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Atlanta Banker Represents PC
Herman Jones, Jr., retired Atlanta banker (above
right), receives the welcome of Presbyteran College
President Marc C. Weersing upon the announcement
that Jones is joining the PC staff as Georgia repre
sentative. The retired executive vice-president of the
First National Bank of Atlanta will continue to reside
in Atlanta as he endeavors to provide a closer link be
tween Presbyterian College and its Georgia friends. —
Yarborough Photo.
Auxiliary Police
Club To Supply
Transportation
Transportation will be provid
ed for persons who have no way
to reach the 13 sites where the f-
second polio vaccine will be dis
pensed Dec. 8 (next Sunday).
Those who really need transpor
tation may call Clinton 833-0134
or Laurens 963-3696.
The service will be supplied by
an Auxiliary Police Club of 35
volunteers from throughout Lau
rens County, which was organi
zed recently in Laurens with
James Hawkins of Laurens being
named captain.
The primary purpose of the or
ganization is to assist the police
departments and communities in
the county for emergency or
other types of service.
Other officers elected were J.
D. Brown, lieutenant, and Bryan
Craine, Bob Watson and James
Simmons, sergeants. Laurens
Chief of Police Bill Power met
with the group.
The AP members all have two-
way radio equipment, some be
ing members of Citizens Band
amateur radio units. Headquar
ters will be set up in the Laur
ens City Hall.
Schools Again to Be Site
Second Polio Vaccine To
Be Administered Sunday
Senior Class Play
To Be Presented
Friday Evening
For the past S weeks several
members of the junoir class
have been rehearsing for Hie
annual junior play. This year
the play to be presented is
Where’s Laurie”.
The three-act comedy is the
story of a plot by a group of
This Sunday, December 8, the
people of Laurens and surround
ing counties will take their sec
ond step toward the complete
eradication of polio.
Clinics for the administration
of the second Sabin oral polio
vaccine in School District 56 will
be open once again in the same
schools which served as polio
centers on October 27. Hours for
raking the vaccine will be from
noon to 6:00 p. m. As in October,
the vaccine will once again be
given on a cube of sugar.
There are three types of polio,
making it necessary that every
person receive three polio vac- teen-age girls. The victim of
cines. The third and final vaccine their—conspiracy is—a pertain
will be given on January 12.
Persons who failed to take the
first Sabin vaccine in October
should come and receive the sec
ond and third vaccines on De
cember 8 and January 12, and go
later to their own doctors for the
first vaccine, according to Dr.
James L, Walker, chairman of
the local steering committee of
the Laurens County Medical So
ciety, which is sponoring the
three-Sunday program to wipe
out polio.
Approximately eight out of ev
ery 10 persons in School District
56 received the first Sabin vac
cine in October, Dr. Walker said,
either at school clinics or in insti
tutions. This high precentage
makes it possible for the people
of this area to eliminate the
threat of polio forever, he said.
The same team of doctors,
nurses, druggists, and other vol
unteer workers who served in
October will be assembled for the
December^ polio Sunday. Each
school polio clinic will be staffed
by doctors and nurses who will
administer the oral vaccine.
A fee of 25c will be asked of all
who can pay. However, no per
son will be turned away because
of inability to pay for the vac
cine.
All persons who took the first
oral vaccine in October are ask
ed to bring their red bordered
cards showing a record of this
first immunization. If these
cards have been misplaced, new
ones can be obtained at the
school polio centers, Dr. Walker
said.
Joanna Mills Plans
•Children's Parties
Joanna Cotton Mills Company
will again play rost to all chil
dren up to ten years of age of
the Mills’ employees, Kaywood
Corporation, Community Cor
poration and Mansure Division,
as well as children of the imme
diate community within that age
group, at their annual Christmas
parties.
The parties will be held at the
Joanna Club House and Woodson
Club House on December 19, be
ginning at three o’clock in the
afternoon.
Santa Claus will be a special
attraction for the small fry.
Baptists Schedule
Week of f rayer
Week of Prayer for Foreign
Missions will be held next week
at the First Baptist Church.
Programs will be presented as
follows: i
Monday, December 9, at S:00
p. m.—The Runyan Circle will
have program.
Tuesday, December 10, at 8:80,
with the Langston Circle In
charge.
Wednesday, December 11, at
7:80, with the Business Women's
Circle in charge.
Thursday, December 12, at
8:89, with the Watts Circle In
charge.
