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4 . </’ If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Volume LVIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 31, 1957 City's New Fire Truck Arrives Shown here is Clinton's new fire engine which was added to the city's equipment Monday, re placing an old pumper which had served the community for more than 30 years. The truck is a 750-gdllon-per minute pumper with a 300-gallon tank mounted on the frame, which can be put into use immediately upon arrival at a fire while firem en are hooking up larger hose. Flanking the new ^engine are Fire Chief Wyman M. Shealy. Engineer Marvin DeYoung. Engineer Thomas P. Owens, Engineer J. Hubert Owens, and Relief Engineer Paul Quinton. The City also has a smaller truck wlhich has been in use for about 16 years. . Spring Practice To Get Going Monday For PC Footballers / Presbyterian college gridmen will open a planned five-week spring prajc-tice session on Mon- iay afternoon. Head Coach Bill | Crutchfield announced today. He issued to some 35 squad members the call to action which will find the' Hosemen working on fundamentals and polishing .the mi..takes of the past, season until" .‘-•aturday, March 9. ’ Crutchfield said the workouts will be held each* afternoon be tween 3 and 5 p. m for-five days a week Monday through Friday. A sixth session on Saturday after noon will be scheduled only when | the team plans an intra-squad’ game. The PC coach said he ex personnel changes - from the 1956 campaign, except for the absence of the nine seniors who will -not be _2_ £ The Chronicle .Strived To Be A Clean New*- paper* Complete, Newsy and Reliable Number 5 Mothers March To Close Match of Dimes Campaign Here This Evening Joanna Foundation I Sale Aids Polio Drive Fire Siren To _ * Signal Event • Banquet Scheduled, For Tonight At 7:00 — -» The Joanna Foundation will hold its annual banquet this evening (Thursday) .at " 90 o’clock The banquet will be held at Jo- among guests will be incoming among the guests will b incoming and outgoing board members, trus tees and officers, and others. Dr. F. Pendleton Games, president of Wofford college, will be the speak er. ♦rcss-Will be giv en" by the dif'etfent committees, ae coming year and a meal .will new plans for will be discussed back next year. Eight of these are be served by thje local Woman’s Ic.tcrmen, and include such stand outs as: co-captains guard Tom Clinton's Fire Equipment Improved With New Unit 750-Gal. Pumper Truck Put Into Use my Warren of Allendale and quar terback Felder Cook of Charleston Heights; fullback Eddie Brocken- brough and tackle Wayne Shoe- sentj the latest in fire fighting apparatus put out by the Ameri can LaFrance Company, of El mira, N. Y. The truck replaces an old mod el American LaFrance which the City has used for more than 30 years, being purchased' in 1922 or 1923. It was sold to the Town of Pacolet in • Spartanburg coun ty for $800, and representatives ofithat town drove it to its new home Monday afternoon. The city also has a smaller truck which has been in use for ‘about 16 years. Clinjton’s fire department is manned i>y a chief, assistant chief, three paick full-time engin eers. and one paid relief engin eer, and about 20 volunteer fire- si a ~ | men. The volunteer firemen are (iPnmia IPRfnPr^ pa ^ $2.00 for each call if water VCUiyiQ ICQUICIO \ is turned b n $100 if no water 1S used. The engineers are Thomas P. Owens, J. Hubert Owens, Marvin Stopping the* racehors** Georgia ^Young and Paul Quinton, re- Clinton’s fire fighting equip ment was given a big boost Mon day with the arrival of a new truck purchased by city council about two months ago. The truck with new' hose bought rep resents an investment of about .