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% I If You Don't Rra4 The Chronicle You Don't Get the News 1 ? ~ ’ i v The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LVIII Clinton, S. C. # Thursday, June 6, 1957 Number 23 Honorary Degrees Conferred by PC These three outstanding Presbyterians received honorary degrees at Presbyterian College’s 76th commencement exercises last Monday. They are, left to right: Douglas G. MacRae, of Atlanta, doctor of laws; the Rev. Allison Williams, of Atlanta, and the Rev. Neil E. Truesdell, of Newberry, both doctor of divinity. t College Awards 99 Degrees At Closing Service On Monday “The South in transition, as it is being reborn, is the most fas cinating section of our nation to day," Presbyterian college gradu ating seniors were told in their commencement address Monday morning. John £. Osman, PC alumnus now serving as vice-president of the Ford Foundation Fund for Adult Education, spoke to the 99 graduates, their friends and fam- ibes in this 76th commencement program under the oaks of the outdoor chapel. In addition to the baccalaureate degrees, Presbyterian college awarded three honorary degrees: doctor of divinity—The Rev. Neil Truesdell, of Newberry, and the Rev. Allison F. Williams, of At lanta; doctor of laws—Douglas G. MacRae, of Atlanta. Osman, in his address, chal lenged the young graduates to “project yourselves magnificently to seek new forms" so that they may provide the South with the leadership it needs in the future. He added: “The South wlil need new po litical forms, new economic struc tures and new social forms in the years ahead. A eonceptional rev olution is required to build ideas Ihto the new institutions and new cities of this section. I hope your college education has given you the capacity to seek these new forms.” The speaker said he did not hold with the view that a com pletely new South is arising, but rather a changing South, “for I hope some of its gracious tradi tions will never be lost.” He com pared the industrial difficulties npw suffered by some parts of New England to the dynamic changes of^the South an'd pointed out that only great civilizations are capable of absorbing and re sponding to new forms. He said: “As 1 look at the South today, the magic of it is how the foun dations of this great civilization (continued on page 4) County to Build Central Work Camp tor Prisoners Delegation Acts at Meeting Monday Clinton Merchants Plan For Summer Promotion Event Charles H. Johnson has been appointed chairman of the Mer chants Committee of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, and serv ing as co-chairmen are: I. Mac Adair, C. H liOonard and Howard Smith, James E. Wolfe, president of the Chamber, has announced. The following planning com mittee has been selected to serve with the above chairmen: Mrs. Johnny Adair, Mrs. Joe Bonds, R. H. Brown, W. L. Corbett, Thurs ton Giles. Mrs. E. E. Harrison. Joe Holland, Robert Johnson, Van Jones, Mrs. Mary Martin, Joe Mc Gee, H. E Milam, Earl Payne, Sarnie Pinson, Davis V. Pitts, P. Lewis Pitts, Ray Pitts, Rufus E Sadler, D. B. Smith, J. Q Thomas, Hershel Thomason, Mrs. E. H. Wilkes and Cecil P. Wilson. At their first meetiag ot^ the new year, Thursday morning in the Forum Room of the Bank of Clinton, plans were initiated for the summer promotion, ’•Appre ciation Days,” with the climax to be a gala fireworks display and dutch supper babecue. Chairman Johnson has appoint ed a committee to work out de tails of the promotion and select a tentative date for the barbecue and fireworks display following the drawing of prizes, r It was decided at the meeting on Thursday that each merchant Clinton Methodists Launch Bond Sale Luarens county will build a;county does notown the property new central work camp for ift: at two of the camps deterred pdisoners, according to action some members of the delegation taken by the County Legislative' in agreeing to spend money for Delegation at a meeting Monday at the court house in Laurens. The couuty has maintained three camps for prisoners hereto fore, one for whites at the County Home property on the old Clin- ton-Laurens road, and two for Negroes, near Gray Court and Waterloo. Under plans stated by members of the delegation Monday, the central camp would be built on property adjoining the County Home. The county does not own the property on which the camps at Gray Court and Waterlop are located. An appropriation of not more than $20,000 would be made by the delegation to finance con struction of the new camp. The buildings will be of concrete blocks. The Board of County Commissioners was directed to prepare designs for the structures and submit them to the delega tion for approval. Ten thousand of the amount will be made available in the cur rent county appropriations bill, now in the process of enactment, and as much as $10,000, if needed, the legislators said, will be pro vided later. The latter amount, they suggested, will not be need ed until some time in the fall, October probably. It was pointed out at