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FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1939 THE SUM FIVE * Society and CLUB NOTES \ CHITCHAT . JSjr&M.nflNte ^RMFIEU) As June approaches bringing such interesting events as school and college closings, marriages, and va cations, society takes a definite swing upward. It’s really a glorious feeling—having so much to tell you about and what sould be better for a start than some notes on the an nual Junior-Senior banquet and dance of Newberry college held Fri day evening. The banquet, attended by many out-of-town visitors and former students, was held in the col lege dining hall at 7:30. The hall presented a festive air in its decora tions of scarlet and grey. Place cards were in the form of a booklet carrying the menu and program of the evening. Favors were miniature “Seniors” in caps and gowns with diplomas. After the two course din ner a brief program was held with Toastmaster T. E. Epting providing the laughs. A welcome to the guests was extended by Maxcy Stone, president of the Junior class and general chairman of the Junior- Senior event. A toast to the hosts was given by Otto Reenstjema, member of the graduating class. Af ter three numbers by a quartet com posed of Lelia Hodge, Helen Doud- ney, Henry Jones, and Fred Bouk- night, the address of the evening was delivered by President James C. Kinard. With the singing of the Alma Mater the banquet program closed. The dance followed in the college gym with the College ‘N’ Orchestra furnishing the swing. Elaborate decorations were also pro vided for the scene of dancing. Sev eral no-breaks were held and chap erons were members of the faculty. Committee chairmen in charge of the banquet and dance included the following: place card, Miss Margaret Davis; menu, Miss Vivian Pence; banquet decorations, Miss Lelia Hodge; banquet program, Fred P. Entler; dance decorations, Dan Bush- ardt; dance, George Scruggs; fin- *ance, Miss Clara Layton; favors, Misa Dorothy Day Wheeler; publicity, Miss Swannee Roberts. Popular Bride-Elect The fact that Julia Eleazer is one of the most popular bride-elects in Newberry in quite some time is shown by the fact that parties, ga lore, are being given in her honor. Her engagement to Jack Chappells was announced some weeks ago with a party and since that time parties have continued and the next two weeks show a lull schedule. Last week Julia was honored at a Tues day bridge gathering given by Mrs. Gordon Clarkson and Mrs. Henry Lominack. Wednesday evening Evelyn Burns and Mrs. William Tedford entertained for her. Julia was the honored guest at a party Thursday afternoon at which 'Mrs. J. Edwin Stokes was hostess. Yesterday Mrs. Aubrey Harley and Mrs. Theo Al brecht were co-hostesses at a bridge party on Johnstone street for Julia. Saturday brings another party, this one to be given by Mrs. R. Patter son, Mrs. Cyril Hutchinson and Mrs. Tom Sligh Next week we find Mrs. Dick Mims and Mrs. Griffin Coleman entertaining. There will be others next week and the week following. All these lovely affairs terminate with the marriage that will take pace around the first of June. Hospital Day Newberrians were given the chance last Friday to examine their hospital from top to bottom when open house was held during the afternoon hours between two and six in observance of National Hospital Day. Many called throughout the afternoon. The receiving rooms, halls, and sun par lor were bright with vases and bas kets of lovely summer flowers, do nations from individuals and organi zations of Newberry. Callers were takn through every room, including the operation rooms. Most of the private rooms at the hospital on Hunt street have been re-decorated. In the sun parlor on the second floor, members of the Hospital Auxiliary were serving punch and cookies. Open house at hospitals throughout the nation is held each year on May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Luncheon Honors Visitors The NYA home on East Main street \yas the scene of a lovely luncheon Saturday given in honor of Miss Rachel Brunner, district home economic instructor from Columbia; Mrs. lone Wallace, superintendent of the Clinton NYA home; and Mrs. Mitchell, superintendent of the NYA home in Winnsboro. The luncheon followed a morning meeting of the superintendents from Clinton, Winns boro and the local home, Mrs. Essie Cook, with Miss Brunner. Mrs. J. H. Summer, area supervisor of NYA work was also at the meeting. Invited to have lunch with the visitors were Mrs. Mae Aull, Mrs. Gladys Carlton, Miss Margaret Burns Miss Con stance Armfield, and G. E. Hendrix. The NYA home which has recently been redecorated and made into a most attractive place was bright with summer flowers for the occa sion. Covers were laid for ten guests. A three course luncheon was served by the girls of the home. New Arrival Here Making her debut into this old world at the local hospital Saturday morning was Frances Elizabeth Ear- hardt, only child of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Earhardt, Jr., of College street. The little tot was named