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EIGHT
THE SUN
FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1938
MISS BLACKWELL WEDS
POPE DUNCAN JOHNSON
Of cordial interest to friends in
this section and throughout the state
is the marriage of Miss Mildred Eli
zabeth Blackwell and Pope Duncan
Johnson which took place at noon,
Sunday, March 20, at the home of
Dr. Charles F. Sims, pastor of the
Firrt Baptist church, Greenwood.
The bride was becomingly attired
in a Navy blue suit of wool eponge.
She wore a Navy blue straw bonnet
with a short veil and other accessor
ies wen of harmonizing tones. Her
shoulder corsage was of red rose
buds.
Mrs. Johnson is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Dickerson
Blackwell and is a young woman of
much charm. She finished a Colum
bia high school and attended the
University of South Carolina and
Newberry college.
Mr. Johnson, son of Mrs. Duncan
Johnson and the lute Mr. Johnson,
is a graduate of Newberry high
school and of Clemson college. He
i s connected with the Johnson-Mc-
Crackin firm of this city.
After a wedding trip to Atlanta,
Georgia, following their marriage in
Greenwood, the couple returned to
the city Tuesday afternoon and are
now making their home at the Pan-
apartments on Main street.
Misg Mary Blackwell spent last
weekend and the first of this week
in Columbia with Mr. and Mrs. U.
E. Stokes and family. She was the
guest of Misses Miriam and Evelyn
Stokes. Miss Blackwell accompan
ied the Stokes to Myrtle Beach for
the weekend.
MRS. PATRIDGE IS
HOSTESS AT BRIDGE
Mrs. W. F. Patridge entertained at
a bridge party at the Fiesta Tea
Room on College street Tuesday af
ternoon. Members of her bridge
club were invited guests on this oc
casion with Mrs. Edward Anderson
invited to play with the members.
The room was lovely in its decora
tions of colorful spring flowers. Af
ter several progressions, scores were
counted and Mrs. Everette Deaver
Evans held high score and Mrs. J.
Edwin Stokes, second high. Both
were presented awards. The bingo
prize fell to Mrs. E. E. Epting.
A delicious sandwich plate and iced
tea was served after cards. Mrs.
Elmer Wood, Columbia, and Miss
Margaret Nesley called after the
games.
ST. PHILIPS SCRIBE MOVED BY
SPRINGTIME
On March 21st Spring began,
which was the beginning of the ver
nal equinox. It brought some migh
ty pretty weather which we hope will
continue. The birds begin to sing
and the trees are putting forth their
beautiful foliage.
Springtime is the most beautiful
season of the year. You can look
through the woods and see the pretty
green leaves and see the beautiful
flowers blooming in all their differ
ent colors.
And here is something different
I want to call to your attention
as against the Spring of 1914. On
March 20th it snowed about six inch
es deep. It lay on the ground until
the 22nd and then it began to melt.
The peach trees were full of blooms.
It was very beautiful to see the
trees filled with pink blossoms a-
gainst the ground white with snow.
This occured 24 year s ago. We are
proud to say it isn’t that way this
year and hasn’t been since 1914.
SMYRNA CLUB HAS INTEREST
MEETING
The Home Demonstration club of
Smyrna met Friday afternoon with
Mrs. V. C. Wilson on Harper street
with 14 members present. Devo-
tionalg were conducted by Mrs. C.
P. Teague.
The roll call was answered by
each naming her favorite flower.
Dues, were paid in preparation for
the council meeting, also our appor
tionment.
Reports of various chairmen were
discussed and filled out to be sent
to the council chairmen before Ap
ril first.
Miss Ethel Counts talked on the
value of milk and told how butter
and cottage cheese should be made
and bandied. She demonstrated the
making of junket and urged its use
in serving convalescents and child
ren.
Mrs. H. W. Shealy read “The Wil
low Dam” and Mrs. W. O. Pitts read
“The Value of Laughter.” Maga
zines and books were exchanged.
After the program a social hour
was enjoyed when a contest was
played and refreshments served.
