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The Clinton Chronicle V<d. 65 — No. 37 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 10,1964 T" Halfback Carroll Shealy cromm the foal line in the third period to rick up Clinton’s second touchdown of the night Friday (n the season’s opener with York High. Joel Whitsel, Clinton halfback, here gain Friday night against York as guard runs interference. Whitsel earh first touchdown on a pass play.—Y food 212 Eiyctid to Register Thornwell Opens With Win Over Ford The Thornwell Orphanage football team got off to a good start with a 32-12 season-open ing win over Ford High at Laurens Friday night. The local boys had little trouble in demonstrating their superiority. Apparently, they have come up with a better than average squad this year. This Friday the Gophers will take a trip to upper Greenville County to face the Slater-Mari etta team. Gerald K. Wells To Teadi English At Presbyterian Gerald K. Wells is joining the Presbyterian College faculty this year as an instructor in English, Dean Joseph M. Gettys announced today. A native of Richmond, Va., he recently received his MA degree from the University of Richmond after receiving his BS from this institution in 1960. Wells taught for four years in the public schools of Virginia and served a two-year tour of Army duty prior to entering upon post-grad uate study. Football Barbecue At l ; ' ' V ' • College Set for Tuesday I ■ UP w New Students Sign Today As College Begins Session A record number of new stu dents will register at Presbyte rian Coiege today (Thursday) as preparations are completed for the start of the 88th academic year. Freshmen arrived on campus Monday to begin the orientation period, and upperclassmen are scheduled to retam this Thurs day afternoon, in time for Fri day registration. The fraahman program. In cluding placement tests and nu merous conferences, will reach its climax Thursday night with the annual freshman reception sponsored by the Faculty Dames. It is sot for 8:00 p. m. at the home of President and Mrs. Marc C. Weersing. , The Thursday program for new students will get underway at 8:90 a. m. in Be Ik Auditorium with Introduction of the faculty. After meeting with their advis ors, the freshmen will register for the fall semester, starting at 10:49 a. m. in the library. Thar will draw basic ROTC uni forms from the military supply room dunng the afternoon, while uppsrrla—mcn meet with their Stale License Tags Are Now On Sale The 1M0 Carolina li on tala The cured the Ph the ha se- igbway office in be ordered Registration for upperclass men will be held on Friday. 8:90 a. m. to 12:00 noon, and 1:00 p. m. to 2:10 p. m. Following regis tration, from 3:00 p. m. to 9:00 p. m , all students will attend an abbreviated schedule of the Fri day classes. Then, the regular schedule of morning classes will begin at 8:00 a. m., Saturday. Mr. Southall's Father Passes In Virginia John Edward Southall died Friday morning in Petersburg General Hospital, Petersburg, Va. Mr. Southall was a native and lifelong resident of Peters burg. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Janet Kirks Southall of Peters burg: a daughter, Mrs. Gor don C. Baxter of Pebersburg; a son, John Herbert Southall of Clinton; one grandson, three great-grandchildren, and sev eral nieces and nephews. Funeral services and inter ment took place Tuesday in Petersburg. AT SELF MEMORIAL Bill Sims is a patient at Self Memorial Hospital, Greenwood, where he Is convalescing follow ing a broken hip injury suffered in a fall Sunday. Laurens or may be ordered • m > tr-m-tt. PC s Practice Sessions Show 'Wide Open' Offense in Columbia, made In Motorists are advised to have renewal cards filled out before confronting the sales windows or ordering by mall. October Slat la the last date tags may be purchased without a tardy penalty of 80 cents. The new platee have black on a white hack- betag juet the reveree of the ISM’s white on black. New plates must be display ed by November 1. John Robert Leake for JetaB •8. who MMt died last Tuesday, ducted at 4:88 p. m., Thursday, 'at Gray Funaral Heme by lav. A. S. Harvey and Rev. J. H. Darr. Burial was In Duncan }Creek Presbyterian Church cemetery near here. Pallbearers were George A. Weathers, Dr. Fred E. Hol combe, Mack Duncan, Addison Neighbors, Grady Adair and Billy Nabors. If Presbyterian College’s daily football drills are an indication PC fans can watch for a razzle- dazzle offensive show in the sea son opener here September IS against Frederick. Clinton fans who’ve visited the Blue Hose workouts have seen Coach Cally Gault’s grkkhrs running plays with a pro-typo appearance the past two The Hoee aerial show in scrimmages has featured