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> . . _ • 77 ' '• • ’ (Clittion N Vol. 65 — No. 9 Clinton, S. C. # Thursday, February 27, 1964 — C" * -Lydia Mills 'Old Timers' Club To Meet On Friday The ninth annual meeting of the Clinton-Lydia Mills “Old Timers” Club will be held Friday evening at 7:00 o'clock in the Thorn well dining hall. One hundred and fifty-two men and women with continuous ser vice records of 25 years and over comprise membership of the clubs and will be guests of honor at the gathering. Dr. Charles H. ad- Wilder Named Successor Anderson Resigns From School Post Art Exhibit Creative works -of the Presbyterian College Community were shown at the second annual exhibition of the PC fine arte studio. Viewing some of the can vas and sculpture creations here are. left to right: Mrs. Edouard Patte, wife of the studio’s sponsor; Carl J. Free man, instructor in biology; and Tony Brown, assistant professor of English. —Photo by Yarborough. County Democratk Convention Slated for Monday at Court House Gibbony, of Augusta, will dress the group. President Robert M. Vance, a member of the senior group, will present engraved watches and jeweled service pins to three em ployees who recently completed 25 years continuous service with the companies. Susie Banks of ^.ydia, Roy Ginn and Truman Leopard of Clinton are the new members to be honored. Committee Studies Proposals For New Elementary School Joanna Way, Sloan Get Freedom Award Moderator To Visit A. R. P. Church In response to a request from the Hampton Avenue Parent- Teacher Association, the Board of Trustees of School District 56 has formed a committee to study proposals for a new elementary school building to replace the present structure. Members of the committee are J. A. Orr, D. H. Roberts, and S. C. Blackmon of the Board of Trustees; Frank C. Sherill, Lewis S. Hay, and Mrs. L. H. Savel- koul of the P. T. A.; and Wilmot Shealy, Mrs. William Johnson, and Miss Agnes Davis of the Hampton Avenue School. Joanna Cotton Mills Company’s magazine, “The Joanna Way,” was honored by announcement on Washingtons’ birthday that the publication was the recipient of one of the 1963 awards of the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, for “an out standing accomplishment irt help ing to achieve a better under standing of the American Way W. R. Anderson, superintendent of Laurens County School District 56, has resigned the post he has held for many years, according to announcement made yesterday morning by James Von Hollen, chairman of the school board of trustees. Clinton Students On DeansMists Clinton students making high scholastic records at college during the past semester in clude the following: Converse College Ame Lou Black, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Black; and Barbara Eichelberger, ot Life.” This year s Honor Cer-I^^ ot Mrs - Hugh Elchel - tificate was the second consecu-j live citation from Freedoms Foundation for Joanna. Last year’s award was the George Washington Honor Medal. __ ^ ... Duplicate awards will be pre- Three more members will be sented j 0 anna Cotton Mills Com- Furman Barbara Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Anderson; James A. Orr, III, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Orr. Laurens County Democratic Clubs elected officers In organi sation meetings Saturday after noon and named delegates to the county convention. The reorganization of the clubs was effected to conduct primar ies scheduled for June. The county Democratic con. vention will be held Monday in the court house at Laurens, be ginning at 10 a m.. Officers and ’h state executive committeeman will be elected and delegates named to the state convention. It is expected that several res olutions will be presented to the convention for adoption or re jection. Immediately following the con. vention a meeting of the execu tive committee (executive com mitteeman from each precinct) will be held to set entry fees for candidates, arrange a campaign schedule, and to transact other R. L. Plaxico of Clinton, is current Chairman of the Demo cratic Party for Laurens Coun ty, and O. L. Long of Laurens is present State Executive Com mitteeman. Plaxico, who has served as chairman for a period of ten years, has stated that he will not be a candidate for reelection to the post. 4 Following are officers and delegates to the county conven tion of Clinton Precincts Nos. 1 and 2. Others were not avail able at press time. CLINTON NO. 1 Clyde O. Teague, president; R. L. Plaxico, vice-president; Ar thur