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i. Pace Tea THE CLINTON CHRONICLE LYDIA MILLS MRS. CLYDE TRAMMELL, Correspondent, Representative TELEPHONE IMS Mrs. W. T. Smith of Decatur, Ga.. returned to her home Mon day after a few days visit with her sister, Mrs. Frank Goss and Mr. Goss. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lawrence of Calhoun Falls, visit ed the Goss family Sunday. Mrs. Sam Hairston and chil dren, Sandra, Bruce and Joe, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lawton visited Mrs. Mark Farland im Ashboro, N. C., Sunday. Mrs. E. A. Wilkes, Sr., and Miss Marianna Wilkes of Pelzer, Mrs. John Word is visiting Mr. spent Sunday with their son and and Mrs. David Word while she brother, Rev. E. A. Wilkes, Jr. is recuperating from a broken an- Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Poole and kle daughters, Janet, Beverly and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Carroll of Kay. attended the Dempsey fam- Newberry. visited Mr. and Mrs. ily reunion in Greenville Sunday. Edward Carroll a few days this Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McLendon week. and Cecilia were called to Co- W. M. Dalton and daughters,, lumbia Tuesday night due to the Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dalton and death of the former’s father, H family of Calhoun Falls, Mr. and C. McLendon. Accompanied by Mrs. Roy Kennedy of West Clin- Bill McLendon and children, ton, spent Sunday with Mr. and Marion and Dennis, of Clinton, Mrs. H. H. Dalton. attended the fuenral services on Pvts Jimmy and Dickie James | Thursday in Columbia, of Fort Jackson, are spending a j Mr. and Mrs. Lee Thornburg 14-day. leave with relatives, after'and Lee spent the week-end with family of Greenwood, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Todd of Clinton, yere Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. S .J. Todd. Charlie Holtz- claw of North Carolina, was a re cent guest of the Todd family. Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Lark and Joe attended the Chrisley-Greene wedding in Calhoun Falls Sun- dya. Mrs. Laura McGaha of Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Dodgins and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ben- yn Kitchens of Startex, visited the former’s daughter, Mrs. Paul Kitchens and Mr. Kitchens re cently. Mrs. Bessie Brown is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Maude Tur ner. Friends are sorry to know Mrs. Turner is ill at her home in Columbia. Sympathy Extended The community extends deep est sympathy to Cecil McLendon in the death of his father, H. C. McLendon, who passed away last Tuesday night in a Columbia hospital. He was also the father of Bill McLendon of Clinton. which thev report to Fort Bragg, N. C. Mr. and Mrs Claude Aber crombie and children of Laurens, were Sunday visitors, of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Abercrombie. Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Bailey and family and Misses Linda Lou and Peggy Sue Willard visited Mrs. Bailey’s father, W. E. McGinnis, in Pelzer Sunday. Mrs. Lois Webb and children. Mr. Thornburg’s sister, Mrs. N. E. Raiber and Mr. Raiber in Crosswell. Tenn., going especial ly for the Thornburg reunion, which was held on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Parker of Charlotte, N. C., spent the week end with the latter's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bodie. Mrs. E. W. Mitchell was re cently honored with a surprise Beverly and Tony, spent the birthday party at the home of week-end with their sister and her’son-in-law and daughter, Mr. aunt, Mrs. James Richie in Greenwood. Mrs Louise Jones of Drayton; spent the past Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. David Satterfield. Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Edwards and daughter of Lockhart, visited Mrs Joe Tharp Monday. and Mrs. Charles Meadors in Clinton. Only the family with H. S. Watson, Mrs. Mitchell’s father, of Mississippi, were pres ent. Mr. Watson has been vis iting his daughter for a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Harper and FINANCIAL REPORT OF Laurens County School District No. 56 FOR 1954-55 The financial records of Laurens County School District No. 56 for the fiscal year 1954-55 have been examined, and the auditor’s report has been received by the Board of Trustees. The following information is taken from the auditor's report, and is being published as information for the patrons and citizens of the school district. DETAILS OF INCOME FOR 1954-55 LOCAL TAXES COLLECTED: Special School Taxes $107,820.65 Delinquent Taxes 3,330.99 Fold and Dog Tax 2 ( 074.00 Pena Hies, etc. 587.65 $113,813.29 STATE AND FEDERAL AID: For Salaries $297,203. r For Supervision and Overhead 19,925.00 For Agriculture * — 6,070.76 For Home Economics 3,768.54 For Distributive Education • 450.00 $327,417 47 OTHER INCOME: National Forest Fund $ 2,198 09 State Surplus Allocation 45,523.06 For Veteran Programs 815.64 Music Fees at Joanna 638.20 Sale of School Property 2,128 62 Fees, Rents, Rebates, etc 438.68 $ 51,742.39 TOTAL INCOME: DETAILS OF EXPENDITURES FOR 1954-55 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE: Salaries $ 16,230.00 Accounting Services 861.07 Extra Office Help 605.63 Office Supplies 864.42 Telephone and Telegraph 1,338.24 Travel 767.60 Miscellaneous •... - 864 36 - » $ 21,531.31 INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENSE: Teachers’ Salaries $412,912.48 Instructional Supplies 3,705.54 School Libraries 2,270.15 Agriculture and Home Ec. Travel . 830.79 Driver Education 43 7 65 $420.156 61 OPERATION OF PLANTS: Janitors’ Salaries $ 14,264.81 Janitors’ Supplies 3,835.46 Fuel ’ 5,762.26 Water and Lights 3,965.47 Miscellaneous 294.04 $ 28,122.04 MAINTENANCE OF PLANTS: Salarj—Maintenance Man $ 2,238.00 Maintenance and Repairs 13,557.47 $ 15,795.47 AUXILIARY AGENCIES: Extra-Curricula Activities ■$ 4,374 14 Bus Transportation 917 05 Special Class . 