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..A If You ujon’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the Newa .11 A Volume LVII (T ffllintmt (ttbrottirlf I t ^ U. K The Chronicle H Strives To He A ^Tean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 3, 1956 Seniors To \Georgia Area Seeks PC Funds Give Plays Number 18 To Present 3 Friday Night Clinton high school seniors will hit the entertainment jackpot to morrow (Friday) night when they present three one-act plays in the school auditorium, beginning at 8 o’clock. First in the series will be the thrilling radio-classic by Lucille Fletcher, “Sorry, Wrong Num ber.” Taking the lead is Charlotte Deyinney as a neurotic invalid who hears plans for her own mur der because of crossed telephone wires. Gangsters, telephone op erators, and police are: Nancy Gamer, Ted Davenport, Jerry Fitts, Marie Watts, Judy Dunlap, Willette Asbill, Edward Thomas, and Jesse Johnston. The hilarious satire written by George Kaufman, “If MenTlayed Cards As Women Do,” will fol low. The play features four wom en played by four men—Ed Pitts, Billy Davis, Dusty Reaves, and Neil Dailey—who ‘busily discuss their problems with babies, ser vants, and neighbors. ' The third and final dramatiza tion is Cornelia Otis Skinner’s “Opening Night,” in which Pa- tric a Norman portrays the au thor. The opening night of her giew play brings much disorder, and Cornelia has not only her own nerves to cope with, but even those of her family and friends. How she comes through will be enough to bring laughs to even the most sour-faced teacher! Tommy Cooper, Frances Cunningham, Janet Sloan, Bar bour Hitchcock, Mary Ann Neigh bors, Peggy Ann Edwins, Leanna Young, Joanne Leach, Nannette Loftis, and Jean Nelson are the suppotting characters who only (&)d confusion to the “Opening Night.” Between each play, perform ances will be given by members of hte sextet and the quartet. ppt _ . t ' The La Grange region of Presbyterian college's Diamond Jubi lee development program in Georgia is under the leadership of ^ -V-l - a.. mean eaaam - — • these co-chairmen ae this area prepares to seek $25,000 for the in- ison. LaGi stitution. Left to rights Dr. William Hutchinson, LaGrange phy sician; and the Rev. John A. Wilson, pastor of the First Presby terian church of LaGrange. Terry Announces For Mayor's Wsf In Coming Primary Joe P. Terry is announced today as a candidate, for the office of mayor of Clinton In the May 2D primary. He is the first candidate JOE P. TERRY to throw his hat in the ring for the post . Mr. Terry is a former mayor qf the city, having served two terms, from .IDoO to 1954. Prior to that he was a member of city, council for six years. Mr. Terry states that he is mak- Ihg the race on his record of 10 years service to the city. He says .he will have a statement to make later concerning his candidacy. Roads In County To Be 1 . The state highway department has called for bids on work total ing $2,300,000 on state roads. . Included are two projects in Laurens county. Slated for re treatment are roads 163 through 216 in Laurens, totaling 15 miles and grading and bituminous sur facing of secondard roads 149, 150, 151, and 152, totaling some thing over five miles. Mrs. Sumerel Named Vice-President of 4-H Local Leaders Group At a meeting of the 4-H state local leaden organization held at Camp Long, Aiken, on April 27* 19, Mrs. T. B. Sumerel. Rt. 1. Clinton, was elected vice-presi dent of the group for the coming ye«g. Mrs. Suntoreiis a local club Igader from the Long Branch community of Laurens county and has served as a leader in 4-H club Home Demonstration Week Being Observed County Has 21 Clubs, 414 Members South Carolina homemakers will join with homemakers throughout the nation in observ ing the 11th annual national Home Demonstration week, Apnl 29-May 5. Various types of pro grams will feature the obser vance of the week in this state. The Ujeme of the week is "To day’s home builds tomorrow’s world.” National Home Demonstration week is designed to acquaint more families, especially young families, with home demonstra tion work, the educational pro gram in homemaking conducted by the Cooperative Extension services of the' U. S. Department of Agriculture, the land-grant colleges, and county govem- ments. Through this program, homemakers -learn to apply the latent scientific methods develop ed by public and private research.