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iH i * On Johnson Field — For Bronze Derby Hose, Indians to Clash Thursday Presbyterian College seeks to sustain its bid for a share of the Carolinas Conference championship in entertaining arch-rival Newberry in the season - closing Bronze Der by football game here Thanksgiving afternoon. The Blue Hose will lineup for the 2 p.m. kickoff as slight favorites. If they succeed, it will mean a 6-4 season and the first winning record since With Pay THE BRONZE DERBY 1960. And should league-lead ing Lenoir Rhyne lose to Ca tawba that same afternoon, PC will tie the Bears for the Carolinas Conference title. Thursday’s game is the 55th renewal of the PC-Newberry gridiron series, dating back to 1913 and ranking among the oldest athletic rivalries of the state. The Bronze Derby is the symbol of that rivalry, and the Thanksgiving winner will have the privilege of dis- County Residents Named to Baptist Committes at Meet Marcus S. Boyd, of Lau rens, was named as a mem ber of the South Carolina Bap tist Foundation at the recent meeting in Greenville of the State Baptist Convention. County residents named as committee members were: Dr. Robert S. Cooper of Laurens, Christian Life and Public Affairs Committee; Garvin B. O’Dell, steward ship Committee; Rev. J. C. Rice of Poplar Springs and Dr. Byron Harbin of the Ree dy River Association, to the Nominating Committee. Holiday For Mills All plants of Cl’nton Mills will close at midnight Wed nesday for a Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving Day is one of the company’s designated holidays with pay for all eligible employees, officials stated. Operations will re sume with the regular third shift at 12 midnight Thurs day. playing it in the college tro phy case for the coming year. Presbyterian will enter the game just five days after whipping, 42-29, the same Western Carolina team that defeated Newberry by a 40-0 count the previous weekend. But comparative scores go out the window for this particu lar contest, as PC fans learn ed as recently as last year, when Newberry posted a 6-0 upset. Nevertheless, the Blue Hose do hold a decided edge in the long series — 32 vic tories to 18 for Newberry and 4 ties. Last Saturday afternoon’s game against Western Caroli na found PC turning in its most explosive performance in some time. Touchdowns came on a 64-yard pass, Bill Kirtland to Dan Eckstein; a 63-yard run by Jim Johnson; an 11-yard pass from Kirt land to James Smith; a 36- yard pass from Kirtland to Richard Reed; a 42-yard run on pass Interception by Bob Hackle; and finally, a 9-yard run by Hackle. Coach Cally Gault hopes to keep his Hosemen generating at full steam Thursday, but Mrs. C. M. Bailey cuts the ribbons for the formal opening of bank as of ficers, directors and family members look on. From left are Robert M. Vance, president; Nancy Von Hollen; James Von Hollen, vice-president; Mrs. Vance; Charles Ruark, cashier; Mrs. H. M. Wise, director; Mrs. Bai ley; Miss Emily Bailey, director; Mrs. James Switzer of Union; Mrs. Bailey Dixon and young son, Norman. The photo was made through the tinted glass of the front doors. 2,000 People Call Saturday Affernooto Bank Has Open House Observance The Clinton Chronicle he has great respect for the solid Newberry defense and the effective running game led by Halfback George Tay lor. Quarterback Bill Kirtland will be attempting to extend his new school passing record- while two halfbacks and a fullback battle it out for the rushing lead. Kirtland, a sophomore from Miami, has completed 95 of 189 passes for 1,115 yards and 13 touchdowns. That’s the most yardage ever compiled by a PC passer in one cam paign. The battle for the season’s top rusher is up for grabs among halfbacks Dan Eck stein of Atlanta, Jim Johm son of Georgiana, Ala., and fullback Sam Williams of Monroeville, Ala. Eckstein is the front-runner after nine games with 417 yards on 87 rushes for a 4.8 average. Williams has rushed for 408 yards on 113 carries for a 3.6 average. Then Johnson sud denly jumped into the heat of the race on the strength of last week’s performance against Western Carolina when he racked up 121 yards. He has now gained 395 yards on 66 rushes for a 6.0 average. The pass catchers still have a close race going on for the leading receiver. End James Smith of Sylvania, Ga.. has 35 receptions for 438 yards and five touchdowns. However, end Richard Reed of Colum bus, Ga., has more yards (447) on 31 receptions. Reed is also the team’s leading scorer with 51 points on the basis of six touch downs, 10 of 14 conversion at tempts, a two-point conver sion, and one field goal. The team has gained 2.718 yards for an average of 302 yards per game. Rushing yardage amounts to 1,409, while the passing game has added 1,309 yards. Vol. 67 — No. 47 Clnfron, S. C, Thursday, November 24, 1966 Tr Opens Holiday Season Christmas Parade Is M- Set For Next Thursday: Union Thanksgiving Service on Thursday The Clinton community Thanksgiving servke, sponsor ed by the Clinton-Joanna Ministerial Association, is set for 10:00 a. m., Thursday, in the Hartness-Thornwell Me