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' ' * „ *■ « X \ * ^, \ . |Vi S7f/- FOUR — r f NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA — Mra. T*xi» Boosei, Route one, Newberry. Mr*. Thomas Guy Bowers, Rt four, Newberry. Mra. Emma Sue Babb, 1412 Harris street. Mm. Hattie Bouknight, New berry. Mm. Annie Courtney, 1409 First street. Homer Corley, Route 1, New berry. Mrs. Mary Carter, 703 Main street. L. S. Davis, Drayton street Albert Elliott, Route 1, New berry. Mm. Bessie Floyd, Harrington street. Mrs. Georgia Fulmer, 1821 Jef ferson street. Master Thomas G. Gibbons, 325 Flemming street, Laurens. Elmer Goff, Leesville. Roy Guin, Prosperity. Andrew Gregory, Montgomery street. Carlisle Humphries, Boundary street. Mrs. Estelle Kinard, Wright street Mrs. Mary J. Kyxer, Clyde Ave. Mm. Belle Lewis, Nance St. Mrs. Estelle Marlowe, , Har rington street Mrs. Thelma Mars, Whitmire. Mrs. Euna Mixe, Newberry. Mrs. Cora Price and baby boy, Brown street. Mrs. Mary Smith, 1307 Glenn street. Mra. Roaelyn Sligh, College St. Mm. Mecie Sfenn, Harper street. Roger Sherfield, Beauregard street, Clinton, Leland Sheppard, Prosperity. Mrs. Leone Thrift, Drayton St Miss Bessie Thrift, Drayton St. Mrs. Betty Wihon and baby girl, Milne Ave. Mrs. Clara Ward and baby girl Crosson street Mrs. Rose Wallace and baby boy, Nance street. Mrs. Clara Wright, College St Elisha Dennis, Hardeman St Lucille Miller, Newberry. Baby Girl Slmpaon, Klnards. Eddie Sober, Newberry. Martha Sims, Pomaria. Eva Stoudemire, Prosperity. MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS Master Norman Rice, Leesville. Mrs. Vera Epting, Prosperity. Mm. Minnie Johnson, Little Mountain. Brooks Haltiwanger, Little Mountain. Carl Epting, Prosperity. Mrs. Marie Tcssenair, Newber ry. Miss Lalla Martin, Newberry. Mrs. Elmina Griffin, Newberry, Mm. Frances George, Prosper ity. Ross George, Prosperity. James G. Hawkins, Prosperity. Alma Williams and baby boy, Newberry. Vera Mae Gallman and baby boy, Prosperity. * r , These four Marines from the Marine Air Station at Beaufort will march 375 miles across South Carolina to raise money for the March of Dimes. The Marine March began at Pacolet in Spartanburg county on January 4 and is expected to take about 15 days, ending at Beau fort. The group arrives in Newberry Friday at 1 p.m. Leading the group is Sgt. Willie Fleming of Pacolet. Directly be hind Fleming is Sgt, Dave N. Corbitt; at left is Sgt. James L. Ander son with CpL Phillip M. Lassiter behind him. r DEED TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 Marvin O. Summer et al to L. J. Matthews, one lot and one building on corner of Harrington and Nance streets (former Kem per used car lot) $10 and other valuable considerations. Newberry No. 1 Outside Trenholm Investment Corp. to Calhoun Life Insurance Company one lot and one building on Col lege street, $27,500. John W. Smith to Margie P. Smith, one lot and one building, 1-2 interest, $5 love and affec tion. Silverstreet No. 2 E. Maxcy Stone, Probate Judge to John R. Stephens, 199 acres and one building, $1 and the premises. Whitmire No. 4 Doris Sinclair Horton to John E. Cromer, one lot facing on Mar ket street, $10 and other valuable considerations. Prosperity No. 7 Mrs. Mary Jane Fellers to Edgar R. Fellers, 127 acres, $5 and other valuable considera tions. 