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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
Thursdoy, Jung 5,1941
Summer School
To Open Monday
Registration Set for
Tomorrow and 5
At High School.
McCrary Assigned
To Lawson Field
With shiny new silver wings a
second lieutenant’s commission in the
{air corps,^Lieutenant Robert R. Mc-
iCrary of this city, reported for duty
Tomorrow and Saturdoy ’l*st week to Lawson field, Fort Ben-
j ning, Ga.
Graduating from Kelly field, Te*-
< as, on April 25, after more ‘than six
The 1941 session of the CMhton months of intensive training as a fly
Twenty-Eight Scouts
Get Merit Badges
Members of Three
Clinton District Troops
Gain Promotions.
THTNAIIOIUL scbk
As Washington Sees It
'juURCNS BONDED
'iWi
Special to The Chronicle.
Washington, June 4. —The largest
radio audience which ever listened
to any program is believed to have
Twenly-eijht Boy Scouts of the'l"*""* pr^«f. firedde “di.t
high school summer tenn will begin cadet, lieutenant McCrary was ■ State Traini^ ®*^*'^*L i from all war the woM ^Tha talk
Q on lUrtrirtov Tnnminir’I j a ’ i— i i-_ a Goldv lie troons received merit bad*-' worw. me tMIK
at 8:30 o’clock on Monday momii^, > gp^ited two weeks leave prior to re-
.Tune 9, according to a statement is-1 poking to Lawson field where he has
sued yesterday by J. B. Gentry, Jr., assigned to the 97th observa- o. . i rm. t .
school principal. The term will ruJ^ition squadron. He will receive anoth-t*^® Street school. The eveninifs pro-
for six consecutive weeks, and will jer six weeks training in tactical andj^/'®’'*' included songs and stunts by
observation flying prior to taking his scouts
place as a full-fledged pilot in his
squadron.
Lieut. McCrary is the son of Mrs.
Goldville troops received merit badg^. . ^ . . . . . ,
es last Thursday night at a Clinton J"^®* **^^®*^*^***
district court of honor held at Flor- jT German, Italian, French,
Spanish and Portuguese languages.
AREHOUSE
OPENING FRIDAY
afford an opportunity for students to
“make up" work not passed during
the winter session. Teaching will be
done by regular members of the staff _
of Clinton public schools, and all r j McCrary of this city,
classes will meet at the high school'
building.
Reristration This Week
Registration days will be held on
Friday and Saturday mornings of
this week at the school. A commit-
Postal Receipts Here
Show 5 Months Gain
class: Neal
Promoted to second
Harvey of troop 42.
Promoted to first class: John Var-
nedoe, Franklin Roberts, M a t* i o n
Wells, dayman Swingham, Joe Shay,
James Deese, James Croft, Eloree
Blackman, Lonnie Ballard, Thomas
I Anthony, Homer Wise, Ross William-
! son, all of troop 77.
I^)Stal receipts have shown a steady i Promotion to star: Verl3rn Daven-
leaving nb doubt that people in every
nation now know the stand of the
administration on facing the dangers
which confront us.
The president’s plea to the Ameri
can'nation has not, however, consoli
dated opinion in Washington, where
The new Laurens Bonded War^
house, desqribed by the proprietors
as a “complete anti modem farmer
store and exchang6»’’ will observe its
formal opening Friflay and Ssturdey
ofjl^is we^ at xndiich time visiton
will be shown through ths recently
remodeled building and presented
with souvenirs, according to com
mercial announcements elsewhere in
this issue.
