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/ * it Sumter Last Week Council Directs Area Men Are (aught M MKil19 W ^weiei|ie» Sections of three streets ^ m- m ^ ^ _ will be resurfaced according Imi ■ 1— ^ XA ^ X ■ t<> direction of City Council III ineil Ol vOPPGl WIlG at its A P ril meeting Friday ■ ■ night. . Four Clinton area men others inside suddenly were Jefferson, Florence and E. were arrested Iasi Wednes- confronted with sawed-off Beauregard Streets which d., ,n lg m at Sumter roMow abotKuns as the officers mov* 4c e « ly a ing a stake-out and charg- ed in. ed with theft of copper wire. Strom identified the men drainaKc system repair pro- The State Law Enforce- arrested—and freed under j ec ^> w *^ ^ e t the surj'ace- ment Division (SLED) an. $5,000 bond each on charges treatment.'“Street Supt. Gus nounced the arrests and re- 0 i breaking and entering—as: Blakely said if weather per- vealed launching of a con- j ac k Baliew, 46, Rt. 3, mils the work will be done certed drive against wide- clinton> h spread wire thefts from con- . . D . ^ wenes. struction yards, outgrowth 1J Joh " Broadus Bagwell, 29, No i mrne diate action was of the increase in copper 1 cachtree st * clint on. taken on a motion to change p r ] ceg William Lewis Baker, 3l, the .city firearms ordinance BLED Chief J. P. Strom Joanna, and his brother, to prohibit the use of air said his agents and deputies Charles F. Baker, 39, Rt. 1, rifles and pellet guns inside of Sumter County Sheriff »I. C4nton - ■ 1 the city Umits. The guns may Byrd Parnell had the equip- The SLED chief said Wil- be used at present for tar- rpent yard of Sumter Build- liam Lewis Baker also post- Set practice, ers surrounded at 2:30 a. m. ed $1,000 bond on a charge The motoin arose from re- Wednesday when four men of unlaful weapon (pistol) ports of recent vandalism arrived, broke the lock off a possession. ( which required the replace- gate and entered. He said a second pistol ment of 23 street lights and On the yard, Strom said, was found at the arrest several store windows, were four trucks loaded with scene but could not be con- Council approved a request 8 to 10 tons of the valuable nected with the suspects who from the Chamber of Corn- copper wire. In less than were arrested. merce to make a $250 con- two minutes two men were Strom said copper wire tribution to the fund set up driving trucks out of the has re aclhed major by the chamber to be pre yard when they and two proportions as Uiep rice in- sented to the Clemson Uni- ■ '' ~ ■ - -——- creased .The wire can easily versity Foundation in appre- The Clinton Chronicle Vol. 67 — No. 14 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, April 7, 1966 4 4 Johnson Seeks Office of Mayor Vocal Students From Clinton Get High Rating Clinton High School was the only school awarded 100% rat ing in the annual contest spon sored by the South Carolina Music Education Association which took place March 30 at Belk Auditorium. The four Clinton High School students who placed first with ratings of I in solo competition were Shelia Gil liam, soprano; Annette Kitch ens, alto; Johnny Fulmer, tenor, and James Meadows, bass. They were accompanied by Nancy Hollis, pianist. Dusty Jones, junior high school student, received an advanced rating of II' plus. Pianist Robert Hamilton, j-je was accompanied by pian- bring 50 cents a pound on ciation of their 20-year pro- ont “ of the bri « htest , the illicit market, he said, jected study for Clinton. The stars of the international con- l he local students partici- and it is believed one ring is Chamber of Commerce will cert stage will perform at l )atin K in th f t ‘.