The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 12, 1955, Image 1
Rlbbon-Cuttixig Ceremony
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MRS. EMMA BAILEY CORNEL80N cuts th» ribbon for tho hand-
M. & Bailor A Bon. Banfcan. homo at tbalr M Onad Op-
B. M. Vi
Jt.
Ooo. H. Cor
ona of tho dirocton.
‘Open House’ New Bank
Attended by 5,000 Guests
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M. S. Bnilny A Sea, Bnnkora, Celebrate Official Open
ing of Medem $150^)00 Structure With Special Pro
gram Tuesday Afternoon and Evening
More than 5,000 persons joined
M. S. Ballsy A Son, Bankers,
Tuesday in celebrating tho insti
tution's new, sapsndsi and im
proved farimias
The visitors attending Open
House came in a steady flow
from the.Opening ribbon-cutting
ceremonies id 2:00 p. m. unil the
event closed at 9:00 p. m. They
were condusted so guided tours
of the modem $MQ,000 structure
and refreshed themselves with
punch and cookie# provided for
the occasion.
Guests were hnpreeserl by the
facilities which featured the lat
est equipment far ell phases of
banking and by numerous exhib
its which gar* a festive air to
the day’s afthrities. The interior
wte banked At flowers sent by
well-wishodb
•fra. Eknmp Bailey Comelson,
only survivhig daughter of bonk
founder M. amdldy, out the rib
bon to start tha
ss:
M. Vance,
dent R. Ctarhtophsr Adair,
iar Goyne L. Simpson and as-
li Jamas Von Hol-
Town and Gown
Picnic ipi Seniors
A town and gown picnic
•mien
tha exhibits which
drew medal attention were a
display of counterfeit money, a
with voice recording
and a glass jar filled with coins
sod presenting the chslknge to
(uses tha amodat of numey. A
large searchUtfd swept the rides
on Monday aad Tuesday nights
from its position in the bank
parking area.
Children found their Open
House entertainment in a minia
ture carrousel and a bubble ma
chine.' They wyra served ice
cream from a stand outside.
President Vance, at the close
of the occasion, said he was de
lighted with the response #ven
to tee Open House by the pub
lic. He added:
"I woulAfibe to teaser, from
>toy heart, all of
so nice to
with us at this
It mads our day a
for
Presbyterian collage fianiors and
faculty and local residents will
be held by the Chamber of Com
merce next Wednesday afternoon
at Camp Fellowship on Lake
of the senior class at
PC will be special guests of the
chamber for this occasion. Other
persons attending are to provide
their o*h pitnief supper. The
event wttlCbo held between tho
hours of 3:00 and 7:00 p. m. next
Wednesday.
J. J. Cornwall, president .of
the Chamber of Commerce, mgw
ed local residents to attend tea
picnic. Any further inquiries
about tea event may be mads
a tik ■
■“Kr S3Si
falsa of the picnic committee an
W. C. Baldwin and Thomas Hbl
Ms. ' .»•
Orphanage Trustees
Hear Fine Report'
At Anneal Meeting
tl* AiouaT nUthv
FieMmen Here
To Direct City
Inspection Week
This ii ‘Tire Inspection Week”
in Clinton under the direction of
th- Southeastern Underwriters
Association and Chamber of
Commerce.
Inspection day kick-off will
start this morning at 9:30 at Ho
tel Mary Musgrove with Mayor
H. L. Eichelberger and Chamber
of Commerce president J. J.
Cornwall welcoming the forty or
more fieldmen here who will or
ganise and start checking the
town for fire hazards, with the
cooperation of all citizens invit
ed. The Chamber ot Commerce
will have an appreciation Dutch
barbecue supper tonight at 7 JO
at Mary Lou Ranch to honor and
welcome tee fieldmen who will
make the Inspection in the busi-
ness area and other public build
ings. ‘
PeeAar Winners Announced
In tee Fire Prevention Poster
contest, sponsohed by the South
eastern Underwriters Aaaociaion
of Atlanta, and Clinton Chamber
of Commerce, tee grand prize of
$15.00 was swarded Milton C.
Mayes of ‘Ihomwell orphanage
high school Mias Luva McDon
ald was given $5.00 for being his
home room teacher and sponsor
ing the contest.
Other winners of awards of $9
were: Clinton high school, Nancy
Adame, ninth grade; Thorn wall
high school Bill Bell, ninth
grade; Bell St .school. Tommy C.
