Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SK8 : '-v M a M PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1953 — Modern Joanna Memorial Hospital Joanna Memorial Hospital, Joanna, S. C., 15-bed facility financed jointly by donations from 1300 employees and a large gift from W. H. Regnery of Chicago, head of the parent Joanna Western Mills Co. The hospital has its own administrator, a registered nurse. The Joanna Memorial Hospital, a modern, 15-bed structure valued at more than $150,000., was built in 1949 as a result of the joint ef fort of Joanna’s employees and management. Erected in honor of the three hundred Joanna citizens who served in World War II and the nine men who died in service, the Joanna Memorial Hospital has treated almost 1500 patients in its four years of service to the people of Joanna. It *is complete with op erating room, X-ray equipment, laboratory and obstetrical depart ment and is air-conditioned throughout. Headed by a registered nurse, Miss Kittie Mae Moseley, as ad ministrator, the staff of Joanna Memorial is composed of capable and efficient personnel. Doctors from Joanna and other communi ties perform operations and visit their patients at the hospital. Joanna Memorial Hospital was financed jointly by a generous gift from the Regnery family and vol untary contributions ‘from 1300 Jo anna employees—a working ex ample of the community spirit evident at Joanna. Individual rooms wore furnished by various civic groups, churches, and fra ternal organizations. Joanna Me morial Hospital derives a part of its income from profits of the Company-owned Joanna Stores. Joanna’s hospital was formally dedicated on July 15, 1949 with state dignitaries assisting local citizens with the impressive cere mony. Jr. High Pupils Be Heard Friday Continuing a series of programs on education, sponsored by the Newberry County Education as- i umbia an< j Chapel Hill, N. Cm sis- Summer-Hammond Rites Solemnized In Columbia Church (THE STATE, OCT. 11) The First Baptist Church was the scene of a lovely wedding of wide interest at 5:30 p.m., Octo ber 10, when Miss Dolores Anne Hammond became the bride of James Harrison Summer. Dr. R. Archie Ellis, pastor,,, officiated, using the double-ring ceremony, in the presence of a large asemblage of relatives and friends. Palms, Oregon fern, white gladi oli and mums, and white lighted candles decorated the church. M. B. Seay, organist, and Mrs S. N. Woodward and William B. 4 Chandler, soloist, furnished the wedding music. The ushers were William Wil son, Henry T. Finch, Marion Clark, Clifton Camak and William West on. Mrs. Thad L. Smith, Jr., of Co- sociation, teachers and pupils of the Junior High school will be in charge this week. The series, aired weekly over R&dio Station WKDK, is designed to acquaint parents with what is happening in the schools of New berry county. Mrs. Elise P. Bowler, chairman of the radio committee, stated that the broadcast will be heard Fri day morning from 9:15 to 9:30 a.m. Next Friday, pupils and teach ers from the Pomaria elementary school will have charge of the pro gram. , Famous Hypnotist Coming Here Soon Preston, w T orld-famous Hynotist and Magician, will appear in per son at the Newberry High school auditorium at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 22, 23 and 24th. He is sponsored by the Exchange Club of Newberry. Preston appeared here several years ago and attracted large crowds who were highly pleased with the performance. Reports from other cities indicate that he presents an even better show this year, Exchange Club Presi dent T. A. Gallman said today. T / :v. A ''The Dresden Doll Look" for Three to Sixers Dream dresses to make all little girls look like exquisite walking dolls. With drifts of rosebuds, posie prints, fanciful patterns blossoming on full-blown skirts trimmed with twinkling rhinestones, tiny apple buttons, garlands of sweetheart roses spanning a waist or catching a fly-away sleeve. Most elegant cottons with soil-resistant finishes, nylons, and other “miracle” fabrics. All guaranteed washable, and all with a precious pocket. In sizes 3 to 6x, $1.98 to $7.95. Dress illustrated about $4.95 enter’s ter of the bride and matron of honor, wore an off-shoulder pale- blue satin dress, floor length, with net trim and matching stole. She carried a bouquet of pink asters encircled with pink satin loops and French net tied with match ing ribbon. Cynthia Taylor, niece of the bride and flower girl, wore a pink taffeta floor-length * dress with blue velvet sash, and she carried a small nosegay. Danny Warren of Charlotte, N. C., cousin of the bride, was ring- bearer. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, Lofton W. Hammond was lovely in her wed ding gown of ^hite slipper-satin with yoke of imported Chantilly lace outlined with seed pearls, Queen Ann collar, fitted bodice, long pointed sleeves with satin- covered buttons and full-length train. Her fingertip veil of bridal illusion was attached to a head dress trimmed with pearls and rhinestones. The bride carried a Chantilly lace-covered Bible top ped with a white, purple-throated orchid and showered with tube roses. Her only ornament was a single strand of pearls. Frank Walker was the best man. Mrs. L. W. Hammond, mother of the bride, wore an iridescent-blue taffeta dress with a purple orchid corsage. Mrs. J. H. Summer, Jr., mother of the bridegroom, wore an aqua taffeta dress with a purple orchid corsage. Immediately following the cere mony a reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents on Barnwell street. Assisting the bridal couple in receiving were their parents and the matron of honor. Mrs. Alfred Smyrl furnish ed piano music throughout the re ception, and Miss Geraldine Davis kept the bride’s register. Assist ing Mrs. H. G. Brogdon in serving were Miss Felicia Beckham, Mrs. Rosalyn Clark Hudson, Miss Mary Louise Bacon, Miss Barbara Col- colough and Mrs. R. D. Sauls. The beautifully embossed wed ding cake and white candles in candelabra decorated the bride's table. White gladioli, mums and asters were used in the rooms. During the evening the bride and bridegroom left for their wed ding trip to the mountains of North Carolina and upon their re turn to Columbia will make their home in the Carovet Apartments. For traveling the bride wore a grey wool 'dress with matching woven jacket of white, light-grey and dark-grey; white French vel our hat; black accessories and the orchid from her wedding Bible. Mrs. Summer is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lofton William Ham mond of Columbia. She finished Dreher high school and attended H. D. AGENT SCHEDULE Miss Margie Davis and Mrs. Barbara G. Brown announce the following schedule for the week of October 19th through the 24th. Monday, October 19th: Office; Pomaria HDC at 3:30 p.m. at the school house. Tuesday, October 20th: New berry High school 4-H at 8:30 a. m. Judging Union County Fair; Office. Wednesday, October 21st: Home visits; St. Phillips HDC at 3:00 p.m. at the school house. Thursday, October 22nd: Home visits; Little Mountain HDC at 3:00 p.m. at the Fellowship'Hall. Friday, October 23rd: State 4-H Achievement, Columbia; O’- neal HDC at 3:00 p.m., Mrs. Mary C. Long and Mrs. Dove P. Con nelly, hostess. Saturday, October 24th: Office. All Home Demonstration Club members are reminded to look on the pantry shelves for those prize pickles, peaches, jam, and jellies, etc., into the nnen closet for the pretty handwork, pillow cases, quilts and baked goods, etc. for display at the County Fair. Entries must be made Monday, October 26th. Silverstreet School News Among those from Silverstreet school attending the district teach ers meeting on Monday afternoon, Oct. 12, at the Columbia High school auditorium were Mrs. Mat- tie Lou Blackmon, Miss Sara Folk, Miss Lillie Mae Workman, Miss Ruth Martin, Miss Clifford Cole man, Mrs. Harriett Sligh, *Mrs. B. O. Long, Earl Boazman, R. F. Sanders, Paul S. Goethe and J. G. Long. The meeting was one of six meetings being held over the state by the South Carolina Educational Association. * * * * Report sheets for the first six weeks of school will be jjiven out today (Thursday). Parents are asked to carefully examine the re ports to ascertain the progress of their children. « .* * Rev. E. K. Counts has been bringing the Bible piessage to students during chapel for the last month. Rev. S. T. Lipsey will begin a series of chapel Bible messages today (Thursday). Visi tor sare welcomed to the chapel program. * * * The J.H.A. and F.F.A. will at tend the State Fair Tuesday, Oct. 20. Mrs. Harriet Sligh, Mrs. Sadie Genobles, Earl Boazman, and Paul S. Goethe wy accompany the clu,bs. * * * The members of the home eco nomics class and the members of the agriculture class will attend ot>en bouse at the Joanna Cotton Mill on Wednesday, Oct. 21. * * * The basketball teams held their first meeting Tuesday of. this week. Practice will begin the last of the week in the gym which has recently been repaired and weath- erstripped. r * * * The grammar school students have been listening to the school prograrills broadcast by station WKDK ,from 9:15 to 9:30 every Friday morning. These programs are produced by schools in the county and are sponsored by the Newberry County Education As sociation. * * * Therfe will be a chicken barbe cue supper Friday evening from 0:00 to 8:00 at the Silverstreet School Gym. The supper is spon sored by the Trinity and Silver- street Home Demonstration <?lubs. Funds from this supper will be used to purchase draperies for the school auditorium. The public is urged to attend. Prosperity P.T.A. Plan 2nd Meet “Parents and Teachers as Part ners” will be the topic of the program for the second meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association of Prosperity which meets Monday night, October 19, 1953. Miss Grace Sea^e, assistant principal of Dreher High school,.Columbia, will be the capable leader of this dis cussion. This program will show how home and school can best work to gether toward their mutual goal— well adjusted and -well educated children. Parents should share freely in a teacher-parent partnership and play an active role in his child’s education. When we begin to treat the' teacher as a partner, we wipe out some of our most damaging il lusions and start on a mutually