The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 26, 1956, Image 8

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/ ■ «• J y . tip 4 v Pace Eight amm Blue Ridge Scout Council Board Meets In Greenville Executive board members of Blue Ridge Council. Boy Scouts of America, held their quarterly meeting Tuesday night in Green ville. j Those from“ this area attending the meeting were W C. Baldwin and A. C. Young, Jr., of Clinton, and Jajte Rasor of Cross Hill, with Jim Teeter, field scout execu tive. Other board meqibers from the Laurens district.-Calvin Cooper of Clinton, and D F. Patterson, of Laurens,' were unable to at tend Each organization chairman set the goal for ,the number of new scout units td be formed in his district for 1956. W. C Bald win, organization chairman 'J for the Laurens district, set the goal of three new units for his dis trict with an increase of 60 scouts. The goal for the Blue Ridge coun cil &as set at 63. new scout units and 1206 scouts There are at present 277 units in the council serving 6855 boys.- Organizations interested in sponsoring scout units (cub pack, scout troop or explorer post) are asked to Contact Mr. Baldwin or some other executive board mem ber or the field representative. Laurens county at present has 20 troops composed of 460 boys. The week of February 5-12 is the 46th anniversary of Boy Scouts' of America l^urens county has planned a father-son banquet to be held in the Pres byterian college dining hall on Tuesday, the Tth. at 7:45. Tickets for the banquet may be secured from the scoutmasters. -to THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Timraday, January 2$, 1956 Savings and Loan Association Holds Annual Meeting The annual meeting of mem bers of the Citizens Federal Sav ings. and Loan association was held: last Wednesday, at which timej present directors were re elected, and authorization was granted to directors to adopt a new land more' modern charter which the Home Loan Bank has made available to savings and loan jassociations. Officers of the association are: B. Hubert Boyd, president; J. P. Prather, vice-president; J. Sloan Todd, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Henry M. Hunter, assistant sec- retary-treasufer Directors include Messrs. Boyd, Prathbr, Todd, and T D Cope land, J. W. Finney, R. H. McGee, T H. Copeland, and J. B Hart. Building Committee Of Presbyterian Chur Approves Final plans Sunday approved plans submitted The building 'committee on for the educational building toj be erected by the First FTesbyte- rian church. James James Ed- i mund Ferguson, of Macon, Ga.. is the architect. Specifications will/go to con tractors about the middle of Feb- Tu'ary and the contract iv.itt be let shortly thereafter when bids are submitted. * ' County Gets $1,769.55 From Beer, Wine Tax South Carolina’s counties have received $79,745.23 asTTFieir share of the state’s tax on beer and wine for the October.-December quar ter, according to records of the state tax commission. Laurens county’s share for the three.months was $1,769.55. At the same time, the commis sion has distributed $91,137.42 -to the various cities of the state and has retained $968,335 in the state treasury for support df the public; schools and for other state purpos es. More than 80 per cent of the beer and wine tax comes from beer alone. . Ground Observers To Meet Monday e will be a meeting of all observers January 30 at m. at the American Legion The groun< 7:30 p home. Mrs. Leila N. Johnson, super visor of the Ground Observer Corps, in the Clinton area, asked those who have been watchers and all the new volunteers to attend. A ‘ representative from the Co lumbia filter center, an Air Force service man, will be present to show a new film and give instruc tions on how to report planes seen m this area. ‘ / Mrs. Johnson stated that this is a most important meeting and all Who will give an hour or so of his or her time a month are re quested to attend. *> C. A. Crocker Elected Engineers Society The American Society of Safety Engineers with headquarters in Chicago, ill., last week announced the election of Claude A. Crock er, Industrial Relations director of Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills, to membership. The society is recognized thru- out American industry as the cri terion for qualified safety engi- Home of Better Values TREMENDOUS SAVINGS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY ~ HURRY! T- Final Clearance! 50% TO 75% REDUCTION LADIES’ Fall ■ ?r. 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