the meet ing that several grand juries in recent years have complained about conditions at the work their improvement. The economi cal thinjf to do, delegation mem bers determined, was to build, the central 'camp on county-owned property. It was insisted by the delega tion members that complete seg regation polices be observed in designing the layout of the build ings and in operational procedure when put into use; All four members of the legisla tive delegation were present at Monday’s session, including Sen. Robert C. Wasson, who presided, and Representatives William C. Dobbins, W. Paul Culbertson, and T. David Sloan. The three members of the County Board of Commissioners sat in and participated in the dis- cusion. They were Supervisor Bennie B. Blakely and Corhmis- sioners Paul S. O’Dell and Fur man E. Thomason. Several citizens appeared be fore the delegation in reference to the naming of a successor to County Service Officer C. A. Sea- wright, who died Sunday. Includ ed were George C.TKit) Young, of Clinton, Darrell Owlfcns, of Laurens, and. Mrs. Caroline Cole man, of Laurens, who has been secretary in the office of the Service Officer for 11 years.. Mis Jennie V. Culbertson, County Auditor, requested the delegation for some changes in the 1957-58 appropriation for her office. participating would be responsi bl/for his own tickets, prizes and drawing, with all drawings to be held prior to the dutch supper barbecue. v Chairman Johnson asks the support and cooperation of all members in order for the event to be vigorously pushed and widely accepted by the public Bailey Named To Association Post P. S. Bailey, president and treasurer of Clinton-Lydia Cot ton Mills, was sleeted vice-pres ident of the South Carolina The first sales of a $60,000 bond issue were made this week wl en Mr. and Mrs. J. William Abrams, left, chairmen of Division 1 and Mr. and Mrs Davis V. Pitts, right, chairmen of Division 2, bought the first bonds sold to finance the construction of an educational plant addition to the Broad Street Methodist Church. The Rev. G. H. Hodges, pastor of the church, is in the center —Photo by Dan Yarborough. Thornwell Closes camps, particularly in regard* to \ CRher changes in amounts and sanitary facilities and safety of prisoners in case of fire. During the meeting, discussion was entered into concerning the merits of improving the three camps at their present locations and providing new facilities at a central camp. The fact that the County Planning Board For Abandoning of Road Members of the Laurens County I mediately effecting the abandon- Planning and Development Board m ^ nt this road.”' have recommended that a road I Mornbers ^ ^ Pining and through property of the Zonolite Company in the Ora section be abandoned, as requested by the company. The recommendation was made in a letter to the County Legis- 0 lative Delegation, made public Monday morning at a meeting of the delegation in the court house in Laurens. It was signed fcny all five members of the board. The letter said: “After making b thorough personal investigation of this prcuperty we reached the conclusion that this road is pro-v N viding no convenience to the peo ple and that it should be aban doned as requested by the Zono lite Company.” • The letter further stated: “We feel that our cooperation with this fine industry will do a great deal to bring Laurens County into a favorable light with other sub- . stantial industry. However, if we ooul(l see anything of benefit that this road would bring to the pub lic, we would not hesitate in rec ommending that this road remain open and be unproved. I “Therefore, under all of the cir- cJmstances, we recommend that an appropriate bill be enacted im- Development Board are W. H. Harley of Laurens, G. H. Phinney of Laurens, Tom Plaxico of Clin ton, A. D. Salter of Clinton, and D. L. Dendy of Laurens. The road in question traverses the property of the Zonolite Com pany and interferes with its use of adjoining land, company offi cials have said, for storage of ore which the eompany mines and for othe^ purposes. Supervisor Bennie B. Blakely, who' was at the meeting of the County Delegation when the let ter was presented and read, stat ed that the road was closed at one •time for three years, and he re- tape ned it at the request of Charles Hill and J. Ben Hunter, who own land in the area adjoining thiat of the Zonolite Company. The letter from the Planning and Development Board also said: “We notified the main party In interest of our concern about this road and offered him the oppor tunity to appear before us in op position to a recommendation that the road be closed. He has not appeared.” Representatives of the Zonolite Company some months ago re- (oontinued on page 4) phraseology in the appropriation bill, now in the Senate for en actment, were noted. Senator Wasson suggested that the House members recall the bill {ram the Senate to make the changes, but apparently the decision was made for the Senator to do the changing and send the bill back to the House for