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f If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the Newt ®hf (Ulinton GHprmtitk The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean Newe- pa per, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LVIll Clinton, S. C, Thiir^doy, April 25, 1957 Number 17 Frank Jones, of Decatur, Named New Coach at PC Teams Won Titles in 6 of 8 Years , ’ r One of Georgia’s outstanding he has consistently produced high school coaches has been some of the best teams in Geor- named head football coach at ® ia s fastest school league, r, ... _ .. ...... He was selected “coach of the Presbyterian College, Athletic Di- year » for Region 4 AAA m 1951 and in 1953, and he was nam’ed Georgia high school “coach of the year” in 1955. During the past season, his Decatur squad won the Southern Championship of Region 4 with a record of eight wins and two losses. The oppon ents were held scoreless in these eight vootories, and no AAA team scored on Decatur during the reg ular season. He helped -with the South squad in the North-South Shrine football game in Miami, Christmas 1955, working on the press box telephones as an as sistant. He is married to the daughter of University of Georgia Coach Wallace Butts, and they have a young son-and daughter. A star athlete at Lanier High in Macon, Jones attended Middle Georgia College and was captain of the football, basketball and baseball teams before leaving to serve in the Army during World War II. He entered North Caro lina after the war and after re ceiving his MA there served as coach at Cordele (Ga.) High for two years before going to Deca tur High School rector Walter A. Johnson an nounced yesterday. He is Frank Jones, athletic di rector and head football coach at Decatur High School, whose teams have won championships six of the last eight years. Jones succeed^ Bill Crutchfield, who 'resigned recently after di recting the PC team for the past three years. Johnson, in making the an nouncement, said the new head coach will work with the college administration toward obtaining two capable assistants to round out his coaching staff. He pointed out that Jones comes to Presbyterian College well qualified, both academically and athletically, to make a con tribution to the Blue Hose sports program which long has ranked among the foremost in small col lege circles. Jones «has received both his BA and MA degrees from the University of North Carolina and has completed con siderable work toward his doc torate. Jones has been at Decatur High since 1951, and during this time To Indurt 24 Members Includes 205 With 25 Years Service As The Chronicle went to press yesterday it was learned that M. B. Camak, of Ware Shoals, who had been schedul ed to address the annual meet ing of the Joanna Old Timers Club Saturday night, would be unable to keep the engagement because of illness. Other fea ture* of the program will con tinue as planned, it was stated. The annual Old Timers Ban quet, honoring Joanna Cotton Mills employees with 25 or more years of service, will be held Sat urday evening at 7 o’clock at the Joanna Clubhouse. Approximately 250 Old Timers and their wives or husbands are expected > to attend. Walter Rognery, vice president and general manager of the mill, will deliver the address of wel come. M. B. Camak, former super intendent of the Ware Shoals Schools and well known humorist Central Carolina Baseball League To Open friday The four-team Central Caro lina Baseball League swings into action Friday night. The League, which has been in process of organization for the past few weeks, replaces the Carolina Textile League of last season. Members of the league are Jo anna, Whitmire, Newberry, and Lexington. The season opens with Joanna and Newberry dashing on the Hornets’ field at Joanna, and Whitmire and Lexington meeting on the Cardinals’ field at Whit mire. On Saturday night the same teams will fight it out, but will change fields. Joanna and Newberry will be at Newberry, and Whtimire and Lexington will play at Lexington. Officers of the new league are W. W. Niver, president, and Carl Franzen, 'secretary - treasurer. Both men are from Joanna. Johnny Moore, recreation direc tor at Joanna, will manage the Hornets, as well as be on