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A) $ If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don't Get the News Volume LVIII cz The Chronicle Stri\es To He A Clean News- | p{y>er. Complete. Newsv / and Reliable Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 3, 1957 Local Chamber Unit Laurens Episcopal Has Professional Church To Observe Services Available Homecoming Sunday New Legislators Af Public Session Number 1 fc-—' The Clinton Chamber of Com merce now has available the ser vices of the South Carolina Asso- ciatioji of Chamber of Commerce Executives, stated, George Mas sey, manager of th*e local cham ber. Massey said a new professional program is i$ operation tp ass-U all South Carolina local Chamber of Commerce managers in an ef fort to better serve their respec tive communities. 1 Developed primarily to assist newcomers to the chamber man agement field, .the program is also available to experienced chamber executive personnel throughout the'state state under the program is bn Each chamber manager m the call by other executives for in- lormation, ideas, suggestions or advice pertaining to s p ec i f ic j Rhett Stuart, of Savannah, problems, of the indviidual ma,n l ( ; ;i b; h op 0 f the Diocese of (Georgia preach the sernton Bi Ii i p Stuart came from, ttn timo logical seminary to serve the Clinton’s All Saints Episcopal j church v^'ill jtoin with the Lau-| rt ns Church of the Epiphany Sunday in two services in the ob- -ei vance of homecoming and the completion of 110 years of the Anglican cmomunion in Iiaufens county, : |, At 11:00 a. m, a service cele brating Holy Communion and presentation of candidates for confirmation Jias been scheduled tvening prayer and sermon will conclude the festivities at 4:30 p m { ■ : The Rt Rev C Alfi ed C>»ie. Col urn b ii, bishop of the'Diocsee of Upper South C rrolina. will be i the celebrant ind , jrreacher . ‘ li e 11:00 a ni * eoinniun o: . vice Those at: nd.ng the afternoon .serene ,v:R hear the Rt. Rev Al- County Officers Begin New Terms January First Includes Clerk of Court, Sheriff, Two Commissioners and Coroner Several Laurens county office ! ed, other than that of sheriff. Farmers To Get New Type Loans holders began new terms Janu ary 1, including the clerk of court, sheriff, coroner and two county ommissioners. The state senator and three members of the house of repre sentatives took the oath of office shortly after the generaLelection ;n November and will be sworn in as members of the general as sembly when in convenes in Co lumbia next Tuesday. Clerk of court is Walter E. Dunlap, reelected without oppo sition to a four-ye^r term. Caldwell W. Wier is the new fice and returns after a four-year sheriff. He formerly held the of- term for Wiliam A. Lowery. The coroner’s office is filled by Joe F. Smith, who was reelected to a new four-year term. The county commissioners, both new men, are Paul S O’Dell and Furman E. Thomason They will serve two-year terms. Robert C. Wasson is the new senator, elected for a four-year term, and W. Paul Culbertson, William C. Dobbins, and T. David Sloan Jr., are house members elected for two-year terms. Terms Not Expiring The terms of five county offi cers did not Expire this, year The following are serving four-year terms which end in 1958: auditor, Miss Jennie V. Ci4b^ rtson ; treas urer, Sam M Leaman; supervis or, Bennie B Blakely: superin tnedent of education, J. Burns; probate judge, J lette Wasson. J Sheriff Wier completed the choice of his deputies and office employ ees several weeks ago. They in clude Hicks F. Owings, David B. McCartney, Willie H. (Tack) Cole, G, Wallace Abercrombie, Willie Horace Mitchell, Furman Bragg, Homer R. Jones,. W. D (Dub) Burns, George W. Black- well, J Wesley Fowler, nad Sam Reid. P. C. Students Favor Business, Ministry In Choice Of Careers Careers in business and the min istry are the most popular selec tions among students enrolled at Presbyterian college for the 1956-; 57 session. A survey of registration records indicates that these two fields con tinue to share the appeal they have held for PC men in past years. Study