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V »* TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Forty-Fourth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1946 Number 51 i i Washington, D. C. (NWNS).— The vote and arguments on ex tension of selective service may indicate that a new form of pre war isolationism is fast return ing to America. Although few congressmen have directly ex pressed isolationist views, it is difficult to arrive at any other interpretation of the “All rig^t” responses which followed Repre sentative Thomason's impas sioned statement that the house was pronouncing the death sen tence for selective service. As passed by congress in a last-hoar vote, the selec tive service law was extend ed to July, bat with crippling amendments which will make it practically impossi- f* ble for the armed forces i to continue at the minimum • strength demanded by mili tary and administration leaders. The amendment, which prohibits the drafting • of boys in their 'teens as well I as of fathers, according to of ficials, will reduce the big- ■ gest source of manpower and will mean that many men now in service, who were due to be replaced, will now be kept indefinitely. < The action of congress on se- ’ lective service was also a severe , blow to the administration, for ’ President Truman has done his j best to get the law extended ; without amendment. In signing • the bill, the President said that he did not like it at all but thought it was better to sign it than let selective service die. Since the new law is only stop gap legislation, and must be re placed, by July 1, action is being taken in both houses to produce a stronger measure. The senate committee on edu cation and labor, through wtuen labor bills must pass to reach the senate floor, and which has conscientiously opposed all curbs on organized labor, has Anally recognized the fact that labor difficulties exist. It has approved a resolution that a spe cial investigation be made by itself of the causes of disputes between labor and management. In its statement to the senate ac companying the resolution, the committee explained its lack of action in the past by saying: “In recent years every strike or labor dispute of major proportions has stim ulated a number of legisla tive proposals which were generally highly involved legal prescriptions, prohibi tions, sanctions and proce dures designed to curb, lim it or abolish the right to strike. Virtually none of these proposals concerned itself with the solution of the underlying economic and other causes which precipi- **tated these strikes." # * * The senate appropriations committee is entering into the labor picture to this extent: it plans to tack a clause onto all appropriation measures forbid ding the department getting the appropriation to employ anyone belonging to any organization which “asserts the right to strike against the government." Such a clause has been added to the appropriation bill for the department of agriculture. Sen ator Russell of Georgia said that a new CIO union of government workers, known as the United Public Workers of America, has asserted this right. Plum Branch School News t i Mt. Carmel News Mrs. Cecil Gilliam is enjoying a pleasant stay in Mt. Carmel. Mr. Majette Fortson and his mother, Mrs. Ben Fortson, and Miss Lennie Covin spent a pleas ant day in Anderson last week with Mrs. George Peel. The many friends of Col. and Mrs. W. B. Sharp are glad indeed tb see the Colonel able to make the visit here. We all hope he can come often. Hie many friends of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. McAllister will hear with regret of the very serious ill ness of Mr. McAllister in the Ab beville Memorial Hospital, and all hope for a speedy recovery. Sen. L. L. Hester was a business visitor in Columbia Monday. Mrs. Gladys Bowyer of Anderson was a welcome visitor in Mt. Car tel Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bov/yer were attractive guests of Mr. and and Mrs. W. A. Scott the past week end. Mr. Bowyer .has just* returned home from overseas and rr.any friends were delighted to jee him again. Mr. Bradley Morrah, Sr., of Grrcenville was a visitor in Mt. Carmel Tuesday. Mr. John McAllister and mother, Mrs. D. J. McAllister, visited Mr. McAllister Tuesday. Bryari Dorn Will Speak At