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AN F.NUIIKIN<; ASSCT it \ i Clinton To Close For The Fonrlh The Clinton Chronicle L« Ode To July 4th Today her thanks shall fly on every wind. Unstinted, unrebuked, from shore to shore, One love, one hope, and not a doubt behind! Cannon to cannon shall repeat her praise, Banner to banner flap it in flame; Her children shall rise up to bless her name, And wish her harmless length of days, The mighty mother of a mighty brood, Blemed in all tongues and dear to every blood The beautiful, the strong, and, best of all, the good. —James Russell Lowell (1819-91) **************** Events at Clinton-Lydia Mills to Feature Fourth Clinton end Lydia Cotton Mills invites all employees and their fmmiliee to the annual July 4th celebrations which will begin Saturday morning at 0 o’clock. Included on the separate pro grams are various races, con tests, and swiauaiag events (or all ago groups. The field etents at CUnton lets will he MM as park, after which water events will take place at the pool. The Lydia events will take place on the field adjoining the pool, followed by the water pro gram. Games and contests for men, women, boys and girts will fea ture the celebrations at both mills. Prizes will be awarded to the winntrs of each event. In t. C. Libronf To Ubroiy For H< dost The Presbyterian College Li brary will be closed July 4th through July 0th. The regular summer schedule will resume on July 7. The summer schedule is as fol- Monday-Thursday—1:30 a. m- 9:00 p. m. Meaday-Thursday—7:00 p. m - 0:00 p. m. Friday—0:90 a. m.-5:00 p. m. Saturday—8:90 a. m.-U:90 p. m. Hours of the children’s library will remain the same. at each place for the employee with the largest number of Im mediate family members pres ent. A door prize, On electric steam iron, will go to the lucky ticket holder with the compliments of H. D. Payne & Co. The Lydia employee with the most mem bers of his Immediate family present will receive a $10 gift certificate from Lydia Mills Store. First Cotton Bloom The first cotton bloom of the season was brought to The Chronicle office Monday morn ing. It was picked on the farm of Reese H. Young, south of the city. I, *»• eluding retail stores, banks, of fices and the post office will be closed Saturday In celebration of July 4th, the national birth day. Retail stores will remain open Friday until 7:M p. m. ' Many Clintonians wil| take advantage of the long week end to visit beaches, the moun tains sad other areas. Most industrial plants of the area have been closed this week to give employees a va cation, and will reopen Mon day. Young Townsend Dies From Injuries Laurens — James Thomas Townsend Jr., 18, died Sunday at 7:40 p. m. at Self Memorial Hospital in Greenwood from in juries sustained Thursday after noon when a loaded truck back ed over him as he was working on a summer job with the State Highway Department. He was a son of James T. and Elizabeth Whitten Townsend of Laurens and had completed his freshman year at Clemson Col lege as a ministerial student. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Laurens. Also surviving are his mater nal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Whitten of Easley. His father is a S. C. Highway Patrol man, serving as license examin er for Laurens and Newberry County. State Highway Patrolman J. H. Seigler said that according to witnesses a highway department dump truck loaded with dirt backed over Townsend. He said the truck’s driver, Wilson Wil liams, said he did not see Town send until the truck had passed over his body. Seigler said the youth apparently had his back turned to the truck. Seigler said apparently the wheels cleared Townsend’s body and he was struck by the bottom of the truck bed.He said Town send was employed part-time with the engineering division of the State Highway Department. He was working with a crew on the construction of a bridge about nine miles south of Clin ton on Secondary Highway 38. Hallmark Gives VacaHm WHh Pay Hallmark Shirt Co. is closed this week, giving their employ ees a week’s vacation with pay, according to L. O. Ed wards, manager of the plant. Vacation pay totaling $6,- 401.10 was distributed to em ployees last Friday at the close of the week’s operations. The plant will resume work on Monday, the 6th. Vacation payments are made to employees twice each year, in July and December. Em ployees who have been with the company for six months ending March 91, participated in the mid-year vacation pay and receive one week’s aver age pay. Vol. 65 — No. 27 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 2, 1964 Constraction Planned Next Spriai Plans for a $450,000 expansion of Bailey Memorial Hos pital were announced yesterday by the Board of Directors. The enlargement will include equipment and the addi tion of an undetermined number of beds, Ryan F. Lawson, chairman of the board, said in announcing the expansion program. Tentative plans