
They have stripped the lands they
hold of food and other resources.
They have used hunger as an in
strument of the slavery they seek
to impose. Our policy is the di - •
rect opposite. United Nations
forces will bring food for the
starving and medicine for the
sick.”—President Roosevelt.