toward business leads, but there are almost twice as many ministerial aspirants as there are candidates for the third most pop ular field. Medicine' and teaching tfdllotv the two leaders among the career choices of the 540 students cur rently enrolled at Presbyterian. A total of 112 students or 20.8 Farmers have a brand new j » ; source of credit available to them, according Jo Luther B. Beden- baugh, secretary-treasurer of ’the Clinton Production Credit associa- ; tion. “When the production credit as sociation was organized in 1933,” Mr. Bodenbaugh said, “Toans were made with a maturity not exceed ing 12 months. Later, arrange ments could be made to carry over a portion of a loan used for capi tal purposes if conditions war ranted. “In 1955 the PCAs began ex perimenting with capital purpose loans on an basis with maturities not to ex coed three years. ager. Upon entering the chaMxv profession in South Carolina, the SCACCE secretary sends the newcomer a list of established lo cal chambre executives, special ists in ertain fields who have i volunteered to assist upon call. Areas of chamber activity spe cifically included in the program irtiic agriulture. chamber publicity, civie jrffairs, festivals industrial development, ' legislative ‘activi ties, membership and finance, military and civilian relation ships, office administration, pro gram of work, retail activities, solicitations and tourist promo tion. Massey said through thi pro gram the advice, knowledge and executives is available to the counsel of other s,tate chambei Clinton chamber through mem bership, and participation of the local manager in SCACCE Ernie Wright, of Orangeburg, is president/.of SCACCE and Charles Bundv. of Lancaster, is i sceretarytreasurer. A former di- j rector of SCACCE, M Massey is now' a a ssoc > a * tion’s CongresslonaF DihheT~errm- mittee which has the responsibil- i ity of plans, for entertaining South ‘Carolina congressmen and senators and business leaders at a | dinner in connection with the an- Laurens Episcopal congregation in 1931 While serving the Church of the Epiphany until 1938 *h<' lived in Greenwood as rector of the Episcopal Church of the Rhs- urrection Bishop Stuart served as rector of historic St Michael’s church. Charlesto chaplain in the navy during Ihe wan. and df-an of Christ Church cathedral. New O r - leans. La. holore he was conse crated the 'ixth bishop of the D> occ-se of Georgia at .S'! Paul I mrens county’s new dHexation in the genera! assemhlv is shown here .is they appeared Mon- d.n warning for the annual meeting of the-gmup for i public hearing in the court house before going to Columbia Tuesday for the meeting of the legisia u-e They are, left to right T David Sloan. Jr.. W Paul Culhertson, William C. Dobbins, members of the house of representatives, and Robert C. Wasson, state senator. 285 Teachers In. Laurens County Join State Association } nual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in Washington April'28-30. PX.Baskeleers To Resume Schedule Presbyterian college’s high-fliv ing basketball team will resume I play with two road games next week The Blue Hose, riding an un defeated string of three straight victories registered before Christ- . .. . .. | mas, are scheduled to travel to Piedmont college at Demorest, Ga. Two hundred and fifty-eight 1 riirens county educator- 'arc m« :libers of the South Carolina > Education association, an an- I i.ci.ncmeent from Mrs Maude j Marcum, of Columbia, state pres- ! d» nt. says The figures as an- i r.ounced by Mrs. Marcum give i the county a 90 per cent rating. .The association now ha> a rec ord-breaking membership in the. date of 11.89f I Forty-three of tin state’s 48 counties reported membership at d ost 90 per cent and became el igible for refunds to J-hc county ! 