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$ %-v’i L. M. Wilson (left), president of the American Oranwood Floorlpf On., and B. R. Purchase, sales manager, examine the first edition of American Granwood’s new magazine, "Floor Talk.’’ The company, located’ in Clinton, sent ont 11,0*6 copies to architects, designers and builders over the eastern half of the country in December. Clinton Flooring Co. Publishes Brochure The American Granwood Flooring Company here publish ed the ftrst edition of a new bro chure In December, circulated to more than 11,000 architects, de signers and builders throughout the eastern Unitde States. The brochure, titled "Floor Talk," will be published four times each year for Granwood and will feature building instal lations in various cities in the eastern half of the country. Editorial director of the publi cation is B. R. Purchase, sales manager for Granwood here. L. W. Anderson of GreenvtUa, is chairman of the board, of Ameri can Granwood, and L. M. Wilson of Clinton is company president. The Granwood product is a. wood composition flooring which combines the best qualities of both wood and tile, and which is designed for structures ranging from residences to schools and commercial buildings, according to company officials. The first edition of "Plow Talk” features three schools and a community center in Buffalo, N. Y., including color and black and white photographs. One pho t o g r a<f> h illustrates Granwood blocks used for inlaid game markings ,qn a scuffle- board court. Another photograph shows a' .basketball court of Granwood flooring with perma nent game lines in a contrasting color. The magazine is being circulat ed ip every state in the eastern half of the nation. Granwood is a new type of flooring and company officials felt the magazine would serve both as a vehicle for its introduc tion and as a medium to acquaint builders and designers with im aginative flooring installations elsewhere in the country. March Of Dines V J. DERRILL BOZARD Bozard Begin*-Term v As Hunter Magistrate J. Derr ill Bozard, of Joanna, 1* the new magistrate to Hunter Township for the arta outside Clinton. He succeeds R. Eugene John- Bids Expected Oiv Whitten Village $1 Million Project Florence—A $1,000,000 enlarge ment project at Whitten Village will be put up for construction bids shortly, said an announce ment Wednesday by a Florence architectural firm. Baker and GiU>said the state- owned project for mentally re tarded children will include a dental clinic, physical and occu pational therapy facilities and a surgical section. . ‘ . Construction is expected to start In March or April. The proj ect will be flngnced by state and federal funds under-the Hill-Bur the arc! are undo- review by the V. 8 Public Health Sendee tn' Aifcuita and by the "State Board of Health In-Columbla. ,, the Tfttl March of Dimes campaign « kick off cof fee is being held this morning at Hotel Mary Musgrove for about 29 workers in the special gifts division. T. M. Youngblood and Rembert S. Truluck are co- chairmen for this phase of the event. Dr. Fred Holcombe is campaign director. Coin boards and collectors have already been placed to a number of business houses and other public places under the di rection of Sammie Pinson. On Tuesday evening, Ted Pre- vatte, chairman of speakers bu reau, showed the new March of Dimes film at the Exchange Club meeting. An interesting feature of the current campaign will be the Marine March through Clinton when an overnight stop will be made here by marchers on Jan uary 12. /- Teen age evenu planned by Jean Arnold and Cortone Boyd, co-chairman, under the sponsor ship of Miss Becky Speake are: Jan. 6 and 20 — Basketball games. Cake to be given away j>y drawing a 10c ticket. Bulls- eye sheet to be carried around floor at halftime to allow con tributions to be thrown at bulls- eye. Jan. 13—March of Dimes film to be shown at chapel program. Jan. 14—Students will sell can dy on streets. Jan. 21—Car washing at local service stations. • • r Jan. 28 —, March of Dimes dance.. To conclude the drive the Moth ers March will be held at the end of the month with Mrs. Gary Holcombe, and Mrs. Forest Adair as chairman. Stores Resume Wednesday Closing \ j. Robert Cox, chairman of the Merchants Division of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, has announced that stores will resume the Wednesday afternoon closing January 11. Mr. Cox urges each member to plan to attend the meeting of the Merchants Division on Tuesday, January 10, at 10:00 a. m. at the Hotel Mary Musgrove. Vol. 62 \ •No. 1 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 5, 1961 PC Choir To Sing In Anderyn And Walhalla Sundhy Two 'more concert performan ces by the Presbyterian College robed choir will clpry this 30- voiced organization before * con gregations of Anderson’s Central Presbyterian Church this Sunday morning and the Walhalla Pres byterian Church that evening. Conductor Edouard Patte has developed his program of sacred music and worlhip around .the theme "The CottpHring Church.” The series of choral presentations Former Resident Is Victim Of Fire The former Miss Margaret Robertson, 49, whe/spent a num ber