*. Home demonstration programs help farm fmailies use the new est, most reliable information and methods on such subjects as foods and nutrition, clothing, housing, home furnishings, * household equipment, home management, health and safety, child care and ieoktfs Anounce . ’ I ' „ Class Day Speakers development, family relation ships, family economics, good business practices, marketing and consumer buying, and public,, af fairs. In South Carolina there ar? more than 13,000 members of home demonstration clubs. There are about 625 community home demonstration clubs in the state with a county council in each of the 46 counties and also a state council. • / In Laurens county there are twenty-one Home Demonstration clubs with a membership of 414 women. Two volunteer local leaders are Gray Court-Owings Girl Is Kamed Sweetheart of FFA Mias Jane Owings, of the Gray Court-Owings JTA chapter, wa£ chosen “Swetheart” of the Green- wood-Laurens FFA Federation at the federation’s annual Father- Son banquet here Tuseday night. Dr. C. C. Norton, professor of sociology and government at Wofford college, was the speaker at the banquet held in the Pres byterian college dining hall. Runner-up to Miss Owings was Miss Toni Ray, of the Clinton FFA chapter. The welcome was by Hartwell Cromer, federation president; and the .response by state Rep. Robert C. Wasson, of Laurens. ^Cenny Batton, of the Green wood chapter, recited the creed, and federation accomplishments in the past year were related by Billy Robertson of the Ford chap ter. Joe Shay, of £linton, pro vided the entertainment. The Sweetheart contest was cdhductad by Mrs. Jack Temple ton, teacher at Hickory Tavern high school, and Miss Ruth Cas ey, teacher at Ford high school. The meeting was opened and closed by the federation officers. Henuan Nabors Out for AMerman Herman Nabors has announced his candidacy for the post of al dermen from ward two. This is Ms flret venture in pott- tics# and he says he hopes voters •will give him the opportunity to he city. selected by each community club to assist the county Home dem onstration agqnt in promoting and conducting the home demon- straition program for their re spective clubs. These volunteer leaders are trained by the home demonstration agents with the as sistance of the state specialists. Miss Juanita H. Neely, Win- throp college, Rock Hill, is state home demonstration agent for South Carolina, and Mrs. M. H. Lineberger, Catawba, is president of the State Council of Farm Women. There is a county home demonstration agent in each county, assistant agents in the larger counties, and Negro home demonstration agents in 33 coun ties. Registration Board In Session for Three Days Candidates Agree On Speaking Time For County Meetings Commencement speakers from the class of 1956 have been an nounced at Clinton high school Along with the valedictorian and salutatorian, automaticafly nam ed because of top scholarship, others elected to participate in the Exercises held in May,* are as follows: Valedictorian, Joanne Leach; salutatorian, Leanna Young; law yer, Neil Dailey; poet, Tom Coop er; prophet, Charlotte DeVinney; historian, Leanna Young. Also taking part will be Ed Pitts, class president, and Robert Neely, who will offer prayer. A speaking schedule for county candidates has been worked out to be put into operation on Mon day, May 28, when the 38 candi dates meet for their first speak ing appearance at the Gray Court-Owings school. Publication of the schedule was by R. L. Plaxico, county Demo cratic chairman, after a meeting Of the candidates and the chair man in Laurens Saturday ip° r n- ing. The schedule was adopted by the candidates, with only three being absent. Candidates for state senator will be allowed eight minutes; house of representatives candi dates, five minutes; sheriff, four minutes, county commissioner, three minutes; coroner, three minutes. The unopposed candidate for clerk of court, Walter Dunlap, will have a one minute appeal- ance at every meeting to stan proceedings. Magistrates who have opposi tion will be allowed two-minute speeches at meetings held in their townships. The schedule of ten meetings over the county has been ar ranged. A committee was appointed from among the candidates to se cure a public address system to use at cmapaign meetings. Candidates agreed among them selves not to put out any cards or campaign literature tib election day, and hpt to allow anyone else to do it fob them—at the palling places or anywhere else. Monday, Tuesday And, Wednesday The county registration board will be in session at tht court house on Monday. Tues day end Wednesday, it has been announced. This will be the last regular session in which voters may obtain registration certificates before the primary election on June 12. These dates will be too late for securing of certificates for voting in the Clinton city pri mary on May 29. It was pointed out that regis tration certificates must be se cured 30 days prior*' to any election in which they