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I r . If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Volume LVMI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, February 28, 1957 The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper. Complete. Newsy and Reliable Number 9 Shealy Named Manager Of Natural Gas Authority Clinton Centers System's Operations; Newberry Accounting Headquarters Clinton Lions Club Celebrates Twenty-fifth Anniversary Wyman M. Shealy has been named general manager of the . Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority, operational activities will center around the Clinton of fice. and Newberry will be ac counting headquarters of'the sys tem, it w^is decreed at a meeting of the bodrd of directors of the Authority in Newberry last Thurs day night This means that^the Authority’s business will continue substantial ly as at present with minor altera tions pertaining to warehousing of supplies and one addition to of fice (personnel in Newberry. A proposal by W. G. Edwards of Barnard and Burke, consulting Funeral Services For Mrs. Marie M. Owens Held On Monday Funeral services for Mrs. Marie McCaslan Owens; 90, were con ducted Monday afternoon at Gray Funeral Home, led by Dr W. Redd Turner, pastor of the First Presby terian Church, and Dr. D. J. Woods, pastor emeritus. Mrs. Owens died early Sunday morning at Blalock Clinic after several years of declining health Pallbearerswvere Rufus E. Sad ler, Edgar Owens Sadler, William Bailey Owens, Tench P. Owens, A. B. Blakely, J. J Cornwall, J. F. Jacobs, and T. Heath Copeland. Interment was in the Presbyte rian Chqrch cemetery Mrs. Owens was a native of the Lower Cane section of old Abbe ville Countiy, now part of Mc Cormick County. She was a daugh ter of the late William Miller and Septama Jordan MoCaslan. and had been affiliated with the First Presbyterian Church since young womanhood. She had been a resident of Clin ton since 1890 when her father moved here to go into the insur ance business after serving as pres ident of the old Laurensville Fe male Academy. She became the wife of the late William Brooks Owens, Sr , and was active in af fairs in the community for many years. Surviving are one daughter, Miss Nancy Owens, teacher in the schools of Clinton; one son, Wil liam Brooks Owens, Jr., city clerk and treasurer, of Clinton; one grandson; two sisters, Mrs. J. P. Anderson, of Bristol, Tenn, and Mrs. H. L. Scaife, of Washington, D. C., and a number of nieces and nepheWs William I. Putnam Dies After Illness; Funeral At 3 Today William T. Putnam, 89, died at an early hour yesterday morning at Blalock Clinic -after several years of declining health and a critical illness of two weeks. He was a native of Laurens County where he spent his entire life. He was the son of Bluford and Mary Brown Putnam Mr. Putnam was a member of the First 'Baptist Church, Camp bell Lodge. No. 44, A. F. M.. and Janies B. Parrott chapter, Eastern Star He is survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. John A. Seaiy, of Ocala, Fla.; Mrs. J. R. McTeer, of Aiken; two grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Mace Langston, of Gray Court, and Mrs Kemper Henry, of Donalds; a brother, B. H. Put nam, of Florence, and a number of nieces and nephews * Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at 3 o’clock at Gray Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. J. H. Darr, with interment at Rosemont cemetery. The body will remain at the funeral home to wait the hour of service. Pallbearers will tie Russell Cooper, R. L. Plaxico, Joe W. Leake, Howard Watkins, V. P. Adair, Pope Chapman, Marvin De Young and S A Pitts. The hon orary escort \yill jbe composed of members of the'...Alert Sunday school class of the< First-'feaptist Chjurch. /*• GAS AUTHORITY OFFICE MOVED engineers for the Authority to make Clinton operational and ac counting headquarters Was not agreed to by Authority members. Newberry members of the Author ity protested tl\e move' and were supported by the Clinton mem bers, who made the motion to continue operating largely as at present. Other recommendations by the engineers in a proposed plan of procedure were adopted by the Authority board The recommendations were oc casioned by the resignation of Thomas Ward as manager of the Newberry phase of operations He will leave his post at the end of the month to accept a position in Columbia. Shealy has been rrian- ager of the Clinton end of the Authority’s operations, and will now have general supervision oyer trtjj entire system. he Authority supplies natural gas to Clinton. Joanna and New berry, with