^ on ?!J e n l . ltl ® n H ^ operating in several states, contribute an additional sum. Presbyterian College next members oi the Clinton I g T .u •, MnnHau nirfhl in a nr-noram School Glee Club, Under the SLED, its chief gaid, is 1° other action, council: Monday night in a program / Robert Hamilton, Pianist To Give Concert on Monday Democratic Club Officers Named At Session Charles H. Johnson, men’s mak i n g a concerted drive to Authorized R. G. Gredler, which will also serve to dedi direction of Mrs. J. Frank clothing store proprietor, on end raids on construction superintendent of combined ^ the college’s new Stein- J, h ? J 3 " i!! Wednesday qualified to enter p ro j ects and SU ppi y yards, utilities, to install street way concert grand piano, the May 17 Democratic pri- work j ng to assist local law lights in I Woodland Acres, mary as a candidate for enforcement officials, mayor. Johnson, a native of Clin- Sometimes, insulation of the all-day meeting in which choruses and soloists Above are officers and executive committeemen of the Clinton City Democratic Club who were elected at the biennial reorganization of the club Monday night. They are (front) J. Herbert Hughes, vice-president; Roy L. Holtzclaw, president; V. Parks Adair, secretary - treasurer. Standing: Committeemen J. J. Clark, Ward i; J. R. Braswell, Ward 2; L. Ray Pitts, Ward 3; Milford Smith, Ward 4; Joel R. Cox, Ward 5; E. P. Taylor, Ward 6.—Photo by Truman Owens. Il ] C . Pr ° R o a i I I' is SC h ed ulcd f rom schools throughout the T Kl„ mo KAnunr ^iv AMorman west of the city limits, on a to start at 8:15 p. m. in Belk o afo i,,,),,,,,) lO Name Mayor, jlX Aldermen • rental basis to property own- Auditorium, and the public is Id ers. invited to attend. It is spon- ton, is the son of Mrs. Hubert J JU r ne< * Approved a motion that all sored by the PC music de- Johnson and the late Mr. before “j** 01 *- ® ut t in ^ city taxi Johnson. He was educated in the city schools and has been a local merchant for a number Wltb profitable ease of years. County Historic Body Would Be Special Service ‘ For Good Friday in peeling safes open,” the chief said. ‘‘The guy said the risk of a 10-ycar certain sen- A three-hour long service tence on a safe cracking con- will be held in the sanctuary viction is too much to take of the First Baptist Church when the sentence is lighter of Clinton on Good Friday, for stealing wire and the from 12 noon until 3:00. money is better.” Seven local ministers will lead the various sections of ^ _ s the program, to be based on I fHirAT \Ari01if the seven last word of Christ JUvICIJ on the Cross. The public is in- MaaIimm TaniaUI vited to come at the begin- riCvlIny lOniyfll ning of any section, and stay it . i At Musgrove Hotel more illicit markets the tllJ ' lHA1 companies be re- partment under the chair- brand new wire is sold on its to °P e J rate onl y 1963 ™" shi P of Professor Charles huge spools, and aparently an A d later cars - . T ’ Gaines - Approved an aproximate Hamilton, whose parents, . i «i i a "One ot the best sateeraek- Tr, jn**,?n, 1 Mr - | “ ntl Mr *,. A - R . ““fr 1163^ UndCf Ad . .. * t t in th slreet sweeping machine. ton, live in Clinton, .pist-last other dav^e saw more^rorn Authorized the hirin 8 of an month won the International The Laurens County His omer aay ne saw more prom- additional worker f or tht ise now in copper wire than combined uUUty department \ County Board To Register Voters Piano C ompetition Festival t or j c Preservation Commis- in Montivedeo, Uruguay. He . , , . , . , . , tt •. j sion would be created under ... ^ ^ . States "at 4 S Russia’s Third a bill introduced in the State AII()tS $10 MilllOn Tchaikowsky International Senate by Senator William C. g _ June, will Dobbins. J 0 SCHOOlS IR StatC „ .... . The commission would be Hall next fall and has major Democratic Club Orders City Primary for May 17 Brown's Office Competition in play in New York’s Town The Clinton City Demo- tion thanking officers and cratic Executive Committee committeemen for their ser- set the wheels in motion for vices. The meeting was earl- the 1966 city election this ier called to order by Presi- week when the date for the dent Holtzclaw, who called first primary was set for for nominations for tempor- Tuesday, May 17. ary chairman for the meet- The committee and officers