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Volume XLIX
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 21, 1949
Number 29
CLINTON
Business, Professional
Folks You Know
J. ROY GASQrE
John Griffith
Passes At Home
At Advanced Age
John Griffith, 37, a highly regard- 1
ed Clinton citizen, died at his home
Saturday night after an illness of
several months.
The funeral services, attended by
many who had known him over a
long period of years, were held from
the residence Monday afternoon with
his pastor, the Rev. P. L. Bauknight,
officiating. Interment followed in
Rosemont cemetery.
Pallbearers were: W. M. McMil
lan, V. P. Adair, Rhett P. Adair, D. B.
Smith, G. VV. Hollingsworth and J.
Aldine Blakely. The honorary escort j
consisted of the board of stewards
of Broad Street Methodist church.
Mr. Griffith was born in Halifax
county, North Carolina, on Dec. 17,
1861, a so nof James and Mary Grif
fith. As .a young man he was trained
as a railroad car inspector and served j
i in this capacity for a period of 34
j’ears—1889-1923, most of the time
being connected with the Seaboard
Air Lme railway. He had a natural
mechanical talent and also interest
ed himself in the mechanism of
watches, and for many years did gen
eral jewelry repair work.
In I90h Mr. Griffith moveci to j
BLUE RIBBON WINNERS AT STATE TRAINING SCHOOL
J. Roy Gasque, a native of Mar
ion, South Carolina, is an adopted
Clmtrm.an who has actively been' CltoteJl^nT t£ i
dent.l.eci with the busmess and ay- po.,^ 0 , car inspector wit £ , hc
it- life of the city for the past 14 Seaboard. Due to a re-arrangement
5ears ‘ i of the inspectors in the Atlanta dis-
Mr. Casque was born in Marion, trict, the Clinton position was abol-
b son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James; ished in 1923. Mr. Griffith, io view
Mastern Casque, a widely connected of his seniority and loyal service to
and highly regarded family of that j the company, was offered a transfer !
county - elsewhere, but declined the offqr and gj/Jj f 0 r New Hotel
Before coming here in May 1935, gave his seniority rating to another D rt •
Mr. Casque was engaged in the dry employee with a family of several To DC Opened
cleaning business in Marion and Mul-! dependents. Hi»rp Fridnv
lins At that time he purchased Roy-j Mr. Griffith -was knowm to many rriqqy
al Cleaners of this city, owned and intimate friend* as “Cracker-Jack.” .. , , ..
operated then by S. H. Duncan & and possessed rpany admirable and ^ ew sca ed * or cons * ruc
LARGE CROWD
ATTENDS JOANNA
HOSPITAL OPENING
General Merritt Speaks
At Dedication. Regnery
Welcomes Visitors and (
Congratulates Em
ployees.
The brand new 14-bed Joanna
Mem. rial hospital was dedicated Sat-
; urday afternoon with a retired figfit-
i ing marine. Major-General L. G
I Merritt, as principal speaker and
i close to 1500 people present for the
ceremonies. Walter Regnery. presi-
. dent of Joanna Cotton Mills com-
, pany. presided.
Music for the occasion was fur-
| nished by the 28-piece Fifth Infan-
Pictured above are the six Blue Ribbon winners of the State Training School 4-fI club. The rirls. select
ed from a large 4-J1 group, will represent the school In the t'ountv Dress Revue to be held soon in Laurens.
The girls modeled and made their dresses under the direction of their leader. Mrs. Beatrice Sloan.
Reading from left to right: Virginia Roberts, Grace Darr. Mildred Lovett. Meadow Wooten. Leila Mi Alter
and Nannie Lou Fowler. First place was won by Miss Lovett, second by Miss Darr.
National Guard Unit
Makes Good Record
At Training Comp
Spraying Control
Program Underway
In Several Counties
try D.vis
:on band from
Fort Jac
kson.
under
e direction of
Chief
War-
rant Off;
rer Walter D Larnmer.
A *::e.
