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/ THE CHRONKIE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable r i , - , (HUnton (Chrmtirlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LXV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 1, 1945 Number 9 CPL. BEDENBAUGH DROWNED IN PACIFIC Corporal Lorenzo Dow Beden- baugh, Jr., 21, of the Bush River community near Kinard, was drown ed in the performance of his duty , January 23 in the Southwest Pacific', area, according to a telegram re-j ceived Saturday from the war de-, paftment by his parents, and wife,! the former Miss Carolyn Hutchinsoir; of Columbus, Ga. i Cpl. Bedenbaugh entered the ser vice January 18, 1943, receiving hisj training at Fort Lewis, Washington. He then transferred to the para troopers in October, 1943, training! at Fort Benning, Ga., before being transferred back to his old battalion at Fort Lewis. He has been in the Southwest Pacific for the past six months. Besides his widow and little son, ! L. Dow, Jr., he is survived by hiS| parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Dow Beden baugh; two brothers, Joe and Har-i mon Bedenbaugh; one sister, Mrs. Carroll Devore of Florida, and his grandfather, J. F. Bedenbaugh. •mm ■ % Now, more than ever * . ,: v Air Medal Awarded Mrs. M. E. Browning REDUCTION MADE IN SUGAR FOR HOME CANNING Sugar for home canning this year, while not as much as in 1944, should still be enough for all legitimate needs, District Director E. H. Tal bert announced this week. Contrasted with last season’s max imum allowance of 25 pounds of can- | ning sugar per person, this year’s; maximum allotment will be 20; pounds per person, with no family] receiving more than 160 pounds, re-1 gardless of the number of members. | There will be no stamp in ration book four for canning sugar this) year, Talbert pointed out, as experi ence proved the 1944 plan impracti cal. The canning sugar stamp was misused by millions, he added, who used the sugar thus obtained for ta ble or baking purposes rather than for canning. Talbert explained that applications for canning sugar would have to be made through local war price and rationing boards, on forms provided by OPA for the purpose. Dates for receiving such applications will be announced shortly, as the canning season nears. The applicant will be required to state the amount of home canning she did last year, and the number of quarts she expects to can this season. The board will then issue coupons for 1 and 5-pound purchases of can ning sugar. In making application, the house- I-' JACOBS RESIGNS COLLEGE PRESIDENCY; TRUSTEES ELECT BROWN AS SUCCESSOR The Air medal with three oak clusters was presented Sunday after-! noon to Mrs. Medora E. Browning ofj this city, by Col! Oliver H. Stout. - 'commanding officer of the Greenville army air base. Mrs. Browning received the deco ration on behalf of her grandson,) Lieut. George Alfred Browning, air) corp, now a prisoner of war in Ger-) many. The'ceremony took place,at^ the home of Mrs. W. A. Dicus, daugh ter of Mrs. Brownin. The citattion reads, “For excep-, tionally^ meritorious achievement, while participating in twenty sepa rate bomber combat missions over 'enemy occupied Continental Europe. The courage, coolness and skill dis played by this officer upon these oc-! casions reflect great credit upon him-i self and the armed forces of the i United States." MRS. ELMeFcROMER CLAIMED BY DEATH Mrs. Frances Ray Cromer, 35, wife of Elmer Cromer, died Sunday after noon at the home of her mother. Mrs. I. O. Ray, on North Broad : street.-following an illness of several months. The funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the residence by the Rev. J. H. Kohler, assisted by Dr. D. J. Woods. Interment followed in Rosemont cem- j etery. The services were attended by a large gathering of friends and rela- A« wounded American boys come back from the battle fronts they find tives. Many lovely flowers banked American Red Cross workers in all military and naval hospitals ready to help upon her grave indicated the love; them. This year there will be more need than ever before for Red Cross service and esteem in which she was held, in domestic hospitals. DR BROWN 1 RED CROSS DRIVE TO OPEN TUESDAY Clinton-Goldville Quota $10,200. Committees Named To Make Canvass and Quotas Given. Anderson Is General Chairman. By Mrs. E. B. Ginsberg The Red Cross war fund drive in Clinton will get under way next Tuesday, March 6, when volunteer workers will canvass the community. Last year the war fund quota was $28,500 and $31,840 was.