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JU J McCORMCK MESSENGER, MeCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA, TBVRSDAT. JANUARY 30,4947-^ 4 it local Baptist congregation happy to announce that the McCormick High School Glee Club Bfca chosen next Sunday morning's }1 o’clock service as the time to hbnor them with special music. Knowing the talent of this group It can safely be said that a rare treat Is In store for all who can be present. Mrs. Lula Moseley of Fort Lau derdale, Fla., is here on a visit to relatives and friends. Mr. Charles Stone of Modoc was a visitor here yesterday. Mrs. Francis Freeman and two children of Sumter are here on a visit to her mother, Mrs. C. M. Lee. Miss Evelyn Herring, student nurse at Anderson County Hospi tal, Anderson, spent the past week end here with her aunt and uncle, Mrs. J. W. Kelly, and Mr. Kelly. Mr. and Mrs. Faulkner of Charles ton were also week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. kelly. VJW-Ur J,-.,. , ^ ; . , . . „ Gay Scurry and Mr. W. K. Charles, Mr. J. M. Hemminger of Willing- ton was a visitor here last Thurs day. Mr. Luther Andrews of Colum bia spent the past week end here with his mother, Mrs. A. J. An drews. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Bradley and two daughters of Williston were week end*guests' of MrS. J. E. Bradley. Misses Barbara Allen and Gladys Winn, students at Lander College, Greenwood, and Miss Mabel Winn, Augusta, were week end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Winn, of Plum Branch. Among those from McCormick attending the wedding of Miss In addition to being in position to take care of your Dry Cleaning and Laundry needs, we are now prepared to render efficient and prompt service in Hat Cleaning and Blocking. Hats will be picked up and delivered along with dry cleaning and laundry. J. T. HOLLIDAY, JR., McCORMICK, S. C. jr., in Greenwood Saturday eve ning were Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Tal- bert, Mrs. T. E. Fuller, Misses S ettye Fuller and Ruth Corley, [rs J. S. Strom, Mrs. H. Drucker, Mrs. W. M. Strom, Mrs. C. H. Hu- guiey, Miss Myra Young, Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Workman, Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Mattison. Messrs. J. C. and R. M. Winn, Jr., of Plupi Branch were visitors and Silver Springs, here Monday. -X- Births Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Booth an nounce the birth of a daughter, Shirley Booth, on Dec. 20, 1946. MrS. Booth is the former Janie Mae Banks. 5, ’ 1 t The do&ble rfhg ceremony " was performed by th'e ReV. W. E. John son, Methodist minister of Aiken, at his home there. Only a few relatives and close friends were present. The bride chose for her marri age a wool suit of pearl grey with accessories of black. Her shoulder corsage was of yellow rosebuds. Following a trip to Daytona Beach iorida, they Mr. and Mrs. James H. Stroud announce the birth of a son, James Henry, Jr., on Jan. 20, 1947. will make their home in Augusta where she has been doing secre tarial work for the past several years and where the groom holds an engineering position with the Clarks Hill Development. * Among many delightful social gatherings honoring the young tea given and Miss Jean Davidson at the latter’s home in Augusta. X ~ couple was ^bgautiful Mlss by Miss Polly Walker Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lee an nounce the birth of a daughter, Lenora Gertrude, on Jan. 17, 1947. X Rogers-Schumpert Mrs. Verna A. Rogers and Mr. H. M. Schumpert were quietly married on Saturday afternoon, January 18, at 4:30 o’clock in the Washington Street Methodist church in Columbia. The • cere mony was performed by the pas tor, Rev. J. L. Holroyd with only relatives and a few close friends present. For her marriage the bride chose a beige suit of soft wool and brown accessories. Following a motor trip to Myrtle Beach, they will continue to make their home here. Walker-Metts Mr. and Mrs. J. Bruce Walker announce the marriage of their daughter, Bettye, to Mr. Roy Metts of Augusta on Sunday, Jan. Remember — You Always Save