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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
That mince pie—do you remember it? Last week I told
about my keen wish for a mince pie the first Thanksgiving
day I spent in Peru, high in the Andes, in the resort fav
ored by the Incas—Cajamarca. As I told you I was only
“Yankee" in all that region. I also told you that all Amer
icans are called Yankees by people of other countries. I re
call an editorial in a South American daily referring to
our Government in Washington as El Gobierno Yankee—
the Yankee Government.
The first time I was ever called a Yankee was by a lady
of a suburb of London,near the vast Capital of Her Brit
annic Majesty’s realm. I had gone to that attractive com
munity on a matter of concern to a colleague in the A. E.
F. in France.
As I walked down a residential street, looking for the
house number I was seeking—When I told her, she very
graciously said “Come right in; all you Yankees are wel
come”. So there I was: A Yankee and just finding out that
a native of Charleston, SouthCarolina, United States of
America, Land of the Pilgrim’s pride, Star Spangled Ban
ner—and all that, was, after all, a Yankee.
I’ve never found the Yankees different from us—good,
bad, indifferent—just as we are. Strangely enough, in
Europe my most intimate associates were from New York,
Pennsylvania, Indiana and California. In South America
I was closely associated for a while with men from Mass
achusetts and the State of Washington.
We Americans may be envied or admired—at times, but
not usually liked by our British, cousins. To them we seem
more or less like upstarts, braggarts, people of energy,
ambition and driving power, but not imbued with much
THE NEWBERRY SUN
Prosperity News
MRS. B. T. YOUNQ, Corr—pendent
The Prosperity Garden Club
will meet Monday afternoon, Dec.
6 at 3:30 with Mrs. Hunter FeA*
lers.
The Dogwood Garden Club will
meet with Mrs. W. C. Barnes,
Monday, December 6, at 3:30.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Brooks and
their two sons. Tommy and Allen
of Columbia visited Mrs. Brooks
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eld Counts
during Christmas week-
Dr. E. N. Kibler and Miss
Blanch Kibler spent Christmas
Day with relatives in Columbia .
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Richaxds, Sr.
of Heath Springs; Mr. and Mrs. 0.
K. Zeagler, Jr. and three daugh
ters, of Lone Star; Dr. and Mrs.
J. A Hunt of Saluda visited Mr.
and Mrs. B. T. Young Sunday.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Cole S.
Wessinger during Christmas
week were Mrs. H. W. Smith of.
Cayce, Mrs. Elvin Hallman and
Earlene Derrick of White Rock;
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith and
two children, Debbie and Frank-
lyn, of West Columbia; Mr. and
Mrs. V. E. Wessinger, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Wessinger and son
Walt of Leesville.
Mr.». R. D. Sykes and her daugh
ter Miss Juliapne Myerly of Cum
berland, Md. visited Mrs. Sykes
sister, Mrs. H. L. Fellers and Mr.
Fellers during Christmas v week.
Other holiday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Fellers were Mr. and Mrs.
M. C. Hooker of Charleston.
Mrs. O. B. Shearhouse had with
her for several days Christmas
week Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shear-
ouse of Glen Alpine, N. C., and
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Martin of
Laurens.
Christmas Day guests of Mrs.
C. F. Adams were Mr. and Mrs.
James W. Adams of Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Taylor and
three children, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Adams and son, of Saluda,
N. C.; M-Sgt. and Mrs. Albert
Adams and daughters of Sumter.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wicker and
children of Saluda, S. C.; Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey Adams of Union; Mr.
and Mrs. Heyward Sease and
daughter and Miss Erma Cromer
of Newberry; Miss Fern Adams
Bobby Hodge, and P. H. Grat-
ham of McBee.
Mr. gad Mrs. Ed W. Counts
and their two sons. Buddy and
Steve spent Sunday in Sumter.
Mrs. W. D. Moore of Newberry
spent the weekend with Misses
Susie and Mary Langford.
Mr. and Mrs. Colie S. Wessing
er attended The Suber-Richardson
wedding in - Columbia,’ Saturday
evening December 21.
Mrs. J. C. Taylor and Miss
Rebecca Taylor of Charleston
spent Christmas week with Mrs.
J. F. Browne and Mrs. L. W.
Harmon.
Mrs. H. J. Kinard has return
ed from a week’s visit with re
latives in Greenwood.
Yule guests of Mr. and Mrs. M.
C. Shealy were Mr. and Mrs.
Pierce Paden and their daughters,
Cheryl and Brenda of Atlanta,
Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Thomp
son and three children, Susan
Mike and Faron,'of Marietta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ross and
their son Douglas of Athens, Ga.;
and Mr. and Mrs. James Crabtree
(Barbara Barnes) of Pensocola,
Fla. were weekend guests of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Barnes.
