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NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1953
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LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST
ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW
MR. AND MRS. JOHN THOMAS
of Aiken. Captain and Mrs Dray
ton Nance and two sons. Jim ami
John of Honahlson Air
Greenville. sp“nt Christina-
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HEE CROMER
Carrol', spent
Whitmire with
son-in-law and
Mrs. Keith Rob-
RALPH
Rachel.
Benning,
Everette
Jackson-
Mrs. I tray ton
Johnstone strei
MR. AND M
ROW and two
Margaret and
Augusta, spent
Farrow's aunts,
ett and Mrs I.
Fair street.
MR. ANH MRS. SIKES and Mr
and .Mrs. A. V. Eee. ot Columbia,
spent Christmas Hay with their
parents. Mr. and Mrs. W 1! Gog
gans in the Hartford community.
MR. AND MRS CARE RINGER
and son, Douglas, Florence, Mr
and Mrs. Jimmy Ringer and son,
Jimmy of Lancaster, spent the
Christmas Holidays in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Ringer on
Chapman street. They also visit
ed other relatives
days.
MISS SALLIE
and Mrs. R. G.
Christmas day in
Mrs. Carroll’s
daughter, Mr. and
erts and family.
M/SGT. AND MRS.
FELLERS and daughter
have returned to Fort
Ga., and Lieut, and Mrs.
Fellers have returned to
ville, Fla., after spending the
Christmas season with their moth
er, Mrs. Mamie Fellers on College
street.
MR. AND MRS. T. L. SENN
and three sons, Dickie, Tommy
and David, of Clemson; Mr. and
Mrs. James Senn and two chil
dren, Susan and Deborah. of
Seneca, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Williams of Raleigh, N. C., were
Sunday dinner guests in the home
of their mother, Mrs. George W.
Senn on Harrington street.
MR. AND MftS. ALBERT WIL
LIAMS have returned to their
home in Raleigh, N. C., after
spending the Christmas Holidays
with Mrs. William's mother, Mrs.
George W T . Senn on Harrington
street. Mrs. Senn returned to
Raleigh with the Williams and is
spending this week with them.
MRS. J. C. SPRAWLS and son,
Roger, spent the Christmas Holi
days in Williston with relatives.
MRS. J. H. RUFF and Mrs.
Charlie Ruff visited relatives in
Winnsboro Christmas Day.
CHRISTMAS DINNER guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. S.
C. Campbell on Harrington street,
were their children and grand
children, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Mims and three sons, David, Kent
and Steve, Sumter; Mr. and Mrs.
Boyd Campbell and three sons,
Billy, Joe and John. Spartanburg;
Also Mrs. Campbell's brother,
Mrs. W. .H. Shannon, and sister.
Miss Jo Shannon, and Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Shannon and small son,
Henry.
MISS ANN CAMPBELL spent
several days this week in Sumter
with her brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mims
and family.
MRS. HELEN MOODY of Co
lumbia, spent the Christmas Holi
days in Newberry with her two
sisters, Mrs. Ray Feagle and Mrs.
Ernest Derrick, also her two
brothers, H. M. Halfacre and
George Halfacre and families.
VISITORS in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. D. E. Halfacre during
the Holidays w r ere their children,
and grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Shealy and two grandchil
dren, Herman Lee and Eddy of
Union; Mr. and Mrs. G. Y. Taylor
and two children, Barbara and
William Edwin, of St. Phillips
community.
MR. AND MRS. GRADY SMART
of Charleston were visitors dur
ing the Holidays in the home of
Mrs. Smart’s brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Taylor
on the cut-off.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY VISI
TORS in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Lester in the Hartford com
munity were their children and
grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Em
mett Goodrich and two children,
Linda and Bud of Henderson, N.
C., Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Dawkins
and two sons, Mike and Benjy,
Greenville, Miss Jeanelle Lester, a
student nurse at Roper Hospital in
Charleston and Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Shealy and daughter, Mable
of Newberry.
MR. AND MRS. BOBBIE
CROMER and small daughter,
Jean, of Orangeburg, and Miss
Martha Cromer of Columbia, spent
the Christmas holidays with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cromer
on Glenn street.
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many.
