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& — The Clinton Chronicle Vol. 65 — No. 24 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 11,1964 Dobbins, Dixon in Run-Over for State Senate % 9 Abercrombie, League, Johnson, O'Dell and Penland Victors -Yarkorwuh Ph*t* Site to Be Used As Policing Lot Council Lets Contract For Removing Hotel Building The old Clinton Hotel building, at the corner of South Broad Street and East Carolina Ave nue. will be torn down within the next several weeks, according to a contract agreed upon Friday night by the city of Clinton and E. C. Brazell of Columbia. The agreement was reached at the June meeting of City Coun cil, and calls for razing the structure and cleaning off the site within 110 days. Brazell will pay the city $2,500 for salvage rights. The city recently purchased the building and site from the Mississippi Youngs, a local fam ily, for $47,500. At the same time, the Youngs made a gift of $1,000 to the city to be applied on the construction of a city hall on the site at some future date. The site, after demolishing the building, a landmark in the com munity, will be used as a muni cipal parking lot. The council session was pre sided over by Mayor J. .J Corn wall, with the following aider- men present: Boyd Holtzclaw, S. A. Pitts, Harry C. Layton, George W. Bagwell and James C. Craine. Alderman L. W. Cooper was out of the city. A petition signed by residents of the College View Heights re questing installation of sewer lines in that section was present ed to council. Fred Burnett Jr., spokesman for the petitioners, said the sec tion is faced with a dangerous health problem caused by inade quate sewer facilities. The area recently was annexed to the city. Burnett requested council to in clude College View Heights in any scheduled sewer expansion programs of the city. The sec tion is composed of about 25 homes. Mayor Cornwall stated that Council would begin to make plans for the project as soon as practicable. Council adopted an ordinance regulating the hours of establish ments selling beer within the city, requiring them to close from midnight until 5 a.m. Council reorganized the seven- member Recreation Commission by naming the following mem bers: Dorsey Turner, Ward 1', L. S. Reddeck, ward 2; George Frady, ward 3; Marvin Gault, ward 4; Joel Cox, ward 5; D. C. Whitman, ward 6. Harry Mc- Sween was named to continue as secretary-treasurer. The com mission will select its own chair man. Council approved an exchange Voting in Democratic Primary Tuesday Mias Irene Workman and John L. Mimnaugh are shown here taking the oath as they voted at Clinton’s Precinct No. 2 Tuesday in the Democratic pri mary. The oath is being read to them by Arthur Howard. Other precinct managers are Mrs. John Davis, V. Parks Adair, and Mrs. Russell Emerson. —Photo by Dan Yarborough. Children's Story Hour To Begin At Library Friday Children’s Story Hour will be gin this week at the Children’s and Young People’s Library at Presbyterian College. The story hour will be held from 10-11 a. m. every Friday during the summer by Mrs. James S. Gray, children’s libra rian, and volunteer assistants. Summer hours for the chil dren’s library are 2:30-5:00 p. m. weekdays, and 8:30-12 noon on Saturdays. It is closed Sundays. Mrs. Gray asks that parents en courage their children to visit the library and continue their reading during the summer months. The Children’s Library is a branch of the Laurens County Public Library. Swimming Lessons ,To Begin Monday Clinton and Lydia Mill pools will begin swimming lessons for non-swimmers on Monday, it is announced. Classes will begin at 9 a.m. at both pools for children nine to 15 years of age. Children under nine years will begin at 10:30. The classes will continue for two weeks. Parents interested in enrolling children are asked to bring them and give their names and ages to attendants at the pools. Car Wash Set For Saturday The Senior High Fellowship of the First Presbyterian Church will wash cars at the church from 9 a.m. through the day this Saturday, June 13 and next Sat urday, June 20, to raise money for the senior retreat in August. The charge is $1.00 per car. of approximately 70 acres of city owned property with the C. W. Anderson Hosiery Co. The two tracts are on opposite sides of Highway 308 north of the city. The city’s tract is part of the acreage recently purchased for use as a sanitary landfill. Mr. Anderson will utilize it as a sec tion of the Duncan Creek Water shed on which a dam will be con structed, flooding a great part. The city will reserve its new acreage across the highway as a site for a future sewer lagoon and possibly for additional land fill operations, it was stated. 