Owens, eighth grade; Academy
school, Annette Riser, fifth
gtede; Florida St. school, Acme
Ray, seventh grade; Providence
school, Mickey O'Shields, sev'
enth grade; Bell St
Billy H. Turner, 31 years old,
of Kinerds, is being held at the
Newberry county jail without
bond, charged with the murder
of his 23-year-old wife Mrs. Mary
Helen Wehunt Turner. The
The University of South Caro
lina scored 66 5-6 points in win
ning its third straight state inter
collegiate track and held meet
here Saturday before 2500 fans
on Johnson Field.
Clemson finished second with'™ nt „ w « by Sheriff Tom
53 points. Host Presbyterian Col-; county. An
lege had 31 1-2; the Citadel, 10 n *Q u **t had not been set yes-
1-3; Furman 31 1-2; and Wofford.! pending further investt-
I_3 • gat.on, the county coroner said.
j Sheriff Fellers pointed out
that, despite rumors to the con-
Sha la
ThriteWBMlfc gOfe in candidates for
to (to bald on Sunday afternoon. May a.
is a candidate toe a bachelor of
of Mr. end Mrs. J. B.Templetoo.
la a caadidato for a bachelor of
N. Blgbaas.
Dunaway la a candidate far a bachelor of
o( Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Dunaway.
in home economics.
She is the
in societofy. She Is the
school, Willie J. Price, first
Power and Wafer
Customers Reflect
Clmtou's Growth
Clinton's continued growth is
reflected in no batter way than
fay tee monthly reports of B. R.
Austin, superintendent of the
city’s utilities department to city
council.
Since September, Mr. Austin’s
reports show, electric customers
have bean increased by 100, and
grammar water customers by 96, up to May
The prizes will be presented
to, the winners at a chapel pro
gram at aaeh of the schools.
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Jurors Drawn For
Sacttid Court Week
Convemhg Monday
<rf the
board of trustees of ThomweU
orphanage was held Tuesday
morning in the recreation build
ing on the campus with Chair-; Alvin
The second week of
Pleas court will
* wouin una
tee bottom y# a
the people vAp
us and Joined v
L R. Campbell
Class Salutatorian
L. R. Campbell, son of
Hallie W. CsnmbeU of this
will be ten saMatarian at tea
1955 yyfrri—« at
Note GrarturfUf Junior college,
TigerviUe, May 18-2S. Mr. Camp
bell attended Clinton high
Common
in
Laigens next Monday, with
Jridfaft Stow C. Griffith of New
berry, presiding. Jurars for tee
week fay precincts foUoer:
Biyee,
Parrish and J. B.
Joanna; Lonnie O.
A Orr, Jr., Clinton
Boree and L. L.
Lydia Mills; Hugh Bonds Vtork
man, M. W. Oxnar and Ben C.
Workman, all of Hopewell; De-
Witt Tucker, Charles A Hillis,
Jr, C. X. Leopard and Thomas
B. Corley, all of Clinton Mills;
T. A Moore, Jr., Clyde Harmon,
and Thomas A. Ralkintine, all of
launoa City; Moses Garrett,
Ralph E. CM
son Johns in, all of Wats Mills
Atoo M. C. Melton, Daniels
Store; C. B. Pasvona, Landord;
Jamas Tinsley, Shady
Joel S. Mbrse, presiding. Grove; J. D. Lawson, Waterloo;
was a large representation Ryamond Owens, EQokory Tsv-
the three controlling sy- era; Jerome Finley, MountviUe;
from
nods, South Carolina, Georgia,
and Florida. The members were
dinner guests at the Sara Jo
Hfto—■ Hell
The annual report of President
M A Macdonald, tee executive
and endowment committees were
Mrs.
dty,
4 During fads two yean at North
Greenville he
of tee Baptist Student
president of the Vohp
He is ala a
isterial Band.
Union and
’otuntaer Band,
of the Min-
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presented mod approved, includ
ing tea re alsction of staff mem
bers for tea coming year. The
year just cloaad was describsd by
the President and board mem
bers as one of tee most successful
in tea 60-year history of the in
stitution. The sesne officers of
tee booed were re-elected for an
other year.
Reports showed the institution
no indebtedness with re
ceipts for tee pest year exceeding
expenditures by a good margin.
Endowment fund assets in bonds,
stocks in corporations, notes,
mortgages and real estate were
given as $986,367.48.
Young Family
Has Reunion Here
Mother's Day
Sunday eighty-seven descend
ants of George Christopher QKft)
and Nannie Elizabeth Blakely
Young gateered at
Country dub Idr e reunion.
A picnic dinner eras carved on
the irorch. Red and white gladi
oli and rosea were used in dec
oration for tee table and else
where on the porch and in the
club rooms.
Dr. W. R. Turner, who with
Mrs. Turner was a special gueat
for the occasion, was asked to re
turn thanks.
