Florence Morning News from Florence, South Carolina • 2

WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY 30 1D56 THE LORENCE MORNING NEWS LORENCE PAGE 2 Shaw AB Dedicates Native of lorence Wins College Post 4 General Court THURSDAY Summer Session RIDAY SATURDAY DAVID SHAW BAXTER Clothes Lake City Elects Officers 126 Evon St or New Youth Welfare Unit AVE UITS! Sale! 19" actory RECEIVING IVE YEAR You SAVE WE WILL BE CLOSED ON SLACKS OR OUR EMPLOYES' MAXWm iMCOt ANNUAL VACATIONS Is your auto insurance behind the times? STARTING money saving Safeco MONDAY MAY 28 THRU RIDAY JUNE 1 WE WILL BE OPEN AS USUAL BAXTER SATURDAY JUNE 2 Clothes ISARCfp Cormell Edwin Turner's CHICKEN BASKET ON THE CHARLESTON HIGHWAY stu votc Phyllis Beauti tive This wiy be done by studying what is being offered and pro posed for the boys and girls of Lake City to determine what can be done to correlate and supple ment the present The following were appointed to serve on this Commission by the City of Lake City: The Rev Ross Johnson Collins Aubrey Daniels Edgar Whitehead Veignro DuBose Heiden Pev Boyd Russell loyd Dr Thad Timmons Van Epps Pearl Godwin Mrs Joe Dew Max ie Hinds Louie Cook Mc Elveen Jr Randy Gravely1 Myr tle Turner the Rev A Brickie and teen agers Ida Sue loyd and Jimmy Turner Insurance Service Specialist 116 Evans St Dial 6329 Mc the has Keiserman's Grocery 655 SOUTH McQUEEN STREET cers called the first meeting of this group who along with Du Bose elected Aubrey Daniels as vice president and Mrs Joe Dew as secretary Lake first president of the Welfare Commission has for some time been very active in civic activities particularly in the Teen age Canteen work in Lake City In reporting the first meeting1 members of the commission said: is the desire of this group to offer to the young people and to the citizens as a whole activities that are both wholesome and crea Big Dog House SUDBURY Ont May 29 LW The life of John three Afghan hounds is not bad He dedicated a three story dog house for them in his back yard this week The hounds took care of the ribbon cutting ceremony The ribbon was a string of sau sages daughter Mary and son Paul III Mr and Mrs Barton Shaw daughter Marion and son Barton Jr all of Sumter and Mr and Mrs Shaw son David daughters Margaret and Susan of lorence Lt Shaw was the first Sumter man killed in action and the only Sumter County aviator who died in combat in World War I Billy McGee Makes Top Grade 9711 At Timmonsville TIMMONSVILLE May Billy McGee son of Mr and Mrs McGee has the highest average ever made by a student at Tim monsville High School as far as can be determined by available records He attained a 9711 winning the honor of valedictorian of the senior class McGee will deliver the valedictorian address at graduation exercises Louise At kinson is salutatorian While in high school young Gee has been a member of Beta Club History Club and ture armers of America He also been a bus driver representa tive to State Mental Contest a senior superlative and a member of the band Last year he was chief marshal McGee plans to attend Clemson College where he will study either textile chemistry or chemi cal engineering MACON Ga May 29 The ap pointment of Dr Benjamin Spen cer Meeks Jr as associate profes sor of chcmiMry at Mcrccr Univer sity was announced today by Pres ident George Connell Dr Meeks is a native of lor ence SC and his permanent ad dress is Ridgecrest NC he is at present a research chemist for the Tennessee Eastniafl Company at Kingsport Tenn He will come to Mercer at the beginning of the fall quarter Dillon Lions Club Ends Broom Sale DILLON May 29 (Special) The Dillon Lions Club has complet ed its annual broom sale accord ing to Lion John Edwardsrehair man of the sale and a total of 660 brooms of hearth round ware house and whisk variety were ped dled to all parts of Dillon This is the largest broom sale ever conducted by the club The brooms were manufactured by the Blind Assn in Columbia and the Lions usually blend the season for sale with spring cleaning when the demand is better In 1953 Dr Meeks