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The Clinton Chronicle
Vol. 68 — No. 8
Clinton, S. C. Thursday, February 24, 1966
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TB Assn. Meeting T* le ' ,h A one c D ompany
Set for Friday at J r The southern Bell Telephone
. , , ——n—j * Company” is kicking off its $3.5
A large attendance is expect
ed for the annual meeting of million construction program in
he Tuberculosis and Health Spartanburg District, including
. ... , ,, , . „ „ , $221,000 in Clinton.
Association by the chairman of /
The $3.5 million figure is
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arrangements, the Reverend
fames A. Bowers, of Green- w jjj S p^ n( j j n (jjj s area during
1966 to expand and improve fa-
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/ood.
what ihe telephohe company
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Proposed Davidson Street Baptist Church
^This is an architect’s sketch of the
proposed Davidson St. Baptist Church,
the contract for which was awarded last
week. The new building will add 12,000
square feet to the existing three-unit
structure for which ground-break
ing services were held February 6. The
new sanctuary is exoectad -to. be occu
pied’late this year. Rev. M. Floyd Hel-
lams is pastor of the congregation which
was organized in 1959 as a mission of
Calvary Baptist Church.—Photo from
sketch by Yarborough.
College Giving Program Precinct Clubs
Sets $100 OOO Year's Goal Io ° Meel Sa,urday
m %i\mm Den)ocratic and Republican
The session w;ll be held Fri- c jijtj eSi sa y 3 Clinton manager
lay night at 7 o’clock at Self D H Martin . For al i of s^th
lemorial Hospital in Green- Carolina, the company wig have
#00t b an outlay of $35.5 million on
Preceding the presentation of construction to keep ahead of
the guest speaker, Dr. George ^ ra pjdiy-expanding demand
G. Durst of Charleston, reports £ or serv j ces
will be heard from the chair- During 1965 more ^an 50,-
man of the Chr.stmas Seal qqq telephones were added to
Campaign, William A. Gardner, 50^™ Bell . s system in thc
of Ninety Six and the chair- s t a te, including 492 here in
man of the Nominating Com- clinton aad Joanna .
mittee, L. B. Adams, of Green
wood.
Reservations have been re- Greenwood, Clinton, and Lau-
ceived from Joanna, Ware rens. The president, Hehry M.
Shoals, Ora, Ninety Six, Troy, Faris, of Laurens, will preside.
Chamber of Commerce
'resta^U; 3 iast^year the program *y have scheduled meetings far Meet Scheduled March 3
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Denjocratic
A record goal of $100,<
been esablsihed for Presbyte- — — — _ . . . u- u ..:n
rian College’s 1966 Annual Giv- recorded an all-time high that ^ at V r ^ y ’. ° f which 1
ing progiam Alumni and Pub- exceeded its goal and showed J? tu n' t .
lie Relations Director Ben Hay a 20 per cent increase over Th ® l “ lubs Wl11 meet a A . 1110 Commerce will meet Thursday be made to members.
Hammet announced today. 1964. usual places fc, such^meebng, £vening( March v 3> in what i3 ^the session^wm
He said this objecUve com- Th ambitious $100 000 target at thejr biennial meetines iju germed the “annual” session, of ^ architecture deDartmpnt
for 1966 was established by the aration for forthcoming ^ the Hotel Mary Musgrove, Qf clemson Universit ho
board of directors of the Pres- elections in the count state beginnmg at 7 o cloct will discuss planning for Clin .
bytenan College Alumm Asso- and natk)n New officers for 1966-67 will future
ciation. This group directs the clin , on ' DemocraUc aubs be ihsthlled as well as the five The mcc(1 , h b
.rom gr Jr'»r,tm N »- 1 2 tall ! °'J as "An important Date for
Sd from mends and L to ‘"- i ^ ^ ^ b ' reC<>E ' • *'»turc." Dean Mc-
1 wo Killed As Car Jumps Creek
New Visiting Hours
At Local Hospital
In Effect Sunday
Effective Sunday, Feb. 27,
Members of the Chamber of and no charge for dinner will
Two Negro men were killed early
Sunday morning when their car went
off the road at left of bridge, crashed a
wooden guard rail, traveled 39 feet
arosss the creek and struck a concrete
holding wall on the lower right bank.
