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THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable 0k Qlltntnn (ttljnmtr If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume III Clinton, S. C., Thursday, September 6, 1951 Number 37 KENNETH HASELDEN KILLED MONDAY IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH Fatal Accident Hap pened Near Sumter. Largely Attended Fu- < neral Services Tuesday. James Kenneth Haselden, Jr., 19, died Monday about 1 o’clock at Tourney’s hospital in Sumter from in juries received in a motorcycle acci dent earlier at about 8 o’clock in the morning. Kenneth left here early Monday morning to visit his grandmother at Cades. The tragic accident occurred in Richland county near Shaw air field. It was reported that the mo torcycle he was riding crashed into a truck when the latter made a sharp turn from the highway. He was rushed to the hospital at Shaw field and soon removed to the Sumter hos pital where h£ passed away a few hours later, the news of his tragic death coming as a great shock and sorrow to his family and many friends. The funeral services were held here Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock from Broad Street Methodist church Of which the lad was a member. The services were conducted by his pas tor, Rev. E. K. Garrison, and a for mer pastor, Rev. P. L. Bauknight of Sumter, who was among the first to reach the hospital upon being in formed of the accident He talked with Kenneth and had prayer with him before he passed away, his con dition being critical with no hope held for his recovery. The church and Sunday school au ditorium were filled to capacity for the services. The grave was banked with many floral tributes as evi dence of the esteem in which he was held. Active pallbearers were William Corley, Clair and Frank Pitts, Sid ney Hartzog, Howard McCorley, Jimmy Suttle, Jimmie Woodside and Theo Ellison. The honorary escort consisted of James Holland, Henry and Ralph Simmons, Kenneth Mc Crary, Wright Simpson and William Henry. The girls of his Sunday school class were the flower bearers. Kenneth was a graduate in May at’Clinton high school and was em ployed at the time of his death by the local A&P store. He was a mem ber of Broad Street Methodist church, faithful in attendance upon all of its services and a leader in the young people's group. He was a fine young lad and well liked both among old and young who knew him, his life being marked by integ rity and high purpose of character. His passing brings to a close a prom ising young life and brought wide spread sorrow to the community. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.* Kenneth Haselden of this city; two brothers, William F. and Henry D. Haselden, and one sister, Lois Marie Haselden; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mattie W. Hasel den of Cades; his maternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Frank An derson of this city; and a large fam ily connection. His mother before marriage was Miss Loraine Ander son. Blue Hose Football Squad Hard At Work Only 33 upperclassmen are among the football candidates Presbyterian college coaches are striving to whip into shape for the 1951 schedule. It’s a discouraging feature which has Coach Lonnie S. McMillian shaking his head. For he expects a number of this group to be of lit tle help during the coming cam paign. Only 15 are lettermen. Freshman hopefuls help bulge the ranks at practice sessions, but the staff isn’t too optimistic over the number of these first-year men who will be able to step immedi ately into varsity competition. • The Blue Stockings started prac tice last Saturday, hitting the two- a-day pace right from the start. They’ll continue this schedule un til the Furman game, which falls on an early Sept 14. Three junior college transfers, all from Gordon Military Academy, are maknig their first bid for the varsity. They are Center Tommy Guillebeau of Lincolnton, Ga., whose smashing play as a line backer has labeled him a top pros pect; Tackle James Sanders of Sandersville, Ga.; and End Louis Jerger of Thomasville, Ga. Those candidates returning from last year’s squad are: Ends—Joe Kirven of Sumter; Cooper Tedards of Timmonsville; John Harper of Decatur, Ga.; Hu bert Turner of Lake City; and Bob by Matthews of Manning. Tackles-LJames (Bud) Neely of Rock Hill; Tommy Sheriff of Or angeburg; and Ken Horn of Ply mouth, Ind. Guards— Robert (Bo) Atkinson of Win ns boro; Wade Camlin of Georgetown; Vernon Lake of Or angeburg; Cedric Jemigan of Fay etteville, N. C; and Jake Privette of Darlington. Centers—Bobby Pierce of Savan nah. Ga.; Worth Wilson of Char lotte; and Joe Austin of Laurens. Quarterbacks—Jack (Lefty) Har per of Washington Ga.; Dick Wel don of Bennettsville; Rad Huggins of Mullins; and Art Baker of Co lumbia. Halfbacks — Kirby Jackson of Sumter; Joe Dodd of Rome, Ga.; Tommy Jordon of Bishopville; Cur tis Freeman of Clinton; Bootsy Cox of Laurens; and Jim Sloan of Or angeburg. Fullbacks—Ted Sasser of Bruns wick, Ga.; Emmett Fulk of Dar lington; E. M. Watt of Sumter; and Paul Moore of