Offering for Foreign Missions I
win be taken at this time. j
popular girl who they are sure
will get all the boys at the
prom. This certain popular
girt is Laurie Williams, a pret
ty young charmer of seven
teen, played by Linda Tiller.
Other members of the cast
wil linclude: Sara Sadler, Mac-
kie Austin, Dianne Ledford,
Jane Johnson, Betty Black,
Connie Handback, Murietta
Summerville, Betty Mae Bald
win, Rena Cox. Also there will
be Ray Wilson, Eddie Shealy,
Larry Warren, George Grant,
and Jimmie Heaton.
‘‘Where’s Laurie” will be pre
sented on December 6, in the
Clinton High School Auditorium
at 8 p.m. An admission will
be charged.
The play, under the direction
of Mrs. N. P. Robinson and
Miss Eloise Miller, is a must
for anyone who likes drama.
Gifts Sought For
Mental Patients
The Laurens County Mental
Health Association seeks aid in
giving Christmas cheer to the
more than 200 patients from Lau
rent County at the State Hospital
in Columbia.
Anyone interested in donating
gifts to be sent to the patients is
asked to leave the gifts at Pearle
Henry’s, Dell’s Beauty Shop,
Ruby’s Beauty Shop, and the
Clinton Chamber of Commerce.
The Home Economics Depart
ment of Clinton High School, un
der Mrs. Jean Bouknight, has
decorated boxes to be placed in
the above firms, in which the
gifts may be placed.
Gifts especially needed are per
sonal articles — tooth brushes,
tooth paste, hand lotion, soap,
stationery, etc. Also donations
of money will be appreciated.
The boxes with the gifts will
be picked up December 16.
PC Professor
Publishes Book On
Civil War Theme
‘‘Will Success Spoil Jeff Davis:
The Last Book About the Civil
War” has just been published as
the contribution of Presbyterian
College Professor T. Lawrence
Connelly to the ever-increasing
literature about this period.
With accompanying illustra
tions by Campbell Grant, one of
America’s best-known whimsical
illustrators, the
hearted fun at the professional
Confederate of today and some
aspects of the war itself.
“Will Success Spoil Jeff Davis”
was brought out for the Christ
mas book season by McGraw-
Hill Book Company. It already
has received favorable mention
in The New York Times book re
view section and other national
notice.
Dr. Connelly joined the Presby
terian College faculty this fall
as chairman of the history de
partment. He is a longtime Civil
War buff himself who had three
great-grandfathers to fight for
the Confederacy and who was an
avid collector of war relics as
Nashville, Tenn., schoolboy. It
is against this background that
he places tongue in cheek and
writes his text, which concludes
with these words
“The war will never be over.
Let minie balls corrode, Confed
erate money crumble and imita
tion battle flags rot. As long as
there is a tear-jerking poem to
be read, a droll statue to be un
veiled, a connon ball to be un
earthed, a fast buck to be made
—then there will always be
Civil War. Grant and Sherman
may have been able to whip
Marse Robert Lee and Retreat
ing Joe Johnson, but they wil
never conquer that long gray
line of genealogists, antique deal
ers, historians, promoters, am
roundtable buffs — marching to
the Gray Nirvana.”
Swamps Opponents
The Clinton High Junior Var
sity won their ninth consecutive
football game against Woodruff,
54- 12.
The JVs scored 311 points in
nine games while their opponents
scored 55.
The JVs beat Laurens 26-6 and
55- 0, Union 40-6 and 14-12, Wood
ruff 21-0 and 54-12, AbbeviUe 26-
6, Newberry 41-0, and Honea
Path 34-13.
Vol. 64 — No. 48
Clinton, S. C, Thusdoy, December 5, 1963
Georgia Banker To
Serve On PC Staff
As Representative
Herman Jones, Jr.., retired ex
ecutive vice-president of the First
National Bank of Atlanta, is join
ing the staff of Presbyterian Col
lege as Georgia representative
with offices in Atlanta.
The announcement was made
today by Dr. Marc C. Weersing,
president of the college, which is
owned jointly by the Presbyte
rian Synods of Georgia and South
Carolina.
Dr Weersing said Jones will
serve the college in the field of
public relations and develop
ment, providing a closer link
between the school and its Geor
gia friends.. The president ex
pressed keen satisfaction over be
ing able to obtain Jones for this
position a few months after his
retirement as one of Atlanta’s
leading bankers. He will main
tain his office at First National
in his new work.
