The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 20, 1957, Image 2
Page Two
Referendum On
Wheat Marketing
Quota Be Held Today
Two voting places in the county
have been selected for the wheat
marketing quota referendum to be
conducted today, it was stated by
H A Ropp", manager of the Laur
ens County Agriculture Stabiliza
tion and Conservation office. One
will bo at the ASC office in Laur
ens and the other at H’ubert Pitts’
store in Clinton.
Most of the 113 farmers of the
county eligible to vote in the ref
erendum. he said, reside in the
general d'rea of Laurens and Clin
ton Farmers, who grow less than
15 acres of wheat, he said, are not
eligible.
The polls will be open at 8 a. m.
and close at 7 p. m
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Attend Special
Education Classes By
Iryin Lawn, Teachers
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CHRONICLE
Thusday, June 20, 1957
Leaders of Synodical School
Mrs. T. M. Sease and Mrs. Allie
[Hamilton, members of the Whit-
tep Village teaching staff, spent
Thursday and Friday at Winthrop
College, Rock Hill, where they at
tended the summer sesion classes
in Special Education which are *
being taught by Irvin Lown, and
assisted in the demonstration of
! materials. | *
Tuesday Mr. Lown brought his
class of 13 In Special Education
to Whitten Village where they
observed, a number of classes.
Mrs. Inez Lindley taught a class
i in numbers; Mrs. Sease 'spelling
and reading; and Mrs. Hamilton,
reading readiness.
Du vair Weathers
Killed In Arizona
Agnew Successful
In Getting S. C. Oats
Eligible For Loans
— ■
At a recent meeting of the
Board of Directors of the Lau
rens County Farm Bureau, Chas.
Workman reported on the recent
trip of J. E Agnew, South Caro
lina Farm Bureau president, to
Washington where he contacted
Department of Agriculture lead
ers and Congressmen in regard to
this year’s oat crop in the state.
Mr. Workman stated that Mr.
Agnew was successful in getting
South Carolina’s dark oats re
classified and eligible for loans,
which, it was stated, will be of
much benefit to the growers.
Community reporters were also
appointed to furnish Farm Bu
reau news to the county’s papers.
Laurens—Duvall Weathers. 40,
native of Laurens, was killed in
stantly in an automobile wreck at
3:45 p. m., Monday near Kingman,
Ariz., according to a message re
ceived by relatives here Tuesday.
A teacher in a Knoxville, Tenn.,
college, he was on his way ,, to
Montana to visit friends.
The body will be returned to
| South .Carolina for burial. Fur
ther details are lacking.
He was a son of Mrs. Joe
Weathers Bolt, of Simpsonville.
and the }ate Victor Weathers, and
wa£ reared in Laurens.
Besides his mother he is surviv
ed by one sister, Mrs W. A. Rob
inson, of Greenville.
Mr. Weathers was a graduate of
Presbyterian College, Clinton.
* Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Kennedy Mortuary,
of Laurens.
“Piggy banks are okay, of course;
but I have a savings account all my own at the
grownups bank. What’s more, it’s earning
interest all the time!”
OPEN SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AT OUR BANK FOR
YOUR iOUNGSURS, AND DEPOSIT kEGUlARLY!
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3‘; Interest Paid Semi-Annually
. l On Savings; Accounts
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Here are some of the members of the staff of the Presbyterien Synodical Training School in seuion
here this week on the campus of Presbyterian College. The school will continue through this week.
Front row, left to right Mrs. John L. Bennett. Dillon, historian; Mrs. G. A. Burton, Clinton, regis
trar and treasurer; Mrs. O. A. Matthews, Bennettsville, chairman; Mrs. R. Grier Robinson. Charleston,
dean; back row; Mrs. Lex Kluts, Richmond, Va-. book store; Mrs. R. M. Engle, credits; Mrs. Frederick
McDonald, Charleston, director of music; Mrs. R. W. Park, Olanta, books. —Photo by Yarborough
Presbyterian Women
Attend School at College
More t h a h 300 Presbyierian
women from throughout South
Carolina are attending the tenth
annual Synodical Training School
on the Presbyterian College cam
pus this week.
