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: f m : ■Wsv ^PT %*;• / I 3hp (Elintmi Vd. 64 — No. 46 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, November 21, 1963 Ambulance Bill Not Paid Commissioners Approve Courthouse Roof Claim New Officers for Camp Fire Council Officers were named Tuesday evening to lead the Clinton Council of Camp Fire Girls for the coming year. Shown here, left to right, are Ralph N. Tedards, sec retary ; George Brockenb rough, vice- president; Edward Campbell, president; and L. H. Lee, retiring president. Not shown are James Von Hollen, treasurer, and Sam S. Williams, camping chairman. —Yarborough Photo. Six Prizes Are Offered Christmas Parade Scheduled Dec. 5 Plans are being made for Clinton’s annual Christmas pa rade set for 4:30 p.m. Thursday, December 5, according to Charles H. Hughes, chairman of the Parade Committee. Chairman Hughes urges local churches, schools and civic or ganizations to plan to have an entry in the parade. For non-commercial floats con veying a Christmas theme, prizes will be as follows: 1st prize, $40; 2nd prize, $30; 3rd prize, $25; 4th prize, $20; 5th prize, $15; and 6th prize, $10. All entries considered by the committee as ontributing to the Christmas spirit of the parade will be accepted. Serving with Mr. Hughes on the committee will be L. D. Lott, Shelt noRimer, Jim Von Hollen, SJoan Todd, William Meyer and James E. Wolfe. Stores To Remain Open Wednesdays Stores of the city will renuun open on Wednesday afternoons beginning next week. Business firms will be open all day Wednesday, November 27. Business firms, members of the Merchants Division of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, will remain open each Friday evening until 7 p.m., beginning Friday, November 29. A sched ule of the closing hours is listed in an advertisement in The Chronicle today. Charles G. Buice, chairman of the Merchants Division, stated that the merchants are setting the new later closing hour on Friday for the convenience of the people of the area. Dr. Suber To Speak At Monthly Meet Of Presbyterian Men Dr. Roy Bonds Suber, assist ant superintendent of Whitten Village, will be the speaker to night (Thursday) at the month ly meeting of the Men of the Church of the First Presbyte rian Church. The dinner meeting will begin at 7 o’clock in the recreation hall of the church. Dr. Suber wflT speak oh "The Present Organization, Future Planning and Care of the Men tally Retarded.” Officers Named For Sunday TV Program Camp Fire Council | To Feature College G. Edward Campbell was elected president of the Clin ton Council of Camp Fire Girls at the Council’s annual meet ing at the Camp Fire Hut Tues day evening. Other officers elected at this time were George Brocken- brough, vice-president; Ralph N. Tedards. secretary; and James Von Hollen, treasurer. Sam S. Williams was elected as camping chairman. Holdover board of directors include: Mrs. Betty Suddeth, Calvin Cooper, Mrs. B. J. Gault, Mrs. Martha Rice and Mrs. Frances Pinson. Leaders association representatives who also serve on the board of di rectors are Miss Nellie Os borne, Lewa; Mrs. Kate Abner, Kadoka'; and Mr*. Eva Laftd, Petaga. L. H. Lee, out-going presi dent, presided and expressed his appreciation to Mrs. Martha Muller, executive director, and council members for the assist ance given him during the past three years. Reports from committee chairmen were heard. The Clinton Council of Camp Firs Girls, an agency of the Clinton Community Chest, has 476 registered members and Presbyterian College will re ceive the television spotlight over WFBC-TV, Channel 4, this Sun day afternoon with the presen tation of the Pepsi Cola “Shindy” show. Featured at this time will be the Gleemen, PC’s student folk singers, who will present several selections. The program also will include scenes of the campus and brief background informa tion about the college. The "Shindy” program is sche duled for 4:30 p. m. this Sunday over WFBC TV, GreenvUle, with Andy Scott serving as master of ■eremonies. an estimated 40 additional members In the process of be ing registered. Mrs. A. B. Davidson, re gional representative, gave a report of the Triennnial Confer ence that she and Miss Nancy Hollis, Horizon Club member, attended in San Francisco, Cal., November 11-16. Members of the nominating committee were Calvin Cooper, chairman; Mrs. Gary Lehn and Mrs. J. B. Arnold. The monthlly board of direc tors meeting was held imme diately following the annual meeting. The Laurens County Board of Commissioners has authorized payment for repairs to the Coun ty Courthouse roof but refused to pay claims submitted by the owner of an ambulance service in the Laurens area. At its monthly session last Tuesday board members issued written statements explaining their action on the two issues. In a statement concerning the board’s refusal to authorize pay ment of $1,050 to the Bryan Craine Ambulance Service, the commissioners said they had no contract or agreement to “sub sidize this service with county funds.” x \-.