'issi.Knations ot a 5 per cent of the dues Only Charleston. Green vaUe- and Kershaw counties fail-4* ed to reach the 90 per cent goal Fourteen counties have 100 pel j end membership and 29 other* ' at least 90 per cent Mrs. Mairom said that iota membership for the association year which ended last March wa ll.424 ■ Today * total is 467'high- In then the last full year and she j-a d-she was surp it would be greater before the books closed in March She attributed the high mem County Delegation Holds Open Meeting Monday Citizens Bring Legislative Requests r—* • The Laurens county delegation .n the general 'as embly held an open rpeeting Monday morning at the court house in Laurens and heard requests from citizens of the county relating to state-wide end local matters « To wind up the session; the delegation met with the Super visor and the other two members of the' Board of County Commis- mners and'held an informal dis omethin'g be done about the de plorable conditions existing in camps in the county George Young, of I^aurens, a member of the grand jury that ma4e (he recommendation, said that the j\iry did not suggest < nr central camp or any num ber of camps, hut that unsanitary living conditions of the county prisoners be imnenved. U petition was presented, sigrv- t.iissiuti—uj... to pr.uUeru. md pdTi j ,. ( | b y property, owners in the ties to lx* formulated in carrying Gray Court area, requesting that work for the next on the county’ woryT'ars'' ~ It was the the delegation with citizens of tl)e county before the members go to Columbia early in January for bi the I aurerts office a camp be kept in that aectiony 1 R E. Burns, acting postmaster annual meeting of 1 at Laurens, requested that black- hipping of the remaining 19 miles of unpaved rural routes out BISHOP STUART Church Augusta, on October 20, 1954 The homecoming celebration ns being held appropriately on Jan uary 6, the Feast of the Epiph- 1 on Monday night and then move my. The Feast i> the twelfth day after Christmas, ending the sea- , on of Christmas, nad commem- tions ma> make intermediate term Wednesday evening. orates Jesus Christ’* mamfesta loans with maturities not to ex-| Presbyterian scored impressive! tion to the Gentiles iceed fi\e years. These loans can w i ns over Parris Island, Atlantic ■ be made for capital purposes such Christian and The Citadel before a* purchasing machinery, purchas- ^he. holidays, as Dave and Bruce ing land, development of pastures, Thompson cpntinued their point- toncmg, buildings, and building geori^g "pace of the past season i oh down to Macon for an engage- Effective Jan. 1, 1957, associa- ment Wlt .h Mercer university next j her -hip to increased professions ntercE! on the part of teachers | and thier appreciation of the work to improve public school I education which th t - association .* doing m many fields Fire Destroys Two Stores In Laurens per cent of the group, plan to en_ Leroy i ter various phases of business aft- Hew- er graduation from college. The ministry has 80 candidates or 14.8 No changes in personnel in any (per cent of the student body; and of the offices have been announc- Students Return After Holidays Presbyterian college students resume their regular class sched ule this (Thursday morning) aft er an extended Christmas vaca tion. They returned to the campus from the 18_day holiday period on medicine, 45 or 8.3 per cent. Teach, ing follows with 41 prospects (7.6 per cent), not including the 26 students who will do some teach ing in connection with planned coaching activities. As always, many students — particularly among the incoming freshmen—are presently engaged in making a decision on the course of their intended life’s work. Among the other careers toward which Presbyterian college stu- Wednesday ready to make the fi- dents of today aim for; nal “stretch” drive of the first se- j Denistry( 19; engineering, 12; mester. Less tban thre eweeks re-j j 11; social work> 7 ; chemistry, mam before the start of Cxamina- service; radio announcing; Uons which complete the first archltecture . governm ent work; semester work of the 1956-57 ses-^ farnu repairs, etc. The responsibility' of making each loan is vested in the executive committee af the asso ciation. which has the responsi bility of fixing the terms and con ditions on which the loans is to be made.” Mr. Bedenbaugh stated that farmers who are lookup for cred it suited to their particular situa tion are