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i f i ^7 v > THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon * ‘ •Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable 5Ibp OUtnlntt If You Don't Reod THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, August 24, 1950 Number 34 • CITY SCHOOLS FACULTY GIVEN Seniors Complete Work On Degrees At Summer School FOR NEW YEAR Session Begins August 31. Five Staff Changes Announced. The 1950-51 session of the Clinton city schools will open August 31, it is announced by W. R. Anderson, superintendent. Only five changes are made in the entire $tafT for the new year, accord ing to the superintendent. New teach ers are Charles Burnett, Mrs. John Morris and Miss Satira Lindler in the high school, Mrs. R. C. Lamb at Florida Street, and Mrs. L. M. Dun can ui Academy street. They replace G. C. Boone, Mrs. James Sloan, Miss Faye Stewart, Mrs. Cornelia Page and Mrs. Billy Johnson. Fwiowing is the list of teachers for the respective schools and their home addresses: HU* School R. P. Wilder, principal, Clinton. 41J. S. Boozer, agriculture, Clinton. Charles Burnett, Clinton. Mrs. James Puryear, Clinton. Mrs. Roger Henry. Clinton. Miss Elizabeth Boland, Columbia. Mrs. Lewis Wallace. Clinton. Mrs. Essie Workman, Clinton. Mtss Betty Neal Derrick. Laurens. Mrs Roily Bannister, Mountvilte. Mias Eloise Miller. Pauline Miss Irene Hipp. Clinton Mias Elisabeth Adams, Greenwood. Mrs John Morris, Columbia Miss Mary Gaines, Greenwood. Mtss 9aMra Landler, Pomana Miss Martha Washlngtoli. Hones Path Mias Katrine Martin. Gray Court A W Sheely. principal. Clinton Mias uty Ysrtxmtufh. Clinton Mrs Clayte Ray. Clinton rn Mias EUa Little McCrary. CUntoo. Davta. Miss Bora Gary. Mu* Agnes Davis. Clinton Mrs R C Lamb Greer Mrs L. S Hiers. Twelve seniors completed work on degrees at Presbyterian college dur ing the 1950 summer session which dosed recently. '' They will be awarded diplomas with the class of 1951 at the regular graduation exercises next June. Eight of the seniors completed re quirements of bachelor of arts de grees, and four completed bachelor of science requirements. The A. B. men are: Harold Joe Cooper of Greenville; James Win ston Davis of Dillon; Arthur Carl Freet of Detroit, Mich.; Rupert Ru dolph Gaddy, Jr., and William Fer ris Hobeika, both of Dillon; Norman Carl Langston of Pineville, La.; Wy man McNary Shealy, Jr., of Clinton; and Wallace Knox Wilkinson of Rome, Ga. Those completing B.S. work are: David Donald Boland of Clinton; Hoyt William Hamilton of Whitmire; William Daniel McLeod of Rembert; and William Thomas Ozmint of Iva. LITTLE LEAGUERS GIVEN ROUSING SEND-OFF TUESDAY Orphanage Schools Begin New Session Next Monday The ’niornwell orphanage gram mar and high school will open their „ new 1950-51 session Monday morn-i Chomps Leove for World ing with the schools a * ain headed byi r B. S. Pinson as superintendent. The following is the list of teach ers; Mrs. L. B. Dillard, Clinton. Mrs. Edgar L. Blakely, Clinton. Miss Luva McDonald, Iva. Miss Helen Porter, Clinton. Miss Julia Porter, Clinton. Mrs. Frank M. Boland, Clinton. Mrs. Turner Martin, Laurens. Mrs. Minna Irby, Chester. Miss Helen Knight, Roanoke Rap ids, N. C. Series In Williamsport, Pa. Play Bridgeport, Conn., Today. The Clinton Little Leaguers, ! champs of the regional baseball tour- i nament of the Carolinas, were given r a rousing send-off Tuesday by ■ friends, parents and youngsters when they left on the mid-day Seaboard train for Williamsport, Pa., to com- f pete in the national tournament. At Hamlet, N. C., the lads took a i str , e * Pullman and were scheduled to ar- jrive in Williamsport yesterday (Wed nesday) at 12:30 p. m. The team making the trip is com- 1 Brockington Clinton Wins Flag In Fast Carolina League_ Coined Top Spot Saturday Night By Defoting Watts. Wore Shoals Riegels Trim Joanna Three In A Row, and Win Playoff for Second Place. Clinton Man Is Killed In Korea By DONNY WILDER The Clinton Cavaliers coped the i Central Carolina league pennant last week but they had to do it the hard ; way. Going into the final week of Word was received here Tuesday play the oanna Hornets were :n first Miss Frances Brockington, King- the War Department that Staff, _j afe two games out of Clinton' -aa 1 SsCJt RnhArt W Wil^Kum \arac lri1_ Mr* Hill iL CUoUm JOANNA SCHOOLS OPEN SESSION ON SEPTEMBER 1 Faculty Announced for New Year. Patrons Invited for Opening Program. Joann* schools will open on Fri day morning. September I. at S.4S with a devotional program in the Auditorium It la announced by G. N. Ftoy. super in Undent All patrons and friends of the schools are cordially invited to attend the opening pro gram Regular classroom work will hegta on Monday. September «. The faculty far the new year as announced by Supt Foy follows Mrs Frances S Gtie*. Seneca Miss Mildred Workmen. Clinton Mrs Mary L. Harris. Seneca Mrs Myrtle 8 Speak# Kinards Miss Kill* Farr. Little Mountain .Sgt. Robert W. Wilburn. 26. was kil- . Miss Louise Bagwell, Greenville. led in action in Korea. August 8th. ! reach - Clinton swept a tnree game Miss Sara Culp, Edgemore. He is the first Clinton mar. to be fer * es fr0,n the Watts ’ Warriors ana Mrs. Jack Arnold, Seneca. | reported killed during the Korean Ware Shoals Riegels dittoed Mrs. Arnold, Miss Culp and Miss conflict. against the Hornets. This put tn# (posed of 15 youngsters, 13 of whom -.Wv”ThZ Ser * eant Wilburn was a veteran of Cavaliers in the number one spot S2h .S Mn M ‘“ WUU * ,m ’ rM “ ned Heart. Silver Star and Good Conduct; nenn4nt ,or ‘ CU " ,on 'l"" ,n U,> 1 medal He had served in the army "“"F 10 recalL - The winner Templeton, Hack Prater of Joannaj asaistant coach, and Mrs. Prater, also Men-of-tHe Church by Mayor-elect Joe P. Terry, Tru- i # c man Owens and T. W Hardin, as- 'O CnorgC Ot jCrviCC Sunday Morning Coach Templeton announced his 1 * probable starting line-up as Dust> . 12 years. \ wasn’t decided until the final game Surviving are hi* father and mo- of the season since Joanns and Chn- ther, Mr and Mrs A. J. Wilburn who (ton were tied for the league lead. reside near the city; three sisten. l C bnton edged past the Warriors with Mrs. Evelyn Caton and Mrs. R. E tk* -— Lyles of Greenville and Mrs Leth* m p»e.«# ....it J fnn,n * s 0 * Lajret.>. one bruise*, iddleboro. Ky. ». Denn.. B«nn.u. 11; Du.- th . rint Pr Mby »n.„ church .ill b. 4'" n ‘ n **, .y Reaves, lb, Ray Farmm. Sbf Ben- conducted by representatives of the Ji Timmons, rf; Joe Chafin, sa; Jer- Men-of-the-Church of the state who * C 1 will be in session Friday through Clinton Now Hot '‘ r < _P»tcher Substitutes Sunday at Presbyterian college Sev- • , are Bll. Dobbins, Bruce Austin. Grady eral visiting laymen will have a part 1,477 Telephones ruu.,. Mai Tuchw. 0«c,. Cop.- th . g LjneJ f0 ] 0Qnn0 a loose ten to nine score, but the Riegels found the Hornet* to be a die hard bunch. The Riegels-Hornets game went to the thirteenth innmg before the Ware Shoals boys could punt Final Joanna and Wayne Hornsby All expenses of the tnp for the, team and coaches will be paid by MaiOf Henderson To the U. 8. Rubber Company, spon sors of the national tournament in which tight teams will participate One defeat eliminates s team tn th* finals, and it la announced the game* ! will be broedcaat on a national hook- Leove for Oversees muster the winning <or#—-Ware ShoaL tkree. Joanna and Ware Shoa.s tnen had to play another game to determine f Spartanburg., the second place team, since both CUnion will participate la the op ening round famee today (Thursday) •l It-It p m Thou opponent will be wtU be ^neotola. Fla hake*. III. and D S Mrs- Raymond Pitta f Mrs John W Lml*. Mrs Julian Coleman. CUntoo Mias Elizabeth Copeland. Clinton Mrs G D Elite. Jr. CUatoe Mrs Nene Workman. Clinton ’ Mrs J. H Donaaa. Clinton Mu* Odette Mauaey. Clinton Mrs Hugh M Buford. Clinton. “ Mua Rose Lae. Newberry Mias Kate Milam. Clinton Mrs. A. B Blakely. Clinton Mrs. L. M Duncan. Greenville. Mias Margaret Blakely, pnneipal. » "Clinton Mrs Ella D. Nance, Mouatvilie Mias Lou Belle Neighbors. CUnion, t Mrs R W. Wade. Clinton Mus Mary Johnson. Clinton. Mua Clyde'Smith. Seneca Calvin Cooper, Clinton. Mrs. R. C. Adair, Clinton. Mrs. Addison Neighbors, Clinton. Opening Announcement School authorities announce that eighth and ninth grade students will t report to school on Thursday, Aug ust 31, at 8:30 o'clock. These two grades are to be the only ones to re- * port on this day. The tenth, eleventh and twelfth* grade students are to report on Friday, September 1, at 8:30 o’clock. All students will report on Monday, September 