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THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIV A Clinfoh, 5. C, Thursday, December 7, 1944 Number 49 Locker Plant Will Open January 1; Rental Prices Given LAST RITES HELD FOR POSEY H. COPELAND TO ARRIVE HERE TODAY AT 4:00 P. M. Posey H. Copeland, 73, died Sun day morning in Columbia following a few days illness. The body was brought Sunday to ' , the residence of his niece, Mrs. John The Clinton Electric Freezer and Grimn on Nohh Adair street Locker Cooperative recently comp e - p unera j 5erv i ces we re held from the ed on Hampton avenue will open home Monday afternoon with the the public about January 1, accord- Rey j H Kohl?r in ch arge. Inter-, ing to the board of trustees. ment followed in Rosemont ceme- The trustees have also announced t er y w jth a number of friends as- that John M. (Chick) Ray will man age the plant, and Mrs. William D. Adair will be bookkeeper, sembled for the last rites. Tha following nephews served as pallbearers: Rhett P. Adair, Posey The lockers, according to the direc- \y. Copeland, Sam C. Young, Edgar tors, are arranged in sections five c, Taylor, W E. Copeland and F. rows high, with space of six and Copeland Adair, seven cubic feet. The following Mr. Copeland had been in declining schedule of rentals has been set up: health for several years and in re- First row $10, second $11, third cen t months had made his home in $11.50, fourth $14, fifth $14. Laurens.with Mr. and Mrs. Joe The plant is equipped to process Adair. He was a native of this cbun- beef, pork and other types of meat.: ty ( the son of the late L. Watts Cope- Those desiring slaughtering, the pub- , land and Lena Hollingsworth Cope- lie is informed, must either slaughter j land, a well known and widely con- their own meat or have it done at j nected family of this section of the the city abattoir. Dates must also bei coun ty. The deceased is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Minnie C. Adair of this city, Mrs. Joe R. Adair of Laurens, and a number of nieces and nephews. furnished by renters as to the deliv ery of meat to the plant. The charge for processing beef will be 4c per pound. The charge bn pork will be IMsc per pound for cutting and trimming. On portio*s->qf meati . ., , to be salt cured there will be an County 4-H CfS Number additional charge of 4c per pound. 71c d awc nn J ft; r | c The plant is also equipped to ren-, ^ 1 ^ DUyi ana \3irib der lard and t6 process other types of meat, vegetables and fruits. The board of directors heading the new enterprise consists of R. L. Plaxico, chairman, Ryan F: Lawson, In connection with the recent na tional observance of 4-H Club Achievement week, J. B. Williams, assistant county agent, and Miss Yanks Of Third Army Force New Crossing Of Saar ROBERT B. GLENN CLAIMED BY' DEATH 4 ' Robert B. Glenn. 1\, died suddenly last Thursday night while on duty as an attendant at the State Training school. He had been connected with the institution for the past 17 years' ~ 'as one o( its faithful and dependable Supreme Headquarters Allied Ex- start members. V , ^"tionary Foree. Pans. Dec. 5,- . A . . The American Third army forced a Funeral services were conducted at ngw crossin g of the S aar south of 3 o clock Saturday afternoon from s aar j au t ern today and other Yanks the residence, with the Reyr William p ressed eastward beyond that arsenal- R. Turner officiating, assisted ^ r -! city as the Allies wound up their D. J. Woods. Interment followed at drst s j x mon Qj S 0 f western in- | Rosemont cemetery. * vasion with five armies fighting on Pallbearers were Joe W. Leake, German soil. Two others are ham- Rhett P. Adair, R. L. Plaxico, Carl mer j n g a t the Reich’s Rhine river Rutherfordson, Hugh Ray and Camak boundary. Lancaster. ... Battlefront dispatches said the 95th | Mr. Glenn was a native of Laurens division of Lt Gen George s Pat . county and had spent his entire life j on . s 'p b j rd arm y sen t troops across in. this community where he was gaar south of Saarlautern and ( highly regarded by many friends mto tbe 0U tp 0s ts of the Siegfriend I who will learn with regret of his i m e. Other units of the same division passing. He was a son of the < stabbed beyond Saarlautern and ex- | David A. and Lucy Byrd Glenn, a p anded their original bridgehead, widely connected family of this sec “! which now is it-least 24 miles wide t lon - . 