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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1965 THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE THREE Mrs. Chappell hosts Woman’s Club Thursday The Woman’s Club of New berry at its meeting last Thurs day, voted unanimously to par ticipate in Mrs. McNair’s Project for the Governor’s mansion. Mrs. MacNair is undertaking to collect a significant library for the man sion and is asking the cooperation of the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs by contribut ing “a fair share” toward financ ing this interesting project. The group met at the home of Mrs. John J. Chappell. Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, President, conducted a brief business meeting and then turned the program over to Mrs. Janies E. Wiseman Sr. for dis cussion of the second example of Southern Literature, which forms the Club’s general topic for the year. The play under considera tion was “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams, which, by the way, was so effectively pre sented by the Newberry College Dramatic Club on their stage in Holland Hall last year. Mrs. Wise man succeeded in rendering a most touching reading of this sen sitive play by picking out the im portant scenes and skillfully in terspersing them with necessary explanations. The play is somewhat unusual in that it is told from the mem ory of one of the characters, namely, Tom, the son of Amanda and brother of Laura, who com pletely frustrated with the des perate and pathetic home situa tion, had followed in his father’s footsteps by leaving mother and sister and roaming restlessly from place to place and shirking his responsibility for their support. The stage setting and the action remain removed from reality as recalled in Tom’s memory. He remembers his mother, Amanda, as constantly correcting the child ren, constantly reminding them of the better times and claims to soc ial position and prominence about which she was continually dream ing and scheming yet never sue- LOAN AGENT WANTED TO MAKE 2nd MORTGAGE DEBT CONSOLIDA TION EQUITY HOME LOANS. FULL OR PART TIME. GOOD FOR $10,000.00 COMMISSION PER YEAR. Write CAMCO, P. O. Box 1351, Greenville, S. C. ceeded in attaining. Amanda w’as obsessed w r ith the wish for having a “gentleman caller” for her dau ghter Laura, who has been crip pled, and who is so shy and self- conscious that she is unable to make any friends or to attend the classes in typewriting. She pre tends that she is taking them, but simply goes for a walk instead. Her one interest seems to be a collection of little glass figures, the glass menagerie, which she hides from everybody. When Tom manages to bring a friend home for dinner, Amanda goes to the most elaborate pains of preparing a feast and redecorating the home in order to be fit for receiving a “gentleman caller.” When, after the dinner Jim, the only represen tative of the world of realism in this play, politely takes his leave to return to his fiancee, all hopes of the family for Laura’s happi ness as well as one of the little glass figures are completely shat tered. Mrs. Wiseman succeeded in leaving her listeners equally as frustrated as must have been Laura, or Amanda, or Tom. Mrs. Wiseman pointed out that Tennessee Williams is perhaps our most important playwright to day, most often produced in our theatres today. An earlier play of his, “A Streetcar Named Desire” was recently chosen to be en closed in the Time Capsule buried on the occasion of the closing of the World’s Fair and capable of lasting for maybe five thousand years when it is to tell about our way of life to our distant descen dants. Most of his plays deal with the sordid side of life, but the “Glass Menagarie” is seen through the poetic eyes of the narrator, Tom, who used to be called Shakespeare by his com rades, although he never succeed ed in becoming a writer. Tennessee Williams was born Thomas Lanier Williams, in 1914, in Columbus, Miss. He took Tenn- NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS COMMENTS By Cathy Bennett and Carol Armfield Talent night will be held Fri day night, November 19. The participants have been working very hard on skits and front cur tain acts. Any “school club, class, or group of individuals may par ticipate. Money made on Talent Night is used to put on the Jr.- Sr. banquet which the juniors give for the seniors. Tickets are on sale and may be obtained from members of the junior class. We hope this will be the best Talent Night ever. selections which it enjoys singing. The County Teachers meeting will be held Thursday (today), Nov. 18. School will be dismissed at 1:00 o’clock. The Chorus will present a spec ial Thanksgiving program Friday, November 19 in chapel. Several well known Thanksgiving hymns will be sung and the chorus will end the program with several At the last chapel program, November 12, the Beta Club an nounced its new members. The program was begun by devotions by Jean Epting, vice president of the Beta Club. The president, Martha Jo Rinehart, gave a short talk on being a Beta and several qualities of a Beta. Claire Whit aker read the names of the new members. These