The family group was formally
organized with Dr. George R.
Blalock of this dty elected presi
dent, and lire. Carl Hart of York
as secretary and treasurer. They
voted to meat annually on Moth
er! vin Bridges, Poplar Springs
Alfred E. Cothran, Daniels Store;
E. L. Wilson, Shiloh; Dewey
Evatt, Grey Court; Austin Ste
phens, Gray Court; James Tolli-
son, Mt. Olive; Fred Melton,
Hickory Tavern; and Fl<
Jones, Daniels Store.
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OPEN MEETING OF AA
A local minister will
the Alcoholics Anonymous group
Saturday m£it at the Health
Center at 8:00 p. m. The puhlk
is invited to this open meeting
DV HOSPITAL
Friends of Mrs. C. W. Cooper
will be interested to know she is
a patient at Blalock clinic.
1—-a period of eight months.
Since January 1, 1946, the list
of electric customers has grown
from 1100 to 2025, almost 100 per
cent Insrsese.
While the number of custom
ers has increased rapidly, the
amount of power consumed has
increased at a still more rapid
rate. Mr. Austin’s records show
test the city is now using three
times the amount of power con
sumed in 1048.
The monhly rate in addition of
new electric customers to the
power gysfem since Septem
ber ranges fsosn a tow of
Jo AJUgh ioHlyjhowU
constant surqds^ o£
each month, m
.TW wafer customers am add
ed at a little riewer rate—from
a monthly minimum of ssven to
a high of 16, white occurred in
April. The total number of users
of water in Clinton now stands at
1545.
These figures do not inlude the
Clinton Mills and Lydia Mills
villages, which have their own
electric and walls system*
An election has bean called
for May 91, on the issuance of
$200,000 in bonds for the purpose
of rebuilding the city’s electric
lines and control system in order
ot serve its customers mofie ade
quately and affiriantty,
Also, Ibe city has recently un
dertaken the teaptrmtton of a
dam near tea praaant pumping
station on Dunoon Creek four
miles north of town to impound
water fro me 4M acre watershed.
Garden Center
To Be At Belk't
A garden center wpon—nd by
the Clinton Garden dobs Coun
cil has been opened on tee Ladies
ready-to-waar department, first
floor of Bote’s-
Each week-end arrangements
will be placed here for viewing
and printed material and books
on flowers and gardening will be
on display. The Clara Duckett
club is in charge of the center
for the month.
Joanna Hornets
lop In Carolina
Textile Loop
The Joanne Hornets are letting
the other three teems in the
Carolina Texitle league know
teay mean bueinsas this year.
Manager Dan Krby’s team waltz
ed to its third victory in as many
starts Saturday night, bouncing
Ninety-Six 1T-I.
In the otkar game, Mathews
squeezed to a 6-5 victory over
Calhoun Falls in the Wildcats’
first home appasrsnea of the sea
son.
Joanna banged out It hits off
Bennett and Jim VoiseUe in
posting its third victory. Lyeriy
and Tommy Foy paced the at
tack with four hits sate.
Down at Mathews, righthander
Jimmy Craig fran in a pitcher’s
duel with the Clippers’ Randy
(Pick) Whitoy despite the fact
that Craig wps touched for 12
hits while Whaley gave up half
that amount. Irvin Kooae and
Manager Louie Lyles had two
hits each for Mathews while
Hfetmie Bpeacs banged ant five
hits in five tris for the Clippers.
Hoy Riarisy tanakad a homer
for the winners.
Games this week in the leegue:
Mathews at Joanna, and Calhoun
Vhlls at Nfatoty-Six on Friday
night; Saturday will see Joanna
at Calhoun tells and Ninety-
Six et Mathews.
Sophomore Dick Bartulski of
South Carolina hurled the jave
lin 189 ft., 7 1-4 inches to better
the existing mark of 184 feet.
9 1-2 inches set in 1935 by Black-
well of Clemson.
Dashman Tommy Woodleee
paced the Gamecock squad a s the Tvtrr ^ e ~l s ’found in a
meet’s leading individual scorer. rrtn djtion
He collected 11 1-4 points by
winning both the 100 and the 220
yard dashes and running anchor
man on the No 1 relay team
Joe Bowen of Clemson also
trary, Turner has made no state
ment to his office, either admit
ting or denyingghe Friday attack
with a claw hammer which was
reported as having been found
beside the bed in which Mrs
critical
Mrs.
