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: J. r / wittm mm,.. m « ,* > - Hi Vol. 65 — No. 2 Clinton, S. G, Thursday, January 9, 1964 Telephone Co. To Direct Long Distance Introdi idling In Clinton Early This Year Negro Couple Lose lives in Julia Fowler, 90, and Johnny Uc t blind, Cohen, 80, brother and sister, both blind, lost their lives when thefr house was de stroyed by lire about 3:30 Tuesday morning. The elderly Negro couple were the lone occupants of the house, located just off the Laurens-Spartan- burg highway out of Laurens. A pass ing motorjpt alerted neighbors after at tempting to rouse someone m .the house. The fire was well underway at thait time.—Photo by Paul Quinton. City Council License Ordinance The city’s license ordinance for 1964 was adopted last Friday night at the January meeting of City Council. The ordinance, substantially the same as those enacted for the past several years, sees the license taxes for firms, corpor ations and individuals doing business in Clinton. The fees are based on the volume of business in most cases. The text of the ordinance appears in The Chron icle today. Renewal of annual licenses to operate taxicabs for the eight Mrs. league Attends New York Meeting Mrs. Martin M. Teague, Ex ecutive Director of the Tubercu losis and Health Association, is attending a national TB commit tee meeting in New York this week. Mrs. Teague is one of nine members serving on the Pro gram and Materials Committee of the National Conference of Tuberculosis Workers. Other states represented on the com mittee include California, Ohio, Michigan, Utah, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Missouri and Flori da., Future direction and emphasis for association activities is the concerft of this professional group, according to Mr. Teague. She commented that the eradica tion of tuberculosis is their ma jor concern. Other topics to be considered include pulmonaty function screening, respiratory disease symptom centers, air pollution and smoking and health Services Tuesday For Mrs. J. W. Leake Mrs. Bessie Constine Leake, 82, widow of J. William Leake, died late Sunday afternoon at a local hospital after a brief illness,.. She was a native of Lake City, but lived in Clinton most of her life. A daughter of the late W. A. and Jeanette Burgess Coostine, she was a graduate of Presbyterian College class of 1904, and a member ‘of the First’"Presbyterian Church of CUnton. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. James F. King of Arling ton, Va., and Mrs. Robert P. Hamer of .Clinton; and six grandchildren. Funeral services were held TussiIsji afternoon at S:30 at the graveside in the Presbyte rian Church cemetery by Dr. William R. Turner. ^ Ben H. Hammet To Be Installed As Kiwanis Head The Clinton Kiwanis Club will install Ben Hay Hammet as 1964 president'in its official program for installation of new officers this Thursday at 7 p.m. J. C. Thomas, Clinton business leader who services as lieuten ant-governor of Kiwanis Division Nine, will officiate at this occa sion. Hammet, an administra tive officer of Presbyterian Col lege, succeeds Marvin G. Gault, Jr., as head of the 78-member presently in service and one re placement was granted. Renew als were for Quinton Jones (2), Henry Lewis (2), Roosevelt James, George Fair Young, ,John Griffin, and Sam Adams; replacement, John H. Franklin. The formal annual adoption of the present Code of Ordinances of the city was voted. A committee from thd Cham ber of Commerce requestfd fi nancial assistance in erecting “welcome” signs on Interstate Highway 26 and for obtaining additional parking facilities. H. F.. Blalock, president of the commerce body, said one estimate for installation of two signs was about $2,000. He said the signs would include the names of the three local institu tions, Presbyterian College, Whitten Village dnd Thomwell The signs would be of steel construction to require a mini mum of maintenance. Mayor J. J. Cornwall said he would appoint a committee to work with the Chamber on ac quiring signs. Another commit tee, he said would be named to make recommendations on se curing another municipal park ing lot. D. B. Smith, a member of the Chamber group, said parking for the downtown area is one of the town’s primary needs. Blalock also said the Cham ber’s directors