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/ The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable ®1ip (ttlintmt ^1—- If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News = Volume Liy Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 10, 1953 Number 37 School District Has 3,832 Enrolled, White and Colored Total enrollment of white and colored schools in School District No. 56 was reported yesterday as 3,&32 on the opening of the school x session, according to figures releas ed by W. R. Anderson, superintend ent of the district. This is an in crease of approximately 1,000, the figure of last year, the gain being due to the abolition of several schools, white and colored, in this ar£a and the transporting of their pupils. The enrollment is divided 2,879 white, 952 colored. The enrollment by schools was announced as follows: Clinton-Joanna area, white: Clinton High 494 Florida Street : 514 Academy Street 496 Providence (Lydia) 326 Joanna School 448 Mountville 103 Cross Hill 96 Long Branch - 78 Musgrove 41 Thornwell Orphanage High and Elementary 283 Total 2,879 Clinton-Joanna area Negro schools: Bell Street High 213 Bell Street Grammar 347 Joanna Area .9. 118 Cross Hill-Mountville .270 Total 953 T _ School Faculty Given For Coming Year — Miss Norma E Hallett. director of training and psychologist of the State Training school, announces the opening of school on Monday, September 7, with Irving Lown con tinuing as principal of the academic school, and with the following new teachers: Mrs. Inez R. Lindley of Laurens, and Mrs. Eugene Wingo, also of Laurens. The following, who were faculty members last year: Mrs. Allie Hamilton, pre-school, Clinton. Mrs. Ayliffe R. Jacobs, Clinton. Mrs. Margaret Sease, Clinton. Miss Louise Cox, Clinton. Mrs. Sarah Lester, Greenwood. • Mrs. Ruby Milam, Mountville. Mrs. J. H. Hunter, Clinton. The institution maintains two sep arate schools, one on the campus and one at the “circle.” The teach ers at the circle are: Mrs. Beatrice Coates, the nursery school. Mrs. Ben Milling, crafts. Mrs. Lonnie McMillan, Clinton, was added this year to replace Mrs. Ruby Milam, who was transferred to the campus. Phil D. Rogers directs the physi cal education and recreation work. Mrs. Felton Roper continues as as sistant with work at the circle. Ken neth McCord, who came to the staff in June, assists in various pflrts of the institution as needed. The home-making and 4-H club work—Mrs. Beatrice Sloan. Music—Joe Shay. Choir and glee club director — Mrs. William Brooks Owens, Clin ton. Dancing—Mrs. LaBruce S. Heist, Greenville. The workers in the building par ticipate in a year-round training of the girls and boys and play an im portant past in their lives. No at tempt is made to departmentalize any phase of the work. Presbyterians To Have Family Supper The annual church supper of the congregation of the First Presbyte rian church will be held on Friday evening at 7:30, with the college students as guests of the church. All families are invited and asked to bring picnic lunch. Community Chest Trustees To Hold Meet Friday The board of trustees of the Com munity Chest of Greater Clinton will meet Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the Chamber of Com- , merce office at Hotel'Clinton. This is the first meeting of the new Community Chest year and the meeting will be to elect new officers, appoint chairmen and plan the drive for this fall. Officers to be chosen will be pres ident, treasurer, and secretary. Chairmen will also be appointed for the budget committee and the cam paign committee. The budget com mittee will meet in the near future with all participating agencies, to set, up a budget for the coming year, and the campaign committee will begin at once to make plans for the drive, which will be held this fall, probably the latter part of October or the first of November. The following is a list of members of the board (those listed as one- year members will retire this year and will be replaced at the meeting Friday or soon after): Robert John son, Exchange club, one year; George Cornelson, Lions club, two years; Robert M. Vance, Kiwanis club three years; Mildred Bozard, Business and Professional Women’s club, one year; John Jordan, Mer chants association, two years; R. P. Hamer, American