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■T '\ : r If You Don't Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Volume LVII Clintor^S. C, Thursday, December 6, 1956 The Chronicle Strives To Be A (Jean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Number 49 Whistle Silent After 60 Years is seen here escaping from the whistle at Clinton Cotton Vfilts as it was heard for the last time Saturday morn ing, December* 1, after rousing employees of the community and summoning them to vfork every morning for 60 years. The old whistle was retired from service Saturday and will not be heard again. It was put Into service in 1896 when tht mill was established by the late Mercer S. Bailey, who found ed the Cllnton-Lydla Cotton Mills corporation, and has been in continuous dally use since that time. The contraption had to give way to technical changes and improvements at the plant that preclude its further use. The whistle, one of the last of Its kind in use. was car- rled this long In its career for more or less sentimental rea sons. it is presumed, since few textile plants use whistles today. V Thousands To View Christmas Parade At 5:00 This Afternoon Floats, Bands Feature Line of March! General Inspects Military Unit Here Bush River Watershed To Be Explained Tonight To Explain Survey and Economic Data The supervisors of the Newber- acres, including two dams will ry and Laurens' Soil Conserva- located in Newberry county. tion districts have called a meet-' Jhe rentaimng acreage and one ^ .11 dam will be located in Laurens ing at r 7:30 p m. this evening count y (Thursday) at Bush River high | dam proposed for Laurens schobl to explain the survey and ( county will be on Bu.sh River economic data on the Bush River near Joanna. The proposed chan- Watershed. This information has ne * clearance and enlargement , , i , j u .u will be from Joanna to the New- just been completed by the wa- berry county hne and on six tershed planning party of the Son mj’es into Newberry county main Conservation Service, acdcording along the to Ryan F. Lawson, chairman of: River, the Laurens District Supervisors. * This meeting will be of inter est to farmers and landowners in the watershed, and to - others throughout the county. Approximately 50 individual | landowners will be directly con-1 —— Snciwork""' struc,ure “""IClinton Students The entire watershed project i Get Places In stream of Bush the day. The first Trade Days Drawing Is $20, Prize The Clinton Trade Day cash awajrd prize of $40 00 was pre sented to Bobbie Jean.Heaton, of 100 Washington street Saturday when a ticket bearing her name was drawn and she was present to claim the award A second ticket drawn had the name of Mrs. B. Sloan, of Whit ten Village, and she will be pre seated a bicycle as a prize Mrs. Sloan did not have to be pres ent to win the second prize of If approved, the dams to costru'cte'd will be designed take care of the maximum rain fall at flood stages and, to dis charge water at a rate not to ex ceed the channel capacity. ticket drawn Satur day had written upon it two to KtiamPi and thus was declared be and the necessary steps to have it approved will be explained Amon^ those w'ho are planning ,to be present and take* paft on the program wdll be E L. Shull of the State Conservation Service ofSColunjbia, and Joe B Earle, areafonservationist, of Chester. Landowners will be given an opportunity to vote on the water- * shed and if the vote is accept, able to them, the decision will be presented to Washington for 1 final approval. The proposed Bush River wa tershed will embrace 80,000 acres. Of this acreage around 63,000 News Story Contest Pat- Carr and Jackie Cooper, student journalists on the staff of The Sentinel, Clinton high school newspaper, won places in the sec ond period of competition in the Story-of-the-Month contest spon sored by the journalism depart, ment of Winthrop collgee. Pat won fifth place with a news story, and Jackie also won fifth place with a feature story. Judging is based on merit of news stories in high school news papers in the state. Kiwanis Ladies Night To Bring Famous Les Barker A twin-featured program, ’in cluding laughs for the school chil dren and ladies night activities, will be staged this Monday by the Clinton Kiwanis club. Star attraction is Les Barker, internationally famous lightning cartoonist and humorist, who will present a special comedy act for Clinton school children in the Thornwell Orphanage gym n a s- ium at 4:00 p. m., Monday. All children are invited to attend as guests of the Kiwanis club to see this creator of nine publish- Two Clinton High Players In Shrine - Game On Saturday Billy Sease and Charles Marler, Lint on high school players, saw action in the Shrine Bowl football game Saturday in Charlotte. Sease is a back and Marler, center- guard, was chosen to play at cen ter. The game, an annual affair be tween senior players of North and South Carolina, ended up'’with a 20-13 victory by the North Caro linians.