- They said they had not been instructed by any other county official that such an agreement with the owner had been made in the “name of Laurens County.” Therefore, the board said, it “does not have any authority whatsoever” to pay out county funds for this purpose. “Fur ther, we do not feel that funds collected from taxation on a countywide basis should be used to subsidize this service for one particular area of the county,” the statement read. The commissioners earlier had paid January, February and March bills totaling $450 after a majority of the County Legisla tive Delegation signed ambu lance service claims. No claims signed by the three members of the delegation have since beetv.presented to the Board of Commissioners. A bill for $1,450 for repairs to the courthouse roof in September was authorized for payment by the board after the three mem bers of the County Legislative College Giving Program Moves Near To $50,000 Presbyterian College annual giving moved close to $50,000 today as alumni intensify their efforts to establish a new rec. ord for this program in 196$. President Marc C. Weening said the total currently stands at $48,847 contributed by 1,067 alumni and friends so far this year. The previous high estab lished by the annual giving pro gram came in 1961, .when PC received $65,254 through this source. Last year, the annual giving effort produced $55,134 at the same itme that a spec ial capital funds campaign real ized $1,800,000 in subscriptions, i Dr. Weersing pointed out that the 1963 annual giving program is moving well ahead of the pace last year at this date. With six weeks remaining and given the usual increased tem po of December interest, all Indications suggest a new rec ord this year. A breakdown of the annual giving figure thus far shows $32,700 contributed to the PC Living Enodwment and $16,- 174 given directly to the Walter Johnson Club. Included in the Living Endowment total is $4,- 870 earmarked for the Johnson Club, thus increasing the amount for this alumni athletic organization to $21,044. A group of members of the Journal ism class of Clinton High School visited The Chronide plant last Thursday after noon to observe procedures followed in printing The Sentinel, high school news paper. At left is Mrs. Lewis Wallace, Chronicle for the class, and second from right is Diahie Delsny, editor of the paper. At f$r right is E. L. Holland, of the Chronicle staff, who explained the various steps in getting the publication to press.—Yarborough Photo. College Choir To Begin Season Tour The Presbyterian College robed choir will open the 1963-64 con cert season with appearances this Sunday at Darlington and Kershaw. “The Covenant Story,” a pro gram of sacred music developed around 13 spirituals and anthems for the 31 male voices, will be presented to the Darlington Pres byterian Church on Sunday morning and the Kershaw Pres byterian Church that evening. These performances are the first of a 23-concert schedule which will carry the college choir to five states during the current year. It is under the di rection of Conductor Edouard Patte, whose leadership of the Presbyterian CoUege choir has extended over 17 years and more than 600 concerts. Copeland, Smith Are Alumni Directors T. Heath Copeland of Clinton and Clifford T. Smith of the Kin- ards area were recently named district directors of the Clemson College Association. , Representing District 7, com posed of Aiken, Edgefield, Lau rens, Lexington, Newberry and Saluda counties, they will serve for the year 1964. Cub Scout Pock 21 To Hold Meeting The Clinton Cub Scout Pack 21 will have their November pack meeting next Tuesday evening, November 26, at 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Building, as announced by Cubmaster Morris B. Seymour. All members, parents, leaders and friends are invited to attend Community Chorus To Meet This Evening The Clinton Community Chorus will rehearse this evening at 8 p.m. in the social hall of the Cal vary Baptist Church on N. Sloan