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PC Gets Gift From Gulf Dr. Marc C. Weersing, president of Presbyterian College, ia pictured above right, accepting a check from the Gulf Oil Corporation. The grant of $402 was given for unrestricted use in developing the educational pro gram as part of Gulfs nationwide policy of financial aid to higher education. Presenting the check to Dr. Weersng is H. M. O’Kelly of Clinton, area representa tive for the Gulf Oil Corporation. Chandler of Commerce Hears of Zoning Moves Referendum Set , On Tech Center Columbia — Laurens County’s participation in an area techni cal education program would be decided by the voters in a refer endum proposed in legislation for June 9. Rep. Marshall Abercrombie introduced a bill in the House Tuesday providing for an elec tion on the matter. Sen. King Dixon of Laurens County said he is in accord with the referen dum. Voters would be asked in the special election if they favor the county’s participation in the technical education program at a cost of $23,500. The proposed center would be financed and used by a multi-county area. Results of the referendum would be filed with the county legislative delegation. Magistrate McCrary Seeking Reelection Magistrate Sara H. McCrary, who has been serving the Clin ton area for many years, was among the candidates who quali fied for entry in the Democratic primary on Monday, Magistrate McCrary express ed his appreciation to voters of Hunter Township for electing him to the post in the past, and pledged his bes tefforts in con tinuing to serve acceptably if returned to the office. ©iff (Elintmi (Ehrunirlf Vd. 65 — No. 12 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 19, 1964 March of Dimes Reports County Gave $10,505 Three In Race for State Senate R. B. Curry, Jr., member of the Greenwood Planning and Zoning Commission, told a Chamber of Commerce audience Tuesday night that a plan is needed for over-all planning for zoning and parking problems faced by a city. The session was a member ship supper meeting of the chamber especially to hear representatives from Green wood in regard to zoning and parking. Algo heard was Mayor W. L. Leary Of Greenwood, who ex plained the procedure of set ting up a planning and zoning body, citing the importance of support of the Chamber of Rites Or Sunday For Mn. Copeland Mrs. Lena Moseley Copeland, •0, wife of T. D. Copeland of 201 Calvert Ave., died at her home early Saturday morning after several years of declining health. A native of Newberry County, she lived in Clinton most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Hanson Colbert and Lucin da Caroline Brown Moseley. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons, T. Heath and Carol White Copeland of Clinton; and four grandsons. Funeral services were conduc ted Sunday at 4 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church by Dr. Wil liam Redd Turner. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Pallbearers were William Brooks Owens, I. Mac Adair, James T. Addison, S. Taylor Martin, Julian S. Bolick, G. Pringle Copeland, J. Sloan Todd and R. P. Hamer. The honorary escort included the elders of the First Presby terian Church, Dr. George R. Blalock and Dr. R. M. Fuller. Commerce. He also told of ef forts to solve their parking problems. The meeting was arranged by Don Creighton, chairman of the Public Affairs of the Clin ton chamber. He introduced others from Grenewood, includ ing Wells Henderson, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Alvin Parker, manager of the chamber; and A. L. Atkinson, Greenwood city manager. Also introduced was John Holland Hunter, recently nam ed vice-president of the Clinton chamber. President H. F. Blalock pre sided and welcomed members and guests, including Mayor J. J. Cornwall and . members of city council. Mr. Curry stressed that an intensive and time-consuming planning period is necessary before a city should move to ward establishing zoning ordi- “Once you have a step-by- stfp plan,” he said, “then move with courage and deter- minatton to see it through.” Solicit the aid of the State Highway Department, visit oth er cities, study and compare zoning ordinances of other cit ies. The one drawn up should incorporate the best features of all. “When you have your ordi nance, get started,” Mr. Cur ry said. “Do not be afraid of public reaction. As a rule, most pepole are waiting for zoning. Those who are not us ually approve it by the time it is completed.” Mr. Curry stated that good planning plays a major part in getting new industry, and is needed for the protection of industry. He recited Greenwood’s moves to solve parking prob lems by securing eight or ten small., parking lots and one large? area. f Heavy Rains Cause Dam Break Ttts dun on the Bdgmr Copeland farm at the mat- era edge of the dty gave way Sunday morning and spilled water ova* the road to Lydia Mill. Little, if any damage was done to the road or low-lying areas below the