The new store and warehouse, lo
cated on the site of the old Laurens
Bonded Warehouse at the corner of
South and Sullivan streets in Lau
rens, will stock a complete line of
Table Rock flour,, feeds and seeds
furnished by Eaalsy Roller Mill, with
Methodist Services
Egrlier Sunday
Rev. L. P. McQee, pastor of Broad
Stea^ Methodist church, announces
that Sunday school will begin Sun
day, June 8, at 9:30 and preaching at
10 o’clock in order that all who wish
to attend the baccalaureate sermon
at 11:15 at the Thomwell Memorial
church may have an opportunity to
do so.
tee of teachers will be present fr(^ j increase for the first five months of! Port of troop 75.
nine o'clock until noon each day. The same months last year, I Promotion to life: Harmon Murrah,
the debate betwem interventionists 1local exchange is aflili-
^ and isolationists has bec^e more! anothw line of Staf-o-Life
furious than ever, with the isolaUon- poult^ feeds and poultry
ists realizing that they are In the furnished by ^ Royal-Staf-
minority but still arguing that they Mills of Memphis, Tenn.
have the backing of the American! B. Waldrep, manager and
fees charged will be similar to thoseip . o t Plaxico said vester-■ assistant scoutmaster, troop 75
in other years, $6.00 per course, with Total sales for the first fivej Merit badges awarded were
a slight reduction for extra courses.' calendar year amount- nounced as follows:
All tees must be paid in advance. j $11,617.30 as compared to $10,-
Elementary. Work Included “1573.63 for the corresponding period
A feature of the 1941 s^mer year, a gain of $1,043.67.
term will be the inclusion of work
an-
’Troop 42
-Alvin Bagwell, first class—woosd-
carving, printing.
„ Receipts last year totaled $27,- Wyman Milam, star — pioneering,
irom grades three to seven, as well j 242.28, the postmaster stated. If the public health, physical development,
high school subjects. Teachers j pj.gggjjt rate of« increase is maintained first aid to animals, woodwork, hand-
for the balance of the year the total icraft.
figure will be approximately $30,-1 Neal Harvey, second class—carpen-
000.00, he added. (try, photography, first aid to ani-
— i mals, personal health, handicraft.
as nign school
who regularly teach younger children
will handle these classes, and parents
are urged to let children make up
one or two grammar school, studies.
Further information may be pbtained
from Superintendent W. E. Monts or
Principal J. B. Gentry, at the high
school, telephone 262.
Goodman Heads
Rural Carriers
R. L; McGrockoR
Dies in Columbia
The annual meeting of the Laurens
Troop 75
Olga Hair, first class—firtmanship.
Marvin Bridges, first clafc—camp
ing, cooking
people who are opposed to a fighting
war.
There are many congressmen who
part owner qf the new enterprise,
said yesterday that cotton storage
would continue as one of the ware-
have not given a clear expression of major activities, in addition
their opinion on the great issues atj^ ator^ of grain, exchange of
stake, some of them, waiting for ai^ other products,
further insight into public opinion retailing of staple farm gro-
TYPEWRITERS
AxtiwrM Uiid«rwoe4 Dwter.
Cleaxing aad repairing aO lalwaf
reasonaUe charg^ j;
Kenneth N. Baker
PImmMI
^ FROTFCT
vaUfi CROPS WITH '
and others waiting for toe authentic
report on the present state of our de
fense program which toe presidait
is scheduled to make in toe'^next few
days.
The president is required by the
lease-lend law to make a report on
toe progress of our defense program
every 90 days. The report which he
is now preparing will cover its prb-
County Rural Letter Carriei’s’ assor
' Charles Stewart, first class
Reuben Landon McCracken, 56,
elation was held in Laurens, last
week at which time the following
officers were elected for the coming' Bobby Boyce, first class—pathfind- f
gress up to about toe twentieth of
Harmon Murrah, Jr., first class—'May. It is expected that the report
will not specify the kind of huite-
rials already s«it to Britain, but will
fire-
year.'' S. Brooks Goodman, Mount- i
died suddenly at his residence in Co- president; Niles C. Clark, Wa-! Glenn Carr, first class — patofind-
lumbia Monday night. Funeral ser- vice-president; H. D. Rantin^l*^®* aid to animals,
vices were held Tuesday afternoon secretory-treasurer. ! Fred Bragg, first class—bookbind-
from the Associate Reformed Pres- ^ Delegates to toe state meeting firemanship.
byterian church. The honorary escort’ ,^^hlch is to be held in Spartanburg! J- Hall, second class—pathfind
consisted of the eldere and deacons ^jjing.
of the church of which he was a de-i ‘
voted member.