has a paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society At the University of South Carolina he won both the Sigma Alpha Zeta award in chemistry and the Harper Honorary Scholarship in chemistry' Dr Meeks is married to the former air Caldwell and they have two children air Alexandra age four and Barry Spencer aged two McCulloch Chain Saws Service PLANTERS EQUIP SUP CO Darlington Hwy Dial 4367 TROPICALS LANNELS RAYON BLENDS DACRON BLENDS Alterations REE! Open All Day Wednesday OPEN 8:30 TO 7 6 DAYS A WEEK SEWANEE MILITARY gradu ate Monday was Cadet Arthur razier McLean a son of Mrs Arthur McLean of lorence The academy operated by the University of the South and 22 dioceses of the Episcopal Church is located at Sewanee Tenn Cadet McLean has re ceived admission to North Carolina State College A of drivtr are you paying for the poor rusk driver' cd denta? And are you paying extra for old fashioned inauranct 'handling? Modern SAECO auto insurance developed by General Insurance Company of America insures only selected riks uses the latest underwriting and accounting methods to save you real money And basidai lower cost SAECO gives you best available pio tcCtjon coastto Coast day and night claims aarvtoa and the help of your own experienced independent insurance agent Seo him today about SAECO tire modern auto imtuance for safe driver QUALITY MEATS 4 three enemy scouts and was im 1 mediately engaged by them' jn the ensuing combat he destroyed one of the enemy aircraft but his own ship was apparently hit mid air killing Lt? Shaw and his gunman The movement to name Sumter's new Army Airfield alter Lt Shaw 1 was started at a reunion of his high school class May 1941 The campaign was based on the fact that he was the first Sumter man to be killed in 1 action and the only Sumter County aviator to die in combat in WWI' 126 Evon St Dial 7323 Dr Alecks received his BS de gree magna cum laude in chemis try' from the University of South Carolina in 1944 He did further study at South Carolina in 1946 47 and in 1951 he received his Ph in chemistry from Cornell Uni versity Prior to joining the Tennessee Eastman Company in 1952 Dr Alecks was a research chemist for the Rubber Company in Sumatra Indonesia During thi period he traveled extensively in Southeast Asia visiting Ceylon Malaya Java and Bali During I World War II he was a Lieutenan' (jg in the Navy servin' in the American and Europeal theaters I Dr Meeks was elected to Phil Beta Kappa membership in 1944 He is also a member of Sigma Xi and the American Chemical Soci ety whose national meeting he at tended in 1954 and he was active tn the Tennessee Ornithological ALTERATIONS REE Long wearing hard finished handsome fab rics: every gar ment made in' own workroom Se lections start REE DELIVERY PHONE 2 3001 LORENCE nephew of the late Lt Ervin Shaw for whom Shaw Air orce Base in Sumter was named unveils a portrait of Lt Shaw as Col Stephen Mack Sumter Mayor Priscilla Shaw look on Also present for unveiling ceremony and dedication of the Lt Ervin Shaw Memorial Trophy Case were: members of Col Mack's staff' Mr and Mrs Shaw Mr and Mrs Charles Shaw The graduating class inclnde i the following: Bruce Eaddy: Joseph Eaddy Jr" Wayne Ed 1 wards Betty Lynn Hanna Hazel Hyman Joel Keith Jones Donald Matthews" Barbara McCutcheon Joan Poston Shelva Jean Poston Also Clara Powell Mattie Pros I scr Russell Lee Slone Maude Thylor Jncph Timmons Betty Jean Turner Dubern Turner Re Jiccca Jo Turner Joseph Turner Connie Wise By MRS A PARKER I The Rev Ross Johnson who Morning News Correspondent has been acting as temporary LAKE CITY May Veignro chairman until the election of offi DuBose has been elected to head Lake City's newly created Welfare Commission 1 This commission was organized by the members of the Lake City Town Council Letters from Mayor Willie Cooke dated May 16 to those who had been appointed to the commission stated: "The duties of this commission will be to study young people their activities and behavior and recommend from time to time to the City Council and others what can be done