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Laurens County Boys Win State Dairy Honors Local S. & L. Dividend Is Paid Savers Is $47,752.94 Citizens Federal Savings and Loan association of Clinton dis tributed a semi-annual dividend on June 30 of $*7,762JM to in vestors of that date, it has been announced by officials of the asso ciation. The rate of interest was 3 per cent and was ordered by the di rectors at a meeting June 7. Sav ings accounts on deposit with the institution total $3,321,879.06. B. Hubert Boyd is president of the association; J. P. Prather, vice president; J. Sloan T\>dd, secre tary-treasurer; Mrs. Henry Hun ter, assistant secretary-treasurer. In addition to Boyd, Prather and Todd, the following are directors: T. H. Copeland, T. D. Copeland, J. B. Hart, John W. Finney, Sr, R. H. McGee. The association, organized in 1900, received its federal charter in 1937. B. Hubert Boyd elected Director S. C. Loon League B. Hubert Boyd, president of the Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association, has been elect ed to serve on the board of direc tors of the South Carolina Sav ings, Building and Loan League. He was elected at the annual convention of the association which he attended June 13-14 in Charleston. 4H0 Brecklngton of at the Sandy Springs , son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. John F. Wise, ooaeh of the thun. fc Jnnior Dairy Jadgtng Contes* at the At- ef the trip will be the Colonial Stores, Clinton Legion Takes First Game Langley-Bath-Clearwater in Playoffs In the event that Clinton wins the L.-B.-C. playoffs, the loeal bays will p» into a series with ; winner in League 8. The first game will be played Mon day night. Whether the teanw will kneet at the Clinton home park ar in Greer has not been The Clinton American Legion Juniors started their play-off se ries in fine fashion in Joanna Tues day night by walloping Langley- Bath-Clearwater 19-0. Billy Sease, a young righthander, pitched su perb ball, allowing only 5 hits. He struck out 10, while walking 4. L-'B.-C. used four pitchers during the game. Clinton gathered 15 hits off their offerings. “Peanut” Smith, Billy Sease and Freddie Samples led the Clinton attack at the plate. Smith and Sease each collected 4 hits. Samp les had 3 for 4 including a ringing triple with the bases loaded. Hern don, L^B.-C. catcher, had 3 for 4 and caught o fine game behind the plate until he was struck on , the leg by a pitched ball in the 7th inning and removed from the game. June Raines, Clinton shortstop, who hails from Whitmire, contin ued to hit the bell hard a*, he had 2 for 4. He leads the Clinton Jun iors in the hitting department. Billy Cranford, Clinton catcher and fine prospect, was struck on the leg by a pitched ball in the 7th inning and had to leave the game. June Raines took over behind the plate. Cranford will be a doubtful ■tarter at Clearwater Thursday night. Defensively, Samples and Smith looked good for Clinton. Samples threw two strikes from leftfield to the plate to nip two L.-B.-C. runners and help to preserve Sease's shut-out. Coach “Choc” Burnett will start Bill Dobbins at Clearwater Thurs day night in an attempt to make it two in a row. In the event L.-B.-C. wins Thursday night a third game will be played Saturday night at the park having the largest home at tendance. Clinton AB R H E Timmons', rf 6 110 J. Smith, 2b 5 4 4 0 Cranford, c 3 10 1 Pearson, ss 10 0 0 Reaves, lb 4 2 10 Raines, ss.-c 4 3 2 0 Sease, p 6 14 0 Jenkins, 3b. 5 2 0 1 Reed, cf. 4 2 0 1 Samples, rf 4 3 3 0 Totals ; L.-B.-C. Whaley, 2b. Weatheibee, Ib.-ss. Herndon, c Byrd, c. ..._ Blackburn, 3b Wilson, cf Moody, ss.-p. Miller, If Moyer, rf. - Horton, p McCormick, p.-lb. . Scott, p. .42 19 15 3 AB R H E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .... 3 -... 4 0 _... 4 2 -... 3 ..... 3 — 4 J 2 ..... I 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 t 0 0 Clinton Firms Give Prizes At C of C. Meet In cooperation with the local Cham/ber of Commerce, favors were given by M. S. Bailey Sc Sno, Bankers, at the luncheons on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 21 and 22, at the Southeast ern Institute of Chambers of Commerce at Chapel Hill, N. C. Also given as door prizes were dress shirts made here at Hall mark Manufacturing Corp. and donated by that firm. Official* of the .Chamber stat ed, "We wire highly pleased to have Clinton firms donate these prizes and favors and feel that it was good advertising for our town.” The $50 scholarships awarded each year by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Association - of Commercial Organization Exec utives went this year to J. E. Bolidg, fo Greer, and Mrs. Esther H. %tts, secretary of the Clinton Chamber. The awards were an nounced at the annual dinner on Tuesday evening. This is the second year that Mrs. Pitts has attended the institute. Total* 30 0 5 5 Score by inning*: L.-B.