The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 25, 1957, Image 1
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Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 25, 1957
Number 30
Exchange Club to Selj^ Light Bulbs Set Referendum
On Voting Bond Issne
For County Hospital
Contract Let on New Presbyterian College Building
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Two members of the Exchanre Club, Bob Plaxiro, left, and Earl Rice, are shown here as they made
an early call in the club's sale of electric llrht bulbs which will be made Friday ni(ht from 6:30 to
9:30. Sales will be made in a house-to-house canvass of the community by t?ams of four members
each. Hi* bulbs are packed 10 to a bag and the Exchangeites .will sell them for 32.00. Profits from the
sale will be used for the club’s charity fund.
These members called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Murphy on South Broad Street and are
making a valiant effort to persuade their daughter Miss Carolyn Murphy, dietician at Whitten Vil
lage, to buy several bags of bulbs. / —Photo by Dan Yarborough.
Laurens Team Reaches
Finals In Tournament
Other Contender Decided Last Night
Baptist Church
School Workers
To Meet Sunday
An advisory referendum on the
issuance of $600,000 in bonds fori
the renovation and expansion of;
the I^aurens County Hospital has
been agreed upon and t|ie date!
set for November 5, it was an
nounced in Laurens this week.
At a called meeting of the
County Delegation in the General
Assembly on Thursday, July 18,
members approved the holding of
the referendum and agreed to
abide by the results of the refer
endum in enacting legislation nec-j
essary for the bond issue at the
meeting of the legislature next
January if the referendum vote is
favorable.
The following day. Friday, the
executive committee oj the "hos
pital board of trustees concur-
rt*d in the date set for the refer
endum.
It is the intention of the trus
tees, it was said, to secure federal
funds in equal amount to that
supplied by the county to reno
vate the present structure and fa
cilities and add a new wing to
practically double present capac
ity. of the hospital.
The hospital is governed by, a
board oC^trustees composed of
representatives "from all parts of
the county. John A. Thompson,
of Laurens, is chairman of the
board.
Service Welcome!
Rev. Giles F. Lewis
As Clinton Pastor
A union service was held Sun
day evening at the First Baptist
Church to welcome Rev. Giles F.
Lewis to Clinton.
Mr. Lewis, ordained to the Sa
cred Order of Deacons on Sunday,
July 14, by Rt. Rev. Alfred Cole,
School For Church Music School. Bak^r To Build College
Methodlsts a a & Structure for $222,500
» I A School of Chuch Music is be- To Provide Memorial Student Ceuter
The Maltese Cross Sub-District >ng held this week at Poplar; ^
will observe Caravan Week with Springs Baptist
a week-long school at Broad
Street Methodist Church in Clin
ton Monady through Friday, be
ginning at 7:30 each night.
The following courses will be
taught:
'Ghoosing a Vocation," by Dr.
C. R. Thayer, of the Presbyterian
College faculty; "Christian Be
lief.’’ by Mrs. Niles C. Clark, of
Waterloo, president of the South
Bishop of Upper South Carolina. _
was recently assigned to All, Carol ‘^ Conference Womans So-
Saints Ep,s<Wal Mission in C lin- ^ ^Christian Seryice. "Court-
ton and Epiphany Mission in Lau-'f^ and Maj-rvage.^ by Rev. Le-
rens.
The champion of the District
Two Little Boys Baseball League
will ibe determined* here this
Thursday or Frickny night.
Laurens- Ametocan already had
vaulted into the finals on the
strength of three straight victor-
Old Clinton Home
Being Demolished
workmen ■ 7rave"5een _ 5usy TfiTs
week tearing down one of the old-
ets homes in Clinton.
The house, a frame structure, in
recent years has been owned by
the family of the late B. L. King,
who maintained his home there.
Situated on South Broad street
near the business section, it has
since been rented.
The house was owned at one
time by the late James Marion
Wright, father of the late R. Z.
Wright, and grandfather of Miss
Sunday school officers and
workers in the Laurens Baptist
Association will meet for a con
ies. As the Chronicle went to press Iference Sunday afternoon at 2:30
on Wednesday afternoon, tourna-; at the First Baptist Church in
ment favorite Union prepared to; Laurens.
clash with Lancaster that evening | Sessions will be arranged for
for the right to play the Laurens t ^ e wor k ers with the various age
team for the championship. ! groups as well as for the general
Should the undefeated Laurens 1 uperinterdent.
