The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, July 16, 1953, Image 5
THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1953
THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE FOTB
Mullins Tobacco Festival Is One
Of State’s Most Colorful Events
MULLINS—The annual Mullins Tobacco Festival sched
uled this year for July 24th, is fast becoming one of South
Carolina’s most popular summer tourist attractions. Started
about 10 years ago, the Tobacco Festival is a tremendous
kickoff celebration for the opening of the big tobacco mar
ket in Mullins about the first of August.
The main street of this Pee Dee town takes on a gay and
colorful atmosphere for the festival, which is highlighted
by a tremendous parade, complete with floats, bands and
lovely girls. In 1952 there were more than 100 floats in the
big parade, some 40-odd bands and 30 “queens”.
There is entertainment in the streets all day, plus
speeches, and at night there are two big dances. Another
feature of the Festival is the competion among tobacco
farmers in various contests during the day. There will be a
considerable number of dignitaries on hand again this year
including Gov. James F. Byrnes.
Mr. Eugene Hinspn, Jr., is chairman of the Tobacco Fes
tival, which is sponsored jointly by civic and service groups
in Mullins.
Mullins is the seventh largest of the world’s 88 bright
leaf tobacco markets, and each year sells one-third of the to
bacco marketed in South Carolina. It is a buying center for
both domestic and exporting tobacco companies who operate
nine big tobacco factories in Mullins.
Always a fascinating sight are these tremendous tobacco
auctions. More than 50,000,000 pounds of tobacco are sold
each season in Mullins and during the peak of the selling
period, the daily pay off to tobacco growers runs from
$750,000 to $800,000.
(This is No. 70 in a series of articles designed to acquaint
readers with South Carolina, and is prepared by George MacNabb,
Chief of Public Relations, South Carolina Research, Planning and
Development Board.)
KEEPING COOL. . . . Baby Mary Frances Morgan shares tub of
cool water with family bulldog “Jiggs” in combating Pittsburgh s
sizzling temperatures.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY
By Mary L. Bowles
V ERA DANSE centered the tiny
Dresden dancing girl in the
bowl of violets. Gilbert was al
ready an hour late. She had al
most dialed the gift shop several
times. She had not done so, be
cause she was afraid that Maureen
would answer and call Gilbert to
the telephone. Yet Maureen, as
Gilbert’s assistant, had a right to
answer. She and Gilbert often
worked late checking merchandise.
But not tonight—the celebration
of the first anniversary of their
wedding.
As she had many times before.
Vera thought how different she
and Maureen were in temperament
and appearance. Vera was fair
and small and chose pastel shades
in clothes which she accented with
fragile jewelry. Maureen was a
tall woman who wore rich colors
or black with only a gold clip or
large gold earrings.
Vera thought of her first meet
ing with Gilbert over two years
ago. She had strayed into a* gift
shoix on Wabash Avenue. A tall,
deeply tanned man had come for
ward to meet her. She hardly real
ized what she had bought. After
that she returned to the shop many
times. One bright October day
Gilbert asked her to dinner.
One day Vera had been brows
ing about the shop, when Gilbert
pointed to two figurines he had
Just unpacked. The tiny figures
looked like fugitives from the bal
let. “Gifts Tor the ladies,” he had
said. He banded the girl to Vera
and the boy to Maureen
"They’re lovely,”. Vera remem-
bered saying, “but is it right to
part them? I’m sure they’re lov
ers.”
“Perhaps they’ll get back togetb-
«r.” Maureen had said.
Several months later Gilbert and
Vera had been married. Their home
bad been set up in Gilbert’s apart
ment on the North Side. Every
time she dusted the figurine, she
had a shamed desire for its danc
ing mate.
Now alone on the first anniver
sary of their wedding, she could
stand the room no longer. She
decided to drive to the shop.
Ashamed, yet determined, she
decided to see if Gilbert was at
Maureen’s apartment. She hur
ried to the apartment hotel. The
elevator could not carry her fast
enough to the sixteenth floor. She
knocked at Maureen’s door.
“Come in.” Maureen called faint
ly-
“It’s Vera,” the visitor said.
“I’ll be out in a minute,” Maur
een called from the bathroom.
Vera dropped into the nearest
chair. The dressing table was bare.