the mound from time to time. To open hostilities Friday night at Joanna, Moore said that either he or Charles Malpass will start in the pitcher’s box. “Depends on how we feel Friday,” he said. , Other twirlers are Dan Gray, Richard Price, and Rip Hadrick. Catchers will be Richard Shrig- ley and Jimmy Kirby, krith Shrigley behind the plate Friday. At first base will be indestruc tible Dan Kirby, who has played more baseball than most players care to admit. He has been both pitcher and catcher in his day, and old-timers will tell you he was no slouch at either position. At second base will be Truman Owens. Tommy Setzler will cover short, and Jimmy Kirby, son of Dan, will hold down third base. Bill Sease, who will not be avail able Friday, is third baseman on the roster. Outfielders will be Olin Stew art in left, Sam Owens in Center and Jimmy Braswell in. right. Tommy Seeee, brother of Bill, will also be an outfielder with the Hornets. and writer, will be the speaker for | the occasion. Master of ceremon ies will be John Holland Hunter. Twenty-four Joannians reach ing the 25-year mark as of Decern - ber 31, 1956, will be inducted into the Old Timers Club by Mrs. Sulie Stewart, president of the club, with appropriate initiation ceremonies. With the addition _ of this new group of Old Timers, the club, which was organized in 1947, now totals 205 members, representing 5,662 years of service with the company! • Each new member will be pre sented with a jewel-studded gold pin shaped like a window shade (the plant’s principal finished product), and an Old Timers membership certificate. All Old Timers have previously been awarded 10-year lapel pins, 15- year rings and $100 gold watches at the 20-year mark, also increas ed free life insurance up to $2,- 000. * Officers who have served during the past year, in addition to Mrs. Stewart, are Frank Phillips, vice president, and Charlie Coleman, secretary-treasurer. Serving on the induction com mittee Saturday night will be Rolfe Clark, C. A. Dickey and Bill Thomas The 24 members who will be in ducted Saturday night are as fol lows: Mrs. Josephine Arthur, H. B. Boyce, R. R. Boyce, T. M. Boyce, T. W. Brow-n, D. J. Buchanan, Mrs. Fffie Coleman, C. E. Evans, Eld Frazier, Mrs. Sallie Gaskin, Mrs Evangeline Godfrey, J. H. Gruber, D. L. Gunter, J. E. Holsonback, J. O. Hueble, R. H. Lewis, Mrs. Blanche ft^acshall, W. L. Marshall, Mrs. MikJred Morgan, M. B. Mur phy, E. R. Prater, A. W. Ridings, E. G. Smith and A. W. Whelchel. Oxner And Dixon Are Promoted By Clinton-Lydia Mills Van Oxner, Jr., has been pro moted to overseer of carding at Lydia Mills, succeeding C. E. Sims, who recently resigned to enter private business. Oxner was formerly a supervisor of carding at Clinton Mills. Succeeding Oxner at Clinton Mills is Cassius Bailey Dixon,] a graduate of Georgia School of Technology in 1953 With a textile engineering degree. After service in the navy as a lieutenant (j.g.) (for two years, he became con nected with Clinton-Lydia Mills. Oxner, a graduate of Clemsdn College with a degree in textile manufacturing, has been with Clinton-Lydia, Mills since 1949. ’ Field Meeting At Knollwood Farm Friday Afternoon A farm tour, to include discus sions and demonstration, will take place at Knollwood farm in the Lisbon community Friday afternoon, it is announced by County Agent C- B. Cannon. The meeting will begin at 1:30, when inspection will be made of ing flock of sheep on the Knoll wood farm. H. M. Jamison, ex tension sheep specialist of Clem- son College, will discuss sheep production and give a shearing demonstration. H. A. Woodle, extension agronomist, will dis cuss pastures and feed produc tion. Ola Forbes, manager of Knoll wood, is president of the South Carolina Sheep Producers Asso ciation. The farm maintains both sheep and beef cattle. Good | fencing and pasture sod also will; be observed during the tour. So far, County Agent Cannon said, sheep production in the Piedmont section has not been very successful, or at least not practiced on anV large and paying scale . \ Mr. Cannon s^id that farmers; who make the tour of Knollwood will see a good sheep production program in practice. "There is no better way to learn about farm practices and problem* then through field tours,” he