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«.r~ If You Don't Read The Chronicle You Don't Got the News (EUttfam (Eljrmtirlf The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LVI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 21, 1955 Number 29 Architect's Sketch of Proposed Clinton Bank Structure Bank of Clinton Awards Contract for New Building At Comer of North Broad and Florida The Bank of Clinton yesterday announced plans for im mediate construction of a bank building on the corner of North Broad and Florida streets. The contract for the build ing has been awarded to W. E. Baker and Son of Whitmire. Contracts for heating and air- conditioning and banking house fixtures wUl be announced later, ft. P. Hamer, president of the bank, said in making the announcement The building, to be of solid ma sonry construction, with trim of stone, tile and glass, will contain the latest bank equipment through out including an advanced design ^ vault door which has an automatic A opening and closing arrangement. Its use in the local bank will be m the second installation of its type in South Carolina. Greer Trims Local Team In Playoffs Clinton American Legion Post No. 56 baseball team was elimi nated in the semi-finals for the upper state title by losing to PUBLIC RECORDS The building will be 40x90 feet. ( Greer 9-5 last Saturday night at Architects and consulting engineers ; Greer. This was the second loss are Wooten, Wooten and Crosby ■ to Greer, the first being 6-2 at of Charlotte. (Greer on Friday night. The The bank opened for business on September 16, 1946, having purchased the assets of the Com mercial Depository, which had op erated here for several years. Besides Mr. Hamer, officers of the bank are: John T. Young, vice president; T. E. Addison, vice pres ident; Harry Y. McSween, cashier; Leaman iD. Jones, assistant cash ier. Directors are: Messrs. Hamer, Young, Addison, McSween and F. M. Boland, S. G. Dillard, J. W. Fkmey, J. P. Prather, T. Heath Copeland and H. D. Henry. The bank has carried on fib business in the building which formerly housed the old Commer cial bank and the Commercial De pository. In 1951 the bank pur chased the lot on the corner of North Broad and Florida streets from the Associate Reformed Pres byterian church, which included the old church building. The bank subsequently sold the building to the local Episcopal congregation who moved It to another site. Methodist Circle To Move Candy Sole A sale of homemade candies will be held on Friday afternoon from 3:00-5:00 and Saturday 9:00- 12:00 and 3:00-5:00 at Belks’ The sale is being sponsored by a group of members of the Sara Glenn circle for the building fund of Broad Street Methodist church. highlight of the series with Greer was on Wednesday night when Bill Dobbins struck out five and walked four while winning by a score of 7-1. In the second game of the se ries which Clinton lost, Bill Sease gave up seven hits and six runs in the defeat. Bill Dobbins was the losing pitcher in the last contest. This was Dobbins’ only defeat in six decisions. Clinton had twice defeated Langley - Bath - Clearwater by scores of 19-0 and 7-0 to reach the semi-finals with Greer. In the first game with L-B-C Sease allowed only five hits while his mates were collecting 15 hits in the 19-0 whitewashing At Clear water Thursday night, July 7, Dobbins allowed three hits to mark up a 7-0 decision. Statistically speaking, Post No. 56 had five regulars hitting over the .300 mark. Shortstop June Raines was high man with .429. Tben came Billy Cranford with .399. The other .300 hitters were “Peanut” Smith, “Dusty” Reaves and Benji Timmons, with .333, .309, and .306 respectively. The team had-a team batting average of .296. High man in the pitching de partment was Dobbins with 44 strike-outs and a 5-1 won-lost record. Sease struck out 32 bat ters and posted a 5-2 record. Billy Smith and Wallace Patterson had 2-0 and 1-1 records, respec tively. Fire Inspectors Report Findings The South Carolina Fieldmens ‘/Association, representing fire in- * surance companies have made a report on their recent inspection tour in Clinton. While here they made a total of 203 inspections of premises, in cluding six schools, 16 church buildings, 12 buildings at Prert>y- terian college, 11 buildings at Thorn well orphanage, two hospit als and two hotels. A total of 406 deficiencies were noted, the principal causes being: bad wiring 183, poor housekeep ing 46, improper fire extinguish ers 42, improper exits 