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/ I -v / . c The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LIV If You Don't Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 7, 1953 Number 19 JOE W. LEAKE Veteran Carrier Makes Last Round On Mail Route Joe W. Leake, veteran employee at the local postoffice, made his “last round” April 30 as a rural let ter carrier on Route 3 serving the Hopewell section. Under postal regulations, reaching the age of ?fr,-he was—automatically—retired Insurance On Buildings Equipment and Motor Vehicles Upped By City » ; City council at its meeting Monday night raised the amount of fire in surance c'arried on city buildings and equipment from $82,700 to $156,000. Council also reinsured and raised the liability coverage on all i9 motor ve hicles owned by the city. The move was made after a study was made of the subject by city of ficials, a comfhittee of council mem bers and representatives of under? writers. Cost to the city for the increased, comprehensive coverage was stated to be $1,650. Under the old policies, had they been renewed, the cost would have been approximately the same amount, due to increases that are now in effect. Buildings and equipment insured under the new policies, with old and new amounts are: light and water plant, from $22,000 to $30,000; filter plant from $5,000 to $9,000; library building from $50,000 to $100,000; scout cabin, from *$1,000 to $2,000; city hall contents, from $1,200 to $10,000; city barn and contents re mained at same coverage, $3,500. All 19 motor vehicles of the city are now included in the insurance contracts, while previously only 13 had been covered, and include auto mobiles, trucks, sweepers and trac tors. The meeting Monday night was May 1. Mr. Leake was born in the Hur ricane section and has'lived his en tire life in this community where he is a well known and highly re garded citizen. He is a son o^ the late T. D. and Lou Finney Leake, members of two of the communi ty’s pioneer families. Mr. Leake entered the postal service on February 15* 1906. When he drove his car in the garage last Thursday he had served as carrier on the same route for 47 years, 2 months and 20 days. During the almost half a century period he averaged 12,000 miles of travel per year, a total of 564,000 miles he had traveled in carrying the mail to his rural customers. . Mr. Leake has the distinction of having served under seven post masters, in the following order; J. P. Little, W. M. McMillan, A. J. Milling, Ralph R- Blakely, B. R- Fuller, R L. Plaxico and W. D. Adair, the present postmaster. Of theg roup, Little, McMillan, Milling and Fuller have passed away. When*Mr. Leake began his duties he drove his horse until 1922 serv ing his route. He then turned to the automobile, which he has since used. Roads were bad in the early days, he said, and frequently he would have to call upon some of his patrons to pull him out of the mud. As a carrier Mr. Leake always had a pleasant good morning for white and colored residents of his route, was courteous, accommo dating and faithful in the discharge of his duty. Patrons the entire length of his route appreciated his services and held him in high es teem. In retiring he said, ”it has been a pleasure to serve my patrons and I am depely appreciative and grateful for the consideration and many courtesies they have shown me during the years.” Mr. Leake married Miss Inez Dobbins and they make thfir home here on Musgrove street. He has three brothers, John Leake, con nected with the Joanna organiza tion for 38 years, T. J. Leake, well known local merchant and farmer; ynd 5sam I^ake of Union, who has l>een employed by the Stone Hard ware company for 40 years. Revival Services At Lydia Methodist Church Revival services at Lydia Metho dist church will begin Monday, May 11, and continue through Sun day, May 17 at 8 o’clock each eve ning. The services will be held in Prov idence school building. Rev. James A. Grigsby, pastor of St. John’s Methodist church, Laurens, will lead the services. The public is cordially invited by the pastor. Rev. C. B. Word, to at tend all the services. > presided over by Mayor Joe PTTerry and present were Alderman Ray, Reddeck, Eichelberger, Wilson and Craine. Dr. F. K. Shealy appeared before council and was heard in an im passioned oration against the liquor traffic. What concerned council in the matter was his charge that liquor was being transported and sold by taxi drivers, and the council directed the police department to use vigor ous efforts to curb such transporta tion and sale. Also appearing before council