MR. AND MRS LARRY SENN
have moved to l.’>46 Martin St
MR. AND MRS. JAMES ('RID
EL, JR., new comers to the city,
are making their home at 222S
Harrington St. in the house re
cently vacated by the Burton Man
nings.
MR. AND MRS. BERLEY BUZ-
HARDT have moved to 1S22 Main
St. in the Smith Apartment re
cently vacated by the J C. Mann
ings.
MR. AND MRS OSWALD I College
COPELAND and three children, (
Bqb, Kent and Jean, spent Christ
mas Day in Laurens with Mrs.
Copeland's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. W. Laws.
MR. AND MRS. W. C. SHEALY
of Clinton were guests in the
home of Mrs. Shealy's sister, Mrs.
O, O. Copeland on Main street.
VISITORS in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. R. Derrill Smith on Main
street during the holidays were
their children and grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Lambeth and
daughter, Kathy, of Georgetown,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. Morgan Ran- |
del and son. Randy of Kingstree.
MISS VIRGINIA NEVILLE,
primary teacher at the First Pres- j
byterian Church in Decatur, Ga.,
Miss Susan Neville, director of re
ligious education at the First j
Presbyterian Church in Gainsville, j
Ga. and their two brothers, Ten
nant and Gordon Neville, students !
at Darlington Prep School in
Rome, Ga., spent the Christmas j
holidays with their um le and aunt.j
BAKE-OFF . . . General view of the grand ball room of the Waldorf Astoria In New York as some
200 contestants In the Pillsbury grand national bake-off compete for prizes.
Mr. and
Calhoun
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William
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children of
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to Brazil.
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young people
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who are mis-
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spent sev-
Christmas
r's brother-
and Mrs
WATERS of Rock Hil
eral days during the
season with Mrs Watt
in-law and sister. Mi
ll. M. Rryson on Harrington St.
DR. AND MRS. WOODROW
HASSELL and family of Columbia
a^'o spending this week with Mrs.
Hassell's mother. Mrs. H R. Senn
on Harper St.
MISS THERESA LIGHTSEY
left Wednesday for Spartanburg to
spend the New Year holidays with
her niece Mrs. Robert Sterling.
PROF. AND MRS. BOTHWEEL
GRAHAM have returned to their
home on Calhoun street after spend
ing the holidays with their chil
dren Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wade
and family in Charlotte, N. C. and
Mr and Mrs. Eugene McCaskell
and family in Conway.
MISSES EECY AND EUGENIA
EPPS, were Christmas dinner
guest in the home of their nep
hew, John Epps and .Mrs. Epps on
Hunt street.
MR. AND MRS. BOOTS GREGG
and children of Florence, spent
the Christmas Holidays with Mrs.
Gregg’s mother, Mrs. E. M. Lips
comb. Sr., on College street.
MR. AND MRS. E. M. “BUD
DY'’ LIPSCOMB. JR., and daugh
ter. Debbie, of Danville, Ky., spent
the Christmas holidays with their
| parents, Mrs. E. M. Lipscomb on
street, and Mr. and Mrs.
B. Sessions on Drayton street.
MR. AND MRS. SANFORD
EPPS of Augusta, Ga.. and Mrs.
George L. Epps of Newberry, were
Sunday dinner guests in the home
of Mrs. E. M. Lipscomb on Col
lege street.
MRS. E. M. LIPSCOMB spent a
few days the first of the week in
Augusta, Ga., with her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. San
ford Epps.
MISS GUSSIE FLOYD is spend
ing the winter months in New’ark,
N. J., with her brother and sis
ter-in-la wy Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Floyd.
MISS MABLE AND ANNA
HILLER, Miss Kathern Metts,
Gerald Taylor and Frazier and
Eugene Taylor, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Sadie Chappells, who is a
patient at State Park in Colum
bia.
MR. AND MRS. FRANK GRA-|
HAM. spent from Christmas Eve
until Sunday in Pageland with
Mrs. Graham's parents, Mr. and
! Mrs. Henry Sowell,
j MRS. R. L. LONGSHORE of
Clinton sitent Christinas Day with
h< r mother. Mrs. J. T. Pitts, and
i family on James street.
MR. AND MRS. MAURICE'
MOSELEY and daughter. Bette
Lynn, of Keyesville. Ya.; Mr. and
.Mrs, DeWitt Miller. Columbia, |
| Miss Lennis Hove, a junior at j
! Furman University. Greenville, and |
j.Mrs. Hove's sister, Miss Katherine
! Jones ot Charlotte, N. C., spent j
j the Christmas Holidavs with their
I parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hove
on Chapman street.