flank er backs, halfback passes, shot gun formations and many other maneuvers used sparingly last the Hoaemen’s showing against the air game has not looked too Impressive. "Pass defense de finitely is our number-one worry now,” Gault reported after Mon day’s lengthy scrimmage. The number-two concern in the Presbyterian camp is Fullback Ronnie Morris, slated for first-string duty until being sidelined with an old injury last week. Morris has missed all this week’s action, and doctors mark him as "very doubtful” for the mming Gault hlmsett predicts a more "wide-open" offense for the Blue Hose, and gives two reasons for this prognostication: the entire team is small and fast, and the quarterback is veteran p»—*«if specialist Leighton Grantham, who’s tossed for over 1,900 yards in two years. ' But while the PC drills have unveiled a potent passing Clinton Goes to Rock Hill Friday; Victor In Opener The Clinton High Red Devils, after an auspicious season start er with a 12-6 victory over York here last week, Friday night will take to the road to meet Rock Hill. ►V The Clintonian ospened the season als year with a 13-6 loss to Rock Hill and will be seeking to turn the tables on the York County boys. Clinton 12, York 6. / The Clinton Red Devils turned back the York Green pragoas, 12-6, for a socceaafni atari of the season here Friday night. with a 70-yard drive. Shealy, who had a 13-yi in the march, ran the final four yards. York came back in the same period for a 57-yard drive*. The touchdowa was a 13-yard pass, Dicky Sowell to Freddie Moan. Sowell had run TO yards previous ly. Outstanding on defense for the Red Devils were Krnnsdi Cathy and DareU Godfrey. Foe York It was Gary Humphries, RMgMag dominated.the gams: with Ctintea gaining MB yards and York 186. Most of the Dra- Mis. Cook Named Elector at Large Mrs. Claude P. Cook, of Lau rens, has been named one of eight Democratic presidential electors from South Carolina. She and former Governor George Bell Timmerman of Lexington, were selected as the two electors at large, while the other six will represent the stale’s congressional districts. They will cast South. Caro lina's votes la the electoral college in file event the Demo crats win the November elec tion in the stale. Names Of the electors (Dem ocratic and Republican) wil appear on the ballots used la the presidential election rath er than the names of the can didates for president and vice- president. , Other Democratic electors Another colorful program is planned when Clinton ushers in the 1964 football season next Tuesday night at Presbyterian College. All civic clubs of the city are cooperating in the event which drew some 490 people last year. It’s scheduled as a family affair again this season and is being held two weeks later to include PC students. The barbecue meal will be served under the campus oaks adjacent to Belk Auditorium. Starting time is 6:00 p. m., with tickets priced at $1.50 per pate for adults and 75 cents for children under eight years. Following the meal, the crowd will move into the auditorium for a football-flavored program. It will include skits, perform ances by the Clinton High School band and cheerleaders, fight songs by the "Old Pros" quarter of Clinton businessmen composed of Harry Bolick, Aduft Supervisor To Speak In Joanna Dr. Robert Cook, Adult Super visor, Baptist Sunday School Board, Nashville, Tenn., will speak at the First Baptist Church, Joanna, Sunday, Sept. 13, at the morning worship ser vice. Dr. Cook will speak on adult work during Training Union at Fairview and at the Whitmire First Baptist Church at the Sun day evening worship service. Miss Florrie Ann Lawton. Nursery director, Baptist Sunday School Board, will speak during Training Union at the Bush River Baptist Church and at the Hur ricane Baptist Church during evening worship. Mrs. Versil Crenshaw, Nash ville, Tenn., will speak at Cal vary Baptist Church, Newberry, during Training Union, and at the Enoree Baptist Church dur ing evening worship. John B. Lane, State Training Union Director, will speak at the Training Union hour at the Glenn Street Baptist Churcth, Newberry, and during evening worshio at West End Sourtiem Belt Has Catalog of Programs For Clubs, Other Groups Need a program for your club, church or school group? South ern Bell Telephone Company is now distributing its new "Pro gram Catalog” listing a variety of films and demonstrations which are available without charge to local organizations and school groups. Films listed include a wide range of such subjects as the New York World’s Fair, space communications, safety, good telephone usage, defence, the weather, communications his tory, genetics, oceanography and the human senses. Even such