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V u The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable ®he Clinton If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News - Volume LIV Cilnton, S. C, Thursday, April 16, 1953 Number 18 C. of C. Holds April Meeting, Wysor New Head The April dinner-meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held Tuesday evening at Hotel Mary Musgrove. The meeting was presided ov^r by Vice-President J. Henderson Pitts in the absence of the retiring president, Hugh Jacobs. Miss Iona Blakely, secretat-y, was extended 9 vote of thanks and appreciation for her services during the year. The report showed that the term of five directors had expired, Hugh Jacobs, J. H. Pitts, Gary H. Hol combe, Lynn W. Cooper, and’ W. M. Shields. Ballots had been mailed all members to elect new members to the board. It was announced that J. B. Arnold, R. E. Ferguson, J. B. Jordan, A. A. Ramage, Jr., and James E Wolfe had been elect ed to fill the vacancies. Hold-overs members for one and two year years are C. W. Anderson, G. H. Cornelson, D. l£ Smith, R. M. Vance, D. A. Yarborough, R. P. Hamer, J. A. Addison, W. C. Bald win, J. Leland Young and T. F. Hollis. It was announced that Robert E. Wysor, III, had been elected to head the organization as president for the coming year, and he was presented to the group. Mr. Wysor expressed his appreciation for the honor and asked for the fullest co operation of the membership dur ing his term of office. A printed annual report listing the activities of the past year was put in the hands of all members present. Mr. Pitts, a past president, cited the organization of a Com munity Chest »for Clinton as the Funds For New College Dormitory Pass One-Third Mark Presbyterian college’s campaign for funds for a new dormitory moved past the one-third mark Monday, with more than $55,000 re ceived in contributions and pledges. The college is seeking a total of $150,000 from churches in the sy nods of South Carolina and Geor gia. President Marshall W. Brown, in bis latest report to the ministers and clerks of session within the two synods, said the campaign has progressed in “a very satisfactory manner up to the present time.” He added: “Presbyterian college is very grateful to the churches which have taken definite action on behalf of this campaign. We expect that all of tbe churches will cooperate in this urgently needed undertaking.” The urgency of the need for more dormitory space was emphasized in this further report of President Brown. He said: “The college has received more applications of admission to the freshman class next September than ever before at this time of the year. It seems that we shall have a capacity enrollment, continuing a record which we have had for the past seven years.” This session, scores of PC stu dents were forced to find rooming accommodations with residents in the city when all campus facilities became filled several months be fore the first semester opened. Building plans call for complete renovation and expansion of the present Laurens dormitory and will provide quarters for 100 addition- ai students. Presidents of Host Music Clubs MRS. W. H. HARLEY MRS. W. Y. THOMPSON of directors had presented a framed certificate of recognition to retiring President Jacobs in appreciation of his services in organizing and pro moting the city’s first program of this kind last year. The directors had also anhdimced they had made a contribution for the club to the Clinton Music club to assist with the entertainment of the State Federated Music clubs to meet in Clinton-Laurens April 23-25. F. P. Thompson, asistant super intendent of Laurens School Dis trict No. 55, was a guest of the club and spoke briefly of the re-organi- zatioh and consolidation of the school system of the county. Until the centralized school plan was put into operation there were 44 school districts in the county with 90 schools, he said. Now there are only two, Nos. 55 and 56. which di vide the county into two units, one to serve Laurens and the upper part of the county, and the other includ ing Clinton and the lower area of the county. Mr. Thompson had made colored films of all rural schol buildings of the county and showed them to the club. The sur vey showed the one- and two- teacher schools, white and colored, with many of the buildings inade quate and in a dilapidated con dition. Construction will be- 4MP* assured, iT is expected. The 32nd annual convention of the South Carolina F&leration of Music Clubs will be held in Laurens and Clinton on April 23-25 with a large attendance expected. Mrs. W. H. Harley, president of the Cora Cox Lucas club of Laurens, is the program chairman. Mrs. W. Y. Thompson, president of the Clinton Music club, is local chairman Cor the convention. The twoxdubs will be hostess for the convention, with the first day's meeting in Laurens and the second day’s activities here. Headquarters will be at Hotel Mary Musgrove. Presbyterian Women's Group Elects Officers Joint Committees Busy Planning For Music Convention Regnery To Attend Elizabeth's Coronation Walter Regnery, head of Joanna Cotton Mills, plans to attend Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in London in June. He will be accompanied by three of his children, Mary Beth, Jinx and Kit, and will travel with a group of friends. They plan to sail from New York June 5 aboard the SS “United States”, and will arrive in Southompton, Eng land, June 10. They wil spend the month of June in England, visit- m several places. C. A. Holland Now With The Chronicle C. A. Holland, of this city, em ployed for the past several years by the Advertiser Printing Com pany, Laurens, has returned to his home here and is now connected with the Chronicle Publishing Co., a position he formerly held. 