stated. Head Laurens County Teachers Tiny Tots Ready-to-Wear, and Lassie Shop, Frozen and Odds and Ends. I>ad Food New officers of the Laurens County Education Association are shown here following their re cent election at a county-wide meetinr at the Laurens High School. Ruren A. I .own, left principal of Clinton Junior Iftgrh School, was named president and will fill the office during the 1957-38 school term. Miss Mary Johnson, center, of Providence School at Lydia Mills, is the new assistant secretary- treasurer, and J. Leroy Burns, of Laurens, county superintendent of education, was re-elected sec- fetaVy-treasurer. Henry C. Holmes, of the Laurens High School staff, was elected vice-president, but was absent when the picture was taken.— (Hollingsworth Photo). Voters in Attendance Areas Would Ele&OwiLlrustees Named "Lassie Queen" Former Clinton Woman Beaten, But Slops Bank Robbery ' TWO ARRESTED Two men were arrested Tuesday at the Isle of Palms after partial identification of on* of them by Mrs. ^Blalock as on* of the two who beat her at her home in Gran it ev ill* last Wednesday night. The two suspects were iden • Lyman, and .Larry Bronson Rwevee. 22. of Duncan. Mrs. Blalock picked Reeves out of a lineup. Under Proposed Bill of Legislators Kiwanis Barbecue And Bazaar Slated for Friday O II Is Annual Club Benefit for Thornwell . I .More than' 1,000 persons are | tertainment this year. An assort- expected to attend Clinton s giant ment of ndes has been arranged, community ' barbecue" -> bazaar, including at least 2 real ponies, sponsored by the Clinton Kiwanis a hobby horse, and a carrousel, club,for the benefit of Thqmwell And a children’s movie is sched- Orphanage. on this Friday night uled to run continuously, 6:00 p. The occasion is-scheduled to m 9 00 p m. in the auditorium open at 6:00 p. m. and extend ^ Thornwell sqhool building, ’‘through 9:00 p. m. in the Thom- Visitors to the bazaar w’ill find well gymnasium. It is the third an array of cakes, pies, candy and j annual barbecue-bazaar of the.flothing. specialties and I Kiwanians, a project which has. numerous other items a,t these been staged with increasing sue booths ( ookie Jar. Cake, cess each vear Green Thumb, the Sweet Shop, Kiwanis President Howard .Smith said he was especially [pleased with the advance ticket sale, and he pointed out the' local Lions club is cooperating by des ignating this night as a regular club meeting. Smith also praised the work "bf 61 Kiwanis wives who have been instrumental in developing the project under the leadership of co-chairmen Mrs. James E. Wolfe and Mrs. J. B. Templeton. - Flight booths at the bazaar will start Selling their products at 6:00 p m. They will offer real bar gains in a wide range of. items ■i running from home^cooked de- I licacies and handmade clothing l anna i to products donated by the mer chants of Clinton. Barbecue meals will be served, beginning at 6:30 p. m. and con tinuing until 8 30 p. m. Tickets • for the meal, which went on sale —t-twu-weeks ago and aiso~~w:ti—be- |:sold at the door on Friday night, i are priced at $150 per plate for ! adults and 75 cents 'for children j through the high *school grades. There will be no charge for enter- V- The Lt. Governor of South Carolina. E. F. Holhngs, of Char leston, will speak before the Jb- .Liohs club tonight (Thurs- at 7 30. The subject of the Lt Govern or’s address will be “General ■ Legislation.” Lions clubs of Clinton. «Lau- Mlm Emily Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Bailey, of Clinton's Creekland Farms, was named the “Lassie Queen” of South Carolina at a recent meet ing in Columbia of the “Short horn Lassies” and will represent this state in a contest to decide the reigning "Qgeen” at the In ternational meeting of Short horn Cattle Breeders at Chicago in November. Whitten Village Now Has Its Own Governing Board Legislature Enacts Bill Last Week The General Assembly of pointed shall be staggered so that South Carolina last week created three shall serve for terms of four a separate governing board for y^ ars arK * two for three years, after which terms shall be for Mrs. William Blalock, Granite- ville banker’s wife, who was bru tally beaten by an intruder at her home last week, was at Isle of Palms for a rest early