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ARTHUR WHITTEMORE AND JACK LOWE OUTSTANDING PIANO TEAM CONCERT BEGINS DRIVE FOR NEXT SEASON Aim Is Four Concerts Divided Between Clinton and Laurens. New Members Admitted Free Friday Night. Three Colleges Join New Athletic Group PresJbyterian college, Wofford and Newberry expressed their desire at a meeting held during the week to join the new South Carolina Athletic conference. Official words from the College of Charleston and Erskine has not yet been received, it was announced. It is probable that bids to several colleges in North Caro lina will also be extended. The new conference is planned to be an athletic association of smaller colleges within the SIAA. I college stfidertfs from this community j has been added to the staff of the ! will "begin spring holidays Saturday Laurens County Department of Pub- 1 md return to their classes April 4. 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Plumbing, Heating and Electrical Contractors Phone 4-J This week is final concert week, and that means that tomorr, .nv two young men will be driving a car up to the Laurens high srhoo 1 stage door, pulling a trailer whie! a beats their own two concert grand pian s These duo-pianists’ concert will be the final presentation of the Lauren' County Community Concert associ ation for 194.S-49, to be held Friday night at the Laurens high school at 8 o'clock. The two young men are Whitte- more and Lowe, and both of them come from the West. Arthur Whitte- more was born and raised in the col lege town of Vermillion, South Da kota, and Jack Lowe is a product of Denver, Colorado. Precedent-break- All the Little Items Needed for the Office CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Notice of ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS The Clinton group of Alco holics Anonymous meets to- nlrht and every Thursday eve ning at 8:00 over Copeland Hardware Supply Co. store. Anyone who has a sincere desire to rid himself or hersel/ of a drinking problem is cor dially invited to attend these meetings, or write .Alcoholics Anonymous Clinton, S. C. P. O. Box 113. Clinton. S. C. for an interview or informa tion. Program Laurens Drive-In Theatre Children Under 12 Free First Show Starts at 7:30, RAIN OR MOON See A Complete Show After 10:00 Fri.-Sat. March 25-26 BLONDIE KNOWS BEST Blondie and Dagwood CARTOON AND COMEDY Mon.-Tues. . March 28-29 CENTENNIAL SUMMER Jeanne Craine Cornel Wilde CARTOON AND COMEDY Wed.-Thur. March 30-31, WELCOME, STRANGER Bing Croaby Barry Fitzgerald CARTOON AND COMEDY ing concert tours, best-selling records.: and numerous radio appearances have made them favorites \\ h tvc. fine nuisfe is loved Their debut -cnK place r.: New York's Town Hal. ( ki, 1940. and they were immediately ac claimed by public and critics alike: but a few days after Pearl Ha r b.ir they jo.ned the navy, and enters were forgotten until their honorable discharge early in 1946. The follow ing winter their tour across the coun try was a sell-ou\ and since hat time they have been much in de mand as soloists with the country's leading orchestras and as star recit alists. Tireless workers, they have arranged more than 170 works for two pianos, and are constantly add ing to their repertoire both rarely- heard classic compositions and their, o w n delightful arrangements o f “popular'’ music. Laurens county concert-goers are anticipating the evening of playing by Whittemore and Lowe. I Concert night will be renewal night for all members of the association and, in a letter mailed to all sub-' scr.bers this week, Mrs. W. H. Har ley. secretary, urged all present members to be prepared to pay for. the<r 1949-50 cards when they enter the school corridor tomorrow night. Workers will be at desks fr:>m 7 to 8 o'clock, during intermission, and atj the end of the program. Of interest to many is the an- : nouncement that all those who wish to join for the next winter’s series of attractions will be granted free I admission to the Whittemore and Lowe recital, if they apply for mem berships between 7 and 8 p.m. at the school "on concert night. The price ofj memberships ;s unchanged, $6 for adults and S3 for students, including tax. Clinton will come in for her share of concerts next year, with the com pletion of her new school auditorium! a matter of a few weeks. The associ- \ ation’s enrollment will have to be limited to 800, the capacity of Clin- 1 ton’s hall, but the executive commit tee has been assured that with a budget of 800 memiberships, the county can secure four outstanding artists. Clinton playing host for two attractions and Laurens for two. j As in every year, the drive is be ing preceded by a dinner for 100 workers, officers, and directors, and I this is being given tonight at Roddy’s' restaurant