^ The gaime is sponsored by the~Shrine for the benefit of the hospital fn Greenville for crip pled children, operated under the auspices of the Shriners. Both Sease and Marler were mentioned frequently by radio announcers during the game. Fleming Thornton, coach Clinton‘high school, was one of .•the coaches of the South Carolina team, Marler was selected at a Late •date to replace an Aiken player who was unable to participate in the game. ed comics. He builds his pro gram around lightning drawings of favorite comics and carica tures of pepole in the uadience, and with the use of a special type of projector makes his comic sketches come to life on a screen. A portion of Eddie Allen’s or chestra will assist in the after noon program. Barker and the full Eddie Al len band also will be featured at the Kiwanis club’s annual ladies night to be held in the American Legion home at 8:00 p. m., Mon day. Approximately 200 Kiwanians and their guests are expected to Qttend this occasipn The buffet dinner will be served bj^ L. V Powell, manager of the Prsebyte- rian college dining hall, to be followed by the floor show and dancing. names void- - ’ As a result of the present* of a winner Saturday, this Saturday’s ! cash award will be $20.00 again i and if the person whose name is ! drawn is present he will receive the award An electric coffee maker will be the secefnd prize of j the day Saturday. In the Chronicle edition of Dec U, information and rules gov erning the procedure for drawing for the grand prize of the Clin ton Trade Day program, a 1956 Ford Tudor automobile, will be given so that all will understand the regulations governing the drawing. . , . . ' The decision of the judging committee on the eligibity and qualifications of the wuining tick et for the grand prize will be final. George ^assey, Clinton Trade day project leader, this week ex pressed his appreciation to the persons at the drawings for thier understanding of the problems involved in the drawing, includ ing the necessity for two con tainers and the problems of the inability in operation of the loud speaker system. He also express ed his appreciation to the mem- Plenty of band music and numerous exciting floats depict ing the Christmas theme of “Peace on Barth” will highlight today’s welcome to Santa Claus at 5 p. m. as a parade winds its way through the streets of Clinton. Parade Marshall Jack Boyd will marshall the parade at the intersection of South Broad and Calhoun streets with the units forming on East Calhoun. Units should approach the area from Cleveland and South Adair streets, and not from South Broad, so they will be lined up in order of march. Tne route of the parade will be up S. Broad St. to the monument and out Musgrove St, to Florida street; west on Florida to North Broad street, and south on North Broad street to West Main, then west on West Main to'♦-heJ>reak- ■ «> - up point. ■ ; Units of the parade should be at the formation area. South Broad and Calhoun streets, by 4 p, m. and the parade will move off sharply at 4:40 with Parade Marshall Boyd riding his outstanding show horse in the lead behind police escort. The order of the parade wrll include the Presbyterian college band, color guard and crack drill unit, Whitten Village) float, “Peace on Earth”; Clinton high school float, ‘■Christian Education and Citizenship”; Laurens high school band; Orkinj Exterminating company float; Baptist^church float, “Chris tian Family Scene.” Ware Shoals high school band; Eastside Greenhouse float, 1 “Peace on Earth With Angel”; Campfire Girls float, “Peace on Earth With Singing Girls”; Presbyterian college float. “Build for Peace”; Clinton high school band; Kiwanis club! float, “Peace on Earth With Cross”; First Presbyterian church float; Bryson high school band; Thornwell Orphan-, age float, “Peace on Earth, Crippled Soldiers”; Moose dub float; Broad Street Methodist float. “Journey to Bethlehem. No Room In the Inn.” Lions club float, “Little Town of Bethlehem”; Bell Street high school band; Adluh Flour miniature train with engine and cars and Santa Claus float. Judges will name the best float in the parade in keeping with the theme and the Chamber of Commerce will present winners the following prizes: $75.00 fr>r first place, $50.00 for second place and $25.00 for third place. Campfire and Bluebird girls will render Christmas and other songs from bleacher seats placed around the stjuaie, sp!c , ?te i fixr or.e '>f the guard prior to the parade. , . • posts on the 1956 all-state eleven Adult citizens are asked to stand to the rear and allow the in o the annual poll ^.