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WHAT THE NEIGHBORS DID OVER THE WEEKEND Miss Maude Smith from Edge- field spent several days with Mrs. M. L. Milam during __ the holidays. Miss Mary Ann Davis of New York City spent several days during Christmas with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Davis. Mrs. Lula Riley of Ladson spent several days last week v/ith her mother, Mrs. Viola Werts on Hunt street. Misses Ruth and Barbara Ad- dy spent a few days last week in Columbia with their relatives. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Beden- baugh, Emory and Lester Lee, and Mr. and Mrs. John Nance were visitors Sunday in Green ville with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cheatham. Grady Caldwell of Greenville spent the Christmas holidays with his sister, Mrs. Robert Ruff on Glenn street. Dr. and Mrs. F. O. Lamoreux of Batesburg were visitors Fri day in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Srruggs. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett H. Goodrich and two children of Henderson, N. C., spent Christ mas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Lester. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Shealy had as their dinner guests last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Shealy and two children of Un ion; Mr. and Mrs. Gwin Shealy of Little Mountain; Mr. and Mrs. Evans Shealy of Anderson; Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Goodrich and two children of Henderson, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Les ter and Clyde and Jeanelle Les ter, and Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Dawkins and son. Mrs. M. P. Davis has return ed home from the Eye, ear, noce and throat hospital in Charlotte, N. C., where she un derwent an operation for the removal of cataract from her eye. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gilbert during the Christmas holidays were Mr. and Mrs. Ed A. Turner( Becky Gilbert) and son “Rock”, Mrs.. Charles McNeill, Sr., and Miss Evelyn McNeill, all of Columbia; Charles J. McNeill, Jr., and son, Paul of Los Angeles, Calif; and Fred Gilbert, Jr., of Clemson. Ho'.days visitors in the home of Lr. and Mrs. E. H. Moore were their daughter, Mrs. J. S. Watters, Mr. Watters and daugh ter, Laurie, ot Burlington, N. C., and Leroy Moore of Spartan burg. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Crum and son, Dixon, spent a few days during Christmas with Mr. Crum’s mother, Mrs. H. C. Crum in Denmark. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Scruggs of Spartanburg were holidays visi tors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Scruggs on Col lege street extension. Spending Christmas in New berry with T. E. Keitt were his son, Hardin Keitt, his daughter, Mrs. T. N. Hinton and Mr. Hin ton of Clemson. His other son, Capt. Thomas W. Keitt is still in the service and is stationed at Trieste. R. M. Lominack who has been ill at his home on Mayer avenue for several weeks, is improving and expects to be out in the near future. Mrs. W. C. Bynum of George town spent two weeks during Christmas with her daughter, Mrs. Roy Clary and family on McKibben street. Harry Dukes, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Dukes, arriv ed in Newberry Tuesday morn ing after serving with the U. S. Army overseas. Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Harmon spent Christmas in Ninety-Six with their daughter, Mrs. J. L. Tolbert, Mr. Tolbert and child ren. J. L., Jr., and Tommy. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Stewart during the Christmas holidays were their daughters, Dr. Clara Stewart of New York City, and Mrs. .Louis B. Simp son and family of Rock Hill. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Armfield, Jr. during the holidays were Mrs. Armfield’s mother, Mrs. Mary Templeton; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lyon and children, Michael and Jan, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Powers, all of Laurens. Mrs. Lyon and Mrs. Powers are sis ters of Mrs. Armfield. Henry C. Holloway is able to be out again after a recent ill- 33. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Plitt Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. Ted lars of Atlanta, Ga., spent iristmas and New Year week- ds with Mrs. H. H. Kinard d Mrs. J. W. White. Mrs. itt is a sister, and Mrs. Khars niece of Mrs. Kinard and Mrs. hite. Mrs. J. W. White spent iristmas day at the Shriners ispital in Greenville with her ughter. Miss Elizabeth White, te also visited another daugh- r, Mrs. T. C. Johnson, Sr., in inton during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Anderson, !Jr., of Columbia were holiday visitors in the home of their | parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Summer and Mr. and Mrs. W. Roy Anderson. i Mrs. Mary Ann Strauss of j Augusta spent several days dur ing Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Harley and family. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. Der- . rill Smith, Jr., during the | Christmas holidays were their children, Mrs. Danny Lambeth of Georgetown; Mr. and Mrs. Mor gan Randel and son, Randy of Olanta, and Mr. and Mrs. Bili Beat of Atlanta, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Smith left Christ mas afternoon for Newburg, N. Y., to visit Mrs. Smith’s par ents. They returned to Newber ry Sunday .night. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Cooley and son. Tommy, of Elkin, N. C., visile^ Mrs. Cooley’s mother. Mrs. C. J. Purcell during Christmas. Capt. and Mrs. Jack Workman and small daughter of Macon, Ca., spent Christmas week with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McCrackin and Judge and Mrs. Eugene S. Blease. Capt. and Mrs. Earl Hutchin- i son and children, Marsha and Toni, of Fort Bragg, N. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Hutchinson 1 of High Point, N. C., spent , Christmas with their mother, ' Mrs. C. E. Hutchinson and fam- j ily on Boundary street. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Shealy have moved from Whitmire to j Newberry. Mrs. Shealy has ac cepted a position in the office of the Newberry Tertile ‘mills. Mr. [ Shealy will continue his posi- 1 tion in Whitmire. Misses Mary Johnson, Mary Nancy Robertson, Louise Senn and Eulalia Buford, all of Co lumbia, spent the Christmas holidays in Newberry with their families. Rev. and Mrs. Evans Boozer visited relatives in the county recently. Forrest Carpenter and Billy Denning recently spent several days in Louisiana. Mrs. George L. Epps is visiting her son in bainbridge, Ga. | Mr. and Mrs. Dick Floyd, Jr., of Charlotte, N. C., and Dot Floyd, a student at Queens Col lege in Charlotte, were Christ mas visitors in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Floyd on Mayer avenue. Miss Kathryn Kirkland visited her brother in Washington, D. C., during the holidays. Robert Houseal, a student at George Washington University, Washington, D. C., spent Christ mas with his parents. Dr. and Mrs. R. W. .Houseal. Mrs. Kitty Usher and two Miss Mary Driggers left Satur day for Falmouth, Mass., where she will take a professional ori entation course in girl scout work. Mr. and Mrs. Derrill Driggers left Sunday for their home in Athens, Ga., after spending sev eral days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Driggers, children, Bobby and Iris, of Bennettsville, spent the weekend in the home of Mrs. Usher’s aunt, Mrs. Nannie Pugh. Mrs. J. H. Ruff has been ill at her home in the Mt. Bethel- Garmany community since last week. Mrs. Walter Lovett is ill at her home on College street ex tension. Mr. and Mrs. George Young and Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt spent Christmas at Parris Island with Major and Mrs. Harry Buzhardt and family. Rev. and Mrs. John A. Sand ers and children, of Elberton, Ga., visited during Christmas week with Mrs. W. Ray Feagle and other relatives. Guy Whitener, Jr., who has been confined to his home be cause of leg injuries received in an automobile accident, is able to be out again. Mrs. O. H. Smith of near Prosperity spent Sunday in Pomarja with Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Berley. Also visiting the Berleys were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cook and baby, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Burton and son, Charles, and Mr. and Mrs. Har old Amick. Visiting Mrs. E. B. Setzler on College street during the holi days were her son, Prof. Edwin Setzler and family of Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, N. C.; her sister, Mrs. J. C. Smith of Waterloo; and Dr. John Setzler of Spartanburg. Mrs. W. O. Miller will leave for a six weeks trip to Atlanta, Ga., where she will visit Mrs. James L. Davis, and Montgom ery, Ala., where she will be the guest of Mrs. Mamie Payne. Mr. Tom Paine of Guilford | College, Greensboro, N. C., formerly a member of the JHew- berry College faculty, spent last weekend with Mrs. Eunice Brad- ; ley and Mrs. Abrams at their ' home on Calhoun street. Buys Interest In Feed Store Announcement has recently been made by M. W. Clary that a 50 percent share of the Clary Feed and Seed store has been purchased by Parker Martin, who has been in business with Mr. Clary for several months. The name of the concern will be changed to Clary-Martin Feed and Seed store. . Mr. Martin served with the Army Air corps during the war. Before his service, and until re cently, he was district program specialist for the production and marketing administration of the U. S. Department of Agriculture with headquarters in Columbia. He is married to the former Miss Edith Eleazer. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are making their home on route four, Newberry. M0LL0H0N OTTO K. FRANKLIN Otto Klettner Franklin, 47, died Tuesday at his home on Drayton street after a brief ill ness. A son of the late R. P. and Ida Darby Franklin, he was a life-long resident of Newberry. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Lucille Maddox, one daughter, Laddie, four brothers, Lonnie, Washington, D. C.; Hir- iam and Marion, both of New berry, and Herbert Franklin, Chester; and one sister, Mrs. W. H. Templeton, Newberry. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 from Leavell funeral home, con ducted by Rev. W. H. Long and Rev. V. L. Fulmer. Interment was in Rosemont cemetery. BALLENTINE WITH SCES Roy L. Ballentine, Newberry county farmer in the Tranwood section, has accepted a position with the local office of the South Carolina Employment Service as farm placement specialist. On January first of this year, the employment service took over the farm placement activi ties formerly performeji by the Department of Agriculture ex tension service. Under the new system, the local employment office will handle the recruit ment of farm labor, sharecrop pers, and in some cases, renters of farm propels?. Mr. Ballentine is a graduate of Newberry College, and a vet eran of World War I. He taught for several years, and has been farming in the county for the past 15 years. He is well qual ified for his new position. A. Bostain, manager of the local employment office, urges all farm owners to contact the SCES office for help in farm labor problems. ANDERSON REPORTED IMPROVING HERE H. L. Anderson, who suffered a heart attack while on a trip to Florida during the Christmas holidays, is reported to be much improved at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Sloan Chapman were touring Florida, and had visited Jacksonville, Miami, and other points of interest, and were in Sarasota when Mr. Anderson became ill. As soon as he recovers suffi ciently, Mr. Anderson will go to Canton, N. C. to take his new position with the Cham pion Paper and Fiber company to which he was transferred from Fairfield Forest Products company. KINARD TO SPEAK AT A. R. P. CHURCH Dr. James C. Kinard, presi dent of Newberry College, will fill the pulpit at the Associate ■Reformed Presbyterian church Sunday, January 11. On January 18, Dr. J. W. Car- son of Bessemer City, N. C., former pastor of the church, will conduct morning services at the ARP church and after noon services at Kings Creek. MARY FULMER WELLS Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burton Wells, HI, are receiving con gratulations on the birth of a daughter, Mary Fulmer, at the Newberry county hospital Jan uary 2nd. Mrs. Wells is the former Miss Dean Abbott. RECRUITING OFFICE CHANGES LOCATION The U. S. Army and Air force Recruiting substation has been moved from 1505 Main street to Nance street, in front of the fire department according to an an nouncement by M-Sgt. Claude E. Blankenship, NCO in charge. Visiting during the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph B. Baker and Mrs. H. L. Parr were Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Parr Baker of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. A. Parr Patrick of Princeton, N. J.; and Rev. and Mrs. Louis Patrick and daugh ter, Jane, of Statesville, N. C. Nathan Richardson has re turned to Nashville, Tenn., after visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H, M. Richardson on Montgomery street during the Christmas holidays. Nathan has been with the Grande Ole Op era for 16 months and has trav eled through 19 states. He has played with Eddy Arnold, Paul Howard and Curly Fox. He is now playing with Zeb Turner. Miss Audrey Gatlin has re turned home from Charlotte, N. C., where she spent several days the past week with her sister, Mrs. H. O. Milan and her brother. Bill Gatlin. Mrs. Clarence Perkins of Montgomery street and Mrs. O. E. Wood of Washington street are patients in the Newberry county hospital. Claude Weathers, U. S. Navy, stationed at Charleston, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Duncan, Jr. Miss Betty Jean Gatlin left Saturday for New York where she will enter the Columbia uni- | versity graduate school of so ciology. She will complete her study for her master’s degree in sociology while there. Mr. and Mrs. William Lomin- ick of Charleston spent the past holidays with Mr. and Mrs. > C. L. Duncan. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hurt and j family visited in Greenwood | recently. Miss Thelma Overcash of ; North Charleston visited Mir. and Mrs. Wilbur Jones and Mrs. Mildred Jones over the week end. Miss Margaret Harvey spent the weekend with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. B. H. Harvey. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Buff of Morgantbn, N. C., Mrs. L. C. Fowler and Mrs. Jack Fowler visited Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Gregory, Sr., recently. Mr. and Mrs. Giles Kirby and sons, Bennie and Lament of Union visited Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Gregory, Jr., and Frances over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Langford and family visited Mrs. P. H. Kinard at Jolly Street, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Travis McCarty of Clinton visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. McCarty. Rev. andJVlrs. James Mitchell of Fort Worth, Texas, visited friends and relatives during the past week.