Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

!7iE3P ./'• 1. SB HHHRH DH CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Glean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable i / ' ~i-‘ '4 r . i- If You Don't Read - THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News .Volume XLVII Clinton, S. C, Thursday,”May 29, 1947 Number 22 * -H - y i < CLINTON Business, Professional Folks You Know DIPLOMAS GIVEN 53 GRADUATES AT ClINTON HIGH Commencement Pro gram Brings 1946-47 School Year to Close. Fifty-three seniors of Clinton high school were awarded diplomas Mon day evening at the annual gradu ation exercises held in Florida Street school auditorium. The exercises were largely attend ed by parents, relatives and friends who had gathered for the final chap- b y "chairman C. W. Anderson, who Plans Go Forward For New 40-Room Hotel 1 " i Executive Committee Continues Preliminary Organ ization Work for Financial Drive. Head of Hocken- bury System Addresses Group and Is Optimistic * Over Outlook for Successful Community Effort. Boccoloureote Speaker The proposed new hotel executive committee met at the campaign headquarters in the showroom of W. C. Baldwin Motor company Monday evening. The meeting was attended JOHN C. THOMAS John Clinton Thomas, a native of Charlotte, N. C., is an adopted Clin tonian who has been actively iden tified with the business, religious and civic life of the city for the past seven years. ^ Mr. Thomas attended Charlotte university and private tutoring under Prof. T. H. Glasgow. He served his apprenticeship to become a watch maker under his uncle, E. D. Thom as of Charlotte. Serving the trade for 17 years and by constant study and practice he qualified as a certi fied watchmaker by the United States govemiqfnt. Mr. Thomas came to Clinton in July, 1940, as manager of Hamil ton’s, a well known jewelry store of the city. He opened his own jewelry business in July, 1943, and recently improved and modernized his store, adding greatly to its attractiveness. Mr. Thomas married Miss Amy Vaughn of Belton. They have three attractive children, Lucy Ann, who is a rising sophomore at Limestone col lege, Terry Vaughn and Kay Amelia. Mr. Thomas is a faithful member of the First Baptist church, serving and superintendent of the Sunday school. He is a Mason, a member of the Kiwanis club and Chamber of Commerce. ter of the closing program. Gradu ates, robed in caps and gowns, occu pied reserved seats as did their par ents. Following the processional, the in vocation was offered by Rev. M. A. Bryant, pastor of the Goldville Bap tist church. The sjalutatory address was given by Eugenia Neighbors, followed by a prayer, “God Who Touchest Earth With Beauty,” by Sidney Maxwell. The valedictory was given by Se vern Somerville of Cross Hili, first honor graduate. Diplomas to the graduates were presented by W. R. Anderson, Jr., superintendent of the city schools. Musical numbers were given ^nd the graduatihg class sang the ahne mater. The benediction av«s gfro- nounced by Rev. J. H. Walker, pas- tos of the Lydia Baptist church. Marshalls were Martha Dailey, Margaret Harris, Joe Holland, Jim my Somerville, Gerry Trammell, Carolyn Young. Officers of the graduating class are: Edward Ray, president; Don Snelgrove, vice-president; M. A. Bryant, secretary; Charles Pitts, treasurer. Fifty-three Graduate The following 36 girls and 17 boys received diplomas: Alberta Baldwin, Bessie Barrett, Myrtis Barrett, Evelyn Bigbee, M. A. Bryant, Jr., Angela Cassanova, Vir ginia Chandler, Nancy Chapman, *> * »*1 Ct>leiBa'nt 8 J>«nes*Co^nd, Copeland, Peggy Copeland, Joan Davenport, Billy Davis, Aileen Dees, Lillian Dixon, Mildred Elliott, Mar garet Evans, William Hatton, Lessie Hedspeth, Bob Hellams, Billie Dee presided, R. L. Plaxico, general chairman, W. C. Baldwin, J. Leland Young, W. Roy Pitts, Mayor L. E. Bishop, C. C._ Giles, P. S. 