are pre sented for voting. Carolina Textile League Underway For 1956 Season 6 PC Students Escape Accident The Carolina Textile league got underway Friday night in the initial game of its baseball sea son. Enlarged to six clubs this year, prospects seem bright for some good semi-pro ball in this section. The league is made up of Jo anna, the defending champion, Mathews, Ninety-Six, Calhoun Falls, Greenwood, and ■ Whitmire, the latter two being newcomers. In Friday night’s openers Jo- aana turned back Whitmire 6-5, and Ninety-Six trounced Math ews 14-0. The Green wood-Cal- Saturday’s games saw Ninety- houn Falls game was called off. Six trim Mathews 5-3; Green wood edged Calhoun Falls 13-12; and Whitmire downed Joanna 2-1. ior Sunday An automobile with six Pres byterian college students as pas- seogars overturned on north of Crocs Ancho night. Those who escaped with bruis es ~ were Ronald Maxwell Bart lett, Bill Cashwell, Wayne Cous- ar, John Childreks, Harold Galli- more and Albert Copeland. They were returning from a PC Glee Ninety-Six w L 2 0 1 0 M I 1 1 1 1 „... 0 2 Future Citizens of Clinton it PATRICIA AND SUE ALBERT AND STANLEY CHERYL AND BRENT The eighth in The Chronicle series of photos of Clinton children is shown today. Top row. left to right: Patricia, 4. and Sue. ,7. daughters of Mr., end Mrs. F. D. Bragg: Albert, 9. and Stanley. 2. sons of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Daranport: Cheryl. 6. and Brent. 3. children of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Lancaster. In last week's photos of children, a mistake was somehow made by the engravers who made the plate. A photo of a little girl in the upper right corner was given as "Collie.*' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Lehn. It should have boon the six-year-old son of the Lehns by that name. We have no. record of who the girl is that was shown. \ Club Hears Anderson, Foy on School Problems Whitten Named - To Head Lions Club For Coming Year Superintendents Say Losing Teachers W. R. Andreson, superintend ent of school district 56, and G N. Foy, assistant superintendent, told the Lions, club Friday night of operations problems confront ing the schools caused by insuf ficient appropriations being made to adequately finance needs of the district. Mr. Foy, who was to have ex plained detailed budget require ments, spoke only briefly because of a throat ailment. Mr. Ander son spoke on both general opera tions and the 1956-57 budget. Mr. Anderson reviewed school operations from the time of gen eral overhauling of school laws by the state five years ago at the start of the huge building pro gram. At that time, he said, the millage for schools in the dis- club concert at Greer. Legi ion Post To Elect New Officers Tonight Copeland-Davidson Post 56, American Legion, will meet to night (Thursday) at the . Legion Memorial building at 7:30 for the election of new officres for the coming year. A fish supper will be served. Whitmire Calhoun Falls Mathews , This Week's Games Friday— • Greenwood at Mathews. Joanna at Ninety-Six Whitmire aL Calhoun Falls Shirley Dunaway Heads The Sentinel '56-57 Business Staff Saturday— , Mathews at Greenwood. Ninety-Six at Joanna Calhoun Falls at Whitmire. BELLINGRATH ATTENDS PRESBYTERY MEETING Dr. George C. Bellingrath was in Atlanta, Ga., several days last week to attend the Atlanta Pres bytery, of which he is a former moderator. He was accompanied to Atlanta by Mrs. Bellingrath.' Shirley Dunaway has been named business manager of The Sentinel, Clinton high school newspaper for the 1956-57 year, tt has been announced by Miss Ed na Coats, business adviser of th3 paper. Other positions for the coming year will be filled by: Linda Poore, assistant business man ager; Vinton Smith, advertising manager: Mary Martha Bryson, circulation manager; Wiley Da vis, assistant circulation man ager; Georgia Y«ung, exchange editqr; Patty Chisholm, assistant exchange editbr. State Track Meet Be Held Here Friday, Saturday South Carolina trackmen will hit the cinders for team and in dividual glory in the opening of the state intercollegiate track and BOBBY VASS Bobby Vass of Preabytorian has exceeded the broad jump record of 23 foot 3 7-8 inches in two state moots, only to bo dis- qualified because of a techni cality over the pit and a scratch at the take-off point. This is his last year to top the mark in an event he has won the past three straight years. field meet at Presbyterian col lege Friday afternoon. 