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i Page Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Thursday, March 11,1943 Legion Secures Service Officer Laurens Man Named To Post for Which Ap propriation of $1,800 , Is Provided. A service officer, to aid World war veterans to obtain benefits under fed eral and state legislation has been FINE START MADE IN ClINTON'S RED CROSS DRIVE Incomplete Reports Show $6,800 Raised Up To Last Night On y $8,000 Quota. AROUND THE TOWN Incidents, Unusual and Ordinary, Gathered On Our Rounds, s The 1943 issue of the PaC-SaC, Presbyterian college annual was de livered to the student body during the past week. PROF. BERNARD H. BOYD, instructor in Bible, was hon ored by the dedication. The Chronicle went to press A total of $6,800.00 in cash and Friends of CAPTAIN WALTER B. Trrovidod for by the county delega- subscriptions had been turned into TODD, of Camp Gordon, Augusta, tion and C. A. Scawright ot Laurens,! the Red Cross ,u " d campaign when - ~ has been appointed to fill the place, it is announced by L. M. commander of Lake-Garrett pos Laurens, American Legion. -4 is teaching the advanced pupils. Miss Martharene Pitts,' Miss Sara Francis Abercrombie and Mrs. Elizabeth Smith are instructing the beginners. All classes meet at 7:00 o’clock at the high school building. The be ginners classes meet on Monday and Wednesday, or Tuesday and Thurs day nights, and th$ advanced class meets on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Anyone desiring information re garding these classes may call 262 and be enrolled, it was stated yester day. I — SAY, "I SAW IT IN THE CHRON ICLE." THANK TOD. Ga., will be interested to know he last, has been selected to attend a battal- commanders v school for three j .months at Fort Benning, Ga. He and , Clinton’s quota* is $8,000 and every J Mrs. Todd, the former Miss Rosemary' effort will be made by those directing ( Alexander of Laurens, were here for ’] night, R6y Casque, chairman of the i on Lomax,/; local branch, stated. Mr. Lomax reviewed the activities of the local post, begun at a me ing here last ■November in seeurij the service officer and said that the the drive to reach the goal and “go | the week-end with his parents, Mr. over the top” by the end of the week, and Mrs. J. Reed Todd, and. left Sun- All who have not contributed or have day for Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. s not been contacted are urged by Mrs. j of the o^the Copela C ndJ drive ’ their contributions at this city a student a t Winthrop, ", nton P once to the canvassers in them com- been selected to edit the fresh , , , . . .. J. B. Townsend, chairman Laurens post had received the cor dial cooperation Davidson post at Clinton. munitv A joint committee of the two posts, TT . with the Rev. Adlai C. Holler of L^u- H - L ; Eichelberger, chairman of the rens. as chairman, and F. M. Stutts-of 1 cam P a, g n in the business section with - MISS MARCIA GALLOWAY of haa freshman edition of the college paper, The Johnsonian. In addition to,Miss Gal loway, other Clinton girls contribut- Clinton as secretary has been set up a < l uota of $3,500, stated yesterday, i n g to the edition will be MISS CAR- to act 'in an advisory capacity. hel that the response had been disap-j OLYN HENRY, who will write a, said. Of Mr. Seawright’s duties and qualifications Mr. Lomax made the following statement: “Mr. Clyde A Seawright of Lau rens, was selected by the joint com mittee of the two posts to serve as service officer, and began his duties pointing since only $2,700.00 had been, fashion column and MISS JEAN raised. ! LAYTON, who will be sports editor. on March 1st. He will have his office The $6,800.00 reported was divid ed: * Hopewell—$.41.50. City Proper—$2,7$0.00. Clinton Mills—$1,496.70. - Oolrtriite—$2.562.00. Reports from the Lydia Mills com- in Laurens and will make regular muiiity, rural areas, teachers of the MRS. C. C. BRANNON, formerly of this city, who is residing with her parents in Inman while LT. BRAN NON is in service, is collecting quite The" a - few souvenirs <51 Australia. latest is a lovely white linen hand-! , „ —-^embroidered handkerchief. In deli-i visits to other points in the county, city schools, Training school, Hall-' cate letters the word “Australia” is| He will.be available at all times to mark - Shirt company, and college' written across the corner in blue the men of the armed forces who have not been received, officials thread, and it has a crocheted bor- necd his assistance, as well as to aH stated. former service men. . —■'L “Mr. Seawright is a thoroughly ca pable and conscientious gentleman. The