The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 26, 1951, Image 11
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Thumday, April 26, 1951
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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Little League
Opens Monday
With Five Teams
(By D. S. TEMPLETON)
The five-team league of the Clin
ton Little Leaguers will open next
Monday afternoon with a ganje be
tween Florida Street and Thom-
well on the latter's field. Tuesday
Academy Street plays at Joanna.
Wednesday Lydia plays at Acad
emy. A weekly schedule will be
pubished each week so spectators
will know where the games will
be played.
According to National Little
League rules all teams must play
at least eighteen scheduled games.
The Clinton Little Leaguers will
pay about twenty-five games each
this season. The first half of the
season will be used to develop as
many ball players as possible on
Notes From The
County Agent's Office
By C. B. CANNON. County Agent
mature in search of food. Com A good Job appars to be in the* mg to P. E. Cannon, local Gulf
plants are good attraction for them, making. Farmers who have had distributor.
The insect will not atteck cotton »« »pwien<» m the use of 2-4. p! Mr. Cannon said the property
, in weed control expect th plants to
and may be planted near small d Je at once _ This is, nat the case
was sold to Palmetto Bank, a local
business, in preference to other
outside parties interested in the
gram. I every time. It will depend on the
Laurans County Fair Not Far Off type of plant and stage of growth land.
4-H Rally Saturday Everybody wants to see this fall The affected plants show a pecul-| Speaking on behalf of the bank,
Gary Gibbs, Laurens, Rt. 3, son 8 c° u nty fair equal to or better iar appearance of growth and may j^jght F. Patterson, executive
of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gibbs, SrJ than the one he * d ^ ast year at the Ive ^°J weelu after being vice-president, said "we are pleas-
and president of the Laurens Coun-, Laurens County fair grounds spon- sprayed before dying. Persons whoj^, that Gu]f 0il Corp has sold us
ty 4-H Council, will preside over s ^ed by the Laurens Exchange the property - We have bou * ht the
the annual 4-H meeting Saturday,' club. It has been necessary for the >2-4. D weed killer should use same
^h^l 28 ’Bettv h Burns Unt Mc)untviife h ! ed and plans are now being made 8ge desi I able plants some distance; to mee ^ our increased volume of fi*ld was named in honor of Mr.
daughter of Mr and’ Mrc: M H ' to h °l d tbe iair the l ast wee ^ °f awa y- There is a spray known as business” McMillan who was an outstanding
B U rS « v^pSld Nancy, September. bush kiUer that will Jm bu S hes ( Mr PatlerMn tha , plans leader m .he commun.ty, not on.y
Dodson, Laurens, Rt. 3, daughter All exhibits entered should Dial annii^d hv ca ^ ^ or developing the property as ‘ n athletics, but in ciwc, church
of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Dodson, is prepared and entered as results of »» -— —- — and business affairs.
secretary, and Steven Tollison, the best efforts put forth, since a
date for the 1951 fair to be chang- cautiously as the dirft may. dam
New Pork Named
After McMillan;
Laurens Leader
(Says The Laurens Advertiser!
The new city recreation park on
Irby avenue behind the old hospital
has been named McMillan Field, in
honor of the late Lee Stanford Mc
Millan. ■“ ? ft
W. E. Hunt, president oftthA Park
property to erect a modern bank
building with th latest equipment | and Recreation committee, sajd the
Uh(
. safe
Mr. Cox according to recommenda
tions of the manufacturer of the
spray.
Laurens, Rt. 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. good agricultural fair has one of its
J. S. Tollison, is treasurer. Mrs.! main objectives to be educational.
T. B. Sumerel is chairman of thejGood exhibits can teach valuable
4-H county council officers. lessons to others. The premium list
Officers for 1951 are to be elect- “ on be compilert. but the «-
ed during the morning’, program. h ‘ brt * ngube mu*ttn»«d work.
Registration is to begin at 10:00 KU1 w##d * Wllh Bpc * T
a.m., and the program to begin
tratior] 1 'committee uTco^L” 8 of, sch °° I - was (Say! Th * U ‘ Ur ' nS Ad ' ,er “ s<!r)
vr.r^o u, T with 2, 4-D about two weeks ago
Laurens Bank
Buys Site For
A.uj weeas wun spray ^ J D *1 J*
The fescue field of Frank Dial.j^COnd Building
Laurens, Rt. 3, located in front of
“‘“‘V —" — r ---j T __„ wwun 4, w aouui IWO Wtfexs
each team and no league standings i by E. E. Cox of Clinton to control
will be kent until the second half _ F» _ . . 1 weeds. Those interested in control-
will be kept until the second half
starts. The winners of the second
half will receive a trophy. Joanna
Little Leaguers won this trophy
last year under Coach Hack Prater.
