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The Clinton Chronicle
Vol. 67 — No. 48
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, December 1, 1966
Christmas Parade at
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OWENS CAR
GILES CAR
Six Injured in Two-Car Mrs. Whitney To
Collision On Saturday SP e *k Dec. 11
Six people were injured 2, and Buford Rice, 16 j of Al Crusade Rally
near Clinton last Saturday in Whitmire. ’ Sociali Eleam)r Vander .
a two-car collision that hospl^ All were taken to Bailey ... ^
talized four of them, with Memorial Hospital, where bl 1 Wtutney of Lon« Jsland.
two still being treated. the Rices were treated and N. Y., who committed her
The accident occurred on not admitted. Mr. Giles and life to Christ during v Billy
Highway 72 (Whitmire Road) his grandson were admitted Graham Crusade, will be the
near its intersection with S. an d treated for injuries of the p r j nc jp a i speaker at the De-
C. Highway 276 at 9:20 a. m. face, both receiving cuts and
Legis'alors To
Have Open Meet
Next Monday
bruises. They remained in
cember 11 Prayer Fally for
retired Clinton businessman, the hospital until Tuesday af- co un f t ° r, cru™de for Christ "it
and his grandson. Adrian ternoon. wa. lnnSnced todoy
Giles, 20; two Clinton boys, The Owens boys were trans- It is sc h e duled for 3 00 p
Dale Owens, 10, and his bro- ferred to Greenville General
ther, Robert, 14; and two Ne- Hospital where Dale was list-
m. in the Clinton First Pres-
■ - ... . ... „ ^ .. „ byterian Church, and resi-
groes, Robert Rice, 76, of Rt. ed in “poor” condition Tues- dents of Laurens County are
day, being treated for lacera- urged to attend
tions of the mouth, facial wd j the f j rs ^ p U i5i| C .
fractures and head injuries. wide meeting yct held in the
Robert suffered a fractured mounting preparation, for the
leg and laceration of the face. LaU ren S County Crusade for
The Owens boys were listed Christ, set for January 22-29
as residents of 817 N. Broad in Belk Auditorium on the
St., while the Gileses live in Presbyterian College cam-
a subdivision south of the pus. Dr. Leighton Ford of the
city. Billy Graham Evangelistic
The accident was said to Association is to be the prin-
have occurred when the cipal speaker during the 8-
Clinton Mills
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Recognizes Long
Service Group
Eighteen new members
were welcomed in the Clinton
Mills “Old Timers Club” at
held in theVreenville Dining 0wens car - driven by Robert> day crusade.
Hall at Presbyterian College headed north attempted to Mrs. Whitney who was for-
Surday afternoon. The club ? r " le , on *° the 0 y , to Cornelius
is composed of 179 active and Ca ‘ dwtdl s ^ rv £ e Sta . 10n and Va ^crb,l t Whitney, w.ll
retired employees who have colllded Wlth the Glles car s p e a k three times in
been continuously associated ^ Laurens County on December
with the company 25 or more
years.
Company President Robert iarm in the vicinity
M. Vance presented engraved
gold watches and diamond-set
jewelry awards to the new
members at the 1 p. m. buffet
luncheon. He also presented
23 charter members with 40-
ycars-plus pins, the first to be
awarded by the company.
J. B. Templeton was mas-
gers), headed toward Clintoiv 11. In addition to the Prayer
and returning from the Giles Rally, she will appear at the
Laurens First Baptist Church
for the 11:00 a. m. worship
Maj. McKie Joins
College ROTC Staff
Maj. Robert H. McKie, Jr.,
a Clemson graduate from
Edgefield, has J o i n e d the
Presbyterian College ROTC
staff as an assistant professor T .....
of military science, Lt. Col. The Laurens County le S* s -
Benjamin F. Ivey announced,' a ^ Ve delegation will hold an
today. * optn meting in the court
He said McKie has just re- room of the courthouse on
turned from a one-year tour Monday Decem ber 5, at 10
of duty with the U. S. Mill-
a m
tary Advisory Command in
Viet Nam. His arrival at PC w ‘^ f‘ rs t meet-
rounds out the four-officer * n '’ the present delegation,
military staff which is head- an d ' n the future, a meeting
ed by Ivey and also includes w **t be held on the first Mon-
Maj. Calvin R. Claypoole and t* a y °t each month so that
Capt. Lewis A. Johnson. citizens of the county may. |
Maj. McKie is a 1957 grad- Pi '-sent business matters to
uate of Clemson, is married the entire delegation. Is is re-
and has three daughters. quested that any person de
siring to appear before the
delegation notify David S.
Taylor, secretary of the del-
In Viet Nam egation, so that an agenda
First Lt. Julian L. Fowler can he prepared,
of the U. S. Air Force has ar
rived in Viet Nam where he Rj^ es Qn Monday
is assigned to the ^>33rd C. 1
A. M. Squadron. He is a son For John A. Davis, Jlf.
of Mr .and Mrs J. W. Fowl- John A Davis Jr 55 died
er of 408 Caldwell Street. Pn- _ ’
oi to going to Viet Nam he Salurda y * 10:45 a.m. at a
wus stationed in Aurora, Col- local hospital after a brief ill-
orado. ness.
Native of Newberry Coun
ty, son of Mrs. Sarah Feath-
erston Davis and the late J.
Asa Davis, he was a member
of the Bush River Baptist
. Church.
Thorn well High organized He was em p loyed ior many
its first Beta Club recently. years by H D Payne & Co
Dr. John Harris, secretary of , n addition to his mothbr ,
the National Beta Clum, met S n rv i v j ng arL . b j s w ife, Mrs
with and installed the offi- Hollingsworth Davis,
cers of the ThornweU club at and foUr sisters Mrs Hugh
Lt. Fowler Serves
Fund Drive Set For Sunday
M : ke ‘UcGehe:’, president of the Presbyterian
College Student Christian Association (pictured
left) ami Len-Caricoie, Jaycee Chairman, j(right)
are making plans for the annual Christmas Stock-
ind Fund Drive which will begin this Sunday, De-
ctmbei 4, at
o'clock. A door-to-door canvass
of the residential areas will be made with a goal
of $7o'i. The fund will be used to purchase
Christmas toys for needy children in the city. The
Stocking Fund is sponsored jointly by the Clinton
Jaycees and the P. C. Student Christian .Associa
tion.
Niornwell High
Has Beta Club
• jf e 0 J° 0 c e 0 C n3ua Math C!i “ foa Mi,Is
with pc Department Stale Christmas
Dr. B. M. Drucker, director ^
of the Georgia Tech School of Plans
Thousands To r r
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View Spectacle
Santa Claus will arrive ih
Clinton this afternoon in high
styles preceded by a 40-unit
parade, as the Christmas sea
son is heralded by the city.
The parade will begin. Jit
4:30 p.m. Thousands of per
sons are expected to line the
route, while the business sec
tion will be lighted by the
city’s holiday decorations.,
Lanty Mimnaugh will serve
as parade marshal. He will
be astride “Tipperella” reg
istered Appaloosa stallion
owned by Jimmy Dutton.
Following will be city of
ficials, representatives from
the Chamber of Commerpe
and heads of the city’s insti
tutions. ;•
Music will be furnished by
the Presbyterian College
Drum and Bugle Corps and
six bands, including those
from Laurens High, Clinton
Juior High, Bell Street High,
Hickory Tavern High, and
Clinton High.
Parade chairman Charles
Buice has asked that all floats
and other entrants assemble
in place on South Adair, Ma
ple and Calhoun Streets by
4:15 p.m.
The parade will move into
Second Report
On Christmas Seal
Funds ls$I r 778
College.
Dinner-Concert
Slated Tuesday
By College Singers
service, and at the Clinton
First Presbyterian Church for
the 7:30 p. m. service.
She is a world-traveler, lec
turer, singer and patron of
the arts, who has devoted a
major part of her time to pro
claiming tfiFTJospef of Christ
R. Bland Roper, co-chair- j n spoken word and song
ter of ceremonies for the oc- man of the Christmas Seal ar0 und tht world since her
casion, attended by 321 mem- Campaign, today reported re- convers on during Billy Gra-
bers and guests . Entertain- ceipts at the end of the second ham’s 1957 Crusade in New
ment was by the Music Mak- week as $7,778.60. He said York City,
ers of Spartanburg Junior the contributions were pro- M rs Whitney has been re
cessed and counted by a com- pe a tedly named on the list of
mittee of volunteers working best-dressed women, received
at the association office on fj rs ^ g 0 i d en hat award of
IVJonday. the American Millinery Insti-
C. K. Wright of Laurens t u t e and permanently retired
heads this group again this t 0 th e hall of fame as the
year. Others working with best-hatted member of soci-
Ihe Madrigal Singers of him include: Mrs. Albert Bus- e t y
Presbyterian College will pfe- by, Mrs. AJison Lee, Mrs. R.