was a delegation of three representatives of the Southern Bell Telephone com pany who were seeking to enter into a contract with the city for joint use of poles by the company and the city. After discussion of the proposed contract, the mayor appointed a com mittee to work with B. R. Austin, superintendent of the water and light department, in a study of the matter, and hold further discussions with telephone company representa tives and report back to council at a later date. Serving on the commit tee are Alderman Reddeck, chairman, Aldermen Eichelberberger and Ray. City Celrk W. B. Owens read a statement of receipts and expendi tures for the month of April, show ing receipts of $25,029.06 and ex penditures of $34,721.69. Excess of expenditures over re ceipts of more than $8,000 was oc casioned by several heavy expenses over normal: library bond $1,000, paving bonds $4,000, interest on bonds $528.13, and payment for equipment used in the recent addi tion of two new jail cells, $2,800. Council agreed to assist Thornweli orphanage in the installation of lights on their nerw athletic field. Council also agreed to sell an un used street sweeper to Bob Jones university, Greenville, for “not less than $500.” George Frady was named as a member of the City Recreation com mission to succeed Lewis Pitts, who has moved beyond the city limits. The paving of West Carolina ave nue was under discussion again, with some negotiations still being neces sary with the highway department, Seaboard and QN&L railroads, and individual property owners for nee— essary rights of way. The county has agreed to pave the street. Included in the paving will be a 4-ft.. side walk. on the south side of the street. Clinton To Get Gas Friday At 10 A. M. Newly Constructed Lines To Be Opened With Short Ceremony When $2,900,000 Project Will Be Put In Use for First Time. Started In November. Clinton will get its first nautral gas Friday morning at 10 o’clock when a valve is turned and the newly con structed lines will be filled with the new fuel. The event will be celebrated with a short ceremony at the sub-stat’on on West Carolina avenue, and Mayor J. P. Terry, who is also chairman of the Clinton-Newberry Gas Author ity, will turn the valve that will put the pipe lines into operation. Others attending the opening cere mony will include Clinton ci*y of ficials, representatives from New berry and the Gas Authority, engin eering officials, construction com pany officials, and interested citi zens. The day will bring to a climax about threee years of effort by. Clin ton and Gas Authority officials, en gineers and construction crews dences in Clinton, Clinton Mills, Ly dia Mills and Joanna. Including con nections in the Newberry area, the Authority will give service connec tions to more than 4,000 potential customers, it was said. The allot ment of gas for the Authority has been set at 2,400,000 cubic feet a day. Application' has been made for an additional 4,000,000 cubic feet-for in dustrial purposes and it is expected that it will be approved and the gas available within the next several months, Authority representatives- said. .Fifty-eight miles of inter-city lines have been built—from Fountain Inn to Newberry. The main line con nects at a point just beyond Foun tain Inn wtth a trunk line from Lou isiana, through Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Car olina, to the northeast. The Authon- Robert Wasson Opens Offices In Laurens And Greenville Robert C. Wason, of this county, and candidate &>r the vacant seat in congres from this district, is this week opening eafftpalgb headquar ters in Laurens and Greenville. The Greenville headquarters will Mrs. Lucile Zeigler Passes In Hospital, Last Rites Here Mrs. Lucile Harris Zeigler, wife of George C. Zeigler of Spartan burg, died early last Thursday rooming at the General hospital there after a serious illness of sev eral- weeks. The funeral services were held All lines in the city have not yet j ^ main | ine ^ a six-inch steel pipe, been cofnipleted, and neither have all vv '^ six-inch pipes in the city as residences been connected with the ’ i )rinc |P <1 - hne.s, branching off with lines, but wide areas of the city are | ^ our ~‘ nc ^ —two-inch pipe-s . !