dam and road. Heavy rains Saturday and Satarday^ night overflowed the dam and caused the by Quinton. BEV. HARRY CHANDLER Special Services Begin Sunday Nighl r At Broad St. Church Broad Street Methodist Church will have a series of revival ser vices during Holy r _ ning Palm Sunday evening, Mar. 22, and continuing through Thursday evening, March 28. The services on Sunday eve ning will begin at 7:30 o’clock, and on the other evenings at 8:00 o’clock. The services will include spe cial emphasis on themes of Holy Week as well as general revival emphasis, and will include con gregational singing and music by the choir. The Sunday eve ning services has been designat ed as “youth night.” Bringing the message each everting will be the Reverend W. Harry Chandler, Superintendent of the Greenwood District of the South Carolina Methodist Con ference. Mr. Chandler is a native of Spartanburg County, and a graduate of Wofford College and the Candler School of Theology, Emory University. Since begin ning his active ministry in 1940, he has served pastorates at Kel- ton, Saxon, Province, Green ville, Winnsboro, and Columbia. He assumed his present office as the Superintendent of the Green wood District in June of 1963. The Rev. Albert S. Harvey, pastor, extends a cordial invita- tion to everyone to attend any or all of these services. Parcel Posl Rates To Go Up April 11= Postmaster W. D. Adair re minded residents of Clinton that an effective date of April j has'been set for new domestic parcel post rate increases. The parcel post increase— approved recently by the In terstate Commerce Commis sion and averaging about 13.1% —Is expected to yield about $75.4 million annually. The last parcel post increase was on February 1, 1980, the postmaster pointed out. To illustrate the effect of the new rates here, Mr. Adair not ed that a six-pound parcel— which Is the average weight— for local delivery will cost 37c instead of 22c. Bi-County Bond Concert In Belk Auditorium Sunday A bi-county all-star band, com prising around 125 students from Greenwood and Laurens County schools, will give a concert Sun day, March 22, in Belk Audito rium at 3:30. A rehearsal will be held Sat urday, the 21st, in the auditori um by band members from Lau rens, Clinton, Hickory Tavern, Ford, Greenwood, Ware Shoals and Ninety Six Schools. The public la Invited to attend tha A total of $10,505.04 was col lected during the March of Dimes campaign in Laurens County, according to Larry Gar, chairman, of Laurens. Mr. Gar expressed his thanks for the cooperation and gene- X-Ray Survey Slated For County In April Free chest X-rays will be available to most Laurens Coun ty citizens soon when the mobile X-ray unit of the State Board of Health visits local industries and communities. A chest X-ray may disclose not only tubercu losis but also lung cancer and certain forms of heart disease, it was stated by county health officials. The X-ray survey, to be con ducted April 14 through May 19, will be sponsored by the Laurens County Health Department, the State Board of Health, and the Tuberculosis and Health Asso ciation. Dates and locations will be re leased in the near future, ac cording to the Tuberculosis and Health Association. Training Union Meet Scheduled For Joanna March 26 Western Region Training Un ion Convention will be held at the First Baptist Church, Jo anna, on Thursday, March 6, at 7:00 p. m. Church members in Abbeville, Edgefield, Laurens, Reedy River and Ridge Associations will par ticipate. Jim Smith wick, minister of education, Calvary Church, Asheville, N. C., and Mrs. S. D. Miller of Georgetown, will rep resent the State Department Rev. M. B. Webb, Ridge Asso ciation, is president of the con vention. Junior and intermediate sword drills and young people’s speak ers’ tournament will be conduct ed. b€-chicken stew served -at the Hurricane Bap tist church Thursday, March 19, beginning at 5 o’clock. The stew will be cooked by W. O. Stewart. rosity of residents of the coun ty. In announcing a breakdown of gifts, Mr. Gar stated that $5,910.87 was contributed in the Clinton area (School District 56), and $4,594.17 in the Lau rens area (School District 55). In a further breakdown for the Clinton area, the following amounts were received: spec ial gifts, $364; mothers march, $1,011.15; coin boxes, $57.55; school envelopes, $617.87; teen age division, $2,449.55; civic clubs, $191.50; institutions, $385.47; small businesses, $26.42; Joanna division of area, $690.08; Cross Hill, $56.03; Mountville, $61.25. The Laurens area reported: special gifts, $450; mothers march, $1,247; teenage pro gram, $1,533.87; coin boxes, $55.91; school envelopes, $155.02; colored churches, etc., $426.03; civic clubs, $60; small business es, $13; special events, $490.47; women’s activities, $156.87. $30,000 Verdict Awarded In Court Term At Laurens Laurens — A $30,000 verdict, believed one of the largest of its kind in the history of Laurens County, was awarded in Com mon Pleas Court here