Legion, three years; Mrs. D. O. Rhams, member at large, two years; Hugh Jacobs, Chamber of Commerce, three years; Mrs. Jack Anderson, member at large, one year; Wilmot Shealy, Clinton public schools, three years; Mayor Joe P. Terry, City of Clin ton, permanent. The Clinton and Lydia Mills will select a representative to replace the late David S. Cook, who repre sented them last year. Managers For New Colonial Stores The handsome new Colonial Stores building, fronting on Pitts and West Main streets, is about completed and they plan their grand formal opening in the very near fu ture, it is announced by A. P. Love, advertising manager. Announcement is also made that the store will be in charge of Van S. Jones as grocery manager, and T. J. McCarty, market manager. Both have been associated with Rogers here and their friends will learn with interest that they are to head the new Colonial. Templeton Resigns * At Country Club Frank H. Templeton, who has been superintendent of the Lakeside Country club between here and Laurens for the past twenty-five years, has resigned the position and retired to his arm nearby. A suc cessor will be named by the board of directors. College Begins New Year With Capacity Enrollment Upperclassmen To Report Today. Freshmen Arrived Monday and Put Through General Orientation Pro gram. Matriculation To Exceed Last Year. Presbyterian college campus is a busy plage this week with the ar rival of 175 new students and upper classmen expected today. Matricu lation figures are expected to be as high or larger than last year. Students are putting in a full schedule of orientation and registra tion for the start of classwork on Saturday morning. New students arriving Monday immediately be gan the orientation pace. The sched- cle called for placement tests and various meetings through Tuesday and yesterday, topped by supper at Lake Greenwood last night. Advis ory sessions with individual faculty advisors are slated for this morn ing, registration for fitst semester classes in the afternoon. Tonight will be the annual freshman recep tion sponsored by the College Dames, organization of faculty wives. Friday’s routine will find re turning upperclassmen registering for classes, while freshmen first meet with the student council and freshman control board and then take the regular ROTC physical ex aminations. Classwork opening the first semester of the 1953-54 school year, will begin Saturday morning at 8 o’clock, it is announced. For lack of dormitory space a large number of students will be forced to room in private homes in the city, the dean has announced. County Area School Districts Allocated Funds | $22,500 Approved | For New High School; Site Here Men-of-the-Church Resume Meetings The September meeting of the Men-of-the-Church of the First Presbyterian church, the first of the fall season, will be held on Thurs day, September 17, at 7:30. Guest speaker will Jae Dr. Fred V. Poag, pastor of th Shandon Pres byterian church in Columbia. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL 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 prices change and new merchandise is received and displayed. . BE WISE— READ THE ADS You get so much or so little yoc pay for THE CHRONICLE. It is filled with community news of in terest and helpful ‘store news’” to help you in your buying. We es pecially Invite newcomers to the city to become members of our- large family of readers. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: LT. HUB HUNTER, Fort Monmouth, N. J. MRS. JAMES McCAULEY, MRS. L. S. HART, • DR. JAMES WALKER, JOHN HENRY WALLACE, SAM BARKER, W. E. MADDEN, City. MRS. JAMES L. DAVIS, Norman, Okla. FOREMOST DAIRIES, Laurens. ^ RICHARD LUKSTAT, ’ Spartanburg. SGT. CLAUDE SMITH, c-o PM, New York. RICHARD HAMPTON, Denver, Colo. MRS. L. L. LEACH, Lydia. MRS. C. A. GWINN, MRS. ANDY GOSNELL, Joanna. Laurens county school districts Nos. 55 and 56 are entitled to $4,- 399,175 for school construction over a 20-year period, according to fig ures prepared by the State Educa tional Finance commission based on enrollment in 1952-53. Of the amount, the Laurens district area with 5,T93 pupils would receive $2,000,025, the Clinton district area with 4,049 pupils, $1,399,150. Allocation of $3,077,673 in funds for school construction has been an