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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1946 Sbitcmald The W. M. S. of the Baptist Church will observe a special sea son of prayer for State Missions Monday afternoon. Sept. 23rd, at 3:30 o’clock at the church. and son, Arch, of Granite Quarry, N. C„ were week end visitors in the county. Mr. H. T. Christian of the Bethany community was a visitor here Tuesday. Earl Witt, Laund. 3-c, U. S. Navy, San Diego, Calif., is here on a leave. Belton Harmon, S 1-c, U. S. Navy, spent this week here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harmon, enroute to a naval air station in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Kennedy Mr. Y. E. Seigler of the Bethany community was among the visitors here one day the past week. Mrs. Ada C. Kennedy has re turned to her home in Granite Quarry, N. C., After an extended HENRY J. GODIN O. D. Doctor of Ocular Science. Exclusive Sight Specialist. •i Lv Do not dispare or give up if your Eye Physician or Spectacle Dealer cannot prescribe the glasses your eyes need to make you see comfortably and satisfactorily, just remember there is a rea son. Perhaps it is their unexperience and knowledge of the marvelous new developments to aid subnormal Vision. I espe cially invite the half blind and most complicated cases for ex amination. CONTACT LENSES FITTED. ARTIFICIAL EYES FITTED. Offices 956 Broad Street * Augusta, Georgia visit to friends and relatives. Mr. P. B. Moragne of Bordeaux was a visitor here Saturday. Mr. Edwin Rice, student at Pres byterian College, Clinton, and a member of the football team there, had the misfortune to re ceive a broken collar bone recently and will probably be unable to play any more this season. Mr. James Arrington underwent an operation at the Greenwood Hospital Friday. He is reported to be getting along nicely at this time. X Entertain Members Of Jaynes-McKesson Wedding Party Mrs. C. R. Strom and Mrs. R. L. Faulkner entertained members of the Jaynes - McKesson wedding party at a 3 course dinner party on Friday night preceeding the rehearsal at the church. The three tiered wedding cake topped with a miniature bride and groom, was cut by Miss Jaynes and served with the sweet course. The hostesses presented the bride and groom-elect with a handsome silver tray. tained in Miss Jaynes’ honor. The affair was held on Saturday eve ning, August 24th, at Miss Minor’s home with five - tables playing Hearts. They served a tempting salad course with iced tea. Miss Jaynes was also honored by members of the Y. W. A. at their last meeting. They pre sented her a handsome gift. -X- Jaynes-McKesson ■.. . ... .-vS ^ v, VI • /I 1 1 1 I *> JP JL-l ’ ! t ? I Mrs. John Nixon Talbert and Miss Virginia Minor also enter- Remember — You Always Save At. •. 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Boys’ Sport Neck Long Sleeve SHIRTS 1.39 to 1.98 Boys’ Short Sleeve SPORT SHIRTS 98c to 1.98 Corduroy OVERALLS Sizes 4 to 12. Blue, brown, maroon and green. 3.48 Boys’ SWEATERS Smart and warm. 1.98 to 5.95 Aleutian Cloth JODPHURS 4.95 SHORTPANTS Khaki, stripes and solids. Sizes 4 to 12. 1.45 to 2.98 SPORT SOX 24c - 29c - 39c SPORT COATS Assortment of patterns in sizes 4 to 34. 4.95 to 16.50 BOYS’ RAINCOATS With helmets to match. 3.48 tp 7.95 Boys’ SLAK-OVERS Wool and part wool with attached sus penders. 4.40 and 5.50 GALLANT-BELK COMPANY HOME OF BETTER VALUES / GREENWOOD, S. C Miss Vivian V. Jaynes became Jie fc/ide of James Harold McKes son Saturday afternoon, Sept. 14th, | at 5: SO o’clock in a beautiful dou ble ring ceremony in the McCor mick Baptist Church, ker pastor, Dr. L. K. Simpson, officiated. The church was beautifjilly deco rated with ferns, smilaX t •’baskets of white gladioli and white tapers in floor candelabra. Misses Betty Fuller and Virginia Minor of McCormick, Miss Martha Rucker of Calhoun Falls and Miss Mildred Gunter of Leesville were bridesmaids. Mrs. £$& R. Bussey, the bride’s aunt, was matron ol honor. They wore white mar quisette dresses fashioned with fitted bodices, dropped puff sleeves and long full skirts. Their tiny'hats were made of white net .uffles and they ca'ixied