<> f.ir— complete, and home owners who r i° us area in the city, have had their appliances connected : Engineers for the project were the with the lines will be ready for ser-i*^- W. Goodwin Engineering company vice. They can begin “cooking with ot fhrmingham, Ala , and construc- gas” Friday morning at 10 o’clock. I ^ on was done by the Birmingham Clinton will be sewed by the Building company. Resident engineer Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Au-! was ^ K- Stafford, thority, a corporation formed to! Authority has employed Wd- build the lines and give service to i |* am I^Boso as superintendent o* Clinton, Clinton Mills, Lydia Mills, 1 *' nes ’. an d w dl have an office in Joanna, and Newberry. |the>city hall. Mr. DuBcse was for- Mayor Terry of Clinton is chair-' mt r ^\ an er fS- ne or with the Good man of the Authority; Walter Reg- drm. nery, president of Joanna Cotton Er Wiseman of Newberry, secretary. Other members of the Authority -r Ji Construction of the lines was start- Mills, vice-chairman; and Mayor J. ec * November, and July 1. is the final date for completion of the pro ject It was stated by Authority of ficials that $50,000 will be withheld from payments to the contractors to be in the Hotel Greenville and will! here Friday afternoon from Gray be open daiy from 11:00 a. m. to i f uneral Home by Dr. W. R. Turner 5:00 p. m. The hotel manager is! 0 f this city, assisted by Rev. W. W. permitting a 20-fot banner to be! Friday, pastor Bethel Methodist placed upon the front of the build-; church in Spartanburg. Interment GRESS,” and the slogan, “WE w as in Rosemont cemetery. mg boosting “WASSON FOR CON- Pallbearers were H. C. Layton, WANT WASSON.” The headquar- £. L. Holland, B. S. Pinson, L. B. ters in Greenville will be in charge! DtHard, S G Dillard, Dennis Sow- of J. W. Lackey, business man of | ers and R. T. Dunlap. Greenville- | Mrs. Zeigler was a native of this of the city hall and will be under ^ county, but for the past thirty Mr. Wason’s headquarters in years had resided in* Ft. Lauder from Clinton are Aldermen Hugh C. Ray and W. M. McMillan, and from Newberry, Aldermen Layton and!‘ nsure tiia ^ damage to streets, Martin. ; curbs, sidewalks, and individual* The Authority issued $2,900,000 i n !P r0 P^ rt y in th ^ a ^ a will be repaired bonds with which to build the linos. All the bonds have been sold, Chair man Terry stated. Pipes are being laid to 2,368 resi- Laurens will be on the second floor the personal direction of Mr. Was son, who wil be there each Satur day until the election. —. Mr. Wasson stated yesterday that he will be glad for the citizens of the fourth district to contact him dale, Fla., Columbia and Spartan- toarg. She was the daughter of tfy- late Dr. William R. and Carrie Boozer Harris, and the granddaugji- tar of the late Dr. and Mrs. Job J. Boozer of this city. Surviving are her husband, one and discuss any issues or matter ofitoother, Wilson W. Harris of this interest conceding this election. ! “>'■ a n,ece ' He expressed great concern over cousins. READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay yon. It’s thrifty to shop first in this newspaper, then in the stores as price* change and new merchandise is received and displayed. BE WISE— READ THE ADS District Rally the situation that is developing duet Qcr\ tc the changes of policy in our na-|0.-)U TOUng rOOple tional government, causing falling 'Attend Methodist farm prices, the moving of the grain storage bins, and the award ing of textile contracts to northern mills, disregarding competitive bids. He said that the farmers and the textile people are soon to feel the results of these actions and cer- tainly it will reach *>ut ynprally to our economy as a whole in the j i n area South. CC Directors Seek Successor To Miss Blakely General regret* has ‘been express ed at the resignation of Miss Iona Blakely as secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce effective May 15. Miss Blakely has made no an nouncement of her future plans. ,For the past 12 years Miss Blake ly has served the organization, during which time she has untir to the satisfaction of all concerned. Rates for gas service begin at 1 > cents for 100 cubic feet of gas, reduc ing with additional amounts used. The minimum monthly charge will be $1.50. The rates appear in an ad vertisement in today’s paper. • Approximately 850 young peo ple, representing Methodist church es in the Greenwood District, at tended the youth rally Saturday night at Main Street Methodist church in Greenwood, opening the Mis Richards To Speak At Loyalty Dinner The campaign for Negro work by the- Southern Presbyterian church is being made in May with $2,000,000 as the goal. A committee from the First Pres byterian church here has been named to head the campaign with an assigned quota. A loyalty din ner will be held on the evening of May 14 at the church, after which the congregation will be addressed by Dr. McDowell Richards, presi dent of Columbia Theological Semi nary. Young Completing Basic Airman Course William Young, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Young, of this city, is com pleting his AF basic airmen in doc- trinaaon course at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, the “Gateway to the Air ForceJ! His basic training is'preparing him for entrance into Air Force technical training and for assignment in spe cialized work. Last Rites For Mrs. Louise Peake Be Held Here today Mrs. Louise Duskin Peake, 58, widow of Dr. Theodore J. Peake, former practicing physician of this city, died Tuesday a vocal .. The ^ u Columbus Ga .J h i. " '^!"