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If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News i * The Chronicle *»tri\«* To Be A Clean New** / paper, Complete. Newsy and Reliable Volume LVII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, August 23, 1956 Number 34 1;—*— More Work Added to State Highway Improvement Program on City Streets Wednesday Is Big Day lir, Holland St. Sidewalks Slated Sidewalks on the east side of North Adair street and the west side of South Holland street, and correction of a drainage problem on South Holland street are addi tions to the program of work now underway in the city by forces of the state highway department on state highway leading through Clinton. The new work was assured in a letter from S. N. Peamian, state highway engineer, in a letter dat ed August 17 to Mayor Hugh Eichelberger. “The department will proceed with this work, using department forces,” Mr. Pearman’s letter said. Mayor Eichelberger initiated requests for the additional work before a meeting of the Laurens county delegation in the general assembly on Monday, August 13. The delegation made the re quest to the highway department. A number of highways through the city have been improved in recent weeks by the highway de partment including North Adair and South Holland, where walks were laid on one side of each street. Now walks will be added to include both sides of each street. North Adair is the site of the new high school for District 56. South Holland is part of a by-pass from the Columbia high way to the Greenwood highway. Other work yet to be done in the program underway, which it has been assured will be started in September, includes: South Broad, widenng, curb and walks; North Broad, from curve at C. W. Anderson property to Mus- grove street, : sidewalk; North Broad (highway 308), sidewalks, both sides of street. Other highways where im provements have been made in clude: West Main street, Eliza beth street, Davidson street, and East Maple street wluch is an ex- * tension of the Holland street proj ect. MgggK Typical of the many Clinton children starting on the long road to education next Wednesday are these two youngsters, who will enter the first grade at Florida Street elementary sch<x>l: Sharon Plaxico. attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Plaxico, and Ben Hay Hammet, Jr., up-and-coming son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hay Hammet. —Photo by Dan Yarborough All the work has been done un der the supervision of or with maintenance forces of the state highway department. Mayor Eichelberger, in speak ing of the progress of the work in the several areas of the city, yes terday expressed his apreciation for the complete cooperation of the county delegation and the state highway department. “Both agencies," Eichelberger said, "have come to the aid of the city in seeking to improve con ditions on the several stretches of highways in the city. We look forward to completion of the work at an early date, and are » sure we speak for citizens of the community in expresing our thanks to the delegation and the highway department." Open House To Be Held At New High School On Friday ' Announcement of open house to be held at the new Clinton high school building Friday, Au gust 24, has been made by W R. Anderson, superintendent of dis- , trict 56. The public is cordially invited to attend and tour the recently completed modern building in the afternoon from 4 until 6 and in the evening from 7:30 until 9:30. Classes will be held for the first time in the new school at the beginning of the fall session Thursaday. the 29th. City Using Water From Reservoir Built •After 1954 Drought The city has been using water from its emergency reservoir for the past several weeks, it is stat ed by Superintendent B. R Aus tin of the utilities department In recent weeks, a period of little rainfall, the water-supply in Duncan Creek, which is the city's source of water, has been low and it has been necessary to * augment the supply from the res ervoir built nearby. A pipeline connects the reservoir with the creek, and it is only necessary to turn