American Legion posts of Clin ton and Laurens believe he will han- The $2,700 00 city proper figure j includes $73.60 from the colored peo ple, and $93.18 from the staff and ^children of Thornwell orphanage. The Goldville contribution to date die the business of his office in such represents $2,062 by the residents of a manner that it will be a credit-to community and $500 by' the the Legion as well as of great benefit j oanna Textile Mills company. to both the disabled veterans of | ^ World War No. 1 and the unfortu- Re(j rate Buddies’ of the present con flict.” JVIr. Lomax said that the delegation had provided $1,500 as salary for the office and $300 for expenses. NOTICE Shipment of Garments The production committee of the Red Cross sewing room has complet ed the following garments which were shipped Friday, March 6: 64 der. Lt. Brannon writes that he re ceives his copy of The Chronicle' regularly and enjoys it. • - ^ ' J. ISAAC COPELAND, city libra rian has issued a call for the August 3, 1942, and December 21, 1942, is sues of Life magazine. These are needed for use by the aviation cadets at the college. Mr. Copeland asks that anyone having these copies please bring them or notify library officials aqd they will call for the magazines. These issues contain valuable infor mation and maps urgently needed by the cadets for study. It was a coincidence last week dur ing the Red Cross drive to have oc- Time extended to March 30th for women’s night gowns, 83 girls’ slips, ... & the following: 14 months Special for - 2 girls’ nightgowns and $F«women’s!casion to give information to a cou American Magazine and Moman s s i ips for war ref y gees Als0 72 v _ neck ple> res j dents 0 f Clinton area, Home companion, both for^$5.00. sweaters for men in the armed forces. | who desired to get in touch with JAMES YV. CALDYY’ELL — | their son in foreign service with the Your Magazine Man .SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLl* marines. They were referred to Mrs. — - — ij. B. Townsend, Red Cross represen- vttttwJtwttttvtwtvtf-. tative, who took the desired informa tion to try, through the organization, to contact their son. They asked what would be the charge for this I service, and were told that it was free, a service rendered by the Red Cross. Both immediately said, “Well, we haven’t contributed to the drive, CASINO THEATRE THE BROADWAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY, March 15 and 16 MONDAY AND TUESDAY^ March 15 and 16 JOAN and PH?UP TORN " AYN ® "SONG OF THE ISLAND"-, we certain., want .o do so now.” " MATURE E JACK G OAKI L E E 'GEORGE 1 DOYLE J ' HALL ' better kn0Wn t0 rhe, i.’.^P^^ihis friends here as “Ned,” left Tues- "REUNION IN FRANCE' THRILL! Paris fights back! France in revolt! With REGINALD OWEN, ALBERT BASSERMAN, JOHN CARRADINE. plus CARTOON. NEWS. 10c & 30c 10 A M. Show MONDAY. Feature begins 2:16,4:16,7:16,9:16. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, March 17 and 18 "MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH" With HUGH HERBERT, FAY BA INTER, CAROLYN LEE, VERA VAGUE. Feature begins 2:00,4:31,7:03,9:36. 'SECRETS OF A CO-ED" With OTTO KRUGER, TINA THAYER and RICK VALLAN. Feature begins 3:27, 5:58, 8:37. plus “SUPERMAN.” 10c and 20c 10 A. M. Show WEDNESDAY. thomas’mitchell G ILBERT ’! day to report at the army air force !| u,. ^ ! classification center, Nashville, Tenn., ' f ,4 * C . pU ? llC * ias , and will receive basic training as an i supported its musicals in the past, aviation cadet> Mr> and Mrs> c . H .! and designed as if tp furnish some thing for every department of it, this confection in Technicolor contains just about everything in the cook book. plus COMEDY. NEWS. SPORTLIG^T. - - 10c and 25c Feature begins 2:40,4:35,7:40,9:35. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, March 17 and 18 'THE GORILLA MAN" with John loder, ruth ford and PAUL CAVANAUGH. Feature begins 2:59,5:22,7:45, and 10:08. ATORNADOINTHE SADDLE' ■## 4/1 With RUSSELL HAYDEN, BOB WILLS, DUB TAYLOR and ALMA CARROLL. Feature begins 2:00,4:23,6:46,9:09. plus “OVERLAND MAIL,” Chapter 9. 