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V ) V If Yon Don't Rend The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News ronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper. Complete, Sews)i and Reliable Volume LVIII C Imton, S. C, Thursdoy, August 22, 1957 Number 34 Family Together After 32 Years Thornwell Schools To Open On Tuesday For 1957-58 Session The Thornwell schools ’will open on Tuesday morning, August 27, for the 1957-58 session beginning at once with a full school day schedule. Approximately 300^students are en rolled. B S Pinson, principal, has an nounced the following faculty: Mrs. M. D Schaible, Laurens;) Mrs. T. R Davis, Clinton; Mrs Ed-, gar Blakely, Clinton; Mrs Marvin Royster, Laurens; Mrs. C. P. Town send, Laurens; Mrs Turner Martin, Laurens; Miss Luva McDonald, Iva; Mrs Mary S. Lamb, Clinton and Newberry; Mrs. Jim Camp, Clinton; Mrs. Lone C Sisk, Clinton; Mrs. Sam Earle, Laurens; Mrs. Frank Kellers, Clinton, Mrs. F. M Boland, Clinton; Misses Julia apd Helen Porter. Clinton. U. L C. W. Convention Held In Newberry A number of local residents at tended the convention of United Lutheran Church Women of the Synod of South Carolina held at Newberry College Sunday, Monday and Tuesday Those present for some of the ses sions included Rev. L. Alan ^Wertz, pastor of St John's Lutheran Church here, and Mrs. Wertz, Miss Berha Epting. delegate; also Mrs, F M Boland, Sr , Mrs O C Woodruff, Mrs. J R Bundrick; Mrs .1 E Boyce. Hodges Returned To Clinton Church Jaycees Sell Season Football Tickets Pictured above is the family of Mrs. Cora McQuiston, in a recent reunion here, Ihe first in 32 years. Left to right, front row, are Mrs. Halmon Coker (Margaret McQuiston), Columbia; Mrs. I. M. Adair (Laverne McQuiston), Clinton; Mrs. McQuiston; Mrs. George Williams (Ruth McQuiston), and her daughter, Ruth McQuiston Williams. Valdese, N. C.; back row, Lynn McQuiston, Denver, Colorado; I. M. Adair, George Williams, and Harlan McQuiston, Henderson, Ky.—(Photo by Yarborough). $1,033,335 Subscribed In PC Development Program Clinton Section Pledges $158,499 Activities At Lydia And Clinton Mills A final tabulation of Presbyterian Georgia Synod subscribed $281,297. College’s Diamond Jubilee Develop- 2,144 gifts, while South Carolina) TMo Be Seen On TV PC alumni of the Charlotte, N. C., — . subscribed over the past 18 months to this greatest fund-raising effort area s t a g ec j ^eir own drive to add in the history of the college. j $11,645. and alumni of other states at President Marshall W. Brown, in beyond the two controlling synods' making the announcement today, said alumni and friends had contrib uted $932,835.70 through 6,934 sub scriptions for an average of $134.60 per gift. Four national foundations adcled $100,500. Most of the funds were raised throughout the Synods of Georgia and South Carolina, which control jPC and which put on special region al campaigns for the program. The Explorer Scouts Hold 2-Day Meet At Presbyterian College sent in $33,961.28 The four foundations included in this final tabulation are; Ford, $93,- 500; Esso, 4,000; Colgate-Palmolive- Peet, $2,000; and United States Steel, $1,000. Joseph Walker, Jr., and the Rev Fred V .Poag, both of Columbia, served as co-chairmen for the South Carolina Synod. Heading the cam paign among Georgia Presbyterians i were H. Lane Young and the Rev. Harry Fifield, both of Atlanta. . - The local area centered in Clinton, although relatively small, topped all of the regions by subscribing $158,- 499.35 on 532 gifts. Atlanta and its vicinity led in Georgia with $112,- 625.10 on 971 contributions Other South Carolina regions and their total, subscriptions.;-:: Piedmohl Presbytery — $45,493.09; Greenville —$74,246.94; Spartanburg—$58,151,- 50; Aiken — $20,806.89; Columbia — $69,087.51; Rock Hifl—$50,271; Dar lington — $32,406.33; Sumter—$18, 862,07; Florence—$10,673; Marion— $14,430.14; Abbeville — $13,109.82; Orangeburg — $11,868; Kingstree— $9,857; Charleston—$18,169.69. Other Georgia regions: Athens— $10,998.24; Rome—$58,053.50; Grange — $19,913.50; Columbus — Rev. George H. Hodges, for the past year pastor of Broad Street Methodist Church, has been return ed to serve the Clinton eongrega- ! tion for another year i. The re assignment was made at j the mee r m. in Columbia last week of the South Carolina Methodist ' Confere ice. Other assignments of recent Clin ton pastors by Bishop Nolan B Har- I mon included: Rev. J