$10,000. TRe new engine can . deliver 750 gallons of w-ater a minute thruogh regular size hose and has an auxiliary tank mounted which holds 300 gallons, which can be put into use immediately -lipon arrival ‘at a fire, psing either of two sizes of smaller hose. Nec essary auxiliary equipment is car ried oh the truck", which repre- Presbyterian Faces Teachers Here Tonight At S Teachers quintet is the- job facing Presbyterian college cagers here Thursday night. .Immediately alter Georgia .Teachers, the Hosemen must set out for Charleston fot a match with Norman Sloan's Citadel team on Friday night. When the Statesboro, Ga., crowd invades Leroy Springs gymnasium at 8 p. m. Thursday fans will wit ness a rematch of two point-happy basketball teams. Trouble was, when the two squads met down there last 'week end, Georgia Teachers sailed off on a shooting tangent that produced 120 points before the night wasebj over. And although the Blue Hose maintained their nationally rank ed scoring pace of 94 points — a comfortable assortment on most evenings—this amount fell quite a few paces short of victory. - — 1 So now Coach Russ Murphy will be aiming to cut the production margin of his visitors w'hile keep ing the Hosemen shooting freely. He’s still without scoring ace forward Dave Thompson, how ever, and this is the boy who led the field-for the night in the first meeting of the two squads. Thomp son ‘tossed in 29 points • before leaving the- game early in the fourth quarter with a badly sprained ankle. * Center Bruce Thompson, the team’s top rebounder and num ber two scoring man with’ a 22 points-pec-game average, <will be leading the way for the Hosemen. Sharing the load with him will bo ace ffoorman and defensive’expert Bill Sullivan and set-shot artist Ken Caswell at the two guard slots, and Wyatt Aiken and Clay ton Adams at the forwards. Georgia Teachers is paced by two co-captain guards in the per sons of Don Wallen and Bo War ren. Dr. Patte Moderator Of Enoree Presbytery Dr. Edouard Patte, prpfessor at Presbyterian college, is the new moderator of Enoree Presbytery, which held its winter session Tuesday at Covenant Presbyte rian chuch in Spartanburg. Ministers and ruling elders of Presbyterian churches in Spar tanburg, Greenville. Cherokee, counties comprise the member ship of the Presbytery. J. Ministers not installed ’as pas tors of churches, serving in other fields, may be members of Pres byteries other than the on in which they live. v__ lief engineer. Wyman M. Shealy is-chief of the department, and M. W. Adams,, ’ assistant chief. Vplpnteer firemen include Ar thur 'Benjkmin, Carl Chaney, Grady Chandler, R. P. Chapman, W C. Milam, Sam McCrary, Ma bry MoCrary. Paul Quinton, Grady Simpson, Roy Trammell. Marcell Barker. L. L. Copeland. Jr., Jack Blakely, R. L. Plaxico, Jr., Mason Young, Ed Davenport, Charles Pitts, Paul Pearson. C. H. Tinsley Buried At Cross Anchor Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for C'. Homer Tinsley were held Sunday after noon at New Hope Baptist church at Cross Anchor, by Rev. J. C. Glenn, Rev. M. D. Lee, and Rev. Paul Hartsell. Burial was in Yarborough’s Chapel cemetery. Nephews were pallbearers and the honorary escort was com posed of deacons of New Hope Baptist church. Mr. Tinsley, a former school teacher and administrator, died early Saturday morning at the Veterans hospital in Columbia a/ter s’everal months illness. He was a natiye of Cross Anch or, a, sori of the late James Ash more and Alma Hill Tinsley. He was a member of New Hope Bap tist church of Cross Anchor where he was a deacon. He re ceived his education in the pub lic schools of Spatanburg coun ty- and was a graduate of Fur man university’' in the class of 1915 with ap AB degree. He received his MA degree from the University of Alabama, j He was superintendent of the, Abbeville and Enoree public schools for a number of years. He was a director of the Lau rens REA and a veteran of World War I. A few years ago he're tired and came back to his old home near Cross Anchor to make his home. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie Belle Phifer Tinsley, of Cross Anchor; two sons, Charles H. Tinsley, of Newark, Del.; and James M. Tinsley, of Charleston; five sisters, Mrs. C. D. Yarbor- ough and Mrs. E. R. Knox, both of Clinton; Mrs. Lester Burnette, of Tryon, N. C.; Mrs. Roy De- Shields, of Cross Anchor; and Mrs. R. H. Pierce, of Jackson ville, FHa.; one brother, J. E. Tins ley, of Blacksburg; and several grandchildren. maker, both of Charlotte; half- year of service to the community of Joanna. It was founded by the late William H Regnery backs Gerte Butler of Conway and Raymond Johnson of Whitmire; j guard Bill Tsacries of Clearwater, Fla., and end Russ, Alexander of Lyons, Ga. The single non-letter- man senior is Ken Daughtry of ! Macon Wasson Introduces Bill To Change Payment of Fees ^ • The Blue Hose won four games 1 A bill has been introduced in and lost six during the 1956 see the General Assembly by Senator son. Robert C. Wasson, amending the general law to affect Laurens County, that wiould require the sheriff to collect in advance civil fees, costs or charges which may be due him for all services which he is called upon to render. The general law does not re quire payment of such fees be fore trial. The bill enumerates ttie’follow- ipg fees for the sheriff of Lap- rens county: claim and delivery, $3.75, plbs mileage; 10 cents per mile one way; attendant and ma- club. Outgoing boird members will be presented tokens of apprela tion for their services, and new members will be recognized and welcomed into the\group The Foundation \is in its' 11th Fire Department To Sponsor Show Here Next Tuesday chanics’ lien. $3.75 plus mileage. 10 cents per mile one way; and summons and complaint. $2.T5 plus mile.age, 10 cents per mile one way. "Mardi Gras Modes" Be Presented Feb. 26 By Episcopal Women “Mardi Gras Modes," a fashion show of spring and summer styles is to be presented Tuseday .eve- The Clinton fire department has .announced that arrangements have been completed for the pro fessional stage show’, “Hypnotic Marvels," which will bring Dr. Taham Conrad and company here for an evening of entertainment wheih includes feats of mental ism, mind reading, predictions and demonstrations of hypnotism. The show’ will be presented at the Clinton junior high school au~ ditorium on Tuesday, February 5, at 8:00 p. m. and the proceeds w’ill be used for the benefit of the American Legion Junior Baseball club Dr Conrad, the star of the com pany, is a nationally known men- talist nad a topflight entertainer whose' hypnotic demonstrations have delighted and baffled au- i diencea for many, years. Not only (ling,'February 26. at the Ameri- h as j) r Conrad’and ccfVnpany re- Thornwell Host To 300 Clinton Friends In New Dining Hall Th* mp ight at 7 30 > f the Moth - jnd it is ex • '*-£1—‘v . Marr* n ored r>y .^axillary .' Mrs Chi naa irles her.- is a frand :On-- me idt L'd , ■ ie city are re- on their porch that a*contnbu- awaits the mothers on their Ev< ry tMtiw l be vis- nowev-r md pampr. lets' . . ’ ■ < .a ...dren to get poLo hots will be distribut ed. a: • . the nation torugnt 3.- eOiyOi) mothers will march forth t*, so.; .; <ontr.butions for the' Foundation for Infantile Paraly- Tht .is been divided into » 'aptam named in Mayor Joe P. Terry bought th** fir»t blue crutch last week from Marcell Barker. Governor of the I>oral Moose chapter, while Gholdie Simmons and Carl Campbell look on. The Moose club raised over a hundred dollars in this way for the 1957 March of Dimes. Irby S. Thornwell Orphanage was host on Tuesday evening to 300 Clin ton friends, rhembers of its exec utive committee, a few members of the board of trustees from nearby areas, and other guests. | The occasion was arranged in or- I recently rebuilt dining hall, kitch- ' ||lf^AQC der that the group might sea the! 11111%?^ J Vn. and their new facilities! A chicken dinner was the menu Funeral services for Irby S.; ed of elders and deacons ol for the evening, served by the Hipp, widely known Clinton citi church. older girls of the institution The) zen. were held Tuesday afternoon j Mr Hipp died at 6 30 p m invocation was by Dr. W. Redd at 3:30 o'clock at the First Pres- i Monday at Seif Merhona'. hos- IV areas with t . . : to direct the drive. If v ur hoir.