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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, January 17, 1957
Clinton Men in Key West
Shown heT«* are Georire Massey, left, manager of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, and Dan. A.
Yarborough, right, as they talked with Doyle Morgan, manager of the Chamber of Commerce in Key
West. Fla., center, on- a recent trip to Florida. See story below. .
frome or acquaintances from oth
er parts of South Carolina.
A’ trip to Florida, east coast or
west coast, ocean or gulf, is al
ways exciting, but when it > is i
coupled with ,a tour with friends,
a view of a home state team m
the Orange Bowl with all the
attending festivities and • a trip
to Key West, to say nothing of
being thrown onto the busy high
way as the result-of an accident.
Band Boosters Club
Is Organized Here
Last Thursday evening a group
of citziens interested in the wel
fare of the Clinton school music
department met in the high
school auditorium and organized
The Clinton Band Booster club.
W. A. Cothran, miisic director,
there is only on word to describe ! P res ided urltil the president of the
it. as the Miami Beach Chamber 1 " , “ 1 ~ ♦—»
of Commerce manager says of his
club for the year was elected. Mr.
Cothran explained the operations
one.
Rouse to Speak to
Baptist Brotherhood
Massey Writes of Recent Florida Trip!
By GEORGE MASSEY
Roving Correspondent
The sight of a northbound bus
labeled "Miami;' is one more
thrill.' particularly to one' who
has spent h^s life watching the
southbound buses
of thf ir|agic
daily passing d
bearing- the rfarm
city of Florida.
Several Clinton
advantage of the
trip to see
citizens took,
recent Orange
Bowl trip to see Clemson play
Colorado to travel south of Miami
and visit Key West, the southern
most city of the continental Unit
ed States.
Florida, which is in a construc-
ticin.Jboom period which threat
ens to break all-time records, is
an interesting state at any time,
but couple a leisurely ride dow’n
the^East Coa.<t and a trip back \i r . ' an d Mrs. Dan Yarborough
ous structures have sprouted up,
bpth along the ocean fronts ana
on the back roads to encourage
the most pessimistic.
■. During, the trip to the Orange
Bowl, the West Palm Beach
newspapers in screaming head
lines told of the latest large de
velopment, the purchase of a
whole length of beach in the Vero
Beach area at which plans cal.
^or the development of anothei
t a b u 1 o u s resort development
where an entire modern city cost
ing many millions will rise to ca
te]* to the millions of citizens who
continue to vacation and make
their retirement home in Florida.
Following a stopover in Day
tona Beach, and a* ride on their
famous beach which is a demand
ing call to the visitor to t
World’s Most Famous Beach,
the showmanship and business
acumen of the business interests
of South Florida and in particu
lar, the 70-man Orange Bowl
Commute of which each member
through the beautiful center part
of .the state with a side visit to
Key West and an..Orange B6wi ^
extravaganza ancki you have a
top thrillufg experience.
The 1957 Orange Bowl classic
provided the excuse to enable
central and south Florida for the
this writer to vist old friends m
first time since 1950 and needless
to say, the changes in scenery
were beyond expectation.
Although the perennial prob
lems of the business- citize'ns ot
the sunshine state, those of citrus
crop production, tourist volume
and the like, were the same this
year as in the past, but all along
Bobby Copeland and tfys writer
continued south to Miami and
the unbelievable spectacle of the
Orange Bowl game and show.
Although the trip was marred
slightly by an auto accident
north of West Palm Beach, the
awe-inspiring sights of the Or
ange Bowl parade at nrght .with
^ill the glowing lights thrilling the
crowds and the thrill of the foot-
, ball struggle and the show at
1 halftime, diminshed the thoughts
of pain resulting from ‘the acci
dent.
