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MeCOBMICK MESSENGER, MeCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, March 15, 1945 QmcnaU Mr. Maurice C. White, Jr., S. 2-c, T7. S. Navy, spent several days here last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. White. Lt. Henry Hester of Macon, Ga., spent the past week end here with his father, Mr. J. J. Hester. Miss Georgia Mars of Mt. Car mel was a visitor here Tuesday. Mrs. Miriam Hughes celebrated her 75th birthday Saturday. Ottt of town visitors here with her for the week end were Mr. and Mrs. Willie Gunter, Miss Mildred Gun ter, Mrs. W. H. Howie and little Billy Howie, Leesville, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hughes and daughter, Miss June Hughes, of Columbia. Mrs. J. B. Walker and daughter, Joyce, spent the week end in Au gusta With Miss Bettye Walker and Mrs. R. E. Taylor. Mrs. C. C. Morgan, Jr., and Miss Charlotte Carnes, seniors at Bre- nau College, Gainesville, Ga., spent last week end here with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Morgan. Mrs. J. M. Leland and son, Tom mie Leland, of Tlug£r/speht sever al days here the past week in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. DR. HENRY J. GODIN Optometrist Specialist in correcting Errors of Sight, Eye Headaches, and Crossed Eyes. Eyes Thoroughly Examined the Modern Way with out dangerous—Pupil Dialating Drops. Reference, ask your friends about my Reputation. Offices," 956-956 1-2 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia. T. L. Edmunds. nouncements about the impor tance of the Red Cross drive. Then Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rankin 6f he "expressed our ^appreciation to Anderson spent Sunday here with the pastors who give their time to Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Morgan. —X Girl Scout News The Girl Scouts of Troop No. 1 met Tuesday, March 13th, at the Scout Hall. Johnel Caudle gave the history of the song “My Coun try Tis Of Thee”. Those present were Dot Brown, Louise Rice, Jacqueline and Joan Bonnette, Johnel and Janet Cau dle, Doris West, Rose Weldon, Anne Sanders, Julia Holloway. Ir-, numbers, ma Joan Connor and Elizabeth was as effective as Brown. Your Furniture From S. STROM Easy Payment Plan. No Carrying Charge. McCormick, S. C. Peggy Bowick Honor ed on Eighth Birthday Mrs. C. H. Bowick honored her little daughter, Peggy, with a par ty on her eighth birthday, Satur day afternoon, March 10th. Games, contests, also an Easter egg hunt were enjoyed throughout the afternoon. Pink and white colors were used in the decora tions. Blaster favors were used. The little honoree received many gifts from her guests. Those present were Faye Parks, Mary Sue LaGroon, Harvey San ders, Jr., Jan Parks, Kathryn Lott Dorn, Larry Bowick, Gene Lever- ette, Shirley Leverette, Dorothy Dillashaw, Billy Sharpton, Pete Price, Patricia Ann Willis, Dale Keownr Malcom Parsons, Jessie Moore, Sonny McKinney, Wayne and Barbara Jane Dukes, Nellie Jean Lawton, Wayne Jennings, Sandra Richardson, Francena and ‘ Mary Edna Willis. Mrs. Bowick, assisted by her sis ter, Mrs. M. S. Willis, served ice cream and cake. X McCormick School News come to our chapel. Rev. L. K. Simpson talked about “Living the Two-Mile Life.” This message was linked with the message that he brought us a month ago. This time our scripture was: “If any man compels you to go a mile, go two.” The person who is not a- fraid of work is the two-mile per son who goes up. Lyceum Program At High School Mr. and Mrs. Lewis presented “Wings over Amerca”, a two act play, as another of our activity The moral in the play the colorful Mr. Chapel, March 5 Weldon made some Rememher — You Always Save At... GALLANT-BELK COMPANY For EASTER SHOP NOW AT GALLANT-BELK! * For the Easter Parade, this year Gallant- Belk Company is proud to offer you an un usually large selection of quality merchan dise for every member of the family. However, although we have a complete range of styles and sizes now, our supply is not inexhaustible, so we advise you to buy now. You may not find what you want s later-for Easter and Spring wear. Convenient Lay-Away Plan Support The Red Cross acting. Many