•.al detachmen
t of mi
litary
police ■!:*<
nm Fort Jacksi
on servt
?d a s
a militar
y honor guard
for the
dig-
nitanes
and honored guests a
t the
entrance
to The speakers’ stand
The
soldiers ,
also participat*
'd in ar
i im-
pres* ;ve
flag raising
ceremony in
front of :
he nine young
men to \
whom
the instil
ution .s a memorial.
A bronze plaque In
the lobby of
tne new
$150,000 structure
states
that “tni
s hospital (wa
s) erect
ed as
a lasting
tribute to the
men an
1 w* li
men of
Joanna who
served
the ir
country
in World War
II and
as a
107th
memorial to those who gave their
l.ves.” The nine J«vanna men thu*
posthumously honored are H O’Dell
Barrett. C. Marion Bragg. George B
Browning. Henry W Dobbins, Floyd
R Edwards. Willis J. Phillips/ Win-
ford O. Price, Horace W Riding ,
and Woodrow W Whelchel.
Mr. Regnery welcomed the visitors
to Joanna and congratulated the peo-
Members of Battery “B
company, Charlotte, N. C. The plant | likeable traits. He was a Christian tlon . of the proposed Clinton-Com- AAA. AW battalion, local National _ UIC 0
now known as Royal Cleaners. Inc., 1 gentleman, always standing for the ?T ty Jot* 1 will be received here Guard unit, recently returned from Boari of Hei % h s a tQtal of 110
is one of the most modern and in- highest and best things in the com- rr iday ’ Ju ! y , ^ . at 2 30 p m - at the Cam J > Stewart. Ga., after a two houst> . in Sojt h Carol.na have b
viting in the state, headed by Mr. munity. He was a devoted member hl * h sch ° o1 build,n *- we ^ ks annual training program The
Casque as president. Associated with of Broad Street Methodist church At a recent meeting of the board umt is headed by Capt H. F. B.a-
him as co-partner and general man-' which he always loyally and liber- 0 * directors Architect R. E. H.tch- ‘ oc * as commanding officer,
ager is William R. (Bill) Pitts, a ally supported. He was a regular at- cock, of Athens, Ga., was instructed Capt. Blalock said it was a profit-
tendant at Sunday school and dur-, to proceed at once in securing as able training course and spoke high-
ing a period of 36 years was absent m»ny bids as possible, with adver-1 lv of his ro en - Each member was
only six times. Until his health de- tisements placed in the Builders Ex- 8- ven specialist training in his par-
Cleaners ai wainaua dined recently he attended regular- change at Atlanta, Columbia and ticular assignment within the unit, conlinue un . ;1 September 2nd an , , , , ,
Bulck wmp-nT « Un-L U- H, w.. ? m«r.b<r of It U th.t a U bjtov.d Urn « xtens ^ "1
stributors for that coun- Masonic lodge and served ward four I b ** r of bids will be submitted for the, ^tloha! training the nrifT wtR be der ^ Sastal counHes^ w
native Clinton son
Mr. Gasque has other business in
terests besides Royal Cleaners. He
owns Master Cleaners at Walhalla,
the Gasque
ion, Buick distributors
ty, and Gasque Sales Agency of this
city, selling agents in several states
for laundry and cleaning plants and
equipment. He is a director of the
South Carolina Chamber of Com
merce, and member of the State
Parks Advising Board.
Special to The* Chronicle.
Columbia. July 20—Under the ma
laria control program of the State
i,771
been
spraved w;.h a ,.ve per cent DDT | 0 j e Q f j oanna f or “another job well
solution since the spraying wa* be- • ne .. In ^ introductory talk he
gun on April 4th. as of July Jst. ac-i ;emark ed ?hat - This hospital, like
lo.cmg ,o G. E. McDaniel, di- our t, eaut if u i churches, fine schools,
rector of tne divisioiv of Preventable Fonudation stores, comfortable
diseaces of the State Board of Health homes and a generally beautiful vill-
Lnder the program, which will age represents the combine d efforts
an
as alderman for the term 1922-24, consideration of the board.