sent a Madrigal dinner-oon- H Roper, and Mrs. C. K. , , _
cert in the college dining hall Wright. Lutherans To
next Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. Mr. Roper said that Christ- C/J;,.:*. Plorlnoc
A typically English dinner mas Seal f Unds are used by JOHUr rieoges
is to be served by reservation the Tuberculosis and Health For 1967 PrOQrdm
in the /traditional style ol Association to continually pro- ^ • i
“Merrie Olde England.” t ect citizens from tuberculo- D , r E , Re ‘ sl , er ’ T llRer,m
Trumpet fanfares will an- sis and 0 th e r lung diseases in J-,f stor ° f S *' . John S Latheran
nounce various parts of the bo th Greenwood and Laurens Charch ' will have as h:s sub'
meal and will highlight the counties. He noted that the n a xt Sunda y morning,
entrance of the specially cos- next opening will be held at ^ b °“" ding ft in Hope ' , c
turned Madrigal Singers who t he M. S. Bailey & Son Bank , In the afte ™ 0 °n next Sun-
will present a short program in clinton today (Thursday) day ’ a !; d uade ^. the direction
of madrigals with the after wit h Mrs. John T. Young in of -he 1 * 011 J- Rimer, the an
dinner coffee. The costumes charge,
foi the singers, jester, and
trumpeters were designed by « .
Sam Hobson of Anderson, jCniOf LtlrlZOIlS
based upon research into the Da Uamaxa*!
costumes of sixteenth cen- ,0 Be honored
tury England. The First Bapitst Church tion for 1937.
The Madrigal Singers are of Joanna is having a Christ- The goals set are $15,000 for
selected from; the Presbyte- mas Drop-in Sunday after- the building fund and $12,210
rian College Choir on the has- noon, December 4, between for current expenses and the
is of their musical ability and the hours of three and five congregation’s outreach into
vocal talent, and are under p.m. honoring the senior ci- the various phases of the gen-
the direction of Charles T. tizens of the community. eral work of the church
Gaines, chairman of the de- Friends are invited to call through the synodical apport-
psrtment of music. ‘ during these hours. ionment.
and head north on S. Broad
Mathematics, will visit the * " '• i«3U st lt will rema j n on Broad
Presbyterian College campus Christmas vacation for as far the the post office,
this Thursday and Friday as Clinton Mills employees will then swing into E. Florida
a consultant for the PC math- bogin at 12 midnig!lt Thurs _ and turn right on Musgrove,
ematics department. . . o* ■ continuing on tcTE. Main St.,
He will talk formally to one day ’ I)t “ ,Rnlbt>r 22. and con- whcrc it will lurn < i cft , dis _
of the advanced cla c ses and t'n^ie until 12 midnight Mon- banding further out East
them with their certificate mVs"gus (Florence) Ramage mako himselt available to day, December 26. Main.
a chapel exercise, presenting (V rgiria) Workman, and
and pins.
Dr. Harris said
Club stood for
the Beta
fine
Jr. of Clinton i Miss Kather
ine Davis of Augusta, Ga.,
students t proiessors and
ministrative personnel
ad-
for
Company officials said the Eighteen or twenty floats
„nnourcement _w a s being wid be f catur i-‘d in the par-
discussion of individual inter- 4 . ade that will include sonte
ests and the Presbyterian mad( ' al tbls lor the con - twenty other entries.
College program. venicrce of employees in plan- Seven prizes offered in the
Dr. Drucker comes to PC’ n ng for the Christmas sea- non-commercial float division
many nne and Mrs. Doyal K. (Helen'
things, including achieve- £ Ur ton of Denver Colo,
ment, character, and leader- Funeral services were con-
sb p - ■ ducted Monday at 3 p.m. at . 4 , ...
Mjss Perce AhraTds, Thorn-v-w-rr Fnnerar Horn," j.y ‘^.7. Hie consulting program s ^ n . will range from 440 to
e cf the Commlttce on under- , Y , r mnrp lhan 800 empIoy . Parade units will make an
well teacher is sponsor of th
club.
During the program Dr. ni „nt Cemetery.
T. G. Daum and Rev. E. W.
Rogers. Burial was in Rose-
f raduate Mathematics spoi.’-
>rs who have worked eontinu-
appearance at Whitten Vil-
Harris presented D. S. Tern-
sored by the American Math- ’ j agp ear jj cr j n ^ be afternoon
Pallbearers wer e Joe cmatics Association and the ^jsly with the company for /or the benefit of the b un-
pleton, principal of the Thorn- Bonds Tom B Cooper M ^ ational Science Foundation, five or more years, it will he dreds of children living there,
well schools, the National Be- Dillard Milam Jr.. D. Frank Tbe Prcsb y tc ‘rian mathe- the second paid vacation of Local Camp Fire Girls will
ta charter. Ramage, Henry Trammel 1 ,
The following students will K e R b Adair, Lewis Pitts and
serve as officers of the club £ d urews
this year: President, Mike
Thomas; Vice-President, Joe A l i.A"
Daugherty; Secretary, Char- AugUStO Minister
Tl K Treasu K rer ’ Pat To Lead A. R. P.
McKee. Other members are
Bobby Bracey, Wayne Hin- Services Sunday
ton, Dianne Stanford Jim
r.nfcs faculty is composed of
l h - year. The
Martin. Associate Professor sulnnu ‘ ! ''•* cnl OR " l, ‘ 1 P‘'- v
William Cannon and Assist- ; s 1 ^served during the week t er 0 ( t he city,
ant Professor Paul Campbell, ei July 4.
irs). a week’s g Vc a sess ‘ ; ° n ol appropriate
holiday songs prior to the par
ade on the lawn in the cen-
The Rev. Dr. Donald Law-
son. professor of education
. oui 1,m a t Paine College ni Augusta,
l trong ’ Chloe McClary, JU,ke Ga wiU preach at Provi .
Singleton, Johnny Turner,
Powers Smith, Janice Arm-
Boy Scouts Promoted
At Court of Honor Here
Cotton Ballot Is
Slafed Dec. 5-9
The
t _ Laurens District, Boy Parker Dloore of Troop 78.
Briggs, Aileen Kellam, Ralph derce Associate Reformed Scouts oi \merica, held a I ife Scout: Jack Prater of
()dom i Larry Weaver, Linda Presby t er j an Sunday. Court of Honor on Monday Troop 75.
Gayle Singleton, and Mary Dr Lawsdn is a native of n : ght, Nov. 21, at the First Star Scout: Montv Crisp of
Jane Thomson.
nual every member visitation
of the congregation will be
made in the general interest
of the program of the church
to solicit pledges to the finan
cial needs of the congrega-
This is the first time that
growers have voted on mar
keting quotas by mail. It is
hoped that this more conven
ient method will encourage »a
larger vote, it was stated.**
Growers eligible to cast bal-
referendum arc
those who engaged in the pro-
Texaco Makes Grant to College
Another $1,500 grant has been
made to Presbyterian College from
Texaco, Inc., and the college has des
ignated this unrestricted gift to help
underwrite scholarship aid to quali
fied students in need. President
Marc C v Wefersing is shown here at
center receiving the $1,500 check
from F. A. Baumann, Jr., of Colum
bia, Texaco district sales manager.
Dillard Milam, manager of H. D.
Payne Co., local distributors, looks on
at left, while at right are: A. E.
Watkins, district sales supervisor:
and AT Brice, PC alumnus and for
mer Clinton resident now associated
with H. D. Payne Co. of Greenwood.
—Yarborough Photo.
A referendum on marketing
quotas for the 1967 crop of
upland cotton will be con
ducted by mail during the
period of December 5 through
9, Fred S. Stoddard, chaur-
Ergland and served in the Baptist Church of Clinton. Troop 111. Trank Bruycr, Joe f; . rnnsprvafinn rminfv
British Army during World when three boys w: re pro- Adams and Sam Daughtery aZmc^ '
War II. After coming to the moted to Eagle Scout, other oi I roop 19J.
United States he supplied the promotions made. ar;l merit Second Class Scout: David
Bartow, Fla.. A. R. P. Church badges awarded. Noble, HcM : gs McAlister and
ard later, did graduate work A number ol Scout leaders David Terrell of Troop 78;
at Emory University. He also of the county participated and I'm Walker. Kuss’ell Vance,
studied at Applachian State presented the boys lor their Mike Mills, Frank Ivey and
ed with service^ pins during College in Boone, N. C., where promotions and awards. Ba'ley Dixon of Troop 111.