'Bailey, B. Hubert Boyd, J. Roy Gasque, D. O. Rhame, R. W. Boland, H. L. Eichel- berger, J. J. Cornwall, J. Henderson Pitts, I. M. Smith, D. A. Yarborough, Rj P. Hamer, D. B. Smith, R. E. Fer guson, J. B. Hart, T. E. Addison, A. L. Esplin, campaign organizer, and E J. Hockenbury, president of the Hockenbury System, Inc., of Har risburg, Pa. Chairman Anderson introduced Mr. Hockenbury, who outlined the vari ous steps to be taken in the develop ment of the campaign organization. He submitted two plans' for raising the necessary funds to underwrite Jtfte cost of building and equipping the new proposed hotel. The first plan called for raising 60 per cent of the needed money by selling at least $128,400 of preferred stock (par value $100) and common stock (par value $20). The balance of not more than 40 per cent, or $85,600, to be covered by a mortgage or sale of bonds. The second plan, and which Mr. Hockenbury favored, is to sell the full amount required, $214,000 in preferred and common stock, and have no mortgage wlutt- soever on the property. It was the concensus of opinion that if at all possible the full amount should be raised. In answer to the question, will a new hotel pay in Clinton?, Mr. Hock enbury stated that in his judgment there is no doubt but that a new 40- room hotel would pay, provided per tain very important fundamentals are carefully observed. These he f CLOSING PROGRAM AT COLLEGE BEGINS SUNDAY MORNING Baccalaureate at First Presbyterian Church. Fifty-two Seniors To Receive Degrees. " Alumni To Hold ” " Commencement exercises at Thornwell orphanage have been an nounced for June 7-10. In connec tion with the program a Grand Rally reunion o< former boys, *n<l '^'ui'STwbbie, Fri nee', the institution will be held with a study must be given to architectural plans so that it will not only be at tractive in design but sufficiently flexible to meet all requirements for economical operations; fourth, the hotel must .be properly financed with j the maximum of .equity stock 'and a minimum of mortgage; fifth, the ho tel must havfc iht&Tigent and effi cient management. “There is no reason,” said Mr. Hockenbury, “why all of these fun damentals cannot be observed here in Clinton, and it is our business, and the business of the executive com mittee, to see that they are observed. Where these fundamentals are ob served, and literally carried through, th< hotel business is no more haz ardous than any other business. It is only where some of these prin ciples have been violated that hotels get into trouble.” Mr. Hockenbury stated that under his direction during the past 30 years or more, nearly 200 hotels had been) c developed and financed in practically Lost RltCS Sotllfdoy every state of the Union and in near ly every Canadian province. He named numerous hotels in commu nities similar to Clinton that are be- Annual graduation exercises for 52 seniors at Presbyterian college will begin Sunday morning at 11 o'clock in the First Presbyterian church. The baccalaureate sermon will be deliv ered by the Rev. John M. Bright, Ph.D., professor of Hebrew and In terpretation of the Old Testament at Union Theological seminary, Rich mond, Va., and a graduate of the col- Dr. John M. Bright, a graduate of i lege. This will be the first regular Presbyterian college, will deliver the post-war commencement, according baccalaureate sermon before the in- to President M. W. Brown, who will^ stitution’s graduating class Sunday preside over the exercises. ^ morning at 11 o’clock at fhe First The commencement program will Presbyterian church. Dr. Bright is professor of Hebrew and interpretation of the Old Testa ment at Union Theological Semi nary, Richmond, Va. At commence ment exercises Monday morning the college will confer upon him the honorary degree of doctor of divinity. Mrs. A. E. Spencer Passes At Home; dividends. At the close of his talk, Mr. Hock enbury invited questions on all mat ters relating to the proposed new hotel and it was apparent by the ex pressed opinions of the men present that the outlook in Clinton for a new hotel is very hopeful. The executive committee will be gin its work of securing preliminary subscriptions immediately. It was announced by T. J. Addison, general sales manager, that P. S. Bailey, C. C. Giles, H. L. Eichelberger and R. W. Boland had agreed to serve as divis ion managers for the general sales organization. Mrs. Martha Calvert Spencer, 76, wife of Dr. Almon E. Spencer, died at an early hour Friday morning at ing operated successfully and paying! her home -on. Cedar street after an illness that had confined her to her home since last December. The funeral service was held Sat urday morning at 10 o’clock from the graveside in the Presbyterian ceme tery. Her pastor, Dr. W. R. Turner, was in charge of the service, assisted by a former pastor, Dr. D. J. Woods. The active pallbearers and honorary escort consisted o< the elders 6f the First Presbyterian church. A number of friends gathered for the last rites, with many floral sprays and wreaths of flowery bank ed upon the grave as tributes from those who knew and admired her, and enjoyed her friendship. Mrs. Spencer was born on Febru- The dates set for the work of the , 0 -. . D . 