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. .--V m It rt Scene of Fatal Accident An ambulanc is shown as it leaves the scene of the accident on Highway 72 north of Clinton which claimed the life of Huey T. Bonds, 27, Friday night. Shown are Grays ambulance attendant John Bledsoe and Highway Patrolman William E. Gibson, who in vestigated.—Photo by Paul Quinton. .Huey T. Bonds Dies Of Injuries When Hit By Car Huey T. Bonds, 27-year-old Clinton area man, died at Bailey Memorial Hospital Saturday at 3:10 a.m. of injuries he received earlier in the night when he was t struck by a car as he walked along S. C. Highway 72 about two miles north of Clinton in a driv ing rain. State Highway Patrolman Wil liam E. Gibson identified the driver of the northbound 1963 Oldsmobile as Charles W. John son, 18, of Clinton. He said C. H. McCrary, also of Clinton, was a passenger in the car. Aaron Howell, of Joanna, said to have been a companion of Bonds, was not injured. The right front of the vehicle struck Bonds, the force of the blow flinging him into a ditch on the side of the road. Patrolman Gibson said he was called to investigate at 11:35 Fri day night. Laurens County Coroner Mar shall Pressley empaneled a jury and said he would schedule an inquest. i Officers stated that Johnson and McCrary were at a roadside stand in the area in their respec tive cars, and that Johnson’s car would not start. McCrary was said to have pushed the Johnson car toward Clinton in an effort to get it started. When the John son car still failed to start, John son got into McCrarys’ car to re turn to the roadside stand to tel ephone for aid. Johnson was said to have been driving McCrary’s car when Bonds was struck. Adult Commercial Course at High School Beginning tonight, January 30, at 7:30 a commrecial course for adults will be given at the Qinton High School. Courses in typing, bookkeeping, and busi ness English will be offered. Mrs. Robert Johnson will teach Pickett Senator To Speak at Dinner Of TB Association State Senator Earle E. Morris of Pickens will speak at the an nual meeting of the Laurens- Greenwood Tuberculosis and Health Association tonight. A record crowd is expected because of renewed interest in the relatively new Greenwood and Laurens County Association, the popularity of the speaker, and the association’s expanded program to include all respiratory diseas es. — The dinner meeting will be held at/7:30 p. m. in the Boyce Grier Student Center at Lalfder College, Greenwood. Mrs. C. Bruce Barks dale is in charge of local ar rangements. Mrs. Wm. F. Maul din of Greenwood, David H. Rob erts of Clinton, and J. R. Noble j_the class which is sponsored by of Laurens, will arrange hospi tality and registration. by the State Department of Edu cation. PC Alumni Establish Whitelaw Scholarship A scholarship honoring Dr. Neill G. Whitelaw, veteran chaii> man of the Presbyterian College physics department, is being es tablished here by PC alumni, it was announced today. * The alumni board of directors voted to set up an annual $500 award, to be given as a merit grant to a member of the rising junior class at PC. It will begin next fall. Funds for the Neill G. White- law scholarship are to come through the annual giving pro gram conducted among alumni and friends of the college. The plan calls for subscriptions to pay the grant amount etf^year until sufficient additional funds can be .get aside for endowing the scholarship. Each award will be made for one year to a junior “on the'basis of general scholarship, need and future promise of su perior performance.” The directors named the schol arship for DV. Whitelaw in rec ognition of his 29 years of out standing service as a teacher at Presbyterian College. It was poipted out that he has made an important contribution to the col lege and to the wqrid of science through the students who trained under his guidance here — sever al of whom today play a respon sible part in the nation’s guided missiles program. Dr. Whitelaw