the valve to put the water in the creek. The reservoir is an 18-acre lake, which was given the name of Lake Austin. It holds an esti- i 50 million gallon supply of water backed up behind a dam. It is filled by rainfall and drains a 450-acre watershed. Electric Fair and Annual Meet Monday, Tuesday Some of the nation's top enter tainers have been signed up for the big Electric Fair and annual meeting scheduled to appear Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 at the Laurens county fair grounds, according to Laurens Electric Co-Op manager, Henry M. Faris, sponsors of the show. Most prominent is NBC radio network star, Big Slim Aliff, and his assistant, Miss Babe Ben- ard. Big Slim is an outstanding master of ceremonies and puts on j Mill Executive To Speak Tonight At Joint Meeting t .• F. E. Grier, of Greenwood, pres ident of the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute and im mediate past president of the South Carolina Textile Manu facturers association, will address a joint barbecue dinner meeting of the civic clubs of Clinton to- a sensational Autralian bull whip act With Miss Benard. They also entertain with favorite music. Dick Wilson will also appear on the program. He is a comed ian, magician, showman and pan- tomine artist . He has appeared in theatres, supper clubs through out the entertainment world for years. He features a magical nonsense act designed to delight young and old alike. Co-Op Manager Faris says these professional entertainers along with the contests, busi ness meeting, exhibits and prizes will make this year's Elctric Fair one of the best shows ever to appear here. He issues an invitation to the public as well as Co-Op members to come out and enjoy this big tree show. Funeral Rites For Mrs. T. B. Cooper Conducted Monday I ■ ■■ ■. • t . . Sears Sales Office To Open In Clinton This Morning At 8:30 County Chairman To Give Support ^ ..WM\ I B ■ To Nominees of Democratic Party A catalog sales office of Sears, Roebuck and Co. will open for business here this morning at 8:30 o’clock. Site of the office will be the Young building on Musgrove street. An announcement of the open ing will 1^ found in the advertis ing columns of The Chronicle to day. Preparations for - the opening have been underway for several weeks and everything will be in readiness this morning when •Mayor Hugh Eichelberger and Mayor-Elect Joe P. Terry will cut the ribbons signalizing the opening of a new business in Clinton. / * The office here will not make any direct sale?. Selections will be made from floor displays of merchandise and from Sears.cata/- logs, with the merchandise being ^hipp^d from warehouses of the company in Atlanta and other cities. •> Displayed on the floor at the local office will be clothing, household items and small ap pliances, large appliances includ ing machines, dryers, electric and ing refrigerators, freezers, wash- gas stoves, radios and TV sets, household decorating items, such as rugs, Venetian blinds, wall paper, etc. Tires, batteries, auto supplies, tools, bicycles luggage, and other lines will also be shown here. The Clinton office will employ a force of seven, including a man ager, two outside sales represen tatives, two sales women in the store, a credit clerk and a me chanical service man. The three-day opening Thurs day, Friday and Saturday will be attended by W K Mattison, of i Sion squad that will Atlanta, superintendent of cata- *be United States in log sales offices of the company; L. R. Sellsmansberger, of Green wood, supervisor of catalog sales offices in South Carolina, who has been here for several weeks supervising the preparations for opening the Clinton office; and representatives from other cata log sales offices. Whitten Village Adds Four New Dormitories Whitten Village today is in the midst of a $750,000 building pro gram which is adding four new dormitories to its campus, located two, miles northeast of Clinton Thus the village continues U> txpand in an effort to meet th - public demand of applications to this state institution for the training of slow learning chil dren, some of which / are under privileged and some