of her girlhood years in Clin ton, lost her life to a fire that destroys! her home in Rens- slaer, N. Y., early Sunday. Two other members of the family, her husband, Dr. Ken neth Gordon, 94, prominent phy sician, and their 8 - year - old daughter, ’ Susan, were also vic tims of the fire. •The two sons were also to the house but escaped. Funeral srevices were held yesterday afternoon in Renssel aer. Reports from the fire depart ment indicated the blaze started from a Christmas tree. • Mrs. Julian Coleman of this city, a cousin of Mrs. Gordon, has been to Rensslaer to attend the funeral. Mrs. Gordon was the daughter of the late Tom Robertson and the family lived to Chattanooga, Tenn., for a number of years. She was the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Rob ertson, Mr. Robertson being as sociated with the old J. W. Cope land mercantile Arm here early in the century. XII Corps Commander To Visit PC Campus MaJ. Gen. Walter Yeager, com manding general.of the XII Corps of the U.. S. Third Army, will come to Presbyterian College next Wednesday for a liaison visit with the college ROTC depart ment. Lit Col. W. W. Barnett, profes- sor of military science, pointed out to his announcement that this visit will be the ftrst made by Gen. Yeager to the PC campus. The general only recently assum- 1 ed command of the XII Corps. KING DIXON, «R. Senator MARSHALL W. ABERCROMBIE! Representative f HUBERT W. GRAYDON Representative Charles J. Wart Representative Laurens County’s Legislative Delegation Here are the members of Laurens County’s new, leg islative delegation who will be sworn in as members of the South Carolina General Assembly when it meets next Tuesday in Columbia for the 1961 session. They held the first of their monthly open meetings Tuesday morning in the court room in Laurens. Subsequent ses sions will take place on the first Monday in each month, at which time citizens of the county may be heard in any requests or legislative proposals. At Open Meeting Tuesday Senator Dixon Accuses Former Delegation of Mismanagement Dr. Leslie St. Clair Hays l>ies; Funeral Saturday Community Council Namei New Officers New officers and committees were named Tuesday at a lunch eon of the Laurens County Com munity Council. The session was held to the Friendship Room of the Laurens Federal Savings and Loan Asso ciation. Allen Coleman, county treasur er, was named president of the group, with R. L. Plaxico of Clin ton, vice-president, and Mrs. Earle B. Alexander of Laurens, secretary-treasurer. Committee appointments in clude: Program: Mrs. Alice David- Rachmaninoff, Handel, Bach and Grieg, as well as Negro spiri tuals. , The choir’s 190*61 concert schedule lists 27 performances la six states. ■ son, wha was elected sheriff aL include sacred selections by the county. The term of Clinton Magistrate Sam McCrary, to Hunter Town ship, does apt expire until April.- He was'reelected to the post. City Tox Payments- Carry 10% Penalty .' City tax payment time has i pired afid those who have; paid their taxes are now with a 10 per cent penalty. Through Dec. 21, had been collected in payments, City.Clerk and urer W. B. Owens reported terday. Since Ol* office closed Sunday ind Monday, noents on Tuesday wen heavy, totaling about That leaves approximately * 000 of the $120,000 total be collected, Mr. Owens Sts’ ducted- Saturday 2:30 at Gray Funeral Horde bf Dr. William Redd Tuner, tor of the-. First Presbyterian Church. Burial wag to Roseenont Cemetery^ , Pallbearers were J. F. Jacobs, ir« Cawrgne* Jtetfux-*. Sadler, Hugh S. Jacobs, George R. Blalock, Jr., Richard A. Rhame, G. Prtorie Copeland, R. C. Adair, Jr., Reese Young, and John Adair. The honorary escort included physicians from Clinton and elsewhere. Dr. Hays died last Wednesday night at a local hospital after several years of declining health. A native of Clinton, where he spent most of bis life and found ed a hoSp'tei, D.-. Hays was the son of the late A. Nixon and Mar garet Ada r Hays. He received his early education to the focal schools He took a BA degree at Presbyterian Ool- Startlng with a surplus of $113,743.31 at the beginning of the fiscal year July 1, 1997, with a present deficit of $44,920.63 and unpaid bills of $10,120.62, Senator King Dixon accused the old legis lative delegation with over-spend ing $168,384.96 (total of the three items) during the past four years. The Senator presented the fig ures at the first open meeting of the new delegation to the court room in Laurens Tuesday mor ning. “It was due to mismanage ment by the old delegation,” the Senator said. “Some of their acts border on criminal negligence,” the Senator stated further. He was referring specifically to a number of Items of revenue increases in estimat ing the 1961 appropriation bill as compared with that of 1999. itodiO nWisiiQ Bp. L II Awards Trophies have been presented Thorn well football players “most valuable” services, ton Timmons was voted moat valuable player on offense and Johnny Cookeoa received the most valuable award on defense, it has been announced by the Coach D. S. Templeton. lege in 1906 when he was vale dictorian of Nte class. | In 1913 he was an honor grad