Meet Tonight A special memorial service will be held at the high school audi- orium, at 8:00 p. m., Thursday, May 30th. Ex-Senator Bryan Dorn of Greenwood will speak. All returned veterans and all relatives of deceased veterans are especially invited. The public is cordially invited. X CLEMSON DIOGROMS Newberry District Has New For est Technician berry, May 21. —The S. C. Commission of Forestry an- ;s the transfer of Nelson L. Junior Technician, from ffice of Public Relations, bia, to the District Office at 'each was graduated in 1939 le School of Forestry, Uni- of Georgia. He worked in and South Georgia until d into the Army in 1941. it four and a half years in vice; two of which were n both the European and theatres of operation. He scharged from the army in >er, 1945, starting work te State in April 1946. 1 The Twin-States Farm-Home Program, scheduled 2 p. m. each Saturday over WRDW Augusta, will be broadcast Saturday, June 1, by McCormick County Home A- gent. Miss Matilda Bell will bring you a miscellaneous program of Soil, Plant and Human Nutrition —Insect Control—County Council and Home Demonstration Club News. You are cordially invited to tune in! Contact Representa tive Here June 5th A Contact Representative from the Veterans Administration Con tact Office, Greenwood, will be at the Office of the Selective Service Board in McCormick on Wednes day, June 5, from 9:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon to assist veterans and their dependents with any matters relative to their rights and bene fits. X Agricultural colleges give fine| basic training for farmers and the school of experience gives them their Masters’ degree. J Plum Branch School Commence ment, May 24—8:00 P. M. Invocation, Rev. W. E. Brant, Rhythmic Orchestra, Primary grades, “Marching”, “Glow- Worm”, “On the y/ay to School”, Chorus, “Play-mates”, Address, Rev. M. E. Boozer, Presentation of certificates to seventh grade, and other awards Play, “A Childs’ America” 4th and 5th grades, Benediction, Rev. Foster Speer Citizenship 7th Grade— Betty Ann Langley, Vera Gable, Rose Marie Creswell, 6th Grade— Dot Wall, » Elizabeth Wall, Doris Shrine, Dorothy Ann Strother. 5th Grade— Jean Creswell. 4th Grade— None. 3rd Grade— Lila Gable, Bobbie Langley. 2nd Grade— Jean Wilkie, Howard White, Winky Langley, Margaret White, 1st Grade— Helen Bodie, Julian Chandler, Janice Coleman, Joyce Gable, Bill Morgan, George Earl Parks. Visitors The following visited the school last week: Mrs. Alma Creighton, Mrs. Kate Brown, Marion and Lee Gturkey. Annual Awards The following awards weae given at commencement. Members of the seventh grade who received certificates were: Rose Marie Creswell, Betty Ann Langley, Vera Gable, Mary Catherine Finley, Marvin Seigler, and Leroy Wilkie. Recognition of those children who had perfect attendance rec ords for the year were: Rose Marie Creswell, Doris Shrine, Dorothy Ann Strother, Elise Langley, Josephine Miner, Joe Wylie Crawford, John Luther Bracknell, Jean Wilkie, Howard White. Reading contest awards were given to: Elizabeth Wall, Nell White and Dorothy Anne Strother, respectively. The out-standing graduate of the seventh grade, Rose Marie Creswell, received a year’s hon orary subscription to Readers’ Digest. This was given by the Readers’ Digest Company. Primary News Miss Wardlaw, the county nurse, ame to our school Monday. She came to check our health class to see who had improved most since January. Joyce Gable and Eugene Finley won prizes for showing most improvement. Emajane Miner, 3rd grade. Thank You! The faculty and pupils of Plum Branch School wish to say thank you to Mr. McCracken for publish ing our school news. We appre ciate the interest of our friends who followed our activities through our news column. Lunch Room Our school lunches this year have met the federal requirements for proteins. We have had well balanced meals. The children have formed good eating habits. Some have gained weight as a re sult. On the last day of 0 school all pupils and teachers had a pic nic out-of-doors, and were served hot dogs, iced orange juice, and ice cream cones. We appreciate the efforts of our Parent-Teach ers’ Association to keep our lunch room. Where Birds Get Their Food Birds get their food mostly from the trees and in the water. When there are baby birds, their