The Orange Bowl show, which
is rated by many as the top per
formance east of California on
the way, new and more glamor- ! New Year’s Day, speaks well ot
must constantly recafl theTmah-
cial rewards of the gigantic un
dertaking. ■*
THe many Miami bands as well
as the others from throughout
the country, including a church
group from Rockaway Beach, N
V . arid the writer’s hometown
band from Albany ((.la.) high,
gave,a real spirit to the entire oc
casion. The'hundreds of pretty
girls participating in the event as
well 'as organizations and Wsi-
nests houses, many being reported
as spending up to $5,000.00 on
their various entries, make the
show a sight this side of Holly
wood
Sandwiched m between the
Orange Bowl festivities was the
side trip to Key West, which not
only gave the writer the oppor
tunity of calling on boyhood
fnqnds in Homestead, but en
abled a visit to Chamber of Cym-
merce friends in Key Wrist The
sight of that northbound bus
labeled Miami told the visitors
that they were approaching the
/southernmost tip of the states.
Clemson, the team South Caro
lina citizen^ were pulling for.
might have lost the struggle to
Colorado, but this did not dim the
trip of the rooters as they ming-
led about the enormous steel and
concrete structure called the Or
ange bowl, greeting friends from
The Rev. J. E. Rouse, of-Lau-
rens, will be the guest speaker for
the Baptist Brotherhood meeting
this evening Thursday at 7:30 at
i the First Baptist church. *
The Rev. Mr. Rouse is wen
| known here, having served as
I pastor for several area churches,
including the First Baptist churcn
ot Laurens.
A native North Carolinian, he
was educated in the schools oi
that state, was’ graduated from
Furman University with a B.b.
list Seminary, Louisviille, Ky.,
-degree, attended Sputhern Bap
graduated from Andover Theb-
logical School', Newton Centre,
Mass,,.’with a B.D. degree arid <}i 4 d
graduate work at Boston Univer
sity. He has served as dean ot
freshmen at Furman university;
on the board of trustees of a num
ber of educational institutinos in
the state, is a member of Rotary
International and Hejaz Temple
of the Shrine. Greenville.
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domain, it’s incredible, wonder-, music department and how
luf and majestic, all rolled into' 3 Booster club would bene
fit not only of the band but the
Clinton area as well.
The Constitution and By-Laws
1 were discussed and adopted by
the club. Copies of the Constitu
tion and By-Lkws will be avail
able at the next meeting.
The objects of The Clinton
Band Booster club are: *
1. To arouse and maintain an
enthusiastic interest Th the va
rious phases of the Instrumenta*i
Music Department of Joanha
School, Cross Hill School, Clinton
Junior High School and Clinton
High School.
2. To lend all possible support,
both moral and .financial, to the
general’ instrumental music pro
grams in the schools.
3. To cooperate with those in
charge of the instrumental music
department of the School" Board
to the end that this department
be brought to and kept at the
highest" possible degree of effic
iency. To build % and maintain an
organization which will help pro
mote the general activities of the
instrumental music department.
Membership in this club shall
not be limited and no dues are
charged. Anyone interested is
eligible for membership and are
invited to. attend the next regular
meeting which will be at 7:3u,
Monday, February 4, in the hign
school'' auditorium. Parents of
pupils in the Instrumental Music
Department are to be considered
active members
.. The first project of the club
w'ill be to raise enough money to
purchase fifty band uniforms.
Plans fro raising. the/ necessary
funds will be announced by T-
C. Johnson, Jr.> chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee.
Officers elected at this meet
ing to serve through the school
year, are:
President—Calvin A. Cooper.
Vice-President — Mrs. F. V.
Smith.
Recording Secretary — Mrs.
Frank E. Cauley.
Financial Secretary — C. W.
Bridges.
Club Treasurer — Mrs. J. P.
Rowland.
Publicity Director—L. S. Red-
deck.
Ways and Means Chairman—
T. C. Johnson, Jr.
Prgoram Chairman—Mrs. Rob
ert E. Johnson.
Smith Inducted
Kiwanis President
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Howard Smith was installed as
the new president of the Clinton
Kiwanis club at the first Janu
ary meeting of the club last
Thursday night.
Lester *Cnbb, of Spartanburg,
lieutenant governor of the Nintn
Division* Carolinas District, ot
Kiwanis International, conducted
the installation ceremonies. Smitn
succeeded Julian Bolick, who
served as president fro the past
year and automatically ^became
vice-president.
James Von Holien stepped in
as secretary-treasurer, succeeding
G. Edward Campbell, w'ho helo
this position for the past three
years.
