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I t > # * 4 ’ « •4 THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon ^Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable atop ClintDit (Ehrmtirlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 12,1950 Number 41 BIG WEEK-END CROWD EXPECTED FOR HOMECOMING Blue Hose-Erskine Game To Take Spotlight. Full ' Program Announced For Alumni. Presbyterian college puts on its Homecoming togs this week-end to greet the hundreds of alumni mak ing their annual trek back to the campus . County Community Concert Program Opens Here Nov. 3 R. E. Wysor, III, president of the Laurens County Community Con cert association, stated yesterday that the association will reopen the sale of season tickets for the benefit of new residents who have moved to the city since May 1. College stud ents and teachers will also be allow ed to purchase memberships by Oc tober 16th. Those who are interested may contact Mr. Wysor at his office. The program this season calls for four attractions as last year, two be presented here in the high school auditorium and two in the Laurens high school auditorium. And signaled out for special rec- The opening attraction will be The ognitiojj in class reunions are mem- Columbus Boy choir, November 3, Queen Named for Presbyterion-ErsKine Homecoming bers of these classes: 1908, 1909, 1925, 1926, 1930, 19G1, 1943, 1944, 1949 and 1950. Football, played against a back drop of festivities, takes the spot light on Saturday night. It matches the razzle-dazzling Blue Stockings and E&kine in what builds up as a wide-open Little Four engagement. For added color, there'll be halttime ceremonies crowning the Homecom ing Queen and a bevy of football sponsors. Before that kick brings grid action into prominence, alumni will have dashed through a full day of activi ties. Actually, it all begins on Friday i mezzo-soprano; here. The second attraction on No vember 21 at Laurens will be Carlos Sherman, baritone. The Columbia Concert Trio will appear here Feb ruary 20, and the Damoffs at Laur ens March 8. Members of the Association will be privileged to attend many out standing concerts in nearby towns R is announced. The following concert artists and dates are announced fr the benefit of those who wish to make plans to attend other concerts in advance. Greenwood—Nov. 14, The Rev elers; Dec. 11, Richard Farrell, pi- *5V V, “ I anist; Feb. 28, Gladys Swartbout, Friday mezxo-aoDri April 23, Carroll Clemson Stock Looms In State Football Race night with the Homecoming balll Glenn violinist sponsored by the student Pan Hel-| Batesburg-Leesville—Nov. 18, The! lenic Council. Doors of the armory | Columbus Boy choir; February 12. swing wide for alumni and students | Bwoo d Gary, tenor; Apnl IT, Mena-1 on this occasion, with dance music | hem p resJ i er> pUnist. • provided by Clemson’s Jungleers The Saturday slate gets underway at 11 a. m. when the Board of Di rectors of the Alumni Association meet in the college library building. And right after lunch (at 2 p. m.) all members of the Association will as semble in the college auditorium for a general meeting. One important matter on schedule for this meeting Is the election of new officers. Association President Tench Ow ens urges all alumni living in Clin ton to attend the general meeting of the Alumni association Saturday at 2 p. m. In the college auditorium. New officers will be elected at that time. The president’s reception Is set tor 3:30 p. m. at the home of President and Mrs. Marshall W. Brown, fol lowed by class meetings in the var ious fraternity rooms beginning at 4:30 p. m. Class meetings are scheduled as follows: 1008-00—Pi Kappa Phi rooms; 1925-28—Theta Chi rooms; r, an Albany, Ga. elected by the ^ festivities at the be crewned at half-time Djr night. She will he last year’s u to take part in r«lle«a president. Gas H. Watt, tindent body festivities begin Friday night with a They ead Bator day night with fraternity the highlight af the body REDS REJECT UNITED NATIONS SURRENDERDEMANDS Order Communist Forces In Korea To Fight To The Death. Wonsan Token. Tokyo, Oct. 11—^Wednesday)— The North Korean government flat!