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VOL. 15—NO. 52
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY L 1953
$2.00 PER YEAR
Petteway Will Lead Central
Evangelistic Week Sevices
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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
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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.
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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
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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.