* Mr. and Mrs. Claude Metts of Little Mountain visited Miss Frances Gregory, recently. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Wood and family visited in Goldville during the past week. Council Said To Be In Favor Of Parking Meters PROSPERITY Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Long, William Long, Misses Anne, Mary and Bessie Long; Mr. and Mrs. John W. Long, George Wil liam and Robert Long attended the funeral of Mrs. Alma Dom inick in Clinton last \freek. Rev. and Mrs. Rex V. Martin visited relatives in Silverstreet and Greenville during the holi days. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mills vis ited relatives in Spartanburg on Thursday. Kenneth Epting has returned from a holiday visit in Estill. Miss Fredna Wheeler has re turned to her home in States ville, N. C., after a ten days visit with Miss Dorothy Ann Barnes. Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Ruff have returned from a visit in Florida. They visited Miami and other points of interest. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Richards and sons, A. J., Jr., and Tom my, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Young last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lowe of Columbia spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harmon. Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Perry were Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Creel of Hemingway and Mr. and Mrs. Royce Perry of Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Connelly and daughters, Betty Sue and Kay, who are now living in Panama City, Fla., spent the Christmas holidays at their home here. , Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Powell and Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Frank- lyn of Swainsboro, Ga., were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Singley. Mrs. A. K. Epting and her son, Kenneth, have moved into the apartment in the home of Mrs. J. E. Ross. Rogers Taylor of the U. S. Navy of Jacksonville, Fla., spent the weekend with his parents. Mr. Joe E. Hunter, retired professor of Clemson College, visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Counts last week. Mr. and Mrs. Voight Epting and children of Estill spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Gurdon W. Counts and Mrs. A. K. Epting. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Fermen ter and children have returned A. Pickens Salley formally as sumed direction of the munici pal government as mayor on December 30, being sworn into the office by Attorney Emile Saint-Amand. acting for city attorney Judge E. S. Blease. The rest of council was sworn in also at the December 30 meeting, two of these being new men. Ernest Layton takes his seat for the first time succeed ing “Buck” Wicker, and C. A. Dufford is likewise a first-tim er succeeding Metts Fant. Neither Mr. Fant nor Mr. With er offered for re-election. Nor did Mayor Hayes. Councilmen Wilson, McCon nell and Kinard succeeded themselves. The new council will meet for the first time Tuesday night, January 13th and it is believed that something of an unusual nature will come out of the meeting. It is known for in stance that a majority of coun cil favors the widening of Main street and the installation of parking meters, with revenue from the meters being used to rent parking lots. There is also a sentiment in council to con solidate the light and water plant with city hall. The new council also has fac ing it the very painful fact that the city is operating from hand to mouth due to the big increase in cost of everything it buys with little or no addition al revenue over normal times. A section of council thinks the water and light department should take over its own bonds as *3 means of relieving the city of some of its burden. Drs. Weling and Senn were sworn in on December 30th as new members of the Board of Commissioners. These, togeth er'with Willie Reid make up the commission. The new members come to the board at a time when several hundred thousand i lars. worth of new construc- tioh is* being planned in the plants facilities. It has been rumored for some time that the New Board will eventually elect “Bill” Wise superintehdent of the local uti lity and this will probably be in the near future. It is known that Superintendent Schurnpert wants to retire but the com mission is reluctant to part with his services at this time and it is possible that he will act in part time or advisory capa city during the next year or so. “Bill” Wise knows the plant from the ground up, having been associated with the depart ment from his school days to the present except for a stretch in the army. Mayor Salley has made com mittee appointments for the year. They are; Ways and Means, J. Ed. McConnell; Sup plies and Accounts, C. E. Kin ard: Streets, Leland S. Wilson; Licenses, Jail and Police, Ernest Layton; Fire Department, C. A. Dufford: Lighting and Water, Leland Wilson; Opera House, Ernest Layton; Cemetery and Parks, J. Ed. McConnell. ST. PHILIPS The Rev. C. H. Stucke who accepted the call as pastor for St. Philips Lutheran church, de livered his first sermon Sunday morning, January fourth to large congregation. Mr. and Mrs. Muscoe Alewine had for their supper guests Wednesday night, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Moore, Mrs. C. H. Alewine, Langford and Dixon Alewine of the Mt. Bethel Garmany sec tion. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Par rott and Mrs. Georgia Schum- pert of Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lorninick and daughter, Joyce, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Shealy and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Shealy and children. Mr. and Mrs. Ben C. Wicker and children, H. F. Kinard, Mr. and Mrs. Belton Kinard and Johnnie and Burr Kinard were supper guests Tuesday night ol Mr. and Mrs. Banks Enlow. Mr. and Mrs. Enos Shealy of Little Mountain visited their daughter, Mrs. Eugene Shealy and Mr. Shealy Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Halfacre and son, Gordon of Irmo spent the weekend with relatives in the community. Mrs. Draity Wicker spent last Sunday in Gaffney with her sister, Mrs. F. L. Robbs and Mr. Robbs. Mrs. Brunelle Stone and son, of Whitmire, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lorninick, Sr., during the weekend. Mrs. G. W. Shealy, Mrs. Mus coe Alewine 3.nd sons, Jerry and Jimmy spent Tuesday in Ware Shoals as guests of their rela tives, Mrs. Janie Lindsey and Mrs. Anne Jenkins. Miss Jean King of Jolly Street spent several days last week with Miss Clara Lou Ruff. Rev. S. P. Koon of Columbia Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Zeigler of Lone Star were dinner guests recently in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Enlow. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Green of Whitmire visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor dur ing the past weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Belton Kinard spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Madison Longshore of Newberry. Mrs. Cora Sligh and son George spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Wicker and family. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Kibler and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Livingston were Supper guests Saturday night of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Driggers of Newberry. Little Billy Werts spent sev eral days last week in Whitmire with Mr. and Mrs. David Kibler and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Herman Koon and children have return- i ted to their home in Lancaster after spending the past two weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Koon. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Monts and children of Prosperity spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Long. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mills of Newberry were Sunday guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Felker. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Lorninick of the O'Neal community visited in the home of his father, Mr. H. F. Lorninick. with her mother, Mrs. J. E. Ross. Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Counts, Sr., were Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Counts, Jr., and daughter, Peggy of Norfolk, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. John Schrum and three daughters of Lincoln- ton, N. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Keyes of Augusta, Ga. Mrs. Kenneth Baker and Miss Mary Baker of Greenwood and Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Freed of Columbia were guests of Mrs. W. E. Werts and Miss Kate Barre New Year’s Day. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Perry last week were their son, James F. Perry of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mr. Perry’s brother, Franklyn G. Perry of Johnston. Miss Lora Shealy and Mrs. Mary O’Quinn of Leesville are visiting their brother, F. E. Shealy and Mrs. Shealy, and other relatives. Mrs. Jacob S. Wheeler spent the weekend in Winnsboro with her mother, Mrs. Minnie Curlee. The Methodist youth fellow ship of Wightrnan church enter tained with a New Year’s par ty last Wednesday evening at the canteen. Mrs. J. B. Hunt, adult counselor, chaperoned the party. The members of the M. Y- F. of Zion church enjoyed a wein- er roast and watch party last Wednesday night at the home of Miss Lorraine Counts, daughter of Mrs. Guy Counts, the adult counselor. Mrs. B. T. Young was hostess to the Prosperity Garden club on Monday afternoon. Miss Kibler, president, pre- Hawkins, Mrs. C. M. Singley, Mrs. T. A. Dominick and Mrs. C. T. Wyche. During the social hour, the hostess