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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1956 PAGE FIVE THE NEWBERRY SUN Bowers-Davenport Vows Are Spoken In a lovely ceremony taking place in Wightman Methodist church in Prosperity at 4 p. m. Sunday, August 12, Miss Gay Nell Bowers became the bride of Jim mie Burnes Davenport of New berry. The Rev. Ray Hook, pastor of the church officiated, using the doutye ring ceremony. Palms, baskets of white gladi oli and carnations and cathedral tapers in floor candelabra decora ted the church. White satin ribbon marked the family pews. Mrs. ’Joe Bedenbaugh, organist, and Mrs. David Bowers, sister- in-law of the bride, soloist, ren dered the wedding' music. The ushers were Joe Hipp and John Davis of Newberry, Richard Bowers and Ralph Bowers of Brosperity, brothers of the bride. Johnnie Davenport, brother of the bridegroom, was best man. Miss Edna Bowers, sister of the bride, who was maid of honor, wore a floor length dress of deep blue net and crystalete over taff eta. The fitted bodice was made of shirred net and - crystalette. The skirt,gathered with crystal ette tucks was featured with bows down the back. She wore a blue net headpiece to match her dress which was dotted with bows down the back. She wore a net head piece to match her dress which was dotted with rhinestones and blue rhinestone earrings, gift of the bride. She carried a pink car nation nosegay. The bridesmaids were Miss Polly Ann Dominick, cousin of the bride and Miss Jo Ann Dominick, both of Newberry and Miss Doris Moore and Miss Dot Leaphart, both of Prosperity. Their costumes were identical to that of the maid of honor. Little Miss Roberta Mehers of Lewis- town, Pa., flower girl, wore a pink floor length dress and car ried a basket bordered with pink ribbons and wore a headpiece of pink pompoms. She wore a strand of pearls, gift of the bride. The lovely bride was given in marriage by her father. She wore a wedding gown of rose point lace and nylon tulle over candlelight satin designed with empire fitted boddice of lace embroidered with iridescent sequins and fashioned from neck to hip in the back with tihy self-covered buttons. The neckline featured a Queen Ann collar and the fitted sleeves came to Calla lily points over the hands. The full gathered skirt of nylon tulle over a hoop was appliqued with lace medallions. The skirt was embroidered with irridescent sequins from the pointed waist line to the hemline which extend ed into a chapel train. Her finger tip veil of imported silk illusion, edged with wide hand clipped rose point lace, cascaded from a coronet of seed pearls and sequins She carried a white Bible topped with a white purple orchid. Her only ornament was a pair of pearl earrings, gift of the bridegroom. The bride’s mother wore a dress of navy blue lace with a navy vel vet hat, navy accessories and a pink carnation corsage. The bridegroom’s mother wore a dress of sea blue lace, pink vel vet hat and a pink carnation cor sage. A reception was held in the as sembly room of the church im mediately following the wedding. For a wedding trip to Florida, the bride chose a charcoal gray suit with black velvet hat, black accessories with white gloves and the orchid from her Bible. Mrs. Davenport is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert W. Bow ers of Prosperity. She is a grad uate of the Prosperity high school and has been employed by the Newberry branch of the South Carolina National bank for the past several years. Mr. Davenport is the son o f Mrs. Jamees Palman Davenport and the late Mr. Davenport. He is a graduate of Newberry high school and is employed by DuPont and company in Aiken. CENTRAL CIRCLE NO. 1 MONDAY Circle No. 1 of Central Metho dist Church will meet Monday, Au gust 27 at 4:00 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Paul Whitaker. Home Loans OUR PLAN PROTECTS YOUR HOME, FAMILY AND YOURSELF WITH AN ORDERLY, ECONOM ICAL WAY OF PAYING OFF THE MORTGAGE ON YOUR HOME. ASK US ABOUT IT TODAY! Building & Loan Association 1117 Boyce Street The State Building Newberry, S. C. Pinckney N. Abrams, Sec.