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PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry S. C., Thursday, March 13, 1969
Newly elected officers of Lutheran
Church Women, South Carolina Synod
were installed Saturday at LCW conven
tion in Newberry. From left are Mrs.
Hampton Caughman of Lexington, treas
urer; Mrs. James B. Shealy of North Au
gusta, secretary; Mrs. Harry Grout of Co
lumbia, vice president; and Mrs. John
Cook of Newberry, president.
Auxiliary has
March meeting
The American Legion Aux
iliary met at the home of Mrs.
M. F. Bowler on Thursday af
ternoon, March G at 4 o’clock.
In the absence of the president,
the meeting was presided over
by Mrs. W. Roy Anderson, 3rd
vice president. The hostesses
for the meeting were Mrs. W.
Roy Anderson, Mrs. James
Fulp, Miss Sadie Bowers and
Mrs. W. H. Davis.
After the ritualistic services,
reports were heard from t h e
committee chairmen.
Mrs. Anderson, Poppy chair
man, stated that 4,000 poppies
had been ordered.
Our membership is now 152.
District 5, which includes the
Newberry unit was the first
District in the State to reach
quotas. Mrs. M. F. Bowler is
president of District 5. Cal
houn Falls unit entertained the
District on Wednesday, March
5th at the Legion Home. The
members from Newberry who
attended this meeting were,
Mrs. M. F. Bowler, Mrs. W.
Roy Anderson, Miss Grace
Summer, Mrs. 01 in Wessinger,
Mrs. Ida Martin, Mrs. Maude
Summer, Miss Grace Summer
acted as recording secretary.
Mrs. Anderson has had GO
children’s books brought to her
by a small child to be used in
child welfare work. The mem-
bers of the Auxiliary are very
appreciative of this gift.
A letter was read from the
members of Calhoun Falls unit
endorsing Mrs. S. F. Sherard
Jr. for department president of
the American Legion Auxiliary
for the coming year. This was
received as information.
Mrs. Estelle Taylor gave ai
interesting program on Com
munity Service.
Miss Grace Summer gave an
informative report on the Dis
trict meeting held at Calhoun
Falls. Mrs. M. F. Bowler wa
elected President for a two
year term. This is quite ar
honor for the Newberry unit.
Mrs. P. K. Harmon gave in
formation on tin* joint suppcn
meeting that the Legion and
Auxiliary are planning for the
night of March 25 at the Le
gion Hut. All members of both
organizations are expected to
come and bring well-filled bas
kets of eats. So let all members
come and help the Legion cel
ebrate their Golden Anniver
sary—50 years.
The Spring Rally will be held
in Columbia on April 7-8.
The meeting was adjourned
by the members praying to
gether the Lord’s Prayer.
During the social hour de
licious refreshments were en
joyed by the members.
SCIENCE SOCIETY
ELECTS READERS
At a recent meeting of the
members, Christian Science
Society elected Clarence Cullum
of Saluda to serve as first rea
der for a one year term. In
this position, Mr. Cullum will
conduct the Sunday and Wed
nesday evening services at the
church.
Assisting him on Sundays as
Second Reader will be, Mrs.
Cornelia Long, elected at the
same meeting. The retiring
Second reader is Mrs. Beatrice
Jones. The new readers began
their terms on February 1st.
The Christian Science church
consists entirely of laymen and
local members are democrati
cally elected to fill all admin
istrative posts and to conduct
services.
The two elected readers carry
the main responsibility for the
Sunday and Wednesday even
ing services of the church.
Their primary duty is to read
the Christian Science Lesson-
Sermon on Sunday. This is a
weekly compilation of related
references from the Bible and
the denominational textbook,
“Science and Health With Key
to the Scriptures” by Mary
Baker Eddy.
During the week, the same
references serve as a Bible
Lesson on a specific topic such
as God, Man, Reality, Sacra
ment, or Matter. It is studied
daily by Christian Scientists
throughout the world. Read at
the Sunday service, it becomes
the sermon. Hymns, prayer,
responsive reading by the con
gregation, and a solo constitute
the rest of the service.
The Wednesday evening ser
vice, which is held on the first
and third Wednesday, conduct
ed by the First Reader, in
cludes a period when individual
members of the congregation
speak informally of experiences
of Christian healing as under
stood in Christian Science.
The public is invited to at
tend the Sunday and Wednes
day meetings and a most cor
dial welcome is extended to all
to use the Reading Room.
UNIVERSITY WOMEN
TO HAVE MEETING
The March meeting of the
Newberry Branch of the Amer
ican Association of University
Woman will be held on Satur
day, March 15, at 3:30 p.m. in
the home of Mrs. Mayo Paul,
2025 Glenn street.
Assisting Mrs. Paul as co
hostesses for the meeting will
be Dr. Janet S. Allsbrook.
Professor and Mrs. Dennis
Sanderon will present to the
group a most interesting and
educational program on the
“Drama.”
Also present for the meeting
will be Dr. Beckwith, State
President of the AAUW.
A full attendance is expected
for this meeting.
SPEERS STREET
PTA TO MEET
Speers Street PTA will meet
tonight (Thursday) at the
school, at 7:30 p.m. The exe
cutive committee will meet at
7:00.
Is National
Winner in
essay contest
The Patriotic Activities Es
say Award has been won by
Miss Juanita Hitt of Newberry,
a member of Calvin Crozier
Chapter, UDC.