to improve the wel fare of young people in Lake City and community" RESH PRODUCE Shelled Beans A Peas PAMPLICO May 29 'Special) The graduating exercises 1 of the Hatinah High School will take place Wednesday 8:15 pm in the high school auditorium The commencement speeches will be given bv Rebecca Jo Turn er valedictorian Mattie Prosser salutatorian' Russel Lee Slone historian Wayne Edwards prophecy Hazel Hyman will Barbara AlcCutchcon poem Ar I A rH Gabardines Tropieali Cords Selections start at Memorial Visit Truce Zone JERUSALEM Jordan Sector May 29 King Hussein I and Syrian President Shukri Kuwatly today toured the Jordan Israeli I armistice line I KINGSTREE May 29 'Special' Society in Kingsport Judge rank Eatmon of Kingstree will preside at the sum mer term of general sessions court to convene in the Williams burg County Court House on June 4 0 Ward clerk of court an nounced that names of the fol lowing petit jurors have been drawn: Wates Kingstree Herbert Cantley Kingstree: William Smith Cades: Rhett Ward Kingstree Stafford Collins Hemingway John Skipper Andrews RL 3 Pridgen Kingstree Duval Carro way Salters Marion ew Ne smith Lewis Rogers Kings tree Also Elwood McDaniel Hem ingway Samuel Ervin Hem ingway John Moore Andrews Marvin Lamb Lake City Rt4 Weakus Dukes Greeleyville Clarence Brown Kingstree Coward: Kingstree Roland McCants Andrews Rt 3: Daniel Street Kingstree Elbert Holla day Kingstree Also DavidiGuerry Kings tree Marvin Cooper Lane Henry Bartell Hemingway Coker Cades Albert Hug gins Hemingway: Brown Lane James Elliott Andrews Kenneth Boyd Andrews Rt 3 Ackerman Andrews Rt 3 Clifford McClary Kingstree Rt i 3 Britt Strong Kingstree Adams Kingstree rank Strong Andrews Rt 4 Wade Bryan Andrews Rt 3 Ector Shepard Kingstree and Melton Nexsen Kingstree CLIO iday 29 (SpeciaD Super Intended Swann of the Clio area schools has announced the overall program for the Clio Com mencement hich opened with the baccalaureate sermon on Sun day evening at Trinity Methodist Church with the lldv Hobort TurruT a former pastor of the church as speaker The commencement exercise will be held in the school audi torium at 8 pm on June 1 The graduating clas is composed Of 17 young people nine girls and eiiiln boys They are Theresa Goodwin Patsy Herndon Jean Hill RethaicCall Jeri McLaurin Jean Man ning lyda Mae Phillips Jewell Slew art Rachel Willis Bobby Al Ijusou Jimmy Hennat DJitakl i Coltinghhm Charles loyd Austin Kk Caskill John Mcliurin Ernj Stewart and Marlofi Wright Jr Honor graduates for Clio (his Iear are Lx da Mae Phillips vale dictorian and John Sharpe Me Laarm salutatorian Others tik i Ing pari in the program are Jim my Bennett historian Jewell Slewart pod Retha McCall! prophet Jean Hill historian and Jean Manning teatm brrxihg maNnlt will hr' l'lbelh Ann Covington Undo 1 PH1T8 Ty 'cn Hubbard Jr and I Witham Jackson I Jordan Heads Horry TB Unit CONWAY May Jordan Jr Horry County treasurer has been named presi dent of the Horry County Tubercu losis Assn for the coming year Other officers elected are Thomas vice president Marion Vaught vice president Mrs Wil liam Davis secretary and Joseph Singleton treasurer New directors elected for three years are Heyward Goldfinch Conway 0 Watson Conway Kirkland? Conway Butler Aynor Mrs Horton Loris Dr Dewey Nye Myrtle Beach: Bobbie' Wall Socastee: Mrsj Mary Platt Little River and Mrs Edgar Clemons Green Sea Mrs Stone Little River has been' made an honorary life member of the association in re cognition of her long services service Bin nt recent dinner honoring employes of Winn Dixie stores in Six Pee Dee towns wos Wiggins left of the comjxiny's lorence store Presenting the pins was Adcock Winn Dixie supervisor of this area Honored were employes from Lake City Harts ville Darlington lorence Conway and Mullins Cheraw Pupils Elect Officers Namesake SUMTER May '29 Mayor Priscilla Shaw of Sumter and members of her immediate fam ily were guests here recently of Col Stephen Mack base com wander at the unveiling of A a portrait in memory of Lt Ervin Shaw brother of the mayor and after whom