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THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1956
THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE THREE
Vets Claims Are
Decentralized
Processing of new death claims
from widows and orphans of vet
erans from South Carolina start
ed today in the Columbia Region
al Office. Formerly, these claims
were centralized in three dist
rict offices, said M. L. McHugh,
manager of the Columbia^ Region
al office. For the Southeast, most
of them were handled in Phila
delphia.
The decentralization will affect
all new death claims ^rom widows
and children of deceased veterans
for Government Life Insurance,
Compensation, Pension and Bur
ial Allowances. Mr. McHugh said
the decentralization wil give the
widows and chidren of deceased
veterans in those areas local one-
stop Veterans Administration
service such as is now available
to living veterans.
Mr. McHugh stressed that the
decentralization will apply only
to new death claims. It will not
apply to “Running Awards” cases
in which Veterans Administra
tion already is paying benefits.
The “Running Awards” and the
inactive cases—those in which
veterans administration is not
making any payments—will re
main in the /St. Paul, Philadelphia
and Denver District offices.
Mrs. Werts Rites
Held On Monday
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon
from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
for Mrs. Olive . Roberta Shealy
Werts widow of Elmer T. Werts,
who died early Saturday morning
at the Newberry County Memor
ial Hospital after an illness of
three days.
The Rev. J. L. Drafts, the Rev.
Herbert L. Spell, and the Rev. M.
T. Cullum officiated. Interment
was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Werts was born ip the
Pineywoods section of Lexington
County, daughter of the late John
and Katherine Dehart Shealy. She
moved to Newberry County in her
early childhood and had spent a
number of years at Helena.
She was a member of St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church near Pomaria,
and a member of Circle No. 2.
Her husband died in 1950.
Survivors include four sons,
Hubert V., of Pomaria, Arthur T.,
Hilliard C., and Berley S. Werts,
of Newberry; one sister, Mrs.
Minnie Livingston, of Newberry;
one brother, Ed M. Shealy, of
White Rock; five grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren and a
number of nieces and nephews.
By FRANKLIN J. MEINE
Editor, The American Peoples
Encyclopedia
H ERE^S a bit of fuel to add to
the fire in the hot stove
league. In the National league,
Brooklyn left the other seven
teams at the starting post by
grabbing a record 10 straight
games to open the 1955 season,
ultimately winning 21 of its first
23. The Dodgers clinched the
league title on September 8, the
earliest in the recent history of
the major leagues. Milwaukee
finished second, 13% games out.
The Yankees were forced to wait
for their American league pen
nant until two days before the
season ended. The American
League’s exhausting fight lured
almost nine million customers, an
increase of more than a million
over the previous year. The Na
tional League’s attendance record
was 7,672,795, a decrease of 340,-
724, despite Milwaukee’s hurdling
cm the 2-million barrier for the
second successful year. The aggre
gate of 16,616,310 for the two
leagues reflected an overall boost
of 680,427.
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ONE BALL OF YARN
By Mary Jo Ericson
S UZANNE, her curly brown head
bent studiously over her cro
cheting instructions, her pretty
forehead wrinkled in a frown of
concentration, did not notice her
husband lay down his newspaper
and look at her. She would have
been surprised to see the sudden
look of awarenesss come into his
eyes as he studied her face as
though seeing it for the first time—
a look that deepened to tender
ness, that made his lips twist in
an indulgent smile.
“Why, the little minx,” he mut
tered to himself, “She never told
me.”
No, Suzanne didn’t notice any
of this as she applied herself to
the task at hand. She was used
to the silent evenings now—or al
most. It seemed as though lately
she and Bob didn’t talk much.
They didn’t seem to have too
much to say to each other. Their
evenings were spent with him
behind his newspaper or book—
with her darning or following
some complicated crochet pattern.
When finally she did lay aside
her work with a little tired sigh,
he was again hidden from sight.
His voice, with a different tone
to it, startled her.
“Tired? How would you like to
make us a nice cup of cocoa be
fore turning in?” he asked.
His offer was so unexpected,
and she was so delighted that she
practically stammered her accept
ance. As they sat companionably
sipping it a little while later, it
seemed strange to find that they
suddenly had things to tell each
other—stranger still, that those
items now seemed to interest both
of them instead of being a boring
account of something that had
happened during the. day.
