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The Clinton Chronicle 4.1 Vol. 67 — No. 44 Clinton, S. C. Thursday, November 3,1966 Voters Go To Polls on Tuesday Where Theft Occurred —Yarborough Photos Service Station Owner Reports Theft of $2500 A bold thief made off with about $2500 Saturday night under the noses of a proprie tor of a service station and people from several cars milling about the station, ac cording to reports to local of ficers. The theft took place at the Gulf service station operated by J. W. Caldwell at the in tersection of Interstate High way 26 and State Highway 72, about three miles from Clin ton. Mr. Caldwell estimated his loss at from $2400 to-$2600, being receipts from several days business. He said he last made a deposit on the previous Tuesday. Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson and his deputies are working cn the case, Caldwell said. Up to press time Wednesday, no leads or arrests had been reported. Mr. Caldwell said he was preparing to leave the station and had put the receipts in a green bank deposit bag and placed it in a drawer in a desk when several cars stop ped for service. A number of people were moving about the place while he was ser vicing his customers, he said. After completing his duties outside the station, Caldwell said, he returned to the in side and found the pouch missing. The bag entained cash, checks and courtesy card slips, Caldwell said. Judge Dismisses Indictment In Trammell Case An indictment against Al an King Trammell, of Clin ton, was dismissed by Judge J. Robert Martin, Jr., pre siding over Federal court in Greenville on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The indictment charged the former head teller at M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, of Clinton, with misapplication of $1,211.63 in funds. Judge Martin ruled the in dictment defective by failing to allege the offense under the meaning of the statute under which it was brought. Class Studies Paul's Galatians Message The Community Bible Class meeting each Tuesday evening in St. John’s Luther an Church, taught principally by Or. E. B. Keisler, will study next Tuesday the fourth chapter of Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians. The unifying subject will be, “Slaves and Children.” In the class, it is stated, there arc representatives from various churches in Clinton and all are wel comed. Caldwell Shows Drawer From Which Money Was Taken College To Observe Parents Day Saturday The milestone tenth anni versary of Presbyterian Col lege Parents Day is expected to attract almost 1,000 visi tors to the campus this Satur day for a program that will include attendance at the night-time PC - Appalachian football game. Advance registrations indi cate a record attendance- may be established for the PC event which ranks among the oldest Parents Day pro gram in the state. Previous highs of 900 were hit last year and in 1964. The day’s schedule will be gin with 2:00 p. m. registra tion, followed by campus tours conducted by memb- bers of Blue Key national leadership fraternity. Stu dents will bid their parents an offical welcome in a spec ial Belk Auditorium program presided over by Bob Her- long of Manning, president of Blue Key. This 3:00 p. m. attraction will feature talks by President Marc C. Weer- sing and Student Body Presi dent Bob Warren of Allen dale, musical selections by three student groups and by the PC choir, and the show ing of Presbyterian College’s new color film entitled “Be yond Tradition.” Students to participate in Rhodes Is Named On Shrine Bowl Team Tommy Rhode-s, standout guard on the Clinton High School Red Devil football team, has been chosen as a member of the South Caro lina team to play in the Shrine Bowl. The selection of Rhodes, 4 a senior, was praised highly by Head Coach Claude Howe and Line Coach Herman Jackson. He has turned in a consistently good perform ance all year, both on offense and defense, they said, rat ing him as one of the best guards ever to play for Clin ton High. Tommy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dusty Rhodes. Thirty-three