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Friday, December 12, 1947 The Newberry Sun Civic League Has A Party On Wednesday aftemon, De cember third, the Civic League held Open House at the Willow- brook club. Miss Erin Kohn ol Columbia, assisted by the Verna and Hal Kohn shop, demonstat- ed many attractive Christmas decorations for the home. The club house was beautiful ly decorated for the occasion. The spacious front door was ar tistically adorned with magnolia sprays which formed a wide garland around the doorway. A huge silver wreath, tied with red ribbons, hung in the center of the door. Ail windows insidt the house were festooned with garlands of cedar and red rib bons. The handsome mantel was garlanded with cedar and banked with magnolia spray and red berries. A temporary mantel was placed in the din ing room. This mantel was dec orated in silver with choi- Tax Penalty Notice After December 15th a penal ty is added on all unpaid taxes as follows; December 16th to December 31st, a 1% penalty. January 1st to January 31st, a 2% penalty. February 1st, 10% is added. Please arrange your taxes be fore December 16th if you wish to a - aid any penalty being add ed. The Town of Newberry, S. C. By D. L. NANCE, Clerk & Treasurer. boys and angels adding to the Christmas appeal. Tables were arranged in the club rooms where many attrac tive and unusual Christmas ar rangements were placed. One table was filled with Christmas packages artistically wrapped. A large Christmas tree with colored lights added a note o, cheer to the occasion. Red car nations and bright berries shon. ,rom all parts of the building. The many guests were greet ed by Mrs. J. H. Summer president of the Civic League Mrs. Summer introduced Mrs Harry Hedgepath, who had -harge of the program lor tht afternoon. The program consist ed of a song by a group ol jhhdren from Mrs. Edwin Stokes’ School of Expression, i reading by Edna PaysingeT, t pupil of Mrs. Stokes, severa selections sung by Mary Lee Hutto, a group of songs by thi high school Glee Club, and two violin solos by Mrs. Wilbur Long, Jr. Accompanists for thi afternoon were Mrs. Pinckne} Abrams, Mrs. Tom Clark, ana Mrs. Hal Kohn, Jr. The guests, numbering mort than four hundred women from Columbia, Batesburg, Saluda, Laurens, Clinton, Whitmire Ninety-Six, Little Mountain Prosperity, St. Matthews, as web as Newberry, were greeted a .he door by Mrs. Herman Alright, Mrs. Gordon Able, Mrs John Clarkson, Mrs. Fred Hayes Mrs. Aldon Bedenbaugh, ant Mrs. Vernon Carlton. Assisting in the dining room were Mrs. C. J. Rice, Mrs. Pau Monroe, Mrs. Julian Nichols anc Miss Grace Summer. Tea anc ookies were served from £ oeautifuliy decorated table to RALPH L. BEDENBAUGH Ralph Lewie Bedenbaugh, 39, met his death suddenly Thurs day afternoon in Charlotte, N.C. “Rip,” as he was known to his many friends, was employed by the Ballenger Electric company and was working on a contract in Charlotte when he came in :ontact with a high voltage wire .vhich caused his sudden death. He was the son of the late E J. and Vida Mae Smith Beden- raugh and was born and rear- d in Newberry. He entered the service of his country and serv ed as chief petty officer. After •eturning from service, he was -■mployed by Duke Power com pany and Ballenger Electric :ompany. He was a member of .he Veterans of Foreign Wars. Funeral services were con- iucted at three o’clock Saturday ;fternoon from the McSwain uneral home by the Rev. H. C. Ritter. Interment followed in Rosemont cemetery. He is survived by two broth- ■rs, Patrolman E. E. Beden- jaugh of Greenville and Harry 5. Bedenbaugh of Newberry; me nephew, Everette S. Bed- mbaugh, Jr., of Greenville; one ancle, Walter S. Bedenbaugh jf Columbia and several half uncles. MRS. MARY SITES Mrs. Mary Susan Sites, 74, wife of John J. Sites, died about roon Saturday at her home near Jhapin. She had been in ill aealth for a number of years, jhe was the daughter of the late Henry L. and Hail Mahela. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the res idence with Rev. Kenneth Webb conducting the service. Inter ment followed in the cemetery at White Rock. Besides her husband, she is survived by the following child ren: Mrs. Oscar Shealy, Mrs. E. A. Shealy and Charles Roscoe Sites, all of Little Mountain; Miss Myra Sites and Frank Nor- bert Sites, both of Chapin, and the following brothers and sis ters; John Eleazer, Mrs. Carrie Haiti wanger, Little Mountain; Mrs. Martha Koon, Columbia; 23 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. those present. The Civic League wishes to thank all who assisted in mak ing this meeting a success and hopes that this effort will be stir Newberrians to decorate both inside and outside the house in order to spread Christ mas cheer. Radio Repairs FOUR POINT SERVICE 1— Our Parts and Work are Positively Guaranteed. 