Mr. Griffith was a great lover of |
children and for many years was a U/o^vilc | n focf Q70A
familiar figure on the streets with his 1 inroi /(?
car loaded with a group of boys and State CottOfl Fields
girls on a picnic or pleasure trip. On , m
the orphanage campus for many] Clemson, Juliy 18. — Ninety-seven
Mr. Gasque is a member of the years he was a frequent visitor pe r ’cent of South Carolina cotton
~ ~ ^ r TJ * orrtnryer i 1 rl l 4 i i _ . . . _. I
much better qualified to carry on
their weekly schedules, Capt. Bla
lock added.
School Attendance
Increases for Year
In the other counties of the state,
including Laurens, nine mobile
crews are touring the counties, spray
ing for two weeks at a time in each
county. Every county had two weeks
of spraying by July 1st, and all will
General Merritt was introduced by
J. B. Hart, an official of the mill, as
the first American aviator shot down
over the European-African theatre
In World War II. the first command
er to use fighter planes extensively
board of trustees of Hunter school
district No. 5, vice chairman of the
among the children and extended fields inspected this week for
courtesies to add to their pleasure, weevils were infested.
boll
cal Lions club, having been a charter kind deeds, which were manv, were E Sparks, Jr., of the Clem
1 * ’ 'son extension service.
member of that organization in Mar- done quietly and unpretentiously.
School attendance and enrollment
showed an increase over last yeAr,
board of stewards of Broad Street j He carried joy and sunshine into th* ^ h k c (according to a report sent the state
Methodist church, member of the Io-] many young hearts. His charities and de P ariment education by Mrs.
Marguerite F. Patterson, county at
tendance teacher.
The white enrollment for 1948-49
was 6,416, an increase of 239 over
the previous year, while the colored
enrollment of 3,775 was an increase
of 124. The average daily attendance
for white's for the past year was
5,531, an increase of 302, while the
colored average attendance was 2,-
955. an increase of 110.
have had at least another two weeks I . . . - „
bv fi „. of Ia „ , lirT , 1 trained the famous
™ j; , SUn ? 1 defended Wake Isla
mer. there were on.y four mobile < _
ion, a director of the Clinton Com
munity Hotel Corporation, past pres
ident of the Clinton Chamber of
Commerce, past chairman of the
Clinton Red Cross chapter, and past
secretary-treasurer of the South Car
olina laundry and cleaning associa
tion. His hobby is hunting and fish
ing.
Mr. Gasque is a public-spirited
citizen "who ’Always manifests an in
terest in civic affairs, and gives free
ly of his time in public service to
the people of his adopted city and
community. He has made many
friends since leaving the Pee Dee
and coming to the Piedmont section.
Mr. Gasque married Miss Celia
Latimer of Due West. They have
three attractive children, James Gas-
'que, Jr., Dick Gasque, and'Celia Gas-
qu^. Their residence is at 200 Majile
street. They also own a nice summer
home on Lake Greenwood.
Thomas, Jeweler,
Wins Window Prize
J. C. Thomas, Jeweler of this city
has recently been awarded third
prize for a window display in a na
tional contest sponsored by the 1847
division of International silver.
Photographs of the window entit
led “It’s Still The Thing To Do,”
featuring “something old, something
new, something borrowed, something
blue,” were submitted and were
awarded third place for cities under
50,000. Judging was based on com
pleteness, originality and effective
ness.
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Mr. Griffith married Miss Martha Sparks said that in poisoned fields
Jordon of Northampton county N C ' 21 3 per cent of the a nd b(11 s
in 1892. She preceded him to the were Punctured and in the undusted
grave a few years ago. fields 43.6 per cent of the fruit was
Mr. Griffith was the last member ‘ injured,
of his family. Miss Estelle Daniel of Migration of weevils has begun in
Garysburg, N. C., and Mrs. Kate the lower coastal counties, a week
Devers of Atlanta, Ga., nieces of his earlier than last year,
wife, are the only surviving family ] Sparks urged farmers to protect
connections, : their top crop of bolls until they are, _ ^
^ ! at least three weeks old by using Closing Dote For
crews in the Piedmont count es.
