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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, DEC. 24, 1953 AXRST 'MZTV23NCI %V M •# Your New GlassesWill Cost You 443-50 r ABCD&OLPF1SM t.M\NOCOlDFI5H O<iy\R.C0t®Fl?M . . and if you can read the third line I suggest that you call Purcells for an auto loan today.” Purcells Is ready to loan money on any make or model of car for all your needs. Phone 197. PURCEUS “Your Private Bankers" 1418 Main St. Newberry BowBtauuMh Cham leal RD-MFMps you got MORE MILES for LESS MONEY Mon MHoo ofCorUfo-toss Moooy forBopoJis! You may save up to $18 or more this year on repairs to your car’s fuel system by using Sinclair Anti-Rust Gasoline regu larly. It contains RD-119, an exclusive rust inhibitor which stops formation of rust and corrosion. Protect your car. Get Sinclair Anti-Rust Gasoline today— ho extra cost FOR PREMIUM PERFORMANCE USE SINCLAIR iTHYt \ SINCLAIR mot GASOLINE City Filling Station Strother C. Paysinger, Distributor C. B. Boland Died Tuesday Columbus Bedell Boland, 82, of Crosson St., died early Tuesday morning at his residence. He had been in ill health for the past four years and seriously ill for the last five days. Mr. Boland was born and rear ed in Prosperity, a son of the late Sam and Caroline Stockman Bo land. He made his home in New berry for the past 31 years where he was employed by Newberry Mill until his retirement several years ago. He was a member of Zion Methodist Church. His wife, Mrs. Anna Rebecca Cromer Boland, died in 1951. Mr. Boland is survived by four sons, Joe Sam, George Walter and Fred Eugene Boland, all of New berry, and James Andrew Boland of the U. S. Navy in Mississippi; eight daughters, Mrs. A. W. Will ingham, Mrs. Buford Long, Mrs. E. C. Butler, Mrs. Clarence Hawk ins, Mrs. Everette Row and Miss Daisey Boland, all of Newberry. Mrs. A. H. Riddle of Bell, Calif., and Mrs. Johnson Stone of Pontiac, Mich.; 15 grandchildren. He was the last surviving mem ber of his immediate family. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Mc- Swain Funeral Home by the Rev. J. W. Tomlinson and the Rev. D. M. Shull. Interment folowed in the Prosperity cemetery. ■ • TEACHERS SPEND HOLIDAYS IN SUNNY FLORIDA The following four teachers de cided they would migrate further south to spend their Christmas holidays; Mrs. Walter Welborn and Mrs. Tom P. Johnson of New berry. Junior High school. Miss Tommie Johnson of the Green wood city schools, and Miss Elea nor Watkins, a member of the Camden city school faculty. They plan to spend most of their time in Miami. They left for Florida on Saturday, December 19th and plan to return home on Sunday, Janu ary 3rd. 1 ' v ^ i ' ft: bldlon, Salton, Marino* ling homo to "Mom".., Stand by for— * v s ♦ Vs. J MUTUAL OF OMAHA CALLING CHRISTMAS DAY 2:00 p.m. v.-r.....*. ' ' !! >X - X*» Ij&M WKDK sfe * .5 Iflif -111 WmM ¥ i 1 |P|ilP • ' • • ‘ '' MUTUAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM Roberts Speaks To Crippled Children Group The Newberry County Chapter of the Crippled Children’s Society met on Dec. 16 at the home of Mrs. Charlie Bowers. In the absence of the chairman, James Connelly, the vice chairman, Mrs. T. N. Parks, presided over the meeting. Two new members, Mrs. R. L. Cochcroft and Mrs. Pope Buford, Jr., were welcomed. After a few items of business were attended to, Mrs. Parks in troduced W. J. Roberts, Field Rep resentative of The Crippled Chil dren’s Society of South Carolina, as the guest speaker. Mr. Roberts gave a highly infdrmative talk on many phases of the work. Since 1949, under the capable leadership of Mrs. T. Jackson Lowe, the State Society has made rapid strides. There are now fifty-two local societies and five treatment centers — Charleston, Greenville,, Greenwood, Spartanburg and Rock Hill. The only clinic is located at Columbia. There are over 200,000 children in our* country handicapped by some form of Cerebral Palsy, 3,500 of them living in South Carolina. A bill is to be presented to the legislature to provide funds for setting up sixty special classes throughout the state for these children. Home-bound teachers as well as speech therapy are pro vided by some local chapters. Mrs. Parks expressed the ap preciation of the group to Mr. Roberts for his helpful talk. The Newberry chapter