2— Immediate Pick-up Service on Notification from' You. 3— Prompt Delivery Service—To Your Home. 4— All work done at reasonable prices by experienced Tech nicians. CALL 470 — RADIO REPAIR DEPARTMENT OF THE Wertz Music & Appliance Co. ^There's Rhythm In That There Store" ANNOUNCING! the Opening of the Quality Bakery Monday morning, Dec. 15th at eight' thirty OPEN HOUSE MONDAY THE QUALITY BAKERY will offer Delicious Pies and Pastries Rolls, Breads and Cakes. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED to come by and inspect our shop Monday. We are sure you will like our products. Quality Bakery J. V. Hottel, Owner 1100 Caldwell St. Newberry By DANIEL F. LINDSAY K ALLY O’NEIL walked slowly up the front steps. Her mother watched her from behind the cur tain Being five years old and having a problem had her near tears She reached up on tip toes and opened the door. “Kally, honey. Come In here a minute ” j?ally pushed the hood of her snow suit back and went into the living room. "What do you want. Mommie?" She shook her blonde curls free. “Oh, nothing much.” her mother smiled, "1 just want to know why my little girl looks so sad?” "Well, Mommie." she slipped her coat off, “it’s that girl down the street.” “Yes. dear, what about her?” Kally could stand it no longer She burst into tears and running over laid her head on her mother's lap. “That girl says,” she sobbed, "that there isn’t any Santa Claus.” “Well, now,” her mother leaned' down and gently bit the tip of her ear, “who’d ever believe a tale like that?” ' “You don’t believe her?’’ “Of course not.” she smiled down Into the worried blue eyes. "We. know there’s a Santa Claus.” "B-but she said Daddy was him.” “Oh. pooh. Sit down there on the floor and I’ll help you get your snow pants off.” “We could ask Daddy,” Kally sug gested. "Yes, we could,” she had an in spiration. “Better still we can wait urftil tomorrow night and see for ourselves.” “We can?" she sat up in surprise. “Sure. You go to bed just like always, then when he comes I’ll wake you up.” “Santa was just coming out.” She got up from the floor all ex cited. "You mean we can peek?” ‘That’s just what we’ll do.” "George,” she turned to her hus band that evening after Kally had been put to bed. "our daughter has quite a problem." "Women always have problems,” he smiled over his newspaper. "What is it this time?" “She knows about Santa.” ‘That’s too bad,” he pursed his lips, “but what can we do?” “Get someone to put her toys un der the tree while she watches.” “Sure.” he laid the paper down, “why couldn’t I do it?” “She heard that you are Santa.” He chuckled. “She isn’t the only woman in the family thinks that." "How about Bob Perkins?" she ignored his attempt at humor. “He’» the right build." “Okay." he agreed, “I’ll arrange it in the morning." “Kally." her mother shook her gently, "Santa is downstairs.” “He is?" she sat up rubbing her eyes. "HE IS?!” “Okay,” she slipped out of bed and Into her slippers In the early morn ing light she looked like a tiny blond elf. “Put dn your robe.” t S HE got it and took her mother’s hand They crept down the stairs. Mommie hel^ her back while she made sure Santa wasn’t smoking a cigar He was placing gifts around the tree. She motioned her to look. Kally peeked around the corner with bij eyes. Then her head darted back. •‘Where’s daddy?" she asked in • stage whisper. They heard footsteps on the stairs Daddy crept down. Kally peeked around the corner again. Santa was Just coming out with an army bar racks bag over his shoulder. The three of them ran and hid behind the staircase. As soon as the front door slammed Kally was up the steps like a shot. “Hey, Sweetheart,” Daddy called after her. "he left the toys in the living room.” He stopped as he heard his wife's laughter. “What’s the matter with her?” he glared at her suspiciously. “Don't she like the trike?” "I’m afraid, dear, that you’ll nev er understand the feminine mind.” “What do you mean . . . where’s she going?” “To !