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Clinton, S. C., Thursday, May 22, 1952
Number 21
64 To Graduate At
Clinton High School
Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday Evening By Rev.
' v James C. Dickert. Seniors To Get Diplomas Monday
' Night. Class Exercises Friday Evening.
The annual commencement pro
gram proper at Clinton high school
will be ushered in Sunday evening
at 8 o’clock in the high school audi
torium when the baccalaureate ser
mon will be preached toy the Rev.
James t. Dickert, pastor of St. John’s
Mountville High
Seniors Graduate
Friday Evening
The baccalaureate sermon before
! the graduating class of Mountville
Lutheran church of this city. It will | high school was preached Sunday
be a union service with several min- ;evening at the Baptist church by the
isters having a part on the program. | Rev j E Rouse pastor of the First
On Friday evening at the same; Baptist chureH, L8UWM - ;‘ ~
place and hour annual calss exer-, Gn last Friday eveningt the clos .
D. E. TRIBBLE
CLAIMED BY DEATH
AT ADVANCED AGE
City's Oldest Business
man Succumbs To Two
Weeks' Illness. Funeral
Rites From Home.
David Edgar Tribble, 92, one of the
city’s oldest and highly regarded cit
izens, passed away Monday after
noon at his home following a critical
two weeks’ illness, after being con
fined to his home for the past two
years.
The funeral rites were held Tues-
cises” will be held.
On Monday evening the- graduat
ing exercises began in the school au
ditorium with a recital by Mrs. Joe 1
ing exercises will take place. The sa-1 Shealy’s music class
lutatory will be given by Thomas j Final graduating exercises will be
Edward Boyce of Joapna,' the presi-|held Friday evening at 8:15 when_di=~.
-dentes'address "By Dorothy Carr, and jjiomas will be delivered. Eddie
the valedictory by Frank Coleman j Jones, member of the senior class,
Young, Jr. There will be special mu-, will deliver the valedictory and there
sic, diplomas will be . awarded by j will be a play entitled, “Isle of Our
Supt. W. R. Anderson,, and presenta-: Dreams.” ' .
tion of awards and prizes will be in Members of the graduating class
charge of Principal R. P. Wilder.
Class officers are: Dorothy Carr,
president; Mary Catherine Anderson, Jones, Helen Thompson, Donald
Seniors To Have
Class Exercises
Friday Night
Class exercises for the - seniors of
Clinton high school will be held Fri
day evening at 8 o’clock in the audi
torium with the public invited.
Following the processional by the
senior class, Dorothy Carr will ex
tend words of welcome. The class
history will be given by Joan
Vaughan, class prophecy by Betty
Ann Thomas, class poem by Joan
Barron, class will by L. M. Long.
The presentation of the class gift
will be made by Dorothy Carr, with
acceptance by Principal R. P. Wilder
A piano solo will be played by
Joann Tompkins, with music by the
glass and the alma mater, with ju
niors assisting. - :
Canvass Now On
For City Gas Users
Lydia Mills Pageant
Tells Progress Story
Colorful Open-Air Program Presented In Three Episodes,
With Bailey Family Portrayed. Miss Mary Johnson Selected
As “Lady Lydia” In Golden Anniversary Event.
nr i
WM
are DeVaughn Cauble, Elizabeth
Cunningham,* Robert Hill, Eddie
vice-president; Tommie Boyce, sec
retary; Kenneth Boyce, treasurer;
mascots, Charles Holland and Paula
Jones.
There are 64 in the graduating
class, 28 girls and 36 boys. The list,
with their addresses, has been an
nounced as follows:
Girls .
Mary Catherine Anderson, Clinton.
Joan Barron, Joanna.
Constance Burts, Clinton.
Dorothy Carr, Joanna.
Betty Jean Caughman, Clinton.
laney, Clinton.
Virginia Coleman, Cross HHk
Margaret Crisp, Cross Hill.
Miriam Davis, Cross Hill.
Kitty Delany, Joanna.
Catherine Dunaway, Clinton.
Inez Farmer, Joanna.
Elizabeth lusti, Cross Hill.
Imogene Jackson, Clipton.
Laura Jennings, Clinton. *
Carolyn Kinard, Joanna.
Margaret Lawrence, Clinton.
Emily McAbee, Clinton.
Kay Medlock, Clinton. *
Jaynette Sanders, Cross Hill.
Dorothy Stogner, Joanna.
Betty Ann Thomas, Joanna.
Carolyn Thomas, Joanna.
Terry Thomas, Clinton.
Joann Tompkins, Joanna.
