https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/fe883ceb610d1fa64ece85ff3b499db5.pdf de9c1fbeaec452b56300c5462314a171 PDF Text Text -- I t•age :! -'flit: \\ t:t:Kt.\ · ()l\S1':tt\'1': H. llemingwa y. South (.'arollna . Thursda y. '.\ovember :! I. l !l ii - - -- • • ass llJOYS e .. . .-- . - - . · Tiie Joh,n8onville High School Clas5 qf 1931held its first • • reunion · on Saturday night, october • 22, - at the Wellman Country Club in Johnsonville. . . -The-·idea- of· a _''get together'' original~ during the summer . when -~Lena .Altinan Clemmer · was -visiting her sister, Willia Altman Mccutchen, and through.a local afr-i:Onditioning technician· discovered that · Theodora Allman Buskirk had . . come back home to retire. Lena -went Tu-visit Theo at her new • home in Uie Tiihlty Conununity. Neither . recognized the other, but it _did not take long to get . oack on_ ·' ' memory lane.'' . Contacts-and arrangements for - the" aff~ii were made by Lena . and . Theo. - . The response was very positive and six of the seven remaining mer11bers with their spouses attended. Clytie . Poston~ unable to be . . Clark~ was with. the ... g-r.oup . because. of recent _surg~ry; . ' .. 1931 After forty-six years there was, needless to say, a lot of :\lt•111bt>rs <1f tltl.' graduati11g class of Joh11so11ville of .t6 catching up to do, so the evening ~· t•ars ag111111.'t recl.'11tly fo1· thei1· fi1·st 1·eunio11, which was began· at--6 p;m. with dinner attl.'11dl.'d b)·. 11.'ft to rigl1t, f1·011t 1·ow: Le11a Altma11 scheduled for 7 p.m. Francis E. <( 'lt>111111t>r l. Tl11.'<1d11ra ,\It111a11 ( Buski1·k), J1iez Ava11t <S11111akl. a11d !\adi111.' 11a1111a <Huggi11s>; back 1·ow: Laµning from Hopewell, • 1-·ra11cis 1-:. 1.a1111i11g. 1-:d\\·ard ,\, 1-:addy. a11d Thea Lewis . Virginia._ :was master of ,\bsl.'111 ,,·as ('l)·die P<1sto11 <cla1·k>. cerernonies ~uring the program portion of_the dinner hour. He • -- open~d . ~e affair by expressing Department in Sununerville. entered the field of nursing, is -~:~riks to.Lena..and The<i for Having been widowed five "einployed at Moncrief Army get.ting th~ _: grpup ·together. Hospital in Columbia. She and years ago, Inez resides in ~n iii-' mi?ipory ·of the . two Ridgeville. She has two her husband have two children decea~d mer11bers; Lila Stone children, a son and a daughter, and two grandsons. and Merrill · Williard Poston, Edward Allen (Edo·) Eaddy both of whom attended Baptist Francis _ read - appropriate retired in 1977 from the position College at Charleston. scriptures frorri the Bible. Nadine Hanna Huggins, who as District Superintendent of !fhe µtvocation was giveQ by Edward A-. Eaddy. Lena extended a for111al welcome and as NOTICE a high-light for the. occasion had engaged Miss -Katherine Lewis In the future the policy on A wedding announce will to announcing ' birth an· not be used unless it is - sing . . .. ''Memories.'' She : presented -a most touching nouncements, engagesubmitted to the paper · in rendition. . ments and wedorder that it may be · - the class members then told dings in the OBSERVER published no later than one . something:about '!hat he or she will be as follows: month following the event. had dQlle since leaving high A birth announcement _ school at J.ohnsonville. will not be used unless it is We also ask that all Francis J,;anning .has enjoyed. submitted to the paper in bride-elects and their most -·of.. tile years since order that it be published mothers be responsible for graduati9n with Hercules in before the baby is any older reporting any parties they Hopewell, Virginia and is in the than one month. may wish us to publish as proc~ss .. of retiring from his An engagement anthe occur, We will not posjtion there. _ lie has ·been nouncement will not be publish the story of bridal married· fi>r - 38-~ years and has published unless it is parties with the wedding ~ee ~_cln.Idi-en :-:-.one daughter submitted to the paper in story except the rehearsal and two sons._ The children are order that if bepublistiea - party and any parties married-and tOgether have six two full weeks before the which occur on the day of grandchildren with aMther on wedding date. the wedding. the way.__ .. · Lena _Altinan C}.~er has had a . succ::essful career in the fiel.d u( business education. She retired in 1976 and has enjoyed traveling and doing the things she did-not have time to do while eniploy~ .. She has .a daughter who · is married and lives in · Ch8riotte: ·North. Carolina. ·. 'fhea Lewis, who retired four years ago from a career as a • PICK YOUR CHOICE ~ specialist home builder, is married to the forrner Logan YELLOW & WHITE GOLD Merriman and lives in 4 & 6 Prong Hemingway. They have one son and two gra.gdchildren. Inez Avant Smoak is employed as a clerk in the DorWest Side Plaza chester County Health • Class of ' • 1amon o itaire • Johnsonv• tne Johnsonv ille School s following a career in the field of education. He is married, and he and Mrs. Eaddy have two daughters and four grandchildren. Theodora Altman Buskirk entered the field of nursing and she and her husband, Eli, have built a new home in the Trinity Community for their retirement. They have two children, a girl and a boy. The evening was complete with corsages for the women and boutionnaires for the 1nen with printed programs especially designed for the occasion. There were favors of note • pads and pens contributed by Johnsonville State Bank, and calendars and rulers given by the Johnsonville Hardware. Inez Smoak added a special touch of nostalgia by bringing an invitation to the class graduation which included class officers, class flower, class colors and class motto. Theo Altman was listed as the class president back in 1931. This reunion was so much pleasure and enjoyment that the group voted to have another one in 1979. tll A hi tll fl U: w • II Si c E It a f g s ti r s ~ Il k •• t [ c I • ( I • t t I give to the MARCH OF DIMES TO PROTECT THE UNBORN AND THE NEWBORN TH IS SPACE CONYR18UTEO BY THE PUBLI SHER I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Johnsonville High School Class of 1931 Enjoys Reunion, 11-24-77 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource Johnsonville High School Class of 1931 Enjoys Reunion, The Weekly Observer 11-24-77 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 11-24-77 News Newspaper Weekly Observer