served sand wiches, cockies and hot punch. The January meeting of the William Lester chapter, U. D. C., was held Friday afternoon with Mrs. John Stockman. Mrs. H. P. Wicker presided. The pro gram centered around three Confederate heroes, Lee, Jack- son and Maury. Contributing to the program were Mrs. W. H. Caldwell, Miss Clara Brown and Mrs. John Stockman. Dur ing the social hour, delicious refreshments were served. Hendrix-Chapman Miss Lucy Geneva Chapman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luth er E. Chapman of Newberry, and James Henry Hendrix, also of Newberry, were married ip a double ring ceremony at Grace Lutheran parsonage December 24 with the Rev. W. D. Halti- wanger officiating. Mrs. Chapman received her education at the Hartford school. The bridegroom graduated from Bush River high school. He is a son of Mrs. W. D. Hend rix and the late Mr. Hendrix. He served in the U. S. army for three years and was in the Eur opean theater. He was wound ed once. He is now employed in the Newberry county hospi tal. They will make their home near Newberry on route three. Attending the marriage were Mr and Mrs. J. W. Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Chapman and daughter, Bernice; Mrs. J. C Lester and daughter, Claud ette; Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hend- Blancht —, ».— , — T . sided. Those taking part on rix, and Mr, and Mrs. iom Div io Conway after a weeks’ visit the program were Miss Effie ingston. By The Way - - • DORIS ARMFIELD Christmas is over and 1948 is in its second week. Holiday decorations have been removed from stores and homes. Show- windows are displaying spring merchandise. Newberry boys and girls have returned to then- respective colleges, and Newber ry College students are back on the Exchange Bank corner wait ing for a ride to the college. But before we leave 1947 for good, there are two things which occured during the Christmas holidays that I would like to mention. One pf them is a subject you’ve heard much about thru this column for the past two months . . . the Christmas cheer Fund. Thru the efforts of ev eryone involved, more than 50 families in Newberry were bene- fitted. I hope the fund will continue as successfully in fu ture years as it was this year. Many of the names of donors to the fund were published in The Sun, many were not. In some cases, those who gave ask ed that their names not be pub lished; in other cases, because there was no "particular organi zation for the fund, and those who helped did so in between their regular jobs, names were not secured. At any rate. I am sure that those who so willing ly gave did not do so for the publicity they might receive. They gave because they want ed to share, and they will be glad to know that their gift brought pleasure to many thru- out the county. For as many years back as I can remember, on each Christ mas Day, a beautifully wrapped package is delivered to Mother. It has become a part of Christ mas at Gildercrest, and we know before the package is opened that it will contain white and dark fruit cake, pound cake and salted pecans— for each year, Mrs. T. E. Ept ing sees that we have a gen erous sample of her iChristmas cakes. The remarkable part of this is that Mrs. Epting, who is 84 years of age, bakes the cakes herself—and I don’t believe I ever tasted more delicious cakes than hers. May I have a vlord in defense of myself, and of our corres pondents thruout the county? Almost every week, someone says to me “I told you about so and so—why wasn’t it in the paper ” I’m sure our corres pondents are also asked the same question many times. The answer always goes back to the newsprint shortage. You have read in the daily papers about the scarcity of newsprint; that shortage is as evident in New berry as anywhere else. As a result, we are not always able to print as many pages, or as much of the news as we would like. However, we do our best to get everything in. The cor respondents and I appreciate your help in the past, and hope you will continue to let us know any news items of interest in the city and county. . . . I was sorry when I heard the other day via the grapevine that “Mr. Mac” is leaving. Mr. Mac —A. M. McWhirter, contact rep resentative of the Veterans Ad ministration in Newberry, is be ing transferred to the subregion al office of the VA in Green ville, where he wil continue in contact activities. He was sent to Newberry when the contact office was first opened last May, and has done an excellent job of organizing and manag ing the office here. He has made many friends among both veterans and non-veterans who will be sorry to learn of his transfer.. HENRY EDWARD COUSINS A son weighing eight and one half pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Cousins on Tuesday, January 6, at the New berry county hospital. The boy has been named Henry Edward. Mr. and Mrs. Cousins have one other child, a daughter, Linda. DUBOSE ILL AT COLUMBIA HOSPITAL Rev. C. Frank DuBose, Jr., pastor