emotionally disturbed Three new dormitories, cost ing a total of $313,800 and with capacity for 200, almost are com pleted. The largest of these, a $153 797 building to house 115 girls is scheduled for occupancy the latter part of this month Shortly thereafter, two dormitor- meanwhile. for a fourth dormi tory This " structure will cost $155,000 when completed and will be used to house the more emotionally disturbed male resi- ! dents. Plans are 5lso underway to begin construction of a central kitchen as soon as possible and to improve dining facilities gen erally Dr B O Whi'ten pointed Out that such activity over the next few months will perput Whitten - ' Village to expand its enrollment trom the present 1.821 to more than 2,000. A present assessment i>f '.he in stitution shows a plant valued at $5,000,000 and a staff'of 364 employees. The state legislature cppropriated $750,000 for perma nent improvements at Whitten Village during 1955-56 .md SI.- Plaxico Says Republicans To Offer Nothing Better; S. C. Group to Meet Goes Along ies of 40-bed capacity eacly will 415.000 for general maintenance be ready for use ; for the fiscal year which began The foundations have been laid, last Julv R L P!a> tico, of C linton. chair- man o f ‘he Democn i*:c party in Lauren.* county ar id alternate delega te to the na? .ona! Demo- f ratic -anv ■nttOT! Jft Chtcago last week. has : dated th. at he will suppor * th e nomin ies-i of *he party. A dla: Ste-Ten or. for pre-u- dent, ; and E*‘e K efauver for vice-pr •eside nt. at the reeonven.ng. of the Sou*) - i Carolm: i Democratic . i'ion in Coli umbia (next Monda Mr Piax: co >a;d ! »• made the ■ tatem c'nt o f hi* ta nd upon re- sed -or .nquines if the aunty up- n the convention entionr it will be its deliberations ig the action of enfion. to be re- R. L. PLAXICO Scouts from 8 Counties to Gather Here Jline Raines to Play On Central American Tour Clinton Player June Raines, a pitcher-catcher of Clinton’s . runner-up South Carolina champion Amercian Le gion Junior baseball team, has been named to a 16-player Le- represent a 30-day tour of Latin Amercan countne- this fall. The international tour is being co-sponsored by the America Le gion and the U. S government to Neighbor” A. C. Young, Jr. Heads Community Chest For Coming Year Board of trustee members of the Community Chest of Greater Clinton, Inc., last week elected A. C. Young, Jr., as president for the coming year Mr. Young succeeds L. H. Lee. who has served as presidnet of t who coached the Legion the Community Chest for the i team, as a natural athlete and a past year. Other officers elected promote the ‘Good policy of tlus.countrv . -9- Players were picked on the basis of scholastic records, lead ership ability and promise of de velopment. American Legion Baseball Commissioner Lou Brissie, will make the tour with the all-star team. “The team batting average is 439 There are three full-time pitchers and four part-time pitch ers (including Raines) whose combined season record is 44 wins against three Tosses, in cluding nine no-hit games” Raiues. whose home is in Whit mire, was praised by Choc Bur- The Blue Ridge Coun-'il of Rov Scouts of America will hold its annual Explorer Conference at Presbyterian college on August 31-Sept 2 Some 140 ->cout> from e.ght up per-state counties are expected to assemble for this conference i Tor age group 14 through 17. the 1 j ojdest boys in the seput program * Countes included in the Biue Ridge Council are Laurens. New berry, Greenville, Greenwood, Anderson. Abbeville. Oconee and Pickens The conference theme, Citi- PLAXICO’S STATEMENT “At the reconvening of the South Carolina Democratic convention m Columbia next Monday it ix my intention to support the nominees of the party selected at the national Democratic convention m Chi cago: although the nominees and* - the platform are not en tirely of my choosing nor to my liking. But I am certain the Republicans in San Francisco this week are not going to offer anything better. ‘ ---i— - - - convened not later ihartj August 27, which is the da. set for the meeting to consider what course of action will be followed by the Democrats of South Carolina Plaxico stated that the date was set by Neville Bennett of I Marlboro county, state chairman zens Now," will touch upon three 1 0< t h e Democratic party, since it important phases of a scout s re- j was the last available date a^ter sponsibility. * ; adjournment of tbe Republican t)r. D N Nelson, pastor ot j national conveniton being held J Greenville’s First Baptist churchJ this week in San Francisco v. il! address the group on "CtU- t South Carolina delegates to the zens Now in the Home . M G Chicago "TrrrtThg.on were not Boswell, of Atlanta. Region Six unanimous in their support of deputy regional director, will Governor Timmerman as a fa- speak on Citizens Now in the vonte son. but gave four votei to ComnjumtV ”, and U S Con- Stevenson, and they did not give gressman Brvan Dorn of Green- any of* their 20 votes to Kefau- wood, will speak on ‘Citizens \er They supported Senator ry‘ m/M JUNE RAINES night at 7:30 at the Clinton Mill baseball park. ^ ■7 .Mr. Grier wll speak on 'the critical situation facing the tex- ; tile industry as the result of the | influx of Japanese (extiles. He will be introduced by P. S. Bail- ley, president and treasurer of Clinton Cotton Mills and Lydia Cotton Mills of this city. In conjunction with the meet ing a display of textile products manufactured and sold in Clinton and Joanna will be arranged at entrance to the park. Among firms expected to have exhibits are Clinton and Lydia Mills, Jo anna Mills, Gwen-Evan Mills, Textile Bobbin Works, Hallmark Manufacturing Corp., Clinton Pa per Box Co., C- W. Anderson Hos- Funeral services for Mrs. Vir ginia Kershaw Cooper, 40, wife of Thomas B Cooper, were held Monday afternoon at Gray Fun eral Hornet, conducted by Rev. J. H. Darr, pastor of the First Bap tist church Burial was in Rose- mont cemetery. Pallbearers were John Davis,} Keith*Adair. Grady Adair, C W. • Bridges. Earl Pyane and Henry ] Trammell Mrs. Cooper was a native of Gadsden, Ala , but had made her home in Clinton Tor many years She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs R. S. Kershaw of Alabama She was^a member of the First Baptist church of Clin ton Surviving are her husband, Thomas B Cooper: two sons, Thomas B Cooper, Jr , and Jack ie K Cooper, all of Clintoji; four sisters, Mrs G. B Dean. Sr. of Anniston. Ala.: Mrs. Carl Pace, of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Frank Fowler, of Clinton;; and Mrs N C. Canterbury, of Whiteville, N. C.: three brothers, A H. Ker shaw, of Toledo, Ohio; H. W i Kershaw, of Massllon, Ohio; and E S Kershaw, of Gadsden. Ala ierv Co , and Industrial Supply Co. Mr. Grier is president and treasurer of Abney Mills, presi dent and treasurer of Toxaway Corporation of Anderson, and chairman of the board of Erwin Mills, Durham, N. C. In these executive posts he holds the man agement reins over a total of 27 textile plants employing more than 15,500 persons and contain ing a total of 615,000 spnidles and 16,000 looms. include W. C. Baldwin, first vice-presi dent, and George Frady, second vice-president. Dr Fred E. Hol combe will iferve as drive chaif- man with Ben Hay Hammet as assistant drive chairman and pub licity chairman George Massey is secretary-treasurer for ithe chest. Members of the board of trus tees and the organizations they represent until their organiza tions replace them include Jim Wolfe, Kiwanis club; Francis Blalqck, Lions club; Van Jones, Exchange club; Calvin Cooper, Clinton Mills; k L. Eichelberger, City of Clinton: John Mimnaugh, Chamber of Commerce; Jim Vbn Hollen, American Legion; R. P. Wilder, city schools, and Mrs J B. Templeton and Mrs. Jank Red. ladies at large. Chairmen of con stitutional committees of the or ganizations are also members of the board of trustees. - Funeral Services For Mrs. McElhinney r onducfed Friday Funeral service* for Mrs LydieJ Kern McElhinney won- held Fri day afterndon at the home >f hdr mother, . Mrs. Agnes Kern, ofp Centennial street, with the Rev. J. H Darr, pastor of the First Bap tist church in charge Interment was in the Presbyterian ceme tery. Pallbearers were Carlton F Winn, Frank F Fowler, F M ern, E P