/ rejected United Nations surrender demands today and ordered Com munist forces in Korea to fight to the death. Red defiance came as South Ko rean troops occupied Wonsan, a key port and air base only 95 air mile-t east of Pyongyang, North Korean capital. Republican patrols fanned north and west of the freed city Li pursuit of fleeing North Koreans, Four state teams are tied in second [ field dispatches said, place—Erskine, which whipped New- u. S. First Cavalry troopers, bit ing deeper into Communist territory, drove wtLhin 85 air miles of the Red capital from the southeast The cavalrymen, however, were forced to battle fiercely for every Clemson college, ha^ added luster to its as yet unchallenged leadership of state football teams in remaining undefeated, untied and unscor.ed-on, and in gaining importance. It gilded its last week’s 18th na tional rating by toying with N. C. State 27-0 Saturday night in a daz zling display of blazing team speed. The victory kept it .on the road toward a perfect season, one that could far exceed the record of its undefeated 1948 eleven. Of its remaining foes. South Caro lina, Boston cllege and Wake Fores: appear to be the possible trouble ma kers. Its next game is against South Carolina here October 19 at the State Fair. South Carolina staged an erratic power showing in downing Furman 21-6, appeared unlikely to approach Clemson’s convincing versatility. •f the PC- by Mis* Gene are Dr. at the l*ral after the berry 20-6; Presbyterian, surprise 24-0 loser to Davidson; South Caro lina; and Wofford, back on the vic tory trail. 2113 against Canon New man. Each has two wins and one loss Furman, which ties into Alabama' yard gained on the western end of at Tuscaloosa, Ala . Friday night, is > 145-mile battlefront in third place, followed by The Cit- j a del—20-0 loser to Washington and Lee—and Newberry. All this week's games are night ! affairs, and all, except Furman's, are j set for Saturday. Nearberry entertains Elon, Wofford Chester—Oct. Dorothy Sara- •m ' . ,• ’.w- — A «« I Wosson To Head Trio; March 7, the Demoffs; April] 30, David Lloyd, tenor ,JEE!S;£J£2££r£|Boord Members Nomed itone; Jan 28, Slavenska and her Ballet Vanante County Red Cross, J. Hewlett# Wesson, county iudgi Two Year Road Program Completed In The County County Supervisor. Lander goes U to ErsJ [The CJ Clew Tamps, Prssoyiers .ne. and Davidson host p«on Two North Korean divisions o! possibly 20.000 also were making I stubborn defense against South Ko rean attacks along a 30-mile fron: 10 to 40 miles east of the First Csv ■ airy sector The official Cutnmunu: radio a 1 ig broad< -is* the TSC? ourn Udi »c th CaroLna get ready for Do -sellout meeting at th re< Th. >n S* fa I At Ml t lirn 11 Sv no In Red i cArthur mi and upon if media*# in -lime had ■ Greenville—Nov. 18, Edwin Stefft.l°f probate, was named chairman of | Stoddard, stated mwntfy thft the - I a W a V .. _ ■ a ■ ■ ■> d — mm m J I BWMhflhM mehto^a Fi MVfm fdlMBi ftlmT Mi* d gi i>riereri troops oi ih North Korr baritone; Jan i. Solomon. Feb 23.1 th * Liurens county Red Crott chap- ctxmty road rorces - 1 ter at the annual meeting held the | the two year road program. The Loewnguth String anarmow with Maiisa Regules, pianist, March IS, The Dallas Symphony. Lost Rites Held ForJ. A. (Jim) Price At Shady Grove Church He J. A. (“Jim”) Price. 85, died early early last Tuesday mornh.g at his home near Joanna. Ha had been in ill health for several months Mr. Price, originally from Lexiag- ton county, was the son of the late t ^ J|t iew i n g classes were conducted, 1930-31—Kappa Alpha rooms; 1943-1 Mst wTeTrs'hV'htd 1 250 ,wlm,ner * wer * 44—Pi Kappa Alpha rooms; 1949- ££ ST l£LTlr jESL wtow ?*** f 001 625 dvl1 - Alnh. Sioma Phi rooms: 1950-^1- . f.