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TODAY, JANUARY 4, 1952
NKWEERBY BUN
Ivelyn Jeannine Ballentme
Weds Cpl. Bedenbaugh Dec. 2$
▲ wedding of widespread in-
it was that of Miss Evelyn
le Ballentine of Prosper
ity and Cpl. Earle Joiner Beden-
baugh, U. S. A. F. of Prosper-
I ity, and Guuter Air Base, Ala-
| bama, which was solemnized on
Fr^ay afternoon, Dec. 28, at
5 o'clock in Grace Lutheran
Church, Prosperity. The double
ring ceremony, by candlelight,
was performed by the bride’s
pastor. The Rev. J. LeGrand
Mayer.
The chancel of the church was
decorated with a carpet of white,
a background of southern smilax,
and pines, baskets of white gladi
oli, branched candelabra holding
white candles, covered horse
shoes with satin bows.
Miss Belvin Sease of Little
Mountain and Charleston, organ
ist, Mrs. J. Whitfield Gilliam of
Greenville and Mrs. Carroll Der
rick of Little Mountain, soloists,
presented a delightful program of
wedding music.
The ushers were William H.
Leaphart, Jr., brother-in-law of
the bride, Dennis Bedenbaugh and
Hubert Bedenbaugh, cousins of
the bridegroom and Robert W.
Ballentine, brother of the bride.
The candles were lighted by
William Leaphart and Dennis
Bedenbaugh. The honorary brides
maids were Ann Bedenbaugh,
cousin of the bridegroom, Mrs.
R. W. Ballentine and Mrs. C. F.
BalleAtine, sister-in-law of the
bride. Mrs. Joel Taylor, Mrs.
Walter Hamm, Mrs. Harold Ept-
ing and Miss Martlia Counts.
They wore evening Besses with
corsages of carnations.
The matron of honor was the
bride’s sister, Mrs. William H.
Leaphart, Jr. (Miriam Ballen
tine )of Prosperity. She wore a
gown of winter green French
Faille, designed with scalloped
drop shoulders 'and a full skirt.
She carried a bouquet of red poin-
settias with red satin streamers
and loceton.
Mr. David Bedenbaugh of Pros
perity was his brother’s best man.
- The bride w^s given in mar
riage by her father, William A„
Ballentine. She wore a gown of
lustrous white slipper satin, de
signed with an off shoulder scal
loped neckline, with a yoke of
imported Chantilly Lace. The
tiny self-covered buttons extended
down the back of the waist and
the tight fitted sleeves ended in
points over the hands. The full
gathered skirt extended into an
afternoon train. Her fingertip
veil of French illusion with a
Chantilly lace border fell from
a seed pearl tiara. The bridal
bouquet of white carnations was
centered with a deep red
throated white orchid.
The bride’s mother wore a
dress of wineberry crepe with ac
cessories of gray and pink, and
a corsage of pink carnations. The
bridegroom’s mother was dressed
in beige, with pink accessories.
She also wore a corsage of pink
carnations. #
Immediately after the ceremony
the bride’s parents entertained
with a reception in the parish
building. The guests were greet
ed by Mrs. J. A. Singley who in
troduced them to the receiving
line, composed of the bridal
couple, bride’s mother, bride
groom’s mother and matron of
honor.
The room * was decorated with
greenery, candles and white glad
ioli The bride’s table was cen
tered with a lovely two-tiered
wedding cake, silver candelabra,
with white ’tapers and a silver
bowl of white gladioli. The tablq
was covered with a white cloth,
crocheted by the bride’s mother-
a gift to the bride.
Miss Effie Hawkins presided
over the punch bowl. Individual
wedding cakes, green and white
mints and toasted nuts were serv
ed by the honorary bridesmaids
and Miss Ann Hendrix, Mrs. H.
B. Hendrix and Mrs. Cole Wes-
singer. The bride’s register was
kept by Miss Kathryn Pugh of
Columbus, Ga. After cutting the
wedding cake, Mr. and Mrs.