July were elected as follows: J. M. I *1®® McGee, second class—first aid
-- _ , ... . Bryson of Owings, H. D. Rantin of 1 to animals.
Mr. McCracken had been engaged_ ^ ^ h Willis of Gray' Bruce Stewart, second class—first
in the automobile business in Co-'co,rt L T aid to animals,
lumbia for the past 21 years.
Court. Alternates: L. T. Yeargin of
-- - - - , . 'Gray Court, J. H. Powell of Cross
Mrs McCracken is the former Miss hih, and Joe W. Leake of Clinton.
Eliza Lindsay of this city, a sister oft ^
Mrs. E. B. Sloan of this place, and'
Mrs. R. D. Lewis of Spartanburg,
formerly of Clinton. 1 Commitment rites for the infant
J. R. Hall, Jr., of troop 75, second
class scout, applied for woodwork
merit badge, but this badge, scout
masters announced, is restricted to
first class scouts
Marvin Bridges was recommended
RITES FOR INFANT CHILD
Commitment rites for the
Besides his widow, the deceased is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William I jq national*councU for the*^^le
*• ' ■ Brooks Owens were held Friday af- ‘ scout award
ternoon at the First Presbyterian \ 1
church cemetery. The service was
conducted by the Rev. J. K. Roberts.
ceries.
Expected at toe formal opening
are C. D. Waldrep, a brother of toe
local manager and president of Eas
ley Roller Mm, and A. B. Baker,
traveling repreaentative of toe Royal-
fitafoUfe Mills.
With toe new warehouse are M.
Gary .Wallace as salesman and cotV
too weigher and Jack GillUand as
salesman.
survived by three sons, two daugh
ters, two sisters, and one brother
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cm) IHEtM ! -THE BROilWAV
MONDAY AND 'TUESDAY,
June 9 and 10
MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
June 9 and 10 ^
"Back In the Saddle"
With GENE AUTRY, SMILEY
iBURNE'TTE, MARY LEE, EDWARD
NORRIS and JACQUELINE WELLS.
GENE AUTRY . . . All-time King
I of the Range . . . riding to new west-
I ern adventures with a six-gun load
j of popular songs and thrilling action.
-'i'"- plus ,
BIRTHDAYS AND
ANtraSARIES-NOTEI)
The Chroniele Extends Greetinga
Te Those Whose Birthdays and
Anniversaries Occur IIiIb Week.
give information on just how many
dollars worth of goods actually have
arrived in Great Britain.
A large number of government of
ficials are following the progress of
our defense program with keener in
terest than the developments of toe
war in Europe itself, realizing that
whatever part we play toe safety of
this nation depends on a miracle of
production only possible by a united
effort of the whole nation.
The shipyard strike/on toe Pacific
coast, brought about by a compara
tively small group of machinists who
were seeking a wage increase from
$1.12 an hour to $1.15 an hour, have
resulted In angry <lemands from peo
ple in every state for congress or the
president to take action to make
such a condition impossible in toe
future. '
Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman
of toe maritime commission, pro
posed toe use of federal forces if
necessary to bring about a resump
tion of work in toe shipyards and
otoer navy officers “have sunteted
that toe yards be taken over by the
government.
U. D. C. TO MEET
The local chapter United Dauffn*
ters of toe Confederacy wdU meet
Friday afternoon at 3:30 at the home
of Mrs. Ralito Copeland.
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KEY.” “EYES ON BRAZIL,” LAT
EST NEWS.”