ing. R. L. Pldxico was elect- nrfhoetrai armparan™* composed of 10 members, Approximately three mil- acted in a meeting held at ed. The Laurens County Regis- scheduled for Boston Chica two from each of the county’s lion dollars wiH bc a,lottod the Clinton Mill Community Fees for candidates are: tration Board will be in ses sion during the month at the „ following places between the ^ hautauqua, N. Y. go, Milwaukee, St. Louis and five magisterial districts. this month in ^deral grants House Monday -night follow- Mayor $200 without opposi- Terms would bc for five to aid in more than ten mil- ing their election to the posts tion, $150 with opposition; hours of 9 a. m. to 12 noon His concert at Presbyte- years, with first appoint- lion dollars of construction on meeUng of ^ city Dcmo . si tion $40 with opposition, and 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. rian College will include m.-nts as follows: two for the campuses of three tech- crat j c c , ub Books for qualification of April 12, Baldwin Motor these selctions: “Organ Pre- five years, two for four meal institutes and six col- 0fficers and comm i tte c- candidates open today Company; April 13, Clinton hide in G Minor by Johann years two for three years, leges, it is announced today mcn werc elet . lc , d as - foUows: (Thursday). The closing date Mills Community Building; §. Bach-SilotJ; Sonata qu- two for two years, and two by Dr. Marshall W. Brown, , HoJtzclaw> presidont; was set for April 30 at 12 —"ia^Op 27. No. for one year. Respective co-ordinator of the South , Herbert HugheSi vice- o’clock noon. onB^etho^ * ~ r r ---* *— — ^ — earlier in the evening at a aldermen, $50 without oppos- for as many as they desire.. The complete schedule is as follows: 12:00 noon, Rev. The Laurens County Chap- Store, Furniture Department; 2 by Ludwig von Beethoven; terms of first appointees Carolina Commission on p ros j den f v Parks Adair would be determined by lot. Higher Education Facilities. secretary-treasurer. Executive committeemen: Senior Class To J. Thomas Miller; 12:25, t er of the American Cancer April 20 - L y dia Mills Office; “B ahado No. 4 in F iVjmor’ Rev. J. W. Spillers; 12:50, . ... ... .. Qr ,„ ii . April 25, Watts Mill, Eureka by - Frederic Chopin; ‘Tlqu- According to the bill, the Dr. Brown, whose office is txecuuve C ommiueemcn- n . a , r- Rev. J. Roscoe Bryan; 1:15, Socicty wl11 hold lts ann u al D rug Company; April 27, maman Folk Dances” by BtKeommission is empowered located here in the Jacobs Ward , j j C i ark . Ward GlVC Ploy April 15 Rev. J. H. Darr; 1:40, Rev. educational banquet tonight cross Hill, Leaman's Store; 1* Bartok; “Sonatine” by acquire, own, hold in Building, was in Washington 2 _ ( R Braswe ||. Ward 3__ The senior class of Clinton E. W. Rogers; 2:05, Rev. E. (Thursday) at 7:30 p. m. at Gray Court - Owings, Aber- Maurice Ravel; and “Sonata trust^p r e s e r.v e, restore, two days last week to confer j Bay ',, itts . Wa rd 4 Mil- High School will present a B. Keisler; 2:30, Rev. Alfred the Mary Musgrove Hotel, crombie - Owings Store, April No 4 in C Minor, Op. 29” by maintaih^suitably mark, dc- with officials of the U. S. Of- / nrH Warfl R |) i ay> “ H er Kissin’ Cousin”, L. ,. Bixl^r Persons who expect to vote Born and reared in South buildings and structures of Recently, Governor Robert Cox: Ward 6—E. P. Taylor. Friday, April 15, at the High The event will kick off the 1966 Cahceif >! \lir|usade, cording to Dr. C. E. Barnes, t ions should have certificates ton began piano study at the land upon which the same add to his present duties the by the retiring with admissions 75 cents for president. dated at least 30 days prior age of 4. was graduated with ma y he situate, and to re- co-ordination of a new pro- secre t ary -t reasureri Leaman adults and 50 cents for stu : Maj. Gen. O. P. Newman to the elections. ..... - .. . .. J : . — 4 ^ _ , A financial report showing School auditorium. The per- in the city and county elec- Bend., Ind., Robert