1 Harold *B. Cook to Max S. Cook one acre, $5 love and affection. Recent Marriages Tommy Lsslie Hedge path and Shelby Dean Dowd of Newberry were married on December 27 at Proeperity by Rev. Ben Clark. Berline Bonier Stuck of Pom aria and Wilmer Shealy of New berry were married by the Rev. Clarence L. Richardson on Dec* ember 27. Philip O. Crapps of Kinards and Joyce Bradley of Clinton were married by the Rev. J. K. Snipes on Dec. 21 at Clinton. Leland Eugene Huffstetler, of Chapin and Shelby Jean Wood of Newberry were married on Dec. 27 at Newberry by Rov. B. B. Blakeney. Loy Riddle of Chicago, 111., and Patricia Ann Longshore of 'New berry were married at Kinards by Rev. Lawton Daugherty on Dec ember 31. James H. Harris and Martha Frances Grant of Anderson were married on Dec. 13 by Rev. J. H. Williamson at Anderson. William Ellis Sutherland and Barbara Ann Stroud of Whitmire were married Dec, 29 at Whit mire by Rev. B. R. Nichols. Harold Lee Dominick and Bet ty Jean Long of Newberry were married at Newberry on Decem ber 27 by Rev. John A. Sanders. lina. Funeral services were conduct ed at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Phil lips Lutheran Church by the Rev. C. L. Richardson. Burial was in the church cemetery. ATTEND SHOW Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith at tended the ehowing of children’s clothing at the Charlotte Colis eum Monday and Tuesday of this week. STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE NEWBERRY COUNTY BANK Newberry, S. C. Joanna, S. C. CLOSE OF BUSINESS DECEMBER 31, 1959 Resources Cash and Due irom Banks $ 675,701.85 U. S. Government Se curities 1,050,789.38 Other Federal Securi ties 10,000.00 State, County, Munici pal Bonds 223,286.16 Loans and Discounts .. 1,134,151.72 Banking House 37,500.00 Furniture and Fixtures 13,500.00 Other Assets 111.62 Liabilities DEPOSITS : $2,877,146.02 Tax and Other Re serves 11,137.17 $3,145,040.73 Common Capital 125,000.00 Surplus 75,000.00 Undivided Profits 31,757.54 Reserve for Losses 25,000.00 $3,145,040.73 The Friendly Bank in the Friendly City ? ..-m* Death Results From Wounds Of Shotgun Mrs. Theresa Wise Thomasson Ruff, 31, was found Thursday morning in a dying condition on the floor of her home in the St. Phillips section of Newberry County with a shotgun wound in the chest, Newberry County Cor oner George Summer said Thurs day. She was taken to the hospital where she died a few moments after her arrival. Mrs. Ruff’s three children, the eldest of whom is 12 years of age, were in the house and heard the gun fire and found their moth er. Her husband, Frank Richard Ruff, was away from home at the time of the shooting. The coroner said Mrs. Ruff left a note but he did not reveal its contents. He said he did not plan to hold an inquest. Mrs. Ruff was bom and reared in Newberry, a daughter of Mrs. Ruby Bedenbaugh Wicker and the late Carlton Wise. She had spent all of her life in Newberry and was a member of St. Phillips Lutheran Church. She was twice marrifed. liter first marriage was to Carl Thom- asson. From this union surviving is one son, Perry Andrew Thom asson, of Newberry. Her second marriage was to Frank Richard Ruff who survives. From this union surviving are one son, George R. Ruff; one daughter, Sally. Ruff, both of Newberry; her mother and step father, Mr. and Mrs. Perry O. Wicker of Newberry; one half- sister, Kay Wise of North Caro- Field Secretary Of Lutheran Board To Be Here By arrangements of the Com mittee on Deaconess Work of the Lutheran Synod of South Caro lina, Sister Sally Tschumi, Field Secretary, of the Board of Deac oness Work of the United Luther an Church in America, is schedul ed to visit the Conferences of the South Carolina Synod. She will be in the Newberry Area on Jan uary 12, 13 and 14. On the after noon and evening of the 12th, Sis ter Sally will be at Newberry Col lege to epeak to the students, also to be available for private con ference. v i the 13th and the morning .>/ the 14th, she will be available for services in the churches of the Conference, eith er for a public meeting or for pri vate interviews. Those desiring to confer with her will please contact the Rev. Daniel M. Shull (tele phone 1803-J or 1803-W), Area Chairman for the visit. At 7:30 p,m. on the 13th the Deaconess is to epeak at a Confer ence Wide Rally in Mayer Memor ial Lutheran Church. She will pro- sent the work of the diaconate and the challenge of its ministry. While this program is open to the public and congregation in gen eral, girls of high school and col lege ages and their parents are especially invited and urged to at tend. Sister Sally is a graduate of the Baltimore Deaconess School. She has rendered services in camps and c lurches of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Synods and in the City of Chicago. She was el ected to the staff of the Board in 1959. / ■ ‘ reared in the Mt, Pleasant section of Newberry County, a daughter of the late Boykin and Willie Cro mer Berlay. She was a member of ML Pleasant Methodist Church and a member of the Missionary Society. She had made her homo near Whitmire for the past 12 years. She is survived by her husband, James E. Kitchens; three sons, Richard and Berley Kitchens, both of Whitmire, and T. M. Kitchens of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. Claude Cromer of Carlisle; three sisters, Mrs. Mar vin Graham and Mrs. Willie So ber, both of Pomaria, and Mrs. Will Gilliam of Newberry; two brothers, Boykin and James Ber ley, both of Pomaria; six grand children, four great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nep hews. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3:30 p.m. Friday from Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church by the Rev. Thomas P. Poston, the Rev. Carl Harris, and the Rev. Charles E. Hood. Interment was in the church cemetery. Oby Willingham, Owen Adams, Acock Bentley and Earl Adams. Honorary escort was composed of A. E. Reese, John W. Smith, Ernest Ringer, Everett© Graham, Eddie Graham, Dr.^E. H. Moore, Eugene Reeves, Ralph Long, John ny Leonhardt and the stewards of Mt Pleasant Church. Flower attendants were Annie Ruth Gregory, Lula Bentley, Eddy Cromer, Ethel Shackleford, Mar tha Lever, Bernice McCrackin, Ol- lie Mae Glymph, Eunice Adams, Minnie Blease and Eunice Long. Mrs. Kitchens Rites Friday Mrs. Clara Virginia Berley Kit chens, 74, died early Thursday morning at her residence near Whitmire. She had been ill for the past 14 months. Mrs. Kitchens was born and J. W. Dawkins Died Sunday Jesse William Dawkins, 74, died early Sunday morning at the home of hie daughter on Lee St., New berry. He had been in ill health for several years, but was strick en with a heart attack. Mr. Dawkins was born and reared in Union County, the son of the late Monroe and Martha Harris Dawkins. He spent most of his life in the Mt. Pleasant section of Newber ry County and was a member of Mt Pleasdnt Methodist Church. Mr. Dawkins retired from farm ing five years ago and moved to Newberry to make his home with his daughters. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Clara Adams Dawkins of Newber ry; two sons, Marvin W. Dawkins of Whitmire and Herman O. Daw kins of Pomaria;. two daughters, Mrs. Narvice Cook and Mrs. Jas. H. Abrams, both of Newberry; o/»e sister, Mrs. Ida Bentley of Carlisle; and four grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday at 3:30 p.m. at Mt Pleasant Methodist * Church by Rev. Thomas P. Poston and Rev. Jack Den. Burial was in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers included Er- astus Dawkins, Jim David Berley, CHILDREN GATHER AT SHEALYS HOME Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Shealy cn tertained members of his family during th holidays at his home, 921 Langfvtrd street Enjoying the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Ray ford McDonald and children, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Ellis and£ chil dren, Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Am mons and son, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Shealy Jr. and son, Mr. and Mrs. Spring and two children; Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lawson and three children of Whitmire, also Major and Mrs. Carroll D. Shealy and two children. Major Shealy and his were stationed in Berlin, for three years and eral months ago. He has just grad uated from the Command and General Staff College, Ft Leaven worth, Kansas and has moved with his family to Fort Banning, Ga|| where he will be stationed. BOOKMOBILE THURSDAY, JAN. 7 Union Community, Mrs. Lee Halfacre Union Community, Eugene Horton Jolly Street Community, Mra. E. J. Shealy Midway Community, Mrs. J. C. Wheeler Little Mountain, Rev. Garth Hill Little Mountain School Wheeland Community, Mrs. Joe Fulmer* Mt Pilgrim Community, Mrs. G. W. Cooper Mt Pilgrim Community, Mrs. Luther Hawkins FRIDAY, JAN. 8 Oakland School Pope Circle, Mrs. Ruby Brooks Prosperity Public Square. i . •'v m MM: SERVICE PR - r Presented By , .’A ''■''•Jf »• Vtff** • v * ' .. ty.: ■ , -' S.'-’ P. D. JOHNSON & (CO. JVC Items for Sale, Swap or Trade 12:30 -12:45 A M. —ON— m " * . * j -'>vJ ■ v* ■ ■■ - - ; -■ A-.’ K . - i *-t S ‘ t ‘ ' 1240 Kc. '-"-n AUDITOR’S 1959 TAX ASSESSMENT NOTICE I, or an authorized agent, will be at the following places on the dates given below for the purpose of taking tax returns on all per sonal property, real property, new buildings and real estate trans fers. Persons owning property in more than one district must make returns for each district. All able-bodied male citizens between the ages of twenty-one and sixty are liable to $1.00 poll tax. ARAGON-BALD WIN MILL Thursday and Friday, January 7 and 8, 1960. POMARIA Monday, January 11, 1960 from 10 until 3:00. BANNIE CATHCART’S STORE Tuesday, January 12, i960 from 10 until 12:30. A. E. AND R. E. REESE STORE Tuesday, January 12, 1960, from 2 until 4:00. G. M. & R. E. NEEL’S STORE Wednesday, January 13, 1960 from 10:30 until 12:30. PEAK Thursday, January 14, 1960, from 10 until 2:00. LITTLE MOUNTAIN Friday, January 15, 1960 from 10 until 3:00 o’clock. ' ST. LUKE’S Moore’s Store, Monday, Jan uary 18, 1960, from 10 until 12:30. O’NEAL J. P. Fellers’ Store, Monday, January 18, from 2 until 4:00. OLIN FULMER’S STORE ' Tuesday, January 19, 1960, from 2 until 4:00. KINARDS Oxner’s Store, Wednesday, Jan uary 20, 1960, from 10 until 12:3(h PROSPERITY Black’s Store, Thursday, Jan uary 21, 1960. BUCK CAUSES’ GROCERY Friday, January 22, from 10 until 12:30. At Auditor’s office to March 1, after which a penalty of 10 per cent will be added. RALPH B. BLACK, Auditor Newberry County, S. C. r Now You Can Own FOR ONLY wm, — . S.}'-.’ *■ ■ . . ‘ ' . A v- • 5. < . •A v t >. \ i HPilPl A AT'| /A % A u \ • h i J -t - n : - ■ *. . Sf- Brick veneered — Hardwood floors — Three.bedrooms ol* two bedrooms and den (one paneled) — Living-dining* room combination — Kitchen — Ceramic tile v *.■ . • , Avy bath — Ducted gas heat — Gas hot water heater — Screened porch — Ample closet space — Graded lot 80 feet wide and from 113 feet to 164 feet deep — Paved streets — City lights, sewage and water. 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