The Clinton Chronicle
Vol. 65 — Ho. 48
Clinton, S. C. Thursday, November 26, 1964
Opens Holiday Seoson
Christmas Parade Next Thursday
Clinton To Close
For Thanksgiving
Awards Made By Community Chest
Recognizing the outstanding support
of the Commnity Chest campaign by
employees of industries of the commun
ity, awards were made Thursday at a
luncheon at Hotel Mary Musgrove. The
awards were accepted on behalf of the
employees by (left to right) J. B. Tem
pleton, representing Clinton-Lydia Cot
ton Mills ; Robert B. Wassung, the Clin-
For Outstonding Work
ton Bearings Plant of The Torrington
Company; and Don Anderson, the C. W.
Anderson Hosiery Co. At the right is
Reese Young, who was chairman of the
successful campaign of the Community
Chest which exceeded its goal by $1,-
987.90, raising a total of $25,628.84.
Other awards were made to individuals
for outstanding work in the campaign.
—Photo by Dan Yarborough.
CDHimunity Chest Leaders Get Awards
An awards luncheon was held
last Thursday at the Mary Mus
grove Hotel for officers and
workers of the Clinton Commun
ity Chest. President James Von
Hollen, presided and welcomed
each of the members present.
The Community Chest workers
raised an all-time record high
with pledges amounting to $25,-
626.84. The goal for the years
was $23,688.04, and was exceeded
by $1,037.90, about 100% of the
goal.
Von Hollen expressed apprecia
tion for the successful campaign
and commended the workers for
their participation.
Among those receiving placques
for work in their area of the
campaign were Don Creighton,
advance gifts; D. H. Martin,
commercial; Mrs. Marcia Tur
ner, residential; R. E. Martin,
schools; Dr. M, A. Macdonald,
Last
Chance
At $25
Next Saturday is your last
chance to win one of IS prises of
$25 cash.
Progressive merchants of
Clinton will put up that many
cash prizes to be given away in
their drawing Saturday after
noon at 2:20 on the new city
parking lot (old hotel site) at the
corner of Broad St. and East
Carolina Ave.
All you have to do is produce
ticket stubs with numbers to
match those called at the draw
ing. The tickets may be secur
ed from any of the sponsoring
merchants whose names appear
in a half-page ad in The Chron
icle today.
The following Saturday, Dec.
5, the grand prise — totaling
$1,000—will be given away, di
vided into four prises of $800,
$250, $180 and $100.
So, get set for the final two
drawings. The more tickets you
have, the better your chances are
to win one or more of the pris
es.
Winners last week were Thad
Burnside, Viola Dunaway, W. C.
Nimmons, Jamas Adams, Louise
Hamilton, and Sylvia King (sec
ond time).
Dr. T. Layton Fraser, and Phil
W. Rogers, institutional; Calvin
Cooper and Ralph Tedards, in
dustrial.
Receiving wall placques In be
half of the employees and the
company they represented were
Don Anderson, for C. W. Ander
son Hosiery Co.; J. B. Temple
ton, Clinton-Lydia Cotton Mills;
and Robert Wassung, Torring
ton.
Other members receiving
awards were Lex Hamilton
chairman of the budget commit
tee, who received an eagle
award, and Ed Campbell, chair
man of the out-of-town solicia-
tion, who received a U. F. Torch;
Claude Crocker, publicity; Don
Anderson and Ed King for In
dustrial Division,
Mrs. Inez Ledford and Mrs.
Sara D. Coleman received “Miss
Appreciation Awards” for their
contributions in the Industrial
Division. Others receiving “Ap
preciation Awards” for contri
bution in the residential soli
citation were Mrs. E. N. Sulli
van, Mrs. W. A. Alexander.
Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Mrs. B. P.
Mauldin, Mrs. Claude Howe,
Mrs. T. H. Windsor, Mrs. C. W.
Anderson and Mrs. J. Chinatti.
Also recognized with appropri
ate plaques for their contribution
were James Von Hollen, presi
dent, and Reese Young, cam
paign chairman.
Fire Damages
Laurens Store
Laurens—Fire which for a
time stubbornly theratened adja
cent buildings in Laurens’ main
business district gutted the sec
ond floor of one of the city’s larg
est department stores Wednes
day, causing damage estimated
at more than $180,000.
The entire second floor of the
John Graham Department Store
building that housed a stock-
room bulging with Christmas
items and a loan company was
swept by the blaze, detected
about 0:30 a. m. by a John Gra
ham emplyoee.
