The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, September 16, 1954, Image 8
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Page Eight
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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A bank clerk and a shoe clerk stop for a chat
Two men stopped in front of a store in Boston.
One was Lowell Mason, near middle age and just
back from Savannah, Ga., where for 16 years he
had been a choir director and; bank clerk. The
other was 24-year-old Hay Palmer, recent dry
goods clerk and graduate of Yale. Three years
later Mason was to be awarded the first degree
of Doctor of Music conferred by an American
college and was to go down in history as per
haps the greatest of all hymn-tune compoeera.
That same year, 1835, Palmer was to be ordained
a minister in the Congregational Church and
publish several volumes of verse.
Lowell Mason was one of the busiest men in
Boston. He was directing three choirs, hound
ing the Board of Education to put a ...course
music in the city schools and compiling material
for his “Spiritual Songs for Social Worship,”
That’s why he had stopped Palmer on the street.
My faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Cavalry,
Saviour' divine)
Now hear me while I pray.
Take all my guilt away,
O let me from this day
Be wholly Thine!
May Thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart.
My zeal inspire;
As Thou hast died for me,
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O may my love to The
Pure, warm and changeless be,
A living firel
He wanted the ministerial student to write some
verses he could set to music for his book.
For 10 years Ray Palmer hid burned the can
dle at both ends and at times had wondered
if he could go on. While teaching and studying
for the ministry he almost gave up. One night
at his boarding house he wrote a poem just to
read wtien he felt down and out.
When Mason asked Palmer to write some
thing for his hymnal, the youth showed him the
verses he had carifted in his pocket for two years.
The composer borrowed a piece of paper and
copied the poem. He said: “Mr. Palmer, you
may do many good things but posterity will
remember you as the author of “My Faith Looks
Up to Thee.” That night in 1832 Lowell Mason
set to music Dr. Ray Palmer's first and greatest
hymn:
While life'* dark maze I tread.
And grief's around me spread.
Be Thou my guide;
Bid darkness turn to day.
Wipe sorrow's tears away.
Nor let me ever stray
From Thee aside.
When ends life's transient dream.
When death's cold, sullen stream
Shall o'er me roll;
Blest Saviour, then, in love.
Fear and distrust remove;
O bear me safe above
A ransomed soul!
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Deadline Set
For Christmas
Overseas Mail
Washington, Sept 13.—The De
fense Department said today that
Christmas parcels for members of
the armed forces overseas should
be mailed between Oct. 15 and
Bell Street High
Begins Activities,
Nov. 15.
Boxes addressed to an Army or
Fleet post office should not ex
ceed 70 pounds in weight and 100 Band Is Organized
inches in length and girth com
bined. Air parcel post may not
exceed two pounds in weight.
Complete line, all the little items
For The Office
CHRONICLE PUB. CO.
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, PAUL HOWARD and His
Famous Arkansas Cotton
Pickers
EDDY TURNER.
Hayride Network Star
MISS NITA LYNN. Beautiful
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ROY JAMES. Old Time
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—ALSO—
BASHFUL HENRY, From WLBG, Laurens
Plus Big Amateur Contest
AN Amateurs Invited—Recording Scout Will Be
There Looking For Talent
3 Big Hours Of pun, Music
and Entertainment
—BRING THE FAMILY—
Clinton High School Auditorium
Saturday Night, Sept. 18,8 P. M.
ADMISSION 50c and $1.00
Sponsored By Copeland-Davidson Post
American Legion
DON’T DARE MISS IT! “Y’ALL COMET
Bell Street high school announc
es the following items of interest
to its many friends and patrons:
Band Organized
For the first tune in the history
of the school a band is being or
ganized. The band master, Harold
Watts, is a graduate of West Vir
ginia State college and holds the
B. S. degree in music. Organizing
the band has fulfilled many of the
long sought dreams and ambitions
of the students and school person
nel, and we are hoping that you
as citizens of this community will
give the band the some high spir
ited support that you have given
our many other activities.
Football
The Bell Street Wildcats have
a long and ardous ten game sched
ule before them for this season.
However the coaches feel that
many of their burdens will be
lightened due to the presence of
such stalwarts on the field from
last year as Charles Owens, veter
an quarterback, Bernard Ferguson
and Levester Sturkey at the halfs,
Alphonso Wilson and Ulysses Scott
alternating at fullback, such iron
men in the line as William (The
Goat) Gilliam at center, James
Prather at guard, Ernest Little,
Alvin Adams, Paul and Silas
Cfomer at the ends, J. C. Sturkey 1
as linebacker and a host of new
hopefuls to be sharpened for their
first test in a contest with New
Bethel high school at Woodruff,
September 17.
Celebrated Iwo Jima
Statue To Be Raised
In Washington
Washington, Sept. 12—Sculp
tor Felix de Weldon gets to work
tomorrow putting together the
biggest bronze statue ever cre
ated.
It’s tfie celebrated Iwo Jima
flag raising scene and when the
parts are fused the statue will be
more imposing than the fabu
lous colossus of Rhodes, which
was ruined by an earthquake
about 224 B. C.