moth ers and fathers get worms and in sects for them. Swallows and | Vacation Bible School Begins At The McCormick Baptist Church, Monday, June 3. The Vacation Bible school of the McCormick Baptist Church will begin next Monday, June 3, at nine o’clock a. m. Due to a com bination of circumstances the school will run for only one week this year. But we are going to put all we possibly can into this week of concentrated effort in order to make it the best school yet. We ask for the most prayerful and hearty cooperation t of all of the parents and boys and girls and friends. A most urgent invitation is extended to all of the boys and girls to come. The women of the W. M. S. will again serve delight ful refreshments this year. We are going to do our best for you, boys and girls, and we will be looking for you. The assembly program each morning will consist of songs led by Mrs. D. C. Talbert with Mrs. J. A. Talbert at the piano, a mes sage by the pastor, saluting of the flags, etc. Following is a list of those who will work in the departments: Beginners Department— Mrs. W. M. Talbert, Superin tendent, Mrs. James A. Keown, Mrs. James Mattison, Mrs. H. G. Sanders, Mrs. R. H. Talbert, Mrs. W. C. Brown. Primary Department— Mrs. James M. Dorn, Superin tendent, Mrs. Jack Bradley, Mrs. George N. Dorn, Mrs. C. C. Morgan, Mrs. Frances Bradley. Junior Department— Mrs. C. H. Huguley, Superinten dent,- Mrs. C. R. Strom, Miss Vivian Jaynes, Miss Bertha Mae Harris. Intermediate Department— Mrs. J. S. Dukes, Superintendent, Mrs. R. L. Faulkner, Mrs. G. C. Patterson. This Bible school is an annual event in our church program and is for the benefit of all of the boys and girls of the community who will come. We will be looking for you next Monday morning at nine o'clock. The above named workers will be on hand through the week to give of their best in this worthy effort. Sincerely yours, L. K. Simpson, Pastor. McCormick Public Schools Close chimney swifts feed in the air. Woodpeckers search under the bark of trees for insects and in sect eggs. The nuthatch get food up and down tree trunks. Other birds feed from plants, on the ground, and from waste material. Elise Langley, “Where there is no vision the people perish” (Prov. 29-18) de clared Dr. L. K. Simpson of the McCormick Baptist Church Sun day morning in preaching the commencement sermon in the Mc Cormick High School auditorium. “Vision calls for action, sacrifice, and love for God and men” he continued. Invocation was made by Rev. Foster Speer and the Scripture lesson was read by Rev. M. E. Boozer. Music was furnished by the High School Chorus, Miss Dorothy Smith, soloist, and Mrs. Ed. C. Rice, pianist. Commencement exercises con tinued Monday morning with Senior Class Day exercises. Those taking part were: Bobby Dukes, class prophecy, Richard Culbreath, giftorian, George Bonnette, class will, Gary Brown, history, Claude Huguley, poem, Lois Edwards, class song. Monday night the^ graduation exercises were held. The high school chorus sang again and Miss Ann Bussey Seigler was soloist ac companied by Mrs. Alex Hanvey. The three top honor students each making a four year scholastic average of ninety-four and a fraction were: Lois Edwards, Gary Brown and Claude Huguley, Jr. Lois, with the highest average gave the valedictory. Gary, who tied with Claude for 2nd highest., gave the welcome address. Claude, by request, gave the declamation he wrote with which he won top state honors, “Universal Peace. Wnen?” Invocation was made by Rev. M. E. Boozer and the benediction given by Dr. L. K. Simpson. The following awards were given by Mr. J. L. Caudle, Chairman of the S. C. State Highway Commis sion and member of the County Board of Education: 1. Each year the American Le gion Auxiliary gives a medal to the high school student who writes the best essay on a selected sub ject. This year the subject was American Citizenship: It’s Privi leges and Responsibilities and. the winner was Willie Frances Smith. 2. The Home Economics Medal is presented annually to the girl in the Home Economics Depart ment who has done the most out standing work. This year the medal was given to Betty Ed munds. 3. The Agriculture Medal h presented annually to the boy whe has done the most oustanding work in the Agriculture Depart ment. This year the medal went to Grady Young. 