Howard, secretary; J. J. Clark, executive committeeman. Delegates; Teague, Plaxico, Howard, Clark, Rhett Adair, Mrs. Rhett Adair, V. P. Adair, Mrs. V. P. Adair, George W. Copeland, Mrs. George W. Cope land, J. L. Arnold, S‘. A. Pitts, Homer Jones, Cecil ,E. White, Louie niornley, Mrs. Louis Thornley, L. S. Reddeck, Lewis Bagwell, Jr., J. M. DeYoung, Frank Simpson, Joe W. Leake. CLINTON NO. 2 Harry C. Layton, president; L. H. Lott, vice-president; Rufus E. Sadler, secretary; Charles H. Johnson, executive committee man. .. Delegates: Layton, Lott, Sad ler, Johnson, Sam H. McCrary, F. L. Pearson, Mrs. Nene Work man, W. R. Anderson, Tom Plax ico, Cecil P. Wilson, Harry Mc- Sween, T. Heath Copeland, W. Brooks Ovens, Dan Yarborough, Ferd Jacobs, Jr., L. W. Cooper, Dr. C. B. Betts, C. E. Galloway, Tommy Hollis, i The county convention will be composed of 251 delegates from the 46 precinct clubs. In most cases, it was pointed out, precinct delegates are em powered to appoint their alter nates in case they themselves can not attend the convention. Rescue Squad Application Blanks Are Now ‘ Bonus Spring Progrom Set Concert Association Drive Slated March 9-14 Four outstanding musical atr tractions have been lined up for the Clinton Community Concert Association’s forth coming season, opening March 2 with a spring membership drive. A definite booking for a spring concert presented as a bonus was announced yester day by Drive Chairman Mrs. Frank Sherrill. It is planned with the proviso that enough memberships are raised during the campaign, Mrs. Sherrill said. The American Jazz Ensem ble. the Chicago Little Sym phony and the Revelers Mala Quartet, making a return ca- ■gagemegt, will appear on the 1964-69 program, along with Folk Singers Evelyn and Bob Beers, the bonus attraction, coming shortly after the drive is concluded. These groups were selected, Mrs. Sherill said, on the basis of a poll taken from members at the last concert of the cur rent season. It -Is hoped that ville, and George Olsen of Newberry College. Officers of the Community Concert Association are Dr. R. H. Dawson, president; A. R. Hamilton, vice-president; Mrs. Larry Savelkoul, secretary; Miss Rebecca Speake, treas- r Sherrill, assisted by To Addf6SS Mrs. Ronald Burnside, mem bership; Mrs. Henderson Pitts, dinner; Col. A. J. Thackston, concert chairman; and Ed Campbell, appointments. Adult memberships are $7.50 and students, $3.00. Subscrip tions including the Greenville concerts are $11.50 for adults, and $4.00 for students. In addi tion to Greenville, Clinton has a reciprocal agreement with Anderson and Greenwood, but at no extra charge. Attendance at concerts, all at Beik Audito rium, is by membership tick et only. Application forms for those who wish to become members of the Laurens County Rescue Squad have been placed at vari ous locations over the county, according to Lykes S. Hender son, chairman of the committee making arrangements for organi zing the squad. Interested persons may secure forms at the following places; Sheriff’s office in Laurens, Gray Court city hall, Clinton police department. Ernest Pinson’s Ser vice Station at Cross Hill, Smith’s Service S t a t i o n at Waterloo, Pressley’s Grocery in Lhe Ekom Community, Nabors Service Sta tion at Joanna, Buck’s Auto Sales at Hickory Tavern. Prospective applications are requested to go to the nearest point, fill out the forms and leave them. They will be picked up periodically, with March 6 as the final date. The first training period will be on March 10 at the court house in Laurens at 7:30 p. m. Dr. Charles R. Younts, mode-, ratoc^of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod, will visit the Clinton Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church on Monday, March 2. Dr. Younts is the first moderator to be elected for a second term by the synod since 1812. He has served as a mem ber of the Erskine College board and now acts as treasurer of the college. He was in the petrol eum business - for almost fifty years, his last connection being as president of the Plantation Pipeline Co. Dr. Younts promised to visit every church in the synod during his term of office. He has insti tuted a number of programs in the denomination. While in Clin ton, he will meet with the elders, deacons, woman’s society offi cers, and the congregation-at- large. There will be a covered- dish supper at the church at 6:30 p. m., to honor him and to give the members an opportunity to meet him. After the supper, Dr. Younts will present a short talk, using slides,- on the work of the local