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7- \ . -'--M / A . I / 1 THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable t She QUtttfcm (Ehrmtirlf If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LXV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 10, 1945 Number 19 PUNS GIVEN FOR aOSING PROGRAM AT CtINTON HIGH Baccalaureate Service May 20 at Methodist 1 Church. Sixty-three Slated To Finish. The 1944-45 session of the Clinton city schools will come to a close on j nouncement CELEBRATION OF V-E DAY QUIET, PRAYER SERVICE HELD Clintonians reacted calmly and with quiet joy to the official an nouncement Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock of. Germany’s unconditional surrender. There was no boisterous celebration. With President Truman’s an- the fire whisle blew SUNDAY IS “HER” DAY Friday, May 25. The commencement program of the high school will be ushered in i several minutes to call the public to the square and for the closing of business houses. A ’ large crowd as sembled including school childreh on Sunday Evening, May when studenU . T he service at the baccalaureate sermon will be! moment was conducted by the preached at Broad Street Methodist me monumeni was conauciea oy me church by the pastor, Rev. J. H Kohler. As has been the custom for —♦ City Ministerial union with Rev. J. H. Kohler presiding. . Churches remained open during years, this will be a union service in , . . , . “ J „ ■ the day so that members might enter which the churches a! the city »« and eiiage in silent prayer ind med- •nvited to unite. iitation it they so desired. On Thursday evening, May 24, the; j n eve ning at 8 o’clock a large- seniors will present “class day exer- j jy attended union service was held at c ^ ses - I Broad Street Methodist church with Friday evening, May 25, the grad-! the pastor, Mr. Kohler, presiding, and uating exercises will be held in Flor- i the city ministers participating. A ■ida Street school auditorium. The , program of songs, scripture reading program will consist of the presen- and prayer was given—the fmpress- tation of medals and awards and the [ ive service being marked with a delivery of diplomas to the gradu-: spirit of thankful and prayerful grat- ates. First honor members of the class j itude. have not yet been announced. Of the 63 graduates, 22 are boys and 41 girls. The list has been an nounced as follows: Boys Derril Bozard, Goldville. Buddy Carr, Goldville. John Cauthen, Clinton. Brooks Copeland, Clinton. George Dailey, Route 1, Clinton. Virlyn Davenport, Goldville. Tedo Freeman, Clinton. Bee Henderson, Clinton. John Hunter, Clinton. Karl Johnson, Jr., Clinton. Joe McGee, Clinton. Bobby McGowan, Cross Hill. Lonnie McMillian, Clinton. Walter Morris, Clinton BAPTIST W. M. U. TO MEET SATURDAY IN LAURENS CHURCH The W. M. U. conference of the Laurens County Baptist association will meet Saturday, May 12, at 10:30 in the First Baptist church at Lau rens, it has been announced by su perintendents of the various depart ments. Mrs. C. B. Bobo, superintendent emeritus, will conduct the opening! ■ , - . , . , devotions. The Rev. J. H. Kyzar, (LOfig and dmitn LCCdCrS pastor of the hostess church, will 11- Furman Camnainn speak on the Centehnial observance 1 1 n ruri *a n campaign Bobby Neighbors, Route 2, Clinton.'and Mrs. I. N. Patterson, missionary: Van Oxner, Kinards. j to Africa, will bring the missionary Jack Parrish, Lydia Mill, Clinton, i message. Virgil Simpson, Clinton. John Somerville, Cross Hill. European War Ends In Complete Victory Truman, Churchill and Stalin Proclaim Final Doom For Hitler’s Reich. Richard Stutts, Clinton. Murphey Timmerman, Clinton. David Tribble, Clinton. Girls Frances Adair, Clinton. Betty Jo Boyd, Route 3, Clinton. Nell Buchanan, Clinton. Margaret Cauble, Clinton. Virginia Chaney, Clinton. Shirley