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PAGE 6 — The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Dec. 4, 1969 Garden club celebrates 20th anniversary Twenty years ago there was no roadside park on New berry’s outskirts, enjoyed by un counted numbers of picnickers and travelers! Twenty years age. . .there was no garden therapy pro gram for the special education class in the city schools! Twenty years ago there was no Blue Star Memorial Highway designation in New berry County, a perpetual mon ument to the memory of this nation’s war dead! All this, and more, has re sulted from the formation 20 years ago last month of the Newberry Garden Club, the first organized and first state-feder ated garden club in this city. Present-day members, with invited guests, celebrated the club’s 20th anniversary Novem ber 11 at the home of one of the founders who also was the first president and, later, state president of the Garden Club of South Carolina. Mrs. Richard L. Baker enter tained the group at her home on Walnut Street for a program which featured highlights of the club’s history and accomplish ments, presented through nar ration and film. Mrs. Seth Meek, a charter member and the club’s second president, gave in a most in teresting and entertaining way a resume of the group’s his- RITZ THEATRE THURS., FRIDAY, SATURDAY The Wild Bunch William Holden Ernest Borgnine Adults 75c, All Children 50c (R) MONDAY, TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY Best House In London David Hemmings Joanna Pettet (X) CLOVER LEAF DRIVE-IN FRIDAY & SATURDAY Ace High Eli Wallach ’ Terence Hill SUNDAY — First Run — Those Daring Young Men In Jaunty Jalopies Tony Curtis Always A Color Cartoon The Drive-In Will Be Cosed On Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday And Thursday For The Winter Months. tory, from its founding in Nov ember of 1949 through the pre sent. Mrs. Gordon Able, another of the charter members, showed color slides collected over the 20-year period, picturing activi ties of the club:trips throughout the state, also flower arrange ments which were show winners, decorations made for Christmas teas in Newberry’s Community Hall, and other garden club events. Notable among the club’s achievements has been the road side park on Highway 76 By- Pass, begun in 1951 and con tinued as a long-term project. It has received three state awards. The Club has also re ceived numerous other awards during its 20-year history. The Junior Garden Club pro gram for the special education class in the city schools is an other continuing project. Monthly programs, for enter tainment and education, have been given for the children in this class since 1957. The club also observes Arbor Day each year by planting trees at var ious schools in the city. The Blue Star Memorial Highway marker, located near Pomaria on Highway 176, was unveiled and dedicated in 1963. The marker was donated by a charter member, Mrs. C. I. You- mans. At Mrs. Baker’s home, the garden club members partici pated in a celebration which included the traditional birthday cake. Assisting as hostesses were Mrs. Sydney Carter and Mrs. Joe Feagle. Among special guests were all past presidents and the cur rent president of the Council of Newberry Garden Clubs and charter members of the New berry Garden Club. Out-of-town visitors included Mrs. C. E. St.- CHRISTMAS PARADE . . . (Continued from Page 1) Libby Kibler 39. Junior High School Band 40. Junior High School Float 40(a) Cub Scout Pack 146 41. Shealy Motor No. 2 42. Whitten Village Float 43. Cosmetologist Association Car 44. Smith Motor No. 2 45. Bailey Memorial Hospital, Laurens District 56 (School of Nursing) Float 46. Cub Pack 69 47. Black Rock Manufacturing Float 48. Tuggle Chevrolet No. 2 49. Exchange Club Float 50. Cadette Troop 746, Scouts 50(a). Smoky Bear Walnut Street: 51. Ruff Rambler Co. Car 52. Frye’s Nursery (Ornamen tal Shrubs) 53. Brownie Troop 744 54. Miss Senior, Gallman High School, Miss Katherine Young 55. Gallman High School Band 56. Standard Savings & Loan Float 57. Miss Fire Prevention, Miss Lynn Bedenbaugh 58. Antique Fire Truck 59. C—P Corporation Float 60. Ed Young Buick No. 2 61. Miss Young Republican, Miss Cindee Warrick 62. Owens-Illinois Float 63. Interact Club Car 64. Newberry 7th Grade Band 65. Boy Scout Troop 76, Pom aria 66. Jaycee-ettes Float 67. Smith Motor No. 3 68. Newberry College Float 69. Boy Scout Troop 22 70. Miss Atta Kula Kula, Miss Becky Westmoreland 71. Bankers Trust Float 72. Little Miss Newberry, Miss Susan Waldrop 73. B. C. Moore & Sons Float 74. Miss Newberry College Homecoming, Miss Lynn Mayes 75. Newberry College Band 76. Santa Claus Float 77. Fire Truck Amand of Gaffney, Mrs. R. R. Bruner and Mrs. Fitank E Jordan, Jr., both of Columbia. Following is a list of the charter members of the Club: Mesdames E. Gordon Able, Richard L. Baker, James E. Britt, Robert R. Bruner, James N. Burgess, John F. Clarkson. O. M. Cobb, J. L. Feagle, Aub rey Harley, Waldo Huffman, Frank E. Jordan, Robert E. Livingston, Seth A. Meek, Price J. Padgett, W. Frank Partridge, Thomas H. Pope, Jr. Walter Regnery, J. Don Rook, C. Em ile Saint-Amand, Arthur Well ing, C. I. Youmans, Steve C. Griffith, Sr. and E. M. Lips comb. Final rites for C. L. Graddick Colie L. Graddick, 59, Route 1, died suddenly early Tuesday at Newberry Memorial Hospital. Mr. Graddick was born in Newberry County, son of