this] week and planned to view two suspects Ireld in the Charleston county jail on Monday. Mrs. Blalock is the foi'mer Miss Agnes Fuller, of Clinton, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Fuller. Mrs. Blalock was beaten by one of two masked men who broke into the Blalock home last Wednesday night. Blalock is vice-president of the Graniteville Valley Bank, and Aiken county Sheriff Wyman Busch suspected the pair had planned to kidnap the family as a means of gaining entry to the bank. The masked men fled after Mrs. Blalock screamed. Three Aiken county men arrested as suspects have been released. However, two Spartanburg men picked up at Isle of Palms on another charge were driving an automobile similar to one seen near the Blalock home. The men admitted being in Aiken county but denied any knowledge of the break-in and beating. Aroused Graniteville residents have offered a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the attackers of Mrs. Blalock, Busch has announc ed. Mrs. Blalock was beaten vic iously by her assailants in the bedroom of her home shortly af ter returning from a drive-in with her family Wednesday, night. The victim was taken to the| Aiken county hospital in a state of shock shortly after the inci dent. Busch said Mrs. Blalock pre vented an attempt to rob the School trustees m Laurens County would be elected bv in *^ the t>azaar -. voters in the attendance area they represent under provisions eiliphasis Wll] ^ glven to the en . of a bill that was expected to be introduced in the General |- Assembly this week. ‘ j— — — — The secretary of the count(y trustees. District 56 includes Clin- delegation, W. Paul Culbertson, of ton - Lydia. Joanna, Mountville and Laurens, on Monday stated that it,Cross Hil. areas. Clinton has twtf was the intention of the delega- trustees on the board with one tion to start the bill in the House eac h tram the other areas. A simi- of Representatives upon their re- i ^ ar arrangement exists for Laur- turn to Columbia Tuesday i ens and the rfcst of the county „ Culbertson said that it would be which ma4te up District 55 a delegation measure, which means Culbertson said that according that the move has been agreed to, 10 intentions of delegation mem- by the three members of the House' bers, no elections for trustees and the Senator. | would, be held until the staggered The county has two school dis-'* 1 ™ 5 of P resent trustees be ^ n tricts, each with its own board of, f^P 11 " 6 | Trustees Whitten Village, a state institu tion near Clinton. . four years. Members of the board will elect their own chairman and The measure had been in the shall meet at the institution “not process of enactment for several less than once during each quar- weeks and, after some initial op-iter.” position in the Senate, was pass- [ Provisions of the bill state that ed and sent to the House, where members of the board shall re final enactment was achieved last week. Th bill originated in the Sen ate, being introduced by the Med ical Affairs (Committee. The school formerly had a sep arate governing board, but in re cent years has been under the ju risdiction , of the Mental Health Commission, wheih also had un der its authority other state in stitutions. The new board of trustees for the school will oonaist of five members to be apointed by the Governor from the state at large for terms of four years, “by and with the advice and concent of the Senate.” Terms of the trustees tint ap- 1 created. ceive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed a per diem ef $10 and mileage at the rate of seven cents per mile. Such expenses will be paid from the annual appropriation for the institution. The bill delineates duties of the trustees, including the elec tion of a superintendent of the institution, states the purpose of the school, and includes rules and regulations for admission and discharge of pupils, and general operation of the institution. Dr. B. O. Whitten is superin tendent of the school, having been its organiser and only direct ing head since 1918 when it was Dallas Dandy Named Member Of County Development Board Dallas L. Dendy, Laurens bus iness man, has been named to membership on the Laurens County Planning and Develop ment Board, H was stated Mon day