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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1949
Church Organist
Holds Lofty Post
By John Gunter
From the Atlanta Journal
In one sense, the organist
holds the loftiest position at
Peachtree Christian church.
From a choir loft some 25
feet above the auditorium floor
Richard Thomasson, quietly and
without fanfare, plays a lead
ing role in all services at the
church—besides conducting a
special music service that is
unique among churches every
where.
From October through Eastei
Sunday the bald, genial minis
ter of music leads the Evening
Bells service at the church.
The service, which is held from
5 to 6 p.m. each Sunday, is
in' keeping with the 24-yeai
tradition of the church.
A close look at the six-day
work week of Mr. Thomasson
quickly explodes the popular
fallacy among laymen that
church organists have it easy.
Simply playing the. organ for
the usual Sunday servicei
might be termed the dessert ol
his duties, for the bulk of his
work consists of teaching three
chidren’s and two adult’s choirs
practicing and playing. for re
citals and weddings.
Mr. Thomasson said that per
haps his most painstaking job
at the church lately has beer
the instruction of the newes.
choir—a group of 5, 6, and 7-
year r olds.
A bachelor, 34-year-old Mr.
Thomasson is a native of New
berry, S. C., where he also re
ceived his bechelor of arts de
gree from Newberry college.
He has served as organist at
the First Lutheran and West
End Methodist churched in
Nashville, and at Scarritt col
lege and F tbody Teachers col
lege. After serving with the
Army in the European theater
Mr. Thomasson received his
master of music degree at the
American Conservatory in Chi
cago in 1946, where he also
studied before the war.
He is a member of the Cen
tral Tennessee chapter of the
American Guild of Organists,
the Hymn Society of America,
the American Musicological so
ciety, the Music Teachers Na
tional Association of Choir Di
rectors, and Phi Mu Alpha Sin
fc-' 4 -.ational music fraternity.
-> Thomasson currently is
playing a series of Lenten ser
vices p 1 8 p.m. e ach Wednes
day at Peachtree Christian
church.
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Prosperity News
The Beta Club of the Pros-1
perity High School had a so
cial Thursday evening in the
Canteen. Each member invited
a guest. Mrs. B. T. Young,
Beta Club Sponsor, chaperoned
the party.
Misses Floy Lono and Nellie
Ruth Wicker directed the
games.
Sandwiches, cookies, and iced
punch were served.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Goff
of Spartanburg spent last Wed
nesday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Howard White.
Miss Clara Brown has re
turned from the Columbia Hos
pital. • She will return to her
work in the Prosperity Gram
mar School Monday. Miss
Mary Langford, also of the
grammar school faculty, who
was out from illness for two
weeks, has returned to her
work.
On Sunday night, May 1. at
Grace Church, at 8 p.m., the
Carl Caughman Circle of the
Women’s Missionary Society,
will present a Thank offering
Dramatization, celebrating ”60
Years of Thank Offering” in
the Women’s Missionary So
ciety. The public is invited.
Mr. Luther M. Hawkins of
Newberry, is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. C. F. Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Bowers,
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Bowers and
son of Newberry and Miss
Helen White were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Maxcy
Hawkins.
Little Misses Martha Ann
and Linda Summer of New
berry spent th e weekend with
their grandparents, Cdr. and
Mrs. H. N. Bedenbaugh.
With Mr. and Mrs. H. P.
Wicker over the weekend were
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Williams of
Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Hendrix
and their little son Danny of
Chester were weekend guests
in the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Bedenbaugh.
George Elbert Hipp has, gone
to Duncan, to work with a
construction company now lo
cated there.
John Taylor, who is worK-
ing in Chester, spent the week
end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Pugh and
children spent Sunday in
Greenville as guests of Mr.
and Mrs. WToodrow^ Beden
baugh.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Kibler
and son Everett, Jr., and Mr.
and Mrs. Carroll Connelly
spent Sunday in the mountains
of North Carolina.
IMr. and Mrs. Frank Farr and
their two children are spend
ing two weeks with Mr. Farr’s
parents in Little Mountain.
Mrs. Max Hall of Winnsboro
spent last week with her sis
ter, Mrs. Lindsay Fellers. Mr.
Hall came over Sunday and
Mrs. Hall returned home with
him.
Mrs. Arthur Lee Vaughn of
Newberry was the weekend
guest of Mr. and Mrs. O. K.
Shealy.
Misses Annie Eargle and
Rexdell Taylor, presidents of
the Intermediate and Senior
Luther Leagues of Grace
church; Charles Dawkins, pres
ident and Bennie Bedenbaugh,
Educational Secretary of the
Newberry District League;
Charles Seastrunk and Clyde
Bedenbaugh of the St. Lukes
League, attended the Presidents
Retreat of the State Luther
league at Camp Barstow, Col
umbia, last weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. -Henry Lee
Wheeler and their two little
daughters, Linda and Nancy,
of Atlanta, Ga.. were weekend
guests of Mr. Wheeler’s mother,
Mrs. Jacob S. Wheeler.
Dr. and Mrs. C. K. Wheeler
left Sunday for Quantico, Va.,
to visit their daughter, Mrs.
D. W. Stone. They will also
visit in Washington, D. C., and
Mt. Airy, Md., before return
ing home.
Mr. and Mrs. Royce Perry
and their little daughter of
Johnston, spent the weekend
with Mr. Perry’s parents, Mr,
and Mrs. J. P. Perry.
Miss Mollie Getsinger, who
was visiting Mrs. John Stock-
man, was called to her home
in Spartanburg last Tuesday
because of the sudden death
of her brother, Buist "Getsing-
er, in St. Petersburg, Fla.,
where he was spending the
winter. Funeral services were
held in Spartanburg Thursday
afternoon.
The Rev. W. D. Haltiwanger
attended the funeral services of
his brother-in-law. Mr. Harman,
of Newton, N. C., last Friday.
Dr. Bob Perry, of Gastonia,
N. C., spent last Sunday with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
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in Gastonia.
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day for Lewistown, Pa. to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Ro
bert Meyer and family.
J. W. Webster of Upper Dar
by, Philadelphia, Pa., Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Dominick of
Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Vaugn of Kingsport, Tenn.;
Mr. and Mrs. Bjonerud of Wil
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cause of the death of their
uncle, Dr. J. J. Dominick. They
spent several days with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A.
Dominick. Also with the Dom
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of Elloree, sister of Dr. and
Mr. T. A. Dominick.
■ Frank P. Hill, Jr., Citadel
cadet, visited his parents, Mr.
and Mrs.' F. P. Hill, Saturday.
Miss Annie Hunter spent the
weekend in Columbia with her
sister, Mrs. John Leavell and
Mr. Leavell. Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Counts spent Sunday in
Columbia with the Leavells
and brought Miss Hunter home.
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Twenty years or so ago it
was quite a common amateur
practice to “pace” a boat with
an automobile following along
shore. This system was so in
accurate as to be nearly hope
less. A wild guess was some
times better.
But the idea of checking a
boat’s speed is always a good
one. A too-slow speed may in
dicate motor trouble of some
sort that should £e uncovered
and fixed before, it gets worse,
according to Willard Crandall,
boats and motors authority. It
may indicate poor motor tilt,
a too-low transon, a wrong-
size or bent propeller. It may
mean poor distribution of load
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the other boat is run at full
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cent loss when three are aboard
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Graduates.
High School graduates who
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will have many opportunities
to continue their education,
MSgt. Claude Blankenship,
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U. S. Army & U. S. Air Force
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today.
The Air Force is placing em
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personal interview with a skill
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