arm bou quets of vivid red carnations tied with matching wide satiA ribbons. Usher groomsmen were Bruce | Jaynes, brother of the bride, Jen nings Gary Dorn, Ralph Creswellj and Jack Patterson. The groom had as his best man, his father, E. R. McKesson, of Petersburg, Vir ginia. Mrs. D. C. Talbert, organist, and Miss Ann Bussey Seigler, vocalist,] furnished the wedding music. Mrs Talbert played Schubert’s “Sere nade” and “Liebestraum” and dur- .ng the ceremony the hymn “Seal Us, Oh Holy Spirit.” / Miss Seigler oang “Because” and “The Lord’s Prayer.” The traditional - wedding marches* were used. The bride entered with her father who gave her in marriage. She wore a gown of white satin with fitted bodice finished at the waistline with heavy lace. Long sleeves pointed over the wrist were puffed by a band of matching lace and the long skirt flowed in to a court train. The long veil of bridal illusion was caught with a coronet of orange blossoms. Her ] only ornament was a string of | pearls, a gift from the groom. Her arm bouquet of bride’s roses and white asters was centered with a purple throated white orchid cor- j We wish to express our sincerest sage which she later wore with her appreciation for the lovely floral traveling suit of aqua wool and offerings and many acts of kind black accessories. ness that were shown to us dur- Mrs. Jaynes, the bride’s mother, ing our recent bereavement. Q. If a bonus is Riven to the vet erans will the money some of them are now receiving for apprentice training be deducted from the bonus of the ind'vldual?—Mrs. K. A. R. t Bradford. Pa. A. No. # Q. I am waning to know if you have on record the marriage of E. E. Nolin and where? 1 am his grand mother and I am interested in his being married and where he can be. —Mrs. J. R. N.. Delight. Ark. A. You do not give his branch of service so it would be impossible to find out. A. Write to the War Bond Division. U. S. Army, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd.. St. Louis 20, Mo., giving your son's full name, serial number and all de tails. Q. My daughter's fiane#, who be the regular army, has not given her any news since Nov. 1945 when he was with Company A, 671st F. D. Bn. That outfit was inactivated and he was transferred to Battery C, 223*1 F. A. Bn., APO 932. He was with this outfit when he wrote he thought he would be home by Christmas and that was the last she heard fror: him. AH her letters have been re- _ ... turned sinee the war department re- Q. When will the personnel at moved the APO. She is anxious Operations Crossroads be issued leave?—M. L. P M Farmington, Mo. A. Leaves are being granted there every day or every few days. Q. Can yon tell me where the 435th quartermaster company, APO 163 Is? I have not heard from my friend since May 30th. So I don’t know what to think. —Miss L. S., Whitaker, N. C. A. The war department says the 435th quartermaster company is at Nurenburg, Germany as of August 15. Miss D. S.. of Whifeker. N. C., also wants to know where the 150th Sen. Hdqrs. is located. It is at Ft. Knox, Ky. Q. My son was in the paratroops, 506th infantry. He went overseas and stayed three years. He got a fur lough, but didn't stay his leave out. He has reenlisted for three more years and was supposed to report to Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. April 16. Could you tell me where he is?—A. V. D m Paris, Texas. A. I can only tell you that the 506th Infantry was Inactivated In Nov. 1945 In Germany. Suggest you write to the Bureau of Enlisted Per sonnel. Office of the Adjutant Gen eral. War Department. Washington 25, D. C., giving your son’s full name and serial number. Q. My son entered service July 24, 1945. He had a war bond of $25 sent home each month. 1 received four, the last one in Nov. 1945. He went overseas in Jan. 1946 and did not have his deduction stopped. I have written the army war bond office in Chicago but received no answer. Just what steps must 1 take to get this all straightened out?—J. it. W., East Bend, N. C. find his new address. Can yon help : her?