St. All members are urged to at tend. Special Thanksgiving Service Next Week A special community Thanks giving service will be held Thurs day, Thanksgiving Day, at Belk Auditorium at 10:00 a. m. The public is invited to attend. Dorr Named Trustee The Rev. J. H. Darr, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Clin ton, was named a trustee of The Baptist Courier, weekly South Carolina Baptist publication, at the session of the S. C. Baptist Convention held last week in Charleston. The Rev. J* CL Rice, of the Poplar Springs section of Laur ens County, was named a trus tee of the Bethea Home. The Rev. Lloyd of Columbia, also known in Clin ton, was elected to the board of trustees of Furman Univer- Delegation requested the pay ment in letters to the board, the commissioners said. The commissioneds agreed to pay the clartHr^stnce the dele gation has unanimously assumed the responsibility for authoriz ing this work and has given us a written commitment that the funds will be appropriated and! ratified by an act at the next i General Assembly and ... the county treasurer has transferred.; the necessary funds. Allen Coleman, county treas urer, notified the board Oct. 15 that special account had been set up from the unappropriated surplus of county funds, the commissioners said. Miss McKittrick, 84, Of Kinards, Passes Kinards—Miss Nannie Broad- us McKittrick, 84, of Rt. 1, Kinards, died late Thursday night in a Newberry hospital after an illness of several weeks. Bom and reared in the Domi nick section of Newberry Coun ty, she was the daughter of the late John T. and Lura Watson McKittrick, was a member of the Bush River Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school many years and was a member of the WMS. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Janie McKittrick Brehmer of Kinards; and two brothers. Rev. J. R. McKittricl^ and Maxwell B. McKittrick of Kin ards. Funeral services were con ducted at 11:00 a. m., Satur day, at the McSwain Funeral Home by Rev. J. Arden Stew art and Rev. W. Parks Mc Kittrick. Burial was in the Bush River Baptist Church cemetery. Pallbearers were Hayne, Car- roll and J u d s o n Brehmer, James McKittrick, J. Hubert Todd and Earl Satterwhlte. ' Rev. GHes F. Lewis, Jr. Goes To Greenville The Rev. Giles F. Lewis, Jr., who served as priest in charge of All Saints Episcopal Church in Clinton before going to the Church of the Epiphany in Lau rens, has been appointed asso ciate rector of Christ Episcopal Church. Greenville. Mr. Lewis, a native of Orlando, Fla., is a graduate of Clemson College and the School of Theol ogy at the University of the South, Sew a nee, Term. In Laurens he has been presi dent of the Laurens County Men tal Health Association. He has served on the standing commit tee of the diocese of upper South Carolina and is presently secre tary of the board of trustees of the Episcopal Church Home for Children In York. Oiildren's Library Under Renovation The Children’s and Young Peo ple’s Library will be closed until Friday, November 29, while it is being painted and renovated. The library is a branch of the Lau rens County Library with Mrs. James S. Gray, librarian. Want A $50 Bill? Six Clinton people can take home $250 and a bicycle this week if they are in the right place at the right time—if—and it’s not too big an if—they can produce numbered ticket stubs when matching numbers are called Saturday night. Five $50 bills and a bicycle are the prizes this week in the drawing conducted by progres sive Clinton merchants on the parking lot of M. S. Bailey and Son, Bankers, at 6:45 Saturday night. To win a prize, you must have ticket stubs given by mer chants displaying Loyalty Days banners, who are sponsoring me fall trade festival wmen continues until December 21. At that time a brand-new 4-door For Falcon sedan will be given away. So, get your tickets and come on out to the drawing. You may ride home on a fine new bi cycle or take home a crisp $50 bill, spendable anywhere in the world. Last week’s winners of $50 bills warn Allen Corley, 101 S. Broad St, and Boyoe Lawson, Route 1. Three other potential winners of $60 bills failed to an swer when their numbers wars called. Mrs. Mary Martin, 801 Sloan St., was the winner of a 2$-tnch TV set Voting in Tuesday’s Annexation Election lionnie Hiers (center) and Mrs. L. V. Powell (right) prepare to cast their bal lots Tuesday in Clinton’s annexation election which will bring an area south west of the city into the city limits. At left are Mrs. Daisy B. Barker and Mrs. Kathleen H. Weir, managers of the elec tion at this particular precinct, one of four at which voting took place. The area was voted into the city by a big majority.