visitors enjoyed the play too. Declamation And Expression Content The faculty and student* say a sincere “thank you” to Mrs. C. K. Epting, Mrs. John Bradley, and Rev. M. E. Boozer for judging the eliminations of the expression and declamation contest. This meant giving a day to stay in our school to hear twenty-seven contestants. We appreciate their interest and feel honored in having them as judges. Johnel Caudle, Jacqueline Bon nette, Christine Fleming, Louise Rice, Dorothy Ann Newby, Louise Wilkie, Faye Bodie, Pauline Hen derson, Janette Cheatham, Lois Edwards, Barbara Owin^s, Dot Brown, Irma Joan Connor, Janet Caudle, Ann Sanders, Betty Jane Deason, Virginia Christian, Bruce Jaynes, Claude Huguley, Bobby Dukes, Edwin Rice, Bobby L. Hu guley, Richard Culbreath, George Bonnette, Bill Creighton, Robert Hanvey, Robert Dillashaw. Maurice White of the U. S. Navy visited in the school last week. Citizenship Roll, 4th 6-weeks, 1945 SECOND GRADE— Mary Bouknight, Peggy Bowick, Mary Brown, James Goff, Lena Mae Loveless, Billy Sharpton, Thomas Young, an-!THIRD GRADE— Georgia Britt, Sue Ellen Campbell Dorothy Dillashaw, Kathryn Lott Dorn, Bobby Faulkner, Martha Rogers, Harvey Sanders, Jr., Sara Will Talbert, Barbara Maddox. FOURTH GRADE— Joan Henderson, Rose Weldon. FIFTH GRADE— Joan Bonnette, Betty Anne Campbell, Mary Ann Cosey, Billy Jaynes, Ruth Jaynes, Rae May, Charlie Sanders. SIXTH GRADE— Douglass Britt, Mary Grace Dansby, Jack Dillashaw, Ken Dowtin, Jr., Betty Frances Edwards, Joe Thomas Seigler. SEVENTH GRADED— Iram Joan Connor,• Billy Dukes, Bobby Edmunds, Bob Sanders. EIGHTH GRADE— None. NINTH GRADE— Betty Edmunds, Bobby L. Huguley. TENTH GRADE— Lois Edwards, Claude Huguley, Bobby Dukes. ELEVENTH GRADE— Johnny LeRoy, Janette Cheatham, Billy Freeland, Pauline Henderson, Margie Osborne, Robert Dillashaw, Bruce Jaynes. . By ELLIOTT PINE Indian* Is called the outstanding basketball state . . . there are some 850 schools enrolled in the Indiana High School Athletic association, all of which play, basketball . . . only a hundred have football teams, partly because the small schools can’t get the material together. Tournament play-offs begin the first week of March . . . more than a million tickets are sold for the events, which include 64 section al games, 16 regional games, 4 semi-finals, and the grand state final. The Big Game is now held in the Indianapolis coliseum. In the 34 years ci state tournaments, Frankfort has won four titles, and Franklin, Lebanon and Martins ville have each grabbed the prize three times. Lieut. Col. Charles Leonard, in charge of cadet military training at West Point, holds a record that will never be bettered . a 200 in pistol shooting ... it was in 1936, at an international meet in Berlin! He took second place in the other four events of the pen tathlon . . . these are swimming, riding, fencing, and cross country running. Ray (Sugar) Robinson, wel terweight, maintains his right to top ranking in his class . . • he defeated two serious threats within nine days ... on Feb ruary 14 he knocked ont Sugar Costner, a spectacular new comer, in Chicago. He won a de cision over Jack LaMotta in New York on February 23. This was the third time Robinson had beaten LaMotta . . . and LaMotta weighed 160 to Sugar’s 147 . . . Robinson now has a string of 54 victories in 55 bouts . . . the one defeat was admin istered by this same LaMotta. Horse racing season opens in England on April 2. war or not . . . it will be conducted on a regional base, however. Big League base ball hopes to get along with 4-F players and over age makeshifts ... a few 17-year-olds will help too. Pre-season’s schedules will be reduced by from 8 to 23 games, in an effort to comply with travel restrictions. Walker Cooper, Card inal catcher, has passed the pre induction examination. The Army football team will lose 13 men this spring by graduation. Elmer Voter, Cub infielder some 20 years ago, will manage Trenton in the Eastern Marquette U’s basketball squad has lost more games than it has won this year, but it has scored an average of 52 points a game against a combined average of 48 for its opponents^* Because of the cartridge shortage, the National Amateur