Yule guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Mills were Mr. and Mrs. S.
C. Brissie and their two sons,
Robert and George of Woodruff;
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bedenbaugh and
and children, Linda and Mike, of
Lexington.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Shealy spent
the weekend with Mrs. Shealy’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Carter
in Charleston.
Misses Susie and Mary Lang
ford visited friends and relatives
in Williamston and Greenville
last Friday and Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Chappell,
Averette and Mike Chappell spent
Saturday in Chester with Mr. and
Mrs. Joe White, Sr. The Chappell’s
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe White, Jr. and little
daughter Clarissa of Charleston
are visiting during the holidays
what woman does not enjoy with the keenest relish any
further proof of a man’s failure. So here we go:
Remember that my assistant, Mr. Santolalla had never
seen a layer cake or a fruit cake. Don’t think those Peruvians
are unacquainted with luxuries and tempting dishes. There
have been dinners in old Cuzco that lasted four hours and
along with an endless profusion of ordinary foods, there
were ten or twelve desserts!
When I described a layer cake to Santolalla his math
ematical mind invented symbols. So he drew a cake with
all the meticulous accuracy of a surveyor making a plat.
It resembled one of Ernest Williams Spring specials of
straw hats with three ornate bands, a sort of young man’s
delight in haberdashery.
We took that drawing to a Senora who had special
artistry in the confection of dainties. When the fruit of
her handiwork appeared it was loaded with lard. She charg
ed me six dollars for that cake, even though lard was cheap
at the time.
in Chester.
Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Connelly
spent Christmas with their son-
in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Hill, Jr. and their two sons,
Russell and Mark, in Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Rev. and Mrs. Eugene Eaddy
of Folly Beach spent several days
last week with Mrs. Eaddy’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dove Connelly.
Mr. and Mrs. C. *E. Hendrix
have returned from a week’s visit
in New York City as guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Keller and Danny
Newton. J
W. E. Hancock spent Christmas
week with his brother, D. C. Han
cock and Mrs. Hancock in Trilby,
Fla.
Miss Joyce Thomas of Tampa,
Fla. is visiting her aunt, Mrs. M.
P. Connelly.
Miss Martha Counts of Savan
nah, Ga. spent several days Christ
mas week with her mother, Mrs.
H. E. Counts, Sr.
A3c Gene Hendrix has returned
to Robins Air Force Base, Georg
ia after a weeks holiday at his
home.
Mrs. Philip Mayer and her son
Ezra of Greenville spent last week
with her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Ezra Counts.
With the Countses Christmas
Day were Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Monts and their daughter Jan
of Charleston.
>
Guests of Mrs. J. A. Sease last
Thursday were Mrs. Tom Sease,
Tommy, Myrna, and George Sease
of Clinton; Mrs. John Davis of
Fountain Inn; Capt. and Mrs. J.
J. Shannon and their four children
of Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Webster and
their little daughter Loris of Flor
ence wereweeken d guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Byrd Gibson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Counts- spent
Sunday in Columbia with Mr. and
Mrs. G. B. Brooks.
Robert Myers of Levistown,
Pa. spent last week with Mr. and
Mrs. Hunter Fellers. Mrs. Mayer
and her three dangfeton* Sharon
Kathy and Roberta, who had been
with Mr. and Mrs. Fellers for two
months while Mrs. Fellers under
went surgery and during her re
cuperation returned home Sunday
with Mr. Myert.
Dr. and Mrs. George W. Har
mon entertained with a buffet
dinner Christmas Eve. The guests
list included Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Price and two children of Den
mark; Mrs. J. C. Taylor, Miss
Rebecca Taylor and Bernard Hes
ter of Charleston. . Dr. Francis
W. Bradley Miss Jane Bradley,
Misses Erin and Nella Kohn, Mrs.
Jessie L. Wise, «ol. and Mrs.
Geoorge S. Wise, all of Columbia;
Mr. and Mrs. Spence Wise of
Union Mrs. Frank McMillian of
Latta; Frank McMillian Jr., of
the University of Ga.; Lt. Col.
and Mrs. Frank Bradley of Wash
ington, D. C.; Mrs. J. F. Browne
Mrs. P. W. Smith and Mrs. L.
W Harmon of Prosperity
Hospital Patients
Mrs. Pearl Barnes, Prosperity.
Mrs. Bessie Buzhardt, Rt. 1.