morial Presbyterian Church in the Thornwell Orphanage campus, with the Rev. Z. B. C. Williams peaching the sermon. The Rev. Dr. Malcolm Macdonald, president of Thorn- well and minister of the church, will be in charge of the service. Special music will be provided by the church choir, uider the direction of Miss Luva McDonald. Others appearing on the program will include the Rev. Thomas Miller, III, who will read the Scripture, and the Rev. M. Floyd Hellams, who will lead in th e prayer. The offering will be devoted to Thornwell. Dr. E. B. Keisler is chairman of the Association’s committee which arranged the service. Shootina at Joanna Wesley Craig Gets 15 Years in Slaying M. S. Bailey & Son, Bank ers, formally opened their new headquarters on North Broad Street with an open house observance ^pturday from 11:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m., when approximately 2,000 people toured the bank. Bank officials and directors and their wives greeted guests as they arrived, who were then directed to all parts of the building by employees of the bank. Souvenirs were presented and refreshments served. The day’s observance began with a ribbon-cuting cere mony at 11:00 a. m., with Mrs. C. M. Bailey performing .i the time-honored ritual. Mrs. Bailey is the senior membei 'of the family of the late M. S. Bailey, founder of the bank. Little Miss Toccoa Wise Switzer (of the fifth genera tion), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Switzer of Un ion, held the case containing the scissors that Mrs. Bailey used to cut the ribbon. She is the namesake of Miss Toccoa M. Bailey, the daughter of M, S. Bailey, on whose, birthday the bank was originally es tablished, Feb.* 1, 1886. The original bank building, located on West Pitts Street^ was remodeled in 1933 and again in 1965. Construction on the present building was be gun Feb. 1, 1965. The three-story building is in a ‘ tianiitionhl” style of aschitecture, it was stated, designed to blend traditional and modern. Brick, concrete, and steel were used in con struction, with considerable decorative marble also being used. Floors are terazzo tile with most areas carpeted. Walls are paneled in walnut and in some areas wall fab ric is used. The main banking lobby, time - payment department and executive offices oclupy the street, floor, while on the mezzanine are the trust de partment and directors room. The lower lobby rouaes the bookkeeping department, saf ety deposit vault, employees lounge, service equipment room and storage aieas. Laurens — A 56-year-old Laurens County man was con victed late Friday night of manslaughter in the shotgun slaying of an 18-year-old youth. Wesley Craig, who had been charged with murder, "was sentenced to 15 years in pris on by Judge John Grimball. The ^ Laurens County Gen eral Scsions Cour jury delib erated for over two hours, re turning the manslaughter ver dict just before midnight. Water Junior Beck was killed by a shotgun blast at his mother-in-law’s home in Joanna on November 13, 1965. Friday’s session was large ly devoted to testimony from Craig, who testified to his version of the fatal shooting, in which he was wounded. Craig testified he had been threatened by Beck three or four weeks prior to the shoot- irg. He said Beck threatened him with a knife and he, Cra'g, “walked quickly away to avoid trouble.” On the afternoon of the shcoting Craig testified, he had gone to the home of Mrs. Bertha Rice in Joanna to pick up his shotgun for a hunting trip he planned the next day. Testimony showed Craig to be a frequent visitor to the home. Mrs. Patsy Beck, Mrs. Rice’s daughter, the 17-year- old estranged wife of the dead youth, was living there with her mother at the time, and Craig said she unlatched the door and let him into the house. Entering the house, he said he went into the back bed room and got his shotgun, which he said h 8 usually kept between the mattress and the box springs. Thursday, Mrs. Beck testi fied Craig ' had the shotgun with him when he drove into the yard, and that he brought it into the house and asked for Beck. Craig said h 0 went back into the hall from the bed room, with the shotgun in a case, he saw Beck standing in the doorway of the front bedroom. C.aig said Bock said: “You ran one timo but you won’t run any more,’ and then he shot me twice. Bock grabbed the shotgun, Cra g testified, and pulled him into the bedroom, where thev struggled. The defendant said ho fir ed A’e shotgun once, ‘ \not pointing it at anyone.” The next thing he remem bered. Craig testified, was the m ddlc of the next week, in a hospital. H lost iiod he was in the hospital 12 weeks, and under: wont surgery three times. Under questioning by his attorney, Marshall Abercrom- bei, Craig denied he ever threatened Beck. When asked by, Abercrom bie whether or not he knew wny Beck wanted to harm him, Craig answered, “he thought I had something to do with the non-support warrant sworn out by his wife.” Darr (o Deliver Baptist Sermon The Rev. Joseph H. Darr, pastor of tty? First Baptist Church cf Cl nton, will deliv er' the convention sermon at the 1697 South Carolina Bap tist convention