10c and 20c 10 A. M. Show THURSDAY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, March 19 and 20 CHARLES LAUGHTON, ROBERT TAYLOR, BRIAN DONLEVY in /#! FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, March 19 and 20 SUNSET SERENADE 44 STAND BY FOR ACTION' 144 With ROY • ROGERS, GEORGE “Gabby” HAYES, HELEN PARRISH, JOAN WOODBURY, ONSLOW STE VENS and BOB NOLAND, and The SONS OF THE JIONEERS. For those who like their melo dramas served up with well-delivered tunes, there are six lilting saddle bal lads sung by Rogers and Bob Nolan and The Sons of the Pioneers: “Song of San Joaquin,” “I Am A Cowboy Rockefeller,” “Mavoumeen O’Shea,” “Home Corral,” “Sandman Lullaby,” and “He’s A No Good Son of a Gun.” i; 1 — plus With WALTER BRENNAN, HENRY O’NEIL' and MARILYN MAXWELL. plus LATEST NEWS. 10c and 30c Feature Begins: Friday: 2:08, 4:08, 7:08, 9:08. Saturday: 2:32, 4:49, 7:00, 9:17. * Hall, his parents, have three sons, all in service. CHARLES, the eldest, is a chief petty officer in the navy, and is now serving in the Pacific ar£a. The second son, Lt. LAWRENCE E. HALL, is an instructor in chemical, warfare at the army air force classi fication center, Nashville. The American Legion auxiliary has presented the Quarantine center near Goldville a handsome American flag, 5x8 feet, and is used for outside dis play. Many friends and relatives here of LT. W. D. (BILL) ADAIR will be interested to know Mrs. Adair re ceived a message yesterday that he had landed safely at his destination for foreign service. Lt. Adair was formerly stationed at Camp Tyson, Tenn. wm.¥nabors MISSING IN ACTION Mrs. Lucy B. Nabors of this city has been notified that her son, Pvt. William H. Nabors, has been missing in action in the Northwest African front since February 17. • The telegram from the Adjutant General reads as follows: “The Sec retary of war desires to express his jdeep regret that you son. Pvt. Wm, H. Nabors has been reported missing in action in Northwest Africa since Feb. 17. Additional information will be sent you when received.” Pvt. Nabors who is well known | here by a number of friends entered the service on Oct. 1, 1941 with Co ; I, 168th. Inf., at Camp Wheeler, Ga. I In May, 1942, he left for foreign service from Fort Dix, N. J. The last letter received by his mother was .4# BEGINNING "King, Of the Mounties 1 With ALLAN LANE. “PHONY CRONIES,” with EL BRENDEL. CARTOON. 10c and 25c 10 A. M. Show SATURDAY. Feature Begins: Friday: 2:56, 4:52, 7:56, 9:52. Saturday: 2:26, 4:22, 6c 18, 8:14, and 10:10. Save Your Tin Cans for Next Collection KinnwaMnwMMKKMKieiciiniMimwiwiwwBWMMBwaiiHiMMSWWiiiWwwnwn written on January 26. Large Enrollment For Commercial Classes The adult commercial classes at' the hih school began last week with] an enrollment of 80. Some came to the classes last week j and were told that they could not] enlist due to the large number al ready enrolled, however, additional] teachers have been secured and the school is now able to take care ofj all who care to enroll. , Three classes of beginners in typ ing and shorthand and one class in] advanced typing and shorthand are being conducted. Mrs. William Adair,] Dry Cleaned for Re-Newed Beauty! Our safe dry cleaning service is dedicated to keeping your wardrobe smarter looking and longer lasting as well as beautifully dean! Even the most fragile fabrics and colors receive the same gentle care given to pre cious silks and woolens, to make them last longer. Harmless, safe-cleaning chemicals are used that prolong the life of your apiparel yet thoroughly - penetrate clothing pores and rid them of dirt and stain. Call 77 and we’U put you down for pick-up and delivery service at 11 A. M. or 5 P. M. ROYAL CLEANERS, Inc Beautiful Dry Cleaning Attention, Auto Owners! OPA ORDER OF MARCH 6 RELEASES NEW GARS New Rationing Order More Liberal — Eligible Purchasers Greatly Increased “This new section, which gives local boards wider discretion in deter mining the applicant’ need, supplants a hard and fast list of standards that were contained in the former order.” Make Appliction Now For Your New Car A certificate is necessary, but it will be easier to obtain by those in gainful occupation. This new ruling by the O. P. A. is further proof of the government’s desire to have these 1942 cars placed with those who must depend on passenger car transportation. We Will Gladly Assist You In Filling Out Your 0. P. A. win also release “Deep Freeze” 1942 passanger cars to these in gainful occupation, under new rules. Heretofore cars in this “Freeze” were in a government pool and COULD NOT be released to civilians under any circumstance. We Stand Ready To Help You If you own a 1939 or older model car or if your present car has been driven 40,000 miles or more, and, you are in gainful occupation, you may be entitled to purchase a ’42 model under these new liberalized rationing rules. r ~~ ' - , ' \ . Talk it over with us today—without charge or obligation we will gladly discuss your posiiion and endeavor to give you helpful assistance. For Used Car Value—We Have Many That Are Tops AND YOU DONT NEED A CERTIFICATE TO PURCHASE A Ml OR RABI.IER MODEL CAR 4 ■ 4 • Cooper Mptor Company Dodge Cars and Trucks — Plymouth