Atlanta. Hagan-Wallace Circus Coining Here Saturday Saturday will be circus day in Clinton. The Hagan-Wallace circus will present a three-nng performance aftemon and night, at 2:00 and 8:00 City Council Fixes '51 Tax Levy At 53 Mills President Brown Expresses Views On College Sports The News & Courier of Charles ton sent an invitation to college presidents of the state to give their views on college sports. With the invitation to comment went a copy of a News & Courier editorial of August 21 expressing the opinion that over-erophasrs' on sports has caused The recent college scandals. It called upon South Carolina edu cators to express their views for publication. Presbyterian college opens its 71st Dr. M. W. Brown, president of (session next Monday, with a capaci- Presbyterian college, was among! ty enrollment of dormitory students those responding to the request. (expected to attend. His statement was published in thei student Dean Haynie O. Prmro paper in its issue of Tuesday, and estimated 145 new students* will ar- is reproduced below: . rive Monday to begin a three-day period of registration and orienta- Thank you for sending me y°ur|^| on Returning upperclassmen aro COLLEGE OPENS NEW SESSION NEXT MONDAY Capacity Enrollment Expected, Including 14? New Students. Faculty For Year Announced. timely editorial about college ath letics. It is well that you and other leaders of public opinion are giving thoughtful consideration to the problems of our athletic programs. I am an advocate of competitive intercollegiate athletics. It serves to train our youth in the essential elements of leadership which can be obtained probably in no other form of college activity. However, I do feel there has been an over-emphasis m some fields. There seems to be, increas ingly. a driving compulsion for vic tory which has distorted the pers pective. The urge to win is more a part of the American tradition than that of probably and other due back next Thursday, an ( classes wlil get underway the following Sat urday morning Dr, George C. Bellingrath, dcmic dean, announced thu lineup of faculty and administrative per sonnel for the 1951-52 nation. Mathematics department — Dr J. B. Coleman, William A. Sherratt. Education department — Dr. Bcl- j ingrath. Engish department—• Dr John W. Harris, John Stevenson and John Morris. History department — Dr. Newton B. Jones, William Y. Thompson Chemistry department—Dr. Nolan Carter, Robert Lamb. on the circus ground near the Dap- ,on •ttending. __ , _ . .. . . . . . Biology department-Dr. Alexan- The regular September meeting country, but we also have an even | . R stu __ c w.ia.- of City Council was held Monday more deep-rooted tradition for high c nini ^h Jo on s night with Mayor Joe P Terry pre- j sportsmanship Some recent un -|clover Richard <3 Adams French department — Dr Edouard Patte, Yves de Sa us sure Biding, and Aldermen Ray, Pitta, pleasant developments along the| McMillan. Walker, Crame and WU-| sports front indurate the scales of balance are being tipped in the Radarman Spires On U. S. S. Destoyer Robert F. Spires, radarman, sec ond class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra T. Spires of this city, is serv ing aboard the newly re-commmis- sioned destroyer USS Cushing which he helped to re-activate at the U. S. Naval Station, Long Beach, Calif. Mrs. Winn Hostess For Presbyterian Church The bulletin of the First Presby terian church Sunday announced that Mrs. Cralton F. Winn had been secured by the board of deac ons to serve as church hostess, suc ceeding Mrs. Romayne Hamilton, resigned. READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY each week It will pay yoa. It’s thrifty s shop first in this newspaper, hen In the stores as prices hange new merchandise i received and displayed. READ THE ADS Auto License Applications To Be Mailed The state highway department will mail 675,000 application forms for 1952 automobile license plates to owners about Sept. 17. Chief Commissioner Claude R. McMillan said that preparation of the forms is about half completed. The plates will be sold at 12 points in South Carolina in addi tion to the central office in Co lumbia. There are 99 series of plates for the next license year. Each office will be given separate blocks of numbers for the most popular registration classes, to simplify ac counting procedures. Something new will be added to registration plates for carrier ve hicles Taxis previously have had the same series of numbers as pa trol cars, but with colors reversed. Due to the resulting confusion, 1952 taxi plates will have the words “common carrier” and “taxi.” Bus plates will say “bus.” All new plates for common car riers and privately-owned vehicles will be the same color, yellow on black. per Hosiery Mills on the Whitmire road at the edge of the city. The appearance of the circus is sponsored by the Lions club, and proceeds from the admissions will be used for the Lions charity fund. Accompanying the circus will be ■ menagerie where many kinds of animals will be on exhibit. The circus itself will feature dar ing and spectacular