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. . — ■ Site (Elintnn SUprnntrlt Vd. 61 — No. 20 Clinton, Sj. C, Thursday, May 19, 1960 Thornv/ell High School Graduates Members of the Thomwell High School son, Nancy Burris, Harriett Hudson, Clari- graduating class who will receive diplomas on Folk; back row: Marvin Glasure, Ann Monday night are, front, left to right: Crymes, Patricia Vaughan, Lou Dean Allen, Bobby Wickham, Lynda Tyler, Lillian Cook- Johnny Gray.—Photo by Dan Yarborough. - Hickory ToYer " Thomwell Sermon County Campaign Slated And Graduation Be To Start Monday Night Held s " nda, The commencement program for Thomwell High School will include the baccalaureate service Sunday morning and the graduation exer- County Farmers To Make Tour Today Beginning at 1:00 A see-and leam tour of several farms in the lower section of Lau rens County will be made today (Thursday) by county farmers. The tour, beginning at 1:00 p m , is sponsored by agricultural workers, fertilizer and machinery dealers of the area. Visits will be made to the Caro lina Milling Company’s Poultry Farm, John T Young’s Vineyard. Gus Ramage, John E Smith, Dow Bedenbaugh, and White Plains Dairy Farm . At the end of the tour refresh ments will be served. Many farmers of the county are expected to join the tour, which will leave the assembly point, the county fair grounds, at 1:00 p. m. Following is the itinerary: 1:00 P. M —Assemble at fair grounds 1:30 P M —Leave fair grounds 1:50 P. M —Arrive at Carolina Milling Poultry Farm. View poultry production facilities, and egg wash- ■ ing and cooling 2:10 P M —Leave poultry plant 2:25 P M —Arrive at farm pond 2:40 P M —Leave farm pond 3:10 P M. Arrive at John T. Voung’s grape vineyard. 14 Candidates Qualify for City Election May 31 m c and;(late is BoLanu Jr seeking re- 1 hick Pif.i by 3:25 P M —Leave grape vineyard Laurens County’s political cam- J. Hart. William H. McNinch, T. U*® baccalaureate service Sunday 3;40 p \j _xrrive at Gus Ram- paign will officially get underway i David Sloan. Jr., Albert M. Strib- morning and the graduation exer- farm Smut con t ro i j„ barley Monday night when the 26 candi- ling .Jared Dunklin Sullivan, and o ises Monday evening, bringing to a ind catt | e testing dates for major offices will present David S Taylor. c *°se the work for the 1959-60 term 1 ^ :05 p \f _L ea v e Gus Ramage their claims for suffrage of the vot-: Sheriff: Guy N. Fowler, Fred The baccalaureate sermon, at 11 f arm ers in the first of eight scheduled, H. Hayes. R. Eugene Johnson. Del-; a m . Sunday, in the Thomwell 4 . 15 p k Arrive at John E meetings. ' mar Riddle. C W Wier Memorial Church. wU be preached <mith farm H ardwood brush con The candidates will be heard at the Coroner: Carl Campbell, T. D. I by the Rev. Marion G Bradwell. ro l, chemical weed control in Coast ! Hickory Tavern precinct, in the up- Pigg, Sr, Marshall N. Pressley. Al’pastor of Covenant Presbyterian t | B e r mu da - ' V % Mi .'i. per part of the county, with the i Rawl. and A. P. Walker j Church, Albany. G« meeting beginnin gat 8 o'clock 4:50 P. M —l^eave John E Smith THE SCHEDULE Monday, May 23, Hickory Tavern Friday, May 27 Joaaaa Monday, May 38 WoodvIUr Tuesday, May 31 Camak Thursday, June 2 Clinton Friday, Jane 3 G. Court-Owtags Monday, June 6 Cross Hill Tuesday, June 7 Wattsville County Commissioner: Ansel God The graduation exercises will take fann frey, Joe Holliday, Paul S. O’Dell, place Monday evening at 8 o’clock 4 ^ p M _ Cq throuKh Dow 1 George M PenUnd | In the high school auditorium on B i*denbaugh farm and view soybean Ceramics Shown at Joanna Open House Magistrates Magistrate (unopposed)—Mrs. Lu cille M Watts. Laurens Township; E P. Boazman. Cross Hill Town ship. Troy C. Davis. Waterloo Town- jihip. Archie C. Owens. Sullivan Township. Magistrate: Hunter Township at Calhoun street The address to the production f?!?* 1 * 1 !* w ? 