Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1941 THE NEWBkkkt buct NEWBERRIES ... ■j-'..-'.i ^..L..!..:.-:.. ., ,= . . . Despite the ususu*lly warm cli mate for a day in December, a spirit of Christmas was in the air Monday afternoon when crowds jammed the streets and sidewalks to watch the gala Santa Claus parade which offi cially opened the Yuletide season here. It was one of the largest crowds We have seen at a parade here in some time and every tot in the county must have been on hand for a glimpse at that grand old man in white and red. - Christmas music was furnished by the College Singers while marching feet of Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Cubs kept time to the stirring tunes from the Newberry Concert band and the Newberry high school band. The parade came to a stop before the steps of the old court house and Santa leaving his float, fashioned like a sleigh, went up the steps and coming down a chimney atop the steps was handed the key to the City of Friendly Folks—a giant golden key presented by Master-of- Ceremonies, Dude Epting. After a fitting speech by Dude and an equally nice response by Santa, the tots pressed upon the old Saint to give him hundreds of letters and express their request for Christmas toys and goodies. Escorted bv Scouts. Santa returned to his sleigh and there dis tributed candies. The bands on eith er side of the square played carol af ter carol as darkness came on and lights began to be seen in the store windows, now beautiful in their sea sonal decorations a nd display of gifts. The crowds leaving the square turn ed to the stores to do a bit of early Christmas shopping. Yes, it looks as though this will be an especially gay Christmas in, Newberry. ***** . . . Those of us in the business sec- tidn of town find it hard these days to keep our minds on clerking or typ ing or filing or whatever we are sup posed to be doing because so much is going on outside our respective of fices with the Carolina maneuvers over and all the convoys coming through the city en route back to base camps. It is fascinating to waltch the big trucks rolling through and who wouldn’t leave his desk for a squint in the sky to sei such planes as were over last Saturday morning In spite of our resolve to get in a great deal of work that morning, very little was actually accomplished. We believe the soldiers on maneuvers leave Carolina with a real taste of the sunny south. The weatherman simply outdid himself in ideal days throughout October and November. ***** . . . Viewing the Christmas parade Monday afternoon and seemingly getting a big kick out of it was Dr. Kinard, Recently out from an illness resulting from an automobile wreck. It was good to see the doctor out again and know he has fully recov ered. ***** . . . Last Fridav night saw our “white- wav” once again in all its glory. With the ban on the use of electricity for commercial nurnoses lifted, our hones once again rise that we shall see lots of Christmas decorations on the citv streets. Such decorations are enjoyed by all and we are hoping there will be carols again this year. “30” Looking ’em Over BY LONNIE FRANKLIN What Does It Add Up To? For two months the boys have giv en all they had for their alma mater. Now its about over except the bowl games and all that is left is so many birds who bet wrong, the injuries and lots of work to catch up in class rooms. But the American fooeball fan still thinks he had a wonderful time. He had for one thing a chance to stage a nice drunk, have a couple of fights, and not remember either until told about them later. If cards were handed to every per son passing the gate we bet no one third could tell a single wingback from a punt formation. When a fan gets drunk at a baseball game he is run out but at a football game you can’t know what’s going on (so they think) unless you have a pint and that may be the downfall of college football unless colleges watch out. The average of drunks is about five to one at a college game compared to professional football, yet both are bigger gambling set-ups than horse racing. But the pay comes if you can get a team in some kind of bowl. Con sider Duke university. They have been champions of their conference so long it isn’t even funny any more but the papers carried a story out of Char lotte some time back that they were not interested in a bowl bid. But now that the bowl beckons their coach has been quoted as saying that they need a golf course, so there is the money. More and more schools de pend on football to pay the athletic bill and we are inclined to agree with barnum when he said—there is a suck er bom every minute, and two to catch him! Athletics at schools are fine and we believe in keeping them clean, but every weekend your papers give the schedule and what team is supposed to win by from three to five so-called authorities, and millions who never see a game bet on teams miles away