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Clinton, S. C., Thursday, May 26, 1949
Number 19
Presbyterian College To
Graduate Largest Class
Baccalaureate at First Presbyterian Church Sunday Morn
ing by Rev. S. Wilkes Dendy. Address to Graduates Monday
By Dr. Clovis Chappell of Charlotte. 95 to Receive Diplomas.
CLINTON GIRLS GRADUATE SUNDAY AT WINTHROP COLLEGE
Annual graduation exercises for) Edward
seniors at Presbyterian college will N. C
begin Sunday morning at 11:15 in
the First Presbyterian church. The
baccalaureate sermon will be deliv
ered by the Rev. S. Wilkes Dendy,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, Dalton, Ga., an alumnus of
the college, and a former member
ol its board of trustees.
The commencement program will
be concluded Monday morning at
10:30 in the college outdoor chapel.
The principal address will be deliv
ered by Dr. Clovis Chappell, pastor
of the First Methodist church, Char
lotte, N. C., and one of the outstand
ing ministers of his denomination in
the South. He has also achieved wide
recognition as an author of rhany
books.
Alumni will fete the graduates at
a buffet supper in the college dining
hall Sunday evening at 6:30 when
the Rev. Richard R. Potter, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church at
Sumter, will speak. Tench P. Owens,
of this city, is president of the asso-
B. Whitson, Asheville,
Charles C. Winn, Clinton.
Bachelor of Science
James E. Allred, Belton.
Florence DftRant Andrews, Mari
anna, Fla.
Robert P. Armstrong, Laurens.
James A. Arnold, Clinton.
Fred L. Bagwell, Laurens.
Jack K. Barnes, Clinton.
Bert R. Bayliff, Salters.
Dudley C. Beaty, Jr., Union.
C. Marvin Bettis, Greenville.
Edward P. Blakely, Laurens.
Madison F. Bond, Jr., cum laude,
Seneca.
John P. Bowers, Augusta, Ga.
Lucius C. Brooker, Swansea.
James L. Brownlee, Laurens.
George E. Bruner, III, Sumter.
Francis M. Burgess, Sumter.
Theodore H. Campbell, Jr., Pen-1
dleton.
James R. Childress, cum laude.
Laurens.
Robert T. Crow, Jr., Laurens.
William D. Currie, Red Springs,
ciation. During the Monday exercis-, N C.
es the annual gold “P” will be pre-; Frank R. funderburk, LaGrange.
sented to Dr. William R. Wallace, G* 1 -
Chester physician, voted the most' Marvin H. Gibbs, Elberton, Ga.
outstanding aulmnus in his profes- James H. Gilbert, Fayetteville,'
sion. He is a graduate of the college N C.
of the class of '03. Thomas W. Hodge, Gainesville, Ga.
On Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock! Robert G. Hughes, Canton, Ga.
open house will be held at the home 1
of President M. W. Brown and Mrs.
Brown in honor of the graduates,
relatives and friends.
At the commencement exercises
both Mr. Dendy and Mr. Potter will;
receive doctor of divinity degrees
from their alma mater. At the same
time Lt. Col. Powell Fraser will give
24 students of the Reserve Officers
Training corps their commissions as
reserve second lieutenants.
MISS JEAN WILLIAMS
MISS FAY PITTS
| hj&j
PROGRAM GIVEN
CLOSING EXERCISES
At CLINTON HIGH
Baccalaureate Sermon
Sunday By Baukniqht.
Fifty-five Seniors To Get
Diplomas Monday.
The 1948-49 session of the Clint -n
city schools will come to a close Fri
day.
The commencement program of
; the high school will be ushered in
Sunday evening at eight o’clock .n
the high school auditorium when the
biccalaureate sermon will be oreach-
' ed by the Rev. P L Bauknight. paa-
I tor of Broad Street Methodist
' church. It will be a union service of
, J . . the city churches with several min-
Five young ladies from Clinton are istcrs havinj? a part on the p ro( j ra m.
candidates for degrees at the 1949 0n Monday evenlnit at 8 o’clock
Winthrop college commencement j j n auditorium the commence-
Sunday, May 29 Shown above, top ment exercises proper will be held
row, left to right: Miss Bruna Jean The salutatory will be given by
MISS FRANCES ADAIR
MISS SARA JOHNSON
Simion C. Johnson. Laurens.
