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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, JUNE IT, 1955 — Miss Ruff Becomes Bride Of James Wiseman, Jr. Centering wide interest was the lovely wedding of Miss Sally John Ruff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Delleney Ruff of Columbia, and James Edgar Wiseman, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. James Edgar •Wiseman ,Sr., of Newberry, which took place at 8:30 pmi., June 4, in Shandon Methodist church. Dr. Robert N. DuBose, pastor, offi ciated, using the double ring ceremony. Palms, white lighted candles in candelabra and floor baskets of white gladioli, chrysanthe mums and gypsophila decorated the church. Miss Mary Elizabeth Avinger, organist, and Mrs. H. M. Hodges, Jr., of Augusta, Ga., cousin of the bride, vocalist, presented the wedding music. V6cal selections included "I Ix>ve Thee” )Grieg), and “Because” (d’Hardelot); be fore the ceremony. After the vows were exchanged “O Perfect Love” (Barnby) was softly ren dered. The ushers were Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Gene Griffith, Gerry Rutherford and William Neville, all of Newberry; Bill Haynes- worth of Florence and Tom Rol and of Laurens. Jesse Delleney Ruff, J-r., brother of the bride, and Melford Wilson, Jr., cousin of the bridegroom, lighted the can dles. Miss Mary Ruff, sister of the bride and maid of honor, wore a seafoam green nylon net dress over taffeta, having a strapless bodice draped with net folds with matching stole attached and bouf fant skirt enhanced by many di agonal rows of ruffles. She car- red a cascade bouquet of shaded yellow carnations and gypsoph- ila. The bridesmaids were Misses Lucy Ann Robinson of Winnsboro and Janet Allen of Wadesboro, N. C., cousin of the bride; Dipksie Mims of Reevesville, Rosalind Gettys, Marie Timmons and Bran don Vaughn, all of Columbia. Their dresses and flowers were identical to those of the honor attendant. , Patricia Hodges of Bennetts- ville, and CathyDeierlein of Col umbia, cousins of the bride and flower girls, wore seafoam green nylon net dresses over taffeta with drop shoulder bodices and ruffles down the skirts. They car ried flower baskets filled with rose petals. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, Jesse Delleney Ruff, was lovely in her wedding dress of ivory satin de signed with basque bodice, deep square neckline finished with a wide band of Venice lace, mar quisette yoke with small lace collar at the throat, long sleeves f ending in points at the wrists BOOKMOBILE THUlRSDAY, JUNE 23: Mrs. Minnie Leitzsey, Mt. Beth el Germany community. Mrs. Bryan Nichbls. Mrs. Arthur Maybin, Maybin- ton community. Mrs. Jeff Suber, Strother com munity. Homer Crooks, Crooks store. Miss Olive Eargle, New Hope Zion community. Mrs. Ben Johnson, Pomaria. Peak. Mrs. John Stone, St. Philips community. WILLS Theatre WEDNESDAY A THURSDAY Merchants Movietime Days and full bouffant skirt with cath edral train. Her finger tip veil of ivory illusion was attached to a cap of satin and lace enbroid- ered in pearls. The bride carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley centered with a white, yellow throated orchid. She also wore a diamond studded wristwatch, a gift of the bridegroom. James Edgar Wiseman, Sr., of Newberry, father of the bride groom, was best man. The bride’s mother wore an aqua lace dress over taffeta with an orchid corsage. The bridegroom’s mother wore a shell-pink orrganza dress with an orchid corsage. Mrs. John H. Stackhouse, of Dillon, grandmother of the bride, wore a pale blue lace dress over taffeta with an orchid corsage. Immediately following the cer emony the bride’s' parents enter tained at a reception in the dhurch parlor. Assisting the bri dal couple in receiving were their parents and bridal attend ants. Mixed white flowers with touches of yellow flowers decor ated the reception room. During the evening the bride and bridegroom left for their wedding trip to Gatlinburg, Tenn. and upon their return will make their home on Monroe street, Columbia. For traveling the bride wore a Cole blue bamboo woven silk suit with cap sleeved sheath dress and fitted jacket trimmed with white linen, with accessor ies and the orchid from her bou quet. Mrs. Wiseman finished Dreher high school, attended Converse college, and will be graduated in August from the University of South Carolina where she is a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, was secretary of the junior class and S.A.E. Sweet heart of 1955. The bride attended the 1953 assembly and is a form er member of the Spinsters club of Columbia. Mr. Wiseman attended Wofford college and the