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The Chronicle Strires To Be A Clean New*, paper, Complete, Neway and Reliable 0hr Olltntan (Eljrmtirlf It Yoa Don’t Read The Chronicle Yon Don’t Get the Newt Volume LVI Eichelberger Resigns As Clinton Mayor Gives Condition Of Health As Reason For Action At Close Of Council Meeting Monday Night Hugh L. Eichefcerger resigned Owens to read to council, the his post as Clinton’s mayor Mon- m ayor stated that his health would Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 6, 1955 Architect's Drawing of New Clinton High School Number 1 day night following the regular monthly meeting of city council. The action came as a complete . . .. . , .... , later than April 1. surprise to the council, who had i ... „ . . , ... . , . . i Eichelberger took office no advance knowledge that the 6 _ . . . two-year term September 1. He move was to be made, council I, , . . , not premit him to serve further as mayor of the city and asked to be relieved of his duties not for members stated. Individual members of council sought unsuccessfully to get the mayor to reconsider the action. In a short note addressed to “the citizens of Clinton and mem- had .previously served as a mem ber of city council, having been elected to serve out an unexpired position of one term. It is presumed that a special election will (be called to elect a new mayor to serve the remaining bers of city council,’’ which he period of about a year and a half handed to City Clerk W. (Brooks'of the term. March Of Dimes Annual Drive In County Begins Laurens county’s March of Dimes campaign is now getting underway to continue through the month of January as a part of a national campaign in support of the fight against infantile paralysis. Probate Judge J Hewlette Wasson is again chairman of the county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Para lysis. He has announced that the drive this month will be spon sored by the Kiwanis clubs of ^ irs ^ $3,600 of the employ- Laurens'and Clinton, and W K ( ‘ e ’ s P a >' In 1955 l he taxable por- Waits of Joanna, representing 1 tlo p ls $^'200. For those making 1 the Joanna community, W j ' $4,200 or more a year, it will] Patterson and W W Harris for j mean a * ax $34 instead of i the two Kiwanis clubs will serve $^2- as chairmen, with a number of 10 million newcomers in-. interested citizens helping in tbej c * u ^ e 3.600,000 farm operators, 1 campaign I 2,100,000 farm laborers, 3,500,000 state and local government em- Social Security Law Expanded On January 1 About 10 million more worker^, came under protection of the So-1 cial Security system Jan. 1 and Commissioner Charles I. Schott- land said everything was set for! the expansion For many who already are covered, Jan. 1 will also bring a boost in the taxes that finance I the system set up nearly 15 years ago. This year the worker and his boss were each taxed 2 per cent Council Rejects Offers For Broad St. Property Votes To Transfer Lot From Sinking Fund Ac count; Three Bids Submitted, Gulf Oil Corpora tion With Highest Of $22,505 City council at its monthly meet- recommendation, stating that an- ing Monday night voted to trans fer the lot at the corner of North Broad and Florida streets, now used as a parking area, from the sinking fund account to the gen- gle parking would increase the number of available perking spac es, and told of the difficulty and excessive tune required for parallel parking, and reduction of the eral account upon payment 22,500 to the sinking fund. | The action followed a request i on the matter. of number of parking spaces. Coun cil voted to hold a public hearing by the sinking fund commission to council to authorize city offi cials to issue a deed to the lot to (the Gulf Oil corporation, which 'had submitted a high bid of 22,- 505 for the lot, which .s held as an asset of the city’s sinking fund. Two other bids were also sub mitted, H. D Payne Co., 20,100 and Belk’s $20,100. The commission previously had called for bids for the lot. The vote upon the question to No action was taken on the Mus- grove street question for lack of a second to a motion by Councilman Craine to allow double parking. Council previously had voted to prohibit double parking on this street, effective January 1, after a recommendation by the highway department that such be done. A delegation from Elm street was present relative to paving on that street by the county super visor’s forces, but the point of their issue the deed was four to two, remarks (chiefly from one to an- It is planned to gne all resi dents of the county an opportun ity to contribute in the March of Dimes drive. Plans include the coverage of business places and ^organizations, with several spec- ial fund-raising events to be sponsored for the benefit of the campaign. The canvas will be made among both white and Ne- | “ gro residents. The general pub lic will be reached by several methods. March of Dimes com cards will be sent through the mails, and counter coin collec- ! ployees, 250,000 ministers and 1 other religious workers, 250,000 j domestic workers and various i smaller groups i Sohottland said that increased benefits provided for under 1954 Social Security legislation were put into effect with less trouble than had been anticipated and now we are ready to move ! ahead with the other epansion i phases.’’ Increased beneficts for 6,700,- 000 recipients of checks from the tors, in the shape of mimltme ' ° ldand Survivors Insurance will be placed this 1 fund were effective for Septem- Above is a photograph of the Architect’s scale mode! of the new Clinton High School, under construction on the far end of North Adair Street. The contract for the construction, executed from plans and specifications by Hoy E. Hitchcock, Architect, of this city, was recently awarded to George A Creed and Son, Contractors, Columbia, at the base bid figure of $413,415.00. The building, of contemporary architectural design, provides for fu ture expansion by the addition of rooms, both laterally and verti rally, being structurally engineered to care for the additional future loads. Containing the basic materials of steel and re enforced concrete, the project consists of 18 standard high school classrooms, two science laboratories, a completely modern home economics department, a library, a visual-aids laboratory, a band and choral room, administrative offices for both the high school and district superintendents, a kitchen and cafeteria, an audito rium with balcony, seating a total of 750 persons, a gymnasium with seating capacity of 1200 persorts, the necessary locker- shower rooms, and finally, a complete shops building housing the manual arts, and a textile laboratory The school will be situated on a naturallv drained, rolling topography of approximately sixty acres and will be placed so that a minimum of grading will be required, it is stated. How ever, the building will be elevated to view from all directions and provides for maximum natural light and ventilation. Pro vision for school bus drives and parking, together with public and faculty parking areas, are included. Featured in the exte rior treatment of the building is the school bus station with a platform and roof of concrete curved to parallel the drive The bus drives are designed to prevent any backward movement of school buses. Featured also on the exterior is the use of face brick with limestone trim, aluminum awning-type windows, plate glass and aluminum main front entrance, the floor of which is Tennessee quartzite flagstones. Adequate exterior concrete walks, both open and covered, are provided to assure easy access to all units. The interior treatment throughout employes the use of modern materials and methods, conforming to require ments of the State Department of Education and the Sta'e E<iu cational Finance Commission, with the final plans bearing the of ficial stamp of approval. The Architect and the District Su perintendent, having worked steadily over the past many month; together and with the above named groups have announced that the building in whole, or in part, will be ready for occupancy in September, 1955., Plans for a similar project for colored, are rapidly nearing completion at which time bids will be received, the trustees have stated Baigwell and Sloan voting for it, and Boland. Craine, Layton and Pitts against. The motion for the city to buy the lot was made by Councilman Harry C. Layton, and was sup ported by a five to one vote. Those voting for the motion were Coun- eilmen Bagwell, Boland, Layton and Pitts. Councilman Sloan opposed the move. Councilman Sloan reserved the right to record his objections to the move in the minutes at a later date, he said. The meeting was a regular first Monday night session of council other of the group and Supervisor Bennie B. Blakely) was not ap parent J. W. Finney, agent for Mrs. J. M. Dick, of Raleigh, N. C, former resident of this city, and owner of the building on North Broad street used as a city office building, re- Craine, quested an agreement by the city to return the building to the own er in a condition equivalent to that existing when it was first rented, if it is ever vacated by the city. He also requested an increase in monthly rental to $125. Council agreed to both requests. Council accepted the low bid of (and was presided over by Mayor I$1,123.15 from Baldwin Motor Co., Hugh I, Eic he liber ger, with all j Ford dealers, for a new police car, couiicilmen present: Frank M. Bo-j replacing one now in use. The budget was revised to allow the purchase of a dump truck for the street department: This re- iron lungs, week in business houses and stra tegic locations in public places. It is planned to climax the cam paign with the "Mother's March,” a house-to-house contact method which will serve to collect cards end donations not previously turned in. Garden Club To Conduct State Symposium Jan. 11 The Garden club of South Car olina in co-operation with the Uni versity of South Carolina will con duct a symposium on conserva