The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-01-05

"iSS LOUISE McDlll mas returned to
resume her duties as teacher of the
school in the old Sunnyside district,
after spending the holidays at her
home in Abbeville
l extend many thanks and apprecia-
tions to the young girl friend, who
was so great help to the writer in
getting up these personal notes, some
of which would have slipped by, per-
haps, unnoticed. I will leave the
reader to speculate" as to who my
interesting helper is.
Mr.. B. G. Gregory, more widely
known here as Judge" Gregory, died
Sunday morning at the home Of his
niece, Mrs. w. E. Page, in Chester,
from heart trouble, and was bured this
afternoon at the Presbyterian church
with Masonic ceremonies, and quite a
large crowd attended the sad rites.
Mr.. Gregory was for quite long time
magistrate of this township, and by
that won the cognomen Judge" was
clerk long while for Mr.. L. B. Jeter,
ST., then entered into partnership
with his. former empower in another
store, which he conducted several
years, severing his connection then,
and opened up mercantile business
at Carlisle, but later his health failed
rapidly, and soon he gave up business,
and went to Chester, and passed the
short remaining years at his niece's
home; to whom he was attached with
fidelity. He leaves one sister, Mrs. G.
w. Harris, (who is also with her
daughter, Mrs. Page), and other rela-
tives here, and friends by the score,
both old people, young people and chill
dren. He was never married.
There was Christmas tree, for
everybody and in large, the school
here, at the Baptist church-as a CEN
trail location Christmas night, Monday,
and it was the little children's heart
delight. There was an elaborate pro-
gram of recitatons and songs, carried
out without single mistake, with
much credit due Miss Mary Gregory,
the assistant teacher, who did the
training. The church was beautifully
decorated, showing an artists touch,
showing fine taste and designing and,
not knowing who read the blue print,
we will give all of the girls, young
and just little bit older, credit for
it, as an accumulation of the artistic
touch, but take my word for it, it was
just fine. I believe the best part one
can act, the best thing one can do is
to make children happy at Christmas.
Let them believe in Santa Claus. When
was kid, the very sweetest stick
of candy, or nuts, an apple or orange
was from Santa, even if was pretty
sure the old saint" stole them out of
the old black trunk from mother and
father. He was a cunning old sairt
for defying lock and key, to me.
On Tuesday night, Christmas week
the Woodnen of the World had an
oyster supper here, and had quite
big time. A few guests were invited
1t was truly stag parity. The sup
per was just fine, several being picked
out for cooks, but the chief cook
must have cooked oysters "afore,"
and the coffee maker was equal to his
future wife-if there is such person
in the world. There was a band of
four instruments, two violins, guitar
and an auto-harp, and the Choppers"
were treated to as fine music as we
ever listened to, not to be expert, and
several of the boys couldn't keep still,
but went to dancing; but there were
no girls, so they "jerked up" some
of the fellows and "made girls" out of
them, but will be honest, they were
mighty rough, uncouth, ugly, lumber
ing sort of girls, sure.
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