4. Musgrove School Opens August 28 The Musgrove school will open on August 28th, at 8 o’clock. The teach ers are Mrs. Larry DeShields, prin cipal, and Miss Blanche Cox, pri mary. Renno School t Opens September 4 The new session of the Renno school will open Monday morning, * Sept. 4th, at 8:30 it is announced by the teacher, Mrs. David Copeland. _ Greenville Hatton. Littla Moon- Mtea Mary Mlaa Dale* lam Hack Prater. Joanna Mtea Betty Jo Sloan. Cnlumbi a Mr* Ruth MeCrackin. Newberry | Tbo*. E Chandler. Joanna, jua.oc high school principal. Regular stubatttut* teachers for the aeaaion will be Me* Mercer Vance Wia*. Clinton, and Mr* Nettie Joan- •on, Kinard* New member* of the staff are Mrs. Smith. Mr* McCrackm, and Hack Prater, who will leach aoctal •ob jects and coach athletics. on Cedar •treat *nd from Seifndge Field. Detro.i. M«ch . where he has been ttaUoned with the U 8 Air Force Major Heoder»or, Kan- win Wavt ***edsy by plan# for Cai- I # ifomio where he wtU laa«e for an ^ overseaa aasigament after »pending the peat three weeks here with hi* tilts •cbeNtaMSdMfaT Set^ ‘ tvihtive* in Columbu*. Ga Th* game* are being plajrad at th* home of th* feel-grow ing H A. Casaedy district manager of the Southern were one full game behind CUntoo. B#U Telephone company her*, said Ware ShoaU made it four in a row # \* ^ ** yesterday there are 1.477 telephones over th# Hornet* and the Joanna- r end* of Major *nd Mrs Lykr* tn mtvice in Clmtnn today, aa cum isna. who had been first place by two rndrrion *nd iftiidren *.11 oe in- pared with 7T7 at the end of 1943 game* only * short we*k before. ..»ied to kru.w^ they^ have recent.y He also said there are 45 king dw were dropped to th* 'bird spot in a u c **** *** ,?*****!* lance circuit* a* compared with IS j four team league Th* c«..ar dwell- ” * **" ^ five yean ago There are aiao I free!mg Watts club was the u..iy on* out service trunks u nnecting Clinton of the running. In I T ■ Bell that th* company has telephone* aa in- 100 per rent, tn the Th* playoff, in Shaughi .****> style, i with the i laying the Che game* st* Lions Enfertom at Williamsport An AP report from Ladies With Barbecue there yesterday said that aa estimated m U/** will watch the eight | Last night at the Mary Lou ram to 12-year-olda play la the Utile house on tne Cornwell plantation th. wor ** ******* Lions club entertained with a bar be- Orsi yeart cue honoring the ladies and inviting tury AT FLORIST CONVENTION * number of gumSM Ur. and Mr* Brunson Asbtl. at- Barbecue wiib aveeaaortes was ter tended th* Florists Convention in ved a large number attending tn Columbia during the past week enjoyable social affair. fourth place club. Watts e.U be played in a he* af-five aaenaa Joanna w, to tangle with Ware 81 •*!§ again .. ^ last niM»t The winner* o. the two preaidrnt sa*d there Mr1r , anil meet in a heat four-out- if- are SJiKlU) telephones in service t#v * n to determine th* playoff today in the nine states Mrved by tampion Southern Bell, as compared with 1.- t eeper Blank* Walla. S-4 •! end of August. 1943 j Calvin Cooper, with his entire Thu mcTras*. he said, is as large wardrobe of Unnm to put on a b**e- aa th* increase in te:ephones for the flipped a neat four hitter at toe f the company s hia> Watts Warrior* and left them on the scoreless end of a five to nothing In review of tekpfume progress, i-ount. This was the first game of th* during the past five years. Mr Du- playoff and puts the pennant-win- mas also disclosed that Southern rung Cavaliers one up on Watts. Bell had: Cooper pitched five hitlesa innings 1. Tripled the number of rural i at the Wgrriors but was pounded for telephones—from 144.721 to 434.000 ! his first hit in the sixth inning by 2. Almost doubled its number of Watts' manager Roy Peeler Ray from Bobo tonne .'ted a Dingle in the Wysor Again Heads Heart Committee The executive secretary of the South Carolina Heart association yesterday announced the appoint ment of special advisory committees . to the association in 14 counties. The committees will help appoint the 1951 county Heart campaign officials and act in an advisory capacity, he said. For Laurens county Col. R. E. Wy- 1 sor of this city, has been again nam ed chairman, assisted by Dr. J. F. Dusenberry, L. LeRoy Burns and W. iS. Bolt, of Laurens. Local