himself was sought during World War II by DR. NEILC G. WHITELAW the Oak Ridge Project then com pleting development of the atomic bomb, but he decided to remain at PC. A native of Kidder, Mo., he came to Presbyterian in 1935 from the faculty of the Univer sity of Wisconsin, where he had received both his master’s and doctorate. . . , Through the years, Dr. White- law has been considered PC’s toughest taskmaster. He also has been considered one of the campus’ most sympathetic stu dent advisers. The combination has paid dividends, and it is this career which alumni applaud in establishing the Neill G. White- law Scholarship. County Teenagers Going To Town 1 For March of Dimes Laurens County Teenagers lead the state in collections for the March of Dimes, according to Larry Gar, county chairman. Up to yesterday, Clinton'and Laurens area teenagers had reported a total of $1,707.72. Of this total, the Clinton area teenagers under the leadership of Mary Locke Simons and Jane Johnson have raised $1,275 from their various activities. They still have a dance coming up on Feb. 8 at Clinton High School and a faculty-varsity basketball game on Feb. 15. The Laurens High group had a “car bash” scheduled for last Tuesday, when the will actually smash a car to bits at 25 cents a shot. They will wash cars Saturday and have a dance slated ior early in February. “These county teenagers are really going to town,” said Chair man Gar. Hamer Is Officer Of Hejaz Shrine Temple Robert P. Hamer, Clinton banker, was named high priest and prophet of Hejaz Shrine Temple Friday night at the an nual meeting in Memorial Au ditorium in Greenville. — George W. Phillips of Lancas ter was named potentate. The meeting was attended by Shriners from the upper part of the state, including a large dele gation from Clinton and Laurens County. Former Clemson Students To Meet In Laurens on Feb* 4 Former students of Clemson College in Laurens County will meet at the Carolina Drive-In, Laurens, at 7:00 p.m. on Febru ary 4, to observe the fourth an nual “Clemson night around the world.” Clemson Clubs throughout the world will be meeting that night to enjoy a new tradition of fel lowship that is repeated annual ly on the first Tuesday in Feb ruary. The program will be a dutch supper. It is requested that those who plan to attend call McGee’s Drug Store in the Clinton area, or Cecil Roper in the Laurens area. A resrvation is not neces sary. Four-Year-Old Boy Dies of Car Injuries William (Billy) Arthur Ward, 4-year-old son of Claude H. and Nellie Dunnaway Ward of 403 Jefferson St., died at Bailey Memorial Hospital Friday morn ing from injuries received Thurs day afternoon when struck by an automobile. According to City Policeman J. Allen Simmons, the child darted from behind a parked car into the path of a 1957 Ram bler station wagon driven by Ruben Blackwell, 16, of Clinton. The officer said Blackwell and two other youths, passengers in 'the car, were headed north on Bailey Street. According to officers, there were no witnesses to the acci dent.. Simmons said several per sons in the vicinity heard the sound of the car’s brakes being applied, but did not see the actual impact. The accident occurred about a block from where the child lived. Investigating in addition to Simmons were Assistant Chief of Police W. B. Blakely and Po liceman J. V. Lowe. Billy was a native of Clinton and attended Sunday School at Calvary Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to his parents art two brothers, Claude Douglas Ward and Randy Lee Ward of the home; two sisters, Cathy Ann Ward and Rebecca Sue Ward of the horfte; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dunnaway, maternal grandparents, of Rt. 1, Clinton. Funeral services were conduct ed Sunday at 4 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church by Rev. J. W. Spillers, Rev. I. H. Webb and Rev. J. L. Jenkins. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. ’ Pallbearers were Reuben Bible, Bobby Ward, Gary Laney and Steve Grady. , (She (Elution (Ehnmtrlr Vol 65 — No 5 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 30, 1964 Robert B. Wassung Named College Students City’s ’Citizen of the Year' Enter New Term Robert B. Wassung, manager of the Clinton Bearings Plant of The Torrington Company, has been named Clinton’s “Citizen of the Year’’ by the local Lions Club. He was selected by a special committee appointed to receive recommendations, and received the vote of the club at a meeting Friday night. Mr. Wassung will be honored at a session of the club on Feb. 28 when he will be presented a fram ed plaque attesting his selection. Mr. Wassung came to Clinton three and a half-years ago to as sume his posiuon when the Tor rington plant began operations and immediately entered into community life in his adopted city. He has identified himself with many phases of community activity. He is well known as conductor of the Clinton Community Chorus, which he organized. This excellent 75-voice choir has de lighted audiences with its Christ mas programs, three of which have been given to date. A member of the Kiwanis Club, he has been active on its com mittees on Boys and Girls Work and Program and Music. He assisted in organizing Cub Scout Pack 174, which is spon sored by the Clinton Bearings Plant. He is a member of the choir of the First Presbyterian Church, and is a director of the Laurens County Barber Shop Singers. He is a member of the com mittee now seeking to establish a $500,000 Technical Training Cen ter in Greenwood supported by several adjoining counties. In addition, he is a member of the Governor’s Committee to admin ister the program of special trfdn- i n g for economic . progress (STEP), an educational program financed by Federal funds under the Manpower and Development Act. Mr. Wassung is a native of Middletown, N. Y., and received a mechanical engineering degree from Rensselear Polytechnic In stitute, Troy N,. Y. He joined The Torrington Com pany as an engineering trainee and before coming to Clinton was assistant superintendent of the Broad Street Plant in Torrington, Conn. Under his guidance, the Clinton Bearings Plant was increased ap proximately 50 per cent in space during the past year. Mr. and Mrs. Wassung,are the parents of five children. They make their home in the Merrie Oakes subdivision south of the city. - + * > T Officers Investigate Accident Qinton Police Officers J. Allen Sim mons (center) and J. V. Lowe (right) investigate the accident last Thursday afternoon which caused the death of four-year-old -Billy Ward. Simmons is questioning the driver of the car, Ruben ' Blackwell, 16, and his father. The acci dent occurred Thursday afternoon on, Bailey Street when the little boy was said to have darted out into the street from behind a parked car, causing in juries from which he died the next day. —Photo by Paul Qunton. ROBERT B. WASSUNG Auditor At Lydia, Clinton This Week Miss Jennie V. Culbertson, Laurens County auditor, has urg ed all taxpayers to make their property tax returns in her office before March 1. Miss Culbertson pointed out that it is absolutely necessary that returns be made on real and personal property, including mo tor vehicles. The proper listing and paying taxes on motor Ve hicles may save one his driver’s license. Any changes made in real es tate during 1963 — transfer of lands, new buildings, also any building destroyed by fire or re moved for any other cause— should be reported. She also said it is necesary that her office have the correct mailing address of all taxpayers if they are to receive tax notices at the proper time, saving costs and penalties. The office will be glad to assist taxpayers in every way possible, the auditor added. The intinerary for visits in the Clinton-Joanna area: January 30, Lydia Cotton Mill, 9:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m.; January 31, Clinton City Hall, 9:30 a. m. to 5D0 p. m. February 5, Joahna Cotton Mills, 