at 8 o’clock. Special guest will be Thomas Thompson, represen- 1 tative of the nationwide Community Concert service, who is here to assist with the campaign. The week for enrolling new mem bers will begin Monday, March 28, with headquarters open at Bishop- Walker pharmacy from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., through Saturday, April 2. Speaking of the effort being made to enroll a capacity audience which will insure another full series of concerts for the season 1949-50, Mrs. Lee S. McMillan, membership chair man, said yesterday, “What the Com- imunity Concert association is doing for us is of lasting importance. Great music by great artists is as neces sary to the development of the com-1 munity as good schools, beautiful | ! churches, and fine stores. Interest in | the concerts has been widespread i throughout Laurens county and has insured in the past two seasons a I near-capacity audience for six top- ! ranking performances. Now, in our effort to increase the number of at tractions, we urge more music-lovers to obtain memberships at headquar ters or from any of the large corps .of porkers which is making a can vass of the county. Remembe that no box-office admissions to s.'.y of the concerts will be sold, since the artists who appear in the series are | selected according to the number of j subscriptions obtained. By providing soand musical enjo’n ent for more people than ever before, we will be j doing a service ef the first rank for our fellow-citizens.” During 1948 thousands of families who wanted the se curity provided by life insurance joined The Equitable Society. $ From every state in the Union—from big cities, from country towns, and from farms — The Equitable wel comed a host of new members last year, widening its family circle to a total of 4,150,000 men and women. It is the thrifty action and self-reliance of this huge family handed together for mutual protection that makes possible the record of accomplishment which The Equitable brings to you in this annual report. Of the $307,600,000 disbursed last year to policyholders and beneficiaries, $70,086,000 was paid out as dividends; and $108,500,000 was paid in death benefits. Payments to living policyholders were approximately 65 per cent of all disbursements to The Equitable Family.during the year— indicating a continuing trend of utilizing life insurance as a means of providing living 'as well as death benefits. We have consistently done our best to preserve the funds and protect the interests of the members of The Society and their families in the realization of the fact that the best interests of the life insurance policyholders are con currently the best interests of the people in general. There are some current economic conditions for which we are not responsible, which we cannot control, but against which we have tried and will try to protect those who contribute so greatly to the public welfare by their voluntary provision for the members of their families. W’e shall be glad to send you a copy of the President’s Report to the Board of Directors for the year 1948. This report gives the full details of The Society’s finances, the main features of which are outlined below, and is avail able on request either to the home office or your nearest Equitable renresentative. President THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES A Mutual Company incorporated under the lowt of New York State Thomai L Parkinson, President DECEMBER 31, 1948 Assets Reserves, Other Liabilities and Surplus Cash $ 105,440,SOB Reserves for Policy and Contract Bonds (including $5,303,971 on de- Liabilities $4,442,232,369 posit with public authorities) Premiums Paid in Advance 87,556,012 United States Government Bonds 777,122,362 Reserve for Taxes 7,459,000 Other Bonds 3,004,749,170 Miscellaneous Liabilities 9,449,701 Preferred and Guaranteed Stocks 2B,403,896 Provisions for 1949 Dividends to Common Stocks 5,245,174 Policyholders • 63,250,322 Mortgage Loans 656,341,897 Total Reserves and Other 112,977,497 Liabilities 4,609,947,404 Loans on Society's Policies 124,889,923 Surplus Funds: Premiums Receivdble 33,797,617 Contingency Reserve for Group Interest and Rentals Due and Ufa Insuronc* 3,130,000 Accrued and Other Assets 34,366,603 Unassigned Funds (Surplus) 265,257,043 Total Admitted Assets $4,883,334,447 Total Reserves $4,333,334,447 In accordance with the reeui'e"'*"** at law, all bonds sub|eet te amortliation are stated at thair amortised value, and all other bonds and stocks are valued of the market quotations furnished by the National Association at Insurance Commissioner*. THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITEO STATES 393 SEVENTH AVENUE • NEW YORK 1, NEW YORK / C. E. "CHICK" GALLOWAY 508 Walnut Street . Clinton Phone 274-J