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'V 0 \ The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable ®hf OUtnlon €lfrmtirlf If You Don’t Read The Chronicle Y’ou Don't Get the News Volume LIV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 25, 1953 Number 26 COUNTY RED CROSS TO DIVIDE INTO TWO CHAPTERS "♦ School District Lines To Be Boundaries. Giles Named Chairman. An open meeting of the Laurens county chapter of the Red Cross was held on Thursday evening at Hotel Mary Musgrove. Richard Bjurberg, regional, director, was present and spoke for the national organization. C. C. Giles was elected as coun ty chairman to succeed J. Hew- Jette Wasson of Laurens. Other of ficers elected at this time, include: John B. Jordan, treasurer; Mel vin Feins, Laurens, vice-chairman; Mrs. John Woods, Laurens, secre tary. The recommendation, made some time ago by the area worker that one service office be maintained in Laurens for the county chapter, with the secretary dividing the time between Laurens and Clinton, was under consideration. A motion was introduced that there be two chap ters in the county with the school districts as boundaries, thus each chapter would operate its own ser vice office. Mr. Bjurberg stated that the suggestion was made in the interest of economy and if the people so desired two chapters and service of#<;e$ the national organi zation was willing to foUow this plan. In an executive board meeting following the general discussion it was decided to operate under the present system for about 6 months or until such time as the details for forming the separate chapters could be worked out. Currently the service office here is maintained by Mrs. Irby Hipp, secretary, from her home With re ports sent through the Laurens of fice. Clyde A. Seawright has been secured on a part time basis for the Laurens office to succeed T. W. Glenn, secretary for a number of years, who resigned because of IQ health. Mrs. Ben C. Workman Chairman Black Dies At Home Tuesday, Makes Appeal For Funeral Held At Hopewell Mrs. Marion W. Workman, 48, wife of'Ben C. Workman, died sud denly Tuesday morning at her hom^ near Clinton after several months of declining health. Children's Society Aid Bright To Get PC Gold P Award iDr. Holcombe Heads American Legion Post, Other Officers Elected “Unless folks mail in the Easter) _ • seal money and contributions to our) Dr. John Bright, of Union Theo- SUMMERS GIVEN S-VEAR SENTENCE Special Gifts committee are large, logical seminary in Richmond, Va. tbe work of the Crippled Children’s! will receive Presbyterian college’s „ [Society in South Carolina will be high mark of distinctioh the Gold y ear gg f 0 ]j ows . A native of Laurens county; peally. reduced in Laurens coun- 'P alumni award-for l9M the co!-, Commander-Dr. Fred At the June meeting of the Cope CAD DAV/ICU ATTCbiDT land-Davidson Post 56 which was lUK KAYIjll Alltrlrl held at the American Legion home,' offices were elected for the coming 1 where she spent her entire life, she j ^ ” stated Robert F. Black of this ^ge alumni office announced to- CO mb.e. E. Hoi- 1 was a daughter of the late C. R. and Alma Bums Workman. > She was a member of Hopewell Metho dist church and a leader in the Laurens County Farm Women’s organization. Surviving besides her husband are two brothers, Charles R. and Hayne B. Workman, both of near Clinton, and one sister, Mrs. Ace C. Workman of this city. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 11 o’clock at the home by the Rev. J. E. Kinard. Burial was in Hopewell Methodist church cemetery. Pallbearers were Francis Scur ry, Dr. Gerald Scurry, Robert E. Burns, Jr., Roland Spearman, Hen ry Hunter, Ace C. Workman, Jr., Dillard Boland, W. P. Dickson, 1st Vice-Commander — Milford Charges Grew Out of Disturbance At Local Hotel In January. city, chairman of the County chap- da y ter of Crippled Children, last week. Dr. Bright, a graduate of the class j Smith. Mr. Black was referring to the of 1928 at Presbyterian, was cited 2nd Vice-Commander — Wyman ^ ♦ 2,000 letters containing Easter Seals for his position as one of the na-|M. Shealy, Sr. . wey Rufus Summers, 22, of which were sent out to citizens over| tion’s foremost authorities in Old; 3rd Vice-Commander—C. D. Ben-, mards ’ R° ute 2, drew a five-year the county at Easter time by the Testament Hebrew. He also was; jamin, Jr. 1 5enten ce in General Sessions court Crippled Children’s Society; only! the recent recipient of the $7,500' Adjutant—Mrs. S. Louis Bond. at Laurens last Thursday on a con- 40 of these letters have been heard Abingdon - Cokesbury award for! Assistant Adjutant — Tench P. : ’ ent ve ^ dict °f