The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 01, 1943, Image 2
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
Thursday, Jtily 1, 1943
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BRIEFS.. ABOUI
PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Week-End Trips .. Visitors
COMMERCIAL BODY
HAS 114 MEMBERS
The Chamber of Commerce now
has a membership of 114, it was an
nounced yesterday by the secretary.
Mr and Mrs. Ralph Treadway of Miss Iona Blakely. In a recent mem-
uiicviiip Kv are cuests of the lat- bership drive 35 new n
Louisville Kv., are guests of the lat- ! bership drive 35 new members were
teTs mother* Mrs. Edward Yarbor-1 added to the roster to bring the to-
oug h ' . . ital from 79 to 114.
Mi* Katherine Baggott ot Che- ' J^e holdmg membership in, the
of Green- ° r 8 aniza t 10n are.
I. Mac Adair, P. B. Adair, Tom Ad-
Kaitherine
raw, and Ray Anderson
ville, are spending some time with
their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs
C. Bond.
Mrs. W. C. Bond has returned
AROUND THE TOWN
Incidents, Unusual and
Ordinary, Gathered On
Our Rounds.
dets and there is no way to secure
them except to depend on those ob
tained from people who have old
brooms. Every housewife is asked to
donate hers. Either take them to the
Red Cross headquarters, or call 130
'and they will be collected.
Through this column, PVT. MAR-
ON HILL, of the army air base,
MRS. BYRON M. MYERS and spn, IC
KENNETH, of Denver, Colo., have j Greenville, Miss., writes he was able
joined Lt. Myers here and dre occu-jto locate Cadet John L. Sloan, an-
pying the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. j other Clinton boy recently sent there, j
B. Townsend on Walnut street. Lt. and since that time they have seen'
Myers is adjutant to Captain C. M. | each other frequently. He also states,
Turner of the 39th Army Air Force: “I am certainly glad that as a mem-
Training Detachment of Presbyterian' ber of the ‘ground crew’ I can help
college. Kenneth was graduated this (‘keep ’em flying’ for an old friend
from high school, and the ( who is qualifled to fly them.”
also have another older son, j . "♦ 4 —
Savmnah Ga . where she spent /fhe C. Baldwin, John H. Baxter, Becker’s Wayne, of the army air corps, whdl The following item will be of in
past week with Mr. Bond. Bakery, Belk’s Dept. Store, J. Roy (recently graduated from the “E” | terest to Clinton friends of CAPTAIN
j Browning Dicus of the Naval/air Benjamin, Blakely Bros. Seed Store,'quintile of Presbyterian c o 11 e g e ,|CHARLES B. MacDONALD, a grad-
corps Lake City. Fla., spent the ; Blalock’s Grocery, Bond Motor Co., Hastings, Nebraska. uate of Presbyterian college:
week-end with his parents, Mr./ and B. H. Boyd, W. A. Buchanan. ^
Junior Order Gives
Outing At Lake
—♦
Clinton Council No. 67, Junior Or
der United American Mechanics, en
tertained its members and guests
with a fish fry on Lake Greenwood
Monday night. The event took the
place of a regular meeting o'f the
lodge.
Talks were made by several mem
bers, the speech of the evening being
delivered by Boyd Owings, councilor
of the lodge. Spirituals and folk songs
were rendered by members.
The program was arranged by W.
O. Derrick and W. C. Baldwin, Jr.
rrk
s. L. 1 dison. C. W. Anderson, J. B. Arnold, college
Brunson Asbilki A. & P. Tea Co. | spring
fr^m Mrs. C. M. Bailey, P. S. Bailey, W. Myers
Mrs W A. Dicus. I | Chandler & Cooper Garage, Coca-
Mrs. C. L. Culbertson, Mrs. I. D. Cola Bottling Co., Julian W. Cole-
Cooper and Miss Lawrence Culbeft- man, T. Heath Copeland, J. Isaac
son of Laurens, were guests Monday Copeland, Posey Watts Copeland, W.
of the former’s daughter, Mrs. R. W. J- Crews.
Johnson, and Dr. Johnson. i 1 J* Dailey, Dr. J. W. Davis, S. G.