-C 000 000 000— 0 Clinton 030 061 87x—19 2B—'Timmons, Sease. 3IB—6am- ples.B . B —Sease 4, Horton 4, McCormick 1, Scott 3. S. O. — 10, McCormick 3, Scott 2, 1, Winning pitcher—Sease. hitcher—Horton. Reckless Driving Causes 2 Deaths Says Coroner's Juries at Laurens Laurens, July 1. — Identical verdicts were returned by the in two Laurens County ’s inquests here today in to the deaths of two 15-year-old ninth-graders. Verdicts reached by the six- man juries, with five of the men on both juries, were that Patsy Lanford and Edna Roberts Calla han came to their deaths “from injuries veceived in auto acci- dent caused by reckless driving of Robert Nelson and Charles 4nUs was the first of three in quests conducted today at the county, court house by Coroner Joe Smith. County Sheriff W. A. said this afternoon he riot prefer charges against ot the boys Until he has a to confer with Solicitor truck at Brooks’ Superette about five miles north of here, June 3. Miss Lanford died before reach ing the hospital following the collision and Miss Callahan died last Friday night in a Columbia hospital. • The truck, driven by Jack N. Pearson, 18, of Fountain Inn, was making a left turn, accord ing to testimony. Pearson was not blamed by the jury. The truck was owned by Fountain Inn Milling Co. . Both the young girls Were rid ing in the automobile with Nel son. Three of the five boys in the Senn automobile testified at the inquest as did Highway Pa trolman Boyce A. Blume, who investigated. None of the three boys in the death car testified. They were listed as Nelson. Donald B. Franks and Calvin Bryson. , is to the party Baptfcf s T o Use Annex On July 17 Capacity Now 500 The new educational plant of of the First Baptist church of this city is nearing completion. The structure, in addition to the old educational building, will be used to house the Suday school and Training Union of the church. This will give the edu cational building adequate facili ties for over 500 people. Rev. J. H. Darr, with the co operation of the Sunday school and Training Union workers, has worked out plans to occupy the building on July 17. A goal of 500 in Sunday school has been established for the third Sunday of this month. The Training Union has as its goal 125. 1 Interested residents are invited to drive by and view the new building located on South Broad street. Losers of Jobs Have Benefits Raised In S. C The new computation of un employment compensation bene fits, authorized by the 1955 leg- islalure, became effective on Fri day, July 1, in South Carolina. For qualified unemployed workers the maximum weekly benefits are raised from $20 to $26 and the minimum benefits from $5 to $8. These changes in the unem ployment compensation law were made this year because of the increases in weekly wages and in living costs during the past few years and to bring the bentfits of South Carolina work ers more in line with those of other states in this area. The new pro visions will apply only to those workers who file a new initial claim for unem ployment benefits effective on or after July 1. Dinner Sunday At Clinton Cafe For MeHiodist Bldg. Fund The Clinton Cafe, Cecil P. Wil son, owner, is providing dinner on Sunday with all proceeds to go to the building fund of Broad Street Methodist church. The food will be donated by the cafe, with all money taken in for the rgeulai dinners from 12 noon until 3 o’clock going to the church fund. A number of projects have been staged and others are plan ned to raise money for the addi tion of an educational building. Oil MACKEY TOUR Doug Salter, Jr„ aon of Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Salter, leave* tomor row to join the Mackey Boy* in Greenville for the annual Mack ey Tour, the tour, which Unto four weeks, will include Wash ington, New York and and other point* of intomt History Prof. Delegation Plans To Have Service Officer Elected A proposal to place the selec tion of a county service officer in the hands of the county’s war veterans was placed before the county delegation at its meeting Saturday, according to Rep. King Dixon who made the proposal Rep. Dixon said that the pro posal met with a favorable re sponse and steps were taken to put it into effect. Under the plan an election would be held within the next 60 days. C. A. Seawright is the present service officer. The office is fill ed under the statutes by the State Service Officer on the rec ommendation of the senator and half of the House delegation. He said that an election com mittee would be comprised of eight men, one from each of the fuor veterans' organizations in the county and four veterans at large. Brown Named On Committee Chamber of Commerce Gets Full-Time Secretary Win in Local Beauty Shows ' V - ■ ■„ ,** ■ Jjr* MISS STRICKLAND MISS GALLOWAY Above are shows the wtaner* to the water safety ahawa held Sat urday at the pool* of Clinton Mills and Lydia Mills, daughter of Mrs. Mary C. Strickland, was chosen to GoBowny, daughter of Mr. aad Mrs. J. Ashby Galle- Lydia Mill*. Miss Strickland ia a Clinton Ugh and Mias Galloway b a *sphsniare at way. Clinton and Lydia Have Galo Day Safety Is Theme of Celebration Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills are the other lifeguards, with employees celebrated the holi- 1 Miss Carol Mills, Clinton high day week-end Saturday by add- ing to.the traditional observances ant Atlanta, Ga., July 1.