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The Clinton Ckronide
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Vol. 66 — No. 36
Clinton, S. G, Thursday, September 9; 1965
TO START AGAINST ROCK HILL
Tommy
Jed
Gary
Darrell
Darryl
Whited
Laney
Godfrey
Hampton
QB
QB
FB
HB
Terry
L. C.
Carroll
Harvey
Steve
Neil
Fate
Bead
Barker
White
Lanford
Hall
BT
BO
O
LG
LT
LE
H. Douglas Gray
Dies In Laure$
Laurens — H. Douglas Gray,
79, Laurens businessman and
former city councilman, died
suddenly Thursday at 8:45 p. m.
at his home, 616 S. Harper St.,
after several years of declining
health.
Its Big
Thursday
Tonight
“Big Thursday” is here for
Presbyterian College Blue Hose
Rock Hil[ Is Opponent
dhiton Kkks Off Home Slate Friday
323 Enrolled In
Head Start Project
Session in County
runtnn High School, fresh yard aerial from Laney and
from a season-opening victory Barker converted,
over York last week, will per- Francis Cooper took over for
form before a home audience the Red Devils in the final
Friday night in the first home quarter and produced two more
game on its 1965 schedule. toucrdowns, on a 79-yard pass
And if they put on an aerial from Laney and a one-yard
show such as that which fea- push up the middle. Barker
Native and Utelone realdeat ot roolb>11 ,>n * ta CllnUm ' wlth ^
Laurens, son of the late Hugh night’s annual gridiron jamboree
E. and Susie Sullivan Gray, he marking the kickoff for the 1965
was president of the Southern season.
States Lumber Co., of Laurens, ^ barbecue supper under the
president of the Southern Sash . _
and Door Co,, of Greenville; o*** ad J ac * nt to Belk Auditor-
vice president of Laurens Glass, *4™ P t C ca, ?P“®
Inc., a director of the Palmetto , the * ala activities at 6
Savings and Loan Association of 0 clock; then master of cere-
Laurens. He was a member of moni f J °hn HoUand Hunter will
the First Methodist Church of introduce a lively parade of en-
Laurens, where he served on tertainment inside the auditor-
the Official Broad a number of ^ ^ program wUl welcome
years. He was an honorary back . pc s a tudent body of 650
member of the Laurens Rotary members, including a large in-
Club, a member. of Palmetto flux ° f f f"?i n £ ity ‘ 8,1(1 ^ 1 L pre '
Lodge 19, AFM, and served as sent the 1965 Blue Ho8e grtdmen.
city councUman a number of A quick preview of the night’s
years. action shows Coach Cally Gault
He was educated in the Laur- discussing the coming season’s
The Head Start Project for e ns public schools and was a propect8 ' and his pc s< * uad mo-
Evangelistk Film Committee
tured their appearance aganist converted once more to wrap County) sponsored by graduate of Poughkeepsie (N. I® 1188 their new uniforms The
the Laurens County Improve- Y ->) Business School. His wife, c ii nton H i8h School band and
7 19 7 13—46 mpnt rwonization ended Fri- Mrs - Luc i* e Martin Gray, died chowleaders, a local giris uke
« « « a a ment Organization, ended rn- Jn quartet and the Greenwood Mills
York, the game will be a thrill- up the scoring,
er.
The
on the local
Clinton
opponent — — . Y .
field this week will be Rock
Hill, who was idle last week.
