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7 SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS! SEASON’S GREETINGS! VOLUME 23; NUMBER 34. By The Way ~ by, Jbi onJ Sonde i DECORATING TIPS With Christmas so near at hand, many of you are thinking about novel ideas for decorating your homes, so this week, By The Way will be given over to a de scription of the many ideas used by Mrs. R. Derrill Smith at her home. Perhaps the descriptions will be clear enough that you will he able to follow them; if not, Mrs. Smith will be happy for you to come take a look for yourself. May I express my appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. Smith for their cor dial hospitality in allowing me to look at, and take pictures of some of the decorations. I must mention also how thrilled Connie and Ruthie were to receive the eggs Mr. Smith sent them. They are eggs laid by a wild strain of the Araucana chicken and all were a beautiful pale green color. But back to the decorations: The R. Derrill Smith home at 1902 Main street, is truly a ‘‘Holiday House” from front to back. The front door of the at tractive two-story brick structure has been made into a red gift “package,” tied with broad green ribbon and adorned with ever green and large white bells with green ball clappers. Inside the front door is a large wreath with red satin back ground, decorated with golden bells, gold and red balls, pine cones and leaves, and greenery. Inside the door, on an antique table, is a wreath arrangement covered with pine branches touch ed with “snow” and trimmed on one side with red roses. Centering the wreath at the bottom are two charming little carol singers. At the foot of the stairs is a large brass jardiniere with pine sprays forming a background for red poinsettias. Just outside the french doors which lead into the living room is an antique pedes tal on which is located a green net “Christmas tree.” This tree is made with a styrofoam cone-shap ed base. Green net was cut in email squares and wired in clus ters to the end of a toothpick which was stuck in the styrofoam to completely cover the base. In terspersed among the net were small golden balls and the tree was topped with a gold star. It sat on a base of green satin rib bon. Santo’s reindeer “fly” up the bannisters of the hall stairs. Near the french doors leading to the back hall is a table which is adorned with a large red candle, decorated with small balls, on a base decorated with larger balls of various colors. The center of interest in the living room is the lovely mantet, decorated in gold and green. Cen tering the mantle in front of the gold-framed mirror is a long ar rangement of leaves and flowers, all painted gold, with green can dles amid the arrangement. Flanking this on either side are golden urns with a flower-like ar rangement of gold magnolia leaves, centered with a cluster of gold balls, with gold-colored cedar sprays and fern used as a back ground. On a table near the fireplace is a three-tiered arrangement, made of old kitchen utensils painted gold. On the tiers are nuts, flow- ergj grapes, leaves and fruit, all painted gold. Hanging on the side door lead ing to the sunporch is a novel cluster of star-like balls attach ed with gold streamers to a gold en bow. Mrs. Smith made these by taking a small rubber ball (such as the kind children use when playing jacks) and sticking them full of round type (cocktail) tooth picks. She sprayed them with golden paint, then with gelatin and applied glitter before the gelatin had set. On another table in the living room was a number of novel ar rangements. A beautiful Madonna and Christ-child statuette had been placed in a shadow-box with dark blue background. The box was framed with cedar and cedar balls, also boxwood foliage and flowers, all painted silver. At in tervals around the frame were small white flowers, each centered with a tiny pearl. A gold Christmas tree was made by using a cone-shaped piece of cardboard and covering it from top to bottom with golden tinsel. It was adorned with small golden balls and sat on a base of golden magnolia leaves and yellow poin- settia blossoms. Attractive candleholders were made with “golden goblets,” which contained golden colored maiden hair fern and featured gold-glit ter. Candles, the goblets were pea- jmt butter glasses, painted gold and sprayed with {glitter. Another attractive arrangement was