University of S. C. where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Cotillion and German clubs. He will attend the University of Louisvillq Dental School in the fall. Among the guests from New berry at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Summer, Judge and Mrs. Steve C. Griffith, Rev. and Mrs, Herbert Spell and Bet sy, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Clark son, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bak er, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. R. R.' Bruner, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Reid, Jr. Miss Har riett Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Clean Youmans, Mr. and Mrs. Jake R. Wise, Dr. Mamie Summer, Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Brooks, Mr. and I Mrs. O. M. Gobi-, Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Harmon, Dr. and Mrs. F A. Truett, Mr. and Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Mr. -and Mrs. Harry Hedgepath, Mrs. George Hipp, and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Sum mer. Talk About National Guard Is Serious Farm Loans D. H. WADDELL Whitmire, June 12.—Dennis H. Waddell, 73, died early this morning at his home in Lenoir, North Carolina after an extend ed illness, Mr. Waddell was born and rear ed in Spartanburg county and had lived in Whitmire for several years during which he served as a member of the Whitmire police force and was later employed by the Aragon - Baldwin mills there. Also Color Cartoon FRIDAY A SATURDAY LASH LA RUE in “STAGE TO MESA CITY" also “Riding With Buffalo Bill" and TWO CARTOONS LATB SHOW SAT.—10:30 Also MONDAY & TUESDAY RITZ Theatre THURSDAY Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Lud milla Tcherina, Rita Gam, “Sign of The Pagan” (In Cinemascope and Techni color.) ALSO Cartoon: WRONG. FRIDAY and SATURDAY* Lex Barker, Mara Conday, Step hen McNally, John Dehner, “Thr Man From Bit ter Ridge” (IN COLOR) ALSO CARTOON: Field Scream. MONDAY—TUESDAY—and WEDNESDAY Lana Turner, Edmund Purdon, Louis Calhern, Audrey Dalton, “THE PRODIGAL” On Monday and Tuesday of last week Williams H. Carter, area supervisor, John G. Culler, junior, county supervisor, and Mrs. Janie W. Partain, county office clerk of Newberry, attended an area meet ing in Greenville designed to aid Farmers Home Administration employees in giving better serv ices to farm families who use its credit services. ^ Principal speakers for this meeting included .L. M. Belk, jun ior, State director; J. L. Trihey, Administrative assistant, Ca^oll S. Mills, Chief FO operations, George B. Eleazer from the State office, Williams H. Carter, area supervisor area two, and Sam H. Bailey, area supervisor from area one. The following policies in the regular lending programs during the coming year were emphasiz ed: 1. Make and handle loans in such a manner that the farmers can obtain the resources that will lead to better farming. 2. Make the kind of loans that will help farmers increase the ef ficiency of their farm operations —obtain greater yields per acre and get higher production per animal. 3. Give farmers the kind of service that will heFp them pay their debts and make a better living. 4. Base all loans on the fa6t that the Farmers Home Admin istration deals in necessary but not competitive credit, and that it will make no loan unless it is aimed at helping the farmer ad vance as quickly as possible to private cred it. No major change in the basic programs is contemplated, Mr. Culler, county supervisor, said. The current loan services include the supervised production and subsistence loans and the farm ownership loans that help oper ators and owners of family-type farms develop balanced systems of farming. Credit services also include the new soil and water conservation Joans and the var ious emergency leans. Emphasis on use of insured loan funds will continue in 1956. With the use of these funds the farm ownership and soil and water conservation loan programs should continue the expansion that began in the 1956 fiscal year. Since most of the applications for soil and water conservation loans this year have been to fin ance irrigation and farmstead water systems the agency be lieves farmers need more infor mation on soil measures that can be financed with these loans. Establishing and improving per manent pastures, terracing, gully control and other conservation measures were discussed. Conducting realistic year - end analyses of families” progress to help borrowers make full use of land, equipment, livestock and farming skills is to be an impor tant part of the supervisor’s work Business; Not Just Play (By Doris A< Sanders) “Many people think