GUESTS during the Christmas
Holidays in the home of Mr. and j
Mrs. M. W. Clary on Boundary St.
were their children and grand
children, Mr. and Mrs. M. Wilson
Clary and three children, Billy,
Lenn and Carol and Mr. and Mrs.
James Clary and daughter, Betsy,
of Greenville; Mr. aid Mrs. B.
Owen Clary and two children,
Owen, Jr., and Don, Columbia and
Mr. and Mrs. O. I). Glenn and two
children, Dallas and Elaine of
Greenwood.
MISS JANE GOODMAN will re
turn to Columbia Sunday and re
sume her duties at teacher in the
A. C. Moore school in Columbia,
after spending the Christmas Holi
days with her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. R. A. Goodman.
Awards Made In
Yule Decorations
According to information releas
ed by Chamber of Commerce Sec
retary Cliff Graham, the following
homes were chosen in the six city
w r ards for outstanding Christmas
decorations:
Ward 1—The J. E. Nichols
home, 2215 College street. Honor
able mention, The J. J. Hitt home,
Nance street.
Ward 2—The V. L. Adams
home, Glenn street. Honorable
mention, the C. A. Kaufmann
home, Harrington street.
Ward 3 — The Steve Griffith
home, Johnstone street. Honorable
mention, the J. N. Beard home,
Boundary street; the Howard
Clark home, Glenn street.
Ward 4—The O. M. Cobb home,
Boundary street. Honorable men
tion, the Olin Layton home, O’Neal
street.
Ward 5—The Wesley White
Home, Floyd street. Honorable
mention, the A. P. Coleman home,
Wright street; the George Hart
man home, Dais^ street.
Ward 6—The R. L. Baker home.
Walnut street. Honorable men
tion, the Fred Hayes home, Friend
street; the John Felker home, Ki-
nard street.
Special note was made of the
manger scenes at Epting Memorial
church and Glenn Street Baptist
eh u rch.
SIT-DOWN STRIKE ... A sit-down strike in Tokyo by railroad
employees is one of a series of outbreaks bringing labor unrest to
the Japanese capital.
Ben H. Maybin
Fatally Stricken
Ben H. Maybin, 77, died sudden
ly Monday near his home in May-
binton section of Newberry Coun
ty. Having been in declining
health for several years, he was
suddenly stricken while returning
from a sawmill to the home of his
brother, A. H. Maybin.
He was born and reared in the
Maybinton section of Newberry
County and was the son of the late
Ben H. and Elsie Sadler Maybin.
He had made his home with his
brother and was a member of
Ebenezer Methodist Church.
Surviving is one brother, A. H.
of Whitmire.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ebenez
er Methodist Church by Dr. R.
N. DuBose. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
First Flagpole
Being Erected
At Court House
A 62-foot steel flagpole is being
erected on the lawn of the New
berry County Court House and
will soon fly the Stars and Stripes
and the South Carolina State
flag.
The standard, purchased and
erected by the county, will be em
bedded in a block of cement seven
feet deep and six feet square, just
bfstde the front entrance to the
court house. This will be the
first time the American flag has
been raised on the court house
grounds since the building was
constructed.
City Drop-In
Held ‘Gratifying’
The Christmas Eve drop-in held
by the City of Newberry in coun
cil chambers was pronounced a
“gratifying success” yesterday by
Mayor James E. Wiseman.
During the day many Newber-
rians called during the appointed
hours and were served fruit cake,
coffee, and other tidbits by Mrs.
Frank Culclasure, Mrs. Bill Davis,
and Miss Saffie Clary, all em
ployees of the city.
The council room w r as attrac
tively decorated with Yuletide
greenery for the occasion.
Den 66 Cub Scouts
To Hear Safety Talk
A meeting of Cub Scouts of Den
66 will be held at the Community
Hall next Wednesday evening at
7:30. This meeting was originally
scheduled to be held Wednesday
of this week.
A special feature of the January
7th program will be a talk by a
Safety Patrolman of the State
Highway department. The officer
will also show safety movies dur
ing the evening.