burglary with reC- from. The campaign, which was religious writing for his manuscript; Owens. | ommendation of mercy, discontinued at Easter time due to entitled, “The Kingdom of God.” other campaigns, is to be complet- Selection of Dr. Bright was made ed within the next two weeks. | by the ot directors of the Members of a “Special Gifts t Presbyterian college alumni asso- Committee,” headed by Pete Mich- ciation. A Gold P and an inscribed ell of Laurens, will solicit funds! certificate will be presented him and Charles E. Burnett for the county chapter. ; at the alumni luncheon at home- Mr. Black reminded citizens that coming next Oct. 31. the Crippled Children’s program is the one which comes in and takes over where other programs leave off. He said that 60 per cent of the money obtained by this chapter re- Hu«h B. Workman and Downs Mon- .^co^.y fJr loS roe. Robert S. Owens Heads County Bar rtton board of to Mr. Giles directors, in addition and Mr. Jordan, are Perry M. Moore, Mrs. J. B. Templeton, Mrs. R. L. Plaxico, Hugh S. Jacobs, and James P. Sloan representing the Jo anna area. At a recent meeting of the Lau rens. County Bar association, Rob ert S. Owens of this city, was elect ed president * of the association for a two-year term beginning July 1. Mr. Owens succeeds James H. Sullivan of Laurens. Other officers elected at the same time were: Phil D. Huff, of Lau rens, vice-president; and Raymond C. Hill, of Laurens, secretary-treas urer. Jack H. Davis ot -Rt 2,— Clinton T |hi I^aurens. was accepted as a new member, bringing the membership to 18. Other business transacted at, the meeting included the recommenda tion to the governor of Robert Lee Gary, Laurens attorney, as judge of the Laurens County Domestic Rela tions Court for a two-year term be ginning July 1. Attend Confeence At Montreat The following are attending Pio neer Conference at Montreat this week: Lillian Hart, Leanna Young, Jane Todd, Florence Winn, Henry Chandler, Emily Bailey, Ann Bak er, Nancy Davis, Betty Jane Hamer, Sara Pitts, Elaine and Jinny Ad dison, Don Rhame, Jimmy Chand ler, Bob Uldrick, Angela Clements, and Norma Higginbotham, also Joy and Bill King of Arlington, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Chandler, Hub Hunter and Miss Mary Ann Craig are with the young people at Mon treal. Mrs. Carlton Winn accom panied them to Montreal. The group will return Saturday. Clinton Stores Close Saturday July 4th — The Clinton Merchants Associa tion has made announcement that the stores will be closed on Satur day, July 4, in observance of Inde- pendance Day. In making the anouncement offi cers asked the cooperation of the buying public in serving their needs on Thursday and Friday be fore the holiday. Wednesday afternoon closing of that week will be observed as usual. Brown Presiding Over Montreat Meet Dr. Marshall W. Brown, president of Presbyterian college, is in Mon treal, N. C., this week presiding over the 39th meeting of the Pres byterian Education Association of the South. Sessions opened Tues day and will continue through Fri day. Dr. Brown addressed the group on the opening night and sev eral prominent educators have a part on the panel discussions. Methodist District i W. S. C. S. Meet Here There will be a meeting of Zone 3 of the Greenwood District of The Woman’s Society of Christian Serv ice of Broad Street Methodist church, Tuesday, June 30, at 3:30. Mrs. W. C. Holroyd, district pres ident and other officers of the Greenwood district will attend. All members and officers of the local society are ask^d by the officers to be present. Training School Club Holds Meeting, Names Officers The newly organized State Train ing School Parents club held a gen eral meeting at the school here Sun day, June 14, to complete final or ganization. Officers elected to serve a two- year term were Prof. John Clark, Jr., i of Charleston, president; Mrs. J. Frank Hodges of Greenwood, vice-president; and Mrs. H. A. Spann of Anderson, secretary-treas urer. Approximately 600 persons from! services, all over the state attended the 1 — aid, which is far above the per centage of many such programs. Some of the county chapter work during the past year has been the providing o£ two bed-side teachers for children confined to their beds, and the providing of transportation for a child confined to a wheel chair to and from school. "Tie chapter also has bought seven wheelchairs which it loans to adults and children who are unable to buy them, and last year it assisted in buying a colored man an artificial leg. “Funds are urgently needed,” concluded Mr. Black in his appeal. “For the chapter is now running under its quota.” Contributions