members’ con currence. Senator Wasson said the bill will probably be ready for second reading in the Senate next week. ' P. S. BAILEY Taxtil* Manufacturers Associa tion at its annual meeting last week at Sea Island. Ga. He succeeds Alan B. Sibley, of Greenville, who stepped up to the presidency of the asso ciation. . Mr. Bailey and Mr. Sibley, along with retiring president Howard B. Carlisle. Jr., of Spartanburg, will comprise the association's sxecutive commit tee during the next year. Since he became president and treasurer upon the death of his uncle, William J. Bailey, in 1948, the mills under his lead ership have undergone a large increase in productive capacity. School Year With Graduation Monday Eleven graduating seniors re ceived South Carolina high school diplomas Monday evening when Thornwell High School closed its 1957 commencement season • Scholastic awards and medals and prizes were also distributed to accomplished students and profi cient workers during the year at the institution. Speaker for the occasion was Dr. Robert Strong, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Au gusta. Ga., who spoka on the story of the ridh young ruler in the 10th chapter of Mark. Here was a person, he said, with all the po tentialities for a full, rich life— wealth, eagerness, good personali ty, sincere, truthful. With aTl this, he realized there was an empti ness in his life, so in earnestness he sought Jesus, who pointed out that his wealth had caused him to place too much emphasis on mate rials things and wsa a block to his spiritual life. The speaker rec ognized the many admirable quali ties of the young ruler that young people should have, including ref erence in kneeling to ask for wis dom, but strength to choose the spiritual rather than the material Maxie Gray was valedictorian of the class, and Millard Daniel was saiutatorian. ’ Awards included: D. A. R. medal to Joanne Winburn, Bible award to Carolyn Allen, land best all- around award to Millard EXaniel; student making greatest progress during stay at Thornwell, Linda Blair; outstanding girl and boy. Freda Alford and Millard Dan iel, were presented sets of lug gage by L. W Anderson of Stan dard Plywoods, Inc., of Clinton. Two promising students, Linda Blair and Jerry Stewart, were pre sented watches by Mr. and Mrs. Belle Isle of Marietta, Ga. , Prizes for making the yearly honor roll were presented to six pupils: Walter Hines and Mary Soheele of the first grade; Marie Cockrell of the second grade; Ann Justice atjd Marianne Mathews of . (continued on page 4). Broad St. Methodists Plan $60,000 Plant Addition Service Recognized B. S. PINSON B. S. Pinson, principal of the Thornwell schools, saw his 30th class gradualad Monday night, and was presanted a silver pitcher by the institution in ap predation of his long years of service. Issue ef Bonds Will Finance Structure The congregation of Broad $16 a week in qrder to finance Street Methodist Chlrch last night the bond issue. ,. officially launched a $60,000 bond Organizations of the congre- sale to finance the construction of gallon for the sale of bonds is a proposed -educational building through the offices of the Provi- to house departments of the Sun- dence Church Plan, Inc., of Atlan- day school. * ■ ta, Ga. J. C. Johnson has been in The new structure will adjoin the city for several days working and connect with the present edi- with church officials preparatory 1 to launching the movement. The building commUtee in charge of plans for constructaon of the new building is composed of. C. C. Giles, chairman; L. R. Gray, C. T. i Thomason. S. C. Chaney, James E. Wolfe, J. Wil liam Abrams and George Reid. Pastor of the church is the Rev. George H. Hodges, who, since coming to Clinton a relatively short time ago, has worked dili gently with his members in get ting the project underway. Plan Meeting Of Veterans In County On Service Officer .. Tentative plans by the Laurens County Delegation in the General Assembly call for a meeting of ail eligible war veterans in the coun- fiee on the Ferguson Street side. Plans and specifications for the building, by Fant ’and Son, Archi tects, of Anderson, have been ap- proved and incorporate some changes in a design that was made some months ago. Construc tion is expected to begin within 60 days, church officials state. The membership has been di vided into divisions to conduct the bond sale. A preliminary meeting fo Division 1 was held Monday night and advance pur chases of bonds were made to the amount of $9,000. Division 2 met Tuesday night and Reported sales of approximately $5000. Wednes day night a kickoff supper was held at the church at which time the bond sale officially got “Under way. The bonds wil be in denomina tions of $100, $250. $500. and $1,000. ..Maturity dates aje from six months to 13 4 years, and the i bonds , will bear interest at 5"-, Clinton High School Student Council ATTEND TEXTILE MEET Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Vance spent last week at Sea Island, Ga., where they attended the