have suggested that public restrooms be made available in the downtown area. Council agreed to request per sons hauling garbage to the city land-fill dump by truck to take precautions to keep trash from blowing off the trucks. The monthly report of the po lice department showed that ffnes for the month of Decem ber totaled $2,184.02. The largest amount collected was from sev en persons taken in for drunk driving, $575, with one sentenced to the public works for 30 days. Other principal fines were: speeding and reckless- driving, 26, two cases suspendd, $376; drunkeness, 37, five cases sus pended, $303 and 210 days; vi olating the liquor law, 3, $200 and 30 days; petty larceny, 9, 4 cases suspended, $210;. operating auto without driver’s license, 5, $129 and 2 days. Held On Friday For Mrs. J. Roy Crawford Mrs. Fanni# Mae Wade Craw ford, 68, wife of civic organisation. The program also will find L. H. Lee, business manager of Whitten Village, stepping in as vice-president and these new di rectors Installed to serve for the ant two years: Joel Cox, Jim Neal and Ralph Tedards. Hold over directors with another year to serve are: Dr- R. M. Fuller, A. m Hamfiton, Frapk C. Sher rill and R. P. Wilder. J. Roy Crawford, died last Wednesday night at her home in the Hopewell section of Laurens County after 17 months of declining health. A native of Chester County who had lived here most of her life, she was a daughter of the late W. E. T. and Rhoda Wright Wade and was a member of Hopewell Methodist Church. Surviving in addition to her husband are one son, James W. Crawford of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Carl (Mary) Gath of Rochester, N.. Y., Mrs. Elmtre (Dot) Herbert of Johns Island and Mrs. Robert (Ida) Stewart of North TarrytOwn, N. Y.; three brothers, Lee Wade of Great Falls, Jeter Wade of York and Francis Wade of Aiken; and one sister, Mrs. \shon Holland of Columbia. . Funeral services were conduct ed Friday at 3 p.m. at Hopewell Methodist Church by Rev. J. Richard McAllister. Burial was in the church cemetery. • “ Pallbearers were Downs L. Monroe, James B. Williams, Wil liam Young, George Richard Bu ford, Hugh Buford, John Earl Smith, Richard Moore and Au gustus B. Blakely. March of Dimes Teen-Age Division Plans Acfivities The Teenage Division of the March of Dimes, headed by Mary Locke Simons and Jane Johnson, plans qp eventful month for January. Among the activities planned are a donut sale in downtown Clinton and Joanna; a car wash at some of the local service stations s and a faculty-varsity basketball game. Climaxing the drive will be a dance for the high' school students. Also at all hotfie basketball games, tickets will be sold for cakes which will be given away at the boys’ game. Saturday, January 11, students will sell donuts in front of Winn- Dixie, Belk’s,# Johnson’s Super market, and at Lydia and Jo anna. * , Direct * distance dialing system which allows telephone subscribers to call long distance calls — will come to Clinton ear- ’ • ft ly next spring. /^ In making the announcement, Southern Bell Manager D. Har- rod Martin explained that when direct distance dialing '(called 1)DD) is begun in Clinton, tele phone users will be able to dial station-to-station long distance calls almost as easily as local calls. Martin tated that the new sys tem will enable Clinton telephone subscribers to call more than 50 million telephones throughout the Unitde States ahd Canada with a few spins of the dial. Operators will still handle per- sbn-to-person, credit card and collect calls, as well as calls Irbm- j coin telephones. How do you dial a DDD call? i According to Marion, “it’s as | simple as one, two, three.” For calls to points outside South Carolina, first you dial the numeral “1” (which connects you to the DDD equipment), sec ond, you dial the appropriate area code/ and third, the num ber of the telephone in the dis tant city. Just after you finish dialing, an operator will come on the line momentarily to ask for your number (for billing purposes). DDD equipment finds a route for your call and, in a matter of sec onds, the number is ringing. “Foi > calls within South Caro lina, Martin explained, “it’s even easier. You merely dial the numeral “1” followed by the number in the distant city. No area code is used on calls within South Carolina,” he