players were selected for the Shrine Bowl team which will meet a simi lar North Carolina team in Coach Bill Carr of Easley the game to be played in will coach the South Carolina Charlotte December 3. team. TOMMY RHODES enterta nment include: Robin Williams— -MyrUe #each. Don Dillard of Abbeville, An gie Reyes of Montreat, N. C., Beth Lindsay of Greenville, David Templeton of Clinton, and Dan Roberts of Orange burg. The choir is conducted by Charles T. Gaines, assist ant professor of music. After a 4:00 p. m. reception in Neville Hall, the parents will be guests for supper in Greenville Hall and then will be entertained at separate functions by the six social fraternities and the coeds. The activities will close with the Presbyterian - Appalachi an football game under the lights of Johnson Field at 8:00 p. m. With this encounter, the Blue Hose will begin a three- game home stand that will round out the 1966 Reason. All three are against Craolinas Co’j'crence opiponents and will have a crucial bearing on the league race. PC, now 2-2 in the conference and 3-4 over-all, will enter the Satur day night game a one-touch down underdog to Appalach ian, which stands 2-3 in the corference and 3-31 over-all. The Apps, winners by a 20- 10 score over Presbyterian in 1965, showed unusual strength last week-end by whipping Wofford 14-12, while PS was bowing to Catawba 21- 14. Appalachian is paced by halfback Jackie Roten, who has rushed for almost 600 yards in averaging 4.8 yards-per-carry. Presbyterian, as usual, will center its attack on passing, where records already are beginning to fall. Quarter back Bill Kirtland’s arm is averaging 122 yards - per- game for a current total of 854—less than 200 yards short of PC’s record season total. His 81 completions in 160 at tempts already has establish ed a new mark there. And his ace receiver, end James Smith, set a single-game rec ord last week-end in catching nine passes for 116 yards. With a total of 30 receptions for 392 yards in seven games thus far, Smith now guns for new season records in both of these categories. Halfback Dan Eckstein continues to lead PC rushers with 339 yards in 67 carries for an average of fvie yards each try. Fullback Sam Wil liams follows with 316 and a 3.5 average. Lee to Head Kiwanis Club L. H. Lee, Jr., will head the Kiwanis Club for the coming year, having been elected to the post, along with other elective officers at a meeting of the club last Thursday. Others named were George Brockenbrough, vice - presi dent, and three new direc tors, Ratchford W. . Boland, John L. Mimnaugh, and Gai ly Gault. Speaker for the meeting was M. P. Niven of Carolina Manufacturing Co. of Green ville, who told of the growth of the plant from a small be ginning. Dr. M. A. Macdonald, pres ident of the club, appointed Robert Wassung, chairman, Harry Bolick, III, and A. C. Young as • a committee to make arrangements for the club’s ladies’ night Christ mas party. Clinics To Close Today and Friday The immunization clinics at the Laurens County Health Department and the Clinic Health Center will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 3 and the chest X-ray clinic at the Laurens Health Depart ment will be closed on Nov. 4. The public health nurses will be attending the annual state nurses convention in Columbia. Nurses attending will be Mrs. Annie Waldrep, Mrs. Martha Lawson, Mrs. Ro- melle Loudermilk and Mrs. Shirley Holmes. Greenwood Concert- On Saturday Night Greenwood — The JWanhat- tan Pons Orchestra, conduct ed bv Richard Hayman, wiFi on^n the 1936-67 Greenwood Community Concert season Nov. 5 at the Greenwood High School auditorium. Community Concert mem bers from Aiken, Anderson, Clinton, Greenville, and Au gusta, Ga., may attend by presenting membership cards. Dr. Suber Speaks To Greenville Group The Greenville Association for Retarded Children had Dr. Roy B. Suber, superinten dent of Whitten Village, Clin ton, as guest speaker at the November meeting Tuesday night. Dr. Suber spoke in the as sembly room of the Special Services Building of the Greenville County School District. Joanna Employees Get Service Fins Nine