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1 \ / w *s If You Don’t Read ’ The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LVII Clinton, S. C. # Thursday, December 20, 1956 Number 51 -V Salvation Army To ' Serve Area Make Plans For Opening Office The lives of greater Clinton area givers as well as the lives of deserving and needy persons V ill be enriched ,as a result of the work of the Salvation Army and the support local citizens re cently gave that organization through their Greater Clinton Community Chest. The Salvation Army, especially • at Christmas time, turns itself to ’ good deeds. Thousands of children have seen its Santa Claus or Salvation Army worker, ringing the bell and tending the collection pot in cities where the. Army has street collections for Christmas work Recently in Clinton,-, ^ not to raise funds, for the collection Arrr\y in Clinton is supported through participation in the Com munity Chest, but to bring infer-j mation about that great organiza tion. copies of its magazine, The War Cry, Christmas edition were, sold. In many cities, where no other . organization assumes the respon sibility, the Salvation Army has summer camps which give young deserving people th e opportunity of clean and wholesome recrea tion. In other cities the Salva tion Army serves as a collection agency fdr items needed by de serving families and when Christ mas rolls around, in many cities, the Salvation Army workers fill baskets and collect toys to be dis tributed to needy families. General Wm. Booth . founded the Salvation Army in England in the 19th century with tije pur pose of attacking problems of evil which lie at the root of all the miseries of modern life. The Clinton area is served by the Salvation Army from its post in Union, under the leadership of Captain John W. Finnerty. Cap- « tain Finnerty works through lo cal leaders to bring the benefits of the Salvation Army down to a Clinton leVel and at present plans are in the making for the estab lishment of an operation in Clin- tion which will utilize more fully the facilities of the Army in this area. James M. Copeland Passes Sunday At Local Hospital James M. Copeland, 51, died Sunday afternoon at Blalock clin ic following a brief illness. Mr. Copeland was a lifelong resident of Laurens county and lived in Renno. He was a son of the late John M. ahd Lena Bell Copeland, and was a member of Duncan’s Creek Presbytreian church, where he served as an elder. He was one of the owners and managers of .Copeland Hard ware and Supply company here. Surviving are hie wife, Mrs. Willie Mae Ferguson Copeland; two sons, James M. Coeland, Jr., of Clinton, RFD 2, and iTichard Copeland, of the home; # three daughters, Mrs. Edwin Alexander of Mountville; Mrs. Donald Long shore, of Clinton; and Miss Lena Bell Copeland, of the home; two brothers, I. Bluford Copeland of Clinton; and W. Don Copeland, of Clniton, Rt. 2; one sister Mrs. J. G. Simpson, of Renno; and seven grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday at 3:00 p. m. at his home in Renno by the Rev. James S. Gary, the Rev. J. H. Darr and the Rev. George H^ Hodges. Bur ial was in Rosemont cemetery. Pallbearers were Harold Wat kins, Posey W. Copeland, Tan M. Ray, Irby W. Ferguson, William B. Blakely, David T. Pitts, David Glenn and George F. Dixon. Christmas Services At Episcopal Church Christmastide will he observ ed by All Saints Episcopal church with two worship services. On Communion at 10:30 a m. The Christmas Day there will be a choral celebration of ' the Holy young people’s/choir will assist in the Christmas music. On Decem ber 30 the first Sunday after Christmas, there will be morning prayer and sermon at 9:30 a. m. The Rev. Clyde L. Ireland, priest- in-charge, will be the preacher at both worship services. The Rev. Mr. Ireland stated that the Epispopal congregation was having its Christmas Com- • munion on Christmas Day rather than on Christmas Eve since oth erwise there would be no other Protestant worship service on Christmas Day in Clinton. The public is invited to observe the Nativity of Jesus Christ with the Episcopal congregation. Local Merchants Report Christmas Business Good * f . * — .. ... Santa To Provide Full Stockings Citizens of Clinton ind U[u- cording to reports >f market own- area of Laurens county will ers awake Christmas morning to find a yisit from the most generous and thoughtful Santa> Claus in. history in most all cases, accord ing to reports from Clinton bu- Individuals and houiehoids will not want for decorative dressing for th;.