a main line running from Fountain Inn, where it con nects the lines of Transcontinental Pipe Line Company, to Newberry, a distance of approximately 50 miles, with distribution lines to all areas of the three communi ties including cotton mills, insti tutions and other manufacturing plants. The Authority’s board of direc tors includes the mayor and two members of city council from both Clinton and Newberry. and a sev enth member from Joanna Walter Regnery, of Joanna, is chairman of the board; Mayor Joe P. Terry, of Clinton, vice chair man; Harry C. Layton,j of Clinton, secretary-treasurer; and other members include James P. Sloan, of Clinton; Mayor Cecil Kinard, C. A. Dufford and E H. Layton, of. Newberry. Mrs. Martin Named CH ART HR MKMBERS STILL A( TI\ K Here is the birthday cake cut Friday night as the Clinton Lions Club celebrated its 25th anniversary. Shown at left are President and Mrs. William J. Abrams; J. J. Cornwall, master of ceremonies; Mrs Cornwall; G. Fred Worsham, of Charleston. International di rector. and Mrs. Worsham. In the. photo at right are seven charter members who are still active in the,rluh. which was or^anired in February 1932. They are. left to right. Harry C. Layton, B. Hubert Boyd. I. Mac Adair. J J. Cornwall. T. Heath Copeland. P. S. Bailey, and H. I. I ichelherger The celebration w as held at the Clinton armory and about 300 participated in the occasion. • —Photos by Dan Yarborough Clinton Lions Club Celebrates Its 25th Year With Banquet Observing its silver anniver sary, the Clinton Lions club hon ored its charter members Friday House Expedites Bill By County Assemblymen To Allow Wide Mobile Homes Columbia, Feb. 21—The House of Representatives responded fa- DEBATE HELD UP Debate on the measure was ad- night with a banquet-celebration vorably today to an appeal for journed Tuesday when Repre at the armory on South Broad street. Approximately 300 were present for the occasion. The club was organized in Feb ruary, 1932, with 16 charter mem- . . bers and all except one were here j on a ^ t0 incr ^ se help by industry-seeking tegisla tors from Laurens county. The appeal took the form of a request that action be expedited 'tor Friday’s meeting. One mem- house trailers. That point seems a critical factor in the proposed location of a trailer manufactur- ber. W. C. Oxley, died a number of years ago. Four of the orfg- inal group now living elsewhere . r ,,- & . ing plhnt at Clinton, returned for the occasion, and I s four from Clinton not now affil-i Mobilemanor Corporation. iated with the club were reunited | ofLenoir, N. C., has given strong with the seven remaining charter | m dications that it will establish members active in the club today.! a plant at Clinton if the present Mayor Joe P. Terry Recuperates At Home Mter Hospital Stay Clinton s Mayor Joe P Terry has returned to his home on Eliz abeth street and is recuperating after a hospital confinement It was said that Mr Terry still hasn't fully regained his strength, but is tip and around the house. Citizen/? generally will be inter ested to knoyc he expects to re sume his duties in the next few days \ * - During his illness he has kept in touch with city affairs through department heads, principally The House last week had City Clerk and Treasurer Wil- agreed to put the bill on the cal- liam Brooks Owens. Day to day endar for early consideration 1 sessions of city court have been without having it referred to presided over by Mayor.Pro-Tem committee. . . S. A Pitts. , New Academy St. School Contract Is $255,774 Low Bid on Joanna Addition $41,990 sentative Preston Marchant, of Greenville, raised the question that allowing the increased width of trailers might adversely affect the width of the allocatlon federal highway j funds to tne state i The impact of provisions of the bill on the federal aid arrange ment will be studied. MLs. Rosalyn Cason Martin has been elevated to the position of registrar at Presbyterian col lege, president Marshall W; Brown announced today. She has served as acting regis trar since last September and was an assistant in this office for six years prior to that. Mrs. Martin, a Clinton native A floor show and dancing fol lowed the dinner. Principal speaker was G. Fred Worsham, of Charles*6n, Lions state limit pf house trailer width can be expanded. Accordingly,! the Laurens legislative delegation is sponsoring a bill to increase I International director, who ! maximum width from the brought greetings from head- P resent e ‘g ht fe Qt limlt . to 10 feetl quarters. J.