Plans Completed For Flower Show
School Scheduled January 7, 8, 9
Plans have been completed for
the flower show school, sponsored
by the Council of Newberry Gar
den Clubs, to be held here on
Ja inary 7, S and 9, according to
an announcement made by Mrs.
T. P. Crooks, president of the
council. Working with Mrs. Crooks
in formulating the plans for the
school are Mrs. Richard L. Baker,
flower show school chairman, and
Miss Grace Summer, co-chairman
The course, which is open to
the public, will begin Wednes
day morning; January 7th at 10:30
in the court room of the Newberry
County Court House. A course in
flower arrangement will be taught
from 10:30 until 12.30 and from
2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. by Mrs.
W. Harold Wilson of Greenville.
On January 8th, a class in Horti
culture will be taught by Mrs.
Arch Walker of Spartanburg be
tween the hours of 10:00 a.m. and
1:00 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m. un
til 4:30 p.m.
Scheduled for January 9th are
examinations for Federated Gar
den Club members who are in
terested in becoming accredited
judges.
Reading material for the course
includes: “The Handbook for
Flower Shows”; “The Complete
Book of Flower Arrangement” by
Rockwell & Grayson, and “The
How and Why of Better Garden
ing” by Manning.
There will be no fee required of
Garden club members attending
the course. It is hopid by those
planning the school that the pub
lic will take advantage of the op
portunity of participating in the
course. The fee for non-members
is $1.50 for the entire course, or
$1.00 for each day separately.
Mrs. Wilson, who will instruct
the course iu arrangement, will be
remembered in Newberry, having
conducted a flower clinic here in
1950. She is a nationally accredit
ed judge and is nationally known,
having received many honors in
the field of flower arranging. She
has recently been chosen to head
the South Carolina night for the
National Council of State Garden
clubs to be held in Myrtle Beach
in 1953.
Mrs. Wilson’s pleasing per
sonality and wit, combined
with her vast knowledge of the
subject, make her courses and lec
tures most interesting to all who
hear her.
Mrs. Arch Walker, who will in
struct the class in Horticulture, is
well versed in garden club activi
ties, having served in her own
garden club in Spartanburg in va
rious capacities for fifteen years.
She has been vice president and
publicity chairman of the State
Council and was general chair
man of the 1949 < state convention.
She frequently judges flower
shows in this and other states, and
is the author of “Twenty Year
History” of the Garden Club of
South Carolina, published in 1950.
Mrs. Walker has had extensive
training in judging flower shows,
having attended schools and lec
tures in New York, Virginia, Penn
sylvania, Georgia and other states.
She is in demand as a speaker at
flower shows throughout the
south.
Dept. Records
1 Major Fire
According to Sam A. Beam, fire
chief, the fire department answer
ed 63 alarms during the year
1952. Six of these were outside
the city limits and three were
false alarms. Only one major
fire, a Negro house on South St.,
occurred in the city during the
year. This fire caused damage
estimated at $1000. The other
fires included grass fires, stove
and appliance fires in homes.
Chief Beam also stated that the
damage of fires for the year 1952
totaled approximately $2000
against $10,000 for 1951.
Mayben E. Amick
Died Saturday
Mayben Edgar Amick, 49, native
of Lexington county, died Satur
day at his home, R.F.D., Hodges.
He had been in ill health for some
time, and seriously ill for the
past four weeks.
Mr. Amick was born and reared
in the Pineywoods section of Lex
ington county, a son of Mrs. Eliza
beth Huffstetler Amick and the
late James L. Amick. He was a
confirmed member of St. Peter’s
(Pineywoods) Lutheran church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Sally Rosabel Shealy Amick; four
sons, three daughters, his mother,
four sisters, one brother, and a
number of nieces and nephews. A
sister, Mrs. James Dennis lives at
Newberry.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday from St. Peter’s (Piney
woods) Lutheran church. Inter
ment was in the church cemetery.
Burns, Summer
To Operate New
Flooring Store
Announcement will he made in
the near future of the opening of
the floor and wall covering firm
to be known as Burns & Summer.
The business will be operated by
Sam Burns and Claude P. Sum
mer. The two buildings at 1515
and 1517 Martin Street are now
being remodeled to house the
firm.