Merchandise on counters on
the first floor wgs heavily dam
aged by smoke and water.
The fire Was brought under
control by 11:80.
A fire trade and several fire
men were sent from Clinton to
aid the Laurens firemen fighting
the blase.
Union Thanksgiving
Service On Thursday
At Bread St. Church
A community Thanksgiving
service of worship will be held
at Broad Street Methodist
Church Thursday. Nov. 26, at
10:00 a. m. The Rev. John Riv
ers, priest-in-charge of All
Saints Episcopal Church, will
deliver the sermon.
The offering of the service is
designated as a gift to Thorn-
well Orphanage, the Presbyte
rian school and church home
for children, in Clinton.
Other ministers of the com
munity participating in the ser
vice will be the Rev. J. H.
Darr, pastor of the First Bap
tist Church; the Rev. Wm.
Redd Turner, pastor emeritus
of the First Presbterian Church;
the Rev. Thomas W. Miller,
pastor of Bailey Memorial Meth
odist Church; the Rev. Bryan
Keisler, pastor of St John’s
Lutheran Church; the Rev. Mil
ford Sanders, pastor of the Ly
dia Batist Church; and the
Rev. Zeb Williams, pastor of
the Associate Reformed Presby.
terlattj Church. ■
Hamilton Has
Successful Tour
Of 'European Cities
Robert Dean Hamilton, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hamil
ton of this city, recently returned
from a concert tour arranged by
the Rockefeller Foundation in
Amsterdam, Munich, London,
Berlin, and Vienna.
In Berlin, it was reported that
the critics said “Mr. Hamilton’s
performance was one of the
most richly rewarding evenings
by an American Artist.” They
have asked for a return perform
ance. The critics in Amsterdam
said, “Mr. Hamilton is one of the
scarce foreign artists who really
has something to offer.”
The concert tour lasted for sev
eral weeks.
The Rockefeller Foundation
will continue to sponsor Mr.
Hamilton in the future.
Clinton, along with the rest of
the country, will observe Thanks
giving Day (Thursday) as a holi
day.
Business houses generally will
be closed for the day, including
banks and the post office. No
mail deliveries will be made, it
was stated by W. D. Adair, post
master.
A union Thanksgiving service
will be held at 10:00 a. m. at
Broad Street Methdoist Church.
The Rev. John Rivers priest-
in-charge of All Saints Episco
pal Church, will deliver the ser
mon.
The annual Thanksgiving Day
football game between Presby
terian College and Newberry
College will take place in Clin
ton this year, on Johnson Field.
Game time is 2:00 p.m.
Cotton mills of the area will
observe their usual work hours,
it was stated. Some of the other
industries will take the day off,
while some will maintain their
regular work schedules.
Most college students will re
turn home for the holiday period
and will remain for the week
end.
College Holidoys
Begin Wednesday
Thanksgiving holidays for
Presbyterian College students
will begin officially at 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, and will continue
through Sunday.
When the student body reas
sembles on campus after the
four-day vacation period, only 17
days will remain before the start
of the Christmas holidays on De
cember 18. And the Yuletide
season “break” will extend to
January 4.
For Bronze Derby
Plans are shaping up for Clin
ton’s annual Christmas parade
on Thursday, Dec. 3, beginning
at 4:30 p.m.
Heading the parade will be city
officials, according to Col. L. D.
Lott, parade chairman. Heads
of city institutions have also
been invited to appear in the pa
rade.
The event is sponsored by the
Merchants Division of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
The following churches and or
ganizations are planning to en
ter floats: First Baptist Church,
First Presbyterian Church, Lions
Club, Kiwanis Club, Clinton High
School, Whitten Village, WPCC
Clinton Merchants
Close Thursday
Clinton downtown merchants
will close Thursday in observ
ance of Thanksgiving, the Cham
ber of Commerce has announced.
Downtown stores will be open
all day Wednesday, however,
and will stay open Friday until
7:00 p. m. and Saturday until
6:30 p. m
District Schools
To Close Two Doys
For Thonksgiving
For Thfihksglving 14 head
Schools of District 86 will be
closed Thursday and Friday to
observe the Thanksgiving holi
days, according to R. P. Wilder,
superintendent.
The regular schedule of work
will be resumed Monday.
Epworth Church
To Entertain
Maltese Cross
The Epworth Methodist Church
will hold a banquet on November
24 for the Maltese Cross Sub-
District. The program will be on
“Christian Youth Looks At Voca
tions."
