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r If Tm Don’t Bool The Chronicle Too Don't Got the News ' L . . : : . The Chronicle Strives To Bo A Osu Nino paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LVH Clinton, S. C., Thursday, March 29,-1956 Number 13 Make Plans for Dinner To Honor Daniel i This group is discussing plans for tha county-wids industrial dipnar to bo hold in the naw Laurens high school cafeteria Monday, April 1 at 7:00 p. nu. with Charles E. Daniel, of Greenville, as speakar at a public gathering in the auditorium at 1:00 o'clock. Left to right, they are: D. F. Patterson, president of the Palmetto Bank and chairman of the County Planning and Development Board: Justin Bridges, member of arrangements committee of the Laurens Liona club, hosts for the dinner; Dr. C. J. Hart, member arrangements com mittee; L. W. Grata, president of the Lions club; Morton (Skip) BrightwelL president of the Laurens Chamber of Commerce; and S. T. Nicholson, general chairman for the dinner. County Industrial Dinner Set for Monday Night; Daniel To Speak Sen.Wilson To Amend School Bill Laurens, March 23 — Senator Ralph T. Wilson announced here Mnoday that upon his return to Columbia this week he intends to amend Huose Bill No. H-2060 so as to provide a referendum on the question of whether school dis trict trustees of Laurens county shall be elected by the qualified electors of the districts or be chos en as ; at present by the County Board of Education. J The house bill already calls for a vote in the Democratic primary the second Tuesday in June on the question of how the schools shall be operated so this referen dum on how the trustees shall be chosen will involve practcilaly no additional expense, he said. He said that he will also amend the bill by changing the wording of the bill and the questions on the ballots provided in it so as to permit the electors to.determine whether they favor the operation of the schools by the County Superintendent alone or by dis trict supirntendents under dis trict trustees, or by joint com bined efforts of the County Su perintendent of ‘Education, the County Board of Education and District Trustees. He would accomplish these things, he said, by adding two Future Citizens of To Bo Held at Laurens High, School Plans have been completed for the industrial dinner which will be held at Laurens Monday night, it was stated yesterday'by S. T. Nicholson, general chairman for the event. Dinner will be served at 7 p. m. in the new Laurens high school cafeteria. Charles E. Daniel of Greenville, chairman of the board of Daniel-Construction company, will be the chief speaker. He will 4 jjive his address at-8 p. m. in the ^4fh school auditorium. The pub lic is invited to hear Mr. Daniel. Mr. Nicholson said that about 400 persons have been invited to the dinner. Included in the invitation list are Sen. Strom Thurmond, Sen. Olin D. Johnston, Sen.-designate Tom Wofford, Rep. R. T. Ash more, Rep. W. J, Bryan Dorn, Gov. Timmerman, Lt.-Gov. Fritz Rollings, Robert M. Cooper, of the State Planning Board, H. C. Car ter, H. R. Turner, and Walter Regnery, textile executives, Cir cuit Judge Steve C. Griffith, of Newberry, Solicitor W. M. Jones, of Greenwood, James F. Brynes, Alan B. Sibley, J. C. Self, Clif ford Denison and Roger Mil liken, textile executives, Roger C. Peace, Greenville publisher, members of « the Laurens County legislative delegation, and members of the , Greenville county delegation. Acceptances already have been received from a nuniber of these, PC Development Program Reaches Total Of $326,697 The Presbyterian College Dia mond Jubilee Development pro gram now stands at $326,697 after completion of campaigns in the Atlanta and the home region. Four more regions, meanwhile, are in various stages of their drives to add a combined total of $209,- 000 within the next few weeks. The Augusta-Aiken area has just started general solicitations toward a goal of $40,000, and the Greenville and Spartanburg re gions are organizing to shoot at $100,000 and #90,000 respectively. And stretching ahead for the re according to Mr. Nicholson. L. W. Gratz, president of the Laurens Lions club, will preside over the program. The welcome address will be by Dwight F. Pat_ terson, president of the Palmetto Bank and chairman of the Lau rens County Planning and Devel opment Board. Introduction of Daniel will be by Rev. J. ■ E. Rouse, of the First Baptist church. The dinner, which is to mark the opening of a drive to expand industry in Laurens county, is be ing sponsored by the Laurens Lions Club wfth the active coope ration of other civic dubs of the county. Friday Is Coffee Day In Clinton Consumers of coffee in Clin ton will become contributors to the Easter Seal society’s drive for funds pn crippled children when they cell for their usual orders of “java” tomorrow (Friday). Clinton restaurants have joined in the move to divert proceeds of all sales of coffee on Friday to the funds being raised by the Crip pled Children’s society. Such funds will be used to aid in re habilitating handicapped children. Mayor H. L. Eichelberger has issued a proclamation designating Friday as Coffee Day for Crippled Children, stating: “It is not only an American heritage and responsibility but a basic preceipt of good citizenship and a privilege of the people of this city to help crippled children have happier, more useful lives and the opportunity of becoming self- sustaining adults. Diana and William Pitts David, Sharon. Lorraine Plaxico Lonnie, Leigh Anne, Valerie and Warren Farnell The third in The Chronicle's series of photographs of young future citizens is shown today. Left to right, they are: Diana. 9. and William. 11. children of Mr. and Mrs. William R. (Billy) Pitts; Sharon. S. and Lorraine. 8 months, children of Mr. and Mrs, Tom Plaxico: Lonnie. 12. Leigh Anne. 8. Valerie, 0, and Warren. 4. children of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Farnell. Special Committees Announced For Kiwanis Bazaar Chairmen of special committees to assist in the preparation of tin Clinton Kiwanis barbecue-bazaar were announced today by cluo president Julian BOlcik He said these men and their committee members will assist the wives who have been given the primary responsibility for this community-wide project. It is Postal Rate Rise Would. Cost Clinton Ians $12,700 Average Increase To Be 17 Per Cent To what extent will the propos- post office box rentals and the ed bill to increase postal rates, j postal savings system, now before Congress, affect peo- i Opposition to the boost in mail more questions to the ballots. The; ^hedu led for April 13 in the questions would be these: iThornwell Orphanage gymnas- “Do you favor election of the! ium. COMMUNITY-WIDE WORSHIP EVENT AT COLLEGE STADIUM TIME—8:45 A. M. REV. J. H. DARR, Presiding . i A sunrise Easter service, sponsored by the local Kiwanis club, has been planned witb residents of this entire commun ity of all denominations cordially invited. The service will be an impressive reminder to all that * Christ arose from the dead and gave the world the hope of a new life through Him. The following will be the program: Doxology . Invocation Rev. F. Stanley Hardee Hymn—“Holy, Holy, Holy”^ Scripture ' Special Music The High School Choir Under the direction of Mrs. James Van Hollen Sermon Dr. Malcolm A. Macdonald Special Music !.. The High School Choir Prayer Dr. William Redd Turner Hymn—“Christ Arose’’ Benediction Rev. J H. Darr Credit Association Loans $8,946,822 Since 1933 Clinton Agency Finances Fanners The Clinton Production Credit owned association has loaned fanners of Laurens and Newberry counties mainder of 1969 are 12 other drives la total of $8,949,822 since the as sociation was organized in 1933, it was stated yesterday by Rex Lan- by its throughout two states as Presbyte rian college moves toward its goal of $760,000 from the controlling f ord,"secretary-treasurer Synods of Georgia and South Car *<» olina this year. Presbyterians in the Augusta and Aiken regions launched their drive officially with a Diamond Jubilee dinner in Augusta this Wednesday night (March 28). Volunteer work ers began seeing their prospects the next day and will continue solicitations through April 20. The Atlanta region held its fi nal report meeting last Sunday and recorded a total of $107,094 for this area. It is added to the $221,603 solicited in the home re gion of Laurens and Newberry counties and in the form -of sev eral early special gifts elsewhere. Kindergarten To Close rgarte On Ml onday The Presbyterian church Kin dergarten wiU be closed Monday, April 2, in observance of the Eas ter holidays. M has been announc ed. The number of loans made total 11,058 for the same period. Mr. Lanford was instrumental in organizing the local lending agency when the great depression was at its height in 1933 and cred it to farmers was adi but non-ex istent. He has headed the asso ciation since. The association is now entirely Baptisl Choir To Render Cantata The adult choir of the First Bap tist Church of Clinton will present an Easter cantata at the &mday morning service. The cantata is en titled ‘gift Everlasting,’ ’by Pe trie, and the choir is under the di rectlon of Miss Maude Sumerel. The public is invited to hear the rendition. Clifford McKitlrick Is Best Speller i farmer-members, having padd back the niitial capital advanced by government agencies. Loans by the 87 Production Credit associations in the Colum bia district now exceed more than one million in number and nearly one and a quarter billion dollars in amount. Reports received from Robert A. Darr, president of the Produc tion Credit Corporation of the Federal Credit Bank of Colum bia, show that as of February 29, 1959, the 87 associataons, since or ganization in 1933, had made loans toTtheir fanner members amounting to $1,212,688,707. As of February 29, 1959, loans made by the associations to farm ers in different states in the dis trict were as follows: North Caro lina, $382 mifrion; South Carolina, $227 million; Georgia, $392 mil lion; Florida, $241 million. Production Credit associatioas ore local credit cooperatives which make production and inter mediate capital loans to their members. All 87 associations Jt the Columbia district are owned by farmers who now have more than $14 million invested in than. Clifford McKittrkk is Laurens county’s best speller. Clifford, a Clinton junior high school student, won out over rep resentatives from every school in the county at a spelling bee to de termine a winner to represent the county at die state contest in Co lumbia on April 24. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth MdKittrick of Route 1, Laurens. The contest was held at Cen tral elementary school in Laurens Saturday. Second place winner was Jim mie Orr from Clinton’s Florida Street school; third place winner was Lou Dean Allen from Thom- well. The three winners received cash prizes of $10.00, $7.50 and $6.00. Each of the fifteen contest ants entered received gifts from Dixie-Home Super Market and Belk’s Department store in Laur en*. Other contestants and the schools represented were: Elaine Austin, Cross Hill; Louise Owenby, Gray- Court-Owings; Phillip Lindley. Laurens Central; Carl TumbUn, Ford; Bruce Kuykendall, Long Branch; John Earl. O’Shiekis, Jo anna; Linda Ficklin, Mountville; Mary Cole, Academy Street; Bil lie Marie Arnold, Hickory Tav ern; Barry MoColl, Garlington St; Carolyn Scurry, (Laurens Junior High; Jackie Jackson, Providence. trustees by the people rather than having them appointed by the County Board of Education?” “Do you favor operation of! the schools by the County Board of Education, District Trustees and County Superintendent of Education as now being operat ed?” Should the majority of the qualified electors vote for the election of trustees by the people, then an election is to be called by the County Board of Education under general election rules for the second Tuesday in August of this year. He said that he is also amend ing the trustee bill, Calendar No. H-1903, to provide for a trustee for the Garlington Street attend- nace area in District 55. This will be done, he said, to give greater representation to the attendance aras. Also, he said, he proposes to amend the bill so that if the elec tors vote in the referendum to elect trustees by the people that tn electors may submit the name of a trustee to be nominated and that if any area does not nominate a proposed trustee, then the County Board of Education may appoint a > trustee for that attend ance area. * Provision will be made by amendment, he said, to stagger the trustees so that all trustees will not be up for election at the same time. According to an interpretation of the House bill by Attorney General T. C. Callison, as it came over to him, he said, the bill pro vides that all electors fo each dis. trict may vote for the trustees coming from the respective at tendance areas. “I shall not amend this portion of the bill be cause in my opinion this assures the possible seiection of trustees who have the interest of the dis trict at large at heart rather than some attendance area only,” he said. The Laurens - Clinton Water District Bill, introduced in the Huose by Rep. King Dixon and passed in that body, will be given its final approval by him in the Senate this week, he said. “I wish to cooperate in any movement that will aid the county for healthy progress, especially in the matter of bringing new industry into our county,” he added. The event, being staged for the second year on behalf of Thorn- well, is under the direction of Mrj. Robert M. Vance, wife of the immediate past president of the Clinton Kiwanis club. Some 65 other wives are assisting. Named by President Bolick to help carry the men’s share of the barbecue-bazaar are these com mittee chairmen: Construction of booths—Bill Benner; tickets—Howard Smith; table service—A. C. Young; staff ing of booths—James Von Hollen public address system—Russell Cooper; publicity — Ben Hay Hammet; and clean-up opera tions—Robert Wickham. pie in Clinton, if approved? In round figures, local resi dents and business concerns would have to spend an additional $12,600 a year. The measure, proposed by Post master General Arthur Summer- rates comes from those who ar gue that the -postal service is for the benefit of the public and is therefore a legitimate charge to general revenues. Th proponents hold that it is a purely business operation and 11 icta tcri v_xx:iicj. ai m »»»_•, k v ** v '*^ ~ ~r field ahd presented to Congress i should as such, stand on its own Maundy Thursday To Be Observed Here Maundy Thursday, the date on which, Christians traditionally commemorate the institution of the Lord’s Supper, will be observ ed at All Saint’s Episcopal church March 29 with a choral celebra tion otf Holy Communion at 7:30. Special music will be furnished by the adult choir. Rev. Clyde L. Ireland, pastor of the Episcopal congregation, ex tends an invitation to the com munity to observe Holy Week with the Episcopalians. by President Eisenhower, seeks to cope to some extent with the con tinuing annual deficit of the Post Office Department by upping mail rates more than $406 million a year. About $311 million of this would be increases in first clas* mail charges. First class rates would rise to four cents an ounce from the pres, ent three cents. Air mail would also go up one cent, to seven cents. There would be an increase of 30 per cent, divided over two years, in rates for books, maga zines, newspapers and other sec ond class mall. Third class rate* would go up 29 per cent. The over-all average rise would be 17 per cent. In Clinton, in the past fiscal year #75,126 was ^pent for stamps and other postal services, accord ing to the Post Office Depart ment’s official figures. This would increase to $87,000, a boost-bf $12,600, assuming that the average conditions apply lo cally. The Postmastre General bases hisirequest for the rate rise on the mounting scale of postal deficits. Although the business he heads is one of the largest in the world, it is in financial trouble. It looes about $500 million a year The only profitable segments of its operations are the first class mail. financial feet. Solicitation Underway To Secure $3500 For Girls Activities Building Leaders Seek Addition To Scout Hut Three Thom well Girls Rank High At Flora Macdonald , Frances Alfen and Grace Infing er, of Thornwell Orphanage, fresh men students at Flora Macdonald college. Red Springs, N. C., were named on the first semester honor roll, which requires a grade aver age of 94.5. Sara Christy, also of Thornwell; and a member of the freshman class, was named on the dean’* list, whichVequires a grade aver age of 90. Communion Service To Be Held Fridoy At A. R. P. Church The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be observed at the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church on Friday evening, March 30 at 7:30 o’clock. The pastor, Dr. C. Bynum Betts, will bring a message appropriate to the occasion and season. Friends in the community are cordially invited to attend the ser vice. Plans are underway and can vassing has begun for funds fo erect a Camp Fire and Blue Bird building for the city groups which will be located on the lot owned by the City Recreation commis sion on the corner of Pine and Cedar streets behind the Armory -- N, A steering committee with M. D. Milam, Jr., as chairman, and composed of H. L. Eichelbergei, W. G. King, Jr., Tom Addison, John S. Glover, Wyman Shealy, Dr. W. R. Turner, and A. C. Young, Jr., assisted by the fol lowing members of the board of directors of the Camp Fire Coun cil, Claude Crocker, R. P. Hamer, Eugene Johnson, and W. C. Bald win, is conducting the campaign. The sum of $3,500 has been al. lotted the Clinton Recreation Commission and solicitations are now being made to secure an ad ditional $3,500 needed for the building. Estimates of $7,000 have been secured to erect a concrete block building planned for ap proximately 25x75 feet which will contain assembly room with par titions for kitchen and rest rooms There are 110 girls enrolled in the Camp Fire and Blue Bird groups in the Kadoka district and officials pointed out the great need for a building to be used as a permanent meeting place for va rious activities of the organiza tion and adequate space in which to keep materials and equipment used in the many phases of the training program for girls. Parents of the girls and other / interested citizens will be asked by members of the committees for cash donations and pledges Anyone Who is not contacted and would like to help in providing the building may do so by getting ifi touch with a member of the committee, Mr. Milam stated. Ryan F. Lawson Announces Candidacy County Commissioner Dr. Hart Announces His Candidacy For House Representatives Dr C. J. Hart, who has been practicing chiropractic in Laur ens for the past nine years, has announced his entry into the race for the House of Representatives. Dr. Hart says he is alarmed over the fact that an estimated 1,500 jobs have -been aboliAed in Laur ens county plants due to competi tion and a chang^, in the type of product manufactured. He propos es an all-out industrial develop ment program to offset this tide of unemployment in our county. Dr. Hart is a native of this area and was bom just a few miles from the Laurens-Newberry coun ty line. All of his life has been spent in the Piedmont section of this state, except for a tew years in Baltimore, Md., and Davenport, Iowa. He came to Laurens in 1947 after graduation from the Palmer School of Chiropractic of Daven port, Iowa. Dr. Hart is a member of Pal metto Masonic lodge No. 10, Adah Chapter No. 6 of the Order of the Eastern Star and a Shriner. He is a member of Laurens Lions club and has been active in creating in terest in the industrial growth of Laurens county. He is also a mem ber of the First Methodist church of Laurans. He is married to the former Inez Stoner,t^of Anderson, and they have two daughters. He sa,js he will encourage local f industry to- expand and create more jobs, offering them the same inducements and * privileges as those extended new industrial concerns. He believes that industrial ex- • pansion will aid and assist the farmer in increasing his income. Dr Ffart said efforts should be made to raise the*per capita in-* come of people in the county. His platform will be found in an advertisement in today’s paper. Florence Winn To - Edit High School Paper Next Year Ryan F. Lawson, farmer and cattle producer of the Hopewell community near Clinton, today is announced as a candidate for County Commissioner in The Chronicle’s candidates’ column. Mr. Lawson, in making his an nouncement, stated: “At the re quest of many friends I am offer ing for Commissioner of Laurens county. I solicit your support of which I shall be deeply grateful and assure you 1 shall be honest and fair in every phase of the work. If elected, will cooperate with everyone involved and trust I will merit your confidence.” Lawson is a member and foitner chairman of the board of deacons of Bush River,, Baptist church, member and former president of the Clinton Loans club. He is active in farm and cattle organizations, being chairman of the board of Laurens County Soil Conservation District Supervisors, former president and member of board of directors of the South Carolina Hereford Breeders asso ciation. A leader in his community, be is president of the Wadsworth Com munity club. Florence Winn, outstanding junior, has been named editor of The Sentinel, Clinton high school newspaper, as announced by Mrs. James Sloan, adviser. Having been on the staff for four years, Florence qualified to become jun ior editor this year. Among other aetivities, she served three years on the student council and also as a class officer for two years. Other key positions, for the coining year are filled by: Sara Pitts, of Clinton, associate editor; Mary Bryson, of Mountville. fea ture editor; Elvin Floyd, of Jo anna, sports editor; and Betty Jane Hamer, of Clinton, copy edi tor. Joe Dailey will continue as photographer. The remaining members of the staff will be announced at a later date. Laurens County Cotton Production 17,146 Bales In 1955 The Department of Commerce has announced that Laurens county produced 17,146 hales of cotton last year. This compares with 9,995 bate in the 1954 crop.