The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 23, 1956, Image 2
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Music Club Plans
Bridge Benefit March
Ninth At Legion Home
James M. Anderson, serving
life sentence in Laurens county | Table arrangements for the
for murder, was transferred to Clinton Music club’s forthcoming
the state penitentiary Friday. j bridge benefit will be taken be-
The Negro was sentenced in' ginning today and lasting through
June 1949, for the slaying, and, Thursday,. March 8, the day L«--
had been a trusty at the Laurens j f° re benefit
county jail for the past two years Reservations may be made by
He was transferred, an officer
said, for misconduct.
calling Mrs. James L. Walker at
525. Each table of four players
must be reserved separately, and
tickets will be sold at the Legion
Home door the afternoon of the
benefit. Playing hours are from
3 until 5, and ten prizes will be
awarded ot holders of top bridge
and canasta scores. Players are
asked to bring only cards and a
scoreboard.
The following committee chair
men have been named to handle
the event: Mrs. Robert W. An
derson, tables; Mrs. Bryan Coates,
refreshments; Mrs. James Von
Hollen, cokes; Mrs. Richard Craig
and Mrs..Frank Fowler, decora
tions; Mrs. William Hogan, prizes;
Mrs. Ed Sadler, tallies. Mrs. James
L. Walker is general chairman.
Proceeds from the event will go
to the club’s scholarship fund
which is to be used to send a
young Clinton musician to the
Transylvania Musip Camp, Bre
vard, N. C., for a sesaon.
Laurens Boys # Girts
Take District 2 Titles
Laurens high school boys and
girls walked off with Class A
championships in District 2 in a
tournament ending »at Laurens
^Saturday night.
They will represent the district
ip the up-state tournament being
played in Clinton at the Presby
terian college gym this week.
Laurens boys defeated Union
high, 53-36. The^. ,Laurens girls
downed Clinton’s girls, 44-34.
District Music
Festival Be Held
At Inman March 5-6-7
The Western District High
School Music FesJMval. one of
South Carolina’s four such events.
will be held March 5, 6 and 7, at
Chapman high school at Inman.
Vocal events will be held March
program. ‘Hiey include;
The Rev. Marc Weersing, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church
of. Spartanburg; the Rev. Henry
P. Mobley, palter of Rock Hill’s
Oakland AvyeiinePrsebyterian
church; the 'Rev. cHfifence R.
Thayer, director of Presbyterian
college’s Guidance Cwiter; the
Rev. George A. Anderson, profes
sor of Bible and student dean at
Prsebyterian clolege ;and Dr. R.
Wright Speers, president of Co-.;“
lumbia college. presidents,
Precinct Clubs
Scheduled For
Saturday Meets
Thursday, February 23,
1956
The planning committee which
5. Bands and orchestras will per- }j as )^ eri working out the details
Discharged Veterans
May Select New Post
Army veterans who desire to
enlist within 90 days of discharge
and select an assignment of their
own choice may contact Sergeant
Morris at the post office in Clin
ton.
form on March 6. March 7 will be
given to piano events and instru
mental solos and ensembles.
Many hundreds of high school
musicians and their teachers are
expected to participate in the
three-day affair, presenting their
talents for judging by adjudica
tors who are experienced and
widely known in their fields.
Counties of the Western district
are Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson,
Edgefield, Greenville, Greenwood,
Laurens, McCormick. Newberry,
Oconee, Pickens, Saluda and Spar
tanburg.
Harrison Elliott' band director
at Inman, is Western district
chairman. The festival is sponsor
ed by the S. C. Music Educators
association.
Synod YouHi Roily
Convenes On College
Campus Saturday
A number of outstanding
churchmen will participate in the
1956 Young Adult Rally of the
Synod fo South Carolina to be
held on the Presbyterian college
campus next Saturday, Feb. 25.