.u _r u— r ^ received his master’s de- Named to Eagle Scout ran” Winn ng merit badges for l(J ~ jn the
gree. Dr. Lawson has been were Lawrence J. (Larry) v in ous activities e r e
taching at Paine College since Brehmer and Robert M George Dailey. Dean Harris. ducdon ' of th im of
1959. Vance. Jr . of Troop 111. and Monty Crisp, Don Dailey, Len coUon Ballots wil , be \. ent
Rev. Zcb. Williams, pastor Tom A. Daughtery of Troop Da ley. Kenny Mills and Hugh .
of Providence, will be preach- 198. ^ acobs . a!1 Tro ° A p G1; ord in the ASCS county office’
_ „ irg at the Evans Presbyterian Promoted to f.rst class Trank Bruyer, Henry A. Mor- .... . ... .
Brown 20 years; R K. Stock- church near Augusta Sunday. Scout: Furman Dominick and gap, Jim Singleton and Lar- f ti ard the broad unland
man. I. E. Alexander. Mary Don Salters of Troop 75. and ry Tankersley of Troop 198. p^gram W®
be available next year if at
least two-thirds of the grow
ers voting approve the quo-
as. This program will pro-
ide price-support and diver-
.;'on payments as well as
'oan«
, If more than a th’rd of the
’.rowers who vote disapprove
quotas, price support of 50
i rcent of par ty will be avail-
b’e to growers who keep
he r 1937-crop upland cotton
v reage within their farm al-
'otments. <
Major Chris. Patte
Decorated In Vietnam
Oa November 24. at a par
ade of the 701st Battalion
‘he First Infantry Divisiqp,
North of Saigon, Major Chris
Patte was presented the
Bronze Star Medal for valor,
by Major General De Puy,
the Division Commander,
recognition of his servlcpp
during Attleboro and other re
cent war operations. Mafcr
, Patte, a 1956 Presbyterian Cel*
lege graduate, son of D*.
Mrs. Edward Patte of
city, has been in Viet
since the early pari of
tember.
Joanna Employees
Get Service Pins
Fifteen long-service employ
ees of the Joanna Plant of
Greenwood Mills were honor-
the month of November for
an accumulative service time
of 230 years.
Those receiving pins were:
J. E. Boyce. 30 years: W. B.
Crowder. J. W. Cockrell, J.
C. Gaines, E P. Clark, Edna
Godfrey, R. R. Kitchen, Ophe-
lia Alexander, 15 years; Mary Senator Dobbins
Huey, 10 years; Ida Godfrey,
Paul Millwood, R. A. Gard
ner, five years.
Bishop's Company To
Present Saint Joan
Here Toniqht at 8
Speaker At Meet
Senator William C. Dobbins
in*roduced the proposed
“Training for Tomorrow” or
“T-Square” program to Lau
rens County cit'zens at a meet
ing November 21 in the
‘Sa nt .Tea-”, the historical Friendsh-’p Room of Laurens
iraira written hv George Fc<\era\ Savings & 1 can Assn
Bernard Shaw, tolling the sto- ciat ' on - T!,R sponsoring agen-
ry of Joan of Arc, will be ore- cv ' s I au ^ cn s County Com-
'ented December 10 at Belk rr ’ un ‘fy Action. Inc.
Auditorium bv the Bishop’s Tb s comprehensive eduea-
Company at 8:15. t ' 0Pa ' P r °R ra m for persons 18
A free - w’ll offering for years °* d or °^ der *° provid.
■'xpenses of the company will ra P er snr r, el tor Laur
be taken-
Local Resident
Loses Mother
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Bu’ce, Pinewood Drive, were tional, health and
called to Rock Hill Tuesday agencies unskilled
e^s County industries was ex
pla n «i by Bob Woodward,
d’rector and Dean Sawyer, as
sistant d rector. Mr. Wood
ward said that by coordinated
G. efforts of educational, voca-
welfare
1 ah o r
night on account of the death would be offered an opportun-
of Mr. Buice’s mother, Mrs. ity to become more profic-
Forrest T. Buice, following lent. ■
an illness. Also attending were Frank
Funeral services will be Sloan, regional director, of-
held this morning (Thursday) fice of Economic Opportunity „
at 11 o’clock at the Catawba and James E. Stodghill, reg-
Methodist Church. The fami- ional inter - agency director
ly is at the home, Route 6, of Atlanta, and thirty - five
Rock Hill. county business leaders.
To Eagle Scout Rank
Eagle rank was awarded these Boy Scouts at c .r mo
nies at Clinton’s First Baptist Church by Larry Weeks of
Wattsville, chairman of the Laurens Scout District
Advancement Committee. From left are Lawrence J.
.Brehmer, Robert M. Vance Jr. and Tom A. Doughtery.
—Yarborough Photo.