> Christma> season as flor- i,ts report citizens as well as S: are stocking ip on orders nessmen and wm men of f.ora! items, be ith for decor- An swering inq uiries i •oncerni a ting the nomes t x'ginmng this. the h tuying habit . # custom ers Week-end •as well as indiv ■.dual curre ntly, busim >ss leac iers m. all s.f items of flowe in for C hnst- but i t couple of specia lized in d. V’ ' : bust ness t His Whe n S ant a has i :ome and gone year will out Mr: i p alt previt Hi ■in Clintoi o. the ^ meral outlook years if current ■t pp»*a r*; t hat he w ill have dealt ues t hcough the remai y With mt ist of the , citi- before Christmas - /ens here » who w ili have their TK e younger 1 folk ca n Toole for ' k ... nung in < r-xpectatioh. Sant; i to fill the ir stool cings w . \ The io< :al teieph one offk ■e is more quality ib ems. p articula J*|v pr pared 1 0 handle a large loan item- -- of a nove 1 natur e or n , ■ *l. of long d tils this i veek- desig ns Better toy-- genera > n ct a n d Chnstmaj • r as local t citi- can 1 >e expected bv mo st. arm rtif~ -jpm* ttn v ir friends ar.a mg t< repor* s of buying of Jvidi t 1 • M. ire better e lass sn null api Local * Hosts ance- r and housi ng as well I'hold i as lari ijer hou Mills * ♦ As the three kings of ancient time brought to our Sav iour their precious gifts, let us bring to Christmas the supreme gift of love and good will toward all, and thus « , ' " r express in fullest measure the true spirit of the Day. The Chronicle * Merchants' Trade Days Come to Close Saturday Selena Kinard Is Automobile Winner Several thousand Clinton and Laurens county citizens braved the unfavorable \yeather Satur day tp attend the final drawing of the Clinton Trade Day pro gram which saw Selena Kinard, 808 N. Broad street, win the 1956 Ford Tudor automobile given as the grand prize in the 12-week trade promotion program. The winner of the autoiYiobile did not have to be present Saturday to claim the prize. Jesse Samples, of 303 Davis Area Textile Plants Announce Christmas Closing Schedule Joanna Cotton Mills and Clin- ton-Lydia Cotton Mills have an nounced schedules for closing their plants for the Christmas holidays.’ The mills will be clos ed for four days. Holidays will begin at 8:00 a. m. at the end of the third shift on Saturday, December 22, and work will be resumed at 8:00 a. m. on Wednesday, December 26, according to announcements made by President P. S. Bailey, of Clinton-Lydia, and Walter Regnery, vice-president and gen eral manager of Joanna Mills. street, was winner of the $20.00 cash award of the day Saturday and was present to claim the prize. The more than 1,000,000 tickets^distributed in the program were more than enough to fill the concrete mixer of the C & L Con crete Company used to thor oughly mix the tickets for the final drawing. The grand prize automobile, as were other prizes and cash awards, was furnished by the more than 60 participating mer chants of the Clinton Chamber of Commenre who used this method of showing their appre ciation for the trade of their cus tomers. Serving as .judges to determine the qualification of the tickets drawn Saturday were State Rep resentative David Sloan and Mrs. Sloan and Ed Armstrong, of Lau rens. Bonk of Clinton Pays 5% Dividend To Stockholders The Bank of Clinton paid a 5% annual dividend to its stockhold ers on December 15. This was the regular eighth an nual dividend, the stockholders having been paid 5% a year since the bank was organized eight years ago. School Pupils Get 72,617 Type A Meals During November According to the November school lunch report filed by ^drs E. B. Morse, county school lunch supervisor, Laurens county chil dren were served a total of 72,- 617 type A meals during Novem ber. A total of" 3,631 children were served meals. All 21 schools in the county participate in the. lunch program and also in the special milk program An in crease of 103 chlidren received lunches daily over the month of October. All schools