church, the presbytery and the. synod. I chosen by the committee from the town at large. James Von Hollen, Chairman of the Board, has stated that a referendum will be sought when plans progress to the point that construction may proceed. Completes Work For Degree at Winthrop Miss Sylvit Jean King, Clin ton student at Winthrop Col lege, Rock Hill, completed re quirements for a Bachelor of Science degree at the close of the first semester. Miss King is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hall King. Mountville Grange Hears Power Official Scott Millar of the Duke Power Company gave a safety program at the regular meeting of the Mountville Grange Thursday eve ning, February 20. Mr. Millar’s talk on safety cov ered many facets and a film “Anatorhy of An Accident” was shown. Mr. Millar was accompanied by James Addy of the Duke Pow. er Company in Laurens County. Game Biologist i 7 Kiwanians Tonight Clinton. Kiwanians will hear an address on wildlife of this area at their second February meeting tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock. It will be dleivered by Walter Schroder, game biologist with the South Carolina Wildlife Di vision. He will give special em phasis to deer and turkey to be found in this area, and will illustrate his remarks. Schroder is a native of Rock Hill and a graduate of Colo rado State College. pany and James P. Sloan, under whose direction the magazine has been published for the past four teen years. The four other South C a r ol i n a Individuals recieving awards are General Mark W. Clark, president of The Citadel, for an untitled address; Dr. R. Archie Ellis, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Colum bia; Dr. Carl Honeycutt, pastor of the Ebenezer L u*t h e r a n Church; and Dr. Heyward W. EpUng, of Charleston—for ser mons. The Greenville Civitan Club was presented the principal award of $500 in the Community Programs category. In addition to Mr. Sloan, others who contribute to Joanna’s monthly magazine are the follow ing staff members: Mrs. Edna R. Foy, Mrs. Alice G. Sloan, and Julian S. Bolick. Photographic staff members are Gwen P. Clark, Mrs. Julia H. Yarborough, and Ellis Huffstetler. Freedoms Foundation was founded in 1949 to undergird our constitutional Republic and com bat the increasing threat of So cialistic Communism to the American Way of Life. Dwight D. Eisenhower is Honorary Chairman and Herbert Hoover is Honorary President. ‘ Non-profit, non-sectarian, non partisan, and non-political, the Foundation’s sole purpose is to encourage all Americans to un derstand and defend the rights, freedoms and responsibilities they enjoy as Americans under our constitutional democratic form of government. Using the free enterprise prin ciples of incentive and reward, Freedoms Foundation conducts an annual National Awards pro gram based on the America Cre do which reaches into Main Street, U. S. A., encouraging and stimulating citizens of every age level to think, write, speak and act in behalf of the American Way of Life. Halsall To Attend Duke Symposium Anderson, who will retire, will be succeeded by Robert P. Wil der. assistant superintendent and principal of Clinton High School. The change will be effective at the close of the fiscal year. Mr. Anderson resigned at a Earl B. Halsall, assistant pro fessor of political science at Pres byterian College, will attend a symposium on the “Soviet Im pact on International Law” at Duke University Law School on Friday and Saturday. Well-known authorities in the field will lead the discussions of this program which serves as the annual conference of the As sociation of Student Internation al Law Societies and the south eastern regional conference of the American Society of Interna tional Law.' t Among those appearing on the program will be: representatives of the U. S. State Department; Commerce Secretary Luther H. Hodges; Victor P. Karpov, first secretary of the Russian Envoy; and representatives from the Harvard and Yale law schools. meeting of the board earlier in the week, and announcement was made Wednesday when Mr. Wil der indicated his acceptance of the position. Anderson, a graduate of Pres byterian College, served for a number of years as principal of the high school, later going to Woodruff as superintendent for two years, and returning to Clin ton as superintendent! When the county was divided into two school districts, rather than about a dozen, he was made su perintendent of what is roughly the lower half of the county, comprising a school system cen tered around Clinton