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Four-Car Accident on Clinton-Laurens Highway
These four automobiles wore involv
ed in in chain-action collision Friday
morning at a point where the county
airport road joins the Clinton-Laurens
highway. The two collisions were said
to have started when the car in the cen
ter of the hghway approached from the
airport road (at right), skidded and col
lided with the car at right. The two
cars at left were said to have collided
when one of them skidded trying to
avoid hitting the first two. They were
turned comletely around in the process.
Occupants of the cars were said to be
(from left) J. D. Rushton, Alvin Whit
mire, Barbara Crowder (in the first
three), and Neely F. Hamilton and Ran
dolph Everette,4^ the car at the right).
—Photo by Paul Quinton.
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Vol. 64 — No. 49
Clinton, S. C. # Thursday, December 12, 1963
County 4-H Awards Are
Made at Banquet Here
About 200 4-H club members
and guests attended the Lau
rens County 4-H achievement
College dining hall Friday
night
Awards were presented to
4-H club members and their
adult leaders in recognition of
their work during the past
year.
The meeting was presided
over by Mary Hipp, president
of the county 4-H Council. Oth
er 4-H club members taking
port in the program included
Elizabeth Woods, Council sec
retary Calvin Robertson, vice-
president; and Frank Hill,
treasurer.
Dwight Patterson, president
of the Palmetto Bank of Lau
rens, sponsor of the banquet,
gave the welcome. M. L. Outz,
county farm agent, recognized
guests, and Miss Mrytice Tay
lor, home demonstration agent,
presented awards to the adult
leaders.
Presentation of the 4-H elec
tric awards was made by St.
Clair Knight, representative of
the Duke Power Co. Other
awards were given 4-H mem
bers by local extension service
personnel.
The following 4-H members
were recognized:
Achievement—Carolyn Emery,
Barbara Taylor, David Coleman
and Ray Balentine.
Agricultural—Mike Parks and
Riley Fillingame.
Automotive — Harold McKit-
trick and Wesley Ward.
Beef—Jim Boiter and Allen
Robertson.
Bread—Eleanor Coleman.
Clothing—Libby Taylor, Bever
ly Jackson. Elaine Morris and
Pam Watt.
Dairy—Jimmy Smith, Kenneth
Wright, John Hill and Mike Hel-
lams.
Dog Care and Training— Mi
chael Stephen Mauldin and Nic-
kie Bragg.
Dress Revue—Mildred O’Dell
and Sarah Sims.
Electric — Pam Watt, Betty
Cole, WOliam Woods and Johnny
Wharton.
Entomology — Tommy Motes
and Johnny Hipp.
Field Crops—Gerald Mitchell
Ronald Kellett, Bruce Simpson,
and Clarence Abrams.
Foods - Nutrition—Mary Moore
Carolyn Moore, Sue Simpson and
Mona Kay Balentine.
Forestry — Steve Benjamin,
Jimmy Alexander, Carl Chappell
and Robert Lee Whiteford.
Garden—Mike Lollis and Allen
Finlay
Home Eeconomics—^Elizabeth
Woods, Barbara Taylor and Sa
rah Sims.
Home Improvement—Ann Sim
mons, Debbie Pitts, Steve Wright
and Johnny Owens.
Leadership—Mary Hipp, Eliza
beth Woods, Calvin Robertson
and Sammy Loos. v
Poultry — Carol Ann Jones,
Karen Pace, David Ridgeway
and Jerome Bundrick.
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Recreatiori—Mary Hipp.
Safety — Cindy Crisp, Danny
Nelson and Jerry Roberts.
Swine—Jennings Putnam and
Tommy Lynch.
Tractor — Jimmy Sharpe,
Charles Stoddard, Ernie Coggins
and Ricky Wrenn.
Citizenship-rCalvin Robertson
and Carolyn Emery. |
County medal winners who re
ceived certificates were:
Safety, Barbara Taylor;
breads, Frances Johnson; foods
and nutrition, Elizabeth Woods;
entomology, Sue Simpson; dairy
foods demonstration, Sara Sims;
clothing, Carolyn Emery; boys
agricultural, Calvin Robertson;
field crops, William Woods; and
electric, Jimmy Anderson for an
all-electric drill, and Joyce Pe-
den for a steam iron.