may be sent directly to the chap ter treasurer, J. Hewlette Wasson, The Gold P is Presbyterian col lege’s highest stamp of approval for alumni. It is given annually to the alumnus who has made out standing achievement in his chosen profession He had Finance Officer 1 — S. James Von lbeen indict f d f <>r assult with intent H 0 H en ; to ravish, burglary and assult and Chaplain—R. Eugene Johnson. ba ; ter y of a high and aggravated Athletic Officer—James E. Wolfe. : nature - ■* ^Sergeants at Arms—A. M. Young! It was announced by the court that the verdict had been agreed Historian—Carlton F. Winn. | upon by the state and counsel for Milford Smith is the retiring com-! the defense, adding that without ' mander. The new officers will be the recommendation of mercy a installed at the regular monthly meeting Thursday evening, July 2. Varney Is Named Dr. Bright has been a professor' Head Grid Coach at Union seminary since 1942, with' At C| nn f'nUpnp three years away for service in *** Cion V^Oliege years away World War II. Stale Has Good Stand of Cotton, Weevils Emerging Carolina and for four years was a star guard. He won varsity base ball letters at Chapel Hill and play Baptist Youth Revival July 6-10 ball as a catcher in the Coastal Plain League and with Raleigh in While residing here Mrs. Varney was a member of the staff of the Laurens County Public Welfare de- Final plans are being made for the Youth Revival and Missionary Activity in the Reedy River Bap- tort Association sponsored by the Training Union. Services will be held four evenings at various rural churches beginning at 7:30 p. m., July 6 continuing through the 10th. as follows: Fairview on Monday Clemson.—Cotton growers of the state are facing a rather unusual situation. Reports from throughout the state indicate one of the best stands of cotton in recent years. Most of the cotton has been thin ned, givon-the first-cultivation, is growing rapidly with many squares appearing in many fields. These same reports show, however, that many weevils are already in. partment the fields or are in hibernation and I • ■ ^ likely to emerge in large numbers j from Piedmont counties show an Biology Instructor increase in thrips. To meet this situation the Clem son Extension Cotton Committee continues to urge growers to pro tect their favorable crop prospects by immediately starting intensive insect control program verdict of guilty, if found, would have required a life sentence. In his pleas for mercy, R. T. Wilson, of defense counsel, said that Sim mons, who had gotten a medical discharge from the army several weeks before he allteged crime, must ‘simply have been drunk and gone haywire.” Summers appear- Harry E. (Sid)’Varney has been^ d * n ™ urt neat] y and named as the new football coach at i gr ^ )r P e ^’ w **. nn 8 tb,ck spectacle^ Elon College, N. C., succeeding Jim ^ hlcb « ave blm the a PP earanc * of Mallory. the studious type. Varney was a member of the! , w f s " ha , rged , Wlth re f iste u ring Presbyterian college coaching staff! a ? Iote tI,nt on January 7, about for the past two years in football 2:3 ? a m ’ a " d “Pstairs and and baseball until his resignation! an attempted attack on a June j 16-year-old girl in bed. The pro . .. . _ .. i prietor of the hotel made a state A 4 natlv « ol Powell, Pa. Varney ment to the court m which hc sald went to the University of North! he heard the girl 9Creajn and wem to her rescue. When he opened the door, he said. Summers, who was still dressed in army uniform, drew ed two years of professional base-, a pistol on hlm He ' out u> Named To PC Faculty Elmore Herbert, of Spartanburg, has been added to the Preabyterian r' rnmm xj_„__ macvi lAiuuui i,iu£jaiu. For thrips college faculty as an instructor in evMiHg : n^service^n °Wednesday' and flea beeXle contro1 application I biology, President Marshall W on 0* insecticides should begin when! Brown has anounced. day evening^and Enoree chuSi on' the ,irst tw0 true leaves appear ^ He wU1 as8ume his duties at ^ Friday evening. Donald Cook, honor graduate of Furman University in 1953, will bring the messages each evening. Music will be under the direction for weevil control the applications start of the fail semester, succeding should begin os soon as the first C. Duke Wilder, who plans to con- squares appear. On many farms tinue his graduate study at the Uni- these stages have already been 1 versity of Florida, reached and the applications should Herbert joins the Presbyterian of begin a t once and should continue college staff from his position as Newberry college accompanied by at weekl y intervals. These applica-1 dean of men and head of the biol- M^SSithy C^ TjTnnfst^ should start regardless of ogy department at 1^-McRae dent at Winthrop college. weather conditions m order to rid • - ♦ v *‘ Q . w*, T i fields of early insects. vJmst dud Lrii€ is tnc tncm£! rpi #m«crease*+ w A i for the week All vounc veoole The senousness °* ^e boll weevil. uemu: jcai, «*!