-ondutfted by children to stand down front along the line of march, of the th<? Greenville Piedmont. Sports parade to allow all to see the parade. : parUcipate in the , Retail stores will remain open until 6:30 p. m. today tol Member* at the te.m and their allow viewers of the parade to shop and see the decorated I coaches will be hon red .it the windows and the inside’of the stores which have prepared annual all-state banquet of the Rock Hill Optimist club, at 7 p. m. on Satqrday “Red" Barber, na tionally known sportsiaster, will be the speaker Major General Crump Garvin. Deputy Comminding General. Third \rmv. and Commwnder of the 1’. S. Army Reserve Command, is shown above during a recent inspection of the Clinton Vrmy Reserve Training center on Hast Carolina avenue. During the visit in Clinton General Garvin was briefed by 1st IX Rawlinson E. Martin (front row. left), commander of Companv I.. 323rd Inf Regt.. which meets each Monday night for reserve duty training. Also present for the briefing was Major William P. Jacobs III. (frobt row. right), commander of the 316th Public Information Field ‘erviie detachment, whose unit meets at the Greenwood.Training center each Tuesday Accompany ing the general during his inspection, left to rtghl. rear row. were Major Robert B Marshall, senior unit advisor. Greenwood advisor group; Colonel James O. Roswell, chief of the 'south Carolina Mili tary district; Colonel James A. Cheatham, senior ar nv advisor Columbia, and Colonel Dillev. a mem ber of General Garvin’s staff at Fort McPherson, C*a, <! Two Violent Deaths and O' Three Fires Mar Week-End Charles Marler Named Man Dies When House Is Burned; At Guard Position Train Kills Negro Woman at Crossing On All-State Team Charles Marler, 6-ft . 185-.pound Clinton high school player, has for the Christmas season. In the event of a downpour of rain at parade time, parade will be staged Friday at 5 p. m. the Young Farmers Of County To Attend Meet In Columbia Community Chest Drive Passes Quota This Week Laurens county members of the South Carolina Association of Young Farmers of America will attend the ninth annual conven tion of the organization which will meet in Columbia Friday amU Saturday. jbe Greater Clinton Community — — —- Chest drive yesterday went over bers of the Clinton police depart- j the top for the 195. campaign ment and Chief B B Ballard for' when Clinton and Lydia Cotton the fine job in handling the Year's Pledges Exceed $17,987 Goal crowd and traffic and assisting with the drawings each w’eek. Absolutely no tickets will be placed in the containers by eith er individuals or participating merchants after 4:00 p m , Dec 15. Mr. Massey said, to allow all to have a fair and equal op portunity to win Mill workers reported $4,000 00 in make a contribution or pledge anil contributions to push collections ! has not done so at this time and pledges over the $.<,98. goal i £) r Fj- ec i Holcombe, 19d7 drive .George .Massey, secretary-treas-! chairman, said that next week a urer for the Community Chesft to day expressed his appreciation on behalf of all leaders and workers in the campaign for the job well year’s- campaign done in financing the participating given, agencies of the chest. Two violent ^deaths and thrVe calls answered by the fire department, one of the fire> resulting in one of the deaths, marked the week-end in Clinton. The other death resulted when a train ran over a Negro woman at a crossing. Two houses were destroyed by fires and one room dam aged by the third fire. (). R. Shepard, in his early 50’s, lost his life when fire destroyed a house off ■ Elizabeth street rbehfnti tire Clinton Mill baseliall park aixmt 3 o’clock Monday morning. Annie Byrd, a 38-year-old Negro woman, was killed when she jumped from an automobile crossing the Seaboard railroad tracks Dover junction east of the city. Her body was dismembered. ^ • .i, ■ i—- “ V- v^tmday at M 1 Tf. nT. The‘ fire dejmrtment was called to a hoii'e at 7407 Ferguson; street occupied by G. L. L)ckleaK where a radio and a bed were destroyed and fire, smoke and water caused further damage to the room. Firemen