Turner was found uncon
scious m the bed of her home,
just off Highway 76 at Kinards
Friday morning by her three-
year-old daughter, Cynthia. The
Lions Club Works
On Carnival
Set for Hay 20-21
Committees of the Lions club
are at work on arrangements for
the carnival to be staged by the
club on two nights, Friday and
Saturday, May 20-21, Walter A.
Johnson, president, stated yester
day. i high jump but missed in his ef-
General teainnan of the car- j for * to ***** the 6 foot, 3 inch
nival will ba L. N Wanwn, who VaM of p nsbyXerilin
is supervising and coordinating, wwU a ^ foot ovvr ^ brow!
the work of the committees, to; jump mark of 23 feet, 3 7-6 inch-
see that everything moves along as but saw his effort voided be
cause he steooe
fraction of an
captured two first place medals daughter reported the tact to
by breaking the tape in both the neighbors, who in turn, notified
high and low hurdles events. ; the local sheriffs office.
South Carolina defended its
championship with a strong ar
ray of first place winners. All
together the Gamecock squad
won seven of the 14 events while
Clemson took six and Presbyte
rian two.
In addition to Bartuiski’s rec
ord-shattering performance in
the javelin, track tans saw three
other state records endangered
by strong challengers
Clemson’s Austin Mitchell
cleared 6 feet, 2 inches in the
to a successful
event
A number of free prizes are in
store for patrons of the carnival
including a pony and two tele
vision sets, Mr. Warren said.
Booths will be arranged in the
armory, scene of the carnival,
that will furnish fun and enter
tainment for the crowds expect
ed tor tea two nights. Bingo fans
can play to their haarfs content
She is said to have been found
lying in bed with severe head in
juries. and covered with blood.
Also in bed with her, spattered
with blood, was her son, Don
ald. seven months of age. A
claw hammer was reported
found betide he bed, and a
child’s cloth belt around Mrs.
Turner's throat. She was rute-
ed to the Newberry county hos-
pitla, and from there to the Co
lumbia hospital. She died these
about four o’clock Saturday
morning. Her unemployed hue-
band was apprehended by New
berry city police and lodged in
the county jail
Mr*. Turner was been and
reared in Joanna, daughter ef
Ernest H. and Bertha
staging of the cause he stepped qver the take-
off board by a '—““ “
inch.
Tha South Caroline one mile
relay team ef Sonny Wllcher,
Don Woodley turned in e Meting
time of 3.22.1 to finish ust .5 sec
onds eff te
Enrollment For
Kindergorten ChHdran
Mrs. J. P. Rowland, teacher of
the Piaabyterian Kindergarten,
has announced teat the are
open for registration far the |
1955-56 session.
* Children who are foer yean
old by or before November 1 are
eligible. Parents who ere
It. A shooting gallery will he set
up, a country store will offer
bargains, games of akin will be
available end the inevitable hot
dog and hamburger and soft
drinks will also be available.
Other features are in the mak
ing.
The pony arrived yesterday,
• Warren said, and arrangements
have been made to give all the
kiddies free rides on next Sat
urday, the 14th and the Satur
day following, tee 21st All they
have to do is buy a ticket to the
carnival and go to the Florida
Street school grounds on the two
Saturday afternoons and get
their free rides. Members of the
Lions club will be on hand to
greet the kiddies and assist them
in riding the pony.
Then on Saturday night of the
WehvxU. She
Joanna Baptist church.
In addition to
parents, she is survived
ived by tfa
1; Yfckto.
City's Reservoir
Near foroplififlii
voir
north of the city is nearing
pietkm, city officials state.
The 600-foot dam
hills has reached its
feet and has been
water for several
surrounding area will be com
pleted in a few days. Some
clearing of tee upper reaches of
the water area yet remains to be
done.
The reservoir, when filled, will
store approximately fifty million
gallons, and is to be used more as
an emergency supply in times of
drought rather than as a perms
nent enlargement of the water
city officials said. The
ested in their children attending, itwrif will he ,illin * o£ I ~* rvolr ^ d *-
ttwm carnival the pony itself Will be __J .Wina* *nti,»lv nn rainfall
Mrs. Howland stated, should reg
ister early as enrollment is lim
ited.
1954 Cotton
Output Slips
Washington —‘ The Agriculture
Department in e fine! report bas
ed upon ginninf*. today put last
year’s cotton crop at 13,679,000
bales of 500 pounds gross weight.
’niis figure is 2,106,000 bales
less than the 1953 crop of 16,466,-
000 bales. It compares also with
the 10 year (1943-52) average of
12,448,000 bales.
WHOSE FARM IS THIS?
given as a prize to the holder of
the lucky ticket.
Member* of tl
and (he Blue Birds will sell tick
ets to the carnival Saturday, the
14th, and ask for a generous re
sponse on the pert of tee public.