'at its base. Special details continnued The deceased is survived by his m0 ppj n g U p operations in Saarlau- widow, Mrs. Sue Betsill Glenn; three j ern i tse if Isons, Pfc. David Glenn, U. S. army. William Glenn, U. S. army, prisoner The wheeling operation all along ^ 'r^iJ™ XV the Third army front south of Saar of war in Germany. Robert Glenn of . —.. f . Clinton; one brother. Downs A. Glenn of near Clinton; two sisters. lautern continued. Reports said the doughboys made advances of up to ... T • - „ t three miles, pressing within six miles Miss Jennie Glenn of near Clinton, i ... _ . . . . , . . 0 , ,, T . t u . ., of the great industrial city of Saar- and Mrs. Johnnie C. Johnson of New- . . * , ^ . . brucken and within three miles of m Saareguemines. Tonight Patton’s men and armor had thrust inside Germany on a solid 40-mile front extending from a point secretary-treasurer, P. S. Bailey, )N. E. Bell and J. T. Addison. Louise Fleming, county home dem- I onstration agent, announced a total | membership of 215 boys and girls in j Laurens county. There are 81 boys who are members of six club and 134 girls in eight clubs. Mr. Williams reported the boys | had made a big contribution to the, A dividend for the six months war e ff 0 £>t by taking part in the pro- I period June 30 to December 31, on duc ti 0 n of food and fiber. Individ- CITIZENS FEDERAL PAYS DIVIDEND Santa Claus to Pay Visit To City This Afternoon BAGWELL URGES CHECK ALERTNESS ^ , east of Luxembourg to southwest of As the holiday season approaches, tbe blackened industrial city of Saar- Chief of Police L. H. Bagwell yes-' brucken, whose factories and rail terday cautioned all merchants, shop-.'y ar( ^ s were being pounded incessant- keepers and others to be on the alert ^ b Y heav y American artillery from for stolen and forged checks. ; a distance of only six miles. “Check thieves and check forgers '• As American troops plunged Santa Claus, really and truly is coming to town in spite of .will do their Christmas shopping with throu 8h Saarlautern and intp the the basis of 3 per cent per annum, was authorized by the board of di rectors of the Citizens Federal Sav ings and Loan association at their monthly meeting held Tuesday night. The dividend, applies on all classes of shares, investment and savings. The dividend rate was reduced a year ago from 4 to 3 per cent be cause of war regulations which pro hibit the making of loans for build ing purposes. At the same time the directors au thorized the purchase of $55,000 Se ries F war bonds in the Sixth drive. With this new purchase, the associ- uals listed were Charles Brown, pres ident of the Prospect club, who won $14.00 in prize money for his beef cattle at the Fountain Inn show, and Edwin Alexander of the Mountville club, who won a purebred sow pig through the health contest sponsored by the Laurens Kiwanis club. Miss Fleming reported that cloth ing was a major project in the girls" club. Saving in renovating garments and bed linen was estimated at ap proximately $167.00. Household du ties and work on the farm and gar den and tending chickens were also the war He will arrive this afternoon (Thursday) at 4 o’clock and extends a cordial invitation to all the little folks of the com munity to be on the streets to greet him ' stolen and forged checks if merchants enemy’s concrete defense belt beyond and housewies aren’t particularly the city in the new focal assault of I careful, according to Frank J. Wil-1 the winter offensive, it appeared son, chief of the United States Secret probable that the blood toll now wa< Service, Treasury department. The | sur P ass * n 8 almost anything in the In honor of the_distingui 9 hed visitor a parade will be staged W " h “° ry composed of the Boy Scouts, high school band and college R.O.T.C. Because of war conditions, the celebration has been streamlined, as was the case last year. The event is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. million checks every day,” he said, “and about eight million go .each Drawing ba«k just a trifle the veil month to dependents of men in the °f secrecy guarding the manpower armed forces. Check thieves steal as cos t °f tbe great operation. Allied Bazaar Friday Night By P.