Bedenbaugh changed to a suit of
irredescent worsted check in
wineberry and navy, with acces
sories of winter white and black
velvet. The orchid was lifted
from the bridal bouquet to com
plete the outfit.
Mrs. Bedenbaugh is the youngs
est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam A. Ballentine. She graduat
ed from Winthrop college in June
1950, where she received a B.S.
degree in f Commerce. At Win
throp she was active in student
activities, serving on the Christ
ian Association Cabinet for two
years, later being elected treasure
er of the association. She was
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZRR
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
For Details
Call 197
E. B. Purcell
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a freshman counseled active in;
the Lutheran Student Association,
serving as president, and treasur- j
er of the S. C.-Ga. Area Associa
tion. She served as co-chairman
of the 1950 ' Southern student |
Christian Association, which was
held at Blue Ridge Assembly ini
North Carolina. Since her gradua
tion, she has been a member of |
the faculty of the Whitmire High
School.
Mr. Bedenbaugh is the young- j
er son of Mrs. C. Boyd Beden-1
baugh and the late Mr. Beden-l poWE RAT WORK
baugh of Prosperity. “He receiv-1 There is no magic to the aver-
ed his B.S. degree in Anima 1 8 ^ e wor k er producing so
Husbandry from Clemson colleg I muc j 1 more than he used to. He
in August, 1948. Before enteri g I is hamegging power to do it.
the Air Force in December, 1950’ I Not long ago j waa deep in
he was in business in Prosperity. M exico, in a region where this
After completing his basic tra -1 had not reached,
ing in the Air Force he ® There I saw the most fortunate
tioned at Mather Field, Cali or . j ones OX en hitched to the
At present he is attending I anc i en t forked tree. And many
air force school at . lof the less fortunate didn’t have
Base Upon! comp I All they had was a forked
tion, he w|ll return to California, j they stirred up little plots
of soil with.
On W. D. Jackson’s farm at
Bowman some time ago the fol
lowing monsters of the power ago
were at work there at the same
time: 2 large bulldozers, one
dragline ditcher, 5 dump trucks
and a dozen men. And there 12
men plus the machines were
doing the work that it would have|
taken a veritable multitude of
men alone to have done. In fact
you couldn’t get enough men on
that area of ground to do in a
day what that combination of
machines intelligently handled
was doing.
County Agent MftComb there
told me of seeing a piece of rug
ged cutover land that was stand
ing in the rough on Monday mom
ing, just as it had been since
the timber was cut. It was just
a jungle of hardwoods, brush,
stumps, and decaying tops. These
mechanical monsters lit in on it
then. On Thursday it was a
field in beautiful tilth and al
ready planted in cotton.
Orangeburg has two heavy land
clearing outfits that operate under
a commission, of which Me Comb
is secretary. He tells me that
several thousand acres of rich
bottoms have been cleared with
it And that has more meaning
than it * sounds like. For much
of the work was done in pushing
back, clearing, and draining the
bad places that cobbed out ex-
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Transfers
Father Time
It has been said that you can see your
old age approaching by looking at the
faces of your friends.
Your friends all do business with us,
why don’t you?
PURCELLS
"Your PrivatB Bankarf*
Kaitt Pureall
Newberry
George T. Davenport et al to
Margaret Wood Davenport, one
lot and one building (M. L.
i Davenport Estate) $6.00 love and
affection.
Newberry No. 1 Outside
C. B. Farmer \o E. A. May bee,
Jone lot 100’x244’ and one building
Acre" plan, , with variations. on High Point Circle, $600 and
Some had the acre of crop. Others I other considerations,
grew out a hog, or put up canned I e. E. Norris, et al to R. Hou-
goods, and the like. goal Norris, 246 acres, $5.00, love
In the fall they had County and affection (Emma S. Norris,
Agent Brown down there to auc-1 Estate),
tion^it off for them. One of the e. E.,Norris, et al to*R Houseal
leaders in it, D. W. Horton, told Norris, 41.98 acres, $6.00 love and
me that all of the stuff brought I affection (Emma S. Norris,
a total of $1,678.92. And what a [Estate).
good time they had at the picnic ^ H au.eal Norrl., et al to
and selling It there that day! Jolm T No rrls, Jr.. 170 acre*.
SOUND FARM CREDIT 195.00 love and affection, (Emma
Back in the great depression, | g. Norris, Estate),
farm credit dried clear up. Folks I r Houseal Norris, et al to Eu
who were farmlhg then will never g e ne E. Norris, 187 and 26 acres,
forget that. Banks were so hard 95,00 love and affection, (Emma
pressed, they could do ' nothing. I g Norris, Estate).
All we had left was the “Seed I * Sllverstreet No. &
Loan”, and it was nothing like | John h. Kunkle to Mrs. Ellen
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adequate to take care of the m. Sanders 16.6 acres, $826.
ful I 1 f n ® e Q ^ *. „ I David C. Waldrop to William F.
Credit Associations were organic I B ' Webb * M8
ed all over the state. I had a c ’ c H u tto ' to william F. Webb
part i* organizing that one at and Helen B Webb , B88 acres,
age^’dld elsewhere JS? 4 01 “ y *“
Each year I attend the annual 11118 prope R|ver v
meeting of several of these a&- Guy B gwittenburg to Eugene
sociations All that I’ve seen Wil8( J n and Maggie Lee Wilson,
are sound and going organiza- one lot 16 o’ xB 60’. $86.
tions, serving farmers with a Rutb Epting Shealy to Annie
type of credit designed for farm Belle Mar ^ and Nathaniel Mar-
needs * tin, 3 acres, $200.
In mid-December I attended the| Whitmire No. 4
meeting of the Kingstree As- W. E. Baker to E. R. Baker
sociation that serves the farm- j DBA, W. E. Baker and son, one
ers of Williamsburg, Georgetown, hot and one building (His interest
and Berkeley counties. Close to in 413 Grant street), $200.
500 folks, white and colored, w. E. Baker to E. R. Baker
were there. J. B. Clarkson, Jr., DBA, W. E. Baker and son, one
their secretary-treasurer showed lot parcil ‘B’ of J. P. Stevens
the business of the association j Company, 200’x on Gilliam
very plainly on large charts. Dur- street, $700.
ing the years they have operat- l w. E. Baker to* E. R. Baker
ed they have made 12,731 loans DBA, W. E. Baker and Son, two
for a total of $7,339,074. Losses hots, 40'x200’ on R. R. Avenue
to date have been only $457. and 36’x200’ on R. R. Avenue,
And at the close of business this $3000.
fiscal year they didn’t have a W. E. Baker to E. R. Baker
cent of past due accounts! Yes, I DBA,. W. E. Baker and Son, two
sir, collections were 100 percent! jots 40’x200’, each and both lo-
Now, folks, in this world of C ated on Duckett street, $176
trouble and turmoil, we seldom, | e. R. Baker to W. E. Baker,
_ loo'xiiy
percent to the good. But there I on Bridges street, $1000. \
we have it. Farmers owning Charles F. Steen yto Leo A.
and managing their own financial I Kinard and Burnelle C. Kinard,
Services Held Sunday
For Thos. W. Powell
Thomas William Powell, 71,
died suddenly Friday night of last
week at his home in the Broad
River section of Newberry Coun
ty after several years declining
health.
Mr. Powell was bron and rear
ed in Fairfield County, a son of
the late Jacob S. and Melinda
Rowe Powell. He had lived in
Newberry for a number of years.
He was a member of St. Mat
thews Lutheran Church and the
Woodmen of the World. He was
a retired peace officer, and was
a member of the South Carolina
Peace Officers' Association.
His wife, Mrs. Carrie Ruff Pow
ell, die! several years ago.
/ Surviving are two sons, Tnomas
W., Jr., Pomaria; and Forrest L.,
Newberr/; two daughters, Mrs.