Man Heads 40 and 8 Voiture long distance circuits, going 9.300 to 16.300. -eventh frame but Cooper got his 3. More than doubled the amount second wind and grabbed the War- of money invested in telephone fa- 1 non bats again in the eighth. Peel- cihties. advancing from $389,600,000 cr again connected in the ninth and to $837,000,000. Thomas collected the remaining nit Emphasizing the effect of con- for the Warriors. All four hits were stantly ruing costs on the telephone singles and the closest the Warriors company, Mr. Dumas said that each came to scoring was the ninth inn- telephone added today requires fa- in 8 wh * n Watts grouped two of their cilities costing nearly doubled what h** 5 - putting a man on first and >e- these same facilities cost in 1145. cond. Cooper sat the next two men _ . ...... . down on strikes and ended the ball Service Highly Improved "During this past half decade, tel- Clinton, in the meantiMe, was pounding Watts’ lace, Harry Potts, NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL •» Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Chapman, Wy man Shealy, Sr., Mac B. Hipp, Jr., and Carlton F. Winn were in Gren ville Tuesday for the installation of officers of Voiture 1027 of the Forty and Eight. It was a ladies night affair. Mr. W’inn was installed as chef De Gare for the year 1950-51. This Voiture is composed of Legion members from Pickens, Greenville and Laurens counties. Shady Grove School Opens August 30 The Shady Grove school will open August 30th. Miss Miriam Donnan of this city is the teacher. 5. C. PRESBYTERIAN MEN WIU. OPEN 3-DAY MEETING ATCOOEGE FRIDAY Loymen From All Ports of State to Gather Here For 'Christian Mission to Men.' Prominent Speakers on Program. Presbyterian men frim all part* of, 000.000 to $38,000,000 in three years, the state will gather here at Presby- Sunday school enrollment has reach- : terian college for thrdeUiays, starting ed the highest point in the history of (Friday afternoon. The’ theme is, the Presbyterian church, U S. j Christian Mission for Men, with an The duties of Dr. Burney are to ephone service has become clearer. i outstanding program arranged by ; coordinate and unify the interest and faster and more dependable in every j ‘'in'*^afe hTows Vtu'kev Livm »- Jim Oeland, of Union, president of'effort of the Presbyterian church in respect.’’ Dumas said. "Our facil-, ton a , u. s hare anil then some as the men of the South Carolina synod.)the interest of greater achievement ities and the skill of telephone men | ed the hlt pjrade a perfect Laymen attending the Mission will of Presbyterians for Christ and His and women were never so far ad- ni „ ht at the bli . base . Huftstetler be entertained on the Presbyterian church. He believes that all work of vanced as they are today. Whatever i | ashec | f ourtb Wltb a c 'j out which sen. college campus. I the church must be unified through communication needs may arise, the baI1 winglng lts way Int0 ths Included on the program are such the local congregation, the presby- they will be met to the utmost.” outstanding men as: , tery, the synod and the general as- * ^ N.- B. Etheridge, of Norfolk, Va., a sembly. | # native of Virginia, who has been Dr. Burney and Jap Patterson re- JcnklHS Credited identified with both civic and church ( cen tly projected a joint effort among VA/:*!, r'rtmo Vi/-fr>ru life of the city for a number of years. Presbyterian men for the enlistment *301*10 VlviOiy During the war Mr. Etheridge divided ot a11 men in a new program of i ' his time between defense and service stewardship, evangelism, foreign ^ as * weeks paper it was inad- to the Presbyterian church. He di- m * ss ^°ns and church education. ver t^ntly stated that Bill Smith, the reded the Home Mission Emergency 1 During the summer 85 groups of s * ar Dittle Leaguers pitcher, won campaign of the Presbyterian church ! men have volunteered to present the ^ ve k'nhes in the elimination and to raise funds to serve the people in (challenge of the above fields to every j finalz played in Florence and Charies.