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■‘iM* * . .t, ^ / tx:-1 it Jn? | 1 X ftfi 8 Vol. 67 — No. 20 Cornwall, Holtidaw, Cooper, and Bagwell Nominated in leaders At College Program More than 100 persons were present for Presby terian College’s Merchants’ Executive Day program, last Thursday. Among the leading participants on this occasion were left to right — Tom Belk of Charlotte, vice-president of the Belk mercantile firm and chairman of the PC board of visitors, who presided and introduced the main speaker; President Marc C. Weersing; and J. Arch. Avary, Jr., of Atlanta, executive vice-president and direc tor of the Trust Company of Georgia, who deliver ed the m*iin address. — Yarborough Photo. ‘ : BILL JACOBS jv; Valedictorian RONNIE TRAYLOR j Salutatorian : ; Clinton High Finals Sunday, -j* Me. John W. Teague Is Clinlon'i First Viet Nam Casualty Mr. and Mrf. Clyde Teague, Who live in the Smallwood development on tKe Whitmire highway received a message i'esterdai' from the Adjutant general that their grandson, ’fc. John W. Teague, was tU*d in action on May 17 in fiet Nam. The tnessage stat ed that young Teague died as k result of a gunshot wound While oh combat operation against a hostile force. ’ Me. Teague, 19, had made His home with bis grandpar- 'tTlWeMfc ents the past seventeen years * OClllOrs and attended Clinton High T rt Awarrla School before volunteering * ^ for service with the U. S. Three graduating seniors at Army in' 1965. He was sent to Presbyterian College have Viet Nam last August and been chosen for special leajl- was due for rotation stateside •rship recognition at the CoT- in JUly. lege’s 88rd Commencement He was the son of Mrs. exercises on May 29. Ralph Teague of Durham, N. They are Henry Lovett of C., and the late Mr. Teague. Kingstree, Sam Waters of Lu- He 16 also survived by a sis- goff and James B. Stanford ter, ! Mrs. ThoipAs (Patsy) ot Decatur, Ga. feroadwell of Durham. Lovett, recently retired Funeral arrangements are president of the PC student incomplete. Gray Funeral body, wil. receive the “Out- Home will be in charge. standing Senior” award after being nominated'for this hon- Ledion Auxiliary To or by bis senior classmates Legion MUXiriory 10 and a faculty committee. Sponsor . Poppy Days Lovett also will join Waters Poppy Days will be ob- ^ Stanford in receiving served in Clinton May 20 and G t ok * p aw « r< ls for “out- 21 sponsored by the American ? tandl "8 meritorious service Legion Auxiliary with Mrs. bi extra-cUrrfcular activities H. M. Young serving as chair- atl ^V cs '. T he man. “By wearing memorial ? old P *- 1 ? sto ! ved by facu J ty - poppies on Poppy Day, the l J c 9 n8 / d ^d the htghest Cooler people of Clinton will be pay- stamp of .approval Presbyter- Luctfs / ihg tribute to 500,000 men Coilege plates upon a stu- — - Who gave their lives for Amer- J 11 be bahoed to the council iCa in the thrde wars of this *. , ' century”, said Mrs. Young. ^ WSS ch ° s ® a for tb e More than 6,000 disabled P bepaiwe ofjiis service war veterans Were' given em- ? s <?dlt ° r ^ The Blue Stock- ployment making the memor- student newspaper; Stan- ial poppies for the American f ° rd ; ® s u ?^ sl - Legion Auxiliary this year. dent of , 4 tb ® s t ud ent Christian “The disabled veterans who Assoc,a Uoh. make the flowers are the , v only paid workers.in the Aux- LlltHorOnS Slate diary poppy program,” said Mrs. Young, “the rest of us V****'vn jCnOOl are all volunteers”. The week of June 9 has The poppies to be worn in been set «side for the Vaca- Clirtton on Poppy Days have tion Church School to be con- Cfmton S. C., Thursday, May 19, 1966 Primary on Tuesday How They Voted PRECINCTS i\ ' No. 1 No. 2 Clinton Mill Totals Mayor Cornwall 275 198 314 787 Johnson ; v ’ ' . ■- i 280 297 176 753 Alderman - Ward 1 Copeland • ! 142 118 44 304 Holtzclaw 304 318 341 963 Windsor - 98 54 105 257 Alderman - faard 2 Hueble ? 