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Volume LVII
Clinton, S. C. # Thursday, December 20, 1956
Number 51
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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
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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
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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
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express in fullest measure the true spirit of the Day.
The Chronicle
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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
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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-
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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
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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