Mr. Jones had served the First
National Bank since 1920, rising
through the ranks from clerk to
executive vice-president and di
rector in 1948. He held the latter
position for 15 years, until reach-
nig retirement age last winter.
During this time, he served a
term as president of the Atlanta
Clearing House Asociation.
A native of Greensboro, N. C.,
Jones attended the Universities
of Missouri and Oklahoma, serv
ed with the field artillery in
World War I and spent three
years with the Durant (Okla.)
National Bank before moving
to Atlanta in 1920. Through the
years, he has taken a leading
part in civic and religious activi
ties. He serves as an officer of
Chi
in Atlanta and as a member of
the Council of the Georgia Synod
Laurens-Clinton Road
Robot Odell Moore, ( t>f Anderson, waa injured in a
car accident
last Wednesday, j
one-car accident on U. S. Highway 76 at 6:20 a. m.
r. Patrolman Clyde Collins said Moore
lie missed a
at the inferieetioit with 76 business route into
Laurens and slid into a utility pole. He was driving a
1966 OidsmobOe which wag listed as a total loss,
bby Mason Motes.
-Yarborough Photo
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City Utility Forces Erect and Decorate Tree for Christmas Season
All Over
The Place
Eight Clinton area residents
will have a chance to win $50
bills Saturday night.
In addition, two others will
take home radio sets.
Those are the prizes to be
given away Saturday night at
6:45 in the drawing staged by
progressive Clinton merchants,
which will continue each Satur
day until Dec. 21, when a new
1964 Ford automobile will be
given away as the grand prize
in the giant $6,000 give-away.
Eight numbers will be called
and persons who can produce
ticket stubs with matching num
bers will be presented a $80
bill each. If at least four per
sons do not respond, numbers
will continue to be called un
til four $50 bills are given
away.
Remember — the merchants
want to give away all eight
of the bills Saturday night, but
at least four will be presented
to ticket holders.
So, if you want to get in on
a good thing and it won’t
cost you one red cent — be at
the parking lot of M. S. Bailey
and Son, Bankers, just off W.
Pitts Street.
Tickets may be seemed from
sponsoring merchants, whose
names appear in a big ad in
this issue. Look for it.
In last week’s drawing, Char
les Meadors, of ’202 Caldwell
St., won a $50 bill, while Mrs.
W. H. Adams of Rt. 1, took
home a bicycle. Mrs.
Barrett, of Rt. 1, and
Ray, 503 Musgrove St.,
hair dryers.
Christmas Seal
Receipts Reach
Total of $6,409
The second week’s receipts
bring the Christmas Seal Cam
paign income up to $6,409.29, ac
cording to Chester K. Wright of
Laurens. .
Wright is chairman of the
committee of volunteers who
opened the mail on Wednesday
at the Laurens Federal Savings
and Loan Association. Others
working with him included: Mrs.
A. W. Busby, and Mrs. C. K.
Wright.
Christmas Seal Funds are used
by the Tuberculosis and Health
Association to continually pro
tect citizens from tuberculosis
and other lung diseases in both
Greenwood and Laurens Coun
ties. . „
Returns will be opened In Clin
ton today.
Agriculture Programs
May Be Seen On ETV
The 1963-64 ETV program in
vocational agriculture for out-of-
school individuals was scheduled
to begin yesterday (Wednesday)
at 7:30 p m. and will* continue
through February 4.
The following program will be
followed:
Wednesday, Dec.. 4—Farm in
come taxes.
Tuesday, Dec. 17—Farm social
security,
Tuesday, Jan. 7—Reorganiza
tion of the farm business.
Tuesday, Jan. 12—Land treat
ment amf uses.—
Tuesday, Feb. 4—Pastures.
These programs may be seen
over Greenville ETV open cir
cuit channel 29 and closed cir
cuit ETV from Columbia at Bell
Street High School and Clinton
High School.
D. H. MARTIN
Martin Named To
Southern Bell Post
In Clinton Section
Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany announces the appointment
of D. Harrod Martin, Jr,, of Co
lumbia, as manager of its Clin
ton group of exchanges. He has
already entered upon his duties.
Martin, a native of Union, and
a graduate of Union High School,
served in the U. S Navy»Ji»m
1944-1946. He then attended ClemM
son College for two years, after
which he transferred to Pres
byterian College where he receiv
ed his AB degree in economics
in 1950.