11 ** mad * b y ^ s 5:20 P M —Arrive at White Plains Wilkes Dendy, pastor of the First dairy farm. Presbyterian Church, Dalton. Ga The valedictory will be by Lou Dean to ATTEND MEETING Allen, and the salutatory by Marvin j sloan Todd, secretay-treiasurer Glasure of the Citiiens Federal Savings and Honors for the year at the insti- Laan Association, will be an official Shown here are some of the ceramic pieces which were on display Sunday after noon at an open house at the Joanna Club House. The exhibit was viewed by many from this and nearby communities from 3 to 6 p.m. Many of the entries were real works of art. being products of people of the community who are members of ceram ics classes conducted at the club h"use. A new craft mom hou»« s the ceramics work shop. Refreshments were served by mem- l»ers of the Joanna Foundation Club House Committee. — Photos by Dan Yariioroujrh. Clinton; Arnold tr Dixon, Sat^ H tut ion will be announced and awards delegate to the 51st annual conven Firing the opemng guns In the I McCrary v presented I tion"of’the Sou'ii Carolina S^i^ Poppy Day Slated Clinton High Sermon Is Fourteen candidates were quali fied to enter Clinton s muncipal Democratic primary * h e n the books closed Saturday at noon. Tuesday. Ma> 31. is election day Two men will enter the contest for mavor and the other twelve are -eeking six council seat-. \ Parka Adair long-bme mer chant of the city who recently re tired. entered the race f<>r mayor shortly before the deadline. He will oppose Joe P- Terry, incumbent, serving hi.-> third term an^ who announced for re-election several weeks ago The only unopp«eed Councilman Frank M. :n ward ope, who ts election. In ward two. S A incumbent, will oe Larry Buddy Hedspeth Harry r’—Layton - inrumben* in' ward three, will be opposed by B Noland S'uckk’h James P Sloan, incumbent in ward four, will be opposed by Joe V Kdw ards , In ward five. George U Bagwell, incumbent, will have as ius op ponent Woodrow L Wilsoi. f.^rmf-r councilman In ward six. three candidates wtli be '»n the ticket former Ciaincil- man Jam*-- < Crame. Daniel L. Dunaway and Talmadge Dave) Sanders ( harle' R Leather wood present councilman from ward six did not offer for rc-e:ecti< n At a meeting >f the City Dem ocratio Exedutiv.- • ommittee Mon day night, the candidates were cer tified a- qualified cinct manager^ of named The primary will be staged at nree preemets: the city nail oo North Broad Street, Hampton Ave nue School and the Cliaton Mill Community House If a second primary i» needed it will be nekl »ioe week later, oo June 8 Qualification- for voting include the poanession of a registration cer trficate issued at least 3u days prior to the primary, residence m South Carolina of two years, and 1960 battle for votes will be three Hunter Township out of Clinton: I The Ray Hill White Hobby Shop alK | Loan League. May 22-24 at the candidates for the State Senate, nine Alfred Allen, J. Derrill Bozard will be open for visitors Sunday af- p ort Sumter Hotel in Charleston Jor the House of Representatives. George Simpson. R C. Wlikie temoon from 2:30 to 5:00. show- four for Jacks Township: Charles W ing a display of children's work in JAY-C-ETTES MEET [five for Coroner, and County Commissioner. Clerk of Court Walter E. Dunlap, unopposed for re-election.~wiQ make a token appearance. Candidates for Magistrate posts who have opposition will apeak only when the meetings are held in their townships Following the Hickory Tavern meeting Monday, the only other ses sion for the week is scheduled for Joanna on Friday at 7:00 p. m. Hie candidates are: For State Senate: Justin A. Bridg- as. William C Dobbins, and King Dtxno «—-—~ House of Representatives: Mar shall W. Abercrombie, John C. Buchanan, Hubert W Gray don, C. Barnes. Robert N. T Pitts Bigham, David design, and handcrafts Eleven seniors will receive state Scuffletown Township: W. P. Ab ercrombie, Robert E Elmore. Dials TOwnship: C. M. Curry. W. D Norris. Youngs TOwnship: J. J Mahaffey. Claude A. Patton high school diplomas at the gradua tion service. They art: Lou Dean Allen, Nancy Jean Bums, Lillian Louise Cookson, Anne Trowbridge Crymes. Clarion Coy Folk. Jr.. Mar vin Lee Glasure. John J. Gray, Har- For Saturday, May 28 Scheduled for Sunday at 8 The American Ugion Auxiliary Rey E Cannon, pastor of The class gift, a sum of money to announc that Poppy ay wu Broad Methodist Church, will be credited to the ci>rwruction fund be OMervod m Ctmm m Saturday. g > ^ v|r the baccalaureate sermon for for a proposed football field, was May 28 _ .ihc ClmUm graduating - pcewrased by Jim Dobbino provident *1 r ™ class Sunday evening May 22. in of the class, and was accepted by R riot Elizabeth Man. Linda 5^LSTSik a^^obser^.