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Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 14, 1956
Number 24
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How the County Voted In Tuesday's Primary
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Commerce Leaders See Industry Start
Clinton Youngsters
Give Radio Program -
“The Devil’s Den” is the name
of a new radio program on the
Clinton-Laurens station, WLBG.
It is Clinton-born and Clinton-
bred and may be heard every
Monday from 4:45 to 5:00.
The 15-minute program is the
brain-child of Georgia Young
and Jackie Cooper, young Clin
ton high school students. It
takes its name from the local
high school athletic teams which
are known as the Red Devils.
The program, whch has already
had two broadcasts, starting June
4, is made up of just about any
thing that is cooked up in the
fertile brains of the two versa
tile high schoolers, chiefly chat
ter and music slanted the teen
agers’ way.
Anyone having request num
bers for inclusion on the program
is asked to contact Georgia and
Jackie.
•Georgia is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John T. Young, and
Jackie is the son of Mr. .and Mrs.
Tom Cooper.
L. W. Anderson, president of Standard Plywood industry, points out blocks to be used in con
struction of the first building he is erecting for the Cincinnati Flooring Manufacturing Co. Con
crete base for the structure was poured Thursday. I .coking on (left to right) are: Clinton Chamber
Manager George Massey and President James E. Wolfe and Bob Anderson of Standard Plywood.
•—Photo by Dan Yarborough
Mrs. Lora Milam Ray
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Passes At Ripe Age
Mrs. Lora Milam Ray, 80, wid
ow of I. O. Ray, Sr., died early
Sunday morning at the home of
her son, I. O. Ray, Jr., on North
Adair st, after several years'of
declining health.
She was a native of this section
of Laurens county, where she
spent her entire Hie. She was
a daughter of the late Tandy F.
Saphronia Dillard Milam. She
was a member of Hurricane Bap
tist church.
. Surviving axe two daughters
and five tons: Min. J. T. Thomp
son, of Charlotte; Mrs. M. D.
Douglas, of Georgetown; Hugh
C. Ray, T. Clayte Ray, Tan M.
Ray, I. O. Ray, Jr., and J. M.
(Chick) Ray, all of Clinton; ten
grandchildren; three great
grandchildren; two sisters and
three brothers: Mrs. J. D. Boland,
Sr., of Clinton; Miss Frances Mi
lam, of San Francisco, Calif.;
John H. Milam, of Laurens; M.
Drillard Milam, Sr., of Clinton;
and Tom B. Milam, of Leesburg,
Fla. -
Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock
at Gray Funeral Home by the
Rev. J. H. Derr and the. Rev. J.
E. Merchant. Burial was in Rose-
mont cemetery.
Pallbearers yere William Mi
lam, Dillard Boland, B. B. Bal
lard, John l/t. Roseboro, Mason
Simpson, Flemnig Ray, Robert
Teague and I. B. Copeland.
Sommer School
Underway At PC
Eighty-five students are en
rolled in the 1956 summer session
at Presbyterian college, the reg
istrar’s office announced today.
They registered for thA eight-
week session on Tuesday and
began classes Wednesday morn
ing.
The PC summer school is
scheduled to end on August 11.
Mrs. Carr To Lead
Postmasters' Meet
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Today And Friday
Mrs. Dollie M. Carr, postmaster
at Joanna, will preside over the
two-day session of the South
Carolina chapter of the National
Associaton of Postmasters to be
held in Aiken today and Friday.
Mrs. Carr has been president
of the association for two years.
William D. Adair, Clinton post
master. is fourth vice-president
of the ossociatkm.
A number of panel discussions
will be held, among which David
Pedne, of Gray Court, will serve
as moderaotr for the third and
fourth class postoffice group.
A well-rounded program of
entertainment and business has
been announced, including a
number of speakers.
BOND SALES $45,781.25
Series E and H bond sales for
county totaled $45,781.25. reports
the month of May in Laurens
D. F. Patterson, county savings
bonds chairman.
Wier Is New Sheriff;
Dobbins to House
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Four to Run Over for Commissioner;
Four in Race for Two House Seats
Named Sheriff loe Smith Wins Contest for Coroner
Laurens county voters nominated a sheriff, selected
one man to the house of representatives, and re-elected a
coroner in the first primary Tuesday.
Three run-over contests will he decided in the second
primary on Tuesday, June 26.
Three Elected
Elected in the first primary Tuesday was Caldwell W.
Wier, former sheriff, who was returned to office after a
four-year lay-off. Wier. defeated William A. Lowery, who
ousted Wier four years ago.
William C. Dobbins, young farmer of the Joanna area,
was elected to the house of representatives on the first bal
lot in his first venture into politics.
Joe F. Smith wa$ re-elected to the office of coroner for
a four-year term.
Three Run-Over Races
The three contests which were not decided in Tuesday’s
primary included those for the state senate, two seats in
the house of representatives, and county commissioner.
Robert C. Wasson, present member of the house of .
representatives, led the ticket in his bid for state senator.