National Guard __
Groups Meet,
Honor Godfrey
. Tfie annual get-together of the
officers of the Headquarters ana
Headquarters battery, South Car
olina National Guard, at Spar
tanburg, and the battalion com
manders of the 51 st Div. Artil
lery over the state, was held at
Lakeside Country club on Satur
day evening, January 12, honor
ing General Ansel B. Godfrey
on his recent' promotttm to the 1
rank of Major General.
‘ A fellowship hour, dinner and
dancing was enjoyed during the. 1
evening with music by Don Wil- j
son.
~ Gen. Godfrey was presented a i
gift from the officers, and Mrs. |
Godfrey, who was celebrating a
birthday, was also remembered.
College Schedules
Term Examinations
Final examinations terminating
Work of the first semestes loom
less than a week away for Pres
byterian college students, but a
four - day, betw r een - semestei
“break” awaits at the end of this
period.
The detailed examination
schedule released today by Aca
demic Dean George C. Belling-
rath indicates that all of nexc
week (the week of January 2L
will be "devoted to this period Oi
testing. The first exam will stan
at 9:00' a. m., Monday morning,
and the last test will close at li
noon on Saturday.
As the end of the First trem
approaches, preparations are be
ing made for the start of the sec
ond semester at Presbyterian.
Registration \s set for 9:00 a. m.,
Thursday, .January 31, and class
room work will be resumed dn
regular schedule the following
day.
' Students thus will have a four-
day holiday between the final ex
amination and registration for
the new semester.
Laurens Wins
From Clinton High
In Three Seconds
Clinton high’s basketballers
lost a thriller here Friday night
to Laurens high when Spec Bar
bery’s shot hit the mark with
three seconds to go, and rackea
up a 43 to 42 victory for Lau
rens.
Barbery with 13, and RusseL
with 11, paced the Laurens boys
play,' while Smith with 14, anu
Ferrene with 13, were high scor
ers for Clinton.
In the girls’ game, which wa:
also won by Laurens, 42-37, Grif
fith with 18, and Brown with 1
led the Lady Tigers, while Mcr
chant with 17, and Elders with 13,
poured in most for the 'Clinji
Devilettes.
WILDLIFE CHAPTER
TO MEET TUESDAY
(Laurens County Chapter of Wild
Life Association will meet at the
Mary Lou Ranch on Tuesday. Jan.
22.
A movie depicting Canadian
pike fishing' will be shown.
JUNIOR CANTEEN
MEET FRIDAY
The junior canteen will' meet
Friday evening from 7:30 until
0:30 at the American Legion
Home. January b 35 'been desig
nated as polio drive month for the
canteen and donations will be
made for that cause.
MEN-OF-THE-CHURCH
The Men-of-the-Church of the
First Presbyterian Church twill
meet this evening, Thursday, at
seven o’clock at the church. An
interesting program has been
planned.
WESLEY BROTHERHOOD
The Men’s Wesley Brotherhood
club of Broad Street Methodist
Church will hold the January sup
per meeting at T&O o’clock this
evening, Thursday, at thtFchurch.
DR. DAVIS IN HOSPITAL
Friends of Dr. J. W. Davis will
be interested to know he is a pa
tient at the General hoapiatl in
Greenville where he underwent
an operation on Friday. He is
improving satisfactorily and ex
pects to be able to return here
about the first of next week.
BANKS TO CLOSE
The Bank of Clinton afcd M. S.
Bailey gc Son, Bankers, will be
closed Saturday, January 19, in
observance of Robert K Lee’s
birthday. <•
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LEAVES FOR FAR EAST
Sgt. Jerry Buffington will
leave this week-end for a port in
Washington where he will sab
for duty in the Faf East.
He was formerly stationed at
Fort Bragg. N. C., and has been
spending .a leave with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Buffing
ton, at their home on Norfn
Broad street. His wife and infant
son, ^Jerry, will reside with his
parents while he is overseas.
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| Shotgun Blast Hits
House On Frances St.
A house on Frances, street, in
the Clinton Cotton Mills village,
was hit by Shots from a shotgun
about 9:30 Monday night, locai
police state.
The hosue, occupied by the
John Vassey family, was hit near
the top of a rear window^ and two
panes were broken. No one in
the house was injured. ,
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Police are investigating
- Mr. Merchant
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