^uf mem^rTf Shady UB ’ Vet<r * n “ d ^ past Babb of full y*ar term allowed by the Red Croaa. New directors Include H. A. I son. W. M. Ford, A 'and Mrs. Ray B Owtngs They tab# the place of Ft G. Hardie and Rev. Francis Cunningham, who have mov ed from town; Judge Wasson, who was named chairman, and Roy B. Owtngs. who died recently. T. W. Glenn, executive aecretary, made a report of the chapter’s work for the past year. His report showed have compl having Thomas A. i built 181 5 miles of surface-treated had served the' roads under the bond issue foaled All ( Played last year Ckmsun Er shine South Carolina ^ | Wofford rood building Out of this S*U7S08 JK^SBYIIJUAN was spent tor trucks and new ma- — chinery, 154^88 00 was spent forlP*^ 1 ” 1 pipe and 1 untow; the engineer's sal- { ary. materials used in construction S : Clemso: Alpha Sigma Phi rooms; 1950—A1 pha Lambda Tau rooms. Barbecued chicken takes over at 6:15 p. m. when alumni invade Judd dining hall for supper. Following the football game as a special feature instituted this year will be a “Bull Session" at the Stu dent Christian association building. Here old graduates will find a meet ing place to exchange reminiscenees. Laymen's Programs Here Sunday, Monday and Tuesday The county-wide Interdenomina tional Christian-Mission to Men to be held here Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings is expected to be attended by a large gathering of laymen from all parts of the county. The co-chairmen in charge of the special meeting are Hknry Farris of Laurens, and W. C. Baldwin of this city. The first meeting will be held Sun day evening at 7:30 at the First FVes- byterian church with W. A. L. Sub- ley, Union layman, as the speaker. His subject will be, “Christianity and Business." Monday night at the First Baptist church i the speaker will be Jim Oeland, also of Union, who will speak on “God’s Finance Plan.” The last meeting of the series will be held Tuesday evening at Broad Street Methodist church. The group will be addressed by Dr. R. C. Grier, president of Erskine college, who will speak on “The Need for Per sonal Dedication.” READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS ■EGULARLY 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 Grove Presbyterian church, and su perintendent of the Sunday school. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon from Shady Grve Presbyterian church by the Rev. L. W. Brown and the Rev. J. B. Mitchell. Interment followed in Baxter Memorial cemetery in New berry. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Emma Lee Bundrick Price; five children, Harry Price, Mrs. Helen Evans, Mrs. Pauline Sease and G. W. Price, all of Joanna, and Mrs. Mae Ruff of Newberry; five brothers and sisters. Dock Price of Newberry, Johnny Price of Lexington and Mrs. Allen Dyson of Oakland, Calif.; ten grandchldren and one great-grand- chld. Actve pallbearers were Vassey Ruff, Roy Boyce, Clyde Wehunt, Bill Deas, Clyde Bledsoe and Dock Haw kins. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. Ol iver Thomas, Dr. F X. Shealy, David Pitts, Henderson Pitts, Frank Motes, R. L. Webb, Johnny Johnson, G. N. Foy, Carroll Johnson, Claude Wald rop, Rev. S. A. Anderson. handled, loans and grants made Male Duly of the roads, freight on all mater- _ _. la Is used and the contractor to apply rr the bUck top amounted to 8538.880 The coat of building these roads 1 t/T; " under the bond issue did not raise, l.** b€rry the tax levy on the county, since j Furman there was enough money in the tress- • ur, to tu. °f the bond u.ur County Boptists Hold We have been fair to all parts of Z. 7 the county in distributing the farm- TwO-Doy Meeting to-market roads, Supt. Stoddard said. 1 W 3 to to 2 2 to 1 I 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 Kim II Sung, at r ommander in chief of the Red srmy. called on **tna entire peoples army, partisans and all people to fight until ! the final day of victory " Admitting the Comra iunut mother • land "is face to face with a grave 1 I: ll 2 2l 3 4 0 | ala charged that two j fighters attacked a 1 2 amounting to 81.035.87, one displaced We have blacked roads leading to person sent to Minnesota and four nurses sent to plio relief- country churches, there are only two churches in the county on dirt