Dawkins, Clinton. Barbara Dickey, Goldville. Mary Alice Dixon, Renno. Betty Dunaway, Clinton. Ruby Fallaw, Clinton. Annell Falls, Clinton. Mary Lou Few, Clinfon. Dorothy Foster, Clinton. Doris Fuller, Clinton. Joy Godfrey, Clinton. Virginia Gray, Clinton. Virginia Henry, Clinton. Jocelyn Hollingsworth, Cross Hill. Ruth Holtzclaw, Route 1, Clinton. Johnita Horton, Clinton. Marie lusti, Cross Hill. Clara Johnson, Clinton. " Sara Jane Johnson, Clinton. Dorothy Kelly, Goldville. Betty Leaman, Cross Hill. Willena Lovelace, Goldville. Blanche McClure, Clinton. Emma McCrary, Clinton. Georgia Nabors, Route 2, Clinton. Carolyn Pitts, Clinton. Fay Pitts, Clinton. Marjorie Reeder, Cross Hill. Juanita Rowland, Goldville. Thelmsi Buss, Clinton. Iris Simmons, Goldville. Louise Singley, Clinton. Agnes Smith, Cross Hill. Jean Templeton, Goldville. Betty Jean Waits, Goldville. Jean Williams, Route 3, Clinton. Grace Workman, Cross Hill. REMEMBER MOTHER — SHE DESERVES A MEDAL TOO! High School Band To Give Concert The Rev. Walter N. Long, pastor The high school band, under the of the First Baptist church of this direction of Miss Nettie Findley, will The afternoon session will be de- city ' and M ’ L Smith of Laurens * Present its annual spring concert voted to grouo conferences The W have becn named Laurens Associ-' Tuesday evening. May 15, at 8 M S d group wtlt be ted by Miss Von-fl' 0 ",.'' 311 " 5 In the "Campaign oclook in Florida Street school au- nie Lance state executive secretary; “°" th ' or F “ m ; a " u " lv ' r, L ty * h ,^ h lJ,l ° num - the Y. W. A. by Miss Elise McCaa, be c ° n ducted throughout the The program will be varied to in state treasurer; the G. A. by Miss state dunn £ the month May dude the following selections: "Mas- Ruth Provence, young people’s su- During the “Campaign Month terbuilt Overture, "Stouthearted perintendent;’the R. A. by the Rev. Baptist churches in the state are to Men,” “Washington Post March” and J. T. Green, field worker; and the'^ ave ^ e cause of Furman university popular numbers including “The Man Sunbeams by Mrs. C. M. Griffin, of Spartanburg, state president of. the W. M. U. Miss Alleene Franks is superin and Christian education brought to I Love” and “Night and Day.” A cor- them as a part of the campaign to net solo will be given by Kay Mills, raise $1,000,000 in three years fori p U bij c ls cordially invited to! - _ diversity. May 2. is to be ob-, a ^ enc j (be entertainment. No admis- tendent of the W. M. S.; Miss Ethel | served as "Victory Sunday” when re-; sion will be charged. Simmons, of the Y. W. A.; Miss Eu-|P° rts of the campaign are to be Seniors To Present ‘Follies' Fridoy Night genia Burns, of the G. A.; Miss Be atrice Highsmith, of the R. A., and Miss Nell Simpson, of the Sunbeams. All churches of the association are expected to send representatives, it was stated. KILLED IN ACTION made by all churches which have completed their work. Jurors Drawn For Civil Term This Month Clothing Collection Totals 4,312 Pounds Reims, France. — Germany surrendered uncondi tionally to the Western Allies and Russia at 2:41 A. M. French time Monday. (This was at 8:41 P. Eastern War Time Sunday). The surrender took place at a little red school house which is the headquarters of Gen. Eisenhower. The surrender which brought the war in Europe to a formal end after five years, eight months and six days of bloodshed and destruction was signed for Ger many by Col. Gen. Gustav Jodi, new chjef pf staff of the German army. It was signed for the Supreme Allied Command by Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith, chief of staff for General Eisenhower. It was also signed.by General Ivan Susloparoff for Russia and by General Francois Sevez for France. General Eisenhower was not present at the signing, but immediately afterward Jodi and his