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PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Feb. 22, 1968 A May wedding in St. Joseph’s Catholic church in Columbia is planned by Miss Helen Marie Paturzo and Sims Tompkins Ballew. Their engagement is announced by the bride elect’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Paturzo, of Columbia. The bridegroom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. H. 0. Ballew of Newberry. Miss Paturzo is a graduate of A. C. Flora High school and attended the University of South Carolina. She is employed as a secretary for Blue Cross-Blue Shield in Columbia. Mr. Ballew was graduated from Newberry High School and attended Newberry College and Clemson University. He is employed as a sales representative for the R. L. Bryan Co. in Columbia. he had inherited from his fa ther. It was there that he wrote all of his poems. In all his re marks, he displayed a keen sense of humor, a deep appre ciation for the divine, and a love of life, people and nature. In his musings, Mr. Willcox has included selections by a number of members of his fam ily, as well as etchings and drawings by his sister, and his torical sketches of low-country places of interest, written by persons who have lived in Wac- camaw Neck. Mrs. Willcox recited two poems, one written by her hus band to honor the Gold Star mothers and the other written by Sidney Lanier. The poet sang a song in dialect written shortly after the War Between the States, often sung to him by his mother when he was a small boy. Mr. Willcox read the senti ment which he intends to have placed on a wooden plaque at the entrance to the Hermitage. After the program, Mrs. Wil liam Carter, president of Lit erary Study Club, invited the guests to the tea table for re freshments. Among the guests were relatives of Mrs. Willcox from Greenville and Wilming ton. Mrs. Howard Kirkegard was chairman of the reciprocity committee. Serving with her were Mrs. B. A. Buddin, Mrs. Elbert Dickert, Mrs. Willie Hawkins, Mrs. J. W. Hender son, Mrs. Preston McAlhany, Miss Margaret Paysinger and Mrs. Robert Schumpert. Mrs. Schumpert recognized the special guests after Mrs. Gene Mathis had read the club collect. Honorable Julian B. Ness was guest speaker at the Exchange Club Tuesday night for the Club’s special Crime Prevention program. He was introduced by Rep. D. P. Folk. From left are Johnny Stribble, chairman of Crime Prevention Week activities; Judge Ness, Rep Folk and Jack Goree, club president. Adult classes at College Registration for a six-lecture series on home landscaping, sponsored by the Faculty Wo men’s Club of Newberry Col lege, took place Wednesday lege took place Tuesday even ing at Holland Hall. First lecture in the evening series for adults of the New berry Community will be de livered February 27 by land scape architect Robert Marvin of Waltcrboro. Subsequent talks will be by extension specialists from Clemson Uni versity. Marvin is a member of Gov. McNairs South Carolina Beau tification and Community Im provement Board. A Clemson graduate who studied land scape design at the University of Georgia, he has lectured widely on the subject since opening his Walterboro office in 1947. The course is one of several planned for this spring by the Faculty Women’s Club. Also offered at Tuesday’s registra tion will be a course on hat making as a hobby, taught by ‘Mrs. B. O. Long, and a be ginning course in spoken Span ish taught by Dr. Albert P. Mature, head of the college’s department of modern lang uages. the Cotswold Shopping Center, East Mall, where the exhibit will be held. Location corner of Sharon-Amity Boulevard and Randolph Road. Take E. More- head or East Trade to reach Randolph road. Camellia show in Charlotte The Men’s Camellia Club of Charlotte, through Hal Kohn, extends an invitation to New berry County camellia fans to visit their annual exhibit, which will be held Saturday and Sun day, 24th and 25th. There is no admission charge and children will not be ad mitted unless accompanied by adults. The hours are Satur day from 3:30 p.m. until 9:30 —Sunday from noon until 6:30. The show will be held regard less of the weather. Both greenhouse and open grown blooms will be on exhibit. Bailey’s Cafeteria, a popular eating place is convenient to Willcox speaks at reciprocity meeting “I just walked into my poems. I never changed much about them, just scribbled them on the back of an old check or on a brown bag. And I’ve writ ten one poem since my book was published,” mused Clarke A. Willcox, 72-year-old author of Musings of a Hermit, at the 14th reciprocity meeting of the Literary Study Club at the Community Hall. Members and special guests of the club heard Mr. Willcox quote “De Ole Sto”, “De