The next day she found her
self taking special pains with her
“at breakfast” appearance—even
got up a little earlier in order to
make some of his favorite pan
cakes—something she hadn’t done
in ages. His good-bye kiss was all
the thanks she needed for the ef
fort.
If the question entered her mind.
“Why the sudden change?”, she
shoved it aside. One doesn’t ques
tion the gods who bestow happi
ness restored after being in moth-
balls.
When the telephone rang after
lunch, and it was his voice, she
didn’t have to force the lilt in her
tone. It was there! And when he
.said, “How about dinner out to
night—and perhaps a show? Well
—all the lights in the house
seemed to go on at once.
Happiness put stars in her eyes
—^unlocked her lips. Suddenly the
stranger had become her husband
—the man who loved her. Her
innate shyness melted away. Love
gave her the self-confidence to
pour out the dreams until now
hidden in her heart. And he lis
tened and thought, “What have
I been missing!!”
No more silent evenings now.
The newspaper dropped to share
a confidence. The crocheting was
laid aside to discuss some new
plans. A month flew by on wings.
One month—then one night Suz
anne breathed a tiny sigh again
as she broke the yam.
“Well, at last, those are fin
ished.”
Bob’s lips had difficulty being
serious as he asked, “What?”
Now she would tell him! He had
wondered why she hadn’t during
these few weeks as they grew
closer together.
“These booties for Jane’s show
er next week. I thought I’d never
finish them.”
Bob’s face was a study of amaze
ment. Then he burst into a loud
guffaw.
“What’s the matter?” Suzanne
asked in surprise.
“This time the joke’s on me!”
Bob replied. Then added, in a
wondering tone, “But I’ve still
won!! And how!!”
CHUTE CHAMP . , . Doctor examines French model Colette Duval
who claims record parachute leap at Rio de Janeiro, dropping
34,060 feet before opening chute.
RUSS CHURCHMEN HERE . . . Eight Russian church dignitaries
tour U. S. as part of two-way exchange of visits begun by American
religious leaders.
THE BAFFLES By Mahoney
FINALLY GOT ONE. BEEFSTEW
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Prosperity News
MRS. B. T. YOUNG, Correspondent
J. A. Williams has returned
home after undergoing tests in
the Newberry hospital.
Mrs. Hoyt Boland is a patiqnt
in the Newberry hospital.
The June meeting of the Crepe
Myrtle Garden club was held
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. W.
B. Ackerman. Miss Myrtle Ruff
substituted for Mrs. Ruth Pugh,
program leader. She discussed
tray gardening and displayed a
lovely tray garden.
For gleanings Miss Bertha
Ruff, read a poem, “The Song
of Time.”
Mrs. Oscar Wessinger, recrea
tion chairman, called several
games of bingo with the prize
going to Mrs. Ackerman.
Mrs. Ackerman’s mother, Mrs.
M. D. Derrick, was a guest.
After the business session the
hostess served a delectable plate
with iced tea.
Mrs. Wofford Cooper was hos
tess to the Iris Garden club last
Wednesday afternoon. In the ab
sence of the president, Mrs. J.
C. Metts, the vice president, Mrs.
Woodrow Bedenbaugh, presided.
Mrs. Bittle Hawkins gave an
interesting discussion on how to
beat the drouth.
'"'Mrs. Leon Shealy gave glean
ings.
In a flower contest, conducted
by the hostess, Mrs. Bittle Haw
kins won the high score prize
and Mrs. Leon Shealy low.
The hostess served a salad plate
with iced tea.
Mrs. W. B. Ackerman and
Mrs. J. A. Singley are attending
the Grand Chapter meeting of the
Eastern Star at Greenville. Also
attending from the Prosperity
chapter are Mr. and Mrs. J. Ray
Dawkins and Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Derrick of White Rock.
N. H. Vaugn had with him Fa
ther’s Day all of his children and
grandchildren. In the group were
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Morris, Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Vaughn and
their two children, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Harris and theifi son of
Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. Otis
Shealy and their two children,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Vaughn
and their son, of Prosperity, Ned
and Hayne Vaughn of the home.
With Mrs. P. C. Singley for the
weekend were Mr. and Mrs. W.