17111 26th running of the color ful spring sports extravaganza will find some 130 athletes from six colleges competing and the University of South Carolina a heavy favorite to capture Its fourth straight title. Action breaks away to a fast start on Friday afternoon with the freriunen meet and varsity totals, beginning at 1:30 p. m The finals are scheduled for 2 p. m. Saturday! Pre-meet calculations show Clemson and Presbyterian as the most serious challengers to Caro lina’s continued dominance of the occasion. All three of these institutions have a talented ar ray of cinder specialists who will put the record book on its mettle. And in addition, a full-group Of entries will be competing from Furman, The Citadel and Wof ford. Walter A. Johnson, PC athletic director and meet chairman, re ports everything in readiness for the meet. He predicts another large crowd for South Carolina’s “Little Olympics”, the modern- day counterpart of the colorful sport,made famous by the ancient Greeks. Special victory cere monies in which each individual winner in honored amid a blare of trumphets, will add pageantry to the occasion. The University of South Caro lina will bring a strong, well-ba.- anced squad, but it has several performers who will lead the way. Dick Bartulski will be out to better his record javelin per formance of last year, and these other defending champions also will return: Freddie Roberts, 880 recordholder; Sonny Wilcher, 440 specialists; and Discus thrower Joe Silas. _ Clemson will b>e paced by Joe Bowen, double-champion of 1955 in the two hurdle events, and by shot-putter Bob Spooner. And Presbyterian will present as its leading contenders three times broad jump champion Bobby Vass; Delane Johnson, undefeat ed sprinter in the 100 and 200 this year; and pole vaulter Rich ard Johnson.- Is PC’S’Johnson State's Fastest Human Presbyterian college’s , Delano Johnson hasn’t been billed as tht- considerable- im- his development treit was 28 One year. Mr Anderson said, the state h£d a rather large sur plus for schools and divided the funds among the distreits of the state. Laurens county rec^ivmj $45,000 The county delegation, he said, reduced the local millage by that much—to 25 mills; and failed to raise it back to its for me level when in subsequent years no surplus funds were, re ceived from the state. This oc curred at a time, he said, when expenses of the schoolF^ere in creasing. Mr Anderson referred to the fact that with the low millage levied for schools in the county— lower than any other district in the Piedmont section — the two districts were not in position to offer a sufficient county supple ment to add to the base state sal ary of $1960 to make it attractive in comparison with other dis tricts in this section of the state. This county, he said, adds a sup plement pf $300 to that paid by the state. All others, he said, are higher and in most cases much higher. As a result, Mr Ander son said, districts in this county are losing good teachers with ex- Dr. B O Whitten is the new president of the Clinton Lions club for 1956-57 Dr Whitten, superintendent of Whitten Village, state institution for the mentally deficient, was was named by the club Friday night to lead a new slate of offi- •cers. who will assume their du ties July 1. Other officers selected are First" Vice-President — J. W. Abrams * Second Vice-President, W P Jacobs. Secretary—R. S. Truluck Treasurer—J A. Orr. Lion Tamer—Tom Plaxico. Tail Twisters — Len Ledford, CaPvin Cooper Two new directors are George Huguley and Eugene Johnson. Four hold-over directors are Geo. Blalock, B Hubert Boyd, R. C. v Adiar. Fred Holcombe., Robert P. Hamer is the retiring president. Water To Be Cut Off Tonight at 10:30 Water in Clinton will bo cut off tonight (Thursday) at 10:30. it was stated by B. R. Auattaa. superintendent of the light and perience and are not in position to employ comparable replace ments. Mr Anderson pointed out that school enrollment is increasing and new and larger buildings are being built and it is imperative in order adequately to meet the demands being made upon them, the schols must be supplied with comparable increases in finances The schools in Charlotte. N. C.. he said, have requested the ser vices of every .Winthrop college graduate in teacher training courses this yera. Mr Anderson said budget re quests for District 56 (Clinton. Jo anna. Cross Hill,, Mountviltei for next year total $528,816.' with about $354,000 coming from state sources, leaving about $17,000 vo water dapariuMni of the city- The lines will leoseia out of operation until 5:00 a. m_ Aus tin said, in order to do some re pair work and move two fire hydrants. Clinton Lions Club Names Eichelberger 'Citizen of the Year' to the community has been such be rats&d locally by taxation This as to warrant his selection. state’s fastest human yet—but a few more performances may well <*?. SLOANS VISIT HERE Mr. and Mrs. John