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NEWS ITEMS The Sun welcomes new item' concerninit you and your friends. Send them in to us. JOB PRINTING We are well equipped to handle all your printing needs. Phone No. 1. VOL. 15—NO. 52 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY L 1953 $2.00 PER YEAR Petteway Will Lead Central Evangelistic Week Sevices W 7 ' The Reverend Warren R. Pet teway of Durham, N. (’. will ar rive in Newberry on Friday, May 1, preparatory to conducting a week of evangelistic services. May 3-10 at Central Methodist church. These services will constitute Central’s participation in The United Evangelistic Mission. The Reverend Petteway re ceived his A.B. degree from Wof ford college in 1041 and his H D. degree from Duke Cniversity in 1946. lie served the Fast Rock ingham charge in North Weeks Heads Area Hospital C ouncil 'l|gp A Jpl » W.1 •‘ft- '4. nn >ji At a inncheon mm Wallace Thompson Pnion on Tuesday, area hospital council ed The council i- ng at the Hospital in \piil Js an was organiz- comnosed of ml ! lospital Administ rators Fpper Central Soutli area. The main [HirpO'e form a. fellowship whei Carolina [ ni n i s t Ia ] ( , rs might meet for six years prior to going to Asbury Methodist church in Dur ham. a church which has ll no mem hers. The services will begin with morning hour on May 3 and will be held each night from Sunday- through Friday at eight o'clock. All members of the congregation are being urged to attend. A supper will be served at t>:Mn each night from Monday through Friday' for the visitation commit tee. The groups which are con tributing and serving these sup pers are as follows: Monday night, the McCullough Bible class; Tues day night. Circle No. 1; Wednes day night. Circle No. 8; Thurs day- night, Circle No. 5; and Fri day night the Fzell Bible class. The visitation committee is composed of the following: Mr. and Mrs. George Martin, Meredith Harmon. Jack Hove. R. I). Cole man, W. A. Attaway, Claude Weeks, Heyward Davis, George Dominick, Jimmy Lipscomb, Henry l^ominack, Miss Jo Shannon, Pinckney Abrams. Hugh Crooks, Ralph Williams. Jeter Young, P. K. Harmon, Holland Sligh. T. A. Gallman, J. W. Henderson, Cliff Graham, M. D. Hoffmeyer, Mrs. F. G. Hartley. Kirby Lominack, O. M. Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. John Epps, John Clarkson, Myra Davis and William H. Tedford, Jr. icailv t. mon to I Mirim in Hie ('a rolina brine to M.y ad prriod discuss problems coin lospital administ ru lion the business session - .< . .v*. ’A' A • ■* -* - 1 -yi Ww*"'* • ^ V -~ ->|A' W&mm ■ -‘ a Claude D Wee New I irn \ a ml Informal open house will be held next Wednesday afternoon, May 6, from 3 until 5 p.m. at the new Newberry Electric Co Operative offices and warehouse on the cut-off road, near Newberry. The new structure houses all departments of the cooperative, including offices, warehouse and power sub station. .). S. Nesbit of Pnion wei" elect cd to serve as temporary chair man and secretary rc-pect ivdy. Following the organizational busi- j ness each administrator was per- | mitted to present one key pro- I Idem. The answers proved to he | very helpful as each administrator gave his best solution to each pro blem. There was great enthus iasm shown and those in atten dance believed that the undertak ing would benefit all concerned and that similar groups might be duplicated in other parts of the state. The next meeting of the coun cil will he held in Chester on May 27. At this meeting a permanent name for the council will he se lected. Those in attendence were as follows; G. D. Cunningham, Chest er County Memorial; G. B. Collins, Laurens County Hospital; Miss Esther Touchberry, Marion Sim= Memorial Hospital in Lancaster; W. M. Banks, Cherokee County- Hospital in Gaffney; W. I. Fender, Mary Black Memorial Hospital in Spartanburg; Claude L. Weeks, Newberry County Memorial Hos pital; and J. S. Nesbit, Wallace Thompson Hospital in Union. College 'Queen Of May' Be Methodist Youth Feted At Saturday Festival Rally Saturday Tim Rtr>:; May Day Coronation festivities will unfold on the campus of Newberry college Sat urday afternoon. May 2nd at 5 p.m. Miss Verna Kolm of Newberry, I w ill he c"owned "Queen of the | May" by Biesident James C. Hill ard. Miss Betty Jean Adams of Saluda, is the Maid of Honor. The