uate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia Uni versity. From 1913-10, ho was bouse surgeon at Bellevue Hos pital to New York. The folowtog year, he served at the Now York Nursery and Child’s Hospital. He founded Hays hospital in Clinton to 1916 and operated it util Hs sale in 1906. ; A He was operating surgeon at the Army General Hospital at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., to 1918. He served as professor of biology the Presbyterian College staff 1928-30 Dr. Hays represented the alum ni pn the college board of trust ees from 1935-90. By request of DR. SAYS the trustees, be continued for an other five years as a member of the finance committee. -His alma mater awarded him the Gold P as “Alumnus of the Year” to 1942. As a college student, Dr. Hays was a member of Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity. He was later a member of the Masonic order, the Shriners and was past presi dent of the Clinton Rotary Club. He was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church here. Married three times, his first wile was Miss Virginia Owens, who died a number of years ago. His second wife, the former Miss Helen Happ, died to 1900. Surviving are his third wits, Mr*. Lots Johnson Hsys; a son, Major Ned S. Hsys, U. S. Air Force, stationed to England, and a sister, Mrs. C, W. Stone of this city. Loach, chairman; Mrs Little, W. Paul Cnlberteon. Phone: Leroy Burns, Mrs. Earle B Alexander, Justin A. Bridges, Mrs. Everett Martin, Mjrs. Katherine Parker, Mrs. Clarfc.-'Mrx; Martin Teague, and Claude A. Crocker. C. L Richards Named To CHnton Police Force Chesley L. Richards, who has been serving as office deputy sheriff on th& staff of former Sheriff C. W. Wier, has been named a member of the Clinton police department. He takes the place of Ted Ward, who was named a deputy on the staff of Sheriff R. Eugene Johnsou. Richards served for several years a a patrolmAn with the State Highway Department be fore going with the sheriff’s of fice. He Is a resident of Clinton and lives with his wife on N Adair Street. Plaxico Named On Zone Dealer Committee Tom Plaxico, of Plaxico Chev rolet, Inc., Clinton dealers, has been named a member of the Zone Dealer Planning Committee for the year, it is announced by the Chevrolet Motor Divirion of the General Motors Corporation/ Atlanta. Plaxico was selected by popu lar vote of dealers to the district to represent them to planning operations for the year. $8,090; Income tax, 100; receipts in office of the dark of court, $15,441; bond pre mium and interest, $6,900. "These amounts total $71,344, Dixon arid, “and are nothing but pw (kd~e d apin oprtaOittog. That amount hasn’t tome in, and never will.” "It is ridiculous to suppose revenue from those sources will increase that much over the pre vious year,” he stated. “Furthermore, they have spent about $60,000 of that amount,” Dixon charged. The Senator also stated that the old delegation had contracted to purchase a radio outfit for the sheriff’s office for $9,063, but had no approprJationfor that amount. He opined, "You can’t pay nothing if you ain’t got-, nothing to pay nothing with Unpaid bills for this year in clude $2,003.39 in court claims, with $22.66 on hand, and another six months to run, Dixon said. “We don’t have any money to run the county with,” the Sena tor stated, "but we'U work it out somehow after we get down to Columbia.” The Senator and the Represen tatives scheduled the open meet- brings to $12,000, be staged. Supervisor Furman E. Thoma son and Commissioners Paul S. O’Dell and George M. Penland appeared to request appropria tions totaling $268,959 for opera tions during the fiscal year be ginning July 1, 1961. Broken down, the figure In cluded $94,208 for salaries for all personnel (the same as last year); maintenance of roads and bridges and supplies, $190,000 ($90,000 last year); equipment and supplies for recap^tajg, build ing and otherwise 'improving black-top roads, $100,000 ($80,- 000 last year); and $41,747.90 for operations at the county home. Mr. Thomason said: “We call to your attention that our major equipment is old and worn out We have not had funds to buy any equipment during tile proa- ent administration. We have top bad shape, and approximately 20 miles of dirt roads. It costs from $1900 to $9000 per mile to recap black-top and $3000 on up to pour new blacking after a road been Patchtog tolack-top roads is continuous process and we will spend an average of $1900 per month just for material to stop up holes. Pipe and lumber are another major expense. These two items will average $1200 to $1900 per month. I hope you men will realize that we are just not getting enough money to operate efficiently Drayton Todd, trustee of the Laurens Cemetery, requested as sistance in taking care of graves of Confederate veterans, suggest ing an appropriation of $350 for the year. J. W. Ropp requested continued appropriation of $50 per month rent for the ABC Office. Mrs. Glanys Cook requested a comparatively small appropri ation for incidentals for the coun ty registration board. J. M. Donnan, chairman of the board of the County Welfare De partment, requested total appro priations of $12,229, about $900 more than last year. Mr. Deits, of the old Cllnton- Laurens road, called attention to Tra asportation costs for schools In North Carolina are half those in South Carolina, he stated, and North Carolina has twice as many pupils. He said he opposed federal money for hospitals in the county on the basis of the movement for integratioo. “Use only county money for hospitals,’’ he said, 'and no outsider can teQ us what to do.” The county cannot support two million dollar hospitals, he stat ed. Referring to the recent "kick- back” of state school money to the county, he said it should have been allocated to pay teachers. Thomas Babb Named As County ANorney i law- 3 meeting Tueeday afternoon. Mr. Babb succeeds himself in the post. The election of Mr. Babb came by theciun- ty s new senator, King Dixon, Sr., that he “would be very dis- Thomas A. Babb, Tuesday for the convening of the tng before going to Columbia next a dangerous scituation st a point South Carolina General Assam- on that highway caused by ver- bly. In addition to the Senator, Representatives are Marshall W. Abercrombie, Hubert W. Gray- don, and Charles J. Hart. Representative Gray don opened the session with prayer. Dixon said the purpose of the meeting was to enlighten voters and taxpayers .and be promised a conservative and progressive administration. "We will meet the Challenge,’‘ Dixon stated. “We are giving tills information in order that people will know what must be done. We will put county finances on an even keel." Among heads of county agen cies appearing before the delega tion for appropriation requests was Marcus Boyd, chairman, of the Laurens Coew t y Hospital Board of Trustees, who said that medical care c<WtS bbVe brtn ris ing in recent ydars and will go up “another 90 piir bent by 1987." He said that salaries for .tbrir best nurses are-lower than start ing pay in other hospitals. Chsirg- Laurens hospital are take into account the fact that t nurses pay ino es at U) J fow, he said, creased tax letyf’ Mr, Boyd said that the suppjments, be said, hospital performed $03,000 to ap- Una teachers get just s pay . to Duke optaipn or an Increased miculite mining operations David Taylor, civil defense di rector for the county, stated that the set-up in the county was started late, but now has one of the best programs. He recom mended the appointment of a full time civil defense director for the county at a salary of $3900 to $4000 with the federal government matching local funds. He is not seeking the position, he said, and asked to be relieved. He said the agency has spent $900 during the pest two years and tha tthe coun ty now has $120.00 worth of equipment. Requests for budgets from the two school districts and the sher iff’s office will be heard lata:. Senator Dixon said. C. , L. Milam, of Mountville, long-time member of the House of Representatives from the coun ty, spoke on school matters. He said that those who complain of lower salaries paid zchool teach ers in South Carolina as com pared with other states,, do not counties in this state supplement teacher pay from the state. North Carolna and Georgia pay no South Caro- as much as in North Carolina and Georgia, with the county supple- up the difference in * ’"Ti'y&vmuz-' j stated. He said he to have good had always supported pleased to have to sit in a ing with Mr. Buck Babb as the county attorney.” Dixon’s statement was at an open meeting of the new county legislative delegation earlier in the morning, when Supervigor Furman E. Thomason and Coun ty Commissioner Paul S. O’Dell and George M. Penland, appear ed before the delegation to pre sent their budget for the coming year. The authority for the attorney to be selected by the Board of Commissioners appears in the current county appropriattoue bill, members stated. According to the minutes of the meeting, O’Dell, in seconding the nomination, stated that he did so “due to the fact that I feel Mr. Babb in the past has given due consideration to all county business and has served sincere ly in the past.” Other employees named by the board were: Mrs. Fred Garrett, Jr., clerk to the board; Miss Frances E. Cole, assistant clerk; Broadus B. Gwina, superinten dent of the county home, with Mrs. Gwinn as assistant; Mrs. Georgia D. Hellams and Mrs. £vie G. Jones, practical nurses at county home. Dr. J. E. Atkinson, of Laur ens, was named as county phy sician. * The motion to elect Babb was by Penland, seconded by O’Dell, and concurred in by Thomason, to make it unani mous. TB Association Sales At $6,585.51 Returns from TB Seri sales in the county total $6,989.51, stated J. Allen Thompson, of Laurens, chairman of the County TB As sociation. This amount compares with $6,876.78 for the same, ported of last year, Thompson said. College Resumes" Schedule Tuesday Presbyterian College students resumed classwork on regular schedule Tuesday morning after a 17-day Christmas vacation. They immediately buckled, down to the final three weeks at daily work remaining in the first semester. Final examinations closing out the fall pmiod are stated for January 23-38. Registration for the second se mester of this 81st session will bo held on February 3.