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FRIDAY. APRIL 29, 1938 THE SDN SOCIE TYNE WS ENTERTAIN AT BRIDGE , AT COUNTRY CLUB Quantities of pink roses and dais ies decorated the spacious club room of the Country Club of Newberry when Mrs. T. F. Cooley and Mrs. Joe L. Keitt entertained at seven tables of bridge Wednesday after noon. Several progressions of contract were played and when scores were to taled Miss Margaret McCaughrin held high and Mrs. E. E. Stuck, sec ond high. Both were presented a- wards and Miss Elizabeth Dominick won th e bingo award. A salad course and tea was served late in the afternoon. MISS MINNIE GIST HOSTESS TO EMERY CIRCLE Miss Minnie Gist was cordial host ess to members of the Emery Circle Friday afternoon at the Hotel Wise man. Three tables were Arranged for rook players in the lounge of the hotel. Playing with the Circle mem bers were Mrs. M. J. Carwile, Mrs. A. T. Neely, and Mrs. W. G. Houseal. After cards were laid aside, a salad course and coffee was served. Cal ling after cards were Mrs. O. B. Mayer and Mrs. R. L. Tarrant. Chit-Chat By CONSTANCE ARMFIELD MRS. DRISCOL HIGH SCORER AT CLUB PARTY The April bridge party for mem bers of the Country Club of New berry was held Thursday afternoon at the club at 4 o’clock. A profusion of spring flowers, carrying out a yel low and blue color note, made an at tractive setting for the five tables arranged for players. High score winners were Mrs. Ro bert Driscol and Mrs. Holland Sligh. The evening bridge party this month will be held Thursday evening at the Club at 8 o’clock. COLLEGE “N” CLUB HAS DANCE FRIDAY The “N” Club of Newberry College entertained at a dance at the College gymnasium Friday evening. The building was attractively decorated in scarlet and gray streamers. The College “N” Orchestra, directed by Ohris Kaufmann, furnished music. MRS. FRANKLIN HONORED AT MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER Miss Azile Graddick entertained at a shower at her home on the College street extension Wednesday evening in honor of Mrs. Ed Franklin, recent bride. About 25 guests enjoyed the occasion. _ The evening was spent in playing fiddle sticks and bingo and prizes were awarded winners of both games. After the games, the hono- ree was presented a large number of miscellaneous gifts. Punch and cookies were served lat er in the evening. Favors were miniature wedding bells. Tom Wicker, Abbeville, was at home with his parents over the weekend. Visiting here with him were Miss Frances Furgerson and Mr. Murhpy, both of Abbeville. The weather is ideal for rambling —mentally and physically. And sc as another Tuesday has rolled around and this column must be off the typewriter, I find the news and com ment must be gathered from a ramb ling mind. No prominent activities in the woman’s world of society are taking place just now, but we’ve quite a bit to look forward to with schools soon to close, June weddings en route, and thoughts turning to mountain and beach vacations. June Wedding This week finds interest being re vived in weddings.. .for everyone is interested in the announcement of the engagement of Miss Margaret Nesley to Hooper Skardon of Walterboro .and Newberry. The wedding will be an outstanding event in Newberry society in June. Margaret, the daughter of Mrs. S. O. Nesley of Boundary street, is an attractive and lovable girl. Upon her graduation from Newberry high school she at tended Newberry College taking a business course her second year there, i She now holds a secretarial position j with the Liberty Life Insurance Company and she tells me she will continue to work until the last of May as her wedding will take place about the middle of June. Mr. Skar don is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Skardon of Walterboro. He graduated from Clemson College in ’34 and for four years has been con nected with he Soil Conservaion Service. He has made his home in he city for the past two years. Music Winners Musical groups of the Newberry High school under direction of Miss Rose Hamm took part in the an nual state-wide high school music contests: held last week at Winthrop Cv iiege, Rock Hill. The ratings giv en were “excellent,” “superior,” and “good.” The local groups rated two “superior” performances. They were given by Miss Martha Jane Grey who played a piano solo and by the High school trio composed of Misses Jeanne Johntone, Ethel Harden, and Mary Layton. Winning “good" were the mixed chorus, the quartet, and soloist, Miss Agnes Mayes. Colorful Operetta All eyes are turned to pupils of Boundary street school this week as they complete plans for another spectacular operetta which will be given tomorrow (Friday) evening at the Newberry High school auditor ium. These plays given yearly are interesting, well acted, and very co lorful. They always remind me of a technicolor picture. Even children in the chorus wil appear in bright costumes this year. The name of th e operetta is “The Lard of Dreams Come True”. Four tots fall asleep It’s Ice Cream Time Again Get set to enjoy plenty of good home made Ice Cream this Spring and Summer. See the new quick-action, trouble-proof Freezers we are showing. ELECTRIC FREEZER No laborious cranking, no slopping, no trouble. Have delicious Ice Cream every day from your own favorite recipe. See these remarkable, inexpensive Freezers. Fanners 03 Mill Property | Improvement ■*-“*'-'**■* Title one of the National Housing Act has been revived . . . We have money to loan in accordance with provisions of the Act. Now is the time to make those improvmen'.t. you have been wanting. We welcome your application and invite you to call for a frank discussion of your needs. The S. C. National Bank Newberry, S. C. and wake to find wondrous sights in the land ’o dreams. You’ll not want to miss it by any means! Junior-Seniors With the closing of school year near at hand, social life takes on a new high as schools and colleges everywhere are planning the annual “junior-seniors”. And it so happens that Newberry high school and New berry college are having the big event-on the same evening—Friday, May 13th. It’s somewhat puzzling why both institutions should choose the same date and one that’s suppose to be very unlucky—Friday, the 13th, but if plans are carried out that are being made now, both events will be something to look forward to. The Colleke juniors are feting their old er brothers and sisters with an ela borate banquet to be given in the College dining hall. Following, a dance will be held in the College gym with an out-of-town orchestra play ing. I wondered at first why the College “N” Orchestra wasn’t play ing for the dance for their music would be preferred for any junior- senior, but I learned that the boys in the Orchestra want to enjoy the party themselves and for once lay aside their instruments and take part in the fun. And can you blame them? ,The dance committee is planning to do a bit of fancy de corating in the gym using a scarlet and grey motif... While over at the high school, the 10th graders are al so planning to give their senior class a banquet and dance. Miss Annie Lee Young and H. B. Wilson of the High school faculty are assist ing. This affair will take place in the High gym. A “Special” Man If Coronor I. H. Wilson comes trot ting up to your door on Sunday bringing a special delivery letter, have a special word of greeting in store for him as Sunday, May 1, marks his Tlth year of service as Newberry’s “special” man. Inter viewing the Coronor, who everyone around here thinks the world of, I learned some mighty interesting hings about special delivery letter- First I learned that business isn’t just what it used to be. The Coronor says his business was much better seven or eight years ago. When asking why the change jn recent? years he gave several reasons, among them being the new air mail routes and the change in schedule of trains. 1 discovered that the Coronors’ busi est days were Saturday, Sundays, and legal holidays. Several years igo it was easy to make three or four ’ollars on Sunday morning before go ng to church, said the letter carrier, but now it’s quite different. He meets trains five times a day. Sometimes "here are one or two letters to be de- ivered, sometimes more. Continu ing, Coronor Wilson stated that once back in 1929 or 1930, he had to de liver 63 letters on one trip. And that was a record! So, have that special greeting for that “special” man when you see him Sunday. Club* Party Mrs. Theo Albrecht announces that the evening bridge party for members of the Country Club of Newberry will be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’ clock. The afternoon party for lady players was held last Thursday after noon with 20 guests attending. All club members are urged to atted the party this evening. Lovely Weather The most overtalked topic in con versational