Members of' a committee representing
local churches sponsoring the showing
of the Billy Graham film, “The Restless
Ones,” to be seen here Oct. 18, 19, 20,
meet with a representative of Graham,
Evangelistic Films, Ray Harvey. They
0 0 0 0— 0 day ^ Augugt 20. "V"”. . trio “Two Dots and a Dash” are
Clinton scoring: Touchdowns- Summary records show there Mrs 1/h* Hu^tar r?’ among the other attractions -
The Clintonians defeated the Whitsel 3, Cooper, 2, Steele, were 23 paid professional work- of Laurens and Mrs s m rM.rl All Clinton area civic clubs are
Bock Hill Bearcats last year, Grady; PAT-Barker, 4, er,; 1» teachera' aides, # coota. garet) wnk „ Jr 0( st Peleri ; particlpatiii* In the Jamboree, nnn 1 V
34 student car pool driver,, 41 „ B< . >ch p , b ^ L ” hic I h »P®"f«red by the Wal- J>OUy,Ut/U TOT 1 BQr
professional volunteers, and 138 Rus!iell G ot alnton (0 ' ur ter Johnson Club. “ ^
non-professional volunteers. , ister , Mrs j w Dunklln >nd
EnroUed in the eight Head Mrs. Edwin Howard of Laurens,
Stert centers for six weeks were Mrs. Marie G. Swain of Green-
323 prospective first graders. ville and Mrs. Carroll G. Des-
are, front: Dillard Boland, Mr. Harvey,
and R a t c h f o r d Boland; back row:
C aude Crocker, George Brockenbrough,
A. C. Young, and J. B. Templeton. Ab
sent when the picture was made were
Rembert Truluck and L. S. Reddeck.—
Photo by Yarborough.
19-13.
The game tomorow night will
be on Wilder Field, beginning
at 8 o’clock.
Clinton 46, York 6
Clinton quarterback Gary
Laney threw four touchdown
Vance Named To
Governor's Group
An Uinltne Efliis»a!iAn The centers were Springfield Champs of Spartanburg; five
passes, three. to halfback Joel Ull niUllCI LtlUCdllOll Baptist Church, St. Paul Baptist grandchildren and four great-
*1; Tfbcrt M. Vance, president of Church, and Bethel A. M E. grandchildren.
‘ ‘ Clinton Mills and M. S. Bailey A Otureh of Laurens^ Hebren Bap- Funeral services were con-
S-^n Bankers, last week was „ „ Priend . p ducted Saturday at 3 p. m. at
1 as a member of the Gov- M'®-Church of Clinton; Laurel First Methodist Church by Rev.
Mrs. Noble Little,
Ex-Welfare Head,
Dies In Laurens
*.
Council Adopts Budget
College Receives
Gift From Equitable
Laurens — Mrs. Mable Blume
York last Friday, 46-0.
Qinton took a 7-0 lead in the e , as a member ot me uov- —~*7“ *—*»* ru»i meuiouisi ^nuren oy wev. f itti- nr 497 w Main Qf 97 reived another tl 000
first quarter when Steve Grady ( . rnor s c Decial Advisory Com- HiU Ba P tist Church Center of Thomas C. Shuler and Rev UtU 01 427 w - Main st > for 27
went up the middle from six m ttee 0 „ Higher EducaUon Waterloo; Pleasant View Baptist George H. Hodges Burial was years Laurens County director from the Equitable Assurance cludes
yards out. Barker converted Govcrror T Robcrt E< McNair Church of Gray Court < “d the in Laurens City Cemetery. “ “
and the Red Devils were oil rja , t vated ^ committee which Joanna Center of Joanna -
City council at its Septem- police department, $88,707.34;
her meeting Friday night, the street d.^a.t..ie..t, $101,793.76;
first of the fiscal
year, ap- cernt:tji y. W.232; joint utilities,
Presbyterian College has re- proved the l965 . m budget electnc ’
a - ant ... . - lighting, $3,500; sewer
which totals $809,000 and in- departnnnt, water de-
Women's Day
Program at PC
a five per cent pay paitwient, $24,ou0; miscellan-
of public welfare until her re- Society, President Marc C. raise for municipal employees, eous, $222,230.75, which in
urement in 1964, died early Sun- Weersing announced today. The budget shows an in- eludes payments of $133,879.75
day in a, local hospital after a said PC was one of 135 crease of $55,000 in both reve- to the Bu.id sJornriibS-on for re-
two-day illness privately supported colleges nue and expenses over last 1. ement 01 oui.iaading bonds
y ‘ and universities in the United year. The largest single in- auu interest, *14,000 for retire-
She was a naUve of Orange- states to be selected for this crease seen in the budget is ment and social security, $9,-