41, and rub bish 25. The Inspection was made upon the invitation of the city council and the Chamber of Commerce. Twenty-three members of the Fieldmen’s Association, one mem- - ber of the South Carolina Inspec tion and Rating Bureau, and one member of the Southern Under writers Association came to Clin ton to conduct the fire inspection. Where deficiencies were noted, they were marked in a booklet, Which was given to the occupant in order that correction of condi tions might be made. In the report, it was noted that the city’s “building code of 1927 has never been revised and it is believed not presently enforced.” It was based upon the “Code of Suggested Ordinances for Small Municipalities,” recommended by the National Board of Fire Under writers at that time. It was recom mended that this code now be brought up to date in line with modern conditions and modern recommendations. The report also stated, "Die to the' numerous electrical hazards noted, particularly in wiring, it is strongly recommended that the city adopt the National Electrical Code.” The report also expressed the hope that “the people of Clinton will duly note the tkcommenda- tions given at the time of the in spection and that they will exert evgry effort to eliminate the se rious fire hazards.” The following public records were filed last week in the office of the Clerk of Court of Laurens County: Property Transfers Olin Ray Motes, et al, to James Paul Motes, their interest in 117 1-2 acres in Hunter Township, for $1,420.00. J. P. Brown, Jr., and R. T. Wilson, Jr., to Kenneth K. Rey nolds, lot in Forest Hills Sub-Di vision, Laurens, for $1,000.00 and other valuable considerations. G. H. Smart to R. Guy Cox, lot in Lakeview Sub-Division, Lau rens, for $1,400.00. L. B. Stoddard to A. J. Thomp son, tract of land in Dials Town ship, for $325 00. J. D. Robins to George Keller, lot on Lake Greenwood, for $125 J. H. Madden to John B. Hodges. Jr., 10.3 acres in Sullivan Township, for assumption of mortgage. Earl Franklin and Judith Franklin to M. H. Hunter, Jr., two lots on Cemetery street, Laurens, $900.00. Frances Weathers, et al, to Nye Leopard, lot in Laurens Mill Vil lage,.lor $1.00 and other valuable considerations. * Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association to Clarence Lee Blackwell, 1-2 acre in Scuffle- town Township, for $900.00. Mrs. Buelah Martin to Juanita M. Blaine, et al, 3.20 acres near Maddens, for $5.00, love and af fection. Donald W. Acheson to Kath leen Stadalsky, 3.20 acres near Maddens, for $5.00, love and af fection. Mrs. Louise H. Brown, et al, to Craig Hunter, 50.5 acres in Scuffletown Township, for $557.- 50. Craig Hunter, et al, to Mrs. T. Craig H. Owings, 22 2 acres in Scuffletown Township, for $390. Craig Hunter, et al, to Mrs. Louise H. Brown, 26 acres in Scuffletow nTownship, for $390. Perry M. Moore to Wlhna Mc Cracken Moore, 62 acres in Jacks Township, for $10.00, love and af fection. Perry Moore to Wilma Mc Cracken Moore, lot on Lake Greenwood, for $M).00, love and affection. . I E. P. and Mary Jones Boaz- man to A. G. Galloway and Karl H. Espieg, Jr., lot on Lake Green wood, for $150.00. Andrew J. Merchant to Rob ert L. Merchant and Margaret S. Merchant, 25 acres bounded by lands of M. A. Cannon, for $5.00, love and affection. J. H. Rector to Jesse F. Park er, lot on Lake Greenwood, for $400.00. Mariegene G. Boyd, et al, to William Fred Davis, Sr., and Evelyn G. Davjs, lot in the A. Dial Gray estate lands, for $1,- 375.00. Mrs. Selma B. Prather to Earl C. Rice, lot near Prather Circle, Clinton, for $250.00. Joe H. Bonds to Sari C. Rice, lot on North Holland St., Clin ton, for $8,500.00. M. H. Hunter, Jr., to Albert H. Hopkins, lot in Watts Heights Sub-Division, for $450.00. Norman L. Sloan and Joan W. Sloan to Leonard H. Ledford and Inez Young Ledford, lot on Pine St., Clinton, for $5,342.89 and as sumption of mortgage. P. C. Lusk to Fred D. Owings, lot on Cummings St., Laurens, for $150.00, and assumption of mortgage. R. T. Wilson, Jlr., and J. P. Brown, Jr., to Lloyd B. Oliver, lot in Forest Hills Sub-Division, Laurens, for $1,000.00 and other valuable considerations. Lydia Cotton Mills to Lydia Mills Church of God. lot of land in Hunter Township, for $1.00. Pierce L. Thomas to J. L. Hoi- Cross Anchor Cafeteria Bid Is $24,000 ■ ♦ The Terry Construction com pany of Greenville, which submit ted a low bid of $24,000 to build a cafeteria addition to Croas Anch or school at Cross Anchor, has been awarded a contract by the board of