E. Merchant, re assigned ■ to Myrtle Beach, Marion District Shorthorn I Rev ? K r,amson « re assigned to Batelsburg, Columbia District. P. S Bailey’s Creekland Farm at' 1 ‘ L Baukmght. to Poplar 10:00 a m . Saturdav , Springs. Greenville District. Walter W Shuman, manager of, R ev. J H Kohler, superintendent the farm and president of the As-| 0 ^ Greenville^Jistnct sociation, will preside over the day long program Following is the program- 10:30—Type demonstration, by D Shorthorn Breeders Of S. C. To Gather At Creekland Farm The South Carolina Officers of the Jaycees Football Boosters Club are shown here selling Mayor Joe P Ferry a season ticket to home football games of Clinton High Sc hool aiMjp^resbyterian College. The Boosters are offering tickets to nine games to be played here this fall. Six of th 1 ^ games arc high school contests and three are college games. If bought individually, the tickets would cost *13.(HI. hui the Jaycees are offering them for $10.00. Proceeds of the sale will be divided between Ihe high school and college athletic associations on a 50-50 basis. Left to right are Jim \ on llollen, vice-chairman ol the Boosters Club. Hayor Terry; Charles Johnson, chairman of the club; and Ferd Jacobs, vi e-chairman. —Photo b\ Yarborough. ^u.wfcOoesigsj.58 School Session To Greenwood After • A «. a «■ To Begin on August 28th Pupils To Report on Various Days Service At Lydia Rev E A Wilkes, pastor of the T Ua.*, Lydia and Sandy Springs Methodist |() YV vICOlllC HCW Churches, w as transferred to the Lupo Memorial Methodist Church in rAarkjnfl Cfalf Af Greenwood at meeting mil Co- On Tuesday evening, August 27, 10:30 p. m., "Outdoors With Shelley,’’ sponsored by the Steel H e d d 1 e Mfg Co. on WFBC-TV, Greenville, will salute Clinton-Lydia Mills and show a film of the plants and community life. Staff movie photographers of WFBC-TV were in the plants and communities last week and photo- graphed community activities, churches, swimming pools, the con tinuous service award barbecue, in addition to many scenes of employ ees at work throughout the plants Pope Is Named New Vocational Guidance More than 90- Boy. Scouts register ed here Saturday for the annual Ex plorer Conference of the Blue Ridge Council held on the Presbyterian College campus the past week-end. They came from throughout the middle Piedmont area encompass ing Greenville, Laurens, Green wood and Newberry counties for the two-day conference which ex tended through Sunday afternoon. Two of the three main speeches developing the conference theme, "Citizens Now,” were delivered to the Boy Scout group at Saturday’s sessions. Dr. C. Newman Faulconer, pastor of the Greenville First Presbyterian Church, addressed the morning ses sion on "Citizens in the Home.” In theft* afternoon meeting, the Scouts heard M. G. Boswell, of Atlanta, deputy regional executive Dr. W. Frank Castori has accepted of Region Six, speak on "Citizens the position of director of the\psy $16,250; Macon—$27,927.50; Augusta —$23,033.25; Thomasville — $1,000; Savannah—$11,645. Dr. Gaston Accepts N. C. School Position in the Community. Judge Earle M. Rice, of Ander son, delivered the main address on Sunday afternoon on "Citizens of the Nation.” Dr. Marshall W. Brown, president of Presbyterian College, followed with a final challenge to close .the 1957 conference. chology department of the Caswell Training School, North Carolina’s school for exceptional children at Kinston. He will assume his new duties early in September. Eor the past three years Dr. Gas ton has been a psychologist on the staff of Whitten" Village. County Library Receives $2,500 for New Books The Laurens County Library has received a grant of $2,500 for the purchase of reference materials as part of a feaeral and state project designed to improve public library reference service. This reference project is part of a statewide program for the improve ment of public library service in rural areas being inaugurated under the terms of the Library Services Act. The act was passed during * the last session of Congress and provides funds for the acceleration of extension programs of state li brary agencies which are seeking to develop rural library service. -.Inadequate reference service has long been one of the major defic iencies in public library service in South Carolina, especially in rural areas. Hie State Library .Board, in working toward correcting this in adequacy, last year offered grants of $2,500 for the purchase of refer ence materials to ten public li braries meeting certain standards and serving a completely rural com munity. The Laurens County Library is one of the libraries which met all requirements for participation in the pp\,.ct Receipt of the grant marky an important step in the improve ment and expansion of reference service in the county. Mrs. Phil D. Huff, librarian, said today that some of the books, and other 'materials, ordered with funds prvoided by the grant have already been received. Among the new reference titles added to the library are the follow ing: Ayer’s, Directory of Newspapers and Periodicals. *- Bendure, America’s Fabrics; Dic- tionairy of National Biography. Duran, Program Encyclopedia; Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Granger's, Index to Poetry. Hornaday, American Natural His tory; Interpreter’s Bible. Lieper, Treasury of Hymns. . Menke, Encyclopedia of Sports. Strong’s, Exhaustice Concordance of the Bible. Wingate, Textile Fabrics. L. B. Pope is the new director of the Presbyterian College Voca tional Guidance Center, President Marshall W. Brown announced to day. He replaces Dr. Clarence L. Thayer, who is taking over the guid ance work at Davis-Elkins College L,a ' after three years of outstanding service in this capacity at PC. Dr Thayers’ move to West Virginia will enable him to be nearer has elderly mother in Pennsylvania. In coming to PC, Pope assumes direction of the guidance center which is under the joint sponsorship of the college and the Synod South Carolina. His primary re sponsibility will be in testing and counseling Presbyterian high school young people of the state, as well as work with the College students He also will teach some classes as a member of the Presbyterian Col lege faculty. Pope has had several years of experience as a high school coun selor, and he is now working on his doctorate in guidance at the Univer sity of North Carohna. A native of Winston-Salem, N. C., he received his BA degree from High Point College in 1948 and his Master’s from the University of North Carolina in 1949. He taught social studies and guidance at Kernersville (N. C.) High School for four years (1952-56) and prior to that taught in the Clemmons (N. C.) public schools. He is single and a member of the Methodist church Dr Thayer established the guid ance center at PC in September, 1954, and has devoted energetic leadership to it throughout his stay here. L. Handlin 11:30 — Feed mixing demonstra tion, by Larry Seaman, Gay Plan tation Farm, Whitmire. 12:00 Noon—Picnic basket dinner. 1:00—Judging contest and prizes in three divisions, (men, women, and junior^.) 3:30—Inspection of cattle at White Plains Farm. Special guests attending will be R G. Neine, of the American Short horn Breeders Association; Dr. F. R. Wheeler, of Clemson College; L F Cato. John Wise, and D. L Handlin. The Lassie Association, of which M, rs. Shuman is president, will serve cold drinks, iced tea and lem onade. Greenwood Caravan To Visit Clinton On Saturday Afternoon Word of the Greenwood Centennial will come to Clinton Saturday after noon in the form of the Greenwood Centennial Goodwill Caravan, which will be made up of approximately 1 thirty cars and 100 people. Special gifts of the Greenwood Birthday Party will be presented to the may-, or, including an invitation to all the citizeqry io attend. Jhe_.Gxeexi»ood.. Centennial September 15 through the 21 i* The motorcade will arrive in Clin ton about 2:15 p m. Camera fans „ 4 , will have a field day taking pictures) ate on September l of the "Bearded Brothers of the Assigned to succeed Mr Wilkes is Brush ” and the "Sisters of the Rev James Ir* Stewart, of Joanna Swish’’ in their colorful costumes. 1 Mr Stewart is a senior at the Cand- The group will remain in Clinton ler School of Fheology at Emory : BEV- E- A..WILKES- ‘ lumbia last week of the South Caro lina Methodist Conference Mr Wilkes will assume his new pastor- CHnton sports fans will give the n**w Presbyterian College coaching staff an official welcome in the form of a dutch barbecue supper here next Monday night Special guests of the occasion will be new Head Coach Frank Jones and his two assistants. Clyde Ehr hardt and Courts Redford, who al ready are hard at work in prepara tion for their first season at PC The coaches, in turn, will attempt to outline on Monday night some of their'plans for the coming year and to focus upon Blue Hose foot ball