American win the Thursday night
final it would wrap up the dis
trict title, m the event that the
strong but once-defeated Union
squad should make the final*
and win this game, a second game
between the two teams 'would be
necessary on Friday night. The
-touhic-pliminatirm—tTUttU require*
land Rinehart, pastor of Hopewell
„ , .Methodist Church near Clinton;
The welcomnig service Sunday MeChodist youth Fellowship
the
Clinton Ministerial Association.
was under the auspices of vw,j n ^h e Local Church," by Mrs.
Presiding was Rev. E. A. Wilkes,
Lavinia Cooley, superintendent of
the Youth Department. Epworth
pastor of the L y d i a (Methodist Methodist Church, Joanna; “In-
that each team must be defeated
twice. Laurens already has whip
ped Union once. *
Clinton was eliminated from
competition on Monday. The host
squad was whipped by Lancaster,
4- 2, after dropping a 13-1 decision
to Union last Saturday. Clinton
had won its opening game against
Laurens National last Friday by a
5- 4 count in extra innings.
Laurens American swept into
the finals by defeating Rock Hill
Western, 7-2, in the opener; Rock
Hill Eastern, 8-1, in the second
gi:mc; and upsetting Union, 3-0, in
County's Accident
Total For 1956 Was
452; Nine Killed
Church.
Rev. J. H. Darr, piaster of the
First Baptist Church, gave the
opening prayer and turned the
meeting over to Mr. Wilkes, who
welcomed Mr. Lewis to the com
munity as a minster and as a citi
zen.
Dr. C. B. Betts, pastor of the
terpreting the Bible for Youth.’
by Rev. Franklin Manning, pastor
of Central Methodist Church,
Laurens. (The latter course is for
pwstors and adult workers)
Officers of the Sub-District or
ganization are: President, Bond
Thomas, of St. James Church in
Church in the
western part of the county near
Ware Shoals.
The school began Monday and
ntinues each evening through
riday at 7:15 The sessions are
being held under the direction of
the state Baptist music director
Clinton Men To
Attend Meeting Of
Livestock Council
A low bid of $222,500 for Pres- -Company, of Greenwood, $230.
byterian College’s proposed new Morns Construction Com-
„ piany, of Greenville, $233,170; and
Memorial Student Center was „ „ , , „
Harpers Builders Supply, rrf Wil-
submitted Friday by W E. Baker hamston $233,407
and Son. contractor'., of Whitmire* building committee of the
Work on the structure, which Presbyterian College board of
will serve as a memorial to PC i trustees met on Friday afternoon
alumni killed in World War II and formally awarded the eon-
J u , tract to W E. Baker and Son.
and the Korean War. is scheduled CornmiUee me mbers meeting
to get underway by August 1 It w ,th President Marshall W
is to be completed within 300 cal- Brown at this time were: Chair-
endar days, or by next June man Robert M Vance. P S. Bai-
_ v- . . , \ . *, j ley, and J F Jacobs, Sr., all of
•-— : Nineteen contractors submitted . —t--. „ _ , . „
i Clinton; and James C. Todd. Sr.,
Walter Shuman and Robertlbids on the Student Center When () f Laurens
Wiokam. of Clinton, are scheduled they were opened and tabulated, -pbe Baker company indicated
to attend a meeting of the South in the Presbytenan College li- that T. C Johnson, of Clinton.
Carolina Livestock Council in hrary Friday morning, the pro- would handle the heating and
Columbia Friday night'at HoteL ?°f ,s I : ang u ed ^ S Plumbing work on the new build-
~ tU.-v V* i rr K Kiel /-vf C I -vl 111 . C 1
Columbia.
bid to the high bid of $261,500 ing and Utility Sales, of Greer,
| turned in by G. E. Moore Com-, the electncaJ wiring.
Mr Shuman, president of theipeny. of Greenwood i Student Center plar* by Six
South Carolina Shorthorn Associ-i Several other construction Associates, of Asheville, N C.
ation, is manager of P S Bailey’s | firms turned in proposals that ca jj f or a two-story building oi
Creekland Farm near here. Mr. j were close to the low bid These co i onia [ Georgian design with
W i c k a m. vice-president of the included: Charles J , Craig Con- portico anc ( f our limestone col-
South Carolina \ oung Farmers struction Company, of Columbia, mxir^ in keeping with the arehu-
Association, is superintendent of $226,896; W. G King and Sons, of tectural theme of the campus.