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 Bailey Williams To Leave Mill Post, Johnson His Successor Announcement is made by Presi dent JP. S. Bailey that Bailey Wil liams has resigned his position with Lydia and Clinton Cotton Mills as puchasing agent, effective May 1. He has held this position ifor the past six years. Mr. Williams and Fred Oxley, formerly of this city, own the Pal metto Motor Company in Laurens, distributors of Dodge and Ply mouth cars. Mr. Williams will join Mr. Oxley in the operation of the business. Mr. Williams has purchased a home on West Main street in Lau rens which he will occupy soon. His wife before marriage was Miss Ellen Gray Nicholson of Darling ton, and they have two small sons, Shepard and Yancey. Their many friends here regret to know they are to leave the city. The position to be vacated by Mr. Williams will be filled by Eu gene Johnson, who was connected with the mills for twelve years un til 1942 when he entered the army. Last July he returned here from Greenville as business manager of the State Training School and re cently resigned to return to his for mer connection with the two mills. The Johnsons will occupy the resi dence on North Broad street to be vacated by the Williams family. Gas Appliane Company Opens Business Here The Natural Gas Appliance com pany is opening for business here this week in the building formerly occupied by the express agency. J. H'. Smith and John Hartselle are owners of the business, which will sell gas appliances, make in stallations and service same, it is announced. Also connected with the business as service man will be Bill Childs. Messrs. Sjjnith and Childs have al ready moved to the city, and Mr. Hartselle is expected to arrive at a later date. * Ths company is composed of li censed gas service men, with many years of experience in the field, it is stated. The Women of the Church of Committees on program and ar- South Carolina Presbytery held rangements for the annual conven- their Spring meeting last Friday ;tion of the State Federation of in Greenwood with the First Pres- Music clubs to be held in Laurens- byterian church as host, and 2001 Clinton April 23-25 are now busy delegates attending from thejto make the event successful and churches in-Greenwood, ^Abbeville,,,enjoyable. Representatives from Laurens and Newberry counties many clubs in the state and offi- comprising the presbytery. cers will be in attendance. Mrs. Scott George, of Friendship; Mrs. W. Y. Thompson of this city, New Supply Bill Calls For Reduction In School Tax Levy The Laurens County legislative delegation introduced the 1953 sup ply bill for first reading on April 10. It carries a grand total of $414,624,24, with estimated ..revenue of $280,000, leaving $134,624,24 to be raised by taxation. The county auditor is directed to 1 levy a tax on all taxable property for the year, wihch together with the estimated revenues for the fiscal year shall raise the sums of money appropri ated in the bill. Last week the delegation indi cated that the county’s share of the 1953 surplus spending act will be used by trustees of the twe school districts for “general school purposes.” A paragraph of the bill prescribes that the school levy for the coming year shall be at the rate of 20 mills instead of the maximum of 27 mills in the current supply bill. The nearly $100,000 the coun ty will receive on an $8.75 per pupil basis from the 1953 “surplus spend ing” act will be used for the schools. The county is listed with the State Department of Educa tion as having 10.201 pupils in 1951- 52. A major part of the difference in the bill for the two-year period is the dropping of a $60,000 item for permanent road improvements. This expenditure, it was pointed out by the delegation, will be cov ered in a proposed road building bond issue of $200,000 for 1953-54 and the same amount for the fol lowing year. In most respects the bill is close ly patterned after test year. A copy of the bill received yesterday by The Chronicle was too tate for today’s issue. It will be publish -ed- next week-. NEA President Cites Understanding As School Problem church in the upper part of this! is local county, was elected president for Mrs. R. a two-year term. She will succeed Mrs: W. P. Jacobs of this city, the retiring president of the group. Mrs. Jacobs was presented with a life membership from the Presby- terial. retiring president of the group. Other officers at the meeting were Mrs. Roy Coker, also of Friendship church, corresponding secretary for the same term, Mrs. Harry Cochran of Upper Long Cane church, Abbeville, historian for one year. Chairmen named, all for two- year terms, include: Mrs. D. W. A. Neville, Aveleigh church, New berry, spiritual