members were chosen from the junior class on scholastic and conduct records. Congratulations to the new mem bers! The band will sponsor its an nual chicken barbecue December 3. Tickets are now on sale. They may be obtained from any band member. Until next week remember: An idea is no good until it is put to work. fAvimci INSURED There’s a Lot of Satisfaction in Service You Can Trust Service is not built over night. It takes years of effort to build good will. We have been here at Newberry Federal more than 30 years, building ser vice. Serving you in a way that will win your confi dence has been our constant aim over the past years. Federal requirements, with Savings Insured to $10,- 000.00 we have built an enviable reputation for fair dealing and progressive management. We now have assets in excess of $23 1 /2 Million Dollars. We are growing daily. Let us serve you when you want to save or bor row money. BRANCH OFFICE—BATESBURG, S. C. Jennings service held on Sunday Mrs. Orrie Smith Jennings, 75, died Friday afternoon at the New berry County Memorial Hospital. She had been in declining health for several years. Mrs. Jennings was born and reared in the Johnston section of Edgefield County, the daughter of Jacob and Katherine Edison Smith, and then moved to the Sardis sec tion in Saluda County. For the past 42 years she had made her home in Newberry. Her husband, Curtis S. Jennings, died in 1962. Mrs. Jennings was a member of Glenn Street Baptist Church, a member of the Morning Circle and the Daisy Ruff Sunday School Class. She is survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. Eddie (Iris) Rodelsper- ger, Newberry and Mrs. Arbrette Canizario, Vicksburg, Miss.; two brothers, Lloyd Smith, Newberry, and Everette Smith, Johnsonville; two sisters, Mrs. George Lake, Sa luda and Mrs. Lizzie Harmon, Newberry; a foster son that she reared, Wally French, Newberry; and six grandchildren. Funeral service was held Sun day at 3 p.m. from Glenn Street Baptist Church with Rev. C. B. Atkinson and Rev. J. A. Bass con ducting the service. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Marze Lake, Nescoe Lake, Willard Tarl- ton, Jack Matthews, Claude Sum mer, Coleman Bishop, and Leland Lively. Honorary pallbearers included Deacons of Glenn Street Bapist Church, R. J. Willingham, J. J. Kibler, E. J. Dickert, and F. A. Truett. Mrs. Bertha Lake, Prosperity Master Barry Gene Long, Whit mire Mrs. Edith Long, Kinards Mrs. Irene Long, Newberry Mrs. Amanda Marshall, New berry Mrs. Jessie Bell Miller, New berry Mrs. Dollie Morris, Newberry Odell Price, Gilbert Otis Puckett, Whitmire Mrs. Jane Ragland, Newberry Mack Rhodes, Johnston Charles Renwick, Newberry Mrs. Jessie Lee Riley, Newber ry Mrs. Ola Riley, Saluda Holland Ruff, Newberry Mrs. Lula Bell Ruff, Newberry Mrs. Lillie Mae Sanders, New berry Mrs. Edel Shealy, Newberry Harry Shealy, Newberry Miss Claudia D. Smith, Pros perity Kenneth Swygert, Prosperity Mrs. Amelia Shannon, Newber ry Ira Taylor, Newberry SPORTS AFIELD 115 SPECIES OF SNAKES In the United States there are i 115 species of snakes, and only 19 of these are dangerous to man. Fifteen of these 19 species are rattlesnakes; one is the cop perhead; one is the cottonmouth moccasin and two are coral snakes. From 1,00 to 1,500 people axe bitten by venomous snakes in the United States each year, with from 14 to 30 resulting in deaths. Sixty percent of these deaths are due to the bites of rattlesnakes. While in snake territory, use common sense. If you are hik ing or climbing in country where rattlesnakes are koown to be abundant, you should wear pro tective clothing. Records indicate that 98 per cent of the bites from venomous snakes occur below the knee or on the hand or forearm. “The hiker should wear knee-high boots or leggings, and he should never place his hands on a rock or ledge above eye -level /' states Janet H. Alexander in the cur rent issue of Sports Afield Mag azine. Remember to kee.p your hands out of brushy places; and remember to use your eyes. It is not true that a rattler will always rattle before striking, nor is it true that a snake can’t bite under water. Rattlesnakes may strike at a quick movement, and they are Most of all, remember that nearly all snakes are harmless and because of the unpleasant creat ures they eat, they may be bene ficial to man. The caduceus, a winged staff with two coiled snakes, is used as our symbol of medicine because the ancient Greeks believed that snakes had power to heal. The poisonous ones may well become a great source of healing for all mankind. Cot tonmouth venom is used as a blood coagulant, and other ven oms are useful in medical re search, especially for cancer, nerve disorders and epilepsy. Fear of snakes is a poor reason for a person not to enjoy the great outdoors. Learn to recogniz* on*' poisonous snakes, and don’t forget the admonition well illustrated by our first American flag—showing a coiled rattlesnakes and bearing the words DON’T TREAD ON ME. • • • • • 44th NATIONAL 4-H CLUB CONGRESS Showcase of America's Youth 0 o NOV. 28 — DEC. 2 Mrs. Louise Tucker, Whitmire Perry West, Newberry Miss Mary Wicker, Newberry John Williams, Newberry Hope Wilson, Newberry