Laurens; lay counselor, Mrs. Doris *he Thornwell Orphanage farms Clinton. $229,000; C. Y Thomason ^ erected next to r event-
Associate Reformed Presbyterian McDowell, of First Methodist! * v 1 . v completed Bailev Hall domuto-
Church. led the evening prayer. Church, Laurens; and Mr Man- MM | £ A—^ LJ * I. rv directly across'the plaza from
Several ministers of the c 11 y ning is the pastoral counselor NKCtTlGt, Of ^1111X011 niQll. Spencer Dormitory
were away on vacation and others Rev. George H Hodges is pastor ' . The center will include on the
first floor two largt* student
Tfrrnr
were filling previous engagements
for the evening.
1 ^nnii in hin "i i'mnn, nffrr
iMiv.j
i fait
Sallie Wright, Mrs. H. L. Todd, the third last Tuesday night.
Mrs. R. C. McLees and R. Z. Lancaster won three streight,
Wright, Jr., of Clinton. Mr. defeating
Wright moved to Clinton in 1883
won
Rock Hill Western
jElijap-iLasd Uuum,ttaU&ntf.L.aik
)ught the house from Messrs. T.
C. and W. M. Sumerel, bachelor
brothers who lived there earlier.
According to Mrs. B. B. Bailey,
one of Clinton’s, oldest residents,
who lives with her daughter, Mrs.
Arthur Little on North Broaid St.,
the Sumerel brothers moved the
house to Clintort in the 1870’s
from somewhere near Clinton and
rebuilt on the present site. (Mrs.
Bailey is a sister of the late R. Z.
Wright.
ed faith in God as a
.Laurens County had 452 traffic overcor "ing the problems of life.
of the host church.
Refreshments will be served
each evening,
with a b a n q u e t
means of scheduled for Friday.
accidents during the year 1956,. B will not be easy, he said, hut ScrOCOnt
resulting in nine persons being ever y tiroe temptation is over- . “
being killed and 189 injured. The come, every victory won o v e r Assigned 10 TUrmon
Marler, of Clinton High,
On Upstate Tjeam to PJay
In S.C/s North-South Tilt
was estimated a, to^of^oubt^and evil, (ai.h Univers j ty ROJC Unit
Holland's Grocery
Joins Piggly Wiggly
ei lusing ttimpgiffr-TC’
Eastern. And Union knocked off
Winnsboro and Clinton before los
ing to Laurens American.
The District Two champion will
compete with seven other district!
winners for the state title in Co
lumbia early in August. To the
victor of this state tournament will
economic loss
$419,770.
These figures were taken from
a new edition of "Accident Facts”
released this week by the. South
Carolina Highway Department. •
The publication shows that traf
fic accidents in South Carolina in
creased 6.4 per cent during 1956
over 1955. Traffic deaths in
creased less than one per cent,
from T13 in 1955 to 718 in 1956.
There was a total of 31,632 ac
cidents in which 11,861 persons
were injured. __1
Ah average of 87 accidents oc-
ate
Charles Marler, Clinton High letters as a gridiron participant
Schol star lineman for the past He also starred jp two other
three years, will play
irtirngw: 1 -j rfTTPR shop, post of
fice, recreation room and book
store, while the college guidance
center, guest rooms and offices
will be situated on the second
floor.
two people and injuring 33. These
accidents, deaths and injuries rep
resented an estimated economic
loss of 30 million dollars, an aver
age of $82,000 per day.
p„v.„ 6 .he out,,eld aud-y pj^
In Wreck Thursday
for the . n ,
pitching for the baseball squad
Sergeant First Class Marvin T u PP er " state "^uad in Sou^ Caro- and handling the weights in
Bridges, of Joanna, has boeff ais- l* nas ann,ja ' North-South .oot- track
signed to the U. S. Army Instruc- bait’ game ;n Columbia on August His coaches, Fleming Thornton
tor Group (Senior ROTC), Fur- 9 and Burl Allen, are high on Mar-! —
n\an University, Greenville. He ^ (j-foot 190-pound center lers physical prowess, but they Ed Pitts, young Clinton foot-
: last served with the T7th Airborne ’ ’ * u rar, k his fine competitive spirit ball player for the University of
h 11 ^ n , vi i Division at Fort Bragg, N. C. Mailer was one of t e state * out- ancl ct>nscier> tious attitude as South Carolina, suffered arm and
grove street ‘has joined' the Pig" ! A graduate of Clinton High standing performers in the Shrine feven greater assets. head injuries Thursday when a
elv Wieelv grocery organization School. Clinton, the sergeant at- Bowl gam e in Charlotte last year. whether on offense or defense. P“* U P <ruck he was driving col
and will be known as Pigglv Wig-^ ended Brevard Junior College and he was a big factor in making- Clinton's Charles Marler n the ; ^ d with a "icavy concrete prod-
uIy ' ^Brevard, N. C. His military edu- the Clinton Red Devils one of the North lineup will mean trouble LK ’’' ’ ruc * t ^ rom Greenwood .oad
1 cation includes, 1 wuuxmi'sCsuil.ine.-«.mi-.t feared —A-for-ttrr'South"jcrcrad on AugtGT^ •->! -wte,-!:- tt-ovks
le—w phyanmi- ■ After irading tn^ t-e aTrr*Ttr
IN VETERANS HOSPITAL
Friends of Fred S. Pitts will be
interested to know he has been a
go the honor of representing South ! patient at the Veterans hospital,
Carolina in the Dixie Litle Boys Columbia, since last Friday, and
World Series in Columbus, Miss., will be glad to know his condition
laer next month. is improving.