They will remain throughout
the week attending this accredit
ed school offering courses on re
ligious subjects under the ,leader
ship of Mrs. R. Grier Robinson,
of Charleston, synodical president
and dean of the school.
A banquet Monday night open-j
ed th^- 1957 session. Mrs. A. M.|
Bowen ,of Newnan, Ga., former j
Georgia Synodical president and
a faculty member of the Wom
en’s Training School in Montreat,
N. C., delivered the main Aldress
of this occasion in the 1X1 dining
hall.
Five days of classes began on
Tuesday morning, to extend
through Saturday and the presen
tation of certificates and diplomas
at a luncheon then. Six courses
are being taught by these out
standing faculty members:
Dr. Bernard Boyd, chairman of
the department of religion of the
University of North Carolina—
“Studies in the Minor Prophets”;-
Mrs. C. Darby Fulton, wife of the
executive secretary of the Presby
terian Board of World Missions—
“World Missions”; the Rev. J. W.
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Adair's Sporting
Goods Store To
Demonstrate Motors
Adair’s Sporting Goods store, of
this city, announces a demonstra-’
lion of Mercury outboard moitors
Sunday afternoon at Cothran
bridge bh La^e Gr pen wood*. The
demonstration will begin about 2
o'clock, Johnny Adair, proprietor
of the store, states.
Free rides will be given during
the afternoon.
An advertisement announcing
the demonstration will be found
in today's issue of The Chronicle.
McQueen, pastor of the Albany
(Ga.) FTrst PreSby lei lan Church—
“Christian Citizenship"; Mrs. J.
W. McQueen, past member of the
Board of Women’s Work—“Wor
ship”; Dr. Claude H. Pritchard,
secretary of division of home mis
sions—‘Xlhurch Extension in the
Homeland”; and Mrs. E. L. Se-
crest, past president of the Geor
gia Synodical—“Stewardship.”
Birdsey Stores Close
Clinton Business
The local Birdsey Store, along
with several other sitores of the
chain in South Carolina, was
closed on June 8
The Clinton store was opened ^
in June of 1930, with V. Parks
Adair as manager, and be contin
ued in the same position for 27
years. -
Mr. Adair states that he is re
tiring from business activities. He*
formerly operated* his own men’s
clothing store here and was man.
ager of the clothing department
of the old Farmers Mercantile
Company. Previously, be held po
sitions with several mercantile
firms in the city.
Swimming Classes
At Clinton And Lydia
Are Well Attended
One hundred and sixty boysi
and girls of the Clinton area are
enrolled in 6 swimming classes of
fered without charge as a public
service by Clinton-Lydia Cotton
Mills. The classes are being held
at the Clinton and Lydia pools.
Classes by age groups are being
held to a maximum number to
expedite the training. In some
age groups the classes were so
large it was necessary to divide
the class for every other day ses-
ions.
“Sonny” King, Clinton, and
Don Rhame, Lydia, are in charge
of the pools and swimming class
es.
PEASE
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pease, of
Baltimore, Md.,, announce the
birth of a son, James Franklin
(Jimmy) at John Hopkins hos-
pital on June 12.
Mrs. Pease is the former Miss
Myrtle DuBose. They have an
other son, Ed, 19 months old.
WHITLOCK
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Whit
lock, of 110 Buice St., announce
the birth of a daughter, Judy
Marlene, on June 14 at Blalock
clinic. Before marriage Mrs.
Whitlock was Miss Annette Bal-
lew.
.12 From County
Attend Meeting
Of Farm Council
Twelve women represented
Laurens county at the meeting of
the South Carolina Council of
Farm Women at Winthrop col
lege, Rock Hill, last week.
Those attending for the entire
session were: Mrs. J. S. Gray,
Trinity-Ridge club; Mrs. J. H.
Power and Mrs. Jessie Babb,
Barksdale-Namie club; Mrs. Ruth
White and Miss Louise Welbom,
Harmony club; Mrs. Arthur Chil
dress and Mrs. Aylene Pittman,
Camak club; Mrs. James Wasson,
Hickory Tavern club; and Mrs.
