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V District Votes For a ' Bond Referendum The Clinton Chronicle The referendum, held on the day of the general election, Nov. 8, showed the following vote: for 2,125, against 1,707. Following is the tabulation by precinct in District 56: For Against Vol. 67 — No. 46 Clinton No. 1 -- 279 139 Clinton No. 2 . 427 188 Clinton Mill . 104 80 Lydia Mill ........ 92 35 Joanna 243 162 Renno 24 13 Long Branch .... 25 20 Mountville 21 62 Cross Hill 50 72 Hopewell 37 22 Shady Grove .... 25 11 Voters in School District 56 (Clinton area) approved the constitutional amendment permitting the raising of the ratio of bonded indebtedness to assessed valuation of prop erty from eight per cent to 16 per cent. Postmasters In Meet Here Tuesday Associaton of Postmasters in the Presbyterian College din- G ra U am Fj| m A*, ing hall Tuesday evening. A 'jranam rum m highlight of the program was Presbyterian Church the recognition of postmas- p ters in the district who have reccntily retired. terian Church wiU show the W. D. Adair, local post- Billy ^Graham film “Decade master, welcomed the group 0 f Decision” at the regular following the dinner, and in-^ evening service on Supiday trodueed Columbia postmas- . „ f. r . T n . . i,. „ ^ u = evening, the Rev. A. L. Bix- ter, W. O. Callahan, presi dent of the association, who ter, pastor, has announced, presided. Invovation was giv- It is scheduled for 7:30 p. en by M. L. Jarrard, of Ma- m. in the social hall and en by M .L. Jerrard, of Ma- g enera i orientation toward Tributes to Mrs. Dollie j s b e j n g shown as part of the Carr, who recently retired as Laurens County Crusade postmaster at Joanna, were f or Christ to be conducted in given by a number of her Clinton, January 22-29. contemporaries. Mrs. Carr, T h e fy m j s a World Wide along with several other re- pictures production narrated tiring postmasters, were pre- b y Dave Garroway and tells sented gifts and commenda- intriguing story of Billy tion awards. Graham’s rise'to national and “The Young Folk,” local international prominence — Clinton, S. C., Thursday, November 17, 1966 '-1 \ \ M S H li % t ». i : - • wmmm wm. Wk mag?. N. BROAD STREET VIEW OF NEW BANK Last Session Of MAIN BANKING LOBBY —Yarborough Photo Grand Jury Wants New Courthouse . .Laurens — Laurens County even though understaffed,” Bible Class Slated For Next Tuesday The last session of the cur rent Community Bible Class will be held on next Tuesday evening in St. John’s Luther an Church. This session will singing group composed of an absorbing account of how Grand Jury in its final pre . . thc report pointed out that b ? c ' ,nci : rn ^ Nancy Holhs Edna Jacobs, r eiigi 0 n became front page sentment Montlay to General vandalism and crime have in- a „ C d P 'm Missy and Susie Wassung, news shortly afte r World War s „« inn rnllrt r ^ n mmendod creased so that “the 12 denu- (,alatu ' ns and wl11 dtd l Public Is Ijiyited M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers To Hold Open House. Saturday entertained the group with a n Session Court recommended creased so that “the 12 depu- largd with practical mat num*H r of songs. Congregations of three city a ^ W T a courtho “ se 1CS f,nd lb ^ Sel ^ e f p f, ess .^ ters, ' as against doctrinal ‘ ‘ ® ^ congregations oi tnree city a( j(iitionaL deputies for tlhe to carry out their duties ’ with ’ .. H,o,uv l hurc „ b ! s !! r J ea ?L^. aV LA e l n Sheriff’s Department. some of them working 70 or considerations. The courthouse and county rnore hours a week. Additional lighting for jail that a survey of the court- cel1 bloc ^ s > stor a8e cabinets pcrsons haye attended at an in the basement and ade- tin of Atlanta > Ga., deputy the film and highly recom- regional director, U. S. Post mend it. Future showings Office Department; Robert will take it to other churches home committee report sain Overing, retired regional of the county, postal official, of Lake Mur ray, near Columbia, their wives, R. H. O’Kelly, pastal inspector, Sen. and Mrs. W. C. Dobbins, former Clinton post- I It I mster, R. L Plaxico, Mrs. P|05 ||| D||rhaifl Dr. Keisler, who has taught the greater number of the classes, states that about 30 Student Art Works Exhibited At Douglas House Mrs. Bellingrath Mrs. George C. Bellingrath Carr’s children, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Plott, Covington, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. W. G. The committee recom- Carr, Aiken; Mr. and Mrs. d ed early last nlght at Du ^ e mended a new courthouse at Don Smith, Rock Hill; and Hospital in Durham, N. C., “ an acceptably location.” Miss Pat Carr, Augusta, Ga. it was reported to The Chron- Also recommended were tele at press time. house showed the present fa- . cility had completely inad- ouate fire extinguishers were equate working room, fix- a * so caded f° r • tures and fire