!!f n ‘ My Light," accompanied at the or- Dr. Wright Spears, president of Columbia college, gave an appeal ing talk for young people on “Life Unlimited,” and after his message a dedication service was held. The Rev. John M. Shingler, su perintendent of the district, gave the invocation and benediction was given by the Rev. James E, Kinard of the Kinards charge.' * John E. Hills of Columbia, pr/?- Mrs. Tom Addison To Leod Kodoho District Mrs. Tom Addison will replace Mrs. A. G. Sutherland, who is leav ing Clinton, as leader of the Camp Fire and Blue Bird groups in the Kadoha district. Recent activities include the making of May baskets by the tul- . . ip and Sun Poppy groups of which mgly ** efficiently earned on the ^ Boyd and Mrs. Suthor- work of the office. ! land „„ k . ad / nl . These baskets. The new pees,dent of the oegam-1 and (1<j zatmn, Robert E. Wysor HI has, pre3e „ t ed to the children of announced that the board «' : Stewart Cottage at the orphanage, tors is giving consideration to the ° replacement of Miss Blakely. A committee consisting of J. E. Wolfe, i TO HOLD PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC W r . C- Baldwin and D. B. Smitn,! All children who will enter the has been appointed to make rec- • first grade at Mountville school in ommendations as to a . sucessor. the fall are requested to come to The president appointed a com-[the school on Monday, May 18, a* mittee consisting of J. E. Wolfe, J. 10 o’clock where a pre-chool clinic J. Cornwall and *pthers to be named will be held. • ^ later, to consider the possibilities Miss Elberta [Teagqe, nurse with of some sort of celebration this year the County Health department, will to mark the 100th anniversary o6 ( be present to give smallpox vacci- the city. nations to the new students. LOCAL MEN HONORED AT CH0RCH MEET brought regret to many admiring friends and acquaintances here. of gan by Mrs. Hills, and also direct ed the congregational singing. A Mrs. Peake was a daughter m gj r i s * sex tette of Newberry high the late M. L. and Mary Ball Dus- sang, “Jesu, The Very ) Thought of Thee.” The choir was The body arived last night and made up of young people of the was taken to Gi^ay Funeral Home , district. Graveside services will be conduct- The district includes about 33 ed this morning (Thursday) at H churches in Greenwood county, o’clock in the family plot at the Newberry, McCormick, North Au- First Presbyterian church ceme- gusta, Abbeville, Clinton and Lau- tery. Dr. W. R. Turner will be the I rens. „ officiating minister. __ j The mission continues through- Pallbearers will be Walter i-A.[out the week in Methodist churches Johnson, J. D x Jeanes, C. W. Coop- j in this area, with nightly services er, Wiliam Brooks Owens, R. P. conducted by visiting ministers 1 from North Carolina and other sec tions of the country. -*—* Hamer and J. V. Jacobs Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Lee Snow and Mrs. Clifford Oliver, both of Columbus, Ga.; one broth er, Joe Duskin of Florida; two step-daughters, Mrs. Charles Cham berlain of New York, and Mrs. Bill Foster of Detroit, ^lich; and sev- UDC TO MEET The Stephen D. Lee,.Chapter of UDC will meet this evening at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Ralph Copeland. Clinton representatives received a large share ot the spotlight at the 1953 Men’s Conference of th Synod of South Carolina held at Myrtle Beach last weekend. Pictured above with symbols of distinction are. left to right: W. C. Baldwin, who. as secretary of the South Carolina Pres bytery. received the cup presented to the presbytery for having the largest number of representatives present at the meeting: Dr. Marshall Brown, who was voted the Synod’s Man of the Year “fur outstanding ehurchmanship” as president of Presbyterian college and received i trophy award; and Hugh Jacobs, the newly-elected president ef the Men- of-the-Church of the entire synod. Both Baldwin and Jacobs are students of Dr. Brown at PC.