One Highway
Death In County
Week of July 4th
as fast dive bombers and as having
squadron that
Island so valiantly.
General Merritt now is director of
the Legislative Council for South
] Carolina.
The general paid tribute to the
300 from Joanna who served in the
armed forces during World War II,
particularly “those nine who never
came home They are gone but their
sacrifice will be enshrined in the
the hearts of Americans forever ” He
Copeland New
Member City
School Board
poisort.
“Tackle the weevil now before he
takes you for a ride,” Sparks advis
ed fanners.
It was learned yesterday through
the office of the county superintend
ent of education that Thomas Heath
Copeland, of this city, was appointed
a member of the board of trustees
of Hunter school district No. 5 at
the July meeting of the board. Mr.
Boy Scouts Spending
Week at Old Indian
Five members of Boy Scout troop
98 and one from troop 111 left Sun
day for a week’s stay at Camp Old
Cotton Under Loan
Farmers are reminded that all 1948
crop loan cotton still under loan on
August 1 will be pooled on that date
by the Commodity Credit corporation
for producers’ accounts. The loan
matures July 31.
Producers may either sell their
"equity” in the loan cotton or re
deem it from the loan and then sell
it in the open market, County Agent
Copeland replaces Clarence E. Gal- Indian above ^ ree !? vl1 ^,. Tbey were C. B. Cannon states. Producers, are
! accompanied by Joe W. Edwards, ur g ed t0 gj ve ser i ous consideration
loway on the board.
Other members of the local board
: scoutmaster of the troop
to marketing the loan cotton before
are R L Plaxico chairman I Rnv 1 c* Th i° Se a t ^ ndin ^ Sease, I ^ Js p i aced ;n the pools by the gov-
are K. L Flaxico, chairman, J. Roy j Frank, Jack and Clair Pitts, Jr.,i p „„p nt hp <ajd
Gasque, G. A. Burton and J. B. Ar- 1 ” - -- — \e.nment, he said
nold.
The trustees of the city schools are
appointed by the county board of
education under the present law. Its
members are R. E. Sadler of this
city, J. Leroy Burns, C. K. Wright,
Rev. J. A. Martin, and R. E. Babb,
all of Laurens. «
Homecoming At
Cross Anchor Church
Homecoming will be held at the
New Hope Baptist church at Cross
Anchor on July 24. Sunday schoof
will begin at 10 o’clock, followed by
morning worship service at 11./Din
ner will be served on the grounds
and all are requested to bring luhch.
The afternoon session will begin at
2:30. Rev. Norman Shands will be
the speaker. All present and former
memlpers and friends of the church
are invited by the pastor, Rev. A. T.
Greene, Jr., to attend.
ATTEND BANKERS MEET
Robert M. Vance and James Von
Hollen of M. S. Bailey & Son, Bank
ers, have returned from Chapel Hill,
N. C., where they attended the 13th
annual Carolinas Bankers conference
at the University of North Carolina.
Kenneth McCrary, and Tom G. Pitts.
Special to The Chronicle.
Columbia, July 20—During
week including the July 4th week- 1 mentioned that in all the wars this
end a total of 115 highway accidents , nation has fought, each was thought
were reported from throughout to be the last. In the recent conflice
South Carolina, with ten persons, over 300,000 Americans were killed
killed and 65 injured, according to; and over 1,000,000 came home maim-
a report this week from H E. Quar- ed for life
les Jr., director of the motor ve-
nicle division «: the S. C. State High-i
“Did they give their lives as a
springboard for launching another
Dr. F* K. Shealy
Attending Seminar
J.H.A.'s Return
From Beach Trip
Fourteen members of the Junior ] coanty -
Homemakers association, their coun
way Department, for the week of Ju- war 0 ” he asked.
ly 3rd through the 9th. A paperhanger came along in the
In Laurens countv. one person was t>ari y thirt.es, he said, and before he
killed and one injured in the four; disa PP far e d had succeeded in'hang-
accidents reported for the week icrepe all over the world.