Thursday to Mrs. Faye Weathers for in juries she received in a car-truck wreck on Oct. 29, 1960. . The jury deliberated more than three hours before returning the verdict for the plaintiff, Mrs. Weathers, climaxing a trial that began Monday afternoon. Defendants in the damage ac tion were Johnny George Paries and Southern Cotton Division- Hunt Food and Industries, Inc. Parks, according to Mrs. Wea thers’ complaint, was driver of a truck which rammed into the rear of a car in which she was riding on Bypass Highway 78 in Laurens. Wayne Teague of Clin ton, another rider Jo Ore «*»> Whs killed in the collision. Plaintiff’s attorneys were W. T. Jones and Marshall W. Aber crombie. Attorneys for the de fendants were O. L. Long and W. H. Harley. Clerk of Court, Coroner Without Opposition 28 Candidates Qualify for Primaries Dr. James Edward Graham To Deliver Baccalaureate Dr. James Edward Graham, Presbyterian College alumnus who serves as pastor of the Charleston Second Presbyterian Church, will preach the bacca laureate sermon at PC’s 84th commencement exercises on May 31, President Marc C. Weersing announced today. He will bring to the graduat ing seniors the morning message of the full one-day commence ment program. As the opening exercise of the day. It is sche duled to start at 11 a. m. in Belk Auditorium. Bill Appropriates $12,000 To Form County Rescue Squad A bill to appropriate $12,000 to establish a rescue squad for Laurens County was Introduced in the State Senate Wednesday by Senator King Dixon. Dixon stated that House and Senate members from the coun ty, including Representatives Marshall Abercrombie and Dav id S. Taylor, were in agreement oq the measure. The funds would come from the unappropriated surplus funds of the county. That afternoon, Dr. Graham will be one of our outstanding Presbyterian ministers to re ceive an honorary doetpr of di vinity degree as part of the final exercises. Dr. James Edward Graham is president-elect of the Presbyter ian College Alumni Association, and will move up to president of this organiation in 1965. He has been an active alumnus through the years. Graham has served as pastor of the historic Second Presby terian Church, largest in Char leston Presbytery, for the past two years. He went there from the pulpit of the Dothan (Ala.) First Church, and prior to that was pastor of the Portsmouth (Va.) First Church (1948-57), the Savannah (Ga.) First Church (1944-48) and the Sylacauga (Ala.) First Church (194844). A 1935 graduate of Presbyter ian College, Graham received his BD degree from Columbia Theological Seminary in 1940, his ThM from Union Seminary in Richmond in 1948 and his doctor of theology from that in- stiution in 1953. He is married to the former Julie Boinest St. Amand of Summerville, and they have one daughter. Speech, Hearing Assn, of Slate Slates Meet Friday A panel of speakers from the Whitten Vil’age staff will discuss the “Present Program and Plans for Future Training” .of children and adults enrolled at the Village at the two-day pro gram of the S. C. Speech and Hearing Association’s s e m i- annual convention beginning Friday at Whitten Village Cam pus School Building. Chairman of the panel will be W. B. Timmerman, acting di rector of training at the school. Others who will participate will be Dr. B. O. Whitten, superin tendent; Dr. Roy B. Suber, as sistant superintendent; Mr». Ay- liffe Jacobs, supervisor of the school department; and Mrs. Ruth Mathis, social worker. Presiding at a panel discus sion of speech rehabilitation procedures for children at the Village will be Dr. Arthur Weiss, director of the Spartan burg Speech and Hearing Qinic. Panelists will be Mrs. Aileen Lau, Mrs. Melinda Tingler and Miss Sarah Dawson, members of the speech and hearing clinic fit the Village. A social hour followed by din ner and dancing at the Mary Musgrove Hotel are on Friday night’s agenda. When the group reconvenes, at 10 a.m., Saturday they will hear Dr. Vernon Mustian of Greenville speak on the “Neu- rologically Impaired Child.” The association’s business meeting is scheduled at 11 a.m. at the Intensive Treatment Hos pital on the Whitten campus. Laurens County voter-s will! have a field of 17 candidates from which to choose occupants I for six county-w ide offices in tho June Democratic primaries. In addition, there are 11 can didates for seven wtosnhip mag istrate posts. The candidates qualified for in Two Candidates Withdraw From Race For House Two candidates who qualified on Monday for the race for of Representatives from entry in the primaries during T aiU ’ > ^ County withdrew on the past two weeks. The time for ^ uesday. qualifying ended Monday at 12 Jof ' Holland, of Clinton, noon, and at least one candidate 1 manager of a supermarket, said waited until the final minute to he drew out of the race because sign up, it was reported o'contemplating expansion plans which would prevent him from County-wide offices at stake are the State Senate, House of Representatives, Clerk