^ ^ aud,U)num at * o H * ck P Members of the Jay-C-Ettes wi meetthis evening (Thursdya) at t o'clock at the home of Mrs Lyn Tyler. Patricia Louise Robert Smith Wickham. Two Qinton Teams in State Title Races Two of Clinton s high schools, Clinton High and Thomwell, are in the trudsLflC playofftjor state bass- ball titles Clinton High is Pitted against North Augusta for the AA crown, while Thomwell is battling EUoree for the Class C title. Clinton High, winners of the upper state championship by virtue of de- Semes Held For Mrs. Neil Turner Funeral service* for Mrs. Eva Finney Turner. 76, widow of Neil Turner, who died Friday afternoon in a Spartanburg rest home after several months of declining health, • were conducted Sunday at 3:30 p. m. at the Gray Funeral Home by Dr. William Redd Turner and the Rev. Fred J. Harmon. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetetry , .. „ r , , | thune, lost the first game here Mon- Nephews served as pallbearers: , ' . “ . , u, .. afternoon to Llloree, winner of J W Finney. Jr., W M Finney,. ' , . . ... _ n it i u the lwer stale crown, 10-3. The sec- William H. McCrary, L. H. David- game was to have been nlaved son. Neil Watson. Turner Watson, orM, f ga , mt D ^ n p,dy “ vT , . . . i.u„ !yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon at Charles Johnson and Alfred John i,,, , 4U . .. E jj oree SRe the thir( j g aine son. here Monday night. 7-2. in the open er of their best-of-three series. The second game will be played tonight at North Augusta, beginning at 8 o’clock. A third game, if necessary, will be played Friday or Saturday night, the site to be determined. Thomwell, winner of the upper state Class C title by defeating Be- Anderson, s 3 0 0 0 Priestly, lb 3 0 0 0 -EL, Bay’am. 2b l t.ll C. Bav'am, cf 2 118 Stilwell, rf 3 0 0 0 Oakley, p 3 0 10 Totals 27 2 4 1 (TiaUa ab f b W irfey, c 3 12 0 Whitman, ss 3 0 0 1 King, so ’ 4 2 2 2 Littleton. 2b. p 2 111 Bailey, p, la 4 2 12 Hardman, If 2 0 0 0 Brown, lb. rf .. 3 0 0 0 Sprouse, cf 2 0 0 0 Handback. rf 2 110 Totals 25 7 7 6 N. Augusta 188 810 6-2 Clinton 280 085 x—7 SO—by Bailey 4. Littleton 3. Oak- Presbyterion Men Elect Officers, See FHm Tonight Vaughan,! i# ^ to honor more than a half- million Americans who died, and the nearly one million Americans who were wounded, in three wars. Mrs Watkins reports that the memorial poppies, which are made by disabled veterans, will be worn both ns a memorial to war dead and as a tribute to the disabled. Red crepe paper poppies supplied u . ... . in this area were made at the Methodist Church. Joanna N Others taking part on the program Also included on the program was will be a song. "Halls of Ivy." by the class. Invocation—Rev C Bynum Betta., Alma MaU-r m which the of the Associate Reformed Fresby.e- audience joined rian Church Class officers, in addition to Dob- Prayer-Dr W R Turner. First b,ns ™ KayJWasj ic^prem- Pre-sbyterian Church Pat Jacks Jad Scripture—Rev John Rivers. All tath > ^ tr *“ ur " Saints Episcopal Church. Benedict irrv—Jter: • Hhgh Bidder.' Graduation exercises will be held Thursday. May 26 Class Day Exercises gram of the Men of th« Church of range and conduct the annual pro- ^ * xfrc * se ? thw „ ‘ Tuesday in the school auditorium. Veterans' Hospital in Columbia. A film on the all-numeral calling Volunteer workers from the system win be a feaure of the pro- Auxiliary and other groups will ar the First Presbyterian Church at tha gram , ... ... . . . „ May supper meeUng lorugM at VM a,, , unds lrom Popp) ^ ' U “ P-cessu-ul folio. p m r» -:.l -* J *-* J » Nine PC Students To Get Awards Today At Closing Parade The system depicted in the film or their families is that to be used by Clintonians when the dial system is placed in effect. In addition to the program, the r. - -.w a .» wi j — invocation by Billy Glenn Day go either to disabled veterans iThe ' class hjstory was <lven by Nine Presbyterian College cadets will be honored with special awards at the ROTC unit's final dress Claire SmUh, the prophecy by JuUe parjde th u afternoon (Thursday) Five Forest Fires in addition to ine program, ine ■ as , ■ • annual election of officers will be vOUflYy 111 April Bolick. the poem by Anne Ray the will by Joel Cox and to which the general public cordially invited Spiritual Life Retreat For Methodist Women Joanna PTA Group Installs Officers The Joanna