by W. Paul Culbertson, sec retary of the county delecatton in the General Assembly. The ^■appointment was made by the delegation. Dendy succeeds S. T. Nichol son, of Laurens, who recently resigned the post. Dendy is engaged in turniture, grocery, and other mercantile business in Laurens. Upon acceptance of the post. Dendy expressed to members of the delegation his interest in the further industrial development of the county, and welcomes the opportunity to be of service. Other members of the board are W. H. Harley and G. L. Phin- ney. of Laurens, and Tom Plaxi- co and A. D. Salter, of Clinton. One Member Of Trio Out On Bond; Charged With Arson, Robbery arc presently elected from each area by a diijtrict-wide [vote in each instance. A‘board 'chairman is named for each dis- , trict by the courity board of edu- j cation, which is appointed by the delegation. j Culbertson said that the delega tion will probably make some amendments to the present trustee election law and that several prob lems are to be encountered and ironed out, including a definition of area lines. Culbertson said that it was his personal opinion that the election of trustees t>y voters in each area is in accord with the wishes of a majority in each district. Other members of the delegation were not contacted on the subject while they were at home over the week-end. In addition to Culbertson, other members are Representatives Wil liam C. Dobbins of Joanna, and T. David Sloan of Laltrens, and Sen ator Robert C. Wasson otf Hickory Tavern One of the three young men ar rested and charged with arson and grand larceny more than two weeks ago has been released un bond, sheriff's officers stated ear ly this week. He is Robert Alex-* ander, 19, of Union County Still held in the county jail at Laurens are Richard Matthews, 20, also of Union County near Whit mire, and Gordon Whitjdbk, 17, of Whitmire. v ^- / Alexander was released on April 20, it was stated. The three are accused of break ing into three places of business between Clinton and Whitmire and with burning one of the stores during the l ight of Thursday, April 4. The place that burned was the Stomp Springs Furniture Store, and the other places entered lyere The Beacon, a drive-in restaurant on the outskirts of Clinton, Sey more’s store, a half mile this side of the Laurens-Newberry County line, and a place on the Whitmire- Newberry highway. LT, GOV. HOLLHCGS VISIT IN COLUMBIA Mrs. Robert S. Owens spent several days last week in Colum bia with her daughter, Miss Anne Owens, and Mr. Owens who is a patient at the Veterans hospital. Four Kings To Play [For Dance At Armory Saturday Evening High School Band to Give Annual Concert Tonight Is Performance for Uniforms The Clinton High School band j Accompanist foy Soloists will appear toiught in its annual Mae Rowe. Ethel The Four Kings, sponsored by the Cilnton Band Boosters club, whll hold a benefit dance on.Sat- . , urdav evening at the Armory. Graniteviile bank when she dis- i Proceeds from the dance will go o y er attackers orders to toward the purchase of uniforms her keep quiet and screamed out for her husband not to enter the bedroom. The couple’s two daughters, aged 9 and 10, followed their mother into the house and en tered the bathroom while the father was putting the car away. To Attend State Junior Homemakers Session At Winthrop ■ ’» Delle Wilder will represent the Junior Homemakers Association chapter of Clinton High School as a delegate and also as a candi date for the office of state Secre tary. The meeting is scheduled this week-end on the Winthrop College campus in Rock Hill. Miss Wilder will be accompan ied by Mrs. Roily Bannister, of the high school home economics department .and Jane Wofford, member of the Thornwell chap ter. for the Clinton High School band The Four Kings, local orches tra, will donate their time and talent, for this cause. They are Alan Trammell, Joe Cooper, John Franklin and Tqmmy Sfewart The vocalist is Roy Benjamin, Jr. • The Band Boosters club has $1,762.99 in the bank, not count ing donations that have been pledged by local civic dubs, which it has made from min strels, sticker sale, and advance donations . . Hie public is invited to attend the dance. CONDUCTING REVIVAL The Rev. George H. Hodges, pas