This award was offered for
the first time by Mrs. Henry
D. Ferris, of Bethlehem, Pa.,
general charirman of Patriotic
Affairs for the General Divis
ion. Miss Hitt has the distinct
honor of being the first re-
cipent of the award.
The topic of the essay is
“The United Daughters of the
Confederacy—Their Service to
Our Country in Time of War
and Conflict”.
The competitive essay con
test was open to all the adult
members of UDC Chapters in
the United States.
Miss Hitt’s source of infor
mation included research at
Wessels Library, Newberry
College; McKissick Library
University of S. C.; Library of
the University of N. C., Chapel
Hill; the UDC Business Office,
Richmond, Va.; S. C. Dept, of
Archives, Columbia; and the
Newberry-Saluda County Reg
ional Library.
The paper is a complete and
concise report of the services
rendered by the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy during
the Spanish-American war,
World War I, World War II,
the Korean Conflict and the
struggle in Vietnam.
Miss Hitt says: “A compell
ing force surged within me,
giving me the desire to person
ally search libraries and arch
ives in quest of the record of
UDC patriotic activities. I
wanted the children of Amer
ica today, and in generations
to come, to know about the
deeds of our noble organization.
I hope that they will become
inspired and indelibly impress
ed by the glorious deeds of
gallant southern women. The
United Daughters of the Con
federacy was the first national
woman’s organization in the
nation to offer its services to
the United States Government
in World War II for War Re
lief.
“After leafing through many
old minute books, and doing
much research, I came up with
astonishing information. Stem
ming from World War I was
the beautiful gesture of respect
the UDC paid to World War I
soldiers—The bestowing upon
them of the distinguished
Cross of Military Service.
“I was so very proud to in
clude in the essay the work of
the 1941-1943 administration of
the UDC. It was then that a
committee of Patriotic Activi
ties and Civil Defense was ap
pointed by the President-Gen
eral, Mrs. Robert D. Wright.
As soon as this committee was
appointed, they started action.
Thus began the ‘Crusade of
Service’ by the UDC in World
War II. The work during World
War II was so outstanding that
it was requested that 10,000
copies of the report be printed
for distribction. The end of
World War II did not mean
the end of our patriotic serv
ice. There was a vast program
needed for reconversion and the
aftermath of war. The first
World War II Service Cross
was presented in 1946 to Lt.
Com. Spencer Downs Wright,
son of Mrs. Robert Downs
Wright, ex - President-General
UDC.
“Today we the United
Daughters of the Confederacy,
are rendering services in the
military struggle in Vietnam.
“At Appomatox the life of
the Confederacy came to a
close; it ceased to be a nation
but in honor and in glory. To
day, the priceless thing, the im
perishable spirit of the Con
federacy lives on to give us
the superb examples of cour
age and sacrifice the WORLD
SO NEEDS.
“The United Daughters of
the Confederacy have given
their time, friendship, money
and experience in our desire to
share with others the advan
tage of our wonderful country.
The challenge that lies ahead
of us is perhaps the greatest
that we have ever faced and
will demand increased activity
and determination to preserve
those things that we feel are so
necessary to keep America ‘The
Land of the Free and the
Home of the Brave’.”
“In activity we must find our
joy as well as our strength, and
action, like everything else that
is good, is its own reward.
“We cannot know what the
future holds, but we have the
faith of our Confederate moth
ers, the courage of our Confed
erate fathers, and remember
the heritage which is ours be
cause they bequeathed.it to us,
we shall not fail to serve. We
shall turn our faces toward the
rising sun, proudly rejoicing in
our title—The United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy!
“We honor our heroes with
flowers, music, words and med
als, but we must do more. So
long as we keep alive the fires
of remembrance of their deeds
and their ultimate acceptance
of ‘One Nation, Indivisible, un
der God’, their brave spirit will
endure to all Eternity.”
Miss Hitt has given the check
she received with the award to
the Alumni Music Building
Fund of Newberry College in
honor of Miss Mazie Dominick.
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
March 16: Mrs. Barbara A.
Counts, Donna Pugh Connelly,
Karen Stone, P. N. Boozer,
Kay Stockman, Mrs. P. C.
Workman, Cindy Lominack,
Julia Senn.
March 18: Mrs. Mac. Sprouse,
Mrs. Emerson Jones, Elgia
Gene Sheppard, Judy King,
Betty Maude Monroe, Clifford
Shealy, Tom Beckwith, Mary
Bryan Parr, Mrs. Elsie Heller,
David T. Werts.
March 19: Raymond Blair,
Pressley N. Boozer Jr., Eugene
Brossy, Mrs. James A. Under
wood Jr.
March 20: William Harris,
Mrs. Pope L. Buford Jr., Mrs.
Marvin W. Long, Janice Whit
aker, Mrs. P. K. Harmon.
March 21: Harvey Richard
son, Barbara Davis Jones, Mrs.
William H. Hawkins, Mary S.
Clary, Abbie Abrams Martin.
March 22: Mrs. Willard Byrd,
Dan McHargue, Mrs. Hal Kohn
Sr., Mrs. J. C. Atkison, Mrs.
Sydney Carter, Tommy Spotts.
Louis Mazza, left, and Joe Taylor, right, personnel of
the local post office, were on hand to receive the thous
ands of Easter Seal envelopes to be mailed to county
residents. Col. J. H. Holcombe, center, is Easter Seal
campaign chairman for the Newberry unit of the Easter
Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults. (Sun-
photo.)