trustees, Spartanburg County School District No. 4. Construction of the cafeteria and kitchen, which will match and be adjacent to the existing bundl ing began this week and an esti mated completion date of Septem ber 12 has been set by company officials. The addition was designed by Lyles, Bissett, Carlisle & Wolff, a Columbia firm of architects and engineers. It will have masonry exterior walls, glazed tile interior walls in the kitchen, and quarry tile floors. It contains 2y500 square feet of floor space and will serve approximately 325 students. Directors Of Chamber At Ranch Fest --- The board of directors of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce met Monday night at the Mary Lou ranch for supper and a busi ness session. ■ It was the first meeting for the new secretary, J. Winton Curtis. The directors agreed that the chamber would have as one proj ect the binding together of the city with its institutions, Pres byterian College, Thornwell Or phanage, Whitten Village, and the high school. The chamber feels that each unit should use the presence of the others to the fullest advnatage. The highlight of the meeting was the formation of a real es tate committee to be headed by Reese Young. The purpose of this committee will be to gather information on industrial build- in sites in and around Clinton. An effort will be made to have the land listed at the Chamber of Commerce office, and would include such information as the number of acres in the tract, the owner, and the asking price. This would give the chamber a real tool in seeking industry in that visitors could be shown a build ing site and quoted prices all in a matter of hours. The directors urge that property owners work with this committee in every way possible to further the growth of Clinton. Wildlife Group To Hare Ladies Night The Clinton group of the South Carolina Wildlife Federa tion will hold ladies night Tues day evening, July 26, at the Mary Lou Ranch. A barbecue chicken supper will be served at seven o’clock. Institutions In Clinton Stress Memorials At least two churches and one other institution in Clinton have memorial funds through which to honor friends and loved ones who have died. The funds are used to receive contributions from friends and relatives instead of the usual practice of sending flowers at the time of death. Some donors to the funds make it a practice to contribute from time to time in honor of persons who died years ago, in addition to those who pass on from time to time. Thornwell Orphanage has used such a fund for years and is probably the oldest on the list. Th o r n w e 11 receives memorial ’unds from donors, principally in he three states of South Caro- una, Georgia and Florida, in which are located the Presbyte rian synods which own and con trol the institution. However, contributions for the fund come from all parts of the United States. Many churches, Sunday schools, and societies contribute to the fund as well as individuals and business firms. The First Presbyterian church and Broad Street Methodist church have begun to put em phasis on such funds in recent years, and they are accumulating additions from week to week to be used for constructing mem orial buildings for enlargement of their physical properties in years to come. The Methodists recently pur chased property to the rear of their church and have plans to build an addition in the relative ly near future. They now have a total of more than $12,000 in the fund. The Presbyterians also have plans for an addition to their plant to be built on the east side of their lot at the corner of East Carolina Avenue and South Adair street. Their building fund now totals approximately $33,- S. C. Synod Meets Here On Tuesday College To *Be Host for 3-Day Gathering of Presbyterian Body Presbyterian leaders from throughout the state will as semble at Presbyterian College Tuesday afternoon for the 1955 meeting of the Synod of Carolina. State Leader National Guard Back From Camp Trains for Two Weeks at Stewart S. A. Timmons is in charge of arrangements for the supper and j 000. J. J. Cornwall the entertainment. Thornwell uses their contribu tions for their general fund, but will use them for any which is specified. purpose More than 200 ministers and lay leaders are expected for the occasion. Registration will be gin at 3:00 p. m„ Tuesday, in South Neville Hall on the campus, and the meeting is scheduled to ex tend through Thursday. The first official meeting of the 1955 synod is set for 8:00 