growth; Mrs. G. W. Park, First church, Greenwood, world missions; Mrs. C. A. Gibson, general chairman, with P. Swofford of Laurens, co-chairman. Mrs. W. H. Harley of Laurens, is the program chairman." TTie following are additional committee chairmen: Hospitality, Mrs. G. B. Sheppard; student hospitality, Mrs. L. S. Mc Millan; registration, Mrs. Caldwell Henderson of this city, and Mrs. W. T. Bolt of Laurens; publicity, Miss Cornelia Harris, of this city and Miss Lila Teal of Laurens; finance, Mrs. Hubert Todd of this city, co- chairman, Mrs. Sarah D. Deloach of Laurens; place cards, Mrs. Rob ert M. Vance of this city and Miss Janie Harris of Laurens; flowers, Mrs. W. W. Harris of this city and Mrs. Niles Clark of Waterloo; transportation, Mrs. J. G. Ferguson of Laurens; ushers, Clinton high Registration Board In Special Session Three Days This Week First church, Abbeville, church ex- school students; pages, students tension, and Mrs. P. N. Boozer, from Clinton and Laurens high Little River-Dominick church near j schools; concert, Mrs. K. F. Mills here, annuities and relief. of this city; Friday luncheon, Mrs. Frank Waldrep. of Laurens; ban quet, Mrs. Lewis Pitts of this city; Saturday breakfast, Mre. Jaspjer Rowland of this city; Saturday Fowler of District two chairman for the next year will be Mrs. Guy Emer son of Hodges, and district three chairman for two years will be Mrs. John B. Cooley of the Mount-1 luncheon, Mrs. Frank ville church. (this city. The womens’ organization of the host church ^served lunch to the visitors at the church. * Talks on various phases of Presbyterian work were given at the morning and afternoon sessions as well as reports by officers and chairmen. Unpaid Taxes Go Into Execution Time limit for the payment of county taxes for 1^52 expired yes terday, after which all unpaid taxes go to the delinquent tax collector with added costs. According to Treasurer Sam M. Le r an a balance of $50,085.94 in county school district taxes remain ed unpaid at the close of business April 1. Actual amount collected, he reported, was $503,261.53 on the to tal transcript of $65(2,347.47 or about 1 91 per cent. April 30 Final Farmers' Date To Secure Crop Loans ■ - April 30, 1953, is the final date that producers may obtain loans on the 1952 cotton crop, according to H. A. Ropp, county administrative officer. Lending agencies handling these loans for the Commodity Credit Corporation in the county are the Palmetto Bank, Laurens, Bank of Clinton, and M. S. Bailey Lee Succeeds Johnson At Training School Supt. B. O. Whitten has anounc- ed that L. H. Lee, Jr., has been employed as business manager of the State Traning School and has entered upon his duties, succeeding Eugene Johnson, resigned. Mr. Lee is a native of Mullins, a graduate of Presbyterian college in 1950,' after which he was em ployed in Norfolk, Va. Later he was called into service and was sta tioned at Camp Breckenridge, Lex ington, Ky., until his recent dis charge from the army. He married Miss Ann Macdonald, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Macdonald of this city. Since his recent dis charge he and his wife and two small children have been visiting Mrs. Gladys Cook, chairman of the Laurens County Board of Registra tion, has announed that an extra session of the board will be held to day, Friday and Saturday, April 16, 17 and 18. It is being held to afford all who so desire an opportunity to obtain registration certificates for the general election called for June 2nd to fill the vacancy for congress man in the Fourth district caused by the recent death of Rep. Joseph R. Bryson of Greenville. Mrs. Cook also said that the board will hold its regular session on the first Monday in May but that cer tificates issued on that date will not be good for the June 2 election. How ever she added, duplicates of cer tificates previously issued will' be issued again where the originals were valid for the election. Mrs. Sarah C. Caldwell of Ak ron, Ohio. pre.^iifeRr' of the Na tional Education Associa'.on, ad dressed a large group of teacher-* and other interested citizens in the Thornwell orphanage school audi torium on Monday evening. Mrs. Nene Workman of this city, president of the Clinton Classroom Teachers Association, presided over the meeting. Mrs. Caldwell was introduced by Miss Gladys Robin son of Lancaster, retiring presi dent of the South Carolina* Educa tion association, who was pre sented by Mrs. Maude Marcom of Columbia, president of ( the. state .; organization of Classroom Teach ers. Music w’as furnished by a group of children of the orphanage gram mar grades under the direction of Mrs. Joe Hinds, with the devotion al by Miss Nancy Bell of the high school. At the close of the pro gram Mrs. John W Little, w r :th the help of several little orphanage girls, presented Mrs. Caldwell sev eral gifts, manufactured product: of local industries with their com pliments Mrs Caldwell, Georgia-born, a teacher of long experience and prominent in educational work, state and national, discussed edu cational problems and related many experiences in her recent visits to Scandinavian countries as NEA representative She called at tention to the need of more and better prepared teachers. “We need 50 per cent more than the million ♦earhers w^ now have m this coun try,” she said. “We need not only It^. &Qod- many- many more gobd tedt-hers. Continuing, Mrs. Caldwell said, “until teachers put aside petty dif ferences and prejudices, reach out and be friends with fellow-teach ers in all countries and unite • in teaching children the value and worth of individuals, we are too far apart in our world federation. She told of visiting areas in Denmark where she saw beautiful, wel!