Trophies awarded were:
Guernsey—Mike Parks.
Jersey—Jack Marlar.
Ayrshire—Gerald Mitchell.
Holstein—Pam Watt.
Tractor—Calvin Robertson
Beef—Frank Hill.
Horses—Charles Stoddard, first
place; and Lila Ott, third place.
Merals werep resented to soil
judging team members Calvin
Robertson, Stan SUnley Cothran,
Riley Fillingame and Steve
Wright-
Recognized *ere livestock
team members Calvin Robert
son, Mike Wickham, Gene Smith
and Frank Hill and dairy judging
team members Frank Brown,
Michael Parks, Jimmy Smith
and Riley Fillingame.
Adult leaders who received cer
tificates of appointment were:
Mrs. Alice Hunnlcutt, Garvin
O’Dell, Leonard Crofts, Mrs.
Anita Balentine, J. T. Balentine,
Roy E. " ' ‘
Rites Held Monday
Roy E. Benjamin, Sr., 59,
died Saturday afternoon at the
home of his sister, Mrs.
Charles D. (Virginia) Bell, in
Columbia after two months of
illness.
He was a native of Laurens
County, son of the late John
Elbert and Janie McQuown
Benjamin. He was a resident
of Clinton for many years until
he moved to Augusta, Ga., a
few years ago. He was a mem
ber of the First Presbyterian 1
Church of Clinton.
ffli wife, Mrs. Mary Lou
Bagwell Benjamin, died in
1951.
Surviving are a son, Roy E.
Benjamin, Jr., of Rt. 1, Clin
ton; three brothers, Arthur
and Ralph Benjamin of Clin
ton, and Paul Benjamin of
Columbia; two sisters, Mrs.
Bell and Mrs. William (Pauline)
Schwintek of Columbia; and a
grandson.
Funeral services were con
ducted Monday at 3:00 p. m.
at the Gray Funeral Home by
Dr. Wm. Redd Turner. BuriM
was in Rosemont cemetery.
Pallbearers were Wyman M.
Shealy, Marvin DeYoung, Frank
E. Cauley, Kenneth McCrary,
Dan Yarborough, and Roy Work
man.
Community Cftorus
Schedules Rehearsals
The Clinton Community Chorus
will hold a rehearsal Friday eve
ning, December 13 at 7 p.m. at
the First Presbyterian Church
Recreation hall. There will be
another practice on Tuesday, De
cember 17 at 7:30 at the Recrea
tion hall in First Presbyterian
Church. On December 19 the
practice will be at 7:30 in Belk
auditorium.
Calvary Baptist Slates
Christmas Cantata
Calvary Baptist Church will
present a program of Christmas
music Sunday at the morning
service by the four Youth Choirs.
The service will begin at 11
o’clock. The Celestial and Cher
ub Choirs are under the direction
of Miss Marie King and Miss
Nancy Bagwell. The Carol Choir
is under the direction of Mrs.
Eva West and the Youth Choir
is directed by Mrs. Eva Land and
Earl Martin. Musicians are Mar- Next Saturday is your
cia Turner, Jane Trammell, Jan- chance to win a $50 bill!
Stores To Remain
Open Until 7 P. M.
Retail stores hv the city
will remain open until 7:M
p. m. each evening begin
ning Monday, Dec. 16, and
continuing through Tuesday,
the 24th.
Stores will dose on Satur-
days as usual, at 6:S0 p. m.
The schedule was announc
ed by Charles G. Buice,
chairman of the Merchants
Division of the Chamber of
Commerce. .
Last
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Chance
At $50
last
Don Willis, Mrs. H. A. Marlar,
H. A. Marlar and Mrs. Miltbn
Woods.
Two-year seals were presented
to James R. Martin. Mrs. Fred
Boyd Jr., and Mrs. C. A.. WrighV
Three-year seals went to Mrs.
H. C. Ladd, Mrs. Roydell Mit
chell and Roy den Mitchell.
Awarded five-year pins were
Mrs. Fuller Motes and Charles
Nalley.