Herman Wright, Newberry Mrs. Janie Mae Yokley, New berry. Boundary PTA The Boundary Street PTA will meet Thursday night, November 18, 1965 at 8 o’clock. The Execu tive Committee meeting will be held at 7:30 o’clock. Speaker for the meeting will be Mr. Ralph Watkins, Director of Newberry County Public Schools. Please plan to attend. Theme,,. YOUNG AMERICA AND WORLD AFFAIRS 1500 ton Boys and Girls Participate O'H T HE National 4-H Club Congress opens for the 44th straight year in Chicago, on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 28, but the young delegates start checking into the Conrad Hilton Hotel headquar ters on Friday and Saturday. Activities begin at once, and never (stop until the final banquet on Thursday night, Dec. 2. r. The Congress theme is “Young America and World Affair*,** announced Norman C. Mindrum, director of the National 4-H 'Service Committee which arranges the annual event in coopers tion with the Extension Service of the land-grant universities, and more than 55 business firms which support the 4-H program. The 1,500 delegates—all winners—will represent 50 states, Puerto Rico, and for the first time an “official” delegation of 10 Canadian 4-H members, one from each province. The 4-H’ers will devote the better part of two days to forums on world problems. During the action-packed week more than 200 youths selected f<^ superior achievement will be designated national winners of educational scholarships. Three boys and three girls will be named to receive the highest honor bestowed during the Congress: The Presidential Silver Tray •; award. These champions are the top pair in achievement, citizen- abir) and leadership programs. .. Donors of funds for the trips and scholarships are ousiness linns and foundations. They contribute more than a million dollars each year aid 4-H, said Mr. Mindrum. _ The award winners are all selected by extension personnel head ing ffe Slate 4-H program. Among the award donors are: AUis-Chalnws Manufac'urin* Company. Am-ncan OU Foundation, Carnarton Company. Citiw Swvic* Oil Company, Conrad Hilton Hotel. Cudahy Packm( Co.. E. I. du Pont de Nemours * Company, E’g n National Watch Company. Fireeton* Tire « Rubber Company. General Motors. Hercules Powdf Company.Humble Ott ft Refining Co., International Har-ester. International Minerals & Chemical Cor poration. Livestock Conservation. Inc. , r .,. r rnrnn Others art: Edwin T. Meredith Foundation, Montgomery Ward. Oliver Corpo ration. Pyrofaa Gas Corporation, The Sears-Roebuck Foundation. Standard Branda. Incorporated. Standard Ofl Company (Kentucky). The Standard Oil Cmnpany (Ohio), Suabeam Corporation. The West Bend Company, Westing house Kectstc Corporation and Wilson ft Co., Inc. According to Mr. Mindrum, donor support averages nearly 20 years. The longest continued sponsorship totals 48 years. lAVTjros ajv2> Loan Association • n r 1 r u r 1 o »■ o U n c vavasmaTe »»#9 DIRECTORS JOHN F. CLARKSON M.O. SUMMER W. C. HUFFMAN j •J. K WILLINGHAM E.B. PURCELL G. K. DOMINICK THE HOSPITAL PATIENTS IN Henry Auton, Newberry. Miss Annie Bynum, Newberry. Robert E. ranette, Chappells. Mrs. Brenda Black, Batesburg Astor Lee Bobb, Newberry. Miss Nellie Boozer, Prosperity. Mrs. Margaret C. Bowles, Sil- verstreet Mi's. Ellen Brown, Newberry Mrs. Myrtle Cook, Newberry Robert Cromer, Pomaria Mrs. Elizabeth Cannon, New berry Mrs. Pati’icia W. Cawthon, New berry Mrs. Mary Julia Cannon, Pros perity Mrs. Crozie Davenport, New berry Mrs. Henrietta Davenport, Sil- verstreet. Hiram Dawkins, Whitmire Miss Betty Jo Farrow, Newber ry Miss Gloria Gregory, Saluda Mrs. Anrena Gray, Newberry Mrs. Hazel Gilfillan, Newberry Mrs. DeWayne Goings, Whit mire Mrs. Evelyn Hedgepath, Silver- street Mrs. Dovie Hamm, Newberry W. B. Henson, Newberry Keith Honeycutt, Newberry Eugene Horton, Newberry Baby Ronald David Johnson, Newberry Robert Johnson, Newberry Mrs. Mattie Kunkle, Prosperity essee as a pen name. He began writing in 1938 and received his first recognition in 1940 when the Theatre Guii produced his “Bat tle of Angels.” Ae wrote many successful plays and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for “A Streetcar Named Desire,** and in 1955 for “A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.** He won the New York Critics’ Circle awards for three plays, in 1944 for the “Glass Men agerie tf IT’S NO BURDEN FOR SANTA WITH A CHRISTMAS CLUB CHECK FROM Newberry County Bank Small savings each week add up to a sizeable check by the time the Christmas Season approaches. Joining a Christmas Savings Club at Newberry County Bank is the easiest way to have the cash when it s needed for those many Christmas gifts for friends, acquaintances and, most important, the children. And it s a Te“®f to know that the bills won’t be piling up after the first of the year. — ♦= With a Newberry County Bank Savings Club, you decide the amount of cash you will need for Christ mas, and leave the rest to Newberry County Before Christmas you will receive a check for the amount you have saved. It’s easy to save by niau or in person. Ask one of the friendly people at the friend ly bank how to start your account. /A NEWBERRY, S. C. Bank JOANNA, S. C.