made by painting a saucer gold to use for a base. On this was placed a small china Santo, over which was an inverted water goblet. Atop the goblet was a star shaped candleholder with a gold decorated candle. Other candle holders were made w’ith prune juice bottles left natural color, and Log Cabin syrup bottles, painted gold. An arrangement “made especial ly for the children,” according to Mrs. Smith, was a round wooden board on which was a snow-cov ered Bush. In the bush were small, colorful birds, and on the “ground” were reindeer. Surrounding the scene were nandina berries and leaves. Decorations in the music room are predominately red and green. Magnolia leaves, large pine cones and red ribbon were used in sprays on windows and doors. On the mantle was a large red tray entwined with green ribbon. Mrs. Smith said the tray was made from an old paint-can cover, painted red. The candle holders here were old vinegar jugs, painted red and prune juice bottles. The latter was decorated with gold-painted chinaberries and green ribbon. Mrs. Smith used a red and sil ver motif in the dining room. Cen tering the table was a silver Christmas tree, made like the gold one in the living room. Silver tin sel and balls were used on this one, and the base was silver leaves and white poinsettia blossoms. On the door leading into the kitchen was a spray of greenery decorated with red ribbon and sil ver “Bells.” The bells were made by covering drinking glasses with aluminum foil and inserting red ball clappers. Topping two china cabinets were arrangements of silver fern and leaves centered with red balls, in silver containers. They were each flanked by red candles in red holders, made by painting soft drink bottles. By the windows was a three-tiered arrangement of nuts, fruit and candy. The tiers were made of funnels and round aluminum baking dishes. A wreath on another door was made by cen tering small “bouquets” of balls and pine cones in small aluminum pie-plates and attaching .them to the wreath foundation. In the background was a picture of San ta Claus. The center of interest, .at least for the children in the dining, room is the mantle. On one cor ner is old Santa, hohiing on to ribbons attached to Christmas bells hanging from the far corner of the mirror over the mantle. 1 The remainder of the mantle is used for Santa’s sleigh and rein deer, and, on the corner, “Frosty, the Snowman.” Hanging from the mantle are four stockings. In the kitchen, hall and bed room downstairs, there are also various arrangements in keeping with the- season, and the bannis ter rail down the back stairs is covered with cedar intertwined with v/ide red ribbon. Believing many people would enjoy seeing the attractive, eco- omical arrangements used by Mrs. Smith to decorate her home for the Christmas season, I asked her whether the interested public- might be allowed to come take a peek. Mrs. Smith graciously con sented and said she would be glad for anyone to come anytime to look at the arrangements. Newberry takes on a look of Christmas as various residents be gin to decorate their homes. Shown above is the front door of the R. Derrill Smith home on Mari Street. Pictures of other beautiful decorations in the Smith home will be published next week in the Christmas issue of The Sun. (Sonphoto.) Graves Child Dies Sunday; Rites Tuesday Funeral services for Robert Edwin (Bob) Graves, 10-year-old son of Lawrence B. Graves and Dorothy Jones Graves of Colum bia were conducted Tuesdi^y at 3 p.m. at Dunbar Fkmeral Home by Dr. E. C. Brown. Burial was in GreenJawn Memorial Park. The child died at Talmadge Me morial Hospital in Augusta, Ga., Sunday at 4:05 pjsa., after two weeks of illness. He was born in Newberry. The family moved to Columbia five years ago. He was a member of Shandoh Baptist Church and the junior department of the Sunday School. He was a fifth grade stu dent at Catchel Ford School. His father is executive aecre- tary of the South Carolina -High School League. Surviving in addition to his par ents, are a brother. Bill Graves, age 5 V2; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Jones Sr. of New berry and Mrs. E. B. Graves .Sr. of Spartanburg. Carlton Rites To Be Today William Gordon Carlton, 57, Mr. Carlton was born at War saw, N. C., the son of the late William Leslie and Daisy Strick land Carlton. He was a menaber of Central Methodist Church He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Kitty Grant Carlton; one daughter, Miss Ann Carlton' and one brother, Vernon C. Carlton, all of Newberry. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 o’clock this (Thurs day) afternoon at the Whitaker Funeral Home by the Rev. T. H. Vickery. Interment will be in Chester Memorial Gardens, Ches ter. The family will be at the home of Vernon Carlton, 1907 Nance St. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1959 Awards Given To 4-H Boys, Girls By Mrs. A. H. Counts Achievement awards were pre sented to 4-H boys and girls at the fall meeting of the Newberry County 4-H Council in the New berry Junior high school auditor ium Saturday. Prosperity boys and girls clubs received an . achievement award donated by the Newberry Jaycees and presented by D. P. Folk. Liz zie Mae Berry accepted the a- ward. Several resolutions were adopt ed by the club including to help at least one needy family in New berry County; to have radio pro grams emphasizing 4-H club work; to assume responsibility in securing wore 4-H leaders for lo cal projects, and to sponsor a campaign to place 4-H Club “Member Lives Here” signs. TSie awards were presented by Ollie Donkle, assistant county farm agent, and Miss Doney Crain, assistant home demonstra tion agent. The awards for the girls were: Achievement, Anita Killian of Stoney Hill and Sarah Brown of Newberry; bread demonstration, Virginia Glymph of Mid-Carolina Judith Half acre of Prosperity and Barbara Ann Minick of Mid-Car olina; Canning, Dianne Ruff of Pomaria, Rosemary Kinard of Prosperity and Cynthia Lake of Silverstreet; clothing, Barbara Youmans of Newberry, Suzanne Long, Lucille Long and Rosemary Sease of Tranwood. Also, dress revue, Judy Ruff, Helen Frick and Margaret Dick erson of Newberry; food prepara tion, Sarah Brown and Linda Chandler of Newberry, Claudette Long of Prosperity and Ruth Jenkins of Whitmire; Frozen foods and garden awards, Anita Killian; girl’s home demonstra tion, Sallie Abrams, Tranwood; Sarah Brown, Newberry; Anita Killian, Stoney Hill; and Ann Boozer, Stoney Hill; leadership, Ann Killian, Stoney Hill; Citi zenship, Linda Satterwhite, Tran wood; poultry, Marlene Harmon, Pomaria. Winners of the boys awards: Achievement,Johnny Matt De Hart, Newberry; agricultural a- ward, Johnnie Matt DeHart; dairy, Bobby Lominick of Pomar ia, Ralph Bedenbaugh of Bush River, Wingard Price of New berry; electricity, Jimmy Mayer of Pomaria, Ronnie Wicker of Mid-Carolina; field crops, David Sease of Mid-Carolina; forestry, Hayne Boozer of Mid-Carblina; health, John Coltrane of Pros perity; leadership, Kenny Cald well of Mid-Carolina; safety, Al len Bickley of Mid-Carolina, Bob by Lominick of Pomaria, Kenny Caldwell of Mid-Carolina and Ludy Werts of Pomaria; swine, Carroll Graham of Pomaria; cit izenship, David Sease of Mid- Carolina; beef, Larry DeHart of Newberry; poultry, Johnny Matt Dehart of Newberry. The Farm Bureau awards were presented by William Ballentine to the following: Girls, Patsy Ruth Senn of Newberry, Linda Brock of Whit mire, Joyce Clement of Newberry Nina Sheppard of Silverstreet, Debra Caldwell of Newberry, Claudette Long of Bush River, Judy Halfacre of Prosperity, Mar lene Harmon of Pomaria, Rose mary Kinard of Prosperity, Bar bara Ann Minick of Prosperity and Sandra Boland of Pomaria. | Boys receiving the Farm Bu- + $2.00 PER YEAR Farmers Can Get Emergency Loans Congressman W. J. Bryan Dorn and Senator Strom Thur mond have advised The Sun that the Farmers Home Administra tion has designated 15 additional South Carolina Counties as being eligible for emergency production farm loans as a result of exces sive rainfall following Hurricane Gracie. Newly designated counties in clude Newberry. Immediately af ter the hurricane 14 counties were designated disaster areas, accord ing to Senator Thurmond, who said that interested farmers should contact their local Farmers Home Administration office. Lodge 115 AFM Names The following officers for Prosperity Lodge No. 115 Jk.F.M. for the ensuing year werd elected and installed at the last regular meeting: Harold B. Cook., Worskipful Master; David Wyman Cook, Sen- ior Warden; James Howard Barnes, Junior Warden; Ralph B. Black, Treasurer; J. Ray Dawk ins, Secretary. Appointed officers were: Tommy E. Harmon, .Senior Dea con; Ralph L. Epting, Junior dea con; Olin E. Epting and Vernon d.ed early Wednesday morning at. p E j