Elementary PTA met Monday at 7:00 p m in the school> cafeteria Installed for service dur V PARKS ADAIR t aMbiaie f»r Mayse in Clinton for four moouid Min isters ol organized churches sad school teachers are exempt from residence requirements Registrants living north of the The parade is schedu'ed to begin Se(aboard will vote at at 30 p m on the Baseball Field ^ c j ty those south of the ley 7. BB—by Bailey 2. Littleton 1. At Lake Junaluska Oakley 5. Winner—Bailey EUoree 10, Thomwell 3 The EUoree baseball team hand ed Thornwell’s Gordon Timmons his first defeat in nine starts here Mon day afternoon in the first game of the State Class B baseball playoffs. 19-3. „ _ .. u g. , necessary, has not been determined. Mrs. Turner was a native of Lau- ... . u a i- iriKAr- Clintop High won the upper state rens County but championship by defeating Easley ton, Ga., or a num . y®? • j n last two games by identical ! e Chu >ea / S Han^hiet of ‘he late acorf8 ‘\-l~fl- hftg r losing the initial Wwy-,-4he winning pitcher, gave up uT vf r " 38 3 i Mr N uiev Trih- con,est ^inard Littleton and Melvin only six nltS and struck out 11. Tim- irmey a A mhor of the Bailey were the w inning pitchers for' m ons, who had control trouble from ble Finney and a member of the cijnton fhe start gave up 11 hits, struck out First res > tnan Clinton 7, North Augusta 2 to and hit three batters ton. Her us an iec n _ Clinton High’s Red Devils broke G. Griffin led the winners' attack Surviving are wo s ^, ... | oose f or fj ve b jg runs ln the sixth with a single, double and triple in V, H er " d ° n 0 v a iohn no if this inn ing to whip North Augusta High, five times at bat Timmons led the and Mrs. Hube - 7 here Monday night in the opener Thomwell attack with wo triples Five forest fires burned a total of 44.2 acres in Laurens County during April, it was reported by the S. C. Commission of Forestry Since the beginning of the fiscal following officers Ceoil Bishop The summer spiritual life detreat' )®ar July 1. 1959. the county ex- president, John E.irl Willingham for the Woman’s Society of Christian perienced 29 fires which burned vice-president: J B Johnson, tre is Service and the Wesleyan Guild of a total of 315 8 acres urer. Mrs Dalene Monts secretary behind Johnson Stadium, with r>1 | rAad ^ Cadet Colonel Joe- Hardin of Green wood commanding the battle group Ar. extra feature of the occasion the South Carolina Conference will be held June 4-5 at Lambuth Inn. Lake Junaluska, N. C. The county has a forest area of and Mrs Jeanette Martin. Iii'tonan 244.621 acres, the Commission re This was the las; meeting of the ports current school term Vt city. Association Elects \Dr. Turner President The Rev. Mr. William Redd Tur ner, pastor of the First Presbyte rian Church, was elected president of the Clinton-Joanna Ministerial Association at the May meeting and family picnic held at Camp Fellow ship, Lake Greenwood. Also elected to serve for the 1969-61 term were the following: the Rev. Mr. Donald Mauldin, Minister of Education of the First Baptist Church, vice-presi dent; the Rev. Mr. James H. WH- liams, pastor of the Lydia Methodist Church, secretary-treasurer. ' The Clinton-Joanna Ministerial As sociation is composed of the Prot estant ministers of the churches in Clinton and Joanna The association meets monthly except during the summer months The retiring officers are the Rev. ^ Mr. Joel Cannon, pastor of Broad Street Methodist Church, and the Rev. Mr. Hugh Pollard, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Jo anna of their best-of-three series for the State AA baseball championship. Pitcher Melvin Bailey, a left-hand er, who moved to first base due to a sore arm in the fifth inning, got credit for the victory. Kinard Little ton finished up in a fine relief stint for Clinton. Combined, they held North Augusta to four singles. Sprouse walked to open Clinton’s sixth. Corley sacrificed and both were safe and moved down on a throwing error. Whitman’s sacrifice fly scored Sprouse. King’s single scored Corley, Littleton singled and stole second. Bailey's timely blow pushed across King and Littleton. Bailey accounted for the last tally on error in center field. Bailey and Philip Ring drove in two runs each for Clinttn, and King and Harold Corley connected for two singlet each. The second game is to be played Thursday