-T. Association , , On Friday evening, December 8, Qt . nU7ns twsnnn hnnd, in , em P ha + SIzed - Individual winners in at 7 . 30 0 . clock a bazaar sponsored VL * 225 . 000 bonds ‘ n , contests were Helen Traynham on b the p a r en t-Teacher association of this series.. 1 1 - 1 — c —* J 01 — 1 — ”— 1 Star Cfinton Wood Passes At Laurens many as they can from hall and j porch mail boxes. Then they forge the endorsements and victimize re tailers who are so anxious to make sales that they fail to consider the j losses they may suffer through care- | lessness. Laurens, Dec. 3.—Funeral services: “The Secret Service offers some for Star Clinton Wood, 69, who died | simple precautions to help fight the i i — — .Sunday morning at the Laurens; forgery racket. If you receive checks The Citizens association has served^ on home safety ‘! f lorida Street scho ° l wil1 be held at county hospital after several months, by mail, be at home or have a mem- this community for the past 35 years' Assisting the agents in various | e armor y- headquarters disclosed that the pre viously estimated figure of 4,000 Ger man casualties daily had risen con siderably. It seemed probable tha*. American armies, now bearing th » brunt of the assault, might be sut - fering at least as heavily. and through this long period has j commun jties were Mrs. W. R. Brown' P . lans for cake walk - s > bingo, pick- made it possible for hundreds of| for g i r i S) and M rs. Robert Cain for pocket apron, fish pond, auction, for in thn families to become home-owners. It| bo y S> Long Branch; Miss Irene Haw- tune telling and exhibits promise a f ‘ ^ ^ 1 j? e 1 lloued ln the is a home-owned and operated asso- ! thorne for girls and E. M. Alewine ni S bt of good entertainment. Laurens cemetery ciation and is headed by the follow-j f or bo ys, Mountville; Mrs. T. B. Sum- Attractive gifts and valuable pro- ing officers and directors: i e rel and Mrs. M M. Timmerman for duce will be on sale at the “needle- B. H. Boyd, president; J. P. Pra- | g i r i Si and Mr. Timmerman for boys,; craft booth” and “country store.” ther, vice-president; B. Hubert Boyd, New Prospect; Mrs. Mae Miller ] Candy, cookies, hot dogs, sand- Bunch for girls, Brewerton; Mr^. I wiches, peanuts and cold drinks will Beatrice Sloan, for girls, State Train- | be on sale for those who like to eat. illness, were held at the Kennedy; ber of your family at home to re mortuary at 11 o’clock Monday ' ceive checks when they are due. morning, conducted by the Rev. John “if you are a retailer or cashier, secretary-treasurer. Board of direc tors: B. H. Boyd, S. W. Sumerel, J. P. Prather, W. W. Harris, W. A. Moor head, B. Hubert Boyd, D. C. Heus- tess, T. D. Copeland and Heath Cope land. Sponish Veterans Elect Officers ing school at Clinton. Issues Thanks To Joanna School Girls The public is cordially invited. A small admission fee will be charged and proceeds used to purchase equip ment for the Florida Street school lunch room. Mrs. Pliney T. Whitlock, executive secretary of the county tuberculosis j association, yesterday expressed her] for LourenS Airport $740,000 Recommended THE WAR IN BRIEF WESTERN FRONT—Nine divL- I ions of U. S. 3rd army advance on Mr. Wood *' was born in Gaston county, N. C., the son of the late John Lewis and Adelaide B. Parham Wood, and^ later in .life he moved to Laurens. He was connected with the Wells Clardy clothing company for 25 years, and later worked at the don t cash checks for strangens with- . c » • . j. a 4 30-mile front, span Saar again, ad- out proper identification. Chief Bag-. , x. 1 . n ox* 1 vance within five miles of Saar- ' ve vvarne ’ - 'brucken and threaten several inda^- ! trial centers with artillery. EASTERN FRONT — Soviets gam up to 12 miles across western Hun gary, reach Lake Balaton, captur;? Marcali, 52 miles from Austria. AIR—More than 1,350 U. S. War planes attack Berlin and Munster, Mrs: Stone Retires From Southern Bell The United Spanish