specialized fields as crystal "growing”, manufacture of wire and missile guidance are includ ed. Local Southern Bell manager D. H. Martin states that copies of the program catalog are available for the asking by tacting the nearest Bell business office. George Brockenbrough, Tommy Hollis and Mike Turner. Presbyterian Coach Cally Gault and his staff then will present a preview of their 1964 Blue Hose football prospects. In addition to pre-season estimates of the gridiron situation, they will introduce the players now serving on the PC team. George Comelson, vice-presi dent of Clinton and Lydia Cot ton Mills and a Presbyterian College trustee, will serve as master of ceremonies for the occasion. Heading the arrange ments is Claude Crocker, Clin ton textile official and PC alum- t#- m\ m mm<€ » Si mrnt.... ■'* ipt m ite ; j?* i'wH® mm 'mm nus. Dora Is On Way Hurricane Dera is on the way—m say the weathermen. Aad Clinton — along with the rest of the Southeast—may be in for some rough weather in the next few days. Just how rough, depends up on the course Dora decides to take. At any rate, we can ex pect wind and rain. If Dorn heads in oar direc tion, anything can happen. The hurricane, covering a wide territory, was off the southeast coast yesterday, heading for Florida and Geor gia. If it changes direction just a little north, the South Caro- Ina coast would be in line for the big blow. And it could sweep Inland anywhere in be tween. So—batten down the hatches! on Monday For Durward Murdock Durwarfl Murdock, 58, died unexpectedly at 1:00 a. m., Sun day, at his home, 206 Phillips Street. Funeral services were held Monday at 4:90 p. m. at Mt. Bethel Baptist Church in Ander son County by Rev. Floyd Hel iums and Rev. Willis Pruitt. Burial was in the church ceme tery. Mr. Murdock was a native of Anderson County, the son of the late Steve G. and Lougenia Mur dock, He was engaged in farm ing in Anderson County until some 20 years ago when he moved to Clinton. For some time he was connected with Bclk’s Department Store, and was in the insurance business. In recent years he operated a mercantile busines on the Laurens highway. He was a member of Davidson Street Baptist Church, also a Mason and member of the East ern Star. Mr. Murdock was twice mar ried, first to Mrs. Reba McKin ney Murdock, who died in Oc tober, 1963. His second wife, Mrs. Mary M. Merlin Murdock, survives. Also surviving are one ■on, Haynie Murdock, of Co lumbia, one daughter, Mrs. Net tie Lou Nabors, of Clinton; five step-sons, James H. Mann of Al bany, Ga.; Cecil E. Mann of Co lumbia; Sgt. Horace G. Mann of Frankfort, Germany; Kenneth und Jerry Mann of Clinton; also seven step-grandchildren. Clinton’s new city council is shown here in its first meeting Friday night. Members took office Sept. 1 and will serve for two years. They are, left to right, front row: Talmadge Sanders, councilman from ward six; Mayor J.° J. No Election Necessory Meeting Cornwall; George W. Bagwell, ward five; back row: L. W. Cooper, ward four; S. A. Pitts, ward two; Boyd W. Holtzclaw, ward one; Harry C. Layton, ward three.—Yarborough Photo. City Council Annexes New Area Upon Petition High School Paper Begins Publication The first issue of the Clinton High school newspaper for the current school year was dis tributed to students on Tues day. — -— Published monthly by the students of the school, the tab loid-size six-age paper is edit ed by Carol Sanders, senior of Clinton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby L. Sanders. Jane Johnson is associate editor; Edwin Sloan, news edi tor; Dianne Ledford, feature editor; Judi Davis, columnisf; J. W. Davis, sports edtior; Zack Barron and Ben Hay Hammet, Jr., sports writers; Bill Quarles, photographer; Lin da White, typist. William Bell is business man ager and Betty Black is assist ant business manager. Mrs. Lewis Wallace is fac ulty advsior. The territory embraced by the City of Clinton was enlarged Friday night when city council declared an area near the Clin ton High School a part of the city. The petition was signed by all property owners concerned, in which council election was deem ed necessery. The area annexed includes a part of the Carol White Copeland subdivision which was developed in recent years. A section of the development was already includ ed in the city limits. The area is an triangle, bord- dered by N. Adair Street exten sion and Highway 72 on two sides and former city limits on the other, and includes 25 or 30 homes. The section already has Scout Troop 111 Begins New Year Boy Scout Troop III will begin their new year with a meeting Monday evening, September 14, at 7:30 at the Scout Hut on Pine Street, Mike Turner, cub master announced. Contestants To Compete