Sloan and children of Greenville, spent Sun-4 tural attributes of a great sprint day with the former’s Mrs. E. B. Sloan. mother, earn him the title. This talented spFinter from Spartanburg has this season re corded some of the fastest times ever turned in by a South Caro lina trackman. And he will be aiming strongly for the state dash records in the South Carolina In tercollegiate Track and ^Field Meet here on May 4-5, the only meet in which they count official ly- With the aid of a slight breeze —to be sure—Johnson, neverthe less, roared over the 100 yards in 9.6 seconds against Mercer three weeks later. Last weekend, he sped over the Clemson 220 straight-away in 21.4 seconds. All- of these times are beneath the state records now in the books. Two University of South Carolina runners, Hutt (1934) and Tommy Woodle (1950) share the present 100 reeprd of 9.7 seconds. And another Carolina man. Scoot er Rucks, has held the 220 mark at 21.6 seconds since 1948. Johnson, a junior at Presby terian college, is, the likeliest con tender to appear in recent years. He has been a consistently fast performer throughout his college career, most of t)te time under the 10 second mark oh the cen tury, and he was one of the few runners over to whip Wood lee in two of their several encounters. Coach Lonnie S. McMillian. the man who has developed Johnson, has pointed out all along that his man had the potential and na* he has shown provement in, this season. McMillian points out. however, I require a levy of 30 mills, he * | said Qnly 25 have been - appro- * a pnated by the legislators Not only that, but a deficit of $25,000 occurred this year, he said, because '6f insufficient ap propriations This deficit, how ever will be taken care of by a , sjpplemental appropriation biUj ! enacted on the last day of the J legislative session and the audi-! ! tor directed to levy sufficin’ j millage to raise it—about fiv *! mills. This wilfr*still leave the di^ Trict five mills short of the nec-^ essary taxation for minimum re quirements of district school fi-1 nancing, Anderson said. ] Hugh L. Eichelberger; Clinton’* mayor, was named as “Citizen ot the ‘Year” by the Lions club at its meeting Friday The club annually chooses a citizen of the city whose service Eichelberger will be presented plaque at an early meeting of er. He is tell, long-legged and fast off the starting blocks. And DELANE JOHNSON Delane Johnson, also of PC. has .eeljpeed the state record in both ihr 100 and 220-yard dash es in dual meet performances this year. But he admittedly has a rugged challenge in the 9-7 seconds century mark and the 214 standing for the 220. that two elements will handicap Johnson’s bid for records at the state meet. One is the fact that the PC track this year is not as fast as it has been in the past, and the other element is the 220- yard dash which is made around one curve rather than on a straight-away. In any event, Johnson is not likely to have his undefeated record blemished at this point— and another year remains in which to shoot for record heights. Jeff D. O'Dell, 78, Passes at Joanna HUGH L. EICHELBERGER Jeff D. (Uncle Jeff) O'Dell. 78, of Joanna, died Tuesday after- noon at his home in Joanna after several years of declining health. — • He was a native of Newberry, the club testifying his selection county, but had made his home in and enumerating his fields of en- Joanna for a number of years He j deavor. was a son of the late Holloway and Sallie Davis O’Dell. He was a member of Epworth Metho dist church of Joanna . He is survived by his wife, Mrs Willie Campbell O’Dell, of Joan na! two sons and two daughters, Cecil R. O’Dell and Clarence (Bud) O’Dell, both of Joanna: Mrs. Fred L Rbss, of Park For est, 111, and Mrs. Roy Temple ton. of- Lando; by eight grandchil dren; one sister. Mrs. E. L Street, at, Greenwood. Funeral services will be con ducted this afternoon (Thursday) at 4 o’clock at Epworth Metho dist church by the Rev. P. W. Turner, the Rev. James B. Micth- ell, the Rev. Carl Kesael. and th^ Rev. L. H. Rhinehart Burial be in the Whitmire cemetery. Eichelberger, semi-retired from his insurance work after many years, has always been interested and active in community affairs through the Chamber of Com merce, Presbyterian church, where he is a deacon, and Lions club, of which he has twxre been president. ’ A graduate of Presbyterian college, he has been active in its behalf and is a former member of its board of trustees. He is a member of the Laurens County Shrine'dub. A former city councilman. he was elected mayor in 1954. He is married to the former Miss Barbara Sullivan, of An derson. and they have four chil dren. Hugh, John, Kathryn, and I Barbara. J'v •' -V m