Mr. Summer will leave Saturday
for Lancaster, Penn., where he
will attend the Armstrong Train
ing school for two weeks to take a
course of instruction in the In
stallation of all types of fiber and
wall coverings.
Student Recognition Day At Central
Church With Program December 28
Student Recognition Day w r as
observed at Central Methodist
Church on December 28, at the
evening service. Myra Davis, presi
dent of the M.Y.F., presided over
the program.
The Rev. Herbert L. Spell, past
or of the church, extended greet
ings to the seventeen members of
the church who are enrolled in
college this year. In his remarks
he pointed out the fact that Cen
tral could be proud of her record
in behalf of higher Christian Edu
cation. He mentioned that dur
ing the past four years the church
contributed $5,430 to the Columbia-
Wofford Fund. He also stated
that he and R. D. Coleman. Jr.,
were serving as trustees of Colum
bia College, that A. W. Murray
was serving as a trustee of New
berry College and Prof. F. Scott
Elliott on the Conference Board
of Education.
The program consisted of the
Scripture reading by Joe Roberts,
Jr.; prayer by Claude Weeks,
youth director, and “The Lost
Chord,” sung, as an offertory, by
Jimmy Wiseman, Jr.
In addition to this, three splen
did talks were given. Steve Grif
fith, Jr. spoke forcibly on “The
Effect of the Current War on
Student Life.” Joan Halfacre
spoke on “What College Life
Means to Me,” and Mary Louise
Lominack discussed "Religion on
a College Campus.”
The following is a list of stu
dents from Central:
Caroline Pool and Joan Half
acre, Columbia College; Lennis
Hove, Furman University; Steve
Griffith, Jr., Clemson; Jimmy
Wiseman, Wofford; Joe Roberts
and Danny Paysinger, The Cita
del; Mary Louise Lominack, Con
verse; Jackie Clarkson, Strat
ford; Dorothy Dawkins, Green
ville Hospital; Patsy Harmon,
Winthrop; Myra Davis, Virginia
Reese, Charles Haile, Margaret
Ann Spotts, Frankie Joye, and
Vernon Williams, all Newberry
College.
Aveleigh Holds
Student Sunday
The Aveleigh Presbyterian
church observed Christian Student
Sunday on Depember 28 at the
11:30 o’clock worship service.
Having the college students home
for the holidays afforded an oppor
tunity for the congregation to
learn of the work which is being
carried on in various colleges
throughtout the state.
Norman Martin, Jr., a sopho
more at Newberry College, was
the leader of the program entitled,
“Christian Witnessing on the
Campus.” George Wang, from For
mosa and a student at Newberry
College, read the Scripture taken
from the tenth chapter of Romans.
“Christian Witnessing on the Cam
pus through Precollege Christian
Experience” was the topic for the
first talk made by Sarah Trues-
dale, a freshman at Coker College.
William Neville, a sophomore at
Presbyterian College spoke on
“Christian Witnessing on the
Campus through the Christian
Student Association.” The third
talk was made by Lamar Neville,
a junior at Clemson College, who
spoke on “Christian Witnessing on
the Campus through the College
Church and Westminster Fellow
ship.” Other students assisted in
the singing of the anthem, “Re
joice, Ye Pure in Heart,” by Mes-
siter.
Aveleigh has eleven members
who are attending colleges
throughout the Southland.
Henry C. Bouknight, 2707 Fair
Ave.
Mrs. Carrie Cooper, Whitmire.
Davide Cannon, Chapin.
Henry T. Cannon, 1407 Bound
ary St.
Mrs. Kathleen Carringer, 922
Central Ave., Whitmire.
Mrs. Ada Counts, Siiverstreet.
Baby Harriet Elaine Edwards,
Saluda.
Mrs. W. E. Elmore, 1325 Pelham
St.
Henry C. Fuller, Route 1,
Strothers.
Mrs. Josie Hiller, Route 2, Pros
perity.
Claude Kyzer, 2811 Clyde Ave.
W. Marcus Lester, Prosperity.
Mfs. Doris Long, Route 1, New
berry.
Calvin Monts, Siiverstreet.
Mrs. Minnie Perry, Route 5, Sa
luda,
Mrs. Callie Quattlebaum, Route
3, Prosperity.
Miss Margaret Speake, 1804
Main St.
Mrs. Ella Summer, Route 4,
Newberry.