Sea- Turtle”, “To an Artist Friend”, and “A Prayer for Guidance”. He told anecdotes of his life with “his beloved Lillian” who was with him in Newberry, and quipped about the Yankees, whom he enjoys as they travel by his plantation. The low-country poet was in troduced by Miss Margaret Paysinger. She told of his life as a grocer and salesman in Marion, following his college days at Clemson and his mar riage to a Virginian who had moved to Marion when they were in the sixth grade. She told of his move to the Hermi tage at Murrells Inlet in 1956 and of the publication of his book in 1966. Encouraged by his wife, who had salvaged scraps of paper containing his jotted - down poems and kept them, Mr. Will cox suddenly caught the idea of publishing the collection to leave to his fourteen grandchil dren. His love of his surroundings at Murrells Inlet was evidenced in his enthusiasm for the ca mellia blossoms, the live oak branch, the Spanish moss and the evergreen foliage that he had brought with him from the Hermitage, the old home that Carolina-made movie to be shown at Ritz Numerous South Carolinians are seen in the film, with a main supporting role being played by Jim B. Quick, a young Columbia stage actor and television persohality. The Eastman color film captures some of the most beautiful S. C. scenery ever filmed. Hollywood Director Larry E. Jackson, also executive pro ducer of the film, calls South Carolina “one of the greatest film locations in the world. The state’s trade mark of ‘from the mountains to the sea’ is unquestionably a film-mak ers paradise.” The film starring Davis as the head of a moonshine making family, features Brady as the head of the moonshine syndi cate trying to wipe out the Davis family, which also fgihts off Federal Revenue agents and a friendly local sheriff, por trayed by veteran actor Andy Devine. Dix plays Davis’ Number One son, who is the target of syn dicate bullets and death threats. Dix is also the romantic target of Miss Raney, who portrays the beautiful daughter of one of the town’s leading citizens. In a more provocative role is starlet Vickie Carroll, whose torrid dance scenes entrance Davis’ Number Two son, play ed by Bruce Yarnell. The film has an exciting up tempo musical score written by award-winning New York mus ician, Michael Colicchio, who also conducted the sound track performance. Some exceptional special ef fects created for the film in clude a 100-mile-an-hour chase and explosion on Lake Murray, the dynamiting of thousands of dollars worth of stills, plus some fender-bending auto chases over the winding, back- country roads in Lexington county. St. Luke's to feed pancakes The ladies of St. Luke’s Epis copal church are busy prepar ing for the annual Shrove Tues day pancake supper to be helc at the Parish House on Tues day, February 27. The ladies will begin serving pancakes, sausage, bacon, butter, syrup, and coffee or milk at 5:30 p.m. The tickets, to be sold at the door, will be $1 for adults and 75c for children under 12 years of age. Shrove Tuesday precedes Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, and it was an ancient custom to go to the priest and confess one’s sins and be shro- ven. Pardon and absolution of sins was received before the beginning of Lent. The day was also known as Pancake Tues day because the people cooked pancakes to use all grease in the house, and no meat was to be eaten during the 40 days of Lent. In the early church, there was an arduous period of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter. The public is invited to come to St. Luke’s for a hearty pan cake supper—on the 27th from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. World War 1 Vets to rally On March 16, the Veterans of World War I, Department of S. C., and the Ladies Auxil iary will hold a Spring Rally in the American Legion Hall in Lexington. Guest speaker will be Nat ional Commander Phillip F. O’Brien of Washington, D. C. The meeting will open at 10 a.m. A dutch luncheon of barbecued chicken and pork will be served. Those wishing to attend the luncheon are asked to contact Department Chief of Staff, Lloyd Brown, 1703 Atascadero Drive, Colum bia 29206. Those who are not members of the Department, as well as wives, daughters, sisters of members and widows are cor dially invited. Building Permits Jeff Taylor, 704 Brantley St., addition. R. E. Beck, 2021 Nance St, repairs. A1 Rabin, 2208 Murray St., repairs. Pope Buford III, 1215 Reid St., repairs. F. B. Pratt, 507 Caldwell St., repairs. Miss Sallie Lee Cromer, 1507 College St., repairs. WASHINGTON CDCn A E C BIRTHDAY DrC^IMLD ONE RACK DRESS SHOES $8.99 (REG. TO $16.99) (Black patent Bone Navy Brown & White Blue & White) 17 SPORT BAGS (Reg. 3.99) Anderson’s Shoe $1.99 ) Store