said, “since the whole state is in Area 803.” Automatic equipmeht keeps track of the call all the time at Crewmen Repair Peonages . A typical acane last week as Southern Ball repair men restored telephone service severly damaged in the^ New Year’s eve ice storm, Southern Bdl sustained over a million dollars in damages in Western South Carolina due to heavy icing and high winds including approximately 1000 broken poles. Local installation forces.were called out immediately to restore service in Clinton, Joanna and Whitmire. Damage and inter ruption at service was relatively light in this immedi ate area. College Receives $3,000 Bequest From A. W. Simpson Estate Presbyterian College has re ceived a bequest of $3,000 from the late Dr. Addison W. Simpson of Washington, Ga., President Marc C. Weersing announced to day. V Alumnus Simpson, a member of the class of 1896 at PC, desig nated his legacy to the college for these three objectives to re ceive $1,000 each: ministerial scholarship fund, Living Endow ment and the Walter Johnson Club. Dr. Simpson died last Novem ber 12 at 87 after more than 60 years of service as a physician to the Washington area. Forest Industry Slides Seen at Bonk A color slide story explaining how forest industries contribute to conservation and business in South Carolina communities is being s shown during business hours at the Bank of Clinton, continuing for the next several days. ' ^ The program includes colorful illustrations and a written*expla nation of how sawmills turn fori merly worthless slabs and edg ings into chips for sale to paper mills. The. slide program is present ed by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper. Co ., Charleston, who oper ate a pulpwood yard between Clinton and Laurens, and through the courtesy of the Bank of Clinton. Appeal For Famfly ^Who Lost Home * Mrs. Irby Hipp, local repre sentative for the Red Cross, makes an appeal for help for a family whose home and fur. nishings were destroyed by fire recently. i The family includes the fath er, who wears size 15 shirt and 31-32 pants. The mother’s dress size is 18, and the children in clude one boy, wearing size 14 shirt and 15 pants. The three girls could use 9, 7 aad 4 dress es. Mrs. Hipp said any help that could be offered this family would be greatly appreciated. <• DeoHi of Woman Ruled Accident The death of Mrs. Iva Ruth Reed of Clinton, who was struck by a train Dec. 12, was ruled ac cidental by a coroner’s jury here Thursday. The 65^year-old woman died at a local hospital, two hours after she was hit by a Seaboard Air Line freight train as she walked on the Broad Street crossing about 11 a.m. Two eyewitnesses, Don Creigh ton and Frank M. Boland, testi fied at the inquest, conducted by Laurens County Caroner\ Mar shall Pressley at the City Hall. in progress. All details are recorded automatically on paper tape. Later, this tape is run through another machine which makes a card on each call, divides all the cards by telephone number, fig ures the charges'for each call, and, finally, prints the monthly long distance bill for each sub scriber — almost entirely auto matically. A new Clinton telephone direc tory will be delivered in Febru ary which will contain full in structions for using DDD. “One thing to remember,”. Martin pointed out, “is the fact that operators will always be available to assist subscribers should they encounter any sort of difficulty with the new serv ice. We have found,” he said* “that subscribers catch on to DDD_ very quickly because it’s easy to use, the calls go through j so fast, and the low station-to- station rates apply on all DDD calls.” Little Boys And Mercer at PC Gym Tomorrow Night Little Boys League basketball will be an added feature of the Presbyterian College - Mercer game scheduled for LeRoy Springs gymnasium this Friday, starting at 7:00 p. m. The Blue Hose will entertain Mercer as the main attraction, with college action scheuled for 8:00 p. m. Before the collegians take the court, however; the young boys being coached by Harmon Be- denbaugh and Buzz Tedards, will square off for a 30-minute exhi bition game from 7:00 to 7:30 p. m. They will resume play for ten minutes during halftime of the regular game. Prsbyterian, in meeting Mercer for the second time this year, hopes to avenge an earlier de feat at the hands of the Bears and reverse a losing streak which currently has the Blue Hose with a 1-7 record. Guard Long Branch Section Home Bums eluding his wife and four children, who escaped with only a few personal items. The home, which was the old Lawrence D. Blakely place, was owned by Mrs. Al len Poole.