*- dS* • not • have * porch .ight place your contribu tion on the front steps so it will not be overlooked -by the todies. In, the whirlwind drive a large number of women will partici- p v A funds co. ected. during • h< e\ en:n,* will 4b to the March Dimes to be used exclusively pre and treat- . HipD Passes After Funeral Tuesday tne Turner, pastor of the First Pres- btyerian church of Clinton, a member of the board of trustees The guests w’ere welcomed by | Bufia! followed in the cemct|ery Mr "Higp. was grv of the r kB.. Morse, of Abbeville, chair* [adjoining the church ” 'widely known clothing sales ceived nationwide acclaim, from theater and radio audiences, but they have been featured in tele vision appearances. can Legion Home by members of the Woman’s Auxiliary of All 'Saints Episcopal Mission. , w Tickets are to go on sale nex* week, with Mrs. A. B. Stump. auxiliary treasurer, in charge ot ^ County Gets $2,161.22 sales From Beer Tax Revenue Mrs. Michael Turner, general chairman, has also announced m connection with the event a con test fpr young people of the church. The contest will- begin February 5 with a prize awarded to the one who sells the largest number of tickets ‘Local stores will name mod els who will wear the latest styles in sports wear, cottons, afternoon end formal dresses with access ories. A. jo. .nurse, oi /vooeviue.. cnair- man of the^ex^cutive committee Serving as pallbearers were G of Thornwell. (j L. Simpson. C E Galloway . J Dr. M. A Macdonald, president of the institution, addressed the group and told of efforts made through recent years to accumu late' funds from many sources to do the remodeling job It was done at a cost of approximately i $60,000. Many comments &vre heard from those present on the beauty and utility of the struc- Ture and - its'facilities. ' ■ ' The Thornwell choir, under the I direction of Miss Luva McDon-i aid, .gave several selections. Miss Mary Alice Hamm, Thornwell girl, who is a student at the Uni-11-aurer.s county icl.-g, * ,>- in-'u* byterian church, conducted by ! pital in Greenwiiod, wnere he was Dr. W. Redd Turner, pastor, and ! taken three weeks ago when he Dr. D. J. Woods, pastor emeritus, j became ill. most djoimng the church ~~~ ’ ' widely known clothing salesmen .n this part of the county. For years, beginning in early man- iwjod. he was connected with the Id Copeland-Stone Company, a nen's and women’s clothing firm which operated in Clinton for nearly 50 years l^ter he was a member of the firm of Hipp and Adair, and Hipp and Chandler, both men's clothing firms At the time of his death he was with L B Diliard chanf of .the been for a number of year- B Templeton. W Carlisle Neely, J B Hart, and W R. Anderson- The honorary escort was compos- W. C. Dobbins Named To Membership On Gressette Committee Mr Hipp met the pub a.” Representative Wiluahi l Dob-, being of an affable n tjur*' Well bins, of Joanna, mem ber of. the ! -versed in po: ■rent. * * Captains who will serve with Mrs, Burnette in the drive are: I Mrs Ered Hoicorr.be. vice-chair- m in.' Mr* Joe McGee. Mrs Ed- ! ’yard +*e o r. -‘Mrs Austin Chandler Mr-. William Davis. Mrs. L. S Red deck. Mrs. Claude Crocker. Mrs B F Wingard, Mrs Hugh Jacobs, Mrs Perry Moore, Mrs Charles Hollis. Mrs. Jack Rtd. Mrs. Edgar Taylor, Mrs Fred Bragg. Mrs Ted Ward Ti’.e mothers are requested to meet at th# American Legion ’Memorial Home after the march. Th» Legion Auxiliary will serve, coffee and doughnuts. Mrs Mil ford Smith and Mrs. Almon Spen cer are members of the* refresh ment committee . The National Foundation for Infant. V P iralvcs, tne agency th a admin.-ter? March oij Dimes funds, reports tha’. about $65 to $70 million will be needed this ; ear m the- United States to con tinue the vanou- pokq programs in versitg of South Carolina, dered a solo. - The fashion show is presented annually, this being the third yea/, with proceeds going,to the building fund of the church. Laurens county has received $2,161.22 .as its part of the state tax on beer and wine, the State Tax Commission reported The ievenue was for the last quarter of 1956. Counties of the state reeerv-■ ary 5*. at 10 o'clock, ed a total of $97,396 18 for the pe- 1 riod! At the same time, the commis sion distributed a total of $111,- ren- gener.i'. avM*mt)’y. h,.> beet ■ • to membership on the so-called. Gressftte committoet .• was nounced this week The committee w .«.* set '.n to study andireport to the General Assembly on problems facing the public school system with respect. nd also the -,*hiK)l ; Social Agencies Meet In Laurens The Council of Social Agencies will meet in I^aurens at the Friendship room of the luiurens to sogiegatio' Federal Savings and Loan A iso- < elation building Tuesday, Febru- of segregatun .ffecti* - [government and its poll The meeting will be addrsesed dr* .ston.