The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 15, 1949, Image 13
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Thursday, December 15, 1919
THE CLINTON CHROMt l.fc
l^ge Five
SIX-INCH SERMON
By Rev. Robert U. Harper
WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE
PRESENCE OF GOD.
Lesson for December 18: Isaiah 7-
14; Jeremiah 29, 31; Luke 1.
Memory Selection: Jeremiah 29:
11-13.
The troubled mind of man has
ben tormented endlessly, throughout
every age of his civilization, with
the immense question—Is God with
us? Is God with me?
But the answer has always been
tftere. God is with us. He is at
hand for all men who seek Him.
That is often the difficulty—the
r.ecessity for seeking. A man who
denies the existence of that neces
sity might never find God, or at
the best, approach only part of the
way to His grace.
Jeremiah points the way to a full
.realization that God is ever avail
able.
“Then shall ye call upon me, and
ye shall go and pray unto me, and
I will hearken unto you. And ye
shall seek me, and find me, when
ye shall search for me with all your
heart.”
God is eternally with us, and
God’s promised blessings always
nave been fulfilled. To his con
fused and spiritually downtrodden
people Isaiah prophesied: “For un
to us a child is born, unto us a son
:s given: and the government shall
be upon his shoulder: and his name
shall be called Wonderful, Counsel-
r, The Mighty God, The everlasting
Father, The Fh*ince of Peace.”
The prophets of Israel never
doubted God nor His sublime pres
ence in the affairs of all peoples.
The presence of Christ on earth
bore out that supreme belief and
continues now to sustain us in our
knowledge that God is with us.
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-SPORTS-
By DONNY WILDER
The basketball season in Clinton
I got under way officially as the Pres-1
byterian Blue Hose took to the
, courts in four tilts last week and
the Clinton high school Red Devils J
'opened their season with their ini-
| tial game with Bush River.
Blue Hose Shine
The P. C.' Blue Hose lived up to
expectations and showed up very
well this past week as they rack-
! ed up three wins over textile teams 1
and the Independents from India-1
; na. Two of these wins, the ones over:
i Monoghan and Pelzeij were by the ^
identical score of 6& to 57. The win
over Akron was by a 76 to 54 mar-|
gin.
In these first few games the Pres-1
byterian basketeers displayed more
team work than did invidual stars.!
Most of the local fans were expert-!
ing to see a one mao team with;
Dwight Groninger as the “one man”,]
but they were badly mistaken andi
had underestimated the ability of!
the head basketball mentor—Claude [
Crocker.
Crocker had a wide and varied
field of experience as he had guid-j
I ed a team named the Carolina
Clowns to 51 consecutive victories.
! Two well known boys were mem
bers of this team; they were All-:
American Charlie “Choo-Choo” J
, Justice and All-American end on;
some selections, Art Weiner. These
! boys were noted as outstanding foot- j
ball players but were also very a-!
! daptable to the basketball hard
I woods.
Crocker was also quite a star in;
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j basketball himself as he rflade the
All-State basketball team two years 1
I as a forward in high school in Ashe-!
j ville.
The ball handling ability of Lew
; Hawkins and Willy Groninger com-
i bined nicely with the dead eye of
Kay Hill, the spirit and speed of Paul
1 Nye and the all around ability of i
| “Big Ed” Thompson to form one of 1
j the smoothest cage squads seen |
! around these parts in "many moons”, i
“Big Ed” Thompson appeared to-
be a little nervous for the first few
i games but after he had a few games
under his belt he began showing
I a great deal of improvement and
1 displayed the ability to learn from
mistakes which is very necessary
for a boy to become a polished per
former.
Paul Nye seems to be the best
prospect for future Presbyterian
teams as he spotlighted speed, a
good eye on the basket, good field
play, and a great spark plug for
team work.
P. C. Nosed Out By C’lemson
After taking three easy wins ov
er local textile teams the Presby
terian Blue Hose were defeated in
the last ten seconds of the game by
the Clemson Tigers 55 to 53.
All through the game neither
team could work up a substantial
lead and the spectators were kept
on the edge of their seats for the
entire game as the teams matched
point for point.
With the game going into the fi
nal seconds of play the score was
j tied up in a 53 to ditto score before
a man from the Tiger’s den could!
break loose and score that final and]
all important goal.
“Willy” Groninger was fouled out!
of the game and this might have had !
some bearing on the final out-come
of the game.
“Big Ed” Thompson shared high
scoring honors with Hawkins by
I racking up ten points for the blue
j team.
High School Drops Double Header
The Clinton high school Red Dev
ils were edged out of two games in
their seasoner's opener with Rush
River. The girl’s team lost 20 to 18
while the boys were nosed out by
a 14 to 13 count.
The female Red Devils showed a
lot of improvement over last year’s
i team and may be expected to fair
I fairly well over the long route of
|the season.
Mona Blakely is the spark plug of
! this team as a fast moving guard
| with a lot of finis.
I The Red Devils will meet Union -
this week in a double header con- j
sisting of a boy’s game and a girl's
seme.
Midget Basketball To Be Started
This year Lydia and Clinton will
be sporting a. girl's and boy's team
of children from 9 to 14 years of
age.
This pioneer project will be un
der the direction at Claude Crock
er, recreational director for Clinton
and Lydia Mills.
CrocKer says the teams will play
a regular schedule of games and
will have gold and blue uniforms.
FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 27th day of
December, 1949, we will render a
final account of our acts and doings
as Administrators D. B. N. C. T. A.
of the estate of John H. Pitts in the
office of the Judge of Probate of
Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a.m.,
and on the same day will apply for
a final discharge from our trust as
Administrators D. B. N. C. T. A.
Any person indebted to said estate
is notified and required to make pay
ment on air before that date; and all
persons having claims against said
estate will present them on or before
said date, duly proven, or be forever
barred.
DAVID T. PITTS and
JOHN HENDERSON PITTS,
Admnistrators DJB-N.C.TA.
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