Manning Jolly, Jr., Marion.
Henry T. Little, Laurens.
Charles L. McCord, Manning.
Jesse L. McKee. Jr. Rock Hill. . _
Francis s. McKeown, Biackstock. Made By Disabled
>A m c^r.w Jr " c '*“ On Sale Saturday
MISS WANDA ELL EDGE
Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James C Williams, journalism; Miss
Fay Pitts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
W. Roy Pitts, commerce. Miss Fran
ce-. Lo-ena' Adair, daughter of Mr,
and Mrs J Loyd Adair, commerce;
left to light below
Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mn
H F Johnson, home economics; Mis
Alva Wanda El ledge, graduate
Thorn we’1 high school, c.emenentary
education.
The graduating c*erci es begin at
2 30 pm and will te alien 1x1
number o* f rierd< and relative!
here.
of
y a
rom
Memorial Poppies
I Clinton Kiwanis Club
Contributes To Children's
Library and Iron Lung
Formers To Hold
Election To Nome
Three Supervisors
Terms of Ryan F Lawson. Clinton.
This year’s’ class is the largest in
the history of the college
of 96 students who have
quiremeats for degrees
1948, January of this year
month.
Candidates for degrees are as fol
lows:
War be ter of Arte
Adam R. Andrews, Jr, Augusta,
Ga.
Clair Hays Bennett. Sedalia.
Fred D Bentley, Marietta, Ga.
Richard N. Bowles. Augusta, Ga.
Charles A Brake, Washington, Ga.
John H. Oly. Easley.
John C Moylan. Jr, Waiterboro. • *
William P Peterson. Clinton. N.C. 1 On Saturday, May 28. everyone Recently as one of their civic pro- . o „
W Dewey Riddle. Fayetteville, w ‘ 11 ** to wear a little red, jects the CUnton Kiwanis club chairman °| the Uurens f-^ty ^
IN. C. poppy Thefda yhas been designated sponsored the Rodgers Brothers cir- Con.»er\MUon District Juperw:. rt.
1 — t> r*.. __ .. u.. s..m H I oming. Ora »nd H O A
as Poppy Day./when, once each year.! CIU an< i M a result the club is hap-
Otis H. Weaver, Griffin, Ga.
Harry F. Williams, Jr, Whitmire.
James Edmunds Young. Clin too.
Charles L. Clawson, Richburg. •
„gl rt c Co » 1 «)'' m *‘"“ cum Mrs. Beatrice Sloan
A. Sidney Cutchin. Portsmouth. Vo. Honored As County
Houston M. Davis, Spartanburg. a lj I ■
Charles W Galloway, Joanna .*’ n ^ IUD
Horace E. Garrison, McCormick, j
James A. Marker, Jr.. Atkins. ! Thr «* Laurens county 4-H club
Jean W. Harris, cum laude, Clin- toe* 1 leaders were recently honored
ton.
Lewis S. Hay, magna cum laude.
Charleston.
Shirley Dawkins Hughes, Clinton.
John H. Hunter, Jr, cum laude,
CUnton.
Benjamin F. Ivey, Jr, Cheraw.
Milton L. Ivey, Spartanburg.
Walter A. Johnson, Jr, Mt. Berry, | as 4-11 local leader for 13 years. Mrs.
Ga. Cain, leader of the Oek Grove club,
Robert H. Jordan, Atlanta, Ga. j has also served for 13 years. Mrs.
James L. Kennedy, Chester. , Sloan has served as local leader for
Haziehurst Herron Lindsay, Clin- the State Training school 4-H club
ton.
