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Mark Holiday Period
The Clinton Chronicle
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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 •
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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.
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