hoping to win a buck or so on the strength of what some bird who hasn’t even seen the teams say. They don’t publish form sheets on racing (That’s done under cover) but they can and do publish form sheets on college football—that’s all right. Then, why isn’t it all right for the sucker who shoots crap or plays po ker for twc-ibits? It isn’t that foot ball is crooked; nobody will say that; it’s just that if it keeps on like it is headed the gamblers will sooner or later get control and anyone who ever attended a football game can vouch that there were more drunks and bet ting than on a circus day. I Now The Bowl Menu Duke meets Oregon state in Pasa dena for the Rose Bowl game and the Blue Devils have a record touchdown season while Oregon State is king on the west coast. But while we will pull like the devil for the Devils we can’t see any win. But a hundred thous and bucks ain’t chicken feed and will buy a lot of holes on a golf course. Fordham will give the Missouri team a whale of a workout and may get the sugar out of the Sugar Bowl. The Orange Bowl will probably see Geor gia and the Texas Longhorns and Frankie Sinkwich will lead a stubborn Bulldog to victory. If Duquense meets Texas A & M in the Cotton Bowl don’t be surpris ed if this is the best game of the day, and the Dukes are our choice. Yeah! I know we just told you about the dopesters on football; that Is our hopes, not how we would bet in every The Really PERSONAL Gift. . . Only YOU can give your photograph, and that is the reason why your photograph makes the ideal Christmas gift. Make arrangements early to have a new picture made. Prompt service combined with expert workmanship makes a photograph from Nichols one you will be proud of as a permanent gift. PHONE 223 FOR APPOINTMENT Nichols’ Studio Society i and CLUB NOTES MRS. ROBERT D. WRIGHT HONORED AT RECEPTION Mrs. Robert Downs Wrights was honored at a reception given by the members of Drayton Rutherfora and Calvin Crozier chapters of the UDC at the Wallace Home last Saturday evening. Mrs. Wright was elected President General of the United Daughters of Confederacy at the National Conven tion in Los Angeles, California, re cently. The guests were greeted at the door by Mrs. H. L. Parr and Mrs. George Johnstone who presented them to the receiving line composed of Mrs. Herman Wright, president of the Cal vin Crozier chapter, Mrs. Robert Wright, and two honorary life presi dents of South Carolina division, Mrs. T. J. Mauldin of Pickens, and Mrs. C. J. Milling of Columbia, and three past presidents of the South Carolina division, Mrs. J. Frost Walker, Co lumbia, Mrs. Hugh S. Farley, Saluda, and Miss Zena Payne, of Johnston; The following officers of S. C. Div ision: Mrs. E. W. Crooks, Clemson, 3rd vice president; Mrs. T. M. Har- ver, Columbia, Recording Secretary; Mrs. M. T. Lewis, Orangeburg, Treas urer; Mrs. J. S. Land, Columbia, Au ditor; Mrs. J. R. Carson, Chester, Historian; Mrs. H. P. Mejllock, Green wood, Publicity chairman and Mrs. J. Y. McFall, President of the Dray ton Rutherford chapter. Mrs. Wright wore a black crepe af ternoon gown and carried an arm bouquet of white chrysanthemums ied with broad Red and white satin ribbon. The guest of honor was presented a beautiful silver tray by 'Mrs. Mc Fall, as a token of esteem from the members of the two local UDC chap ters. Guests were invited into the dining room where seated at each end of the tabic, which was beautiful in its ar rangements of red carnations, and lighted tall red tapers in silver hold ers, Mrs. Roy Summer and Miss Fan nie McCaughrin poured tea and cof fee. Members of the chapters assist ed in serving sandwiches, fruit cake and salted nuts. The Wallace Home looked lovely in its decorations'of fall flowers and display of Confederate flags. The chapters were very grateful to Harry Feld and John Erickson of the Newberry college faculty for the beautiful music rendered during the afternoon. One hundred and fifty guests were entertained at this delightful affair. IS THIS YOU. Mrs. Myrtle Culclasure and Miss Mary Wicker were the two persons described in The Sun last week. This week our first description is of a lady who works in the alteration department of one of Newberry’s de partment stores. She was seen Mon day morning working on a grey skirt. She was wearing a black dress with white showing in the pleats of the skirt, brown shoes, pearl ear- bobs. She has brown hair and eyes of the same color. Our second description is of a gen tleman seen standing in front of the Sun office Monday morning talking to the editor. He was wearing a blue suit with small light pin stripes In it, light shirt with brown stripes, red and grey tie, tan shoes. He has blue eyes and smokes cigarets most of the time. In fact I don’t think I ever saw him when he was not smok ing. If either of the above descriptions could be you, come by The Sun office and receive your ticket which en titles you to a quart of free ice cream from Stokes’ Drug store, com pliments of Stokes’ and The Sun. MISS JUANITA HITT ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE Miss Junanita Hitt was hostess to nine tables of bridge at the Wallace Home on Calhoun street last Friday afternoon. Autumn flowers were used profuse ly for decorations in the rooms where the tables were arranged for the players. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. E. M. Lipscomb and Mrs. Steve Griffith for | high and second high, respectively. ! Mrs. Robert Bruner and Mrs. Robert , Houseal won the bingo prizes and floating prize was given Miss Mar garet Bums. Russian tea, sandwiches and indi vidual cakes were served. \ Mrs. J. Y. McFall, Mrs. O. B. Can- i non, Mrs. James Leavell, Mrs. Robert Houseal and Mrs J. G. Purkerson (called after cards and enjoyed re freshments with the other guestsl Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fulmev am son Jerry, and Miss Barbara Willing ham of Goldville were Sunday visi tors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W P. Long. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Beam and Mrs. Ernest Clary were Sunday visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Taylor in Charleston. Miss Frances Wallace of Coker college, Hartsville, spent Sunday with her parents. Mrs. J. E. Gains of Elberton, Ga., spent the weekend with Mrs. John Spearman. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dorrity of Holly Hill spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dorrity. Mrs. H. H. Huggins of Pomaria was a visitor in Newberry last Thursday. Miss Grace Sease, a teacher in Co lumbia was a visitor in the city Sat urday. Mrs. T. J. Abrams and Mrs. W. E. Baker of Whitmire were business visitors in Newberry Friday. Miss Sarah, Suber, of Whitmire was a business visitor in the city last Saturday. Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Paysinger and son C. T., Jr., were Sunday guest# in the home of his mother, Mrs. C. T. Paysinger on Cornelia street. Mrs. Bernice Werts left Monday for Brundidge, Ala., for an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. J. S. Luringood and family. Lieuts. Ralph Black, Edward Roth and Pete Carrau, of Atlanta, Ga., were weekend visitors in the home of Lieut. Black’s father, L. A. Black and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Singley in Pros perity. KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN Rev. J. B. Harman, Pastor Summer Memorial: Sunday 10 a. m., Sunday school. Mr. M. E. Shealy, Supt. 11 a . m., Church worship; Sermon. 6 p. m., Luther Leagues, Bethany: Sunday 6 p. m.. Sunday school. Mr. E. B. Hite, Supt. 7 p. m.. Church worship with ser mon followed by Luther League. In the absense of Pastor Harman the Church Worship services will be in charge of Mr. O. G. Dasher, a •member of the Senior class of the Lutheran Theological Southern Sem inary in Columbia. Mr. Dasher, a graduate of New berry college, is a promising young man, and a cordial invitation is ex tended to all to come and join in the worship in these services. IF YOU HAVE A BILL PLEASE PRESENT If Mrs. Herman Wright asiks every body who has a bill against the De fense Recreation Committee to please present it before December 15. FINISH NEWBERRY NURSES From the 154 nurses graduated fol lowing examinations in Columbia No. vember 3 and 4 are the following from this city: Lillie Mae W. Glad den, Charlie Bradley Matthews, Myr tle Huntley, Miriam Harden Ringer. case because we didn’t, sav anything about points. (The Orchid of the Week Newberry has been honored as never before when one of our out standing ladies achieved national honor. South Carolina has been put in the national spotlight and with all the football teams and all the profes sional baseball players, some of whom have played in world series, it re mained for a Newberry lady to bring the highest honors to our city and state. Mrs. R. D. Wright, in the UDC con vention in California was elected pres ident of the United Daughters oT the Confederacy. Over these United States they may not be a ble to tell you the athletes frpm the Palmetto State but the ladies of the UDC can tell you who their president is. Mrs. Wight has long been interest ed in UDC work. We can reme.nber when in school we marched to the monument behind the old court house and placed wreaths. Later when, as a member of the Newberry band led the parade, how our grand fathers enjoyed the day and the din ner served them, tha„ Mrs. Wright then was a leader and gave our gran dads what pleasure they got in meet ing and talking over old times. Now there are no more old soldiers. The men of the last war know about half the hardships their grandads endured a nd our son’s won’t know what we contended with, but the South will ever keep alive the mem ories of the men who followed Lee and Jackson and the women, as usual can be counted upon to do the job. In times like these it’s the