158 198 100 • 466 Owens 189 134 329 662 Pitts « 207 162 58 427 Alderman » Ward 3 Braggs 307 228 200 735 • Layton 167 225 113 505 Norris • 72 38 171 281 Alderman-- Ward 4 - Coopjtr 294 312 266 872 Lucgs ; 148 119 166 433 Mills £ 101 63 55 219 Alderman - Ward 5 V • Bagwell 369 391 212 972 Wilson 175 92 277 544 Aldermen - Ward 6 • Craihe 287 134 209 580 Lyda 70 69 102 241 Sanders 240- 280 172 692 Three Run-Over Races Next Tuesday Mayor J. J. Cornwall was his first political race, who renominated along with three received 753 votes. • councilmen, Boyd Holtzclaw, Holtzlaw won by a major- L. W. Cooper, Sr., and George ity over two opponents in the W. Bagwell from wards 1, 4, Ward 1 race. The vote was: and 5, respeevtively, in Tues- L. L. Copeland, Jr., 304; day’s Democratic primary. Holtzclaw, 963; Tommy Wind- Run-over races will be held sori 257. for the other three wards next Cooper from Ward 4, also Tuesday. had two opponents. The vote Cornwall won by a slim 34- Wfls: cooper, 872; Gene Lu- vote majority, with 787 votes, caS) 433; Martin MiUs 2 19. over C l, a r U s H. Johnson. Sagwell, In Ward 5, defeat, clothing merchant, making ^ Woodrow Wlls0 „ Thc vote: Bagwell, 972; Wilson, Highway Hearing Other Aldermanlc Races , + t * . m I, n Ward 2, Truman Owens K Spf fnr MflV 77 and w. Alvin Hueble will con- u ,VI 1 ,a J test for the post in next Tues- Clinton High Sports Pitts was eliminated Tues- . , u • • day. The vote: Hueble, 496: A condemnation hearing is 0 J Pitts 427 12 scheduled for May 27 at 1:00 uweBS ' b5Z - Pltts - 427 - p.ra. in the court room of the * n 3, Fred Bragg, Jr., county courthouse in Laur- and Hmry C. Layton will be cns. i t * le secon d race. William The hearing is in connec- ^ ( R oeky) Norris was elim- tion with the sienine of ne- * na ted Tuesday. The vote: County Candidates ilSegin Speaking Tour the proposed rebuilding and rls ’ four - laning of the Clinton- In Ward 6, James C. Craine Laurens section of Highway aad ' Tjklmadge Sanders will 76. be contestants in the second In a letter to Senator Wil- . with G. Frank Lyda liam C. Dobbins from S. O. being eliminated Tuesday. Holstein, chief right of way The vote: Craine, 580; Lyda, agent for the State Highway Sanders, 692. been made at the Veteran’s ducted by the St. JjOhn’s Luth- Candidates for the State and four candidates for the Department he stated notices In the race for mayor. 1540 baccalaureate Graduation Service Hospital, Columbia, Under the eran jChurh, according to an- g e?late and the House of Rep- county’s two House seats. of the h e ar i ng ha v e been Votes w ere tabulated, the The annual mn . r . ^ _ __ Members of the graduating dire< ' tioa of i the S ; c - Depart- douncement by Dr. E. B. ^ cntatives fired their opetv . Marshall Abercrombie, a mailed to all property owners lar Sest number cast in any service for the 1966 graduat- Members of the graduating mehti American Legion Aux- Keisler, interim pastor. ^ L Ih! ZLUZZ Member of the House and wh o have not signed right of city . election in recent years, ing class of Clinton High class will receive diplorrtas in iliary. t . Dr. KeUler states that an; 1 *’ guns in the Demo craHc candidate for the Senate ii st . way easements. . Cornwall and Bagwell will Schosl will take place Sunday commencement exerises key- Contributions received by adequate and competent corps campaign leading up to the g d his gix years i n the House night at 8 o’clock in Belk Au- noted by the theme, “Are We the AuxiUary volunteers who of >teachers and assistant^ .June 14 primary. diferU on the Presbyterian P«f&edf>“«<»dh^XteK ^ lh College campus. The Rev. E. May 23 at 8 p. m.. In Belk cal Auxm>ry B*h.hilit.Uon will be on hand (or all re all,ae road prosram tor j u | ¥ A f-. VocaHnns W. R»gers, pastor of Broad Auditorium. and Child WaUahe funds. Among those assuming {e-; ['f n '®' a | W( .