of O’Neal Street Meth odist church, is reported to be slowly improving at the Colum bia Hospital where he was tak en during Christmas. Cadet Charles Layton return ed to Carlisle Military Academy Wednesday after spending the Christmas holidays with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lay- ton on O’Neal street. Mr. and Mrs. Layton accompanied him to Columbia .where they visited Rev. C. Ffank DuBose, Jr., at the Columbia hospital. Mrs. Raymond Stevens and son, Tommy, of Dillon, spent Christmas with her sister, Mrs. Pope Connelly. Carrier Retires After 36 Y< At Prosperity On January 1, B. T. Young retired as rural letter carrier of the Prosperity post office after 38 years of service as a regular carrier and three years of sub stitute work. For the first five and one half years of his service, Mr. Young traveled in a horse and buggy. The roads were often impassable and he had to resort to horseback. Since August, 1917, he has used an automobile. ,Mr. Young will now devote his time to his farming interests. The Literary Sorosis will meet with Mrs. W. Elmer Shealy Fri day afternoon at 3:30. The members will please note the change in the place of meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Hawkins are receiving congratulations on ;he birth of a daughter, Betty . Ann, on December 22. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kinard announce the birth of a son, Ronnie Samuel, on December 27. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kinard also announce the birth of a son on December 21. The boy nas been named George Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Alewine are the parents of a daughter, Judy Maureen, bom December 27. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Beden baugh announce the birth of a son on January 2. The Bed- enbaughs have another son, Stanley. Mrs. A. H. Minick is a patient in the Baptist Hospital in Co lumbia. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Stuck of Newberry spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Kinard andv family. B. I. Sease and family have moved into the Wilbur W. Kin ard house which they recently bought. Mrs. Carroll Mills has return ed from the Newberry County hospital where she underwent an appendectomy. James H. Counts has, this * week, bought a lot from the estate of Mrs. Laura Wise. The lot is on North Main street be tween the residence of H. P. Wicker and. the Wise home. Miss Bessie Long had with her last week her sister. Miss Cor- rie Long of Lykesland, and her brother, Olin Long and his daughter, Mary, of Lexington. Mrs. Joe E. Long and daugh ters, Edna and Olive, of Lykes land, came up for New Year's Day. avuss Dorothy Adams spent the weekend with Miss Betty Counts at the University of South Carolina. Miss Betty Cannon of .Colum- bie was the weekend guest of Miss Peggy Amick. Mrs. C. T. Wyche, accompan ied by her daughter, Mrs. J. F. Goggans of Columbia, spent the weekend in Spartanburg with Judge and Mrs. C. C. Wyche. Misses Raynomar and Mary Louise Sease of Irmo were ■weekend guests of Miss Mamie Ella Sease. Miss Emma Lillian Long has returned to her school in Boca Raton, Fla., after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Long. Mr. and Mrs. Gurdon W. Counts had as dinner guests last Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Counts, Jr. and daughter, Peg gy, of Norfolk, Va.; and Mrs. A. N. Crosson, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Crosson* Jr., and Miss Grace B. Reagin of Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. John Riddle and children, Johnette, Donald and Linda, of Greensboro, N. C., spent the past week with Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Harman. The Harman’s also had with them * during the holidays Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Mathews: Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harman, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bowers and children oi Columbia; Mr and Mrs. B. F. Hawkigs and child ren of Newberry; and Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt L. Smith of Louis ville, Ky. Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Gibson were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Webster of Columbia and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Newman and children of Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. White of and Mrs. W. E. Shealy last Due West were gues i ts of Mr. week. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Wingard and family of Columbia have moved into the home of M. P. Connelly. Mrs. Wingard is a sister of Mr. Connelly. Her many friends here are welcoming her back home. The Rev. P. E. Shealy of Greenville, Tenn., visited rela tives here last week. He came because of the death of Mrs. Clinton Shealy. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Parker and their daughter, Chauncey, of Columbia, were recent guests of Mrs. Parker’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Taylor.