that guards men just play when the come to the armory for drills and just go to camp for a vacation,” said an official of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, l07th anti aircraft Battalia^, the -other day. “I wish they could / -see what these men do. At summer, camp, they are out on fc£e 'Jlring range at 7 in the morning, stay there in the broiling sun all day, at least until four o’clock in the afternoon, often later. While some recreation is provided for off-duty hours, most of the men are too tired at the end of the day to take advantage of it. Go ing to camp certainly isn’t play.” Perhaps back tar December 1940 when Battery C was organised in Newberry, people thought the same thing. But it wasn’t long— only three months to the day—^ 1 before those “playboys** were on active duty, serving in the States and then overseas combat areas. And in case of another war, the guardsmen would be among the first to go, because those drills, summer encampments and spec ialist schools^keep them up to date and proficient on the latest thing in defense of the nation. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery of the 107th AAA Battal ion was originally located in Dil lon, when it was activated in 1940. It went into active federal duty on February 10, 1941 at Camp Stewart, Georgia and by January 1942, some of the battal ion had been sent to Newfound land while others volunteered for , wtr-.^tN RALPH P. ZOBEL, an oftioer of the 228th AAA Group, who recently returned from nine months school on automatic firing at Fort Btiaa, Texas, instructs Cpi. Chafes R. Rlehardsbn of Hq. Battery, 107th Bn., on the operation of radar equipment. (Sunphoto.) -—: :— utilized as general replacements in other branches of service. Ac cording to the history of the unit “it Was a bitter blow for a battal ion credited with destroying 33 enemy craft In combat, and one with a proud record of frontline service to be inactivated. The Battalion had been commended by every higher headquarters under which it served. Perhaps its National Guard origin did not' help its cause when the time came for deactivating anti-aii craft battalions. The men and of- tant plans and training officer; Chief Warrant Officer Carter Ab rams, army, assistant supply of ficer. The only enlisted man in Hq. Battery who was with the origi nal Battery/C is M| Sgt. Floyd G. Beheler, who joined the / battery the first night it met in 1940. He is battalion motor sergeant. Eight other enlisted men have prior service. Hq. and Hq. Battery is author ized *12 officers, two warrant of ficers, and 104 enlisted men. At fleers have never been able to present its quota is filled, and units. The Battalion is under the 51st Division artillery, of the South Carolina National guard Fifty- First Infantry Division,^ now commanded by Major General John C. Henagan, who was the first commander of the 107th. The 107 th trained during the summer of 1951 with the Divis ion at Fort McClellan, Ala. In 1947 it trained at Fort Jackson, and other years it has gone to Camp Stewart, Georgia. / Officers of the Battalion met the past weekend to make plans for the forthcoming field training. The advanced detachment will leave on June 30 to make ready for the battalion, which will leave by convoy for Camp Stewart on July 3rd and will return on July 17th. Fulltime employees of the bat talion in Newberry are Capt Gerald C. O’Quhm, battalion ad ministrative officer; Warrant. Of ficer Carroll DeVbre, battalion ad ministrative assistant; James C. McLeod, Administrative Supply and Maintenance Technician, and Curtis O. Chapman, area mechan ic. Hq. Battery drills each Mon day night from 7-9, has six all- day Sunday drills a year and 15 days summer encampment. Enlisted men of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, are: M | Sgts: Vernon T. Bain, Floyd G Beheler, Jacob W. Cook, James N. Hallman, William G. Keis'ler;\ Sergeant First Class: Roy C. Bis hop, John P. Epting, Richard D. Longshore, Joseph A Lown, Jas. C. McLeod, Wilbur A.' Nldhols and George B. Sligh. „ Sergeant; Harry R. Anil, Em ory A. Dominick, William D. Grif fin, Harry W. Halfacre, Henry B. Haltiwanger, Glenn L. Hamm, Derrill B. Schumpert, James O. Slice, Rufus E. Sowell, Ralph W. Stuck, Cecil E. Wicker. Corporal: James A Amick, John L. Beck, Ernest E. Beden- baugh, Billy G. Berley, Kibler Bowers, Larry D. Connelly, Troy W. Ootney, Dawkins W. Dennis, Duane O. Gilliam, Charles W. Haile, James R. Hamm, Edwin D. Havird, Paul L. Hawkins, Clyde E. Hembree, Jr., William Hentz, Emory H. Hip®, John S. Lester, Billy McCutcheon, James E. Metts, Charles R. Richardson, Robert C. Ringer, James W. San ders, Grady E. Sanford, Bennie L. Sease, Robert E. Seastrunk, Jas. V. Stillwell, Jr., Herpmn W. Vaughn, Jr., James <T. Wicker, Jr. John L. Richardson and John C. Wilson, Jr. „ m Deed Transfers Newberry 1 Abraham Warren to Vera Booz er Warren, one lot on Friend St., $1 love and affection. Robert Guise and Alice E. Guise to Melrose Dial Floyd, 303 Drayton street, one lot on Dray ton street, $500. R. B. Baker to Rose Lee But ler, one lot on South street, $5 and other valuable consideration® Newberry 1, Outside H. W. Langford to W. A Moatee and others, 1.3 acres $3600. E. Maxcy Stone, Probate Judge to Andrew Man gum, one let and one building $1301. ) <&.