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They will register on Monday afternoon between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. and will assemble for the first official meeting of a full week's schedule at 7:30 p.m. in Belk Auditorium. Mrs. W. Har rell Wilson, lecturer and Bible teacher from Greenville, will give the opening address at that time. Classwork, featuring a selec tion of six courses taught by out standing religious leaders, will get underway on Tuesday morn ing and will extend through Fri day. Women earning diplomas and certificates as a result of their work at thisr accredited school will receive their awards at the closing Friday program. Faculty members to teach at the Synodical Training School are: Dr. Marc C. Weersing, presi dent of Presbyterian College — "Christian Witnessing;” Mrs. R. E. Wallin of Columbia, Mo., past president of the Presbyterian Women’s Advisory Council — “Church Extension in the Home land;” Mrs. John W. McQueen of Charleston, former member of Board of Women’s Work — "Revised Plan of Women’s Work;” Dr. Charles B. Cousar, associate professor at Columbia Theological Seminary and Agnes Scott College — "Bible Book Study;" Mrs. Mable C. Morley of Atlanta, director of leadership education. Board of Women’s Work — "Fundamentals of Cov enant Life Curriculum; and the Rev. Joseph R. Woody of Nash ville, area secretary for Latin America, Board of World Mis sions — "The Christian Task Abroad: Latin America.” Dr. Dean Greer McKee, pro fessor at Columbia Theological Seminary, will lead the daily platform hour on “How to Study the Bible.” RHes On Sunday For Mrs. W. H. Cox Mrs. Emmie Green Cox, 85, widow of William Henry Cox, died Friday at 4 p.m. at a local hospital after several months of illness. A native of Greenville County, daughter of the late Pinkney and Rosa Cook Green, she spent most of her life in Simp- sonville where she was a mem ber of the First Baptist Church. She lived here with her daugh ter, Mrs. T. C. Ray, four months. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Ray and Mrs. Thomas Jacobs of Clinton and Mrs. Stan ton L. Collins of Conway; a sis ter, Mrs. Annie G. Nelson of Greenville; three stepdaughters, Mrs. Mae C. Byrd, Mrs. Jessie C. Flynn and Mrs. Ettice C. Graham of Greenville; six grandchildren; and a great grandchild. Funeral services ware con ducted Sunday at 4 p.m. at Gray Funeral Home by Rev. D. B. Webber. Burial was in Rose- mont Cemetery. Pallbearers were: I. O. Ray, Dillard Jacobs, Ben Bridge man, Larry Drummon Jr., Keith Col- Uns and Jack Todd.— - \ KING DIXON Magistrate Hunter Township at Clinton McCrary-Oakley CUnton No. 1 339 373 Clinton No. 2 219 347 Clinton Mill 228 262 Hopewell . 53 17 Joanna 196 285 Lydia Mill 107 93 Mountville 38 41 TOTAI.S 1180 1418 Magistrate Hunter Township at Mountville Bozard Wilkie Clinton No. 1 283 397 Clinton No. 2 ... 295 249 Clinton Mill 242 244 Hopewell 45 22 Joanna 395 88 Lydia Mill . 89 111 Mountville 54 29 TOTALS 1403 1140 W. C. DOBBINS General Godfrey Returns From D-Day' Observance Maj. Gen. Ansel B. Godfrey returned last night from France where he rep.esented the State of South Carolina and the Na tional Guard in ceremonies com memorating the 20th anniver sary of the Allied landing in Nor mandy. General Godfrey was one of a group of 60 officers designated to represent their states at the anniversary observance of D- Day wh’ch took place June 6. 1944 on the Normandy beaches. Bible School To End With ~ Sunday Exercises Vacation Bible School, in prog ress this week at Broad Street Methodist Church, will end with commencement exercises at '9:45 Sunday morning; Jlme 14, in the church sanctuary. Approximately 64 children at tending the school will receive certificates from Mrs. Audrey McCroskey, superintendent of the Sunday school children’s di vision, and Bible school direc tor. Teachers in the school are Mrs. Joe Holland and Miss Kathy Bouknight, kindergarten; Mrs. Don Creighton and Miss Linda Tiller, primary I; Mrs. Ernest Ouzts, primary II; Mrs. B. B. Ballard and Mrs. William Weir, Primary III; Mrs. Charles Buice, and Miss Valerie Sim mons, Junior I, and Mrs. Mc Croskey, Junior II