helpful course of action/ “Never let a stranger teach your child.” Attend your PTA and meet and know the teacher of your child. y~F?wr 5 * v ' : Price Salesman At Clary Clothing Jimmy Price accepted a position as salesman with the Clary Cloth ing Company 'on Main street. He asumed his new position on Monday of last week. Mr. Price has been in the in surance business for the past eight years. After his discharge from the army in 1945, he was employ ed for a short while with Clary Clothing Co. Tyson’s Father Is Dead In Savannah George E. Tyson, Sr., 59, died after several weeks’ illness at his home in Savannah, Ga., Sunday night. Among his survivors is a son, George E. Tyson, Jr., of Newber ry. Funeral services were held Wednesday in Savannah. Foster Is Elected Whitmire Magistrate John P. Foster was elected to serve out the unexpired term of W. D. Lindler as magistrate at Whitmire. Mr. Foster led the bal- loting in a three cornered race over T. W. Cole and Homer B. Walker. Mr. Lindler died several weeks ago and the election the past week enabled the town to # have a mag istrate. Woman’s Society Meets Monday The Woman’s Society of Christ ian Service will meet on Monday, October 19th at 4 p.m. at the Mary Frances Wright Memorial Building. the University of South Carolina. Before her wedding she was em- p'ioyed with Belk Stores Buying Service in Charlotte, N. C. Mn Summer is the son of Mrs. James Harrison Summer, Jr., of this city and the late Mr. Sum mer. He finished University high school and attended the Univer sity of South Carolina before entering the Air Force. He is now a junior at the University of South Carolina. Among the out-of-town guests at the wedding were: Miss Mary Ann Ellis, Miss Joyce Cox, Dick Hoyle, J. P. Smith, S. P. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Hammond, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Spearman, Worth Spearman, Miss Rosa Spearman, all of Charlotte, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Simpson, James Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Sauls and son, Ronny, all of Anderson; Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Moyle, Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Jake Wise, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Summer, Jr., Tom Summer, Jerry Summer, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Kohn, Sr., Miss Verna Kohn, all of New berry; Mrs. William S. Simpson, Las Vegas, Nev.; Mr. and Mrs. David N. Simpson, Augusta, Ga.; Mrs. L. G. Balle, Laurens; Mrs. J. W. Orosland, Bennettsville; Miss Sadie Goggans, Miss Sally Pearce, Miss Curtys Ballentine, Mrs. Ellie M. Herrick, all of Rock Hill; Mrs. Rosalie C. Rayle, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wells, Sumter; Mr. and Mrs. Jake Hemp, John Hemp, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Olin Hemp, Mrs. Ida Williams, The6 Williams, Dr. Julian Williams, all of Edgefield. Pansy Plants Pitzonka’s Finest Both Giant and Regular Sizes Verna & HalKohn PRESTON IS COMING know your State Mi Five of South Carolina’s 100 living .widows of Confederate veterans, along with 53 veterans’ daughters, live in the Confeder ate Home in Columbia. Origin ally, the Home was intended for veterans themselves. In the proud Confederate state of South Carolina, the United States Brewers Founda tion works constantly to en courage the maintenance of wholesome conditions wherever beer and ale are sold. As in other states, the program calls for close cooperation between law-en forcement officers and beer licen sees throughout South Carolina. Beer belongs ... enjoy it. United States Brewers Foundation South Carolina Div., Columbia, S.C. [o T J The beverage of moderation Joanna, S. C., location of Joanna Cotton Mills Co., is a community of good homes. At top is a modern apartment building. Left, below, Is a street of frame houses; and at right below are shown some of the brick homes. Rentals rdnge from 50c to $1.00 per room per week. The Company has built and sold a number of homes te employees at cost to encourage home ownership." i I * V sasi The South Carolina National Bank Condensed Statement of Condition as of September 30, 1953 ,y ' v. ■ ”y : • .. r / ... Resources Cash and Due from Banks U. S. Government Bonds State and Municipal Bonds Federal Intermediate Credit Bank Debs. Federal Reserve Bank Stock Loans and Discounts Banking Houses (14) Furniture and Fixtures Other Assets $ 59,054.945.18 75,375,555.93 1,182,567.31 ' - % : M «... *<||5 iiifj 465,000.00 ’ , ftps 195,000.00 . . .. 59,018.750.93 • j 1,232,887.00 ’; .ll .-vj .■ /a • If 371,549.94 . d ' 1 206,857.09 - * ' . '.1 $m,103,113.38 liabilities Capital—Common $ 2,500,000.00 SurP lu s 4,000,000.00 Undivided Profits 1,502,468.51 Reserve—Under Section 23K (Int. Rev. Code) 950,000.00 Reserve—Federal Income and Excess Profits Tax 1,161,593.39 Reserve—Other * ; 64,293.^76 Deposits 186,924,757.72 $197,103,113.38 x 4 Anderson Belton Charleston Cheraw Columbia Dillon % Florence OFFICES: Fort Jackson Georgetown Greenville Jackson Leesvilje Naval Base Newberry Pickens St. Matthews Seneca Shaw Field Air Base Sumter Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation .«