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■ 1 Mark Holiday Period The Clinton Chronicle n All Clinton industries, bus iness houses and retail firms will be marking the holiday season during the coming weekend with vacation per iods for their Jehriployees. The Clinton and Lydia plants of the Torrington Co., also will cease operations Fri day at midnight, reopening Monday at midnight. The Clinton Paper Box Co., will close on Thursday, re suming work on Wednesday, the 28th. Local Men Named To Scouting Posts Several Laurens County and Clinton area residents were named to posts and received awards at the annual meeting of the Blue Ridge Council, Boy Scouts of America, held in Greenville Tuesday night. The session was the usual reorganization meeting^ when leaders are named and plans announced for the coming year. L. L. Stanley is scout ex ecutive for the council, and president o fthe council for the coming year will be La mar S. Chapman of Green ville. Dwight F. Patterson of Lau rens was named vice - presi dent. Dr. D. 0. Rhame of Clinton was named a national repre sentative. Members at large on the council are J. B. Tem pleton and W. C. Baldwin of Clinton and Jake Rasor of Cross Hill. Don Creighton of Clinton is Laurens district chairman and Dick Swetenberg is district commissioner. The Silver Beaver Award was presented to J. B. Tem pleton of Clinton for his long time service to youth through scouting, his church, civic and other groups in the commun ity. Mr. Templeton is vice- president of Clinton Mills, Inc. A Cubmaster’s key was pre sented to Rarmon C. Murrah, Jr., of Joanna, of Pack 75. Stallworth Named League President Thorhas A. Stallworth, as sistant professor of religion and faculty athletic commit tee chairman at Presbyterian College, has been elected pres ident of the Carolinas Confer ence. . i He will take office in Jan uary to head the governing body of this athletic league which is composed of PC and ten other colleges in North and South Carolina. Each school is represented by its faculty athletic chairman and athletic director. The conference meets twice annually, in the spring and fall, to plan activities and es tablish policies by which the member colleges compete in a full program of sports. Caro linas Conference members, in addition to PC, are: Newber ry, Appalachian, Catawba, Elon, Atlantic Christian, High Point, Guilford, Pheiffer, Le noir Rhyne and Western Caro lina. Courthouse Offices To Close for Holidays The Laurens County Court house offices will be closed Saturday, Dec. 24, through Monday, Dec. 26, for the Christmas holidays. However, the county treas urer’s and auditor’s offices wlil remain open Saturday un til 12 noon for the purpose of collecting taxes. Anderson Hosiery Co. will also close on Thursday, with employees returning to work on Tuesday. Hallmark Shirt Co. will close Friday at noon, reopen ing at 7:30 a. m. Wednesday, the 28th. Mayflower Mills will cease operations Thursday at mid night and reopen Tuesday morning. The E. L. Mansure Co., will close its plant Wednesday at midnight, resuming work Monday at midnight. Banks will be closed on Monday, Dec. 26, as will the post office.. District 56 schools closed Friday and will reopen Tues day, Jan. 3. Retail merchants of the city will be closed on Monday, Dec. 28, and Monday, Jan. 2, remaining open on Wednesday afternoons of these weeks. Af ter the second week in Jan., regular store hours will be observed. College to Offer Adult Art Course A non-credit course in paint ing and drawing will be of fered by Presbyterian College during the second semester, starting in January, and in terested adults of the area are encouraged to enroll in the once-a-week program. The course will be taught by Miss Mary Ann Penning ton, instructor in art at PC and one who holds both her bachelor’s degree and master of fine arts degree from the Richmond Professional Insti tute. Dean Joseph M. Gettys an nounced today that the course will begin on Thursday, Jan uary 12, and will be taught each