Lammie L Thurmond, Jr, magna I Poppies by the thousands have vice to the community and to the in- P m . ~ „ r
cum laude, Marietta. On been made by the skilled fingers of dividuals living therein. With the
Dennis F. Troutman, class of 1848, the disabled war veterans in prepa- help of the city and business men the " on T e oU0 . g ‘ • i
Charlotte. N. C. ration for Poppy Day The men who children of Thorn well orphanage •**'■* of*" •'J** 1 ” * noy *
R Michael Turner Aueusta Ga made the flowers are the only per- were entertained at the circus as an , P J* ,1 ._ *
. TT TUra f’ *“*“**: - »» pUd fo ttetr .«k in th» Addition,! projocl ot tn, club A. Count, Adrtcultur.i bWld.nt L.U-
A • Uud *- ° , ' A»crlr.n Le,ion Auniliar, progr.m , ro.ult ol thi, .pon.or.hip the pr » L' n,: W *“° n B '' ov
°* The women and girl* who distribute ceeds amounted to approximate!, rrn -urnmurot,. and ho rt
!the poppies on the streets are all un- 8375 00 The Kiwanis club is using aiore. Gray Lourt, if
paid volunteers who give their ser- this money to further the work done Petitions have been received oy
vices to help carry oat the purpose by the children’s library in the li- the State Soil Conservation C >mmit-
of Poppy Day—to honor the dead brary balding at Presbyterian col- tee nommatlng Ryan F. Lawson.
'and aid the disabled veterans and leg* The contribution to the library Clinton. Sam B Fleming. Ora.
their families has been set at 1250 00 The re- James Wasson. Hickory Tavern com-
Mrs. B B Ballard poppy chair- mainder of the proceeds are being mumty. and H O Abercrombie, Mt.
man for the auxiliary.’has announced lu * d to hel P Laurens Kiwanis Bethel community. From these four K>n
the following locations for booths c,ub - in completion of the pur- nominations three are to be e ected, Barbara Josephine
where sales will be made from 9 until »<*»»* ^ •" » ron H 1 "* t0 ^ dislrict aupervlaors.
6 at both theatres, in front of the *05°°* residing within Laurens All persons qualified to vote in taV
Dixie-Home store, on the corner *t count y wb * n nooded .elections of the sute by the people
Hamillon’ s, and ia front of Belk s! The club wishes to thank the city under the constitution are eligible
Helen NotTz; the pre-udent's address
by Joe Holland, “A Prospective"; an
address. “A Challenge.” by Hub Hun
ter The valedictory address will be
by Jimmy Somerville Special mu
sic will be given by a group of se
niors Awards will be made and di
plomas presented by Supt. W R An-
Miss Sara Jane defson
Class officers are President. J >e
Holland; vice-president, Horace
Hamm, secretary. Billie Arnold;
treasurer. Ann Pitts.
Marshalls Guy B-ikely. Mona
Blakely. Peaty Boatwright. Frances
El':ot*. M.ilbi rtordrer. Mirth*
Simpson. Betty Sullivan
Fifty-Flare In ( Um
There are 55 m the graduating
class, 27 girls and 28 beys The list,
with the.r addres^e-*. has been an
nounced by Supt. Anderson as fol
lows:
Gkrta
Clara William Arnold. Clinton
Gladys Sara Ann Barrett. Clinton.
Betty Louise Bes-inger Clinton
Helen Nadine Br.dges. Joahna .
Betty Ann Campbell. CUnton
Frances Carol Coker. CUnton.
Martha Dailey, Clinton
Polly Irene Davenport, CUnton.
Nellie Lee Dunaway, CUnton
Joyce Irene Frady. Joanna
Marie Fraser. CUnton
Martha Carolyn Galloway. CUnton.
Dorcas Hudgens. CUnton
Josephine Leamas. Cross Hill.
Annie Max.ne Lyles. CUnton
Jean Anne Macdonald. CUnton.
Helen Malls Noffi. Cram HU.
Mary Ruth Norman. CUnton.
Virginia Ann Pitta. CUnton
Mldred Juanita Sextan. CUnton
Thelma Jean Slmmors. CUnton
Betty Lou Smith. CUnton
Eunice Jean Smith. Joanna
Robbie Lee Stew set, Mountvtlle
Frances Geraldine T: ammell. CU 1-
rkman. Clin-
at the 4-H Leadership conference at
Camp Long, Aiken.
Mr«. T. B. Sumerel, Mrs. Robert
Cain, and Mrs. Beatrice Sloan were
presented scrolls of recognition for
their faithful service as 4-H leaders
in the county. Mrs. Sumerel, of the
Long Branch community, has served
ton.
Department store.