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m.; February 6, Joanna Cotton Mills, 4:30 p. m. to 7:30 p. m.; Febru ary 7, Joanna Mill Store, 1:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. Presbyterian College students will register for the second se mester of the 1 §63-64 academic year this Friday at an accelerat ed pace designed to complete the routine within two hours. Pre-registration activities be- for the close of the first semes ter have all current students in a position to move through official registration between the desig nated hours of 11:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m., Friday. New students planning to enter PC at this time will pre-register with advisers Thursday. f The Friday schedule calls for students to meet with their fac ulty advisers between 8:30 a. m. and 10:45 a. m., as a preliminary to completing registration. That afternoon from 3:00 to 4:55 they will meet on an abbreviated schedule their upcoming Monday- Wednesday-Friday classes. The regular class schedule of the sec ond semester will begin Saturday at 8:00 a. m. Registrar Roslyn Martin said out the last day for late registra tion for the second semester is February 11. Students seeking to register between Friday and that date will be charged a $5.00 late- registration fee. To Air-Condition Clinton Post Office A contract has been awarded to Leslie, Leslie and Associates of Newberry for design of an air conditioning system for the Clin ton post office building. „ The design will also include some miscellaneous changes and repairs. Plans and specifications^.are scheduled for completion the lat ter part of August. Postmaster W. D. Adair stated that it will probably be well into 1965 before the work is complet ed. Dr. Darby Fulton To Speak Sunday At Presbyterian Churdi Dr. C. Darby Fulton will occu py the pulpit of the First Pres byterian Church Sunday morn ing. Dr. Fulton is widely known in Clinton, having graduated from Presbyterian College. His father was reared at Thomwell Orphanage. Dr. Fulton, until his retire ment, served for many years as General Secretary of World Mis sions of the Southern Presby terian Church. Dr. Weersing At Clemson Clemson College' mid-year commencement speaker, Dr. Marc C. Weersing (center), president of Presby terian College, visits with Clemson President Robert C. Edwards (left) and the Rev. Charles E. Raynal (right), pastor of the Fort Hill Presbyterian Church, before addressing 144 Clemson graduates Saturday on “Plus Factors on the Contemporary Sceng.” Group Named to Organize Rescue Squad in County u t of before finally running o u t funds. N. Coroner Pressley said one of the greatest needs in the county was a rescue squad. Machinery was set in motion Monday night for the organiza tion of a Rescue Squad in Lau rens County. A committee of 15 men was appointed by State Senator King Dixon tp formulate plans for organization of the unit and make recommendations to the county legislative delegation In, Slated For Feb. 7 the General Assembly concrn Autograph Party For Dr. Connelly the General Assembly concern- proposed squad. The committee was named at the end of a meeting at the court house in Laurens, called earlier by the Senator, and at tended by about 60 persons inter ested in establishing a squad for the county. L y k e s Henderson, Laurens County Civil Defense director, was named chairman qf the com mittee. Others named ^were Gar vin O’Dell, county game warden; Cpl. Grady Jones of the State Highway Patrol; Marshall Press- ley, county coroner; and David. Roper, Charles Gray, Sam Chan ey, Paul Quinton, Eddie McGee, W. D. Norris, John Stansell, J. D. Brown, HeAry Dawkins, and Earl McElhannon. Dixon said the committee, working as a nucleus, could speed up the organization of the unit. He said any funds appro priated for the unit by the dele gation would have to be included in the supply bill that will be drawn up while the state legisla ture is in session. Dixon estimated that the ini tial equipment needed by the unit