Letter Carriers
Enjoy Annual
Picnic Outing
two sisters, Mrs. Claudine
gan and Mr*.
Jeanne;
Wehunt, Atlanta;
Wehunt,
Archie J. HoJuokia, * aon of
Iter, end Mis. 1L B. Mnl—kin of
teis dty, is completing his Air
tefaf
tee ’Oetoway to teg Air
pend aknost entirely on rainfall
as the flow of the branch leading
Member* of tee Little League T* 0 th f„* r# * *foe
*»?!!?. tSrJlrXT <*•*" impound water from an
1 area of about 480 acres.
In times of drought, water
from the reservoir will be turned
into Duncan Creek, from which
the city gats its present water
supply, where the pumps will
pick it up. Or, whan there is
ample water in the creek, it can
be pumped into the reservoir to
speed filling ii At present, how
ever, no arrangements have been
made to do that. Water in Dun
can Creek hasn’t bean too plenti
ful in recant weeks, due to lack
of rainfall.
The lake behind the dam
cover an area of about 18
and will be 20 feet deep at the
dam.
The city purchased 33 acres of
land adjoining its present pump
ing station on Duncan Creek
from three landowners In the
area, Kenneth McKittrick, L. B.
Dillard and Ed Wilson, on which
to build the dam and reservoir.
will
The Laurens County Rural
Letter Carrier* Association held
its annual picnic and business
meeting at Mineral Springs park
near Laurens May 6 at 6:45 p. m.
Postmasters and their wives join
ed the carriers for this occasion.
After enjoying an hour of fel
lowship and a bountiful picnic
supper, Niles Clark of Waterloo,
recognized fallow carriers from
outside the county, which includ
ed Mr. and Mrs. Homer Taylor j The city also traded to Bryan A.
of Hones Pate; M O McGee and Goodwin 10 acres of land in the
John Parks, a state executive vicinity for land on which two
committeeman from Fountain; small branches flow into Duncan
Inn; and Murray Sadler, state Creek below the dam. and in
secretary of Donalds. Mr. Sadler j eluded water rights through Mr
made a short but informative Goodwin’s property
talk on the legislative outiuck of •
pending raise in salary. Mr.
Clark recognized David Peden,
Gray Court postmaster, who rec-;
ognized the other postmasters
and their wives. Mrs. D. M. Carr
made an interesting short talk.
Afterwards the group with
bowed heads and in silent prayer
gave respect to tee tote Lander
H. Willis of Gray Court, who
died March 26. Mr. Willis had
bean keenly interested in and at
tended nearly all the county, dis
trict and state conventions since
1907, and also some of the nation
al conventions, being a peat pees- GROUP TO
Went of the state association- Hie Womenfe iseietv ef Ctarto-
Due to the illness ef Item, tian Service ef Sardis Methodist
Brook* Goodman of Moutnvilto, church. Httotow wffl meal to A
•'clock
M.afrt f Ifcn J. David
CoNbob ROTC Unit
Gats High Rating
By Inspecting Team
Presbyterian coltogs* ROT.C
oa Mahon emerged as “one of the
bast units inspected this year” in
the opinion of the Third army in
specting team which visited the
campus recently.
Three officers from Third army
headquarters conducted the an
nual two-daor federal inspection
and once again bestowed (he su
perior rating on the P. C. cadet
corps which is one of the oldest
R.O.TC. units in the country.
Three officers from Third army
headquarters conducted the annual
two-day federal inspection and
once again bestowed tha superior
rating on tho P. C. codot corps
which is one of the oldest R.O T C.
units in the country.
Col Robert & Stevens, Lieuten
ant Colonel Shelby and Lieutenant
Colonel Wood inepeoted (he Pres
byterian unit on tha administra
tion, supply and instruction as
well ss the performance and ap
pearance of the cede* corps A
battalion review by the entire
corps climaxed tha
Whitten Village
Appropriation
$1,286,930.00
The state spending hill
tost week by tea legislature for
the 1955-58 year carries an ap
propriation of $1,286,930.00 for
at Whitten Viltoga-
Home Ec Girls
To Give Fashion Show
A spring fashion show will be
given Tuesday, May IT. at 8 00
p. m. in the Clinton high school
auditorium by the girls in the
home economics department
The Woman’s club of Clinton
Mills to sponsoring the event and
parents, friends and others who
are interested are invited to at
tend.
TTm students of the entire de
partment will model one or more
garments. Other entertainment
will feature Jackie Franks’ danc
ing class. La Brue Can Can dance
and vocal selections by the girls’
sextette from the high school.
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