>'■’ ‘•.er coat.” “Her coat . . why?” “She's going down the street to tell the little girl thal she's all wet. Because she has just seen Santa in her front room.” MRS. NANNIE C. NEEL Mrs. Nannie C. Neel, 74, wid ow ot James Burton Neel, died Friday, December 6, at Newber- y county hcspital following a prolonged illness. Born in Spartanburg, the daughter of the late Capt. M. G and Letha Carpenter Clark, sht was a prominent resident of tht Smyrna corpmunity of Newber ry county, where she resider for many years. She was active in the Smyrna Presbyterian uhurch as long as her healt. permitted. Survivors include three sons Thomas C., Gilder M., and Rich ard E. Neel, all of Newberry one daughter, Mrs. J. E. Senn ol Spartanburg; one brother, Dr N. T. Clark of Spartanburg; twi sisters, Mrs. W. W. Brannon o. Spartanburg and Mrs. J. W Keel of Rocky Mount, N. C., and four grandchildren, Mrs Horace L. Boozer, Jr v B. Wil son Neel, Henry Senn and Gil der M. Neel, Jr. Funeral services were con ducted at three o’clock Sunday afternoon from Smyrna Presby terian church by the Rev. T. M. Howze, assisted by the Rev. J J. Harmon of Spartanburg. In terment followed in the church yard. RETURNS TO STATES Willie Robert Gilliam, who has been stationed in the Euro pean theater with the U. S Army as a member of the 88th Division band, arrived in New York last weekend. He will bi discharged from the army about December 22nd, and will arrive in Newberry for Christ mas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Gilliam and fam ily. GUERNSEY COW SETS RECORD A registered Guernsey cow, Myrtledale’s Gay Susette, own- id by J. F. Hawkins, Myrtledale Farm, Newberry, has completed an otficial Advanced Register record of 8577 pounds of milk and 447 pounds of butterfat on twice daily milking for a ten- month period, starting her rec ord as a junior four-year old. Susette is a daughter of the registered Guernsey sire, Klon dike Gay Amber, that has nine daughters in - the Performance Register of The American Guernsey Cattle club. The record was supervised by the Clemson Agricultural Col- .ege and reported to The Am erican Guernsey Cattle club for approval and publication. COUNTY JERSEY MEDAL WINNER Triumph You’ll Do Vera 1,- 489,655, a registered Jersey cow owned by C. T. Smith of Kin- ards, has completed a produc tion record of 8785 pounds milk and 531 pounds butterfat which has qualified her for the Silver Medal award of The American Jersey Cattle Club, whose of fices are in Columbus, Ohio. The record cf^ Vera was made on 305 day test at the age of two years. All her tests were veri fied by both the Clemson Agri- cifltural College and -the Ameri can Jersey Cattle Club. In compiling this record, she produced more than two and one half times as much butter fat as the average dairy cow in the United States. She has been officially classi fied for type by The American Jersey Cattle club with the high rating of Very Good. COLLEGE PLAYERS ON ALL-OPPONENT TEAM Witt and Jackson, of the New berry College Indians, were sel ected by the Wofford College .•caching staff as members of an all-opponent team from the ranks of the teams the Terriers have played this season. The list of “all-opponets” fol lows: Ends—Wham of Furman and Jackson of Newberry; tackles— Shorn of Davidson and Yagiel- io of Catawba: guards—Bryan of Erskine and Oley of Ran- dolph-Macon; center—Byrd of Furman; backs—Hipps of Ers- xine, Witt of Newberry, Spears of Catawba and Shepherd of Davidson. VISIT SILVER SPRINGS Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jackson o‘. 1400 Milligan street, were among the crowds of Florida .ourists who spent a day re cently seeing the historic re mains and unparalled beauty o. Silver Springs, the nation’s sub- aquatic fairyland of flowert and fish and dinosaur bones. RESERVISTS WANTED FOR ESCORT DUTY Memphis, Tenn., Atlanta, Ga., and Charlotte, N. C., are duty stations which may be selected by members of the enlisted re serve who volunteer for six or twelve months active duty, headquarters third army an nounced today. Enlisted reserv ists selected for duty at these stations must be high school graduates of good appearance and have served in World War II. Reservists are needed for spe cial escort duty in connection with the return of World War II dead and may apply for this iuty through local organized reserve corps commanders and nilitary district commanders. They will receive pay and al lowances of the grade in which ’ailed to active duty plus per diem payments for escort travel. Limiting these assignments to veterans of World War II is nec essary in view of the special lature of the duties to be per formed, the army announcement said. THE BEST PLACE FOR Buick & Chevrolet Service IS Davis Motor Company 1515-1517 Main Street . -V ■ .‘I"; * . J.-, .. W. E. .TURNER has the prettiest turn out of Jewelry shown in several years—this year you can get beauti ful, dependable items of Jewelry at very reasonable prices. I^o more “war goods” but quality merchandise. And speaking of quality, remember that we have that great American watch, the WALTHAM in some mighty pretty designs. Come select your items, we’ll keep them for you ’till Santa Claus. fJ’Q America runs on BULOYA time!