and III. Miss es Pat Thomason and Kathy Bledsoe are keeping the nursery for children of the teachers. Phillips Accepts Two Pastorates The Rev. J. Gay nor Phillips has accepted the pastorates of Lydia and Rock Bridge Presby terian Churches Mr. Phillips is a native of Lou isiana. and came to Clinton from Decatur. Ga., where he received his theology degree from the Co lumbia Seminary. He is a grad uate of Belhaven College in Jackson, Miss. He was student pastor of the two churches last summer. The Rev. and Mrs. Phillips are making their home at 44 Peach tree St. in the Lydia community All political races in Laurens County were decided Tuesday with the exception of one — for the State Senate. A run-off coi>* test for that post will be held two weeks hence, on Tuesday, June 23. Contending for the office will be King Dixon, incumbent, of Laurens, and William C. Dob bins. of Joanna and Clinton, for mer member of the House of Representatives. They were the leaders in a three-man race. Dobbins led the t : cket with 3,072 votes. Dixon received 2,166, and David S. Tay lor, present House member, 1,- 905. Democratic nominees were named for three county offices— House of Representatives, Sher iff and County Commissioiiers, and four Magistrate posts in Hunter, Scuffleton and Dials Townships. For the House of Representa tives from Laurens County, J. C. (Jake) League and Marshall W. Abercrombie were nominated. League led the ticket with 3,927 votes, while Abercrombie, pres ent representative, received 3,- 705. Others in the four-man race for the two seats were Ves- tus Wehunt with 3,336 and Wil liam H. McNinch with 2,478. Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson was re-nominated by a landslide, with 5,182 votes; Leroy (Bud) Keeble with 1,846, and Leanard G. Bragg with 194, were the other two contenders in the three-man race. For County Commissioner Paul S. O’Dell and George M. Penland were re-nominated for their posts. Penland led with'5,- 211, O’Dell received 4,961, and Paul Brown, third man in the race, received 3,207. For U. S. Representative from the Fourth Congressional Dis trict, Robert T. Ashmore, incum bent, ran away from Gordon Weathers in Laurens County, amassing 6,121 votes to 1,086 for Weathers. Greenville and Spar tanburg are the other two coun ties in the Fourth District. Ash more won handily in both coun ties, and will return to Wash ington for two more years. MAGISTRATE POSTS Charles (Buddy) Oakley was nominated for Magistrate of Hunter Township at Clinton, de feating veteran Magistrate Sam H. McCrary. The vote was: Oak ley 1,418 McCrary 1,180. For Magistrate o f Hunter Township at Mountville, J. Der- rill Bozard was re-nominated over R. C. Wilkie. The vote: Bo zard 1,403, Wilkie 1,140. For Magistrate of Scuffletown Township, Robert E. Elmore with 96 votes, defeated W. P. Abercrombie, with 89. For Magistrate of Dials Town ship, Marvin S. Ross defeated C. M. Curry, 94 to 87. fife# W-m gSx . Fowler Accepts Joanna Pastorate John Donald Fowler has ac cepted the pastorate ef the Jo anna Presbyterian Church, it was announced this week by church officials. Mr. Fowler,, a native of Grenville, Is a graduate ef Presbyterian College and re cently ary, Decatur, Qa. Mechanics Marvin Manley and Paul Cole attempt to remove body from cab. Coroner Marshall N. Pressley is at left A —Quinton Photo Virginia Truck Driver Killed Near Here A 24-year-old Virginia man wrecker crews were able to free impact tore the van part of the was killed instantly about 6:30 a. him from the wreckage. truck from the chassis, m., Tuesday, when the refrig- State Highway Patrolman L. Officers said their investiga* crated van-type truck he was G. Dobson said the truck, a 1980 tion showed the driver left Vlr* driving crashed into an embank- GMC owned by Valleydale Pack- ginia Monday night and ment on Interstate Highway M ers, Inc., Bristol, Vs., was going ently was headed iw about five miles east of here, east on the highway, ran off the ^Investigating with Laurens County Coroner Mar- right side of the road and trav- Pressley were Laa shall Pressley identified the vie- eied about 175 feet in a ditch be- Sheriff R. Eugene tim as Calvin Monroe Bowman fore ramming into the 12-foot Chief Deputy Sam Md. of Bristol, Va. The accident vie- embankment. Coroner Pressley tim was trapped inside the cab The truck was loaded with jury but an of the truck about an hoar antU meat products. The fore* of the not been set.