High School. Mr. Wilder is a graduate of Furman University, and served first as coach and teacher at the high school. He has served as principal for many years and two years ago was made assistant su perintendent of the school district as well. A more complete story will ap pear in the next issue of The Chronicle. Attend Attending Classes The Clinton High School Transportation Club was represented last Friday by the above four students at the 10th annual S. C. Youth Traffic Safety Conference held at Columbia College, They are, left to right, Myr tle Williams, Jerry Coker, Gloria Jackson and Janet Lawson, the latter serving as leader of the bus driver group. Avery Smith, sponsor of the club, accompanied them and attended the adult discusion group. Student groups met separately for their discussions.—Photo by Paul Quinton. , t In High Point, N. C. Mrs. Dessie Jean Roberts, ol Lawson Furniture Co.. Joanna, is attending a special furniture sales and display program this week in High Point, N. C. Sponsored by the Southern Re tail Furniture Association, class es began Monday and will con tinue through Friday. j-. the appeal of the 1964-69 offer ings will be widespread, as these were the top four types of concerts asked for by those checking their selection list. Renewal memberships will be sought next week by a regi ment of workers in the Clinton, Joanna, Newberry and Laurens areas. The following week, a kickoff dinner will open the drive for new memberships. It lasts through the week of March 9-14. Workers and association offi cers will meet at 7:30 p. m., March 9, at the Mary Mus- grore with the New York rep- n—entative, Mrs. Mary Wal lace. At this time workers’ kits will be . distributed and the downtown headquarters at the hotel will be officially opened tor tiie week. Division chairmen for the drive are Mrs. James Wolfs, Mrs. Reese Young, Mrs. Harry SoHck, Mrs. Jiunes Yon Hbl- kn, Mrs. Eva Land, Mrs. Lew is Hay, and Mrs. Sara Dixon of Laurens, Mrs of of CHS Students At Safely Conference Commerce Body Names Directors Republicans Meet Saturday, 3:00 P. M. Clinton Boys. In Laurens Collision This is the demolished 1961 Renault in which Roy Lee Lyda, Jr., of Academy St., and Jimmy Blackwell of Sloan S(t, both of Clinton, were injured Saturday night about 10 o'clock when their oar was in collision with a 1961 Ford truck on W. Mate St. in Laurens. The accident occurred as Arthur Lea PhUson of Lau rens, was said to have been driving the truck on the wrong ride of the street Both bora in thin Renault: were taken to the Laurens District Hospital, according to investigating officers R. M. Cox and W. Saunders. —Photo by Mason Motes. —Hinton High School delegates to the 10th South Carolina Youth Traffic Safety Conference at Co- lumbua College, February 21, were Janet Lawson, who served as co-leader in the bus drivers group, Myrtle Williams, Jerry Coker and Georgia Jackson. Ac companying the group was Avery Smith, director of school bus transportation in District 56. The keynote speaker of the conference, the theme of wfyich was “Safety—Target for Tomor row” was Dr. McLeod Frampton, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Orangeburg. Dr. Frampton urged the delegates to prepare themselves both spiritu ally and mentally to face the problems that will soon confront them. Other speakers included Lester L. Bates, Mayor of Columbia; S. N. Pearman, . Chief Highway Commissioner; and John Loots, Chairman of the South Carolina Highway Safety Committee. A resolution adopted by the delegates and sent to the state legislature was to establlkh an nual car inspection in South Carolina. v . Other topics considered were the schools* role In safety, park ing problems at high schools, and the need of driver education in South Carolina. K In the bus driver group the Five new directors have been elected by the Chamber of Com merce in a mail ballot. v They were Pringle Copeland, Claude Crocker, L. O. Edwards, L. V. Powell and R. S. Truluck. Their terms will begin on April 1 and they will serve for three years. Retiring directors are H. F. Blalock, A. B. Godfrey, Robert E. Johnson, R. H. McGee and L. Ray Pitts. Announcement of the election of the new directors was made Tuesday morning at a meeting of the Board of Directors at Hotel Mary Musgrove. President Bla lock presided. Named to serve on the nomi nating committee to secure a slate of officers for 1964-65 were A. B. Godfrey, T. Heath Cope land and Robert E. Johnson. The civic affairs committee, D. G. Creighton, chairman, will make plans for the general mem bership