acts. Included will be Dorothy Hill, rider of rear ing and high-jumping horses; the famous Gene Duggan’s horses; Ran Teeters and her beautiful aerial ballet; the Gaddis Trio, aerial sen sation of two continents; Webb’s riding dogs and monkeys; Madam Marie and her trained dogs; the O’Donnal Troupe, exponent of nov elty balancing. Also included will be the clowns, "Baby Nancy" the “world’s most sensational perform ing baby elephant,” and Larish’s educated dogs and ponies. Advance ticket sale is now going on and tickets for adults and chil dren may be purchased from any member of the Lions club. Pfc. John Buchanan At Keesler Field Pfc. John Clark Buchanan, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Buchanan of The financial statement for the, wrong direction, month of August as read by the In my opinion, the basic cause of clerk and treasurer showed income the trouble is the tremendous pres for the month of $21,717 68; ex- brought to bear upon athletic penses. $30,660.38. | coaches to win games. Alumni. I The clerk read an ordinance levying taxes on the property with in the city limits of Clinton and fixing the levy at 53 mills for the year 1951. the same as last year. Ordinance unanimously adopted. Alderman Pitts moved that the Oldimobile patrol car used bv the police department be painted black with medium sue letters to be placed on the front doors only, and that the siren be installed under the hood, or in some inconspicu ous place. Motion seconded by Alderman Wilson and passed unanimously. fans, and students seem to become obsessed with the urge for victory, losing sight of the real place and purpose of intercollegiate sports in the college program. These en thusiasts demand that coaches pro duce winners if they are to retain their jobs, without regard for their ability in developing leadrrMup qualities in the young men under their charge. At Presbyterian college, we try to put the emphasis upon sports manship, with the actual winning of games a secondary objective. As a result of' this policy, we still Alderman Pitts moved that the, manage to j?ut out athletic teams city take the necessary steps to cor rect the running of water over the sidewalk and gutter on the West which win a majority of their games and are respected by their opponents. And our coaches know side of Musgrove street between their tenures of service are not Florida and Ferguson streets. Mo- 1 wavering precariously on the ex- tion unanimously passed and the tr * P° int hoot of a nervous young athlete. Athletic Director Walter A. Johnson is beginning his 37th year at Presbyterian college this matter referred to the street com mittee by the mayor for correc tion. Alderman Pitts moved that all an d Head Coach Lonnie S. residences within the Town of j McMillian his 28th year Clinton not now having, sanitary sewer connections be required to t o a provide the necessary plumbing I , * ^SSOCIQuOn Local Students Returning To Colleges The following students from here and Joanna will leave next week to resume their studies where they were students the past year: University of South Carolina: Gil bert Blakely. Erskine college: Mona Blakely. The Citadel: Guy Blakely. Clemson college: Dick Vaughn, Thornwell Dunlap, George Brocken- brough, Henry Burton, Mark Pitts. Winthrop college: Gerry Tram mell, Martha Dailey, Elaine Fran- zen, Joan Anderson, Mimi Barron, Mildred Dunlap, Martha Simpson, Miriam Templeton. North Carolina State: George Cor- nelson, Jr. Ohio State: Toccoa Wise. Furman university: Barbara Work man, Melba Gardner, Donny Wilder, Betty Jean Sumerel. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine: David Tribble. Bowman Gray School of Medicine: i Lee Blakely. Joanna, recently reported to Kees- fixtures and connect with the city Meeting Todoy ler Air Force Base, Miss., to be gin training in the Electronics Fun damental Course, an integral part of the "Electronics Training Center of the World,” located only a few hundred feet north of the Gulf of Mexico, at Biloxi, Miss. The training Pfc. Buchanan re ceives in this school will extend over approximately a 22-week pe riod. When graduated he will be assigned to field duty or to another school for advanced training. The annual meeting of ithe Lau rens County Tuberculosis association will be held tonight (Thursday) at 8 sewer system by March 1, 1952, this applying to all residences or dwell ings where located within 300 feet of an existing main and where water is available. Motion sec-; ^ ‘IL'ZT?