-raised, of the lower part. This year the quota has been raised $700, for a total of $29,200, of which the upper part of which $21,820 came from the upper w.Ve will''attach*'"Spare from war ration book four for each member of the family named in the application, as evidence that such persons are actual holders of book four. Mission Study Class At Lutheran Church Red Cross for advice, help, or infor mation. Sometimes the problem could be solved in one visit, sometimes many visits were needed to straight en out the difficulty. Of those 2532 cases that received attention, 976 were completely new, an increase over the preceding year of 50 per cent. All this can be called the “inside” or “business” part of the Red Cross. It is managed by trained, paid work- DR. JACOBS Her beautiful life was characterized by sweetness and gentleness, and there are many who will join the family in mourning her death. Active pallbearers were: John Da vis, Bluford Copeland, Bill Milam, Hubert Owens, Platt Prather and Aldine Blakely. Mrs. Cromer had made her home in recent years in Detroit, Mich. She was a native of this county, the daughter of Mrs. Lora Milam Ray and the late I. O. Ray. In addition to her husband and inted 0 , ter, Julie Cromer; six brothers, Hugh, Clayte, Tan, Jim and Chick Ray, all of Clinton, and Pfc. I. O. Ray, of the army, Hawaii; two sisters, Mrs. J. F. Thompson of Newberry, and Lieut. Lyde Ray, ANC, in France. Mrs. Bollard Named College Registrar Mrs. Helen M. Ballard has been Holman Succeeds Brown As Dean. Jacobs Takes Textile Position. New President Assumes Office Today. — The board of trustees of Presbyte- rian college in session here Tuesday ) morning accepted the resignation of Dr. William P. Jacobs as president ; and elected as his successor Dr [Marshall W. Brown, chairman of the j board Albert C. Todd, of Greenwood, ' announced following the meeting. Dr. I Jacobs resigned to take up duties as ! executive director of the American Cotton Manufacturers association. Dr. Brown has been dean' of the 1 college for the past 16 years. He re- ! ceived his bachelor's degree from Centre college, Kentucky, and his master of arts degree from the Uni- : versity of Wisconsin. He has done ; additional graduate study at the Um- ' versity of Chicago and at the Univer sity of Vienna. He was awarded an 1 honorary doctor’s degree by Davidson I college in 1937. Dr. Brown is a member of the American Historical association, a member and past president of the I South Carolina Historical association, iand a member of the Historical As- j sociation of England. He has served . as chairman of the Conference of ' Academic Deans of the Southern States. Hugh Holman, for the past nine years director of public relations at the college, will succeed Dr. Brown as dean. Mr. Holman studied at Pres byterian college as an undergraduate and has done graduate study at New York university. He is the author of a number of radio scripts in the edu cational field and some of his radio work has been produced by the Co lumbia Broadcasting system. He is the author of two published novels. Dr. Jacobs in relinquishing the (presidency made the following state ment: "Ten years ago today in an emer gency I was drafted as acting presi dent of Presbyterian college. Alter six months of service, I accepted the $19,000 and the lower part $10,200. Of the quota, the county keeps 42 per cent while 58 per cent is sent to i the national headquarters of the j American Red Cross to represent the j county in the world-wide work. Next i week a report will be made on how Next week, Monday through Thurs- the national Red Cross funds are day evenings, a “world m i s s i o n ; use< j ; t(K iay it is set forth how the study” class will be conducted at St. county uses the 42 per cent it re tains. The county budget for 1945 calks the county has pledged itself to raise ers w ^° ,are