supper set for March 17 at Hotel Mary Musgrove at 7:30. Republicans will hold their county convention Sautrday af ternoon at 3. o’clock .in the court house at Laurens, ac cording to announcement. by Niles E. Hanna, county chair man. Major Spiders' Unit Is Cited Chamber Seeks New Members In Drive An Air Force magazine, “Combat Crew,” has cited Crew 6-83 of the 99th Bomb Squadron for safety honors for the month of February. The crew Is under the com mand of Major Jack S. Spil- lers, based at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. To gain a citation, a crew must maintain a continued rec- A special meeting of the mem bership of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce was held at Hotel Mary Musgrove, Tuesday morn ing with Francis Blalock, presi dent, presiding. The items of business as stated in a notice mailed to the mem bers were to set up a drive tor more members and to increase the annual membership invest ment by $5 (from $25 to $30). This increase was approved. The increase will begin as of April 1, with statements mailed March 31 showing the increase. The members with other anniversary billing dates will be billed ac cordingly, it was stated. Col. L. D. Lott, finance chair man, pointed out the need for an increase in the budget by ord of safe operation and pro- more than $17000 with the addi- fessional performance. tion of an executive vice-presi- Major Spillers is the son of dent to the Chamber staff. To Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Spillers meet this increase an additional of Clinton. To Enter Charleston Hospital For Surgery Lee Tumblin, 4V4 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy A. Tumblin, will enter the Medical College Hospital in Charleston to- morrow where she will undergo open heart surgery on Tuesday, March 3. She will be accompan. led by Mrs. Tumblin. 30 new or increased memberships will Jje needed in addition to the $5 annual increase, he said. J. Robert Cox and L. Ray Pitts, co-chairmen of the membership committee set up the member ship drive. Prospect and member cards were assigned to mem bers of the membership drive i^mmittee^ Members of this com mittee will work in teams and to report back to the Chamber office by March 3. To Inaugurate Weersing As College Head May 5 Dr. Marc C. Weersing will be < official delegates and the presi- inaugurated as 14th president of dent’s reception. Presbyterian College in special V ance said he had appointed ceremonies scheduled for May 5, Trustee Chairman Robert M. Vance of Clinton announced to day. He said a man speaker for the occasion will be announced in the near future. According to present tentative plans, the in augural address will culminate a formal afternoon program which will include a luncheon for these members of an inaugura tion committee to plan the oc casion: Joseph M. Gettys, chair man; Dr. DWmar Rhame of Clin ton, trustee and alumni repre sentative; Dr. K. Nolon Carter, chemistry department chairman; Dr. Hollis Cate, acting chairman of the English department; Dr. Thomas Connelly, history depart ment chairman; John S. Glover, qctihg chairman of romance languages; and Ben Hay Ham- met, director of alumni and pub lic relations. Dr. Weersing assumed his du ties as president last August 1, when he succeeded the retiring Dr. Marshall W. Bpwn. Gasoline Tanker Catches On Fire members discussed the point system and the disciplinary prob lems confronted by bus drivers. They also voted for a recommen dation for a five dollar monthly increase In salary- The Clinton High drivers stressed especially the use of bus patrolmen. \ Fire threatened to engulf this gasoline tanker as it was passing through GHnten Tuesday morning at 6:15. The left rear section was ablaze, apparently caused by overheated bearings or brakes in the left rear wheel. The local fire department responded to the call and ex tinguished the maze. The tanker was owned by Farm ers Coal and Fliri Company of Newberry, and driven by David Copeland.—Photo by Paul Quinton. r t First Baptist Churcfi To Observe Missions Week Week of Prayer for Home Mis sions will be observed at the First Baptist Church from March 2 through 6. The schedule is as follows: 3:00 p.m. Monday, March 2, with Runyan Circle in charge of program./ *' 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March S the Langston Circle in charge. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Mardk 4 with the Sara Cason CM* in charge. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Maeek S with the Pattern* CM* la charge. “sa.TWSftM: The