p. m., Tuesday, at the First Pres byterian Church of Clinton. Mod erator and clerks for the coming year will be elected at this time, and the Rev. Francis B. Mayes of North Charleston will deliver the retiring moderator’s sermon. President Marshall W. Brown will extend an official welcome to PC. All subsequent sessions of sy nod are scheduled for the Pres byterian College campus, with the auditorium in Neville Hall as the central meeting place. This year marks the second straight session to be held at PC, the South Carolina Synod having assembled here last year. A preliminary meeting will find the fifth annual Pre-Synod ing a two-hour session in Neville Conference on Evangelism hold- Hall early Tuesday afternoon. This group, led by the Rev. Ed ward G. Lilly of Charleston, wlil meet from 3 to 5 p. m.,* for the conference built around the theme, “Evangelism in Our Day.” The feature of the program will be six ten-minute messages on evangelism and six phases of life which have shown much change within the past 30 or 40 years. The subjects and the speakers are: 1—“Evangelism and Education m Our Day,” by Dr. George c. Bellingrath. academic dean at Ted Davenport, manber of the-pc- 2—“Evangelism and Science by the Rev. Ace Tubbs of Georgetown; 3—“Evan gelism and Politics in Our Day,” by the Rev. W. H. Bowman of Clover; 4—“Evangelism and Eco- TED DAVENPORT P. C. Development Program Approved By Georgia Synod By LAWRENCE YOUNG Battery B, 107th AAA AW Bn., commanded by Capt. Guy A. Tumblin, returned from its 15- day summer encampment at Camp Stewart, Ga., Sunday af ternoon with a superior rating while at camp. Despite injuries the local battery was 100 per cent in attendance at camp. An other honor given the battery while at camp was the selection Cannery At Joanna Open On Thursdays E. B. Few, agricultural teacher at Clinton high school, announces that the Joanna school cannery which will serve school district 56, will be open -every Thursday from 10-3. Produce will be accepted be tween the hours of 10 and 3; however, everyone is asked to come as early as possible as the grange Approval of Presbyterian Col lege’s $2,000,000 development program has been granted by the ” Synod of Georgia, of Pvt. Robert L. (Bobby) Ben- Action came at the Synod's an- nett as the Recruit of the Year nual stated session at Athens, at the National Guard Recruit Ga., last week, giving the PC School held the first week of en- program the official endorsement campment. Since the top three of one of its controlling synods, recruits were from the 107th Bn, The Synod of Suoth Carolina, latter hours are reserved those who work. Mr. Few also announced that due to an increase in cost of pro duction, prices would be 9c for No. 2 cans and 10c for No. 3 cans. the honor of “honorable men tion” was created to give another battalion a representative. Sunday morning, July 3, the Clinton Guards fell in at the Armory at 4:45 to load up for the summer encampment. After roll call the men loaded up in the trucks and rode up to the Clin ton Cafe for breakfast and a box lunch to take on the trip. Then the convoy moved out the Chap pells highway and met the New berry and Greenwood convoys at Trenton. This comprised the 107th Bn. convoy. From Trenton the convoy traveled through Au gusta, Waynesboro, Statesboro, Pembroke, to Camp Stewart. The convoy got into camp around 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon . July 4 was spent leveling and cleaning the automatic weapons that had been placed on the fir ing line at K range, the AAA AW Tuesday, Wednesday, for j Thursday and Friday were spent firing the 40-mm and 50-cal. guns at air targets. Saturday morning the men had to display their full field equipment on their cots. In addition to the field display, a motorized parade was held in man, lot on Lucas Ave., Laurens, honor of Gen. James C. Dozier, for $1,000.00 and assumption of 'Gen. John C. Henagan, and Gen. mortgage/ Ansel B. Godfrey. Ethel Y. Holloway, et al, to Monday morning, July 11, each Earl M. Stewart and Elizabeth battery pulled one 40-mm and N. Stewart, 8.1 acres on S. C. one half-track with four 50-cal. Highway No. 12, for $1.00 and machine guns off the range and other considerations. moved them to the anti-mech Margaret M .Rast to M. E. range to shoot at a moving tank Beck, lot in Washington Heights, image. The next day all batter- Laurens, for $250.00. lies moved back to the range for George Alfred Browning, et ; firing at air targets and for their al, to T. J. Taylor and