Thursday from 4:25 p.m. to 6 p.m. until the close of the semester on May 4. Tuit ion will be $50. Dr. Gettys urged all interested persons to contact him or Miss Pen nington for further details. With the inauguration of this course, Presbyterian Col lege offers a painting studio for adults of the area. The course will be concerned with the techniques of oil painting, and each student will worfc-at his own level of comprehen sion and ability. In Miss Pennington, the Col lege has a well-qualified in structor who began this year to develop an art program on campus. Dean Gettys said her initial efforts among the stu dent body had met with mark ed success. Persons interested in taking one of these credit courses in art also are re quested to contact Dr. Gettys. First Baptist To Have Vesper Service on Sunday The First Baptist Church of Clinton will have a special vesper service on Sunday, Christmas Day, at 5 p.m., ac cording to an announcement made earlier this week by the pastor, Rev. J. H. Darr. The public is invited to at tend the service and the Sun day School hour beginning at 9:45 a.m., followed by morn ing worship at 11. The evening worship and training union meeting have been cancelled. County Health Dept, to Close Dr. Von A. Long, director of the Laurens County Health Department, states that the department will be closed Fri day, Dec. 23 through Mnoday, Dec. 26 for Christmas holi days. Vol. 67 — No. 51 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, December 22, 1966 On $120,000 Project County Airport Gets $55,750 Appropriation <a Candlelight Service I i mmr Cfjll Naar The P ro P° sed $ 12 o-°oo a ir - . . , , Lll|UUI Jim livQI port construction project for At Lutheran Church p., D *#1 #1 Laurens County became a On Saturday Evening UlmOn KalQGu step nearer reality this week The annual candlelight cer- There will be less illegal w * len the Federal Aviation vice, which has become a tra- Christmas cheer in Laurens Agency announced the alloca- dition at St. John’s Lutheran Count y this season as a re- tion of $55 750 f 0 r the pro- suit of a raid on an illegal Church, will be held on Satur- distillery near cljnlon Wod . 8 ram - day evening, Dec. 24, begin- nesday. The count y wil1 supply $30,- ning at 8:30. One Laurens County White and ^ Aeronautics In addition to the symbolic man and four Negroes were Commission will appropriate lighting of the candles, the arres ted and arraigned before another $30,000 for the work. program will consist largely V' S ' ^ ,st " ct Commissioner According t 0 the announce- Jesse M. Ray in Greenville „ . .. . . . .. ol the singing ol Christmas and charged with violation of mcnt ,rom Washington, the ^ carols and a short meditation liquor laws, according to Fed- ,ocal air P° r t project calls for by Dr. E. B. Kcisler, interim eral Alcohol and Tobacco Tax land clearing zone, construc- pastor. Agent Ben Bishop. tion of an east-west runway The of fori no- at thr corvioo Bishop said Richard John- 3200 feet long and 60 feet wide, ... ,. .. .. . . son, White, and Elbert Byrd, connecting taxiway and „ w,ll,ln ' d,v,d " 1 l ’" Robert Price. Henry (Ha ckj apron, ami mstallation ol 1 4 tw(Ln t * lc Cowman Home McMorris and Benny Simpk- wind cone and segmented cir- - |||ff!§ and the Lutheran Children's sin, Negroes, were arrested, cle. Home. The still, in the kitchen of Fourteen applications for The public is cordially in- an abandoned four-room house air P° r t funds were received v j£ ed about five miles northeast of f rom South Carolina, but only Clinton, was raided Tuesday eight were approved, about 9 p.m., Bishop said. According to Laurens Coun- He said the house had been ^ Senator William C. Dob- under surveillance for two bins - a 75 - ft - wide runwa y was weeks and that officers had originally included, and also seen the quipment being a $60,000 federal appropria- brought in and set up. Uon - Federal specifications, Memphis, Penn. — A Cross “They apparently weren’t however changed the width to Hill, S. C. man, Ferry Tughes