nounced by the State Commission. Of the amount, $1,350,454 will go to white school, $1,729,219 to Negro schools. The new allocation brings to $80,-' 324,076 the total spent under the state’s sales tax-supported school equalization program begun more than two years ago. In the allocations just announced, Laurens county is listed for addi tional funds for Gray Court Negro grammar school, $26,556, and addi tional funds for Sanders Negro high school at Laurens, $112,585; addi tional funds for expansion of the Gray Court-Owings white grammar and high school, $51,452; addition to the Mountville white grammar school, $56,800, and a site for a new white high school here. Hunting Seasons Are Announced By Game Official A. A. Richardson, director of the state wildlife resources department, i has just announced the open seasons for hunting in South Carolina. This season, Saluda and Edgefield counties have been added to Zone Two now consists of Anderson, Lau rens, Abbeville, McCormick, New berry, Greenwood counties. The law states that there is no open season on wild turkeys and deer. Raccoons and squirrels may be hunted'from October 1 to Feb ruary 15. Opossums are in danger from Sep tember 1 through February 15 and rabbit and quail season i/ from ; Thanksgiving Day to February 15. The law also provides that rabbits may be hunted with dogs only, from September 1 to Thanksgiving Day. That is made possible in order that dogs may be trained to chase the furry animals. Moose Chapter To Be Organized Here Efforts are underway to organize a Moose chapter in Clinton. A rep resentative of the national organiza tion, Joe B. Jones, is here working with a number of interested citziens. This evening at 8 o’clock at the armory a film on “Mooseheart, III., and Moose Haven at Jacksonville, Fla./‘ will be shown. No admission will be charged and ladies as well as men in the area are invited to attend. Anyone interested in joining the organization is asked to contact Marcell Barker, Fred Shelton or Herschal Thomason for further in formation. The State Educational • Finance Commission during the week an nounced allocation of $3,077,673 in funds for school construction in the future based on the past year’s en rollment. Several additional allocations are made for white and colored schools in the county. A new item included in the allo cations is $22,500 for a new white high school in this city. Trustees of District 56 recently announced the selection of sites for additional buildings to be constructed in the fu ture. A representative of the State Commission was here in July to study the proposed sites by the dis trict board. Later they notified the authorities of their approval of 65 acres for a new high school to be lo cated on North Adair street exten sion; a site for the new Academy Street school on Elizabeth street, and for a new Bell Street high school on South Bell street. The state allocation now made in several counties includes $22,500 for the purchase of the high school site recommended by the district trus tees and approved by the state com mission. Brown Reappointed On Executive Committee Education Board Dr. Marshall W. Brown, president of Presbyterian college, has been Cgappointed as South Carolina rep resentative on the executive com mittee of the South Regional Educa tion Board, ti was announced yes terday. The reappointment was made by Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby of Kentucky, who served as chairman of the board. Dr. Brown has served on the executive committee for the pas: five years, ever since the formation of the Southern Regional Educa tion Board ,as a means to promote educational advantages of the South. His previous appointment was by j former Governor Gordon Browning l of Tennessee. Dr. Brown attended a meeting of | the executive committee in Atlanta on Sept. 7. At this time, an agenda was prepared for presentation to the l entire board whicr will meet at th^ annual Southern Governors’ con ference in Boca Raton, Fla., the first week in November. Whitmire Man Found Dead In His Overfurned Car Sheriff W. A. Lowery s^id yester- da the body of John Turner Gray, 39, wholesale furniture salesman of Whitmire, was found underneath the steering vv'heel of his overturned 1953 Buick car about 1:30 Tuesday morning in Sand Creek on Highway 