0 general sales organization are June | f y . 23 ’ 187 ’. 1 R m f p f^' enumerated as follows: first, the need! 16 to June 24. Daily report luncheoni a , nb, ^ g ^ OUnty ’ 3 dau ; hter ® f of a new 40-room hotel has been es- ftieetings will be held during that 1 3te W ' 3nd Martha Leonar d Cai- cer in Reidville on December 30, 1891, and came to Clinton as a bride large attendance expected. The alum ni visitors will be entertained on the campus of the home. The combination program will open with a banquet on Saturday evening, June 7; Rev. Furman Jor dan will be toastmaster, with Dr. Thornwell Jacobs-of Atlanta, Dr. L. R. Lynn of Umatilla, Flk., and Dr. M. A. Macdonald, president of the institution, as speakers. On Sunday morning, June 8, the baccalaureate sermon will be preach ed by -Rev. Edward J. Graham, of Savannah, Ga. Dr. L. C. LaMotte of Maxton, N. C., will preside at the afternon communion service, and Rev. Clarence Sistar of Atlanta, Ga., will speak in the evening. On Monday, the 9th, the annual alumni meeting will be held, a bar becue supper served on the Campus, and a voice recital 1 in the evening. On Tuesday, the 10th, the board of trustees will hold its annual meet ing at 9 a.m. and the graduating ex ercises will follow in the evening at Hooper, Polly lusti, Deri Jacks, Frank Loftis, David Maxwell, Sid- j tablished; second, the hotel mpst be ney Maxwell, Charles Meadors, Bet-'built on a proper site; third, careful ty Meece, Dorothy Moore, Louise | Moore, Eugenia Neighbors, Anne! p, l| Ar C vnnnA i: € f: r Owens, June Owens, Mary Frances, tyangeilSHC Pinson, Charles Pitts, Mark Pitts,j Meeting In LourenS Roberta Prince, Edward Ray, Edna yyj|| gggjn June 13 period in the old Masonic Temple. vert ' She was ma,Tied 10 Dr Spen - rooms ,on South Broad street. Carolyn Young Named Editor The Sentinel 1 that day, her husband becoming a j member of the college faculty. Inj 'this position he rendered valuable Ga be concluded Monday morning, June 2, at 10 o’clock. The final exercises will be held in the college chapel with the principal address to the graduates by Rev. John McSween, D.D., pastor of the Fourth Presbyte rian church in Greenville and former president of Presbyterian college. Several honorary degrees will be conferred, diplomas and medals awarded. Candidates for degrees are as fol lows: Bachelor of Arts Wallace Barnhill, Charleston. Cedric C. Benz, Jr., Decatur, Ga. Charles W. Browning, Jr., Rice- boro, Ga. ..... William M. Cruickshanks, Point Pleasant, W. Va.— — ' v Harold L. Davis, Jr., Greenville. Frank B. Estes, Jr., Orangeburg. , MacDonald B. Fleming, Laurens. CharlisTL. Fountain, III^ Tarboro, N. C. Marion M. Frazier, Columbia. Keith Hill, LaGrange, Ga. William T. Johnson, Jr., Washing ton, Ga. Wilmer C. Johnson, Jr., Jackson ville, Fla. Conway J. Jones, Jr., Fountain Inn. Sara' C. Jordan, Lancaster. Jack M. Kennedy, Augusta, Ga. Robbie King, Clinton. Laura Hudgens Koon, Clinton. Robert A. McCully, Sharon. Neil Case Mclnnis, Little Rock. Hugh B. McMaster, Kingstree. Elizabeth B. Mabry, Gaffney. Charles F. Mayes, Jr., Mauldin^ Dan D. Mtingo, Pageland. , Russell W. Park, Jr., Lake City. Arthur J. Prochaska, Brunswick, Robinson, Betty Sue Simpson, Betty Smith, Don Snelgrove, Severn Som- Whelchel, Lessie Whiteford, Juanita Wicker, Elanda Wilkes, Ann Wil liams, Barrie Jean Wingard. Graduates Hear DAekert The baccalaureate sermon was preached Sunday evening at Broad Street Methodist church by the Rev. J. C. Dickert, pastor of SL John’s Lutheran church. The union service was attended by a large congrega tion that filled the seating capacity of the auditorium. Members of the senior class, wearing caps and gowns, occupied reserved seats in the front of the auditorium. Minis ters of the city churches were seated on the rostrum and took part in the program. Mr. Dickert selected as his text I Corinthians, chapter 3, verse 11: I teaching service for a long period of Carolyn Young, daughter of Mr. y ears dntil his retirement a few Last summer the churches com prising the Laurens Baptist associ ation sponsored a county-wide evan gelistic meeting at which time Dr. Ellis A. Fuller, president of the Southern Baptist Theological semi nary, preached, and Plunkett Mar tin of New Orleans seminary direct ed the hnusic.* The attendance was so gratifying and the interest so intense that it was unanimously decided to engage ^ _ in a similar effort this summer. The \«Olinty DolinqUOOt Taxes Total $21,000 Unpaid county and school dis and Mrs. L. L. Young of near Clin ton, has been appointed editor-in- chief of The Sentinel, students’ high school publication, for the year 1947-48. Margaret Harris, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John W. Harris of this city, will serve as associate editor, and Dial Jacks as business manager. Dial is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Jacks. , services this year will be held from June 23 to July 13. The same two men will return to conduct the ser vices and the place for the meeting j likewise will be the same, the ath letic field in Laurens. A cordial in vitation is extended to all people to attend the services and pray for their “For other foundation can no man | succ * ss - lay than that is laid, which is Jesus i ^ Christ.” i Laurens Realty Men “God is ready and able to help I - you develope the gifts He has en dowed you with, he told the gradu ates. f o » i j- on.- k- Personality is what makes us dif- 8 o'clock. The sperter w,l b. the (erenl from , u other crellure5 , he 1 Y- Rev. Clarence E. Piephoff Of College Park, Ga. William S. Nix Dies From Bums William S. Nig, 70, died Friday af ternoon at the Newberry county hos pital from severe bums received when a five-gallon oil can exploded which he was tysing to start a fire. He was residirik near Chappells at the time, having recently moved to that community from J. T. Young’s; farm near here. ■> j Funeral services were held Sunday , afternoon at New Hope Baptist! church in CrqM Anchor, with burial following in the church cemetery. ! Mr. Nix was a Jative of. Union county but had mHRP his home in this section for a number of years. Surviving %re his wife, Mrs. Stella Ree Nix; five sons, Ernest T., Eari, Lewis, Walter and Eugene Nix; four daughters, Mix'. Annie Reeder, Mrs. Louise Duhayvay, Mrs. Lillie Mae Dunaway, and Mrs. Agnes GeWoble; and two sifters, Mrs. Polly Landford and Mrs. EMa D rown. C * • said, and God has given each of us a soul, a priceless gift with. a great responsibility attached. Through the soul, he said, we are destined to a life of eternal joy and peace, or a life of eternal death. Our greatest potentiality is life—how we use it. The great decision you must make, he told the graduates, is the welfare of your soul. And there can be no assurance for its safety) unless it is , (Continued on page two) ■ - » READ I" THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK They inform yen as te chang ing prices, where yon can sup ply your needs, where yen can shop to advantage. * —* BE WISE — READ THE ADS Building Houses Here Wallace Kilgo and M. H. Hunter, Laurens real estate dealers, and property developers, have purchased a seven-acre tract of land from R. X. Steer on the outskirts of the city on the Clinton-Whitmire highway, and will develop it into residential prop erty, Mr. Hunter announced. The promoters have already begun the erection of two houses on the tract and two more are planned to begin immediately. “We plan to do a good bit of building in the Clinton community,” they said yes terday. They have erected a large number of bouses for sale in Laurens in recent months. Godfrey It Gonerol In Notional Guard President Truman on Saturday nominated Ansel Blakely Godfrey, of this city, as a brigadier general in the National Guard of this state. General Godfrey, who is manager of the local S. C. Employment Com mission office, recently returned from several weeks special military train ing at the General Staff and Com mand school at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. trict taxes for 1946, amounting to $21,176.29, have been,turned over to the county tax collector accord ing to Treasurer Sam M. Leaman. years ago. Dr. and Mrs. Spencer celebrated their Golden wedding on December 30, 1941. Their happy wedded life continued for 55 years and three months. Mrs. Spencer was a gentlewoman of charm and sweet qualities. She possessed a strong Christian charac ter and always gave her interest and support to her church which she dearly loved. A devoted wife and mother, and true friend, she made and held mxhy friends who appre ciated her for her true worth, and who will unite in extending their sympathy to the family, t She is survived by her husband, one son, Almon C. Spencer of this city,--two* daughters, Mrs. Spencer Hindman of St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. J. G. Roy of near Laurens. Also by The total collected before the books, closed amounted to $272,758.86 he re- 1 one granddaughter, Martha Calvert ported, on a total transcript of $293,- Roy > who graduated last night from 935.15. Laurens high school. She was the last member of her immediate fam ily. CITY SOFTBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS Tuesday Night, May 27 W L T Pet. Lydia .... .... 2 0 1 1000 Presbyterian 2 0 1 1000 Baptist * .... 2 1 — 666 Junior Order .... .... 2 1 _ 666 Methodist .... 2 _ V 1 _ 666 Calvary Baptist 1 2 _ 333 Jacobs Press .... .... 0 3 _ 000 Goldville .... .... 0 3 — 000 Schedule fee Next Week 1st game 7:30 — 2nd game 8:30 Monday,' June 2—Calvary Baptist vs. Lydia; Methodist vs. Junior Or der. Tuesday, June 3—Jacobs Press vs. Goldville; Baptist vs. Presbyterian. „ Thursday, June 5 —Jacobs Press vs. Calvary Baptist; Baptist vs. Meth odist. Friday, June 6 — Presbyterian vs. Junior Order; Lydia vs. Goldville. ATTENDING SYNOD Dr. C. Bynum Betts, pastor of the Asociate Reformed Pre sbyterian church, is attending the synod being held this week in Due West. James P -Sloan left today to attend the last three days of the session, as a delegate from the local church. BANKS TO CLOSE M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, and the Commercial Depository will be closed Tuesday, June 3, in celebra tion of the birthday of Jefferson Da vis. Elinor F. Shaw, Clinton. Jean W. Stonebraker, Orlando, Fla. Julia P. Taylor, Clinton. * John G. Viser, Greenville. Thomas B. Warren, Charleston. Cecil E. White, Clinton. Burrell L. Wood, Jr., Clinton. Sara Brunson Wyman, Columbia. Bachelor ef Science ' Doris Baldwin, Clinton. John C. Bell, Jr., Inman. Edward W. Burke, Jr., Macon, Ga. Berman E. Cain, Jr., McBee. Henry C. Caver, Jr., Augusta, Ga. / Ben F. Christian, Tate, Ga. James E. Copeland, Abbeville. Alexander Cruickshanks, HI, Point Pleasant, W. Va. James Darrell Dailey,' CJinton. James Pitts DeLorme, Sumter. Samuel W. Gamble, Jr., Greely- ville. Harper T. Higgins. Jr., Union. Richard Kaleel. Clinton, N. C. Wade C. Lyle, Rock Hill. James Robertson, Wilmington, N.C. William M. Shields, Clinton. John L. Sloan, Clinton. John Watt, Jr., Thomasville, Ga. Henry D. Wyman, Columbia. i 'J;Closing Exercises At Bush River School NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL Don’t borrow your neighbor’s copy of THE CHRONICLE. Let us send the paper to you for less than 4c a week. In it you will And news items from this whole community — hap penings about people you know and are interested in. Have the newsy CHRONICLE in your home. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: H. L. O’DELL, Norfolk, Va. MISS ELOLSE MILLER, Pauline. MRS. CLIFTON TUCKER, Goldville. MRS. ESSIE ATKINS, RFD, No. 3. MRS. O. B. SMITH, » South Clintoir* MRS. WALTER NIX, West Clinton. The baccalaureate sermon before the graduating class of Bush River hi^i school was preached Sunday morning b)j the Rev. A. T. Usher of Summerville, former pastor of the Bush River Baptist church. The senior class presented its an nual play in the school auditorium Monday evening. The graduating exercises proper were held Tuesday evening with State Superintendent of Education Jesse T. Anderson, de livering the address. The salutatory was given by Sylvia Oxner and the valedictory by Sarah Long. Members of the graduating class are: Ralph Baker, Legrande Bauk- night, Gladys Bundrick. Luther Brock, Jr., Florella Campbell, Elean or Cropier, Roy Hawkins, Carolyn Long, Sarah Long, ♦Betty Longshore, Audrey Lpou, Talmadge Long, Reth Merchant, Tillman Mills, Sylvia 'Ox ner, Mildred Wise, Narvice Wise, Bruce Saxon and Katie Shealy.