—Dr. Mar shall W. Brown of Clinton, has been named a member of an Ad Interim Committee by Dr. J. Mc Dowell Richards, Moderator of Presbyterian Church, -U. S. Announcement of the Clinton man’s appointment was made here today from the office of the Stated Clerk of the Assembly, Dr. E- C. Scott Dr. Brown’s committee will study the whole question of the new ideas—for fun and for safe ty school graduate, as pool attend- Lee Frierson. PC football playei ,is head lifeguard at Clin- The unique festivals began ! ton Mills pool, with Tommy with a baton twirling exhibition Sease. Clemson football player and beauty contest and were cen tered around a theme of water safety and fun. From 9:00 a. m. until noon at both the Clinton and Lydia Mills pools a large crowd of employees and their families from the two plants watched and participated as aqua antics and contests were education of lay leaders in Chris-‘staged. tian education in the Presbyter ian Church, U. S., and submit a report to the 1956 General As sembly. Dr. Brown is president of Presbyterian College. Two Children In This County Contract Polio Janet and Mary Jo Sloan. Clin ton sisters, flashed the green Igiht for the exhibition with demonstrations of baton twirl ing. Janet, former Indiana state baton champion, took second place in the recent South Caro lina contest. In the beauty contests Miss Gerry Galloway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Galloway, was named “Miss Lydia Mill Pool,” and Miss Virginia Strickland, daughter of Mrs. Mary Strick land. “Miss Clinton Mill Pool.” Two Laurens city children I In the baby beauty contest, have been stricken by polio, ac- Linda Gail Holbert, daughter of cording to reports from the Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Holbert, was ROBERT M. BURTS Burts Will Again Take Post at PC ♦ Gets LLD. Degree Robert M. Burts will return to the Presbyterian college fac ulty this fall as associate profes sor of history, President Marshall W. Brown announced today. Burts has been on leave of ab sence from PC since 1950 com pleting work on his doctorate wheih he expects to receive soon from Vandert>ilt University. In returning to the history de partment, he will replace Dr. W Y. Thompson who is joining the faculty of Louisiana Polytech nic Institute in Ruston, La. Burts taught at Presbyterian College for four years prior to being granted his leave of ab sence. He came to PC in 1946 from Clinton high school where he had taught history for five years. His experience also in cludes teaching at Martha Berry School for Boys, and teaching and serving as assistant principal at Coosa School of Rome, Ga. A native of Abbeville, Burts received his BA. degree from Berry College in 1940, his MA. from Duke University in 1945. He he* now almost completed work [on his PtoD. in history at Van- Counyt Health Department Both were reported Monday. They are Peter Angelakos, 9, son of Mr .and Mrs.'Milton An gelakos, and Mack Lurey, 5, son of Mr .and Mrs. Myer Lurey. The Angelakos child is in the Spartanburg County hospital where his case has been diag nosed as the Bulbar type, accord- | ing to relatives. i The Lurey child is in the Greenville General hospital, where his case has been diag nosed as non-paralytic. Another case was reported Fri day from Joanna. The child’s name was listed at the Health named “Miss Lydia Mills Baby Pool,” and “Cindy” Mattox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Mattox, was named “Miss Clin ton Mills Baby Pool.” The program following the ba ton and beauty events was large ly instituted as a safety and pre ventive measure for Lydia-Clin ton fishermen and beach-goers over the week-end as well as for fun. Instead of greased pole, greas ed pigs events, the mills had bal loon races, boys and girls; diving contests; ping pong ball races; 60-yard free style contest, boys and girls; 45-yard free style con test. boys and girls; 60-yard from Clinton, and Dave Collins. PC student from Charlotte. N C., as guards. Miss Nancy Mead ors, Clinton high student, is pool attendant. The pools are identical 105 by 45 feet, and lighted for night activities. The bath houses con tain first aid rooms and conces sion stands. Chuck Leatherwood, Clinton Mills athletic director and Geo. Fleming, athletic director at Ly dia, along with Miss Ellen Ftraz- ier, planned the event Miss Fowler To Study In New York Members and invited guests of the church choir of the Joanna Baptist church enjoyed a dinner last