conven tion of the South Carolina Textile Association Also atending.the con- to select a nominee for County Service Officer to sue reed the late C. A Seawright. A meeting has oven arranged payable semi-annually. . It will be necessary for the ty ^ m ^ tn •* t ^ Armory in. Laur- church to collect payments of Friday, June 21, at 11a. m , $120 per week from the member ship in order to meet maturity dates of bonds and payment of in terest, it was stated. However, -subscriptions to the building fund f <>r ' Monday night in the Probate vention for several days were P. have been remitted for some time, I-Judge s office in Laurens of eom- S. Bailey, Mr and Mrs. Carlisle and these-have averaged $10i4 per rcumders of various veterans or- Neely, Mr. and Mrs. J B. Hart, of week, so it will be necessary to gamzations in the county to eon- Joanna. I increase the remitances by only ! suit with the delegation -m the ! matter and in correction with ar- rangements for the 'later meeting of veterans on the 21st. It was pointed out that the ap pointment of a .County Service Of ficer is made by the State Service Officer upon the rocommeodation of the county legislative delega tion, ; — — —-— Auto Wreck Injuries Are Fatal to Hubert Bridges Rose- Hubert Donald Bridges. 26. of, BapUst Church in Joanna by the T Rproivo near Joanna, was fatally injured Rev Ben Jones and the Rev. J B. j 1 Jiuuciiii ivctcivc about a mile south of'Joanna on Mitchell. Foundotioil Awards Highway 76 libout 4 o’clock Sun-! v Interment followed i n day morning in an automobile; mont cemetery in Clinton, wreck He died at Blalock clinic! —~— • in Clinton about 8 00 a. m. Mill Pools Open; Hughey Bonds, 23. who was in ^ ^ ' i the car with Bridges, escaped bwimming LCSSOnS with minor injuries J Q Begin J une ^ The two men were thrown out J ^ of a 1955 Chevrolet when it ap- Martha Joan Reeder and George Blalock were prespnted the Dan- forth Foundation .nwa'rds at the annual Class Day program of the Clinton H:giii School on Tuesday, May 21 Each vear theM.* awards are parently went out of control after! , ™"«mng-pools operated given to a Do, and a gi* m the , travelii some distance in a ditch. | b - v tl.nton-Lydia Cotton Mills graduate . a>, who are cwisid- It struck a culvert leading into ^ ondav ’ Juru> 3 ’ for tht VT ‘T T’ 1 " ‘i * 'T < ’ i private yard and apparently turn 14,5 ' 3eaSon ! ^ K ' a1 ’ s ^ ia ‘ arKi ^ irUual I ed over three or four timjfs. the Two American Red Cross quah-j ve.opm.nt and wno have demon- 'coroner added. fled and registered life guards, ’.rated distinct qualities of lead- A pool of blood on the road m-j Sonn y Kin « and Henry Chandler.;er-nip dicated the body'was thrown al-j -It*-, of Clinton, and Don Rhume George a as business manager clear across the pavement' and Allen P r a m m ell, Lydia of the 195* C. iintonmn and Nlar— from the place where the car * or daily swim sessions. ! thn Joan awiis advertising mauag- wrecked. ' guards, are on duty at each pool er Pool hours are 9:00 a. m. to 12 — ^ The studwits pictured above are ly atoefrd members of the Clinton High School Student Council km. vice-preeideni; Dolly Crouch. Ann Do vis, treasurer: Patty Chisholm. Sandra Ray. Second dL Toni Stroud. Margaret Ella Copo- i Sammy Wilson. Vernon Ginn. BOty Cranford. Alvin Hueble. Copeland Whitmire. Pat Carr. Kathy Hart and Rickey apic fee 1957-195t. 111# students are. left to right, first row: Myras president; Norma Eldar, secretary; Ji row: Mrs. lari Wi An inquest was set for>10 a. m.. Friday, in the police station at Clinton. Mr. Bridges lived on the secondary road leading from Jo anna to Whitmire. iMr.’ Bridges was born and rear ed at Joanna, a son of Leroy and Mrs. Irene -Bledsoe Bridges. He had spent all of his life at Joanna ■where he was employed by the Joanna Mills. He was a member of the South' Carolina National Guard Battery B 107 AAA Bn (SP). He is survived by his parents and a number of uncles and aunte. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday at 4:00 p. m. from the noon, 3 to 6 00 jr m ; 7 to 9 p. m 7 Thomwell Students nightly, except Wednesday. ^ , a II As a public service free swim- Graduate At Colleges ming lessons for non-swimmers —-—♦—:— will begin at 9-a. m. on Monday, June 17. Parents are requested Seven Thornwel- students were graduated this week from college. to register their children for the Miss Mary Alice Ha nun received classes at the pool basket room, a BA. degree in music at the * . * | University of South Carolina. ENTERS AIR FORCE Miss Nancv Bell and Eugene Friends of Roily Bannister, Jr., j Armstrong were graduated from of Mountville, will be interested; p r e s b y t e rl a n College: Jack to know he-left this week to report; grown from Southern Tech at tb Lackland Air Force Base, Tex as, for six months training He re ceived his bachelor of arts degree from Presbyterian College at grad uation exercises on Monday. Chamblee, Ga.; and three stu dents were graduated from Mon treal .College, Montreat, N. "C-, Misses Manorte Hudson, Opal Woodfin and Garon Dnggers.