Blackwelder To Return
To Sanford, Fla.,
As Penney Manager
for its cooperation and individuals vot * in election, officers state
I who gave their time and labor, and The supervisors do not receive any
all citizens who purchased tickets
Baptist Training
Union Group To
Announcement was made yester- Megf Here Sunday
iv from thpir N#*\a/ York otfirv* ttvat /
Herbert Lindsay, Jr., Greenville.
Vance E. Logan, Jr., Augusta, Ga.
WilUam E. Lytoh, Maxton, N. C.
A. Cameron MacIntyre, Marietta,
Ga.
Dorothy C. McIntyre, Woodruff.
Virgania Henry McKinnon, Clin- conference
ton. j ^
Calvert R. Marsh, Orangeburg.
Doris Fuller Marsh, Clinton.
* J. Richard Martin, Charleston.
Rawlinson E. Martin, Winnsboiv.
Berrien E. Moore, Decatur, Ga.
Elvin M. Morrow, Greenville.
William B. Munden, Orangeburg.
John C. Neville, Horse Shoe, N. C.
Frank L. Perry, Thunderbolt, Ga.
Frederick A. Smith, Jellico, Tenn.
Edward M. Somerville,
cum laude, Cross Hill.
Robert N. Spurrier, Charlotte, N.C
Robert D. Thompson, Olanta.
William R. Walker, Cleveland,
Tenn.
Albert H. Wallace, Bristol, Tenn.
Campbell D. Wallace, Whitmire.
Edward L. Way, Jr.i Orangeburg.
for 12 years.
Only thirteen leaders in the entire
state were recognized.
Group discussions of successful
4-H leadership experiences, handi
craft workshops, group recreation,
and singing featured the three-day
compensation for their services.
W. P. Dickson. Clinton, and J. W
Tinsley. Trinity Ridge community.'
are members of the district supervu-
[Ors whose terms of office have not
expired.
The Laurens district was organized
day from their New York office that ' in 1938 under the South Carolina
R. N. Blackwelder. manager of the The Luamis Ba tist asK)C i atiotv .i, Soil Conservation District Law (No.
local J. C. Penney company store, Training Union Ral] Wlll ^ held 182 of the 1937 General Assembly )
with the First Baptist church of this AU P crsons owning farm land es-'
city Sunday afternoon at 2:15 May P ec ^ a ‘* y ' are requested to cast their
129 The 33 churches of the asso- vote » n the coming election for su-
ciation are asked to be represented pe'^^ors who will assist in carrying
Rev. J. W. Spillers. Director nf out the affairs of the county P™gram,
will be transferred next month to
Sanford, Fla., where he will become
manager of the Penney store, a posi
tion he held before coming here
eight years ago.
Announcement of the new mana
ger to succeed Mr. Blackwelder has
not been made.
Make Fine Records
At Clemson College
Three Clemson college students
from CUnton and Joanna qualified
this spring for the honor Ust in rec-
0 g n i t i o n of superior scholastic
achievement, according to an an-
summa 1 nouncement by the registrar. They
fire: George Pringle Copeland of
this city, Julian Erwin Gardner and
William Minor Poag of Joanna.
AUTOMOBILES....
are becoming more plentiful,
many prices are being changed
In the industry and new mod
els offered.
You will find Interesting and
helpful "automobile news"
each week In the advertising
columns of . . .
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"The Paper Everybody
Closing Program At
Long Brancn School
The closing exercises of Long
Branch school will be given Friday
night at 8 o’clock.
The program will consist of the
following:
Invocation—Robert E. Elmore.
Operetta, "Over the Garden Wall"
—Primary pupils.
Playlet. "The Green Door,” and
choruses by 4th, 5th and 8th grades.
The public Is cordially invited.
ATTENDED EXPOSITION
Walter Regnery. Joe Delany, J. G.
Winaper, J. P. Sloan and W. W. Har
ris attended the "Acres of Diamonds"
exposition in Charleston last week
Ross Named As
Joanna Manager
— . . ... s P‘ ! ' e ^ s - director in soil conservation.