The accident occurred on South Carolina
Highway 56 (Cross Hill to Kinards).—
Photo by Paul Quinton. .i
A l/a^l I «| *1 Concert Association To
Are Killed When
Car Leaves Road Open Membership Drive
Cross Hill — Two Laurens
ni narents of students ory ’ respectively; Clinton Mill . . Clure is expected to explain County Negroes were killed The Clinton Community Con-
A P , . . . ‘ . Club at the Community House . Oncers state that . general proposals submitted by when their car jumped a creek cert Association opens its 19t>3-
Anmiid Giving helps to under- at 2 0 , cl k; Lydia club at mg will be of interest to ladies his students after research and and crashed into a concrete ^ membership campaign next
rite the current ooerat.ons n 0^1 i ^ . , j ^ , . j. .
« ^ TTlcHoHnn r,,l« nroeP- Wnte ^ CUrrent 0 P erat0DS Providence School at 11:00 3.
new visitation rules and proce- budget at Presbyterian College, m . Joanna C lub at the Club
dures will go into effect at Bai- with special emphasis on schol- House other clubs in the area
ley Memorial Hospital, Fred N. arship aid to worthy students will meet at their usual places .
Crawford, administrator, stat- an< * faculty salary increases. Hopewell, Long Branch, Renno
- The $100,000 effort this year ^ shady Grove
v . ... . f .. seeks $70,000 for academic pur- . County conventions will be
Visiting hours for the gen- poses and $30,000 for the Wal- held on Mondav M arcb 7
eral public will be from 2 to ter Johnson Club alumni ath- r> «• , y ’,
. „ m umiauu >-iuu, muiuiu am Democratic clubs in the coun-
4 p. m., and 7 to 8 p. m. ietic organization.
Visiting hours for two mem-,
hers of the family holding fam
ily visiting cards: 10 to 11 in
the morning, 2 to 4 in the af
ternoon, and 7 to 8 in the eve
ning.
Two visitors will be admitted
to the floor to see a particular
patient at one time.
If both jfamily visiting cards
Welfare Workers
Participating In
’ 1 '. Sessions
ty will elect the following num
ber of delegates to attend the
county convention, based upon
the formula of one delegate for
each 25 votes or major frac
tion cast in the first Demo
cratic primary of 1964:
Bailev^ 2, Barksdale-Narnie
3, Brewerton 5, Clinton No. X
28, Clinton No. 2 22, Clinton
Ten case workers of the Lau- MiU 19 Cook , s store ^ Cn)ss
are in use during regular visit- rens County Department of Hill 5, Daniels’ Store 3, Dials 1,
ing time for the general pub- Public Welfare are participat- Ekom 3, Gray Court 7, Grays
lie, no addiitonal visitor will be ing j n spe cial statewide train- 2, Hickory Tavern 6. Hopewell
permitted to go to the floor. sessions being held in 17 Joanna 20, Jones Store ~3,
The front entrance to the hos- b 6 Lanford 3, Laurens No. 1 12,
pital will be the visitors’ en- centers. Laurens No. 2 5, Laurens No.
trance. All other entrances will The pilot project deals with 3 14> Laurens No. 4 11, Laurens Joins Bank of Clinton
be locked except the emergen- the subject, “Meeting the Needs No. 5 21, Laurens No. 6 13,
cy entrance and the physicians’ 0 f Children.” It is jointly spon- Long Branch 4, Lydia Mill 8.
ROBERT C. HAMER
Robert C. Hamer recently
entrance.
ments may be completed.
Group to Organize
County League Of
Women Voters Todav
Upon admission, two general “ T' w ~ ^ Mt. Olive 3, Mt. Pleasant 2, . . . . . .. The organization meeting of
visitors’ cards will be made up ment of Health - Education and MountviUe 3/ 0ra 2 0wi 4 ’ Bobby received his education the - Laurens County group,
with the patient’s name and Welfare, Children’s Bureau; the Pleasant Mound 1, Poplar at 01111100 H , lgh ,^ h00 ’ C l a ?f ° f League of Women Voters, will
room number on them. These Graduate School of Social Work, Springs 4, Princeton 2, Renno 196 ?’ .^ eorg a Mll ‘ tary , ^ be held htls (Thursday) after
cards will be sent to the infor- University of Tennessee, Knox- 1, Shady Grove 2, Shiloh 2, ~ nd e Umversiiy 01 South noon aj 3:30 o’clock on the sec-
mation desk. They will be ville; the South Carolina De- Stewart’s Store 1, Tip* Top 3 0ai i o ina ' . . , , ond lloor °( Douglas House on
available for the use of rela- partment of Public Welfare, Trinity Ridge 4, Waterloo 4 ls , a _ meil 'J „ °/ t “ e , ^ cam P us °( Presbyterian
lives and friends of the patient and South Carolina Educatoin- Wattsville 12, Woodville 7* Natloaal Guard Unit, and the College.