protection. The report went on to say a major fire would be “disas trous as concerns the perman ent records.” Lutheran Group To Plan for Year M. S. Bailey & Son, Bank- and executive offices occupy ers, will hold open house Sa- thc street floor, while on the lurday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. mezzanine are the trust, de al the new banking headquar- partment and directors room, ters on N. Broad Street. The The lower lobby houses the An art show by Presbyteri- public is invited to view the bookkeeping department, sa- Collcge students now handsome structure. and fety deposit vault, employees least one session of the class featured in the Douglas House inspect its facilities. lounge, service equipment and that the average atten- lobby, and the. public is cor- \ ribbon - cuttingcercmony debted to said estate will dance has been slightly under dially invited to visit thc at- w jn take place at 11 a.m., The architects were Lyles, 20, representing various traction. which will begin the obser- Bissett, Carlisle and Wolfe, of The exhibit of drawings vance. Mrs. C. M. B a i 1c y Columbia. The general con- and collages is thc work of w j|[ tul the ribbons. tractor was LaFaye-Tarrant the drawing and art class k.am;.,,, of Columbia. Interior design taught by Miss Anne Pen nington, instructor in art. It architec t ure> wdl be continued in the Doug- churches in,Clinton. Merton to Get Flight Instruction The three-story bifilding is . , . . T in a “transitional” style of and finishings were by In Following the service next c. T. Morton, Jr., of Clin it was stated. Court of Honor Slated for Monday and stell was used Tn Con struction, with considerable stitutional Interiors of Colum bia. ,/ The bank, in moving to N. Broad Street, left a site on W. Pitts Street which it had o j » • , , . r ... ,. . , designed to blend traditional Sunday morning in St. John s ton, is one ol 15 Naval ROIC las House through next Wed- and rno( j ( , rn Brick concrete Lutheran Church thc fall bus- midshipmen selected for a nesday. additional toilet facilities and incss meeting of the congre- s,Kl ld instruction pro- construction of a laundry „. S11 4Vw . gram at the University of r«..^ n (. decorative marble also being 0CCU P ied sincc lts founding in used. Floors are of terazzo 1886 a Its * ln K banking tile with most areas carpeted. wmdows win stdl bc ma,n - tained at the Pitts Street Mills to Operate NO further information was ° .‘““"“‘f gation will be held for the ., ,, . . , room next to the mam build- South Carolina. Thanksgiving Day available at that hour. j n g th e county home. purpose ol electing three The program includes in- Greenwood — All 14 plants Mrs ‘ Bell ' n g rath , th e wife The report of th c law en- Councilmen for a period of struction in Piper Colt air- of the Greenwood Mills or- °* Dr ' ® e f Bn g rat h. retired f orce ment and jail committee three years, beginning Jan- cral t. leading to private pi- '"areas wall fabric b u ' ld * n g- Ba „!?a,iorwm operate o„ cal.ed for additional deputies uary and to ac , upon the lot s ra„„«. a„,i possible or- »f Honor will be beUI and in sonte areas wall labne thc ba „ k Thnnifseivintr Dnv nan and a Presbyte- for. the Sheriff’s Department , , u ■ ders to report upon gradua- A1onaay ’ ‘ ’ ’ . . T , u. Robert M. Vance, president; President 8 J C. Self an- ««> "ad been a pa- to do • -an adequate job in congreitat.onal bud- lo ltu . Naval Air statlon m. a. the F.rst- Baptist The ™a,n b abk,ns lobby V(m Ho|k .„ nounccd however that the tient at 1116 hos P ital f° r sev ‘ protecting the interests of the get for 1967 Any other bus ' at Pensacola, Fla., lor avi- Church - • ident; Charles Waldron, trust day & a <*, been designated as eral weeks - people and the county.” iness properly coming before ation training, a company holiday, and thus The Bellihgraths home is Commending thc depart- thc meeting w'ill receive at- . # all hourly paid and produc-• on Calvert Avenue. . . ( i ment for a job well done, tention it was stated. At Socisty Meeting tion employees working that day will receive pay at the rate of time and one-half. Pendleton And Great Falls To Meet Here Friday Auto Ownership In County at High Level Dr. G Hugh Holman Is New Provost of U. N.C. The automobile buying United The congregation’s donsti- , *"""^ rs ' Grace Connor. Mrs. . .. „ .. Bernice Shouse and Mrs. L. tution directs that thc Council XT ... , . . V Wallace, Clinton teachers, shall nominate for Couhcil attended a meeting of Epsi- membership twice the num- Ion Chap.ter of Delta Kappa her of elgiible members as Gamma, national society of ton area native and Presby- thcre are offices to be filled, women educators, at Holiday terian College alumnus is the It has nominated Mrs. S. P. Inn Greenwood, Saturday. * 1 , ’ J new provost of the University Dr. C. Hugh Holman, Clin- soree of "the"last few Vears where