familiar with what they were jj$ feet, and a $55,750 appro- Simpson, 21, is in critical con- doing,” Bishop said. “T hey priation. Standards set up by dition in a Memphis hospital had a lot of trouble getting th e FAA require the 60-ft., ,, r , going ” width, it was stated, as a result ol a two-car col- e . . , .., ... , _ The officers moved in dur- Dobbins stated that if, upon IIS' 0 " near here Friday night. ing the first run of the dis _ later determination , a 75 . ft . Tennessee officers said the tillery and arrested the men. width runway is found to be wreck took the lives of two They returned Wednesday more desirable to better serve Millington Tenn., men. T h e and destroyed a 250 - gallon, the needs of the-airport, he wreck apparently oecured f^k'fyPe stid > plywood vats would be in favor of the coun- , , . with a 2,000-gallon mash capa- ty supplying the additional the usual ornaments, tinsel 3 s Mr. Sigman, lent valuable ; ,.. two cars iavolved city, 500 gallons of whisgy and funds to make up the $60,000 and colored lights, but with assistance. . n t e coll !* ,on wer c atw^Pt- seized a 1965 Pontiac. total, which would amount to many Christiam monograms The committee" responsible ° ^ 01d ^”® ther VehlC * Taking part in the raid $4,250. and other symbols. Among for decorating the tree and T , 7 e y ’ . were federal agents Bishop. John Talbert and Associa- the latter are the cross, of dif- the church consisted of Mrs. ” . ■y ear o ‘ as nave Deea Robert Briggs and Wade G. tes, Inc., of Wilmington, N. C., Cross Hill Man Critically Hurt —Yarborough Photo “Chrismon” Tree Introduced To Community by Lutherans St. John’s Lutheran Church P. Adair, Mrs. Julian R. Rey- is introducing to the commun- nolds and Mrs. Walter A. Sig- ity this Christmas season the man, Jr., the latter serving Chrismon tree - an ordinary as chairman. Other rr.ejnbers green tree decorated, not with of the organization, as well ferent designs, the circle, the Rhett Adair, Mrs. Gladys Bo- ® a L f' 0 ™ 1 ; SLED officer J. V. Mor- are consulting engineers for triangle, the crown, etc., used land, Mrs. Mildred Bowers, qimnon _ f^ rls ’ and Laurens County the project, both singly and in different Mrs. E. B. Keisler, Mrs. Shel- aIpvatuW c- fS™ Sberiff ’ s Lt - C. D. Benjamin Dobbins stated that as soon combinatidns, and with titty ton J. Rimer. Mrs. Walter A. „ f ‘ rrn ' Hi i. ^ ♦ ; 5MmpS0 " Jr - and Deputy Houston Craw- as he receives official notice white lights. All symbols and Sigman, Jr., Mrs. W. S. Werts rT °*, A 1S sla " onea ai ft>rd. of the a i lo tment of funds from monograms are made of Sty- and Mrs. A. C. Workman, Jr. a S ; Naval Air Station near rot(«m.be«B> pother trim- Mrs. Rimer was named ehair- J £ p ^ d £ ,c Kiwflnis CM> Meet Killed were William R mings, either white or gold. man. The idea originated in 1957 The tree will enrich the con- (Buddy) Stocks and James R. On Thursday the FAA, he will send a copy to the engineers, and they will proceed to draw up plans and specifications for the proposed construction. Bids will be tak- With Mrs. Harry W. Spencer, gregation's annual candlelight ... . ...... “ ^ . ' . . . « .r 41,^ T *1. ™ "elch of Millington. One oc- The Clinton Kiwanis Club ... . ... A Luth * ran of h oinnine 1R r cu P ant of the car in which Will meet at the Mary Mus- en , and the contract let 9s Church of the Ascension, Dan- 24 beginning a 8^30, the re- gim was rid ^ M grove Hotcl at 7:00 early as practicable. Dobbirts J 8 -! when , S f was S" r C f 1? Day , S f V,Ce Thorne (also stationed at the Thursday, December 22. This f a,d construction is expected thinking of appropriate orna- and probably the Holy Com- Nayal Air stat js jn cri _ meeting is the special Christ . o get underway as the wea- pients for the tree in her mur.on service Jan. 1. tical condition . A third occu _ ma s wrapping for the Thorn- ther perni,ts next spnng - for Christmas that On Thursday evening of this pant, 15-year-old Michael L. well children. After the bags church year. week, anytime between 