Athletic Union is seek ing a substitute for the starting gun. v .. X Merit Exams For UCC Positions Merit examinations will be given within the next few weeks to ap plicants for positions of Junior Stenographer and Chief of Re search and Statistics in the service of the South Carolina Unemploy ment Compensation Commission, according to announcement made today by E. H. Bradley of Due West, Merit Supervisor. Applica tions for these tests will be re ceived until April 2, and all ap plications must be on the special] forms obtainable from the office of the Supervisor. New appointments are made at the minimum range of the position plus the overtime allowance. The normal salary range for the po sition of Junior Stenographer is $110-145 and $260-330 for that of Chief of Research and Statistics. Entrance salaries, therefore, will be $121.91 for Junior Stenogra phers, and $288.15 for the position of Chief of Research and Statis tics. 4-12 yr*. Basque Dirndl ' No. 8746 for the leader of thi } pigtail crowd—an adorable basqo* j frock with demure round collar am unusual drawstring pockets. SheT be your pride and joy in this well fitting, pert little dress. Pattern No. 8746 is designed for sizes 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. Size 6, short sleeves, requires 2% yards of 36 or 39-inch material; 5 yards ric rac to trim; contrasting collar % yard. I Name... Address. Name of paper / Pattern No ...Size. Send 20 cents In coin (for each pattern desired) fcn- Patricia Dow Patterns ■ *! 1150 Sixth Ave., New York 19, N. Y. IT Conservation News (By Benj. W. Crouch) Mr. L. C. Talbert has just fin ished working and fertilizing his kudzu. He applied about 400 lbs. of superphosphate and 100 lbs. of potash per acre. The land was then disced with a tractor har row. This kudzu planting is thre? years old and will come into pro duction this year. Mr. Talbert ex pects to get some good supple mental grazing this summer an.! In order to qualify for admission fal , from thls area. to these examinations, applicants INSURANCE Fire Insurance And All # Other Kinds of Insurance In cluding Life Insurance. GALLANT-BELK COMPANY HOME OF BETTER VALUES GREENWOOD, S. G HUGH 0. BROWN. MeCORMICK. S. C. Mr. W. L. White was seen las'; week planting annual lespedeza on small grains. This is not a new practice for Mr. White, as he hr ? AT FIRST SIGN OF A V OV»D »666 r Cold Preparations- as_diricte<fj must be citizens of the United States, and residents of South Car olina for at least three years with in the past five or for two years , immediately preceding the closing been usin ? lespedeza for several date (Aoril 2) for receiving appli- f ars and h f ,lnds we ! 1 suite 1 cations.' Requests for further in- for 6ra f n 6. hay and the base for formation and application forms f sound rotation. With lespedeza should be addressed to E. H. Brad- be is continuously building his soil ley, Merit Supervisor, Due West, S. t0 a better state of cultivation. q ' I Mr. W. E. Britt has finished pre- High school Seniors who are Paring his land to plant kudzu on completing stenographic courses this spring. He applied seven in May or June will be accepted i large two-horse wagon loads cf for examination for the position of stable compost and 2000 lbs. of Junior Stenographer but they will superphosphate to five acres of not be eligible for an appointment land. Mr. Britt feels that in order to get the best results from kudzu that it must be well fertilized and well worked. Mr. J. G. Dorn plans to develop until after the date of their grad uation. The regulations announced by the supervisor hold that only can didates who meet the minimum qualifications as to education and experience will be admitted to the examinations. Failure to meet the minimum prerequisites or failure to pass any part of an examina tion with a grade of 70 will dis qualify the applicant for the en tire examination. I 40 acres of permanent pasture this spring. He will use 80 tons of lime, 10 tons of fertilizer, 150 lbs. of Bermuda grass and (80 lbs. of White Dutch clover seed to be ap plied next fall). These figures seem to stagger the imagination, but Mr. Dorn feels that this is neces sary in order to grow good cattle,,