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i THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1954 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE THREE Rumpus Room Is Suitable for Family’s Hobbies BY EDNA MILES JN the last decade, the rumpus room has undergone some drastic changes Once the background for ping-pong games and mini ature goll. it’s now a place where the whole family gathers to work away at do-it-yourself hobbies, or at learning a new skill. Dad spends his time at tool-bench carpentry; Mom runs up drapes arid slip covers, and the teen-agers hear both “long hair” and jazz via hi-fi Along with hi-fi. there’s a new enthusiasm for easy-to-learn musical instruments, such as the electronic and electric organs that provide creative activity for all age groups. The easily played electric organ can produce tones that are soft and mellow, lor family evenings, or loud and syncopated, for party gaiety It never needs tuning, fits into a tour-foot square and is easy to install or move around Turning a basement area into a recreation room is not difficult, since plumbing and heating pipes can now be covered with inex pensive and easily installed boards that decorate and soundproof For the floor, economical asphalt tile floors are both handsome t and rugged And in many homes, the owners merely whitewash existing brick walls It’s family fun to let the young finger-painting enthusiasts create the murals for the recreation room. These can be thumbtacked to cork boards and changed about as the artistic talent changes. Teen-agers don’t have to be coaxed to practice when they have their own organ. The spinet model of the electric organ is designed to fit into the limited space of a rumpus room. i here Are Strings Attached THE BAFFLES By Mahoney | HEYGUS! WHAT'S THE MATTER? HERE IT IS OPENING DAY IN YOUR NEW DINER... YOU OUGHT TO BE HAPPY! HAD ANY CUSTOMERS YET? THERE-AND I'M NUMBER l\ CHEER UP! WHO WAS YOUR FIRST CUSTOMER? LAFF OF THE WEEK Prosperity Items Sports Afield *My goodness Charlie, haven’t yon shot up this last year! 1 Mrs. John Earl Dawkins was hostess to the Iris Garden, club last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. J. C. Metts, program lead er, discussed camelias and roses. Mrs. L. C. Pugh had gleanings. The hostess called a number of games of bingo with prizes for each game winner. The prizes were flower seed. After the adjournment the host ess served cherry pie a la mode, nuts, and coffee. A special service was held dur ing the Sunday Morning Service at Grace church. A Sanctuary Bracket, given by the Dogwood Carden club in memory of Mrs. Sophie Cochran Wheeler, was dedi cated. Dr. S. W. Hahn, a former pastor of Grace church, supplied the congregation Sunday and con ducted the dedicatory Service. The members of the Dogwood club attended the service in a body. The Rev. Ray P. Hook had Roll Call Sunday during the preaching hour at Wightman Church. The names of all members of the church were called. A corsage was presented to Mrs. Ralph Grant, the oldest lady present and a bout onniere to Mr. T. A. Dominick, the oldest man present. Little Marilyn Ruff, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ruff, was the youngest member present and was given a silver dollar. An unusually large crowd was present. Pvt. James Barnes is spending a six-day furlough with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Barnes. Pvt. Barnes has just completed a ten weeks’ course in Artillery Bal listic Meterology at Fort Sill, Okla. and will leave Thursday for Camp Kilmer, N. J. to go to Europe. Frank C. Wise of Atlanta and the University of Ga. spent the weekend in the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Wise. Miss Erin Taylor of the St. Phillips community was the guest of Mrs. J.' A. Sease for several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. Beden- baugh of Easley spent the week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. - Maxcy Bedenbaugh and Mrs. J. A. Counts. Mr. D. O. Rudisill of Cherryville, N. C. spent the weekend with his daughter, Mrs. J. Walter Hamm and Mr. Hamm. Mrs. T. M. Sease and Mrs. Har rison of Clinton visited Mrs. J. A. Sease Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ballentine of Chapin were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ballentine. Miss Anne Bedenbaugh of Win- throp College spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dhent Bedenbaugh. Mrs. S. C. Spence of Washing ton, D. C. spent the weekend with her sister, Mrs. A. B. Hunt. Mrs. Hunt and her daughter and grand children, Mrs. Frances Spotts and Larry and Frances Anne, took Mrs. Spence to Columbia Monday to the train. Mrs. George W. Harmon spent Tuesday in Greenville with lyirs. Lillian Hartsell. Tuesday after noon Mrs. Harmon talked to Mrs. Hartsell’s Garden club on flower arrangements. Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Thompson and their three children, Susan, Mike, and Faron of Marietta, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Paden and their two daughters, Cheryl Jean and Brenda of Atlanta, Ga. spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Shealy. Mrs. E. B. Smith and her two children, Edgar and Betty, and the Rev. A. D. Woodle of McRae, Ga. spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Chappell and Mr. arid Mrs. C. E. Hendrix. Mrs. Ray Ohlhues and her two daughters, Kay and Jan, of Char leston were weekend guests of Mrs. Ohllues’ mother, Mrs. H. E. Counts, Sr. Carl Frick, who has been visit ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Frick, since his discharge from the Army about two months ago, left the first of the week to enter West Laike Conservatory of Music, at Hollywood, California. SWORN IN AS WARRANT OFFICERS Four non-commissioned officers of Headquarters & Headquarters Battery, 228th AAA Group, South Carolina National Guard, appear ed before a Board of Officers Monday and were sworn in as Warrant Officers, Junior Grade. The Board, composed of Lt. Col. John F. Keenon, Group Army Ad viser, Lt. Col. Barringer F. Wing- ard and Captain Jerry O’Quinn, awarded warrants to M/Sgt. Rich ard Earl Addison,, M/Sgt. J. C. Brown, SFC Drayton L. Minick and Sgt. Richardson Frasier Sand ers. WO Addison has been assigned chief of the radio section; WO Brown, chief of Food Service, WO Minick, chief of radar section, and WO Sanders, chief of meteor ological section. By TED RESTING So far as most sportsmen are concerned, even if Theodore Roosevelt had never been presi dent, he would have been famous as a hunter. He killed a tremen dous amount of game — and yet he did more for conservation in this country than any. other American sportsman. As president he put into ac tion measures that created five national parks, four big-game refuges, 51 bird sancturaries, and many laws to safeguard the wild life of our country. Roosevelt shot his first deer in the Adirondacks. when he was an undergraduate at Harvard. Later, throughout the West he shot moun tain sheep, elk, black-tailed deer, cougar, black bear and grizzlies. In 1909, after his second pres idential term, Roosevelt set off on his famous African trip. For months he hunted specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. The record of his game on this safari included eight elephants, seven hippopotami, nine lions, and rhinoceroses, great bustards, wildebeests, zebras, pythons and water buffaloes. His rifles were a .30-caliber army Springfield, a Winchester .405 and a double- barreled .500-450 Holland. He also carried a Fox 12-gauge shot gun and a gold-mounted rabbit’s foot! Roosevelt was never a single- minded killer. By nature he was a sharp observer of wildlife and anyone who reads African Game Trails is aware of his keen in terest in everything he saw. In 1913, when he was 55, he set off to Brazil to get plant and animal specimens. At the sug gestion of Brazilian authorities the party also undertook to trace the course of the unmapped River of Doubt. Not even on San Juan Hill or in Africa had Roosevelt faced greater dangers. Heavy rains hampered the party’s progress, food was scarce, insects made their lives a torment, often they had to cut a path through the steaming - jungle. Hostile Indians continually menaced them. Roosevelt fell and injured his leg; infection, blood poisoning and fever set in. He never completely recovered from the rigors of this trip arvd in 1919, surrounded by the many trophies of his vigorous hunting life, he died in his sleep at Sagamore Hill which just last June was dedicated as a national shrine. Ticklers by beorge MAYOR McGUP By John Jarvis ELECTRIC MOTORS New-Used-Rebuilt Bought-Sold-Exchanged We repair all types Satisfaction Guaranteed Mann Electric Repair Co. 2329 Main St., Columbia, S. C. 33-tfc "They used to give away Liberace records, but new thevVe reallv doing business!** T MAYOR, WOULD YOU MIND BEING QUIET COR A MOMENT? WE'RE PASSING THE PUBLIC LIBRARY/ 'm EXPERIENCE is the best teacher .... "From experience comes knowledge" goes an old proverb. This is true of any man in any job, from the farmer to the lawyer or doctor. We all know that a man learns by doing, by the train ing he gets working at a particular job. He learns from the teaching of those with whom he works. This "on the job" training is vital so that he can have a thorough knowledge of what his job is and how to do this kind of work. George Bell Timmerman, Jr. has had eight years experience "on the job" as your lieutenant-gover nor. 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