—Photo by Mason Motes. This home in the Long Branch com munity three miles north of Clinton was burned to the ground Saturday After noon shortly after 2:00 p. m. Occu pants were the Curtis Tucker family, in- Clinics At District Sdiools Third Polio Vaccine To Be Administered Sunday Services Yesterday For Mrs. N. H. Nabors Mrs. Ora Simpson Nabors, 69, widow of Nathan H. Nabors, died Monday at a Columbia hos pital after several months of de clining health and one week of illness. A native of Bengin, Ark., who had lived most of her ilfe in Laurens County, she was a daughter of the late Hugh Jones and Miria Kizzie Midyett Simp- Gordon Adam leads the PC at- j son and a member of Hurricahe tack, with a total of 100 points Baptist Church.. for the year and a 12-point game average. Surviving are three sons, Ma rion J. and Eugene D. Nabors of Clinton and Henry Nabors of Atlanta, Ga.; three daughters, | Presbyterian College after mak- stitutions. This high percentage Mrs. Otto Wainwright of Rt. 1.1 mg their decisions during recent 1 T! 1 ” “ possl , br ' f “ r U,e , p ~f‘' Clinton, Mrs. Mildred Nabors ’ . ... of thls are a to eliminate the Branson of Clinton and Mrs. J.: g A1 *. threat of polio, he said. R. Holland of ■ Charlotte, N. C.; | , Pl ^ a PP a Alpha led the frater-1 same team of doctors, one stepdaughter, Mrs. Whitman "j 11 ® 5 ^ number of pledges, with nurses . druggists, and other vol- Neal of Charlotte; one sister, 1 ]} fresh *' I } e ^ accepting its bids. un t e er workers who served in Mrs. Era Simpson Young of Rt. I ^. appa c Alpha flowed with 10. October and December will be 2, Clinton; 16 grandchildren; ^, 1 ^ ia hl Pl ^ ap « a assembled for administering the ahd three stepgrandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at 11:30 p. m. at Hurricane Baptist Church by Rev. C. E. Russell and Rev. J. HL Darr.. Burial was in the church cemetery.' Pallbearers were Hugh, Car- roll^ Charles and Odus Young, Mason Simpson, Tommie and Herman Nabors. JOHN H. HUNTER J. H. Hunter Named Vice-President of Chamber Commerce John Holland Hunter, well, known resident, has been named as executive vice-president of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce.. Tie has already entered upon his duties, according to H. F. Blalock, president of the com merce body, who made the an nouncement. Mr. Hunter recently retired Af ter a number of years with the personnel department of Joanna Cotton Mills. He was formerly associated with Whitten Village and was for some years business manager of Presbyterian Col lege. Mr. Hunter is a Clinton native and a graduate of Presbyterian College. He will have his office in the Chamber of Commerce building on E. Carolina Ave. A. B. McCloskey To Lead Scouts ^ A. B. McCloskey, Jr., scout master of Boy Scout Troop 77 at Whitten yillage and a 1963 graduate of Presbyterian Col lege, has been named district ex ecutive of the Laurens-Newberry district of the Blue Ridge Coun cil, according fo L. L. Stanley, scout executive, of Greenville. Mr. McCloskey is presently at tending the National Training School at Mendham, N. J., and will take over the district In February, Mr. Stanley said. A native of Badin, N, C., he will live in Clinton. > vaccine will be given on a cube of sugar. Hours are from noon to 6 p. m. There are three types of polio, making it necessary that every person receive three vaccines. Persons who failed to take the first and second vaccines should come and receive the third, and go later to their own doctors for the first and second vaccines, according to Dr. James L. Walk er, chairman of the local steer ing committee of the Laurens County Medical Society, which sponsored the program to wipe out polio A high percentage of persons in School District 56 received Fifty new men are being wel- j th e first two vaccines, probably corned as pledges into the six | eight out of ten, Dr. Walker said, national social fraternities at i either at school clinics or in in- This Sunday, Jan. 12, the peo ple of Laurens and surrounding