burg County, daughter of the award under the company’s for purchase of electricity for 000 lor ti.,- RecreaUon Com-
Some 150 women leaders from 8 e 8 cu Alvet “* e Caugh ' special “Program for Support the utiliUes department, *205,- mission, *8,670.50 cushion fund
back 37 yards. Barker contrib- appointments are for four years, have expressed their apprecia- south Carolina and r^roi* m.KiiA ™Hif«^A e was director of o£ Uglier Education.” The gift 000, which reflects the continu- to the Bond Commission, $5,-
uted another extra point for a Other members of the commit- tion for the cooperaUon given l Vl .LT if. L ^ b® a »® d toward underwrit- ing growth of the community. 000 each for insurance, group
• 26-0 halftime lead. tee areLJohn Lumpkin oLColum- by the cltiisnry al Ohs saverai rrpsDytcrtan Cql- > Ing the cost of the new science Expenses of operation in prac- insurance and health depart-,
"Clinton added seven more bia; Robert C. Blair of Aiken; communities that participated in lege next ,or tb* Wom - “« °,7k pu.!*‘n building now being completed t.cally all departments of the ment, $14,938.75 for the con-
points in the third period when Robert B. Russell of Charleston; the project. en’s ExecuUve Day program. wir h .. Ih o « J" “ — * '—* —» . —
Whitsel scored his third touch- E. Craig Wall of Conway; and Thep lay areas were much 1m- They will hear a keynote ad- George Frank Little died in
down of the evening on a 13} Alester G. Furman of GreenviUe. proved through the efforts of dre8S by Mrs. Bryant M. Kirk- 1934.*
city and county officials. land, outstanding churchwoman surviving are two sons, Dr.
and running. v> a3 formed under Gov. Ernest The record also shows 154
They scored 19 points in the F Hollings, but had not been hours of volunteer professional
second quarter as Laney pass- act ive in recent years. services rendered and 2,439
ed to Whitsel for scores of j 0 b„ k. Cauthen of Columbia, hour * of volunteer non-profes-
31 and 47 yards and Charles former resident of Clinton, is 8 i° n ol service.
Steele ran an intercepted pass chariman of the group, whose The sponsors and workers
ffiHy Graham Rim Slated
To Show Here m October
“The Restless Ones,” consid- an answer from beyond us.”
ered the most successful motion This answer will satisfy, chal-
picture yet produced by Evunge- len " * nd ‘"“P 1 ” ^“"8 "<» oM
on the Presbyterian campus, city show some increase. tingent fund, and several other
Dr. Weersing pointed out The tax levy, it is pointed smaller items,
that this marks the third con- out, will remain at 53 mills, The budget aiso allocates
secutive year that PC has been the same as for the past sev- from the surplus fund the pur-
The steering committee mem- ? nd 1 _ w fJ e ^ 016 P a8tor of New Henry T"utile of GreemviTle and de8ignated for 8 grant from cral years J chase of an improved billing
hers were C. D. Beasley, Morte- York Gity ’ s Fifth Avenue Pres- neoree T Little of Columbia- F^tdtable. Recipients are se- Estimated expenses for ope- machine for the administrative
kiah Taylor, Rev. Lewis S. Hay, byterlan -Church. She will speak a sister Mrs j T williams of lect ® d witb tb ® assistance of rating each department in- department for approximately
Rev. Earl Wright, C. A. Rubens, °" V 1 * subject - ‘‘Double Respon- Neeses .’ a nd six crandehilHren an advi8 ory group of nationally elude: administrative, $36,362.- $8,000, trading poUce car, two
and Rev. Louis C Fischer III 8lbiUty and Double Jeopardy.” ’ B ' prominent educators. 08; fire department, $23,289.22; trucks for the street depart-
iscner, in. The program is scheduled tq Funeral services were con- ment and one truck for P the
u ■ a open at 11:45 a. m. with an in- ducted Monda y at 2 P- m. at
Hampton Ave. PTA formal reception in Belk Audito- K e nn ® d y Mortuary by Dr. Rob-
rium. After an official welcome ert S ' Co °P® r and Dr - J - E -
Committees Homed and PC report by - President Rou8 e- Burial was in Laurens
t A meeting of the Executive Marc C. Weersing, the main Clty Cemetery.