will meet again on March 10. Dawkins-Norman Eng-agement Told Mr. and Mrs. Fitz B. Dawkins of Newberry announce the engage ment of their daughter, Jean, to Vellq Norman, son of Mr. and Mrs. August Norman of Santa Fe, N. M. Christmas Is Theme Of Calendar Meet The Calendar Society of Central Methodist Church met Monday, December 14th, at the home of Mrs. Chris Kaufmann with the following ladies as co-hostesses: Mesdames D. J. Williams, Will Hornsby, M. O. Summer, Emma Longshore, Frank Lominack, O. M. Cobb and E. W. Yates. The vice-president, Mrs. Seth Meek, presided over the meeting. Mrs. R. D. Wright offered a special prayer for the late Mrs. Harriet Adams Haltiwanger, whose family has been closely associated with Central Church for many years. Mrs. Price Harmon was in charge of the devotional, the theme of which was Christmas. The members sang tw-o lovely Christmas carols, accompanied by Mrs. R. D. Coleman at the organ. Mrs. Henry Lominack read a very sweet children’s Christmas story, “The Story of The Christ Child/’ Mrs. Harmon closed with a pray er. During the business session Mrs. Bruner reported that a net profit of $665.86 had been cleared on the bazaar to date. DIANNE DAVIS UNDERGOES TONSOLECTOMY Dianne Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Davis, Henry Avenut, underwent a tonsilectomy in the Newberry Memorial Hos pital last Saturday morning. She returned to her home on Sunday, where she is now recuperating nicely. MISS HI MISS OF BUSH RIVER Barbara Ann Wise has been chosen the 1954 Miss Hi Miss of Bush River High School. Her se lection was made on the basis of scholarship, character, leadership and personal attractiveness. Her picture will appear in the 17th annual Miss Hi Miss edition of The Johnsonian, student week ly at Winthrop College. She will be invited to participate in the Miss Hi Miss Weekend at the South Carolina College for Women April 2-3. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray A. Wise, Miss Wise is editor of the school paper and secretary of the annual. A mem ber of the Beta Club, she is prefer dent of the James C. Kinard Fu ture Teachers Club and' treasurer of the senior class. Last year she was chief marshal. LANDER COLLEGE CLOSE FOR HOLIDAYS Lander College students began 16% days of Christmas Holidays at noon Friday, December 18th. The holidays will end after the New Year and classes will resume at 8:30 a.m., Jan. 4, 1954. Among students from this area who has returned home for the Yule season are Sylvia Boozer and Orpah DuBose of Newberry and Helen Howel and Betty Dean of Whitmire. Central WSCS Has Christi nas Meeting Monday The regular meeting of the Wo man’s Society of Christian Service of Central Methodist Church was held on December 21, in the Ezell Classroom. Representatives of Jhe Methodist Youth Fellowship of the church presented the devotions. Miss Myra Davis, president of the group, read the Scripture. Miss Mary Lee Hutto, a 'freshman at Furman University, sang beauti fully “The First Noel.” She was accompanied by Miss Mary Louise Dickert. Bill Tedford described in vivid terms, the Christian's in terpretation of the true Christmas spirit. Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, the presi dent, thanked these young people for their inspirational program. “The WSCS stands strongly be hind the youth work in the Church,’’ she said. Mrs. Otis Whitaker read a de scription taken from The South Carolina Methodist Advocate of the progress being made toward the Methodist Student Center in Columbia. A suitable house has been purchased near the Univers ity Campus for the price of $25,- 000. There still remains an un paid ballance. of $1300. Toward helping to pay this amount, the WSCS of the Conference has set aside the offering from the study Jeremiah. Mrs. A. L. Longshore, Mission ary Education Secretary, an nounced that the study Jeremiah would be held January 25-28. 'Books have been distributed and plans have been worked out for presenting a successful study. Mrs. L. G. McCullough, coordi nator of the Guild and WSCS, gave an interesting report of the work being done in the Guild. For its Christmas project, the amount of $23 had been given to help a needy family. Its members are enthusiastic and its efforts are being felt in the program of the church, she reported. Mrs. W. H. Davis, coupon chair man, urged members to hand in ooupons. 