lines is the weather, but the weather has been so perfect dur ing the past few days, it’s hard not to comment about it. How many times have you heard someone sav that “today” would be a perfect day for hiking, fishing, or golfing? Wood-McDowell ,Of interest to many in the city is the announcement of the engagement of Miss Roberta Wood of Denmark to Joe McDowell of Greenwood and Denmark. The wedding will take place Friday, April 29, at the bride- elect’s home in Denmark. Both Miss Wood and Mr. McDowell attended Newberry College for several years. Ladies Entertained With Hal Kahn acting as toast master, the local Rotary club enter tained at Ladies Night Friday of last week. Approximately 35 Rotarians and the “misses” attended the an nual affair at the Newberry Hotel. After the dinner, the Rev. George Meetze, Prosperity, gave a humor- our talk. Prizes were awarded at contests and lovely favors given the honorees. More Work! Just a thought to pass an to you— “He who would do some great thing in this short life must apply him self to work with such concentration of his forces as, to the idle spectators who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity.”—Parkman. MRS. HOUSEAL NAMED PRESIDENT OF FORTNIGHTLY Mrs. W. G. Houseal was elected president of the Fortnightly Club at the monthly business session of the club Tuesday morning at the home of Mrs. H. M. Bryson on McCaughrin avenue. Mrs. Houseal succeeds Mrs. John Kinard. Mrs. Fred Dominick was named vice-president and Miss Mary Burton, secretary. A review of foriegn news was pre sented by Mrs. E. G. Able and Miss Burton reviewed domestic news. Mrs. W. H. Carwile gave ai; interesting talk on state news. Mrs. Houseal was the program reader. At noon, Mrs. Bryson invited her guests into the dining room for a three course luncheon. Centering the table was a large bowl of white and yellow dasies. Marking the guests’ places were small yellow crepe bask ets filled with yellow and while pull ed mints. The home was decorated with a pro fusion of mixed flowers for the oc casion. Mrs. Brice Waters, Colum bia, was an out-of-town guest. She is visiting her sister, Mrs. Bryson. MRS. KEITT ENTERTAINS AT LOVELY PARTY TUESDAY Pink peonies and English dasies created the floral setting for 16 play ers when Mrs. Joe Keitt entertained at a contract party at her home Tues day afternoon. Mrs. Milton Hend rix and Miss Mary Burton won the high and second high score awards, respectively. Bingo prize fell to Mrs. OUie Brown. A salad plate and iced tea was ser ved late in the afternoon. Calling after cards were Mrs. E. M. Evans, Jr., Mrs. Walter Hunt, Mrs. Wil liam Hunter, Mrs. C. E. Fouche, Mrs. C. J. Purcell, and Mrs. Paul An derson of Florida. Assisting in serving were Mrs. T F. Colley, Mrs. James Leavell, and Miss Mae Dold. NESLEY-SKARDON ENGAGEMENT OF INTEREST Mrs. Stouten Olin Nesley announ ces the engagement of her daughter, Margaret Frances, to Ambrose Hoop er Skardon of Walterboro and New berry. The wedding will take place in June. Miss Ruby Kinard spent last week end in Anderson visiting friends. Fulmer Wells returned to the city Sunday evening after a weekend trip to Atlanta, Ga. Visiting Mrs. H. M. Bryson on Mc Caughrin avenue is her sister, Mrs. Brice Waters, Columbia. Miss Carolina Johnson, Columbia, will be the visitor of Miss Betty Jo Counts in the city this weekend. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Mitchell of Anderson spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Milton Hendrix and family on Boundary street. Mrs. T. W. Henderson has re turned to her home in the Mount Pleasant section of the county after a visit to Charleston. Mrs. Paul Anderson of West Palm Beach, Florida, is visiting her brother, Dr. Thamos H. Pope, and Mrs. Pope on Calhoun street. Attending the Taps Ball at Clem son College last weekend from New berry were Miss Virgins Dickerson, Miss Harriet Harden, and Miss Helen Mower. Mrs. Smith Boswell and small at tractive daughter, Anna Davis, have returned to their home in Manning after visiting here several days with Mrs. Boswell’s father, J. A. Davis of College street. Miss Edna Johnson, student at Coker College, Hartsville, spent the weekend with her mother Mrs. P. D Tohnson on Boundary street. Visit ing here with Miss Johnson were her roommates. Miss Charlotte McGrath. Miss Elizabeth Boland, and Miss Prances Bynum. WATERS OF BUZZARD ROOST WILL COVER LARGE AREA Stretching 2,279 