419.28 Medical Services 216.74 $ 5,927.21 FIXED CHARGES: Insurance on Buildings $ 7,029.55 S 7,029.55 CAPITAL OUTLAY: Furniture and Equipment .$ 6,965.49 * Revival Services In Progress Revival servcies are now in progress at the Lydia Presby terian church and will continue each evening at 7:30 p. m. through Sunday. Rev. Archie Davis, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church. Union, is the visiting speaker. Methodist Church News Revival services are now in progress at Sandy Springs Meth odist church. Services are being conducted by the Rev. E. A. Wilkes. Sr.„ of the Pelzer Metho dist church. He is the father of Rev. E. A. Wilkes. Jr., pastor of the Lydia and Sandy Springs churches. Special singing and a children’s chorus begin at 7:15 each eve ning. The public is cordially invited to each service. • Family Night Wednesday Wednesday evening will be family night at the Baptist church. All the organizations will meet at 7:30 p. m. This will be the general meet ing of the Woman’s Missionary Society, so all women of the church are invited to attend The Y WA. Intermediatse. Junior GA. RA. and Sunbeam Band will all meet. Circles Meet Tonight Circles of the WMS of the Bap tist church will meet Thursday (tonight) at 7:30 as follows: Omathine Dabbs with Mrs. Claude Gilstrap at 328 Poplar St. Martha Franks with Mrs. Stan ley Hardee. Jr., at 98 Palmetto street. Mrs. Bobby Bennett, all from Ly dia and Joanna. ? • Dinner was served buffet style. Mrs. Crawford and Mr. Mafiaf- fey were presented many gifts from the family. With The Sick Mrs. Paul Arnold is ill. Litle Barry Kitchens is doing fine and is able to be out after an attack of polio.* Little Miss Sandy Huffstetler is improving although still not able to be out of bed yet. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Huffstetler are glad to know Sandy is home. Mrs. Mary Mason continues ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Wells. Film To Be Shown There will be a special film en titled ‘The Life of Our Saviour,” shown Sunday evening, October 23, at the Lydia Methodist church at 7:30 p. m. The pastor, Rev. E. Austin Wilkes, Jr, invites everyone to see the film. $492 973.15 Eagle Badge Presented Scout Sunday evening at the Lydia Baptist church Joe Lark, son of Mr. and Mrs. B P. Lark, was pre sented the. highest award a boy can get in scouting, the Eagle Badge. A. C. Young, Jr., chairman of the Laurens County District of Scouts, made the presentation. Joe, a member of Troop 90 at Lydia, pinned the small badge on his mother and she in turn pin ned the badge on Joe. Ellis Huffstetler, Troop 90 scoutmaster, read a letter from the Blue Ridge Council to Joe. Trdop 90 now has two Eagle Scouts. Ronald Corley and Joe. Joint Birthday Dinner Enjoyed Mrs. A. T. Crawford who cele brated a birthday October 3 and her son-in-law. J. L. Mahaffey, whose birthday was October 10, w r ere honored with a birthday dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Mahaffey in Startex 1 . Enjoying the occasion with them were: MrA Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Parrish, Mr. and Mrs. Adger Crawford, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Sam Seawright. Mr. and Reminder of Carnival On October 29 the Hallowe’en carnival will be held at Provi dence school, sponsored by the Lydia Woman’s club and the school faculty. Birthdays and Anniversaries Floyd Poole celebrated his birthday October 8. Little Laura Darby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Darby, will be one year old Otc. 15. Ann Pace will celebrate her birthday October 17. Denise Shumate will be 2 years old October 18. Mrs. R. B. Fennell will observe a birthday October 14. J. T. Lanford will have a birth day October 18. Cecil McLendon celebrated his birthday October 3. J. D. Bagwell observed his brithday October 6. Danny Roberts was 3 years old October 7. Miss Emily Bennett will cele brate her 15th birthday Oct. 14. Mrs. Bill Patterson and Mrs. J. B. Abercrobmie will celebrate birthdays tomorrow, the 14th. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Willard celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary October 11. Mr. and Mrs. George Black- well observed their 19th wedding anniversary October 10. Quinton Jones celebrated his birthday October 2. Mrs. Fred Campbell will cele brate her birthday October 19. August Fatalities Above Last Year August traffic deaths in South Carolina climbed 23.9 per cent higher than the total for August, 1954, according to the state high way department’s monthly acci dent report. During tlje month there were 57 deaths, 979 injuries and 2,- 342 accidents compare^ to 46 fa talities, 712 injuries and 2.015 ac cidents during the same month last year, according to the report- Laurens county had no deaths, 12 injuries and 28 accidents dur ing August. ************* Laurens Ready- Mix Concrete Economical and Convenient Phone 2710 Night Ph. 24506—Day v Ph. 2710 LAURENS, S. C. OFFICE SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUB. CO. Phone 74 Engineering & Legal Fees-Land 498.40 Reimbursement—Antioch Churoh 75.00 $ 7,538.89 TOTAL EXPENDITURES: ’ $506,101.08 EXCESS OF EXPENDITURES OVER INCOME ($13,1274)3) The bond account rfwwed a surplus of $20,829.65 on June 30, 1955 after all current bond obligations were taken into consideration. A copy of the auditor’s report has been placed in the .public library on the Presbyterian College campus, and is available to anyone who > to examine it. It's Easy as 1-2-3 TO SAVE BY MAIL That’s all there is to it when you use our handy save-by-mail envelopes. 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