fellow dele gate, General Admiral Hans Georg Friedeburg, were received by the Supreme Commander. They were asked sternly if they understood the surrender terms imposed upon Germany and if they would be carried out by Ger many. They answered yes. Germany, which began the war with a ruthless at tack upon Poland followed by successive aggressions and brutality in internment camps, surrendered with an appeal to the victors for mercy toward the German people and arnied forces. After sigrifng the full surrender, Jodi said he wanted to speak and was given leave to do so. "With this signature," he said in ^oft-spoken Ger man, "the German people and armed forces are for better or worse delivered into the victors' hands." "In this war which has lasted more than five years both have achieved and suffered more than perhaps any other people in the world." Paris, Wednesday, May 9.—Germany bowed today to the most crushing defeat ever inflicted upon a nation, her abject surrender *- F. E. Miller, chairman of the local . . .... a* * • , r . United Clothing Collection campaign, proclaimed to the world by the United States, Britain and Russia. _. # i ..J said yesterday that 4,312 pounds of | The Moscow radio in behalf of Premier Stalin, announced the convene i^La^ns on'the 14th, \^th J'amilie^M 1 "fhis^cqmmumty Ul durmg unconditional surrender to the Russian people at 1:10 a. m. today Judge Steve C. Griffith of Newberry, the drive j n April. The collection has ten hours and ten minutes after President Truman and Prime ie pTt!! y iurnm eS thi‘r g prtinn h^v* been packed and forwarded to Minister Churchill proclaimed V-E dav. Petit jurors from this section have Greenvillie, from w'hich point it will.l been drawn as follows: be shipped with others from this The announcement said the final articles of capitulation were signed Hunter township: J. B. Townsend, area to war _torn Europe for millions y estcrda y 111 Berlin, the ruined capital symbolic of the fall of the Third C. M. Roach, VV. H. Jenkins, Thomas w ho are in desperate need. Milam, Nathaniel Washington Oxner, R. L. Hammond, W. R. Lanford, Lon nie Parrish, M. W. Adams and L. F. Gregory., Scuffletown: J. L. Cunningham. Jacks: Walter P. Godfrey. Form Labor Assistant To Begin Work Reich. Field Marshall Wilhelm Kietel, chief of the German hqth command, signed the articles in the presence of Marshal Gregory K Zhukov, assistant der of the Red armies; Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, dep- supreme commander in the west: Gen. Carl A. Spaatj. chief of the U. S. egic air force in Europe, and Lt. Geiv Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. com mander of the French First army. For Germany it was a crowning ignominy—Von Keitel, whose armiee conunant ! ufVsupri ; stategic s BULLETIN (OPA) RATIONING BOARD T. Roy DeShields, of Lanfprd, will begin work on May 15 as farm labor assistant with his office in the A^jri- ^ out mastered £iirope« forced to si&n in the ashes of Germany s first city culture building at Laurens with the surrender articles which stripped the Reich of its last vestige of mili- county agent. Mr. DeShields was em- tary stren £th. ployed on this work last summer and The guns of Europe, which through five years, eight months and seven fall and will devote his time in aid- days of unexiampled war inflicted possibly 40,000.000 casualties, fell silent ing, farmers whenever possible .with at one minute past midnight today (6:01 p.m Tuesday, Eastern War time) their labor problems. (Compiled to date for information of The Chronicle’s readers). PROCESSED FOODS: BLUE STAMPS H2, J2, K2, L2. M2 now- valid, expire June 2: N2, P2. Q2, R2 S2 now valid, expire-June 30; T2. , ’2, V2, W2, X2 now valid, expire July 31; Y2, Z2, Al, Bl, Cl now valid, ex pire August 31. MEATS AND FATS: RED STAMPS Y5, Z5j A2, B2, C2. 