Stewards; John W . his residence on Harrington street I™ , after a lingering illness. Taylor, Tiler The retiring master is Eldred B. Amick. Five Injured When Motor Car Jumps Rails Luke James Fair, Negro, was killed instantly at about 3 p.m. Friday and five others were in-j jured when a motor car in which they were riding jumped the track and turned over on the Co lumbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad. A number of Newberry County 4-H Achievement Awards at the Chanty 4-H Council meeting helcj^ last week. Among them were, in the top photo, left to right, froht. row, Barbara Minick, Rosemary Kinard, Rath Jenkins, Marlene Harmon, Diane Ruff, Linda Satterwhite; back row, Lucile Long, Sallie Abrams, Suzanne Long, Linda Chandler, Virginia Glymph, Ann Booz er, Anita Killian. y In the lower photo, front row, Ludy Wertz, Hayne Boozer, Ralph Bedenbaugh, Wingard Price, Alan Bickley; back row, Larry DeHart, Johnny DeHart, David Sease, Kenny Caldwell, Ronnie Wick er, Bobby Lominick and Jimmy Mayer. (Photos by Winston Jones.) Churches Of City, County Plan For Christmas Services The crew of six, all seated on, reau Awards were Robert DeHart, Receiving 4-H Achievement awards at the County 4-H Council meeting last week were, left to right, front row, Elemon Metis and Robert DeHart; hack row, Stanley Griffin, Eddie Fellers, Ronnie Cromer. (Photo by Winston Jones.) the motor car, were making a routine check of the road bed when the accident occurred about two miles from Newberry. Henry Cannon, foreman with the railroad for nine years, said he has no idea how the accident occurred. Those injured, all of whom were brought to the Newberry County Memorial Hospital, include Cannon, Euston Mayer, assistant foreman and Carl Miller, all white. All sustained apparently minor injuries. James Brown, Negro, was thought to be in serious condi tion and was transferred to a hos pital in Columbia with a broken leg and arm, and head injuries. Robert Sligh, Negro, received a gash on his forehead, but his injuries' are not thought to be serious. Coroner George R. Summer said an inquest would be held. Ronnie Cromer, E. M. Lon Metts, Charles Cromer, Frankie Setzler, Eddie Fellers and Stanley Griggin. At the meeting of Girl Scout Troop 7 cn December 9, plans were made to go caroling on Sat urday night. In addition, the girls drew names for gift-exchange. Building Named For Kaufmann The following action was ta ken by the Board of Trustees of Newberry College at their semi annual meeting at the college last week: “That in Recognition and Ap preciation of the services Pres ident C. A. Kaufmann has ren dered Newberry College and the Church, the Student Union Build ing will be named “Kaufmann Hall” with special ceremony and formal program in connection with the commencement Exercises of 1960.” TO RETURN FROM HOSPITAL Claude Summer was expected to return to his home on Hunt street today from Duke Hospital in Durham, N. C., where he un derwent surgery last week. By MRS. A. H. COUNTS Special services have been ar ranged for the Christmas season by the various churches of the Newberry area: The Christmas sermon in the majority of the churches will be delivered at 11 a.m. Dec. 20. The Rev. Henry McCullough pastor of the Lutheran Church o the Redeemer, will use as his sub ject “Four Roads to Bethlehem.” At 7 p.m. the children of the church school department will pre sent a program. A candlelight service will be observed at 8:30 p.m. Christmas Eve with caro singing and special music. “The Significance of Christ mas'’ will be the subject of Dr Paul L. Grier, pastor of the New berry Associate Reformed Pres byterian Church. There will be special music by the choir direct ed by Miss Elizabeth Ann Ruff. That evening a Christmas play, “The Coming of the Prince of Peace,” will be presented. A young peoples party will be held Monday evening. The young peo ple of the church will sing carols for the shut-ins Christmas Eve A Christmas tree and party for the children will be held Dec. 22. At. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, the Rev. E. Cannon McCreary, pastor, a Christmas Eve night service with Holy Communion will be observed beginning at 11:15 p.m. An 8 a.m. service with Holy Communion will also be held on Christmas Day. “No Christ—No Christmas” is the subject chosen by the Rev. Thurman H. Vickery, pastor of Central Methodist Church, for his I sermon. A special program has been arranged for 3 p.m. for the' entire family by the nursery, kindergarten, primary and junior departments in the Fellowship Hall which will be followed by a social hour. A film “Holy Night,” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Sun day. On Christmas Day from 10 to 11 a.m. Mrs. J. E. Wiseman, organist, will play in the sanc tuary. College and high school student night will be observed on Sunday, Dec. 27th at 7:30 p.m. “Peace on Earth” is the sermon topic of the Rev. Kenneth B. Wil son, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Dec. 20. The choir will give a cantata, “The Christmas Story,” at the evening hour direct ed by the Rev. Tracy Barnett, church minister of education and music. At this service, “White gifts” will be brought for the church’s storehouse for the needy. The combined children’s choirs will give a musical program at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday. Sunday night, Dec. 27, will be observed as Student Night. A midnight New ^Year Eve service will be held Dec. 31. “Looking Backward to Christ mas” is the subject on which the Rev. Neil E. Truesdell, pastor of Aveleigh Phesbyterian Church, will speak on Sunday. Special mu sic will be presented by the three choirs. The soloist will be Kath ryn Rebecca Truesdell. St. Marks Catholic Church, Father E. Gerald Ernst, pastor, will hold Mass at 10:30 a. m. on Christmas. At O’Neal Street Methodist Church, the Rev. Paul D. Petty, pastor, will preach on “In The Train of the Wisemen.” A chil dren’s program will be presented at 7 p.m.' that day with the title, The Child 6f Bethlehem”. Carols will be sung at the church at 8 p.m. on Christmas Eve. A New Year’s Eve watch night service will be observed at 9 p.m. with Changes Our Lives” and the choir will sing Christmas ’music at the morning service. The Sunday School will present a play that evening at 7 o’clock, entitled, “Let Us Tell the Story.” The Rev. B. B. Blakeney, pas tor of Epting Memorial Meth odist Church, will build his Christmas sermon Sunday around the Christmas theme and the choir will sing appropriate music.. The annual Christmas prograr* will take place that night with the boys and girls of the church school taking part in a number of exercises as well as a one act play, “He Careth for His Own.” Music for the program will be furnished by the Junior Choir un der the direction of Alan Perry. “The Greatest of These Love” is the topic of the sermon to be delivered at Calvary Bap- Cont’d on Page 4 BIRTHDAY ^ GREETINGS Dec. 20: Mrs. John Glymph, Mrs. Effie Wightman, Mrs. Holy Communion. Paul H Longt Wallace Ruff, The Rev. D. M. Shull, pastor of Sandy Fretwell Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church Dec 2 ,. Mrs E B Purce w,ll deliver a Christmas message Th „ ma8 James Crook Derrj|1 at 11 p.m. Christmas Eve The Darb w E Spearman> R E choir will present a. musical pro- Uajum gram at 5 p.m. Sunday entitled, D ec 22- Herbert Griffin Jas The Christmas Story in Music.” R , 5, / R , „ rT . ^ , . • • a. Leavell, Prof. Ralph H. Holy Communion will be admimst- SetlIer Mary Baker, Janet ered Sunday at 11 a.m. Murphy, Mrs. O. C. Phillips. The Rev. Ralph E. Rhyne, pas- Dec. 23: Mrs. Pinckney Ab- tor of West End Baptist Church, r ames, Claude Buzhardt, Frank will speak on the Christmas theme Lominack Jr., James Render- at the morning worship Dec. 20. sonj Martha — —- —. vTwtoujy c,\j. sonf Martha Jean Longshore, The nursery department through Mrs. Clay Ballentine, Jackie the Intermediates will present a Shealy, Angela Dominick, Bill program or recitations and play- Workman, Mrs. A. T. Dennis, lets that night. Student night will Dec. 24: Mrs. Mary C. Long, be observed on Dec. 27. Ed Senn, Mrs. Ellen Abrams, “God’s Unspeakable Gift,” is Chris Franklin, Pat Underwood, the subject chosen by the Rev. Fay Dec. 25: P. D. Johnson Jr., L. Lanford, pastor of Glenn Mrs. Ernest Bennett, Roscoe Street Baptist Church, for his sub- Coppock, Frank Senn, Thomas ject Sunday. A play, “The Com- Shaver, Mrs. J. W. Timmerman, ing of Christ in Living Pictures,” Miss Verna Lane, David Leroy will be given by the Intermediates Wilson Jr. and young people of the church at Dec. 26: Mrs. Griffin Cole- 7:30 p.m. man. Bill Moore, Harold L. At Summer Memorial Lutheran Pitts, J. R. Bedenbaugh, Jo Ann Church the Rev. G. B. Corley, Smith, Barry Shealy, David Ed- pastor, will speak on “God’s Gift mond Sease, Larry DeHart.