M. A. Wilson, of the Shiloh club.
Those attending for one day were
Mrs. L. N. Cook and Mrs. Meanes
Moore from Gray Court; and Mrs.
Frank Bobo, from the Youngs
Home Demonstration club.
The first session of the meet
ing was held Tuesday evening in
the main building auditorium.
Mrs. M. H. Lineberger, president
of the State Council, presided.
Dr. Henry R. Sims, president of
Winthrop college, extended greet
ings to the group. Mrs. W. E.
Johnson, of York, gave the re
sponse. A. H. Ward, Savannah
Valley District Agent, was (he
speaker for the evening. The
topic of his address was “Human
Values.’
Wednesday morning was devot-
Joanna’s Citizen of the Year
W. K. Waits, right, was presented a plaque Thursday night at
a meeting of the Joanna Lions Club denoting his seleetion as
Joanna’s “Citizen of the Year.”
Mr. Waits is assistant superintendent of Joanna Cotton Mills.
Making the presentation is Clisby Templeton, first vice presi.
dent of the Joanna Lions, who presided over the meeting in place
of William C. Dobbins, retiring president, who was unable to be
present. —
Mr. Templeton told of the leadership of Mr. Waits in many ac
tivities at Joanna and the high regard in which he is held by the
people in the community. —Photo by Dan Yarborough
entertained the group with
ed to training meetings on all thehnovie, “The King and L”
different phases of Home Demon
stration work. After the training
period Mrs. Mena H. Woodle, for
mer Extension Service Regional
Director, addressed the group.
Her subject was ‘Importance of
Training for Careers and Home
making.” A special recognition
service for project leaders was
held Wednesday afternoon.
One of the highlights of the
meeting was the “Parade of
Dresses.” Laurens county repre
sentative in the dress revue was
Mrs. Arthur Childress. Sse mod
eled a 1 white pique dress with
black and whlte accessories. ~ An
other highlight of the meeting'
was an address by Harry Dent,l noon at a Greenvlile hospita i af .
The group from Laurens county
was accompanied by Celeste
Rogers, assistant home agent.
Mrs. J. C. Grant Dies
Tuesday In Greenville
Funefal services for Mrs. J. C.
Grant will be held this (Thurs
day) afternoon at Gray Funeral
Home at 3 o’clock, conducted by
Rev. George H. Hodges, pastor of
Broad Street Methodist church.
Burial will follow in the Presby
terian church cemetery at Mount-
vtTIe
Mrs. Grant died Tuesday after-
spital af-
years of declining
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June 20-21
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Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
MA AND PA KETTLE AND THE KIDS
With: MARJORIE MAIN, PARKER FENNELLY
GLORIA TALBOT
COMEDY CARTOON
Wednesday-Thursday June 26-27 ||
Comedy of the Year
MGM presents the hilarious comedy
in CINEMASCOPE and METR0C0L0R
GREGORY PECK
LAUREN BACALL
‘DESIGNING WOMAN” I
DOLORES GRAY
Coming July 3-4—
JACK WEBB as “THE D. I.”
8-9 - “Gunfight at the O. K. Corral
WITH THE SICK
Friends of J. D. Boland, Sr.,
will regret to know he is ill and
a patient at Blalock clinic.
Jean Nelson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Nelson, underwent
a tonsilectomy at Hays hospital
yesterday.
Eric Barnes was admitted yes
terday to Blalock clinic.
Medical patients at Hays hos
pital include Miss Maggie Nabors,
Mrs. James Green, of Kinards,
Mrs. C. H. Brown, of Joanna, and
Mrs. Ruth Noffz, o# Greenwood.
Miss Ethel McMahon, of Cross
Hill, is improving at Blalock clin
ic following an operation this
week.
The following who have been
patients at Blalock clinic, were
able to return to their homes Ear
lier in the week: Mrs. I. C. McCar
ley, H .R. McCall, L. L. King, of
Kinards ,and Ray Culbertson.
Friends of Mrs. Irene South
ern will be glad to know her con
dition has improved at Hays hos
pital where she has been a patient
for the past ten days.
