Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THS NSWSSMY AW FWPAr, MAACH II, i»4l Miss Dickert and Mr. Nance Wed In Beautiful Ceremony Saturday Miss Effie Catherine Dickert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wyche Dickert of Newberry and Columbia, became the bride of Drayton Luther Nance, Jr., in a beautiful impressive ceremony Saturday evening, March ninth at eight o’clock in the First Baptist church of Newberry. The double ring ritual was used in the ceremony, which was pro nounced by the pastor, the Rev. J. Aubrey Estes and the Rev. E. B. Keisler in the presence of a large congregation of friends and rela tives. The church was decorated with baskets of white gladioli and snap dragons against a background of Southern smilax and palms, and lighted with tall tapers in branched candelabra. The candles were light ed by Billie Parr and Henry Parr, cousins of the bride-groom. Mrs. May T. Stuck, organist, and Miss Barbara Caughman, vocalist, of Columbia rendered a pleasing pre nuptial musical program and Mrs. Stuck played the marches. William Lyles of Columbia, Gil bert Young of Charleston, Callie Boyd Parr, Jr., Henry Parr, Billie Parr. Bob Todd, and C. A. Dufford, Jr., all of Newberry acted as usher- groomsmen. Mrs. Charles Edward Bowers, of Newberry, was her sisters’ matron- of-honor. She was lovely in a pink net-gown, which was fashioned with sweetheart neckline, on a fitted bo dice with peplum which was finish ed with a binding of blue satin; a full gathered skirt. She carried a Colonial nosegay of a variety of col orful flowers tied with blue rib bons. The maid of honor, Eulalia Buford, wore a blue dress fashion ed along the same lines as the ma tron’s and carried a similar nosegay. The bridesmaids were Marie Fel lers Nicosia, Elizabeth Mitchell Shealy, Antionette Sease Ragsdale, cousins of the bride-groom; Emma Riser Nance, sister ; Louise Wells Mencken all of Newberry; and Dean Abbott Wells of Augusta, Ga. They all wore blue net gowns fashioned like the matron of honor’s. Mollie Lindsay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsay, of Newberry, and Mary Nance, of Columbia, cousina of the bride-groom, were the flower girls and wore pink net dresses with dropped shoulders and bouffant skirts and carried baskets of pink rose petals. David Boyd Parr, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Parr, was the ring bearer. The bride was escorted by her father, Wyche Dickert, by whom she was given in marriage. Her blond beauty was enhanced by her wedding gown of white faille and net featur ing a choker neckline, a yoke of the net, a fitted bodice and bouffant net skirt which extended into a long train. Her veil of bridal illusion was held by a tiara of seeded pearls and she carried an arm bouquet of Calla lilies and carnations with an orchid in the center. Drayton L. Nance, Sr., father of the bridegroom, was the best man. Mrs. Nance, mother of the bride groom, wore a pink chiffon gown and an orchid corsage. The bride’s mother, Mrs. Dickert, wore blue lace and chiffon gown and an orchid. Mrs. Nance, the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Wyche Dickert (Blanche Dickert) is a graduate of the local high school and Newberry college. She has been an employee under civil service at Fort Jackson, Colum bia, where she has been living with her parents for the past year. Mr. Nance, son of Drayton and Huda Longshore Nance, is also a graduate of Newberry high school and attended Clemson college two years prior to entering the Naval V-12 training unit of the University of South Carolina and was later transferred to South Carolina Medi cal college, Charleston. He has been separated from the Naval service and is now a senior at the South Carolina Medical College. Following the wedding, the couple, with their parents, received in the vestibule of the church. After a wedding trip through the Tennessee mountains, they will be at home in Charleston. Out-of-town guests were: Mrs. Geo. G. Lefler and Betty Jane, Char lotte, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Folk, Moncks Corner; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ringer, Mrs. Ralph Higgins, Mrs. D. L. McMillan, Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Sanford, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Nance, Mr. and Mrs. Nat Gist, Miss Lucy M. Riser, Mr. and Mrs. Harold D- Riser, all of Colum bia; Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Sheriff, Orangeburg; Mrs. L. A. Spearman, Hickory, N. C.; and Mr. and Mrs. H. B, Wells, Augusta, Ga. Mrs. Tom Suber (Helen Mower) and little daughter, Nina, who have been making their home here with Mrs. Suber’s mother, Mrs. Frank Mower, on Johnstone street while her husband was in the service, have moved to Whitmire to make their home at 307 Bridges street. FORMER ARMY PLANT MAKING FERTILIZER ATLANTA, Ga., Mar. 13.