Hamil- historic sigmficanc>^nd the McNair asked Dr. Brown to g ba , ancc of on hand formance will be at 8 p. m., of Columbia, Crusade direc tor, win be the principal Greenwood Mills speaker. Harney Mills of Newberry, will alsff speak at Officials Hosts To the banquet at which it is ex- it i ■ pected approximately 100 LGQOGrS In JOOnna persons will be present. Business men and women ... , . , Mrs. Sarah D. DeLoach, leaders of Joanna were en- t ? chn ‘ qUe and mus ‘ cal 4 county commander, will pre- tertained at lunch Tuesday in stiact tombiae d w,th tastc side and make an annual re- the Joanna Club House by of- and ima g ,n ation. port. ficials of Greenwood Mills. p he young pianist, who highest honors from the Indi- reive funds, grants, dona- gram to improve college in- Q Joncs wbo askcd that bjs dcnts ana University School of Hons, afid appropriations for struction by federal grants nam(i be ’ withdrawn , rom Music in 1959 and since then the accomplishments of these for television, laboratory, and nomjnnti(m . for that 0 | fice Thursday Fire has been winning the in- purposes.” — other equipment, creasing acclaim of audiences , and critics both here and ^ • abroad. He is praised espec- 5||VI 1*156 £05X61* ially for his instrumental Truman Owens Is Ward Two Candidate ficials of Greenwood Mills. The Greeqwood Corpora- hrin Ks his family to visit his tion last year purchased the P ar£,n l s 1° Clinton as often as Joanna Cotton Mills and his full schedule permits, has since have been making bcen awarded six grants changes in personnel and op- from the Institute of Interna- Truman Owens is an an- erating procedures. tional Education for partici- nounced candidate for City The session was to acquaint ration in festivals abroad. Council from Ward Two in business leaders of the Joan- Three performance grants the Democratic primary to na community with some of have come from the Rocke- be held May 17. the changes and plans for the fr ller Foundation. Among his Owens, well known in future. The occasion also major prizes before the Uru- athletic circles, is a gradu- served as an opportunity to guay conquest were the Bu- Goyne L. Simpson, vice- ate of Clinton High Schools introduce Greenwood offic- sor, i International Competi- president of M. S. Bailey and and” is assistant personnel ials to many of the residents tion (Bolzano, Italy) in 1963, Simpson Retires From Banking Post Son, Bankers, retired on director of Clinton Mills March 31 * of Joanna. Mr Simpson s career with ClmtOIl - 1(311^115 ROCid Plans Are Continuing the local banking firm began on October 1, 1919, and dur ing his more than 46 years of •service he held positions of teller, assistant cashier, cashier, and vice-president. Consummation of plans for by property owners along the A lifelong resident of the construction of Highway 76 route were received ahd, it Clinton area, JVlr. Simpson between Clinton and Laurens was determined that siiffic- has been active in the civic a four-lane super-high- ient easements had been se- and church affairs of the wa y moved nearer to reality cured to continue plans, community. He is married to ^ as ^ wee h, according to Sen. Mr, Pearman informed the former Jessie Wall of William C. Dobbins. Dobbins that he had ordered Ozark, Ala., and they reside Dobbins stated that in a the Highway Department to at 304 Walnut Street. conference with Chief High- set a date for a board of con- way Commissioner S. N. demnation hearing to be held Llicas Announces Pearman, easements signed in Laurens, which wiU be an- For Council Seat the 1964 Casella International Competition in Naples and the Rudolph Ganz Competi tion in Chicago. During this time, he appeared in most of the leading music centers of Europe. Slated 6 A. M. Sunday The Clinton Kiwanis Club, in cooperation with the Clinton Ministerial Association, has announced a Clinton community sunrise Easter service Sunday morning at 6:00 o'clock on Johnson Field at Presbyterian College. Reverend