■ V Cleo S. Long to J. W- DIckert, Jr., 43 acres, $1720. Munson P. Davis to Manus Knight and Ada Knight, one lot near Newberry Fair grounds $300. Bush River No. 3 Willie Munson Buford, et el to Mrs. Beulah Smith Buford, 430 acres and .one building (Will T. Buford estate) $10,000. Whitmire No. 4 Lester R. Cooper to Gilbert Brown, one lot and one building, 1607 Emery street, $1000 and other valuable considerations. Whitmire No. 4 Outside R. M. DucketL Jr* to Dawkins and E. 'Willie Dawkins, one lot on Clark $300.00 « ' -S v*:. - if ■ Private First Class: (Min Banks, Jimmy B. Bedenl David E. Berley, Ronald R. er, Aughtry T. Bowers. vi Ji Bowers, Jacob, W. Bowers, ard E. Bowers, Bobby *R. Raymond L. Cromer, Bobb; Epting, Clyde K. Epting, B. Epting, John P. Fellers, Harold M. Fulmer, Virgil L. Ham, Joseph E. Glyxnph, O. Haltiwanger, Carlton W. William D. Horton. David A Kil ler, Derrill R. Langford, Capers L. Lever, Richard P. “ William E- Riley, John C. Charles B. Shealy, Raymond Smith Berlin B. Stuck, Edward H. Stuck, William E. Tayler, Les ter M. Vaughn, Charles W. Wes son, and Ralph B. Wicker. Private: DaVid L. Cromer, Mar ion D. Epting, Edgar ML Fulmer, Robert C. Fulmer, Noah R. Han kins, Billy Hyler, Robert W. Ic- ard, Robert E. Longshore, How ard A. Metts, Heyward D. Shealy, James W. Summer, Claude Wicker, Drayton T. Wicker, Cfaas. K. Boozer, Pinckney W. Hawkins, Jr., George P. Metts fnd Fred D- Richardson. wm B. STUDYING MAINTENANCE OP ROCKET LAUNCHERS 3.5 and .50 caliber machine guns dur ing armory drill are the following members of Headquarters Battery, 107th AAA Battalion: left to right. Pvt. Bobby R. Icard, Pfc. Charles B. Shealy, Capt. Hubert M. Bedenbaugh, Pfc. Bobby L. * Epting, Cpi. John C. Wlison, SFC John P. Epting, Cpi. Herman W. Vdtighn. (Sunphoto.) foreign duty and were sent to New Guinea. The Battalion was during the year. Other points dis- ordered to Bayonne, N. J. and cussed at the Greenville meeting included better work organiza tion and employee training. DAVID NEVILLE AT ARMY SCHOOL IN TEXAS I Fort Bliss, Texas. •— First Lt. David W. A. Neville, 24, son ot Mr. and Mrs. D. W. A. Neville, 1450 Calhoun street, Newberry, S. C. Is attending the army's anti aircraft and guided missile school at Fort. Bliss, Texas. Lieutenant Neville, a 1951 grad uate of Presbyterian college and a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fra ternity, entered the army in Sep tember of the same year. He wears the Bronze Star medal, Combat Infantryman Badge and the UN and Korean Service rib bons. CLOVER LEAF DRIVE-IN Theatre THURSDAY A FRIDAY “QUO VADIS” (In Technicolor) Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Added Color Cartoon: GLOOM. SATURDAY “Clipped Wings” Leo Gorcey, Hentz Hall, JUNE VINCENT, Added Color Cartoon: — DUCK FEVER. SUNDAY and MONDAY “This Is My Love” (In Technicolor) Linda Darnell, Dan Duryea, Faith Domergue, Added Color Cartoon: Cabaret. sailed for England in August of 1942. After training in England, the unit was sent to North Africa for defense of air bases near Or an and Algiers, beginning in Dec ember 1942, the Battalion de fended against numerous air raids, and was given official credit for destroying four enemy planes while in the Algiers area. It was officially commended by Brigidier Hounsell of the British Brigade for its services. Early in 1943, the unit went to Tunisia where half of the battalion fought with the Ninth Division in the battle of El Guettar. Battery A was officially credited with des troying thirteen planes during this period. Major Pope was given com mand of the battalion on June 18, 1943, and the unit landed in Gela, Sicily on July 10 where it defend ed the Ponte Olivo airport for a few days then joined the 9th In fantry division, took part in the victorious campaign of Sicily and acquitted itself well. At the con clusion of this campaign, the Bat talion was attached to the 344h Coast Artillery Brigade and as signed the task of defending Bor- izzo and Milo airports at Trapa ni. Later, the Battalion was mov ed to Palermo and used