‘J Cornwall was master of ceremonies, and intro duced special guests who includ ed prominent Lions and their wives; Joseph Hudgens of. Tay lors, district goVernor; Earl Mof- since some of the trailers manu factured by the Mobilemanor Corporation are of that size. In order that the bill might be moved rapidly through the legis lature. the Laurens representa- fett. of Greenville, cabinet sec-!tives asked for, and got, unani- retary; Leonard Carroll, of In- mous eprisent to dispense with man, deputy district governor; the usual reference of suclr a bill Raymond Hill, of Laurens,Vhair-1 to a standing committee. Joining man of Zone 6; Jack ReamrSc^ofUkem as a co-author of the bill Funeral Held Yesterday For Spurgeon Wr Sumerel Cecil’ Inc., of Spartanburg. C , was second‘low bidder with has been awarded the general contract for building the new Academy Street School in Clm- tpn, and a four-room addition to the Joanna elementary school. The general contract for both buildings amounts to $2tMi.7H4. di vided as follows Academy Street School, $255,774, Joanna addition, $41,990. Trustees of School District 56 received bids for the structure Tuesday afternoon at the Clinton High School building and award ed the contract to the Cecil firm, | which submitted the combined ! low bid. $299, 240 W G. King and Sons, of Clinton, 1 was next with $305.- 000 Tile Academy Street structure, fb lie built'of concrete blocks and brick, will contain 17 classrooms, library, music room, auditorium, cafeteria, rest rooms, and stor age rooms. The Joanna addition will have four classrooms and rest room facilities, and will also be of blocks and brick. Both buildings will have tile floors. The present site of Academy St School, on the corner of Acad- (Wednesday) afternoop First Baptist church, conducted who was graduated from Win- Abbeville, immediate past throp and who received addition al training at PC, suceeds G. Ed ward Campbell as registrar. He gov-1 was Rep. Edward C. Cushman, j herb, While-he iiad not been ilb erhor. — — Jr . of Aiken, chairman of the Ed- 1 h]S . health h ad declining ip Present were members erf the|Ucation and Public Works Com- rt ^ en t years. His death came as Funeral services fop Spurgeon member of Campbell Lodge 44. W Sumerel were held yesterday AFM. at the 1° early manhood Mr. Sumerel enrolled at Columbia University, , New York, for the study of medi- by t!»e Rev. J H. Darr, pastor c jne, but was forced to give up Burial was in the Presbyterian the work because of ill health, cemetery ] Po r a number of years he was Mr. Sumerel died suddenly clerk artd treasurer. ^ Tuesday morning at h.s home fornu J?« _ a partnership with the became college business manager lr *g its first anniversary. They last spring. | (continued on page 4) Joanna club which was celebrat mittee, which normally would sTudy the measure. The Laurens representatives Receives Scout Awards a shock to the cdTnmunity. Pallbearers were Frank F. Fowler, J. C. Thomas, L.E. Ca- William C. Dobbins. W; Paul w R Anderson, Jr., C. E. Culbertson, and T. David Sloan, ^allowav and T Caldwell Hen- Jr„ expressed their gratitude to ders0 n \ th^ir colleagues for expediting ' Hono escort insisted of the bills passage, and told them . „ . _. , - ,, nua.iia, vjq., of Laurens county’s pressing need ^uU^and R P Wilder, John H Mrs ’ E ‘ L ’ Shoo1ii **- F ' )U " tai " ‘ for new industry. blunter. Walter A Johnson. F C The Mobilemanor Corporation, p m .son, W. C. Shealy, L. B Dil according to the Laurens delega lion, would employ-some late E. J. . Adair m operation of a ladies ready-to-wear store'h?re For many years he had main tamed an insurance agency in the city and was one of the most widely known insurance men in this area Surviving are his wife, Mrs Marie Vaughn Sumerel, of Clin ton; two daughters, Miss Virginia Sumerel, of Atlanta. Ga., • emy and Elizabeth streets, has T. C. Johnson and Company, of j been sold to/Clinton Cotton Mills, Clinton, has the sub contract for which took it in exchange for a the plumbing and heating, and new JO-acre site two blocks north Fowler . Bros., of Spartanburg, will do the electrical work. Work will begin immediately on both jobs and is expected to be completed ih' the fall. Thirteen bids were received on the work and ranged from the low bid up to $324,000 A A Ramsey and Sons, of Shelby? N Clinton Students On Semester Honor Roll At University 4 on Elizabeth street. The build ing now m use is an old school built in 1910 and has been con demned. It houses elementary grades. No Production Cut At Clinton-Lydia, Vli ? B ut' -ur Hitchcock and Robert C. Neely, freshmen at the University of South Carolina, qualified for the honor roll at the end of the first semester, it has and