after her mother and grandmother. Mrs. Ear hardt is the former Miss Frances Bodenbaugh, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. I. Bedenbaugh of Prosperity, and a sister to Mrs. Fred J. Weir of the city. Mr. Earhardt is publisher of the Newberry Observer. Observes Birthday The annual birthday party cele brating the 27th year of organiza tion of the Woman’s Auxiliary in the Presbyterian church of the South, will be observed Monday afternoon at 4:30 at the church by members of Aveleigh Presbyterian church’s Aux iliary. The program will be in charge of Mrs. A. T. Neely. A playlet, “From Strength to Strength” will be presented and an offering for the Edmiston-Fearing Memorial Fund for girls in the Belgian Congo will be taken. A social half-hour will fol low the program on the back lawn of the church. A birthday cake will center the table where light re freshments will be sered. All mem bers of Aveleigh’s Auxiliary are cor dially invited to attend the party. Personals Miss Tillie Helms of Charlotte, N. C., was the weekend guests of the Thad McCrackina on College street.. Thad McCrackin, Jr., of Winnsboro was here for the weekend.. .(Miss Lila Satterwhite spent the weekend in Columbia with her daughter, Mrs. Pink Smith... Miss Jean Nichols left the city Monday for Providence, R. I., to make her home. She formerly lived there... F. C. Pollehemfus , is visiting in New Jersey with his mother who is ill.. .Columbia-bound Saturday were Mrs. R. G. Wallace, Mrs. S. C. Paysinger, Frances Wal lace, Mary Birge Kohn, Mary Anne Davis, and Margery Paysinger... Mrs. Kenneth DeVeise of Youngs town, Ohio, the former Mary Virgil Cook, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Essie Cook. She will be here until the first of June...Also in the city from Youngstown visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Whit aker, is Mrs. John McCormish. Julia McAlhaney, teacher at Neesea, weekended here with her mother, Mrs. Josie Me Alhaney... Aubrey L. Matthews of Little Rock, Ark., is spending a while here with his sis ter Mrs. Thad McCrackin, and other relatives. This is her first visit here in several years. PATRICIA DOW Chatter Because of continued construction on the High school annex only one of the graduation events this season will be held at the school and that will be the commencement sermon on Sunday evening. May 28, at which the Rev. Marshall Dendy, former Newberrian, and now pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church in Knoxville, Tenn., will be the guest speaker. . .Jack Pruitt, accomplished violinist, gave a fine recital at Hol land hall last week... At the final meeting of the season of the Mothers club the Girl Scout troop which they sponsor will present an attractive program which will include a hobby show... As thoughts were turning to swimming weather, the weather turned thoughts to fur coat ■> ' and fire sides...The ’39 class will be the largest ever to graduate from Newberry High. This class will be among the records of the largest since enrollment in the first grades has been decreasing a great deal every year.'..Interesting visitors ar riving in the city next Wednesday in clude Mrs. W. H. Ashbaugh and small son, McFall, from Poland, Ohio. Mrs. Ashbaugh is the former Miss Dell McFall, daughter of Mrs. J. Y. Mc Fall. She will visit with her aunt, Mrs. John M. Kinard. Dell has so many friends here who will be de lighted to see her again and her son, “Mac”. After a visit here she WANT ADS t Some Floats In The Sesqui-centennial Parade 1. Looking up Main Street 2. City Schools 3. Marion Davis Playground 4. Kendall Mills 5. Carpenter’s 6. Newberry Lumber Co. 7. Belk-McKnight Co. 8. Smith Motor Co. Author of Sitter Mary’i Kitchen EIGHTEENTH CENTURY You’ll look small-waisted and as appealing as an Eighteenth century portrait in this simple little design (No. 8464) which, although it’s just absuredly easy to make, has loads of chic and personality. The vouge for things Victorian is obeyed by the high and tiny waist line (with gathers above it to round out your bosom), by the use of braid and buttons, and by that oh-so- flattering neckline. Make this youthful dress of taf feta, flat crepe or colorful print. Pattern 8440—You c.m see how cleverly all the detailing is disposed to flatter! The skirt of this design (8440) has rythmic, icireular full ness at the hem, that sways so at tractively as you walk. But observe how slim it is over your hips. It is cut up Ugh, to make your waist look tiny and your dia- phragn flat. Choose silk crepe, georgette or a pretty print in pure dye silk for this design—so that the softness of the fabric will do full justice to the de tailing. Send orders for patterns, together with your name and address, pattern number and sire, and name this news paper to Patricia Dow Patterns, 206 E. 17th Street, New York City. En close 16c for each pattern. goes to Greenville to spend a while with her sister, Mrs. E. S. Toohey. Her southern visit will be about one month..Evelyn McCrackin attended weekend dance at Presbyterian col lege, Clinton. . Mrs. J. H. Summer visited the World’s