Forrest E. Cannon, Little Moun
tain.
Mrs, Evelyn Crumpton and baby
girl, Joanna.
Mrs. Myrtle Cromer, Rt. 1.
Mrs. Julia Devore and baby
girl, Glenhaven Apts., Greenwood.
Mrs. Irene Ellisor and baby
girl, 1001 Norris St., Edgefield.
Sidney E. Gilliam, 2807 Milne
Ave.
Mrs. Mary Hembree, Rt. 1.
Eugene Hite, 1320 Kate St
Dr. Julian B. Harman, 2019
Nance St.
Mrs. Lillian Hendrix, Rt 4.
Miss Susan Jenkins, 1302 Sum
mer St.
' Master Michael King, 1403
Third St. , x
Harvey Kirkland, 1218 Glenn
St.
Miss Ethel Koon, 817 Boundary
St.
Proupurtty.,
James F. Hiss, 2809 Milne Ave.
Mrs. Estelle Marlows, 1519
Harrington St
Mrs. Euna Mize, Rt 1.
Mrs. Janie Nichols, 1628 First
St
Mrs. Mittie Parr and baby boy,
^t $• t
* Johnny Rush ton, Airport
R<L, Clinton.
Ray Stockman, 118 Hammond
Mrs. Maris Smith, 1821 Kanes
St
Mrs. Bessie Sanders, 1300
Fourth St Y
Wallace B. Timmerman, 726
'Boundary St.
Mrs. Mary Lane Williams, 2207
Nance St
Colored Patients
Sally Burton, 913 Sunset Lane.
Jim Chalmers, 884 Bess St ‘
George Collins, 229 Drayton St
Jackie Graham, 104 Boundary
St ‘
Marjorie Kinard, 608 South St
Mattie Mae Miles, Rt 6, Salu
da.
A. C. Robertson, Vincent St
Marie Vaughn, Silverstreet
Tommy Walker, 720 Langford
St.
Jamima Wyatt Rt. 3.
Carrie Williams, Rt. 1.
MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS
Mrs. Bobby Bush and son, New
berry.
Mrs. Clyde Wicker and daughter,
Pomaria.
Mrs. Frances Epting, Newber
ry.
Mrs. Minnie Frick, Chapin.
Mrs. Alma Brown, Prosperity
Route. e * ;
Mrs. Doris Richardson, Route 8,
Prosperity. ^
Carl Epting, Route 3, Prosper-'
ity. ■ . V
Mrs. Georgia Mae Haltiwanger,
Chapin.
Mrs. Minnie Reagin, Newberry*
Miss Cordelia Bowers, Route 1,
Prosperity.
THUBSD&Y, JANUARY 2, 1058
Mrs. Elisabeth Mtetelr, Rt 1,
Miss Annie Knotts, Prosperity.
Robert E. Long, Rt. 1, Pros
perity.
Jesse L. Mayes, 1417 Jefferson
St.
Mr. and Mrs. James Britt Jn^
of Louisville, Ky. spent the hoM*
days with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Britt and Mr. sod
Mrs. T. H. Crooks.
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
culture.
A Scot or Englishman is somewhat supicious of us until
we prove ourselves. This little story of our first days in
Lima, the Capital of Peru, will show that the Scot is still
expecting us to be bumptious braggarts, while we, may
be only speaking soberly.
Three Americans went into a book store and addressed
the Scottish lady as follows: “Have you a dictionary of
Spanish-English by Laroussee”? “No, we have not”.
One American, turning to the other Americans, really
forgetting the young lady, remarked, “We’ll get it in New
York”. “In America”? remarked the young lady, with a
mild degree of scorn. “Why yes; you can get anything in
New York”. The young lady interpreted that as a bit of
blatant American bombast, and she said, “Oh for con
ceit give me a Yankee”. Now, don’t you see?
I was told in Europe that the Americans and French
were on friendlier terms than the Americans and British,
because the Americans and French did not understand
one another and so stood grinning cheerily, whereas the
Americans and the British could almost understand one
another, at least enough to provoke acrimonious dispu
tation at times.
i About the cakes? I lived with a truly lovely couple, Dr.
and Senora Puga, of the bluest Castillian and distinguished
pedigree^ Eight Indian servants lived and worked there,
coming from the Hacienda of Dr. Puga’s mother—a mam
moth area three hundred miles in circumference.
Dr. Puga was Abogada Fiscal, that is he was advisor to
the Superior Court of all Northern Peru. The Abogado
Fiscal ranks as a judge of the tribunal and he studies the
facts the law in every case and submits an opinion
to the court. The Senora, with euphonious of Grimaneze
Iglesias, became La Senora dona Grimaneza Iglesias de
Puga. Pretty, don’t you think? And she was as gracious
as one, can imagine.