invited to the Clinton Pro duction Sredit association office and take a look at this new type of intermediate-term credit which is now available. MIX-UP IN DIXIE-HOME AD * The advertisement for Dixie-Home Stores ^appearing on page nine of The Chronicle today was run through an error. Readers are requested to ignore it. The correct ad for Dixie-Home this week is on page five. Massey Injured In Florida Wreck George Massey, Clinton Cham ber of Commerce manager, was injured Mnoday in an automobile wreck north of West Palm Beach, Fla., according to a message re ceived here late Monday after noon. The extent of his injuries was not given in the dispatch. He was treated at a West Palm Beach hospital and dismissed. Three other Clintonians in the car escaped without injuries, it was stated. No details were giv en as to the nature of the wreck. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Yarborough, Bobby Copeland, employed at the Yarborough jDil Co., and Good year store on West Main street, and Massey were enroute in the Yarborough’s car to Miami to see the Orgnge Bowl football game between 'Clemson and Colorado. The party continued on to Mi ami. 1956 Postal Receipts Increase Over 1955 Receipt at the Clinton postoffice showed an increase of $6,417.92 over 1955, Postmaster William D. Adair said yesterday. | Business for 1956 reached a to- i tal of $81,544.41. Mr. Adair said. | Receipts for 1955 were $75,126.49. The 1956 volume was approxi- ' mately 8.5 per cent larger than for 1955 Special mu.de for the t*wo >er vices will be provided by the choir of All Saints Episcopal Church, of Clinton The Rev. Clyde L Ireland, priest-iri-charge of the local con- gregation, ha* invited members Of other congregations of the two, communities to worship with the Episcopalians at this time. VISIT IN WASHINGTON Major and Mrs Harry F Low man Jr and children have re turned to their home here after u visit with relatives in Wash ington, D C GUEST OF MRS. KERN Mrs Ethel Ken\. of Greenville. Laurens A £100,000 fire level ed two store buildirugs just off the| Public Square here early Mon day morning An explosion at the 1 height of the flames blew out the front of one 4ore, sending a hori zontal rain of debris and flames which blackened the front of City Hall Dendy Brothers Grocery Store No, 1 and the Laurens Drug Store were razed by the fire. Firemen prevented the flames from spread- i propnate !0 mg to other buildings, bringing it| eludes cos: >t under control about-4:30 a. m The Dendy store was operated by Dallas Dendy ami Russell Den dy on the corner of E. Laurens and Laurel Sts., across the street from the convening of the legislature. Presiding was Senator Robert 1 C. Was. oiy'TiewIy elected to the post afn i7 erving seven terms in the Hou / of Represent Rive Member ->t ’he Hou -e ir? ,W haul Culbertson, nj Laurens, Wil ham C Dobbins of Joanna, and T David Sloan, Jr. of LauTens. all of whom tie new members. Wasson dated thai tt was tht desire of the delegation to repre •i nt the people that the press and public are welcome to attend meet.ngs of the delegation as they are held from time to time There are no secrets and we haVe nothing 'o h le from the people, he said Capt. J \ en Thompson, com mander pi tlie Laurens unit of the Nation.i Guard,'spol.c of con templated improvements in en largement’ old renovation o! local armories ovur the state, in cluding Lauren . and requested the delegation to cupport appro- pration yd fund, to uizment those put !' le d gov ernment for the purpose that had been larg^iv unu ed in the past two year* He and the federal government a .1- put up 75''' of the funds t the state will »p which also m- iew armories. Morns.-' ivnn. vh’o ..rtd he represents i'"- ner hers of th< Parent-Tea -.- i*sociation o'f th« Laurens (' ntra Elemental-. was the week-end guest of Mr* partment. C. M Miller was pro- Agnes Kern ' prietor of the drug store •• New Home tor Boys At Thornwell chool, ask-d meniDer* City Hall and the Laurens fire de- delegation ipport in the genera' the highest pay teachers of h>- sought the i I in conjunction department, ' sidewalks at loading and school bu.