during the regular visiting al Television. Youngs 2. Total 288. f on of M 0 ^. a ?. d ^ ob ® rt Tbe meetin g is °P en to all
hours in the afterhoon and eve- The 12-week sessions, which Hamer, 300 West aple Street, women in Laurens County of
the possibilities of solving prob- holding wall on South Carolina week, and today announced the
lems which hinder the orderly Highway 560 about three miles attractions to appear here on
progressive development of a east of here early Sunday. n;xt season’s program,
community. Laurens County Coroner Richard Hayman and the
All fifth year students in ar- Marshall Pressley identified — I
chitecture at Clemson spend a the victims as Calvin Angus 1 gene Johnson said the distance |
session on city planning and Suber, 39, and Thomas Fuller, from where the vehicle plunged
civic design studies. The stu- both of Rt. 1, Mountville. An- through the rail to where it
dents who have been in Clinton other passenger in the 1955 came to rest in the water was
for the past three months will Chevrolet station wagon, 12- approximately 39 feet. Mudliek
|| have on display their models year-old Henry McGowan, was Creek is about two feet deep
as it could be built. These will reported in fair condition at a at the point where the accident
be displayed at 6 o’clock. Clinton hospital.' occuired and the cfeek bed is
City council members and The station wagon left the about 10 feet from the highway.
Laurens County legislators will road on the right side, after Officers and volunteers had
be guests of the chamber. rounding a sharp curve, and to force open the door of the
Don Creighton, chamber pres- crashed through a wooden station wagon to reach'the two
’Ident, urges all mmebers to guad’d rail leading onto the bodies. A passing motor st,
sign and return their reserva- Mudliek Creek bridge, accord- Kenneth Hanna, discovered the
tion card in order that arrange- * n 8 to State Highway Patrol- wreckage when he stopped to
RONALD TURINI
man Gerald Dobson. investigate the broken guard
Dobson sa d the vehicle “sail- rail at about 8:00 a. m.
ed out over the stream in the Assisting with the investiga-
air,” crashed into the concrete ti° n were State Highway Patrol
holding wall and dropped Cpl. A. W. Hampton and Dep-
straight down into the water.. uties Arthur Dunaway and C.
Laurens County Sheriff R. Eu- D. Benjamin, Jr.
sored by the federal Depart-
A . ’ a n/r ' '1 joined the ctaff of the Bank of
Also, Maddens 4, Merna 1, .
ning. The cards must be re- began yesterday, will be held
turned to the information desk through April. The center for
before another visitor may pro- Laurens County welfare work-
ceed to the floor. ers is at Newberry High School.
Also upon admission, two County case workers taking
family visiting permits will be part are Mrs. Emily Bramlett,
made up for the use of the Mrs. Katherine Parker, Miss
World Day of Prayer
To Be Observed Friday
voting age and at this time
members will be enrolled if
they so desire.
Mrs. Edmund Yaghjian of Co-
1 u m b i a, state organization
chairman, of the League, will
be present to supervise plan
immediate famUy. These cards Gladys Roper, Mrs. Gladys . d .. , y * l d d re£lecting 1116 long ning for this group of women
are non-transferrable and the Martin, Mrs. Connie Nelson, Pra y er observance which is to tradition of Scottish churches, interested in studying in a non
holders may visit either in the Mrs. Barrie Rogers, Miss Carol P^ce Friday at 3:30 at At the same time a service Partisan manner the structure
morning, afternoon or evening. Senn, Miss Geraldine Haydock, Broad Street Methodist Church, for children is to be held in ^° d workln 8 s of government at
The new rules and regula- Mrs. Elizabeth Pinson and Miss will use ** 1116 m ain theme this Hodge s Hall under the direction natiooal
tions for visiting at the hospital Joyce Dunaway, case work su- year “You Are My Witnesses " levels
.., , „ ., ,. of Mrs. Raymond Pitts, assist-
On this day all over the world . . „ , _ ’
-r A... ed by Mrs. Fred Pitts. The
are made in consideration for pervisor.