-Treas. DIRECTORS Louis C. Floyd R. Aubrey Harley Thomas H. Pope Pinckney N. Abrams J. Dave Caldwell Ralph B. Baker \ m 7A Once Again The Time Is Here... SCHOOL DAYS!! Nutrition experts agree breakfast is our most important meat When your young ones go off to school on Monday, Sep tember 3rd, be sure they have had a good breakfast, served with plenty of “NEW BERRY MAID” Butter. Newberry Creamery “Newberry Maid” Butter Building Permits August 15: Mrs. Emma Mills, add one room and general repairs to dwelling, 127 Caldwell street, $500. August 16: Mrs. Miriam Har den, add one room and general re pairs to dwelling on McDowell street, $1.00. Aug. 16: Mrs. Ethel Hollings worth, one five-room wood frame brick yeneer dwelling on McDow ell street, $6500. Aug. 16: Carl W. Long, add two rooms to dwelling, 1401 Jefferson street, $1200. Aug. 17: Cyril Hutchinson, re pairs to roof of dwelling, 801 Col lege street, $400. Aug. 17: Jesse Sims, add one room and general repairs to dwell ing, 300 Boundary street, $500. Aug. 18: Irby Farr, general re pairs to dwelling, 408 Floyd street, $975 Aug. 19: M. A. Smith, general repairs to dwelling, 1205 Langford street, $200. Aug. 21: A. W. Murray, add two rooms and general repairs to dwelling on Boundary street, $2,- 500. Stoney Hill Girls Enjoy Demonstration The Stoney Hill 4-H Girls Club met August fourth at 2:30 with Ann Boozer and Anita Killian at the home of the former with 24 members present. The meeting was called to or der by the president, Judy Beden baugh. “America” was sung. The devotions were conducted by Wil ma Boozer. Ann Boozer, song leader, gave the History of the Pledge and told how the song “Pledge of Alle giance to the Flag” was composed by Irving Caesar ASPCAP at the request of Representative Louis C. Rabant, passed by Congress and signed into law on Flag Day, June 14, 1954 by President Eisenhower. The Song Leader then led the members in singing the Pledge to the Flag. The roll was called and the min utes read and approved. “Happy Birthday” was sung for Janet Hawkins and Ann Boozer. A very interesting and helpful demonstration was given by Janet Hawkins, Beverly Lake and Wil ma Boozer on “Home Gardening, Canning and Freezing.” We were happy to have our Home Demonstration Agent, Mrs. Margie Freeman and our mothers and friends meet with us. The meeting closed by singing the 4-H Club Pledge. Games and contests were enjoy ed and led by Ann Boozer and An ita Killian, with prizes going to Mrs. Margaret Hunter, Janie Kun- kle and Wilma Boozer Delicious refreshments were served by the hostesses and as- sited by Frances Boozer and Mrs. Mark Boozer. Wilma Moozer, Reporter. Prosperity Cow Gets Recognition PETERBOROUGH, N. H. — A registered Guernsey cow, Breeze Haven Mollene, owned by Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Mills, Prosperity, S. C., has completed an official produc tion record of 10,026 pounds of milk and 530 pounds of fat, ac cording to the American Guernsey Cattle Club. This production, made in the AGCC’s Herd Improvemnet Reg istry, is equal to 4850 quarts of high-quality milk. “Mollene” was a juniqj* three year-old, met calving require ments, and was milked tvro times daily for 305 days while on test. This official production record was supervised by Clemson Agri cultural College. Hayes Attending Detroit Meeting J. T. Hayes, Newberry, is one of nine South Carolina Woodmen of the World representatives to earn an all-expense paid trip to Detroit to attend a three-day na tional conference at the Statler .Hotel, August 20-22. Mr. Hayes is field representa tive of South Carolina for Wood men, world’s financially strongest fraternal benefit society. To win the trip, he had to se^ cure a specified minimum of new applications for Woodmen protec tion during the past 12 months and maintain a high persistency. Participating in the conference, in addition to nearly 200 field representatives, will be the Na tional Service Committee, a group of lay'members who suggest fra ternal projects for the Society. Entertainment will include tours of Greenfield Village, home of the Ford Museum, the business and industrial section of Detroit, and Windsor, Canada. BEARD Mr. and Mrs. William DeWitt Beard of 1113 Calhoun street are receiving congratulations on the birth of a ten pound daughter, Martha Lane, on August 17 at Newberry hospital. Mrs. Beard, before marriage, was Edith Neal Lane. HARDIN Mr. and Mrs. William Roggli Hardin of Little Mountain an nounce the birth of an eight pound two ounce son, David Meredith, on August 20 at the local hospital. Mrs. Hardin is the former Mary Elizabeth Butler. Teen-Agers Feted On 16th'Birthdays One of the loveliest affairs of the season for the younger contin gent was the dance with which Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Kemper and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Setzler enter tained in honor of their daugh ters, Miss Sinclair Kemper and Miss Claudia Setzler, who were celebrating their 16th birthday. The dance was given at the Coun try Club of Newberry. The club was beautifully deco rated with pink gladioli, pink zin nias, tuberoses and green pine bows. Pink and green streamers out-lined the arches and doorways. The hosts and honorees received their guests in the foyer of the club. Miss Claudia Setzler wore a beautiful yellow net and taffeta evening gown, with an orchid cor sage. Miss Sinclair Kemper wore a lovely white net