Brought in too late to make last
week’s /‘‘Chronicle” were several cot-
little Rock, June 28.—1st Lt. Char
les B. MacDonald, of Little Rock and
Pvt. M. B. Hipp of Yuma. Ari- Dillard
zona, is spending a few days leave H. L. Eichelberge
and 1 R. E. Ferguson, Dr. Duncan Felder, 1 a colored
ton blooms. Although not the first:Camp Blanding, Fla., who last No-
these were among the earlier ones of' vember might well have claimed to
the season: One grown by Leroy be the U. S. Infantry’s youngest com-
Pace on the Stewart Brown farm ; pany commander, can lay claim to a
• back of Presbyterian college, pulled
[June 24. Another by Joe Alexander,
farrrter, of Clinton Route
2, pulled June 22.
new distinction
He was promoted this week to the
rank of captain, and at 20 years he
| may well be the Infantry’s youngest.
It should be no novelty for Capt
with his father, M. B. Hipp, Sr.,
sister. Miss Irene Hipp. • John W. Finney, Sr.
Mrs. Wyman Shealy and son, Wy- J- Boy Gasque, C. C. Giles, Mrs.
man. 'spent a few days last week in E. C. Goff, L. Russell Gray.
Richmond. Va.,\vith Mr. Shealy of Hallmark Shirt Co., R. P. Hamer,!
the navy, who is stationed at Camp W. W. Harris, H. D. Henry. D. C . f'Wndtng Pioneer camp at Riverside
Terrv Heustess, Dr. F. F. Hicks, Paul F.ithis week: ALBEgTA BALDWIN,
Friends of Pvt. John David Word Hill, Home Stores. (JJXJ* A A ^^^^ARA ANDER-
who was recently inducted into the Dr. W. P^Jacobs, W. Ernest John- ; SON JOY
armv at Fort Jackson, will be inter- son. ^RD, GRACE YOUNG ANNE
ested to know he has been transferr- < Dr. L. Ross Lynn, Rev. W. N. Long. / OWENS, and MAE COPELAND,
ed to Fort Benning. Ga. ' George P. Mitchell, Mrs. Perry M.
Friends of Aviation Cadet Ned Hall Moore,
will be interested to know’ he has! A. L. Nabors.
been transferred from Santa Ana, I H. D. Payne, J. C. Penney Co.,
California,' to Thunderbird Field,, F ; C. Pinson, J. Henderson Pitts,
Glendale. Arizona, for primary flight W. Roy Pitts, R. L. Plaxico, J. P.
training. Prather.
Capt. and Mrs. Ryan McCrary' iL. W. Rawl, Dr. D. O. Rhame, Jr., : property of PIERRE BURDETTE,
spent the week-end with the for- Rogers -Store. - | and among them are ones given him
mer's mother. Mrs. R. J. McCrary, i O. H. Sheely, W. C. Shealy, Wyman by a number of Clinton men in ser-;™”’ company".'^^^ a 'buTning
cn route from Reading. Pa.„ to Flor- Shealy. H. W. Simmons, W Hugh vice as well as his own from the ambition to be dubbed “the old man ”
once, where Captain McCrary is tak- Simpson. I. M. Smith, Smith’s Phar-1 "Rainbow Division ’ of World War| army slang for the company LX)n |.
ing .i special course at the armv air macy, Southern Bell Telephone and; 1 fame. An invitation is extended to zander
The following intermediates from MacDonald, however, for at 19 he
the First Presbyterian church are was promoted from second to first
lientenant and two weeks later, fol
lowing his 20th birthday, assumed
command of Company “C,” 390th In
fantry, at Camp Breckinridge, Ky.
At 15 he entered Presbyterian col-
Tr .. . . . lege, at 18 was editor-in-chief of the
MISS JEAN LAYTON of this city, | c0 ]i e g e newspaper, and at 19 was
Will 3ct as lifeguard and counsellor in g ra( j ua t ec j f rom Presbyterian with
addition to the published staff. i second lieutenant’s bars and a Gold
“ m |“P,” the college’s highest stamp of
An interesting collection of army approval for ‘.extra-curricular activ-
insignias is on display in the window! Ry..
of James Pitts’ Store. Thesd are the He is now commandin g Company
C,” 254th Infantry, at Camp Bland
ing, confesses he never reveals his
i . ., ... . xic nit bun oi ivir. ana xvi
.collection on display the insignias of L MacDonald) of Little Rock .
l their relatives or friends in army ser-
1 vice.
T GRADUATION
base. |Telegraph Co., John Spratt, S. W. Residents of the city to add <o the, He is the son of Mr and Mrs K
Lt .and Mrs. Lawrence Hall re- Sumerel. "" '* 5c " lov tKo -4!- -- - -- - -
turned Tuesday to Nashville, Tenn., | J- C. Thomas.
after a iew days visit with the for-j . E. Harry Wilkes. Mrs. B. F. Win
mer's parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. g ard - C. F. Winn. Dr. D. J. Woods.