4. The Commercial Medai h presented annually to the student in the Commercial Department who has been outstanding. This year the medal was given to Lois Ruby Kate Wideman Claimed By Death Little Ruby Kate Wideman, 16- months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wideman, died at their home near McCormick Wednesday afternoon of last week. Funeral services were conducted from the graveside in the Wide man family cemetery Thursday afternoon a 3 o’clock with the Rev. M. E. Boozer, pastor of the McCormick Methodist Church, of ficiating. Besides the parents, the child is survived by tile maternal grandfather, T. L. Findley of Honea Path; four brothers, George, Jack, Wallace and Char lie Wideman, and one sister. Myr tle Wideman, of the home. J. S. Strom, funeral director, ei charge. -X- Grade 5. ! Edwards. 5. The Reading Medal is pre sented annually to the girl in high school who wins first place in the local reading contest. This year it was presented to Irma Joan Con nor. 6. The Declamation Medal is presented annually to the boy in the high school who wins first place in the local declamation contest. This year. Claude Huguley, Jr., was winner but, due to the fact tuZt Claude won the medal last year, the medal went to the winner of the second place, Bobby Huguley. 7. The Athletic Medal is given annually by Mr. J. F. Buzhardt to the hardest working, most deserv ing, most loyal, and to the member who conributes most to the team. This years it was given to Claude Huguley, Jr. 8. The English Medal is given annually by Mrs. J. J. Dorn to the Farming is the intricate busi-' outstanding high school English ness in creation. It comes in the student. This year it was given to end to a matter of adjustment be- The Sapsucker The sapsucker is called the “black sheep” of the woodpecker family. That means he is the worst one in the family. A sap sucker looks like a bandit to me, with the red on his head, the red under his bill, and the black and white stripes on his head like a mask. He has yellow, black, and white on his wings, tail and breast. His bill looks like a sword. This yellow-bellied sapsucker has one habit the other wood peckers do not have, sucking the sap out of trees, stopping them from growth for a while. He ruins lots of trees in this way, usually birches and maples. This wood pecker is the only one that is not useful. Charley Ann Miner, Grade 5. tween the ways and means of man Gary Brown. 9. A medal is given annually and his family and the immense, by the Masons to the most deserv-' impersonal processes of Nature.” ,ing senior. This year this medal —Russell Lord, in “Growth”. jwent to Tommy Gable, j Training Meeting ‘ For Fire Fighters Mr. G. L. Sharpton, County Ranger, held a training meeting:, for the Forest Fire Fighter Service members in the community house May 10th. Supper was served to 48 mem bers. 10. Outstanding Citizenship Medals are presented annually to one boy and girl in grammar school and one boy and one girl in high school. These medals are based on the following qualifica tions: 1. Cooperation in all school ac- ivities. 2. Integrity. 3. Correct attitude toward work and faculty. 4. Courtesy and consideration of both classmates and teachers. 5. Pride In school. 6. Grade on conduct not less than 90. 7. Grade on each subject most be above 80. The four winners this year were: Grammar School Girl: Ruth Jaynes. Grammar School Boy: Ray May. High School Girl: Lois Edwards. High School Boy: Claude Hugu ley, Jr. High School diplopias were de livered by Mr. J. Fred Buzhardt, Chairman of the .Board of Trus tees, to the following: Lois Edwards, Gary Brown, Claude Huguley, Jr., Mary Sue Diljashaw, Hazel Kelly, Eunice Wall, Katie Bell Willis, George Bonnette, Richard Culbreath, Bobby Dukes, [ \ Tommy Forrester, Tommy Gable, Edwin Rice, Lonny Shrine. Supt. W. H. Weldon read Use following honor roll: Not absent a day during year 1945-46: Grade 1— John Albert Dansby. Grade 2— ■» Gwendolyn Brown, Lucy Boozer, Carolyn Maddox. Grade 3— None. Grade 4— ; Leroy Dillashaw, Dorthy Dillashaw, Marie Seigler, Barbara Maddox. Grade 5— None. Grade 6— Rae May. : t Grade 7— i Joe Brown. ‘ Grade 8— ' 1 Grover Davis. Grade 9— .j Georgia Rose McCracken, Louise Rice, Thurmond Brown, Albert Campbell. Grade 10— Bob Huguley. Grade 11— Lonnie Shrine. ’ £