Gospel Hour, Presbyterian Col
lege, Bell Street School, and six
merchantile firms. Other entries
are expected by other churches
and organizations.
Harry Bouknight, band direc
tor of Clinton High School, is
arranging for participating
bands. He has announced the
entry pf six, as follows: Clinton
High, Ford, Laurens, Hickory
Tavern, Bell Street High and
Sanders High.
Non-commercial floats with a
Christmas theme are eligible for
one of six prizes totaling $140,
($40, $30, $25, $20, $15, $10).
The parade entries will assem
ble on South Adair St., lining up
on E. Maple and E. Calhoun Sts.
The parade route will be from
near Presbyterian College, trav
eling up S. Broad St. to the post
office, turn right on E. Florida
St., right on Musgrove St. to E.
Carolina Ave., where it will turn
left and disband at points on that
street.
An earlier afternoon appear
ance of parade units is sched
uled for Whitten Village.
Clinton-Lydia Mills
Employees To Get
$150,000 In Savings
Approximately 600 special
checks have been made out to
employees of Clinton-Lydia Cot
ton Mills who participated in the
Christmas savings club through
out the past year.
The checks total $155,000, rep
resenting the amount saved by
employees through the Christ
mas club during the year by
means of payroll deductions.
According to President Robert
M. Vance, the checks will be de
livered to the employee mem
bers on Friday, along with reg
ular payroll checks for the week.
The savings plan is for the
convenience of employees and is
entirely voluntary, Mr. Vance
said.
Hose, Indians To Clash Thursday
The 50th meeting of Presby
terian and Newberry College
football teams will be featured
here Thanksgiving afternoon
when the Blue Hose entertain
their arch-rivals in the annual
Bronze Derby clash.
Kickoff time is 2:00 p. m. on
Johnson Field for this game
which also will serve to honor
Coach Lonnie S. McMilllan, re
tired former coach who gave
36 years of continuous service to
PC athletics.
Many alumni and friends will
hit the campus eariy to enjoy
Thanksgiving dinner served in
the Presbyterian dining hall. It
is scheduled from 11:00 a. m. to
1:00 p. m., with advance reserva
tions requested.
This game will close the sea
son for both participants. Al
though past records are mostly
discounted in this series, the
Hosemen rule as slight favorites
on the basis^of four wins and
five losses thus far compared to
Newberry’s 1-8 record.
PC Coach Callie Gault, hoping
to even his season at 5-all, will
send an outstanding passing at
tack against the Indians. It is
led by Quarterback Leighton
Grantham of Easley, who has
completed 70 of 130 passes for
013 yards in the nine games thus
far. He holds the school’s top in
dividual passing record of all
time and will be striving to pass
the 1,000 yard mark for aerials
this season.
The Blue Hose also have a
deadly runner in ragged little
Fullback Sam Williams. This dy
namo from Monroeville, Ala.,
has cracked enemy defenses for
500 total rushing yards in 133
carries for a season average of
4.4 per-try.
Coach Harvey Kirkland is
winding up one of his most disas
trous seasons since taking over
at Newberry and needs a win
over PC to help recapture his
luster. His record of just one vic
tory, however, fails to show the'
dangerous quality of his team.
The past performances of Half
back Reed Charpia and Fullback
Bill Hammond in partciular
have the Presbyterian coaches
worried.
The Bronze Derby—symbol of
football rivalry between PC and
Newberry — has undergone a
“facelifting” for the traditional
game next Thursday.
Gault has had the coveted der
by recoated with a shiny bronze
finish and mounted on a mahog
any case.
The derby got its start as a
prized symbol while Cally Gault
was a student at Presbyterian,
during a heated PC-New berry
basketball game in the winter
of 1047. The fast action ended
on the court but not in the stands.
And the derby, then a felt lid,
was snatched from the head of a
Blue Hose supporter by a New
berry fan.
Students from both institutions
rallied for the occasion, and out
of the dispute came the derby as
a token of athletic superiority.
The prize was dipped in bronze,
and thereafter was awarded to
the victorous school after con
tests in football, basketball and
baseball.
The Bronze Derby exchange
was limited to football action
only in 1955, and the annual fight
for possession has held the atten
tion of South Carolina sports
fans every Thanksgiving. The
derby has rested on PC’s shelf
six of the nine years since 1055,
and is currently in Blue Hose
possession by virtue of last sea
son’s 14-7 PC victory. ,
As far as the 49-year season
record is concerned, Presbyte
rian holds a decided edge. The
Blue Hose have won 30, against
15 victories for Newberry and 4
ties.