Hall. Friends of Mrs. Hall will be, J- Leland Young. John T. Young,
glad to. know she is improving after | New Members
being ill the past two weeks. E. J. Adair, John A. Addison. —
George Brockenbrough, Jr., of Kin-I W. J. Bailey. A. D. Barron, Julian; ^pohs, Md., will be interested to
ard. will,leave tomorrow to spend Bolick.
the month of July at Camp Pinnacle, L. E. ,C a son. L. L. Copeland, Jr.,
J. Roy Crawford, Leon Crump.
near Hendersonville. N. C. Kelly Dix
on and George Come Ison, Jr., will
also leave tomorrow for a^tay.of two
months at Camp Pinnacle.
Misses Alice and Evelyn Neighbors
have resumed their positions in
Greenville after spending a week’s
vacation with their mother, Mrs. R.
P. Neighbors, near here.
Friends of RUFUS SADLER, JR.,
[who left the past week to enter the —mfi a j
(United States Naval. Academy, An ' MORNING
• know he has passed the entrance TAf) PAI\ET ACC
physical examination and was sworn | UK vAUlI LLAjJ
in Monday as a midshipman. Rufus, ■ 9
J. L. Delaney, Mrs. J. M. Dick, L. tht ‘ son of Mr. and Kirs. R. E. Sad-( Graduating exercises'for Class E
B. Dillard. _ ^ has recently completed his fresh- , College Training Detach-
C. N. Franks. i*an year at the University of South
J. Ashby Galloway. 'Carolina where he was cative in ten-
ment at Presbyterian college, will be
held this morning (Thursday) pt
9:30 a.m. The class is composed ,of
Jones Predicts Rubber
Crisis Over by Jan. 1
J. B. Hart, Dr. S. C. Hays, Hotel nis and other s PQ rts
Clinton. Pat H. Hobson. i , 80 cadets headed as leader by Edwin
Robert E. Johnson. • WATT HENDERSON, who wjfs re-1 £ pike commander of tw0
R. E. Mabry, A. J. Milling, P. B. cently inducted into the army at Fort The p Ublic is cordially invited
Mitchell, W. A. Moorhead, Jodie Me- Jackson, passed throughh Clinton, The exercises will be Dreslded over
Millan. W. M. McMillan, Jr. Ratnrrfnv nioht onmnto tr> an imHic. 1 ne exercises win oe presided over
( R. S. Owens.
J. Hubert Pitts, Bill Pitts.
W. Regnery.
Clinton
Saturday night enroute to an undis
closed destination. Being in doubt as
Houston. Texas. June 28.—By the
end of this year, Secretary ot Com-
merce Jesse Jones predicted today, t en R p wilder.
by Capt. Carl M. Turner, command-
to~wh*ether*he*woukTseeany relatives in f officer The speaker for the oc-
... or friends he dropped a note from the caslon Wlll , b £ C -C- Giles operations
Ryland F. Sumerel, Strick & Sons.(train but his father, L. S. Henderson, ^f^anH tTT
E M. Timmerman. expecting the transfer, met the train
Thomas E. Walden, Dr. B. O. Whit- and by conicidence Watt was able to d
see both his father and mother as . wing wiU be formed in spe-
j well as telling them about the note <? al graduation review, after which
' ’ ’ they later found. Mother- ^ off,cers and * uldons wlU come
TODAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
JULY 1—2—3
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h James Hilton’s ^
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the United States will have a com
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capable of meeting all essential needs. ^ as depleted ,and one of them, at.jj ke ^| rs Henderson sent home for forward. A ribbon for the best squad-
military and civilian. .nearby Baytown, started production sandwiches (knowing her son’s fond- ron of the month wiU be P resented
Forty new plants are now’ ready i toda y- ° J ~ “ D ” ,rv "‘ "
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Maxwell Bros. & Kinard
Clinton—Two Stores—Laurens
the train
arrived.
departed
Interesting excerpts from a letter
to Squadron “B.” The graduating
^ore the' food! class wd * * ben wa ^ the rest of the !
detachment pass in review for the
last time.
The detachment
will sing three
written Mrs. J. M. Adair by her son,! son S s * n leaving the field, “Hail the
PFC. DARRELL FRANKS, Co. A, I B °y s From Thirty-Nine,” “The Army
505th Inf., A. P. O., 469, % Post-I Air Cor P s and “ We Are ShoV '
master, New York, N. Y. June 2,; in f>Hight Off.”