prospects for this fall. A large crowd of alumni and friends of the college are expected to assemble at Johnson Field for the event It is scheduled to start at 7 30 p m., with the barbecue supper set at $1 50 per plate. The new coaches visited Clinton numerous—times (luring 111?' past three months and made a distinct Laurens County School District nett. Elizabeth Boland. Roger No 56 will begin its 1957-58 'session Blakely. Albert Cothran, Betty on Wednesday. August 28 General—FlmscJunsHH—Mane Banmster: Eu" faculty meetings, departmental and, g enia Carter. Nellie Campbell, grade meetings will he held on thi> [rene Hip p Bernice Johnson. Sadie date, beginning at 10 JO a. m McLeod, R E Martin. Mary Emma All first grade pupils will report Motes* Mildred Robinson. Frances to their respective buildings on Wed- Shoely, Ralph Tedards, Arminta nesday, August 28, at 8:30 a m Wallace, Essie Workman. Betty On Thursday. August 29, all pu ,oa " P*’" 1 - Elizabeth Fowler. Wil ton Timmons. pils in the elementary schools and Junior High School will report to their respective buildings at 8:30 a m. The ninth and tenth grades will report to their respective high school buildings at the same time. On Friday, August 30, all pupils will report to their respective build ings, at which time the eleventh and twelfth grades will report to their respective high schools. The ninth and tenth grades will not report on this date - On Tuesday, September 3. all pu pils will report to their regular buildings at 8 30 a m During this first week, first -grades wdl be dismissed at 11:00 a. m., second grades at 11 30 a m . and all other grades at 12:00. This of ill impresion upon athletic followers of. , , , , the area They recently completed W,R ^ arrangements for moving and are!^ t ‘l ,t ^ al)or 1)a >< 2> w now situated permanently in Clinton a ho ‘ 1 " a > with their families. j Beginning Monday morning, Sep- The barbecue supper is sponsored tern her 9. at 8:30 a m , the regular for about fifteen minutes and then Univensty proceed on to Newberry, Batesburg and Saluda before returning to Greenwood Shady Grove Club To Have Picnic The annual community picnic, sponsored by the Shady Grove Home Demonstration club* will Jtn* held Saturday evening, August 24, at the Community BuiWnig. All members of the community are in vited to" attend and bring a picnic basket and tea Supper will be served at 6 o’clock. The family, inlcuding his wife and one child, will occupy the parsonage at 189 Cypress Street. Lydia, on Wednesday, August 28. by the Clinton Chapter of Presbyte rian College alumni, of which Le- land Young is president All foot ball fans, whether alumni or not, are urged to attend. Tickets are yn sale at all uptown drug stores in the city New PC Coach And Family Move Here Air. and Mrs. Frank Jones, their small daughter and son. have.mov ed into their recently purchased home, the former Slier residence on Elm street. Mr. Jones is football coach at Presbyterian College and 'they formerly lived in Decatur. Ga P. T. A. Executive BiwidMeets Plans For Coming Year schedule, will get underway. ID. name- Vcademy Street School I) S Templeton, Principal; Hel ena Pitts. Collette Coleman. Irene Little, Elizabeth Copeland, - Eloise Ellis, Mollie Donnan, Nene Work man. Catherine Buford. O d e 11 a Mauney, Rose Lee, Kate Milam. Margaret C Blakely, Nellie Win- gard, Meida Johnson. Blanche Cox, Mercer Wise, Betty Jo Buzhardt Junior High School Buren Lown, Principal. O L. Pat terson, Ruth Hair, Shadie Wilder. Frances Crawford, Clyde Smith. Belle Sumerei, Charles Leather wood, Mary Brabham,^ Annie B iiruw u, 2d*« iatt 2Wi gbboes — Hampton Avenue Elementary Wilmot Shealy, Principal. Nelle T Adams, Willie Ray, Rachel Adair. Ella McCrary, Carolyn H. Young, Frances Webb, Nancy Ow ens. Pauline McKee, \gnes Davis, Polly Hiers, Myrtle Speake, Mary Ellen Lawson. Lois Cox, Marian Attend National Mobile Homes Show Dr. A. D. Salter, representing the Laurens County Planning Board, James E. Wolfe, president of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, Leonard M. Wilson, of the Cincin nati Floor Manufacturing Co., and L.