said they thought the.radio caught fire and burned the lied. Sunda; at midnight fire destroyed a house on Pine street at Lydia Mill occupied by a Bagwell family.. No one was in jured. The house was owned by Lydia Mill. 777 .. The firemen had just returned to their homes from the Although the campaign is over r, ,i *• . i r u the top. the books are still open to ; HaifVve11 tire at Lvd,a wht *. n the > Wt,re a * am -^mmoned out, receive pledges as they come due*this time to the fire off Elizabeth street, the house being and for anyone who wishes to owned and occupied by the Walter Smith family, in which Shepard died. The family barely esca|>ed after attempting to arouse and lead Shepard, who was blind, out of the. house. It is thought Shepard was suffocated by smoke, for it was in his* room that the fire started, it was stated by firemen. His body was badly burned. Seven persons were in the house when the fire started but hlftise was completely de- College Choir Has Week-End Engagements Esso Foundation Adds $2,000 Gift To Presbyterian Another $2,000 grant from the Esso Foundation has just been received by Presbyterian college. President Marshall W. Brown'an nounced today. ’ This gift is the second 6f its kind given to PC by the Esso Foundation in the past eight months. A similar amount was received last spring President Brow n said the gram is unrestricted as to the manner at in which it may be used The Esso Foundation was or ganized by Standard Oil Com pany of New Jersey and a group of affiliated companies to coor dinate and continue the educa tional assistance programs of the participating companies meeting will be held at which tune oscars and deserved recognition of those who have assisted in this success will-be a || eXce p t Shepard escaped. The st roved. Mr. Massey said that although the 1957 drive is over, the work of Annie Byrd was killed Sunday evening about 6 o'clock as the Community Chest in Clinton''she was leaving Whitten Village, where she was employed, has just begun for the year in that i n an automobile in company w ith her husband and a sister. chest leaders under President A vv ^ () had come to take her home. As thevireached the tracks C. Young Jr will tx? working throughout tly year with leaders ^ h . ith 7 roSS the n,ad leadin >? 1 ' rum lht ‘ institution to highway of the various participating agen-i l(b (( olumbia highway) a tram was approaching. I he Byrd vies in carrying forward their work in the Greater Clinton area Legion Post Ladies Night And Christmas Party Set For Friday American Clinton will Legion stage i’ Post 56 of woman jumped from the car and landed in the middle of the tracks, the train running over her body. The car. with her husband and sister, cleared the tracks just in front of the train. ' , . Coroner Joe F. Smith empaneled a jury which viewed both IxMiies. The coroner later said that no inquest would’be held in the Shepard death. No date ha' U'en set for.the jury hearing in the <«ther death. . PC Drive Leaders s annua: la- dies fit, ght and Chri stmas part y to. morrow (Friday) night at H*o’ clock at the Legi on Memorial bin Iding bn tht *- Whitmire highway The event will take the form ' of l "tacky ’ pa •ty A seafood d inner w ill lx sorv el Dan; ing will lx- enjoyed and rmisic will be furnished b> the Three Kings , a local musical roup A demon st ration of tele; vhone 1 equipment uvill be given by 1 A Fdwar Is, C linton manager 0 f the Southe rn FU >11 Tele; »hone com pany 1 He will sho i how short wav e r.t- dio is used in lonji distance te’.o- phone calls. how t iese wave 71 r u I transro itted. recei >i\l, refit xUxi, Shown here is the Presbyterian college choir which has been filling a series of week-end perform ances before church groups which will take them into all parts of South Carolina and some Georgia areas. The group will make a spring tour beginning in April that will include points in North Caro- lina, Virginia, and Washington. D. C. Dr. Edouard Patte is the director of the choir. y ’ ’ - ^ . ' . . : . / ■ ' ' | etc The part-y- will.-be tor inonvbers, their wives and prospective mem bers, Post Commander Wyman Shealy -aid. Tickets may be otv tamed from Shealy. Winfred Nor ris, Milford Smith, .’(*11 Holtz- claw Lewis Bondsj arid'Dr. Dawd Mixon. Theso two Presbyterian loaders of Upper Charlooton Presbytery are heading the Proabyteriah College development program in that region. Directing this drive now underway to raise $12,000 are. left to right: the Rev. Hubert G. Wardlaw. of Orangeburg: and Alex Me. Crackin. oi Bamberg. Both men are PC alumm. « o