tion, horticulture and landscape design in Drayton hall on the University campus Jan. ll, Mrs. James A. Cathcart, of Columbia, sjymposium chairman, announced The program will feature illus trated lectures ber. The changes were made in the chcks for that month—issued in October—which were deliver- ! F ed some 33 days after the new law went into effect. Benefits are estimated to total about 4 1 - billion dollars in 1955,! compared with 33Vz billion for! 1954. The OASI ^rust fund, most of it invested in government' bonds at interest, is expected to ! Commander Collins Presents American Flag To Thornwell An American Flag and stand were presented to Thornwell or phanage on Sunday morning at Thornwell 'Memorial church. The -flag was sent by Seaborn F Collins. National Commander, the American Legion, to Carlton Winn, for the orphanage Roy E. Stone. Jr. National Executive Committeeman for the American Legion, Department of South Carolina, made the presentation in behalf of Mr Collins Mr. Winn inrtrodueed the fol lowing visitors for the occasion. Mrs Hazle Gorman, National $30 MILLION ROAD PROGRAM OUTLINED FOR STATE IN 1955 the primary highways. Second ary road construction will by no means be halted, the chief com missioner stated, but more em phasis will be placed upon im proving and extending primary situation Major Emphasis Be Placed On Improvement Of Main Roads, Department Announces; Increase Of $10 Million Over I^ast Year; Projects Here And In Laurens Included In List A $30 million program of i extraord.nai y maintenance of ex- highway construction, with ma- i ting highways cost the depart- jor emphasis on improvement of ment $8,318,295 An additional the primary road system, will be undertaken by the State High way Department in South Caro lina during 1955, Chief Highway total about 21 billion on Dec. 31. j membership chairman of the Le- | "There have been less bugs in gion Auxiliary, and also national the whole operation of expand- executive committeewoman for ' mg the Social Security program | the South Carolina department; than could have been anticipat-j and Mrs Hoy E Stone, Jr , of ed,” Schottland said in an inter-I Greenville Mr and Mrs. R P. view. Chapman of this city, were also special guests for the occasion. Following the morning services and presentation the visitors were guests of Dr M. A. Mac donald and the orphanage family for dinner. Miss Fannie Copeland Passes At Hospital, Rites Held Sunday Miss Fannie Eugenia Copeland, . . e- „ i i3, died last Friday night at Jo- demonstrations, , f. . , 1 anna Memorial hospital after , several years of declining health conserva ion an , ^ a critical illness of the past panel discussions, and exhibits on gardening and a banquet. | eight weeks. Mrs. Donald Russell, chairman ^ Funeral services were conduct- oi local arrangements, will serve tea in the president’s home to symposium participants and guests following the afternoon session. Interested persons are cordially invited to attend the symposium, Mrs. A. C. Young, Jr., local gar den club council president, stated. TELL IT TO THE WORLD IN 1955 The first rule of salesman- ahip is that if you have any thing to sell, don’t keep it a secret. Tell it to the world! That, in Clinton’s trade area, means to advertise in THE CHRONICLE. Every week this paper goes into the homes of the residents of Clinto.:, West Clinton, Lydia Mills, Jo anna, and the rural sections of this entire community where your, prospective customers reside. The more people you tell, the more you will sell! What your old and new cus tomers READ AND SEE, makes the most lasting im pression. The most successful C 1 i n- ton firms in 1955 will be those who through effective adver tising, tell the buying public each v/eek of changing prices, what they have to sell, the values they have to offer, the services they are prepared to give. Advertising in THE CHRONICLE brings custom ers to your store. The buy er’s market is here in fi|ll flower. t*d Sunday afternoon from the J‘>- anna Bap'Lst church by the Rev. James Mitchell and Rev. P. W. Turner. Interment followed in the Hurricane Baptkt church cemetery. Pallbearers were Lester Hair, J. N. Floyd, E C Abrams, James Addy, D. L BundrLk and W N. Brazell. The honorary escort consist ed of Dr. D. II. McFadden, J J Whitmire, J. M. Rowland, Lee Thomas, W. C. Nabors, H. A. Hamm, Jack Holsonback and H. L. Gardner. Miss Copeland was a native of this section of the county where she spent most of her life. She was a daughter of the late John R. and Fannie B. Addy Copeland. She was a member of the Joanna Baptist church and for the past 14 years had made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Otis F. Murphy, and was the last member of her im mediate family A woman of strong Christian character and possessing many admirable traits 1 of character, she endeared herself to all who knew her through the years who learned with regret of her passing. GASQUE LOSES BROTHER Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gasque will sympathize with them in the death