waltz-length gown with white chiffon cummer bund. Her corsage was of red roses. The table was covered with an embroidered linen cloth, and cen tered with a beautiful tiered birthday cake. The cake was white, decorated in pink, with pink candles, and surrounded with a pink net ruffle. Pink tapers in crystal eandlebara were used. De licious refreshments were served. More than 100 guests were invie- ed to enjoy dancing throughout the evening. » McCARTHA Mr. and Mrs. John Clarence Mc- Cartha of Prosperity Route 1 are parents of a five pound, 14 ounce son, Randy Lee, born August 20 at the local hospital. Before mar riage, the mother was Lucy Vic toria Bradley. GOOD READING At The library “Angel of the Battlefield” by Ishbel Ross is the life story of Clara Barton, called the “angel of the battlefield” because of her work in bringing help to wounded soldiers at the front in three wars, out of which experience grew her greatest achievement, th§ establishment of the Ameri can Red Cross. “Comfort Me With Apples” by Peter De Vries is an ironic com edy in which marriage and fam ily responsibilities force young Chick Swallow, former cynic and rebel, to accept a job as lovelorn editor on a small-town newspa per. “A Clear Place in the Sky” by Mary Rosborough shows the re habilitation of three emotionally troubled lives in another regional romance of the Florida swamp lands. “Frozen Jungle” by Lawrence -Earl is the story of six survivors of a plane crash, who, stranded in the remotest regions of Lab rador where the temperature drops to 40 below, struggle to keep alive. “Dear Mad’m” by Stella Patter son is the delightful story of an eighty-year-old grandmother who left her over protective family and sef out on a year’s adventure, in which she found herself needed and loved. “Channel Circle” by Susan Ertz is the story of an American family whose life became so in- grown that it was only with great difficulty that the young est managed to break away. Weddmg Bells Wilbert Donald Kirby of New berry and Barbara Ann Kirk of Clinton were married in ClintoB on Saturday, August 4th. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. E. D. Johnson of Clinton. Charles Chappell, Newberry and Joyce Shealy, Newberry were mar ried by the Rev. Thomas H. Week* of Newberry in Newberry Sunday# August 5th. \filton Eugene Shealy, Newber ry and Frances Jean Roland, Co lumbia were united in marriagje on Tuesday, August 7th, with tne Rev. Herbert L. Spell of Newber ry, performing the ceremony m Newberry. Jame s C.Baker, Route 3, New berry and Jewell Mills of Whit mire, were married in Whitmire on Tuesday, August 7th with the Rev. Earl L. Alexander of Whit mire, officiating. Furman Loyd King, arid Donna Koon Kirkland, both of Newberry, were married in Newberry by the Rev. Charles Clinton on Tuesday, July 10th. Carroll Ellis Frick, Little Moun tain and Shirley Jean Dillashaw of Newberry, were united in mar riage by the Rev. Paul E. Monroe Jr. in Newberry on Monday, Aug ust 6th. TO TEACH MISSIONS Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, president of the Greenwood District Wo man’s Society of Christian Service, attended the Conference School of Missions at Columbia College August 13-17. She was among the 204 who received certificates for courses. She took the course, “Missions in the U. S. A.” and will present this course in the zone seminars to be held in Sep tember. FIRST TO SEARS THEN Dawkins Family Enjoys Reunion Descendants of Bennett E. and Nannie Hardy Dawkins enjoyed a delightful picnic dinner at the home place near Black’s Bridge on Sunday, August 19. Surviving this union are six sons, Elliott V., *Ben F. and Fitzue B. Dawkins of Newberry; Saxon and Rubber D. Dawkins of Pros perity and D. B. Dawkins of Lees- ville. iSix grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren were unable to be present for the gathering this year, among these a grand son and great-grandson in Cali fornia. Forty-six members of the family with two guests were pres ent— It was decided to set, as a permanent date for this annual affair, the third Sunday in August. Hospital Births ELROD Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Robert El rod of Route 3 announce the birth of a seven pound, nine ounce son, Timothy Robert on August 14 at the local hospital. The mother is the former Sadie Mae Schum- pert. LAKE Mr. and Mrs. Larry Leon Lake of Saluda Route 1 are parents of a six pound, one ounce daughter, Rhonda Cathryn, born August 15 at the Newberry hospital. Mrs. Lakie is the former Mary Jane Caldwell. ONE STOP HERE is all it takes to get the youngsters off to a good start back to school! Everything they’ll need is here ... all Grade “A” in quality ... all priced to go easy on your budget. 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