Joan Vaughan, Kinards.
Doris Wehunt, -Joanna.
Evelyn White, Clinton.
Boys
Brunson Asbill, Clinton.
Kenneth Baker, Clinton.
Edgar Ballew, Clinton.
Ralph Bouknight, Clinton.
Kenneth Boyce, Joanna.
Thomas Boyce, Joanna.
Robert Cason, Clinton.
Lynn Cooper, Clinton.
George Walter Fulmer, Joanna
Hoyt Hanvey,*Clinton.
Leon Hedspeth, Clinton.
James Holland, Clinton.
Richard Jacks, Clinton. •
Ross Lathrop, Kinards.
Hershel Lawson, Clinton.
L. M. Long, Joanna.
Pat Lowe, Clinton.
Ronald McCurry, Cross Hill.
Glenn McGee, Clinton.
Haynie Murdock, Clinton.
Dillard D. Neighbors, Clinton.
Sam Owens, Clinton.
Carl Phillips, Joanna.
Clair Pitts, Clinton.
Robert Robertson, Clinton.
George Sineath, Clinton.
Clyde Smith, Clinton.
William Snelgrove, Clinton.
Joe Spillers, Clinton.
Rembert Truluck, Clinton.
Floyd Walker, Rt. 1, Laurtns.
James Clyde Whitmire, Joanna.
Jack Wright, Joanna.
Robert Yarborough, Clinton.
Dillard Young, Clinton.
Frank C. Young, Clinton.
MISS HALLETT IMPROVING
Friends of Miss Norma Hallett
will be glad to know she is con
valescing at home following an ill
ness and hospital stay.
Lawton, and James Woody.
County Farmers
Have Good Cotton
Stands, Agent Says
Throughout Laurens county, farm
ers are getting good stands of cotton,
although some farmers are planting
over due to planting seed too deep
and recent cool weather, according
to County Agent C. B. Cannon.
“Jn LHa riAar fill u nr > i
will begin chopping cotton. It is .ad
visable not to thin cotton too early
due to ascochyta attacking and kill
ing seedling cotton plants as in the
past.
“This disease attacks the tender
leaves and gives the appearance as
if nitrogen had been applied to the
leaves while wet, giving the brown
spots as if it were burned.”
More than 1,000 people last Wed
nesday afternoon attended the an
nual pageant presented by Lydia
Cotton Mills and saw r the 50 years
of progress and development of the
mill and village portrayed on an
open air stage.
The pageant was colorfully pre
sented in three episodes: First,
Her mother and father were mar
ried at Lydia and she has lived .n
the Lydia community all her i.fe
except when in college.
Miss Johnson has taught in Cl.rv-
ton schools for 18 years, the last six
at Providence school in the Lydia
village. She is a member of Lydia
Baptist church, president of the
DAVID E. TRIBBLE
day afternon at 5 o’clock from the
residence, with interment following
in Rosemont cemetery. The services
relatives from here and elsewhere,
with many beautiful floral tributes
banked upon the grave as evidence
of the esteem in which he was held.
The simple services were in charge
of his pastor. Dr. C. Bynum Betts of
the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
1 church.
Everett To Edit
Blue Slocking
sign if not reached at their homes.
It is stated by Mayor Terry that at
least 3,100 customers for the ser
vice will be sought. Each will pay
a one dollar application fee and
also $4.00 connection fee, making a
total deposit of $5.00 for each cus
tomer. The soliciting organization
, receives one dollar for each appli-
Business houses generally closed the transn^ssion line and the dis-
for the hour in respect to the city’s ( cat j or secured.
oldest businessman. j Contract for the construction of
Pallbearers were James P. Sloan. tr jbution systems has been award-
Earl Horton, Elbert Stone, Milton J ed Birmingham Building com-
Blakely, John Adair and L. H. Da-;p an y w jth $2,900,000 in revenue
the Spirit of Indian Days, or of this i Lydia Woman’s club and program
country before the white man; see- chairman^ and a Blue Bird leader,
ond, the Spirit of the VV .Iderness, • 5?he is a beloved Tnenvber of the
or the early planning of the pion-j^y^ rommunity and lives with
eer Bailey family* and third, Lady J hcr mo ther at 45 Peachtree street.