night at North Augusta, starting at S o'clock N. Augusts ah r h W Coleman, ss 3 110 Pierce, If 4 I 1 0 Ferguson, lb 8 0 1 1 in three times at the plate. Elloree’s Way and Thomwefl’s Gus Folk hit home runs. EUoree OH 134 8—18 11 0 Thomwell 000 182 0- 3 6 5 Junior Legion Baseball Practice The 1960 Clinton American Legion Junior baseball team will hold its first practice Saturday afternoon. May 21, at 3 o’clock at the Pres byterian CoUege baseball field. All interested boys bom on or after Sep tember 1, 1942, are asked to meet with Coach Dan Kirby and Legion athletic officer, W. S. Horae, at that lime. Boys should bring their birth certificates with them or make ar rangements to get them at the ear Best possible time. There are plenty of positions open to the best ball playing infielders, outfielders, catchers and pitchers and all boys eligible are urged to come out and try for the team. Boys from Clinton, Joanna, Lau rens and Whitmire are asked to par ticipate in the Legion program irg the school term 1960 61 were tre te* a precision marchin. p»\ formancc by PC's best-drilled platoon. Robert Piephoff. a freshman trom Atlanta and son of former Clinton resident the Rev. Dr Clarence E. Piephoff. will receive two awards at this time He is the winner of the superior cadet ribbon for the top military scho lastic average in the first-year class, and he has won the Robert E Wysor III medal a> the best drilled freshman cadet Two other students will be hon ored for scholastic excellence in military — Frank R Sells of John son City. Term . for the sophomore class, and Thomas C. Middleton. Jr., of Jefferson, for the junior das> Middleton also will receive the Scabbard and Blade medal as the best-driUed cadet m the entire battle group Harry G McDonnold of Asheville. N C is to receive the Associa tion of the l mted Slates .Army medal awarded to a junior cadet who has displayed exemplary leadership characteristics. Marion B Ut* of Hemingway, the Reserve Officers Association of South Caro lina medal for leadership m ROTC Hampton Avenue School, and those in wards five and six at the Canton MiL Com- rnunitv House ’,1 Subscription Sales Event to Close Soon The t hrwnirle’s -uhxcnption *ab*> promotion event, which ha> Seen underwav f r tne past sev eral wevk- will cl >«>e at the end of this month. \ number of bo>x and xirfs W the commumtv tuve woo bicycles fsr -efbns new sub>i ripuoos and the time is grow mg -hurt for am others who want to demossirste their sales ability and at the Name time be aniplv rewarded. Ml that entrants have U» do »> sell f'l.een new annual Nubscrip lions to The Chronicle. Anyswe not selling the required number of subscriptions will be paid Sl.d* fori, each new subscriber obtained. So. boys and girls, esme to The Chronicle office for further infsr mat ion and get lined up to earn a bicycle. Only NEW subscriptions count. Vou must make „ your sales to those individuals or families who are not now subscribers to The Chronicle. Install New Officers of B&PW Club Clinton’s Business and Professional Women’s Club installed new officers for the coming year at a meeting Tuesday night at Hotel Mary Muagrove. The club leaders are, left to right, front row: Mrs. James H. Buzhardt, president; Mrs. R. W. Johnson, first vice-president; Mrs. Grace League Conner, second vice-president; back row: Mrs. Lari Stewart, recording secre tary; Mrs. P. M. Pitts, treasurer; Miss Essie Davidson, corresponding secretary. — Photo by Dan Yarborough. 1 and extra-curricular activities, C^ffUnll Plovers and Robert E. Beddmgfield of Co- D y lumbia. the South Carolina Society Asked tO Kcport American Revolution uvedal to the Girls who wish to participate in best trained sophomore cadet are asked to report to the scout hut The "best company ’ award will the city recreation softball program go to Company B. commanded by Thursday, May a>. at 4 09 p. m Cadet Captain James Bennett of Those eligible to play mu$t have Ludowici. Ga b** 0 torn before August 1. 1949 The girls’ recreation program. APR 11. BOND SALES other than the softball practice, will Series E and H sav mgs bonds sales for April in Laurens County touted 04.400 00. reports D. F Patterson, county savings bonds chairman begin the first week in Juno. Dates and time will be announced later Mrs. Fuller Motes will direct the activities of this program A.