counties will take their third and final step toward the complete eradication of polio. Clinics for the administration of the third Sabin oral polio vac cine in School District 56 will be open in the same schools which served as polio centers on Oc tober 27 and December 8. As was done.at the previous cilinics, the PC Fraternities Enfoil 50 Pledges vaccine next Sunday.' Each school clinic will be staffed i Phi had 9 each: Sigma Nu, 8; and Theta Chi, 3. Among the entire PC student | doctors nurses^ body, approximately 50 per cent are members of social fraterni ties. TB Seal Sales Reach $17,130 C. K. Wright, of Laurens, an nounced that the Christmas Seal Campaign continues to run near- y 16% ahead of last year. A total of $17,130.58 was received through December 31. Because of the pressure of busi ness and other activities during the Christmas season, many firms and individuals send their contribut nns during January and February. Merchants Meeting On Tuesdpy At Bank There will tie a meeting of the Merchants Division of the Clin ton Chamber of Commerce Tues day morning, January 14, at the Bank of Clinton, it has been an nounced by Chairman Charles Buice. The door prize will be given by Gordon’s Shoes, Inc. District 56 School Lunch Menu Week of January 13-17 MONDAY Milk, country style steak with gravy, green beans, rice, biscuit, butter, and candied sweet pota toes. ’ TUESDAY Milk, vegetable soup with beef, celery and pickles, pimento cheese sandwiches, cofn bread,, butter, and apple suace. , WEDNESDAY Milk, fried chicken, frozen lima be£ns, rice and gravy, biscuit, butter, andvlomato juice. THURSDAY Milk,'cheeseburgers, cole slaw, navy beanq, Thhis, butter, and jello with fruit. FRIDAY Milk; fish sticks, cooked cab bage, creamed potatoes, corn bread, butter, and peach pie. IN GREENVILlfe GENERAL Friends of Dr. M. A. Macdon ald. president of Thomwell Or» phanage, will be interested to know he is a patient at the Gen eral hospital in Greenville where he is undergoing treatment. March of Dimes Events Planned to Raise Funds Larry Gar, of Laurens, chair man for the 1964 Laurens County March of Dimes, states that the a various community leaders are planning many events to take place, .in both the Clinton and Laurens areas and in other com munities over the county. Proposed activities for the Clinton High School Teen-Age are listed elsewhere in this paper today. Cosmetologists of -the county met Tuesday night in, Laurens to discuss their projects. Proceeds from a Thornwell- Gray Court basketball game went to the March of Dimes.. Gar said various adult groups are also planning events during the month. Gar urged volunteers who de sire to help in the Mothers March to take place later in the month to get in touch with the chair men: Mrs. Michael Turner in Clinton, Mrs. Bill Pinson in Cross Hill, Mrs. Dollie Wham in Mountville, and Mrs. Mary Lehman in Joanna. A. C. Young has been added to the CUnhm list as chairman for civic club contributions. • * ~ . t 4 A fee of 25 cents will be ask ed of all who can pay. However, no person will be turned away because of inability to pay for t£e vaccine. All persons who took either of the first vaccines are asked to bring their red-bordered card showing a record of immuniza tion. If these cards have been misplaced, new ones.can be ob tained at the school polio cen ters, Dr. Walker said. Dr. Turner Ends Pastorate Here Dr. William Redd Turner on Sunday ended his pastorate of the First. Presbyterian Church. His resignation was announced in September. Dr. and Mrs. Turner will con tinue to make, their residence in Clinton, and are building a home on Cleveland Street. ' Dr. Turner will devote his time to interim pastoral work and special preaching engage ments. >■ He is closing a 20-year pastor ate in Clinton, having come here in August 1944 from Florence. Prior to that he served in Ports mouth, Va.- The congregation of the Firsl Presbyterian Church recently named a committee to make ar rangements for securing a new pastor. Members of the commit tee are J. B. Templeton, L. H. Lee, Mrs. John T. Young. Mrs, George Taylor, George Cornel- son and Hugh Jacobs. Ministers will be secured tk lead the services from week ta week. Camp Fire Leaden To Meet Tuesday The leaders of< Council Camp Fire hold their Monday v\ 7:30 at ___ __ Hickory r Mrs. 1 *1 r u