The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, March 11, 1943, Image 2
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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 $6,800.00 in cash and Friends of CAPTAIN WALTER B.
Trrovidod for by the county delega- subscriptions had been turned into TODD, of Camp Gordon, Augusta,
tion and C. A. Scawright ot Laurens,! the Red Cross ,u " d campaign when - ~
has been appointed to fill the place,
it is announced by L. M.
commander of Lake-Garrett pos
Laurens, American Legion.
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is teaching the advanced pupils. Miss
Martharene Pitts,' Miss Sara Francis
Abercrombie and Mrs. Elizabeth
Smith are instructing the beginners.
All classes meet at 7:00 o’clock at
the high school building. The be
ginners classes meet on Monday and
Wednesday, or Tuesday and Thurs
day nights, and th$ 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
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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
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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.
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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.
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With RUSSELL HAYDEN, BOB
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CARROLL.
Feature begins 2:00,4:23,6:46,9:09.
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“OVERLAND MAIL,” Chapter 9.
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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
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ACTION'
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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
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BEGINNING
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With ALLAN LANE.
“PHONY CRONIES,” with EL
BRENDEL.
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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,]
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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
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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.
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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
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