Charleston county, reported the 1 "We could have withstood no at-
largest number of accidents and in- ^ ack without t.me to prepare,’ Gen-
juries, a total of 15 acc.dents and era! Merritt said. “We came out on
seven persons injured in highway ] ’°P only because of the superiority
mishaps during the week. Two of our fighting men over those of the
the highway deaths were reported j enemy and because of American
from Orangeburg county, two from j P r °duction. If'’another war comes,
Greenville county, and others were ,ve w ill be the first target, because
reported one each from Cherokee. nation can rule the world without
Darlington, Georgetown, Lexington drst ^ nquenng the United States,
and York counties, in addition to Let us take a lesson trom the past
the Laurens accident. , an d be guided wisely in the future,”
Drivers licenses suspended in thei b e said. "Let us be prepared and
state numbered 86. None of the sus-
nensions were made in Laurens
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Dr. F. K. Shealy left Monday to ( seller, Mrs. Roily Bannister, and Clinton's Little
attend the Southern Pediatric semi- several others, returned Tuesday
nar at Saluda, N. C. He will be away] from a week’s stay at the J.H.A.
from the city for two weeks. state camp at Ocean Drive.
ISO-VISITORS EXPECTED TO OPEN MEETING
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IN LAURENS SUNDAY
Leaguers Play
Whitmire Here Tonight
Clinton Little Leaguers will play
Whitmire, in the Clinton Mill park
Thursday (tonight) at 8 o’clock. This
will be the last home game for the
Clinton boys before going to Char
leston to play in the Midget tourna-
Approximately 150 visitors from I The wife, it was stated* ^rill give an rTiebt -
out of town are expected to attend | insight into how she worked with 1 Chnton has won by scores of 12-0
an open meeting of Alcoholics An-! her husband in solving his drinking ard 4-0 c>ver w >uns-bpro and Spar-
onymous to be held Sunday night at; problem. tanburg, but^ lost to Winnsboro at
the First Methodist church in Lau-i The meeting, it was stated, will Winnsboro. 7-4.
rens, it was announced yesterday by take the place of the regular summer ^ y wbo bas pitched two
members of the local AA chapter. joint Sunday evening service of-the no-hitters, will start for Clinton
Representatives from AA groups First Presbyterian and First Metho- t •
at Columbia, Charlotte, Shelby, Sa-> odist churches there. The general Clinton's Little
luda, Shelby, Greenville, Green- public is invited to attend. ' ■ r\ j
"This will be one of the occasional LCOgUGTS UOWJlCd
public mass meetings which we hold The Winnsboro*^ Leaguers stopped
from time to time to acquaint the the Clinton lads after two shutouts
public with the aims and' accom- and two nci-hitters. Winnsboro won
plishments of Alcoholics Anonymous , by a score of 7-4. J. Windham hit a
and we hope that a large number of home run and a double to lead CUn-
have no more wars.
The Rev. James B Mitchell, pas
tor of Joanna Baptist church, dedi
cated the hospital m a brief, talk in
which he emphasized that "This is a
hospital of the people of Joanna,, by
the people of Joanna and for the
people of Joanna.”
In his talk Mr Regnery pa.d trib
ute to the people of the community
for their cooperative attitude
“This hospital in no small way
demonstrates ‘just what can be done
by the real American way of life
when labor apd capital work for the
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wood, Gaffney, Clihton, Bennettsville
and Charleston are expected.
Speakers on the program will in
clude AA members from Clinton and
Charlotte and a wife of an AiA from
Columbia. They were identified by
the AA spokesman as "B.W.C” from
Clinton, “Christine R.” from Colum
bia, and “Dick W.” from Charlotte.
people from the vicinity will be pres*-
ent,” the spokesman said.
I The hour will be eight o’clock.
ton’s hitting. Clinton led 4-2 until
the last inning, when errors hurt the
local lads. ,
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