women like Mrs. Wright yyjio knows and re members a job well done; that give the men the courage to move on, and its the women that men go to battle for. The thought of our women folk behind is what makes America a na tion that will never bow to any for eign group, and Mrs. Wright is a shining example of that womanhood. Mrs. Wright, the people of Newber ry are proud of your honor, the peo ple of the South a re proud that you merit such an honor, and school children studying of the heroic deeds of their great-grandfathers can know that, even most of them are gone, the principles for which they bled and died are still carried on in a world torn by war and petty troubles. To say that the UDC made an ex cellent decision when you assumed the presidency is putting it mildly. The people of your home town know they couldn’t have made a better one, and Newberrv and the State have been signally honored. f Planning More Defense Foods Farmers in this State and elsewhere in America are beginning to make plans for producing more “defense foods” in 1942. Among the highly-nutritious foods needed in greater quantity are milk, cheese, eggs, meats, and vegetables. Good market prices for the year are assured. Every farmer in the nation will be visited this fall by an AAA farm program committeeman who will assist in planning the increases. All Cotton, Says Alice Pretty Alice Beasley of LaGrange, Tenn., the 1941 Maid of Cotton, looks mighty pleased with herself — and why not? She’s already com pleted her Cotton Christmas shopping. And believe me, says Alice, every gift is cotton. Cottons for mother, father, sister, brother — Alice takes it literally when she sets out to make this Christmas a Cotton Christmas. PAGE SEVEN It’s Santa Claus and Uncle Sam pointing the way to a Cotton Christmas with the slogan “Call for American Cotton.” Cotton gifta this year have reached new heights of desirability and attractiveness, the National Cotton Council and Cotton-Textile Institute report. Local stores have available gifts of American cotton for ali the family. NEWS FROM JOLLY STREET By CLARENCE METTS The Children of the Church of the Bachman Chapel congregation will meet Friday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock at the church. All the children are urged to attend. t Friends of Mrs. Fred Wicker will be sorry to learn that'she is confined to her bed again. We wish for her a very speedy recovery. The H. D. Club of the Jolly Street school will meet Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 9th at 3:00 o’clock at the school house at which time the annual Chriskmas party will be held. All members are to make gifts for the Christmas exchange and taring fruit. All members are urged to at tend. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Boinest, Jr., were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Livingston and daughter of Dunbarton and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kibler and son J. W., Jr. of Spartan burg. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Babb and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Babb spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. John Bobb of Columbia. “PENNY SERENADE” AT WELLS MONDAY AND TUESDAY Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, two of Hollywood’s most exciting stars, are teamed again in Columbia’s new romantic drama, George Stevens’ “Penny Serenade”, yhich-will play, at the Wells Theatre Monday and Tues day, December 8 and 9. The cast in cludes Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan and Ann Dorn. “Penny Serenade” is a heart-warm ing, glowingly human drama of a newspaperman and his wife, a story for all those who’ve ever loved ... or ever hope to love! Based upon Mar tha Cheavins’ delightful magazine novel, and adapted to the screen by Morrie Ryskind. RITZ Thursday, Friday Rosalind Russell, Don Ameche, and Kay Francis , —In— “THE FEMININE TOUCH” NEWS COMEDY Mat.: 9c & 25c Night 9c & 30c Saturday Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Shelia Ryan —In— “GREAT GUNS” COMEDY Chapt. 1 5“Riders of Death Valley” Adm.: 9c & 25c all day Monday, Tuesday Charles Boyer, Olivia DeHavriland and Paulette Godd' TT —In— “HOLD BACK THE DAWN” NEWS COMEDY Mat.: 9c & 25c Night 9c & 30o Wednesday Don Ameche, Betty Grable, and 1 Carmen Miranda —In— “DOWN ARGENTINE WAY” COMEDY Mat.: 9c & 25c Night 9c & 30c DANCE AT LEGION HUT The first formal dance of the holi day season will be given Friday ev ening at the Legion Hut sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. Dance lovers are invited to attend this affair. Draperies Dress up your home for Christmas. We invite you to our store to see the many beautiful patterns we have in stock for drapery material and slip covers. Priced by the yard — you will appreciate these values. RAYONS, yd 25c to 49c PRINTS, yd 10c to 25c CHINTZ, yd 10c to 15c COTTON CREPES, yd . . 19c to 25c CAROLINA Remnant Store