Elizabeth one-night bivouac. After chow I. Taylor, lot in Joanna, to Whit- Tuesday night, the entire 10th mire Hgihway, for $600.00. Bn. met at headquarters tower Joe F. Cooper to Joe F. Cooper and had a wateiynelon slicing, and Myrtle K. Cooper, 2 acres at Amid firing of all guns on the which shares control with Geor gia, last year urged Presbyterian College to move forward with plans for development, so offic ial approval by this synod is ex pected at its meeting next week. The committee on stewardship and budget of the Georgia Sy nod brought forth a report strongly favoring the PC cam paign, and it was unanimiusly adpoted by the session. The Sy nod also voted Presbyterian Col lege a $25,000 share of its annual budget, representing a $5,000 in crease over the past year’s total. PC President Marshall W. Brown appeared on the Synod program and spoke on behalf of the college. Davenport Heads S. C. FFA Group Clinton High Boy Named at Meet Ted Davenport, member of Clinton high school FFA chapter, lj n Qur D ay was elected president of the South Carolina Future Farmers of Amer ica at the 28th annual convention at Clem son college last week. Ted, whose real name is Thomas nomics in Our Day,” by the Rev. Everett, is the son of Mr and Mrs. J. Phillips Noble of Greenville; T. J. Davenport of the KinardSjS — “Evangelism and Social section, and is active in FFA work j Changes in Our Day,” by the He recently won an award of SI50 Rev I. M. Bagnel of Bennetts- as the representative in District | ville; and 6 — "Evangelism and One of the State FFA chapter for Religious Changes in Our Day,” his aW-around FFA participation by Dr John McSween of this and achievement. With his teach- ! city. er, E. B Few, he will attend thej Sessions on next Wednesday national FFA convention in Kan- and Thursday will be devoted sas City. primarily to the business of the The Clinton chapter received a | Synod. Two important partici- “Superior Chapter” award at the pants on Wednesday morning Clemson meeting. will be the Rev William P. An- jderson, head of the department Col. Todd Assigned To Ankara, Turkey Lt. Col. and Mrs. Walter B Todd and their two children, Wal ter, Jr., and Matilda, wHl arrive Sunday for a visit with relatives here and in Laurens. They are en route to Ankara, M. Turkey, where Col. Todd will be assigned to the staff of the Chiel U. S. Military Advisor to the Tur kish armed forces. Col. Todd was previously stationed at Norfolk, Va., where he attended the Armed Forces Staff college. Col. Todd is the son of Mrs. Reed Todd and the late Mr. Todd. Mrs. Todd is the former Miss Rosemary Alexander of Laurens. of adult and family life of the board of education of the Pres byterian Church US; and Dr. William H. McCorkle. director of evangelism for the General As sembly. One feature of the Wednes day night session will be the presentation of a portrait of Mrs. R. Kirkpatrick of Montreat, to the Synod by Mrs. W. Rev. Josey of Manning, president of the South Carolina Synodical. Most of the attending members will be entertained in the dormi tories of Presbyterian College and will eat in the college din ing hall. Synod sessions on Wednesday and Thursday will begin at 9:00 a. m. with devo- tionais. Clinton National Guard at Encampment Lanford Station, for $5.00. L. B. Stoddard to Herman E. King, lot in Dials Townhsip, for $3,700.00. William Frank Turner to G. W. Lever and Bessie Smith Le ver, lot near Joanna, for $1.00. W. D. JUdgeway to Alfred E. Thompson and Juanita W. Thompton, 1.8 acres partly in Greenville county and partly in Laurens county, for $1,500.00. Fred Hill to W. Carlisle Neely, 26.5 acres in ,Cross Hill Town ship, for $10.0 Oand other valu able considerations. firing line, Maj. Gen. John C. Henagan trooped the firing line to see the batteries in action Wednesday afternoon. Thursday and Friday were spent cleaning equipment and having classes in the battery area. Saturday morning came another full field display and inspection in ranks Everyone got up at three o’clock Sunday morning to come home after a very successful encampment. Battery B anticipates receiving self-propelled twin 40-mm guns in the near future. Getting ready to fire a forty-millimeter gen at air Camp Stewart, Ga., are the above men from Bbry. B. 167tb AAA AW Bn. (CMntsn) National Guard. The unit is commanded by Capt. Guy A. Tumblin. Left to right aro: Pvt ette. Bobby Hohnes. Sfe. Robert A. Neighbors. Sgt Temple Campbell. Ffe. GhoHe SpUlors, Me. George C. Tucker and CpL Dillard Toong. CpL Joe