The official dedication of the
massixe statue will take place on
the Marine Corps’ 179th birth
day, Nov. 10. Then, Iwo Jima
will take its place on the capital
scene along with the Washington
monument and other national
shrines.
A memorial to all Marines kill
ed in battle, it will stand on a
bluff above the Patomac river
near Arlington National ceme
tery. The monument itself
measures 75 feet from the bot
tom of its Swedish black gran
ite base to the tip of its bronze
flagpole, and each of the Marines
depicted is 32 feet tall.
The 100-ton statue, trucked to
Washington from the Brooklyn
foundry where it was cast, is
now in about 30 large pieces. But
10 days of bolting and welding
by skilled artisans will put it in
shape for the final, finishing
touches.
De Weldon, a dapper little
man of 47, got the idea for the
Iwo Jimo statue nine years ago
when he was on duty as an artist
with the Navy. He said in an in
terview he has been working on
it steadily ever since.
It is based, of course, on the
celebrated photograph snapped
by Joe Rosenthal for The Asso
ciated Press when six Marines
who had stormed ashore on the
Japanese-held island heaved
their water-soaked, mud-caked
bodies into the wind and raised
the U. S. flag on Mt. Suribachi.
The day was Feb. 19, 1945.
“Yes,” de Weldon said, “I am
proud of the statue. So was Joe
Rosenthal. He came to watch me
work and was thrilled. He climb
ed all over the statue and had his
wife take pictures of him.”
To give you an idea of the sice
of de Weldon’s statue:
One of the rifles measures 16
feet.
The overall statue, with its
granite base, weighs in the
neighborhood of 700 tons.
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Here are some extracts from
a pronouncement credited to the
Soviet Commissar of Education:
“We hate Christians. Hiey
preach love to one’s neighbor
and pity, which is contrary to
our principles. We must know
how to hate, for only at this price
can we conquer the universe.
Our task is to destroy all kinds
of religion, all kinds of morality.’’
This is bald and blunt, but
clear and concise. Here is plain
ly stated an essential difference
in ideals between Christianity
and Communism. It just as
well shows the basic issue be
tween the philosophies of demo
cratic and dictatorship types of
government.
This publicly expressed atti
tude of those who are opposed to
the American way of life should
prove a stirring challenge to the
forces of religion in America.
The country undoubtedly must
maintain military strength as
nearly invincible as possible. It
is at least equally as important
that the nation keep firm its
faith in a God of freedom, truth,
justice and right.
The call is imperative that the
minister in the pulpit and the
layman in the pew work closely
to gether to develop an uncon
querable national spirit of devo
tion to God that will render His
enemies powerless in a world
that must remain free.
As the Church grows stronger
its foes become weaker.
S. C. Polio Coses
Total 214 In '54
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South Carolina has had 214
cases of polio since the first of
the year, the State Health Board
said Saturday.
Its report was complete
through September 4.
During the week 18 cases were
reported.
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Thornwell Eleven
Plays Ford Tonight
In First Home Game
Thornwell orphanage opens its
home football season against Ford,
of Laurens, tonight on the home
field at 8 p. m. with a close game
expected.
Thornwell has one of the best
footbalTteams this season that they
have had in several years, with a
squad of nineteen players they are
expected to give any small school
a real ball game.
Last Friday night the team tied
the big Belton team, 7-7, in their
season opener. Every boy that
placed gave a good account of
themselves.
Jimmie Clark received a pass of
20 yards from quarterback Benji
Timmons and ran 35 yards for a
touchdown against Belton in the
second quarter. Peanut Dowdle
kicked the extra point.
Thornwell came out of the Bel
ton game with only one injury.
Mack Sweet, fullback, pulled
muscle in his foot but hopes to be
in action tonight. •
Probable starting lineup:
LE—Dennis Bennett.
LT—Millard Daniel.
LG—Howard Lucas.
C—Milton Nalley.
RG—Sammy Roth.
R.T—Ben Brodrington.
RE—Marion Dowdle.
QB—Benji Timmons.
KH—Kenneth Mershon.
LH—Jimmy Clark.
PB—Mack Sweet.
Farm Woman To
Hold Meet Today
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The fall meeting of the Laurens
County Council of Farm Women
will be held on Thursday, Septem
ber 16, at the Greenpond commu
nity building. Refreshments will
be served from 3:00 to 3:30 and
the program will start promptly
at 3:30 p. m.
A representative from the State
Highway Department will speak
to the group on “Safety.” County
chairmen will give the goals for
the year and district directors will
announce the clubs having com
pleted the most outstandir^ ac
complishments for the past year.
Council officers are urging that
the 21 homf demonstration clubs
in the county be well represented
at their annual fall meeting.
Lt. Cmdr. E. C. Hipp
Given New Assignment
Navy Lieut. W. V. Fergu
son has relieved Navy Lt. Cnvdr.
E. C. Hipp, Jr., as commanding of
ficer of the minesweeper UBS
Weathear.
Lt. Cmdr. Hipp is the son of Mrs.
E. C. Hipp, of this city, and the
husband of the former Miss M.
Mahar, of Weetfield, Maas. Hie will
report to Newport, R. L, where he
will attend the U. S. Navel War
college.
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