1)2 now received a letter from her son, Pfc. valid, expfbe June 2; E2. F2. G2. 112. William B. Glenn, who has been a PVT. MARVIN TUCKER vtVTvw, oroHn Pvt- Marvin Tucker, 20, was killed The senior y . be in action April 20 in Germany, ac- prilnted Friday evening at 8 o’clock cording to^word received from the ^ J^now- vahd, expire June 30; K2^ L2, prisoner of the German government formance of duty Actually, guns on the western front were stilled- Monday to prevent further bloodshed as the Allied world celebrated V-K day 1! months and two days after General Eisenhower’s armies stormed into France to liber ate a Euope in Nazi chains. • • The last shot on’the western front waas fired in Czechoslovakia by the 80th Infantry division of General Patton’s Third army, the last to remain in action. Patton issued.his cease fire order at 8 a m today (2 a m. EWT). D n TTi ” r.u- ♦ In a rin 8 in S order of the day, Eisenhower told his armies that "the cru- Mis. R. B. Glenn, of this city, has sade on which w-e embarked in the early •hfmmer'of 1944 ha reached its glorious conclusion. It is rny especial privilege in the name f ail nations represented in this theater of wai to commend each of you for valiant per- Pfc. William Glenn Liberated By Allies at Florida Street school auditorium. Included as features otf the enter tainment will be skits, a ballet, songs and choruses. A “wqmanless” wed ding will climax the program. A small admission charge will be made, the proceeds to go into the class treasury. BANKS TO CLOSE The baAks of the city will be clos ed today (Thursday) in observance of Memorial day. war department on May 2 by his M2, N2, P2 now valid, expire July the past 27 months, stating that he parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lesser Tucker, > 31; Q2, R2, S2, 112, U2 now valid, ex- has been liberated and is now in the nds of the ILjs. army. In his letter, dated April of this city. |pire August 31.1 . hands of the ILjs. army Pvt. Tucker had been in service "Though these words are feeble, they come from the bottom of a heart ; overflowing with, pride in your loyal service and admiration fur you as SUGAR: Stamp 35 now good for ^ nis letter, aaiea April 16. he hrvTa^i^rd'the 'woVLd ” the a ‘ r ’ gl ° UVd ^ m ^ two years, receiving his training at five pounds, expires June 2: stamp 36 stated that he was rescued from a PP y ’ tonished lhe ^ orld - now valid, expires August 31. prison camp on the 13th. Pfc. Glenn Under the stern surrender formula Germany’s guhs are at rest, air fleets qHOFq Airnlanp ct-.mrw'l *> and was f a P^red with practically his en- | are y, f ld ^ d ’ and warships, U-boats and merchant-men at sea are headed 3 now vaM ^.±1 S! «"> company during Tunisian toward Allied ports to give up. Fort Knox, Ky., Fort Benning, Ga., and Camp Shelby, Miss. He had been overseas four months. Besides his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Pvt. Leland Tuck er, Camp Gordon, Ga., Lester Tuck er, Jr., and Vernon Tucker; two sis ters, Eunice and Nellie Tucker of this city. • i valid New shoe stamo be- ^ ^ ^ valid Aucust \ campaign at Faid Pass in February,} The signing of surrehdeFterms with Germany-sealed the fate of Janah .1943. - v ^ which one day will be forced Sign a simila ’ ‘ comes FUEL OIL: Periods 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 valid for 10 gallons each. ^ v.«ruc«jr will be forced sign a similarly harsh surrender, for now the Pfc. Glenn was inducted into the full power of the United Notations and Britain will be loosed against the army on October 16, 1941, and was island empire. Seventy veteran U. S .corhbat divisions in Europe"done an? GASOLINE: A-15 coupons valid sent overseas with an infantry upit; released. Eisenhower’s- commanders already were turnin'* their attention through June 21. I February 15, 1942. I toward the Pacific. * * UO