The Beaufort Gazette from Beaufort, South Carolina (2024)

April 13, 1967

Publication:

The Beaufort Gazettei

Location:

Beaufort, South Carolina

Issue Date:

Thursday, April 13, 1967

Page:

6

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6 A THE BEAUORT GAZETTE Thurs April 13 1967 Rainbow Girls Observe ounding Mr A PICKNICKING WE WILL GO Pete McElveen Overseas Wives arewell Party Buff Wasielewskl Mustang Sports Sprint brd is first in sales in Carolina MERRITT MOTORS 1795 Highway 21 Beaufort ji Telephone PROESSIONAL fl Ainu Um Our Modum Iterate Vault Ta Protect Your urs with Keep Buy a new Mustang Sprint Lieutenant and Mrs Sebring entertained as their houseguests parents who are enroute to their home Major fkeet) Von Hair ten USMC returned home Sun day to join his wife and family here after serving a tour over seas In Viet Nam His wife is the former Miss Jean John son daughter of Mr and Mrs Johnson of Beaufort His parents are Mr and Mrs Von Harten Sr of North St Captain and Mrs William Ganz of 151 Cypress Street have as their guests for a week his parents Mr and Mrs Ganz of Trevose Pa The visitors will tour lorldabefore returning home Chief Warrant Officer and Mrs Bea had as their recent housequestsherparents Mr and Mrs Baranowski of Detroit Michigan in Germany aith Sebring and the visitors took the recent tour of plantation homes of the Low Country The Sea Pines oreign Car Club rallied up to 2415 Pine St the home of Miss Bambi Sours on riday night for a farewell party for Sgt David Behr of the Marine Corps Air Station Sgt Behr is leaving Saturday for a second tour of duty In Viet Nam The evening was highlighted with the showing of movies of those who took part In the recent races at Daytona and Sebring la Powell Mrs Sawrle and Mrs Jerley The honoree received many beautiful and useful gifts Carolina Beautiful Mr Earl Hockman has re turned to his home at 113 Walker St after being a patient at Veterans Hospital In Charleston for five weeks Mr Hockman a veteran of the Spanish Ameri can War World War I and of World War appeared recently on TV in Charleston with Ken Klyce The winners of the Beaufort Duplicate Bridge Club for the week of April 15 were as follows: irst place GySgt Richard Andrzejczyk and GySgt Jim Stanhouse second place Mr and Mrs Bernard ischer third place Mr Richard Bates and Mrs Eleanor Davidson The club will miss GySgt Andrzejczyk who departed for Viet Nam on Sunday April 9 Anyone Interested In playing duplicate bridge or anyone needing a partner is asked to contact Lt Col Raymond I Clement Jr (jRet) 524 4694 The first barbecue for officers and wives of Squadron VM 333 was held recently at Parris Island The outdoor feast was hosted by Lt Colonel and Mrs Albert Zlogar and Major Jones The Wives Club of the Air Station held their month ly board meeting at the Club on Thursday AprU 6 Plans were discussed for the April 27 luncheon which will be sponsored by The luncheon will be a and fashion show presented by of Savannah or reservations contact either Mrs CaryShelton 846 2584 or Mrs Terry Walsh 846 2636 Deadline Is noon of April 25 Sue and Pat Drewett have re turned to their home on Althea Street after a trip to Louisiana where they visited his parents ed tea table centered with a silver epergne of colorful aza leas The hostess served deli cious sandwiches cookies cakes and candies The president Mrs Herendeen called the meeting to order thanked the hostess and welcomed the guests The meeting was then turned over to Mrs Jevons whose subject was Her well written paper was ably presented by her sis ter Miss Blanche Wilkins Mrs paper began with this quote from Pierre A group of 46 members visitors and adult chaperones from Beaufort Assembly No 13 accompanied by Mrs Eva Lee Todd Mother Advisor gathered at the Bluffton Baptist Church Sunday for morning worship services to observe the anniversary of the founding of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls After services members and guests were served lunch in the restaurant of Mrs Katie McElveen on Hilton Head Island hosted by the current Worthy Advisor Betty Broome and het parents Mr and Mrs Douglas Broome of Hilton Head Captain and Mrs Brad field and Captain and Mrs Merrlhew spent the Easter holi days In Milton la visiting Mrs