employees of the Jo anna plants of Greenwood Mills, with a combined total of 155 years service, were honored with service pins during the month of October. They were: Clarence O’Dell and C. R. O’Dell — 40 years; Charles Turner — 20 years; Raymond Fowler and S. L. Senn — 16 years; Vera Bodie — 10 years; Gladys Lawson, D. O Whitmire, and Annie Whitmire — five years. N. C. Man Killed By College Bus Gastonia, N. C. — Grady Bumbardner, 43, of Belmont, emerged unhurt from a traf fic mishap near here early Sunday, only to step into the path of a bus and receive fa tal injuries. He was driving alone on Interstate 85 near Gastonia when he apparently lost, con trol of his car and it skidded some 500 feet, striking the median strip, but remaining upright. He left the car, apparent ly dazed, and stepped into the path of a bus carrying the Presbyterian College foot ball team back to Clinton, 5. C., after a game at Ca tawba. No charges were filed against bus driver Billy Reaves of Augusta, Ga. General Election Official Ballot STATE SENATE BALLOT SfNATOWAl MSTStCT NO 26 UUMNS COUNTY, SOUTH CAKOUNA NOVEMBER », 1966 tnumct 'JO ‘ NAME Of VOTt ro* CHI nun SWATI OFFICE D«»»c»8» □ watio* c. OafebiM (UpoWKsn □ W. *. 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Ott □ Shelton J Rimer a cross 'X> In the/clrcle need or ehould be <3<Ae. To of different parties, < rrJ\ tn«k- 'tap and make a tttm OR) *nark in ’candidate on the ballot for aflMIRS you te nnt on adv ticket, write ./plat* the tbejiamc of nitlal >>t/ttt> tr.Buaa NOMINATION BY j PETITION 0 WRITE-IN [U WUUxm H McNinch □ Pant S. O’Dell 0 George M Penland j ! General Election Official Ballot LAUtEN^ COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA NOVEMBER * 1966 I * free met INSTWWmt^^eCaeC^lliprfiifhr tiekel, saeke « cross iXt ia Use circle 10) under the name of sour farther need or should bo doee. To vot» a Mixed beliet, or in other words fat condidotes of differ ent pqrbet, omrt wokw# o <re« iX* w**k « the port? circle at the top and moke a cross IXi murk m the roting square □ oppoutt the nome of **Cb Comtek to on the ballet for whosn yau *oh to vote. If you wish to rate for e candrdato not on e«y ticket, write of piece the noose of such eomfufate on yew ticket oppusds rh« name of the office, leforo hoeing H*» booth, fold the be Hot so tbot the abbots of the manager roqy b« seen an the outside. OFFICE DEMOCRAT o REPUBLICAN o STATT Governor . Q Robert 6. McNob . Q Jewpb O. Roger*, Jr Utotefloftt Gove* bo/ f] jelm C. W«f 0 Marital) T. May* Sotretery •* Stou 1 Q O. Freak Tkonrton Attortoy Gworki I Q Oaniol ft. McLeod S»«»« Tmoiuror - j Q Grady L Potter**, Jr. j Comptroller Gonero! ; Q Honry Milit Lniiim- : - rmrttr rm • “ ' [ ; State Suportatatutart of Edocotron 1 □ Cyra ». fiusbee Q ie«* Clerk Eddittgs Adi Went Omrat | Q Freak 0. Pitidtaey Comumwtwwr of Agricvitart Q Wtlltaw L. Hefrekcn CONGRESSIONAL | Q frarat F. Hoiimqs 0 Morabail Pork*/ 0 Srodky Merrak 0 Strom Tkwmersd . Q Ktttart T. Affcmore i V fK ’ >'<' k -f Janugry Election Is Scheduled For Conservation Area Three supervisors of the Laurens County Soil and Wa ter Conservation District will be elected on Tuesday, Jan. 3, according to J. W. Tinsley, election chairman. These, three, along with two appointed supervisors, serve without salary as the governing board of the con servation district. They serve for thre'e-year terms. Present supervisors, whose terms expire on Jan. 31, are Sam B. Fleming, Ryan F. Lawson and James D. Was son. Nominating petitions con taining 25 or more names must be subniitted to the election chairman by Dec. 1. Notices stating the time and place of voting for the Japyary election will be re leased about the middle of December, it wa s stated. Rotary Club Organized; Charter Night Is Planned Rotary International an nounced this week that the Rotary ^Club of Clinton has been granted a charter oc- • cording to District Governor James H; Sams of Clemson. The organization of the local club has been underway for several months, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Laurens, elected at the organizational Officers and directors meeting in September