After graduation from PC he
began his career wiht Southern
Bell r in Charlotte, N. C„ in the
directory department. He later
held assignments in Columbia
in the sales department. In 1957
he was appointed Spartanburg
manager where he served until
1960 when he was appointed
training supervisor in the state
headquarters in Columbia.
Martin is married to the for
mer Evelyn Ray Harte of Spar
tanburg. They have two sons,
Stephen, 8, and Todd, 3. The Mar
tins are members of the Shandon
Presbyterian Church In Colum
bia.
Capt. and Mr$. Miller
Transfer To Germany
Captain and Mrs. Jim W.
Miller Jr., and children have
b«en visiting the former’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wade
Miller of Movatvllle. On Nov
ember 80, the Millers left to
make their home in Germany
for three years. Captain Miller
wag previously stationed at
Dyees Air Force Baoe, Abilene,
Texas.
Bank of Clinton
To Pay Dividends
Totaling 9% Dec. 14
The board of directors of the
Bank of Clinton has announced
the payment of the 15th consecu
tive annual dividend on Decem
ber 14 to stockholders of record
December 1. The payment will be
at the established rate of 6%.. An
- extra payment of 3% will be in-
cluded in checks to the stock
holders.
The board of directors of the
corporation includes the follow
ing local busines men: John T.
Young, chairman: Thomas E.
Addison, T. Heath Copeland,
Robert P. Hamer, Leaman D.
Jones, Harry Y. McSween, J. C.
Thomas, and J. Iceland Young.
The active officers are: Robert
P. Hamer, president; Harry Y.
McSween, cashier; Leaman D.
Jones, assistant cashier. Cecil E.
White is attorney for the corpora
tion.
PTA Committee
Seeks Construction
Of New School
A special committee of Hamp
ton Avenue PTA met with the
District 56 board of trustees at
their regular meeting November
24 to discuss with them the
possibility of construction of a
new elementary school building.
The schooli district owns a site
at the southern edge of the city
on which a school will be built
sometime in the future, but the
trustees have announced no
plans for immediate enlargement
of the school plant.
Plans Formulated
For Fire Dept. By
Mountvrlle Grange
At the November meeting of
the Mountville Grange, plans
were formulated to set up a fire
department for community pro
tection. At the same time a letter
wsa sent to the Home Telephone
Company asking improvements
in telephone service..
Mrs. B. P. Watts presented an
interesting Thanksgiving pro
gram, assisted by Mrs. L. R.
Adams and Mrs. P. H. Miller.
Refreshments were served dur
ing a social hour.
Rural Telephone
Plans Expansion
An expansion program involv
ing the outlay of over $1,000,000
during the next five years was
outlined in a financial report pre
sented at the 11th annual meeting
of the Piedmont Rural Telephone
Cooperative, which was held
Nov. 14 at 7:30 at the Agricul
tural Building in Laurens.
Manager Jerry S. Stoddard
told the group that more than
underground
30Q miles of
cables and three new buildings
and switchboards will be added
to provide system-wide flat rate,
four-party service.
Service will also be made
available to about 1,000 addi
tional members when the pro
gram is completed.
J. R. Coker, Warren Dillard
and Horace Martin were elected
to three-year terms on the board
of directors.
Clinton High Court
Team Opens Home
Season Tonight at 7
The Clinton High varsity bas
ketball team opened their sche
dule against Hillcrest on Tues
day, and will meet Honea Path
here tonight in their first home
game.
The Red Devils will play a 17-
game schedule plus the Eastern
AA Conference tournament. On
Dec. 12 and Feb. 4 while the boys
play Greenwood the girls will
play Gaffney.
The Red Devils, coached by
James Cox, have four returning
lettermen, Phil Rogers, Tommy
Davis, Joel Whitsel and Ronnie
Marse.
All games will start at 7
o’clock.
The Schedule
Dec. 3 — Hillcrest there, 5 'V-
Honea Path here, 12—Greenwood
here (girls will play Gaffney), 17
—Union there.
Jan. 3 Newberry here, 7—
Hillcrest here; 10 — Winnsboro
here; 14—Laurens there; 17-
Chest e r here; 21 — Woodruff
there; 24—Newberry there; 28—
Union here; 31 — Winnsboro
there.