program. "Hail the Queen of the May." will open with an overture by the Newberry High 1 school hand undei or Mis l-orrain e Drayton Rutherford Chapter Meets May 5 The May meeting of Drayton Rutherford chapter will be held on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 5th at 4 o’clock in the home of Mrs. T. E. Davis with Miss Rosabel Thompson as associate hostes. Members are reminded to bring in data relative to Confederate women. The historical program will be given by Mrs. Houseal Norris. j Heralds w ill announce the begin ning of the processional with the fanfare of trumpets. With the band playing "Pomp and Circum stance" the processional will start with the May pole dancers, the garland girls, the attendants, the maid of honor, the crown hearer, the flower girls, the May queen, and train bearers. After the 2 Building Permits Issued Last Week Two building permits were is sued during the past week to Newberry Life <8: Health Insurance Company on April 23, for one- five room dwelling, brick verneer on Lot No. 11 at “Coateswood” for the amount of $7500, and on the 25th to the South Carolina National Bank, to re-roof bank building on Boyce street for $1,- 800. crowning ceremonies the garland girls will present a wreath drill. "The Merry Makers,” Patrick Den nis. Paul J. Cone, and A1 L. Hill entertain the queen. The tradi tional May pole dance will follow the "Merry Makers.” The pro gram wHll close with a quartet singing the alma mater, to be fol lowed by a recessional. Mrs. Paul H. Heisey of the col- 1 lege faculty is the general director the (Erection 1 of the May Day program. She has Paris. The been ably assisted by faculty and student comittees. Immediately following the May Day program, the Newberry Col lege Women’s League will enter tain on the terrace of Smeltzer Hall at an informal reception. The public is cordially invited to at tend the 1953 May Day exercises and the reception at Newberry college. LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW MRS. F. D. MC LEAN of York, spent last Friday in Newberry with relatives. MR. AND MRS. F. F. BURRELL of Whitmire spent Saturday in Newberry. BARBARA AND KATHRYN FOLKNER of Orlando, Fla., are spending the week in the home of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Tyrus Senn in the Smyrna com munity. MR. AND MRS. KENNETH MIMS and three sons, David, Kent and Steve, of Sumter, spent Sun day with Mrs. Mims’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Campbell on Har rington street. MRS. A. T. NEELY of Rock Hill, spent Thursday at her home on Calhoun street. MRS. LINDA HANCOCK and llass mate, Miss Judy Sherrill, student at Erskine, Due West, spent the past weekend in the some of Miss Hancock’s parents, [r. and Mrs. Hancock. MR. AND MRS. JAMES GRANT spent Sunday with Mrs. Gr/an%£ jarents, Mr. and Mrs. Will John son in the Tranwood community. MR. AND MRS. Nathan Berry New Britain, Conn., are expect- to arrive in the city Sunday to Ipend a couple of weeks with his tather, G. P. Berry and other rel- *tives. MR. AND MRS. ROBERT REN- TCK are moving this week to Jheir new home, 2103 Mower St., rhich they recently completed. They moved from the Lipscomb garage apartment on Lindsay St. MR. AND MRS. B. A. BOUK- NIGHT have moved to 719 Glenn street to make their home. MR. AND* MRS. H. S. BRAN DON have moved from Carol Courts apartments to 1330 College street in one of the Marie Moore apartments. MR. AND MRS. C. R. WILSKY are now r making their home at 1138 Summer street. MR. AND MRS. BEN COCK RELL have moved to 895 Fair street to make their home. MRS. A. K. EPTING of Green wood is spending a few days this week with her daughter. Mrs. Gui don Counts in Prosperity. MRS. JAMES SMITH. SR., re turned to her home on Calhoun street Sunday, after a week’s visit with relatives in Greenville. MISS JOAN HALFACRE, a stu dent at Columbia college, spent the weekend with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Halfacre on Harper street. MISS LOUISE SENN. a mem ber of the Columbia City school faculty, spent the weekend with her mother and aunt. Mrs. Carrie Senn and Mrs. Ellen Swittenburg on Harrington street. MISS THERESA LIGHTSEY spent from Thursday of last week until Monday at her home in Brunson. MRS. PAUL COBLE of Hilton Village. Ya.. who has been on an extended visit with relatives in Myrtle Beach, spent from Wed nesday until Saturday of last week with Mrs. Margaret Fouche on Johnstone street. MRS. A. FISCHER and son, Bert, who arrived in the city last Wednesday to spend a few days with Mrs. Fischer’s mother, Mrs. E. A. Carpenter on Calhoun street, were joined here Sunday by Mr. Fischer, and accompanied him back to their home in Orangeburg Sunday. MRS. ESTELLE DILL of Clin ton was a weekend visitor in the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ruff on Glenn street. MR. AND MRS. BILL WADE and two children, Bonnie and Frances of Charlotte, N. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McCaskill and two children. Beth and Kathryn of Conway, were week end visitors in the home of their parents. Prof, and Mrs. Bothwell Graham on Calhoun street. MRS. O. B. CANNON left Wed nesday for Spartanburg to spend a couple of weeks with her niece, Mrs. Ben Pickens and family. Columbians, Guest Artists At April Music Club Meet Five members of the South Carolina Opera Work Shop in Co lumbia were guest artists at the April meeting of the Newberry Music club. Capt. Vernon Wheel er, program leader for the even ing, introduced the performers: Mrs. Marcia Mclver, contralto; Mrs. Dorothy Bratton, soprano; Edwin Betsill. tenor; Joseph Fritz, bass; and Mrs. Elena Zimmerman, accompanist. Using as his topic. “An Evening of Opera,’’ Capt. Wheeler made some appropriate and interesting remarks. He presented first Miss Doris Brubaker, who played a piano arrangement of the Grand March from Aida (Verdi). Mr. Betsill, accompanied by Mrs. Zimmerman, sang the tenor aria "The Anbade” from Lalo’s Le Rio D’ys. This was followed by “Fierce Flames Are Soaring,” from Verdi's II Trovatore, sung by Mrs. Mclver. Mr. Betsill and Mr. Fritz con tinued the program with the duet, "Swear in This Hour.” La Forza Del Destino (Verdi). This was followed by “The Flower Duet,” from Pucinni’s Madame Butterfly, sung by Mrs. Bratton and Mrs. Mclver. Mr. Fritz chose as his solo num ber “Fleeting Vision.” an aria for bass from Massanet’s Herodiade. Mrs. Bratton continued the pro gram with “The Queen's Air.” The Magic Flute (Mozart). The con cluding number was sung by all tour artists. It was “The Quartet” from Verdi's Rigoletto. All of the vocalists were ac companied by Mrs. Zimmerman. The meeting was held at the Community Hall with Mrs. Col lier Neel, Miss Julia Kibler, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fellers, and Mr. Gus Houseal as hosts and hostess es. During the business session, Mrs. R. L. Baker, president, pre sided. She announced that Mrs. Hope Wilson had brought the club's history up-to-date and that it had been sent to the state federation. Mrs. Kemper l^ake was elected to represent the club at the state convention; Miss Brubaker, alter nate. Red Cross Fund Drive Near End Red Cross Fund Campaign Treasurer J. Ray Dawkins, re ported Thursday morning that $7,- 427.47 had been collected in the drive, with a few sections still to be reported. The quota of $9,919 has not been reached, but plans call for an early end to the campaign. Horace J. Longshore Is Killed In Korea Word has been received in New berry that Pfc. Horace J. Long shore, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin M. Longshore, was killed in action in Korea April 18. Pfc. Longshore entered the ser vice October, 1951 at Fort Jack- son and was stationed at Camp Breckinridge and at Camp Polk before going overseas in February of this year. Born and reared in Newberry County, he received his education in Silverstreet schools. Prior to entering the service, he was employed by Newberry Daries and engaged in farming with his father. Surviving are his parents, eight brothers, Madison, Tom, Milton, Derrill and Gene, all of Newberry; Everett and J. W., both of Silver- street; Harold, Saluda; and one sister, Mrs. Joe B. Crouch, Saluda. POPE CONNELLY UNDERGOES SURGERY IN VETERANS HOS. Pope Connelly, who has been a patient in the Veteran’s hospital in Columbia for about a month, underwent surgery there Tuesday morning. He is reported to have stood the operation fine, and his condition is satisfactory. REV. HALFACRE UNDERGOING TREATMENT IN HOSPITAL Rev. Edgar L. Halfacre, Route 2, Newberry was admitted to the Newberry Memorial Hospital last Thursday, where he is under going treatment. He is reported to be