—Photo by Yarborough. Annexation Vote Is 329 to 13 Area Voted Into City Limits How They Voted Tuesday Precincts* Area To Be Annexed City No. 1 City No. 2 Clinton Mill a « 3 Qf 1 O ! < H 2 | 36 1 4 | 120 7 1 147_ O f 39 13 1 342 PCs Religious Emphasis Program Now Underway Five outstanding speakers are directing Presbyterian Col lege student thinking on the theme “Where Is Your God” in the 1963 Religious Empha sis program here this week. The program began on Wed nesday and will extend through Friday. Dr. Sherrard Rice, pastor of the Columbia First Presbyte rian Church and the principal speaker, will deliver three mor ning sermons to the entire as sembly. He opened yesterday morning and will follow with talks on Thursday and Friday Lions Club Turkey Shoot On Saturday The Clinton Lions Club will sponsor the second turkey shoot Saturday. November 23, from 12 noon until 5:00 p. m. The shoot will be held behind the Clinton High school building. A drawing for a Model 1100 Remington 12- gauge shotgun will be held at 4:30. Winners will receive tifrkeys which may be picked up at Pitts’ Curbe Market. at 10:00 a. m. in Belk Audito rium. The public is invited to 1 attend. Dr. Rice also leads one of the five evening discussion; groups being held as part of the religious program. Other j visiting ministers assisting with : discussion groups are: Dr. Clarence E. Piephoff, pastor of Greenville’s Monaghan Presby terian Church; the Rev. Jerry Hammet, minister to Presby terian students at the Univer sity of South Carolina; the Rev. Edward L. Hopper, pastor of the Greenville Fourth Presbyte rian Church; and the Rev. Hugh L. Eichelberger, Jr., pas tor of the Rock Presbyterian Church of Greenwood. The Religious Emphasis pro gram at Presbyterian College is sponsored annually by the Student Christian Association. Current officers in charge of the 1963 effort include: Hugh Harris of Decatur, Ga., presi dent; Ike Cobb of Decatur, Ga., vice-president; Melinda Gaines of Clinton, secretary; Sandy Hagood of Easley, treasurer; and Tom Currie of Carthage, N. C., Religious Emphasis chairman. In Clinton’s first annexation election in history, held on Tues day, an area adjoining the south west section of the city was voted into the city limits by a large majority. The vote was 329 to 13. The area contains approximately 200 residents. Interest in the election was confined to a relatively few, as indicated by the extremely light vote—a total of 342 out of a prob able registration of 2500. i All four boxes—three in the I city and one in the area pro posed to be annexed—voted for i the annexation. ! In the area proposed for annex- I ation, the vote was 34 for, 2 , against. City No. 1 box at city hall vot- I ed 116 for, 4 against, City No. 2 box at Hampton Ave School, vot ed 140 for, 7 against; Clinton Mill box voted 100 per cent for the annexation—39-0. The annexation procedure could conceivably be completed this week, acording to City At torney Cecil E. White. He stated that if a meeting of the County Board of Election Commission ers could be arranged immedi ately, the board could certify the results of the election to the Clinton City Council, which group could meet Friday in spec ial session and declare the area to be annexed a part of the city At the time of going to press yesterday, it had not been deter mined just when the above steps would he taken. Scout Troop 174 To Hold Turkey Shoot Parents of Troop 174 will hold a turkey shoot Saturday, Novem ber 30 and December 7 behind Clinton High School between the hours of 12 noon and 5:00 p. m. Money raised will be used for camping and activities of the troop. Tickets are now on sale at T. E. Jones and Sons. Assist in Christmas Seal Drive The 1963 Christmas Seals campaign which opened Friday was heralded by the Kadoka group of seventh grade Camp Fire Girls who served punch to the public Friday afternoon at a booth located in front of a downtown window decorated for the drive by local Boy Scouts of the Wo-Be-Lo troop. Members of the group shown serving passerby Mrs. J. B. Arnold, indude Jan Alexander, Frankie Cauley, Lin wood Cox, Ginger Crocker, Beth Edwarda, Ginger Gault, Joy Godfrey Gault, Caro line Hughes, Jan King, Jean Mangnm, Sallie Milam, Ginki Sadia:, Susan Un- dari, and Mary Bailey Vance. Mrs. Rob ert M. Vance and Mini. W. G. King, Jr„ are leaders of the group.—Yarborough Photo.