7:30 The concept has caught the and 8:30, members and fri- imagination of Christians of ends may view the tree. The all denominations and in prac- same opportunity will be af- tically every land. At least the forded on next Monday and standing committee in Dan- Tuesday evenings at the same ville has received requests for hour, instructions from every con tinent except one. Last year |\ 1 «■ LJ « AM <1 t • the Atlanta Episcopal Church 06169911011 M66t JflcirCll 0l UlllIGS UllVC Senator Dobbins stated that of the Incarnation had a tree in its sanctuary tor the iirst JJgJgjJ jgf Jgp 9 Wiley of Memphis, was listed are prepared, sandwiches and tb ' s inidal buddia 8 of the air- in fair condition. coffee will b served. port to ed( ! ral standard « wdl insure further expansion as needs may require, the cost of which is expected to be borne by the Federal Aviation Agency. Dobbins further said that once the airport is construct ed, no expense for upkeep will be required from the county, since it will be maintained by Mrs. Martin to Head time in its 84 years of exis- •JIUIVU IVM JUII> I A team of community lead- there are 77 of these centers the State Aeronautics Com- tence — because it was de- The next monthly open ers has been named to direct in operation. mission, corated with CJirismons. The meeting of the Laurens County the M arc h Q f Dimes fight In P lannin g for the coming Weekly Church Bulletin Ser- legislaitve delegation will be ......... .. campaign, Mrs. Martin named I onronc r’nnnfw vice of the Lutheran Church held on Monday; Jan. 9, it was aga:nst birth delec ts in the i eaders to the following com- ® L^Olinty in America said in its bulletin stated this week. The session Clinton - Joanna - Mountville- mittees: Mothers March, Mrs. Conservationists for last Sunday, “Where was postponed a week due to Cross Hill area of Laurens George Frady; Teen Age Pro- * c la Chrismons. are used and their observance of Christmas hoi- County. gram, Mrs. Ben Ivey; Mail- At State Meeting Heading the January 1967 e f s . Mf s - Fr e<i Keighn; Spe- District supervisors W. P. meaning understood, the good idays. news of Christmas is present- The site of the meeting will cial Gifts, the Reverend E. Wickson Rvan F. Lawson. J. ed with beauty, dignity and be the court room in Laurens, campaign will be Mrs. D. Har- w R 0 g ers; Business and In- w. Tinsley and J. B. O’Dell, power”. and the public is invited to at- rod Martin of Clinton. dustry, J^R. Swetenberg and WO rk unit conservat onist, More than one hundred orn- tend and make requests for In discussing the campaign Publicity, Mrs. Miles P. Pow- W er,e Laurens County’s repre aments are on the local tree services and suggestions for Mrs. Martin pointed out the ell. sentatives at the State Asso- which stands in St. John’s better government. growing number of March of Last year’s campaign netted c j a ti 0 n of Soil and Water Con- sanctuary and were made un- Department heads of the Dimes supported centers over $2JX)0 .in the Mother’s servation District Supervis- der the direction of and large- county are requested to pre- where birth defect children March alone, according to or > s an nual convention in Co- ly by the committee of the lo- sent their budget needs, at the receive superior treatment Mrs. Martin, who expressed lumbia last week, cal women’s organization meeting and file a copy with from teams of trained medical hopes for an e-ven more sue- Lawson, chairman of the which consisted of Mrs. Rhett the delegation secretary. professionals. She noted that cessful drive ini 1967. Board of Laurens District Su pervisors, is a member of the State Soil and Water Conser vation Committee. He also served as chairman of the Legislative Committee and took an active part on pro grams at the meeting last week. District supervisors serve as the governing officials for , the Conservation District. The Soil Conservation Service of the U. S. Department of Ag riculture is the technical arm of the districts. ik ..v MflMiitfiiiitaaa tmtiH? ; iff: