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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, March 22, 1956 Briefs About ... •y r ‘ • •• v a People You Know t T * / Items of Interest Concerning Clinton Residents Mr. and Mrs. James C. Mar shall, Mr. and Mrs. William Bain and daughter of Charlotte, were guests Sunday of Mr. nad Mrs. James C. Marshall, Jr. Mrs. Metta Stone has returned from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. C. J. Bauknight, and son, Sam Stone, in Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. Bauknight and daughter, Amelia, accompanied her home on Sunday tor the day. Mrs. Paul T. Wood, "who is spending some time in Charleston, spent the week-end with her daughter, Mrs. Lewis Pitts, and Mr. Pitts. Dr. Paul A. Wood also visited here enroute to and from Clemson, where he attended a medical meeting. Mrs. C. E. Nichols and daugh ter, Amelia, were week-end guests of their sister and aunt, Mrs. Y. C Ballenger in Spartanburg. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Dixon and small son, Bailey, Jr., have moved into their recently purchased home on Hickory street formerly occupied by the D. H. DeVinney family. ^ Norman L. Sloan, Jr., of Mem phis, Tenn., spent the week-end here with his parents. Miss Lillie Mae Aughtry of Ly man, was the guest several days last week of Mr. and Mrs. Claude R. Trammell, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Howard and other friends. Henry Chandler and Ed Pitts spent the week-end at the Uni versity of Suoth Carolina, Colum bia. Miss Ellen Frsaer left Tuesday to resume her studies at King Col lege, Bristol, Tenn., after spend ing the spring holidays with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. T. Layton Fraser. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin McCaskill nad children of Charleston, were guests during the week-end of the latter’s brother, Howard Smith, and Mrs. Smith. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Thayer and children will be inter ested to know they moved last week to Indiana, Pa., where the former is employed. Mrs. B. F. Wingard was in Co lumbia yesterday to attend a state executive board meeting of the South Carolina American Legion Auxiliary. She was accompanied to Columbia by Mrs. C. C. Giles. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Felknor of Knoxville, Tenn., spent the week end with Mrs. E. M. Felknor, Jr., and children. Mrs. Hugh Simpson, Mrs. Hu bert Pitts, Mrs. T. C. Johnson,, Sr., Mrs. W. C. Baldwin, Mrs. Frank Miller, Mrs. W. C. Shealy, Mrs. /. Roy ^Pitts and Mrs. H. M. Young, Sr., were in Georgetown for the Plantation Tours several days last week Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Coleman of Greenwood, were Sunday guests of their daughter, Mrs. Ferd Ja cobs, and Mr. Jacobs. Miss Peggy Mclnvaille, student at Wnithrop college, spent the week-end with her parents^ Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Mclnvaille. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mclnvaille of Great Falls, alos visited the for mer’s parents on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Cooper, Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Power and children were visitors in Char leston and nearby gardens on Sunda.y Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Pitts and daughter, Mary, of Spartanburg, spent the week-end with Mrs. Ethel R Pitts and other relatives here. ——^ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Boyce of Columbia, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Boyce on Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Adams nai children spent the week-end in Camilla, Ga., with their parents, Rev. and Mrs. P. J. Keadle and Mr. and Mrs. John P. Adams. Mrs. James L Walker and son, Jimm,y leave today to spend the remainder of the week in Colum bia with her mother, Mrs. Ernest Mrs. R. W. Copp, of Shelbyville, L. Koty. ' Tenn., is spending several weeks wiht her daughter, Mrs. S. M. Warner, in Joanna. Friends of Lonnie O. Hiers will be glad to know he is improving after being ill at his htome the past few days. Miss Emily Bailey, student at St. Caaherine’s School, Richmond Va., is spending the spring holi days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Bailey. Mrs. Wiley Monk, of Moultrie, Ga., is visiting "her daughter, Mrs. Tom Plaxico, and Mr. Plaxico. Mrs. George R. Blalock, Mrs. Charles R. Workman, Mrs. J. J. Cornwall and Mrs. F. P. Thomp son of Laurens, are spending) sever al days at the Blalock cottage at Pawley’s Island and enjoying the Georgetown Plantation tours. Miss Lillian Hart, student at St. Catherine’s school, Richmond, Va., and Carroll Hart, who attends Georgia Tech. Atlanta, are spend ing the spring holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hart at Joanna. Dr. Marion Lawson attended the Mid-Winter Dental Clinic in At lanta, Ga., several days during the week-end. Mrs. Walston A. Lynn and chil dren. of Rock Hill, are spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Monroe. i Merle King, of New Albany, Imd., was the guest last week of his sister, Mrs. A. D. Salter and Dr. Salter. Mrs. Irene Young Diller is spend ing several weeks in Hot Springs, Ark. Miss Nell Fuller has returned to Greenwich, Conn., after a week’s visit with Iyer .parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Fullerf She was accom panied to Greenwich by her niece, Susan Blalock, of Graniteville. who will return by plane on Sunday. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Blalock, were here during the week to visit the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fuller. 'Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Salter were guests of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Bragg during the week-end while in Atlanta to attend the Mid-Win ter Dental Clinic. Points For Vaccination Of Dogs In County Set By HeaiHi Dept. A series of rabies clinics has been arranged /or inoculation of dogs in the county. Beginning March 24, the clinics will be held at fifty points over the county as announced by hand bills this week. Clinics in the Clinton area, 23 in number, will be held on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday for two weeks, beginning Monday, March 26. In the Laurens area, the clinics will be held at 27 points, begin ning Saturday, March 24, and con tinuing daily, until Tuesday, April 3. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Knight and sons of Belton, Mrs. W. .C Bald win, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bald win and W. C. Baldwin of this city were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Murphey Timmerman. Mrs?* Ansel B. Godfrey, Mrs. Len Ledford and children, Mrs. Watts Davis and children, Mrs. Marvin Gault and children plan'lp go to Augusta today for the fifth birthday celebration of Joy God frey Gault, daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Callie Gault. Augusta And Aiken Regions Organize For College Drive Some 175 Presbyterian leaders of the Augusta anb Aiken regions are expected to attend the total organi zation meeting of the Presbyterian College Diamond Jubilee Develop ment program in Augusta this Friday night. The Rev. Arthur Vann Gibson, pastor of Atlanta’s Moringside Presbyterian church, Is scheduled to deliver the main address of the occasion. The meeting will be held at the Forest Hill grammar school at 7 p. m. This meeting will culminate the work of building a campaign or ganization to raise $48,000 for Presbyterian college in the Augus ta-Aiken area. Volunteer workers are to select the pledge cards of the prospects they vAll contact, and general solicitations will get underway immediately after the Diamond Jubilee celebration next Wednesday night. Leadership for this campaign is being provided by four outstand ing Presbyterians. The Augusta co- chairmen are: Earl C. Hollings worth, Sr., head of Hollingsworth’s Unusual Candies, and the Rev. Robert Strong, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Augusta. The Aiken co-chairmen: Andrew J. Cothran, prominent Aiken bus inessman. and the Rev. J. Luke Goodwin, pastor of the Aiken Presbyterian church. Attending the Friday night meeting will be representatives of 18 Presbyterian churches in the Augusta region, which has a goal of $36,000; and nine churches in the Aiken region, with a $12,000 goal. i These objectives are part of an overall development program which seeks $750,000 for Presbyte rian college from its two controll ing Synods of Georgia and South Carolina during 1056. Dr. Gibson, the main speaker for Friday night, has been pastor of the Morningside church of At lanta since 1943. Prior to that, he served the Sanford, N. C., Presby terian church for ten years and the Westminster church of Whiteville, N. C., for six. Bulldogs Blast ThornweR, 12-4 Newberry, March 20—Newber ry high’s Bulldogs opened their baseball season at Clinton with a 12-4 victory over Thomwell in a 7-inning game today. Charles King, on the mound for the Bulldogs, allowed only one hit and struck out 15 Thomwell bats men. King also collected three hits in five trips along with Gor don Jackson to share in the New- berry hitting. Jimmy Crooks was Newberry’s big gun, blasting a pair of home runs and singles in five times up. Newberry .... 400 023 3—12 18 6 Thomwell.... 000 211 0— 4 1 3 King and Kinard, Brigman; Ar chie and Sweet. MOTHER, HERE’S A “CUTIE” FOR EASTER... yhis gleaming new patent by- Robin Hood will dazzle her eye and r flatter her feet! A proven favorite in sizes galore... and remember, every style has been Fit Tested to assure your child perfect fit in every pair! YES, WE HAVE HER SIZE IN THIS STYLE AND MANY Robin Rood MORE! 8ft to 12 . 12ft i* 3. LYDIA MILLS STORE 4.98 5.50 PHONE 345—346 Pag* Five Norman Sloan To Coach At The Citadel Norman Sloan, one-time N. C. State player and former coach at Presbyterian, has been named head basketball eoaeh aV~T$ie Cit adel. 'J »' <. Sloan was assistant coach at Memphis State college this part season. His Presbyterian team won 70 and lost 43 from 1951 to 1955. The Citadel has not had a full time basketball coach. Football Asst. Hank Witt handled the team during the past season, when the record was 2-10. Sloan will take over April 1. Marshall Abercrombie Announced Today As Candidate For House Marshall W. Abercrombie is an nounced in The Chronicle’s can didate column as an aspirant for one of the county’s three seats in the House of Representatives. Mr. Abercrombie, a 1949 grad uate of the University of South Carolina law school, has been practicing law in Laurens since graduation. He was a candidate for the House in 1902. He married the former Miss Lin da Franks, of Laurens, and they have two children. Accompanying his announce ment, Mr. Abercrombie made the following statement: "If elected to the legislature, I will do my utmost to serve all the people of Laurens county and South Carolina, to the best of my ability. I will study proposed leg islation and inquire into the merits ind after such study, I will vote in accordance with my convictions as to what is in the best interest of the majority of the people of Laurens county. “Ecoftomy in government is one way we can reduce the burden of taxation that rests so heavily up on every family and every indus try. We must make our choice be tween economy and liberty'—or profusion and servitude. “Many new industries have been brought to our state and I wi^h to see this development con- Laurens county, appreciating, as all thoughtful citizens must, that such a program will depend to a great extent on the maintenance of a good county government.’* Moose Lodge Will r Assist Those Who Wish To Register The more than 1,750 Moose lodg es from coast to coast will cooper ate in the 1956 nonpartisan ‘'Reg ister, Inform Yourself, and Vote" campaign. The objectives of each Moose committee will be to get every eligible person to register, to en courage every registered voter to vote on a well-informed basis, and to build a better America of ac tively participating citizens by turning out the biggest vote in his tory. Clinton lodge No. 739, Loyal Order of Moose, will furnish trans portation for any person who de sires to register. Members will be on hand at the lodge all day on the dates below to render this service, and may be contacted by calling 9284. Members of the county registra tion board will be in this a/ea for three days and will appear aj the following places: March 2—Baldwin Motor Co., 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. March 28—Clinton Mill commu nity Center. 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. March 29—Lydia Mill clink, 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. TWO LEGAL SALES • Court officers made two legal sales at auction Monday, March 5, in front of the court house in Lau rens. In the case of Geo. W. Lig- on, individually and as adminis- tor of the estate of Corinne Oli- phnat, deceased, versus John Thomas Ligon, Clerk of Court Walter E. Dunlap sold a lot ...on Jennings street to David Cun ningham for $2,900. In the case of Ralston S. Wier Estate, ex parte: Caldwell W. Wier, executor, Judge of Probate J. Hewlette Wasson sold a 75-acre tract of land with , buildings to the executor for $5,900. I ' f0 ge ' .../ 0)051 NUIK Y oor home 9 rain balonte it w'rtb ’SO’ 32% DAIRY CONCENTRATE C-W-S Guano Co. 103 N. Adair Street Phone $2 Vour SO Feeds Dealer" Rewlv fora larger Howe? WeHr- Finance It! ’ If you've outgrown your present borne, as so many families have, you’ll hod it’s comparatively easy to "graduate” to a larger home, oa oar monthly payment loan plan. 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