The desk and book shelves were
empty. On the bed was an open
suitcase, filled with lingerie. In
one comer stood a wardrobe trunk,
its racks crowded with summer
dresses.
The evidence of flight coupled .
with Gilbert's lateness filled her
with unreasoning dread.
Maureen entered. Her scarlet
robe seemed to drain all the color
from her face. Smiling unsteadily,
she stretched out on the bed and
adjusted a pillow under her head.
With an effort she spoke, “I sup
pose Gilbert has told you.”
“Why . . no . . . no . . stam».
mered Vera.
“It’s hard to tell,” Maureen con
tinued. “I dread putting it in
words . . . but I might as well
confess. I’m a sick woman.
Asthma and sinus infection have
joined forces to drive me out of
Chicago. I’m leaving for Tucson to
night Gilbert insisted on picking
up my reservation. He said you
would understand.”
“I’m sorry,” Vera murmured.
“You Just missed Gilbert. He was
in such a hurry. I forgot to give
him your anniversary present”
She picked up the package on the
bed and handed it to Vera. Be
neath the layers of tissue paper
she found the figurine the part
ner of her ballet dancer. Perhaps
It would be symbolic—the lovers
would truly be together at last.
RET. ROBERT H. HARPER
■One World in Christ.
Lesson for July 19: Ephesians 2: 8-10,
13-22.
Golden Text: Ephesians 2: 19.
Mr. Willkie wrote of one world,
but long centuries before his time
Paul had envisioned one world in
Christ. Men are to be saved, not
by their own works, but through
their faith in Christ. And in this
there is the possibility of men
throughout the world to become
fellow citizens with th'' saints and
of the household of God.
When Jesus died on the cross,
a wondrous, strange thing hap
pened. The veil of the temple,
which had separated all but the
high priest from the Holy of holies,
was rent in twain from the top to
the bottom, showing that hence
forth all men, through faith might
venture through the riven veil and
approach the mercy seat, there to
find God for themselves. It may
have been to this riven veil that
Paul referred when he wrote of
breaking down the middle wall or
partition. Certainly through Christ,
all men have “access in one Spirit
unto the Father.”
*
Thus all men are envisioned un
der the gospel, which can bring
those that are near and those that
are afar off into one household
of faith. Nothing could be more
comprehensive than the fine picture
that Paul draws of Christians be
ing drawn together in the work of
building a fit temple' unto God,
founded upon the apostles and
prophets, with Christ as the cor
ner stone.
' f 'OASTED open-faced sandwiches
satisfy your hunger pangs but
don’t heat the kitchen since cook
ing time is short Toast bread on
one side, top with a slice of lunch
eon meat, spread with chili sauce
and top with a slice of cheese.
Broil until cheese melts.
Lamb chops take well to barbe
cue sauce and broil quickly to
keep your kitchen cool. Serve with
a fruit garnish of pineapple, ban
ana half and grapefruit segments.
Chilled soups are ideal for start
ing off the meal with proper spirit
You might try jellied consomme or
icy cold cream vichyssoise.
•Salad-sandwiches are popular
warm weather luncheon fare.
Here’s a delicious one: place but-
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Daffodil Cream Pie
(Serves 6)
1% cups apricot whole fruit
nectar
Vz cup granulated sugar
Few grains salt
1 envelope (1 tablespoon)
plain gelatin
V* cup cold water
% cup chilled evaporated milk
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 baked 9-inch pasfry shell
Heat nectar with sugar and
salt. Soften gelatin in cold water
and dissolve in hot nectar. Cool
until slightly thickened. Whip
evaporated milk until thick.
Gradually beat in lemon juice.
Fold whipped milk into thick
ened gelatin and pour into baked
pastry shell. Chill until firm.
tered rye bread on platter, top
with sliced, cooked chicken and
top with thousand island dressing.
Don’t discard cold, fried trout.
Serve it on a bed of watercress or
lettuce and pass with sour cream
in which are floating thin slices of
cucumber. Serve with a lemon
wedge.
Looking for something to go with
potato salad? Take thin rounds of
salami and spread with a mixture
of grated carrots mixed with may
onnaise. Roll as a cornucopia and
serve around the salad.
FLIES ATLANTIC . . . Peter
Gluckman, 27, of Saa Francisco,
is greeted by mother in London
after he flew his single-engine
35-foot wing piano there via La
brador, Greenland and Iceland.
Air time was CV hows.
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