Fair, in New York on her recent trip to a church gath ering in the North. Delphinium or larkspur—which ? I, myself, call the stately and ele gant perennials by their dignified botanical names, but* the lovely an nuals always call it by their quaint old-fashioned name, larkspur. For sheer beauty of color and form there’s no more satisfactory flower in the category than both the annual and peiennial varieties and if you cater to some of their likes and frailties, you shouldn’t have much trouble in “producing beauti ful specimens” as thfe gardeners say. In the first place delphiniums are particular about their soil and loca tion. They *grow best in a light soil, rich in humus. Heavy clay soil should be lightened with sand of peat moss or some other soil con ditioning agent and the bed should be prepared from ten to twelve in ches deep. Choose a spot exposed to the sun because all delphinium like lots of sunshine. Give the plants plenty of room, spacing perennials about eight een and annuals twelve inches apart. SPECTATOR An • effective way to control cut worms and grasshoppers is to spread poisoned bran r-,ush on the ground around the plants. Of course, care must be taken that dogs and cats are kept away from the garden, but one application will usually clear out the pests. To make this mash use one quart of bran, one-half an orange or lemon run through the food chopper, two tablespons table syrup, two cups water and one tablespoon Paris green •or white arsenic. Mix to a mash. Slip covers will work magic in your living room, changing it from a warm-looking room for winter to a cool, restful spot for summer. In order to insure a perfect fit for the finished cover, first pin the material to the furniture. Then baste alone the pin line and fit. If you are us ing welting or moss fringe or any other sort of trimming, this should be basted at the same time. Allow an inch for each seam and at least four inches for each tuck-in at the seat and where the arm joins the back. This tuck-in allowance is extremely important for • giving a smooth, tightly fitting effect. Replaces His Wife OMAHA, Neb. . . . Doris Dudley, daughter of Bide Dudley, news- paper columnist, in her dressing room with John Barrymore short ly after she replaced Elaine Bar rie Jacobs Barrymore in the lead ing role of “My Dear Children,” after Mrs. Barrymore walked out on her husband following a mis understanding. (Continued from page 4) This is spoken plainly and frankly as man talking to man. The issue is too serious for nice phrases. We are profoundly in earnest and pre sent these thoughts as serious men concerned for the abiding interests of us all. Ijast week Spectator told his readers something about the disaster suffered by the farmers of some of the great counties. Of course any crop failure or loss is immediately felt by the merchants and other business men of our towns, .except Charleston and Columbia which have so many thousands of Federal sal aries coming in that they feel almost beyond the hominy and gravy hun ger of the rest of us. Let us glance at some of our counties from other angles. There’s Colleton, the domain of Bishop Smoak, and an area with so many miles of paved highway that one wonders when the farmers over there will have paved walks from their back steps to tb’ir barns. And then Colleton is a lordly land waxing fat on a great host of tourists. Well, I repeat, here she is: County bonds in 1930 amounted to $625,000, but ir 1938 this total had risen to $1,237,600,. though the total taxable property decreased from $4,- 552,805 in 1930 to $3,957,610 in 1938. And in the meantime delinquent taxes have increased from $60,361 to $163,- 692. Surely this is a small matter in this day of big doings. But here’s something vital: in 1929 Colleton had 35 industries, employing 879 people, but in 1937 this had shrunk to 18 in dustries with 155 persons. A lot of rot is being talked about not being able to reduce anything. Can you imagine a man of common sense telling his family to continue spending regardless of his income or the condition of his business? Would a Board of Directors tell the man agement of a business to spend and spend if gross receipts continued to fall and the whole outlook wer- dis quieting ? Hardly. A little horse sense is the need of the day. When you get to the bottom of all the specious fulminations of time-serving politicians you must see the emptiness of all the reasoning. What this state needs is to reduce the appropriations for the institutions and put a limit of oone million on wel fare. Better still would be the com plete elimination of the demoralizing welfare. '.:j m Memory/ Too, Springs Eternal In The Human Breast When memory keeps you company do you have the comforting thought that the last resting place of the one who meant so much to you is properly and fittingly marked? We want you to know our work by comparison, therefor? we invite you to come and let us show you examples of our work on the yard or in local ceme teries. We know we can please you. NEWBERRY STONE COMPANY' J. B. 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