J. H. Darr, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will deliver the sermon. His subject will be “He Is Not Here, He Is Risen”. Other ministers participating in the special service will be Dr. M. A. MacDonald, president of Thornwell Orphanage, who will read the Scripture, and the Rev erend E. W. Rogers, pastor of Broad Street Methodist Church, will offer prayer. Special music will bc provided by the Clinton High School Band under the direction of Harry A. Bouknight. The Whitten Village children’s senior choir, under the direction of Joe Shay, will present special choral selec tions. Everyone is encouraged to participate in this ser vice on this day climaxing the Easter season. The service will be moved to Belk Auditorium in case of bad weather. nounced within the next few weeks. Prior to the date set for the hearing, Dobbins said, no tices will be sent to individ ual property owners who w a Indkm Bishop To Gene S. Lucas has stated _ _ , that he will be a candidate Be Guest Speaker Af Methodist Cf.urch Democratic primary. Bishop Magal Singh, the re- have not signed easements to Lucas, employed at Thorn- sident bishop of the Methodist give them an opportunity to well Orphanage, is a gradu- Church of India, will preach be heard, ate of the Thornwell schools at the evening wroship ser- 1 The movement to rebuild and attended Abraham Bald- vice at Broad Street Metho- the Clihton-Laurens highway win Agricultural College at dist Church Sunday, April 17, has been underway for sev- Tifton, Ga., Clemson Univer- at 7 p. m., according to an ei^al months, spearheaded by s|ty and the University of announcement by the Rev. E. the Chambers of Commerce (Vorgia, W. Rogers, pastor. /' of both cities. To Re-enact Communion Service Tonight Shown above are the elders who will participate in a sspecial Maundy Thursday candlelight com munion service at the First Presbyterian Church tonight at 7:30. From left Are Tommy Hollis, Harry Nettles, John H. Hunter, A. C. Young, W. C. Baldwin, Reese Young, Rev. Alfred Bixler, Harry McSween, William Jacobs, Grady Chandler, Dr. B. O. Whitten, Tom Plaxico and J. B. Temple ton.—Yarborough Photo. following several years’ scr- Destroys Home ' i, ' e ' .. , .... ° n Tuesday, April 5, at ap- Anothet change’in the slate p rox imatcly 10:00 p. m., tJbt ol ollicers is in the office ot four-room frame house occtit- vice-president, where Mr. pied by Mr and Tv, rs RicK . Hughes was named to sue- ard Bradley and lamily cced the late L. S. Rddeck. tbe ciinton-Laurens HighwiU The club passed a resolu- vyas complctetly destroyed by lire of unknown origin. 2 Heuble Seeks . P i* ’-i '. j t n were ost and tbe fr* m dy bad Word Two Post g .10 household insurance. An r W. Alvin Hueble has an- one wishing to contribute nounced his candidacy for al- clothing and other household derman from Ward 2 in Clin- articles are asked to call ton Mrs. W. R. Abee, 833-379», Hueble, who is associated wbo w t*l lbem U P- ^hff- with the Bailey Agency, was dren in the lamily are thrje born in Clinton and reared in Sirls, ages 9, 8 and 4. Joanna. He was graduated '/*§ .i f\u* from Presbyterian College ( UtflCCrS with a B. S. degree in busi ness administration.- Dannart Fircf A member o( Calvary Bap- IU IVvClIOvI I 11)1 .«■ list Church, he is also a ** ■ " member of Campbell Lodge (,011111111111011 Kll6> 21 The ministers and elders of the First Presbyterian Church will re-enact the first communion service instituted by Jesus Christ in a special Maundy Thursday service at the church this evening at 7:30. In addition to appropriate music by the sanctuary choir, the elders will asi the ministers in a revet re-enactment of'that me able scene in the upper 2,000 years ago. The elders who will cipate are J. B. Tempi Tom Plaxico, Dr. Whiten, Grady William Jacobs, Hi Sween, W. C. Balds Young, A. C. Yc H. Hunter, Hi and Tommy Hoi isters are Alfred and Joseph A. church extends vitation to dents to at No. 44, AFM. His wife is the former Miss Rachel Wilson,- also of Clinton.