car ^wmershi^Ts 3 ''^! B( >wcrs, R. Floyd Bundrick, The theme of the meeting was U " Contenders for the upper- ^ bmLS ciJ L^ershiD to Se rate o? 13? per lS) famfl- John H. Fulmer. Lewis C. “The Nature of Creativity”. of North Carolina state Class A football g new h h in Laurens Coun _ ies , It averages 131 per 100 Pltts - Cha rles H. Rimer, Jr., Dr. Bacu r . art professor at 1 ' h e designation creates a championship will meet to the South Atlantic States. and shelton J - Rimcr - Erskint ' Co,k 'gc presented new academic position at a r lbC v P n lay ht ° ff game here Fri ‘ Not only has there been an The figures are contained The consUtution also pro- shades from different art ex- top k . vel in the administra- dav night. ^ot only nas mere been an . d r rnnslirnf , r ma r- Vldes that any number of hi bits that had been held at .. . . . . Tin i The contest, putUng Great increase m the toed auto s J“ dy of c ?" sl J" er ™ a ;. nominations may be made Erskinc College Exhibition ' v " s t ruc t ur e at Chape! HilL Falls and Pendleton High population as a whole. There kets released by the Stand t , rcm floor Center Holman was named to fill it Schools in competition, will has also been a marked in- ard Rate and Bata Service. a f tt>r ye ars of service there be played on Wilder Field. crea se in the proportion-7 of 11 covers all parts of the m as P rolessor of English and Kickoff time is 8 p.m. late-model cars. country. Aorifll A C dean of the graduat e school. According to the latest pub- Nationally, it shows, new ■■VrWI ■ 1^ i n announcing this latest Rrfhnnv ^Prvirpc lished figures, there are now c ar s ar e appearing on the _ „ ~ a development, university offi- 7 more cars in operation in the scp ne at a much faster rate AA AA4* cials said: ’he appointment To Begin Sunday local area, in terms of popu- than babies arc being born. ■ ^ W W ^ MVJ J 0 f Dr. C. Hugh Holman as Revival services will begin lation, than in most parts of The ratio is more than two to provost forecasts expectation Sunday, November 20 at Be- the United States. f one - Perhaps the biggest aerial es at a 4.9 pac e to account of another'. forward advance thany Presbyterian Church As of the beginning of this The steady rise in car own- duel of the year looms ahead for his 372 yards in 78 car- fo r the university here, in sci- and continue each evening at year, a total of 17,080 pas- ersh ip reflects thc economic as western Carolina invades rk ‘ s ’ and fullback Sam WiT- cnees and liberal arts, in officer; Charles Ruark, cash ier; Kenneth McCrary j assis tant cashier; and James R. Bryan, manager of the time payment department. Directors are Messrs. Vance and Von Hollen, George H. Cornelson, W'. C. Neely, Mrs. C. M. Bailey, Mrs. H. M. Wise, Mrs. Walter Mont gomery and Miss Emily Bai ley. Election Results Are Certified 7:30 through November 25. senger cars were registered g ain s that have been attained j ohnson Field The Rev. Alfred L. BiAler, in the county, or approxi- hy a majority of the people to take on liams has 343 yards in 101 at- teaching and research. DR. HOLMAN The Laurens County Cono- •* missioners of Elections Man- day certified the Nov. 8 gen eral election results for tQe county. M. T. Motes was certified as having the highest number of write-in votes for county superintendent of educatiOb. tempts for 3.4. ^ _ in other efforts to place the World of Thomas Wolfe”. His an office that was not prin$d pastor of the First Presbyter- mately 137 for every 100 Their incoiries have been ris- Presbyterian College here Favorite receivers for the university in the best possible revision of the Thrall-Hibbard on the ballot since there were ian Church will conduct the families. and > therefore, their abil- Saturday afternoon in an im- Kirtland passes are ends stance to assume its role as “Handbook of Literature” is no candidates qualifyir';:. ■ services. This compares favorably ity to spend more money for portant Carolinas Conference James Smith and Richard a university likely to emerge a standard refer .ce for gra- r^.,, 0 < f - ce be vaca te d The public is invited. with the ratio throughout the cars - battle. Reed. Smith, with two pass- in national ranking and ser- duate English students. Eai- next June 30 wHh the retire . A major factor in the boom, Two of the league’s most receiving records broken, has vice.” her in his career, while on also, has been the teen-ager effective passers await thc now caught more passes in A native of Cross Anchor, the PC faculty, he wrote five roont ol Supt. Leroy Burns, and his eagerness to get be- 2:00 p. m. kickoff. his career (77), gained more Hugh Holman received his dcL'ective-mystcry novels — The three commissioners al- hihd the wheaLof af car—any Western- Carolina quarter- yards on pass receptions in BS degree from Presbyteri- partly at the suggestion of a so certified results of jonsti- kind—the instant