alike and wilf anneal to ehurciT Committee of the Hampton Ave- speaker will be introduced by
list Billy Graham, will be shown goerg and non-churchgoers It is nue Parent -Teacher Association Mrs. Walter S. Moore, president
at the Broadway Theatre in Clin- stated. The Christian message was be ^ d Tuesday night at the °f fbe South Carolina Presbyte-
ton on Oct. 18, 19, 20. comes through in the midst of a Mary Mu s8rove Hotel. and a member of
Sponsored by local churches, realistic teen-age situation, Mr s Lewis Hay, co-president, !L_ . , ard 01 v s itor S;
College Classwork
Starts End of Week
r P ^
proaucuon 10 ^umou. chairmen tar th* aa- meal, wUl be conducted on tours
a "renresenUtiW^wnmittee7s cleanly and without cloying] Presided over the meeting. The visiting women wUl be en- ,w
rfiraJins nlnna fnr hrinainv the Swift-moving plot episodes high- Plans for the coining year were ?!f U k in fr 1 , ln „ n ® w . Gr ® enville din - The orientation pace of the
Serving „ chelrmen U J. B. church, viewer, .tele, chalrme" J^caior the com- rian CoBege wlU culmlnete ft-
Truluck, George Brockenbrough, agers and parents. A sensitive " aroia matics will sneak on «*wk» i
> Dillard Boland, Rev. A.;L. Bix- script, produced by World Wide i S “ Chose Presbyterian CoU^e f J Retarning uPP«rclassmen en
ter, L. S. Reddeck tad Claude Pictures under the direction of M Prog ^ m - My Teaching Ministry " and n*. ter the scene Tbursda y and
Crocker. Dick Ro„, ha, re,ulted in a o „ vetopment Dlre^rPowef. mMt for ““ ,lr,t Ume with
Graham', evangeUaUc fUm re- "break-through" in “The Bert- w„ M ”' R °^ rt Fraser will direct rem^rkl ™ Ulelr adv, * erl ‘ 10 complete their
prerentatlve. Bay Harvey, ;la le.s One,.” M n”" • The Fin.nclMTooreaTm E? V 0 *™ tor ^ coming
working with the local commit- n D .. G uc.Uo^a,tae for ^ Tkcy are achcduled for
tee which together with local ■ • x ei ^ Creighton, Publicity, Mr,. Mor- .. M . . . ^»37| , s?* 01 8oth morning and afternoon
pastors and lay leader,, per LefllOB To Elect People/^ 0Ung ““‘c™ (,r ' R, ? ta * n L ,0 re8ls -
taring on Friday. The upper-
viewed the film Monday, night At New Officers
the First Persbyterian Church.
With the accent on youth, the
subscription, Mr. and Mrs. »Ray- P ®°P 1 *-
mond Campbell; Safety, Mrs.
w w A meeting of the Copeland- Robert Lynn; and Legislation,
feature-length film deals wiitiJb^ty vidson Post American Legion Larry Ingle,
teen aee crisis With a back- wl11 G* held Tuesday evening. New Officers for the year are
ground setting provided by the September 14, at 7:30 at the Le- J 8 foUowlng: President, Dr. and
1963 Graham Los Angeles Cru- gton Hut - Lewis Hay; Vice-president,
sade, and woven Into the story ^ members are urged to be Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sherrill;
pattern “The Restless Ones” la present as new officers for the Secretary, Mrs. George Brocken-
a bold approach to social cro- coming year will be elected at brough; Treasurer, Mervin Bar-
blems.