the comfort and well-benig of Mrs. Alice Davidson, welfare groups of Christians will gather n „__ nm ... . .
the patient and efficient opera- director will lead discussions to pray for all the people of the [V JL . „ . .. e same
tion of the hospital, Crawford for a four-county area at the world through the service pre- .. . .. ... P 5° gram ln
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said, in seeking the coopera- center at Saluda High School, pared by the women of Scot-
tion of the public.
Mortgage Burning
Service Scheduled
For Calvary Church
A dedication service and
mortgage burning for the prop
erty of Calvary Baptist Church,
will be held Sunday moraing
at the morning service. The
property to be dedicated con
sists of two educational build
ings, an organ, twelve pianos,
two parking lots, a passage
way, and a playground. The
property, purchased at a cost
of $90,000, is paid for.
The service will begin at
11:00 o’clock, and the pastor
Rev. J. W. Spillers, extends a
cordial invitation to the mem
bership of Calvary and the gen
eral public to attend.
Hopewell Church
To Hold Program
Mrs. J. F. Trammell of
Charleston, conference Spiri
tual Life Secretary, will be the
main speaker at the “Day
Apart” program of the Green
wood District Methodist Church
es which will be held Saturday
morfiing at Hopewell Methodist
Churucb at 10:80.
order that the children can be
supervised during the entire
adult service.
Republican Clubs
To Meel Saturday
RICHARD HAYMAN
Manhattan Pops Orchestra,
Pianist Ronald Turini, and-The
Revelers, a male quartet, will
perform under the auspicies 'of
the concert association at Pres
byterian College’s Belk Audi
torium.
Next week’s drive for renew-
il of this year’s memberships
vill insure all ticket hqlders of
a seat for the three perform
ances beginning in the late fall
>f 1966, and continuing through
.he winter of 1967: Association
workers will contact present
nembers during the next week
to give them the opportunity of
join ng for another season.
_ _ Music lovers interested in be-
Clinton Viet Nam Veteran “rit S
may join the following week,
when headquarters will be set
up at the Hotel Mary Musgro've
^ from March 7-12. Mrs. Mary
A young Marine Corps pri- small village amid a voUey of Wal i acei the New York- repre-
vate who wishes “he were back mortar fire. sentative of Columbia Artists
“In the village, Viet Cong management, Inc., is to be
Is Awarded Purple Heart
3 T lC .1, 15 TV™' '» v ‘«“ m ^ “• b T regS^rW^nchi' to cto‘to" S
CW.M.n y - by T variou y / Feb. 26, * 7:86 p. W, al th* to” received the Purple sel ‘ es a^eath the ground." Zfume. according to Mr.
rr tr, denominations ot Clinton Community House, Heart medal recently in cere- he continued, “and we manag- Robert Wasung and Mrs. Rob-
i in „i n, . . leaders state. monies at the Charleston Naval e d to capture 13 of them. The e rt Hanson, co-chairmen of the
laeesvuie Metnomst To Join other Republican Clubs in Hospital. famiUes, women and smaU membership drive. —’
.. " ayer Ior 0UI ' Ooan *ry the county are scheduled to He is Private First Class Da- children, were evacuated back Memberships are $7.50 for
me theme of the World Day of mee t a t 3 o’clock in the after- vied L. Godfrey, 18, of Clinton, to the .field dispensary for adults; $3,00 for children and
Prayer Service which will be n0 on, according to announce- who was wounded by rifle fire treatment of fragment wounds students; and an additional
w * a « the Leesville Southern men t by Niles E. Hanna, coun- Jan. 5 while fighting against received during the battle.” charge of $4.00,.adults or child-
Methodist Church on February ty chairman. the Viet Cong In a small vll- Godfrey was part of .the first ren, is made for those who wish
25 at ' „ p ' , m ’ , _ The clubs will be reorganized lage 18 Jmilcs southwest of platoon which was ordered to to attend the concert season in
The Woman s Missionary So- an( i delegates named to the Danang. /The medal was pre- go to the aid of the second pla- Greenville. Unreserved s e a t
ciety will be in charge of the County Republican Convention sented by Col. K. A. Jorgcn- toon pinned down in a VC trap, tekets for children or . students
service, and will use materials to be held Monday, March 7, at son, commanding officer of the “As we entered the area where Greenville are $1.08 over
furnished by the American 3:30 p . m . a t tj, e court house Marine ^arrack* at—the naval the fight ng was taking place, ( he P nce of the clinton mem-
Council of Christian Churches. j n Laurens. —
Trio Holds Up Watts Store
An armed man, accompanied by another man
and a woman, robbed a rural storekeeper and a cus
tomer of $24 and a wrist watch Tuesday afternoon.