—Amy ordnance plants that made guns, powder and shells with which to fight the war are switching their vast facilities to (peacetime tasks and the manufacture of anhydrous ammonia to alleviate the critical shortage of chemicals needed in the production of fertilizer. This was revealed today by Head quarters, Fourth Service Command here, in announcing that the huge ordnance plant at Wolf Creek, Tenn., is among those with graining facilities for the production of am monia nitrate used in fertilizer. The current Ordnance quota of 4,- 000 tons of anhydrous ammonia monthly is expected to be raised shortly to 8,000 tons. Approximately 35,000 tons of this product have been sold through the Office of Defense Supplies, RFC, while almost 122,000 tons of am monia nitrate solution, produced and grained by ordnance facilities, have been sold through the Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture. A large proportion was from surplus stocks held at various plants after VJ-day. NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement of the estate of Mrs. Emmie R. Tur ner in the Probate Court for New berry County on Tuesday, April 16, 1946, at 10:00 o’clock in the fore noon, and will immediately thereaf ter ask for my discharge as adminis tratrix of said estate. All persons having claims against the estate of Mrs. Emmie R. Tur- ARMY CONVERTS BOMBS TO SOAP ATLANTA, Ga., Mar. 13.—Nap- lam, or gas-jelly, the stuff contain ed in the bombs dropped in the first all-incfndiary raid on Tokyo, is be ing converted into soap to keep Army barracks, kitchens, pots and pans clean, according to Lieut Col. Samuel A. Denton, Chemical War fare Service officer, Fourth Service command. Manufactured at Huntsville Arse nal, Huntsville, Ala., the bombs were about 20 inches in length, octagon shaped metal tubes some three inches in diameter. They were drop ped from planes in clusters of 38. Guided nose-down by a cloth tail, these bombs automatically fired upon contact, the gas-jelly igniting from the propulsion charge and sticking against walls of buildings where they set fires disastrous to the enemy. Estimates in Colonel Denton’s of fice state that vast stocks of this Naplam now can be converted into soap within a few months. This means, the officer said, that the li quid will not be destroyed, but will be turned into soap at a tremendous saving to the government. As yet it is not being used commercially. ner, deceased, are hereby notified to file the same, duly verified, with the undersigned, or with her attorneys, Blease and Saif»t-Amand, Newfbeir- ny, S. C., and those indebted to said estate will please make payment likewise. ERCELLE T. MILLER, Administratrix of the estate of Mrs. Emmie R. Turner, deceas d. March 13th, 1946 Mar 15-ip This woman’s work is never done! Your Red Cross must Carry on!... Let us not forget. . . For many the war and its suffering are now safely passed, finally at an end. No more war anxiety, no more heart ache, no more discomfort. For some, it may be easy to forget. But the American Red Cross cannot forget. . . The Loneliness and anxiety of soldiers still far from home . . . The pain of soldiers scarred by war who will spend many years to come in a hospital bed . . . The vet erans home from Anzio, Aachen, Iwo Jima, Tarawa, Sai pan... From the mud and the cold and the jungles, from the constant shadow of death. The Red Cross cannot forget. To carry on its gigantic program the Red Cross needs funds. Sponsored By the Following Whitmire Business Firms Whitmire Drug Store Town of Whitmire Commercial State Bank MRS. JOSEPHINE K. WILLIAMS Mrs. Josephine Kooh Williams, 73, died early Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter, ' Mrs. T. L. Mill stead on Washington street. She had been in declining health for the past eighteen years but her many friends were shocked at her pass ing. Mrs. Williams was born and rear ed in the St. Lukes section of New berry county but has made her home in Newberry for a number of years. She was a devoted and faith ful mother. Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon at 4 o’clock from Summer Memorial Lutheran church, with' Rev. J. B. Harman in charge, assisted by Rev. B. H. Harvey and Rev. Wessinger. Interment follow ed in West End cemetery. She is survived by the following children, Mrs. T. L. Millstead, Mrs. W. N. Lee, Mrs. F. K. Youkem, and Mrs. J. C. Burch. Twenty grand children and thirteen great-grand children survive. Mrs. Boyd Campbell spent the past weekend in Florence with her hus band, “Soupie” Campbell. Mrs. Campbell and son, Billy expect to move to Florence in about two weeks to make their home. 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