Jones and James Hill. One of the I
highlight, of the program will be! lin « th » field -
a report on the trip to the National
4-H Club Congress by those at-
Mr. Patterson declared that plans
call for developing the property as 1
soon as government restrictions can
be clarified on building regulations.
He said the bank intends to re
tain their present building, thereby
furnishing Laurens with adequate
banking service that will be equal
to any other town in the state.
Mr. Patterson pointed out that
no definite plans have been eom-
pleted but that plans will be drawn
for the new building by a bank ar
chitect in the near future.
The bank building will occupy
The Gulf Oil Corporation sold 1
their vacant lot on the corner of S. the entire lot
Harper and Main streets to the -
Palmetto Bank yesterday, accord- SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLI
Mr. McMillan was a graduate of
the University of Alabama where
he starred in sports. He pioneer
ed baseball here playing in tbe
early ^ms with the Carolina league.
Mr. McMillan was always affil
iated with baseball in the city and
was president of the textile leagu-i
here for several years.
He served as mayor of Laurens
in 1938-39
CALL 74
FOR TOUR PRINTING AND
OFFICE SUPPLY NEEDS
At the end of the regular season of tending: Rachel Nichols, Mount-
play an all-.tar team of only 12 V'lteclub.BanfoM Chapman coun-
players wiU be picked to play in l_ywide t-H club; Dons Srmth^State
the state Little League tournament
starting in Clinton on Monday,
August 6. Through the cooperation
Training School club; and Robert,
Tinsley, who was a member of the
countywide 4-H club and who is
ofeoach Waiter 0 X' Johnson, the ™™' attending Clemson college.
Clinton Recreation commission, the Robert will be present and make
mayor, town council, and the Lau- bls rep ? rt lf he can eet leave from
rens County Supervisor, Bennie B.i*" 6 coI tege.
Blakely, a fine Little League park Picnic lunch will be served on
is in the process of being developed the group and the faternoon
on the college property in front fo will be devoted to recreatiqp.
Vetville. As soon as it is finished Suggest Not Planting Corn Adjoin-
all Little League games will be, in 9 To Small Grain
played there. Farmers should keep in mind the
A meeting of all managers of Lit-; damage to com from chinch bugs
tie Leaguers and Midgets will be coming from small grain fields. In
held at Academy Street school Fri-jpast years, portions of corn fields
day night, April 27. at 7:00. It is have been destroyed by the insect
urgent that all managers bring the sucking the young com. The
birth certificates of their Little chinch bug migrates from small
Leaguers and Midgets to the meet- grain fields when grain begins to
ing. These will be kept on file and
SOUTHERN CROSS- "TELEVISION" SOFA RED AND CHAIR—NO. 6801
returned at the end of the summer.!
The following gentlemen of Clin
ton have offered their services as
umpires in the recreation program:
Shorty Home, Arthur Howard.
Winfred Norris, Arthur Davis, J.
R. Hamrick, J. C. Cannon, Phil
Thornton. George Frady, Whit
Bowie. Harry Nettles, Jim Pur-
year and Bobbie Dowdle. They
are asked to meet the managers
this Friday night at 7:30 p.m^ at
Academy Street school. If anyone
else in Clinton and Joanna will
volunteer as helpers in our pro
gram for the young boys it will be
greatly appreciated.
Baptist Group To
Meet In Newberry
The churches of the Reedy River
Baptist Association will hold their
spring rally at the First Baptist
church in Newberry, on Friday,
April 27, at 7:30 p.m.
Addresses will be made by Rev.
J. A. Howard, and Rev. H. G. Ham-
friett, both of Columbia. Miss Eth
el Guest, of Nigeria, will bring a
missionary message.
Rev. T. B. Altman will lead the
opening worship with Rev. A. F.
Boone and J. E. Walker in charge
of the music. Special musical
numbers will be rendered by New
berry First church and the Whit
mire First church. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
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