feet from the Greenwood side of the Saluda river to the Newberry side and covering an area of 12 acres, the mammoth dam when completed will have a maximum height of 89 feet. It will back up water for 20 miles and the shore line of the lake will be 200 miles. Width at the widest point will be three miles. The first work will be the clearing of tre^s, roots and stumps on both sides of the river and a bridge will be built across the river at the down stream toe over which to haul dirt and rock. The dam itself will be of earthen structure. Chief Engineer Duncan has al ready selected his engineering staff. It includes Joe Wardlaw, Lowndes Daniel, Drayton Kinard, Mrs. Ger trude Chyloman, Alex Brown, Fran cis Scurry and Carter Townsend. It is estimated that 1,500 workers will be engaged on the project with in two or three months and before the project is completed several hun dred skilled workers will be employed. —The Free Press. MARRIAGE STUDY IS URGED BY JUDGE R. M. Lominack Hdwe The Silverstreet agricultural judg ing team won first place in a compe tition held at Woodruff, April 21st. William Brooks, Everette Longshore and Johnny Boulware comprised the Silverstreet team. G. B. Saye is the agriculture teacher. Forty-two teams, composed of 126 high school boys of District No. 2 competed in the judging. WORRYING oioutyou* flooU jubHctufie IMade in 8 harmonious •hades, including maple and mahogany. This re markable product stains and varnishes in one op eration. Dries overnight to a hard, mirror-like gloss. Makes your home more beautiful and easier to keep clean. No need to worry about spilled liquids, dripping umbrel las, wet feet—water won’t turn the surface white— nor change it from its original color and gloss. See your Athey dealer to day. Let bim help you pick the shade you want in this all-purpose, last ing varnish. Manmfacturml by The C. M. Athey Palat Ce« HAITI MORE, MD. R. M. Lominack Hdwe ENSRUDS MISS INJURY Orangeburg.—Mrs. P. H. Ensrud, wife of the Newberry college music director, and children, Phyllis and Norman, of Newberry; D. O. Ensrud, of Minnesota, father-in-law of Mrs. Ensrud, and Professor Keithe Snyder, of Sayville, Long Island, narrowly escaped injury this morning when the car in which they were riding and a truck sideswiped near Wolfton, several miles north of here. The auto hit a tree. They came on to Orangeburg in their car and stepped at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Richardson, Jr., the Ensruds being friends of Mrs. Richardson. The group was e nroute to Charles ton to visit the gardens. Professor Ensrud came on here and returned with the party to Newberry in their automobile. All had fully recovered from shock, th e only reaction suf fered from the mishap, Mrs. Rich ardson stated. NEWSPAPERS We start to scan the headlines— and together we exclaim: “My gosh!—this paper’s terrible! Day in—day out—the same!” We’re sick of reading all about Huge airplanes which crash, Those long accounts of wars abroad, And cars which go ka-smash- We know so'ne murdered blonde will be On that front page each day, With sit-down strikes, the C. I. 0., And the unemployment survey. Ah, yes, we blame the newspapers, Complain and kick about ’em; But—wouldn’t it be terrible \ To have to do without ’em? —Lyla Myers. SILVERSTREET FIRST Pasedena, April 23.—With nearly 2,000,000 young people scheduled to be married in the United States this year and of whom 200,000 may be divorced. Dr. Paul Popenoe of this city has drawn an outline of the situation as a whole. As judge of the Los Angeles Coun ty Institute of Family Relations for the past eight years, Dr. Popenoe feels that he has gathered a great dail of information on why mar riages fail. From th e thousands of cases he has handled of trying to re concile families, he divided into three chapters: How the American Wife Sees Her Husband; How the American Husband Sees His Wife; What to Do About It. How the American wife sees her husband follows: He is away from home taking care of his business most of the time. He reads the newspaper at break fast. He comes home for dinner when he feels like it. He never takes the trouble to phone his wife if he is late, but expects her to have a good meal ready at any time. Recalls Bachelor Days He praises his bachelor days and points with pride to some of the fine girls who wanted to marry him. On Sundays, he doesn’t dress or shave. He doesn’t even brush his teeth. There’s