McGill, Ben Anderson, and Charles S. Harrison. Mrs. McElhinney died Wednes day night at her home in Atlanta, where' she had lived for many years. She was a native of Laurens county, a daughter of Mriy Agnes Philson Kern and the late Arthur L Kern. She was a member of the First Baptist church of Clinton. She was the wife of P S. Mc Elhinney, who survives. Shi also leaves a sister, Miss Louise Kern of Clinton. MOVE TO CHARLOTTE , , ,, Mr and Mrs Thornwell Dun- very fne boy. Raines w. l enter ( , and small dauKhu . r Bonner. Presbyterian college this fall. j have recentlv moved to Char- The squad-all 17 years old- | lotte> N c where the form , r ls connected with tl^e Wachovia Bank and Trust company They Now in the Natioi\” Dr G e o r g e C Belhngrah. academic . dean of Presbyterian college, will open •"the confer ence with the keynote address It will be closed with a final challenge address by Dr Mar shall W B:own. president of PC The three day program will in clude a number of conferences and discussion groups, vocation classes and recreation John Kennedy, Massachusetts,, on the second and deciding ballot for, vice-president, giving a unani mous vote after being divided on the first ballot One of the delegates from the Fourth Congressional district. James P. Sloan, of Clinton, m a message to The Chronicle . last Wednesday, before nominations began at Chicago, stated that he would not under anv eircum- which leaves this country by air from Miami. Fla.. Sept 26. in- cludes - Walter Engle, Tuscon. Anz.; Merlin Nippers, Mangum. Okla.; Major Frank Davis, Miami. Fla ; Wallace Palmer. Portland. Me ; William Roman. Detroit, Mich . Raines; Dick Montee, Billings, Mont; Jerry Berg, Scappopse, | Salvador Ore ; and Jan Peter Dawson, Buhl. Mont Also, George Wilhelm, Jr . Vineland. N J.; Ronnie Spillers. Spencer, La : Frank Carpin. Rich mond. Va ; Earl Kennedy, Powell, are making their home at Cumberland avenue. 1916 Tenn.; Fred Walker, Dover. N H , Ronald Peterson. Morris, 111 The schedule facing the team Sept 26-28 San Salvador. El- Sept 29-Oct A Ma nagua, -Nicaragua: Oct 5-7 Panama City. Panama Oct —Barranquilla. Colombia 10-11—Cartagena, Colombia 14-16—Caracas, Venezuela 18-20—San Juan. Puerto The purpose of this Explor.er. stances support either Stevenson Conference is set forth as or Harriman. I To demonstrate to Exp’or ; Both Plaxico and Sloan wen? ers that- they are pruticipating delegates from Laurens county to members of their home and their the state convention in March community today and that the and it is expected they will re- priyileges and obligation* they turn to Columbia Monday when have now are as real and as im portant as they will be w hei they become adults ■ 2 To give Explorer* the op portunity to meet 9-12 outstanding leader: Oct. education, religiou Oct field* the convention reconvenes after the recess At least three courses are open for Democrats, of the state sup- md listen to port the nominees of the Chica- in business, go convention, support an inde- and social .. (continued on page 4 Bill StVait. Concordia.,Kan.; and Oct. 21 23—Havana. Cuba Oct 3-•-To bring about a public the -ame time to help Explorers Hco, i awareness of the importance of realize that they are 'a part of a Ihe Explorer program and at big purposeful movement Pennant- Winning Hornets of Joanna Joanna’s powerful Hornets, who won the pennant for the second consecutive year in the fast Carolina Textile League, are shown haro. Thay ara (1. to r.) (knoaling): Batboys BUI Martin an^d Leonard Prico. (Front row): “Whooaa. ‘ Fafmor. E-watta Mays. Jimmy Kiz> by. Bobby Jenkins. Manager Dan Kirby. Jimmy Braswell. Charles Malpass. BUI Dobbins. Glenn McGee, and W. W. Nieer. Jy- Busi- net Manager. (Back row): Charlie Force. Scorekeeper. Johnny Moore. Olin Stewart Tommy Abrams. Jimmy Clark. "Dusty” Reave*. Darrell Johnson, and Truman Owens. Not present when picture was made: Roy Peeler. Jake Lyerly. Martin Gwmn. Joanna moves into the finals of a post-season play-off saries with Whitmire Friday night at the Joanna park. The Hornets Ninety-Six Friday and Saturday in the first series. Whitmire beat out Mathews in the first