Monday evening at the Wal lace House in Newberry. The occasion was in honor of Miss Mary Elizabeth Fowler, music director, who is to be away fo. Wnton Carts Already oa Jab J. Winton Curtis arrived in the city yesterday to assume hi* du nes as full time secretary of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, it is announced by J. J. Cornwall, president of the organization. Mr Curtiss is the first full-time secretary of the Clinton Chamber in its history He will work under the direction of the president and the board of directors, and will be assisted by Mrs. P. M. Pitts who has been in the secretary's office for several years Mr. Curtis, 29, is ,a native of Thomson, Ga . where he attended the public schools. He served three years in the navy during World War H, 1943-46 Coming to Presbyterian college here in 1946, he was graduated with a BS degree in commerce fax 1940. For the past four years be has been an industrial engineer for Kingsley Mill corporation to Thomson (a branch of Deering- Milliken company). Mr. Curtis was an Eagle Scoot and later served as scoutmaster of the Thomson troop. He is married and has one child. His wife, the former Jewell Hall man of Graniteville, is a graduate of Lander college. Greenwood, and did her practice teaching to the Clinton high schodTOoth are mem bers of the Presbyterian church. Whitten Village Provides For Pupils' Recreathw Whitten Village, state inriitQ- < tion for handicapped children here, while providing normal care, •reatment and education for its . wards, does not neglect recreation ^ in its busy day-to-day hie. A large new bus, the purchase of which was made possible through funds provided by indi vidual parents and by the Whit ten Village Parents club, is available for “pleasure riding.* J Phil Rogers, recreational direc tor of the village, acts as bus driv er, and group* of children accom panied by employes go along far the ride every day. Another facility, the swinunb^ pool built in 1940, is in constant daily use during the summer months. Under the supervisaan at Phil Rogers and the di rector, J. K. McCord, every who u physics Hy able foe* fe swimming at least once g Many go more often, every child of the hundred* ing in the school area can «M*t of them expertly. The fear who cannot, according to Mr. Mc Cord, are just about to learn. A smaller, shallow pool near : the large one ia available for those children who are too email q* tea ; handicapped to swim, but fully ' capable of enjoying a good aatfe^ ; and splashing. Picnics, watermelon parties, ball \ games, trips to the Village Caaa^ of Lake Greenwood, all add to the program of summer fun wvi a gen eral good time is had b; at, re gardless of age and ability. The intensified program of suen- Vtait-J ndflr j Department as James William Kennedy, 4, parents name not j back stroke contest; ville General hospital and his,swims (underwater): two months. Miss Fowler left for New York mer recreation is pert of th* policy Sunday where she will ’ attend at Whitten VHlage which has Union Theological Seminary. She developed over the years by will have private work in theory B. O. Whitten and his staff and organ in the School of Sac- spite of severe financial li red Music and take oratorio in- tkms: a policy of giving more terpretation and conducting un- j the handicapped children of So der Dr. Ifor Jones, a Bach spec- Carolina than purely ialist. ( care. type non-paralytic. Copt. Winn Assigned To Fort Benning As Summer Instructor Capt. Charles C. Winn, aonj of Mr. and Mrs. Carlton F. Winn of this city, has arrived at Fort Benning, Ga., where he will serve as tactical officer of 'X} M Co., tor the 1955 general mili tary science reserve officer train ing corp summer camp. Upon completion of the sum mer camp on August 4th, Capt Winn will return to his regular assignment at Florida State Uni versity. i. , -w— Legion Post 56 Meets Tonight At 7:30 The regular monthly meeting of Copeland^Da v idson Poet 53 of the Ainercian Legion will be held at the Legion home tonight at 7:30 p. m. endurance candle races; and greased watermelon contests. The events were fea tured in three age group*. 8 to , 12, 12 to 15, and 16 years and jolder. Around 16 events were staged In all. The safety measures demon strated included life saving tech niques; hints on self preserva tion; artificial respiration; and a canoe demonstration. Other entertainment consisted of clown diving and music by Clinton high school band under the direction of Allen Trammell, a lifeguard. Graduation for children who have been taking swimming les sons at the two pools; presen tation of awards in the compet itive wafer sports, and crowning of the queens climaxed the pro grams. Norman Sloan, basketball coach at Presbyterian college, is head lifeguard at Lydia and su pervises the water program there. Alan Trammell ot Clin ton and Bennie Bardifl PC graduate from Charlotte, N. C.. Clinton Man Improves Plow