Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-01-02

iting their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. D. Isbell.
Misses Myrtle and Ruth Brown,
Idah Pitchford and Pauline Steck
will leave this afternoon to resume
their studies at Greenville Woman's
College, after having spent pleas
ant holiday vacation in Walhalla
with relatives and friends.
~According to law, registrars Of
vital statistics are compelled to turn
,, In their books to the Clerk Of Court
the first of January. Clerk Craig has
| requested us to call the attention of
registrars to this matter. Last year
there was much delay occasioned by
registrars not turning in their rec
ords, and it Is this the Clerk wishes
to avoid this year.
Otto Johnson, of Belton, spent
the holidays near Wahalla with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J, A. Johnson,
of Rural Route No. i. Mr.. Johnson
will leave Bolton in few days for
Portsmouth, Va, where he has ac-
cepted position with an insurance
company. He has many friends in
Oconee who will wish him we'll in his
new work. He has for some time
been engaged in farming at Cheddar,
! near Bolton.
"A wedding ceremony in which
much interest will be felt by resi-
dents OF Oconee was solemnized in
the presidents apartments at the
Greenville Woman's College on De-
cember 18th, when Miss Eudora
Ramsay, daughter Of President Ram
say, of the college, was married to
Fitzhugh Briggs Richardson. The
ceremony was performed by the ia
ther of the bride, and the wedding
was attended only by the immediate
families Of the contracting parties, a
few intimate friends, the faculty of
the college and the senior class The
bride is pleasantly remembered here
and elsewhere in Oconee, having at
one time taught school in this coun-
ty. She made-a host of friends in
this section, who will join with The
Courier in extending to her all good |
wishes and to the groom sincere con-
gratulations. Mr.. Richardson Is a |
young attorney of Surrey, Va, at |
which place the young couple will |
make their home.
The many Oconee and South
Carolina friends of 4. Rae .Dendy, |
formerly Of Walhalla, but now Of
White River, S. D., will be interested
in the following announcement pub
lished in the Mellette County (S.D.)
News Of December 13: "Mr. and
Mrs. A. r. Dendy returned home last
Saturday from Fort Smelling, where
MIR. Dendy has been in military train
ing. Mr.. Dendy passed successfully
the examinations at the conclusion
Of the training camp work and was
recommended for commission. On
the final physical examination, how
ever, 1t was discovered that his phys
ical condition was not such as to
warrant the examiners passing him
for active service. This notice was |
appended to Mr.. Dendy's discharge
from the military service of the Uni
ted States: This Is to certify that AL
fred r. Rendy has completed the
course Of training at the Fort Shell
ing camp and was recommended for
commission as first lieutenant in
the national army. He was subse-
quently discharged from the service
on account Of physical disabilities, he
being deeWed physically disqualified
for the strenuous service required of |
soldiers on the front in Europe. 1t
is believed that his experience at the
training camp, coupled with his ma
tural ability, would have enabled |
him to make competent officer in
the army, had his physical condition
permitted him to go to the front His
character and conduct &C the camp |
were found to be excellent This |
appendage to his honorable dis
charge Is signed by +. B. Terrell, In |
structor of Eighth Company, Fort |
Smelling, Mimi, and is dated Novem-
ber 9th, 1917" Mr.. Dendy in his |
letters home spoke OF his hopes and |
aspirations in the military service OF |
the United States, and his rejection |
on physical disability came as a
source of deep regret to him. 1t was
known to his friends here that a
number Of years ago he suffered in
jury to one lung, and 1t Is supposed |