Feb. 4—Greenwood there (girls
will play Gaffney), 7 — Chester
there; 11—Laurens here; 14-
Woodruff here.
Thousands To
View Spectacle
Santa Claus will arrive in
Clinton this afternoon in high
style, preceded by a 40-unit
Christmas parade as the holiday
season is heralded by the city.
The parade will begin at 4:30
p. m. Thousands of persons are
expected to line the route, while
the business section will be
lighted by the city’s holiday dec
orations.
Leonard Crotts will serve as
parade marshal. He will be
astride one of Shelton Rimer’s
beautiful Arabian horses. Head
ing the personnel will be Mayor
J. J. Cornwall.
Music will be furnished by the
Presbyterian College Drum and
Bugle Corps and six bands, in
cluding Clinton High School,
Clinton Junior High, Bell Street
High, Ford High of Laurens,
Sanders High of Laurens, and
Laurens High School.
Parade Chairman Charles H.
Hughes has asked that all floats
and other entrants assemble in
place on Maple, Calhoun and
South Adair Sts. by 4 p. 'm.
The parade will move into and
head north on South Broad St.
It will remain on Broad as far
as the post office, then swing
east into Florida St., and turn
right into Musgrove St., continu
ing on to E. Carolina Ave.,
where it will make a left turn,
disbanding further out E. Caro
lina.
Eighteen floats will be featured
in the parade that will include
some twenty other units.
Prizes offered in the float di
vision will total $140 in cash:
First place, $40; second, $30;
third, $25; fourth, $20; fifth, $15;
sixth, $10.
Parade unlts~wlli make gn ap-
pearance at Whitten Village
earlier in the afternoon for the
benefit of the hundreds of chil
dren living there.
Mrs. Madden Loses Home
The home of Mrs. Frances Madden, about three
miles from Clinton, just off the old CUnton-Laurens
road, burned to the ground about 6:80 Friday morning.
Only two pieces of furniture and a few clothes were
saved. Mrs. Madden and her son, Charles, only occu*
C nts, escaped without injury. The fire is thought to
ve started from damaged electrical connections.—
Photo by Mason Motes.
Community Chorus To
Meet Dec. 5 and 10
The Clinton Community Chor
us will meet Thursday evening,
Dec. 5 at the First Presbyterian
Church at 8 p. v m. Another meet
ing has been scheduled for Tues
day evening, December 10, at the
same time and place.
All members are urged to at
tend.
To Spend Winter In
Texas With Daughter
^ Mrs. R. E. Copeland, accom
panied by her daughter, Mrs.
Woodrow McDonald of Garland,
Texas left Monday by jet for
Garland where she will spend the
winter with her daughter. Mr.
and Mrs. McDonald arrived last
week from Texas and Mr. Mc
Donald returned by car.
PC Ends Season
r ith Newberry Win
Presbyterian College complet
ed its 1963 football campaign
with a two-game winning streak,
in downing Newberry, 14 to 7, v
there on Thanksgiving afternoon.
The victory enabled the Blue
Hose to recapture the Bronze
Derby and finish with a 3-6-1
record for the season. Following
on the heels of PC’s impressive
24-14 over Troy State in the pre
vious game, it sent gridiron fans
into the off-season with higher
hopes for next fall.
Presbyterian went 34 yards in
the first period for the game’s
opening score after freshman
Halfback Jim Johnson recovered
a Tom Gorman fumble. Fullback
Randy McCranie paced the drive
and finally scored from the one-
yard line. End Louis Ridinger
kicked the extra point/
Newberry bounced back to tie
the count at 7*7 later in the quar
ter on a 14-yard pass from Gor
man to Jim Wren in the end
zone and a successful conversion.
Then, early in the fourth quar
ter, the Blue Hose blocked a
Newberry field goal attempt,
took over the ball on their own
43 and moved for the decisive
touchdown. On the first play
from scrimmage, Quarterback
Leighten Grantham hit Sandy
Hagood with a pass on the In
dian 20, and the little halfback
scampered the remaining yard
age into the endzone. Ridinger
again booted the extra point.
This performance gave Grant
ham the offense leadership
among PC backs for the year.
He passed for 400 total yards In
ten games, completing 87 of 101
attempts. McCranie led (he nutt
ing with 370 yards from sertat- -
mage for a 8.8 yards-per-carry
average, while Halfback Don
McNeill followed doeely with
357 and a 4.4 ai