At... GALLAOT-BELK COMPANY Beginning the first Wednesday in February we will close at 1 o’clock p. m. until further notice. Our hours on other days are from 9 a. m. until 6p.m. ■'"’Fr * \ • ' V - Continue to shop at Gallant-Belk Company where you most always find what you want at prices you are perfectly willing to pay. Meet your friends, at our store. Plum Branch School News GALLANT-BELK COMPANY HOME OF BETTER VALUES f i.i J GREENWOOD, S. C March Of Dimes i We want to help crippled chil dren. We will not buy any candy this week. We will give our money to the March of Dimes. Our room already has $3.25. Janice Coleman, Second grade. In a seed-selling . contest last week Sallie Leverett won first place for girls, and Eugene Finley first place for boys. Each of them was presented fifty cents. Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Brown and .Mrs. Creighton visited our school last week. We are glad Mrs. Brown has recovered from her re cent illness. We want to thank Mrs. J. L. Bracknell for her gift of fourteen quarts of peaches to the lunch room. We enjoyed these very much. Citizenship Roll First Grade— Brenda Miner, Judy Bracknell, Linda Creswell, Jean Willis, Jimmy Wise, Danny Reynolds, Second Grade— Janice Coleman, Joyce Gable, Helen Bodie, Bill Morgan, George Earl Parks. r Third Grade—- Marjie Brown, Margaret White, Jean Wilkie. Fourth Grade— Joe Wylie Crawford, Emajane Miner. Clean Plate Club John Luther Bracknell, Larry Bowick, Cecil Wall, Robert Lee Gable, — ” Christine Reynolds, Emajane Miner, * c Marjie Brown, ^ Ben Allen White, Howard White, v • Raymond White, Winkie Langley, . George Earl Parks, Dannie Reynolds, Bill Morgan, Billie Jean Seigler, Joe Brown, Melvin Leverett, Sister Freeland, Janet White, Jean Willis, < Lewis Jennings, Jimmy Wise, Helen Bodie, Nathan Finley, Sara Freeland, Janie Gable, Malcolm Garnett, Emogene Jennings, Doris Reynolds, Sonny Wall. The fifth and sixth grades of the Plum Branch grammar school are planning to have a Valentine party at the home of their teach er, Mrs. Charles Culbreath. The party will take place after school on Friday, February i4. We are all looking forward to it. Charley Ann Miner, Grade 6. accepted from Jan. 20,' 1947, on James W. Ray, Supt. of Oconee State Park. X— McCormick School . News I.'-; I t ! i Notice Cabins at Oconee State Park for the summer of 1947 will be rented at the following address: State Commission of Forestry, Division of Parks, 506 Calhoun State Office Building, Columbia, S. C., all ap plications to be made by letter with a deposit of $5.00; one week per family. Give alternate dates that are acceptable. Applications OUTSTANDING CITIZENS, 3rd Six Weeks First Grade— Scott Berry, J. C. Brown, Victor Dail, Jimmy Holloway, Dale Keown, Jack Keown, Jim Keown, James Partain, Patricia Crouch, Faye Holden, Ann Morgan, Nellie Loveless, Judy McGrath, Gail Mayson, : * ! Carolyn Robinson, Patsy Sharpton, ! ! y Sharon Tyseling, Koga Weldon. Second Grade— . 3 : Bobby Bentley, Charles Bussey, John Dansby, Paul Edwards, Elizabeth Goff, Tom Haynes, < • : ' Larry May, Mary Frances Mason, Leila Percival, r Lula Lee Roberts, H. C. Sandifer, Betty Wardlaw, Albert Jordan. Third Grade— Betty Lou Bledsoe, Lucy Boozer, Ann Bringle, George Neal Creswell, Faye Campbell, Frances Mae Dillashaw, P. C. Dorn, III, Jimmy Dorn, Andrew Langley, Rachael McKinney, Cornelia Lagroon, Margaret Lee Rankin, Mary Weldon, ;' Faye Williams, Gloria Wilkie. Fourth Grade— Peggy Bowick, Mary Sue Lagroon, Rae Jean Partain, Irma Sandifer, Claude Lindley, Billy Sharpton. Fifth Grade— Georgia Britt, Sue Ellen Campbell, < Kathryn Lott Dorn, Bobby Faulknei, Martha Jean Rogers, Harvey Sanders, Jr., Sara Will Talbert. Sixth Grade— Effie Neal Banks, Christine Dillashaw, Joyce Walker, Rose Weldon. Seventh Grade— Joan Bonnette, Betty Ann Campbell, Ruth Jaynes, Connie McAbee, Betty Ann McNeill, Doris West, Virginia Martin, Billy Jaynes, Ray May, Charlie Sanders.^ Eighth Grade— Phyllis Chamberlain, Rose Marie Creswell, Betty Frances Edwards, Ivadell Talbert, Douglass Britt, Sonny Simpson. Ninth Grade— Irma Joan Connor, Frances Anne Dansby, Marylene Wells, Bobby Edmunds, Cecil McDonald. Tenth Grade— Christine Fleming, Dorthy Ann Newby, George Christian. Eleventh Grade— Betty Edmunds, Virginia Smith, Marion Davis, Bobby Huguley. X Home Life Is Name Of New Magazine For Christian Family First issue of Home Life, a magazine on Christian family liv ing published by the Baptist Sun day School board, has been re ceived here, according to Dr. L. K. Simpson, local Baptist pastor. Designed as a popular monthly, the colorful 32-page January num ber will reach over 200,000 homes in the South, according to the lo cal i ’’The global war has given the* home the severest test, in the en tire history of Christianity/’ Dr- T. L. Holcomb, the Sunday School Board’s executive secretary, write*, in January Home Life. “In the' light of these conditions we. are' happy to preseht Home Life, A Christian Family Magazine. We believe that it will meet a need and render a service to our people that will prove very signif icant.” The publisher’s purpose, as- stated by Dr. Holcomb, is “to make Home Life one of the very best magazines of its kind.” Large in size and attractively made up with an artistic use of color on every page, the January issue represents high quality in magazine publishing. The cover is a natural color family worship scene. Home Life is edited by Dr. Joe W. Burton, who in the first num ber states the magazine’s three fold purpose to be to “set ou . the characteristics of a Christian home, demonstrate the values of this manner of living and show how a genuine Christian spir. can be achieved in family living.”’ A native of Texas, with ten years editorial experince with the? Baptist Home Mission Board in Atlanta, Dr. Burton has spent a year in Nashville making plan.* with Sunday School Board offici als for the new publication. The January cover announces the first of a series of articles on “The Changing Family” by Dr. T- B. Maston, professor of sociology Southwestern Baptist Seminary . “Also one story, five articles, eigh - features” are announced in the January contents. Inaugurating a policy of por traying obscure homes that a. successfully Christian, January Home Life gives a full length human interest sketch on ths home of a Jackson, Tennessee, plumber. Succeeding issues, Edi tor Burton states, will give inti mate pen pictures with photos of little known Christian families. Most prominent feature is “Al tar Fires,” a section of daily de votions for family worship. Th> first issue carries questions on home problems answered by Dr. Jeff D. Ray of Fort Worth. Articles include “Europe’s De stroyed Home Life” by an UNRRA consultant and a timely report on the domestic housing situation by a Baptist deacon housing exped.- ter. The January number includes a guest editorial by the Southern Baptist Convention president. Dr. Louie D. Newton, and a page of “Letters from Readers.” X V. A. Contact Representative Here Third Thursdays Cecil J. McFerrin, Veterans Ad ministration Contact Representa tive from Greenwood, has an nounced an itinerant service to McCormick the third Thursday of each month. His hours will bj from 1:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m. and his headquarters here will be th^ Selective Service Office. Mr. McFerrin said that he would appreciate any veteran or their families visiting him upon his visits here to discuss their bene fits, such as education, insurance, hospitalization, readjustment al lowances, loans, compensation and pension, or any others in question. The Veterans Administration Contact Office in Greenwood is located in Room 138, the Federal Building, and this office is always open to anyone who desires as sistance and information relative to veterans benefits. Remember, this Veterans Ad ministration Contact Representa tive can be contacted at the Se lective Service Office, each third Thursday of every month, hours :00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m. '<55 *5 //m TO GET QUICK) RELIEF FROM PAINFUL < COLD MISERIES, GET^666JtOWU V. #T*Y IT - SAFI - QUICK 666 COLD PREPARATIONS CAUTION; USt ONIY AS OlMCTfD TO SELL ’EM, TELL ’EM- | With An'Ad •