that he gets back Jim Williams, for ex- one season (32). All three of an College in 1936 and served literary agent advising on t u tj ona i amendments on the his license to drive. ample, already has broken these records have been held on the PC faculty for ten construction of story plot. ountv’s two school districte’ To satisfy this urge, in the conference passing record for thc past decade by PC years as teacher and later Dr. Holman is both a hu- coun - v s vvo st u, ° ris 1C “ many'families the used car with 1.932 yards in eight end Joe Kirven. Reed, mean- as dean. In earning his PhD manist and a scientist. He is bonded indebtedness limita- is being turned over to junior games. His 53 percent pin- while, remains close behind at the University of North equally at home among test tions. instead of being traded in point accuracy has accounted Smith with 29 catches for 407 Carolina, he carried away tubes and poems. He tackles On raising the limit from when a new one is bought, for 149 completions in 272 at- yards. He also is the Blue Phi Beta Kappa honors and complicated formulas in phy- eifiht to 16 per cent ^ vo , c It has led ot a sharp increase tempts. Hose top scorer, having per- became a full-time member sics — which he taught to c f .hf,ol District vu a f> 7iY> in the number of two-car PC’s Bill Kirtland, although sonally accounted for 41 of its teaching faculty in 1949. air force cadets at Presby- ^ ’ families. just a sophomore quarter- points on five touchdowns, Besides being Kenan Profes- terian College during World * n favor and 2,655 opposed. In Laurens County, the fig- back, ranks among the eight extra-point kicks and a sor of English there, he has War II — with the same zest In District 56. *t was approv- ures show, passenger car school’s deadliest throwers, field goal. served at various times as he displays when he writes ed 2,125 to 1,707. registrations have increased He has amassed 938 yards by As Presbyterian and West- acting dean of the college of about his favorite authors, The vote on the constitu- 23.1 per cent since 1963. The air in completing 86 of 175 at- ern Carolina meet for the arts and sciences, english de- Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway tional amendment permitting number in operation has tern pts to date. Kirtland sixth time in football battle, partment chairman, chair- and William Faulkner. women to serve on juries climbed from 13,880 to 17,- needs less than 100 yards to the Catamounts are favored man of the University Press Holman’s most recent visit was: 2,371 for 1,831 against. 080 in the three years. set a new Blue Hose season by two touchdowns, but PC board of governors, chair- to Clinton was in June, 1963, Voters in the county de- The amount of money be- record, and he’s expected to holds a 4-1 series edge. West- man of the division of hu- when he returned to Presby- feated the so-called “liquor ing spent for the purchase exceed that mark in the two ern scored its only series tri- manities, and more recently terian College to deliver the amendments", voting against and maintenance of cars has remaining games. ' umph by a 7-8 score last dean of th e graduate school, commencement address at all .three sections by a three also grown by leaps and Both Western and Presby- year. Against mutual foes The versatile writer-teach- PC’s 82nd graduation exer- to one majority in each to- bounds. terian have potent running this year, both have lost to er-scholar-administrator is the cises and to receive art hon- stance. The amendments The expenditures in local attacks to supplement the Lenoir Rhyne and Catawba, author of five books and over orary doctor of literature de- were also defeated on a service stations and garages passes. WC fullback David and beaten Elon and Guil- 50 articles on literary sub- gree. He is married to the statewide basis. Passage of alone, for gas, oil, repairs, Lomax averages 5 yards per ford, but the Blue Hose edged jects. He is a national author- former Verna McLeod of Oca- the amendments would bavo and incidentals came to $4,- carry on his 491 total yards in Appalachian (21-17), which ity on Thomas Wolfe and edi- la, Fla., and they have two allowed the sale of liquor |b 416,000 In the past year, the 97 tries. For the Blue Hose, had previously nosed out tor of the Scribner research children, Margaret and Dav- amounts of less than nns kilf SRDS report shows. ’ - halfback Dan Eckstein rush- Western 35-33. anthology entitled “T h e id. , pint, or by the drink. Joanna Man Leaves Road Pete Puckett, of Joanna, wrecked his car Sat urday at 7:30 a. m. on Highway 76 about half a mile west of Clinton near the new Bailey plant He received minor cuts and bruises when he lost control of his 1964 Ford on a curve and struck a utility pole and skidded into a ditch. Highway Patrolman C. W. Harrison investigated. — Photo by Patrolman J. H, Seigler. , 7 Y it