of Court, County Commissioners (2), Sheri'f, and Coroner. Ma;,jstrate offices to be filled are in the following townships: Laurens, Hunter (Clinton), Hun ter (outside of C’inton), Scuffle- town, Cross Hill, Dials, and devoting the necessary time to the job, after discussion with company officials. Joe B. Medlock, of Laurens stated that he withdrew for reasons of health. The two withdrawals leaves four candidates to compete for two seats in the House. Youngs. No vacancy exists in three Magistrate Robert E. Elmore townships: Jacks, Waterloo and wil l be opposed by W. P. Aber- Sullivan. These magistrate posts crombie. were filled by appointment since In Dials Township, Magistrate the last election and the terms M; Curry will be opposed by will not expire until 1967 and i Mar vin R. Ross. 1988. State Senator King Dixon is opposed for reelection by two candidates, William C. Dobbins, former representative in the legislature, and David S. Tay lor, present representative, the i Eight PC Seniors Complete Work Presb yterian College sen- Th the race for the House of! iors completed work toward Representatives six candidates their de « re es during the first will vie for the two seats, i semester of the 1963-64 session, are present Representative Mar shall Abercrombie, J. C. League Vestus L. W’ehunt, Joe S. Ho! land. Joe B. Medlock, and Wil Ham H. McNinch. Registrar Roslyn Martin an nounced today. They will receive diplomas at the college’s 84th commence ment exercises on May 31. In- Fire Destroys tville Home The D. L. Carroll family lost everything when fire destroyed the two-etory house they occupied in the Mountiville community last Wedneslay about noon. The house, owned bv Miss Ruth Stokes, burned to the ground. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll, both of whom work In Clinton, were awav from home when the blase was dis covered. Paaaemby saved some furniture.—Photo by Paul Quinton. VESTUS L. WEHUNT Wehunt Announces House Candidacy Vestus L. Wehunt, of Joanna, has announced himself as a can didate fo^ the House of Repre sentatives from Laurens County. Born and raised in Joanna, a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. We hunt, he is 32 years of age. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College and Clinton High School. He served two years as an enlisted man in the U. S. Army, was formerly employed by the FBI and Laurens Carpet Mill. » He is married to the former Miss Billie Hooper of Clinton and they have two children, Johnny, 10, and Ginger. 7. BiN Would Reduce Work Hours To 40 At Whitten Village A bill to create a committee jtudy the feasibility of reduc ing the hours worked by em ployees of Whitten Village was introduced in jthe Senate Wed nesday by Senator King Dixon of Laurens Copnty. The committee would be com posed of six members, three from the House, and would study the matter of reducing work hours at the Clinton state school to a maximum of forty hours per week. The committee would report its findings and recommenda tions at the beginning of the 1985 session of the General As sembly. Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson, clud ed in this group are: seeking reelection for his second Bachelor of Arts Degree — term, will be opposed by Leroy! Mrs - FI cda Earle Chandler of (Bud) Keeble and Leonard G Spartanburg;. Benjamin Milton Bragg. , Fulton. Jr., of Walterboro; County Commissioners Paul S Slay den Morrison, Jr., O’Dell and George M. Penland of Asheville, N. C.; and Wil- will have one opponent. Paul iani I* < ‘ wis Russell. Jr., of Char- Brown. ! lotte. Clerk of Court Walter E. Dun-j Bachelor of Science Degree — lap will be unopposed, as will, B 0,,in Dews Butler of Orlando, Coroner Marshall N. Pressley, j F,a : Charles Edmund Hop kins, Jr., of W’aycross, Ga.; Frederick Cochran Meyers of Hinsdale, 111.: and Mark Dunk- ’in Sullivan III of Kershaw. Three Magistrates', Mrs. Lu- cil’e M. W’atts of Laurens Town ship, J. W\ Scurry of Cross Hill, and Claude A. Patton of Youngs, will be unopposed. t _ ■ i « « - In Hunter Township at Clin-1 VJIl UlStmgulShed LIST ton, Magistrate Sam H. McCrary j Grace Virginia Orr, of Clin- will be opposed by Charles (Bud-: ton. "won a place on the distin- dy) Oakley. guished list at Winthrop Cloegle, In Hunter Township outside of Rock Hill, for her academic ex- Clinton, Magistrate J. Derriil cellence during the first semes- Bozard of Joanna will be oppos- ter. rd by R. C. Wilkie. She is the daughter of Mr. and In Scuffletown Township, Mrs. IV. W. Orr, of Route 1. FFA Sweetheart and Runner-up Miss Sandra Bolt was chosen as the 1964 Miss FFA Sweetheart on Friday night at the annual session of the Greenwood-Laurens Future Farmers of Federation at CHnton High School. Sandra, a jt Hickory Tavern High School, is the daughter and Mrs. R. A. Bolt. First runner-up Cloudus of Greenwood High School, and Mrs. R. W. Cloudus of Ninety Six. left to right, are Mias Dot Pitta, ret‘ ‘ heart, Miss Bolt, and Miss Cldudus.- Motes. A