received frozen tur keys, process cheese, shell eggs, flour, butter, frozen hamburger, and canned tomatoes from the United States Department of Ag riculture Schools in the county will re ceive $3,591.21 from the Federal government for type A lunVhes and $1,260 16 for the special milk program. l ' No Forest Fires Occurred In County > During November —^— No forest fires were reported in Laurens county during Novem ber the State Commission on For estry has stated In the five monhs since the be ginning of the fiscal year, July 1 through November 30 the county had 12 fires that burned 76.7 ac res. Three persons were prose cuted in connection with fires and were convicted. The county’s forest area covers 244,735 acree. Clinton Scouters Attend Annual Meet at Clemson Local Man Is Recipient of Award Clinton Scout leaders and friends numbering approximately 60 were at.Clemson last night for the 33rd annual meeting of the Blue Ridge Council, Boy Scquts of America t The banquet meeting, held in the Clemson College dining hall, saw recognition of giiests and special scouters. More than 1,- 000 guests and scouters from up per South Carolina saw awards presented to outstanding scouters in the Council Those from Lauren^ District who received awards were Dr Fred Holcombe, of Clinton, who received the Scouter’s award; end David Peden, of Gray Court, who received the Scouter’s Key. The highlight of the meeting was a short talk made by Dr. Pendleton Gaines, president of Wofford college Those attending from Clinton were: Pack 23: Dr. and Mrs. Fred Holcombe, Mr. and Mrs Martin Mills, Mr and Mrs. J R Jacks, Mr. and Mrs William P -Jacobs, and Colonel and Mrs. Barry Win- gard Troop and Pack 90 Mr and Mrs. Clyde Trammell, Mr and Mrs. Ellis Huffstetler, Mr. and Mrs. Furman Bratcher, Mr. and Mrs. D. H- Roberts, Mr. and Mrs Horace Smith, J. B. Neal, Mr and Mrs. L. A. Williams, Mr and Mrs Glenn Gaskins. W I Bai ley, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Goss, Mr and Mrs* Bud Fuller, Mr and Mrs Mark Windsor, Mr and Mrs Ed Burdette, Mr and Mrs Frank Walker, Mr and Mrs J T Lan- ford. Miss Margaret Blakely, and Ronald Coijey Pack 138 S S Williams, Mr and Mrs Harold Jlampton, and Mr. and Mrs Clarericei Br«>ok- shire. Troop 138 Mr and Mrs J B Templeton, Mr and Mrs A C Young, Jr , and John Vassey. Troop 177: Mr and Mrs. Phil Rogers. : hold items and in the line of p ] sotjal items, particularly rljnthing. | Santa is stocking up on gifts of quality values, being hliera! with . j h:s cash in the purchases i Not since 1948 or 1946. banner i years for the Christmas eason. has the giver sought out such nice items in such quantity'as he has i this year, according to report? ' Many retail outlet owners ex pressed the opinion that thi would be their best vear, except in isolated cases where special promotions last year caused their business to run ahead of this year’s volume Those who have a sweet tooth can look for Santa Claus to con sider their problem as a report indicates that sweets galore will be found in the packages left under their trees this year Al though many shoppert got a late start this year, store owners and clerks are braced for the shoppers who have delayed their shopping and are ready in the few remain ing days to satisfy the demand^ of those last minute shoppers with an adequate supply of goods. Department stores, drug styes dealing* in gifts, clothing estab- *1 lishments, furniture stores with furniture and small appliance | gifts, hardware stores with gift items, variety stores, food stores, i all report generally that Santa is j really going all out this.year The order of the day for the 1 dinner table appaers to be the l.traditipnaj] ,, turkey with hams pushing a close second as the housewives make plans for the r feasts of the day on Christmas ac- | • ;—• County Teachers Have Their Annual Banquet Thursday ) The Laurens County Teachers issociatioft had its annual ban ouet last Thursday night in the Clinton high school cafeteria The music department of the Clinton schools gave selections during the evening Burnet R Maybank. of Green ville, member of the house of rep resentatives. was the speaker for the evening l> J B Kirkley. of Gra\ Court, is. president of the association. Sherif-Elect Wier Chooses 2 Deputies *ci _ Laurens, Dec ,.13—Sheriff elect Caldwell W Wier has confirmed reports as to his naming two of his deputy sheriffs to serve when he takes o’ffice in January He said he had already named Hicks F Owings and David B McCart ney Both Owings and McCartney are presently members of the retiring Sheriff W A IJjwery Owings*..principal dut> ha.