on hours a John’s Lutheran church. The direc tor and teacher of the class will be Mrs. Corine Mac^etzki, a Lutheran day, sevefi days a week. The volunteer part of the Red Cross takes care, through volunteer helpers entirely, of the many other Red Cross activities. First, there is the Junior Red Cross, which organ izes and utilizes the desire of the children of the county to do their share in this work. They have their own funds, and out of them they contributed $225 to the National Chil dren's fund that helps children in all Brown, who Resigned this week. Dr. p res j ( j enc y expecting to devote three Marshall W. Brown, president, an-; f u u years to the reestablishment o' nounced yesterday. j its financial independence. Mrs. Ballard is a graduate of Win-i “Ten years of effort followed ant throp. college, where'she majored in now a kind Providence and many de- physical education. She has served | vote d friends have firmly established las assistant registrar for the past two'the college financially and have as- years. She is the former Miss Helen : sure d it s future. j Milam of this city and the wife of -i feel that the task assigned mo j B. B. Ballard, who is now serving in has been completed, my responsibility I the armed service overseas. In ad-; has been discharged, and that I can , dition to her duties as registrar, Mrs. now turn the reins over to artother. A goal of 15,000 personal contacts, Ballard will offer physical education ; -So, when the board of governors with pedestrians ih rural areas in work for girls at the college. of the American Cotton Manufactui- South Carolina to remind them of; Mrs. Brown has been editing a ers association in another emergency the heavy pedestrian toll and to give!“news letter" which is sent ta al-, mvited me to assume executive re sound rules for walking safety is be-: most a thousand former Presbyterian J S p 0 nsibilities in a broader fielJ, 1 ing set by the state highway patrol i college students who are now in the gladly accepted and have offered my for the next few months. ! armed services. She states that she ] resignation to the board of trustee* Pedestrian deaths and injuries in | will continue to carry on her news 1 0 f Presbyterian college and of the Highway Patrol Seeking To Reduce Pedestrian Deaths and Injuries the state were far too numerous dur- | letters as a personal enterprise. ing 1944, said J. S. Williamson, chief I j highway commissioner. Accident rec-1I... k] ____ ords show that 133 pedestrians were! V ran ° •' Ur y NO m eS killed in South Carolina last year and Stonding Committees 123 other walkers struck down and 3 injured. for $2000 more than we spent m i devastated countries and they paid missionary on leave from her duties • 1944. During the past twelve months ^e tilling of 432 kit bags. In 60 in South America. I the county chapter spent $12,000. grammar schools, both white and Rev. Shelton Moose, pastor of the j Let’s see how that sum was used, colored, 5606 children are members church,^said Mrs. Machetzki will use j have four paid, trained workers i ‘who carry on Red Cross work: Miss Beaufort Copeland, Mrs. Paul Smith, as a basis for her presentations “Forth,” a handbook for study groups on world missions. The handbook was prepared by the board of foreign missions of the United Lutheran church and it approaches the world mission question from a scriptural standpoint. Mrs. Machetzki will speak at the Lenten vesper service on Wednesday morning, and the public is cordiallly invited to all of the four classes of the study group, Mr. Moose said. The time of all meetings will be 7:45. Mrs. Alvin Davis, and Mrs. Irby of the Junior Red Cross, and in 11 high schools’1949 are enrolled mem bers. During the past year we have made 1 Cotton Manufacturers Association of , South Carolina, the two interests which have commanded the major portion of my attention in recent I years. v “It seems to me that the challenge of this . emergency is irresistable. Present economic trends demand the At the court of general sessions Walkers on rural highways are now i as t week at Laurens, the grand jury, being contacted by patrolmen wheth-, ^ as organized into committees for--most vigorous effort and thought if er they