4-
Joe Halland. ct^owne*. with-b**-. # _ , . _ _ .
mother, Mrs. J. R. Holland, states lnf antl y School, hint Bt-nnin^. vV < M^‘- lt!on ^ A '' I *- L
NMH Wf. 11V1 .qilp'Ujt'flh'bp”
retained, but that purchased the t ra ‘ n mg at Fort^lragg. N. C.
stock will be through the Piggly
Wiggly warehouses and operation Eastern Star To Have
will be based on Piggly Wiggly A 1 r -i n*
methods, i Annual Family Picnic
Me Holland has managed the
sparkling 9-2 won-loss record last Rineharts Away,
fall. Mailer’s teammates voted G | oyer j 0 p reQC h
him the all-round accolade of be
ing both the best defensive play- —
er and the best blocker on the Prof John S Glover.
of
"rrTmr’TT-Ba’T
accident, but was discharged from
the hospital yesterlaiy. He had a
deep cut on the upper part of his
left arm and a slight concussion
the from a head injury it was stated.
squad In the postseason Shrine Presfbyterian Colleeg faculty; wi!
The collision occurred on North
store since his retunj# from service The James P. Parrott Chapter, Bowl classic, he played almost the in the guest speaker-on Sunday Broad Street where H.£,nway * —
in World War Two. S. T. King is No. 9. Order of Eastern Star, will entire offensive phase for South morning. July 28. it thy Hopewell from Whitmire and Highway 308
market manager, and Billy Lee have their annual family picnic Carolina Methodist Church < from Ora join P "ts was "ravel-
McCrary is produce manager. . • Tuesday, July 30, at 7 00 p. m at This rugged lineman, who is 1 he pastor. Re\ J*, .. i n i . ' goi! towa: i -he .'Usine." ■*"'
The store wsa founded by the the Lydia cookout. Members are considered one of the best foot- Rinehart. :s on 1 tw week- vac 1 tion. while "he Greenwood truck
father of Mr. Holland. J R. Hoi- asked to bring a picnic basket and ball players turned out by Clinton t.on trip with n- fa:- ’v to In." ad bt*gun to leave 72 to »a> .nto
land , -tea. High in recent years, earned three ana * ■'*>8
District Two Little Boys All-Star Teams Compete Here for Title
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Competition for the championship of Distrrit Two little Boys
Bsrrbe 11 League has been underway In Clinton since last Friday
afternoon, and will close tomorrow (Friday) night. Eight teams
entered the competition, with the winner representing the district
for the state title in ColmnMa early in August. Teams in the tour
nament during the week included Clinton, Laurens' American,
Laurens National, Kock mil Eastern, Rock Hill Western, t'nion.
Winnsboro. and Lancaster.
1 The first photo at left gives a general view of the Little Boys.
> the Presbyterian College campus, in-progress is the Sat
urday afternoon game when I-aurens National defeated Winnsboro
10-3.
The second picture shows Billy Glenn, first batter for Clinton
in Saturday’s game with Union, which Union won. 13-1. Catcher
is Union’s George Davis, and the umpire is Winfred Norm of
P'->
Clinton. , 1
The third panel shows the In ion team congratulating their
pitcher. Ronnie Weathers, after the victory over Cttnten. ^
In the last picture at right Baldwin scores on a boanerun for
l^suren* National in their IP-3 defeat of Winnsboro. 4