doing fine. In Greenwood A Youth Rally will be held at Main Street Methodis* church. Greenwood, on Saturday, May 2 at 8 p.m. Dr. R. H. Spears, presi- lent of Columbia college will give the main address. The Reverend Herbert L. Spell, pastor of Cen tral Methodist church is serving as chairman of the entire pro gram. Local persons participating on the program will include the New berry High school sextet w r hich is composed of Alice Carter, Joyce Pruitt, Nancy Lee Hutto, Susanne Summer, Molly Fennel and Nancy Stone, with William H. Jordan, as director. William H. Tedford, Jr., will have a part in the devotions. The group attending the Rally will represent young people from some seventy churches in the Greenwood District. Letters have been mailed to the fifty or more M3|b©dist students at Newberry college as well as to all young people at Central. Those who go will meet promptly at 6:30 on Saturday afternoon, at Central where transportation will be pro vided. Hannon Joins Ruff Nash Motor Firm * John B. Harmon, well known Newberry salesman and mer chant, has accepted employment with the Ruff Nash Motor com pany, on Caldwell street. He be gan his new duties on April 15, and will deal mostly in used car sales for the Nash firm. Mr. Harmon has had long ex perience in the automobile busi ness, having been affiliated with the former Patrick Motor company for about 20 years, and later with the former T. E. Davis Chevrolet and Buick company for 11 years. Mr. Harmon invites his friends to call on him at his new loca tion. PARENTS OF CONVERSE'' STUDENTS TO ATTEND MAY DAY EXERCISES Mr. and ’Mrs. W. F. Rutherford, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lominack and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Reid, will attend the May Day exerciser which are to be held at Converse College, Spartanburg, Saturday. Their daughters. Miss Fay Murray, Harriett Reid, Mary Louise Lomi nack and Kate Rutherford, will take part in the exercises. COUNTY TAX COLLECTIONS AT NEW PEAK Tax collections in Newberry county are better than ever, ac cording to figures obtained from the office of County Treasurer J. Ray Dawkins. Treasurer Dawkins reports that of the total taxes charged, $434,- 553.68. to date $412,765.83 had been paid in at his office. The percentage of collection is 94.99. Mr. Dawkins said that this is the highest percentage recorded in his recollection. Only $21,787.8,'). plus a penalty of seven percent which was im posed April 15, making a total of $23,313.01 has been turned over to Delinquent Tax Collector Tabor D. Hill for collection. A three percent fee is added to taxes for collection when turned over to the delinquent tax col lector, making a total penalty of about ten percent. RETURNS TO HOME IN STANFORD CONN. Mrs. Gates Beckwith and small son, Tom. returned to their home in Stanford. Conn., by plane last Thursday, after spending about three weeks here with Mrs. Beck with’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Davis on Caldwell street. LIEUTENANT GARLAND TO LEAVE FOR GERMANY First Lieut. Janet GaHand, who has been stationed at Fort Lee, Va., since being recalled to ser vice, will arrive in the city Sun day to spend a ten-day leave with her mother, Mrs. W. C. Schenck before sailing to Germany where she will be stationed. PROF. ELLIOTT SPEAKS AT LEBANON CHURCH Prof. F. Scott Elliott will de liver the Sunday morning message May 3, at Lebanon Methodist church. HOME FROM HOSPITAL Murrie Alice and Patricia Shealy, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Shealy, who underwent a tonsilectomy in the Newberry Me morial Hospital last Saturday morning, returned to their home near the Air Port Sunday, and are recuperating nicely. REV. TRUESDALE STILL CONFINED TO HOME Rev. N. E. Truesdale, who has been ill for the pasi three weeks, suffering from an infection, was reported Thursday morning to be getting along as well as could be expected. He is still confined to his bed at his home, The Presbyterian Manse on Calhoun street. Co-Op Open House Is Set Wednesday The Newberry Electric Co- Operative, Inc., will hqld an in formal open house next Wednes day, May 6, from 3 until 5 p.m., in order that customers of the co-op and citizens of Newberry county and surrounding areas may inspect the new facility. The new building constructed of brick and