are: David Boland, president Tay lor Martin, vice-president; Sidney G. Hartzog, secretary and treasurer; J. F. Jacobs, Jr., Ed Sadler, Rufus Sadler, and W. M. Shields will serve as directors for the new club. The Rotary Club of Clinton will hold its regular weekly meetings at the Hotel Mary Musgrove at 1:00 p. m. on Tuesdays. A charter night is being planned for the_near future to be attended by Ro- tarians from many of the Ro- tary clubs in this area. Charter members in addi tion to the officers and direc tors include Bob Anderson, Harry E. Baldwin, George R. Blalock, Frank Boland, Rcbeft Hamer, Joe H. Hol land, Alvin Hueble, Charles Johnson, Thad Johnson, Mar vin Manley, Charles Pitts, Earl Pitts, Shelton Rimer, Allen Simmons, Robert Wick ham, Cecil P. Wilson, and Lawrence E. Young. To Organize Fire Dept, at Joanna A meeting of citizens of the Joanna community will be held tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 at the club house. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the organization of a fire department. Everything is ready for Laurens County voters to go to the polls Tuesday, along with voters in the state and nation, in a general election. Besides county officers whose terms expire this year, to be elected are a full slate of state officers from Gov ernor down, two United States Senators, and mem bers of the national House of Representatives. South Carolina voters also will be faced with a long list of constitutional amend- ments, several of them stater wide, but most pertaining tp individual counties. Three ballots will be pro vided, in addition to the amendments sheet. They are for the countv, state, and a separate ballot for State Sen- ate District 26 (Laurens County). In addition to names ap pearing on the ballot for the list of county officers, J. Fleming Blakely and M. T. Motes have announced ais write-in candidates for Sn- icrinterdcit of Education. No candidat-ft annnuneod for "he office in the primaries. Following are the candi dates: County Ballot House of Representatives— Democrats W. Paul Culbert- non and David S. Taylor; Re publicans Furman E. Oott and Shelton J. Rimer. Wil- Kam H. McNinch is a candi date by petition. Unopposed Democrats: Aud tor — Jennie V. Cul bertson; Probate Judge—J. Hewlette Wasson. Supervisor — Furman E. Thomason. Treasurer — Allen D. Cole man. County Commissioners — Paul S. O’Dell and George M. Penland (two to be elect ed). Senatorial District No. _2IL_. State Senate (Laurens County only) — William C. Dobbins, Democrat, and W. R. Garrett, Republican. State Ballot Governor—Democrat Rob ert E. McNair, and Republi can Jospeh O. Rogers, Jr. Lt. Governor — Democrat John C. West and Republican Marshall T. Mays. Secretary of State—Demo crat O. Frank Thornton. Attorney General — Demo crat Daniel R. McLeod. State Treasurer — Demo crat Grady L. Patterson, Jr. Comptroller General — Democrat Henry Mills. Superintendent of Educa tion-Democrat Cyril B. Bus- hoc, and Republican Inez Clark Eddings. Adjutant General — Demo crat Frank D. Pinckney. Commissioner of Agricul ture — Democrat William L. Harrelson. Two-year Senate term (un expired) — Democrat Ernest F. Rollings and Republican Marshall Parker. Six-year Senate term — Democrat Bradley Morrasi and Republican Strom Thur mond. Congress (4th District)— Democrat Robert T. Ash more. Greenville Bell Choir to Gjve Program Sunday The Senior High Hand Bell Choir of the Pendleton Street Bantist Church of Greenville will give a program of Christ mas music at Calvary Bap tist Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The choir is under the di» rectiomof Jack Gant. The public is invited to at tend the program, which wilt consist of nine selections, as follows: The Heavens Are Telling; O Come, All Ye Faithful; Hark, the Herald Angels Sing; Anegls We Have Heard on *High; O Little Town of Bethlehem; What Child Is This? Jacob’s Ladder; Go Tell It on the Mountain; The Lord Is My Shepherd. Serves As Marshal Miss Almena B. Blalock, Clinton, is one of 25 Juiti who are serving as marshals at Converse for the current session. She is the daughter of and Mrs. George R. BIa|