72 between Whitmire and Clinton. The sheriff said Mr. Gray Was apparently driving toward Clinton and lost control of his car on a curve, went over the embankment and turned over in the creek on the left side of the highway. Joe Nelson Avis, a truck driver from Charlotte, reported the wreck to officers. The sheriff said the truck driver told him he saw the lights of the wrecked car in the creek. He said he went down to make an investigation, but finding he could not be of help came to Clinton to make a report. When pulled from the wreck, Gray was dead, the sheriff said. His chest was crushed and he had other wounds about the head, neck and body. Coroner Joe F. Smith, announced that an inquest was set for 10 o’clock here Thursday morn ing. Mr. Gray, a salesman, represent ed several furniture firms in this state. He had lived in Whitmire for the past 18 years. A native of Cross Hill, he was a son of W. G. and Pauline Turner Gray. He served in the Army in World War II and was a member of Whitmire Methodist church, C. H. Suber Men's Bible class and the Methodist Men’s club. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Miss Carolyn Young, a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam C. Young; one daughter, Sara Linda Gray; and one brother, William G., of Cross Hill. JEunetai- services - were -conducted yesterday afternoon at the Whitmire Methodist church by Dr. R. N. Du bose and the Rev. C. L. Moody, Jr. Burial followed in Whitmire ceme tery. Opportunity School Set for Sept. 14 The opening of the Opportunity School for adults will be held at 7:30 p.m. September 14, it is announced, and all who desire to attend are in vited to be present at that time. The school will offer a course in fundamental subjects for the pur pose of encouraging and creating a desire for self-improvement which will prepare students to pass a state examination which will entitle them to a high school cerMficate. The school is being supervised by the city schools and sponsored by the Clinton Cotton Mills. Interest in commercial subjects has increased to the extent that classes will be of fered to a minimum enrollment of fifteen business students, it is stated. Hopewell Church Sesqui-Centennial Planned Sept. 20 Bus Station In New Location The Clinton bus station v formerly located at Joe’s ISsso, is being moved today to the Clinton Hotel. White and colored waiting and rest rooms have been provided and all buses operating throegh the city will stop there. A twenty-four hour a day service will be provided, A. W. Hartley, agent, stated, with the ticket office and restaurant open. Hopewell Methodist church, Ki- nards charge, will celebrate its sesqui-centennial anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 20. A picnic dinper | will be served at 1 o’clock. Dr. C. C. Norton, professor at Wofford col lege, will preach at the 11:15 ser vice. All former pastors and district . superintendents will be given an opportunity to speak during the af ternoon service. Former members and friends are invited to attend and asked to bring picnic lunches. Brown Attends Synod Meeting Dr. Marshall W. Brown, president of Presbyterian college, attended the annual meeting of the - Synod oi South Carolina at Florence Tuesday night as the official representative of the local First Presbyterian church. Last spring Dr. Brown wsa named Synod “Man of the Year’ as a result of his work at the college. Thornwell Opens With Ware Shoals At College Field Tonight Thornwell orphanage opens its 1953 football season tonight at 8 o’clock on Johnson field against the strong class A Ware Shoals eleven. This will be the first football game of the season in Clinton and a large crowd is expected to turn out. Ware Shoals is bringing its high school band to perform at half time. Probable starting lineup for Thornwell: Charles Nalley, right end; Donald Ward, right tackle; Howard Lucas, right guard; Ben Brockington, center; Sammy Roth, left guard; Fred Dunkinson, left tackle/ Millard Daniel, left end; Marion Dowdle, quarterback; Mack Sweet, ri„ht half; Kenneth Mershon, left half; John Dowdle (Capt ), full back. City Abattoir Now In Operation The city abattoir, which has not been operated for the past several years, has been leased to Irby Fer guson, who now is manager of the project. The building has been re modeled and put in first-class sani tary condition to comply with the state board of health regulations and is ready for the slaughtering of the community. Big County Fair To Be Oct. 25-31, $3,000 In Prizes Laurens, SepT. 7.