- defense centers. Mr. Etheridge ren-. local congregation in the general as- * on - final three dered this service without pay. sembly. This group consists of 3,500 8 a mes in Charleston Jerald. Jen- At present he is an associate di- men - nings of Joanna pitched the last two innings and was credited with the 1 pines behind the fence in right field. Both teams played scoreless ball for the first three innings and it was left up to the Cavaliers to score in the fourth. Mickey Livingston started the fireworks in the fatal fourth with a single. He moved to second on third baseman Blackrtocks' single, Prater's infield out moved him to third and Livingston scored the first run on a wild pitch. Huff-stetler then came across with his circuit smash with one man on the ba>epaths to put his team out front, three to get-some. Just to be on the safe side the Clin- 4 There is more Clinton community news in THE CHRONICLE each week than in all the other publica tions in the world combined. And the cost is less than 4c a week. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: Mrs. E. M. FELKNOR, Schenectady, N. Y. R. C. ADAIR. JR. Great Falls, S. C. MRS. CHARLES L. HIPP, City MRS. DAVID SATTERFIELD, MRS. LUKE SMITH MRS. C. L. COKER, Lydia. JOHNSON LEAVES CITY Raymond Johnson leaves today for (Wilmington, Del., where he has ac- ; cepted a position as salesman with the Hyman-Reiver and Company. Mr. Johnson was formerly connected j with Prather-Simpson Furniture •Company of this city. fector of the Presbyterian Program! Th e fi rst two weeks in September, -- "itnnianc arirw mark*., in mt of Progress, along with Colonel Roy these men will be instructed in 85 win instead of Smith Th « latt « "°n and Eventh Bl«k^S ^or#d alam LeCraw of Atlanta, C. S. Johnson of one-day briefing sessions. This is the tour games instead of five as report- £ d St. Louis, and Ed Edens of Missis- Arst time in the history of the church ca - as the CavahersTrouied their smiles ‘ sippi. He is giving his time gratis to tnat such a mass scale of instruction _ ln thuts ^ the church in this movement. < ha s been given Presbyterian men. ———————————— _ ‘ \*. ■ _ „ •LJr. ci. Patton, Jr. f of Atlanta, L>r. Burney was regional director Ga., executive secretary of General of leligious education in South Car- Council of the Presbyterian church, olina from 1941 to SUFFERS BROKEN HIPP INJURY Friends of Mrs. W. J. Henry, Sr., will be sorry to know she is a patient at the General hospital in Columbia where she is convalescing from a broken hip received Monday at her home here. 1948. He gave U.S. The General Council was or- counsel and guidance for the estab- ganized in 1949 and is constituted of lishment of men’s work in this synod, leaders from the General Assembly. Prior to that time he was pastor of The General Council is responsible Sugar Creek Presbyterian church for making budgets for the various Charlotte, N. C. boards of the church, suggesting pro- In addition to the above speakers, grams and giving guidance in all the there will be various entertainment work of the Presbyterian church. and recreation. Also at this meeing Dr. Leroy P. Burney, executive co- election of new officers for the com- ordinator of the Presbyterian Pro- ing year will be held. With this in gram of Progress, which is a move- mind, every Presbyterian man is in- ment in the Presbyterian church for vited to attend so that he can cast greater effort in evangelism, stew- i his ballot for the men who will lead ardship, education and extension. Due, the destinies of the Presbyterian to the efforts of the program, gifts of church in South Carolina for the the church have increased from $36,-'coming year. READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay you. It's thrifty to shop first in this newspaper, then In the stores as prices change and new merchandise is received and displayed. BE WISE— READ THE ADS i strikeouts and issued two free trips •to first base in tieing up his four- hit shutout job. Watt’s Potts had the I same record but wasn’t quite as con- ; servative with his hits and runs. Second baseman, Frankie Aravelo. committed two errors but nothing came of the mishaps. Louie Lyles and Pete Mish weii* the only Clintonians who didn't g«. tneir share of hits for the night. Livingston Leads Hitting Mickey Livingston is leading tru* i Cavaliers at bat with a healthy swat- 1 mark of 380. Other averages whit. * were announced are. Pete Mish. home i runs, 13, and Roy Whittaker, win- j mngest pitcher with thirteen victor- | ies against five defeats.