Laurens County Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson said the
trio pulled the telephone off the wall before driving
off from the store operated by G. L. Watts at Mount
ville. The store serves as the Post Office for the com
munity but no postal funds were taken.
Watts said the trio came into the store shortly after
8:00 p. m. and forced him to surrender $20 from his
wallet. A customer, Walter Lynch, was robbed of $4
and a wrist watqh. \
A police radio alert said the two men and the wom
an drove off in a 1960 green Ford with North Carolina
license plates.—Photo by Paul Quniton.
Schools to Makeup
Four Missed Days
base.
The
Col. Ulrich To Be
Honored At Review
Today by Battalion
another group of VC’s were at bership.
slightly.built Marine, our backs and we had to take ^?f ny111 ® * p . rogra ™ . ^
*,th his arm cradh-d In a si ng, cover behind dirt piles in a ^ of d the MetiSpoliuS
831(1 he had no qualms abou graveyard. 0 Ballet de Folk Loric0(
being in Vietnam. “I was sen “We were ho ding 01^ own ^ Qf Mexlco;
there to fight, and that* what when a buddy of mine, Private ♦1,-
I was doing when I got hit. 1 First Class Ronnie Rodgers of ^Luvisi, pianist, and the
In order to make up four days Lt Col Richard w . mrid!, P^n to make the Corps a ca- GreenviUe got it in the leg.” wUh Chartes Rosen piano
of school sessions not held dur- retiring from ^ and as reer.” With the help of a Navy corps- l™ oi T ’
snow schS o P f er L^r?ni C Lu n n P rofessor of mmtar y sclence af -' Godfrey ’ assigned the the 1st man, Godfrey inched his way Members of the Qinton Com-
tv Distrirt^fi will rnntfmL ^r' ter more ^ four y ears at Battalion - lst Marine RegI ' out and dragged Rodgers back munity Concert Association also
ations thrm.Jh Presbyterian CoUege, will be ment, arrived in Vietnam six to cover. are invited t0 attend similarly
Mav in QnntR P wiiw honored at a special review of months ago and is a veteran of “Then I returned alone to get sponsored ^ concerts in Green-
ed vesterdav the PC cadet battalion this many strikes against the Viet his gun and ammunition. On wood and Anderson at no extra
Commencement exercises will (Thursday) afternoon. Cong. - the way back, just as I reach- ch arge, according to
be held as already SedulTd Co1 Jam es A. Scott, chief of He said he was one of 160 ed cover B a bullet caught me Krank Sherrill, who is
on May 22-23 Wilder said ’ the ROTC division of the Third men who were flown in by 20 in the shoulder." - dent of the local concert
Holidays to be observed dur Army, will present a military helicopters to take part In “Op- Godfrey hv been in the Richard Hayman,
ing the rest of the trem include award to Ulrich at this time eration Long Lance," a search Charleston Naval Hospital since of the Manhattan Pops
Friday, March 18 the date of and the battalion wiU pass in apd destroy mission deep in January 10. tra, is j noted-pianist
the state teachers meeting, and review. The public is invited Viet Cong territory never be- He is the son of Mr. and gamst, as weU as hi
Friday before and Monday after to attend the 2:30 p. m. cere- fore penetrated by American Mrs. Ray Godfrey of Musgrove virtuoso, and is also |
Easter which is April 10. monies on Johnson Field. forces. “We landed near a Street. (Continued on