—Over $3,1)00 is offered in cash prizes to exhibitors in the Exchange club-sponsored Laurens County Fair to be held Oct. 25-31, according to the catalogue and premium list now being deliv ered by the printers. The fair this year, according to a prediction by John Gatlin, will be bigger and better than ever. The livestock department in particular, he said, will have more entries than ever before with exhibits coming from a much wider area. The amusements this year, he said, will be furnished by the O. C. Buck Model shows which will have 22 solid trainloads of shows and equipment consisting of 100 attrac tions described as a “mile-long mirthway. Monday, Oct. 26, will be opening day. Tuesday will be white school day, Wednesday merchants day, and Thursday Negro school day. An au tomobile will be given away Friday night, and Saturday night will be the closing events. In the adult department J. W Tinsley of Laurens, and T. Roy De Shields of Lanford, will be superin tendents of field crops and horticul ture; Arthur F. Baumberger of Lau rens, and Caldwell Henderson of Clinton, will be superintendents of the dairy division; Ryan F. Lawson and L. L. Norton, both of Clinton beef, and M. R, Burgess, Laurens, and Ernest Montjoy, Laurens, poul try and rabbits. In the junior department, Fred Stoddard and M. B. Owings, both of Owings, will head field crops and horticulture. 'j Adult community exhibits will be- presided over by Mrs. J. W. Tinsle>4, ^ a - u j~, ens » i0d.,i2lg.JU0i9r..CDiTimunity.. exhibits by Mrs. T. B7 Sumerel, Lau rens. Superintendents in the women’s division will be as follows: canned products. Miss Bell Patterson, Lan ford, and Mrs. M. A. Wilson, Gray Court; cooked foods, Mrs. Robert Wasson, Hickory Tavern, and Mrs. Lawrence Cook, Gray Court; flower department, Mrs. Niles Clark. Wa terloo, and Mrs. Dwight Patterson. Laurens; needlework. Mrs. C. C Craddock, Laurens, and Mrs. J. Her man Power, Laurens. In the girl’s division Mrs. Beat rice Sloan, of Clinton, will be super intendent of canned products; Mrs Fred Woods, of Owings, cooked food; and Mrs. Lorna Hinson, Lau rens, clothing. Mrs. J. W. Tinsley will be super intendent of community exhibits. Prizes in the community exhibits will be $35 first, $30 second, $25 third, $20 fourth. $15 fifth, and $10 to all booths worthy of mention. Judges in the beef cattle depart ment will be Charles E. Bell, Jr, ex tension livestock specialist. Univer sity of Georgia; dairy cattle depart ment, George Hyatt, Jr, extension dairy specialist. North Carolina State college; poultry show, C. E. Bishop, Donalds: and rabbits, W. R. Caudeli, Charlotte. „ Cfficers of the fair, other than Mr Gatlin, are Maxcy Crews, president; James Goss, vice president; and Gus Metzger, treasurer. Committee chairmen are: Gus Metzer, finance; George Phinney, publicity and ad vertising; Jack Sexton, grounds and buildings; Dan Sherer, traffic and parking; Wesley-Taylor, amusement and shows; Allen Thompson, agri culture and education; Joe F. Smith. Jr., premium book; H. L. Kennedy, Jr, commercial space; and George Little, tickets. Executive committee members are Gilbert Roberson, John M. Mahon, Caldwell Henderson, Ryan Lawson* and Mrs. Lawrence Cook. Ex-officio members by reason of their connec tion with agricultural and vocation al agencies are C. B. Cannon,, coun ty agent; S. C. Gambrel!, agriculture teacher; J. B.O Dell, soil technician - Myrtice Taylor and Hazel Ann Dean * home demonstration agents WITH PLAXICO MOTORS J- D. Terry, Jr, of Laurens, has accepted an office position with. Plaxico Motors, Inc., of this citv. distributors for Chrysler and Ply mouth automobiles. District Seminar To Be Held Here The Greenwood district seminar will be held here with Broad Street Methodist church on September 24. All members of the Woman’s So ciety of Christian Service are asked to make a note of the date. Further information will be announced. FOOD .. . Is An Important Item With Housewives You will find helpful Gro cery (mh 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 your needs and buy to advantage