Mozelle Ringer, Newberry; and
Mrs. Frances Graham, Pomaria;
one sister, Mrs. A. J. Meyer*.
Columbia; and three grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday at 11 a.m. at St. Mat
thews Lutheran Church by the
Rev. M. T. Cullum and the Rev,
S. K. Counts. Burial followed in
the church cemetery.
ATTENDS GATOR BOWU GAME
W. E. Turner, Horace Switten-
burg. Dr. F. A. Truett, Raymond
Blair and George W. Martin at
tended the Gator Bowl football
game in Jacksonville, Fla., on
New Year’s Day.
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one lot and one building, 1130
Sinclair Avenue, $450 and other
is ting fields. Their outfits are ^ _ ^
52T f ^nd'Te 81 tellf me^thfy O^t'to'loo | mT’intorert"to 'one"lot
are quite sure they will pay
out and finally not cost the coun
ty anything. They charge $11 an
hour for each machine. A fixed
portion of that goes to pay the
county back the original pur
chase price, and the balance is
for upkeep and operation.
“LORD’S ACRE”
I told you about a small coun
try church down in Sumter
county that practices the “Lord’s
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institution, and. Oh yes, I forgot
to mention this, they have paid
the government back every cent
of the money originally put in to
help get the thing started back
there in those dark days of 1933.
And not only that, they now
have a surplus working capital
that runs into six figures!
Is there a cynic’s snarl any
where in / South Carolina that
agriculture is not rapidly improv
ing its lot here? This and other
credit suited to farm nee^s, on
top of a growing diversification,
is building a farm solidarity that
we haven’t known before.
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Harrison Israel to Charles J.
O’Shields, >one lot and one build
ing, 1613 Church street, $887.70
and other considerations.
Whitmire No. 4 Outside
. W. E. Baker to E. R. Baker
DBA, W. E. Baker and Son, one
lot 210’x210’ on old Whitmire-
Newberry Highway, $460.
J. Woods Thomas to Hattlei
Mae Dawkins one lot, $100.
C. J. O’Shields to J. H. S.
Wicker, two acres and one build
ing, .$12000.
Oscar Crisp to R. S. Nelson,
one lot $100’xl60’ on Smith street,
$300.
E. R. Baker to Cleo Joiner,
one lot 60’ on Calhoun street,
conveyed to grantor by T. L. Hill
Tax collector, $60.
Prosperity No. 7
T. B. Morris and Elvira R-
Morris to John C. Billingsley,
90.76 acres, $2000.
.Bennie T. Young to James
Richard Young, 9.2 acres, $388.
E. A. Counts to John W. Taylor,
one lot 2/10 acre near Elen
street, $200.
J. G. Huffstetler to James D.
Cotney and Thelma B. Cotney,
53.28 acres, $4200.
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NEW YEAR
We are pleased to announce the payment of our 33rd Semi-annual
dividend of
$68,117.46
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INVESTORS
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All accounts received on or before January 10th, will receive divi
dends as of January 1st. Each acccount is insured up to $10,000.00 by
the Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.
C. $5.00 or more will open a regular Savings Account.
Newberry Federal Savings
& Loan Association
1223 College Street
Newberry, S. C.
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Effective January 1, 1952, the two fire insurance agencies, “Hie
Bowers Insurance Agency” and “Louis C. Floyd, Insurance,” will both
be under the management of Louis C. Floyd. Business will be tr
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ed for both agencies in the Belfast Budding, 1117 Boyce Street, Newbe:
ry, S. C. For the convenience of our patrons and friends and to facUitate
the handling of our businesses in one location, our agencies will operate
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under the combined title of:
The Bowers - Floyd Insurance Agencies
Post Office Box 196
Telephone 4
We ask everyone to make note of our new business title.
We are pleased to announce also that Mr. Bowers will continue to
maintain his offices in this location.
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The Bowers Insurance Agency . • .
A. J. Bowers, Jr., Owner
Louis C. Floyd, Insurance
Louis C.
Owner
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