-> been in the serving of writs and other papers McCartney, althougn •ailed on at times service in Troop 111 :'W C Baldwin and i tht , y le!d has been serving as dav George Massey of the Clinton , - Chamber of Commerce j — Also attending wen Jim Teet Thomwell Students er, field Scout executive of Lau- _. _ rens and Newberry districts, and To GlVC rOQCOnt 1 Mrs. Teeter. At Parties Today For Their Employees Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills will be hosts today to more than 6.000 guests, composed of em- p.ovee and their dependents. The day long parties will take place in the beautifully decorat ed school cafeterias and punch, coffee, cookies, candies and pop corn will b»- served Santa will also distribute a brightly colored Christmas bag to everypne It will require more than 400 crates of fruit, 6.000 bags of can dy. and well over a ton of nuts to fill the bags Store Theft Law Carries Big Teeth The law in South Carolina dealing with shoplifting is precise and contains severe ' teeth” in the form of fines and imprison ment, George Massey, manager of the Clinton Chamber of Com merce, said today :n response to an inquiry concerning the shop lifting problem A mawdatbl^y jWtsOH set/ehewof from one to five years is. called for in South Carolina's law for a third ■ shoplifting offense, with first offense calling for a $300 fine or six months imprisonment or both, and a second offense car rying a SooO firte or a one year imprisonment or both The law was passed last year at the request of leaders of the South Carolina State Chamber of Commerce and loc^l chambers ihrouchout the state, with the various organizations pledging themselves to give the law full pubrn-ity •<> icquain tthe public with the consequences for the commission of the crime The new law. which makes concealment of unpurchas^d mer chandise in any manner a viola- t.on; of the statute, is given credit 'for-the improvements in the situ ation throughout th»; state of South Carolina to petard the problem of shoplifting Prior to enactment of the pres ent law. the state law on shop lifting was not operative to the extent that it protected .til con cerned with the problem, Mr Massey said, calling for the ef fort w*hich resulted in the current law designed to completely dis courage the unlawful practice of shoplifting Candlelight Service At Lutheran Church On Christmas Eve ! A candlelight service will be he.d at St. John's Lutheran church on Christmas eve at 9:00 p m Many favorite Christmas carlos w ill be sung The message of the evening will be delivered by the Rev Lester A Wertz of West Columbia. The public is cordially invited to this service of praise Sunday Evening Presbyterian To Start With Apps For First 1957 Tilt For the first time in many years Presbyterian college will not play its opening game with Clemson in 1957. They will start the season early and meet Appa lachian *n North Carolina to start the season They will follow the next week with the Clemson game “Blessed Nativity,” a pageant written by Hazel E Harrison, will be presented in Montgomery Hall on the Thomwell campus at 8 00 o’clock Sunday evening The pageant consists of spoken -parts, a series of tableaux and music The music will be given by members of the Thomwell choir. under the direction of Miss Luva fElizeabth Fowler on Sunday. Ctec McDonald, and the junior choir, under th^ direction of Mrs Rob ert E Wysor III. Thomwell friends are cordially invited to attend this pageant, the highlight of the Christmas seuson 'Song of Christmas' To Be Presented Sunday at Joanna The Song of Christmas.” the stor\ of the Nativity as told in Christmas songs, carols and Bib lical verses, will be presented by the Joanna Baptist church choir under the direction of Miss Mary 23. at It 00 a m Miss Patricia .Carr will be the accompanist Rev • James B. Mitchell will be ihe narrator, whth Mrs. Nathan Brazel, Miss Betti Thomas, lujuis ..and Otis Murphy