' Young Adult Chaimman Thom
as B. Perrin of Lake City, today
announced the group of leaders
who will head up the one-day
of this eseventh annual
Adult Rally is composed of Leon
ard L. Hutchinson of Florence,
Dick Herring of Charleston,
James B. Rodgers of Spartanburg,
the Rev. John R. McKinnon of
Cheraw, and Perrin. *
j And the Presbytery chairmen
include: Bethel — Mr. and Mrs.
James Howye, of Lancaster;
Charleston—Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Wilson, of North Chahleston; Con-
garee—Gray Olive of Columbia;
Enroee—Jack Bessent, of Spar
tanburg; Harmony—Conyers Hor
ton, of Kingstree; Pee Dee—Bob
Bennett, of Cheraw; Piedmont—
Mrs. Walter Freeman of Belton;
and Suoth Carolina—Henry Davis
tor—the Rev. W. Ted Jones of Co-
of Ware Shoals. Regional direc-
lumbia; and assistant director—
Miss Jessie Hodges of Columbia.
William M. Shields
To Present Program
At Winston-Salem
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William M. Shields. Clinton
photograpjher, has been invited by
the North Carolina Photographers
association to present a lecture
Democfatic precinct clubs of the
county will meet Saturday after
noon at 3 o’clock for the purpose
of reorganizing.
To be elected at that time are
a president, one or more vice-
a eecretary-treasurer,
and a county executive commit
teeman from e^ch club. Delegates
Vnnno 1 to county convention to be
- Un * held at Laurens on Monday,
March 5, at 11 a.m., will also be
named.
Each club is entitled to one del
egate for each 25 votes and major
ity fraction polled in the first pri
mary in 1954.
The Clinton City precinct will
hold its meeting at the high school
building on Hampton avenue.
Other clubs of the area will
meet-at their usual places.
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Two Clinton Students
Have High Averages
Three Laurens county students
are among the Furman University
students making more than a B
scholastic average during the
semester just ended at the uni
versity. They are Terry Thomas
and Jacqueline Truluck of Clin
ton, and George Clark of Water
loo.'
WILLIAM M. SHIELDS
and demonstration. ‘Portraits of
Children,” at the annual conven
tion in Winston-Salem March 19
through 21.
In addition to points of lighting
and posing, the Totsday program,
in use for some time at the Wil
liam M. Shields studio in Clinton,
will be emphasized. These Tots^
days, (days sets aside every week
for photographing “Tots” exclu
sively), have becomd synonymous
with outstanding and unusual por
traits of children.
Giant replicas of $he famed
“Braggin’ Book” are being made
to order and furnished Mr. Shields
for his lecture.
Portraits, as well as complete
Totsday sittings, of many children
from Clinton and vicinity will be
exhibited during the convention in
connection with Mr. Shield’s dem
onstration, ' , 1 ■
Furman €. Thomason
Out For Commissioner
Furman E. Thomason announc
es his candidacy for County Com
missioner today in The Chronicle.
Mr. Thomason, a farmer and
livestock producer, lives on the
Princeton highway, four miles
from Laurens in the Trinity Ridge
community.
This is his first venture into
politics.
Two Registrants
Report Far Induction,
Two For Examination
Two registrants reported Mon
day to Laurens County Board 30
fpr induction into the armed ser
vices. They were sent to Colum
bia, J. B. Lewis, chairman of the
board, said. They were Furman
Ira Golding, Jr., of Waterloo, and
John Herman Robinson, of Lau
rens, Rt. 2.
Reporting for physical exami
nations and also sent to Columbia
were Curtis Henry Young of Clin
ton, and Richard Horace Chil
dress, Rt. 1, Clinton.
POUTICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for County Commis
sioner of Laurens county and
pledge to abide by the rules and
regulations of the Democratic pri
mary.
J. WARREN CRAINE
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for County Commis
sioner of Laurens county, and
pledge to abide by the rules and
regulations of the Democratic pri
mary.
FURMAN E. THOMASON
CORONER
I hereby announce myself as
a candidate for Coroner of Laur
ens county and pledge to abide by
the rules and regulations of the
Democratic primary.
JOE F. SMITH
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