D. Callahan of Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Stock-
man, Kay Stockman, Phyllis
Shealy and Nancy Dowd, spent
last Thursday night and Friday
with the League group at Lake
Jemiki.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ackerman,
Mrs. M. D. Derrick, and Roy Der
rick, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Wise in West Co
lumbia.
Weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Edd Counts were Mr. and
Mrs. G. B. Brooks and their two
sons of Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bedenbaugh
of Easley spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Maxcy Bedenbaugh
and Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Beden
baugh.
Mr. and Mrs. Kreps Zeagler,
Jr. and their three daughters,
Sylvia, Patricia and Diane, visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Young on
Sunday.
Dewey Adams, who recently
graduated from Newberry Col
lege, has accepted work with the
Deering-Milliken Mills in Union
and will begin work there on
June 25th.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Caldwell
and their two children. Debra
and Kenny, spent Saturday and
Sunday with Mrs. Caldwell’s par
ents, the Joseys in St. Charles.
They also attended the Andrews-
Welch wedding at Elliott while
they were away.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hamm
spent Sunday with Mrs. Hamm’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Rudi-
sill in Cherryville, N. C.
Sunday guests of Misses Susie
and Mary Langford were Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Langford of Colum
bia, Mrs. Robert Darlington and
her daughter, Anne of Lexington,
Ky.
Richard Ross of Greensboro, N.
C. came down for the weekend
and his mother, Mrs. J. E. Ross
accompanied him home for a vis
it.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Riley and
their son, Gene of Union, spent
from Sunday till Thursday of last
week with Mrs. A. B. Hunt and
Mrs. Frances Spotts.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Wise spent
the weekend in Atlanta with Mr.
and Mrs. Frank C. Wise.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Webster and
their little daughter, Lois of
Florence, spent Friday and Sat
urday with Mr. and Mrs. Byrd
Gibson.
Debra Caldwell is spending the
week with her aunt in George
town.
Rev. and Mrs. Ben M. Clark
are in Salem, Va., where Rev.
Clark is attending a meeting of
the Board of Trustees of the
Lutheran Children’s Home.
Mr. and Mrs. David Lee and
their two children of Seneca,
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Ballentine. With the
Ballentine’s on Sunday were Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Ballentine of
Chapin and Mr. and Mrs. Fur
man Ballentine of Greenville.
Beaumont and Vivian Ballentine,
who had been with their grand
parents for two weeks, returned
to Greenville Sunday with their
oarents, Mr. and Mrs. Furman
Ballentine.
"I REMEMBER”
fiY THE OIDTIMERS
From Faye L. Lewis, Dailey
W. Va.: I remember the first win
ter my sister and I walked into
town to high schooL
We’d get up early in the morn
ing (five-thirty). The never-warm
farm house would be icy cold. The
only warm place was close to
the burnside stove in the living
room. There, if we were lucky
enough to find standing room,
we’d freeze on one side while
we burned the other, or vice-versa.
Next we ran to the kitchen to
wash. By this time mother had
the ice broken in the water bucket
and had heated the water. While
we washed in the cold kitchen,
the steam would fly from our
bodies.
Then we ate a good breakfast-
hot mush and oven-made toast,
or fire ham and etts with hot bis
cuits and plenty of milk.
Now we are ready to start dress
ing. Although we were allowed
to omit the long flannels we wore
to free school, we still had plenty
of clothing: long stockings, wool
hats with ear muffs, snow pants,
high boots, mittens and a heavy
coat.
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Since 1823, the town hall clock
in Winnsboro has kept residents
and visitors informed of the time.
Believed to be the oldest con
tinuously running clock in the
country, the massive timepiece
survived Sherman’s visit to Fair-
field County which today is
proud of its production of tex
tiles, pine trees and building and
monumental stone.
In modern South Carolina, a
state proud of its antiquities, the
United States Brewers Founda
tion works constantly to encour
age maintenance of wholesome
conditions wherever beer and ale
are sold. As in other states, thte
program calls for dose coopera
tion between la Wrenf or cement
officials and beer licensees
throughout South Carolina.
Beer belongs . . . enjoy it.
United States Brewers Foundation
South Carolina Div^ Columbia, S.C
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July 7th to give our employees
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