- equipped schools in Stockholm th. . taught no subject matter concern ing the United States, and pointed out the difference in attitude held by European educators who have had an opportunity of visiting this country and being the guests of NEA and those who knew noth ing of our educational system. The speaker praised work domi by NEA. “Nowhere except in and Son, Bankers, of this city All loans made on 1952 cotton |^ er parents. They will reside on placed under loan with the corpora-1 the Training School campus, oc- tion expire July 31, 1953. Farmers CU pyj n g the home to be vacated by desiring to redeem, cotton under loan must do so prior to the expira- Mr. Johnson and family.. tion date of the Joan, Mr. Ropp said j oanno Announces Cancer Crusade Banquet Here Friday Night July 4 Vacations The annual meeting and kickoff dinner of the Cancer Crusade for 1953-54 will be held at Hotel Mary Musgrove Friday night at 7:30 p. m., it is announced by Paul Cul bertson, director. Dr. William S. Brockingham of Greenwood, will be guest speaker and will be intro duced by the Laurens county com mander of the Cancer Society, Miy. Sara Dixon DeLoach. Mrs. Ralph Wilson will be soloist for the eve- yasii, through ning, accompanied by Mrs. J. K. Taylor. All interested citizens are in vited. i ( *~ Joanna Cotton. Mills at Joanna has announced their Fourth of July va cation period for this year. President Walter Regnery has set the period to begin at the close of working hours on Saturday, June 27, and to end at 6 a. m. on Monday, July 6. He also announced that in keeping with the company’s policy of many years, the weeks’ vacatiop will be with pay for all employees who have been continuously employed from the,first scheduled work day in July, the last scheduled work day in June of this year. The vacation pay will toe based on two per cent of the individual's earnings for this twelve months’ period. Clinton High Seniors On Washington Trip Members of the senior class at Clinton high school left Monday night on the Silver Comet for a five- day trip to Washington, Richmond, Williamsburg and Baltimore. The fifty-nine students were ac companied by Miss Eloise Miller and Miss Frances Sheely, senior spon sors and R. P. Wilder, principal. A number of activities have been planned and a Seaboard representa tive will assist the group in securing tickets and admission to special events and places of interest. The first stop was Richmond and Exchange MlSSIOIl the group visited Williamsburg on Wednesday. An overnight boat trip —one of the main features of the sightseeing tour—was made from Old Point Comfort, Va., to Balti more. The group is now in Wash ington where they will spend two days and nights. While there they expect to visit the offices of the South Carolina representatives. America do you find such, a meet ing of all levels of education,” she said. Four e s e n t i a 1 s for classroom teachers were listed by Mrs. Cald well. They are: staying united, removing disloyalty from the group working diligently to interpret the aims and purposes of the school system to the patrons and being proud of the system. Rights, re sponsibilities and rewards are the “three R’s” of the teacher’s pro fession today, she said. Mrs. Caldwell, an interesting speaker and national figure in the educational field, was brought here under the auspices of the Clinton Classroom Teachers assoc'iartion. Clinton was one of the four ^places in the state where she spoke. Rev. E. K. Garrison Taking Port In Dr. Pertik Joins T. S. Medical Staff Dr. Otto V. Fertik, a native of Hungary, has been added to the medical staff of the State Training School and has already entered up on his work. Dr. Pertik succeeds Dr. Francis Nulcear—who recently resigned from the staff to accept a similar position with a North Carolina in stitution. Kellers Awarded Life Membership The quarterly dinner meeting of the district pharmacutcial associa tion was held here recently at Ho tel Mary Musgrove. At this time Dr. Frank Kellers was awarded a life membership in the organiza tion. Announcement was made that the summer meeting will be held at Lake Greenwood. The Rev. E. K. Garriion, pastor of Broad Street Methodist church, will conduct special services April 17-24 in the Methodist church at Trenton, N. C. His pulpit Sunday will be occupied morning and eve ning by a visitirag minister.- Methodist ministers of the state are pancipating in the United Evan gelism Mission of the North Caro lina conference in the chur&es * > which they have been assigned ^ The United Mission is an evangelistic program sponsored by the Meth odists in nine southeastern states an i Cuba During the week of May 1-1 the churches of this state will be host to visiting Methodist churches from North Carolina. 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 needs and buy to advantage. r~