to be held in Columbia. He was named for the hon or at the recently concluded session of state Baptists in Greenville. Mr. Darr has been pastor of the local church for some 20 years and is well known throughout the state. Attending the convention .with Mr. Darr' were Mrs. Darr, W. R. Anderson, R. F. Sumerel, ami L. E. Cason. Davidson Street Baptists Occupy New Church Unit The congregation of David son Street Baptist thurch held tho first service of worship in the new sanctuary last Sun day, November 20. Also, the new educational addition was occupied by the Sunday school departments and classes. Con struction began February 14 by Cannon Construction Com pany of Newberry. The new building adds 12,000 square feet to the existing three-unit structure which was completed in 1960. The church befan as a mis sion of Calvary Baptist Church in early 1959 and was organ ized from mission status to that of a self-supporting church October 25, 1959. Pres ent membership is 251. A cornerstone laying ser vice was held immediately folowing the morning worship services with the following members representing vari ous organizafons participat ing while the congregation looked on: Scr pture reading by Joe Campbell; the Declaration by Mrs. James Bryson: placing of items in metal container by Mrs. Bobby Meadors: placing of the metal box by Marvin DeYoung: reading of the inscription by C. S. Quarles: placing of the Cor nerstone by Robert Spencer; prayer by the pastor. Rev M. Floyd Hellams; ard benedic- t : on by Harvey Foster, and congregation singing “Blest Be the Tie That Binds,” The pastor announced that dedication and “open house” services will be held at a lat er date to which the public will be invited. The Christmas season will officially open in Clinton, Thursday, December 1, when the annual Christmas Parade will march through the down town shopping area bringing lovely ladies, marching bands, seasonal floats, and, best of all, ole Santa Claus. Miss South Carolina of 1966, Miss Barbara Anne Harris, will also highlight the par ade, as was announced this week by Charles Buice, chair man of the Christmas Par ade, sponsored by the Mer chants Division of the Clin ton Chamber of Commerce. The reigning queen is 21 years of age and a senior ot Columbia College. Prior to her receiving the S. C. crown, she was ^ Miss Columbia of 1903 and also S. C. Peach Queen in Greer. Honors she ‘ has received since becoming the new Miss South Carolina are Miss World Golf and Miss Tapps at Clemson University. Her parents. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. H Harris, Jr., reside at Route 2. Greenville. She is 5’ 6” and has blonde hair, green eyes, and fair complex ion. Another beauty to partici pate in the parade will bo Clinton’s own, Miss Beverly Muller, Miss Clinton of 1965. Miss Muller is a studgnt at Winthrop College and has rep resented the city in state wide activities. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Muller of Musgrove Street Extens’on. She is a blonde wityi blue eyes and attended Presbyterian Col lege and Anderson Junior Col lege before transferring to Wirthrop last fall. Mr. Buice states that plans for the parade are well un derway with some 30 units s 1 - ready assigned. Also there \v;l! he approximately seven hands from neighboring towns. The parade will assemble on the corner of South Broad and Calhoun Street and travel up Broad to Flori da Street where it will Hirn east toward Musgrove Street. Library Hours For The Week Hours for the Presbyteran College * Library during the Thanksgiving week wdl be as follows: Wed., Nov. 23—3:30 p. m. to 6:00 p. m. Thurs., Nov. 24—Closed. Fri., Nov. 25—8:30 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. Sat.. Nov. 26—8:30 a. m. to 1:00 noon. Sun., Nov. 27—Closed. MISS SOUTH CAROLINA" From Musgrove Street it wjtl travel south to East Main and turn left, breaking up o® East Main. rr- Parade time has been for 4:30 p.m. A number of units and bands will tour Whitten Village at 3:30 p.m. Stained Glass' Windows Installed In A. ft. ft. Church Providence A. R. P. Church on South Broad Street had new stained glass windows in stalled this week by the Black Stained - Glass Studios of San Antonio, Texas. The old amber glass win dows'have been replaced by seven different colors of hand blown glass leaded together. The windows are desired in a modern rectangular pattern Tiat blends with the basic Colonial architecture of the church. G. V. Black spent Uxis past week in Clinton installing the windows. L. L. Sams and Sons of Waco, Texas, design ed the windows ior the Church. r Mrs. Ligon With Welfare Dept. R. W. Boland, secretary of the Laurens .Courtly Depart- m e n t of Public Welfare Board, announces that Mt*. Harold Ligon of Rt. 1, Water loo. has been employed as a homemaker in tho Homemak- maker Demonstration Proj ect. Mrs. Ligon attended Friendship Junior College, Rock Hill. She is active in church and 4-H activities in her home community. • The recently elected legislative delegation of Laurens County is seen here as members took the oath of of fice last Thursday from Circuit Court Judge John Grimball, who was pre-