no one around then but the “missus” and of course that doesn’t count. He drives the auto to work so his wife cannot use it. Anyhow he doesn’t like her to drive. In the evening he vetoes any suggestions that they go out. He wants to read the paper, hear the radio and go to bed. He hangs his clothes on the door knob and thinks his wife ought to be delighted that he doesn’t leave them on the floor In short, he considers himself a star boarder rather than a lover. This, Dr. Popenoe explains is the wife’s side of the picture but adds that it is equally important to know how the unhappy American husband views his wife. It is as follows: She goes to bed in curl papers. She gets out of bed late in the morning. Clad in pajamas, she puts some canned fruit and weak coffee on the breakfast table which her husband eats while she is scraping the toast. She is always out of something; has tc stop work while she goes to one of the neighbors for a couple of eggs, and to another for a table spoon of baking powder. Dan’s Conversations Repeated In the evening she wants her hus band to hear a recital of all her conversations she has had during the day with deliverymen and ped dlers, unless she varies the program by complaining. When out with friends she discuss es family affairs or details of her husbands’s business. She corrects her husband’s gram mar in public. She changes the details of the jokes he tells. She is always trying to flirt with some man in public. She runs to mother for sympathy. She opens her husband’s mail. She permits herself to get fat and untidy in appearance. She leaves her stockings soaking in the wash bowl when her husband has thre e minutes to shave. Blame Placed on Both A few of the causes of the un happy situations that result and a few of the possible remedies, Mr. Popenoe has listed as follows: The plain facts are that neither the husband nor the wife is really making an effort to be pleasant life partners. Husband and wife usually will not admit that they are indifferent; that they care too little about the mar riage to give it the attention it re quires, but they continually act on that principle. Before marriage, they have each made some effort to please each other. Now that they are married they think it is time to “settle down.” No greater mistake could be made than to think that a successful mar riage ever “settles down”. There are four family problems so common that they are elements in virtually all the difficulties that have been submitted to the Institute of Family Relations. Budget First Problem The budget takes first placs in marital problems. Second in importance as a source of difficulties is the matter of re creation, the husband who has been away from home all day likes noth ing better when he gets there than to take off his shoes and remain, while the wife, after being inside all day, wants nothing better than target a- way from it for the evening. They need to build up a monotony break for themselves which they can share together. The third factor in almost every unhappy home, according to Dr. Pop enoe, is frustration or deviation from the normal course of emotional de velopment. The fourth unhappy factor is fail ure to act on the well known fact that men and women do not think and act alike. Men Forget Psychology Men are continually in “hot water” because they ignore the well-known peculiarities of feminine psychology —because they forget anniversaries. Women, on the other hand have been too often taught that differ ence between the sexes does not a- mount 'to much. To overcome these marriage-break ing causes, Dr. Popenoe advocates special preparation for marriage, in cluding an impartial study of the personalities of engaged persons. “In no other occupation,” said Dr. Popenoe, “do either men or women like to start out blindly without training and investigation, going ahead armed only with good wishes and high hopes, but marriage is pre cisely the one occupation that re quires adequate preparation.’’ PAGE FIVE .v>; TOURS LOWER STATE G. E. Hendrix, county superintends ent of education, has returned to the city after several days tour with school and county superintedents of the state to schools In the lower part of the state. RIGHT SISTER Two colored girls were passing the office and one of them said to the other: “I told him life was too short to have malices in the heart.” A.A.A. 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