Shaw Air orce Base was named Attending the brief unveiling ceremony and dedication of the Lt Ervin Shaty Memorial Trophv Case were Mayor Priscilla Shaw Col Stephen Mack and members of his staff Mr and Mrs Shaw and daughter Martha Mr and Mrs Ervin 'Shaw Mr Shaw Mr and Mrs Charles Shaw daughter Mary and son Paul W1 II Mr and Mrs Barton Shaw daughter Marian and son Barton Jr all of Sumter and Mr and Mrs Shaw son David daughters Margaret and Susan of Lt Shaw son of Mr and Mrs I Shaw (both now deceased) was born Sept 30 1894 in Alcolu about 15 miles south of Sumter His parents moved to Sumter while he was attending grade school 4 Lt Shaw attended Sumter Highj School graduating with the class: of 1911 and went on to Davidson! College and the University of Georgia In September 1917 'just before: his 23rd birthday he enlisted in the Army and was commissioned in the Aeronautical Section of the Signal Corps He was then sent to Columbus Ohio for aviation training After finishing elementary train ing Lt Shaw went overseas early in 1918 with the American Ex peditionary orce in Britain In April 1918 he was attached to the RA and took advance flight training at Oxford and in Scot land Transferred to rance late in Lt Shaw was one of the first American flyers to get into action against the enemy after our declaration of war He wrote home in June telling of hia first victory On July 9 1918 he was flying a solo reconnaissance mission be hind German lines in a British two place fighter Returning from a deep penetration he encountered Tnnc Ainnnrc In County MARION May 29 'SpeciaD Sixty five 4 Club winners local leaders and parents met recently in the Marion Agricultural Build ing to decide county winners Projects to be studied during next year were chosen These will be under the direction of Misses Ruby Craven and Margaret Mar tin Winthrop Specialists The following projects were judged: Dress Revue Home Beau tification Poultry Gardening reezing ood Preparation Rural Electrification Leadership Yeast Bread a nd Safety The following county winners were chosen from club winners upon at their regular May meetings: Juniors: Apron Contest Dianne Phillips Nichols Skirt and Blouse Jean Daniels Nichols Dress Taylor 6ih Mullins Home Beautification Paulette Alt man Spring Branch Poultry Dor othy Lee Mullins: Gardening Gail Lee Lewis Mullins reezing Dianne Phillips Nichols Team Demonstration Jane Stewart Nichols Jean Daniels Nichols ood Preparation Shirley Rogers Marion Canning Gloria Pace Nichols and Mary Lee Hewitt Rains Centenary Seniors Dress Revue Williams Gresham Home fication Tommie Edwards Gres ham Poultry lila Ann Lovis Nichols Gardening Beth Pace (Nichols reezing Martha Jones INichols ood Preparation AnnRogers Spring Branch Rural Electrification Jean Powell Gres ham Leadership Ann Rogers Spring Branch: Yeast Bread Pat 1 sy West Mullins Safety Betty Jean Price Nichols Canning Ann I Rogers Spring Branch CHERAW May 29 William Griggs was elected president of the Student Council for the oming year in the tighest election ever held at Cheraw High school Griggs fought opponent Bert Wood through two run overs be fore at last winning out in the third election in one week Griggs will succeed Mary Hook when he takes over the office next fall Runovers were also needed' in every other office for another in school elections JaneJackson edged out Gayle Keels for vice president Sloan Ingram slipped in ahead of Margaret Du vall as secretary Tommy Hend ley defeated Beth Brasington for treasurer and Lib Hook won over Rufus Kimrey as reporter When the new school year begins there will be one senior one junior and three sophomores heading school activities Other candidates running for dif ferent offices were Henley Hurt Patty Edwards Ben Knight and MacK Spruill It was the first year that dents had registered for the and secret ballots were held grade by grade 5 4 A a Cliof Hannah Schools List Plans for inal Graduation 1 bw? jT' Mr Mr 'Jv ME 1 fWBKTrrwsMnBti a in rmr US' SB I AM Mfr 8 A I 5 i TWMHWiOBK ar? 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