'It was reported that some new books had been added to the library, bringing the total up to 120. Projects reported by the circles included: remembering the shut- ins of their respective groups; contributions of money and cloth ing to needy families; a contribu tion to the wooden churches in Germany; contribution to the Home for the Aged in Orangeburg; and funds to provide lunches for two underprivileged school chil dren. Circle No. 1 had the largest number present at the meeting. The Julia White Circle had the largest number present at the circle meeting. Hospital Patients S. Conner Campbell, 1515 Har rington St. Mrs. Tommy Charles and Baby Boy, 600 Wright St. Mrs. W. E. Elmore, 1325 Pelham St. Herman D. Hollingsworth, Chap pells. Miss Rosa Lee Jordan, 1804 Main St. Francis J. Kennerley, Route 1, Box 36, Newberry. Joe Koon, Route 3, Prosperity. N. O. Kyzer, 1400 Poplar St. Mrs. Ella Leavell, 1601 Martin ?t. Mrs. Nettie B. Lester, 1325 Hunt St. Mrs. H. J. Lindler and Baby Girl, Chapin. Miss Fannie McCaughrin, 1917A Harper St. Mrs. Sam Marlowe, 1519 Har rington St. R. L. Mills, 603 Pope Circle. Miss Azilee Morris, Route 3, Newberry. Master Rodney Ouzts, 415 Floyd St. B. M. Padgett, 2046 Piedmont St. Mrs. Callie Quattlebaum, Route 3, Prosperity. Mrs. Magnus Richardson and Baby Girl, 402 Floyd St. Mrs. H. D. Smith and Baby Boy, 1916 Harper St. Ray Stockman, 118 Hammond St., Columbia. Estus Suit, 104 Glenn St. Mrs. Robert Swygfert, Box 67, Newberry College. Mrs. Frank Treestrom, 1711 Nance St. L. A. Wilson, 2123 Brown St. Building Permits Dec. 16: Mrs. Edith M. Mat thews, one four car garage, con crete block, on Berry street, $700. Dec. 22: Mrs. Sudie Wicker, add three rooms to garage apart ment on Benedict street, $1000. Dec. 22: Rev. K. L. Moon, one five room dwelling, concrete block on Hunt and Emory streets, $3800. Central Youth Give Christinas Program Sunday A Christmas program entitled “What Can I Give Him?” was pre sented by the children’s and youth departs of Central Metho- dtet Church on Sunday evening, Dec. 20. There was a large and appreciative audience present to enjoy this occasion. Miss Myra Davis served as the reader. Mrs. J. E. Wiseman was in charge of the music. Claude L. Weeks and Prof. F. Scott Elliott, youth advisors, presented the M Y F in “Gods -Gifts to Us”. The speech chorus and the reader carried out this part. There was a manager scene in which Betty Boyd played the part of Mary and Scotty Elliott the part of Joseph. There was also a scene in which the following young people offer ed their lives in Christrian Ser vice: Gene Griffith, Mary Louise Dickert, Jonny Epps, Alan Reigh- ley, Loretta Werts, Mary Alice Long and Bill Tedford. The primary department, with Miss Sallie 'Lee Cromer as Super intendent, protrayed the part “We Give Him Our Talents.” In another scene , this group gave Him their possessions. ] After a special offering was taken for the Epworth Home, the pastor, The Rev. Herbert L. Spell, closed the meeting ^with prayer. The congregation then went to the Mary Frances Wright Memor ial Building for light refreshments consisting of Russian tea, cookies and sandwiches. These were pre pared by the adult classes of the Church School. The evening’ activities were concluded by the young* people’s going on their annual round of singing carols to shut-ins of the church and to others. Clarence Summers To Celebrate 50th Wedding Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Clarence T. Sum mer will observe their fiftieth wed ding anniversary on Thursday afternoon, December thirty first, nineteen hundred and fifty three. Friends and relatives are invited to call at their home, 2102 East Main Street, Newberry, between five and seven o’clock in the after noon. No presents. gSg; 1 1 n ■ ■ ■ 1 1 ■ . \ \ f i i / CITY BARBER SHOP 1416 Main Street ROLAND FELKER’S BARBER SHOP 1200 College Street NEWBERRY HOTEL BARBER SHOP . Caldwell Street We will be closed Christmas Day, December 25, and* Saturday, December 26th. Brightly the Holiday Spirit lights new friendships and rekindles old ones year after year. And at this season we greet our friends and say we are thinking of them on this happy occasion. RITZ Theatre WELLS Theatre Clover Leaf Drive-In Theatre