Training Union work, has announced
the following program: Song ser- . .
vice. Devotion by Miss Laura Mae MfS. Copeland To
Campbell. Business. Roll call of CHaL
churches. Special music. Chalk ^*>600 DUM ClOSS
Talk by Mrs. K L Brown Award- Reunion At WinthrOD
ing of banners. Inspirational mes-l # r
John Ross, well known Joanna cit-1 f^ ge i: , by . R D V ^, E . R °u Se, , J i astor In the Sunday dailies there ap-
izen and a former star semi-pro r th ‘rs ap 1st church of Laurens, peared a picture of the graduating
baseball catcher, has accepted a po- t class at Winthrop college in 1899, a
sition as manager of the Joanna team ClifltOII Graduates large number of whom are deceased,
of the lour-club King Cotton league, I a. CL* F* II In the center °I the group stood Dr.
it was announced yesterday. trSKinC College D. B. Johnson, founder and presi-
Joanna Is in the King Cotton cel- i ♦ dent, now deceased.
Isr with one win out of four starts, j The 109th annual commencement Included in the group is Mrs. J.
exercises jaf Erskine college will be I. Copeland (Lola Casey), formerly
/\gi» a m ' ^* here 31-6 83 young men and
Elects Officers 'women in the senior class. jon a visit to relatives and friends.
The Men-of-the-Church organiza-' Robert Lawrence Plaxico. son of go to Winthrop to celebrate their
tion of the First Presbyterian church 1 Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Plaxico of this 50th. anniversary at commencement
has elected the following officers to city, is a member of the graduating exercises May 28-29.
serve for the new year: President, class. Also David Edgar Tribble, son
Tom Plaxico; Vice-President, James of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Tribble of this ■■ '
S. Gray; Secretary-Treasurer, Harry city, and his wife, Mrs. Dorothy NJPW CM RCPPIR PDC
McSween. Green Tribble. .tNCTY JUDJV-KIDCKd
Carolyn Frances Young. Clinton. t
Bey*
William L. Arthur, Joanna
Donald R Boozer. Joanna-
Benjamin Franklin Copeland, Clin
ton.
Sam Crisp, Cross Hill.
Alva Gladstone Davenport, Joanna.
Thomwell Dunlap, Clinton. •
Charles Foster, Clinton.
Jimmie Hairston, Clinton.
Horace Alford Hamm, Joanna.
William Edward Hecry, Clir‘on. -
Joe Holland, Clinton.
Robert Hollingsworth, Crus. Pi’L
Hub Hunter. Clinton.
Frank Dial Jacks. Clinton. '
Charles William Kinard, Clinton.
Billy Lee McCrary, Clinton.
Bobby Joe Meadors, Clinton.
William Herman Nabors, Clinton.
Charles Oakley, Clinton
Sarrmue Miller Pinson. Cross Hill.
Henry Earl Pitts, Clinton.
John Ralph Sease, Clinton.
George Robert Simpson, Clinton.
Jimmy Somerville, Cross Hill.
Jack Carroll Spillers, Clinton.
Billy Gene Stewart, Joanna.
Vestus Lee Wehunt, Joanna.
Allen Andrew Young-, Clinton. *
Oraanizntion held on Tuesday, May ^1, at 10:30 of this city, and now a resident of
T .sP a m. There are 83 vouna men and Y>rlando, Fla. Mrs. Copeland, here
SEE BIG DEMONSTRATION
John T Young and Lawrence F.
Davis, well known Clinton farmers,
were in Waleska, Ga., during the past
week to attend a mammoth demon
stration of what modern machinery
can do to a farm in one day.
,1
S THIS WEEK S! inton ' Lo “ re !\ s
— Kiwamans To Meet
HONOR ROLL
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CentrVIjyC'arolina League ! livered to your home. It is full of;
Friday—Clinton at Riverdale. j An inter-club meeting of the Clin- items about people you know, and
Saturday—Riverdale at Clinton. ton and Laurens Kiwanis clubs will happenings you are interested in.
Tuesday—Ware Shoals at Clinton, be held in the Presbyterian college Welcome and thanks to those on
King Cotton League dining hall this evening at 7:30 with our Honor Roll this week:
Friday—Joanna at Greenwood. • a large attendance expected from the
Saturday—Greenwood at Joanna two organizations.
Mid-State League
Saturday—Lydia at Mollohon.
Wednesday—Lydia at Monarch.
| The guest speaker will be Dr. John
McSween,. of Greenville, a former
{resident of this city.
MRS. R. H BUFORD, JR.,
J W PURVIS,
Citv
MRS LULA MOTTES,
West Clinton. / -
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