*I"'Z ended by Alderman Crame and i»First Methodist church passed unanimously. | I " " C ? rdi "‘ ! ‘S *" ‘Z’ Council accepted with regrets "V”' M the resignation of W. C. Neely as a Fa (£ bresident thc association member of the recreation commis- ‘ ’ Fans said .he meeting would Greek department—J a m e s S. Gray, George A. Anderjon German department — James &, Gray. Physics department — Dr. Nail G. White law. Economics department —- Kenneth Baker, Francis P Thompson Philosophy department—James S. Gray. Psychology department — Dr. Bel- lingrath. Bible department-Layton Fraser, George A. Anderson. Boriolegy department — Dr Ed ouard Patte Military department — Lt Cilonel Michael Gusaie. Major Samuel Gray. Athletic department- Athletic Di rector Walter A. Johmor. Head Coach Lonnie S. McMillian, Sid Var ney and Norman L. Sloan. Academic Dean— Dr Belhngrith Dean of Students—Haynie G. Prince. Department of Public ReLitiona and Alumni Affairs—Ben Hay Ham mett. Bursar—Mrs. George Taybr. Registrar—Edward G. Campbell Dining Hall Manager and Pur chasing Agent—L. Vernon R>well. Dietitian—Miss Barbara Allen Librarian-Mias Marian A. Burts. Plant Superintendent — Oren F» Beatty. Infirmary Matron—Mrs. Robert B. Hellams. S. C. A. Hostess- Mrs. E. H Hall. sion. Gajy Lehn was elected to fill the vacancy. Dillard To Address Rally On Sept. 12 UJ3.C. MEETS TONIGHT , r T The Stephen D. Lee chapter of thej^Olinty I emperOnCC United Daughters of the Confeder acy will meet tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. T. C. John son. Members are asked to be pres ent for this first meeting of the fall season. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL It is announced that Dr. E. A. Dillard will be the speaker on Wednesday evening, September 12, j at 7:30 at a Laurens County Tem- 1 perance rally to be held at the Lu- ! cas Avenue Baptist church at Wattsville. be a business session for election of officers and directors for the coming year. The annual report will also be made by Treasurer J. Leroy Burns, he added. The president urges a full attendance of members of Ihe associ ation. Regnery Named On OPS Committee Going away to college or to teach? Let THE CHRONICLE fol low you. It will be like a latter »,, . _ from home, filled with home news w A11 . pastors in the county have Walter Regnery, president of Joanna Cotton Mills, has been ap pointed as one of thirty-three South Carolinians to the National Dr. Dillard is president of the ] OPS committee to make recom- Hebron Colony for Alcoholics, a mendations to OPS on ceiling price Christian home for alcoholics in the regulations, it is announced by the heart of Daniel Boone county, state director. Shull’s Mill, N. C. Mr. Regnery was the only one Inter-Service Club Meet Set for Sept. 20 As previously announced, the second annual Laurens County Inter-Service club meeting w ill bo held at the Laurens county fair grounds on Sept. 20. The meeting this year is spon sored by the Clinton Lions club and is designed to promote cl#ser relations between the service clubs of the county to afford an oppor tunity for fellowship between these members. A barbecue supper will be served at 6 30 p. m.. $1.25 per member, for all those attending, the cost to be assumed by the clubs. The Lions, Kiwanis and Ex change clubs of this city have been invited to attend the special oc casion. about people and happenings in which you are interested. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: B. LYNCH, - LUCY LEE, - THOMAS PRATHER, MRS. H. H. BURGESS, MRS. D. E. MEDLOCK, MRS. CLARENCE LYNCH, MRS. H. R. WdlLUAMSON, MRS. ZENO CRADDOCK, J. E. COKER. Clinton. MRS. O. J. DURDEN, East Point, Ga. HAROLD WILLINGHAM, Greenville. MRS. JAMES HALE, Gastonia, N. C. PVT. JESSE T. HOWELL, San Francisco, Calif. PFC. RICHARD G. FENNELL. San Francisco, Calif. MRS. A. C. COVEN, Mountville. been invited to bring their prayer meeting groups to this meeting and the general public is invited, it is announced by the Rev. James A. Grigsby, president of the county temperance society. Five Seniors Complete Work For Degrees from this area named to serve on the Washington Advisory Commit tee. Softball Standings Methodist National Guard Clinton Mill .... Five Presbyterian college seniors completed work on their degrees during the summer session which f re 1 sby ^ r , 1 , an closed August 11 Those students who will be awarded diplomas as part of the 1952 graduation exercises next June are: Bachelor of Arts degrees: Ralph Douglas Kiker of Griffin, Ga.; William Mark Murray, of Fort Val ley, Ga.; Ernest Luther Dickerson of Laurens; and C. L. Brasfield, Jr., of Corpus Christi, Texas. Bachelor of Science degree: Wal ter J. Morris of this city.. - w L Pet. 21 8 .724 18 IQ .643 . 15 14 .517 V 16 .467 11 19 .367 9 21 .300 Citizens Federal Is Re-decorated The Citizens Federal Savings md Loan association has been painted i blue-green and colorful dark red. draperies are being added this week, giving the interior a very attractive appearance. Lydia Mill Results Lydia Mill 13, National Guard 11. Baptist 8, National Guard 7. Presbyterian 13, Lydia Mill 8. Clinton Mill 11, Methodist 8. A double elimination play-off be tween the four top teams will begin tonight at the Clinton Mill ball.park and will continue through Saturday. The first game will begin at 7:30 pjn. and* a sxjiall admission will be charged to take care of expenses. J- - FOOD... Is An Important Item With Housewives ... - ? You will find helpful Gro- * eery and Market News in THE CHRONICLE every week from leading food stores in the city t Read the advertisements reg ularly — they tell you about changing prices each week and where you can supply y^ur needs and buy to advantage.