W. A. and Mary Elizabeth Reeves Graddick. He was employed by Greenwood Mills, Joanna Plant and was a member of Queens Chapel Presbyter ian Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Azile Childress Graddick; one son, Robert R. Graddick of Laurens; two daughters, Mrs. Betty G. Cromer of Cayce and Mrs. Mary G. West of Colum bia; three brothers, Herman Graddick and J. C. Graddick, both of Newberry and W. A. Graddick, Jr. of Atlanta; two sisters, Mrs. Geneva Campbell of Newberry and Mrs. Azile Dupree of Memphis, Term.; se ven grandchildren. Funeral services were con ducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Whitaker Funeral Home by Dr. NeilTruesdell. Interment was in Rosemont cemetery. Sidney Hunter death learned News has been received here that Sidney Hunter drowned at Tindall Air Force Base in Pan ama City, Fla. Survivors include his wife, Martha Foster Hunter; a daugh ter, Mrs. Jimmy Bush of Camp LeJeune, N. C.; a step-son, Cal vin Hunter of Panama City; his parents, Nancy and Dudley Hunter of Prosperity; 2 broth ers, John D. Hunter, U. S. Air Force in Germany, and Vernon Hunter of Prosperity; a sis ter, Mrs. Mildred Evans of Prosperity. Funeral arrangements are in complete but will be announced later. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement of the estate of John O. Counts in the Probate Court for New berry County, S. C., on Mon day, the 5th day of January, 1970, at 10 o’clock in the fore noon, and will immediately thereafter ask for my discharge as executrix of said estate. Mrs. Camilla W. Counts Eureka St. Prosperity, S. C. Executrix Dec. 3, 1969 4t WANT ADS FOR SALE—Maytag automatic washer, G. E. refrigerator, ster eos, televisions, reconditioned deep freezer, radios, new and used, electric and gas ranges, lovely mahogany 10-piece din ing suite like new. Special: 7- piece living room group $139.95. Visit us today. Buy on comfort able terms. J. J. LANGFORD & SON, Newberry, S. C. Mrs. Eva Reeves dies suddenly Mrs. Eva Mae Willis Reeves, 57, widow of Eugene Reeves, died Friday morning at New berry County Memorial Hospi tal after a sudden illness. Mrs. Reeves was born in Sal uda County, the daughter of the late Claude Eugene and Ruth Elizabeth Sanders Willis. She was employed by the Mollohon Plant of the Kendall Company, and was a member of Summer Memorial Lutheran Church. She is survived by three brothers, William W. Willis and John R. Willis, both of New berry and Claude E. Willis of Marietta, Ga.; four sisters, Miss Carrie Willis and Mrs. J. R. Rollins, both of Newberry, Mrs. Arthur (Mary) Welling of Knoxville, Term., and Mrs. J. H. (Toby) Day of West Colum bia. Funeral services were con ducted at 4 p.m. Saturday at her church by Rev. J. Pierce Evans. Interment was in New berry Memorial Gardens. Postmaster says to mail early “Don’t take a chance on dis appointing someone you love, send your gift parcels and cards early enough to Insure their de livery before Christmas, not af ter,” Postmaster Harry Moose advised today. “On the day after Christmas a post office building can be the most depressing place in the world,” Moose added, “if it still contains a mountain of messages of love and cheer that didn’t make it because they were mailed too late.” Such disappointments can be avoided if Christmas mailers will observe the Mowing mail ing schedule. Gift parcels going to distant states should be mailed by De cember 5. Parcels going to local and nearby areas should be mailed not later than Decem ber 13. The name and address of both the sender and the ad dressee should be enclosed in each gift parcel to permit iden tity in case of damage or loss of the outside label. The out side label should be placed on only one side of each parcel. Greeting cards going to dis tant states should be mailed not later than December 10. Cards going to local and nearby areas should be in the mail by De cember 15. Postmaster Moose also em phasized the importance of us ing ZIP Codes and adding a return address to all Christmas mail. ZIP Codes enable postal em ployees to sort and handle the mail faster. A return address insures that mail that can’t be delivered because of an illegible or incomplete mailing address will be returned to the sender. “A return address might not seem very important,” Post master Moose noted, “but last year over 32 million pieces of mail went to postal dead letter branches because the mail ing address couldn’t be read and there was no return ad dress on the envelope. If you can estimate the worth of each of these pieces at twenty-five cents, including postage, postal customers lost over $7.5 million last year to dead letter offices. And none of this would have happened if the envelopes had contained a return address.” Rubber Stamps Made Same Day As Ordered Newberry Sun Office JAYCEE-ETTES ENDORSE ESSAY PROJECT The Newberry Jaycee-ettes have strongly endorsed the New berry County Baeutification Committee’s plans for the cur rent project of conservation es says. These essays are being stressed throughout the schools of the city and county. New Life For Your Old Diamond MO-ltS RING SETTING S7S.SO Let our diamond experts reset your gem in a modern new setting. The cost is surprisingly low, and your diamond will look lovelier and larger, too. DIAMOND ^friendship" RING Give your steady a genuine registered Starfire diamond in this beautiful ring with the twin heart design. Turner & Taylor JEWELERS