in de fense of that port. On February 8, 1944, the Battalion returned to North Africa for amphibious training. The Battalion sailed for Italy on June 16, 1944 and an advance detachment landed in southern France on D day with the 45th division while the Battalion itself remained near Naples under or ders tef go to southern France a few days later. When the German air force failed to appear on D day, the Battalion remained where it was and many anti-aircraft bat talions 4n Italy were deactivated or made into units of other types which were needed more than anti-aircraft. After several month’s delay, the 107th was inactivated on Decem ber 5, 1955, and the personnel understand why green inexper ienced battalions fresh from the States and with no combat ex perience were sent to France, while experienced units such as the 107th wer permitted to die on the vine.” officers, Colonel Henagan, Lt, Col Pope and Lt. Col. John C. Bill* ingsley, who suceeded to the command of the Battalion on November 1, 1954 upon Colonel Pope’s return to the States on rotation. When the 10<7th was reactivat ed after the w'ar, on February 10, 1947, Headquarters Battery, in addition to C Battery, was locat ed in Newberry. Lt. Col. Pope re mained in command of the 107th until July 10, 1952 when he was promoted to Colonel and given cojmnand of the 228th* AAA group at which time Lt. Col. Evander R. Mclver, Jr., of Dillon became, and still is, 107th Battalion com mander. When Hq. Battery was reacti vated In 1947, Leland Welling he came battery commander; he was succeeded by Gerald C. O’- uin on August 27, 1947; by Harry E. Moose on January 3, 1951 and by its present commander, Capt. Hubert M. Bedenbaugh on April 14,1953. €apt. Bedenbaugh is the only officer with the battery. Officers of the 107th battalion headquarters, their duties and prior service are: Lt. Col. Mc lver, commanding officer; Major James W. Henderson, executive officer; Capt. James W. Counts, supply officer; Capt. Gerald C. O’Quinn, adjutant; Warrant Offi cer Carroll Devore, assistant ad jutant, all of whom served dur ing World War Two with the 107th, all with Battery C ex cept Col Mclver. Other Officers are: Capt. Hervey F. Blalock, ar my, plans and training officer; Capt. Glenn H. Burghardt, army, motor officer; Capt. Andrew L. Gambrell, army, communications officer; Capt. Wallace W. Har well, army, liason officer; Capt. Harry E. Moose, army, intellig ence officer; Capt. Clarence H. Stucke, chaplain; 2nd lieutenant William H. Leaphart, Jr., assis- its percentage of attendance in 1954 was 97 per cent for officers, 100 per cent for warrant officers and 98 per cent for enlisted men. F\>r the drills and field training attended by the men, they were paid $41,624.14 in the year 1954. Ifq. Battery is the service bat tery for the entire 107th, which consists of four gun batteries lo cated as follows: Battery A., Greenwood, commanded by Capt. Henry R. McKee; Battery B in Clinton, Capt. Guy A.. TumbUn, commander; C, Newberry, Capt James Lester, commander, and D, Hampton, Lt. Harold S. Mc Millan, commander. In 1954, Bat tery D was awarded the 3rd army trophy for being the best main tained of all National Guard units In the 3rd army area, which com prises seven states. It also re ceived the Eisenhpwer trophy given by the State for the best unit in training and strength and the Pope trophy for being the best unit in the LOTth. In the 1954 Federal Inspections by the 3rd army, D Battery received a “superior” rating, and all other units of the 107th were rated an "excellent” Headquarters Battery does the personnel work, plans and train ing, Intelligence work and supply for the battalion. Men of this bat tery use guns for protection only, carbines and .50 calibre machine guns. All men of the battery must qualify with small arms once a year. During field training at Camp Stewart last year, all units of the 107th received “excellent” ratings. The 107th Battalion is aurthor- ized 30 officers, seven warrant officers, and 589 enlisted men. Its current strength is 31 officers, five warrant officers and 577 en- / listed men. During operation “Minutemian” the men of the 'bat talion reported double titne as follows: 118 within 15 minutse after the alert was sounded; 135 within 30 minutes, 107 within 45 minutes; 68 within an hour. In all, 537 reported to units of the 107 th; other guardsmen who were not in the vicinity of their home units reported with other , I ■ / ; ..a By COLE of California You’ll madden the male animal in Cole’s slim shorts suit—narrow as a sheath and slashed right and left with braid rimmed pockets. Lastex in sizzling Spanish col ors. Sizes 10-16. Carpenter’s 3r ;• -*■ •Jl ■m *