MINISTERS MEET MONDAY
The Newberry County Ministerial
Association will meet next Monday,
March 28th, at ten o’clock in the Cen
tral Methodist Church. The subject
for discussion is “The Use of Extra-
Biblical Material in Preaching,” led
by the Rev. James R. McKittrick of
Whitmire.
All the pastors of the County are
urged to be present.
J. B. Harman, Secretary.
Kendall Mills Lutheran Parish
Rev. J. B. Harman, pastor
Bethany (Oakland school house)
Sunday 10 A. M., Sunday school,
Mr. E. U. Hite, superintedent.
Sunday 11 A. M., Preaching ser
vices.
TO HOSPITAL
Mrs. Roland Felker underwent an
operation at the Columbia hospital
Tuesday. She was carried to the
hospital Monday and will be there a
week. Her condition is reported as
being fair. ,
Notice!
ANYONE NOT HAVING
MADE TAX RETURNS FOR
1938 WILL PLEASE CALL AT
THE OFFICE AND DO SO AT
ONCE. THIS IS IMPERATIVE
AS THE TIME HAS ARRIVED
TO BEGIN MAKING UP MY
BOOKS AND THESE RETURNS
MUST BE INCLUDED.
PinckneyN.Abrams
Auditor
Church Notes
On Sunday afternoon there will be
Sunday school at two-thirty and Di
vine service at three-thirty, conduct
ed by the Rev. J. B. Harman. On
last Sunday there were several who
went to the new church at St. Pauls.
They reported they had a nice time
and that it was a beautiful building.
The Indies report mighty pretty
gardens. Some of them will have
cabbage in a couple of weeks.
Mrs. Joe Kirkpatrick and two
small children, Bennett and Dorovhy,
of Winnsboro, were visitors of the M.
O. Summers on Mayer avenue over
the weekend.
Tom Keitt, who teaches in the
commercial deprtment of the Green
ville High School, spent last week
end with his parents in the coounty.
Mrs. Eugene Summer of Tampa,
Florida, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
M. O. Summer.
FINAL GINNINGS
Summer Memorial
Sunday 10 A. M., Sunday school,
Mr. Eugene Shealy, superintedent.
6:30 P. M., Luther League.
7:30 Preaching services.
Visitors are cordially (invited, to
worship with us.
St. Philips Lutheran Church
Sunday 2:30 P. M., Sunday school,
Professor Olin Lominick, superin
tendent.
3:30 P. M., Preaching services.
A cordial welcome is extended to
all to attend these services.
SINGERS TO APPEAR
The Newberry College Singers will
school auditorium on Thursday even
ing, March 31st, at 8:16 P. M. No
admission charge will be made but a
freewill collection will be taken. An
entirely new program will be given,
consisting of a group of classical
numbers, a sacred group, a group of
Negro Spritituals, and a Folksong
group.
This chorus deserves the whole
hearted support of all Newberrians.
It has brougt considerable fame and
recongnition to Newberry College
and the city, and has offered oppor-
The sensus report hsows that there
were ginned and to be .^" ned . j" , tunities for a great many local High
Newberry county 19,464 bales from schooJ gradua 4 s to re J ivc unusl f al
a t \f 0 > i oQfi training, as well as the splendid
18,(>86 bales from the c °P ' tours that the chorus annually un-
Th.s is the final report of the 1937.^^ ^ tours are of ^ Mid .
crop ' ! erable educational value.
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VIEWS OF OTHERS
Editor The Sun:
I wish to personally express my
appreciation for the fine editorial on
Newberry’s fire alarm status. You
brought Out some strong points over
which the citizens of Newberry may
well give serious thought.
Being one of those that circulated
petitions asking for the bond elec
tion, I ran across several property
owners that refused to sign until
told the proposed location of their
nearest alarm box. They were in
favor of the boxes and wanted a box
near them. Other canvassers told of
having had the same experiences and
that it was the fire alarm box that
secured the signatures. These peo
ple are not to be' denied.