been stated by the University office Inn. two sisters. Miss Maude Mi Hitchcock the daughter Sumerel, of Clinton, and Mrs J of R E Hitchock, and Neely is mm- larf, Dr D O.. RhUS, Dr tm** -. XiT '* ■*’- —- - 250 P^M. Walker; and Dr J W DaW «'-”'<*rhrMr'm ■ sons and have an annual payroll 1 of $1,000,000. Jurors Summoned For Civil Court Term Beginning March 11 Thirty-six jurors' have been draWn for a term of common! pleas court scheduled to begin at l,aurens on Monday, March 11. Judge G. Badger Baker, of Flor ence, who last week held a three- day session of general sessions court, will return to preside. Following is the list o^ jurors drawn, as announced by the of fice of Clerk of Court Walter E. Dunlap; J. E. Holsonbeak, Joanna; S Mr. Sumerel v was a native,, of 1 Clinton, where .he spent his. en tire life. He was a son of the late T C. and Ada Leake Sum erel He was a veteran of World War I, a member of the Clinton Kiwarns club, and a member of the First Baptist church, where he had been chairman of • the board of deacons for a number of years. He also was for a num ber of years superintendent _ol' the Sunday school He was a PC Seeks Possession of Little 4 Tourney Trophy Play Begins at Anderson on Friday Will Presbyterian college eag big hurdle When. Presbyterian ers gain permanent posession of and Erskine finished -deadlocked thrr-f.it.tle Four trophy by <-;iptur | for the regular session Little Four ing jtheir* third straight turnament i title this season, a flipped coin chahipionship'.’ | gave IV the number two spot in That’s the big question to be tournament seeding and - auton- posed over at Anderson this maticalk presented Wofford as _ m, —"-week-end when the high scoring; the first round opponent Friday iurman C. Nabors. 45. died at Hosemen face the challenge of! night The 131 ue {lose.must clear an early hour Sunday morning at Erskine, Wofford and Newberry this barrier to qualify for the Furman C. Nabors Dies Early Sunday his home near Hurricane church - m the ((^Little Four tourna ehampionshif He was a native qf |he Hurh- 1 ment. night . P. Moore, Gray Court;Sv. T. Ful-) tano section near Clinton, a son j Presbyterian won the tropin in Chances of dome'; < f;na bn Saturdu' P S Bailey, president of Clin ton and Lydia Cotton Mills, was quoted last week in The. Daily News Record, textile trade paper published in New York, that work schedules at the two mills are continuing “the same as they have been.'' The mills are running on their usual six' day schedule, with ! three shifts. ‘There's no dory it the mo- ! ment here,' Mr Bailey was re- • ported- as -stying, evidently upon | inquiry from the New York pa- Some mills *m the south have been reported as reducing their | production - hours by eliminating j the Saturday work day. and put- . ung the null, on a five-day, 40- ! hour, week . r Some plants in the area have j never been on the six day week I and are continuing their normal 1 five da\ operation, it was said. A depressed market for some goods, principally print cloth, was given a- the reason foi shorter- work hours at those nulls going | on shorter production schedules. College Trustees Set Meeting For Tuesday The Clinton office of the Clin- ton-Newberry Gas Authority is being m^ved today. The office, on South Broad street, adjoins the building it has occupied for several years. CUB SCOUT MlfET Cub Scout Pack 21 will hold the regular monthly meeting Fri day evening, March I, at the American Legion Memorial Building at 7:30. \ Ronnie Moore (above), 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry M Moore, received two Scout awards Sunday morning at a service at the First Presbyterian Church. They were the God and Country award and the Eagle Badge, highest attainment a boy can reach in Scouting. The presentations wege part of the regular service at the church, at which L. L. Stanley, of Greenville, Scout executive of the Blue Ridge Council, Boy Scouts of America, preached the sermon A". C. Youngi- Scout-Commissioner of the Laurens District and member of the Council Executive Board, explained the meaning of the God and Country Award, stating that it can be earned by a Scout only after a .period of several months instruction and training by the Scout's pastor. The presentation was by Dr. W. Redd Turner, pastor of the church, who requested that the em blem be pinned on Ronnie by his Scoutmaster, Milford Smith The Eagle Scout badge was presented to Ronnie by Mr. Stan ley, and was pinned on by his mother. — — Members of Ronnie’s troop 111 were presentr in uniform, to gether with their leaders. —Photo by Dan Yarborough ' . ' . V . / mer, Joanna; Sam