For Miss Electric Co-Op Only a few days remain for will be one of the regional con- candidates to enter the beauty tests held throughout the state contest to elect "Miss Laurens £, r i. or V*. statew ide finals in Electric Co-Op” at the annual CoIumI,la later 111 the y ear to meeting of the Laurens Electric "Miss South Carolina Elec- Cooperative to be held Septem- tr ic Cooperative her 19 at the Laurens County Fair Grounds at 10:00 a.m. This First District—W. J. McLeod, Jr., of Walter boro. Seooo#rDistztot~a. H. Edens of CokMibia. \ Hurd District—H. Mason Du- of RMRaDa. Fourth District—■Sapp Fun- fifth District —C. W. F. , Jr., of Rook HBL Whitsel, Shealy. Zeigler if These Clinton ettea got their fink the season whan thear band before a aeO-oui Right at tha initial major- tout of with the ra Friday with High. They are, Mt to right front row—Kathy Bou&night, Linda Mi lam, Neely Copeland, Judi Daria; back row—Dianne* Asbill, Linda TDM, Cathie Daria, Kay Young, Pat Yarborough Photo. Contestants already entered for the Miss Laurens Electric Cooperative title are: Nancy Stoddard and Brenda Woods of Rt. 1, Owings; Frankie Gwinn and Mary Allice Thompson of Rt. 1, Fountain Inn; Connie Knight of Woodruff; Carol Grif fith of Rt. 5, Greer; Gwen Mc Call and Nancy Neely of Rt. 1, Simpsonville; Anna Beth Brew- ington, Linda Brewington, Elaine Lawson, Mary Lynn Williams, and Serena Wofford, all of En oree; Alice Summers and Henri etta Crapps of Rt. 2, Kinards; Phylis Watts, Jane Everhardt, Polly Adair and Frances Rob bins of Clinton; Barbara Pettit, Aletia Vise, Sharon Vise and Di anne Smith of Rt. 1. Pauline; Kay Peeler of Rt. 1, Roebuck; Cvighfo Bishop of Rt. 1, Mount- Mdej and. Susan Hill of Rt 2, Pelzei*. The 8,900 member-owners of the Laurens Electric Co-Op have been reminded by Manager Hen ry M. Faris to make plans to at tend the business meeting and beauty contest. “This is the most important meeting of the year for rural electric members,” Manager Paris Says. "It is at this meet ing that they make decisions con cerning the operation of their business, such as electing direc tors and voting on proposed by law changes.” "Here they also have an op portunity to voice their opinions concerning the operation, direc- w the en- They hear reports m «f thaii and of planp for the city electric and sewer service. Officially, Oct. 1 was the date set for annexation, and mem bers of council stated that city police protection and garbage coilection would begin immedi ately. Several street lights wil be installed at an early data. The Septfifiber meeting o council was presided over b; Mayor J. J. Cornwall, with al councilmen present: Boyd W Holtzclaw, S. A. Pitts, Harry C Layton, L. W. Cooper, George W. Bagwell and Talmadge Sand ers. A request for a sewer line to serve property of Dr. D. O. Rhame, Robert Johnson and others near the Bailey Memorial Hospital was referred to the city attorney and superintendent of the utilities department for con tract arrangements and esti mates and the utilities depart ment for contract arrangements and estimates of cost. The line wodld be beyond the city limits and estimates of cost. The line would be beyond the city limits and join the hospital sewer line. Property owners would pay for the line. Council voted to move W. E. Marse to the regular police force from his post of combination po lice and relief fireman. Upon recommendation of the heads of the police and fire de partments, R. L. Tidwell was elected to succeed Marse. The vote was split with Pitts, Holts- claw and Sanders voting for Tom Brown, whose application for the post was also received. Voting for Tidwell were Bagwell, Layton and Cooper, Mayor Cornwall cast the deciding vote. Several other applications were submitted. Council adopted the tax ordin ance for 1964, which set the tax millage at 53 mills, the same that it had been for a number of years. The millage was divided. 33 mills for generaus operations, and 20 mills for payment on bonds and interest comin due during the year. H. M. Young was reelected as City Recorder upon recommen dation of Mayord Sornball. Council approved the request of Morris Seymour, Cub Scout master, and George Frady, ap nearing for the Cub Scourts, the place a railroad caboose, donated by Scouts at Pine and Cedar Streets. Dr. Fraser's Bible Class Now Underway The ninth session of the Com munity Bible Class, taught by Dr. T. Layton Fraser, began Tuesday evening. The course of study this jmar will be "A Survey of the Old Testament.” The class will continue only two more yuan, ao it is ex pected that this wil! be tha last time this particular course will be taught. \ The place of meeting is Neville Hall, Presbyterian lege. The darn maria at orifoge ia In to afi