War Veterans,. to the members of the home J J. McSwain Camp No. 20 of this county met here Sunday afternoon and heard an address by Rev. W. G. Somerville, pastor of Liberty Springs Presbyterian church, Cross Hill. The following officers were elected, to serve for the year 1945: Elza C. Conner, commander. Maddison D. Milam, Sr., senior commander. J. Sloan Norris, junior commander. Appointed officers are: E. G. Bramlett adjutant and quar termaster. Rev. Thomas J. Graham, chaplain. James H. Burns, color bearer. Claud p. Finley, officer of the day. Guy L. Watson, trustee, 3 years. Kelly F. Johns, trustee, 2 years. J. C. Duncan, trustee, 1 year. economics class of the Joanna high ^ proposed billion-dollar post-war school s 8th grade for their contribu- i program for airport construction and tion of laundry bags to the associ-, improvement has been laid before ation. The bags will be given to needy congress by the Civil Aeronautics patients and families going to State Park for tuberculosis treatment. This is a most commendable pro ject for the high school, Mrs. Whit lock said. Mrs. Evie L. Stone was retired on United States Employment office in: December 1 as local manager of the Clinton. He was also past master of | Southern Bell Telephone company. . n at , . G , tht Palmetto Lodge No. 19, A, F. M„ She is succeeded in this position by|“ r baU J HAF ^ UIlds H ^ mm , Laurens. I Miss Margaret Hollis, who has been, y ards ^ connected with the company several r T , ~ , . • . „ years in the trart.c department. 1 d "^ mto Raven ' Mrs. Stone has been employed by] p ACIFIC ^ N ann y ounces , oss the Southern Bell for 23 years and 1 ,, J . was presented the coveted 25-ye.ri onp i andin /' cni(t and , button uppn, her rettrement. n this I m( , tortn d(ib( i oosition she made an enviable rec- rsun fr»i-.Txtc-o ,, .. , PHILIPPINES—U. S. bomber sinks Mr. Wood was connected with the U. S. employment office of this city for several years and was pleasantly known here by many friends who regret to learn of his passing. Presbyterian Adults Rally Yesterday Hayes Resigns Kohler Speaks To College Students Rev. J. H. Kohler, pastor of Broad Street Methodist church will return today after leading a discussion group at Columbia college Tuesday, Wednesday and today. He was also chapel speaker at the college on the three days. A series of adult rallies throughout the Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina are now being held. The rally for South Carolina pres- Lmi«»nq Pnctarnfo lbytery, including churches of Laurens *- auren:> rabiaratc )county, was held yesterday in 'Greenwood. Several ministers and administration, which recommend ed the building of more than 3,000 new airports and improvements for preslden , ja , vote in the r0C ent over 1,600 fields. Among the 88 airport projects rec ommended for this state, the Laurens ord and was held in the highest re- » ... gard both by company officials and „ , ‘ f,. ... u u ,x x , , Sunday, the second warship sunk l the public. By her fidelity to duty, i , , „ , f , , i * __ si. within two days; Yanks make Iocs j courteous manner and pleasant per- ms on L te Isonality she made many friends in a IVA ^ Columbia, Dec. 4. South Caro- business way who will miss her voice * tse d Presidentibl Vote tote I! In Stote Counted at No. 9000. airport (Barksdale field) midway be tween here and Laurens, is listed for | -m.nnnn j 4 u 1 j x official returns from the states $740,000/- and to be enlarged from counties class 2 to 3. general election was almost 4,000 greater than that cast in 1940, it was j i n the offices of Jacobs Press'of this revealed here today as the state j c ity. beard of canvassers met to declare enemy • Kweichow drive, recapture Pachai ■«» ex u • 4 j x SOUTHEAST ASIA—Japanese re- Mrs. Stone has accepted a position .' . . . 4U„ T.._u„ r. x 4i_: . ported abandoning great parts of Burma. • , 46 Clinton Post Office To Become First Class An unofficial tabulation of returns from the state’s 1,282 precincts show ed the total presidential votes to be 103.330, as comffiired to 99,830 in 1940. « Roosevelt received 90,608 votes; The Rev. John J. Hayes, for the Byrd, 7,799; Dewey. 