*« w lAC and members and tnendf of^tep threat throughout the state is, taught at Georgia Military college Sf ! shown by the fact that 22 of the 251 for two years. ciation are invitaTto mend these co “ n T *f' nts ” ho ' ub h m,t,<Kl re : T' 6 Pr ' sb ^ er ‘i\ c ? Utte ports for the past week show weevil professor received his B.S. degree infestation increasing. The infesta- from Wofford college in 1944 and Junior college. He served at this institution during the 1952-53 aca demic year, and prior to that he 98 Students At P. C. Summer School ) tion is shown to be heaviest in j those counties where -rains have from the Pee Dee Experiment Sta-! medical corps in World war II. meeting. After lunch they visited with their children on the campus. The Girls’ Choir and the Boy Scouts presented a program P r - M . . 77 ^7 7 ,, , ! tion, Florence, show live weevils! O. Whitten, superintendent of the). Ninety-eight students are attend- are continulnE t0 emerge from hi- 1 school, welcomed the visitors. Dr.im the Presbyterian college sum-1 ^ ^ g rri D^„ r T* Whitten said that due to the great mer school session this year Fteg- mdicate that insectic.des! IT A bOyS 10 volume of work go.ng out of h,s, istrarG. Edward Campbell, report-, and ^ ujpmfn( for aplying them are ' office, some parents may not have ed today after hjs final tabulation jn plen „, ul supp]y throughout thelAHAnfl Tallin been notified of the meeting, but of the enrollment. gtate at the present timei but the ^116110 vallip that all parents are invited to be- He pointed out this is aPP™ 41 -1 commi ttee cautions that if growers g . a j iir II. long to the organization mately the same number of stu- all wait untn the last minule to se _ A * Myrrp I C ln|p| A constitution was adopted. Mrs. dents that has attended PC for the cure their needs shorUges de . •HI I lllllvll J IIIIUI John Spratt of Clinton was ap- past two summer schools. j ve i op . The committee points out pointed head of a general commit- The two-month 1953 session. the ;mportance of ma ki n g applica- tee to study the needs of the school' which began on June 9 is scheduled ^ ^ time according to " om . and present its findings to the club, i to end on August 8. Students who men ^ d schedules and advises get his own pistol and when h<* returned the man had gone. Ht? went downstairs to the lobby, he teid, and saw the man again. He asked him if he was the man he had teen upstairs and Summers replied, “You’re damn right,” and’ covered him with the pistol again. The manager said that he suc ceeded in hacktof-iate a talaphsnia booth and calling the police. The man went out the door, he said, and the police later told him that they arrested Summers between the hotel and the business section Training School Begins 33rd Year The State Training School, lo cated two miles from the city, will begin its thirty-third year of ser vice on July 1. Since being opened by the State of South Carolina on Sept. 14, 1920, the institutiorv has been headed by Dr. B. O. Wfiltten as superintend ent. It now has a population of about 1700 with 250 staff workers. A handsome new hospital-dormi tory is now nearing completion which will increase the population 100 and the workers to 300. An at tendants’ building is also under constrction to provide for the staff of the new hospital-dormitory his master’s degree from Emory University in 1951. He served for 1 building The main office building , fallen during the week. Reports over two and one-half years in the is to be remodeled and enlarged, A board of directors consisting of complete requirements for their de-: growers to get the nee ded materials one representative from each of the grees at this time will receive six congressional districts, was plomas at the regular commence elected. Named to the board were: ment exercises in June, 1954. District 1, Mrs. H. C. Walker ^ Ridgeland; District 2, Mrs. E. L. Book Written Crooks of Columbia; District 3, Mrs. ^ Elizabeth Tolbert of McCormick; v/rt I CmpietOnS District 4, Mrs. Donald Nelson of Greenville; District 5, Mrs. Isadore Union, June 23. and equipment on their farms ready I so that they may be in position to i closely folow these schedules with- : out possibility of delay which might result should shortages develop. The committee reports that re- ! suits from the use of Chloro-IPC •TVrrmiPtnn