tile, with 7,tK)0 square feet of floor space, is located on U.S^, Highway 76. on the cut-off road near the Newberry National Guard Armory. ,lt will house all departments of the coop, in cluding eight offices, a complete ly equipped kitchen w r hich can be used as a directors room, and may be opened by curtain to make a large assembly room. All of fices are done in modern pastel colors with asphalt tile floors, and flourescent lighting through- Student Recitals Set At Newberry The Department of Music at Newberry college announces three student recitals for the second semester. The first was held April 30th, presenting Miss Earlyn Frick and Miss Eunice Dendy, piano, and Miss Mamie Bishop, voice. The second recital will be on May 8th and will present Miss Vera Thompson and Mr. Herlong Yarborough in a Junior year piano recital. On May 18th, Miss Marianna Bunger of Savannah, Ga., will be presented in her Senior voice re cital. Appearing with Miss Bung er will be the following piano stu dents: Mr. Bankston Derrick, Miss Winona Mills and Miss Miriam Shealy. Professors under whom the stu dents have been studying are: Prof. Milton Moore, bead of the Music Department, and Professor of Music; Prof. Willard Brask, As sistant Professor of Music; and, Miss Doris Brubaker, Assistant Professor of Music. The public is cordially invited to the student recitals. The time will be 8 p.m. MISS RUTHERFORD TO TAKE PART IN MAY DAY AT CONVERSE Miss Kate Rutherford, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Ruther ford will represent the freshman class at Converse college, Spar tanburg, in the May Day exercises which will be held Saturday. The newly-remodeied First Baptist Church of Whitmire was used for the first time last Sunday morning for Sunday School and morn ing worship services. In the afternoon, a formal cornerstone lay ing ceremony was held. Rev. Paul H. Bullington is pastor of the church. MISS BOWERS TO RETURN HOME SATURDAY Miss Sadie Bowers who has been a patient in the Baptist Hos pital in Columbia since Tuesday, April 21, where she underwent an emergency operation, plans to re turn to her home on McCaughrin Avenue, Saturday. County Gets $65,000 Of Surplus Funds The Newberry County Legis lative Delegation has provided that its share of the state surplus for school spending be used to pay off outstanding school bonds and nctes. The county will receive approxi mately $65,000 on a basis of $8.75 for each pupil enrolled. The directive for spending the surplus funds was in the Senate amendments to the 1953-54 county supply bill. The bill totals $294,841. A new proviso in the bill is that all offices of Newberry County officials, except the of fice of the clerk of court and sheriff, may close each Wednes day at 1 p.m. The other amendments are mi nor. Two hundred dollars is add ed to the $1,200 originally pro vided for handling the expenses of annexing a small part of Lex ington County to Newberry Coun ty. One hundred dollars is provid ed the sheriff’s office for rent on boats on Lake Murray, if that much is needed. The amount for county health work is increased from $4,765 to $6,354 and the amount for fuel for Whitmire Pub- i lie Library is boosted from $200 | to $250. R. W. KIRKLAND TO RETURN HOME R. W. Kirkland, who has been a patient in the Veteran’s Hospital in Columbia for the past seven months, is reported to be much better and plans to return to his home on Johnstone street in about ten days. SMITH REPORTS TO U.S. NAVAL STATION FOR DUTY Larry T. Smith, chief electron ics technician, USN, son of Mrs. T. M. Smith, 2028 Adelaide street, recently reported to the U. S. Naval Communication Station on Guam, Marianas Islands for duty. Before entering the Navy in October of 1937, he was graduated from Newberry High school. Hia wife, the former Miss Velma C. Burton is making her home at 1414 Silas street. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICES RENOVATED Cliff Graham, secretary of the chamber of commerce has issued an invitation to the public to come around and inspect the new ly decorated chamber of com merce quarters. Mr. Graham said that new of fice furniture and fixtures have been installed, and new tile laid on the floor. out. Offices have been equip ped with new modern furniture. Ceilings are of acoustical tile to hold down excessive office noises. The building is completely air conditioned for both summer and winter. In addition to the of fices, 6ie building has rest rooms for both white and colored em ployees and coat closets. In the warehouse at the rear of the building, which is of concrete block construction, there is a meter room, small parts room, parking area for trucks of the coop, and storage space provided in the attic. Paved driveways and walks have been put down at the build ing, and grass planted. Shrubbery will be planted about the build ing in the near future. A power substation has been built at the new location. Power used by coop customers is pur chased from the South Carolina Public Authority Commission, bet ter known as the Santee-Cooper authority. The edifice was constructed by W. E. Baker and Son, contractors, of Whitmire. J. Whitney Cun ningham of Sumter was architect for the job. The Newberry Electric Co- Operative, Inc., was established in 1940 with the following board members: C. B. Parr, Sr., presi dent; Eugene H. Spearman, vice president; the late R. E. Living ston, secretary; George F. Scruggs, treasurer, and the late W. B. Boinest, the late Dr. W. C. Brown, B. O. Lovelace, J. C. Duncan, and D. B. Ruff. Walton B. Half acre was the first manager. Mr. Lovelace had served as a board member continuously un til July 1952. At the present time, the coop serves 3640 customers with power in the county and tsome adjacent areas. Present personnel include Hugh Epting, manager; J. W. Ringer, Jr., operations superintendent; Russ ell Addy, office manager and stock clerk; Miss Inez Abrams, book keeper; Mrs. Ja. k Davis, consum er’s accountant; Miss Carolyne Smith, cashier; Miss Dannette Wise, assistant cashier; Adam Williams, Lewis Ringer, and Ralph Boazman, linesmen; Virgil Cook, meter service man; A. C. Cook, maintenance for building; Palmore Sanders and Willie Sub- er, linesmen helpers. Officers of the Newberry Elec tric Co-Operative, Inc., are T. B- Amis, president; David Luther Ruff, vice president; George E. Stone, secretary; D. L. Wedeman, Sr., treasurer. Other board mem bers .include Chalmers Brown, C. W. Bedenbaugh, C. E. Lester, H. O. Long, and Clifford T. Smith. The coop offices were moved from Friend street on April 3, and all business of the coop is now being handled at the new loca tion. BIRTHDAYS Services Tuesday For Mrs. Dobbins Mrs. Elizabeth Alice Dobbins, 72, widow' of William S. Dobbins, died at 8:35 last Sunday night at the home of her son, L. C. Dob bins, 1928 High St., in Columbia, after seven months illness. Mrs. Dobbins was born in New berry county, the daughter of the late J. H. Davenport. She was a member of Bush River Baptist church near Newberry. Survivors include one son, L. S. Dobbins of Columbia; one sis ter, Mrs. Maggie Denson of New berry; one brother. A. W. Daven port of Columbia, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services w'ere held at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon from the graveside of Rosemont ceme tery in Newberry. SIX WOODS FIRES According to the State Commis sion of Forestry, six woods fires in Newberry county burned a total of 36 acres of w'oodland. May 1: Albert Covington. May 2: R. P. Fair, Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt, Emilia Saint-Amand, Mrs. Paul Sherrell, Billy Martin, Col. S. Downs Wright, Robert Wayne Lathrop, John S. Hazel and J. Alvin Kinard. May 3: J. Ralph Williams, Bobby Long, Berley Bedenbaugh, Jr., William H. Ringer, George S. Ruff, Marion Gilliam and Grady Ringer. May 4: Mrs. Elise Peterson Bowler, Horace Williams, Dewey Kinard, Mrs. Edward A. Lane (Gladys McDowell), B. B. Liv ingston, Jack Summer, Mrs. Barbara Crooks and Mrs. Jack Hughes. May 5: T. E. Davis, Francis Aull, John H. Ruff and twin brother, Walter Ruff, of Colum bia, Mrs* Randolph Kirkland, Mildred Power Martin, Billie Wayne Sheppard, Mrs. William Thomas Werts, Richard B. Cald well, Mrs. E. Ellerbe Pelham and Mrs. W. F. Rutherford. May 6: Mrs. J. M. Randal (Julia Smith), Mrs. J. M. Chap pells, A. W. Murray, Betty Boyd, Mrs. Bryan Nichols and Hazel Wright. May 7: Henry Brooks, Mrs. Charles H. Boyd, Jr., Randolph Ferguson, Michael Sheppard, Annette Hawkins and Mike Epps. May 8: Edith Dickert, J. Mor gan Randal, Mary Bouknight, Lois Ellen Cromer, Helen J. Ezeil, Sara Brown, Mary Helen Smith and Mrs. H. C. Timmer man.