—Mrs. O. T. DuB„ Denver, Colow 1 A. Since you dooiot give the fian ce’s name or serial number, all I can ! tell you Is that the 223rd Field Ar tillery was deactivated at San Fran cisco, Dec. 24, 1945. Q. My son was drafted in th- arm J r April 30th, 1945 when he was 18 and ha has been overseas since December 1945. Can yon tell ■»» when he will be eligible for dl»- charge? Mrs. p. A. C., Randlema*. N. C. A. The latest ruling Is that ah men with 20 months service as o£ Sept. 30 will be discharged by th- t date and all men who have iS. months service as of Oct. 1 will bo discharged as of Nov. 30, 1946. Q- My son was drowned in Burma in 1945. Will the government let no mothers go and visit their last rest ing place? I think of him constantly. The government lets young motheca come over here to live. Now do yon think I could go over there to ease my mind?—Mrs. C. Cincinnati. Ohio. A. No, there is no provision for transporting mothers to the graves of their sons buried overseas. Bet ter still, however, there Is provision for bringing the body of your son home to you for burial at govern ment expense, providing his body has been recovered. Identified and is now buried in a military cemetery overseas. For all details, write to the Memorial Division, Office of Quar termaster General. War Department. Washington 25. D. giving full name, rank and serial number and all details you have of your son’s death. Card Of Thanks wore black crepe with sequin trim and sequin turban. The groom’s mother wore aqua crepe with a flower turban. Each had an orchid corsage. Mrs. McKesson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Layon Jaynes of McCormick. Since her graduation from Lander College she has been a popular and valued member of the McCormick High Mrs. O. F. Kenrick, Mrs. Rex Black, Glen Bussey, J. O. Bussey, J. D. Bussey, Leo Bussey. X Card Of Thanks We wish to express our sincere School faculty. She was a leader thanks an d appreciation to our in her church and community and man y friends in and around since the announcement of her en- Parksville, S. C., for the mariy acts gagement she has been feted with many social functions. Mr. McKesson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R.. McKesson of Petersburg, Va. He is a graduate of the Virginia Polytechnic In- | stitute of Blacksburg, Va., where he majored in chemical engineer ing. He was recently discharged from the U. S ; served for four • Coast Artillery, 'rank of major. Reserve Officen Kesson now holds a position in the technical sales department of the Dan River Mills of Danville. Va., where they will make their home. , Due to illness in the family no reception was held and the couple | left immediately for a trip through the mountains of North Carolina. X , Army where he years, with the having held the A member of the i’ Corps, Mr. Me- of kindness, and the beautiful floral offerings that were shown as in our recent bereavement, the death of Mr. J. L. Gales. Mrs. J. L. Gales, Ralph E. Gales, 1903 Penn. Ave, Augusta, Ga. WANT ADV. HOLLYWOOD THEATRE McCormick, S. C. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19TH AND 20TH “MY REPUTATION” With BARBARA STANWYCK—GEO. # BRENT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST Continuous From 2 P. M. RUSTLERS OF THE ^BADLANDS” Starring CHARLES STARRETT as THE DURANGO KID Also: PHONEY BALONEY 3RD CHAPTER LOST CITY OF THE JUNGLE”’ White-Brown In the market for timber land any size tract. See me before you sell. Harry Ream, McCormick, S. C. | FOR SALE—200 tons good timo- ! thy, clover or alfalfa hay. Harry Ball. Fairfield, Iowa. FOR SALE—Appier Seed Oats at $1.25 per bushel at my home. H. T. Christian, R. 2, McCormick, S. C. MONDAY AND TUESDAY SEP TEMBER 23RD AND 24TH 3:30 to 5:30 MONDAY ONLY NIGHT SHOWS 7 TO 11 “THE SPANISH MAIN” In Technicolor With PAUL HENREID—MAUREEN O’HARA Also: WORLD WIDE NEWS Married, Saturday, Sept, 14, the residence of Rev. Foster Speer, at Plum Branch, Miss Helen Re becca White to Mr. Leonard M. Brown, Jr., of Lincolnton. The groom is the son of Mr. L. M. Brown, Sr., a rural mail carrier, at Lincolntcn, Ga., for twenty five years, v/hile the bride is the daughter of Mrs. Charles White and the late Charles White cf the Sandy Branch section. 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