are walking correctly and in- the coming year as follows: A ' ’ correctly. If the pedestrian is walk ing in such a manner as to bring Roads and Bridges: M. L. Knight, chairman, David C. Smith, J. P. Hun- danger upon himself, the hazardous j ter. practice is pointed out to him. j j a ji anc j Court House: Rossie Will- Cards are distributed to each pe- 1 arc i > chariman, Sam Bagwell, M W. destrian stopped. On the card is a; Hellams. Hipp the Clinton case worker. Their ^d ^ and 2 83 knUtir 1 ^ 16 " 1601 °L the Pedestrian death toll Education: Tom C. Ow.ngs, chair- salanes total $5,000 We maintain an L a Sients ThLe were our quotas ami in the state ’ and th , is is ke P l U P t0 man. M C. Pinson. W. P Shealey. office in Clinton that serves the low-1 S^f^rhese^were our quotas, and date wjth current ^ cords . , Chain Gang . j B Lewis chairman Basic safe walking rules have been R oy p. Compton. A. J. Satterfield, determined from accident records in. Auditing: H. W. Laws, chairman, the state. These are listed on the j. p Vance. er part of the county in addition to we filled them. Each kit bag is filled the main county chapter in Laurens. Wlth the f oll° win g items^ soap and That means rent, janitor services, i s ? a P b ° x * P 13 ^” 1 ® car ds, a package of lights, coal, and supplies for both of-1 <rigar ® ttes ’ a shoe polishing cloth, a fic " S - . ,. . ... , , rMaSr a^ralfd j • l ' Wa,k Dn the J eft shoulder-f.c-1 man , L. L. Manley. w W Thompson fore, that after several years of qlose Our communications bill for the sno ^ iaces - ra ^ r oiaaes, a D o° K - a oo j ng oncom i ng tra fl lc i ^ F ’ 1 industry is to be understood, appre ciated. and perpetuated through the years which lie ahead. To this re sponsibility I am glad to dedicate my future efforts. “At heart, I am a business man rather than an educator. I had never intended t* do more than establish the financial stability of Presbyterian college. Anticipating the day when my work would be finished. I have endeavored to train a staff here which ) can carry on effectively Red Cross to maintain communica en in forces and their familiei. All emer gency situations between the men and their families is handled through nil.... _ tions between the men in the armed khak i wool for the army, 28 turtle neck sweaters, 21 helmets, 18 watch caps made in navy blue, and 54 knee- bands for men in hospitals. 11 New Food Stamps Come Into Use Six, new processed food ration stamps and five new meats-fats, Red Cross channels, from the county stamps will become valid in the next I office to" the Red Cross field director week, state ration officials announced' who serves the men wherever they yesterday. j ' are stationed. Book four blue stamps N-2 through S-2 will become good today and re main in use through June 30 for pro cessed foods purchases. 1 •. , Book four red stamps E-2 through traveling expenses on an emergency cards as follows: 1 County Home: Roy Casque, chair- ! “It is with great satisfaction, there- 1. Walk on the left shoulder—fac- ma n, L. L. Manley. W. W. Thompson ia "hmisewifa” nr enu/inp kit Thp 1 ,,Jg oncom i n g traffic. “'Collaboration I have recommended past year was $1500. Communications a ' , fu s ^ ^ st w.ng Kir ine, 2 . Before crossing-look both ways . *nd the board of trusted has selected means telephone and telegraph ser- * mue0 inc uded b7 P air £‘jWi wait until the highway is clea vice, for it is part of the duty of the; 64 sleeveless^ sweaters, 21 j 3 When , eaving a * car £ bus _: wristlets, and 10 mufflers made in -get i out on the right curb side and wait; until the vehicle tnqves on before crossing. 