Tommy Holmes is a patient at
Hays hospital suffering a hand in
jury.
Linda Ellis,, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil Ellis, underwent
a tonsrilectomy Tuesday at Hays
hospital.
Mrs. Elizebath Davis Turner,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Davis, has returned to her home
in Columbia after a few days stay
at Hays hospital.
Ricky Posey, son of Mr, and
Mrs. Francis Posey, has returned
home following an operation ill
ness at Blalock clinic.
Mrs. Edgar C. Taylor was ad
mitted to Blalock clinic on Tues
day.
Mrs. Julia Pagan has returned
to her home in Columbia .follow
ing a several days stay at Hays
hospital. Mrs. Pagan is an aunt
of Dr. E. N. Sullivan.
Mrs. Charlie Robinson under
went an operation at Blalock
clinic yesterday.
Diane Stephenson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Stephenson,
was a patient at Blalock clinic
several days this week.
James Moates, Jr., who under
went an operation on June 17 at
Hays hospital, has returned to his
home in Joanna.
Frank Phillips, of Joanna, Mor
ris Cassada arid Mrs. Melvin Hol
combe returned to their homes
Tuesday from Hays hoepHal
Mrs. Howard Dunaway is re
cuperating at home following an
operation illness at Blalock clinic.
Foyrell Furr Leaves
For Camp PfiHmont
Fayrell Furr, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Olin Furr, left Greenville
Sunday with other Boy Scouts of
the Blue Ridge Council,for
three-weeks trip to Philmont, the
Explorer Scout camp, in Cimar
ron, New Mexico.
* Fayrell is a member of local
troop 174. On the tour they will
visit new Orleans, Houston, S«n
Antonio, Carlsbad and Sapta Fe. •
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assistant to Senator Strom Thur
mond. He spoke in the absence
of Senator Thurmond.
The last session of the meeting
was a business session. During berTf B^TstoW
this session awards were made
for outstanding council work.
Horry county was presented the
Gee Book Shelf, Greenwood
county received a purple ribbon
for having the highest score in
the blue ribbon group. Laurens
. . j . .. marriage one son survives, Clvde
2T Smith, of this city.
ter several
health.
She was a lifelong resident of
Laurens county, and was a mem-
Methodist
church. She made her home most
of-the time with her son, Clyde
F. Smith, on South Broad street.
Mrs. Grant was married twice.
Her first marriage was to the late
Wililam Thomas Smith. By this
FORMER RESIDENT PASSES
Word has been received in the
city of the death of Mrs. J. D.
Cozby which occurred earlier this
month at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. W. P. Goudin, in Pine-
ville. The Cozbys are former
residents and one daughter, Mrs.
T. Wier Davis, made her home
here until a few years ago.
bon for the council’s accomplish
ments during the past year. Also
at this session the new officers
were installed: Mrs. J. W. Scott,
1st veei-pres.; Mrs. L. H. Buff,
treasurer; and Mrs. Clarkson Ste
venson, district director.
Mrs., M. H. Lineberger, presi
dent, presented to'Miss Juanita
Neely six silver goblets as a token
of appreciation for the work that
she has done for the South Caro
lina Cqiincil of Farm Women.
Also during the session the name 1
of the organization was changed
to the South Carolina Home Dem
onstration Council. |
Thursday evening the college
Her second marriage was to J.
(V. Grant, and surviving this un
ion are two sons, J. W. Grant, of
Miami, Fla., and J. M. Grant, of
Ninety-Six; also four step-chil
dren, Mrs. Ida May Phillips, Mrs.
Inez Ford, and Mrs- Ruth Hecker,
all of Savannah, Ga.; and Rufus
Grant, of Washington, D. C.
Nine grandchildren and 12
great-grandchildren also survive.
The body will be at the funeral
home until the hour of service.
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About this question:
“My son now has a license
to drive. I sometimes let my
daughter’s boy friend use
my car on their dates. Who
ever is driving my car, I
realize that I, as owner, am
liable. Would you recom
mend at least $25,000-^50,-
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reasonably protected for
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Ham Salad 45 c
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