“|Ir Tl» the county and said he would , , V0 , C ? fl0 " S . Streep Methodist Church, will Addresses to be made in- Thdse funds are the only s|tonslbllity for the daily ^pe* r „ nriidatps will aDDPar again 8 ive the county superviior A 14 plants of Greenwood delive the sermon. elude the valedictory entitled source of support for the ra«on of the school are: ^‘^ThursdavrS Joan a "d the two county commis- l cloSed lr for the deliver me sermon. ^ Future „ by m W(>rk of the AuxlU?1 . y Unit for j oHn H . Fu lmer, direjoi^ t f| ° fl night (Thursday) at Joan - sioners the right t0 sit with July 4 vacation week. .ifm qualifications for senator- He pieced to establish a To Close Week of The Rev. J. D. Medley, pas- cobs, and the salutatory, “In disabled war veterans and teachers, Mrs; F. M. Boland, euus, anu uie of Hopewell Methodist ^ p reS ent, Qjyrch, will pronounce the Traylor. Invocation, and the Rev. Zeb Tom Baldwin, class J>] Williams, pastor of the A. R. dent, will speak on the assigned P£>Chutp, will lead in bray- jqet, ‘‘By the PtfeXrtfe the bilsinesa le A company announcement The program, which was to 4,16 delegation and select gaid weave r00 m S w iu cease face Republican opponents in the general election in Au gust i Seven Selected s ‘ -v • * *' '■ •• For Founders by Ronnie needy children of veterans, Mrs. Harry League, Jr.^s. roads Yn tbe county to be im- ““ h™!'SchOfairSlliDS , class ptesi*. Volunteer workers wUl.be Robert A. SRIer; assltfs. t"-***! Operotion, wl „ g,, jio Stai in the Misses Bonnie and —. , — — Seven topflight high school ebra the Hickor y Tavern High He charged that the Senate be resumed at 12:01 a.m. seniors from three states have rtrnv iect -Bv me patt ■'.as me ousmess section. They Willi be Farmer ? T Sch ° o1 gymnasium because has not been realistic in reap- Monday, July 11. been selected to receive the tt&Xx ar )!bAtk*5 altrafled ^ ssti pastor ol the First Presbyte- Johnson. ■, ' ' Girls. - four and twelve. Thf school Candidates — — ’ - - » * *- --‘*“1— “ is open to the public.( ! tending the i some preparation depart- ships at Presbyterian College, and those at- ™ Counties as provided in the ments may run somewhat Stydent Dean A. J. Thack- ri»n. Church, and Dr. E. B. Announcements of scalar- . iSelsler, interim pastor of St. ships and awards, ijrill Abe TheillHan fa Speak JjtHVs Lutheran Church, will made by A \y Sheal^ prin- Rfey Calvin Thielman pas . igianounce the benediction. cipal, and diplomas -w^ be t6r Qf the Montreal, N. C„ Club to Meef for 1966-1967; Billy Nancy Hollis will be pian- day) ^ the ^ en b f the ChUrch “' 4 - ftwrs, president of the senior ist for the processional,., th Fi t Presbyterian cSss • for 1966-1967; Henry “Pomp and Circumstance church Presbyterian Adair, Ge.orge Copeland, by Elgar. Music will be by ^r. Thielman is also chap- I^ath N Cope4and, Karen Cox. Shelia GiUiam and the glee i altl ^ the studfents at M on- HdMi Dominick, Paul Fal- club. treflt-Anderson College. Charles Fuller, Johnny Marshals for t h e com- ^ of the meeti is 7 F«lmer, Edfta Jacobs, Ron- mencement exercises will be nie J o h n s-o n, Bob Jones, tbe same officers And .honor < ■ ■ Gladys Lev^s, LucUle Me- students who will serve for ERROR CORRECTION Sween, B r e' n d a McCrary, fbe service on Sunday. The article appearing in Mislsy Wassiing, Judy Wid- Awards Day Program last Week’s issue of The mer, and Kaizen Surratt, jun- The Awards Day program Chronicle listing Mrs. Bobby again ioi* members of the National was held in the school gym- Sanders as an officer of the * Honor Society.’ nasium Friday, at whfch time Hampton Avenue PTA was in- S as B< Johnny Fulmer will be pi- announcements were made of correct. The name should atships, WJ anist for the service, which many awards and prizes won have been Mrs. Buddy Oak- Lahey a; will include two musical se- by students during the year, ley, who is the new secre- Lambert lections by the glee club. (Continued on page 8) tary. Cliriton tending the rally paid tribute State Constitution. “Laurens i on g er than the Friday mid- ston .announced today. { , to the late Justin A. Bridges, Gounty kas Population to night shutdown in order to They were chosen from a who had filed as a candidate be in a district by itself,” he t he production schedule select group of 19 finalists j l for the House before his re- in balance. brought to the PC campus of thp cent death. King Dixon, a former sena- jhe main office and the tecently for tests, interviews ees The program included cam- tor and House member and service departments will con- arid a program of entertjftin- lay paign speeches from four caaiT °andidate for the Senate, said tinue to operate during the ment.