One reviewer said, “Here is a
picture that tells the world the
truth and comes up with an ans
wer, not an easy answer, but
Clinton-Lydio Club
J To Start Gasses
The Hobby Club of Clinton-
Lydia Mills will hold classes on
Monday and Thursday morn
ings of each week from 9:00 to
11:20 a. m. Evening classes
will- be held on Tuesdays from
7:00 to 9:00.
* One of the first features will
be Fall Hats and othsr crafts.
Mips Nellie Osborne, instruc
tor; urges anyone interested in
jolting the chib to get started
in the first classes which begin
Monday, September 13, at the
Uifcat Community Bouse.
Comp Fire
Leaders Meet
A The Clinton Council of Camp
9 Fire Girls will have a
this time.
class registration will be held
from 8:30 a. m. to 12 noon and
from 1 to 2 p, m., Friday, in
the library building.
The regular class schedule
will begin at 8:00 a. m. Satur
day momnig.
New students, inclding most
bee; Principal, Herman Shealy. nin 8 teams? Here is your chance of the 100 coeds, arrived on
Guess...
And Win!
Like football? Guessing win-
Plaque presented to Mrs. Foy (left) by Mrs. Sarah
Dixon Delxiach, commander of the Laurens County
unit of the American Cancer Society. The presentation
was made on behalf of the South Carolina Division of
the Society.—Yarborough Photo.
Mrs. Foy Awarded Plaque
Far Cancer Society Work
utility department.
The amount for permanent
improvements out of this
year’s $62,500 surplus is listed
at approximately $40,000, about
$15,000 of which is already allo
cated to pay for a drainage
project in the Clinton Mills
area, which is nearing comple
tion.
The meeting was presided
over by Mayor J. J. Cornwall
with all councilmen present:
Boyd Holtzclaw, S. A. Pitts,
Harry C. Layton, L. W. Coop
er, George W. Bagwell and
Talmadge Sanders.
In other action, council ap
proved the paving of the city
parking lot at the corner of
South Broad Street and East
Carolina Avenue, at a cost of
$5,000, the work to be done by
Wham Construction Co. The
area is 2,400 square yards.
Council decided unanimously
to limit sick leave for all city
employees to two weeks with
pay during any fiscal year.
The action will be retroactive
to September 1. Council delay
ed action on a proposal that
sick leave might be accumu
lated up to a certain point.
Directors and officers of the
__ Mrs. G. N. Foy of Joanna secretary to Walter Regnery, Community chest of Greater
to show your skill at Football campus last Monday for the was honored last month with vice-president of Joanna Cotton Qinton received council’s per-
Game Guessing and to win moo- start of orientation week. They a plaque awarded for long MiUs Co- prio f lts merger mission to erect a permanent
^ — — - - • * * ■ - with Greenwood Mills.
pedestal on the municipal
«y for it. You will find in today'l were put through a battery of Vlin „ . oerviee .. , ,
paper a page advertisement giv- placement tests, meetings and ^ WaS edlt ° r of Joa f na parking lot for a metal torch
ing information and official en- entertanimants, and completed t0 tbe A™ 61,1 ® 311 Cancer So- News, a company publication, con t r jb uted by Clinton Mills.
try forms.
Try your luck on next week’s ernoon.
games by filling out the entry
form in the paper today. Two a j aa.j* e nr
cash awards will be given away Appeal MOOe FOr
registration on Wednesday af- ciety, Laurens County unit. for 12 years and is also a
The award was made by the former staff member of Jqan-
South Carolina Chapter of the na Way, the company monthly
luoli-
The torch will burn during the
fund appeal each year.
