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PAGE 4 — The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Nov. 13, 1969 Members of the Newberry Garden Club celebrated the 20th anniversary of the club with a meeting at the home of Mrs. Richard L. Baker Tuesday. Mrs. Price J. Padgett is club president and Mrs. James F. Coggins, program chairman. Associate hostesses for the anniversary celebration were Mrs. Sydney Carter and Mrs. Joe Feagle. From left, Mesdames Feagle, Car ter, Padgett, Coggins and Baker. (Sun- photo) to worry him. Three fine Confederate com manders fell at Pea Ridge. They were Gen. Benjamin McCulloch of Texas and Gen. Jas. McIn tosh and Gen. W. T. Slack of Missouri. Other heroes from Arkansas were: Brig. Gen. Thos. Hindman, Gen. Albert Pike, Brig. Gen. Patrick Cle burne, T. J. Churchill and Dav id Owen Dodd. Pea Ridge is now a National Military Park. The chapter observed the an niversary of Gen. A. P. Hill and Veterans Day was also ob served. A poem, “Woodrow Wil son” by John A. May was read as a tribute to the soldiers of the first November 11 Armis tice Day. Two books were presented to Newberry College Library and to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Library in the name of Calvin Crozier Chapter. The hostesses served delight ful refreshments consisting of soft drinks, chicken salad sand wiches, cheese cookies, cara mel cake squares and mints. JASPER CHAPTER TO MEET FRIDAY The Jasper Chapter of the Daughters of the American Re volution will meet at the home of Miss Juanita Hitt at 4 p.m. on November 14. The associate hostesses will be Mrs. R. E. Hanna, Mrs. E. B. Hume, Mrs. P. M. Nichols and Mrs. E. E. Epting. Mrs. James C. Kinard will read the President General’s Letter and Mrs. R. B. Baker will give a message on National Defense. Mrs. A. B. Schriver will discuss “Colonial Cookery and the Thanksgiving Feast”. Calhoun D. Boyd died in Georgia Calhoun Duncan Boyd, 73, died Sunday in Georgia. He was born in Newberry, son 3f the late Calhoun Fair and Ella Duncan Boyd. He was an Episcopalian and a veteran of World War I. Surviving are a son, Walter L. Boyd of Canton, Ga., and a stepson, George B. Wright of North Tarrytown, N. Y. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at Whitaker Fun eral Home. Burial was in Rose- mont cemetery. UDC chapter hears Miss Hitt The November meeting of the Calvin Crozier Chapter UDC was at the home of Mrs. Stroth er D. Paysinger on Clarkson Avenue. The associate hostesses were Mrs. W. H. Tedford, Mrs. W. 0. Miller, Mrs. P. D. John son, Sr., Mrs. F. Scott Elliott and Mrs. Geneva Bickerstaff. The president, Mrs. A. T. Neely, opened the meeting with prayer and Miss Dorothy Buz- hardt, chaplain, led the pledge and salutes to the flags and the opening ritual. At the bus iness session, it was announced that the annual Christmas din ner party would be held at the Kaufmann Hall on the Newber ry College campus on Dec. 2. Chapter members were proud to have been honored with five awards at the State Convention held at Florence during Octo ber. An interesting program on “Arkansas” was presented by Miss Juanita Hitt. Miss Hitt gave the members who were present attractive and colorful brochures on Arkansas. She told of the state’s motto, “Reg nat Populus” (The People Rule.) The Arkansas state flower is the apple blossom, the state bird is the mocking bird, and the state tree is the pine. The official nickname is “The Land of Opportunity”. The first time Arkansas came under the Flag of the United States was 1803, soon after the Louisiana Pur chase. Arkansas was admitted as a state in 1836, and seceded from the union May 16, 1861, to become one of the Confederate States of America. One of the most important battles of the War Between the States was fought on Arkansas soil. This was “Pea Ridge”. The surround ing countryside for miles around takes its name from this ridge. Tradition says a species of wild pea vine used to grow here, hence the name. The Federals were command ed by Gen. Samuel R. Curtis and they were entrenched along the bluffs of Little Sugar Creek. The Confederates were c o m- manded by Gen. Earl Van Dorn and they were entrenched along the road to Bentonville near Round Top. The thunder of can non fire and the crash of musk etry filled the air in these fields and woods in 1862. The Battle of Pea Ridge raged on March 7 and 8 of 1862. The road along the battlefield site is ap proximately 7 miles and it is sometimes referred to as the Telegraph Road. It is over 150 years old and is the route the Overland Mail Stage traveled to Fort Smith. Preceding the Battle of Pea Ridge, Confeder ate and Union armies passed over this road. Federal forces met the Confederates at Elk- horn Tavern and Leetown. The battle of Pea Ridge was under way. The Confederates won at Elk- horn Tavern, but at Leetown they were defeated. Pea Ridge was the only major battle in the Civil War in which Indian troops were used. Gen. Albert Pike brought a brigade of 800 Cherokees from the Indian Ter ritory to take part in this bat tle. Both sides claimed a vic tory and a defeat on March 7, but on March 8, the Federals had won an overall victory, thus saving Missouri for the Union. After the battle of Pea Ridge, Missouri became a no man’s land of guerrilla warfare but no Confederate Army ever posed another real threat to the state. Thus it was that Gen.Grant moving south toward Vicksburg had one less thorn in his side More books for Wessels Library at Newberry College will be the result of the $1,000 grant presented to the College by the Sears-Roebuck Foundation this week. Un der the terms of the grant, books will be purchased in the area of marketing, business and career planning. Accept ing the check for the College are President A.G.D. Wiles, and Mrs. Francis Fesperman, College Librarian. Richard Marsh, manager of the Sears store in Newberry made the presentation. Now This Is the Way To Do It, Ladies—Vern Powell, nanager of the cafeteria at Newberry College, tells the vomen enrolled in a foods class at the College. The class s one of the four adult evening classes sponsored by the faculty Wives Club of Newberry College. The classes ,vill continue until Thanksgiving. THE DIRECTORS of the Newberry County Development Board WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE THE SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUM Vote YES For Our New Schools on Tuesday, November 18