would cost between $10,000 and $12,000. Rep. David Taylor told the group Chat it might be possible to purchase the initial equip ment through Civil Defense chan nels. Attending The meeting, to.efe plain how their rescue squads operated were Chief Roy Still and other members of the Green wood County Rescue Squad and Chief J. E. Land.and others from the Fountain Inn unit. David Roper of the Civil Air Patrol said at one time a Lau rens County unit was chartered and operated about three months An autograph party for Dr. T. Lawrence Connelly, chairman of the Presbyterian College history department and author of the popu’ar “Will Success Spoil Jeff Davis,’’ will be held at The Chronicle on February .7 Mrs. W. W. Harris, in making the announcement today, extend ed a cordial invitation to the pub lic to attend this occasion. It is to be from 3:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. ' 1 Dr." Connelly’s book, published by McGraw. Hill just ^before Christmas, pokes light-hearted fun at the professional Confeder ate of today. He will be present at the party and autograph cop ies of his book which will be available for those who wish to purchase one. ^ AA # s To Meet Tuesday Evening The speaker for the AA meet ing scheduled Tuesday night at 8 o’clock at the Health Center on Woodrow Street 1 will be a member of the group Al-Anon. This group is made up of wives, husbands and relatives of alco holics who are interested in help ing the alcoholic. All interested persons are in vited to attend this open meeting. J. Gary Martin, 74, Of Spartanburg Dies James Gary Martin, Sr., 74, of 613 Maple Street, Spartanburg, died at the Columbia Veterans Hospital in Monday, January 13, following several years of declin ing health. Funeral* services were held Wednesday, January 15, at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Joe Brooks, with interment in Greenhaven Memorial Gardens. Surviving are his^wife, Mrs. Annie Greene Martin,)two daugh ters, Misses Emily' and Bana Piester Martin of the home; and one son, James G. Martin of Montgomery, Ala.; and a^ broth er, Waldo Martin of Laurens. The family formerly resided in Clinton, where Mr. Martin was a building contractor.' Whittemore and Lowe Close Concert Series Duo-pianists, Whittemore and * Lowe, will appear in the third and last of the Clinton Community Concert programs at 8:15 Friday night in Belk Auditorium on the Presbyterian College campus. Arthur Whittemore and Jack Lowe have achieved the pinnacle of prestige and popularity, through hundreds of recitals and appearances on television and radio. They have appeared as so loists with the New York Phil harmonic, the Philadelphia Or chestra, the Boston Symphony, and the orchestras of Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco, St. Louis, Washington, Cincinnati, and many others. - They pioneered classical music in television, and have also ap peared on the Jack Paar show, “Today,” and the Bell Telephone Hour. Their recordings have sold over one million. Both Mr. Whittemore and Mr. Lowe were bom and trained mu sically in this country. They met while studying at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N. Y., made their debut as a team at New York’s Town Hall and were well on their way to becom ing established at the outbreak of World War II. After four years of wartime service in the Navy, they returned to the concert field. In the 1962-63 season they made 75 appearances on tour, and on radio, television, and in recitals. Admittapce to tomorrow night’s edneertns by membership ticket only. & Tomorrow for Lydia-Clinton ,,» * »■ Mothers March of Dimes Scheduled for tonight Volunteer solicitors for the chairman. Workers who are to Mothers’ March of Dimes, sche- solicit funds there tomorrow duled to take place today in the Clinton area, were named this week by Mrs. R. Michael Turner, chairman. (Friday) night include Mrs. Bill. Willard, Mrs. Vemer Dees, Mrs. J. B. Patterson, Mrs. B. P. Lark, Mrs. Clarence Hinson, Mrs. In Area 