4. When crossing from behind parked vehicljes—stop’, look, and wait piilig i RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) CrosTTr^ 0 A he c La HXV C X!rm R an d before steppid g into die highway. _ C. K. Wright, War Fund chairman;' or 5 r ^ y n a g f^ t Wear SOmething white vaH^ expire March 31; C2. D2. E2. essential war work since Peart as my successor, Dr. Marshall W .! Brown, dean of the colleger who has not only proved himself to be one — of the finest academic deans in the (Compiled to date for information South but who has capably handled of The Chronicle’s readers). * be business mqnugement of the col- PROCESSED FOODS: BLUE le « e as m y ttrs t assistant while I have STAMPS: Y5, Z5, A2. B2 now been awa y from the campus so much F2, G2 now valid, expire April 28; Harbor. J2 will come into use next Sunday and will also be good through June 30 , 7 County Receives Gasoline Check furlough, it might be sums paid out) to a soldier’s family pending his al lotment checks. L^ans are made when a worker knows that the need and conditions warrant such action, andj speh sums advanced are called loans because no one wants charity. These sums are repaid at the earliest mo- County Treasurer T. Lane Monroe ment. Grants are sums paid out said yesterday that he had received where the worker feels that we who •from the comptroller general the give to the Red Cross would want to monthlyY-heck representing the coun- help a buddy out aind not want our ] ty’s one cent share 1 of the gasoline' money repaid. tax for January. The check, he said, I Here, very briefly, .is how our amounted to $2,973.6, being consider- money was spent by tHe Rbd Cross ably less than the county received in Laurens county. But that money before gasoline rationing. For jji=_-has its human expression, too. It stance, the county received $4,203.01 means that during the past year 2532 for January 1940. Laurens county homes called on the Miss'Marguerite Clarke, chairman of . - " 1 „ "'T.VT' r, , „ , Then ihere is S4500 which has been nutrition; Mrs. M. M. Brown, chair- «*/*»*«>«., H 2, «. K2. ,L2. M2 now valid, expire Ur. Brown, „ Presbyter,an elder. Then there is $4500 which has been snecial services- Mrs R C v '' alk Mn 8 le L —vJune 2. , has proved himself a great spiritual paid out on loans and grants. Loans) services, Each card fe a pledge by tHe walk-) MEATS AND FATS: R4fe D l*ad*r, an effective speaker, an eco- are madejwhen lor some reason > | “ «“* he J" 1 ** ™les of STAMPS: y*. K5. Sa now valid, ex- nom.cal business manager, a depend- ?r U aveim«"«^ TZ h-'iP're March 31: T5. V5. V5. WJ. Xa able adviser ol young men. as well traveline exnenses on an emereenev. (Contlnued on page i wo) ORCHARD DEMOXSTRATIOV "“ W Valid ' , ' Xp,r '-' A ‘ >r ' 1 28: Y6 ' Z5 ’ U f”academic dean. In OKI HARD DEMONSTRATION | A2( 32, C2, D2 now valid, expire fact - he really knows more about the W. G. McDaniel, Laurens, gave a j une 2 current affairs of Presbyterian col,- smoke screen demonstration at his SUGAR: Stamp 35 *h>.w good for le ‘^ than an yone else, including my'- orchard Wednesday, using smoke flyp pounds, expires June 2’ I :s ®H. screen stoves he purchased for use SHOES: Airplane stamps 1, '2 and "The college is fortunate in having this spring during nights when likely 3 now him as its leader today. His knowl- NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS Due to changes and discon tinuances, ♦ THE.CHRONICLE can now accept a limited num ber of new subscriptions. All subscriptions are payable in ad vance since we are limited in the use of newsprint by order of the War Production Board. New subscriptions wlp Be promptly entered in the order received. there will be frost.’ FUEL OIL: Period 4 and 5 cou- ed « e of the educational field, , . „ _ , OL The machine \*ill burn kerosene, pons from* last season, period 1, 2, 3. Christian liberal arts education in fuel oil, diesel oil, or a mixture of 4 and 5 coupons from this seasop—.particular, and more specifically his all valid for 10 gallons each. coupons lurticularly qualify him for the burnt motor oil and fuel' oil’mixture. It’s object is to furnish a cloud of GASOLINE A-14 smoke on nights when there is dan- through March 21 deep loyalty to Presbyterian college good and intimate knowledge of it« prob- lems ger of frost. • 1 . , ^ - presidency, part. :u!arly '• two years, peach TO BE-Gl'E'1'S <>K si'HOOIi growers haVe lost heavily duo: to Uto The County u - ‘ ' lro-t oi iriege., killing the peach Agencies 'a:11 be lunch guests of the owned colleges, a,side a. buds - . State Training school on Tuesday.) be ot such great tm Since the demonstiation 100 stoves March 6. Dinner will be served atj It goes ■'without saying have been bought in the county. 1 o’clock, with all members invited. J (Continued on page two) h tae rohciency tance. of course.