Leopard, Cook's Store, Downs L. Monroe, Hopewell; W. W. Crouch, Joan na; Joseph J. Burns, Clinton Mill; $>’’S Byrd, Lanford Station. V. N. Hallman, Gray Court Also, James B Roper. Hickory Tavern; H. M Cook, Stewart's Store; Scott Bible, Ora; Leroy Couch, Joanna; W. L. Evans, Clinton Mill; George Curry, Woodville; W P. White. Lydia Mill; Milton Thomas Wood, Princeton; Ralph Prince, Brewer- ton. Also, A. Y. Bryson, Laurens, Walter Lanford, Watts Mill; Earl , R. Blakely, Trinity-Ridge; Ralph T Wilson*Jr., Laurens; Fred L. Crowder, Gray Court; Alvin Ow- ings, Pleasant Mound; George W. Prince, Clinton Mill; W H, Fin ley, Mountville; Lewis Quinn, Clinton Mill. , Also, Jesse L. Poole, Pleasant Mound; Ryan F. Lawson, Hope- well; Joe Simmons, Clinton City; George Young, Lydia Mill; H. R. Gaskin, Clinton City; Allen C. Hill, Gray Court; Marvin Adair, Joanna; J. F. Wilson. Watts Mill; David W. Hill. Gray Court. of the late J Harrison and Effu Duckett Nabors. Surviving are four brothers, W C Nabors, of Clinton; R. B., B M , and J H Nabors, all of Joan na, two sisters, Mrs. Frank Tdr- ner. of Joanna; and Mrs. J U ! Bquchillon, of Greenville Funeral services were conduct ed Monday at 2:30 p. m. at Hur ricane Baptist church by th^/Rev 1955 and again in 1956, and since the colorful meet’s beginning in this seem t lale sea Hose « have improved with on spurt which found the 1905, PC basketball teams have men ’growing even stronger In emerged triumphant on four of| three vital games during tne past the seven past occasions. Erskine ten days. Presbyterian raced past has won twice and Wofford once Erskine, Belmont Abbey md Ku: Presbyterian closed out its reg | man, as the brilliant play Twenty ■ yh.i: g Preaby ii.-r bie on thi board of Tuesday A ore' -nine Presbyterian lead ed with the direction of an .College will assem- r ,' trustees meeting next imnarv rn .. _ iceting of tne ular season on Monday night with i guards Bill Sullivan and Kelt honorary degrees committee s an impressive 92-69 win over Fur Caswell shared the spotlight with sohedulod for Monday evening man This victory boosted the the Thompsons. This group will bring‘h, the Wrd PC record to 15-8 and k^-pt the, Caswell has a ^2 avera^ to bt . t ^ ldered -or J H Darr and the nat - lonal 'y rankec * scorin i4 avera ii e Ahe season; dptd Sullivan, an 8.4 B Mitchell. “Burial vrtls • in*the 88 P° ints I*’ 1 * 8 am ‘’- Most of average These are good scoring church cemetery /these eight losses^/including one ! m&rks:,-but they in no way rneas ' each to Erskine and Wqfferd, Pallbearers were Luther Na-1 ^ ^hUe^tar foriard^iavr bois, Grady Adair, Louie Nabors, Thompson nursed an injured an Mason Sjmpson, Gilbert Simpson, ^ |’ t . and J«dson Whitmire With Dave and his 21.7 scoring average now back full steam to pre the value of this pair, de- Yensively and as playmakers. And on any given night, either honorary degrees at the June com mencement. The board is composed of 11 representatives appointed by the Synodnot Georgia, 15 appoim- ma\ burst forth as an offeiisive od ' ,v . •' iu ‘ ^yaod o: South Caro lina and three named by the col- leader—as witness Sullivan's 27- point splurge against Furman and :t? 8 e , ‘ u,ruu body. join center Bruce Thompson andjCas well’s 20-point outburst l 'be Rev Harry K Hoi'and, of his 22.4 average in pacing tne PC j against 'Be 1 rn o n t Abbey two Marietta, G a serves a* chairman offense, Presbyterian fans hope nights before "j'of the board of trustee's. Robert To round ’out Presbyterian's M Vance, of Clinton, is vice- starting lineup fqr the Little Four chairnian; and J. Ferdinand Ju- tournament. Coach Russ Murphy, cobs, also may •■eg 11 on any one of four, play-; tars ers W pair with Dave Thompson i at the other forward They are YWA TO MEET *MOtfDAY Clayton Adams, with a 6.6 aver-. The Young Wonaan’s Auxiliary agernalplr Chambers,- $.7;'Wyatt ; of the First Baptist chimSTwill Father Of Clinton Resident Posses 01 . ! this year to collect the coveted Jesse Calhoun Cheek, 73, resi- awa rd permanently for their tro- dent of Gray Court and father,of p b y case, it eluded a fine Blue Harold Cheek of this city, died Hose team once before, in 1953>i suddenly - Monday afternoon at, a ft e r .Presbyterian had carried his home. ' away tournament honors in 1951 Funer.al services were held yes- ‘ and 1962. terday morning at Friendship j Woford clipped RC in the tour- Baptist church with burial in the nament finals in that 1953 bid, Aiken, 3.9; or Joe adjoining cemetery. land the Terriers again present a| 8.1. also of this city* is secre- Armantrout, meet Monday night at 7 *30. The • place will be announctKl later.