1 Mrs. Box Plaxico, i Ralph Riddle, Mrs. MUford San- Jr., is chairman. The leaders of j ders, Mrs. E. C. Burdette, Mrs. that section will include Mrs. H. Emma Neal, Mrs. Nell Mills, W. Cleland, Mrs. Irby Ferguson, Mrs. J. B. O’Shields, Mrs. Lois Mrs. C. W. Cooper, and Mrs. Hu- 1 Webb, Mrs. Joan Reese, Miss* bert Todd. Roberta Prince, Mrs, Mitchell, Area ?, Mrs. John Gallman, I Wrs - Ballard, Mrs. p. H. Rob- chairman, includes Mrs. Marion i er ^ s ’ *^ rs - Bobby South, Mrs. Nabors, Mrs. T. W. Taylor, Mrs. w y flttf Mrs Moates, Mrs. BUI W. H. Stephenson, Mrs. Gary Fenn *B. Holcomb, Mrs. Lois Thomley, Mrs. C. S. Quarles, Mrs. Carolus Davis, Mrs. Ralph Tedards. Mrs. T. R. McElveen, Miss Marie Weir. Mrs. David Word, Mrs. B. F. Harvey, Mrs. Glenn Young, Mrs. Joe McGee, Mrs. Dave Mooresfield, Mrs. Tai- In Area 3, Mrs. James Walker, Gaskins Miss Nellie Osborne, chairman, the volunteers in- Mrs. Clyde Trammell, Mrs. Doris elude Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Jr., Estes, Mrs. Bill Nelson. Mrs. T. F. ^loUis, Mrs. Lei and Mrs. Fred Tumblln, president of the Women’s Club of the Clin ton division of CUnton-Lydia madge Simmons, Mrs. Dillard i Mills, is chairman of the drive Boland. ! j n That area. Workers their in- Mrs. E. N. Sullivan and Mrs. elude Mrs. Harry Foster, Mrs. R. E. Sadler, Jr., are co-chair-j Jeanette Starnes,* Mrs. Pauline men of Area 4. Volunteers collect- Profitt, Mrs. C. T.. Satterfield, ing in the “Mothers March” in 1 Mrs. Josephine Allman, Mrs. Gus that vicinity are Mrs. W. P. Jac-. Blakely, Mrs. Eva West, Mrs.' obs, III, Mrs. Leaman Jones,! Shirley Nelson, Mrs. Fran Lan- Mrs. Louis Stephen^, Mrs. Wy- [-caster, Mrs. M. W. Adams, Mrs. man Shcaly, Mrs. Hugh Jacobs, Edna Terry, Mrs. Grace Wooten, Mrs. James Wolfe, Mrs. Russ Mrs. Eunice Braswell, Mrs. Mis- Emerson, Mrs. Murphey Tim-! souri Wilkie, Mrs. Fallow, Mrs. merman, Mrs. Callie Gault, Mrs. Shirley Roberts, Mrs. Ella Har- Fred' Bragg, Mrs. Marcel Wid-1 vey, Mrs. Nell O’Shields, Mrs. mer, Mrs. Robert Vance, Mrs. Betty Webb, Mrs. Lois- Wehunt. Julian Bolick, Mrs. Billy Dicus, 1 Mrs. Lois Davis is chairman Mrs. Ed Campbell, Mrs. Marion! of Area 6. * Hiers. nf ArL s eW h Hay u chair f^ n Hampton Avenue of Area 5, where workers include 'wu-ta Mrs. Abit Alexander, Mrs. James • IA Meeting Neal, Mrs. Samie Pinson, Mrs. I The Hampton Avenue Parent- JudsonDavis Mrs. Ernest Ouzts, Teacher Association will meet Mrs. S. T. Plowden, Mrs. H. J. ^ . „ . „ 4 ^ Mangum. ' Tuesday. February 4, at 8:00 p. In Lakewood, Mrs. Frank m in 1116 school auditorium. The Meadows is chairman, with Mrs. meeting will be devoted to a dis- Sam Seawright, Mrs. Charles cussion of school construcUon. Hughes, and Mrs. Irving Seigler w - B. SoutherUn of Columbia, as solicitors. School House Construction.Super- Mrs. George Brockenbrough is visor for the 8011111 Carolina De in charge of collecting contri- partment of Education, will be butions in the Merrie Oaks resi- 1 ® ues ^ speaker, dential section. * I Parents of children who will be The Women’s Club of Lydia entering Hampton Avenue School division of Clinton-Lydia Mills is j in the next few years, as well as in charge of the Mothers’ March those whose children are now at- for that area, with Mrs. Keith tending the school, are asked to McGee, president of the club, as \ attend. Clinton Lineman Signs at PC Marion W. Freeman, star lineman with the Clinton High football team last fall, is pictured here as he signs an athletic grant-in-aid to attend Presbyterian College and play with the Blue Hose for the next '*~ years. Standing behind him, left to right, are: Clinten Coach Claude Howe, PC Assistant Coach BUy T§ter» andj Clinton Assistant Coach Herman jJackaen. man, the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Shands Street, was captain of the ~ 1963. He has played three years o years of baseball for Clinton High, „ „ pact his athletic ability to help the Bftee Hose In both sports.—Photo by Yarborough. Jackson. Free* ootbell and three