TTe“wiIi be in the second race with Ralph T. WilabnTw¥oTiiP
seeking re-election. /
Four men will be in the. second contest for two posts in
the house of representatives. They are C. J. Hart, David
T. Sloan, Jr., Charles L. Milam, present house member, and
W. Paul Culbertson.
Four men will also vie for the two places on the board
of county commissioner. They are: Furman E. Thoma
son, Ryan F. Lawson, Paul S. O’Dell, and Claude A. Pat
ton. *
Two men were eliminated in the senate race, Justin A.
Bridges and King Dixon.
Three men were eliminated in the house race from a
field of eight: Marshall W .Abercrombie, Thomas A. Babb,
and J. Herman Power.
Four men were eliminated in the commissioner’s con
est: G. Fowler Brownlee, J. Warren Craine, George Pen-
land and Roy L. Ramage.
Two men were defeated for sheriff: A. R. Alexander
and Lowery. f
C. Young Pinson lost to Smith for coroner.
The Vote
State Senate: Bridges, 1786r Dixon, 884; Wasson,
2,792; Wilson 2,266.
House of Representatives: Abercrombie, 1,883; Babb,
2,267; Culbertson. 2,494; Dobbins, 4,081; Hart, 2,988;
Milam, 2,697; Power, 1,810; Sloan, 2,909.'
Sheriff: Alexander, 281; Lowery, 3,217; Wier 4,134.
Commissioner: Brownlee, 1,694; Craine, 1,617; Law-
son, 2,365; O’Dell, 2,175; Patton, 1,727 ; Penland, 1,526;
Ramage, 1,283; Thomason, 2,406. ,
Coroner: Pinson, 1,720; Smith, 5,904. '
Wins for House
Clinton's Future Citizens
WILLIAM C. DOBBINS
Reelected
To Magistrate Post
R. Eugene Johnson was return
ed to his position as magistrate
of Hunter Township at Mount-
ville in Tuesday’s primary.
He defeated J. R. Surratt, of
Joanna, 1954 to 695. The vote:
Johnson-Surratt
City No. 1
460
92
City No. 2
425
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Clinton Mills »
535
109
Hopewell
... 64
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Joanna
158
366
Lydia Mills
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60
Mountville
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1954
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The fourteenth in The Chronicle't terie* of photoe of Clinton
children appears today. ’
Top row. loft to right: Karon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Buford
Loworyi Martha. IVi. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Furr: and
Mary, IVi. daughter of Mt.-and Mrs. James E. Stroud.
Bottom row: Mike. f. tod of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Johnson: Jan. •
months, and BiU, • years, children of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Simpson.
Other Magistrate Races
In two other magistrate’s races
in the county in which there was
opposition, Mrs. Lucille Metts
Watts was reelected in Laurens
township over J. Wright Gwinn,
1,471 ta 1,239; and Archie C. Ow
ens defeated J. R. Buzhardt in
Sullivan township, 304 to 291
It was reported at first that
Buzhardt was elected, but an er
ror n tabulation was discovered
which put Qwens in the l^ad
Other magistrates, all of; whom
were unopposed, were automati
cally returned to office: ^
Sam H. McCrary, Hunter town,
ship, Clinton.
James M. Copeland, Jacks
township, j
W. P. Abercrombie. Scuffle-
town.
E. P. Boazman, Cross Hill.
> M. N. Pressly, Waterloo.
J. J. Mahaffey, Youngs.
C. M. Curry, Dials.
Thayer To Receive
Master Of Education
Degree From Illinois U.
Dr. Clarence R. Thayer, of the
Presbyterian college faculty, will
receive an MA degree in educa
tion from the Univeristy of Illi
nois at commencement exercis
es oft Saturday, it has been an
nounced
GOLF GROUP WILL MEET
The Lakeside Ladies Golf As
sociation will meet Tuesday,
June 19. Tee-off time will be at
9:30 and luncheon at 12:30, at
which Mrs. A. D. Salter and Mrs.
Hubert Boyd will be hostesses.
All Saints Church
Installs Vestrymen
A new governing body was in
stalled Sunlay morning at All
Saints Episcopal church when six
new vestry men were inducted
for a year’s service.
Included in the group were:
Dr. E. N. Sullivan, senior warden;
Capt. Richard Craig, junior war
den; E. ,G. Copestake. Dr. James
Macdonald, Donald Schlier. and
Bailey Drixon.
The newly elected vestry ap
pointed Dixon treasurer of the
congregation^ .
The Rev. Clyde L Ireland is
priest in charge of the All Saints
Mission.
Voters Give Huge
Majority For
Trustees' Election
Voters of Laurens county in
dicated their preference for the
election of school trustees by
popular vote by more than 2 to 1
in a'referendum held Tuesday
along with the Democratic pri
mary. The vote was 4813 to 1919.
Trustees are now flamed by the
County Board of Education.
Provisions' 1 of the law calling
for the referndum named a date
in August for the election of
trustees in the event tha a ma
jority favored, the move
In Second Race for Senate
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ROBERT C. WASSON
RALPH T, WILSON