When the bond election was car
ried by such an overwhelming ma
jority I thought the alarm system
wa s assured. The entire motive be
hind the election was “Fire Protec
tion”; a new fire truck and a mo
dern efficient fire alarm system.
I don’t believe our citizens are go
ing to sit quietly and lose the
greatest asset to a modem fire de
partment, and something that New
berry needs most. I believe they
are going to demand the protection
they voted for. Too many times here
in Newberry we have already exper
ienced the immediate need of a reli
able! alarm system as set forth in my
article two weeks ago. It is to be re
gretted the way things have come to
pass but with the proper cooperation
of the city council & a little pull, it
may not be too late to secure gov
ernment aid again and fulfill the ob
ligation to our citizens.
Again I want to thank you for
your editorial. Keep up the good
work—we’ll get results yet.
Yours truly,
Burton Wells
Editor The Sun:
I read with genuine interest the
article on the Fire Alarm for New
berry by Mr. Wells in a recent issue
of your paper and also the editorial
you wrote in reply. Both you and
Mr. Wells brought out points that
the citizens of Newberry cannot af
ford to overlook. You publish M an
article by me in February 1936 and I
haven’t changed my point of view in
the least. The citizens have a right
to feel proud of such a fine fire sta
tion but that is not what we voted
for or what we wanted when we vot
ed for the bond issue. We voted for
fire protectibn and that specifically
stated a new truck and a modem fire
alarm system.
I for one will not vote for another
bond issue in Newberry and. will per
sonally work against one if they
should ever try it again and not only
that but I think pressure should be
brought to bear on those responsible
for not having purchased the system
we voted for and must pay for with
or without it.
J. M.
LOOKS BUSINESS-LIKE
Burton Wells recently received the
following letter from V. C. Stanley,
president and general manager of
the Gamewell Company of Newton,
Mass. This company is headquarters
for fire alarm and police signal sys
tems: .
Mr. Burton Well, Jr.
O. K. Printery
1015 Caldwell Street
Newberry, So. Carolina
Dear Sir:
Charlie Brent has just sent me a
photograph of the new building you
have erected for your Fire Depart
ment Headquarters and it affords
me pleasure to congratulate you on
its fine appearance. I am always
glad to see a City put up a building
that is not too elaborate. The archi
tecture of your building looks very
business like and I am sure it is go
ing to prove most efficient.
He also sends me the clipping from
Friday’s “Sun” headed “Wells Com
ments on Fire Practices Here.” Thi s
is just the kind of information the
public needs in order to appreciate
and understand the value of the
Fire Department and that, after all,
no matter how efficient a depart
ment may be, it cannot give service
unless it gets a prompt alarm. I
am certain, therefore, if this good
work is kept up and every advantage
taken of pointing out to the public
the results of delayed alarms, it will
only be a question of a short time
before you will have their backing
100 per cent and obtain, what you so
richly deserve, a modern fire alarm
system.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) V. C. Stanley
President & General Manager
BREAKS ARM
Roy H. Folk, 14, grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. Will H. Folk of the Pres
sley community of the county broke
his right arm and wrist last Tues
day while cranking a car. Roy had
to be confined to ihis home last week,
although his condition is now much
improved.
This Is Trade-In Week
Liberal Allowance
on Old Furniture
Let's Swap!
J. J. Langford & Son
LOW-DOWN on
the HIGH-UPS!
BY LONNIE FRANKLIN
Dutch McLean
He is a little guy who after 18
years is going down to the Battery
to coach at Porter. Many of you
have never met hi mso you haven’t
long to do so; you may at any home
baseball game.
Bill Laval
Elected head coach September 1st,
now getting a line on football pros
pects for 1989. Been around a few
vears and knows what it is all about.
You used to cuss him niw you can
raise him.
Fred Hambright
Took four years at Carolina, won
the Jacobs cup for the best blocking
back in the state, played last winter
with the professional football team,
the New York Giants.