Hie Country Stop Bums
The Country Shop, a furniture store located on the
Princeton road above Laurens, burned to the ground
last Thursday. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Cook,
the loss was said to be about $75,000. Only a few pieces
of stock were saved. The fire was first noticed by the
Cooks* four-year-old son who saw smoke coming from
a box in the back of the store. The Laurens fire de
partment was called to the scene. Due to strong winds
and propane gas which was feeding the fire, the fire
men could not save the building, it was stated.—Photo
by Mason Motes.
ice Caughman, Jo Carol Terry,
Cheryl Lancaster, and Kathy
Foster.
Sunday evening at 7:30 a
Christmas cantata, “Dawn of
Redeeming Grace” by Robert
Graham will be presented by the
Adult choir. Mrs. Joe Lands is
director of music and A. D. Lan
caster is assistant director. Mu
sicians are Mrs. Vernon Tram
mell and Mrs. Frank Lee.
Joanna Children
To Receive Gifts
W. K. Waits, chairman of the
children’s annual Christmas
party hosted by Joanna Cotton
Mills Company, announces that
Santa’s helpers have received a
big shipment of giant stockings
filled with toys and games.
Annually, between 1200 and
1300 stockings and bags are pre
sented to the children under ten
years of age of the big Joanna
family consisting of employees of
the mill, Kay wood Corporation,
Community Corporation, and
Mansure Division, as well as
children of the immediate com
munity within that age group.
Santa Claus in person will be
at the Joanna CTW House and at
Woodson Club House and the
parties will begin at three o’clock
in the afternoon.
Progressive Clinton merchants
will put up four of them to be
given away in their drawing Sat
urday night at 6:45 on the park
ing lot of M. S. Bailey & Son,
bankers, on W. Pitts St.
All you have to do is produce
matching ticket stubs with num
bers to match those called at the
drawing. The tickets may be se
cured from any of the sponsor
ing merchants whose names ap
pear in a half-page advertise
ment appearing tn tills issue of
The Chronicle.
In addition, someone will re
ceive a reclining chair which will
be given away.
The following Saturday, the
grand prize, a new 1964 Ford
Falcon 4-door sedan will be giv
en away..
So, get set for the final two
drawings. The more tickets you
have, the better your chances are
to win one of the prizes.
Six persons won $50 bills in
last week’s drawing. They were
Dial Meadors of Joanna, Peggy
Templeton of Lydia, Joe Steiner,
Charlie Smitherland, Linda Red
aqd Mrs. Ovell Woody, all of
Cluiton.
Christine McLendon of Clinton
and Nelly Jester of Joanna were
winners of radio sets.
County Farm
Bureau Reaches
335 Membership
The Laurens County Farm Bu
reau helped the South Carolina
Farm Bureau establish an all-
time high membership record for
1963, according to T. J. Cope
land. County Farm Bifreau presi
dent.
Laurens County closed its
membership year Saturday, No
vember 30, with a total of 335
members. This figure, together
with those memberships from 45
other county Farm Bureaus in
South Carolina, helped the State
Farm Bureau attain an all-time
high record of 22,680 members.
This was the sixth year that
Laurens County has attained its
state membership quota and it
was the fifth consecutive year
that the South Carolina Farm
Bureau has reached its national
membership quota. The state
Farm Bureau has also set all-
time high membership records
for the past three years.
Mr. Copeland said the records
of both the county and state
Farm Bureau are a tribute to the
work and special efforts of coun
ty Farm Bureau leaders. Without
local cooperation and local par
ticipation, these records could
not have been established, he
stated.
State President David H.
Sloan, Jr.., of Marion, also had a
word of praise for county lead
ers.
A total of 36 county Farm Bu
reaus reached their 1963 mem
bership qudtas. There are 46 or
ganized county Farm Bureaus in
South Carolina.
City Attorney Cecil E. White
presented a declaration from the
Laurens County Board of Elec
tions certifying the favorable 329
to 13 vote in the election.
A resolution describing the
area to be annexed, including
boundaries, etc., and declaring
Council Declares Area
To Be Annexed to City
The area voted on in an annex- j city limits, was adopted unani-
ation election on Nov. 19. which mously by the Council.,
received an overwhelmingly fav-1 The annexed area lies in the
orable vote, was declared a part j southeastern section of the city
of the City of Clinton at a special | and includes about 200 residents,
meeting of City Council on Nov. j The Clinton Jaycee Chapter
was instrumental in seeking the
annexation election. Members of
the club circulated the petitions
and did much of the pre-election
work.
City Council ordered immedi
ate collection of garbage in the
area and has begun plans for the
installation of an adequate num-
First Baptist Chair To
Have Christmas Music
The Adult Choir of the First
Baptist Church will present a
program of Christmas Music at
the morning worship service Sun
day, December 15 at eleven
o’clock.
Included in the program will
be four Chorales from Christmas
Oratorio by Bach and three
French Carols.
Mrs. Grace Conner is organist
and Mrs. Caldwell Henderson, di
rector.
Rev. J.. H. Darr cordially in
vites the public to attend this pro
gram.
the area to be included in the! ber of street lights. The 50 per
cent surchange on out-of-city
users of electric and water ser
vices will be eliminated with the
January billings. City police are
already patrolling the area.
Other city services and install
ations will be instituted as soon
as feasible, officials stated.
At the regular sesion of Coun
cil Friday night, it was voted to
present Christmas gifts of $25 to
salaried employees of the city
and $10 to hourly pa id. employees.
Aldermen George Bagwell, Har
ry Layton, S. A. Pitts and Boyd
Holtzclaw voted for the move,
while Aldermen L. W. Cooper
and James Craine voted for $50
and $25.
Council will take action at a
later date on the application of
a Mr. Franklin for a permit to
operate a taxi.
College Receives ~
$3,000 From Esso
Presbyterian College has re
ceived a $3,000 grant from the
Esso Educational Foundation,
President Marc C. Weersing an
nounced today.
He said the funds are given as
part of the national program of
financial aid to higher education
conducted annually by the Stan
dard Oil Company of New Jer
sey. Presbyterian College' has
shared in this program a num
ber of times in recenfyears, hav
ing received $2,000 from this
source last year.
Dr. Weersing pointed out the
Eso grants are given without
restriction as to their use by the
college.
Second Polio Feeding Response Good
School District 56 residents,
14,000 strong, turned out Sun
day despite the rain, for the
second “Stop Polio” feeding,
again showing their concern
for their own immunity to polio
and that of their neighbors.
Dr. James L. Walker, chaif-
man of the local polio steering
committee, said returns from
the six school feeding sites in
dicated that approximately 80
per cent of the area’s population
is now immunized against Type
3 polio, the vaccine given Sun
day.
Visit Doctor's Office
Those unable to g€t to the
polio centers Sunday are urged
to visit their family doctors’ of-
TB Contributions
Read) $9,431.33
Mrs. John T. Young, chairman
of the Clinton “Returns Com
mittee”, announced a total of
$9,431.32 contributed for Christ
mas Seals in Greenwood and
Laurens counties through Decem
ber 5.
Mrs.. Young and her commit
tee processed the returns at the
Bank of Clinton. She was assist
ed by Mrs. Harry Ayers, Rhett
P. Adair, George W. Copeland,
and John Holland Hunter.
Mrs. Young serves as a direc
tor of the Tuberculosis and
Health Association.
fices. A supply of vaccine on
hand will be administered
through office hours Saturday,
December-’ 14. The County
Health Center at 104 Woodrow
Street, also has vaccine avail
able this afernoon (Thursday)
between the hours of 2:00 and
4.30 p. m.
The vaccine is available at
the doctors’ offices and health
center on the same basis as it
was at the clinics Sunday. No
Changes Made
In Scout Staff
L. L. Stanley, of Greenville,
executive of the Blue Ridge
Scout Council, this week announ
ced several changes in the staff
of the council.
Everett Shell of Erwin, Tenn.,
has become executive in the Keo-
wee District, replacing Wallace
Potts, who has accepted the post
of district executive in the Oco-
neechee Council; Irvin Tingen,
who has been district executive
for four years in the Greenville
District, has been appointed ex
ecutive in the Greer-Paris Moun
tain District.