of the former’s brother, Edward Everett Gasque, of jSlloree. Mr.' Gasque suffered a heart attack at a family Christmas gathering and had been hospital ized at Marion. Mr. Gasque, a native of Mar ion, had made his home in El- loree more than 30 years. A for mer mayor ot Elloree, he was en- gagpdj in business snd taWhlog. Stores Resume Wednesday Closing Clinton merchants resumed their half holidav schedule yes terday and it will continue each Wednesday afternoon During the holiday season the Wednesday afternoon closings were discontinued in order to at. ct mmodate and better serve Christmas shoppers. Commissioner Claude R McMil- i lan has announced. A report of highway progress • during 1954 and construction forecast for 1955 issued by the Highway Department indicates an increase of almost $10 million on road and bridges projects to be constructed in 1955 over th“ : amount spent for construction c.unng the vear just ended Projects This County One maior Laurens countv road project is included in the De partment’s program as announc ed It is listed for 1955 as major road project Laurens Loop Rd., : constructing a loop on U S. "6 j east of Laurens to U S 76 west of Laurens, 3.2 miles, at cost of | $240,000 Also listed as under construc- 8 295 A $2,679,066 was expended for re- breakdown of the construction treatment et worn h.ghways. A expenditures indicates that $17,- 140.458 of the total went into roa 1 improvement and $4,558,118 for bridges The 1955 fc ea-t anticipates the -pending of $30 million for road and bridge improvements, and an additional $12 million fu” maintenance to the highway sys-, tem- A letting .cheduled for January is epected to include projects costing between $4 mil lion and $5 million. Primary System Emphasised Since the close of World War II major emphasis has been plac ed upon improving the state's routes, particularly the interstate sy litm. The interstate system is composed of 749 miles in South Caro’.ina A recent highway needs survey indicates that this svstem alone will require expen ditures of more than $265 million inorder to correct existing defic iencies and bring it up to desired -tandards during the next \ t ars. land, Jr., ward one; S. A. Pitts, ward '2; H. C. Layton, ward 3; James P Sloan, ward four; George, W. Bagwell, ward five; and James C Craine, ward six. George Conley was elected as a new member of the police force, replacing Howard Watkins, re signed. Two delegations of interested citizens were present and pre- -iiinu their views on the parking on two streets in the city, their requests being backed up by petitions signed by owners o: business houses on the streets. A delegation from Broad street i mms collected in the city places appropriations for a trac tor and other items formerly in cluded in the budget for thi* de partment. Council authorized the street department committee to state specifications and receive bids for the truck. The annual license ordinance for firms to do business in the city was adopted, being the same as last year with minor changes per taining to hotels, telegraph com panies, and fire insurance prem- (West Mam to Florida) had L. B. Dillard as their spokesman, and a delegation Horn Musgrove street was represented by Joe Holland. A niunoer oP otner members of the 30 j ( |^i e gations made comments trom to time. from Broad street South Carolina's state highwav ( The group vstem now includes 24,187 miles, wanted uie parking practice to re- | but it has been estimated that mam as it is on the first block,! 11),000 miles of these routes carrv that is, angle parking, and also; 80 per cent of the total traffic asked that angle parking be in-, 1: has been further estimated j stitutod in the block from Pitts to' that, although tfm interstate sys- floi ina, where parallel parking n-,, tern comprises only 1 4 per cent Iunv m p rac uce. of the total road mileage :n the | state, it carries 16 per cent of the total traffic Therefore, it follcws that those heavily-traveled seg ments of the highway system re quire priority in the improvemei ‘ , program because of their major usefulness. Traffic congestion is already rosting the motoring public greatly, and this cost is .-econdary road system The so- destined to become greater daily called farm-to-market” road program resulted in construction providing residents of rural areas | of over 9,100 miles of rural roads, j with modern access i ids and fa- the main uv- 1 uniess improvement.