Feature starts 2:35, 4:29, 7:35, 9:29,
Ip. A. M. Show—TUESDAY.
10c and 20c
A WALT DISNEY Cartoon, ^THE
BAGGAGE BUSTER.” “NEWS.”
Feature starts 2:16, 4:18, 7:16, 9:21.
10 A. M. Show—MONDAY.
10c and 28c
WEDNESDAY'and THURSDAY,
June 11 and 12
"The Penalty" -
With LIONEL BARRYMORE, ED
WARD ARNOLD, MARSHA HUNT,).
ROBERT STERLING and GENE'
REYNOLDS.
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY,
June 11 and 12
II
Rookies On Parade
With BOB CROSBY, RUTH TER
RY, EDDIE FOY, MARIE WILSON,
CLIFF NAZARRO and GERTRUDE
NIESEN.
Feature starts 2:00, 4:32, 7:04, 9:36,
Across the Sierras"
//
As suspenseful as a gun in youri EIXIOTT, LUANA
bjick- . ;WAJ..TERS and RICHARD FISKE.
plus
i i-F^Ure starts 3:32, 6:04 and 8:36.
Color Cartoon, “DIPSY GYPSY.”
“BA'TTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.” A!
plus
‘‘SPORTLIGHT.” • ^ GREEN ARCHER,” Chapter
Feature starts 2:00, 3:51, 5:42, 7:33, LAST CHAPTERl
and 9:24. . : i 9:30 A. M. Show—THURSDAY.
9:30 A. M. Show—WEDNESDAY! : lOc arid 15c
10c and 15c . ■■■ —. — 1111—1 .i.i ,
Mr, and Mrs J.ohn Holland Hun
ter will observe a wedding anniver
sary Tuesday, June 10.
June 8 is the wedding anniversary
of Mr. and Mrs. D, C. Heustess, Mr,
and* Mrs. W. C. Shealy, and Mr. and
Mrs. Fro Wier.
Mrs. Brunson Asbill has a birthday
Tuesday, the lOto.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ray -observed
a wading anniversary June 2.
June 10 is the wedding anniver
sary of Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Moorhead
of Green Cove Springs, Fla.
Carolyn Young will celebrate a
birthday Monday^ June 9.
Dr. and Mrs. Frank Kellers had a
wedding anniversary June 3.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugend Johnson will
celebrate their anniversary Satur
day, June 7.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D, Bailey of
Greenwood, formerly of this city,
have wedding anniversary June 7.
M^s, R. P. Chapman is observing a
birthday today, and Mr. and Mrs.
Chapman have an anniversary to
morrow.
June 11 is toe anniversary of Mr.
Plainly worried over our shipping
situation. Admiral Land, who recent
ly gave out figures which weri in
terpreted to show that few ships car
rying goods to Britain were being;
sunk, explained in a speech to navyi
men, “No matter how the figures are
given out, no matter how they are'
interpreted or misinterpreted, our'
shipping service is serious to the |
point of desperation. We need ships,'
ships and more ships.” . I
Emphasizing toe scope of toe pro-'
duction job we have, ta .do^ Stacy.*,
May, chief of the bureau of research
and statistics of toe office of produc
tion management, compared our pro
duction of durable goods in 1940 with
plans for 1941 and 1942.
^ “Iq 1940,” said Mr. May, “our dur
able goods production totaled in val
ue about $15,500,000,000 arid of toia^
total only twd and a half fflUion was
for military Use. That wd^ only 14.
per cent of the total. ’ThisVear, 1941,!
our production in durable goods for|
military u^ will total ahriprt 10 bil-,
lion dollars in value, or ab3^ 64 per <
cent of pUr 1940'production. Next {
year, according to plans apd con
tracts, our durable goods production
for military use will total a little
or about 6 per cent more than our
more than 16 billion dollars in valUb,
M ►
and Mrs. T. Heath Copeland
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cooper will {total for both civilian and military
celebrate their' wedding anniversary! needs in 1940."
tomorrow, toe 6th.