Hubert Setzler
This bird has been here a few
years as freshman coach, still is, and
one of the best football scouts in
Uncle Sam’s territory. He gets the
block heads and tries to drill enough
-nto “em” that the varsity can use
“em.”
Drug Store Coaches
There are about 3,000 of us and
you meet one of us every time you
look. We know just what is wrong
and how to correct it, but never tell
the coach. If he wins, it’s our team;
if he loses, they never were any good
and still playing a 1902 style. We
are the second guessers therefore al
ways right.
The Boosters
They are several thousand who
really want to go places and in the
next few years are going places too.
They pay to see the games and sup
port athletics on the hill and are
now engaged in a campaign to light
Setzler Field, also to remodel it and
get money to help the athletic cause
along. Are you a booster or a drug
store coach? You can be both if you
want to.
Dr. Kinard
Jim is now pepped up ov-’r the out
look on the hill and he has no ob
jection to the number who get be
hind him and Newberry. It’s as
much the business of Newberry town
people to support Newberry athle
tics as it is Dr. Kinard’s business,
because the larger the drawing pow
er the more purchasing power on
Main street after the game.
Prof. Gaver
He is the bird who totes the little
black box and for a change he won’t
be mad if he has something in it be
sides nickels and dimes and the
thought of plenty of passes. Teams
can’t make money playing to paper
gates.
Dr. Setzler
Well, the man longest in my mem
ory as I think of athletics on the hill
is Dr. Setzler. He was the moving
spirit inside the old field when I was
a moving on the limb of a pine tree
looking over and that’s been a few
years back. He has worn out sever
al suits helping coach baseball teams
and a few Walthams keeping time
for football and basketball games.
Now he is all smiles as he thinks of
the next few years and the support
fans are putting behind the team.
Dr. Derrick
He has always been for athletics
and still yielding to no fan in his
support of the team on the field.
Professors Trabert, Epting, ' Good
man, and others of the faculty, while
never getting heated up like most of
us in a close game, they all come out
and lend their support. It may have
been Dutch to Dude at the start, but
he can tell you about the game in
French now.
Chewing the Rag
Bill Laval and I were swapping
tales the other day and if there is
anything Bill likes better than some
one to talk athletics with him—then
it’s two. Bill once managed Green
ville in the Sally League and fined
himself ten bucks because he errored
and lost the game. Another time
when they had three on and two runs
behind his heaviest hitter was chased
out of the park and of all things.
Bill, whom a 176 batting average
would have made a slugger, put him
self in and tripled. That is one of
his greatest thrills. But the real in
sight into Bill’s fighting along with
his team is this. Furman was play
ing Citadel and the Bulldogs were
driving the Hurricane wild in a
scoreless game. Late in the game a
Furman back got loose and past the
safety man, then stumbled and drop
ped the ball where Citadel recover
ed. Bill turned to a player on the
bench and said, “I’ll be damned,
There were only two things he could
do—drop dead or drop that ball, and
he dropped the ball.” Bill plays for
keeps and that’s the knid of teams
he sends out so that’s the knid of
coach we have. Bill thinks we can
go places and he is after going too.
So get behind him and let’s ride.
GRACE MOORE APPEARS
HERE IN “ROMANCE”
“I’ll Take Romance,” in which
Grace Moore makes her long-awaited
return to the screen, this time oppo
site the handsome Melvyn Douglas,
will be shown at the Opera House on
Monday and Tuesday of next week.
As in her previous singing roles
in “One Night of Love,” “The King
Steps Out,” and” When You’re In
Love,” Miss Moore is party to a ro
mantic comic ’set-up, embellishing
her role with renditions of several
memorable operatic arias, the hill
billy ditty, “She’ll Be Cornin’ Round
the Mountain,” and a love ballad
bearing the film’s title written es
pecially for Miss Moore by Ben Oak
land and Oscar Hammerstein II.
In the large suporting cast are
Stuart Erwin, Helen Westley, Rich
ard Carle, Margaret Hamilton, and
Frank Forest, the sensational radio
tenor who recently appeared with
Gladys Swarthout in “Champagne I
Waltz."
MISSION STUDY CLASSES TO BE
GIN AT CENTRAL
The members of the Missionary
Auxiliary of Central Methodist
church have arranged for their mis
sion study classes to be held during
the coming week.
The book for studying is “Rebuild
ing Rural America.” The various
circles will have charge of the pro
grams and talks on their respective
phases of work will be given by the
Rev. C. J. Matthews, Miss Theressa
Leigihtsey, Miss Ethel Counts, and
J. C. Brooks.
Members from other churches are
cordially invited to attend the meet
ings, detailed programs for which
will be announced later.
TUCKER J. LIVINGSTON DIES AT
JOLLY STREET
Tucker Drayton Livingston, 84,
retired farmer, died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. A. A. Wicker, in
the Jolly Street section of the county
after a short illness.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day mming at 11 o’clock at St. Paul’s
Lutheran church, conducted by the
Rev. S. P. Koon of Lone Star, assist
ed by the Rev. Julian, B. Harman. In
terment was in the Livingstone fam
ily burying ground.
Mr. Livingstone is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Wicker; one brother,
T. S. Livingstone, and a sister, Mrs.
Eula Werts, both of Newberry, and
five grandchildren.
MRS. THOMASSON PASSES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. Texie Wilson Thomas son, 79,
wife of A. C. Thomasson, died Wed
nesday morning at her home after a
long illness. She was the daughter
of the late Hugh C. Wilson and Su
san Oxner Wilson and was a life
long resident of Newberry. Mr. and
Mrs. Thomasson celebrated their 50t3i
wedding anniversary November 19,
1936.
Funeral services were b*>ld Thurs
day afternoon at 4 o’clock at the
home, with the Rev. T. Carlyle Can
non, pastor of the Central Methodist
church officiating, assisted by the
Rev. A. E. Holler of Batesburg. Bu
rial was in Rosemont cemetery.
" Surviving in addition to her hus
band are two daughters and a son,
Mrs. Munson Davis, Miss Maggie
Thomasson and Andrew Thomasson,
Jr., all of Newberry; three sisters,
Mrs. H. C. Suber, Newberry, Mrs.
Jimmie Stokes, Timmonsvilie; two
brothers, Hugh Wilson, Newberry,
and Arthur T. Wilson, Jacksonville,
Fla., and eleven grandchildren.
GROESCHEL TO ADDRESS LE- .
GIONAIRES HERE TUESDAY
DORRITY-TAYLOR
MARRIAGE IN ANDERSON
Miss Edith Dorrity, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Dorrity, and the
Rev. Voight O. Taylor were married
Monday in Anderson by the Rev. R.
L. Holroyd.
Mrs. Taylor is a graduate of the
Newberry High school and Newberry
College. She completed a training
course at Kings County hospital in
Brooklyn, New York, and was a
member of the staff of this hospital
up until her resignation at the time
of her marriage.
Mr. Taylor is also a graduate of
Newberry High school and Newberry
College. He did graduate work at
the Columbia University and Duke
University. He i s now pastor of the
Church of Wide Fellowship in South
ern Pines, N. C., where the couple
are making their home.
BENEFIT PAYMENTS OF $19,000,-
000 TO GO TO FARMERS
Government benefit payments of
approximately $19,000,000 .will be
paid to South Carolina farmers this
year, records in the office of R. W.
Hamilton, state administrator of the
Agricultural Adjustment administra
tion, showed.
Of the total, $11,000,000 will be for
100 per cent participation in the agri
culture conservation program and the
remainder will be the state’s share
of the $130,000,000 made available to
farmers by congress from tariff
fund.
S. C. Groeschel, Manager Veterans
Administration at Colmbia, will be
the guest speaker at the regular
meeting of the American Legion Poet
Tuesday night, March 29, according
to an announcement made by Poet
Commander Jake R. Wise.
This meeting will be held at the
Fiesta Tea Room and a dutch supper
will be served.
Several members of the staff from
Veterans Administration will also be
present at the Tuesday evening gath
ering.
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