*. ^ b\ Col. Frank Pinckney, of the Tf . c .ii ;-^ '.. n «.•: ocr.-'. t State Adjutant General's office, tee is five numbe: *>f th. M men .-* cdothjag -mer-a - - , •» ', 7 , , unimpeded 1 city, where he had i Truluck Named Summer Assistant At Laurens Church vton s huu the people oundmjj Clinton this community He .wa. i the late John HenYv , aret Blakely Hipp Ht iH v ; J! 'Ub Columbia. He will talk on the .five members of the Senate, and 309.92 to cities and towns of the ^ Shuth, Carolina National Guard fiw men >er* app • th. state and retained $1,182,668.00 ini Anyone interested is invited to z.rvemor fr n t-.e • ,t.- the state treasury for support of make reservations for lunch bv Senator Gressette. of Calhouiv schools and other state purpos- tailing Mrs. Etelync MTilkcs. of c-ounty, is chairman of -the .-or** Knew most wide area s B**m 66 yi-ars .tg** j t-t north tf ( nton. he spent his entire life in m of i Mar was a member of the Fir*t Presbyterian church and served «v- 'he b«w i of deacom — ' Surviving art- his wife.- Mrs Agnes FlVtin Hipp of . • in. ore : I*: S Hipp 1 ■ »ne daujfhter. M--, JEugene Avery, both of R^K'k Hill; one brother. Mac B H.pp. Sr of Cbi.to" Rev Rembert ton "-I ,, h'4 to Rev J F. Rqi FtM Baptist J 'c!f Truluck. of Clin- irred ‘as aa&sitant . -*• postekr of the arch of Laurens, months, it was La ureas '.a>! anno in -ed frni week H< :< • e -on 'f Mr and Mrs K S Tr - .. .* s. * ’ ’his city A graduate of Furman Urover es. Laurens mittee three tisten, Mrs Oswald Cope-. - sity. GreenV ,- * fiormet* pv end of Newh. Mrs w v for of Beaverdam Bapt:s: churon Shealy, of Clint..n, ,i:ul Mr- B m th.* count'- he.is :n hw«fUrst \V G::«son of. N- w two' y**ar’‘as i' -tudent r Southern rind* dren and a number of Baptist Th.silogicai, Semina ry at nieces and nephew’s Louisville. Kv, • Textile Men See New Plant at Clinton High School h Here are representatives of management and supervisory per sonnel of Clinton Cotton Mills, Lydia Cotton Mills. Joanna Cot ton Mills, and Industrial Supply Company of Clinton whieh fur nished the machinery for the textile department of Clinton high school, who were guests at a luncheon at the school last Wednes day. The school can boast of a' modem manufacturing plant which is in use dally, making possible the teaching of 16 boys the process of making cloth, the eqvipmen fgr which was given by these Clinton and Joanna companies. The Bahan Textile Company, of Greenville, also was one of the donors, but a representative from that company could not be present Wednesday. At the luncheon, W. R. Anderson, superintendent of schools, expressed appreciation of trustees and administration for the gifts of equipment and the interest and encouragement of textile men of the area. Following luncheon, the guests inspected the newly- established plant. In the photo at left are P. S. Bailey, president of Clinion- Lydia Cotton Mills; J. B. Hart, assistant treasurer of Joanna Cotton Mills: J. B. Templeton, vice president in charge of pro duction at Clinton-Lvdia: J. L IVeiany, superintendent of Jo anna; and D. H. Roberts, superintendent at Lydia. In the photo at right are, front row. left to right.: Calvin Coop er. Odell Freeman. Mason Rowland. J.,B. Hart, H. L Eicheiherger (trustee); G. M. Huguley. D. H. Roberta, W. C. Neely. E. P. Taylor Second rsw: Walter Walts, J. K. %’aita. Elvtn Abrams. P S. Bailey. P. B. Mitchell J. B. Templeton. J J t ornwall , iru>lr<- Roy Holtadaw. .* i. Third row; W R. Andersoh (superintendent'. J B Cooley (trustee!. K. F Ferguson. J. Hubert Todd Carl Fransen. J. L. Delany. James Addison (trustee). Thornweu Dunlap. J. R. Rey nolds. G. D Gaskins. • Fourth row Robert M. Vance. Joel Co\ Claude GibWrap. Clyde Trammell. L. A. CrawTord. G. V-Fo> (assistant superinten dent!.: James Traynham. A. C. Young. Jr. Irani SherrUt F A. Bodir. Fifth row: Walter Byars. Kolfe Clarke. C. kb Simo. L. A. Wil liams. Alvin Clark. C. A. Crocker. L. kb Prater. Gordon Boyer. Claude Franks. D. J. Buchanan. * , Present at the luncheon but not shown in the jheture were kugene Johnson. John H. Hunter, and James P. Sloan