A Bishop whose hus band a former member of VMA 331 Is now with Wespac While Squdron VMA 331 was deployed in Yuma Arizona during March wives of the squadron enjoyed a pot lunch supper at the home of Mrs Charles Porterfield Several bridge sessions also helped pass the time of deploy ment for the wives By ANNI COOK Phon 534 5522 Mrs Maples of Southern Pines is here on a visit with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Bowers Preston Warren Mc Elveen II celebrated his birth day Saturday April 8 In his home at 2401 Scheper Lane Moissy Oaks Pete is the son of MGySgt and Mrs Preston McElveen The guests were Invited for lunch A baseball theme was used in the party decorations and games and the cake was topped with a baseball player The game prizes of baseballs were won by David Blunt and Spike Hanton Other guests included Casey Skinner Barney loyd Darnell Hanton Mary Novak Cheryl loyd Everette loyd Dug Woods Arthur Hlrschmann Cindy Bond and sister Theresa Lyn ete received many nice gifts and the guests were each pre sented with a favor UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY THE CAROLINAS INC Captain and Mrs Smart were honored with a farewell dinner at the Club riday evening March 31 Cap tain Smart was presented with the traditional MACS 9 plaque and Mrs Smart received the attractive charm given to de parting MACS 9 officers wives Guests attending in cluded Major and Mrs Quinlan Captain and Mrs Yenerall Captain and Mrs Houder Captain and Mrs A Van Houten 1st Lieutenant and Mrs Marlnello 2nd Lieutenant and Mrs Gibson 2nd Lieutenant and Mrs Plconke and 2nd Lieutenant and Mrs A Ross Newcomers to Laurel Bay are Captain and Mrs A Culpepper and their three child ren The captain is Squadron VM 333 Miss Carol Hendricks a senior at Beaufort High School spent the weekend on the campus at Limestone College in Gaff ney parents arie Mr and Mrs Carl Hendricks of Ribaut Road Mrs William Richter and son Bill attended the South easternal Regional Science air held at Baptist College in Charleston last week Bill was a winner in the junior division physics section Mrs Richter Is the former Miss Ruth de Trevllle Berton before natives or white men saw It the river was there it was the river that fashioned the land and the river that ground down and sand papered into dust the gold that streaked the Here the gold remained for centuries in the hills and valleys for the full length of the great Yukon River which stretches formore than 2000 miles from British Columbia to Alaska finally emptying into the Bering Sea The valleys of this river are the home of the famous Klon dike gold region After the bought Alaska there was more Interest in the gold but it was not until 1896 that the wonderful riches of the Yukon valleys was made known Mrs Jevons gave a vivid picture of the frenzied excite ment this report created along the western coast of our own country All through the next year the mad rush for the Klon dike continued The stampede was given an air of respec tability and authority by the number of leading citizens who were taking part She spoke of the hardships disappointments deprivations the severe cli mate these prospectors who followed the Yukon Trail were forced to endure all to satis fy timeless search for gold a compelling urge as old as civilization Mr and Mrs Bobby Black and children of Valdosta Ga and Mrs Robert Carson of Eglin Air orce Base la were here for the weekend to attend the wedding of their niece Miss Sandra Black to Lt (jg) James Sanders of Co lumbia Miss Joyce Anderson has been visiting her family for the past two weeks A daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilson Anderson of Ribaut Road she Is a nurse at the Medical College Hospital In Charleston The members of the Over seas Wives Club held their monthly coffee last Thurs day at the Parris Island Com missioned Club with Margaret yfe and Shir ley Wil son serving as hostesses During the brief business meeting Terry Lucas was named to be in charge of this activities and hos tesses1 for next coffee were selected They are Ginny Panska and Esther Charron Club member Jean Von Har ten was happy to report that she was expected her husband Maj Von Harten USMC to arrive on Saturday or Sun day A baby shower was held on Thursday March 