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■f k ——'K V i 4 ' / Paite Eijiht r + \ ■ ■ L> ■ THE CLINTON CHRONICLE 1 / • V ./ Thursday, August 23, 1956 to Perform at electric fair Dianne Ledford, nine-yeax-old daughterjof Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Ledford, has been invited to repre sent Clinton at the Laurens Ellectric Fair Monday |nd Tuesday in Laurens. Dianne, a talented performer, will take part in tne entertainment, giving dance numbers and piano selectons. : ' H. !§«■** .V*M B Chamber Commerce Still Looking For First Cotton Bale Tuesdtiv noon of this week Lawrence G. Raff, Of Laurens, Passes Jn Greenville Hospital i Lawrence G. Roff. 65; died last j Thursday afternoon in a Greeh- ' \ ilk* hospital. * Earlier' in the day 1 he had undergone an operation, pt"td a. li the L linton t hambei pj t . } lat j L),vn sick for two weeks •! (.oj^nt-: ce still .ook.ing for the i hospital patient for three How MUCH COTTON IS IN A SHI RT ? ^ s a iP it the ■F: chamber, sponsored .^ aVs Bale of Cotton" contest. li ne Fur\r..! servites were held Fri- ini’i'iber of cotton | day K>n. it' Kennedy' mor* mot >two '* ' rule- for the coty ,< test. G.^'ry'e Masst*y, chamber manager, said Che grower who ' could no ■ ' all*three requirerpents hr .the . 'ntest was still sought. From F. inductions, the win ner of the contest should be de termined within the/ next few da> s. Mr Massey said. In • tht past week. reports leached chamber officers that a bale had been ginned in Clinton and that other bales had grown within ,Laurens county. But 'hi t.rst bale to be reported and meeting each of the follow ing requirements, is still sought: <1> The cotton must be gathered from the 1956 crop: (2' It mus* be raised m Laurens county; and (3' It must be ginned aha Clinton gm The agriculture committee of the Chamber of . Commerce will serve as judges for life con test. _ .A " " Tht first bale will be ginned free of charge, the bale will be bought by the Clinton Chamber of Commerce at 40 cents a pound, thus assuring the owner a bonus price prize provided (iby the Chamber of Commerce 4 Other prizes offered in the contest ndude H. D Payne and Co . 25 gallons of gasoline; Sun shine Owners, free cleaning for a suit or dress; Broadway Thea tre. free theatre passes; T. E. Jones and Son. Furniture . Co.. an mner-prmg—mattressrGolon- la! Stores, a bag of groceries; Howard's Pharmacy, thermos bottle Kindergarten Will Open August 30 'The Kmdergarten of the First Presbyterian church will open August 30 Today and Friday will be ori entation days with different groups reporting each of the two ■ days from 8:30 until 10. The first week. Sept. 3 to TJa short schedule will be observed from 3 30 until 10:30. Begin ning the 10th regular hours will be 8:30 until 11:30. Forty-seven, children are - en rolled and teachers are Mrs. J. P. Rowland; Mrs. Harry Nettles and Mrs. Frank Cauley . All parents of kindergarten children are asked to meet Tues day evening. August 28. at 8:00 o'clock at the church. C Tiiary in Laurens, conducted by tile Rev Frank DuBose and the Rev Tom Cook Burial was in the Laurens'cemetery. Mr Roff was a n-atm-ot Port land. Maine In 1910 he came to Laurens to accept a position as linotype operator with The Laur ens Advertiser. He was employed there continuously until last year when he accepted a position as su perintendent of Thornwell orphan- ajte printing plant He held this been position until his death, making his home in Laurens. -He was a member of the First Methodist church and Palmetto lodge-No. 19 AFM Surviving are his wi/fe, Mrs... F.mma Dorrah Roff; two sons, Sgt. William D Roff. U. S. Army; of Columbia, and L. Grant Roff oi i Laurens; one brother, Harold D. Roff; one sister, Mrs. L C. Ross, Teaching Staff Announced For Junior High School In giving the list of teachers for ♦he Various schools in District 56 in the August 9" issue of The Chronicle, the staff of* the junior high school in Clinton was inad vertently omitted. With the opening of the new high school on North Adair street, the present high school on Hamp- tdn avenue will be converted into a junior, high school. Buren A. Lpwn has been num£d as principal: He will have asso ciated with him jthe following teachers: Mrs, Alex' Cruickshanks, O. L Patterson, Miss Ruth Hair, Mrs. R. P Wilder, Miss Faye Jen* kins, Mrs. S. A. Timmons, Mrs. Alec Crawford, Miss Clyde Smith, Mrs. T. B. Sumerel, Charles Leath- erWood, Miss Mary M. Brabham. Mrs. Motes On High Staff Mrs. Fuller Motes, of Mount- ville, the former Miss Mary Em ma Speake, of Clinton, has been added to the teaching staff of the new high school. Her name did not appear on the list published two weeks ago. Tmepe IS ABOUT 26? worth of RAW COTTON IN A SHIRT-PLUS SOME 15“ MAJOR PROCESSES,/ EACH GENERATING EMPLOYMENT FOR CAPITAL AND LABOR. Market Quotations Of Local Interest (Courtesy of .Wolfe and Addi- both of Sarasoja, Fla,.and eight 1 son . investment Dealers). grandchildren. * - 1 Dog Ordinance Reprinted Today An ordinance placing regula tions on the kepeing of dogs in the city, passed by council last April, has been ordered reprint ed by council and appears in The Chronicle today. It is hoped by council That the re-publication of the ordinance will serve to impress its pro visions upon the public and will result in a more general observ ance by dog owners. Barker And Terry * At Mooseheart Meet Marcell Barker, governor, and W D. Terry, past governor of the Clinton Moose lodge, are attend ing the annual Mooseheart con-j vention at Chicagp, 111. This trip was awarded the Clin ton' lodge as a result of its civic activities and a membership en rollment program The officers and members of the lodge appointed Barker to rep resent them for his work in the membership program and Terry for his achievement in civic af fairs and recognition gained by the lodge under Terry’s adminis tration. . The- convention is a five day affair and every lodge in the Unit ed States is entitled to representa tion-. 1 . Amer Marietta DTCI , . 58 1 2 60 3 * Col. Stores 32).. 34 Gen. Amef. Oil 67*4 70 Haloid 58 V 4 60*4 Maule Indus. 3"s 4% Ports Steel 18** 19V 4 Texts Nat. Gas 59G 61 ^4 Unit. Amer. Inv. 4*8 5*8 Winn-Dixie 24 1 « Unit. Inc. Fund 10:88 11:83 Acc. fund 12:27. 13:34 Cont. Fund 8:73 9:54 Science Fund 11:62 12:70 McDonald Ai reir afL 3Tb. —— Lone Star Steel 22*8 Group On Tour N. C. And Tennessee A group of thirty-five wom en from the Clinton and Lau- reQi._area enjoyed a three-day tour tp Cherokee, GatlrnbUrg. Maryville and Fontana during- the Week-end. Making the trip were Mrs. S A. Lindsay. Mrs. D. J Woods, Mrs. B. B. Ballard, Miss Kate’ Milam. Mrs. lone Wallace, Mrs. Floyd Coates, Mrs. B. R. Boozer, -Mrs. James Campbell, Mrs'. Ag nes Richardson. Mrs. Emma 9 Hughes, Mrs. Annie Harris, Mrs. Mell Wallace, Mrs. Rene Setzler, Mrs. Blanche Rasor, Mrs. Betty Barrett, Miss Burli#Hpting^ Mrs. Roy Pitts? Mrs. C. W. Cooper, Mrs. C. H. McCrary, Mrs. Hugh Simpsorl, Mix Jennie Lou Free man, Mrs. Maltee Burgess, Mrs. Nannie Hughes,. Mrs. Lee Cook, Mrs. Lillian Ellison.' Also M’rs. Q-la Sanders, Mrs. Ntannie Compton, Mrs. Margaret Davis, Mrs. Lucille McGee,'Mrs, Corrie Bishop. Miss Bernice Johnson, Miss Bonnie Pitts, Mrs. Floyd Pitts. Mrs. Elizabeth Wil liams, Mrs. P. M. Pitts. The group was accompanied by Floyd Pitts and Jim Gosnell who was driver of tly? chartered bus. Local Teachers Attend Classroom Workshop Mrs. Raymond Pitts, president of the Clinton Classroom Teach ers Association, ancl Mrs. R. C. Adair, vice-president, have re turned, from Camp Socareda, N. C,. where they attended a South Carolina Educational Association teachers workshop as delegates from the local orgnaization. Key teachers from over the state meet there in conference to plan for the year’s work. The camp, which is located above Caesar’s Head, was pur chased about a year ago by the South Carolina Educational As sociation and was named by G, N. Foy of Joanna^assisIantliuB perintendent of school district 5. The association offered a twenty-five dollar prize for the best name submitted. Mr. Foy’s entry, “Camp Socareda,’’ which is made up of the first letters of South Carolina Educational As sociation, was chosen. Buy Nowl It’s time to step up to a Pontiac—a big car—without paying big car prices! Pontiac prices start below those of 43 models of the small cars . . . yet .offer up to 227 h.p., 124' wheelbase, rugged X-member frame, luxury-car interiors! Drive one soon! 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