tor of Broad Street Methodist Church, is conducting revival ser vices this week at Yarboroufjhil Chapel Church near Gross Anch or. Services, are being held at 7:30 each evening this week through Friday and again on Sunday eve ning. - i .1. ' •. ' spring concert at 8 o’clock in the school auditorium.' A program of 14 numbers has been-arranged, ami the young mu sicians will be under the direction of William A, Cothran A small admission charge will be made and tickets will be sold St the door Proceeds from the con cert will be used to buy uniforms for the band The band is composed of 32 boys and girls, ■ The program: Knightsbridge March—‘(Coates). i Band Members FLUTE: Jackie Livingston CLARINETS. Jean McDaniel, Dixie Couch Betty McDaniel, Kay Siribble, Marlene Humphries, Francene Johnson. ALTO^ SAXOPHcNh Linda Bridges, Gerald Woodruff. TENOR SAXOPHONE: Martha Jane Horton. HORNS: Jimmy Smith, Teddy Stroud, Mary Anderson CORNETTS. Emce Bradshaw, Jimmy Young, Pete Cranford, Ron nie Moore, Charles Batler, Jimmy Pathetique — Themes from 6th[Coleman. Symphony (Tschaikowsky). Overture Eroica—Themes from 3rd Stymphony (Beethoven). Air and March (Purcell). Moonlight Serenade (Goldwin). Trumpet solo—Enice Bradshaw If Thou Be Near (Bach). Rosary (Nevin). . Light Calvary (Van Suppe) Intermission. , Deep River Suite (Erickson). Pipes of Pan (Clay). Trombone solo—Robert Horton. " Conroe March (Cannon). Direc tor—John Franklin. Three Bears—A comedy sketch (Long). Marching Saints (Berger) Marcfao Poco (Moore). Riano TROMBONES; Jimmy Hughes, Michael Williams, Vinton Smith, Mel Wilson, Copeland Whitmire, Wayne Wilson. BARITOWES: Robert Horton, Billy Glenn. BASSES: Granville Webb. George Beaty. PERCUSSION Alan Trantmel, John Franklin, Calvin Bostic. Officers , President, Robert Horton; Vice- President, Alan Trammel; Secre tary, Linda Bridges; Treasurer, Jackie Livingston; Reporter, Jean McDaniel; Librarian, George Bea ty; Property Manager, Enice Brad shaw; Student Director, John Franklin, rens, Wattsville, and Hickory Tavern have been invited to the supper meeting to greet and hear Jhe Lieutenant-Governor. Lt. Governor Hollings is one of the well known speakers of the state gnd frequently is invited to make addresses in various part of South Carolina and other areas of the South. The meeting tongiht will be held in the Joanna dub house, and will be presided over by President William C.’Dobbins. Mr. And Mrs. Shuman Head S. C. Shorthorn Cattle Association New officers of the South Caro lina Shorthorn Cattle Association, headed by Walter Shuman as president, were named at the re cent April meeting and luncheon at the Columbia Elks home. In addition Mrs. Shuman was named president of “The Short horn Lassies,” an organization perfected at the meeting and composed of wives otf state breed ers of shorthorn oattle. Other officers named by the wives or ganization were: Mrs. W. E. Wat son, Jr, vice-president; Mrs. C. Y. McCants, secretary - treasurer; Mrs. Westley Baldwin, publicity. Directors of the ‘Lassies’ 'include Mrs. J Lloyd Adair, Mrs. E. A. Bradshaw, Mrs. John- Hendley, . and .Mrs George M. .Smith. E. A. Bradshaw Was elected vice-president of the State Short horn Cattle^ Association. John HencMey was named secretary, and directors elected were: Dr. George Smith, Westlev Baldwin, C. Y. McCants, and W E. Watson. In addition to forming the women's organization to further emphasize the importance of “Lassies,” a ‘‘Queen” was select ed to represent the state associa tion in Chicago during the com ing November The “Lassie” organization is nationwide in scope With each state selecting a ‘Queen” to rep resent it *ind from all the candi dates the winning “Queen” will be selected to reign during the festivities at the International. Miss Emily Bailey, the attrac tive daughter of Mr and Mrs. P. S. Bailey, owner of Creekland Farms, who produced the only 1955 champion of all polled breeds -from the state of South Carolina was named "Laa&ie Queen" to represent South Caro lina. INFANTS BAPTIZED Baptismal services were helc Sunday'mornmg at the First Pres byterian Church for Henry Vc Hollen Blalock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Blalock and Nancy lone Von Hollen, daughter of Mr , and Mrs. S. James Von Hollen. ieldf rJ