North Africa: “Do you remember j The highlight of the festivities will
when I was a little boy and you told! come evening when a dance
me some kind of diseases I would die I be . g‘ ven a t armory for the
with if I did not wash my hands and; graduating class,
face more often, well I found out you j •
.^Committees Named
April 22 and surely did enjoy it . . .'To Raise Funds
Made my first jump in Africa yes
terday, it was an exhibition for U.
S. generals and some from other coun
tries. The ground was like cement The campaign to raise funds for
and full of rocks .... We were sup-1 the teaching of Bible in Clinton high
posed to have ice cream yesterday i school will begin Tuesday, July* 6,
but it fell through, in fact I don’t! B- L. Plaxico, chairman, announced
think they could get enough ice in|yesterday. A canvass of the town,
this country to freeze anything . . . w *tl be made to secure $1,500, the
We have had the day off and went to estimated amount needed for paying]
an instructor, supplies and incidental
MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
July 5 and 6
DEANNA DURBIN as
'THE AMAZING
MRS. HOLLIDAY"
MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
July S ind 6
n
For Bible Course
'CASABLANCA'
With HUMPHREY BOGART, IN-
With EDMUND O’BRIEN, BARRY GRID BERGMAN, PAUL HENREID,
FITZGERALD, ARTHUR TREACH- CLAUDE RAINS, CONRAD VEIDT,
ER, HARRY DAVENPORT, GRANT
MITCHELL, FRIEDA INESCORT,
and ELISABETH RISDON.
GREENSTREET, PETER
SYDNEY
LORRE.
She lives . . . the flaming lie thatj Rac ^ Again ... To Thrill You
became legend—from wartom Shang-1 Again! They had a date with fate—
hai to San Francisco’s swank Nob (in the city that rocked the world!
Hill! The picture you’ll cheer! De
anna’s first in a year!
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a beach this morning for a swim,
it was very nice but’ nothing like expense in connection with the work
going to a beach in the good old U
S. A. No ice cream, cokes or pretty
girls. It is getting dark and we have
no candles. . ; . Love to all of you.
—Darrell.”
Friends of JAMES WILLIAM
JOHNSON, son of Mrs. J. B. John
son, will be interested to know he
was graduated yesterday from the
army air force school, Seymour, Ind.,
received his wings and commission
as a second lieutenant. His brother,
Robert Johnson, and Mrs. Johnson
are in Seymour to attend the gradu
ating exercises. Lt. Johnson received
for the coming year.
The following committees which
have been appointed from the city
churches, will meet on Monday eve
ning, July 5, at 8:30 at the First Bap
tist church to complete final plans
for the canvass:
S. W. Sumerel, chairman, C. E.
Galloway, F. F. Fowler, Harry Lea
gue, Mrs. John T. Little, Mrs. Alex
Henry, S. G. Dillard, and Lynn
Cooper.
R. W. Boland, chairman, J. H. Bax
ter, L. W. Rawl, T. M. Sease, and J.
W. Frey.
W H. Simpson, chairman, L. W.
his pilot’s training at Maxwell Field, Bullock, Mrs. W. R, Pitts, Mrs. B. H
Ala., Fletcher Field, Miss., and Wal
nut Ridge, Ark.
Cooperating with Penney stores
throughout the nation, the local J. C.
PENNEY CO., is sponsoring a bond
sale for the month of July, begin
ning today. An attractive window
display has been arranged, with pic
tures of local $prvice men to pro
mote interest in the sale. Through
out the store patriotic trims are used,
with a special counter decorated with
red, white and blue ribbon and gold
eagles, being used for the sale of
bonds. t
Recently an appeal was made for
old broomsticks needed by the 39th
Training detachment at Presbyterian
college. To date, few have been
turned in and an urgent request is
being made again for housewives to
contribute such to the war effort. The
handles are used in training the ca-
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY,
July 7 and 8
"FOOTLIGHT
, SERENADE"
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Henry, Mrs. Billy McMillan, Mrs. i
Hubert Pitts and Mrs. Roy Gasque.
Mrs. R. L. Plaxico, chairman, Mrs.
J. Hubert Todd, Mrs. A. B. Blakely,
Jr., and Mrs. E. B Sloan.
H. L. Eichelberger, chairman, J. Le
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Dillard, Mrs. Gary Dillard, Mrs. W.
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* July 7 and 8
"PIRATES OF THE
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