I° r pre-emergence control of weeds ■ A pi and grass in cotton fields are favor- with other improvements also con templated on the campus. Reading Club At Children's Library A reading club will begin Friday, June 26 at the Children’s Library. All children are invited to become t members of the club for the Mim- mer months. New books, on science, fiction. Ward of Rock Hill, and District 6,! Family History” is the title of a able * and seem to indicate lts wider Mrs. Clara Rigby of Bennettsville.! new book written by L B Tern- jn succeeding years . ^ lack pleton, principal of the Main Street o{ control in sorne sec ti 0 ns was! ton, Joe Cunningham, Tommy Da- Twenty-three members of the Clinton chapter of Future Farmers, b j S t oryi biography and ud\t‘mun of America, will attend the FFA| bave be€n added to the shelves with camp at Murrells Inlet during thej| Und;J f rom the Parent Teachers As- week of June 29 through July 2. sociation of Florida street school All five Future Farmer chapters! and the Kiwanis club, in the county will attend camp to- Parents who are not familiar gether. Clinton, Ford, Gray Court-| Wl t b t he library facilities are invit- Owings, Hickory Tavern, and Lau- ^ t G C ome and bring their children, rens high schools will be represent-; j be Children’s Library is located on ^ the second floor of the Presbyterian The FFA members going to oamp co jj ege i lbrary building and is open from the Clinton chapter are Chas.|f rorn 3 5 Monday, Wednesday Bannister, Huey Bonds, Sam C. ban- and Fnday afternoons and from 9 ey, George Copeland, James Comp- t 0 11 on Saturday mornings. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL GERTRUDE KINARD, MRS. CECIL SULLIVAN, W. M. LANFORD, City. SAM E. WHITE, Route 3. MRS. MARGIE STARNES, Lydia. J. G. ROY, Rt. 1, Laurens, S. C. MISS CLAUDETTE PARRISH, CONG. ROBT. T. ASHMORE, Washington, D. C. RESEARCH, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD, Columbia, S. C. A2C BERNIE F. JOHNSON, Altus, Okla. school of Union. probably caused by winds which vis, Ted Davenport, Gary Deloache, -r D u ♦K Th T> W ° r w dea S P nr 7 1 P all >' b i ew lighter soils and chemicals I Barry Ellison, Robert Earl Elmore, Ten Inducted By the Templetons who first settled ^ ' ' m what is now Laurens county. Jr, DanM Foster Grady Fuller, CountV Draft Board ! Dan McKittrick, Edward Pitts, Jack 7 m j P'tt 5 . Rte Ray, Billy Smith, C.uy .j. en regls trants reported to the ; Smith, Glenn Walker, Wil 1am Pat- countv dra ft board No. 30 and were terson, William Cromer and Kobert for . vardeti to Columbia for mdu , uon Finley. T E. R. Few, agriculture teacher at * ^ ^ wpre; Wlllie Arlhur There is also brief sketches of mem bers of the Templeton family who IV.D^p Affpnriinn settled in other parts of South Caro- L'UDOSC /vrTenamg lina, and some information about Army Medicol Center others by the name in other states. ♦ — Mr. Templeton began work on the Second Lt. Ladson L. DuBose, son t b e high school, will be in charge of family genealogy about 25 years 0 f Mrs. Crawford DuBose of this 1 the Clinton group. ^ a 8°- , city, is at Medical Field Service ! w m . T~ ~ , School located at Brooks Army ATTEND ALUMNI LUNCHEON Rock Bridoc Group Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Mrs. W. C. Baldwin and Mrs.; MiMs Chesnee; Willie Arthur Camp- — - I'*' *- “**— 1 “ * *—— 1 g. B. Loftis attended the Alumni Gray Court; Willie James luncheon and reunion of Asheville Sl7T1 P son . Laurens: Young Dendy, Teachers college held at the Worn-! clinlon ; Buck Junior Searles, Gray an’s club in Greenville last Thurs-’ Court;" Spencer Charles Deyton, day. Mrs. Baldwin was accompanied; Cramte Falls; and Thomas Weldon Burnside; Clinton; Wilton Reed Vaughn, Gray Court; Charles Wil- Crowder, Joanna; Raymond uam a . ir A || L* Texas, to attend a four-weeks ori- Ai V*Omp reilOWSnip entation course in military medical The following children of the service. The class is made up of of- Rock Bridge Presbyterian church ficers recently called to duty in the are attending Camp Felowship this Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Vet* week: Julius Bolt, Patsy Adams, erinary Corps and Medical Service Doris McDonald, Peggy Mclnvaille, Corps. Betty Peavy ,Judy Bauknight, Bob- Mr. DuBose is now a rising jun- bie Fuller, Bootsie Fuller and Char- ior at the South Carolina Medical lie Brown. College. by Mrs. Ben Adams of Union. Mrs. Loftis took part on the pro gram after lunch giving an original poem “Remember?” dealing with life at the college. Garrett, Laurens. Seventy registrants will report to- the local board to be forwarded to Columbia for physical examinations on June 23.