Windstorm Hits
Dials Township
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
June 13 and 14
II
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,.
June 13 and 14
'"Robin Hood of the Pecos
With' ROY ROGERS, GEORGE
“Gabby” HA'YES, MARJORIE REY
NOLDS, CY KENDALL, SALLY
PAYNE, EDDIE ACUFF and LEIGH
.WWFPER.
.C;i4Liping action on the trail to ad
venture! ROY ROGERS off on a new
mission of dangerous adventure in
the pli^»poutfawest!
— plus
Wind Blows Off Roofs
of Several Houses In
Thus, if our production for civil
ian use ii^ 1942 is as great as it was
in 1940, this nation will have to pro
duce twice as much durable goods
in 1942 as it did last year. Accord
ing to Mr. May, and other OPM of
ficials, this can only be done by put
ting every community in the nation
to work on defense production. j
Civilian organization, which has
again and again been referred to by
government leaden as vital to the
wesrern rarr or county, sutcess of our defense program, but
'which has not been adequately de-
Laurens, June 2.-r'A number of j fined or crystalized, has been stimu-
house roofs were blown off and trees lated by New Yoric’s Mayor La Guar-'
“MYSTERIOUS DR. SATAN,^ Chap-
iter 5.
Com^edy, “DUTIFUL BUT DUMB”
with The 3 Stooges.
.. “pisture people.” “WASH-
3fejGTON ON PARADE.”
Latest NEWS.
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Saturday’s feature starts 2:00, 4:26,
6;52, and 9:18.
-tao A. M. Show—SATURDAY.
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Friday’s feature starts 2:59, 4:59,
7t59 and 10:59.
Saturday's feature starts 2:08, 4:08,
8:08, 8;08 and 10:06.
uprooted by a windstorm, accom
panied by heavy rainfall,, which
struck toe Babbtown and . Beulah
church sections of. Dials township
Monday afternoon.
B. H. Bramlett reported the reel
was blown from his home ani that
several of his neighbore suffered
similar dama|;e from toe strong wind;
One or two' small Houfea were re
ported to have been virtually wreck
ed and man:^ trees uprooted.
Rito fell in a wide section to the
west of Laurens, while this city and
vicinity had a heavy shower during
toe afternoon.
dia, recently ailpotnted by toe {^resi
dent as dirertor of civilian defense.
His job is to mobilize the people so
that aU of us can wmrk to support
toe defensei program.
Most officiidS 'taa Wadiington con-^
sider the fiery mayor to be a good
man for toe job, because of his great
energy and orgaidsatten ability, but
there is ctmsiderable objection to
permitting this lasportant job to be
a part-time job. Mr. i* Guardia, in
ad^tioo to his new appointment, is
continuing his tiaie-consumlng occu-
pati(« as the mayor of the iargact
city in tkt world.
MASONB TO MEET FEIDAT
Campbell Lodge No. 44, A. F. M.,
will hold a regular comxpunicatioo
Friday night, June 6 at 8 o’clock.
E. A. degree will be conferred. AU
members are urged to be present.
V. P. Adair, W. if.
R. D Hutfi^ 8#c.
8UB8CRIBB TO THl CHRO|IICL8
At
Penneys
Clinton
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finer quaUiy-and Dnigh,-rigidly-tested!
81”xl08^
NATION-WtDE TUBING, yard
PENCO PII4X)W CASES, each
19c
19c
23c
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36-Inch. Whitens with
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WIZARD PILLOW CASES
Wayriow price! 'SmiMktll,:
sturdy! 42^x36”.
Stock tip!
Chenille BEDSPREADS-^'
You gave! Aniazing |.00
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Bright iHriata on sturdy
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Big 52** square
-T^RISCILLA CURTAINS—
Pastel marquipettes. Dots
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15**x98**!
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CURTAINS — 2«/2 yards
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—lOe
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