include the extension of the west wing and construction of a new south wing. The present ca pacity of the hospital is 52 beds. Professional and service areas Area B&BW Meet In Spartanburg Architect’s Drawing of New Facility An architect’s drawing of the $300,- 000 recreation and training center un der construction at Whitten Village near here displays the modern design of the structure. The center is expected to be completed next spring. The La- faye-Tarrant (Construction Co. has the building contract. Plans and specificat- tions were made by Geiger and Califf, Associated Architects, of Columbia. Plans for financing of the con struction of the proposed expan sion of the hospital do not con- $300,000 Recreation and Training Center Going Up at Whitten Village Construction of a $300,000 rec- has been a long-range project of drawn up by Geiger and Califf, reation and training center at Dr. B. O. Whitten, veteran super- Associated Architects, of Colum- Whitten Village near here has tendent of the village, and will bia. Form, scale and color have t° n B 4: PW Club gave the col started. The new facility is ex- provide important facilities for been combined by the architects th* opening session, pected to be completed next the care of children. to create a pleasant atmosphere, spring. The 27,000-square-foot building officials said. — Whitten Village officials let a will contain a gymnasium, multi- Maximum utilization will be contract for the construction of purpose rooms, canteen, beauty made of both interior and ex- the multi-purpose building to *hop, barber shop, offices for terior space through the use of Lafaye-Tarrant Construction Co. 8taW and volunteer worker*, a an all-weather swimming pool of Columbia. The new building sheltered shop, crafts and hobby and open play courts, according to support a 100-bed hospital were built into the facility when the plant was constructed, the trustees said, which will greatly simplify planning and construe- The Northwest Are! meeting ‘ i | °" p ™ blcras ' or the curr "' U >' of the S. C. Federation of Bust- p d expan!lon ness and Professional Women’s Clubs was held Saturday in Spar tanburg beginning at 3:30 p. m. Miss Willie Maxwell, Inman, template the use of any tax presided. money or the levying of any There were two sessions with additional millage upon tax pay- dinner at 6:30. Special workshops ers °( the Clinton Hospital Dis- during the afternoon session in- trict, owners of the hospital, eluded: membership, program, Financing will be by a grant treasurers, and presidents. At of $300,000 in Hill-Burton funds the evening session, “The Story from the Department of Health, of Progress” of the National Education and Welfare of the Foundation was presented by federal government, and local Mrs. Bertha Fortune, State Fed- funds totaling $190,000, which it eration president, of Easley. is hoped can be raised by contri- Mrs. Grace Conner of the Clin- button. Some of the local funds have Clinton, Newberry Play Here Tonight | After losing two hall games early in the season the Clinton Legion Juniors have won seven in a row, defeating Ware Shoals 13-3, and Greenwood 74 in their last two outings. Against Ware Shoals Clinton was led by Phil Rogers and Scooter Holcombe with four for five. Jimmy Whit mire drove In six runs wfth'3 shops and a kindergarten. The structure is designed as four major units Interconnected with corridors, play courts, or covered walks. The building will be located near the dormitories. Plans and specifications were Mrs. MaMe B. LHHe Retires As Head to village officials. Episcopal Church To Include Filins All Saints Episcopal Church will Incorporate in its services a series of church-related films beginning Sunday and continu ing throughout the summer. These films will be presented to the congregation and any in terested persons, in the parish immediately following STALLWORTH Of Welfare Dept. Mrs. Mabel B. Little, director ^ of the Laurens County Depart- ^“day morning sermon at msnt ef PWhlie Wslfars tor 97 10 ° clock. hits, including a home run. Rog- years, has retired effective July n® 1 * Communion is sched- ers also took the win on the 1. uled ter the second and fourth mound for Clinton with 14 strike- The announcement was made Sunday in July and August, outs. * by Ratchford W. Boland, secre- Following is the summer ^ ^ ^ Clinton traveled to Greenwood tary of the Welfare Board of »chedule: leae^facultT has "received "his for payment of bond* ““d in- Monday night and defeated the Directors W ^orning prayer and r*ee:vea ^ ms terest ^ ^ ^ ^ Emeralds 7-3. This put the Jun- Mrs. LitUe has held the post sermon. FUm topic, A Visit to ITml _ i« t0 charity patients. No millage is tors’ record at 04. Clinton was of director of the welfare agen- Sewanee. led at the plate by Johnny Alex- cy since the department was or- ^ u * y 19—Holy Communion Stallworth Gets M. Theology Degree The .Rev. Thomas A. Stall- worth of the Presbyterian Col- been secured, it was stated and efforts to obtain the balance necessary are under way. The deadline fori having the entire amount of local funds in hand is July 15. Application for $300,000 in Hill- Burton funds was made by the Board of Directors some timn ago to the Hospital Division of the South Carolina Board of Health, which allocates federal funds for construction of hospi tals in the state. Notification of approval of the local application had been expected for the past several days, it was stated by the trustees. If present plans materialise as expected, Chairman Lawson said, construction will begin in February or March of 1069. The $1,200,000 Bailey Memorial Hospital was opened in October 1962 and has operated at capacity or near capacity since then. The trustees said that the need for expansion had been evident for some time. The Hospital District current ly imposes six mills in taxation Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va. ander with two hits In four trips ganized in July 1037. « t the seminary’s recent com mencement exercises after a year of post-graduate study to the plate, and Phil Rogers with At the same time, Boland an- sermon. Film topic, two for five. Johnny Rushton took nounced the appointment by the Home at York, S. C. the mound victory for CUnton board of Mrs. Alice Reid David- Commun ion. ^ Stallworth was on leave even though he had to have reUef son to the post of director. She .^ ray " ®" d of absence from PC, which he help from Mike Osborne. has been employed by the de- sermon. Film topic, Fear. —*_*—* —# Clinton also plays Ware Shoals Partment for some years. The Toymaker.” The board also announced the Aug. 0—Holy Communion. appointment of Miss Joyce Dun- 1^-Moming prayer and ian ^ Stallworth rceived away, who recently returned sermon. Film topic, Mental L1 _ j , — U i- from graduate study at the Uni- Health; Chain of Care.” versity of Florida, as casework Aug. 23—Holy Communion. millage is presently provided for operation* i. 1 w«.' .warded thi, degree CC °~ Friday night at the Clinton Mill ball park. serves as assistant professor of Bible and chaplain to students. A 1955 graduate of Presbyter- Miss Boyd Joins Area Menial HeaHh Confer, Geenwood Camp hi* BD degree from Columbia Miss Hazel Boyd, a psychi- Theological Seminary in 1958, atric social worker, has joined , sarved f °r one year as assistant the staff of the Area Five Men- Trs D.^d** end Mi., Dun- ,«rmon. FUm topfc -™-. o( U* Rome (Ga.) Fir,. Health Center in Gre«,. away are from Clinton, ‘Commit ment, Heartbeat of Haiti.” Religious Services At Camp Fellowship in July BETTYR Aim BTROUD DIANNE SEXTON SHANNON LONG Stroud, Soxtoo and Long Rocohro Joanna Scholarships Blisses Bettye Ann Stroud and Jane Dianne Sexton are the 1004 recipients of the annual Joanna Foundation College Scholarships, and James Shannon Long has been announced as the awardee of the Foundation’s Graduate Scholarship. Bettye Anne is the daughter «f Mrs. Ervin Albert Stroud, of Reeder Street, Joanna, and the lata Mr. Stroud. Her mother is employed by Joanna Cotton Mills Company as lab technician. Dianna la the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Roy Sexton of i, and both pas- of the Jo- i twelve applications (ton Ugh sehoql graduates for aehelanhlps this year. Selec- are made heard ef college adpr careful study [review oTeach student's ac- test community and church activities, and a personal interview. The first requirement is that they be sons or daughters of employees of Joanna Cotton Mills and af filiated organizations. The schol arships provide for study at an accredited college or university for graduates of accredited high schools. Both Bettye Anne and Dianne chose Wlnthrop College and each will major in elementary educa tion in preparation for a career as elementary school teachers. They have a long list of impres- slve accomplishments during their high schools yean at CUn ton High School. Although each has maintained a high scholastic average, their wide interest in extra-curricular programs Indi cates that both are well-rounded (ton July and he win’ be graduated CoMege in to enter the Theological ten of Seminary in Louisville, Ky. For the past several years he has made his home in Vetville at Clinton. Among his community activities listed was his work with with Boy Scouts, Little League baseball, midget football and basketball. He has served as director of recreation at the Pint Baptist Church of Whitmire for the past two yean. He is married to the former Miss Lor raine Patterson of Clinton, and they plan to establish residence in Louisville in August. The scholarships, totaling $2,- 000 each over a period of four yean (28 per cent is considered an educational loan), bring to sixteen the number of under graduate sscbolanhips awarded since the program was idaugu- rated in 1107. Durtog that time four graduate-study scholarship* have been awarded, making an investment in Girl Scouts In For Week at Joanna Operation “Day Camp” was in progress all of last week as eighty Joanna and Laurens Brownies, Juniors and Cadettes of the Girt Scout Organization met at the picnic shelter on Mil- ton Road in Joanna each morn- Jub , ^ Reigk)US Emphasis in f,* Month at Camp Fellowship, and said “goodbuyes ’ at 3 in the ^ 8ixth program of afternoon. open-air services on Lake Green- The training lasted five days W(K) d is scheduled to begin next and many projects were com- Sunday night, with a sermon by pleted with the last session on Dr . Harry Flfield, pastor of the Friday. Atlanta Flral Fraihytortoa Handcrafts, nature study, Church, games, swimming with instruc- persons of aU denominations Won, and rhythmic evercise made are cordially invited to attend up the daily schedule with a the four Sunday evening pro- sacked lunch in the middle of grams to be held at 8:00 p. m. in the day. This was the fifth year Fraser Chapel. ReUgious Em- for the annual Scout Day Camp. p hasis Month is sponsored by the Bfrs. Ludie Blandford, Green- Christian Education Committee ville, was director of the camp 0 f South Carolina Presbytery. She was assisted by Mrs. Janette i n addition to Dr. Fifield on DeKalb, also of Greenville; Bits. j u iy 5, the program will feature: Ralph Waldrep, Mrs. Richaad the Rev. James E. Fogartie, Noble, Mrs. Dyke Trakas, Mrs. p as t 0 r of Charlotte’s Myers Evelyn Pugh, Mrs. Margaret p ar k Presbyterian Church, on Williams, and Mrs. Pat Marti* July 12; Walter D. Shephard, all of Laurens; and Mrs. Janette former missionary to the Congo, degree from the University of " ' ' on July 19; and Dr. Vernon S. Florida in 1033, earned his ThB Broyles, Jr., pastor of Atlanta’s degree from Princeton Theolog- North Avenue Presbyterian ical Seminary and in 1953 was Church, dn July 26. awarded an honorary doctor of Dr. Fifield, on this Sunday divinity from Hampden-Sydney His pastorates before were: First Church, Presiding over thlx ser- Steelton, Pa., 1936-42; First vice 'will be the Rev. Larry Church, DeLand, Fla., 1942-43; Crocker, pastor of the Hodges service as a Navy chaplain, Presbyterian Church. 1943-43; Westminster Church, Long recognized as one of the Lynchburg, Va., 194*53. outstanding ministers of the The Rev. Roy Coker of Cross Presbyterian Church, US, Dr. Hill, stated clerk of South Caro- Harry Fifield has been pastor of Una Presbytery, said the July the Atlanta First Church since Religious Emphasis Month pro- 1963. He is on the Presbyterian grams have met with increasing General Council, serves ns a success over the past several committee chairman of the Gen- years as outstanding ministers eral Assembly and is a member have come to present their “fa- of the board of trustees of Agnes vorite sermons” to the people of Soott College and of the Prates* this area. He pointed out that at- ant Radio and Television Center, tendance averaged 800 par meet- The minister received his BA inf last Presbyterian Church and joined wo< |o. She will work at the cen- the PC faculty in 1959 National Girard At Fort Stewart The local National Guard unit, Battery B, left by convoy Sunday morning for Fort Stew art, Ga. Under the command of Capt. Van Oxner, the anti-aircraft artillery battery will be at the Georgia fort for two weeks for their summer training pe ter and later will visit and work in the other five counites of the area—Laurens, Abbe. vUle, McCormick, Saluda and Edgefield. Miss Boyd is a native of Whitfield County, Ga. She went to Mars Hill Junior College, received the B. A. degree from Mercer University and the B. D. degree from Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. She worked with the Baptist Good Will Center, a social agency, and the Deparament of Public Welfare in Charles ton. In June she received the James A. Orr, HI, member master of social work degree of the junior class, and Bar- from the University of North bara Anderson, freshman, were Carolina. Her graduate study members of the dean’s Ust at wa * done under a grant from Furman University for the the South Carolina Mental spring semester. Health Commission. On Dean's List DR. HARRY FIFIELD Smith of Joanna. Shields, Templeton Get Citadel Awards . c T _ night, will preach on the sub- College. David S. Templeton, Jr., of * • *p, p Mi Atlanta Clinton have been selected to ^ , ’ „ „ ,J, lease Fa8 f. . a Mir receive «00 Auodetloa ot CH adel Men scholarships to tend The Citadel. They selected from nearly 100 appli cants from 94 states. These awards are mad* pas sible by the Association of Cit adel Men which malms j of the "“T They were members ef Jba MSI SgEggl darn of c|b- Tractor-Trailer Flips On 1-26 This tractor-trailer from Fort Dodge, Iowa, tanked over on Interstate Highway 26 Saturday morning at 6 o’clock when it left the road. Highway Patrolman Jerry Poole said the driver, James Eugene Mfflor, XI, told him he went to sleep. The trailer, loaded with furniture, was considerably damaged.—Photo by Paul • fm Quinton. 'mUji ~v —— m