Lydia, the Queen of Industry, or Queen’s Court
the development of Lydia into a , The Queen’s Court entered with
modern textile plant and residen-: Lady Lydla followed by the Spa
tial community. , t of South Carolina (Miss Hilda
A_Jjuge__sLlhQUfitte..of T yrlia Burdetter aTTd'TtTr , ~~^^rrrT.rT*Tryr r T r :~
ton Mills served as a backdrop do (Mrs. Clyde Trammell) Comm n-
the portrayal spanning half a cen-! jf y interest was portrayed by:
tury. Christianity. Mrs. E. C. Burdette;
The costumes of the more than education. Miss .Clyde Smith: co v
100 people participating in the pro- mLm ity activities, George Flemir.,
gram-were- authentic replicas- «<-'music. Mrs. James Pitts; art. Mr
each period portrayed. Automo- b R. Boozer; drama. Mr- FI . i
biles and bicycles of the early 20th Poole; Welfare. Mrs. Allen Inglett:
century added an interesting note, i Charles Inglet and Susie Meeks
^ ree ™^* > ^ #0< ^ es Spirit rrf Yesterday Mr- . C a-
Mrs. —Templeton ——the Gafirev aiwl the Spirit •! T dlC -
’ Spirit of Indian Days,’’ was the Miss Mary Crawford. -
leading figure in the first eposide Portraving the young .Ha .ev
which included Indian dancing and, family were Robert' M Vane* as
itv hv the Men’s club with J E the laying of M S. Bailey; Mr- w L Marshal
Braswell as chairman in Joanna by Joyce Mltche11 was thc “Spirit J r ., as Mrs. M. S. (Lydia R‘ -anna)
the^mo^ Chamterof C^imerce I of the Wilderness” in Episode Hi Bailey; Mary Bailey Vance as her
md in Newberrv bv the Exchange wh i ch i nclud ^ portrayal of flowers| grandmother, Mrs. R. B (Mary*
elub R is Ttate? LXChangt and birds by Campfire girls and; Bailey) Vance; Emily Bailey as
Fverl house in the three towns lBlue Birds ’ a dance ensemble, ar- Miss Toccoa M. Bailey; Terrell
and also alone the area beside the I r ival of the P ioneer Baile y family.! Cook as Mrs. Emma Bailev (Mrs.
transmission L will be contact^ 1 Grjllu,
Several places have been listed
ective customers—may-
on in the city to ascertain the num
ber of families who will want nat
ural gas when it becomes available
through a $2,900,000 project being
sponsored by the Clinton-Newberry
Authority. The canvass will close
May 31 with no applications being
accepted after that date. Mayor J.
P. Terry, states. .
The canvass** here is beii> con-
ducted by the Wesley Men s Bible
class 'of Broad Street Methodist
church, with T. J. McCarty chair
man; in the Clinton Mills commun-
by colored employees and an early Baitey: Stwphanf-W:!ha-.s
Fourth of July celebration ' as Putsy BaiTey: Jo* N**l> as v:
Episode HI presented Lady Ly-, J. Bailey; and Robert Neely as J e
dia, Queen of Industry, portrayed; - "
by Miss Mary Johnson. Miss John
son is the daughter of Mrs. W. E.
Johnson, and the late Mr. Johnson,
former secretary of Lydia Mills.
The entire outstanding produc
tion was written, directed and pro
duced and narrated by Mrs f>ne
Wallace, Lydia community worker.
Three Sludents To
Receive Gold 'P's'
vidson
Mr. Tribble, like many other well
known Clintonians, was born in
Jacks township two miles from Hur
ricane Baptist church, on Sept. 28.
1859, a son of Warren E. and Frances
George Everett, a rising junior
from Thonricisville, Ga., was chosen
this week as editor of The Blue _ , , _ .... ... ... ,
Slocking for thc coming year. At the | C °<* 1 f" d , Tnbb '^ H ' ! , < “ cd
same time David Collins, of Laurens, ,h ' °' the Clvl , » ar - ,
Mr. Tribble was married on June
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was named business manager,
Everett succeeds the retiring edi
tor, Don Anderson, Collins succeeds
Richard Weldon.
This year Everett has served as
managing editor of the students’
publication and since entering col
lege has taken a prominent part in
the varied college campus activities.
In recognition of his work for the
year he was promoted by the student
body.
To Make Canvass
For Bible Teacher
Salary In Schools
This is canvass week for the sal
ary of the Bible teacher in the city
schools. Some churches have put
what they think is their share in
their yearly budget and others are
still making a canvass.
Members of the various canvass
committees are asked to bring their
contributions to the chairman of
their committee which will be turn
ed over to Dr. D. J. Woods, general
treasurer.
The salary this year is $2100, which
is higher than usual because of a
change in the state law, it is stated.