Mrs. Leona Weigle and Baby
Girl, 1608 l*ark View Court.
Little Miss Rene’ Wulfjen, Box
172, Saluda.
Alderman Lee
Boozer Dies Cf
Heart Attack
Joseph Lee Boozer, 59, died sud
denly of a heart attack at his resh
dence on Hunt street yesterday
(Thursday) morning. He was the
son of Mrs. Mary Nicholson
Boozer and the
late Joseph E.
Boozer of New
berry.
Mr. Boozer
has been em
ployed at the
Mollohon plant
of the Kendall
company for a
number of
years, and at
the time of hitr
death, operated
the canteen in the mill. He was
a deacon of the Glenn Street Bap
tist church where he taught the
men’s Bible class.
Mr. Boozer was alderman from
Ward 6. At the time of his
death he was serving his second
term on the city council. He
was a member of the committee
instrumental in getting natural
gas for the cities of Newberry and
Clinton.
Besides his wife Mrs. Rhoda
Ruff Boozer he is survived by one
son, Joseph Lee Boozer, Jr., of
dewberry; four daughters, Mrs.
Leland Mills and Mrs. Bob Stutts
of Newberry, and Mrs. Arthur
Jacob and Mrs. Werner Struss of
Columbia; one brother, Seth Booz
er of Newberry; four sisters, Mrs.
Nolan Ruff, Mrs. K. R. Koon, and
Mrs. Leland Hiller, Mrs. Earl
Bollinger, all of Newberry; and
three grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were in
complete at press time Thursday.
Details will be announced from
the Whitaker Funeral Home.
Mrs. Attaway, 77,
Died Thursday
Mrs. Minnie Luva Williams At
taway, 77, died last ‘ Thursday
night at her home. Route 1, Ninety
Six, on Lake Greenwood. She had
been in ill health for the past
six months, but her death came
suddenly.
Mrs. Attaway was born in old
Edgefield county. For the past 17
years she had lived at Ninety
Six.
She is survived by her husband,
John T. Attaway, Sr.; six sons,
George H. of Newberry; two
daughters, Mrs. O. L. Suits of
Newberry; one brother, Quence
Williams of Newberry; 12 grand
children and 11 great-grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were conduct-
Meeting- Date For
Drayton Chapter
Changed To 13th
The Drayton Rutherford Chap
ter, U.D.C., will not meet on the
scheduled date, Tuesday, Janu
ary 6th. The next meeting will
be held on January 13th at the
home of Mrs. R. D. Wright,
ed Saturday
BIRTHDAYS
Jan. 3: Carter Abrams, E. Kir
by Lominack, Dick Neel, Van-
ett Walton, Sam P. Boland and
Charlie S. Cromer.
Jan. 4: Howard Clark, Mrs.
John Pappas, Murray Hawkins,
Claude Sheppard, Elaine Brown,
Paul Shealy and Mrs. Wilbur
J. Ringer.
dan. 5: Miss Jaunita Hitt,
Johnson Hagood Clary, Chris
tine Livingston, William K.
Lathrop, . Dianne Livingston,
Jimmie Bowers, Horace Lee
Boozer, Jr., Herome Havird, Mrs.
Pauline L. Sheely and H. J.
Looney, Sr.
Jan. 6: Henry Edward Cousins,
R. T. Feagle, Mrs. Arthur Bal-
lentine and Mrs. Grady Ringer.
Jan. 7: J. D. French, John Rex-
ford North, III, son of Mr. and
Mrs. (Dot Ruff) J. R. North, Jer
ry Richardson, Virginia Jones,
Ervin D. Richardson, Mrs.
James D. Crooks and W. L. Sing-
ley.
Jan. 8: Mrs. D. L. Andrews
(Bonnie Wilson), D. E. Schump-
ert, Conway, S. C., Mrs. D. E.
Halfacre, P. D. Holloway, John
Davis, Glenn L. Hamm, Nellie
Wicker, Mrs. Audrey Rowe, Mrs.
D. F. Senn, William Leitzsey,
Mrs. H. M. Harmon and Mrs.
J. W. Fuller.
Jan. 9: Mrs. J. D. Kinard, Ed
ward Oswald, Mildred Bo nest,
Mrs. B. H. Hamm, Henry Long
shore and Carrie Vreizelaar.