By the way, my first Secretary in .Cajamarca was the
Senorita Irene Silva and she married my Assistant, don
Fausto Santolalla and she is today a Senator, the first wo
man Senator in Peru; and she has been acclaimed the
Woman of the Americas.
. And she was “Miss Peach”. And thereby hangs a tale,
as Shakespeare says.
One day at the dinner table a nephew of Dr. Puga asked
“What do you call a beautiful girl in the United States”?
I answered offhand, in Spanish: Senorita Melocoton”.
“Ah”, he said, translating “Miss Peach, eh”? And so the
Senorita dona Irene was henceforth known, even today,
as Miss Peach. Her husband, my dear Fausto, always
referred to his wife as Miss Peach, when speaking of her
to me.
And now, at length, we try again to present the cakes.
I am not especially enthusiastic over cakes; nor have I us
ually a great yearning for pies, cakes, puddings, custards,
dumplings or other things of that sort, but when you are
a long way from home you associate some things with
home.
My experience with a layer cake and then a fruit cake
was quite interesting, even amusing. The ladies should
enjoy this story because it will be only a fresh revelation
of a man’s vain effort, perchance even his stupidity; and
From intimate association with some very delightful
but fiscally cautious Scots I had acquired the habit of
watching my step; that is to say I looked twice or even
thrice before taking a step. Here was a problem: What
should I do with that cake? I conceived a plan; I would
use the cake as a means of fomenting a new item in the
book of culinary delights. So I presented slices of cake
in the most promising places. As a result one lady present
ed me with an almond cake which had resulted from her
study of my layer cake. And that almond cake was a joy
forever!
You may think from the profound skill I am telling
about that I am a marvellous cook or baker. That would be
a gross exaggeration; I have just enough culinary ap
titude to boil water without scorching it.
My real masterpiece was the fruit cake. I applied my
self with complete dedication and customary assiduity. I
found no nuts, citron or cherries, so I resolved to let brain
overcome matter. I bought parched peanuts and a profusion
of raisins, all well seasoned with age. La Senora and El
Senorf of the casa (house) wherein I had rooms participated
in this notable feat, scarcely as striking as the Sputnik,
but even so; this was to go down.
The Senora, dona Grimaneza Iglesias de Puga, was a
capable cook, though she left all that to her eight Indian
servants. But she herself tried this. I poured in the peanuts
and raisins even over her protest. When this creation of
my genius was laid before us as a work of art it looked like
a distant cousin of faint and weak ginger bread, with here
and there a raisin. It did not look or taste like the cake
my mother used to make..
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The State Building & Loan Association
Newberry, South Carolina
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1957
ASSETS LIABILITIES
605 First Mortgage Loans $2,208,356.59 Savings and Investment
x:LZ UT ll TLZ Share Accounts $2,674,020.84
in Monthly Payments. First Mortgage Funds paid into the Association for
loans only, the unpaid Balance of which Savings and Investments.
now Average ,3650 per loan. LoanS-in-PrOCCSS 9,544.53
bnare Loans _ 7 22,897.96 Undrawn Balfcnces on New Building
These loans are Secured by Savings Loans, and deposits for purchase of
and Investment Share Accounts of the Homes.
Association
Federal Home Loan Reserves 100,606.05
- These reserves have been built up
Bank Stock 41,000.00 through years of careful management.
Our membership in this Bank System They insure the stability of this insti-
places at the disposal of this Asso- tution and protect members against all
elation $950,000 of additional funds if possible or contingent losses,
desired.
Office Building 46,907.07 Sf fu i£ abilities ~ 48L83
Less Depreciation.
Miscellaneous Assets 8,214.25
This Item Consists of Furniture and
Fixtures owned by the Association, and
Certain Expenses prepaid.
Other Investments 100,031.25
Cash not required for current opera-
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“Now nwiybe John will believe me when I tell him a
r.cw car, financed by Purcells would save us money.”
Come to think of it, why wait to tell
John. I’ll start looking around for
that new car myself.
J'urcelld
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Cash on Hand and
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Working balance providing ample
funds to cover all approved loan appli
cations as submitted and accepted.
$2,784,653.25
HOME LOANS
$2,784,653.25
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
R. B. BAKER, President J. DAVE CALDWELL, Vice President
PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS, Secretary-Treasurer
THOMAS H. POPE LOUIS C. FLOYD R. AUBREY HARLEY