International Trustee To Attend Spartanburg Kiwanis Convention The Kiwanis club of Clinton will be represented at the 1950 conven tion of the Carolinas Kiwanis district to be held at Spartanburg, October 15 to 17, club president M. W. Brown has announced. Ninety-eight clubs, with a mem bership of more than 6,600 business and professional leaders, will send dleegates to the three-day meeting. Donald T. Forsythe, newspaper ed itor and publisher of Carthage, Illi nois, and a trusrtee of Kiwanis In ternational, will be a featured speak er at the convention, as official re presentative of International. Presiding at the meeting will be Orin F. Crow of Columbia, who is governor of the Carolinas Kiwanis District and Dean of the School of Education at the University of South Carolina. CHURCH GROUP TO MEET The Woman’s Society of Christian Service of Broad Street Methodist church will hold their October meet ing Monday afternoon, October 16th at 4 o’clock. Other officers are: Ratchford Bo- roads, and they are in the highway land, Clinton, vice-chairman; Ray- system. All the country schools now mond C. Hill, treasurer. Miss Beau- i nave all weather roads. Mgct all of fort Copeland, home service chair- the dirt roads left in the county have man, Mrs. T. P. Kendrick, chairman {been top soiled, of knitting and Frank Roper, chair- The state highway department is man of disaster, all of Laurens. ^ doing a wonderful job, also, in road Board members include Mrs. G. 1 building in the county, Mr. Stoddard N. Foy, Joe DeLaney and Alex Craw- added, which makes it poosible for ford, all of Joanna; Mrs. Hugh Bonds Workman, Tench P. Owens, Mrs. Hubert Todd and R. L. Plaxico, Clin ton; Mrs. C. P. Townsend, Mrs. Roy B. Owings, W. M. Ford, H. A. Ben son, A. Trask McCarson, Miss Betty Richards, Gilbert Roberson, C. P. one to go almost anywhere in the county on all weather roads. Eleven States Represented In x\iciiaiAi3 v vjrjxmrri iwutrfthuu, ^ * D C a J DJ Roper, W. T. Bolt and Charles Flem-11 . jtudent Body Eleven states are represented in the Presbyterian college student body population, with the majority of the students claiming South Carolina as their homeland. Running second to this state in the census count is Georgia with 94 stu dents, while North Carolina follows with 52. The rest of the student body pop ulation is scattered over eight states: ing, all Laurens residents; Also, Adger Babb, of Princeton; Roy DeShields, Lanford; Mrs. Gray Harris, Glenn Abercrombie and Mrs. C. G. Hipp, from Gray Court; Mrs. Carl Wharton, Waterloo, and Sam Leamon, of Cross Hill. Mrs. Irby S. Hipp will be care worker of the Clinton branch. Orphanage-Ninety Six Meet Here Tonight On Johnson Field Thornwell orphanage will play Ninety Six high tonight on Johnson field at 8 p. m. Several of the local boys have been sick and out with injuries this week and it is doubt ful if all the regulars will be in uni form. light team this year. There is not *! ™ ^ ^ l* single senior on the squad 1 and only<?- ib ‘ p sn pj; a n v ot . no ^ a s , uh_ twelve boys from the ninth grade up. • P« y e invite new- The heaviest boy on the squad NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL An appreciated friend and sub- acriber writes. “Enclosed find re newal for my paper. I can spend no $2.00 that gives me as much pleasure as THE CHRONICLE.” weighs 169 pounds. The 115 pound orphanage midget team is one of the best in the city league. Several of these boys are on the big squad. Also some of the mid get stars are Clifford Hannah, Wal lace Shaw, Campbell and others. Browns Attend * Gray Inauguroton President W. M. Brown of Pres byterian college, and Mrs. Brown, re turned yesterday from Chapel Hill, N. C., where they attended the in auguration program of Gordan Gray as president of the University of North Carolina. comers to the city to join our large family. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: EUGENE KING, F. J. CARNES, NEWTON JONES, Clinton. PHIL RODDY, Belmont, N. C. MISS MARY JO COPELAND, Rock Hill. HAROLD ADDISON, G. W. PRICE, MISS INEZ TINSLEY, Joanna. PAUL ROSS, Lydia. MRS. F. E. RUNYAN, Nigeria, West Africa. The kaurens Baptist association, comprising 33 churches of the county, held their 54th annual session Tues- dsy with Poplar Springs Baptist church, and yesterday with the Mt. Pleasant church. The sessions were presided over by the moderator, Rev. H. W. Granger, of Ware Shoals. Other officers are C. K. Wright, vice-moderator; H. B Monroe, clerk; G. B. O’Dell, assistant clerk; H. S. Boyd, treasurer; Miss AUeene Franks, supt. W.M.U.; J. Lt- roy Burns, supt. Sunday schools; Rev. J. W. Spillers, president B T. U convention; and L. E. Bishop, Broth erhood director. The associational sermon was preached by the Rev. R. A. McKin ney, the doctrinal sermon by Rev. Grange S. Cothran of Laurens. Reports were submitted during the two days on the work of the church es of the county «nd the state organi zation. Both sessions were largely at tended. Mrs. Kulcsor Joins Her Husbond At Training School , Mis. Francis Kulcsar has arrived from Pittsburgh. Pa , to join her hus band Dr. Kulcsar, and they are now occupying a recently completed bung alow on the campus of the State Training School. D „ r .. K l CS . ar arriV .t d »«« “boxMCw'on'tt.'; 10th*”d'ay"o(’jun«*and crisis," Kim.said ' We should study the example of Soviet Russia’s October revolution" While the Showdown battle tor Communist North Korea raged. Ru»- ran jet airfield 11 miles southwest of Vladivostok A Far East Air Force spokesman said be was "unable to comment at this tjne" Presumably the charge was under investigation by Lt Gen Geo. E. Stratemeyer’s command, which op erates sll land-based tighter planes in the war theater Capture of Wonsan by third south division troops gave the U N. forces a prize of immediate strategic im portance Wonsan’s air base is 360 miles south of Vladivostok but any planes, such as Russia complains of, would not have come from there. The field U not yet in operation. Pyongyang, the North Korean cap ital 95 air miles west of Wonsan, is only 20 minutes flight away from Wonsan. The A»r Force expects L> have the field in use soon. Wonsan’s harbor facilities were at least 50 per cent intact even after heavy bombing attacks by B-29 Su perforts destroyed the city’s indus trial and oil refining centers. The deep water port gave the United Na tions fleet a base of unlimited an chorage AP correspondent William Jorden with the South Korean Third Divis ion said the South Koreans were surprised that resistance was not more intense inside Wonsan, although it took grim street-by-street fighting to win the rubbled one-time manu facturing and communications cen ter. Bodie Graduates From Oregon Low School ; Friends of James F. Boche, son of Mrs. R. C. Stewart, of this city, will be interested to know he was grad uated from Willamette college of month ago to join the medical staff of the Training School in the capac ity of assistant physician,, Dr. .JCul- esar is a native of Hungary and was born in a section of the country that is now a part of Yugoslavia. He came to the United States last fall. He received his medical training at the University of Budapest and the University of Debrecen. Mrs. Kulcsar before marriage was Miss Ann M. Ebinger. Up until the time she accompanied her husband to this country she was employed by the U. S. armed forces in Germany New Owner For Finance Company Announcement is made that the A B C. Finance company of this city, owned by B. C. Ferguson, has been sold to B. W. Crouch, Jr. The business will continue to operate at the same location, the new owner Ifcis an nounced. received an L.L.B. degree He has passed the state bar examination and was admitted to practice before the supreme court of Oregon on the 18t.ii day of September. Mr. Bodie will practice law Pineville, in central Oregon. n FOOD... Is An Important Item With Housewives You will find helpful Gro cery and Market News in THE CHRONICLE every week from leading food stores in the city. Read the advertisements reg ularly — they tell you about changing prices each week and where you can supply your needs and buy to advantage.