The teacher for the coming year is
Miss Grace Lucile Garrison, of Gas
tonia, N. C. She is a highly distin
guished member of the present se
nior class at Erskine college and
comes highly recommended for the
position. She has had a rich expe
rience in the Caravan Bible school
work of her denomination.
If some churches are unable to
make the canvass this week they are
asked by the committee to do so be
fore ^September first, so the salary
money will be available at that time.
PC's Trackmen
Honor McMillian
Presbyterian trackmen, whom
Coach Lonnie S. McMillan recently
led to the state track championship,
responded with a surprise banquet
in his honor Monday night.
Th* 1 14-man cinder squad pre
sented McMillan with a trophy as
token of appreciation #ei—Tfls ef
forts which gained PC its first
track crown in 19 years. Dashman
Johnnie Thurman presided at the
meeting and Hurdler E. M. Watt
presented the trophy.
bonds to be sold to finance the
project, the promoters state.
The J. W. Goodwin Engineering
company of Birmingham, for sev-
Counly Candidates
To Open Speaking
Itinerary May 29
Three Presbyterian college seniors
to receive their diplomas on June 2,!
have been chosen to receive the;
highest award the institution can be-| The Laurens County Democrat.c
stow upon a student, the Gold P”; executive committee in session Sat-
They are John Callaham of Liberty, urday at Laurens. < approved a rec-
eral months has been handling the j joe Dodd of Rome, Ga., and Bob ommended speaking itinerary by a
engineering work for the project. Hunt of Greenville three-man committee of the gr p
f
25, 1395, to Miss Hattie E. Blakely,
who preceded him to the grave on
October 13, 1942.
As a young man Mr. Tribble mov
ed to Clinton in 1887 and in 1890 was
elected cotton weigher by the farm
ers of Jacks and Hunter townships
and served in this capacity for sev
eral years at a yearly salary of about
$200. In 1894 he entered the rough
lumber business on a small scale. In
1896 he entered the undertaking bus
iness here with the late A. B. Blake
ly. Six years later he purchased the
interest of Mr. Blakely and formed a
partnership with the late E. B. Sloan,
who passed away in the fall of 1928
after assuming office and serving as
mayor of the city for only three
months. Later, Mr. Tribble and Mr.
Sloan entered the building supply
business under the name of D. E.
(Continued on page eight)
Kindergarten
Commencement
Program At Joanna
The Joanna Baptist church kinder
garten commencement will be held
in the church auditorium on May 29
at 7:30 p.m.
The program will be centered
around “Mother Goose” with chil
dren portraying various characters.
The following will participate:
Welcome by Mother Goose, Mari
lyn Sease; Little Boy Blue, Michael i
Lake; Old Woman in the Shoe, Mar
garet Rose Niver; Bo Peep, Cherry
Goodlin; Mary, Mary Quite Contra
ry, Ginger Byars; Lucy Locket, Mary
Ann Floyd; Hickory, Dickory Dock,
Johnny Moore; Sing a Song of Six
Pence, Bill Bishop; Little Miss Muf-
fett, Barbara Ann Brawley; Baa Baa,
Black Sheep, Zack Barron; Old King
Cole, Ray Rowe; Humpty, Dumpty,
Mickie Banks; Jack and Jill, Vivian
Whelchel and Willard Bates; School
Teacher, Cynthia Burke: Jack Be
Nimble, Johnny Willingham; Old
Mother Hubbard, Sue Thomas; This
Little Pig, Terry ’Swygert; Mary Had
a Little Lamb, Vicki Boyd; “To Mar
ket, To Market,” Donnie Swygert;
Where, O Where Has My Little*Dog
Gone, Bobbie Rearden; There Was a
Little Girl, Jennie Rae Surratt.
At the conclusion of the program,
Last Rites Held For
George S. Simpson,
Posses In Hospital
George Spencer Simpson, 59, died
last Wednesday afternoon in a Co
lumbia hospital after, several week*
illness, the announcement bringing
regret to his friends in the city and
community.
The funeral services were con
ducted Thursday afternoon from
Gray Funeral Home by 'the Rev.
Samuel Lipsey and Dr. W. R. Turner.
Burial followed in the Little River-
Dominick Presbyterian church cem
etery near here.
Pallbearers were Raymond, and
Cecil McCoy, Frank Simpson, Jr.,
Virgil Simpson, William and J. W.
Boyd.
Mr. Simpson was a native of this
county, a son of the late H. Elmore
and Carrie Chandler Simpson. He
was a member of Little River-Domi-
nick Presbyterian church, and a vet
eran of World War 1 in which he
served overseas.