^As winners, they will House dldates for nomination to the . e l s ®ue in the race” is time plants are shut down for receive grants ranging front county’s single Senate seat tbe automobile liability, insur- the vacation period. $1,200 to $5,600 each for the nice rates. He charged that foiir years of study. , hates, have been increasing rL nm L pr D nnr J The seven recipients, chos- steadily and that insurance ^nomoer DOOfO ert on the basis Qf inteUect> companies are asking for an- TO Meet Tuesday leadership and character, other increase. The Board of Directors of are: Margaret Elfikon of He said he would “pursue the Clinton Chamber of Com- Greenville; James Hills of thp collection Of funds from meroe will meet Tuesday, Myrtle Beach; Nancy Mor Greenwood County” amount- May 24, at 10 a.m. Hotel Mary gan of Atlanta; Marsha Moot ing to a minimum of $100,000 Musgrove, Claude Crocker, gomery of Rome, Ga.; Man- yearly for the nfext 40 years president, urges all members ion Myers of Orlando, Fla.; School has ed annually by the Bailey which he said would rightful- to attend this important bus- Susan Smith of Carlisle, and Lambert Get Scholarships both emorial Schol- Gary 1 Mercer Foundation to two high school graduate who are children of Clinton Mills con- Robert nected parents. Gerald David G ar y j s the son of Mr. and recipients. Mrs. Jesse Earl Laney df larships, each Bailey Street. He will atr ,000 are award- tend Furman University. David will study business administration at the Uni versity of South Carolina. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Odell Lambert. The two 1966 Bailey Schol arships make a total of 20 Andersofi has been gcholarsh ps which have been granted since the pro- (Continued on page g) iness session. John B. Taylor of Chester. Arit|e£rti Hetfds Mkfalef’ship Unit Chamber of Commerce hamed.chairman of the Mem bersjidp Committee of the gram was instituted In 1957. Clliftki Chamber of Com- The scholarships are restrict* mejfce by President Claude ed to South Carolina colleges i ir and univ e r s R ies. >'iTi * 6 *' ' I” addition 10 the scholar- Ch^irmdn Anderson called sh p grants, the Bailey Foun- g. Wfeeting of his committee dation offers interest - free Tuesday morning at Hotel educational loans to Clinton '' Musgrove when plans Mills connected children who qualify. Qualifications for ire made to contact pros- ^ oans are the same ^ tlve members as approved q U j re d for the scholarships. ~tr » George H. Cornelson (left) ' president of Clinton Mills, announces i the winners of the $4,000 M. S. Bai- 'ley scholarships at Clinton High 'School Awards Day ceremonies last ' Hpriday. Recipients are Gary Laney nV ' , graduating bert, members class, (ffront’ .right sons are Mr. Laney and Mr Odell Lambert. — Photo by *-0wens4 |le committee and the rtf. the committee made levdrbl : recommendations to be presented to the board. Members serving on the committed and to make con tacts for new members are: !. Mac Adair, Charfes Bulce, pictures and short resume to R. ff. Boland,' L. O. Edwards, The Chronicle- office for ptt* A. p. Godfrey, Mrs. Perry lication. Graduates wUl he M. Mppfr*, Tom Plaxico, J. recognized by The Chronicle Bloan Todd, and N. C. Wes- as space permits during the- Service Stati Sthger, ' next several weeks. - Trophy Winners at Clinton High School Above are shown winners of tro- Notice To College Graduates College students receiving degrees are asked to briag f )hies presented at the recent ath- etic banquet at Clinton High School. Front row, left to right: Joel Whit- sel, most valuable in basketball (giv en by Adair’s Men’s Shop); Jane Timmerman, most valuable JV (giv- 6n by Lou’s Shoppe); Francis Coop er most valuable in track (given by Community Cash); Andy Young, most valuable JV: (given by Center tion); Belinda Leonard, most valuable guard (given by Dil lard Boland, Jeweler). Back row: Charlie Nettles, most valuable in tennis (given by Sadler- Owens Pharmacy); Sandra Mane, [ most valuable forward (given by ‘ Dillard Boland, Jeweler); Phil Mfc sportsmanship award (given State Farm Insurance); Gary ey, most valuable In baseball (j by GallmanV Barber Shop), highest batting” average (given Beacon Drive-In).—Photo by borough.