Clothing, Other Items
maatjng Monday night at 7:10
p. m. Sept. 12 at the Camp Fire
Hat Leaden of all three dis
tricts are urged to attend.
Robert L. Glenn, ftf 710 Florida Street, Clinton, lost
control of this car gat 8:80 Sunday morning, traveled
about 600 feet along the shoulder of the road and
crashed into a store at an intersection near Cold
Point in the western part of the county. The car end
ed up down a hill to the rear of the store. The driver
said to be not injured seriously. Patrolman J. H.
Cancer Society at its annual magazine which ceased put...
meeting in Columbia. Mrs. cation last year. Community olbl6
Foy is the former Edna Rid- She is a graduate of Coker pi' C An f 1A
die, daughter of the late Mr. CoUege in Hartsville and the V-IOSS VJpens JCpr. IT
teams. First prize is $25.00 and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lipford of and Mrs. Adolphus Riddle of University of South Carolina Dr. T. Layton Fraser will
second prize $10.00. Anyone is el- Klnards recently lost their home Laurens. She resides at Gred- and Draughon’s Business Col- begin his tenth and final com-
igible except the employees of «“ d all possessions by fire, and na Farm j n j 0 anna. lege in Columbia. She taught munity Bible class on Tuesday
this newspaper. Winners’ names The Chronicle has been request- Mrg p oy> unable to attend in the public schools of Lau- evening of Sept. 14, at 7:45 p. m.
will be listed in next week’s pa- ed 10 publish an appeal for as- ^ annua i meeting, was pre- rens and Barnwell counties and The class will meet at Pros
per. *■ sistance for them. Clothing and S€n ^ ed ^e plaque in Clinton re- was a member of the teachers’ byterian College in Neville
In case you do not receive The household items ar» neetied. cen tiy by Mrs. Sarah D. De- associations of both counties Hall, room 109.
Chronicle, additional entry Men’s size In trousers is 29-81, Loach of Laurens, commander as well as the South Carolijia The course to be studied this
forms may be obtained at our and shirt size 15. Women’s sizes ^ ^ county . B cancer unit. Education Association. year is “The Life and Phil-
office or at Johnson's Men Store conform with size 16 dress. Charles E. Barnes of Laurens Mrs. Foy was also once ac- osophy of Christ,” covering the
on the square downtown. Enter lg president. live in Girl Scout work and the four Gospels—Matthew, Mark,
** wr ^ Homed Ot Converse She has served for 15 years recreation program in Colum- Luke and John,
ers wiU be Judges; titelr deda- -tudents will fill ^ numerous capacities and is bia. She is a member of the There is no charge for the
ions are final Deadline for en- Ctoton stu^nte will ffll ^ flrst vic e-p re sident of the First Baptist Church of Joanna course, and everyone interest-
tries next week is Wednesday. ^ pU g^“ nb ^ d ™£* ^ e ' county unit. “In educational and teaches an adult Sunday ed is invited to take part in
S** 6 ®** EiMt and service activities, her ef- school class. this study. The only cost
Support your home teams and ^ ^DhoSiore^e- torts have been most valu- She was listed in “Who’s $3.75 for a study guide,
^nmring merohants Md Indus- able.” Mrs. DeLoach declared. Who of American Women” in Bible itself is the text,
tries that have made this contest presentatiye to the Student Gov and ^ year before was Dr. Fraser’s retirement next
KSXTf JtL’% STS office staff^oMhe Wa^ngre. y.er will preclude -
Sditfer inve8ti(>ted 'and ehargad Glenn with driving eppeer «the "FeotWl tteta* ejrre e. ho^epreldent of E. by Fre ‘ d0 ™ ^ cU “ ^ cy ™‘
tooSat.—Photo by Paul Quinton. Fa*" from time to time. Wilson Dormitory. years wa * 1X1081 recently foundation
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