4,560, and pro- yrwnrwy.. years pas , or of the First | hibitionist Claude Watson, 370. y 'Presbyterian church of Laurens, has' In the senate race, 101,710 votes j p os t mas ter R. L Plaxico stated yes- ! resigned bis pastorate and his resig-!were cast, of which Johnston drew terday means that on next July 1 From January 1 until the close of business Monday, December 4, stamp sales at the local post office reached a high of $44,563,118, with the Christ mas rush season yeFahead. Reaching . this required amount, meeting. RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OfA) County Now Has New Patrolman nation was accepted at a congrega- 94,556; Gaston, 3,769; McKaine, 3,214, tional meeting held Sunday. and Hendrix, 141. Mr. Hayes on January 1 will be- ' ~~~~ come regional director of religious , j Npnrnpc Tn education under the Southern Pres-' 1 iNcyrucb V30 IO byterian, church in the states 'f Jackson for Induction (Compiled to date for information Missouri and Arkansas. He arH his' of The Chronicle’s readers). family will make their home in Little PROCESSED FOODS: Blue A8 Rock, Ark. through B-2,(book 4) now valid at Mr. Hayes is pleasantly known in Columbia, on November 30, for in- 10 points each. Good indefinitely. Clinton. For the past year he served dU ction into the armed forces. They MEATS AND FATS: Red AS tbe Klwan ^ division, including ^erg. through S5 (book 4) now valid at the cli nton club, as lieutenant gov-| David Price Miller, Clinton. 10 point each. Good indefinitely. icrnor. ■ Wood son Wesey^ Rt 3, Clinton. SUQAR: Sugar stamps 30, 31, 32, the office will qualify to be rated Sgt. Jocks Slightly Wounded In Germany Mr. and Mrs. A B Jack^ Sr., wh > live near here, received a telegram Tuesday from the war department stating that their son. Sgt. A. B. Jacks, Jr., was slightly wounded in action in Germany on November U Sgt. Jacks has been overseas 22 months and took part in the North African and Sicilian campaigns and up from a second to first class office., landed in France on D-dav. He i» The local selective service board i sent two Negroes to Fort Jackson, Protect Your Home from TUBERCULOSIS with the First army under General Hodges. E. D. ^abry, highway patrolman working the Pickens county area out ki AA t of Greenville, arrived December 1 in 33 and 34 now good for five pounds I 60Cn6rS AflCGt Laurens to take over duties as county ( each indefinitely, highway patrolman. He succeedss W. j CANNING SUGAR: Stamp 40 good A. Lowry, who resigned recently to for five pounds canning sugar until i The December me eting of the Lau- Iri Laurens Today enter the poultry business. February 28, 1945. jrens County Education association SHOES: Airplane stamps No. 1,'will be held in Laurens this after- 2, and 3 valid indefinitely. ] noon at 3:30 with President G. N. FUEL OIL: Period 4 and 5 cou-, Foy of Goldville, presiding. GEORGE W. BAILEY ILL The many friends of George W . _ , , . 4 . * Bailey, one of the city’s oldest arid pons from last year and Period 1 Entertainment will Ibe furnished highly’ regarded citizens, will be coupons for this season now valid. ' by a group from the Laurens city sorry to learn he continues quite ill ^ GASOLINE: A-13 coupons good schools, with the latter part of the at his home on North Broad street, 'through December 21. 1 program given to group meetings. [Norton To Give |Christmas Reading Dr. C. C. Norton, dean of Wofford college, Spartanburg, will be at Broad Street Mtehodist church Sun day, December 17, at the regular eve ning worship hour of 7:30, and will give his famous reading of Dickens’ “Christmas Carol.” Dr. Norton vividly portrays the character of “Scrooge.” The public is invited to attend. 4-f- 4 ' Lutherons Holding Services In Laurens Services of the Lutheran congrega tion, being organized in Laurens, are being held on Sunday evening at the Episcopal church. The Rev. J. Shelton Moose, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran church of this city, is fostering the organization. BUY and BSE Entertainers At Long Branch Saturday Guy Thompson and his Carolina Play Boys will give an’entertamment of music and fun at Long Branch school! house near here on Saturday. Deceniber 9, beginning at 8 o'clock. The pd|t>lic is invited. \