‘W. Anderson, of Standard Ply woods, Inc., will leave Jodayby pri vate plane to attend the National American Mobile Homes Show 4n Elkhart, Ind. They plan to return home on Sunday. CLINTONIANS MAKE NICE CATCH ly. 8:30 a. m. to 2:30 p. m All cafe-! Haulage. Betty Jo Buzhardt Sara- tenas will begin serving lunches on Koquemure, Trances O Daniel, September 9 This schedule is for >ara L bmUh^arah Nettles, both white and colored schools. Providence School The general faculty meeting for I'fncip.il. Helen M the white teachers will be held at B.ill.ud Lou Be Me eighhors. Mar the new high school, and the gen * {art 1 ‘ 1 l K Blakels oral faculty meeting for the colored Euella '’* air Mercer :>e. Betty teachers will be held at the new Bell ^ ^ u ritardt St High School at 10:30 a. m The Joanna Sehooi special class for the white children Harold Prater Principal. Ruby ifr'lV 1“* iho A v e n d ^ IMumWw.-KaThmiiv* BtaTTely. Jean School, and the special class fdr the_n-i£l t e Martin. Mildred Workman, colored children will be at Ihe Bell Nettie Johnston, Joberta N i v e r-. St Grammar School Alice Copeland. Etta Adams. Fran | If there are any pupils entering ct ‘ s Milam. Elbe Tarr, Betty Jo An executive board meeting of the school for the first time aiid have ' "P'l""! M ialun Brady. Parent-Teachers Association of the never been vaccinated, they will re- * 1,,n ' '"' r '' s t Hampton Avenue School was held port to Ihe health center on Tuesday mi 1 on Monday evening at the home of morning between 10 00 anil 12 00 or • ross Hill schiMfl Mrs Edward Ferguson, newly elect- Thursday alter noon between 2:JO Clara Hill. Principal Fannie Rich- ed president * 'and 4:00 The County Htalth Do- ariison. Elizabeth Fennell. Margaret The grammar school grades, one partment in Laurens will be open at R Williams through six. are being moved from Florida Street to the Hampton Ave nue. school, formerly the junior high school The safety committee has asked all parents bringing children to'usej the back entrance on Centennial Street, where work is underway to erect a fence and double gate Buses | Kuth McCratkin Lunch 'Room will use the front ret ary and Joanna Librarian Plans are being made for a recep- tion for Ihe teachers at the meeting " " on " 1 00 in October The first meeting will R W,1 ^ r - P , n, ' npa ‘' N . 1 ' rj ‘ ,r,t ‘ be held the first Tuesday in October, Secretary. Charles Bur and all meetings thereafter on the first Tuesday of each month through May, at eight o’clock in the eve ning Mrs Thomas F. Hollis is chair man of the membership drive which will be conducted the week of Sep tepiber 9 any time Vlouniville School Following is a list'of the faculties' Horace E Smith. Principal, Lau- of all schools m Laurens County ra Bell Finley, Mary B Watts. Be School District No 56 Vdniinistration W K Anderson, Suiiermtcndent G N Foy, Assistant Superintend ent Clarice Johnson, Secretarv Sec atrice Finley sp«-ctal Teachers L.iu.m; Kern. Mr> Leroy BuiAis Bell St. High Nihool • McQuilla Hudson. Principal. Cyh 'hia Pnuit, Mattie W Hudson, Claudia Ferguson, Pernella \ Jones, \lvenes Barksdale. Clarence Davenport. Fred Gist, William Lit- (continued on page 1) Electric Fair and Annual Co-Op Meet Aug. 29-30 Mr. and Mr*. Perry Pariak, ef Cliatoa, recently caught these five has* at Mane’s Landing on Lake Greeaweod. Caught with the popular Mack warm knit, they weighed a total af 14 Iks. It ax. Mrs. Bannister At Workshop Session At University Of Georgia i Mrs. Marie Banmster. of the home economics department at Clin ton High School, has been attending a three weeks workshop at the Uni versity of Georgia. Athens, on "Family Finance." The sessions were attended by teachers from Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina Some of the nation's top entertain ers have been signed up for the big. Electric Fair and annual meeting. \nother top act will be the Jolly Trio The Jolly Sisters Willie and Dolly give^out with folk music and popular singing Their partner, Pat scheduled to appear m Laurens at j Sul j Ivan ; s a rt . a i with the the Laurens county fair grounds Au- steel, guitar, and he teams up with gust 29-30, according to Laurens the girls to form the Jolly Trio. Electric Cooperative manager Hen- These professional entertainers, ry M Faris. along with the contests, business Leading off will be Narduu and meeting, exhibits and prizes will Nadyne, comedy illusion artists. ; make this year's Electric Fair one Their funny feats of magic are sure'of the best show^ ever to appear laugh provokers for the entire fam-.here. ily Miss Nadyne will also per-! Mr Fans iasue> a Special mvita- form her famou* "Symphony in, tion to the public as well as Co-Op Smoke," and Mr Nardim will act, members to come >ut and enjoy this as master of ceremonies. I big free show " *\ /