- jbr'vist of needs. can be kept After a recent survey by the stale highway department, paraiel parking was recommended for botn blocks. The spokesmen objected to that Don Copeland Farm Home 5hown Last Week tion in 1954 but not completed is’cilities for reaching 119, widening and construct-j*- n ue- of travel. No. I mg West Carolina avenue m Clinton from Broad street to U i S. 76, one mile, $35,170 Heavy Contracts In 1954 Construction contracts awaru- ' ed and approved for awarding .during 1954 totaled $21,698,646, 1 the report show- Ordinary and M: McMillan said recently 1 that tile urgent needs of the sec- i m ■ * a i v system have now largely been met Consequently, in or- College Re-Opens After Holidays Presbyterian college dec to pi event the primary sys tem from becoming more inade quate and obsolete, emphasis on construction will be returned to i returned to their bodk 18-dav morning! after an mas vacation. The college had e osed its doors on December 17 for this longest holiday period of the ses sion Regular class schedules were resumed, Tuesday as the students entered the "stretch'’ of first semester The farm home place shown tst week was that of Don Cope land near Renno and upon its identification Mr Copeland was ; presented with the compliment, , , of the paper a mounted photo of students i t h e phl , r Correct guesses were turned in at the office by Mrs. I B. Cope- md, Mrs. Floyd Pitts, Otis Gra ham and Cdlette Simpson, Another in the series of undes- ; gnated farms appears today As previously stated, the photos were taken from the air by spec- last iialty photographers, this newspa- Tuesday Christ- work, j per not knowing where the Final examinations reviewing "shots” were made until we re semester accomplishments will begin on January 24 and extend through January 29 The second semester will get underway with registration on February 3, Baptist To Hold Ground Breaking For Educational Building A ground breaking ceremony for the new educational building will be held on Sunday morning, January 9, at the First Baptist church immediately following the morning worship service. The congregation voted unani. mously last Sunday morning for the contract to be let to W E. Baker & Son, Whitmire, and con struction has alread begun on the building which will be erected on the side of the church next to the Mrs. E J. Adair home. ceive the photos which will ap pear regularly during the year. The feature is proving quite pop ular with our readers and is pub ;- the big business that it is to- shed in recognition of farming day—big in investment in land, n achinery, livestock and build ings. ’ Young Infant Rites Held At Hopewell The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold L. Young, of Columbia, died at the Columbia hospital Sun day morning. Funeral services were conduct ed at Hopewell Methodist church cemetery Monday afternoon by the Rev. Cecil B. Brearley, Jr. Mrs. Young was before marriage Miss Carolyn Young. Surviving besides the parents are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther L. Young, of this city, and Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Young, Jasper, Ga. Presbyterian Cagers Resume Full Schedule Tonight Presbyterian college’s state leading basketball team returns to regular-season action tonight with a road game that opens a full week of cage activity. Four engagements, two of them at home, are scheduled for the next seven-day period. The Blue Hose travel to Greenville, N. C., tonight to take on the strong East Carolina quin tet in the only meeting between the two teams this season. East Carolina shapes up as the lead ing contender for North State Conference honors, so tonight’s game is expectel to offer a pre view of PC chances in the post- reason N.A.I.A. district playoffs among the top small college teams of North and South Caro lina. Presbyterian will remain in the Tar Hell state for a return game against Atlantic Christian Friday night. This is the team the Hose- men whipped, 89-79, in their sea son opener. Basketball action then will re tain to Clinton the first of next week, with a clash between PC and Catawba on Monday night and PC and Erskine on next Wednesday night. Both will start at 3 p. m. Presbyterian also has whipped ! these two opponents in earlier season combat which now has i the Blue Hose boasting a record ! of six wins against only one de feat-tops among all state teams. PC edged Erskine by a single point, 84-33, at Due West and ran over Catawba by a 67-56 count at Salisbury, N. C. Other victories in the pre- Christmas phase of the PC sched^ ule came over Clemson (81-75), Furman (83-82) and High Point (110-84). The Hose men have lost only to High Point, 94-100. Here k Whose k U? nemo of the owner el your guoee in et the in. ad ho will receive free of cl original mounted picture from which the above reproduction wee made. There are no priaes offered for the correct gueer. Join the fun. UNDERGOES OPERATION Mrs. Cora Lee Sorrentine is convalescing at Hays hospital following an operation. IN LOCAL HOSPITAL Friends of Mrs. Lydie Sloan will be interested to know she is ill and a patient at Blalock clinic Street Named For Late Citizen A new street, recently cut by Laurens county, has been named “Cap Street” in memory of the late Guy L. Copeland of this city. The street, which Isqds off the old airport road just west of Clin ton, was so named because the late Mr. Copeland was affection ately known to hundreds of friends as ‘Cap.” Various mem bers of Mr. Copeland’s family de cided to name the street and County Supervisor Bennie B. Blakely concurred in the deck- ion. V-