30 at the home of Mrs Nick Powell honoring Mrs Charles Porter field Hostesses were Mrs Clover met at the home of Mrs Dowling on Monday April 3 with 21 members pre sent and the following guests: Mrs Guy Hood Gadsden Ala Mrs Adam Haskell Mrs Lane Misses Marguerite Sweet and Blanche Wilkins During the social hour Mrs Bateson and Mrs Gun nar Erickson poured tea and coffee at a beautifully appolnt erov Kevserllng and Mr Wiliam irth of the BeaufortiNavy League: were guest In Charleston last week for the change of command ceremonies when Read Admiral Bonnef assumed command of the Atlantic Mine orce leet Mrs Bert Schaf of Lavender in the lorida Keys is here for a visit with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Beasley Recent guests of the Beasleys were Mr and Mrs Betzner of Cleveland Ohio Beaufort HighSchool students Candy Coates Jay Daniels Ralph Martin and Melvin Brew ton were in Columbia April 3 4 to attend a State Leadership Conference for Distributive Education Clubs of America Mrs Marianne Scherer teacher advisor accompanied the group 3 The officers of Squadron VMA 312 and their wives met at the Parris Island Rod and Gun Club on Saturday April 1 for a barbecue In tune with the pleasant casual nature of the occasion many guests wore Informal Vietnamese attire During the evening farewells were said to Captain ord and 1st Lieutenant and Mrs leming In the farewell ceremony Lt Colonel Lundin squadron com manding officer presented the squadron plaque to Captain ord and Lieutenant leming Mrs Lundin on behalf of the squadron wives presented Mrs leming with a friendship cup with a handwritten legend Guests at the barbecue were Colonel and Mrs Collins and Lt Colonel and Mrs Crew Bebe and Dave Corbett are back at their home 267 Birch Street after an adventure filled voyage off the West Coast of lorida Save drive a new Mustang Sports Sprint Limited edition with sporty extras! Price includes sports car hood with built in turn signal flashers engine dress up kit bucket seats stick shift plush door to door carpeting wide oval high performance tires (with 8's) white sidewalls full wheel covers bright molding on rocker panels vinyl covered bar (with Cruise Matic option) special savings on sports type luggage rack Member UNITED TELEPHONE SYSTEM operated by united utilities incorporated riends of Mr Robert De Loach will be happy to know he is recuperating satisfac torily following surgery at the Beaufort Memorial Hospital He returned to his home on Sun set Bluff last Thursday Irving Scherer left last Tuesday for Miami la to be with his father Mr Harry Scherer who Is ill Columbia College students home this past week for a semester break were Linda Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs orrest Jones Carrell Long daughter of Dr and Mrs Jule Long Jane Tucker daughter of Mr and Mrs George Tucker and Carol Horne daughter of Mr and Mrs Johnny Horne Officers wives of MACS 9 held their monthly coffee April 3 at the home of Mrs ran Gibson on Janna Street Mrs Jo Harkins was co hostess with Mrs Gibson At the coffee rs Nancy Plconke was welcomed as a new member and fare wells were said to Mrs Casey Marlnello who will be leaving this month to make her home in Arizona while her husband Is overseas 1 A promotion ceremony for officers of MACS 9 was held Wednesday' afternoon April 5 In the office of Major Quinlan commanding officer Receiving their new rank were 1st Lieutenants Marlnello Hoffer Tanzer Richardson and Bongard Present for the promotion cere mony were Mrs Marlnello and Mrs Hoffer Clettiln? Ete CITY LAUNDRY CLEANERS Tai JA 4 2740 903 Port Republic St Brownie Troop 351 picnicked all doy Saturday at Elliott's Beach on Parris Island hosted by troop leader Mrs Domingo Ruiz assisted by Mrs Bruce Williams and Miss Judy Breland Mrs William oster Elise Bringle and Derrick Novak chaperoned The troop is sponsored by the Catholic Women's Club (Photo by Ned Brown) Bridge Winners Are Announced Sgt David Behr Is Honored At Has Party On Eighth Birthday Group Has Monthly Coffee Why not order installation Be Two Places at Once With an Extension At Mrs Paper Tells Of Yukon At Clover Club Mrs Dowling Hostess AND SEND HE INSTRUCTION BOOK! In 1 On ini WllO Uil I 1 'ill I 1.

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