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Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, August 29, 1957 Auto Agency Changes Hands m i 60 Candidates Expected Out For College Football Approximately 60 football candi dates are expected to answer the whistle signalling the start of pre season footbal practice at Presbyte rian Cpllege on Monday morning. New Head Coach Frank Jones and his two assistants. Clyde Ehrhardt and Courts Redford. will find among these 33 squad members returning from last year In addition, thev others will form a jayvee squad, Jones is hoping that at least a few talented freshmen ikill develop suf- 1 ficiently to fill in some key posi tions with the varsity. To provide as much opportunity as possible to discover the new po tential the PC coaching staff plans to hold four practice sessions-daily during the first week. This will mean separate two-hour workouts ip both the morning and afternoon for both the returning players and the fresh players. Jones will be gin his ambitious schedule with a 6:00 a. m -8:00 a. m. session Mon day for one group, followed by a 9:00 a m.-11:00 a. m session for the other His afternoon workouts expect about 28 new players turning! are set for 2:30 p m.-4:30 p. m. out to make bids for varsity play, 'and 4:30 p. m.-6:30 p. m. respec- Whereas some of the latter group lively , This schedule alone encom- may drop out after a few days and'passes eight hours daily, not to mention the time to be spent on skull practice', movies and planning. Eyes of the coaching staff will be peeled mainly on the quarterback slot. This position, to a greater ex tent than any other at this time, holds the key to the 1957 season. Because there is presently a glaring weakness there, every effort will be directed toward developing a cap able signal caller before the season opener aginst Appalachian Sept, 14. Camp For Prisoners Nearing Completion Workmen were preparing Mon day to go to work on the roof of the building being constructed as a cen tral camp for prisoners on the old Clinton-Laurens road, near the eoun- ty.home site. The roof, to be of tar and gravel, is about all that remains to be done in the way of major construction. Painting and minor finishing up will be completed next week, according to R. E. Poole, Clinton contractor, who is doing the work. The county legislative delegation provided a sum not to exceed $20,- 000 for new v facilities for- prisoners of the county. They have been housed in three camps at Gray Court, Waterloo, and the county home site, none of which met any recognized standards relating to sanitary facilities or fire resistance. The new building wlil have lodg ing quarters at each end for white prisoners and Negrqes, a dining area for each; with a kitchen in the center. Construction is of ce ment blocks with a concrete floor. Iron bars are set in concrete to di vide the various areas and bars are at the windows. Contract price for the building was $14,505.97, Other items will increase the cost, Supervisor Ben nie B. Blakely, said, and include expenditures for furnishings and fencing . ’ * Boxing Contests fchedulfed Saturday At Bell St. School Three boxing contests will be staged Saturday night at 8:30 at the Bell Street High School, it is an nounced. A 10-round heavyweight, a four- round middleweight, and a four- round welterweight will make up the card for the night. Eugene "Kid” Crisp, 180 pounds, of Laurens, and Loe Leonard Suber, 185 pounds, of Dothan, Ala., will meet in the 10-round feature event. Appearing in the middleweight bout will be J. D. Fuller; 165 pounds of Cross Hill, and James Adams, 160 pounds, of Mountville. The welterweight match will be between Ralph Walker, 142 pounds, of Laurens, and Sammie Lee Jones, 145 pounds, of Mountville. Proceeds of the program will be used for landscaping and beautify ing the school grounds, it was stat ed. The event is arragned by the La fayette Boxing Club of Laurens. — h* D»n Yarhnrnuith » Plaxico Gets Keys From Giles —_ Plaxico Takes Over Local Dealership for Chevrolet C. C. Giles Retires After 29 Years In a business change consummat- cd this week. Tom Plaxico assumed the Clinton Chevrolet dealership. Micceod C C Giles, who has been-.the local dealer since 1928, a -pt-nrd -T-t—29—\ cur.'-- in the state, and director of the Na tional Aviation Association. Mr Giles, during his years in Clintoji has been active in civic af fairs. being a past president of the Chamber of Commerce and a past ■pfesutent of the Kiwanis club. He is a member of Broad Street Meth-j odist Oiurch and is chairman of the building committee that is prepar ing to erect an educational plant ad-| ditidn. Mrs. Giles has been associated in business with her husband and was secretary of the company. ^v- JOB 02 ON TH£ CAMPUS... SURE TO tOOK SMAATSURP TO SUCCPPO ’ BUY NOW" ON LAY A" WAY took over the business Monday and will occupy“rh"e Giles building -on West Main street The business will be operated un-j der the name Plaxico Chevrolet.' Inc Plaxico has hM the Chrysler-! Plymouth agency for several years; and in recent months has occupied aj site two blocks farther out Westj Main He has leased his former site j to W. M McMillan and J D Wil-j bams, used car dealers. • L The Chrysler-Plymouth connection formerly held by Plaxico w as relin-j ^ G. King of \\ G King and quished'to L W Cooper. Dodge- Sons Construction Company, said Plymouth dealer, operating as, ^ ere today construction has begun Cooper Motor Co. King Begins Work On Gaffney School Mr Giles said early this week that he was retiring from business fi*r reasons of health, and that he will remain in Clinton. Prior to coming to Clinton, Mr. Giles was associated with a road construction has on the $207,500 Central Grammar, School in Gaffney. King said the school will contain 10 classrooms, cafetorium (combin ed cafeteria and auditoriiufy/kitch- en. office, storage room awl other facilities, plus four existing class rooms. The entire project, he add- building company and was engaged j s expected to be completed in in paung roads in the lower part approximately 275 working days. of the state Before that he was superintendent of a lumber com- Approximately ^0 men will be em ployed on the school project at the pany operating out of Tampa, Fla . peak of construction with laborers. He was born in Cleveland, Tenn but grew up in Douglas, Ga., where he met ljus wife, the former Ruby Lee Roberts They have two chil dren, a son, Thurston, formerly as sociated with the automobile agen- ey , now- opera4mg“ < €tte*HF’«ed' and Supply Company here, and a daugh ter, Mrs C B (Patricia) Kugler, of Washington, N. C. Mr Giles is the only Chevrolet dealer who has served Clinton. When He came to the city, Clinton was served by a partnership out of Laurens and brought cars for dis play and sale in Clinton An aviation enthusiast, Giles has been flying and owned his own plane since 1935 Just prior to and dur ing \yorld War II, he was a civilian contract instructor for cadets, in cluding -the squadron located at Presbyterian College during the war He estimates that he trained over 2.000 cadets for the govern ment He has served as president of the South Carolina Aviation Asso ciation president of the Breakfast rjntr“-rr?mfTr-(rplS'tVe carpenters and carpenter's helpers to be hired during the course of the work. King said Cecil Scoggins, of Clintpn, will be superintendent in charge of the work. .ML £-King-and-Soas -Con&iFuciioa Company was awarded the contract for the school on July 31 by the Cherokee County School Board V The Boxey Look! NEW SUIT Excitement Tailored to our own specifications! 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