Surviving are three brothers,
Frank H., William W., both of this
city/and John E. Simpson of Wim-
bly, Texas; three sister, Mrs. Elberta
S. Boyd and Mrs. Mary S. McCoy,
both of this community, and Mrs.
Alma Harris of Atlanta, Ga.
Hunt of Greenville. , three-man committee of the gr
The Gold “P” is the symbol of high t0 followed throughout tne ca r.-
achievement and is awarded annual- P ai 8 n -
ly to those seniors who have unself-! The itinerary will open May 2 >
ishly given their time and talent for a t Center Point
the betterment of the college and for follow
Thc other dates
meritorious service in extra curricu
lar activities other than athletics.
Callaham has served as president
of the student body this year, Dodd I
is president of the senior class. Hunt
is editor of the PaC-SaC, and in ad
dition the three have held a number
of other distinctions.
June 2—Poplar Springs.
June —Hickory Tavern.
June 9—Laurens Mills.
June 12—Gray Court-Owin
June 16—Joanna.
June 19—Cross Hill.
June 23—Woodville
June 26—Clinton Mills.
June 30—Cook’s Store.
July 7—WattsvhUe.
All meetings will be
night at 8 o’clock.
At the same mcetim
held
Regnery Named To
Textile Group For
Laboratory Program
Walter Regnery. vice-president, teedin * Thomas A. Babb,
and general manager of Joanna i S1 £ nt ' dse ^ t ' ra ' wee ^ s a £° w ^ en h'*
Cotton Miffs, has been named a col- en f ert “ d raL ‘ t ' f°r House
C- Hill, Laurens
j elected cCNKUn I
attorney,
secretarv
Raym >nd
was
SUC;
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Kiwonions Invited
To Inspect Mill
The Kiwanis club will hold its
regular meeting this evening at 7
o’clock at Hotel Mary Musgrove.
The meeting has been designated
by President W. C- Baldwin as “ap
preciation night’’ to Lydia Cotton
Mills now observing its 50th anni
versary.
Executive officers and overseers
will be special guests and after the
dinner all members-of the club are
invited on a conducted tour of the
mill plant under the direction of
George H. Cornelson.
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MRS. HOLIJS LOSES SISTER
Friends of Mrs, Charles A. Hollis,
Sr., will sympathize with her in the
death of her sister, Mrs. Etolia Wat
son Redden, of Cross Anchor, widow
of the late Mattison Redden. Mrs.
Redden died Wednesday at a Boone,
_ _ N. C., hospital and services were
all are invited to the recreation room 'conducted at Yarborough’s chapel
for fellowship and refreshments. 'Friday.
laborator of the cotton mechanical
processing division of the Southern
Regional Laboratory in New Or
leans. , ,
Mr. Regnery is one of^lour"ad
visers serving the divisipr/ on a ro
tation plan under which textile
men contribute suggestions and
ideas to help the laboratory main
tain a practical prgoram of inves
tigations. He attended the first
meeting of this improtant body of
textile executives during the week
in New* Orleans.
To Sell Poppies
In City Saturday
The American Legion Auxiliary,
w’ill sell poppies on Saturday, May
24, as a salute to those you knew
personally. The little red paper pop
py is a badge of honor—it is a badge
of courage—the courage of the brave
men now’ gone, and also of disabled
veterans still suffering in hospitals
throughout the country. A poppy on
every person, remembrance in every
heart. Mrs. Alvin Trammell, speak
ing for the auxiliary, requests 'that!
the flower be worn in your lapel as
a badge of honor, of memory and of
hope.
of
Representatives.
Executive committeemen were
empowered to appoint box man-*
agers for each precinct, and the
committee voted to declare them
elected as submitted.
Condidofes Filing
Time Up May 24
Harry Y. MeSween, secretary of
the City Democratic club, isaid yes
terday that Saturday, May 24 at 3
p.m., is the closing date for the filing
of pledges by candidates for mayor
and alderman in the June municipal
primary. After this deadline no can
didates can qualify, it has been ruled
by the executive committee.
The city primary for the nomina
tion of a mayor and six aldermen is
set for June 10 Little interest m the
election has been shown by the vot
ers of the city.
JOINS LOCAL FIRM
James Holtzclaw, formerly of
Greer, licensed, embalmer, is now
<>>nnected with Gray Funeral Home
here.,
Mr. fnd i Mrs. Holtzclaw and smill
son, Gene, are occupying a residence
on the corner of Cedar street and
j Young drive.
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 advertisoments reg
ularly — they tell you about
changing prices earh week and
where you can supply your
needs and buy to advantage.