Bill Brackett, who has been
executive for about three years
in the Clinton-Laurens-Newberry
District, has replaced Mr. Tin
gen as executive in the Greenville
District. The Laurens-Newberry
District post will be filled by an
executive to be named later,
Stanleysy said.
vaccine will be available after
Saturday.
The third and final “Stop
Polio” Sunday will be held
January 2, 1964, at the same
school sites and during the
same hours, 12 noon until 6:00
p. m., as the first and second
feedings were held.
Post Office Open
Saturday Until 5:00
Service windows at the post of
fice will be open on Saturday af
ternoon. Dec. 14, until 5:00 p. m.
to provide service for Christmas
mailers, Postmaster W. D. Adair
stated.
“If you use Christmas stickers
or seals, put them on the back
of your Christmas cards and
packages so that they will not
conflict with the address on the
front,’ he said.. “Make sure that
correct postage is firmly affixed
to each card and package. When
mailing gifts, ifs a good idea to
place a piece of transparent cello
phane tape over the address por
tion of the label to prevent de
facing it in transit,” Mr. Adair
suggested.
The postmaster reminds us
that Christmas cards for out of
town delivery should be sent be
fore December 15, and those for
local delivery should be mailed
at least a week before Christmas.
The postmaster also said he is
most appreciative of the interest
and cooperation shown by the
mailing public so far, and re
minds us that “Do It Now” is the
slogan from here on in.
“Don’t put off your Christmas
mailings while you still have
time because this means UuL
dreaded pile-ups will occur at the
post office, causing unavoidable
slowdowns in deliveries as the
holiday approaches,” he said.
Chorus To Present
Christmas Cantata
A chorus composed of Clinton
Senior and Junior High School
students will present a Christ
mas cantata in the high school
auditorium at 8:00 p. m. on De
cember 17.
One hundred and thirty-three
voices will participate in the pre
sentation of “Love Transcend
ing,” by John W. Peterson. Miss
Nannette Young will accompany
the group, and Mrs. J. F. Gilfil-
lan will direct the presentation.
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Blazer’s, On Lake, Is Destroyed
Blazer’s, a popular restaurant on Lake Greenwood,
was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. The owner,
L. M. Blazer, had operated the place for 20 years, and
estimated the loss from about $50,000 to $76,000. The
fire apparently started in the rear. A passing motor
ist noticed the blaze about 2:46 a. mu, but the fire had
gained such headway that the building could not be en
tered. The restaurant probably will be rebuilt, Mr.
Blazer is reported to have stated.—Photo by Mason
Motes.
Joanna Baptist
Church Announces
Christmas Programs
Sunday evening, December 15,
at 7:30 p. m. children 8-12 at the
First Baptist Church, Joanna,
will present a program of Christ
mas music and a pageant. The
program is entitled “The Christ
mas Story.”
On Sunday evening, December
22, at 7:30 p. m. the church choir
and players will present “Night
of Miracles,” a Christmas can
tata and pageant..
The public is extended an in
vitation tor attend these pro
grams. !
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Community Chorus
Program on Dec. 22
The third annual Christmas
program of the Clinton Comimun-
ity Chorus will be presented Sun
day, December 22, at 4 p. m. at
the Belk Auditorium.
The chorus, under the direction
of Robert B. Wassung, numbers
65 voices from Clinton, Laurens
and Joanna areas.
The program is similar to last
years’ and will include a group
of familiar Christmas carols, ac
companied by Mrs. James Von
Hollen, organist.
The, program will be presented
to the public with no admission
charge as it is sponsored by the
City Recreation Department.
These fleets were the winners of the first three
ChrhrtanM theme floats in Clinton's
They won prizes of
Winning Float m Clinton's Christmas Parade Last Thursday
ten Village, which won first place. Next ia
Presbyterian College freshmen, and at right ia
of the CUnton Camp Fire Girls. Other i ‘
Clinton juwama unto, lourtn, yssu; First
the Church, fifth, $16; and rant Baptist Church, sixth,
$10. At right is Leonard Crotts, marshal of the pa
rade, manager of Shelton J. Rimer’s Arabian hone
farm near fuiwtas^ astride one of their fine aniaM^L
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Approxinvateily 16,000 persons viewed the pared*
which was termed one of Clinton’s best—Photo by
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