*> ' traffic conit ' < Ralph Ru.ldh Mills, requ'-'t travel and iccounl for def luring villages SEE BOWL GAMES * Heath Copeland, J. V. Lowe, William Brooks Owens and B. R. Austin have returned from Flori da where| they attended the Gator Bowl game in Jacksonville and the Orangfe Bowl game in Miami. of the gislation assembly giving scale possible to ' de He also f the delegation. :'h the highwav gi in,ate of the ,t-hool and build zones for unsj|ft» a£ga.. it Lvdiu d :li r PI They get $15o it’s deputie expense hanufac county, regular sher- tted $600 an n* ' M B Henderson, of Youngs township, appeared to request the delegation to apprponate ' funds for better maintenance of the county’* excellent system ot black toppM—roads, saying thru*, holes, if allowed to go unre paired, would .gef bigger and the oad, would deteriorate. Wesley Walker. Greenville at torney speaking in 'behalf -of the Zonolite _ company, a vermiculite mining and processing concern near Ora, requested the closing of a road,*which he termed not much more than a path, and largely unusued. adjoining the company’s property' The com- I ni'. need* the area, he said, for . tQCkpilmg reserve supplies of ore Also, two veins of vermicu- I ;te ure cro** this road and the Wrnpanv want* to mine the area m the future Walker was ac companied b> Hooper Skardon, property manager -it the com-' pany. who .aid that the company t planned to m<ive it. Timing h**ad- quarters to the county, and the move would bi'ing much equip ment to the county and increase •he company's investment ' Mayor Joe Medlo^k of Laurens, requested an dlocation funds to the cities of Laurens ami Clin ton from the highway department for use on farm to market roads i was done the past year. He -aid ’hat Mayor Joe I’ Terry, of Clinton, had planned to hr 1 at the meeting to present the sujtu? re- quset but had been prevented from appearing Both cities had an allocation of 525,000 for 1956. Benjamin Thompson and other representatives if the Pitts-Gary, American Legion Post m Clinton requested an appropriation to enable the post to complete pay- men' on its headquarters build ing. saying community -chs -ih the area P \ !'.abb. Lauren* at- - i nov. * •quested the delegations upper! of forthcoming requests for increased -subsistence appro- pnatiOhs in the legislature for the State Hospital and for Whitten that it served as a ■ her for colored cit- -aia 12 . This is the recently completed Tom P. tUrtneks home on the Thornwell Orphsnsge which will house s group of M to 25 boys. The home is s rift of T. P. Hsrtneos of SpsrUnburf. Mr. snd Mrs. Hsrtnem hsve built two other buildings st Thornwell. the gymnasium and a home for girls. nally, it wa A group of 12 1 n- a from Dials Town-hip -appeared to re quest the d< r it - ’•> keep the l county work r.p - 1 '■ i Lour*, j saying that t * m ’ii- ci e'er of population in th<- upper part of th» : county. The n-tentam of the camp in that in a. it w i* *a i b> D E. Todd, who was -poke* man for the group, would :/•' the coufity better service a 1 least cost to the taxpayer* It seemed to be'the opinion of the Dials delegation that a camp at Gray Court and one in the ’ower part of the county would cut down travel time between work . jobs and would be better than one central camp, as has been pro posed. , The grand jury in its present ment at the last term of court m November recommended that Village He w is -[leaking for the Mental Health assoc la ion. Sheriff C. Wier reported ?hat the jail in Laurens needs a new roof and requested an ap- propi lation to cover the cost. He also isked for equalized travel accounts for mill depuCes. C A St nyruht asked for the -continued appropriation of $40 monthly for 'he office of the ser vice officer of the county, as did H D ' Ropp. representative for tl»« A SC office n the county, who requested the usual appropriation tor office expense During the discussion between the delegation ,tnd Bennie B. Blakely, supervisor, and Paul S. O'Dell and Furman Thomason, [ new county commissioners Was son suggested that an inventory be made of all county equip- (continued on page 4)